The end of the Ming Dynasty swept the world

Chapter 766 Set Shaanxi

Li Zicheng sat quietly in the palace in Xi'an.

His expression was a little dull, and his thoughts were racing. Sometimes he thought about the time when he was in his hometown, and sometimes thought about the time when he was in the Central Plains, but the most he thought about was when he was in the capital.

Endless regret welled up in my heart.

He now regrets that the army of millions did not go to Datong to destroy Ding Yi.

Those soldiers and horses of Ding Yi were not around at that time, Li Zicheng felt that if he gathered all the soldiers and horses at that time, captured Datong and killed Ding Yi, there would be no one in Ming Dynasty who could resist him anymore.

But he had a mistake and was eager to attack the capital, so Ding Yi was deceived.

Ding Yi, a shameless person, has no martial virtues.

The more Li Zicheng thought about it, the more angry he became, and the more angry he became, the more he thought about it.

But it's useless to think about these things now. What I want to think about now is how to break out of the siege.

The siege of Xi'an this time was a danger Li Zicheng had never experienced, and even he himself felt it deeply.

Ding Yi will not give him another chance to escape.

Just when Li Zicheng was angry and regretful.

There was a sudden commotion outside.

After a while, someone came in to report.

"Your Majesty, the Ming army's letter has come in." The young Li Laiheng held an arrow in his hand, and a letter was tied to the arrow.

Li Zicheng looked up at Li Laiheng, and found that Li Laiheng's eyes were a little dodgy.

Damn, you want to surrender, right?Li Zicheng cursed secretly.

"bring here."

Following his order, a personal guard stepped forward to take the arrow.

Li Zicheng opened it with his own hands, and on it was a letter written by Ding Yi.

"Brother Li, hello, my younger brother is Ding Yi——"

Ding Yi wrote a letter to Li Zicheng in a very respectful tone. In fact, this letter was written in the name of Zhang Xin Ding Yi, which really resembles Ding Yi's tone.

The letter said that he knew that Li Zicheng was also a postman of the Ming Dynasty. Later, to save money, the court cut the post station and made you lose your job. Then you went to join the frontier army first, but the Ming Dynasty was corrupt. That's what got you on the path of rebellion.

You are all forced. Brothers, whoever wants to rise up and rebel if they have something to eat.

The court has failed you, so I don't blame you.

But now there is a chance to start all over again, why not give both parties a chance?
You want the common people to have something to eat and the brothers to live on. As long as you are willing to surrender, I will let you go back to Mizhi to live in Mizhi, spend your old age peacefully, and be with the elders in your hometown.

Even after death in the future, the fallen leaves can return to their roots.

Zhang Jing's words almost moved Li Zicheng.

The ancients all had nostalgia, and everyone wanted to return to their roots.

But when Ding Yi was in college, he first surrendered to him and then betrayed him, which really made Li Zicheng distrust him.

After reading it, Li Zicheng thought about it, and was still furious. He groaned a few times, and tore up the letter: "You can't believe a word of Ding Yi's words. He repeats himself as a villain, a shameless person."

He also summoned all the generals and ordered them to defend to the death. He also said that we still have a large number of soldiers and horses in Henan, Hunan and other places, and they will come to rescue them.

But everyone was noncommittal, and many people were thinking that the soldiers and horses from all over the place might have turned their backs.

But Li Zicheng wanted to defend to the death, and the generals had no choice.

Zhang Jing, who was outside the city, did not respond after watching the archery, but also became excited.

This is the first time he has commanded such a big battle alone since he followed Ding Yi.

To be honest, Ding Yi asked him to command because he was relatively old and the earliest with him, and it was easy and sure for the Ming army to fight against the army now.

This is his confidence in his soldiers and horses.

Seeing that the Chuangjun did not reply, Zhang Jing immediately arranged for the siege.

Chuangjun didn't like to use cannons, and there were not many cannons in Xi'an, let alone Hongyi cannons.

It was easy for him to command, the trebuchets spread out in all directions, and then moved forward at the same time.

The soldiers here have never suffered from the trebuchet. Many people laughed when they saw the trebuchet.

