In Baoji, Fengxiang Mansion, Shaanxi, the main force of the 80,000 Dashun Army has completed the assembly.

Emperor Li Zicheng of Dashun was personally inspecting the army.

Zhang Xianzhong's acceptance of Gao Jie's annexation of Hanzhong really made Li Zicheng uneasy!

Although the Dashun army suffered a lot of losses in the previous battle, Li Zicheng was not willing to lose.

Since the sneak attack failed, he simply attacked directly.

Baoji is the original Chen Cang.

After the outbreak of the Anshi Rebellion, Tang Xuanzong Li Longji was forced to "hunt in the south", and after walking here, because the guide was not familiar with the distance, he got lost in this place.

Just when everyone was in trouble, two "divine chickens" appeared, and under their leadership, Tang Xuanzong finally got out of the predicament.

Since then, Baoji has replaced Chen Cang.

Almost all of the Dashun civil and military forces felt that it was not wise to continue to fight Zhang Xianzhong in Hanzhong.

Now that the Ming army is pressing, His Majesty insists on fighting with Zhang Xianzhong in Hanzhong, is this going to die together?

But at this time, Li Zicheng was already carried away by anger, and it was useless to persuade anyone.

Originally, everyone thought that Zhang Xianzhong released Liu Zongmin and his horse in the Meridian Valley, and expressed his willingness to live in peace, Li Zicheng could always borrow the slope to get off the donkey and take advantage of the situation to collect the troops.

But unexpectedly, after His Majesty heard about this, he became more and more angry, thinking that Zhang Xianzhong was humiliating him!

So he gathered his troops and horses and prepared to attack Dasanguan in the south of Baoji.

Due to its important strategic position, Dasanguan has been one of the four major gateways of Guanzhong since ancient times (Tongguan Hangu Pass in the east, Wuguan Pass in the south, Dasanguan in the west, and Xiaoguan in the north).

It is located at the northern foot of the Qinling Mountains in the southern suburbs of Baoji, and has been the "throat of Sichuan and Shaanxi" since ancient times.

It is no exaggeration to say that whoever controls the Dasanguan will master the throat of entering and exiting Sichuan and Shaanxi!

Now that Dasanguan is in the hands of Zhang Xianzhong, he can easily attack the core of Li Zicheng's rule through Hanzhong, the Guanzhong region.

This is something that Li Zicheng cannot accept under any circumstances.

Even if he can't recapture Hanzhong, he must at least take Dasanguan into his own hands, so as to ensure the safety of Guanzhong.

Otherwise, he would have to face Zhang Xianzhong's sneak attacks all the time.

The terrain to the north of Dasanguan is relatively flat, and the south is the Qinling Mountains, so it is much easier to capture Dasanguan from the north than from the south.

However, the tall city pass was still a huge obstacle, under the cover of the Hongyi cannon.

Rows of Dashun soldiers holding shields and ladders shouted slogans and launched a fierce attack on Dasanguan.

At this time, Li Yan, the military advisor, came to Li Zicheng's big tent.

After Li Yan stopped Song Xiance from flooding Kaifeng last time, Li Zicheng had some opinions about Li Yan, so he left him in Luoyang to guard Henan with Li Guo, Yuan Chonghuan and others.

Li Yan came all the way from Luoyang, presumably because of a major military situation.

Li Yan said: "Twenty days ago, Kaifeng's guard Chen Yongfu and King Zhou opened the city gate together and welcomed the Ming army into Kaifeng City. Yuan Chonghuan was unable to recover Kaifeng, so he had to retreat to Xingyang with more than 10,000 remnants! ”

The Ming army has already captured Kaifeng?

Kaifeng was lost, and the door of Henan was opened.

The generals asked Li Zicheng to collect his troops and march eastward.

Even if Kaifeng cannot be recovered, the safety of the Luoyang Tongguan area should be ensured.

Li Zicheng said: "Mr. Li means to tell me to retire and go to Henan?" ”

Li Yan shook his head and said, "When the minister entered Tongguan, he got a message. Li Xianzhong personally led a large army to storm Xiangyang, and had already captured Xiangyang 15 days ago! ”

Xiangyang is also lost? In this way, Henan will face a three-sided attack by the Ming army.

