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Chapter 528 Tongguan Battle (3) (Part [-])
"Your Majesty, victory or defeat is a common thing for military families... Maybe the Zhu family's power is not exhausted." Seeing her husband suffering so much, Gao Guiying's heart ached, but she didn't know how to persuade her, so she accidentally expressed her thoughts.

"Why did the queen say that?" Li Zicheng was obviously upset.

Gao Guiying didn't dare to bully the monarch. Facing her husband who had been ups and downs for decades, Gao Guiying could only rely on her courage and follow her own will to say: "Please forgive my concubine for speaking bluntly. Your Majesty's great cause has been accomplished, unexpectedly something happened. The big traitor Wu Sangui colluded with the Tartars, betrayed his ancestors, and lured the Tartars into the customs. Taking advantage of the opportunity of our war with the Tartars, this stupid king ascended the throne in Nanjing, gathered the old troops to gain a firm foothold, and sent troops to Jianghuai to drive the Tartars to the north. Is it not God's will to conquer everything, to be invincible in battle, to be invincible? Isn't this God's will? God's will cannot be violated. I have not long established a country in Dashun, and a lot of waste is waiting for prosperity. Your Majesty should not have listened to Fan Wencheng and Niu Jinxing in the first place, otherwise, how could such a situation happen? ? Wouldn’t it be better for Your Majesty to sit firmly in Xijing and watch the changing situation of Ming Dynasty?”

Li Zicheng was silent. He felt that what the queen's wife said was too right, and the bad things happened to these two people.Fan Wencheng offered advice and ordered him to lose nearly 10 generals including Liu Zongmin.Niu Jinxing slandered him to kill Li Yan by mistake, and now he gave his precious daughter to Zhang Xianzhong as his concubine, which made him have no way out.

The strength accumulated for several years was almost wiped out in less than a year. Otherwise, with Dashun Kingdom's current territory and strength, after several years of painstaking efforts, he must have achieved great success.The Daming Building will be full of holes, can Zhu Yousong have the power to recover?What's more, Zhang Xianzhong and Zheng Zhilong colluded with several Zhu surnames in the Ming Dynasty, and then they tossed hard in the south. Zhu Yousong will inevitably send troops to the south, obviously he can reap the benefits of fishermen, and finally send troops to mop up the tail. Send troops, and they perish on their own.

But now that he took the initiative to send troops, smashed his halberd into the sand, and made such a mess, Li Zicheng really regretted it.But now that he is an emperor, even if he is at fault, he is unwilling to admit it.Facing his wife and right-hand man, of course, he couldn't turn his face and commit crimes to kill her because of these few words against Longlin.

Li Zicheng had ups and downs in his heart, and finally said with emotion: "Maybe the queen is right, but I have no way out now."

Seeing that there are more wrinkles on Li Zicheng's face, it has only been more than half a year since he left Beijing, and he seems to have aged a few years. A man who has just reached the age of [-] should be in the prime of life, but now Li Zicheng, his complexion Turmeric, with sunken eye sockets, protruding cheekbones, and bloodshot eyes. He was originally tall and mighty, but he lost a lot of weight.

Gao Guiying comforted her with heartache: "Your Majesty, you don't have to blame yourself too much. As long as we can hold Tongguan this time, we must not go eastward again and negotiate peace with Zhu Yousong. If the two sides cease fighting and strike, it will be the world. Blessings to the common people. Your Majesty has auspicious people, and there are tens of thousands of brave men who are not afraid of death. In addition, Tongguan is dangerous, so this time Tongguan must be foolproof."

After hearing this, Li Zicheng's face looked much better. It is indeed a feasible way to do what the queen's wife said. He is now fully confident in defending Tongguan.It's just that if there is a day when he and Zhu Yousong reach a peace agreement, his own daughter will suffer from Zhang Xianzhong's side. He simply dare not think about these things...

At this moment, the servant interrupted their conversation and came in to report that Li Zicheng's 10 troops were only forty miles away from Tongguan.

Li Zicheng raised his eyebrows, two fierce lights shot out from his eyes, his thoughts returned from fantasy to the cruel reality, he gritted his teeth and said: "The Hunjun came so fast, I just prepared it for you and came here, come here it is good!"

