Emperor Ming Dynasty

Chapter 219 The Land of Desperation
"Liu Zongmin really deserves a beating."

After gathering the army and showing the siege again, Zhu Yixi climbed up the tower and looked west.

With the cold wind blowing, he became more and more unhappy.

It is really easy to suffocate internal injuries after a well-established offensive is forced to withdraw.

The soldiers must be dissatisfied, but the anger in His Royal Highness Yu Wang's heart was extremely hot.

Because the scout reported that Liu Zongmin set off from Tongguan, took advantage of the heavy snow, and trot all the way, only dozens of miles away from Luoyang, and had already arrived in Xin'an County.

"Your Highness, Liu Zongmin has always been arrogant and domineering. He doesn't pay attention to anyone except Li Zicheng among the Chuangjun."

As a native of Henan, Chen Yongfu knew a lot about Chuangjun, so he couldn't help saying:
"This time our army is in a decisive battle with Jiannu, this rogue will definitely want to take advantage of the fisherman."

"Fisherman?"

Zhu Yixi was so angry that he didn't hit one place. He was about to pull out the heads of the three kings, and he was forced to give up. Who can bear it?

But it doesn't work.

Who knows how long it took Luoyang City to be captured?After a long delay, Liu Zongmin set off from Xin'an and arrived in half a day after a quick march, but he would be in danger of being attacked from both front and back.

In war, prudence is the kingly way, and the comparison is who makes more mistakes.

How crazy Dodo was at that time, he swept all the way to the city of Ruzhou, and the two barracks were destroyed as soon as they were broken, forcing tens of thousands of Qin troops to the corner.

However, how arrogant and arrogant he was before, how miserable he is now, trapped to death in the city of Luoyang, and became a turtle in an urn.

The simple tactics of arrogance, combined with his arrogant personality, easily made him make a big mistake.

"In front of me, I will turn this fisherman into a big fish."

Zhu Yixi said coldly, and then ordered with a livid face:
"Let the auxiliary soldiers and prisoners pretend to be stationed in the barracks, Chongbu Camp, Yulin Camp, Mingjie Camp, and Ming En Camp to guard the four gates of Luoyang."

These four battalions are all 8000 people, and they are all elites. Once they flee from the city, they can be encircled and suppressed together.

"As for the Sanguan camp, the cavalry camp, and the firearms camp, follow me to the west, I will kill Liu Zongmin with my own hands!"

King Yu said aggressively.

Sichuan generals Yang Zhan, Cao Xun, and Wang Xiang shrank their necks when they saw such Yu Wang for the first time.

"As ordered!"

King Yu took away more than [-] people and decided to personally kill Liu Zongmin. All the generals knew that this was indeed a fit of anger, and they dared not disobey it.

Of course, what reassures them even more is that Liu Zongmin just brought three 40,000 people here, waiting for the opportunity to find benefits.

The intruder, who was repeatedly beaten by the Qing Dynasty, had already lost his indomitable aura.

Liu Zongmin is nothing if he can even defeat the Eight Banners.

Therefore, the soldiers were ordered immediately, and they set off at noon, and they went directly to Xin'an City in the evening.

Liu Zongmin was shocked immediately: "How dare you besiege the city with only 30,000 people?"

"The Qin Army defeated the Manchu Qing, presumably because of their courage."

Liu Fangliang turned his head to look, and was taken aback: "This is the arrival of the false king of Yu."

"Pseudo-Yu King?"

Liu Zongmin was also stunned, and took a breath: "It's really courageous."

Chuang Jun still hadn't expected what he had done.

In fact, Li Zicheng, who was far away in Xi'an, heard that the Manchus were fighting with the Qin army, and instantly let go of his heart, and went all out to fight against Wu Sangui and others in northern Shaanxi.

Moreover, he clearly ordered Liu Zongmin to stick to Tongguan and never take the initiative to attack, so as to prevent the enemy from being attacked.

But how could Liu Zongmin resist the temptation, gathered the seven 80,000 people who were defeated in the war, left half to guard Tongguan, and personally led 30,000 people, waiting for opportunities to seek benefits.