Even a city like Xiangyang has not been defended, so it is even more unrealistic to stick to Luoyang!

Soon, Li Zicheng motioned for everyone to stop the discussion.

"What does Mr. Lee think we should do now? ”

Li Yan said: "After the fall of Xiangyang, Nanyang has been exposed to the attack of the Ming army, and Henan cannot hold on. ”

"Weichen made his own initiative to let Li Guo lead the army to retreat to Tongguan, and at present, Yuan Chonghuan led 20,000 people to stick to Luoyang, whether to abandon Luoyang or not, please ask Your Majesty to decide?"

What else is there to decide, once the Ming army goes north from Xiangyang, breaks through Nanyang, and attacks Henan Mansion, all the people and horses in Henan will be "dumplings" by the Ming army.

Although Luoyang City is good, it is a pity that it cannot be kept.

After pondering for a moment, Li Zicheng said: "The herald gives up Luoyang and retreats the soldiers and horses of Henan into Guanzhong. And strengthen the defense of Tongguan, and absolutely not let the Ming army enter Guanzhong! ”

Judging the situation and making a decision at the right time, Li Zicheng still has this bit of courage.

After all, Xiangyang is a prime example.

Zhang Xianzhong was reluctant to give up this fortified city, and finally threw away Li Dingguo and tens of thousands of troops.

After Li Zicheng said this, all the civil and military officers present praised him for making a quick decision.

It's a pity that at this time, he had to give up the Great Dispersion Pass and retreat to the pass with all his might.

In any case, this can be regarded as a reasonable excuse to withdraw from the army.

It's better than being forced to withdraw the army if you can't beat Zhang Xianzhong.

Just as the Dashun army was preparing to withdraw to Guanzhong from the Chencang crossing, the news came that "Cao Cao" Luo Rucai had brought troops to surrender.

Luo Rucai has always been friendly with Zhang Xianzhong, at this time Li Zicheng was defeated in Hanzhong, how could he come to take refuge?

Just when everyone felt unbelievable, Luo Ru brought a piece of news that shocked them even more.

Emperor Zhang Xianzhong of Daxi is dead!

When Li Xianzhong besieged Xiangyang, he ordered Mao Wenlong's 30,000 troops to enter Sichuan, join Zhang Zhiji and others, and attack Chongqing Mansion.

At this time, although Zhang Xianzhong's main force ran to Hanzhong, Li Zicheng was also leading a large army to attack Hanzhong.

Sichuan's troops are still very empty, and Li Xianzhong naturally will not miss this good opportunity.

If Zhang Xianzhong repelled Li Zicheng and retreated the main force to Chengdu, it would be much more difficult to capture Sichuan.

So relative to Henan, the Ming army must give priority to attacking Sichuan! After all, Zhang Xianzhong did not occupy Sichuan for a long time, and the people's hearts have not yet been attached.

At this time, Zhang Wenxiu, who did not know that Xiangyang had been lost, was leading an army of 20,000 to storm Wanxian.

Mao Wenlong and Zhang Zhiji saw the opportunity and led the army back to Zhang Wenxiu's flank.

Tens of thousands of troops directly surrounded Zhang Wenxiu.

In the melee, Zhang Wenxiu was captured, and 20,000 Western troops surrendered either to death.

The Ming army took advantage of the situation to seize the empty Chongqing Mansion.

After the fall of Chongqing, Onishi's rule in Sichuan soon collapsed.

Luzhou, Xuzhou and other places in the south, as well as Taiping, Zhongzhou, Suiding, Shunqing and other prefectures, soon surrendered to the Ming army.

Zhang Nengqi, who was sitting in Chengdu, shrank his forces to defend Chengdu on the one hand, and asked for help from Zhang Xianzhong in Hanzhong on the other.

To make matters worse, the Ming army did not go straight to Chengdu, but entered the Baoning Mansion in northern Sichuan.

not only captured the important town of Bazhou, but also approached Langzhong, the capital city of Baoning.

