Anti Qing

Chapter 101 Withdrawing Troops
The former battalion arrived in Xiangyang to reorganize the army, and the Qing army in the direction of Jifu also continued to mobilize to the northwest and Henan at the same time.

With the dust of the Battle of Tongguan settled, the Qing court's focus was all on Dashun.

At the same time, Yan'an in the northwest.

The sound of killing is loud, and the drums of war are rolling.

Dark clouds rolled up in the sky, threatening to destroy the city.

"kill!"

"Slaughter the entire city without sealing the sword for three days!"

"Before tomorrow morning, take Yan'an!!!"

Azig wielded the broad-bladed goose-wing knife, with murderous aura in his eyes.

Behind him, wave after wave of Qing troops marched forward neatly under the cover of shield chariots, with an indomitable momentum, vowing to break through the city gate.

On the hillside, the roar of cannons can be heard endlessly.

As if in response, in Yan'an City, the artillery counterattacked round by round. Every time a shell hit, the Qing army's front line was smashed with limbs flying.

The yellow dragon banner of the Qing Dynasty and the blue banner of Dashun stand across the city. Under the banner, there is a battlefield of blood and blood for the soldiers of both sides.

The Dashun Army and the main force of the Qing Army are engaged in fierce hand-to-hand combat around the Yan'an City Wall.

Standing at the top of the city, Li Guo has already turned into a man of blood, and the arrow clothes on his body can't see the color of the past.

In front of his eyes, the Qing army was like a tide, waves beating against the city wall.

At the foot of the hillside in the distance, batch after batch of cavalry rolled out of the Qing army camp, harassing the city with cavalry and shooting.

Arrows rained non-stop day and night, spreading over the city of Yan'an. Anyone who didn't pay attention would be shot into a hedgehog, and the Dashun soldiers guarding the city couldn't even raise their heads.

Dashun's banner was riddled with holes, the city was covered with bloody corpses, and the shouts of killing kept going, and even the people in the city were spontaneously helping to defend the city.

After the fighting in Tongguan eased, Li Zicheng reorganized his army in Xi'an for several days, and then began to continue to increase troops to Xi'an North Road.

The battle between the two sides on the front line of Yan'an and Yulin gradually changed from the siege of Azig to a protracted tug of war.

In the last three days of the first month, Azig personally launched a strong attack on Yan'an City regardless of the cost.

For three days in a row, day and night.

Within ten miles around Yan'an, there are already dead bodies everywhere.

When Jiangnan was still intoxicated, the Dashun army had been fighting the Qing army for more than a month in order to protect the country.

The news of Tongguan's great victory had already spread throughout the Northwest. The morale of the Dashun Army was greatly boosted, and they all shouted loudly that they would live and die with the city.

But what followed was the crazy increase of troops by the Qing court to the northwest, and Azig's crazy attack several times when he heard that he was about to retreat.

The moat has been filled with corpses, the gully has been crossed by Qing army shield vehicles, and every crenel at the top of the city has been built with ladders.

But the crumbling city of Yan'an was still in Dashun's hands.

The Qing army had captured the North Gate of Yan'an three times, but Li Guo personally led the fine cavalry to counterattack and took it back regardless of casualties.

The gate of the city has even changed hands three times. His Manchurian soldiers clearly climbed to the top of the city, but why can't they break through Yan'an!

Could it be that these ants-like rogues could never be killed?
Holding the wild goose-wing knife, Azig looked at the front of the city shouting to kill Zhentian, and his eyes were full of impatience only from between the helmets.

He wished he could rush to the top of the city himself and kill all these Dashun bandits.

"Decree from the Regent!!"

At this moment, a white-armored Manchurian cavalry galloped from the north, holding a golden scroll high in their hands.

After arriving here, he came to Azig, got off his horse, presented the scroll with both hands, and shouted loudly.

"The Regent's decree strictly orders Prince He Shuoying's North Army to withdraw to Taiyuan, and the whole army will fight again!"

