Chongzhen Daming: Starting from Coal Mountain

Chapter 173 The Eight Banners Han Army Will Have Trouble
Many more days passed.

The time came to the end of November in the seventeenth year of Chongzhen.

Li Zicheng has summoned Qi's army and walked to Luochuan County in northern Shaanxi.

However, at this moment, an astonishing news spread to Luochuan County: Duoduo, Prince Yu of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, led another slave-building army that had entered Henan Mansion and was advancing towards Luoyang!

[Note: Henan Mansion is a mansion under the jurisdiction of Henan Chief Envoy]

Along with it, news of the defeat of Yuan Zongdi and Chen Yongfu was also sent.

It was also at this time that Li Zicheng knew that Yuan Zongdi and Chen Yongfu had already taken back the Huaiqing mansion, and almost took back the Weihui mansion, but now they let Jiannu take it back.

Now it's not just the Huaiqing mansion that has been snatched back by Jiannu.

Even Luoyang and Tongguan are in danger!

Now, a huge problem was placed in front of Li Zicheng.

Should we continue to go north to northern Shaanxi to fight Azig?Or go back to Xi'an and go to Tongguan to meet Duoduo?

"My lord, I think you should continue to go north." Song Xiance said first, "Tongguan is a dangerous place in the world. Since ancient times, it has the reputation of one man guarding the pass and ten thousand men not opening it. Only a few elite soldiers are enough to stop Jiannu's [-] soldiers! So , our Dashun Heavenly Soldiers have enough time to destroy Azig first."

"Your Majesty, I second the proposal." Gu Junen also said.

"If our Dashun Heavenly Soldiers split up to resist the enemy, it is difficult to say that the north and the south will win, but if we join forces, then whether we face Azig or Duoduo, we can surely win."

"It's not right." Niu Jinxing objected.

"Although Tongguan is dangerous, Jiannu has Hongyi cannons."

"At Shanhaiguan, we have already seen the power of the Hongyi cannon."

"Shanhaiguan is dangerous, especially above Tongguan, and it can't withstand the Hongyi cannon. How long can Tongguan last? With just such a short time, can our Dashun Heavenly Soldiers really destroy Azig's army?"

After a pause, Niu Jinxing finally said: "Azig has [-] troops!"

Li Zicheng's pupils couldn't help shrinking slightly, Niu Jinxing's last sentence still had some weight.

Although the main force of the Dashun Army is also [-], plus the [-] people from Yulin Gao Yigong and Suide Liyan, the strength of the Dashun Army has reached [-]. It still doesn't have an overwhelming force advantage, so even if they can win in the end, I'm afraid it will be a stalemate for a long time.

But Tongguan, can it last for such a long time?

In case there is no winner here in northern Shaanxi, Tongguan is lost...

Then wouldn't their Dashun army be homeless and become rogues from then on?

But Li Zicheng was really unwilling to let Li Zicheng give up going north and transfer to Tongguan.

Because Wu Sangui is in northern Shaanxi, he even dreamed of killing Wu Sangui, a thief.

After thinking for a long time, Li Zicheng still couldn't make up his mind, and finally frowned and said: "The decree will continue, the army will first enter Luochuan County to station, and remember not to disturb the people, and those who violate it will be punished!"

Li Zicheng still wanted to wait and see.

……

At this time, within the territory of Henan Prefecture.

Henan Prefecture starts from Gongxian County in the east, Tongguan in the west, Yellow River in the north, and Funiu Mountain in the south. The government is located in Luoyang.

Luoyang is one of the four ancient capitals. The city is high and the ditch is deep and the population is large, but that is already the past. After many times of destruction by thieves, Luoyang City has been dilapidated and the population has dropped sharply.

At this time, the defeated soldiers of Yuan Zongdi and Chen Yongfu had fled back to Luoyang.

However, before the Dashun army could catch their breath, the Jiannu army chased them nearby.

This is also a major feature of Jiannu, the marching speed is extremely fast. In another time and space, Jiannu relied on this unbelievable speed to defeat the Nanming Army and the Dashun Army.

Knowing that the Jiannu army was catching up, Yuan Zongdi and Chen Yongfu knew that they could not hold on, so they had no choice but to abandon Luoyang City, and continued to retreat towards Mianchi with great strides.

Mianchi is just a small county town, without a strong city and deep ditches, it would be even less reliable.

Yuan Zongdi and Chen Yongfu's idea was to retreat directly to Tongguan, relying on Tongguan's natural dangers to block Duoduo's main slave-building force.

In any case, Yuan Zongdi and Chen Yongfu still have more than [-] people in total, and they are basically old soldiers. , it is fully capable of blocking the Duoduo army with Tongguan natural danger.

……

Dodo is also very aware of this.

Duoduo has been on the battlefield since he was a teenager, and has been fighting on the battlefield for nearly twenty years. These years of fighting on the battlefield have brought him countless honors and a lot of experience.

Yuan Zongdi and Chen Yongfu gave up on Luoyang even though they still had the strength to fight. Duoduo guessed their intentions and immediately sent someone to call Kong Youde and Geng Zhongming to him.

"My lord." Kong Youde and Geng Zhongming knelt on one knee and punched Duoduo a thousand times each.

"Get up." Duoduo signaled the two to get up, and said, "Although the Dashun Army suffered two consecutive defeats in Weihui Mansion and Huaiqing Mansion, the damage in the battle was actually not that great, and they still have the strength to fight."

Kong Youde and Geng Zhongming looked at each other and said: "This servant can also see this."