Once Langzhong is lost, the next step for the Ming army will definitely be to seize Jiange, Guangyuan and other places, and block Zhang Xianzhong's passage from Hanzhong to Chengdu.

Zhang Xianzhong was naturally anxious when he learned about it.

He directly ordered Zhang Kewang to lead the army to take over Yangping Pass in Hanzhong.

According to the previous agreement between Zhang Xianzhong and Gao Jie, Zhang Xianzhong's men and horses were responsible for guarding several passages into Hanzhong and blocking Li Zicheng.

Hanzhong Prefecture, Chengnan Zheng, and Yangping Pass were controlled by Gao Jie.

Now Zhang Xianzhong directly snatched Yangping Pass, which naturally caused Gao Jie's dissatisfaction.

Originally, the Xing clan did not advocate defecting to Zhang Xianzhong, and wanted Gao Jie to surrender to the Ming army.

It was only at that time that they did not border with the Ming army, so they were forced to take refuge in Zhang Xianzhong.

Zhang Xianzhong did give Gao Jie a king of Hanzhong, but now Zhang Xianzhong not only lost Huguang, but even his nest Sichuan is about to be lost.

Daxi is almost gone, and Gao Jie's king of Hanzhong is naturally worthless.

Xing said: "Now that the Ming army has occupied Yunyang Mansion and has bordered Hanzhong, Zhang Xianzhong's Daxi has not been jumping for a few days. ”

"We might as well capture Zhang Xianzhong and directly dedicate Hanzhong to Daming."

"Although it is impossible to be crowned king, it can always keep our wealth!"

Gao Jie saw that now Zhang Kewang's 30,000-strong army had rushed back to Sichuan from Hanzhong, and most of Zhang Xianzhong's men and horses were defending Li Zicheng on the front line, which was indeed a good opportunity to start.

If Zhang Xianzhong ran back to Sichuan, even if they gave Hanzhong, then the credit would be much smaller.

And listening to Zhang Xianzhong's tone, he now wants to let himself take over the defense of Hanzhong in an all-round way, and fight with Li Zicheng, so that he can draw out his troops and horses and return to Chengdu.

If Li Zicheng is allowed to invade Hanzhong, Gao Jie will die even more and have no place to be buried.

However, Zhang Xianzhong was very cunning, never went to Nanzheng to take risks, and every time he asked Gao Jie to discuss in his camp outside the city.

In the end, Gao Jie decided to strike first.

He came to Zhang Xianzhong's camp to discuss, and agreed to take over the defense of Dasanguan and Meridian Dao, so that Zhang Xianzhong could relax his vigilance.

Gao Jie used the excuse of going to the toilet and escaped from Zhang Xianzhong's camp; His men took the opportunity to set fire to Zhang Xianzhong's camp and create chaos.

Then Gao Jie's 20,000 men and horses took the opportunity to attack Zhang Xianzhong's camp.

There were only 8,000 people around Zhang Xianzhong, and in the chaos, he was shot by a stray arrow, and he died!

After Zhang Xianzhong was killed, the Great Western Army lost its fighting spirit even more, and soon surrendered to Gao Jie.

At this time, Zuo Liangyu was led by a guide sent by Gao Jie to attack Hanzhong from Yunyang, Lianke Xunyang, Xing'an, Hanyin and other places.

Luo Rucai saw that Gao Jie colluded with the Ming army, and he couldn't go back to Chengdu at this moment.

So he simply went all the way north and entered Guanzhong along the meridian road.

Although Li Zicheng's relationship with Zhang Xianzhong was not good, when he heard that Zhang Xianzhong was killed by Gao Jie, he was angry from his heart at this moment!

Immediately, it was necessary to order troops to storm the Dasan Pass.

On the one hand, he wants to capture Gao Jie alive to vent his hatred!

On the other hand, Hanzhong has probably fallen into the hands of the Ming army, if the Dasanguan is occupied by the Ming army, then the Ming army can easily enter the Guanzhong area through here.

Even if you hold Tongguan, it's meaningless!

