Chapter 119 The Battle of Tongguan Ends

Liu Fangliang looked exhausted and rode at the back of the group on his war horse to prevent possible surprise attacks by the Qing army.

The Battle of Tongguan has lasted for more than ten days.

After the Qing army's Hongyi artillery arrived, they were at a disadvantage when they broke into the camp. Liu Fangliang looked around. Although he couldn't see clearly in the darkness, he could still clearly see the craters and the large pieces of decadent city walls.

The traces left by the Hongyi cannon.

At the beginning, Li Zicheng sent people to repair the city wall vigorously, and even under the bombardment of Hongyi artillery, he did not stop repairing the city wall.

However, this situation of being passively beaten quickly caused the morale of the campers to decline rapidly.

This repair plan had to be stopped.

Even if there are orders given to the soldiers below, they may not be able to carry them out.

As a last resort, Li Zicheng gave the order for the night battle.

In fact, fighting at night has always been a taboo for military strategists, and you can't take advantage of the Qing army during the day, but fighting at night is okay? Li Zicheng would not be so unwise. He also had to do this in order to maintain the morale of the army.

After all, when being beaten passively, there is no way to counterattack, and morale will decline faster, not slower.

Therefore, regardless of whether we win or not, we must fight back.

You must fight back.

Only counterattacks can build up the morale of the army. In addition, despite repeated defeats, the Qing army's night battles became bigger and more conservative. At the beginning, the night battles with the Qing army were based on attack and attack. Duduo wanted to control the night battles with the Qing army.

It means swallowing up all the attacking enemy troops.

But in a night battle, organizational skills are not good enough, and it is even more difficult to annihilate them all.

However, after repeated night battles, Duduo instead focused on defense and only fought back.

Such a situation would not be surprising to Li Zicheng under other generals, but it would be a little strange when it comes to Duduo.

Duduo became famous as a young man because he was the son of Nurhachi. Although he could fight and knew how to fight, the style of this young powerful man was also very obvious, which was arrogance. Of course, Duduo also had the ability to be arrogant. Whether it was participating in the Battle of a Stone,

It was also the Battle of Huaiqing, where he crushed the counterattack that broke into the camp, and even Azig sent troops first, but arrived before Azig came later. This all illustrates Duduo's character.

As long as you have the ability, you will never make conservative decisions. Instead, you will just attack, attack, attack, and attack again.

Li Zicheng also gradually figured out the nature of the Qing army in a small country with few people. Although the Qing army was a first-class elite, its number was only more than 200,000, and it was difficult to supplement these more than 200,000 elites. This

More than 200,000 people, if limited to one battlefield in Liaodong, would naturally be enough.

But scattered throughout the world.

Far from enough.

What Li Zicheng lacks the most is those who dare to fight and charge. After all, the place where Li Zicheng is located is none other than Qin. Qin has never been

There is no shortage of elite soldiers.

That's why Li Zicheng dared to grit his teeth and compete with Duduo.

It’s just that I can’t put it together now.

Liu Fangliang had just entered Tongguan. Zhang Nai immediately invited Liu Fangliang over and said, "General Liu, Your Majesty has invited you."

Liu Fangliang saw something wrong with Zhang Nai's face and asked, "What's the matter?"

Zhang Nai said: "The general will know after he leaves."

Liu Fangliang then followed Zhang Nai into the Tongguan Bingbei Mansion, where Li Zicheng was stationed.

When Liu Fangliang arrived, he felt an invisible pressure in the air, and saw almost all the senior generals arriving. Liu Fangliang suddenly felt bad and asked Yuan Zongdi on the side in a low voice: "What happened?"

Yuan Zongdi whispered: "There is news from the north."

Liu Fangliang suddenly felt that something was wrong and said, "What news?"

"Ajige is here and is attacking Gao Yigong. Gao Yigong sent people to ask for help." Yuan Zongdi said.

Liu Fangliang suddenly felt something bad.

The battle in Tongguan is now imminent. Does Gao Yigong not know? He knows that not a single soldier can be evacuated from Tongguan. What does Gao Yigong mean by sending people to ask for help? It can only mean one thing, that is, Gao Yigong

I really can't hold it any longer.

Otherwise it wouldn't be the case.

If Azige breaks through Yan'an and enters the Guanzhong Plain, then the main force breaking into the camp at Tongguan will be trapped in a pincer attack from both front and rear, and the battle will be impossible to fight.

