Emperor Ming Dynasty

Chapter 113 Difficult Xiangyang
These words were beautiful, and several people were speechless.

But everyone knew that what he was afraid of was Zuo Liangyu.

All his wives and concubines were taken captive by him.

There are more than 20 soldiers in Jiujiang, waiting for the next day. Although there are many mobs, the Western Army is also half a dozen!
"What the king said is true."

Adviser and son-in-law Wang Zhaolin echoed:
"The world is in chaos, which can be regarded as the foundation of an emperor. Only Bashu, simply let Ming Ting and Li Zicheng go dog-eat-dog, and then we will reap the benefits of fisherman."

The four adopted sons, Sun Kewang, Li Dingguo, Liu Wenxiu, and Ai Nengqi, can only agree.

Liu Wenxiu was cautious by nature, he couldn't help saying: "We offended King Shun, I'm afraid it's not good."

"Offended?" Upon hearing this, Zhang Xianzhong sneered and said:

"Li Zicheng was born as a postman. He killed Luo Rucai, Yuan Shizhong, He Yilong, etc. regardless of friendship. I have seen through his ruthless heart a long time ago."

"Otherwise, how could Dingguo accept Lao Huihui's soldiers so smoothly? Besides, his mind is now on Beijing, and he can't control the south."

When everyone heard the words, they nodded one after another, and their faces eased a lot.

"Now that Jingzhou is occupied, breaking Yiling is enough to enter Sichuan. Let the children prepare!"

Zhang Xianzhong nodded, extremely satisfied.

Immediately, 300,000 Great Western Army marched towards Kuizhou.

At this time, no one doubted Zhang Xianzhong's false claim that he had gone west, and for a while, the whole south was shaken.

Zhang Xianzhong did not hesitate to offend Li Zicheng, but also wanted to take Jingzhou, which shows his firm will.

"Father, there is news from the north that the Hanzhong Ming army is going south and is preparing to attack Xiangyang."

Sun Kewang emphasized again: "Should we be careful?"

"Xiangyang?" Zhang Xianzhong was lost in thought.

"Don't worry." Chief counselor and son-in-law Wang Zhaolin couldn't help laughing and said:

"Xiangyang is a strong city in the world, and it cannot be taken within a few months. At that time, we would have gone to Sichuan to kill the king of Shu."

"Just guard Yiling."

Zhang Xianzhong desperately wanted to enter Sichuan to proclaim himself emperor, so he couldn't help saying: "Let the Ming army compete with the Chuang army. Now, the most important thing is to enter Sichuan."

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At the same time, Zhu Yixi brought an army of [-] and a large amount of food and supplies to Yunyang Mansion, and gathered with Prime Minister Hui Deng and Wang Guangen.

As for the slogan of sending troops, it is to regain Huguang and wipe out the rebels.

It was only when he came to Yunyang Mansion that Zhu Yixi understood what it meant to say that bandits pass like a comb and soldiers pass like a grate (read must).

The grate is also for combing hair, but its main function is to catch lice, which is more fine and dense.

The huge Yunyang Mansion, under the governance of two Shaanxi generals, is barely alive, the price of goods is soaring, and there are more people in the mountains and forests than in the city.

Thanks to the Hanshui River, although the upstream is a bit steeper, it is faster to go by boat than to carry it by people.

It took only three days to arrive at Yunyang Mansion, and all the [-] stones of grain and grass had arrived.

At this time, it was suddenly reported that Zhang Xianzhong had arrived in Jingzhou and was heading north along the river.

This time, both parties are sitting on wax.

300,000 western thieves, how to fight?
Zhu Yixi breathed a sigh of relief: What the hell, Zhang Xianzhong is finally ready to fight Sichuan.

Others were frowning, but Zhu Yixi was open-minded.

He understood that Zhang Xianzhong looked very powerful, but he was far behind Li Zicheng. He pecked at each other with Zuo Liangyu, a rookie, and beat him back and forth.

Sichuan did not have elite soldiers, and Zhang Xianzhong fought for a year.

It can be seen from this that, in terms of combat effectiveness, it is full of first-class.

