The Yicheng captured by the Datong army was easily recaptured by Liu Fangliang, because there were no defenders in the city at all, and even officials and peasant soldiers were not sent.

However, Quwo, west of Yicheng, was garrisoned by 3,000 peasant soldiers.

Liu Fangliang camped on the outskirts of Yicheng and waited on the spot for more troops to gather. Hongdong County in the north was also recaptured by the Dashun army, but it was stuck in Linfen by the Datong army and could not go south.

Wing City.

Xie Yinglong went to the tent to find Tian Hu: "Uncle (Earl), the situation is not good." ”

"Alas, I know, the morale of the army is fluctuating." Tian Hu is helpless.

Ren Guangrong, Ren Jirong, Tian Hu, Xie Yinglong, the four of them defected to Li Zicheng together, and all of them were from the Ming Dynasty official army.

Now, the Ren brothers have run away, and Tian Hu and Xie Yinglong are in an awkward situation.

Although Liu Fangliang kept expressing trust, he was faintly defensive. After recapturing Yicheng, the troops sent to defend the city were all Liu Fangliang's henchmen, while Tian Hu and Xie Yinglong were forbidden to enter the city.

Of course, Liu Fangliang was afraid that he would go too far and force Tian Hu and Xie Yinglong to rebel, so he personally led troops to be stationed outside the city.

The reason is that the people cannot be disturbed, the Yicheng is too small, and it is easy to cause chaos if there are too many troops entering.

Liu Fangliang's vigilance is normal, because Tian and Xie's troops not only have a lot of people from Henan, but also many people from the Ming Dynasty official army. When the soldiers learned that the Ren brothers had led the troops back to their hometowns, they had already discussed a lot, looking forward to their own generals returning to Henan.

Xie Yinglong said in a low voice: "Now that we are guarded, how can we fight?" Brother Tian, you are also a person who knows the soldiers, do you think you can win the battle now? ”

Tian Hu muttered: "Your Majesty treats us well, don't have any thoughts." As for the officers and men of the battalions, patience and appeasement are sufficient. ”

Xie Yinglong sneered.

is indeed not thin, Ren Jirong, who led the troops to run away, and Tian Hu in front of him, were all named General Guoyi, and they both got an earl.

But what about Xie Yinglong?

It's just a ragtag general, and the baron is just sent away.

This made Xie Yinglong extremely dissatisfied in his heart, the Ren brothers and Tian Hu were only low-level officers of the Ming Dynasty. Xie Yinglong, on the other hand, was born as a general's personal soldier, and the firearms troops under his command were extremely strong.

Xie Yinglong and Tian Hu, who took the firearms battalion together and carried many firearms and artillery, revolted and surrendered to Li Zicheng.

Why did Tian Hu quickly ascend to the throne, but he became Tian Hu's general?

"Then I'll go and appease the soldiers." Xie Yinglong said.

Tian Hu said: "I'll go in person." ”

Liu Fangliang's military camp is in the north of the city, and Tian Hu and Xie Yinglong's military camp is in the east of the city.

Tian Hu took Xie Yinglong to the camp to comfort the soldiers. It is nothing more than saying that when the Dashun army conquers Henan, everyone will be able to return to their hometown.

It didn't work for any birds, but it made the soldiers resistant.

The civilian officials lack a sense of belonging to the Dashun court, do the low-level soldiers have them?

Li Zicheng's army, which had the highest morale when it first entered the city of Beijing, was defeated by the Manchus and plummeted. Their idea was very simple, the Tatars won the Dashun army, and the Datong army won the Tatars, so the Datong army must be more powerful, and the territory occupied by Emperor Zhao was also large.

If you can't fight, why do you have to fight and die?

After inspecting the barracks and comforting him, Tian Hu went back to his tent to rest.

Xie Yinglong called a few officers over: "I have tried, General Tian doesn't want to go back to Henan, he is thinking of Emperor Dashun's kindness." ”

"Hehe, Li Zicheng is kind to him, but he is unkind to us." The person who spoke was called Wang Chengzhong, and like Xie Yinglong, he was born in the personal soldiers of the Ming general Luo Dai.

