Go back to the end of the Ming Dynasty to be a soldier

Chapter 259
Of course, Lin Yi couldn't bear to harm a national backbone like Li Dingguo, but he couldn't just let him go so easily.Unlike Hao Yaoqi, it was not easy to capture him alive once. In addition to brain cells, it also took a lot of manpower and material resources.

Of course, it is not free to capture such a person alive once, you have to discuss the conditions with Zhang Xianzhong.After coming out of the Land of Abundance, he stayed for a while in Xiangyang City, the military center of the Ming Dynasty. This is the distribution center of the Ming Dynasty’s food and salaries. With Zhang Xianzhong’s character, he should be very fat now, at least fatter than Li Zicheng. spot blood.

When Ji Dong captured Li Dingguo alive, he made up his mind to pay attention like this.

Just now, the Ministry of War has urged him several times to step up the encirclement and suppression of Zhang Xianzhong's remnants.

The Ministry of War is not so much promoting the war as it is praying.Because the news that Lin Yi had taken Xiangyang City out of his wits and won another beautiful victory had reached Yang Sichang, who was suffering from fatigue, and Emperor Chongzhen.

Yang Sichang was happy, and Emperor Chongzhen Longyan was very happy.But the happiness of these two people was very limited, because not all the civil and military generals who led troops to suppress thieves were as lucky as Lin Yi.

The current memorials and side reports, except for the fact that Lin Yi's army has won consecutive battles, are all news that worried Yang Sichang and Emperor Chongzhen slammed the table.

First of all, Zhu Dadian's Nanjing soldiers, Hu Dawei's Baoding soldiers, Yuan Shu's Henan soldiers, and the three-way army Ma Zaoyang were defeated.

The same is to encircle and suppress Zhang Xianzhong, the same is to fight Xiangyang, and you will win one game from you, but they are the opposite, especially Zhu Dadian and Tiger David, who are now often defeated generals. If Yang Sichang is in good health, if it is Emperor Chongzhen At the scene, their heads must be chopped off, but now it is beyond their reach.

Immediately afterwards, Sun Kewang, Zhang Xianzhong's eldest son, captured Chengtian Mansion first, which was later Zhongxiang City, Hubei Province.Then they captured Jingzhou.

Liu Wenxiu, another son of Zhang Xianzhong, captured Yichang.After they occupied these cities, they massacred court officials, local tyrants and evil gentry, and some even massacred the cities.

Immediately afterwards, officials from Jingmen, Dangyang, Songzi, Zigui and other places fled and surrendered.

In addition, there is another news about the thieves, which made Yang Sichang and Emperor Chongzhen uneasy, that is, Ma Shouying, the old Hui Hui, brought more than 1 thieves, and ran from Zaoyang to Nanyang in Henan.

As soon as Lin Yi and the others withdrew their troops, Li Zicheng, who had searched the mountains several times but could not find them, emerged from the Qinling Mountains. Together with the old Hui soldiers, they tossed around Nanyang again, attacking cities and counties, Killing officials and seizing the government, the officers and soldiers simply cannot resist.

In just two or three months, Li Zicheng's troops grew to tens of thousands, and the front of the troops pointed at Nanyang City again. Yang Sichang and others hurried to Luoyang.Emperor Chongzhen had no soldiers to send, so he had to let Fu Zonglong and Yang Wenle, who were fighting in Hubei, return to Henan.Although the generals often lose battles these days, chatting is always better than nothing.

Now the thing that made Emperor Chongzhen unable to eat, drink or sleep well was the Ningjin battlefield outside the pass.The Battle of Ning Jin started last winter, and it has been several months now.The Ming army lost Songshan, Xingshan and Tashan in a row, Jinzhou was trapped by Manchu Tartars, and Ningyuan was in a hurry.

Hong Chengchou, the governor of Jiliao, and Gao Qiqian, the chief eunuch of the army and horses, I don’t know where these people’s ability to encircle and suppress the thieves is gone. With 10,000+ troops, except for Wu Sangui's Guanning Iron Cavalry, the rest of the Ming army lost every battle.

Even the famous little general Cao Bianjiao couldn't resist the fierce attack of the Tartars. After being besieged by the Tartars, he died in battle and was shrouded in horse leather.

Zu Dashou was trapped in Jinzhou and did not dare to fight, while Hong Chengchou and Gao Qiqian were trapped in Ningyuan and did not dare to come out.

Although Wu Sangui won several battles, it was difficult for him to turn the situation around by himself. He retreated to Shanhaiguan with tens of thousands of Guanning iron cavalry, and asked the imperial court to send troops for reinforcements.

But now in the court, where are the soldiers to send?Emperor Chongzhen was in a state of desperation.Only to urge Yang Sichang, and Yang Sichang can only urge Lin Yi.Among the military generals in the entire imperial court, Lin Yi has now become their reliance.

Under such circumstances, they also knew Lin Yi's temper. They were not afraid of heaven and earth, so of course they didn't dare to choke. They said it was an order but they were actually praying. Li Zicheng, guarding the capital and dealing with the Manchu Tartars, has a heavy burden, and all his hopes are pinned on Ji Dong.

