Chapter 41: Nailing Azig
Wu Xun certainly understood, and he bowed his head one after another. Huang Qi put his hand on his shoulder and said, "Little monkey, I know that you don't have a fight, you are very unhappy!" But don't worry! I'll let you fight in the future! But this one, you can't be greedy! Kill everyone! ”
Wu Xun patted his chest and said, "I understand! The big husband is out of his word, and the horse is hard to chase! As he spoke, he went away like a gust of wind.
Huang Qi looked at his departing figure and said, "The little monkey is the little monkey, it's too anxious!" Ha Lu Ha! And then they got into action.
Trumpets sounded, drums sounded, and horses' hooves were loaded with iron kicks, which made a sound whenever the horse stepped on the ground.
Moreover, the cavalry tied a long stick to the horse's buttocks, and the stick naturally had broken branches, so that they could sweep up dust during the march of the war horse, so that the dust covered the sky and the ground, and it looked like a large army marching, so that they could deceive the prefectures and counties along the way.
Of course, they had to make an appearance at the nearest county town, so that the Tartars could see how powerful they were and how prosperous their military appearance was. It's just that people shouted that they would not attack the city, because they were going south to capture Xiangyang.
At this time, the county governor of the Manchu Qing Dynasty was afraid, the county of the Manchu Qing Dynasty was not the same as the county of the Ming Dynasty, and he did not report it, and of course he had to send a fast horse to chase Azig and let him report it.
At the same time, Liu Fangliang did not disappoint Yuan Zongdi and Huang Qi, he really led the army to attack, and he also dared Yuan Zongdi to provoke in front of tens of thousands of Azig troops with only 2,000 people, and also defeated 3,000 Azig forwards, which is equivalent to pulling teeth in the tiger's mouth! As the Great Shun Army, it has never achieved much victory over the Manchu Qing, and even if it is a victory, it is a small victory. Not worth mentioning!
The soldiers of the Dashun Army are all excited. And Yuan Zong's first department is even more proud of the main general. They had to talk more in front of Li Zicheng, hoping that Li Zicheng would change his strategy and attack Azig instead.
It seems that when Li Zicheng was attacking Nanming, he heard that Azig led a large army north, and of course he wanted to capture Xiangyang! If he could seize the entire Huguang, he would no longer have to be suppressed in the small place of Wuchang.
The Dashun army withdrew from the battle in the southern part of Huguang and turned north, hoping to oppress Azig. This is, of course, the most beneficial to Zhang Biwu.
The best thing is that when Liu Fangliang sent troops to attack, the fast cavalry sent by Xiangyang also rushed to Azig, to catch up with Azig to report, not only that, but the prefectures and counties along the way also saw Yuan Zongdi's army, and they also sent fast horses to report to Azig.
When the forward army of Azig was marching, the horses that were in the front were turned on their backs.
People are riding horses, and horses are exchanging. War horses are kneeling with front hooves. He also threw people out of the air.
"Stop! Stop, everyone! At this moment, the cavalry stopped. They also saw that there was a barricade ahead. There was still paper on the barricades, and it was clearly written that Xiangyang had been attacked.
Immediately, the general pulled out the wooden card, and then handed it to Azig.
Azig looked at the wooden sign, he couldn't help but think about it, and then handed it to Ao Bai and the others to let them see, and then asked what their opinions were.
Ao Bai said: "Lord, I think there are two reasons for this, one is that Xiangyang has really been attacked, and the situation is not good; The second is the enemy's plan, he wants to drag us to Xinye. ”
Aobai's opinion was immediately approved by many people, who kept nodding their heads, including Azig who also thought the same when he saw the wooden sign.
Azig said, "Yes! However, I think we still have to send someone to see the situation in Xiangyang, and the enemy army that has been leading us around in circles also makes me feel uneasy! Lei Xing and Li Qifeng have 30,000 horses, and Zhang Biwu is the 8,000 horses brought by Lu Xiangsheng, and it is impossible for them to win against Lei Xing and the others! In addition, the soldiers who were ambushed said that they could see that these people should be Zhang Biwu's men and horses, they were just pretending to be the Dashun army, and it seemed that there were 2,000 people! From this point of view, Zhang Biwu's 8,000 people are divided into a part! It won't be the opponent of Lei Xing and Li Qifeng! It didn't matter if we stayed for a day or two! ”
Everyone else is nodding their heads, and they approve. It's just that Azig still can't figure it out, and says: "Everyone, I don't understand where Zhang Biwu came from, he actually sent an army to enter Shaanxi and attack Xi'an!" How many people are needed! The most hateful thing is Zhang Xianzhong, the thief does not change, he still wants to take the opportunity to seize Shaanxi! Alas! He Luo will not be able to send troops to help! It's a pity that the fourteenth brother's plan didn't succeed! ”
When they said this, everyone nodded, and they all thought that what Azig said was right.
While they were waiting for news, an envoy from the prefecture came to report that they had seen a huge army marching towards Xiangyang.
Not long after, the fast cavalry from Xiangyang also came, reporting that Liu Fangliang was attacking, and not only that, but even Li Zicheng stopped the war with Nanming and turned to fight for the northern part of Huguang.
