Da Ming started to ascend the throne

Chapter 76

After all the soldiers stood up, Li Yan called the commander:
"What's your name, step forward and talk."

The commander hurriedly walked a few steps to Li Yan and bowed to salute:

"Report to the general, the villain Zhu Changfu, please give the general instructions."

Li Yan laughed loudly:

"That's right, it actually has the same surname as our sage, how could you turn against your own court back then?"

Zhu Changfu hastily bowed his head with guilt on his face:

"The villain deserves to die, please punish the general."

Li Yan knew that he couldn't help himself, so he stretched out his hand to support Zhu Changfu:

"Just kidding, don't worry. From today on, Zhu Changfu will temporarily act as the commander-in-chief of Juyongguan. You will be fully in charge of commanding these troops. You must keep a close eye on the gate of the capital."

"This...thank you for your trust, General, Zhu Changfu vowed to guard Juyongguan to the death."

Touched, Zhu Changfu was moved besides being moved at this time.

Zhu Changfu was the first to declare his allegiance to Daming. Of course, Li Yan wanted to use him again. At that time, Li Yan could see that he really wanted to return.

Li Yan did not have the right to appoint a general soldier.

Zhu Changfu is only a temporary agent, and when the court sends a new general, his appointment will end.

After Li Yan appointed Zhu Changfu, he realized that he did not ask Yan Yingyuan for his opinion.

"Oh, I'm sorry, Master Supervisor. I forgot to discuss with you just now. Li Yan is also leading troops for the first time. He has no experience in this field. I hope Master Supervisor will forgive me."

Yan Yingyuan laughed loudly:
"General Li Yan filtered it. Yan is only fighting with the army and will not interfere with General Li's decision. You are welcome."

What Yan Yingyuan said was the truth. Before leaving, the emperor specifically told him not to interfere with Li Yan and his wife's decision at will. He mainly followed Li Yan to accumulate fame.

You must know that Li Yan has a heavy responsibility on his shoulders. During this expedition, he and his wife shouldered the task of recovering the entire northern area occupied by the rogues. The task was very arduous.

After explaining to Zhu Changfu, the army rested at Juyongguan for a whole morning, and in the afternoon Li Yan sent to Ningwuguan again.

The guard of Ningwu Pass was Bai Guangen, a rebel general of the Ming Dynasty. He was originally under the command of Sun Chuanting.

Ningwuguan is also the place where Zhou Yuji, a giant of the Ming Dynasty, died in battle. Zhou Yuji defended Daizhou.

When the rogue army invaded, the battle lasted for more than ten days.In the end, due to the lack of soldiers and food, they retreated to Ningwu Pass.

Zhou Yuji tried his best in Ningwuguan, and finally ran out of gunpowder, went out to fight the bandits, and finally died a heroic battle with countless arrows in his body.

After Zhou Yuji died in battle, his wife, Mrs. Liu, led the whole family to the roof and shot at the bandits with firecrackers. The bandits set fire to the house and burned them all to death.

On March 7th, the rogues broke through Ningwu Pass, killing and injuring more than [-] people. Li Zicheng massacred the city in a rage, and blood flowed into the city of Ningwu Pass.

Due to the influence of the Ningwuguan massacre, Jiang Xiang, the general of Datong, surrendered that night, and Wang Chengyin, the general of Xuancheng, also led his troops to surrender.

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Almost all of the troops who attacked the Ming Dynasty this time were cavalry, although they were pulling cannons and military supplies.

But the speed was not too slow. In less than a day, the army quietly approached Ningwu Pass.

Bai Guangen was originally a military commander, and he was far from being comparable to Du Zhizhi. Li Yan knew that this battle would be difficult.

Ten kilometers away from Ningwuguan, the army stopped advancing, and Li Yanhong's lady Yan Yingyuan and the three began to formulate tactics for attacking Ningwuguan.

