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Chapter 498 Li Zicheng who began to doubt life

Li Guo, a general of the Dashun Army, did not dare to neglect after receiving Li Zicheng's order, and was ordered to retreat in the direction of Luoyang with 1 horses.

Chen Qianfu and Yuan Shu, the commander-in-chief of Henan Province, received Zhu Yousong's order not to join forces with him and let them point their swords at Luoyang. Therefore, Chen Qianfu and Yuan Shu led tens of thousands of Ming troops in Henan to pursue Li Guo's troops .

Zhu Yousong rested for three days on the bank of the Yellow River.

Three days later, all the 10,000 Ming troops on the north bank also crossed the Yellow River, and Zhu Yousong commanded an army of [-]+ to rush to Hulao Pass.

Hulao Pass is an ancient pass on the bank of the Yellow River and the east gate of Luoyang. The terrain is dangerous and easy to defend but difficult to attack. It has been a battleground for military strategists since ancient times.

As early as the Three Kingdoms period, the three brothers Liu, Guan and Zhang fought against Lu Bu here, and Hulao Pass became famous all over the world.

Li Zicheng ran to Hulao Pass with the remnants of the defeated generals. In this battle, he lost more than [-] men, and less than [-] of the [-] troops returned.

After entering Guancheng, Li Zi grew up with short sighs, unable to do anything, and was defeated again and again. This famous statesman, military strategist, and leader of the Dashun regime in the late Ming and early Qing Dynasties began to doubt life.

Leaving aside his background, and never mind that he was chased and intercepted by thieves from the court, and even had nowhere to go, so he had to compromise and surrender temporarily as an expedient measure, but after all, Li Zicheng had several ups and downs, and finally broke into Beijing , forced Emperor Chongzhen to hang on the crooked neck tree in Meishan. In this respect, Li Zicheng was a great success, fate was more fair to him, and God favored him.

As for Wu Sangui, who came out later and attracted the Tartars, he was regarded as his nemesis, and he fled in a hurry with his tail between his legs after he had only been an emperor in Beijing for a day, but this did not affect his all-powerful status. name.

What's more, the crucial battle of Tongguan, because of Zhu Yousong's crossing, contained part of the Manchu troops headed by Prince Yu Duoduo, which objectively relieved his pressure. For more than a year, he has been firmly established as the Emperor of Dashun.

The current Li Zicheng is not the one in history who was driven to the end of the road by the Manchu Tartars and the big traitor Wu Sangui, and ran to Jiugong Mountain in one breath and buried his life.

Although Dashun Kingdom is a country within a country, it is not even recognized by the imperial court and future generations, but it controls the vast territory of several provinces in the northwest. It is also a landowner with millions of square kilometers. It also sits on a dragon chair and builds a palace. Daxing the way of the emperor, he controls life and death in his one-acre three-point land.

However, Zhu Yousong appeared in the precarious Ming Dynasty, which made his life full of variables.

Not to mention the glorious achievements in the past, let's take the present as an example. Since Li Zicheng's personal conquest this year, he has led an army of 15 out of Tongguan, captured Shanzhou, fought against Luoyang, and won Zhengzhou. More than half of Henan.

However, since the battle with Zhu Yousong, that momentum has gone forever.In the past two months, there have been big defeats in big battles, small defeats in small battles, loss of troops and generals, retreating from Yuanwu in the north of the Yellow River to Hulao Pass in the south of the Yellow River. Eighty or ninety thousand soldiers and horses were lost, General Hao Yaoqi was killed, and Yuan Zongdi was injured.

Especially in the battle on the banks of the Yellow River that just ended a few days ago, Li Zicheng's arrangements were not incomplete. The firepower of more than 40 red cannons was not insignificant. A copper wall and an iron wall were built on the banks of the Yellow River, but in the end they still did not jump out of the vicious circle of disastrous defeat. Zhu Yousong only sent more than 1000 people, which paralyzed his cannons and navy, and then broke through in just a few hours. His line of defense, is he really going to encounter Waterloo in his life?
Seeing their majesty's frustration, Niu Jinxing, Song Xiance, Liu Fangliang, Gao Yigong, Tian Jianxiu and other civil and military generals could only persuade them.

