The Rise of Ming Dynasty 1646

Chapter 563 Subduing the God of War
Several personal soldiers flew forward to protect Li Dingguo, and said anxiously: "General, the Ming army has attacked, if you don't leave, it will be too late!"

"Let's go?" Li Dingguo smiled miserably, his brows and eyes full of bitterness, "Father and mother were killed one after another, courtiers all surrendered, even the crown prince voted for the Tartars, Daxi is gone..."

He looked at Sun Kewang's corpse, "Just like the elder brother... as the traitor said, right now there is Nanming in the south and Jianlu in the north. Where else can I go?"

"Oh! There must be a general in the world, let's get out of this dangerous place first!"

However, Li Dingguo's heart was ashamed, and he just sat on the saddle, even leaving the whip aside.

"General!" Those soldiers were about to drag him away forcibly, but they were surprised to see a large group of Ming troops shouting and passing around them. The Qing troops were all around screaming, but the Western troops were like rocks in the torrent. stand upright.

Soon, they discovered that not only their own side, but also all the soldiers with Li Dingguo's banner were let go by the Ming army...

Li Dingguo looked at Qin Yiming and couldn't help feeling a little lost.He never thought that the elder brother whom he respected the most betrayed him without hesitation, and at a critical moment, it was the Ming army, his former mortal enemy, who saved his life.

Qin Yiming glanced at Sun Kewang, who had been buried not far away, and waved his soldiers to bring Wang Zuntan over, and said to Li Dingguo, "This is the thief who broke up Langzhong. Your eldest brother killed you just to please him." Empress Chen..."

Li Dingguo roared reflexively: "I don't have such a big brother!"

Qin Yiming nodded, "Zhang Kewang dedicated the head of Empress Chen to him, and I have found the wooden box containing the head..."

But Li Dingguo didn't answer, he was stunned for a while, then suddenly leaned forward, stretched out his hand and pulled out Qin Yiming's saber, flipping his wrist, the blade was slashing across Wang Zuntan's neck.

Qin Yi was obviously letting the water go on purpose, otherwise he would not be able to defeat Li Dingguo with his martial arts, but it would be impossible for him to easily snatch the weapon from his waist.

He stepped forward to take back his saber to wipe the blood, but said indifferently: "This guy is just a small character, if you really want revenge, you have to kill Hauge, the right lord.

"How? General Li, why not go north to Hanzhong with me, kill the enemy with your hands, and kill him to your heart's content!"

How could Li Dingguo fail to understand the solicitation in his words.Firstly, Qin Yiming just rescued him and his thousands of soldiers, which made him feel grateful; secondly, Zhang Xianzhong also ordered him to join Nanming if the war failed, saying that although Nanming was stupid, at least it was the court of the Han people , can be regarded as doing something to drive the captives.

At this time, he only had revenge in his heart, and he was about to follow the white pole army to kill the captives, so he knelt down on one knee, "If the general does not give up, the final general is willing to obey orders under the tent."

Qin Yiming quickly supported him, and said with a smile: "General Li is a great talent, even His Royal Highness the Counselor King praised him unceasingly, how could he submit to my camp? According to His Royal Highness's order, if General Li votes, he will be granted the title of second rank guarantor." General of the Ning Mansion. For the time being, he will be directly under Wang Dutang. When the war in Shu calms down, he will send the general to Nanjing. Your Highness will make arrangements."

After Li Dingguo gathered his men and horses, Qin Yiming and him stayed in place for half a day, and then they left in three groups.

Qin Yiming led two thousand white pole troops and Li Dingguo's troops to Jianmen Pass to help Qin Zuoming seize Ningqiang.

General Yang Jing led [-] Sichuan troops to recapture Langzhong—according to Wang Zuntan's subordinates, there were only [-] captives in the city, so it should not be difficult to capture.

On the third route, Qin Zuoming, Qin Yiming's cousin, led 1000 troops to the upper reaches of the Minjiang River to carry out a secret mission sent by the assistant king.

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"Langzhong was gained and lost again?!" Luo Luohun slapped the table hard, "You are all like this trash, Zhang Xianzhong is dead, and he can't even deal with the remnant soldiers without a leader!"

The officer at the side of the summons hurriedly said: "Master Baylor, who would have expected that the Ming army would be colluding with the Western thief and suddenly attack from behind, this is..."

"It's nothing strange for these southern barbarians to get together." Luo Luohun tried his best to suppress his anger, and asked again, "How is the situation at Xingna?"

The officer shrank his neck, and said bravely: "Go back to Lord Baylor, Master Xing Na was also attacked by Nanming, and retreated to Jianmen Pass. The person he asked for help has just arrived in Hanzhong."

Rollo's forehead was covered with cold sweat, and he opened his mouth a few times, but he didn't say a word.

"Lord Baylor," the officer said cautiously, "Look, do you want to report the battle situation here to Prince Su..."

"No!" Luo Luohun shouted immediately.A few days ago, he issued a military order, promising Hauge that he would definitely capture northern Sichuan in one fell swoop, and he decided on a three-way southward strategy, not wanting to lose two of them.

"Yes, there is Chengdu!" He suddenly raised his head, "Suppress all the battle reports, and don't let Prince Su know about it!

"As long as Chengdu is won, the battle in Sichuan will be a big victory, and the rest are just minor details!"

Later Jin relied on wars and robberies to build a country, so it attached great importance to military exploits. If you want to be named a noble, you have to fight on the battlefield.But this also led to one of their vices - lying about military achievements.Even though high and powerful princes like Azig and Hauge were punished for lying about their military exploits, it was even more so for the people below.

Therefore, the officers in Rollo's tent were not only not surprised, but also very cooperative with their commander's decision.

Gebuku explored the city of Chengdu with a telescope for a long time, and finally burst out three words between his teeth, "Damn it!"

They saw that the city wall of Chengdu had been raised to about six feet, and there was a cannon every fifty steps on the top of the city. Although most of them were bowl-mouth cannons or even stone cannons, they couldn't hold up to the large number.

Outside the city, two moats and a deep trench were dug. Gebuku estimated that it would take at least half a month for his 3000 men to fill up these three obstacles.

He looked at the surrounding terrain again. There were many strange-shaped watchtowers built at the crossings of the Shahe River and Fuhe River in the northeast of the city that were most suitable for marching.

He then pointed to an open field on the east side of the Shahe River, and said to the general: "Camp there, and tomorrow you will lead people to take down the watchtower on the ferry first, and then the army will cross the river and besiege the city!"

"Mark the order!"

On the second day, Gebuku dispatched 2000 troops to launch a fierce attack on the Ming army's fortifications on the river outside Chengdu.However, to Gebuku's surprise, the three "watchtowers" remained firm as a rock until dark, and more than [-] of his men were killed or injured.

Gebuku angrily reprimanded several leading officers, and the next day he personally led a thousand elite—the watchtower was less than ten feet square, and even more people could not be arranged—moving ladders and carts to start a storm.

After trying it himself, Gebuku realized that this humble "watchtower" was very difficult to deal with.There are two layers inside and outside. The outer layer is low and thick, and the inner layer is tall.

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