The Rise of Ming Dynasty 1646

Chapter 558
Wei Yijie let out a scream stuck in his throat, waking up several other advisors and envoys.

Qi Chongge turned around and fled, shouting: "The bandits killed me! Where are the guards?!"

The ten guards who went up the mountain with him hastily stepped forward each with their knives raised, surrounding Ainengqi.However, the latter is a famous general under Zhang Xianzhong, who slashes left and right with a single sword, fighting seven or eight people without falling!

At this moment, another burst of flames flickered on another hilltop opposite the hillside where the artillery was fired just now, and more than 20 iron balls roared and enveloped the wooden pavilion of Yihe.

In order to ensure that Zhang Xianzhong was killed, Hauge secretly transported all the heavy artillery in his battalion to Zengjiashan, and placed 24 cannons on both sides of Yihe Mountain, and prepared enough gunpowder and shells for a big battle. .At this time, more than 40 cannons took off their camouflage, and regardless of whether the enemy and ourselves were mixed together, they only bombarded Zhang Xianzhong desperately.

Ai Nengqi forced back the Qing soldiers in front of him with his saber. Out of the corner of his eye, he caught a glimpse of a flaw in the lower body of the man in front left, and immediately swung his saber with the move of "Earth Dragon Turning Over".Unexpectedly, a shell hit the pillar of the wooden pavilion, and the wooden pavilion collapsed.

Ai Nengqi was shocked, and desperately jumped out, but was still hit by a thigh-thick wooden beam on the back of his heart...

Zhang Xianzhong ran down the mountain desperately under the cover of six or seven guards.At the same time, the Daxi Forbidden Army who came down the mountain shouted "Guardian", quickly surrounded the mountain, and sent more than a hundred people up the mountain to meet them.

It's just that the mountain road is narrow and rugged, and it's hard to get up fast no matter whether you're going up or down.

On the other side, the soldiers of the Qing army protecting Qi Chongge were not informed by Hauge. They thought that the bandits were going to harm Master Qi, so they hurriedly lined up to surround the mountain, but they collided with the Daxi army head-on.Without saying a word, the two sides immediately drew their knives and opened the film.

Zhang Xianzhong couldn't stop yelling at the captives for being unrighteous. Shells whizzed past his head and sides, and mud avalanched everywhere.He wanted to avoid it, but the mountain road was so wide that there was no way to hide.

However, the accuracy of smoothbore guns in the seventeenth century was really pitiful. It was his luck that he ran all the way to the middle of the mountain without a single shell hurting him.

Just when he could see the flat road below the mountain, a group of imperial guards came up to meet him, and said anxiously: "My lord, the bandits below the mountain suddenly launched an attack, and the imperial guards are retreating the enemy."

According to Ainengqi's previous judgment, only a dozen or so people are needed to block the path on this hill, and even a thousand troops can charge up.Unexpectedly, Hauge prepared the cannons, but now there are only dozens of people fighting in the melee at the bottom of the mountain, Zhang Xianzhong can't go down the mountain.

Just as the generals of the Great Western Imperial Army killed Tui Jianlu to clear the way, Zhang Xianzhong's good luck finally ran out.A nine-pound cannonball hit the rock more than four feet away to his left, and immediately burst out a large piece of gravel that was not inferior to the gunshot. One of the stone pieces the size of a fist hit his chest, and the end protruded out of his back!

It was the beginning of November in the second year of Longwu, and it was almost the same as before and after Zhang Xianzhong was killed by an arrow in Phoenix Mountain in history.

Some of the soldiers of the Daxi Army on the mountain had the courage to go to the Holy Spirit, and suddenly shouted in surprise, "Your Majesty has collapsed!"

The news quickly spread down the mountain. The Daxi Forbidden Army, which had already surrounded the Qing army in a group, was taken aback for a moment, and then fled in all directions with a huff, even the officers followed.

Since Ainengqi was also dead, there was no one to restrain these defeated soldiers.They went their separate ways in panic, and at the same time spread the news of the emperor's death to various places.

