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Chapter 426: Winning a Daughter, Hanzhong

Because now the Yi army is not only far better than the Shun army in terms of equipment, training, organization and dispatch, but also has a much higher morale than the Shun army. Last year, after Li Zicheng was defeated in Shanhaiguan, he abandoned the capital and fled westward, which dealt a huge blow to the morale and morale of the Shun army. is huge.

On the contrary, when the Yi army went north, even the Qing captives, who had repeatedly defeated the Ming and Shun armies before, were defeated twice in a row. The bonus to the morale and morale of the Yi army was also huge.

On the land of China today, the major forces in Zhuolu are mainly the Yi army, the Ming army, the Shun army, and the Qing Dynasty. At most, they can add the Western Mongolia (Oirat Mongolia), the Qinghai-Tibet Gushi Khan, and the Yarkand Khanate in western Xinjiang. .

As for the Zheng family, they belong to the maritime power, and compared with the Da'ei and other powers that have already established a country, they are still a few steps behind.

And after Fujian changed its banner and surrendered to Dawei under the leadership of Governor Xiao Yifu, the Zheng family also nominally submitted to Dawei, but Liu Sheng had not yet had time to obtain the Zheng family's substantive submission-for example, integrating the Zheng family navy into Dawei. Among the navy.

In short, among so many forces, the Qinglu were previously recognized as the most powerful, but now they were defeated continuously by the Wei army. Therefore, in the minds of the people of the world, the Wei army became the most powerful army in the world.

In addition, the three prefectures of Shunde, Guangping and Daming basically belong to plain terrain. Apart from the city, there is basically no danger to defend. Li Zicheng currently has insufficient troops and has no intention of defending.

There are also some local gentry and landowners who are interested in Dawei.

Therefore, the Wei army that invaded these three prefectures from North Zhili, Shandong, and Henan directions was overwhelming. Within ten days, they defeated Kaizhou, Daming, Yuancheng, Handan, Yongnian, Quzhou, mentality, Important cities such as Julu.

Of course, there are also a few generals who follow the army and directly lead their troops to surrender.

Although Linzhang was under the jurisdiction of Guangping Prefecture in the Ming Dynasty, it was actually located at the junction of Shanxi and Beizhili. The city was surrounded by mountains and rivers, making it easy to defend but difficult to attack. It was considered a rather dangerous place.

The reason why he was absent-minded was that today he received another telegram from Nanjing - the red lady is giving birth again!

The few who defended the city were quickly defeated and killed by the Yi army's artillery and explosive packs (made of yellow gunpowder).

Even the Henan Wei army cooperated in launching an offensive, forcing the Henan Shun army to retreat to Tongguan and capture Henan Prefecture...

February twelve.

The original surrender troops in these three prefectures, like the original surrender troops in Shandong, either abandoned the city and withdrew early, or were stabbed in the back by the gentry and landlords who had surrendered before, and the city fell.

However, under the bombardment of Yijun's artillery and explosives, it was defeated within an hour.

By capturing this city, Zhangde, Wei Hui, and Huaiqing, who were still in the hands of the Shun army in Henan, opened their arms to the Yi army in the north.

Logically speaking, Liu Sheng should be happy to receive the good news from Linzhang.

There are more than 10,000 soldiers defending the city. They obviously want to defend the city well and have no intention of abandoning the defense.

By early February, the Yi army had occupied the entire North Zhili just as Liu Sheng had envisaged in the military meeting.

The red lady was conceived in April or May last year. Calculating the time, although it is not yet October, it is not considered premature.

Liu Sheng, who had just received the news that the Yi army had conquered Linzhang, was a little absent-minded.

In addition, the red lady gave birth to her second child, which should be safer and smoother, but Liu Sheng was worried.

Although when he was in Nanjing, he had already asked Nanjing Medical College, Nanjing Hospital, etc. to use some of the information he provided to study obstetrics and gynecology and other gynecological issues. However, compared with the medical conditions of later generations, today's conditions for women in Da'ei to give birth are still crude and there are many dangers.

