Anti Qing

Chapter 2 Doubt
Dark clouds cover the full moon, looming.

The city of Guan was dilapidated, corpses were lying in disorder among the rocks on the Pingchuan River, flags, swords and guns were upside down on the ground, and even the Yellow River was dyed crimson.

The crackling of the campfire became the only sound in Tongguan.

The Dashun soldiers who fled back to the customs were all silently huddled among the ruined walls, and everyone's face was full of fatigue and despair.

Since the defeat in Shanhaiguan, they retreated all the way from the capital to Shaanxi. The failure has become the consensus of everyone, and naturally the morale of the army is lax.

The current Dashun Army is no longer the new royal army that overthrew the Ming Dynasty nine months ago.

Tongguan General Military Mansion.

Li Zicheng sat facing south, with a blood-stained reddish-brown saber standing at his feet, Li Zijing stood one step forward on the right, and two counselors at the same position on the opposite side.

Other than that, it was the generals of the Fifth Field Battalion of the Dashun Army.

Half of these generals were dressed in light blue arrow robes over their armor, and they were from the Zhongquan pro-army directly under Li Zicheng.

After the founding of Xiangyang, the Dashun Army planned the establishment of five main battalions: the Zhongquan Pro-army, the Front Battalion, the Back Battalion, the Left Battalion, and the Right Battalion. Only the color of the outer jacket and arrow clothing of the Zhongquan pro-army is different.

After the defeat in the war, everyone was silent, and the atmosphere was very depressing.

The two counselors who used to be the most swaying lips are now pretending to be dumb.

A burly general in a white arrow suit took off his helmet, exposing the shocking knife wound on his face, and knelt on the ground with a plop:
"It was I who lost to Qinggou. As a vanguard, I failed to break through its camp. I am willing to accept the crime!"

As Li Zijing expected, Liu Fangliang was the first to stand up.

Li Zicheng immediately got up and went down to support Liu Fangliang: "It's not the fault of Cihou. Duoduo's Manchurian guards are very strong, and I didn't get any advantage when I went there."

After Liu Fangliang was lifted up, she clamped the hat under her elbows and armpits, a sharp light flashed in the depths of her eyes, and she immediately stepped forward.

"The moonlight is dim tonight. Qinggou has just won, so he must be complacent. Let me lead the brothers from the old camp to charge again!"

But Li Zicheng let out a long sigh, pacing restlessly.

"I have [-] soldiers lined up in front of the pass, but I still can't break through its barriers. The Qing army is so brave, so it's better not to let the brothers lose their lives in vain."

Li Zijing's eyes moved slightly, hesitating.

Although the original body has the identity of Li Zicheng's third younger brother, he has no military achievements, no prestige at all, and no support from direct troops.

Speaking rashly will only provoke ridicule and ridicule from everyone.

But if you don't speak now and let Liu Fangliang go rampage outside the Qing army camp like in history, it will be no different from waiting to die.

After a long while of embarrassment, Li Zijing turned around suddenly.

"I have something to say!"

As soon as the words fell to the ground, everyone looked over in unison.

It was the first time for Li Zijing to be watched closely by so many people, and he immediately felt an invisible pressure, and he couldn't help feeling a little nervous.

Li Zicheng also looked at his own brother with a puzzled look on his face.

"My brother will speak up when he has something to say."

Li Zicheng is still very familiar with his younger brother.

In his memory, since he joined the camp a few years ago, his younger brother has never had any outstanding performances, and he has never made any suggestions when agreeing on a strategy.

If he hadn't rescued him many times, I'm afraid he would have died in the hands of the officers and soldiers.

It's just that he doesn't know that the current Li Zijing looks the same on the outside, but in his heart he is no longer his original third brother.

Li Zijing took a deep breath, his voice trembling slightly as he opened the bow without turning back the arrow.

"The commander of this Qing army is called Duoduo, who is extremely brave and good at fighting. I think he will set up an ambush in advance, waiting for us to take the bait, and can't fight hard."

As soon as these words came out, a thousand layers of waves were immediately stirred up.

Everyone in the Dashun army knew that although this Li Zijing was the third younger brother of Emperor Yongchang, nicknamed Xiao Chuangwang, he had never experienced any cruel battles at all.

For Li Zijing's suggestion, most people's first reaction after hearing it is four words - dismissive.

"Shit!"

A burly man with a full beard, dressed in a light blue arrow jacket, and a fleshy face couldn't stop sneering.

"What kind of place is this, a vegetable market?"

"I want to listen to the nonsense of a baby who has never led a soldier!"

It was General Quan Liu Zongmin who spoke, he was the well-deserved second person in the Dashun Army, his prestige was only slightly lower than Li Zicheng's.

In a sense, he can even sit on an equal footing with Li Zicheng.