Another Henan officer, Xie Zhun, said: "Uncle Tian is reluctant to leave because he covets his title. We don't have a title, so what are we going to do here? Emperor Zhao occupies half of the country, sits on the land of Jiangnan wealth, and the Datong army is very powerful. Li Zicheng can't even beat the Tartars, can he still destroy Emperor Zhao and sit in the world? ”

After some discussion, Xie Yinglong said: "Go back and quietly gather troops, leave tonight, light the fire and fire the cannon, and run to the southwest together after disrupting the military camp!" ”

Midnight.

"Boom, boom!"

Without warning, the artillery battalions rang out with the sound of cannons, and then the battalions began to burn one after another, and the tents suddenly burst into flames.

Tian Hu suddenly woke up: "Where are the cannons?" ”

"I don't know." The soldiers hurriedly said.

Tian Hu walked quickly to the outside of the tent and found that there were fires in each battalion, and the shouts of soldiers were everywhere.

Tian Hu shouted: "The enemy army is attacking the camp, gather troops quickly!" ”

It's a fart together, and all the camps are on fire, and it's completely out of order.

The army commanded by Tian Hu, including the temporarily expanded troops, totaled more than 8,000 people. Although there are less than 2,000 people from Henan, ninety percent of the officers are from Henan.

This is normal, because its prototype is the Henan official army, and Li Zicheng threw some Henan peasant army in. Even if it was replenished many times later, the main generals were all from Henan, and of course the priority should be given to the countrymen in the promotion of officers.

More than 1,000 Henan soldiers took advantage of the chaos to run to the southwest, leaving behind 6,000 Shanshan soldiers at a loss.

These Shanxi soldiers didn't understand the situation at all, and thought that the Datong army was really killed. When they heard the sound of cannons and saw the fire going on everywhere, they scattered and fled like headless flies.

Most of the people ran to the mountains, and after they ran away, they would definitely return to their hometowns, and Tian Hu's troops were finished.

Tian Hu was suspicious, and with a few personal soldiers, he rode towards the north of the city. Liu Fangliang's military camp is very quiet, it is definitely not a "night attack", and it will be safe after passing.

Of course, Liu Fangliang was also awakened by the sound of artillery, and he ordered the camp to be strictly guarded, and the soldiers were not allowed to run around, and it took half an hour to quell the chaos.

"Don't let go of the arrows, I'm Tian Hu, I've been attacked by the enemy at night!"

Outside the camp, Tian Hu, who was repelled by a few arrows, opened his throat and shouted aggrievedly.

It took a while for Tian Hu to be brought in.

"How many enemy troops are there?" Liu Fangliang asked.

Tian Hu shook his head: "I don't know." ”

Liu Fangliang asked again: "Can the enemy chase after me?" ”

Tian Hu said: "It doesn't seem to be. ”

Liu Fangliang was furious: "You have suffered a defeat, why don't you know anything?" ”

Tian Hu said: "I was woken up at night, there were fires everywhere, and the barracks were all in chaos. If you can't collect the troops, how can you know the situation at night? ”

Liu Fangliang could only suppress his anger and let the soldiers continue to be vigilant, and did not lead the troops to the east of the city to check until dawn.

The military camp in the east of the city was full of messes, and even the places where grain and grass were put were burned.

Fortunately, Liu Fangliang was prepared, and the military rations were given every ten days, and there was not much food in the Tianhu camp.

Liu Fangliang looked at the intact artillery, reached out to touch the barrel again, rubbed the residue of his fingertips and said: "These cannons must have sounded last night, and they haven't even cleaned the breech." ”

Tian Hu was silent, he probably understood.

Liu Fangliang sneered: "You are really loyal to Your Majesty, but the soldiers under your command don't think so." You don't even know that you've been overstepped by your own subordinates? ”

Tian Hu sighed: "It's because I don't govern the army strictly, and I'm willing to be punished." ”

Liu Fangliang shook his head: "In the Dashun Army, you and Ren have the highest rank and title." Ren Jirong ran away with his troops, and if he punishes you again, he is afraid that he will force all the Henan soldiers to rebel. I can't afford that much responsibility. ”

Neither spoke anymore.

