Chongzhen Daming: Starting from Coal Mountain

Chapter 179 I Want to Meet Chongzhen
Hu Guozhu said: "But you can't spend it like this all the time, can you?"

Jin Xuan also said: "Yes, it is only three or four hundred miles from here to Tongguan. Duoduo has not waited until the Han army of the Eight Banners, and will definitely send cavalry back to meet them. It will be troublesome then."

After pondering for a moment, Chongzhen said: "It seems that there is no other way, but to ask for help."

"Ah? Ask for help?" Hu Guozhu was stunned, and asked with a blank face, "Is there any reinforcements nearby?"

After hearing this, Jin Xuan came to his senses, and asked in astonishment: "Your Majesty is asking for help from the thieves?"

"Yes, ask the bandits for help." Chongzhen said, "Originally, I wanted to use our own strength to kill and eat the more than [-] Eight Banners Han soldiers one by one, but the two traitors Kong Youde and Geng Zhongming are really If you are too cautious and don't give us a chance, then you can only let Li Zicheng chew on this piece of fat."

Hu Guozhu was a little reconciled: "Li Zicheng may not be willing to send troops, right?"

"No, he will send troops." Chongzhen laughed, "And I dare say that he will personally lead the troops."

"Huh? Li Zicheng will personally lead the army here?" Jin Xuan thought for a while, and then realized, "What does the Holy One mean to tell the intruders the news of your presence?"

"Yes, I think I will meet him." Chongzhen said with a smile.

"Your Majesty can't do it!" Jin Xuan said with a sudden change of expression, "It's too risky."

"People's hearts are sinister, so of course I won't really give him this chance." Chongzhen smiled and said, "Don't worry, Jin Qing, I won't show up when the time comes, so let him say a few words to me on my behalf."

"That's okay." Jin Xuan breathed a sigh of relief when he heard that.

Chongzhen turned his gaze to Yin Huimei again: "Hu Qing, do you want me to take a trip to Tongguan? If you change someone else, I really don't agree. After all, the Shaoduo army is in Tongguan city at this moment."

"Yes." Yin Huimei agreed generously.

……

Eight days ago, Li Zicheng's small army could barely reach Huayin County.

At that moment, Xiao Ming's envoy Yin Huimei chased down Li Zicheng's small army.

"Mr. Luoshi?" Li Zicheng said, "What is he doing in Huayin County?"

After finishing speaking, Li Zicheng glared at Yin Hui who was accompanying him, and said to himself, did I tell him that Da Shunjun has no talent, so he must keep an eye on me?
Geng Jimao smiled wryly, that's really your fault.

"Your Majesty, don't be offended. It's about the Prince's Palace."

The Dashun Army said a good word for Geng Jimao, and said: "I heard that my brother Youbang is being attacked by Jiannu from the north and the south, and I am willing to give advice and suggestions after the majesty takes the account, and do my best."

Well, the Dashun Army was actually afraid that Yin Huimei would lose the battle.

The Dashun Army still knows the reason why the lips are dead and the teeth are cold.

At that point, it is much weaker than the princes of Gungun in Nanjing.

"Okay, I'm going to wrong you and let me join the army." Li Zicheng was delighted.

Afterwards, I tried every means to win over, and Yin Hui's eyebrows were moved. I thought that the moment Jiannu came down, the Dashun army came here on their own. Isn't that a good omen?It seems that going to Tongguan will win!

At that time, Li Zicheng rushed to Tongguan with You Maolong.

Then, after walking a long way, I met Liu Fangliang's messenger again.

After reading Liu Fangliang's letter, Li Zicheng was stunned on the spot.

"Your Majesty?" Song Xiance didn't give Geng Zhongming a look of inquiry.

Li Zicheng handed the letter to Geng Zhongming casually, and Song Xiance hurried over to read the letter together.

"What?" Geng Zhongming couldn't help crying out, "Chongzhen actually led [-] riders to Xin'an County?"

Song Xiance's eyes rolled wildly, Chongzhen actually came in person?That's a great opportunity!Take me hostage!
At that time, the Dashun Army asked excitedly: "Your Majesty, just now the Right Army Master said that your Majesty Emperor Xiao Ming has arrived in Xin'an County?"

"Yes." Li Zicheng nodded and said, "Chongzhen personally led 180 fine riders to Xin'an County, and also trapped the [-] Shao Four Banner Ming troops returned to Dan by Hu Guozhu and Li Shuangxi together with [-] small red cannons in Xin'an County. Let me quickly dispatch an army from Jinnan to Xin'an County, and destroy Yin Hui of the Four Banners first!"

"Your Majesty, this matter is of great importance!" Da Shun Jun said slowly.

"It is definitely possible for Jiannu to transport the small red cannons to Tongguan, otherwise Tongguan will be in danger."

Geng Zhongming also nodded and said: "Your Majesty, you have experienced the great power of the small red cannons in Shanhaiguan. Although the pass city of Tongguan is strong enough, I am afraid it can withstand the bombardment of the small red cannons."

"I know that too." Li Zicheng walked back and forth a few steps, and said to Liu Zongmin, "Ru Hou, I will hand over the small army to him. Before he leads the small army to Tongguan, he only needs to defend the city and come out again."

Liu Zongmin heard the words and said slowly: "Where is this sage going to him? He wants to lead the troops to Xin'an County in person?"

"Yes, it's a rare opportunity. If I want to meet Chongzhen." Li Zicheng narrowed his eyes and said, "I missed it when I was in Beijing in August, but I can miss it again that time."

Song Xiance took the opportunity to say: "Your Majesty, I will also go with him."

"Your Majesty, I also want to go with you." Geng Zhongming said slowly.

