Take a plane to the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 416 The Empire's Last Struggle
There is no way to get a big head. If you want to get a country and become the only existence in the world, how can it be such an easy thing? If you don't pay the price of blood, don't even think about creating the history of gods.

Niu Jinxing popped up from another corner, ran all the way to Li Zicheng, and offered him a plan.

"Your Majesty, now that you have been attacking the cities of Taiyuan for a long time, it is better to follow the story of Tang Taizong leading troops into Chang'an!"

"What story?" Li Zicheng asked.

Niu Jinxing bowed and said: "Back then, Li Shimin raised troops from Taiyuan with the intention of taking Chang'an directly, so he abandoned the large and small cities along the way and did not attack. Arrive directly at the capital. Then relying on the power of a million heroes, we will definitely be able to conquer the world in one battle!"

Li Zicheng frowned deeply, shaking his head to express his disapproval.

"Prime Minister, your plan is not bad, but it's a pity that today is different. Back then Li Shimin entered Chang'an easily, but now it is difficult for me to enter the capital. It is true that we can win in one battle and rule the world, but what if we lose in battle?"

Of course Niu Jinxing knew what the result of not winning the battle was, it was nothing more than being decapitated.But if you don't fight hard, just go to the capital with such little effort, you will die sooner or later.

But it is impossible for him to say this, he is just giving advice to his master, he listens as long as he listens, and if he doesn't listen, it's fine, as a political master who is mature enough to easily kill his political opponents, Niu Jinxing still understands these principles .

Therefore, when Li Zicheng was timid, he could only bow his hands and say: "The king is wise".

Although Daizhou City is strong, Li Zicheng's army of more than 60 is outside, so it is doomed that it will not be able to hold on for too long.Not only Li Zicheng understands this truth, but also Zhou Yuji, the last general of the Ming Empire in the city!
Taking advantage of the 2000 people around him, he decided to break out.

Standing at the top of the city, looking at the mountains of corpses outside and above the city, filled with stinky blood everywhere, Zhou Yuji supported the cannon with one hand, and put the other on the top of the city. Someone has tried his best, and now he can only die in battle."

The generals and soldiers around him were all mighty and unyielding, standing upright on the top of the city, looking at the corpses below and the black bandit army in the distance, without any fear.

It's not that they are not afraid, but that after a long time, they may be numb or forget, and they have become numb.

"Zhou Yuji!" Liu Zongmin, who was far below the city, saw Zhou Yuji, got a trumpet sold by Zhu Changyuan from the modern society, and shouted, "Quickly open the door and surrender, otherwise, wait for me to enter the generation of King Chuang!" The city of Zhou must be massacred to vent our anger!"

Zhou Yuji raised his head abruptly, and fired a cannon in Liu Zongmin's direction.

"How many people are there in the city?" Zhou Yuji asked his subordinates.

"Back to the general, there are only two thousand soldiers in the city, more than ten thousand people, and countless people died in battle!" The deputy general behind looked at Zhou Yuji and replied sadly.

"Ah!" Zhou Yuji sighed a long time, and said sadly: "I, Zhou Yuji, have been loyal to the Ming Dynasty, but unfortunately the bandits are so powerful that I can't stop them. Now that the left and right can't resist, why bother to embarrass the people? Tonight, Let him go to the city, Li Zicheng, and let's retreat to Ningwu County."

Zhou Yuji seemed to offer the city, but in fact it was not a surrender, but a choice in desperation. In this way, the lives of the people in the city could be saved, and the pressure could be shifted to the Datong Town behind. , and Taiyuan Mansion are an important military town at the same level. Even if it is destroyed, it is still possible to resist Li Zicheng for two or three months.

When the time comes to consume some of the bandit soldiers' strength, the pressure on Xuan Mansion and the capital will be relieved, and the bandit soldiers will retreat by themselves.

It was based on this idea that Zhou Yuji did not guard Daizhou City mindlessly, but led two thousand soldiers to break out of the encirclement overnight and ran towards Ningwu County to the west.

Li Zicheng went to another city and successfully entered Daizhou. At this moment, he is only less than two hundred miles away from Datong Mansion, which can be said to be far away.

Li Zicheng followed his usual style. After entering Dai County, 60 troops stationed in place to rest. He neither pursued Zhou Yuji who fled to Ningwu County, nor had any idea of ​​marching towards Datong Town.

Liu Zongmin and Niu Jinxing persuaded him many times before he reluctantly raised his troops to fight again.

However, the target of the next battle was not to attack Datong, but turned around and ran to the west to pursue Zhou Yuji who had fled to Ningwu County.At that time, many officials began to vomit blood.

From Taiyuan, Xinzhou, Dai County to Datong in the back, the four cities are connected in a line, and they are all on flat land.To the west of the four cities is a large mountain stretching from north to south, separating the four cities from the west, and Ningwu County is just to the west of the mountain.

Zhou Yuji's intention to go to Ningwu County is already obvious: I can't play with you, so I won't play with you anymore. Whatever you like, go to fight Datong or attack the capital, and I will have nothing to do with you in the future!
But now Li Zicheng actually gave up Datong to attack Ningwuguan, which is meaningless and has no strategic value. All the generals and civil servants under him don't know what he thinks.

