On the west bank of the Yellow River, nearly 20,000 soldiers have gone ashore, but after the surprise attack on the east bank, in less than a stick of incense, the west bank of the Yellow River was also in chaos, and the 20,000 Yongjun troops who had already landed on the shore turned around and ran back, and the Xiliang cavalry in the East China Sea had been getting closer and closer, forcing the Yongjun soldiers to go down the Yellow River, and Luo Zhiyu was also embraced by his own soldiers down the river.

As the chaos gradually calmed down, more than 100,000 Yongjing stood in the two-mile-long strip on the ice of the Yellow River, and they were at a loss and panicked, while hundreds of thousands of Xiliang cavalry appeared on both sides of the river, and they stood densely at the river bank ferry, coldly watching the situation in the river.

Luo Zhiyu's heart was colder than ice, he could see that this was not the siege of tens of thousands of cavalry, but the 200,000 Xiliang cavalry surrounded him, he gasped, what does this mean? It means that Huangfu Wujin has long been paying attention to the situation in Yongjing, so he will try his best to deploy troops, and the timing is so accurate.

More than 100,000 people were driven on the ice of the Yellow River, the opposing side was cavalry, they were infantry, and twice as many as them, they simply could not compete with them, and they could not rush to the crossing.

The Yellow River flows through the Qin-Jin Grand Canyon, most of the sides are high mountains and cliffs, and they can not go ashore anywhere, there must be land and water level in order to be called a ferry, and they can go ashore, but there are quite a lot of ferries in this area, there is Yanchuan Ferry twenty miles to the north, and there is also a Futu Ferry thirty miles to the south, Luo Zhiyu has sent spies to investigate, he does not dare to march rashly.

On the east bank of the Yellow River, Zhang Chongjun, the commander of the Xiliang Army, personally led the army, and was coldly looking at the more than 100,000 troops on the river, he knew very well in his heart that now regardless of the terrain, morale, combat power and strength, he has an absolute advantage, and even only 30,000 cavalry can sweep the more than 100,000 infantry, but he did not give an order, the order given to him by Huangfu Wujin was to force Luo Zhiyu to surrender, and did not advocate that the Daning army kill each other again, Zhang Chongjun had to wait, waiting for the moment when these soldiers could not stand the cold and the military heart collapsed by itself.

Beside him, the right minister Zhang Jinjie also arrived in person, he had a high prestige in the Daning Dynasty, and he was a civil official, and he came to persuade Luo Zhiyu to surrender.

"Zhang Dashuai, can you go down now?" Zhang Jinjie saw that the soldiers were shivering on the ice, and he couldn't bear it.

Zhang Chongjun shook his head, "Xiangguo wait a little longer, their military spirit has not yet reached the last moment." ”

Two armies of hundreds of thousands of people confronted each other on the ice and on the shore, Luo Zhiyu's army was in a weak position, they didn't even dare to light a fire, for fear of melting the ice, the biggest threat at this time was not the Xiliang cavalry, but the biting cold.

They stood on the ice, several feet thick, it was a midwinter night, and the north wind was bitter, and the bone-chilling cold almost froze the thinly armored soldiers, while the cavalry on the shore lit countless bonfires, and they kept changing guards to warm themselves.

"Dashuai, take a drink!"

The soldier handed a wine jug to Luo Zhiyu, Luo Zhiyu shook his head and pushed the flask away, he was now waiting for news from the spies, at this time, someone shouted: "I'm back!" ”

Seeing that several spies from the south and north came back almost at the same time, Luo Zhiyu was stunned, why was it so fast?

"Dashuai!"

The spies from the south rushed to the front first, and he reported anxiously: "An ice wall has been built five miles away from the south, and the Chu army has built an earthen wall on the river with sacks, and poured water on it, which is so smooth that it is impossible to pass at all." ”

"Great handsome, it's the same in the north, and an ice wall has been built five miles away."

Luo Zhiyu froze, and in this way, all his hopes were cut off.

"Get up! No sitting! ”

Not far away, there was the angry reprimand of the officer, only to see that many soldiers could not stand the cold and exhaustion, they were all sitting on the ice, and the adjutant general Song Yuan stepped forward and said: "Dashuai, the way of retreat has been cut off, everyone has not brought much food, if this continues, the brothers will freeze and starve to death, and it is recommended that they either fight out or ......."

At this time, the eyes of all the officers were on Luo Zhiyu, and when he made the final decision, he would either kill or surrender, there was no third way to go.

"Dashuai!"

A soldier ran over and reported: "Zhang Xiangguo of Luojing is here!" ”

Luo Zhiyu was taken aback, and hurriedly said, "Soon, please Zhang Xiangguo." ”

I saw Zhang Jinjie coming over with two entourages, and he greeted the generals with a smile, "Generals, I haven't seen you for a long time." ”

Zhang Jinjie was the right Xiangguo in the era of Huangfu Xuande, with a lofty status, and the generals bowed to him one after another, Luo Zhiyu did not dare to slack off, and stepped forward to bow and salute, "See Zhang Xiangguo!" ”

"Alas!"

Zhang Jinjie let out a long sigh and said to the generals: "Everyone is their own people, so why kill each other? I seal the will of the Empress Dowager, I hope that the generals can continue to serve the Daning Dynasty, and stop working for the Shen family, are you willing to follow the advice of the Empress Dowager? ”

All the generals lowered their heads in shame, how could he not want to, the key was the main general Luo Zhiyu, Luo Zhiyu also sighed lowly, "Zhang Xiangguo, I understand your intention, in fact, I also know that if Zhang Chongjun launches an attack, within an hour, my more than 100,000 troops will be wiped out, do you not want the Daning army to come from cannibalism, if I Luo Zhiyu doesn't even understand this, it is really a big husband in vain, but Yongjing is ....."