Even Li Yan believed that at this time, they must immediately seize the Great Scattered Pass.

Not only that, but also to send additional troops and horses in several other passages to prevent the Ming army from raiding.

At this time, the soldiers of Dashun went forward one after another, constantly launching surprise attacks on Dasan Pass, and even attacked Guancheng for a time!

However, it is a pity that the reinforcements of the Ming army arrived in time.

As the sound of "bang, bang, bang" sounded, Li Zicheng knew that he had no chance.

had to withdraw the army to defend Baoji and Fengxiang to ensure that the Ming army could not get out of Chencang Road.

After that, Li Xianzhong personally led the army to Nanzheng.

When he saw Zhang Xianzhong's body, Li Dingguo knelt on the ground and cried bitterly!

Li Xianzhong said: "It is inevitable that Zhang Xianzhong will have such an ending today, how did you consider this king's proposal?" ”

Li Xianzhong's request was very simple, that is, to let Li Dingguo go back and continue to lead Onishi.

The officers and troops of the Ming Dynasty would "pursue and suppress Daxi" all the way, while Li Dingguo's Great Western Army retreated from Chengdu to Guizhou in accordance with the route formulated in advance, and finally entered Yunnan.

Along the way, take the opportunity to eliminate those toasts who are not satisfied with the Ming Dynasty.

As for after entering Yunnan, the Mu family of the Duke of Qianguo will definitely accept them.

Li Dingguo said: "I can agree to the prince's proposal, but the prince must also agree to my request!" ”

At this time, Li Dingguo couldn't suppress the anger in his heart, he looked at Gao Jie's eyes before and wanted to eat him alive!

Of course, Li Xianzhong knew what Li Dingguo was thinking, and he said: "This king has already started His Majesty and canonized Gao Jie as Guiyibo!" ”

"If one day in the future, you can defeat Guiyibo on the battlefield, your grievances will naturally be resolved."

"Under the eyes of this king, I will never allow him to be hurt in the slightest."

Seeing that Li Dingguo was still hesitating, Li Xianzhong said: "I will release your second brother Liu Wenxiu as well, how about helping you?" ”

Li Dingguo said: "If my father dies, it must be the eldest brother Zhang Kewang who will inherit the throne of Emperor Daxi, but I am afraid that the prince's abacus will fail!" ”

Li Xianzhong said with a smile: "This king can ensure that you inherit Zhang Xianzhong's position, you don't have to worry about this." ”

Li Dingguo said: "I promised the prince to take the opportunity to weaken those Tusi forces, but the prince will at least give me a chance to fight against Gao Jie!" ”

Li Xianzhong hesitated for a moment and said: "Now you don't have this opportunity, but if you can really get rid of those southwest Tusi who refuse to submit to the imperial court for this king." This king promised that you would send Gao Jie to conquer you remnants of the Great West! ”

"Against my Liaodong Army, I'm afraid you will never have a chance to take revenge!"

Li Xianzhong's meaning is very clear, he can give Li Dingguo a chance to face Gao Jie, but he will definitely not pit Gao Jie!

Li Dingguo wanted revenge unless he could defeat the Liaodong army.

Li Dingguo said: "I have another request, that is, to take away my father-in-law's body!" ”

This made Li Xianzhong a little embarrassed, although he didn't care about Zhang Xianzhong's corpse, but when he returned to Beijing to report the victory, he always had some evidence!

After thinking about it for a while, he still agreed to Li Dingguo's request and said: "I can take Zhang Xianzhong's corpse away for you, but you can't reveal Zhang Jiao's identity, if you don't want to use him, you can let him return to the king's side!" ”

Li Dingguo said: "No need, let Zhang Jiao stay by my side to pass on the meaning of the prince!" ”

Looking at Li Dingguo's distant back, Li Xianzhong was also quite emotional, he was really a hero and a young man, and his self-confidence was really rare.

I hope you don't disappoint this king!

It's been almost a year since he left Beijing, and now the affairs of the southwest can be handled by Zhang Zhiji and Mao Wenlong, and there is one last Li Zicheng left, and he should return to Beijing after taking care of him!

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