Among other things, the two armies are fighting, intercepting some supplies, and replenishing them.

"We didn't bring much food, and we wanted to get some benefits, but we never wanted to take the initiative to deliver it to our door."

Liu Zongmin calmed down for a while, and said: "Go out of the city first, and try to fight, if you lose, then retreat!"

Frightened by the reputation of the Qin army defeating the Eight Banners, the generals cautiously agreed.

The Eight Banners defeated them, and the Qin Army defeated the Eight Banners. Doesn't this mean that the Qin Army far surpassed them?

You can't be too cautious.

Liu Zongmin tentatively sent thousands of troops out of the city.

As expected, Qin Jun ate it without hesitation, simply and neatly, leaving no one who returned to the city.

Now, Liu Zongmin was completely at a loss, and could only send someone to sue for peace.

It's a pity that trespassers have a bad reputation, especially Liu Zongmin, who has always been untrustworthy, and no one in the Qin army believed him.

King Yu wished he could kill Li Zicheng himself, and he deserved it. Maybe he could let Li Zicheng live a few more years!
After realizing that the morale of the intruders was sluggish, Zhu Yixi thought that this might be the aftermath of the Battle of Luoyang in the Qing Dynasty.

Now, he also felt relieved, although the red-clothed cannons were hard to come by, but he had quite a few Fran cannons weighing several hundred kilograms.

It is not difficult at all to deal with a small city like Xin'an County, which is only two or three feet high.

More than a hundred Franco cannons bombarded a section of the city wall desperately.

The half-rammed-earth half-masonry city wall of the county town could not withstand such bombardment, and it took half a day to crumble.

Now, Liu Zongmin was completely scared, and retreated in a panic before breaking the city.

"How can I let you run away?" Zhu Yixi said coldly, "Cavalry Battalion, let me chase after you!"

The intruder, who had lost his courage, was no longer worthy of King Yu's hard work. He turned his head and prepared to return to Luoyang to organize another offensive.

But at this moment, news came from Luoyang that the Eight Banners had broken through.

The Eight Banners with nearly [-] people were divided into two directions, desperately trying to break through the encirclement.

"What's he!"

When Zhu Yixi returned to the barracks, Chen Yongfu came to report: "Your Highness, it has been snowing heavily for the past few days, the trenches have been filled, and the Yellow River has frozen again. Jiannu saw this opportunity and desperately broke through."

"North gate and east gate?" Without seeing Liu Tingjie and Wang Guangen, Zhu Yixi immediately understood the direction of Man Qing's escape.

"Who broke through the north gate?"

Zhu Yixi hurriedly asked.

"It should be Duoduo!" Chen Yongfu said with a smile: "Meng Jindu is there, go to Hebei, Weihui's three mansions may provide a lot of money and food."

"Dodo?"

Zhu Yixi smiled: "Geng Zhongming and Kong Youde can just let it go, Duduo is absolutely unable to escape."

"Let's go, let's see what happened to Duduo."

Meng Jindu.

Thousands of cavalry looked forward with numb faces.

Only the ships of the past were seen, but none of them could be seen.

What made them even more desperate was that the expected icing turned into pieces of crushed ice at this time, not to mention war horses, even three-year-old children had to fall.

"My lord?"

Baqi hurriedly looked at Duduo, whose face was livid, with a look of searching.

Duduo's face was full of bad luck, and his face was trembling: "This dog thief has set up thousands of people in Mengjin to dig ice day and night. How can there be such a sinister person in the world?"

"The Han people are too shameless."

Eight Banners cursed one after another.

Now, there is no way to advance or retreat.

I saw that on the Yellow River, I don’t know when, dozens of icebreakers were set up, and they kept going back and forth. The dynamic of the Yellow River’s icing was constantly being terminated.

I thought that Mengjindu would be best if it was icy, no matter how bad it was, there would be boats.

If it doesn't work, just go along the Yellow River, and you will definitely find a place where it freezes.

Unexpectedly, there were boats walking on the Yellow River, and thousands of soldiers disembarked to chisel the soldiers, and then the boats broke through the ice, all in one go.

At this time, it is already a desperate place.

(End of this chapter)