Chapter 288: The Thief Goes South
Chongzhen saw Tian Shouxin's ecstatic expression, I have a baby, you are actually more excited than me......
He changed the topic and turned back to the crown prince, "Brother Chun, you should also work hard to give me a grandson!"
When Zhu Cihong heard this, he immediately said, "Erchen must take the time to complete it!"
"It takes time to finish?" Chongzhen was speechless and teased, "You can be positive about that! If you are not satisfied with the crown princess, I can give you another daughter-in-law?"
Zhu Cihong's eyes lit up, "Thank you, Father!"
Chongzhen was even more speechless, and said in his heart: You little rabbit cub, it's true.
He turned to a young eunuch and said, "Dacheng, you go to the Ministry of Rites, let them show up, and choose three or five side concubines for the prince first."
"Two is enough, two is enough......," Zhu Cihong replied subconsciously.
Chongzhen got up, looked at the strong prince, turned around silently, and went to the inner hall with a complicated mood.
Seeing Chongzhen come in, Zhou Yingluo's face was full of excitement, "Your Majesty, it seems that the concubines really can't go south!"
"It's okay, you can take care of the fetus and give birth to a big fat boy for me!"
"Isn't it good to have a princess?" Zhou Yingluo was a little worried.
Chongzhen touched Zhou Yingluo's head dotingly, "It's all good, it's all good, it's just that I feel a little sorry for your body, after all, you are still so young, your body hasn't grown yet, originally, I was going to wait for another two years."
"How can a concubine be young, a daughter-in-law of a normal family, she should have a second or even third child at this age!"
"You don't understand!" Chongzhen shook his head, in this era, girls in the thirteenth and fourteenth years began to give birth, and the pelvis was simply unbearable, coupled with poor hygiene, the dystocia rate of women giving birth to children was still very high.
He didn't want Zhou Yingluo to give birth early, so he usually paid attention to all kinds of precautions, but he didn't expect to win the lottery.
"Forget it, don't talk about this, I'll let the Imperial Doctor give you a good rest."
Chongzhen stood up, paced a few steps, and said to himself, "In this era, where to find folic acid?"
"Folic acid? Is it a famous doctor?" Zhou Yingluo asked with big eyes.
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Xiangyang.
Li Zicheng, Li Guo, and Niu Jinxing gathered in front of a map.
"Your Majesty, Zuo Liangyu will go east, and give us a lot of space, and our army will go from Hubei to the southeastern provinces." Niu Venus pointed to the map, "There is basically no damage from the war, and it is a good place to recuperate."
Li Zicheng nodded: "The main thing is to avoid Azig's soldiers."
Li Guo's face was heavy, "Who would have thought that Zhang Xianzhong would die at the hands of Azig."
Li Zicheng is also a little sad that the rabbit died and the fox died, he was chased by Azig all the way to Xiangyang, he thought it was miserable enough, but he didn't think that Zhang Xianzhong was worse than him.
"Order, the army quickly reorganized, and set off for Jiangxi in three days!"
Two days later, Li Guo led 10,000 vanguard troops, pulled out the camp first, and headed towards Wuchang.
Another day, Li Zicheng and Niu Jinxing took the remaining 40,000 main forces of the army and left Xiangyang City in a mighty way.
40,000 people, plus carriages and horses, marched in two columns, each occupying an average of one meter of the road, these 40,000 people, a full 20,000 meters, that is, 20 kilometers long!
Fortunately, the road to the south of Xiangyang can be walked along the bank of the Han River, the road is quite smooth, and the entire army can travel 50 miles a day.
Li Guo carefully explored the way, and the main army also sent a large number of scouts, and there were no Ming troops and village warriors around, daring to sneak attack and block.
It took Li Zicheng ten days to arrive in Wuchang safely.
At this time, because Zuo Liangyu died, Zuo Mengeng prepared for the funeral on the spot, and Zuo Ying was stationed near Jiujiang.
Li Zicheng had already discovered the movements of Zuo Ying, and although he learned that Zuo Liangyu was dead, he did not dare to go to fight.
After resting for a day in Wuchang, the Azig cavalry followed the banks of the Han River and quickly pursued them, and they could reach Wuchang within three days.
Li Zicheng was shocked and immediately ordered the big *** head to go south.
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Azig discovered that Li Zicheng and Zuo Liangyu had fled eastward, and there was no time to stabilize Hanzhong, so he took 20,000 elite Mongolian cavalry and followed Li Zicheng's footsteps to chase in a hurry.
He vowed to snatch the gold and silver from Li Zicheng's army to make up for the loss of Datong.
In the military tent in the Azig camp, Ahsan pointed at the map.
"Lord Wang, this is Jiayu County! Jiayu County is one hundred and forty miles away from Wuchang, which is the only way for Li Zicheng to go south.
The northwest side of this place is the Yangtze River, the other directions are distributed Xiliang Lake, Axe Lake and other waters, the southeast is the Mufu Mountain, and the other places are very flat, which is easy for our cavalry to raid and cut off the enemy, which is really a natural good battlefield.
If the main force of our iron cavalry disguises itself as a blocking partial division, and sets up a blocking position in the southwest of Jiayu County, under the premise that there is water in the other two directions and cannot break through, Li Zicheng will definitely fight a decisive battle with our "partial division".
After the decisive battle began, the minions led a cavalry to attack from the rear, cut off Li Zicheng's retreat, and killed him by surprise, even if he could not be completely annihilated, he could still disrupt Li Zicheng's army and grab their belongings!"
After listening to Ashan's strategy, Azig's eyes lit up, and he couldn't help but shout: "Surprise attack unprepared, wonderful! It works!"
Azig gathered the generals and announced the military order in a loud voice: "While Li Zicheng has just left Wuchang, we will cross the Yangtze River in Qianjiang Mansion, travel hundreds of miles a day, and go to Jiayu Town to ambush!"
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Li Zicheng set off from Wuchang, still traveled 50 miles a day, and arrived in Jiayu County three days after pulling out the camp, and set up a large camp.
On the second day, the Malay newspaper reported that 10 miles ahead, there were 5,000 *** soldiers and horses camped in the second half of the night yesterday, blocking the road.
Li Zicheng was taken aback, "Where is Li Guo now?"
"I've explored the way in the direction of Makufu Mountain, and I haven't heard any news yet!" Niu Jinxing replied.
"Send capable scouts to the front to investigate, if there are really only 5,000 people in front of ***, we will move forward quickly and destroy them, so as not to be chased and surrounded by the main force!"
Half an hour later, Li Zicheng led a large army, rode up a high slope, and looked down on the Jianyu barracks.
"Hmph, just 5000***, you dare to go deep into the hinterland of Jianghan!"
"Hao Shaoqi!"
"In"
"You take 10,000 people out of the camp, go straight to the *** barracks, and fight a way."
"Yes."
"One year high!"
"Yes."
"You lead 10,000 troops and follow Hao Shaoqi, but if Hao Shaoqi breaks the camp, you must immediately follow up and surround it, and be sure to annihilate all the captured soldiers! If Hao Shaoqi can't break the enemy for a long time, you will help immediately!"
"Yes."
"Knock ......"
The drums of war were beating.
Hao Shaoqi gathered his soldiers and horses, shouting and killing the *** camp opposite.
"Dangdangdang......
The gong sounded in the Azig camp, and immediately, the figures flickered, and 5,000 people got out of the tents, mounted their horses, and threw arrows at the barbarians outside.
Some people even opened the back door of the barracks to leave a way out.
Hao Shaoqi shouted to kill the enemy and took the lead in killing. The two sides fought fiercely, and a rain of arrows roared in the air.