The Onishi regime has only been established for two years, and has not yet formed a mature national management system. Zhang Xianzhong basically decides everything big and small.When he died suddenly, the whole Daxi was like "brain dead", and it became a mess in an instant.

Zhang Xianzhong's adopted son Liu Wenxiu, who was in charge of the support near Guangyuan, saw dozens of forbidden soldiers carrying the emperor's body, he was shocked and turned pale, and hurriedly ordered his troops to return to Guangyuan and close the city to prepare for any eventuality.

But when his personal soldiers closed the gate of the city, and then turned around to count the number of people, only then did they realize that only seven or eight miles away, the [-] "elites" under his command had escaped to less than a thousand people.And most of the Guangyuan deserters had mounts, so the news of Zhang Xianzhong's death spread faster.

Haoge put on his helmet and armor, and he was waiting twenty miles north of Zengjia Mountain.

The sun had just set to the west when one of his subordinates, Jia Lazhang Jingebuku, brought more than a dozen people on horseback to report, "General, the event has been accomplished! Zhang Xianzhong shot and killed my cannon!"

Hauge was so excited that the hand holding the whip was trembling, and after confirming that he had heard correctly, he immediately said loudly to the generals Xing Na and Du Lei, "Quick! According to the previous plan, lead the troops to go south quickly. !"

"Whoo!"

The drums in the two army were loud, and the nearly [-] Qing troops who had been waiting here immediately moved.Xing Na led four thousand cavalry forward to attack Guangyuan, and Du Lei led a large group of infantry to follow up.

Hauge didn't expect it to go so smoothly, and he couldn't help but regret greatly, why didn't he bring all the horses out?He hurriedly ordered Gebuku to return to Hanzhong immediately, and transferred the troops stationed there to attack Sichuan, leaving only 5000 people guarding the pass.

Before it was dark that day, Xing Na's army had already surrounded Guangyuan City to death.

Due to Zhang Xianzhong's new funeral, the morale of the Western Army was extremely low. If Liu Wenxiu hadn't led his own soldiers to patrol the city for guard, someone would have opened the city and offered to surrender.

However, he could stop the soldiers from offering to the city, but he couldn't stop his men from fleeing - they took off their military uniforms and mixed into the city, and immediately turned into ordinary people.

At dawn, when Liu Wenxiu ordered troops again, he found that less than 500 people had escaped from his troops, of which [-] were his confidant guards.

He knew that Guangyuan could not hold on any longer, so while it was still dark, he opened the south city gate, cut a bloody path, and fled to Jianmen Pass.It's also because he made a quick decision at the moment, at noon that day, the tens of thousands of troops of the Du class had already passed Guangyuan and rushed towards Jianmen Pass.

Jianmen Pass is the main way to enter Shu, but no one thought that Jianlu would kill here so quickly, so there were not many defenders.When Liu Wenxiu arrived, the soldiers in the pass had already run away.

When he was anxious, a personal soldier reported that the second general had led his troops to help.

Liu Wenxiu was overjoyed, and rushed out to greet Li Dingguo. She almost didn't cry when she saw Li Dingguo. She first told the story of the emperor's murder, and then asked, "Have you brought all the troops of the second brother?"

Li Dingguo also shook his head helplessly, "Father's departure has caused great confusion in the army, and most of my soldiers have fled. At this time, there are only less than 5000 troops left."

Hearing this, Liu Wenxiu thought inwardly, second brother is still the best, my place is deserted, yet he still has nearly [-]% of his troops in hand.

He suddenly remembered something again, and hurriedly said: "The scouts I left yesterday have just returned. The 3 captives have passed through Guangyuan, and I'm afraid they will arrive here soon."

"It came so fast. It seems that the captives have planned it!" Li Dingguo frowned, and after a while, he ordered Liu Wenxiu, "I will lead my troops to guard the Jianmen Pass, and my third brother will go to Jiangyou to transfer troops quickly. As long as we don't lose here, Then the land of Shu will be safe!"

(End of this chapter)