Unexpectedly, as soon as the stone was thrown, petrol bombs flew over like rain, and then ignited directly on the top of the city, which immediately startled them.

Soon, the city wall was in flames, and the general of the Bian Chuang army couldn't stand still, so he had to go down.

At this time, Zhang Jing commanded the artillery to move forward, and easily pushed it to the side of the moat, only a dozen meters away from the city gate.

Boom, boom, several cannons rang.

Kacha, the city gate was smashed with a few shots.

The intruders in the city were shocked and brought things to block them one after another.

The Ming army's cannons fired again, and one cannon shot into the city gate. There were many casualties in front, and no one dared to step forward.

At this time, the auxiliary soldiers behind pushed the cart forward, and the cart was filled with mud. After pushing it all the way to the edge of the moat, they pushed the cart and mud into the river together.

The carts of the Ming army were very large, and as soon as four or five carts were pushed down, they immediately filled up the moat.

Ding Yi's soldiers and horses should not be too simple to attack the city now. First, throw petrol bombs to force the opponent to have no one on the city wall.

Nothing beats it.

If, like Gaizhou, the city gates are blocked with mud bricks, then continue to throw petrol bombs into the city, burning the inside with nowhere to hide, forcing them to escape by themselves.

On May [-]th, Ding Yi's army invaded Xi'an, and the Dashun Dynasty came to an end. At the last moment, Li Zicheng set fire to the palace to show his ambition.

Liu Zongmin, Li Jin, Dang Shousu, Liu Xiyao and other generals all died in battle.

Wang Weiguo, Liu Fangliang, Liu Tichun, Li Laiheng, Tian Jianxiu and others were captured alive.

Wang Weiguo soon saw Wang Weizhong, he cried bitterly, knelt in front of Wang Weizhong, and shouted loudly: "Wei Zhong, save me, I know I'm wrong."

At this time, Wang Weiguo really regretted it.

Wang Weizhong also had tears in his eyes, he cried: "Back then I had the cheek to beg Lord Ding to let you go, if you sincerely help Lord Ding to do things, after this battle, at least you can be a general soldier."

"Master Ding can forgive you once, but I can't forgive you a second time."

"Wei Zhong, how do you explain to my father?" Wang Weiguo cried out in horror.

Wang Weizhong was unmoved: "If I knew today, why did I come to give you a good time in the first place, and in the next life, I will be a brother again."

After all, he stabbed Wang Weiguo's heart with a knife.

Wang Weiguo stared and collapsed unwillingly.

After Zhang Jing captured Xi'an and destroyed Li Zicheng, there was almost no resistance in Shaanxi.

This will be in accordance with Ding Yi's previous arrangement.

Jiang Yueguang was the governor of Shaanxi and was escorted from Shandong by Ding Yi's soldiers and horses.

Cao Bianjiao became the commander-in-chief of Yan'an. His [-] soldiers and horses added [-] of the original Yulin guards and horses, and a total of [-] soldiers and horses were stationed in Yan'an, responsible for the defense of Yan'an Mansion and Qingyang Mansion.

In Ding Yi's eyes, Yulin Town, where the Ming army was stationed heavily, was unnecessary. The Ming Dynasty was used to defend the garrison, and Ding Yi wanted to attack, and he would defend better than the Ming Dynasty. Only a small number of soldiers are needed.

On the contrary, Yan'an Mansion is close to Xi'an, you can protect Xi'an in the south, and go to the border in the north, and you can go forward or back.

Ge Chun is the commander-in-chief of Ningxia, leading 2 people to garrison Ningxia. This is an important production area for Ming war horses, and Ding Yi will also build a new horse farm here.

Ge Chun was responsible for the defense of Lintao Mansion, Gongchang Mansion, Pingliang Mansion, Qingyang Mansion and Lingzhou.

When selecting the general army of Gansu, Ding Yi asked Zhang Jing to make arrangements first.

On the same day, Zhang Jing summoned the generals of the Chuangjun army. There were Li Guo, Yuan Zongdi, Liu Fangliang, Liu Tichun, Li Laiheng, and Tian Jianxiu.

Some people said nothing, some people might be waiting to die, and some people looked hopeful, probably wanting to live.