No one dares to guarantee that nothing will happen to the red lady during this birth.

And if something goes wrong, it's likely to kill two people. Therefore, no good news could divert Liu Sheng's attention.

He waited until dark in the offices of the telecommunications team, secretariat and other personnel in the right side hall of Wuying Palace before finally receiving the telegram from Nanjing.

The telegram has only eight words——

"Queen, princess, mother and daughter are safe."

Liu Sheng looked at it, but his face was full of smiles, and he laughed loudly and said: "Okay!"

Maybe other people would be more happy to have a son, but Liu Sheng already had sons, so he was equally happy to have a daughter.

Another hour later, a telegram with more content came from Nanjing. The first is to congratulate Liu Sheng, and the second is to tell some things about the red lady and the little princess to reassure Liu Sheng.

Liu Sheng felt relieved when he learned that although Lady Hong's delivery took longer than last time, overall it went smoothly and neither mother nor daughter had any problems.

Considering that I received the good news from Linzhang today, it was a double happiness. I immediately issued an order to reward the officials accompanying the telecommunications team and the secretariat with some money.

Later, he turned his attention to military and political affairs.

The series of offensives launched by the Yi army in Hebei and Henan are all progressing smoothly. It is estimated that before March, they will be able to capture Zhangde, Weihui and Huaiqing, and even invade Shanxi.

Therefore, Liu Sheng was not worried about the war here. What he was worried about was the situation in Hanzhong.

Although he had sent Shen Wandeng to lead the Fourth Division to garrison Hanzhong, Shen Wandeng and the two brigades from North Zhili had to march for more than half a month to Hanzhong. Before Shen Wandeng arrived, in Hanzhong, apart from the Ming army under the original Sun Chuanting, only the 15th brigade led by Wen Yan could rely on.

There was no telegraph group in Hanzhong, so the message had to be sent to Chengdu or Ruyang before it could be forwarded to Beijing.

Liu Sheng didn't know what the current situation was there, so he couldn't help but be a little worried...

South of Fengxiang Prefecture, Yi County.

Sun Chuanting felt very emotional as he watched the tens of thousands of Shun troops retreating outside the city once again, and then looked at the Tai troops on top of the city who were actively gathering supplies to defend the city.

It was not known whether Li Zicheng had obtained any information before, or was well versed in the importance of military speed. After the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, he sent a large army to attack the southern part of Fengxiang Mansion.

Although there are many dangerous passes and fortresses in this generation, there is a rare soldier in the Shun army who is good at climbing mountains and ridges. Under the leadership of this strange army, Qishan, Wugong, Fufeng and other places were lost one after another, leaving only Baoji and Yi County still in the hands of Sun Chuanting.

So he sent General Bai Guangen to garrison Baoji, and he led General Ma Ke to garrison Xi County, preparing to hold out until the Yi army arrived.

He originally thought that it would take at least half a month for the Yi army to arrive. Unexpectedly, within a few days, a Wei army of more than 10,000 people rushed to Hanzhong, and then sent a regiment to Yi County and Baoji.

Although this regiment only had more than 3,000 people, it first cooperated with the defenders of Xi County and broke through the siege of Shun Army. Then it moved to Jinzhu County and defeated Shun Army's attacks several times.

It should be noted that there were originally only more than 5,000 garrison troops in Xixian County, and with the more than 3,000 Wei troops who came for reinforcements, there were only 8,000 or 9,000 troops.

However, there were as many as 50,000 troops attacking the city!

Therefore, Sun Chuanting was a little disappointed when he initially saw that there were only more than 3,000 troops from the Wei army coming for reinforcements.

But after guarding the city together for several days, and having a thorough understanding of the various rules and regulations of the Yi army, as well as the specific combat effectiveness and equipment of the Yi army, Sun Chuanting no longer felt that more than 3,000 people were too few.

He felt that with more than 3,000 elite soldiers and horses, as long as there were no problems with logistics, he could defend Xi County until the end of time!

(End of this chapter)