Autumn of the 17th year of Chongzhen

Chapter 1060 Merger of the Liu Department
The Mongols had already arrived at the city, and Liu Jinzhong's attempt to run at this time would not only shake the morale of the Guazhou army and cause the people in the city to scramble to flee first, but they might not be able to escape.

His behavior is completely harmful to others and not beneficial to himself.

Just like the Battle of Songshan in the Ming Dynasty, Wang Pu, the general soldier, did not act according to the agreed time because he was timid to fight. Regardless of the main force and the brigade, he took the lead in fleeing. Li Fuming and other troops fought and galloped, trampling on each other, with bows and armor all over the field, and corpses all over the ground.

Even when Hong Chengchou and others failed to break through the siege, they retreated to defend Songshan City and rushed out of the Ming army. They were intercepted and suffered heavy casualties.

When Wu Sangui, Wang Pu and others fled along the seashore, the Qing army intercepted them head-on. There were tens of thousands of Ming troops.

Although the responsibility for Songshan's failure cannot be entirely attributed to these soldiers, they are undoubtedly one of the important reasons that led to the disintegration of more than [-] Ming troops and their inability to fight against the Manchus.

In order to survive, Liu Jinzhong directly surrendered to Hauge and led the Qing army into Sichuan. Now that the situation is not right, he immediately wanted to escape alone regardless of the life and death of the people in the city.

A military leader like him doesn't have any perspective on the overall situation. He only cares for himself. Although Sun Kewang also has selfish intentions, he wants to ensure that the general situation of the entire Jin Kingdom will not collapse, but Liu Jinzhong has no such considerations.

"Are you sure?" Sun Kewang's eyes turned cold.

"Already calling people!"

Sun Kewang nodded. The Mongols had just arrived and were going to camp and make equipment. They would not attack for a while, so he immediately called a general and told him to keep an eye on the North City, and then ordered Zhang Sheng to take five hundred confidants and go to east city.

Sun Kewang coveted Hexi's military power for a long time, and had already ordered someone to monitor Liu Jinzhong's every move. If he hadn't taken into account the reaction of the Jin Kingdom court, he would have taken action against Liu Jinzhong long ago.

Not long after Sun Kewang and Zhang Sheng came to Dongcheng, they saw a group of people rushing towards Dongcheng on the street.

"Your Majesty, will you kill him with one arrow?" Zhang Sheng said bitterly.

People who betray their masters and seek glory are always unlikable, and Zhang Sheng has long disliked Liu Jinzhong.

Sun Kewang shook his head, "He is the general soldier of Hexi, the imperial court did not give me the power of life and death, I have no right to kill him, you let him pass, then put down the fence, and stop all [-] soldiers and horses!"

While the two were talking, Liu Jinzhong led the soldiers and horses and had already arrived at the city gate, but because the Mongol soldiers approached the city, the city gate had already been closed tightly.

"Quickly open the city gate, let me go out!" Liu Jinzhong took the lead, rushed to the city gate, pulled the reins of the horse, and shouted sharply.

The little school at the gate cupped his fists and said: "Liu Junmen, the king has an order, without his token, no one can leave the city!"

Liu Jinzhong was furious when he heard the words, and lashed out with a whip, "Sun Kewang wants to die, but I can't follow him, and he can't control me, open the door!"

The small school was whipped, and a group of soldiers from the Liu Department immediately rushed forward, pushed away the soldiers guarding the city gate, then raised the crossbeam, and pushed the city gate creaking open.

"Little Guazhou City, how could it resist the Mongols' attack? You are looking for death, but this general can't accompany you!" Liu Jinzhong cursed angrily, and as soon as he pulled the rein of his horse, he rushed out of the doorway.

A few generals behind him followed closely behind, and rode out of the city on horseback.

Just as the infantry behind were about to pass through, Zhang Sheng slashed down from the top of the wall, cutting off the rope holding the fence. The winch was released immediately, and a fence made of iron bars in the doorway fell heavily.

A soldier didn't have time to dodge, and was hit by the fence. The iron bars immediately pierced his body, and blood flowed all over the ground in an instant.

On the top of the city, Zhang Sheng immediately led five hundred soldiers to rush down, blocking the soldiers of Liu Department who hadn't reacted in the street.

Liu Jinzhong, who was rushing out of the city, heard a loud noise behind him, and found that his footsteps had not followed, his face changed drastically, he turned his horse's head hastily, and ran back to the city, just in time to see Sun Kewang standing on the top of the city with a smile, the door was blocked by a The iron fence blocked, trapping his 1 people in the city.

After Liu Jinzhong returned to Guazhou, he always wanted to evacuate, so he didn't care about the defense of Guazhou City.

