Tongguan city wall.

Li Banghua stared at Xu Da with fiery eyes, and said excitedly:

"Wei Guogong, why don't you stay in the Chongzhen Dynasty!"

"With you alone, the Manchu Dynasty is not vulnerable at all."

Speaking of this, Li Banghua leaned in front of Xu Da and said in a low voice:

"Wei Guogong, you may not know, Emperor Taizu ......"

Before Li Banghua finished speaking, Xu Da shook his head and said:

"Master Li, there are some things that don't need to be said."

Li Banghua was stunned for a moment, and said in surprise:

"Wei Guogong, do you know?"

Xu Da quietly looked at the troops under the city wall, and said lightly:

"I don't know the future, and I'm not interested in it."

"Your Majesty's majesty is magnificent, it is the heaven of the Ming Dynasty, if I die in the future, I will also be to blame."

When Li Banghua heard this, he couldn't help but be in awe.

In all fairness, if it were him, if he had gone to the afterlife one day, he would have been very curious about his future.

But Xu Da, the Duke of Wei, can see the future so open-mindedly, he really deserves to be the king of Zhongshan!

……

At this moment, Chen Yongfu followed behind the guards, walked up to the city wall, and relayed Sun Chuanting's instructions to Xu Da.

Xu Da glanced at Chen Yongfu and said:

"Go back and tell you General Sun that if the army of thieves is defeated and retreats, and he sees the general sending troops, he can lead the army to follow."

"As for these troop surrenders, they will make their own decisions."

"By the way, presumably you should know the thieves' subordinates and find out the generals among these surrendered troops."

Xu Da has been standing on the city wall, naturally paying attention to the movements of the camp outside the city, since Sun Chuanting is a useful person.

He didn't mind giving some of his military exploits to Sun Chuanting, and taking them with him to cultivate.

When Chen Yongfu heard this, he followed behind the guards and came to the city wall.

Of the tens of thousands of cavalry before, only five or six thousand survived, so Chen Yongfu easily found Yuan Zongdi and Liu Zongmin.

These two people are both the right-hand men of the thief Li Zicheng, and he is naturally no stranger.

……

Liu Zongmin was worriedly taken on the city wall by the Ming soldiers, and when he passed along the way, when he saw the morale of those Ming soldiers, his heart suddenly rose.

And Yuan Zongdi had a cold face, and after seeing Xu Da, he didn't salute and greeted, just stood there.

Xu Da waved his hand, and the guards on the side rushed up and directly tied up Yuan Zongdi and the two of them.

Liu Zongmin was in a panic, mistakenly thinking that Xu Da wanted to trap and kill them, and begged for mercy:

"Woo woo"

Xu Da turned around and shouted:

"Liu Zongmin, Yuan Zongdi, and the two of them are willing to surrender to the Ming Dynasty sincerely, and they will promise here."

"All of this was done by thieves and coercion, and Your Majesty will definitely pardon you."

Facing Yuan Zongdi's angry gaze, Xu Da waited for a few seconds, and then said:

"Okay, Yuan Zongdi, I promised you that as long as those surrendered troops don't make trouble, after this battle, everyone can go home with five stones of grain."

Then, listening to the cheers of the soldiers under the city wall, Xu Da waved his hand.

The guards took the two people with grief and anger on their faces down and locked them up.

Subsequently, Xu Da did not break his promise, and sent hundreds of people to escort five or six thousand soldiers into Tongguan City, and after each person was given five stones of grain, they were locked together.

As for the thousands of defeated soldiers, they were sent to the camp outside the city by Xu Da.

……

Late at night, whether it is in Tongguan City or in the camp, there is laughter and laughter.

Suddenly, the earth shook faintly.

"Stomp Pedal Pedal

I saw that it was dense, as if a vast sea of fire came from afar.

If you look closely, it is not a sea of fire at all, but an army with torches in hand, with no end in sight.

on the city walls.

Looking at the menacing army of thieves, Li Banghua involuntarily wiped the cold sweat on his forehead and said:

"Wei Guogong, the million-strong army of thieves is here?"

"Then what Yuan Zongdi said is true? Do thieves really have a million-trained army? ”

Looking at the monstrous momentum of the million-strong army, Xu Da sighed with emotion:

"At the beginning, Chen Youliang led an army of 600,000 to besiege Hongdu, and Wen Zheng only led 20,000 people to hold on for 85 days."

"If his temperament could be calmer, maybe ......"

……

The other side.

Li Zicheng, the king of Chuang, looked at the heavily guarded Tongguan and the big camp outside the city, and took a deep breath.

Holding back the excitement in his heart, he turned his head and asked:

"Mr. Song, do you think this king should go all out and directly capture Tongguan?"

Song Xiance shook his head and said solemnly:

"King Chuang, the army didn't encounter tens of thousands of cavalry led by Yuan Zongdi along the way, don't you think there's a problem?"

"It's better to wait for us to test and test first, and if the situation changes, we will directly attack the city with artillery!"

Suddenly, a soldier came running briskly and hurriedly reported:

"King Chuang, there are traces of artillery in front, General Yuan, they are afraid of accidents."

When Li Zicheng heard this, he looked around and laughed:

"Now this king has 600,000 iron horsemen, 400,000 elite foot soldiers, just one Tongguan, how can he stop this king's million-strong army?"

Seeing this, Song Xiance secretly said that it was not good, and hurriedly persuaded him:

"Break the king, don't underestimate the enemy!"

When Li Zicheng heard this, his smile disappeared slightly, and he ordered the army to stop and send Tian Jianxiu to surrender.

……

Tian Jianxiu rode a high-headed horse, and without looking at the camp, he came to the city of Tongguan and shouted:

"Sun Chuanting, King Chuang ordered Er to surrender quickly."

"Defend the city for one day, kill three out of ten."

"Defend the city for two days, kill seven out of ten."

"Defend the city for three days, slaughter the city!"

When the words fell, there was silence in Tongguan City, and there was no sound.

These 50,000 troops are all elites of the Ming Dynasty, how can they be bewitched by just a thief?

Xu Da, the Duke of Wei, bent his bow and arrows and aimed at Tian Jianxiu.

"Huh"

Tian Jianxiu only felt a flower in front of him, and an arrow flew past his ear, and he subconsciously stretched out his hand and touched his ear.

When he touched his hands full of blood, Tian Jianxiu was furious, immediately turned the horse's head, came to Li Zicheng, and said angrily:

"King Chuang, Sun Chuanting refuses to surrender, and dares to provoke us like this."

Seeing this, Li Zicheng remembered that when Chongzhen was eleven years old, he was defeated at the hands of Sun Chuanting and only led eighteen horsemen to flee in a hurry.

At this moment, the new hatred and old hatred added up, which made Li Zicheng lose his last patience and asked:

"Mr. Song, do you think this king broke the camp first? Or, break through the Tong Pass first? ”

Song Xiance glanced at the Tongguan city wall from afar, and said slowly:

"King Chuang, Yuan Zongdi and tens of thousands of cavalry can't disappear for no reason, even if they are defeated, they should have a chance to live."

"Just in case, we will first use artillery to break through Tongguan, and at that time, the big camp will be wiped out with a wave of our hands."

Li Zicheng thought about it carefully and felt that it made sense, so he ordered someone to bring all the artillery.

Soon, hundreds of artillery pieces captured from the Ming army were pushed to the front.

"Boom Boom"

For a time, the deafening sound of artillery resounded in the sky.