Liu Zongmin's words were agreed by the vast majority of people. Although no one dared to say it so bluntly, they all kept nodding and discussing it.

In their view, such words are simply alarmist, and they all stood up to refute.

"Duoduo is good at fighting. We have been fighting for many years and have repeatedly defeated the army. Are we worse than him?"

"Little King Chuang, don't lose your dog's ambition and destroy my Dashun's prestige!"

Li Zijing was not surprised that there was such a one-sided scene.

With his own prestige and momentum, it is very difficult to suppress Liu Zongmin, a general who has fought his way out of a sea of ​​corpses and blood, let alone other people.

Amidst the ridicule of the crowd, Li Zijing stepped forward and boldly looked directly at one of them.

"You said that you are not inferior to Duduo, so are you better than him on the battlefield?"

"Even if it wins once!"

Li Zijing bravely finished shouting, and was surprised to find that the group of murderous Dashun generals were all silent.

The Dashun general who was named had a look of cowardice on his face.

As a result, Li Zijing became more confident and gradually raised his voice.

"If Duoduo sets up an ambush outside the camp, it is to let those old camps die in vain!"

"Rampage, is this your tactic?"

Everyone was speechless, but it wasn't because they convinced Li Zijing, it was because what he said was indeed true.

With 5 people, Duoduo blocked the [-] Dashun Army at Tongguan and could not get out.

In the big defeat during the day, how Duoduo made the Eight Banners guards appear on the flank of the Dashun army by surprise, many people can't figure it out now.

At this time, the dead duck's mouth is stiff, it is tantamount to slapping itself in the face.

"Ha ha.!"

A sneer, especially abrupt.

Liu Zongmin opened his mouth and was about to say something when he caught a glimpse of Li Zicheng who looked displeased out of the corner of his eye, so he changed his words coldly.

"King Chuang, let your younger brother go and rob the camp!"

"Well, I think he will be able to defeat Dodo, and he will win a beautiful battle!"

Li Zicheng's face was frosty, and he could hear the killing intent in Liu Zongmin's words.

Since the defeat in Shanhaiguan, Li Zicheng has fled all the way, first in Jifu, then in Shanxi, and he didn't even care about Mizhi's hometown.

Now the only blood relatives around me are my third brother Li Zijing and his wife Gao Guiying.

Half a month ago, the main force of the Dashun Army went eastward and launched a counterattack at the Battle of Huaiqing. They regained lost ground one after another with great momentum, and killed the Qing army general Jin Yuhe, deputy general Chang Ding, and general Chen Guocai.

Although the battle of Huaiqing was won this time, it forced Dorgon to shift his strategic goals.

Compared with the small Hongguang court in Pian'an, which is fighting against each other, the Dashun led by Li Zicheng is obviously the real obstacle to its determination to rule the world.

Therefore, Dorgon immediately transferred the Duoduo route that had originally attacked Nanjing to the west, taking Tongguan from Huaiqing, and the other route Azig fought against the Dashun Army stationed in Yan'an, intending to go south from Yan'an to attack Xi'an.

In addition, there are still several Qing troops who are constantly moving westward.

Once Yan'an fell, Li Zicheng's hometown Mizhi would not have any support from the Dashun Army.

At that time, they will be slaughtered by the Qing army, and it will be difficult for chickens and dogs to stay.

Li Zicheng assembled the main force to advance northward, and came to Tongguan to fight the Qing army of Doduo in a desperate battle, in order to concentrate his superior forces to destroy all the way first, and then rescue Yan'an.

But today was the first battle, but because they failed to check the terrain outside Tongguan in advance, the superiority of the Dashun army was not brought into play at all, and they suffered a big loss.

After Tiantian's defeat, Li Zicheng no longer had much hope of defeating the Qing army. He also knew that he would go to the camp to rob the camp and escape death. He must not lose his only brother again.

"General Quan was joking, my younger brother has never led a soldier, so there is no need to mention this matter again."

Everyone laughed loudly, thinking that this farce was over.

Li Zijing was silent for a moment, then took a deep breath with a deep tone.

"Brother, let me go."

Li Zijing has no intention of going against Liu Zongmin or anyone else, let alone being a savior, he just wants to survive as hard as he can in this chaotic world where lives are like nothing.

This is the only hope, so he will not give up easily.

Li Zicheng was taken aback for a moment, staring at the younger brother whom he didn't know very well.

He stared into Li Zijing's eyes and read many expressions that he had never seen before, confident and decisive...

Li Zijing's sudden change made Li Zicheng surprised and unbelievable, but he quickly adjusted his mood and sighed with emotion.

"My brother has grown up."

"According to what my younger brother said, we marched in concealment at night, lest the Qing army lay an ambush!"

(End of this chapter)