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Chapter 25
Tongguan City Wall.

Li Banghua stared at Xu Da with fiery eyes, and said excitedly:

"Wei Guogong, why don't you stay in the Chongzhen Dynasty!"

"With you alone, it's completely vulnerable to a single blow."

Speaking of this, Li Banghua leaned in front of Xu Da and said in a low voice:
"Wei Guogong, you may not be clear, Emperor Taizu..."

Before Li Banghua finished speaking, Xu Da shook his head and said:

"Master Li, there are some things that need not be said."

Li Banghua froze for a moment, then said in surprise:
"Wei Guogong, do you know?"

Xu Da quietly looked at the surrendered soldiers under the city wall, and said lightly:

"I don't know the future, and I'm not interested in the future."

"Your Majesty's majesty is great, and it is Daming's heaven. If I die unexpectedly in the future, it will be my own fault."

When Li Banghua heard this, he couldn't help admiring him.

In all fairness, if it was him, if one day he went to the next life, he would definitely be very curious about his future.

But Wei Guogong Xu Da can see the future so openly, he really deserves to be the king of Zhongshan!

……

At this moment, Chen Yongfu followed the guards, walked up the city wall, and relayed Sun Chuanting's instructions to Xu Da.

Xu Da looked at Chen Yongfu and said:
"Go back and tell you, General Sun, that if the army of intruders retreats and sees this general dispatching troops, he can lead the army to follow behind."

"As for these surrenders, I will make my own decisions."

"By the way, I think you should know the subordinates of the intruders, and find out the generals among these descendants."

Xu Da has been standing on the city wall, naturally paying attention to the movement of the camp outside the city, since Sun Chuanting is worthy of use.

He also didn't mind giving Sun Chuanting some of his combat achievements, and bringing them with him for training.

Chen Yongfu heard the words, followed behind the guards, and came to the city wall.

Of the previous tens of thousands of cavalry, only 6000 to [-] survived. Therefore, Chen Yongfu easily found Yuan Zongdi and Liu Zongmin.

Both of them are capable men of the intruder Li Zicheng, so he is no stranger to them.

……

Liu Zongmin was worried about being led by the soldiers of the Ming army on the city wall, and passed along the way. When he saw the morale of the soldiers of the Ming army like a rainbow, his heart suddenly lifted.

On the other hand, Yuan Zongdi kept a cold face. When he saw Xu Da, he didn't salute and just stood there.

Xu Da waved his hand, and the guards on the side rushed up and directly tied up Yuan Zong and the other two.

In a panic, Liu Zongmin mistakenly thought that Xu Da wanted to kill them, and begged for mercy:

"woooooo"

Xu Da turned around and shouted:
"Liu Zongmin, Yuan Zongdi, you two are willing to return to Daming sincerely, and I will promise here."

"All the previous things were done by the intruders who coerced you, and His Majesty will definitely pardon you."

Facing Yuan Zongdi's angry eyes, Xu Da waited for a few seconds, then said:

"Okay, Yuan Zongdi, I will promise you that as long as those surrendered soldiers don't make trouble, everyone can go home with five shi of grain after this battle."

Afterwards, listening to the cheers of the surrendered soldiers under the city wall, Xu Da waved his hand.

The guards took the two of them down with grief and indignation, and locked them up.

Afterwards, Xu Da did not break his promise, and sent hundreds of people to escort five or six thousand surrendered soldiers into Tongguan City. After each of them distributed five stones of food, they were locked together.

As for the thousands of defeated soldiers, they were sent to the camp outside the city by Xu Da.

……

In the middle of the night, whether it was in Tongguan City or Daying Camp, there were laughter and laughter.

Suddenly, the earth trembled faintly.

"Tap Tap"

It was densely packed, like a vast ocean of flames coming from a distance.

Looking carefully, it was not a sea of ​​flames at all, but an army holding torches, with no end in sight.

city ​​wall.

Looking at the menacing army of intruders, Li Banghua wiped the cold sweat from his forehead involuntarily, and said:
"Wei Guogong, the million-dollar army of thieves has come?"

"Then what Yuan Zongdi said is true? Do the thieves really have millions of well-trained troops?"

Looking at the monstrous momentum of the millions of troops, Xu Da said with emotion:

"At the beginning, Chen Youliang led an army of 60 to besiege Hongdu, but Wen Zheng led only 2 people, and held on for 85 days."

"If his temper can be calmer, maybe..."

……

the other side.

Chuang Wang Li Zicheng looked at the heavily guarded Tongguan Pass and the big camp outside the city, and took a deep breath.

Suppressing the excitement in his heart, he turned his head and asked:

"Mr. Song, do you think this king should go all out and take Tongguan directly?"

Song Xiance shook his head and said seriously:
"King Chuang, the army did not encounter the tens of thousands of cavalry led by Yuan Zongdi, don't you think there is a problem?"

"How about, let me test it first, if the situation changes, I will directly attack the city with artillery!"

Suddenly, a soldier ran over quickly and hurriedly reported:

"King Chuang, there are traces of artillery in front of us. General Yuan and the others are afraid that something will happen to them."

Hearing this, Li Zicheng looked around and laughed loudly:
"Now I have 60 iron cavalry and 40 elite infantry. It's just Tongguan. How can I stop my million-strong army?"

Seeing this, Song Xiance secretly thought something was wrong, and quickly persuaded him:

"King Chuang, don't underestimate the enemy!"

Hearing this, Li Zicheng's smile faded slightly, he ordered the army to stop, and sent Tian Jianxiu to surrender.

……

Tian Jianxiu rode a tall horse without even looking at the camp, and came directly to the city of Tongguan, shouting:

"Sun Chuanting, King Chuang ordered you to surrender as soon as possible."

"Defend the city for one day, kill three out of ten."

"Defend the city for two days, kill seven out of ten."

"Defend the city for three days and slaughter the city!"

After the voice fell, the city of Tongguan was quiet, and there was no sound at all.

These [-] troops are all the elites of the Ming Dynasty, so how could a mere rebel be able to confuse them?

Wei Guogong Xu Da bent his bow and set an arrow, aiming at Tian Jianxiu.

"call out"

Tian Jianxiu only felt a blur in front of his eyes, an arrow flew past his ear, subconsciously stretched out his hand, and touched his ear.

When he touched his hands full of blood, Tian Jianxiu was furious, and immediately turned his horse's head, came to Li Zicheng, and said angrily:

"King Chuang, Sun Chuanting refuses to surrender, yet dares to provoke us like this."

Seeing this, Li Zicheng remembered the past when he was defeated by Sun Chuanting in the 11th year of Chongzhen and only led eighteen cavalry to flee in a hurry.

At this moment, new hatred and old hatred add up, which made Li Zicheng lose his last patience, and asked:
"Mr. Song, do you think this king will break through the camp first? Or, break through Tongguan first?"

Song Xiance glanced at the city wall of Tongguan from a distance, and said slowly:

"King Chuang, Yuan Zongdi and the tens of thousands of cavalrymen can't disappear without reason. Even if they are defeated, they should still be alive."

"Just in case, I will use artillery to break through Tongguan first. At that time, the small battalion can be destroyed with a wave of hands."

Li Zicheng thought about it carefully and thought it made sense, so he ordered people to bring all the cannons up.

Soon, hundreds of artillery captured from the Ming army were pushed to the front of the formation.

"boom boom"

For a time, the deafening sound of artillery resounded through the sky.

(End of this chapter)