When Zhang Biwu and Li Guo attacked Tongzhou, the march of the Dashun army on the Shangzhou side was also quite smooth, and it was difficult for the Qing army to parry, and it seemed that the plan to attack Xi'an on both sides and recapture Shaanxi could be realized.

Wait! Even if Dolgon was attacking Datong, it would be difficult to capture Datong in a short time, but didn't he send a surprise army to Xiangyang, where Li Zicheng was located? And now this strange army has played a role.

No one thought that the iron cavalry of the Qing army would suddenly appear in Xiangyang City. Xiangyang City immediately lit up with wolf smoke, and quickly closed the four gates.

Someone hurriedly ran to report to Li Zicheng: "Report! The emperor is not good! Enemy troops have been spotted outside the city! ”

"What!" Li Zicheng was suddenly frightened and stood up and said, "Found enemy troops outside the city? His heart pounded, and he said, "Why did the Qing soldiers come?" Did they fall from the sky? ”

Li Zicheng, you didn't notice this side of Shudi, this is your big mistake, the arrival of the Qing army will make Li Zicheng face life and death. Li Zicheng's death is a fatal blow to the Dashun army!

Moreover, Li Zicheng thought that the remnants of the Great West of Shu began to make trouble in response to Zhang Biwu, but he did not expect that Dolgon was willing to give up the southern part of Shudi, and even took Chengdu as the boundary, and he did not hesitate to give up all the south of Chengdu! In the end, all the land of Shu was abandoned, and Dolgon would also send troops! Slash your arm to break the enemy! There is a give-and-take!

Li Zicheng didn't expect that one of his ministers had already been rebellious, and that was Gu Junen.

Gu Junen's face changed, he was planning for himself, if Li Zicheng really couldn't help anymore. He had to abandon Li Zicheng and leave. When necessary. He wanted to open the door to surrender to the Manchus and thus save his life.

Similarly, Niu Venus was also worried, but they all thought that Dashun still had enough troops, and as long as they called back the men and horses, they could defeat the enemy. In the process, the only thing that can be done is to hold on to the end and wait for reinforcements to arrive.

Li Zicheng personally inspected the city. As soon as he appeared in the city, then the soldiers would defend with their lives, and the Qing army would not be able to break through Xiangyang so easily.

Xia Wanchun came to join Xiaoyao, and he wanted to ensure Xiaoyao's safety. Xiaoyao said to him: "Don't worry! Brother Xia, I won't be afraid! My father is not afraid in the midst of thousands of troops, and I am his son, and I will not be afraid! I can't disgrace my father! ”

Xiaoyao said that this was a look of pride, it seemed that he was proud to have a father like Zhang Biwu, and his little fist was waving vigorously, indicating that his courage would not be reduced. To illustrate as an example: "Besides, when I was in Lingbao with my mother, I was also attacked by the Qing army, and I was not afraid at that time!" ”

Xia Wanchun smiled at this time. felt that the tiger father had no dogs, and his hanging heart was relaxed.

"Boom!" "Boom!" The Qing army's Hongyi cannon opened fire on Xiangyang, and the shell fell into a private house, and the house collapsed instantly. Another shell landed in a utility room, which was razed to the ground. The surrounding house tiles all "swished" down.

Naturally, the house where Xia Wanchun and Xiaoyao live cannot be safe.

"Be careful! Young Lord! Xia Wanchun stepped forward and knocked him down, but saw that the tiles on the house were shaken down. One person was accidentally hit by the tiles on it and fainted on the spot.

Xia Wanchun and Xiaoyao are disgraced, the dust has fallen, and their hair is dirty. Xia Wanchun had a fallen leaf on his head, and some fragments of rubble. Xia Wanchun didn't even shake his head, he just looked at the situation of Xiaoyao, and when he saw that there was nothing wrong, he was relieved.

Xiong Zongheng came out and said, "Young master, come with me to take shelter outside for the time being!" As he spoke, he rushed up and pulled up Xiaoyao, and ran outside together.

Li Zicheng is not stupid, he sent people to protect the safety of Zhang Xiaoyao and others. The general who came was the general Ren Jirong, and Ren Jirong said to them: "Zhang Gongzi, and everyone, you can rest assured!" The emperor has already sent people to break out of the encirclement and mobilize people to come to Xiangyang quickly! There are garrisons near Xiangyang, and you can get there soon! The Tartars' attempt to destroy us is unattainable! ”

Ren Jirong said well, there are 20,000 horses near Xiangyang, although the Qing army has a large number, but these tens of thousands of horses can quickly come to King Qinwang to solve the urgent need.

All the people in Xiangyang thought so, Xiangyang was trapped, 20,000 horses quickly came to rescue, Li Zicheng watched carefully in the city, and he expected this group of men and horses to quickly kill and retreat the Qing soldiers.

Li Zicheng did not expect that the Qing army would naturally be wary of this army, although the Qing army only had 20,000 people, but most of them were cavalry, and soon killed the 20,000 horses left by Li Zicheng near Xiangyang, and fled in defeat.

Li Zicheng was terrified when he saw it, his 20,000 people were like rabbits and let the Qing soldiers slaughter them, and they were completely defeated, which did not play much role.