Zhang Jinjie smiled slightly, "General Luo, please rest assured, there are only 20,000 defenders in Tongguan now, and His Royal Highness the Prince Regent has personally led the army to cross the river from Yuxiang and go around to the back of Tongguan, I estimate that Tongguan has been taken, and then the Chuzhou army will directly attack Yongjing, do you think Yongjing may still be captured by Shenji?" ”

"But Empress Dowager Shen?"

"Regarding the Empress Dowager Shen, the Empress Dowager has decreed that if she is willing to surrender peacefully, she can be allowed to live in the Huaqing Palace and accompany the tomb of the first emperor." Speaking of this, Zhang Jinjie took out a copy of the will and said loudly: "Xuan the will of the Empress Dowager, Luo Zhiyu will take the will!" ”

Luo Zhiyu knelt down, all the generals knelt down together, Zhang Jinjie read aloud: "Luo Zhiyu, the general of the Yulin Army, guarded Taiyuan, did not commit any crimes in the autumn, and kept the peace of a place, and specially named him as the Taiyuan Guard, the Hussar General, and the Duke of Fenyang County, hoping that he would be loyal to the Daning Dynasty and not used by usurping relatives. ”

This is actually to give Luo Zhiyu a decent step, he was not forced to surrender to Zhang Chongjun, but to be loyal to the Empress Dowager and the Daning Dynasty.

Luo Zhiyu was grateful in his heart, and he said in a deep voice: "Minister Luo Zhiyu is willing to serve the Empress Dowager!" ”

The generals said loudly: "The ministers are willing to serve the Empress Dowager!" ”

Luo Zhiyu immediately stood up and ordered, "Order all soldiers to lay down their weapons and surrender on the east bank!" ”

The soldiers were already difficult to resist the cold on the ice, under the order of the commander, more than 100,000 troops laid down their weapons, took off their armor, and raised their hands to run towards the east bank, Zhang Chongjun showed a smile on his face, and said to the left and right: "Get out of the way and give them ashore!" ”

When the Xiliang army accepted the surrender of more than 100,000 troops, Zhang Chongjun immediately divided into three routes, one 50,000 cavalry led by his brother Zhang Chongyi, marching to the south of Jin, and the other cavalry led by the general Lu Sheng, taking Luo Zhiyu to Taiyuan Mansion to surrender another 30,000 Yongjun.

He himself personally led 150,000 Xiliang iron cavalry, advancing to Guanzhong at a speed like lightning, and would cooperate with the Tongguan Chu army to meet Shenji's Guanzhong army.

．．．．．．．．． Tongguan, the gateway to the east of this pass at this time only 20,000 garrisons, if only to guard a pass, then according to the Tongguan pass, the terrain of ten thousand people can not be opened, as long as there is no war, 20,000 defenders are more than enough.

But the problem is that the 20,000 Tongguan garrisons now not only have to guard a city gate, but are responsible for the security of the entire eastern part of Guanzhong.

It is now winter, the Yellow River is frozen, and entering Guanzhong is not just a road to Tongguan, the Chu army can easily cross the Yellow River from any place in Hedong County and enter Guanzhong, which requires the Guanzhong army to deploy defenses everywhere, 200,000 troops may be able to plug all the loopholes, and 20,000 troops can not play any defensive role.

Just when the 200,000 Xiliang cavalry forced Luo Zhiyu's 150,000 army, Tongguan was also engaged in a key battle, and Huangfu Wujin personally led 200,000 Chu troops to seize Tongguan.

In front of the hillside of Tongguan, several artillery pieces bombarded the fortified castle day and night, and although it had been blown up by the artillery of the Chu army, it still stood majestically.

The two cannonballs made a sharp whistling sound and crossed the head of Tongguan City, and the soldiers defending the city immediately huddled at the foot of the city wall with their heads in their hands, watching the black cannonballs pass over their heads, exploding in Tongguan, large pieces of dust and gravel flew up, and black smoke rose into the air, making everyone tremble, and almost all the defenders were about to be tormented mad by this new type of thunderblast bomb.

There were more than 10,000 defenders in the entire Tongguan, divided into three squads, and they took turns defending the pass day and night, and although the Chu army shelled it for five or six days, the defenders only suffered less than 2,000 casualties.

However, many people have discovered that since this morning, the artillery bombardment of the Chu army has weakened significantly, so that they can also look at the situation in the distance.

"Captain, something is not quite right!" In a corner of the wall, a veteran muttered.

"What's wrong?"

"Captain, look at the clearing."

The veteran pointed to an open space on the mountainside hundreds of paces away and said, "This place is so big, it can accommodate at least a hundred black pipes to blow us up at the same time, how can there be only two?" ”

The lieutenant was also a little strange, he scratched his head and said, "You're right! If we had been bombed with a hundred black pipes, this city wall would have collapsed a long time ago, but the Chu army would only use two, what kind of party is this? ”

"Captain, do you think it will be the Chu army attacking us from behind?"

The lieutenant's eyes showed fear, and he nodded: "It's very possible! Now the Yellow River is frozen, the Chu army can easily cross the Yellow River, they can obviously take Tongguan, but they swallow it slowly like this, this must be deliberate, I estimate that the Chu army has a big conspiracy in the past two days, but the commander led the army to the capital again, obviously regardless of Tongguan, hey! Everybody, come here! ”

As soon as the captain beckoned, seven or eight teams under his command were all surrounded, and the captain said in a low voice: "Judging from the weakening of the attack of the Chu army today, it is estimated that the main force of the Chu army has gone around behind us, everyone be smart, surrender if you can't do it, don't fucking look for death, remember?" ”

All the teams are nodding together, what the captain said is right, and saving life is the first priority.

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(To be continued)