Before hanging himself, Chongzhen lifted the table

Chapter 76
Guguan City has a thick and towering city wall. There are many forts around it. The east and west gates are wrapped with iron plates. They are opened and closed at dawn and dusk, and there are guards.Since ancient times, it has been known as "one man can control the pass, but ten thousand men cannot stop it". It was one of the four famous passes in the western part of the capital of the Ming Dynasty.

However, at this time, Li Zicheng's general Cihou Liu Fangliang stood on the head of Guguan City, watching his soldiers and horses entering the pass continuously.Looking up again to the east, after passing the Guguan Pass in front of us, we are in the Beizhili Prefecture where the capital of the Ming Dynasty is located.

Behind him, all the generals, big and small, were smiling and talking freely.

"I really didn't expect that Guguan would surrender without a fight. It really made me worry in vain!"

"No, if they don't surrender, we don't know how many troops we will lose to win such a dangerous pass."

"You don't understand this, don't you? The imperial court is over, and it's about to change its dynasty. Who would still want to resist?"

"That's right, our Dashun army has strong soldiers and horses, and the imperial officers and soldiers heard the news and surrendered. This world will soon belong to our Dashun country!"

"..."

Listening to their discussion, Liu Fangliang smiled slightly, then pointed forward with the riding crop in his hand and said: "Don't be nagging, who will be the vanguard to capture Zhending Mansion for me?"

When his generals heard this, they immediately asked for battle.

"The end will be willing to go!"

"I have issued a military order. If I don't take the Zhending Mansion, I will have my head on my head!"

"..."

Liu Fangliang was very satisfied with his men's fighting performance. He immediately ordered someone and then looked up to the northwest.

In this direction, after capturing Zhending Mansion, as long as Baoding Mansion is captured, we can reach the capital city!If you can capture the capital, it will be an unparalleled achievement. When His Highness ascends the throne and becomes emperor, you can be named the founding Duke!
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In front of Ningwuguan, the vanguard of the Dashun Army has arrived, and there are countless people shouting.

On the wall, the soldiers of the Ming army watched them camp in the distance, and some rogue cavalry sentries even approached the wall, where they provocatively and aggressively attacked the morale of the defenders at the top of the city.

"Brothers on the top of the city, please surrender and stop working for the imperial court!"

"We in Dashun country don't have to pay grain or taxes!"

"If you are stubborn and want to resist my Da Shuntian soldiers, you will only die!"

"Everyone else has surrendered, but you still want to resist. Is it necessary?"

"Look at our army of millions, can you guys stop us?"

"..."

Many of these sentinels still have Shanxi accents, and they are shouting. It can be clearly seen that the morale on the top of the city is somewhat low.

Seeing this, Zhou Yuji frowned and immediately shouted: "Here comes the bow!"

When his personal guards heard this, they immediately handed over Zhou Yuji's special hard bow with both hands, and also handed over heavy arrows.

As soon as Zhou Yuji took the bow, he immediately skillfully opened the bow and set an arrow. He did not need to aim at all, and shot three arrows in a row at an extremely fast speed.

Although the sentry outside the city was shouting, they were also staring at the movement at the top of the city.But if they want more defenders on the city to hear their shouts, they naturally need to get closer.

Suddenly, when he saw something moving on top of the city, he subconsciously dodged.

However, before it was too late, Zhou Yuji fired three consecutive arrows, one in the air, one in the war horse, and one in the chest of a sentry, knocking him off his horse.

"it is good!"

Seeing this, a cheer suddenly sounded on the city top, cheering for their handsome arrow, which suddenly diluted the low morale just now.When the sentry at the city saw it, they abandoned the whining war horse lying on the ground, snatched the half-dead unfortunate ghost, and immediately left Guancheng and returned to their own camp.

Zhou Yuji watched them go away, and immediately shouted: "Who went to haul that horsemeat with me and come back for extra food?"

This requires a certain amount of courage. If the enemy comes back after leaving the city, it is unknown whether they can return to the city.

However, upon hearing Zhou Yuji's words on the top of the city, a group of Ming army soldiers immediately responded loudly and rushed to get there.

Afterwards, several soldiers went out to pick up the horse corpse, while their comrades on top of the city cheered them on.

It can be seen with the naked eye that morale is getting higher and higher.

However, Zhou Yuji, who returned to the arrow tower, looked serious and did not look happy at all.I saw him looking at the rogue camp in the distance from the window of the arrow tower, and then he ordered his men to ask for help from Datong again.

Just after the messenger set off, he saw some fast horses coming from the bandit camp towards Guancheng.

But at this time, the horse corpse had been pulled into the city.The morale of the defenders on the city is still good. Some people are even laughing, maybe they want to try the commander's magic arrow again!
But this time, these people did not continue to shout and lobby. Instead, when they were still far away from the city, they stopped their horses and shouted loudly: "Listen above the city, you have to surrender within five days, otherwise the city will be destroyed and massacred!" "

After shouting three times in a row, they immediately fled and returned to their own camp.

On top of the city, it was visible to the naked eye that morale had dropped again.The garrison soldiers who were still happy just now have lost their smiles. Some looked at the rebel barracks in the distance where people were shouting, and some turned to look at the arrow tower where their commander was, with heavy expressions on their faces.

Zhou Yuji naturally felt the change in morale, and immediately asked someone to send a message: "The terrain of Ningwuguan is dangerous, and as long as I am here, the bandit army will not be able to capture Ningwuguan. I have sent people to ask for reinforcements, and the reinforcements will arrive soon, and Keep it safe, this is an opportunity for our warriors to make great achievements, and the Japanese commander will definitely ask for your credit and receive rewards for everyone!"

That's what he said, but he knew that it wouldn't be of much use.

Not to mention those who don't support the army and ask for merit and receive rewards. With the current situation of the court, what kind of reward can there be?
We can only rely on the strict military discipline of daily training!
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Huailai is where the Huailai Guards are under the jurisdiction of the Wandu Department of Xuanfu.

On top of Huailai City, some of the defenders were weakly leaning against the wall to hide from the cold wind.

"Why haven't you come on duty yet? I'm almost starving to death!"

"Not only am I hungry, I'm also freezing to death. Damn it, when will this day end?"

"I heard that King Chuang is here, and life will be better!"

"Shh, you dare to say this?"

"What are you afraid of? There will be no way for me to survive. I will surrender myself before King Chuang comes! I heard that King Chuang has arrived at Ningwuguan and will be here soon."

"..."

While they were discussing on the top of the city, suddenly, some of them seemed to hear the noise and stood up to look. They were dumbfounded.

I saw a cavalry troop galloping towards this side in the distance to the south.

"Who is it? King Chuang is here?" Someone asked happily and quickly stood up to take a look.

"No, it seems to be the banner of the imperial court!"

In just a moment, the cavalry was getting closer and closer, and it was very obvious that they were indeed the imperial cavalry.

To their surprise, this cavalry army actually passed through the door and continued galloping from the west side of Huailai City to Xuanfu Town in the northwest.

(End of this chapter)