The people in the city were shaking their heads when they saw this, they were even more worried, they didn't know if Xiangyang could hold it, everyone fell into an infinite low tide, and some people showed a desperate look on their faces, and they had no confidence in the future.

Li Zicheng thought to himself: "I can't let morale be low!" You have to boost your morale! So Li Zicheng laughed and said, "Ha Lu! Don't worry! My Dashun army has hundreds of thousands of horses, the Tartars go deep into my forbidden land, the lone army goes deep, and when my army returns to defense, then the Tartars will die! ”

Li Zicheng asked his subordinates to spread his words all over Xiangyang City and to every soldier, so that they could strengthen their confidence in defending to the death.

Li Zicheng would sit upright in the city every day to signal that he would live and die with his brothers, and there were constant rumors that reinforcements from Shangzhou had returned and were going to flank this Qing army.

Under the excitement of the people, their morale was very high, and everyone had to hold Xiangyang.

Indeed, Li Zicheng's general fought his way out of the encirclement and asked Liu Zongmin in Shangzhou for help, and when Liu Zongmin heard this, he quickly led his men back to rescue Li Zicheng.

The Qing army in the Shangzhou area said that they would not let Liu Zongmin go back safely, they were dragging Liu Zongmin to death.

If Liu Zongmin did not return with a large army, the small force he sent would not be of much use, but Li Zicheng and the civil and military officials of Dashun were in danger, and he couldn't afford to rub it any longer, so Liu Zongmin didn't care about the casualties, and he wanted to rush back to Xiangyang to rescue Li Zicheng.

Liu Zongmin, who had a hot temper, also punished some generals who did not try their best to move forward, and the results were one after another, which made the soldiers move forward even more. The Qing army was also not a fuel-efficient lamp, they would rather die than retreat, and the two sides became a tug-of-war.

This news also quickly spread to Li Guo, and Li Guo couldn't help but worry when he heard it, now does he want to continue to attack Tongzhou and Yaozhou?

If you retreat, all your hard work will be in vain! And it's hard to save the fire from far away, and I don't know if I can save Li Zicheng! If he doesn't retreat, Li Zicheng will have a good job, and what should the Dashun army do? How can a courtier not save him when he sees that the king is in trouble?

Just as Li Guo was hesitating, the Qing army kept shouting at them in the city: "Thieves, your thief leader Li Blind Thief will be killed by our Prince Yu!" Ha Lu Ha! You're still here, so scared that you can't move, you're waiting to die! ”

"Ha Lu Ha! Coward! Super coward! The ridicule of the Qing soldiers in the city continued to be heard.

Li came to find Zhang Biwu, and he said worriedly: "General Guoxiong, now that the emperor is trapped in Xiangyang, are we going back to the division?" The morale of the officers and men of our army has been greatly affected, and it has fluctuated greatly! ”

Zhang Biwu said to Li Guo: "General Buzhi, what I can say is that the emperor has his own heavenly appearance, and General Jiexuan personally led the army back to defense, he will be safe!" ”

Li Guo was still worried: "Alas! I really can't rest assured! The 20,000 horses near Xiangyang were also defeated, and I am afraid that the reinforcements will not be able to catch up! Moreover, this city is trapped because of our emperor, and the defenders of the city will defend it even harder, and it will not be easy for us to break through! ”

Zhang Biwu nodded and said, "But I want to say that the emperor has reinforcements rushing to the city?" Li Guo couldn't help but perk up and asked, "There are reinforcements?" Where are the reinforcements? ”

Zhang Biwu turned to Song Xiance and said, "Master Song, you should still remember, right?" When we were in the Yellow Emperor's Mausoleum, there was news reported to me, I don't know where Lin Quan led his army to leave eastern Henan. Now Lin Quan's letter has been sent to me, and Lin Quan has explained to me that he has led his army to the vicinity of Xiangyang. It's just that there are only 6,000 people in his department, and he needs to cooperate with Li Zicheng inside and outside, and suddenly attack. At the same time, he also wanted to mobilize the defeated people from all over the country. That's ......"

Song Xiance laughed out loud and said, "Yes! So I gave my token to Lin Quan, and asked Lin Quan to continue to collect all the men and horses near Xiangyang with the official rank of the right army division of my Dashun army, and the Qing army won this victory, I didn't expect Lin Quan's appearance, and the defeat of the Qing army was inevitable! ”

Li Guo couldn't help but feel relieved when he heard this, and said, "It seems that the emperor is safe!" Of course, we have to attack the same state quickly! ”

Zhang Biwu's words surprised Li Guo: "No! Fall back! Li Guo looked at Zhang Biwu and asked, "Retreat?" Why do you want to retreat? The emperor is worry-free, we can attack with all our might! ”

Zhang Biwu still smiled and said: "I have asked Li Jiantai and others to meet me, and our army will retreat and join Li Jiantai!" It didn't take long for the news to spread! ”

Li Guo couldn't figure it out, obviously Li Yan had obtained Song Xiance's token to collect people and join forces to defeat the Qing army, but why did Zhang Biwu still want to retreat? Won't you break through Chang'an? For the restoration of Chang'an, this is the wish of the Dashun soldiers from top to bottom!

Li Guo was unhappy about this, he straightened his face, and he had a big face, of course you Zhang Biwu don't understand our urgency for the mood of Chang'an. (To be continued......)