In fact, only Li Zicheng understood that he didn't want to really attack the capital at all, and he didn't want to gnaw at another important town on the Nine Frontiers of Ming Dynasty that smelled worse than a stone, because he had suffered unimaginable blows in the same important town of Taiyuan.

As for chasing and killing Zhou Yuji, it is probably because Zhou Yuji is a soft persimmon to him now.

However, what he never imagined was that this persimmon, which seemed to have lost its wings and softened, was still not easy to chew, and it was still a stinky stone that could break people's teeth.

Historically, Li Zicheng did not directly attack Datong Mansion, but went to Ningwu County to have a wave with that guy named Zhou Yuji, which also achieved one of the many failures in his personal career.

He ignored the geographical location and historical importance of Ningwu County.

To be precise, Ningwu County is easier to defend and harder to attack than Daizhou and Xinzhou, and it makes people feel even more desperate.

There is a famous Xiongguan in this place, called Ningwuguan. In the middle of Ming Dynasty, Ningwuguan was the main base of the garrison of Datong, Taiyuan and Ningxia. Although the late Ming Dynasty did not pay attention to its use, it does not mean that this pass does not exist.

Ningwuguan is very large, with a circumference of four kilometers and each side is one kilometer long. One can imagine how big this city is, and it is more than a lap larger than Shanhaiguan and Ningyuan City.

There are four city gates, sixteen archery towers, more than 60 red cannons, and more than [-] permanent troops.

There is another crucial point. This pass is not located on the water's edge or on flat ground like ordinary cities. It is located on a mountain, surrounded by mountains, and facing the valley. It is an excellent defense that is easy to defend but difficult to attack. place.

A vigorous war begins here.

"Since we can't hide, let's meet the battle." Zhou Yuji climbed to the top of the wall, looking at the crowd of people three miles away, without any fear, and only wanted to serve the country with death in his heart: "Brothers, Stand firm at Ningwu Pass, the last barrier of Ming Dynasty!"

Under the influence of Zhou Yuji's personal charm, the defenders of Ningwuguan were extremely tenacious.Although there were only 2 people, Li Zicheng's 60 army was stunned for a while, and he almost couldn't find Bei.

"Kill!" Liu Zongmin led the team and rushed to the head of Ningwu Pass more than once.

It's a pity that every time they were either thrown back by rolling stones above the city, or they were persuaded to retreat from a long distance by cannons before they reached the pass.

On the [-]th, there was no way to break the city.

Li Zicheng almost gave up attacking, Liu Zongmin persuaded: "At first, I persuaded the king not to attack Ningwuguan, but you insisted on coming despite the advice. Now you have come and left without doing anything. I am afraid that the people below will If you are not convinced by your majesty, you will be looked down upon. Therefore, Ningwuguan must be taken down."

Li Zicheng had no choice but to continue fighting.

However, it has been delayed for a long time, not to mention that there has been no progress, and his troops have suffered heavy casualties.

Compared with Li Zicheng, Zhou Yuji at the head of the city was more uncomfortable, because although his own troops had the advantage in defending the city, the battles in the past few days also caused heavy casualties.

There is not much food and grass left.

"You can't die in Xianguan, or you will be slaughtered immediately when you enter the city, and the infants and children will not be left behind." Liu Zongmin shouted from a distance with a big loudspeaker, risking being bombarded by artillery fire.

The guards of Ningwuguan surrendered a little, and went to persuade Zhou Yuji one after another, saying: "What if the bandit army breaks through the city and slaughters the city?"

Zhou Yuji said: "This kind of strategy can only be used once. If you use massacre as an excuse every time you fight, there is no war in the world that you can resist. This time, don't fall into their trap."

So he ordered his soldiers to pretend to be old, weak, sick and disabled to go out to fight, and finally they were outnumbered and defeated by the enemy.

Then, Liu Zongmin personally commanded the army to attack the city of Ningwuguan in one go.But as soon as he entered the city, he found that the city gate was closed inexplicably, and he didn't see the houses in the city. The surrounding area was full of city walls.

"Urn City!"

Liu Zongmin thought of it at the first time, and quickly ordered the soldiers to retreat, but the scalding hot water from the sky splashed down at the same time, scalding the bandits below and screaming, even Liu Zongmin's face was scalded several times. blister.

"Come on!" Zhou Yuji personally put on his clothes, led the soldiers in the city to open the city gate, and began to attack the soldiers who had just been scalded by boiling water. A violent fight killed nearly [-] enemy soldiers.

Under the protection of his subordinates, Liu Zongmin retreated to the gate of the city, and opened the gate to welcome the army outside the city. The two sides launched a street battle with disparity in power but extremely tenacious.

Zhou Yuji rode a tall horse with two steel knives in his hands, and wherever he passed, people's heads fell like gods descending from the earth, and no one dared to approach within five feet.

"Brothers, fight for the world, fight for Ming. Even if I die, I will repay the country, no regrets!" While speaking, he rushed to the front of the army to fight again!

(End of this chapter)