Liu Fangliang was anxious for a while and asked Yuan Zongdi in detail. As the two discussed, other generals participated in the discussion one after another, and the voices were very chaotic for a while.

"Your Majesty has arrived." A voice shouted.

Li Zicheng came over. The generals wanted to salute. He waved his hand and said, "No courtesy. Now that everyone knows the situation, what should we do? Can anyone tell me."

As soon as Li Zicheng finished speaking, the air in the room suddenly became quiet.

No one spoke, and there was heavy pressure in the air.

"If Li Xin were here, he would definitely be able to find a solution." For a moment, Li Zicheng felt regret in his heart and thought to himself.

There were always many generals under Li Zicheng who dared to fight and kill, but Li Xin was the only one who planned for Li Zicheng and made decisions for Li Zicheng. Even if a piece of stone collapsed, Li Xin planned it several times.

Counterattack and stabilize the war with the Qing court outside Shaanxi.

But at this moment, there was no one to offer advice to Li Zicheng, and there was no one to even discuss it.

In fact, when the war reaches this point, everyone knows what to do.

withdraw.

The battle may sound complicated, but in reality it is just three options: attack, defend, and go.

If you attack, you can't attack. If you defend, you can't defend. What's the point of not moving?

But no one dares to tell

This word comes.

Without him, they wouldn't be able to part with him.

Once they abandon Xi'an and worry about the vast tracts of land in Shaanxi, they will become rogues again.

They have already settled down in Xi'an, who wants to live a homeless life again.

For a moment, Li Zicheng seemed to have aged dozens of years and said: "Withdraw."

"Yes." The generals agreed with heavy hearts.

Speaking of retreat, it is not possible to retreat immediately. A plan must be planned.

The current strength of the Chuangying can be divided into three groups. The largest one is also the main force of the Chuangying, which is located in Tongguan. The other is led by Gao Yigong in Yan'an, and some are distributed in western Shaanxi, which is later known as Gansu.

This area is the most scattered and has a large number of people, but it is hard to say how many people are still loyal to Li Zicheng.

Li Zicheng passed on his orders one after another. First, he made arrangements for the evacuation of Tongguan. There was nothing else but to evacuate overnight and arrange for people to break up the rear.

To cut off the rear before hundreds of thousands of Qing troops, those who cut off the rear will undoubtedly die. Li Zicheng was naturally reluctant to send his own troops to take risks, so he left Ma Shiyao to guard Tongguan. Li Zicheng appeased Ma Shiyao and told him that he could surrender if he felt that he was outmatched.

It's not that Li Zicheng is magnanimous, but he knows that if he gets too close, something might happen, so he might as well speak in advance.

Immediately, Li Zicheng wrote another letter to Gao Yigong, asking him to retreat, meet up in Xi'an, and go south together. Even the defenders in Gansu and Ningxia received orders to retreat to Xi'an.

Li Zicheng carried out strategic contraction and abandoned Gansu and Shaanxi. After all, this poor place could not afford to support Li Zicheng's hundreds of thousands of troops.

It's just that this order was issued at this juncture, and it was obvious that some good money was difficult to part with.

Li Zicheng acted quickly, and early on the next day, the army withdrew to Xi'an.

It was impossible not to let the other side know about such a big movement. Duduo immediately began to attack Tongguan with Wu Sangui's tribe as the vanguard. After a bloody battle for a day, Ma Shiyao's troops only had 8,000 troops. Even though Tongguan was dangerous, they were destined to be defeated.

How much morale can a person who gives up have?

After a bloody battle, Ma Shiyao could no longer hold on and surrendered to Wu Sangui.

However, Duduo ordered Ma Shiyao's troops to abandon their weapons and leave the city, and then ordered Wu Sangui to massacre them.

In this way, thousands of Ma Shiyao's troops were killed unarmed in front of Tongguan City. The corpses piled up on pillows and blood flowed into rivers. This is exactly what is not worth writing about during the Qing army's march south, the Massacre of Tongguan. Duduo did it conveniently

Finalize Ma Shiyao's crime and secretly communicate with Li Zicheng.

It's just that Ma Shiyao really had a secret communication with Li Zicheng, and how did Duduo find out in one day.

This was Duduo's warning that anyone who dared to resist the Qing army would not be pardoned even if they surrendered. He also conveniently poured some dirty water on Wu Sangui.
Chapter completed!