Zhang Jing said loudly: "Before coming, the prince called me and told me earnestly that the generals in the army are either ordinary people who are forced by life and cannot survive, or frontier officers who are oppressed and bullied by their superiors." military."

"In this chaotic world at the end of the Ming Dynasty, everyone just wants to survive, so they will take risks. If there is a chance, we must let them go on the right path."

The faces of the generals were all different, but no one hummed at this moment, they looked at each other.

Zhang Jing continued: "My lord said again, the generals of Chuangjun are all experienced generals, in Daming, they are more than enough to be the commander-in-chief."

"Everyone, is there any brother who wants to help the prince?"

Bai Guangen, Tang Tong, and Chen Yongfu were all on the side at this time, and the three of them also had different expressions, thinking about what Zhang Jing said.

Doing things for the prince is not doing the Ming Dynasty.

The Chuang generals looked at each other again.

Yuan Zongdi was arrested early, when the city of Yan'an was broken, and then Ding Yi remembered that he was an anti-Qing warrior in history, so he didn't lock him up, allowing him and Li Guo to move freely in Yan'an, but sent people to follow.

Looking at what the Ming army in Yan'an had done, he was already a little moved.

Li Guo was in the way of Li Zicheng's affairs, so naturally he didn't want to speak now.

Yuan Zongdi thought for a while, and finally said: "I am willing."

"Bah" Tian Jianxiu scolded, and there was contempt all around.

"The prince's soldiers and horses are different from those of Daming. Brothers, you should watch more and listen more." Yuan Zongdi said with a blushing face.

Several people were noncommittal.

"Okay, Brother Yuan Zong." Zhang Jing laughed: "I appoint you as the commander-in-chief of Gansu, with five thousand soldiers and horses, stationed in Gansu."

Yuan Zongdi couldn't believe it, he suddenly became the chief soldier of the Ming Dynasty?
"But you have to remember that there will be no servants in the future, and the total number of soldiers will be limited to 50."

"You can choose fifty of your own from the old battalion, and we will distribute the rest of the soldiers and horses."

"My lord said that the general soldiers in various places will be rotated. Gansu is remote and life is hard, but within three to five years, you will definitely be rotated."

Yuan Zongdi was overjoyed and quickly bowed down: "Thank you, my lord, and thank you General Zhang."

Yuan Zongdi suddenly changed from surrender general to general army, and the rest of the generals began to think about it, each with their own thoughts.

At this time, Zhang Jing said again, "Chen Yongfu, you will be the commander-in-chief of Fengxiang for the time being, lead your own troops, and add Zhang Jing to his original Yulin Town Ming army,
Probably Chen Yongfu had more than 3000 people, and Ding Yi had 3000 troops, a total of [-] people, stationed in Fengxiang, responsible for the defense of Fengxiang Mansion, Xi'an Mansion, and Hanzhong Mansion.

Zhang Jingdao, you should do it for the time being, and then adjust when we report back to the prince, but there is one thing, your soldiers and horses must be retrained and disrupted.

Chen Yongfu had no objection and readily accepted.

Bai Guangen and Tang Tong listened, and already felt that the commander-in-chief had no strength in the future. Almost all the soldiers and horses belonged to Ding Yi, and the servants could not have them. They could only listen to Ding Yi's words in the future.

In this way, Ding Yi occupied Shaanxi again.

Zhang Jing left four general soldiers in Shaanxi, with [-] soldiers and horses. Among them, thousands of Tang Tong and Bai Guangen's subordinates and about [-] captured Chuangjun were all left for retraining and assigned.

Tang Tong and Bai Guangen directly became bachelor commanders.

But Zhang Jing comforted them that when they return to Beijing to meet the prince, there must be other arrangements, and the two of them can only accept it.

After the defense of Shaanxi is arranged.

Zhang Jing brought [-] soldiers of his own, [-] of Chen Yang, [-] of Ma Tao, [-] of Xu Bicheng, [-] of Wang Weizhong, and [-] of Yuan Youcai. Auxiliary soldiers, [-] troops gathered from Xi'an to Hanzhong Mansion, preparing to enter Sichuan from Hanzhong.

(End of this chapter)