The next day.

The sun rises as usual.

The battle continued as usual.

Azig continued his onslaught.

Tongguan City roared continuously, and the sound of fighting shook the sky.

The captives and Han Chinese people continued to ambush corpses.

Yesterday's dead bodies were not picked up, and a new layer was added this morning, and the weather was hot, and there was already a faint stench.

Azig saw that tens of thousands of Han people and the orders of the army could not exhaust the Tongguan ordnance, and today there is a new army in the city of Tongguan.

He immediately concluded that Tongguan had abundant logistics, and as long as Li Zicheng held on, he could only fail in the end.

And Sheng Jing's side was urging tightly, and he couldn't fight for a long time.

Now the gunpowder has run out, and 6,000 headquarters have been lost. There was no way, and Azig summoned the generals at night to discuss countermeasures.

After a discussion and analysis, Geng Zhongming, the king of Huaishun, got up and said:

"Lord Wang, Tongguan is the most dangerous pass in the world, a husband should be a pass, and Tongguan is given a great supply, and it is difficult for our army to capture it in a short time.

It is better to send a surprise soldier to go north along the west of Zhongtiao Mountain at night, cross the Yellow River to the west, enter the Guanzhong Plain, and cut off Li Zicheng's supply line. ”

After hearing this, Azig pondered and said: "The Yellow River flows south from the junction of Shanxi and Shaanxi, and flows to the east at the foot of the Qinling Mountains.

King Huaishun planned to cross the river twice, that is two dangers! ”

Geng Zhongming naturally knew the risks, but he smiled slightly and said: "Lord Wang, Li Zicheng will never dare to go out of the city for a decisive battle, we will take advantage of the night to seize the opportunity, Li Zicheng is too late to find out!" At that time, it will not only be able to cut off his supplies, but also be able to respond to the offensive in the north. ”

Azig still frowned.

Geng Zhongming continued: "The east side of Tongguan, where we are now, is a canyon area, which is not conducive to the use of our cavalry.

But the plain on the west side of Tongguan is vast, and it is the best battlefield for my Qing cavalry! Even if Li Zicheng's army is besieged and can't be defeated, he can still run. ”

Azig nodded after hearing this, and said slowly: "The emperor's holy decree is urgent, we really can't fight for a long time, since Tongguan is difficult to attack, this king will make dangerous moves and send people to cross the Yellow River west!" ”

Historically, Geng Zhongming and Dolgon led the army into the pass, traveled a long distance to pursue Li Zicheng to Wangdu, and later entered Shaanxi with Duoduo to conquer the remnants of Li Zicheng, forcing Dashun to Huguang.

After Zhu Youjian crossed over, although there was a great butterfly effect, it did not change the general direction of Geng Zhongming's battle against Li Zicheng.

Jianyu set a strategy, Geng Zhongming led 5,000 cavalry to immediately pull out the camp, and quickly went north at night.

When they arrived at the river, the soldiers blew up the water bags, tied them to themselves and their horses, swam across the Yellow River, and then galloped west along the mountains on the south side of Zhongtiao Mountain.

When the sky was slightly bright, and they had reached the bank of the Yellow River again, the army did not stop for a moment, entered the water again, and spent an hour crossing the Yellow River and resting on the west bank.

Geng Zhongming crossed the river safely, his heart was determined, looking at the endless plain, his confidence rose, and he waved west.

……

The Tongguan guards waited all morning, but they didn't see the Tartars attacking, and they all smiled happily, thinking that Liu Zongmin's night attack last night had severely damaged the Tartars' sharpness and made them dare not attack.

The defenders had a good morning.

In the early afternoon, Azig led his army to the city, but did not attack.

When the defenders saw this, they rejoiced, and Liu Zongmin's prestige increased greatly.

Halfway through the Shen hour, that is, around 4 p.m., more than a dozen horsemen came galloping from the west side, all wounded.

The defenders hurriedly opened the door and let them in. Li Zicheng suddenly felt bad when he learned about it, and immediately summoned him.

"Your Majesty, thousands of Tartars have poured in out of nowhere to intercept our baggage team!"

"Under what banner?" Li Zicheng asked busily.

"The little ones don't know the Tartar flags, but they only see a few big yellow flags."

Hearing this, whether it was Li Zicheng, Niu Jinxing, Liu Zongmin, and Liu Fangliang, they were all shocked.