Duoduo said: "Not surprisingly, the remnants of the Dashun Army want to retreat to Tongguan as soon as possible, and then rely on Tongguan's solid defenses to gain a chance to breathe. If this is the case, it will be difficult to eat up this group of Dashun Army in a short time Remnant."

Kong Youde said with a concentrated expression: "So the prince wants to lead the Eight Banners Manchuria and Eight Banners Mongolia to hunt down first?"

"That's right, this king decided not to give the remnants of the Dashun Army a chance to breathe!" Duoduo nodded and said, "No matter what, we can't let these tens of thousands of remnants of the Dashun Army escape back to Tongguan."

"This king will take the Eight Banners Manchuria and Eight Banners Mongolia first."

"The food, supplies, and red cannons will be given to you, the Eight Banners Han Army."

After a pause, Duoduo said again: "King Gongshun, King Huaishun, you need to be careful. The situation in Henan is complicated at the moment. There are many local bandits in various prefectures who are powerful and arrogant. A few days ago, you were fighting the Red Flag Han army in Yanshi. Being attacked? You have to be careful."

"Don't worry, my lord, I will understand." Kong Youde and Geng Zhongming bowed at the same time.

"Okay, then let's leave it alone." Duoduo got on his horse and rode away.

Soon, the Jiannu army that had been marching along the official road was divided into two groups, and more than [-] cavalry speeded up and rushed towards Mianchi.

However, the more than [-] cavalry had to be quoted.

Because not all of the more than [-] cavalry were cavalry.

Among them, nearly [-] Jurchens and more than [-] Mongols are real cavalry, and they ride real war horses.

But the remaining nearly [-] people rode pack horses, mules, and donkeys, and some could only march on foot. These were dressed as soldiers and worked as coolies.

More than [-] "cavalry" soon went far.

There are only more than [-] Eight Banners Han troops and thousands of carriages left on the official road.

At this time, Geng Jimao came to Geng Zhongming, hesitant to speak.

Geng Zhongming turned black when he saw Geng Jimao. As for the reason, Geng Jimao suffered a big defeat in Shandong with Zu Zerun last time.

Although a life was saved in the end, their Geng family was punished.

"Where have you been these two days?" Geng Zhongming asked with a dark face, "Leaving the army without permission without calling anyone. You want me to die early and make room for you?"

"Father, what are you talking about?" Geng Jimao said with a bitter face.

Kong Youde was very friendly to Geng Jimao, he greeted with a smile and said, "Nephew, do you have something to tell us?"

"Uncle, nephew really has something to say." Geng Jimao didn't dare to look back at Geng Zhongming, and said to Kong Youde, "Did Prince Yu take the cavalry to chase the remnants of the Dashun Army?"

Kong Youde nodded: "Yes, the prince led the cavalry and left first."

Geng Jimao turned pale when he heard the words, and said to Kong Youde: "Uncle, let Prince Yu come back quickly, or at least bring the Eight Banners Mongolia back, otherwise our Eight Banners Han army will be in trouble."

"What nonsense are you talking about?" Geng Zhongming said angrily when he heard the words, "Which onion are you? How dare you change what Prince Yu decided? I don't know how many catties I have?"

"Father, we will really be in trouble." Geng Jimao became anxious.

Then he turned to Kong Youde and said, "Uncle, the night before yesterday, it was your turn when the Red Banner Han army dispatched Yeburei, and then you were attacked near Yanshi, and several of you died, do you still remember?"

"Why don't you remember?" Kong Youde said, "But they are local thieves, just a group of local thieves."

"It's not a local thief." Geng Jimao said anxiously, "At first my nephew also thought it was a local thief, but later my nephew went back to inspect the scene carefully, and then I didn't think it was!"

"Did you go back to Yanshi in the past two days?"

Kong Youde smiled and said, "Tell me about your discovery?"

Geng Jimao froze and said, "I didn't find anything."

"Didn't find it?" Kong Youde joked with a smile, "Then why do you say it's not a local thief?"

Geng Jimao said anxiously: "It is precisely because there is nothing found that my nephew asserts that it is not a local bandit. If it is really a local bandit who attacked the Zhenghongqi Han army and refused to take it at night, how could it be possible not to leave the first and last?"

Kong Youde was taken aback when he heard the words, and then laughed with Geng Zhongming.

After a long while, Kong Youde smiled and shook his head and said, "Nephew, do you have any misunderstandings about local thieves? These local thieves are not the local thieves you imagined? They are powerful."

Geng Zhongming also said: "The old soldiers among these local thieves are more fierce than the current thieves."

Back then when they were still in the army of the Ming Dynasty, they suffered a lot from these local thieves.

"But no matter how powerful they are, they are just local bandits." Kong Youde said, "It can't threaten the army!"

Geng Jimao said: "Father, and uncle, if Chongzhen personally led the Ming army cavalry to catch up, could it pose a threat to our Eight Banners Han army?"

"Ming army cavalry?" Kong Youde was stunned again when he heard the words.

Then he laughed again, tears streaming down his face.

Geng Zhongming was also so angry that he wanted to whip his son with a horsewhip.

Did this worthless trash make the Ming army go crazy?
In the current situation of the Ming Dynasty, is it still possible to send decent cavalry to hunt down their Eight Banners Han army?It's not that I underestimated Chongzhen and the Ming army. If they really sent cavalry, they would only be sent to death.

Cannon in red is not a vegetarian!

(End of this chapter)