At this moment, everyone was nervous, and they focused their attention on Azig's body.
Azig's face was jumping, and he said, "What a hate! So, what should we do? Is it to return to the division to save Xiangyang and suppress Li Zicheng? Or do you want to keep marching? ”
Shuo Tuo got up and said, "I think we can send an army to rescue Xiangyang, of course, even if Li Zicheng wants to withdraw from the war with Nanming, it is not an easy task!" He needs time! And when Li Zicheng finishes dispatching people, we can eliminate Zhang Biwu in Xinye! I think Li Thief is the problem of flesh and skin, and Zhang Biwu is the trouble of my heart! ”
Azig looked down, he was thinking about it! He said, "No! I still have to wait, send a messenger to Xiangyang overnight, to confirm the news over there! After all, Xiangyang is the place I guarded! If Li Zicheng is allowed to enter Shaanxi again, then everything we have worked so hard before will be in vain! ”
Azig is the main general, and the others dare not have objections, plus they also know that what Azig said is reasonable, even if they wait for another day or two, there will be no surprises on the Xinye side, let alone object.
Azig waited for the news, then delayed for a day or two, this was in the hands of Yuan Zongdi, and their goal was achieved!
When Azig was about to open the new field, what he was waiting for would be news that would make him angry!
Yes! The battle situation on the new side has begun to change!
Lei Xing and Li Qifeng saw that the army's morale was unstable, and they wanted to stop the siege, but there was no way, they couldn't disobey the messenger sent by Azig! In addition, he thought that his advantage was so obvious, so he ordered the siege of the city.
The Qing soldiers heard the order to attack, and they didn't have the same momentum as before, they were you look at me, I look at you. Even the pace of the charge was not as fast and steady as before, and it became slow. The shouts of the charge have become very weak!
Zhang Biwu saw the situation of the Qing army at the head of the city, and he showed a victorious smile, then let them attack again! Let them be exhausted, presumably it is Lu Xiangsheng's strange army that has arrived!
All that you have endured will be rewarded! Everything is as planned!
Zhao Dawei's big voice was torn open: "Did you see it?" Now the Qing soldiers are afraid of us! They all think they can't win this one! ”
Then Zhao Dayong shouted at the charging Qing soldiers: "Everyone is Han, please stop serving the Hu people and kill each other!" Did you see that? Your attacks are useless, Xi'an is about to be captured by our army, and even Xiangyang is not guaranteed! Azig doesn't say that I'm afraid I'm going to come to help......"
The "whoosh" arrow shot at Zhao Dayong, just to make Zhao Dayong shut up, Zhao Dayong just raised his shield to block the arrow, and asked him to shut up, how is this possible?
He still shouted: "Brothers, I still persuade you, you really have no chance of winning!" Don't die in vain under Shinno Castle! Let's get back! Belong to the command of Lord Zhang Zhentai, the chief soldier of Lingbao! Only in this way can you face your fathers and fellow villagers, and you can face your ancestors after death! And glory and wealth are also waiting for you! Find out if you're lost! ”
The shouting really worked, in the past, they were stimulated by wealth, and their morale would soar, but now they know that Lu Dao can't attack Xinye, if they continue to attack, they can only die in vain, of course they also listened to Zhao Dayong's words.
Zhao Dawei also shouted: "Brothers, come here, you can still have glory and wealth!" We, Lord Zhang Zhentai, have never been in arrears of military salaries! ”
Zhang Biwu's army is famous in the Ming army and is not owed military salaries, because Zhang Biwu does not only rely on the imperial court to pay salaries, he governs his territory to be rich, he exterminated thieves, and obtained a lot of wealth, of course, the most important thing is that Zhang Biwu fought against the Qing army, and the spoils he obtained from the Qing army were very much.
The Qing army entered the Ming Realm and continued to plunder, but was attacked by Zhang Biwu, so a lot of wealth fell into the hands of Zhang Biwu, for which Zhang Biwu had money, of course, he would not be in arrears.
and Zhang Biwu's wife, Dai Lisi, is a businessman, and he does not forget to do business, as long as Zhang Biwu can always make a profit in business, he will naturally have money for this.
It is for these reasons that some of the soldiers of the Ming army surrendered to the Manchu Qing Dynasty in the Qing army, and they also knew that the treatment of Zhang Biwu's army was excellent, and they believed the words of Zhao Dayong and Zhao Dawei, and those soldiers of the Eight Banners of the Han Dynasty would also be affected by the surrender of the Ming army. Similar to this, the fighting spirit of the Qing army dropped to a low point.
Zhang Biwu knew that he had to give the enemy a head-on blow now, and the more powerful the fight, the more afraid they were.
Zhang Biwu shouted: "Attack!" Attack with all your might! "He himself controlled the cannons, and shot them out one after another.
The two Hongyi cannons on the city continued to fire and attack, while the defenders at the head of the city continued to shoot arrows outside the city without fear of the rain of arrows, which was completely different from the battle of the previous days. (To be continued......)