But no matter how these advisers and generals persuaded, Li Zicheng still couldn't cheer up.

Just when his courtiers and generals were helpless, exciting news came from the Yangtze River. Zhang Xianzhong's men had captured Wuchang, and Bingfeng had entered Jiangxi.

"Isn't I not as good as Zhang Jingxuan? No, I heard that the leader of the army this time is his Highness Yu'ergan, the white-robed young general Zhang Yu'er. He only brought an army of [-] to go out of eastern Sichuan, take Yichang, and Jingzhou. After conquering Wuhan and entering Jiangxi, the whole journey was like a broken bamboo, how can I feel so embarrassed? Could it be that I am not as good as Li Dingguo, who is in his twenties?"

Li Zicheng was encouraged, and while he was happy, he was also full of anger. If he said that Li Zicheng was not as good as Zhang Xianzhong, he would not be convinced when it came to death. Everyone is a thief. How can Zhang Xianzhong's record and prestige compare Can he be Li Zicheng?

Not to mention Li Dingguo, who has not lost his lanugo and still smells like a baby!
If you don't rise in defeat, you will perish in defeat. Faint Lord Zhu Yousong, I am at odds with you!
Li Zicheng thought about it, and the passion in his chest was burning.

Li Zicheng cheered up suddenly, ordered the drums to gather generals, and then divided the troops to send generals. He brought out 15 troops this time. Although he suffered several defeats, he still had strength. Luoyang, Shanzhou, and Hulao Pass were all under him. Hands, at least not only seventeen cavalry were left for him at the beginning, plus the surrendered soldiers and generals collected from the capture of Henan these days, there are still more than [-] troops available, and he still has a chance to make money.

With the remnants of the defeated soldiers Li Zicheng brought back from the Yellow River, plus the troops stationed at Hulao Pass, there were only 4 people left.

Li Zicheng only stayed at Hulao Pass for three days, leaving generals Liu Fangliang, Gao Yigong and counselor Song Xiance to guard Hulao Pass, and gave them [-] elite soldiers to guard the pass.

Li Zicheng retreated to Luoyang with Niu Jinxing and other 1 horses, and the original Luoyang defenders also had 3 horses.

Li Zicheng originally planned to fight Zhu Yousong again at Hulao Pass, but now he received news that Li Guo's troops had retreated to the vicinity of Luoyang, and Chen Qianfu and Yuan Shu commanded tens of thousands of Ming troops to follow them and approach Luoyang.

If Luoyang were to be lost, he would be completely finished, his way back would be cut off, what's the use of guarding a Hulao Pass?So he had to return to Luoyang.

However, as far as the deployment of troops is concerned, neither Luoyang nor Hulaoguan can cause problems.

As soon as Li Zicheng left with his troops, Zhu Yousong's troops arrived, but this time he only brought 8 troops.

Because Zhu Yousong was on the road, he also got the news that Wuchang had fallen, which shocked Zhu Yousong.

Liu Zhaoji was so capable, but he also lost the battle?In that group of people, I assigned him a cloud of strong men, such as Lu Jiude and Ma Bao who are all-rounders in civil and military affairs, as well as the brave Zu Keyong, and the Jiangyin Sangong who is good at defending. He mobilized the soldiers and horses of the three provinces, at least 10,000+, but can't deal with Li Dingguo?

It seems that this Li Dingguo really deserves his reputation as recorded in the history. This is called the strong has its own strong hand. Now I can't spare myself to deal with him personally, but I can't let him be too presumptuous.

Therefore, Zhu Yousong decided halfway, and ordered Du Yinxi to be the main general, and He Zhaoxiong, the iron-armed Canglong, to be the deputy general. Wu Jinshi was born in Lu School to follow the army. From his 10,000+ army, another 5 troops were drawn under their command. Forty cannons in red clothes (all of which were captured by Li Zicheng), went south to Jiujiang and joined forces with Liu Zhaoji to block Li Dingguo.

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