This iron fence was used for the second defense after the Mongols broke through the city gate to prevent the Mongols from rushing into the gate, and it was rushed out in two days.

The craftsmen hollowed out a piece of the door opening, drilled a hole from the city wall, lowered it through the hole with a rope, and tied the iron fence. When not in use, they usually pulled up the iron fence with a winch and hid it in the wall. It is difficult to pay attention. be found.

Liu Jinzhong was furious instantly: "Sun Kewang, let me go!"

Sun Kewang looked at him, but smiled contemptuously, and then said in a loud voice: "For the matter of asking for help from the imperial court, I have to thank General Liu!"

Sun Kewang has coveted Liu Jinzhong's 1 horses for a long time, but he has no way to annex them. He needs a suitable reason. In the current situation, he just happens to start, and neither Yu Yin nor the court can say anything about him.

"Sun Kewang, aren't you afraid that I will sue the court?" Liu Jinzhong yelled at the city.

Sun Kewang ignored it, and directly let the city shoot arrows in front of Liu Jinzhong's horse, while he turned around and walked to the other side of the city wall.

At this time, the [-] officers and soldiers of the Liu Department who were blocked in the city were already in chaos. Many people wanted to attack the city gate, but because most of the officers followed Liu Jinzhong out of the city, and the soldiers had no leader, so although they shouted fiercely, no one really dared to attack the city gate. .

Zhang Sheng held his saber and stood in front of the city gate, glaring at him, and the soldiers of Liu's army did not dare to move forward.

At this time, Sun Kewang stood on the top of the city, looked at the soldiers crowded at the city gate, and suddenly said loudly: "General Liu is going to Guanzhong to ask for help. The journey is far away. This king has thought twice. It is better not to follow."

The soldiers below heard the voice and saw Sun Kewang standing on the city wall, and they all fell silent, but someone still shouted: "Why, we are going out of the city with Liu Junmen!"

Sun Kewang stared at the person who spoke, and said in a cold voice: "The Mongols have already arrived in Guazhou. From here to Jiayuguan, hundreds of miles away, can you outrun the Mongols' war horses? Liu Jinzhong has horses, but you don't. Now If you go out of the city and the Mongols charge, you will all be finished, and you will be safe only if you stay in the city."

The soldiers below started discussing. Most of the soldiers still knew a little about military affairs. It was hundreds of miles away from Guazhou to Jiayuguan.

"But can Guazhou be defended? There is still a ray of hope to go now, and once the city is breached, it will be a dead end!"

Facing the Mongols, many soldiers did not have much confidence.

After hearing this, Sun Kewang said loudly: "My king's life is not more valuable than yours, and the Yu Fantai and the officials of various departments are not as valuable as yours. We are the people who are most afraid of death, but we choose to stay in the city. Do you think we can keep it?" ! Today, the king is still in the city, and the officials of Yu Fantai and Chief Envoy are still in the city, why are you running?"

Hearing the words, the people in the city became quiet immediately. Since ancient times, there were many generals and officials who left their soldiers and fled, but not many soldiers left their officers and ran away.

yes!King Guiyi and Yu Fantai are still in the city, they didn't run away, why are we running?After leaving the city, I met the Mongols chasing me, how did I get to Jiayuguan on two legs?

Seeing this, Sun Kewang waved his hand and said, "Okay! All return to the camp. Officers from more than a hundred households will go to the North Tower to participate in the discussion!"

The gate of the city was blocked, and the main officers had already rushed out of the city. The remaining soldiers, after hearing what Sun Kewang said and discussing for a while, finally turned around and retreated to the camp.

Outside the city, Liu Jinzhong saw that the city was gradually quiet, and knowing that Sun Kewang had controlled the situation, he was very annoyed, and angrily cursed: "Sun Kewang, you wait, I will return to Chang'an to visit you and report your wolf ambition!"

After finishing speaking, he pulled out his horse's head, and led nearly a hundred knights, galloping eastward.

Sun Kewang saw it, and ordered Zhang Sheng to manage the soldiers of the Liu Department and prepare to place the old man of the Western Army to accept the army. He first went to the chief envoy to explain the situation to Yu Yin.

Even if he completely controlled Hexi, he could not leave the Kingdom of Jin, let alone violate the will of the court of the Kingdom of Jin. He had to explain this clearly so that no one would attack him.

Sun Kewang brought more than a thousand people from Luzhou, most of whom were the elite of the Western Army, most of them were old people who had followed him for many years.Among these people, if one person is randomly pulled out, he can lead at least ten people, so as long as Sun Kewang has someone, he can easily pull out an army.

(End of this chapter)