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Chapter 859 Take down Unningyuan, no one will live! (three more)

"I have said that Zhang Jingxuan is the one who deserves the credit for this battle, and no one can take it away, but I want to remind you that although Dorgon is injured, Hong Chengchou is not a light-hearted man, and Ningyuan is also a tough battle. "

Of course Zhang Xianzhong is no stranger to Hong Chengchou. A few years ago, they were enemies. At that time, Zhang Xianzhong and Li Zicheng were both thieves against the imperial court. The chief envoy of Shaanxi participated in politics, the governor of Yansui, and the governor of the three sides. Later, he was crowned as the Minister of the Ministry of War by the Prince Taibao, and the governor of the five provinces. Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong crazily suppressed the peasant army with the "net" strategy. Both Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong suffered a great loss from him. They were trapped in the Chexiang Gorge, and in the ambush in Tongguan Nanyuan, Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong were almost wiped out. Had to drag out an ignoble existence.

Zhang Xianzhong and Li Zicheng used false surrenders to fool Chongzhen many times. After lingering on their last days, they accumulated strength to rebel. There are more than tens of thousands of Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong's subordinates under the butcher's knife?

How could Zhang Xianzhong forget this person who had a deep hatred with him?So when Zhu Yousong mentioned the name, he gritted his teeth and said: "Don't worry about your Majesty, I already have a strategy to defeat the enemy. This time, I must go to Ningyuan to capture this traitor alive, and let your majesty do it. If you are not successful, you will be a military order. "

Of course, Zhu Yousong believed in Zhang Xianzhong's ability. The nickname of the Eight Great Kings back then was not for nothing. The former Daxi Emperor was powerful all over the world. As long as Zhang Xianzhong was not arrogant and underestimated the enemy, he had a super strong combat force of [-] expeditionary troops to deal with a Hong Chengchou. Still sure, so Zhu Yousong nodded.

After Zhang Xianzhong thanked him, he immediately went down to prepare.If Shanhaiguan is more than 230 miles away from Ningyuan City, they are all infantry. Of course, they can't walk away with their legs. Of course, artillery fire is indispensable. This time Zhu Yousong allocated him thirty new cannons.In addition, there must be food, grass, armor, etc., all of which must be carried, which belong to the luggage.

After Zhang Xianzhong's speech, Xiao Liu asked Zhu Yousong: "Your Majesty handed over the Battle of Ningyuan to General Zhang Jingxuan, how will General Li Zicheng respond?"

Zhu Yousong looked at the memorial reported by Li Zicheng. In yesterday's battle, a total of [-] people from the Qing army's green battalion and eight cavalry elites were beheaded. I failed to take off the head of this thief and present it to Your Majesty, and the trophies such as knives, spears, equipment, horses, armor, grain, and grass are worthless.

"Beheading [-] people, plus Zhang Huan's archers, killed nearly [-] troops from the Qing army in this battle yesterday. Since I have made Zhang Jingxuan perfect, I can't cool down Li Hongji's enthusiasm. Let Li Zi achieve his goal." Let the troops rest and wait for Zhang Xianzhongxuan to take Ningyuan, and the capture of Jinzhou will belong to Li Zicheng."

"It's very kind of Your Majesty, but after General Jingxuan takes Ningyuan, he will definitely take over Shengjing, the capital of the Qing Dynasty."

"Hahaha...you know Zhang Xianzhong better than me." Zhu Yousong laughed.

The next day, Zhang Xianzhong led [-] infantry of the expeditionary army, pulled [-] cannons and enough ammunition, food, grass and other supplies for the army, and drove out of Shanhaiguan in a mighty way. People and horses, the two sides passed by.

The soldiers of the horse army were all from the same family and belonged to the Ming Expeditionary Army, so these soldiers greeted each other, the infantry congratulated the horse army for a big victory, and the horse army wished the infantry a victory.

Of course, there are also those who are not convinced by each other, just like their chief generals Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong, they will fight when they meet. Some horse soldiers will show off their achievements yesterday to the passing infantry. They will wait and see, they are confident to use their actual actions to prove that the infantry army is no worse than the horse army.

At this time, Zhang Xianzhong met Li Zicheng, and the two generals reined in their horses.

Zhang Xianzhong stroked his beard, and with a smile on his face, he extended two thumbs up to Li Zicheng for the first time. Li Zicheng said disdainfully, "Today the sun came out from the west. Jingxuan won't be unnecessary to make fun of me, Li Zicheng!"

The smile on Zhang Xianzhong's face froze immediately, "Li Hongji, Li Hongji, why don't you know good people? My old Zhang really admires you this time. Hold up two fingers."

"Hmph, I don't dare to take it." Li Zicheng said a lukewarm sentence, and walked away.

"You?... Haha, Zhang is not talented, His Majesty sent Zhang to attack Ningyuan." Zhang Xianzhong was so angry that he really wanted to catch up, but was persuaded by his general Li Guo, so he deliberately shouted at Li Zicheng immediately. Shouting from behind, using this method to anger Li Zicheng, Li Zicheng ignored him.

Zhang Xianzhong muttered, "What are you talking about? Didn't you just win the battle yesterday?" He yelled at Li Guo, Gao Yigong and Yuan Zongdi, "Listen to me, all three of you. If you can't win Ning Yuan, none of us will win." If I can’t survive, I’ll kill you first, and then commit suicide to apologize to His Majesty. But if Ning Yuan is captured, I think Li Zicheng still dares to be arrogant in front of me?”

Li Guo, Gao Yigong and Yuan Zongdi didn't speak, they just laughed.

"What are you laughing at? Li Zicheng is your old master. Does he not like me, Zhang Xianzhong?"

Li Guo, Gao Yigong and Yuan Zongdi are all Li Zicheng's old subordinates, especially Li Guo is Li Zicheng's nephew, Gao Yigong is Li Zicheng's brother-in-law, but when the three generals heard what Zhang Xianzhong said, they were so frightened that they saluted quickly: " Prince, we don’t dare to scare you to death, those are old things, why do you still mention him, the matter of prince and marquis, I really don’t dare to talk too much.”

"Pass on the king's order, and speed up!" Zhang Xianzhong's bad temper was also very scary, with a big face, big eyes, and beard.

The messenger hurriedly shouted: "The prince has an order, speed up!"

The 10 horses immediately started a running-style march, leaving the baggage team far behind. When it was dark and the watch was set, they had run more than 170 miles in one day.

After more than 40 miles, it was Ningyuan City. Zhang Xianzhong sent an order to set up camp on the spot, bury pots and cook food, and then ordered the generals to rest well.

Li Guo was puzzled and said, "Your Majesty, why don't you walk twenty li? You can reach the vicinity of Ningyuan in the third watch, and then set up camp and go down to the village. After dinner, it's not too late to rest. In this way, the artillery team can arrive tomorrow, and the day after tomorrow." Then you can attack the city aggressively, are you afraid of being ambushed by the Qing army?"

Zhang Xianzhong slapped him, "I'm afraid! Do you think that the Qing army is hiding in the city, waiting for us to attack the city? But don't worry, you boy, you will fight tomorrow!"

(End of this chapter)