Qin Jun, Chuang Jun, and Guan Ning cavalry are considered second-rate, while Zuo Liangyu, Zhang Xianzhong, Huang Degong, Gao Jie, etc. can only be regarded as third-rate.

The rest of the officers and soldiers can only be regarded as low-ranking.

And Zhu Yixi, who inherited Sun Chuanting's mantle, can be regarded as Qin Jun, barely sticking to the second-rate side.

The strength of the elite frontier army and sharp firearms is really extraordinary.

"They hit theirs, we hit ours."

When everyone was gloomy, Zhu Yixi stood up and said loudly: "Sichuan is not that easy to fight, let's fight Xiangyang first."

"Hit Xiangyang first!"

Qin Jun nodded his head and agreed.

Hui Dengxiang and Wang Guangen can only agree.

In terms of the number of people, they can't compare.

At this time, under Zhu Yixi's Qin army, it can be said that there are a lot of generals.

There are three general soldiers, You Shiwei (former Yulin general soldier), Chen Yongfu (Henan general soldier), and Zhao Guangyuan (Qiang Han general soldier).

At the general level, Liu Tingjie and Li Jizu.

Zhang Daoku stayed in Hanzhong, guarding the rear,

Zhao Shu came to Yunyang and was in charge of coordinating food and grass.

To be honest, without Zhao Shu to manage the food and grass, Zhu Yixi was really worried.

Fifty thousand soldiers and horses, following the Han River, flowed down the river, which can be described as menacing.

First go to Junzhou, then take Guanghua, Gucheng, and finally, come to Fancheng Pass, which is the last pass in Xiangyang.

Since the elite were all transferred to Guanzhong, they could be said to have been waiting for the wind along the way, counting counties and counties, and the number of soldiers and horses accumulated to [-].

For these captives, Zhu Yixi asked them to escort food and grass as trackers, and dared not use them for the time being.

Facing such a victory, Zhu Yixi frowned.

Whedon was surprised and asked the reason.

Zhu Yixi said calmly: "I thought I could see how powerful the intruders are when I came out of Shanxi, but who knows that I have won all the way. It's really a pity."

Hui and Wang were dumbfounded, isn't this bad?
For Feng Xiong, Xiangyang's defense envoy, it can be said that he was shocked three times a day.

He had heard of Zhu Yixi's name for a long time.

General Li Guo died in his hands, and now he is going south to Huguang, which is not optimistic for him.

So, send troops for help.

In Lizhou, the mighty general Wang Wenyao sent [-] soldiers to help; in Anlu, the Yangwu Wei Guoyi general Bai Wang sent [-] soldiers to the rescue; in Hanchuan, the mighty general Xie Yinglong sent [-] soldiers.

The rest of Henan, Jingzhou, and Chengtian soldiers and horses were either trapped or too far apart to be able to relieve the nearby fire.

Total reinforcements, over 10,000 taels thousands of men.

Including the tens of thousands of people in Fancheng and Xiangyang, the total number of troops exceeded [-].

This is quite small for the huge Shun army, but whoever let Chuang Wang enter the pass, the rest of the troops were scattered all over the place.

Although there are only 20,000 people, Feng Xiong is still confident.

The siege of the city has always been ten and ten, without one or two hundred thousand people, Xiangyang City will never fall.

"Here, how do you fight?"

Hui Deng and the others looked at Xiangyang City, a little dazed.

Xiangyang City is located on the south bank of the Han River, surrounded by water on three sides and mountains on one side. There are more than 4000 battlements on the city walls alone, and the widest part of the moat reaches eighty feet, with an average of sixty feet.

When Zhang Xianzhong was able to break through Xiangyang, he intercepted Yang Sichang's documents and tokens, and entered the city in a grand manner.

Afterwards, King Xiang was killed, and Li Zicheng took the opportunity to attack Luoyang and fall into the two vassals. His crime was as great as heaven, and Yang Sichang had no choice but to commit suicide to apologize.

Attacking Xiangyang head-on, Zhang Xianzhong couldn't take it even if he was killed.

For the Ming army at this time, Xiangyang was equally difficult to win.

(End of this chapter)