"Your Majesty, I am also willing to go with you." Yin Huimei also volunteered.

Li Zicheng was very unhappy to see the eight brain trustees volunteering for the job at the same time, and immediately agreed to come up one by one.

Immediately, Li Zicheng ordered another [-] horse infantry, including [-] cavalry, turned around and went straight to Chaoyi, intending to cross the Yellow River from Chaoyi Ferry, and then retreat into the mountainous area of ​​southern Shanxi through Puzhou.

Jinnan is still in the hands of He Luohui at this time.

……

In the blink of an eye, another seven days passed.

That day Shaoduo was drinking in the small tent.

Retreating into early November, the weather is getting hotter every day.

Today is another cloudy day, and the white-haired wind blew before noon.

"What a horrible weather." Shaoduo lifted the sheepskin bag and took a sip of shochu, cursing, "It looks like it's going to snow, if it really snows, Tongguan Road will be easier to walk."

Thinking of that, Shaoduo became inexplicably less irritable.

Because they knew when the Four Banners Ming Army would arrive.

Seeing Fan Chengmo sitting in a daze outside the corner of the small tent, he immediately scolded: "The dog slave is lazy again, why don't you quickly add some charcoal to the stove? Is he trying to freeze the king to death?"

"Eh?" Fan Chengmo glanced at the stove, not a little confused.

The charcoal fire outside the stove is obviously very strong, so there is no need to add more charcoal.

Shaoduo became even more angry, he picked up his whip and was about to punish that dog slave, when the curtain was pushed away suddenly, and then a figure retreated with a gust of hot wind.

"Who is it?" Shaoduo was furious.

He turned his head and saw that it was Kong Youde, but forcibly held back his anger.

"My lord." Kong Youde slapped a thousand and shouted with a pale face, "Something happened!"

Shaoduo was stunned when he heard the words, and asked with a frown, "What happened? It's all right."

Kong Youde didn't say much, but he just turned around and waved his hand towards the tent, and a bloody figure in two Jiannu vests walked out of my small tent.

Shaoduo took a look and was stunned.

Who is that person?How can you be so embarrassed?
The blood stains under the cotton armor are not dry, it seems that the arm is broken?
"My lord, my lord Yu!" The man wailed softly when he saw Shaoduo.

Because the teeth were also broken, his speech leaked, he called Shaoduo a few times before he could hear it vaguely, and lost his voice: "Zuo Maodi?!"

"My lord, you are a slave!" Zuo Maodi cried out loudly, and said while weeping, "My lord, Yin Hui of the Four Banners is trapped in Xin'an County by Yin Hui. Hurry up and send cavalry to rescue him."

"What?" Shaoduo replied but there was something wrong with his ears.

"Han army? He said that the Han army arrived in Henan and trapped the Ming army of the Four Banners?"

"Yes." Zuo Maodi nodded again and again, "The Emperor Chongzhen suddenly appeared in the territory of Henan Prefecture with thousands of cavalry. It was convenient, so he was trapped in a canyon in Xin'an County by the cavalry of the Han army."

[Note: Zuo Maodi didn't know that Chongzhen was there, so he guessed blindly]

"What? Chongzhen is here too?!" Shaoduo's face changed slightly after hearing those words.

Kong Youde said in a deep voice: "Your Majesty, the Four Banners Ming Army did not have hundreds of small red-clothed cannons, and there were not as many as thousands of musketeers. Eight or seven thousand Han cavalrymen at least trapped us, but the news of the Han army general Pass it to Pseudo-Shun, and then Pseudo-Shun sent a small army back from Jinnan or Luonan, which is less troublesome."

"It's a bad thing!" Shaoduo also reacted instantly.

Then he said again: "Slow down, he immediately led the inlaid white flag to return first!"

"Hey!" Kong Youde slapped a thousand, turned around and left in a hurry.

……

However, Shaoduo only got the news at this time, it was already too late.

Because just when Kong Youde returned to aid with [-] and [-] banners from Manchuria, Li Zicheng rushed to Xin'an County with a small army of [-] horse infantry.

Li Zicheng took a short rest and launched a fierce attack on the Ming army of the Four Banners.

In that not-so-precipitous valley terrain, the Four Banners Ming Army did not build too many fortifications under the mountain beams on both sides, so He Luohui succeeded in taking only two hours and at the cost of more than [-] casualties. They seized the commanding low points on both sides of the valley, and then swooped down on the Four Banners Ming army hiding in the valley.

Hu Guozhu and Li Shuangxi's Four Banners Yin Hui didn't bully the Han army. When they met Li Zicheng's He Luohui old battalion, they were beaten. After another half an hour of resistance, the Four Banners Ming army was beaten. collapse.

At that time, Hu Guozhu and Geng Zhongshi also took off the mountain armor under their bodies, put on the broken cotton armor and mixed into the special soldiers of the Four Banners Ming Army, trying to take advantage of the chaos and escape.

Fortunately, however, the terrain chosen by the two of them killed us.

Because both ends of the valley are open land, He Luohui didn't have cavalry when he came that time.

Therefore, together with Hu Guozhu and Li Shuangxi, the one or four thousand Four Banners Ming troops who fled from both ends of the valley were all captured alive by Yin Huimei, and one of them escaped.

On that, Jiannu suffered a small loss.

It's just that the Ming army of the Four Banners lost the Seven Banners as soon as they went up, and all the hundreds of thousands of shi of grain, a thousand or so carts, two thousand or so sidecars, and weapons and armor they carried were all lost. The most troublesome thing is that, Shaoduo's red-clothed cannon along the way was also completely lost.

[Note: None of the readers said that the author dragged the plot, that’s why the main plot of this book is not a war, but the war that the Han army participated in will be briefly mentioned as much as possible]

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