The Henan officers under Tian Hu ran away with the Henan soldiers, but the main general Tian Hu was kept in the dark. What does this mean?

It means that both officers and soldiers have no confidence in the war and are not willing to fight with the Datong Army at all!

Many soldiers of the Dashun Army are not only afraid of war, but also have the heart to avoid war. Such a force cannot fight, and even if it does, it will definitely lose.

Liu Fangliang understands this truth, and the party Tian Hu naturally understands it better.

One of them was a marquis, the other was an earl, and there was every reason to die for Li Zizheng. But there are no ordinary generals, let alone low-level soldiers, these soldiers just want to live.

However, it was said that Xie Yinglong led his troops to defect to the Datong Army, and they were all firecrackers, and there were some artillerymen who had lost their artillery, and Liu Zhu was very happy to learn about the situation.

When the war was imminent, Liu Zhu sent a letter to discuss with Jiang Liang on the south bank of the Yellow River, and decided to temporarily retain Xie Yinglong's establishment and ordered these firecrackers to garrison Jiangzhou.

In southern Shaanxi, Li Guo led his troops to Xi'an, and when he was more than 100 miles away from Xi'an, he rode a fast horse and galloped after him.

"Yin Zhangluo of Hanzhong Mansion, in collaboration with Wang Guangen and Wang Guangtai to rebel, has occupied the city of Hanzhong Mansion!"

Li Guo was shocked and at a loss.

He had just left Hanzhong with his troops, and Hanzhong actually rebelled?

Wang Guangen and Wang Guangtai brothers, originally Zhang Xianzhong's generals, were later recruited by the Ming court. Historically, they also fought against Li Zicheng and later surrendered to the Manchus.

Because of factional contradictions, Wang Guangen was killed by the Manchu Qing Dynasty, and Wang Guangtai immediately raised troops against the Qing Dynasty and became one of the thirteen families in Kuidong.

In this time and space, due to the Ming court's crotch stretching, the Wang brothers did not choose to fight hard in the face of Li Zicheng, but led the troops to join Dashun collectively.

Liu Fangliang and Li Guo both went to Tongguan to fight, but both of them went into chaos.

Dashun court, people's hearts are scattered!

Li Guo's head was a little down, and he didn't know whether to go to Xi'an first, or go back to Hanzhong to quell the rebellion.

The battle of Tongguan decided the ownership of Shanxi and Shaanxi provinces.

But if you don't return to Hanzhong, Sichuan's Datong Army will drive straight into Hanzhong again.

There is really a Datong army over there, only Huang Qi is left in Guizhou, and Fei Yinghui led his troops to the north and is holding back the Dashun army in Hanzhong.

After thinking about it, Li Guo decided to return to Hanzhong.

But just two days after he returned to the army, he received an urgent report again: the defenders of Yangping Pass were attacked by the abdomen and back, the soldiers guarding the pass surrendered en masse, and the Datong army had entered Hanzhong.

What to do? What to do? What to do?

Li Guo was distraught, and in a hurry, he fell ill in the army.

Xi'an and Hanzhong were all occupied by the Datong army, and their own generals were ill again, and the whole army was suddenly confused.

The deputy general is a high merit, and he can't be suppressed at all.

Gao Yigong is the son of Gao Yingxiang and Li Zicheng's cousin-in-law. His ability to fight a war can only be regarded as ordinary, and he cannot bear the burden of being ordered in danger.

Next, there were deserters every day, and after a few days, one-eighth of Li Guo's troops had escaped.

Fools know that Shaanxi is definitely gone, and continuing to fight is not far from death.

If it was a Tartar, they might still be united, but the Datong court is also Han, so why should they continue to work hard?

Seeing this situation, Zhang Neng, Li Guo's general, left the camp overnight with his army and ran to Hanzhong to join the Datong army, directly taking away one-third of the soldiers.

When the news came out, there were more deserters, and in a blink of an eye, there were only 2,000 people left, and the Dashun army was also given in vain.