"No wonder Jianyu didn't attack the city, it turned out to send people to smuggle across the Yellow River at night and go west!" Niu Venus sat weakly in his chair.

"Xi'an, there is most of the property, grain and grass of my Dashun army, and my Dashun family is in the city! How good is that! Bull Venus muttered.

Seeing Niu Jinxing's cowardly appearance, Liu Zongmin rolled his eyes, he stood up and arched his hand, and said:

"Your Majesty, Xi'an still has Empress Gao to stabilize the army's heart, and there are Mianhou Yuan Zongdi, Yihou Zhang Nai and others stationed there, and there are hundreds of thousands of soldiers and civilians in the city, it will not be so easy to be broken by thousands of captives!"

Li Zicheng paced back and forth, without speaking, and the crowd waited, but no one spoke.

After a while, Li Zicheng stood still and said loudly: "Order, guard the Xiaoguan Ancient Road, Guanlong Ancient Road, Chencang Ancient Road and Wuguan Ancient Road, and I will trap Jianyu in the Guanzhong Plain!" Xu Tu extinguished! ”

Niu Jinxing hurriedly got up: "The emperor is sage!" ”

Geng Zhongming crossed the river and ran 100 miles, trampling on farmland when he saw it, slaughtering villages when he saw them, and the people fled in all directions, making a mess everywhere he passed.

The Weinan County guard quickly sent soldiers, but he couldn't catch up with the Jianyu cavalry at all, and only saw ruins and corpses.

If you don't pay attention, you were raided by Jianyu and defeated, so you had to flee back to the county seat and hold on.

……

Chengdu, Sichuan.

Li Dingguo received the military report and hurried to the Daxi Palace to meet Emperor Zhang Xianzhong.

"Your Majesty, Erchen received a military report, the Tartars went south to wreak havoc in Shanxi and Shaanxi, killing Li Zicheng to the point of losing his armor, 100,000 troops were lost, and now Li Zicheng has been trapped in Tongguan." Li Dingguo said.

Zhang Xianzhong smiled and said: "Li Zicheng is not handsome, he can't succeed after all, he will be defeated by the Tartars sooner or later!" ”

Li Dingguo bowed, "Your Majesty is wise." Now that Hanzhong is empty and undefended, should we strike first and send a surprise army to take the city of Hanzhong? ”

"The second brother is right, this is a good opportunity." Zhang Xianzhong agreed, "Spread the decree, leaving grandchildren to protect Chengdu, Li Dingguo, Liu Wenxiu, and Ai Nengqi will follow me to the north!" ”

……

Juyongguan.

Nikan has been storming for a whole day, and the Dashun defenders are unable to resist.

The guard general Ma Ke, together with Wu Sangui, Tang Tong, Bai Guangen and others, were all one of the few second-grade generals in the Ming Dynasty after the Battle of Songjin.

After the fall of Jingshi, Li Zicheng surrendered and was arranged to guard Juyong Pass.

He looked at the crumbling Juyong Pass, with Jianyu on the west side and the old lord Chongzhen on the east side, he was alone in the middle, with no strong soldiers inside, no reinforcements outside, and he wanted to cry without tears.

"If I knew this was the case, it was better to stay in Beijing and wait for Emperor Chongzhen!" Ma Ke saw that Jianyu was fierce, and he regretted it to death.

Ma Ke was blaming himself, and a person quickly walked to his side and arched his hand:

"Uncle, my subordinates have just counted, and there are still 8,000 soldiers in the city, 30,000 bows and arrows, 40 artillery, and 200 war horses. Grain and grass can last for 1 month. The pro-soldier replied.

"Uncle bullshit, Li Zicheng has become a lost dog, and the sealed earl is still useful!" Marco was already distraught.

Hearing the amount of supplies in the city, he was even more irritable.

At sunset, the siege retreated, and Ma Ke returned to the government office to rest, and before he could lie down, the guards at the east gate hurriedly came.

"Uncle, there are 20,000 troops at the east gate!"

Marco jumped up, "What? Under what banner? ”

"Uncle, don't panic, hit the banner of the king of the Ming Dynasty, saying that he is coming to support!"

Outside the city, King Ding asked Li Guo beside him, "Mr. Li, this king's strange soldiers are suddenly coming, and Ma Ke may not dare to open the door!" ”