"This order is extremely urgent, and the Regent has strictly ordered that the army of the North Road must be dispatched immediately after receiving the order, and those who delay it will follow the military law!"

Azig was taken aback when he heard the words, and immediately took the scroll in his hand, read it three times, and then slowly raised his unwilling eyes.

The shouts of killing on the battlefield covered up the creaking sound of Azig's clenched fists.

"To Prince Ying!"

While hesitating, a yellow armored cavalry rushed over.

"Li Bandit dispatched troops in Xi'an, claiming to have 15 soldiers. He left Jayang and entered Luochuan. According to Qingyang, he surrounded our Yan'an camp from three directions!"

"Wu Sangui was in Luochuan. He encountered the main force of the bandit general Liu Zongmin. He fought two battles. He was heading towards the camp and retreating!"

"Whether to fight or withdraw, please make a quick decision, Prince Ying!"

Azig held the decree tightly into a ball, and once again looked at the fierce battle ahead, he could clearly see that there were warriors from the Qing Dynasty falling from the top of the city every moment.

The fighting will of these Dashun rogues suddenly became extremely tenacious, which was inseparable from the success or failure of Tongguan.

In order to defend Yan'an, these rogues even fell to the city with their Manchurian soldiers in their arms!
Compared with the previous thousands of miles of defeat, this kind of fighting will is nothing like an army!
Azig knew in his heart that Yan'an would not be defeated.

But he is not reconciled, very unwilling!
But he understands even more that if Li Zicheng is really determined to save Yan'an, once he is besieged, he will have nowhere to go.

You have to withdraw, if you stay any longer, this place will be dead!
Azig made a decisive decision and roared angrily.

"When I go back, I have to ask Duoduo how he fought the Battle of Tongguan!"

"How could a young boy break into the camp and let me fight more and more on the North Road, and the bandits can't be killed!"

"It's just embarrassing me!"

After finishing speaking, Azig slowly put the knife back into its sheath, turned the horse's head and left, leaving only a cold sentence.

"The order was issued to withdraw the main force to Taiyuan in batches, stay behind Wu Sangui's palace, and besiege Yan'an with some soldiers and horses to help stop Liu Zongmin."

The Yellow Dragon banner, which had stood upright for more than a month on the hillside, suddenly withdrew.

The rear of the Qing army was full of people, and they all retreated slowly with Azig.

The Qing army who attacked in the front line was ordered to give up fighting immediately and retreat in a hurry.

"Won!"

"we won!"

The soldiers of the Dashun Army were all wounded and exhausted physically and mentally after fighting for many days, but their eyes were still determined.

Seeing the Qing army receding like the tide outside the city, they all cheered.

"Da Shun will win!"

"Long live Emperor Yongchang!!"

Before this battle, no one thought that they could really defend their hometown in the northwest.

It seems that Manchurian soldiers are not all overpowered, they will be afraid, and they will run away in a hurry like last year!

Although the banner of Dashun was broken, it still stood on the top of the city and fluttered with the wind.

The Yellow Dragon Banner, which had stood against it for more than a month, was eclipsed. Surrounded by a group of Qing troops, it was agitating northward.

A few days later, the main force of the Chinese army led by Liu Zongmin arrived at the city of Yan'an. They were also extremely shocked when they saw the scene of corpses strewn all over the field.

Li Zijing didn't know that the war on the North Road was over, and he was arranging for the aftermath of the military expansion in the past few days.

"General."

Li Zijing was thinking, when a standard soldier standing outside the tent suddenly walked in, and after a step, he immediately stopped respectfully.

Hearing this, Li Zijing raised his slightly bloodshot eyes.

"what's up?"

The standard soldier raised his head and said respectfully.

"Xiangyang Mansion Governor Niu Quan is here, and he brought a lot of wine and meat to reward the army. It is said that he wants us to release Le Hongting."

Li Zijing stared slightly after hearing the words.

"Ask Wu Zhaosheng to meet him on my behalf. After rewarding the army, please ask him to leave."

"There's really nothing to talk about about Le Hongting."

　There is only one chapter today. I just got home and I am too tired.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)