Li Zicheng immediately issued an order to convene a military meeting in front of the imperial court to divide troops and deploy generals.Let general He Jin be the commander-in-chief of the fort camp, lead 1 generals to quickly enter the fort, and order them to prepare food, grass and military supplies for one month.

Then let generals Li Guo, Gao Yigong, and Tian Jianxiu go to the city in person to command the defense.He took the Queen's wife Gao Guiying and his counselor Niu Jinxing to the top of the city to inspect the city defense.

The 4 troops in the city are already ready for a first-level battle. On the top of the city, bows and arrows, rolling logs, and stones are piled up like a mountain. Dozens of red cannons on the top of the city have already been loaded with ammunition. The moat and the tall and thick city walls, and the looming fortress in the distance, Li Zicheng felt more at ease.

Not counting the 10 Fortress Lines of Defense in front, the wide and deep moat, and the tall and thick Tongguan City Wall, the Ming army’s attempt to storm Tongguan would be astonishing. Let alone 100 troops, a million troops would come. Don't even think about taking Tongguan, which is impenetrable.

After reading it in the city, Li Zicheng went to the fortress outside the city to check it, and then entered Tongguan very satisfied.

The next day, Li Zicheng received a report that Zhu Yousong's men had set up camp more than [-] miles east of Tongguan.

It turned out that there were dozens of miles away from Tongguan, and Zhu Yousong had to report. Tongguan was heavily constructed, the moat was dug deep, the city wall was reinforced, and forts were full of forts ten miles outside the city.

"Oh, it seems that the thief is unwilling to give up and wants to fight me in Tongguan. Well, I will play with him again."

About ten miles away from these fortresses, Zhu Yousong surveyed the terrain, and 10 people set up camp.

Then Zhu Yousong took Song Xiance, Ma Jinhua, He Xuanjiao, Li Quan and others to leave the camp on horseback and began to inspect the fortifications that Li Zicheng had laid down.

Sure enough, from a distance, the fortresses were crouching like monsters. If you want to attack Tongguan, you must first break through the defense lines of some fortresses.

After seeing these fortresses from several angles, Zhu Yousong and Song Xiance discussed countermeasures when they returned to the camp.

Song Xiance frowned and shook his head and said, "Li Zicheng is very good at using troops, and Niu Jinxing is very scheming, which undoubtedly created a problem for His Majesty. If Song didn't expect it, the fortress must be full of bows and crossbows." Hands, the fortresses echo each other, and the fortresses are all stone walls, they can fight on all sides, bows and arrows are powerless against them, the cost of using cannons is too high, and our ammunition is limited, and there is a strong city of Tongguan in front of us..."

Song Xiance shook his head while talking, as if there was no solution to the question.

Zhu Yousong also felt that this matter was a little tricky. It would undoubtedly be troublesome to blow up these fortresses with cannons with limited power, and the effect was not necessarily good.If it is a strong attack, it will undoubtedly be a disregard for human life. Even if people are used as pads to forcefully break through the defense line of the fortress, what will happen if the Tongguan in front is completed?It is completely impossible to bombard Tongguan with cannons. If the fortress defense line is not resolved, it is impossible not to run, and the range cannot be reached.He also thought of using a navy to cross the Yellow River and attack the city from the north, but the city wall of Tongguan was reinforced and raised, so it seemed that this would not work.

"In my opinion, is Tongguan invulnerable?"

"Your Majesty, there is no need to rush this matter. In Song's humble opinion, Tongguan can only be outsmarted, and it is not appropriate to attack by force. It is better to think about it in the long run."

After Zhu Yousong heard this, he was angry and laughed again. Do you need to say that?But how to outsmart it is obviously because you didn't think of it. You, Song Xiance, also have the bad habit of a poor literati.

Let me figure out a way...Zhu Yousong started to use his brain. In this life and previous life, the siege of the city and the breaking of the stronghold in the online novel, one scene after another, let go of the movie in his mind.

Suddenly Zhu Yousong's eyes lit up, and he shouted, "I have a solution!"

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