They first sent out the elite cavalry of the Overlord, divided into several teams, each with 15 people, and quietly set up an ambush around Ningwu Pass.

The ambush this time was not to ambush the brigade, their main purpose was to intercept the complaints coming out of Ningwu Pass, and they must not let the news of the army approaching Ningwu Pass spread.

At night, fifty red cannons were quietly installed on the hillsides on both sides of Ningwu Pass.

And cover it with branches and leaves, and the cavalry also ambushes here.

Because of the cover of trees, it is not easy to find without paying attention.

The next day

Early in the morning, Yan Yingyuan led [-] infantry and appeared at the gate of Ningwuguan. They were not too close to the city gate, because the opponent also had firearms.

At this time, Bai Guangen was still sleeping with Xiaomi in his arms, and suddenly a soldier came to report:
"The general is about to wake up. A Ming army has entered the city. It looks like there are three to four thousand troops."

Bai Guangen suddenly jumped out of the bed, quickly put on his armor, and followed the soldiers who reported the news to the top of Ningwu Pass.

Seeing Bai Guangen's arrival, the deputy general on duty hastily stepped forward to salute:

"Look, general, there are not many Ming troops coming down from the city, do we want to destroy them?"

"There's no rush, the general will see the situation before we talk."

As Bai Guangen said, he immediately lay down on the crenel and looked at the Ming army team below the city.

There are five or six hundred cavalry and more than 1000 infantry, but the horse armor and firearms look good.

"Give me the telescope!"

Since the Ming army came to attack the city, it was impossible to just recruit so many troops, so Bai Guangen wanted to take a good look at it.

After receiving the monocular binoculars handed over by the lieutenant general, Bai Guangen took a closer look at the forest behind the Ming army.

Then a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, and he saw more than a dozen carts full of grain and grass lined up in the woods.

Grain and grass are generally in short supply now, no matter the rogue bandits, the Ming army or the Eastern exile army, they all have a great demand for food and grass.

It can also be said that if an army is not supported by military food, it will not be able to win the battle at all.

You can't even eat enough, which soldier will work hard for you.

As the surrendering general of the Ming army, Bai Guangen naturally had a greater need for food and grass.

Li Zicheng never gave him a penny, let alone military rations.

The rogues themselves relied on robbing the common people, robbing the wealthy businessmen and beating the gentry, so there would be no surplus food for the Ming Dynasty to surrender.

After surrendering to the rogues, in order to protect himself, Bai Guangen also learned the skills of the rogues.

If it wasn't for robbing the common people, wealthy businessmen and gentry, Bai Guangen's [-] troops would have been disbanded long ago.

In order to test the reality of the Ming army, Bai Guangen immediately ordered the lieutenant:

"Li Ming, you take [-] cavalry out to have a look, and if you have a chance, destroy the Ming army in the city."

"Yes, the general can rest assured that a mere two to 3000 troops dare to come and attack me at Ningwu Pass. Let's see how we will wipe them out."

Li Ming rushed out of Ningwu Pass with 3000 troops. He didn't pay attention to the Ming army in front of him at all.

Now everyone knows the fighting power of the Ming army. The cavalry scattered in one attack, and instantly became lambs to be slaughtered.

But Bai Guangen had completely different ideas from his lieutenant general.

What a joke, no matter how stupid the Ming army is, they wouldn't come to attack Ningwu Pass with two or 3000 troops.

There are 3 defenders at Ningwuguan. Doesn't their general know that this is an egg hitting a stone.

Also, how are Chuangwang Li Zicheng and the others doing now? Have they won the capital?
It stands to reason that these people should go to the capital Qinwang, why did they go to Ningwu Pass three times.

As the chief general, Bai Guangen couldn't ignore these issues.

He raised the binoculars and looked at the three thousand Ming troops in a square formation outside the city again.

Leading a young general in his twenties, with a machete in his white horse's hand under his crotch, is full of energy, and his face is even more familiar.

(End of this chapter)