Lin Yi rectified the army in Xiangyang for more than a month, and the number of soldiers increased by more than 1.With 4 horses and horses to escort the captive Li Dingguo, they left Xiangyang, fought against Dangyang, gained Songzi, and took Chengtian Mansion. They were unstoppable all the way, and they reached the city of Jingzhou in just a few days. Zhang Xianzhong's forces were divided into two parts , partly in Yichang and partly in Jingzhou.

According to the strategy of Zhang Xianzhong's counselor Pan Duao, Liu Wenxiu led an army of [-] to station in Yichang as their rear, relying on the Yangtze River's natural moat, they can attack when they advance, and defend when they retreat.

Zhang Xianzhong led Sun Kewang, Pan Duao and others to occupy Jingzhou and prepare to develop towards the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River. The next step is to enter Wuhan.Just when they were planning to withdraw Li Dingguo's troops, the bad news came that Xiangyang fell, Li Dingguo was captured, and the entire army of 3 horses was wiped out.

Zhang Xianzhong's high-level group immediately caused a shock. Although Li Dingguo is only a 19-year-old boy, his status in Zhang Xianzhong's group is absolutely prominent. By the way, in terms of military exploits, he is also famous and outstanding.

Such a wise and courageous general, with the fortified city of Xiangyang, and 3 soldiers under his command, is now completely wiped out. The Zhang Xianzhong Group is really not calm. It seems that this Lin Yi is really not to be underestimated. Could it be that he really became the nemesis of their thieves?
Zhang Xianzhong immediately summoned his generals to discuss countermeasures, and his counselors Pan Duao and Xu Yixian couldn't help shaking their heads.They never thought that Xiangyang City would be lost so quickly.It means that the defense line in the north is gone, and Ji Dong's troops will soon come over. How to deal with such a formidable enemy, the two think tanks can't come up with any good strategies for a while.

Zhang Xianzhong's eldest son, Sun Kewang, said disdainfully: "What's so great about Lin, I'll go meet him!"

Sun Kewang is worthy of being the eldest of Zhang Xianzhong's sons. In terms of status and military achievements, he is higher than Li Dingguo.

But Zhang Xianzhong did not agree, because he knew that Li Dingguo and Sun Kewang, if two people talked about personal force, Sun Kewang was not as good as Li Dingguo.Now that Li Dingguo has fallen into Lin Yi's hands, he certainly doesn't want Sun Kewang to take any more risks.

Zhang Xianzhong did not dare to develop in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River. What he needs to consolidate now is the land of Jingzhou and Yichang.

Because the situation is now serious for him again, the capture of Li Dingguo and the loss of Xiangyang is one aspect, and the second aspect is that the great eunuch Lu Jiude and the famous Beijing camp general Huang Degong have arrived at Yuezhou Prefecture, which is the area around Yueyang City in later generations.

Although Fu Zonglong and Yang Wenyue's troops withdrew to Henan, and Zhu Dadian, Hu Dawei, and Yuan Shu's troops also returned to Henan, but now Zheng Chongjian, Ding Qirui and Zuo Liangyu and He Renlong's troops have arrived in Bazhong. According to Zhang Xianzhong, they had another formidable enemy, Qin Liangyu, the loyal Marquis of Shizhu, Sichuan, who also joined with 3000 white-armed soldiers.

One Zuo Liangyu and one He Renlong are enough for him to have a headache, now there is another Qin Liangyu, don't look at this is a female general, this old female general, because he is now over sixty years old.But don't look at it like this, Ma's army's prestige is still there. When mentioning white soldiers, the Qing Tartars are frightened by the news, and Zhang Xianzhong is even more apprehensive.

The total number of these three armies is tens of thousands, and it is only a matter of time before they threaten Yichang.The front was blocked by heavy troops, and the rear was besieged by heavy troops. In addition, Lin Yi attacked from the flank. This is the Yangtze River.

Now Zhang Xianzhong felt that Ma Huihui had the foresight, because Ma Huihui and Li Zicheng fought fiercely in Henan together, which had opened up the situation.

He, Zhang Xianzhong, heard about Pan Duao, and this Pan Duao was a dog-headed military adviser, but now he didn't kill Pan Duao, and now he wanted to keep his current territory, so he didn't dare to go any further.If it is really not accepted, it must be returned from Yichang to Sichuan, the Land of Abundance.

At this moment, Lin Yi's army was in full swing, taking down Songzi one after another, Dangyang and Chengtianfu, and killed Jingzhou City, separating Yichang from Jingzhou, which was equivalent to breaking Zhang Xianzhong's sphere of influence in two. Festival.

Zhang Xianzhong couldn't sit still anymore.Sun Kewang still had a face of indifference, "Don't worry about godfather, the man surnamed Lin is here, and my son will fight to the death with him. We still have an army of 8 in the city, and the man surnamed Lin has a maximum of 4 or [-] horses. I want to see how he wins." Our Jingzhou!"

Zhang Xianzhong shook his head and said: "Don't underestimate the enemy, remember to me, stick to Jingzhou, no one will fight without my order. Zicheng and Ma Huihui are fighting in Henan. This is a good thing. Let's stand still and wait and see. Change, recharge your batteries, let them make trouble in Henan first, the bigger the trouble, the easier it will be for us to wait for the opportunity."

"My lord's opinion." Pan Duao, Xu Yixian, Sun Kewang, and Bai Wenxuan all nodded in agreement.

On this day, someone came to report that Lin Yibing came to the city and asked Zhang Xianzhong to answer.

(End of this chapter)