Chapter 52: The Battle of Chongqing II

Who is Zeng Ying? It is the famous Zeng Gongzi.

Yes, he's a bit desperate right now.

He was originally stationed in Chongqing and wanted to wait for Fan Yixuan to send someone to help. But at this time, Zeng Ying understood very well. The various units of the Ming army did not have any troops to support.

Gao Yigong is attacking Guiyang, the offensive is not violent, and it is still far from Guiyang City. However, the Guizhou Tusi led by Long Zaitian were all contained, and no one could go north to rescue Chongqing.

He was waiting for Yang Zhan to come to the rescue of Chongqing after defeating Zhang Xianzhong, but he didn't want Dongyu to suddenly go south and defeat Zhang Xianzhong. Yang Zhan's department was firmly restrained by Dongyu, and it was impossible to rescue him until the winner was decided.

And Fan Yixuan was in southern Sichuan, and he relied on Yang Zhan's support to sit firmly in the position of supervisor. Yang Zhan was restrained, and Fan Yixuan could command who to move in addition to the thousands of people in his headquarters, not to mention that Sun Kewang had crossed the river.

The Qing army may not care about Sun Kewang, they think that Sun Kewang is just Zhang Xianzhong's righteous son, but Zeng Ying and Sun Kewang have fought many times, but they know that Sun Kewang is not an idle person. As soon as Sun Kewang entered southern Sichuan, the situation in southern Sichuan could not be calmed down.

Chongqing City is really a lonely city.

It has always been a city with no help from outside and no city to defend inside. In the absence of reinforcements, Zeng Ying could not defend Chongqing even if he could fight again. It's just a matter of dying early and dying late.

In this way, Man Dahai's letter should have been his lifeline. But Zeng Ying didn't want to defect to Dongyu.

The reason is very simple, since Chongqing must rely on external forces to support itself, Zeng Ying must choose between Donglu and Xia Jun. Why did Zeng Ying choose Dongyu? Just surrendering to the East Captives to shave their heads, Zeng Ying has already vetoed it.

Money rat tail, ugly is ugly to death, how can he be a personable Zeng Gongzi.

However, before the matter was decided, Zeng Ying still had to leave a way back, and after letting his subordinates place this envoy, Zeng Ying summoned all the generals around him. Li Dingchong, Hu Mingfeng and several other generals are Zeng Ying's henchmen.

Zeng Ying told them about the situation in Chongqing and said: "No matter what, the situation in Chongqing cannot be maintained. ”

Li Dingchong and Hu Mingfeng glanced at each other and said, "For such a big matter, please ask Master Zeng to decide, and we will just obey." ”

Zeng Ying's henchmen are still quite convinced of Zeng Ying.

However, at this moment, although Zeng Ying is full of confidence on her face, she can't help but feel hesitant in her heart. Seeing this, he had no choice but to say, "Okay, you go down and think about it." ”

After Zeng Ying sent these people out, he only heard the clanging rings behind him, and then a gust of fragrant wind wafted in, and a crisp and pleasant voice said: "Xianggong, but what troubles have you encountered?" ”

Zeng Ying sighed slightly and said, "Didn't you hear it all in the back just now?" None of them can share my worries? ”

The person who came was Zeng Ying's wife, and Dong Qiongying was a child of Tusi. It was also when Zeng Ying was beaten by Zhang Xianzhong and had to flee to the territory of Tusi, and was favored by Dong Qiongying, married him, and brought hundreds of soldiers as dowries.

And Dong Qiongying herself is also proficient in martial arts and is a female general. Zeng Ying valued her very much, so when she was deliberating, she never avoided her and let her listen to her later.

Of course, Dong Qiongying's appearance is also beautiful. Otherwise, she would not have been favored by Zeng Ying, and her heroic posture has a special sense of beauty on her upper body. Zeng Ying and Dong Qiongying have not been married for a long time and have no children, but they are a loving couple.

Dong Qiongying gave Qianqian a massage for Zeng Ying, and asked while pressing: "The situation has reached this point?" Is the situation in Chongqing really unsustainable? ”

Zeng Ying didn't want to speak, but sighed lightly and nodded.

"So Da Ming?" Dong Qiongying said: "Isn't it either? ”

Zeng Ying sighed and held Dong Qiongying in his arms with his backhand, he didn't want to say anything, but his attitude had already shown Zeng Ying's attitude. Zeng Ying is also a son of an official eunuch, and he is deeply favored by the Ming Dynasty, but if there is some way, Zeng Ying also wants to be loyal to the Ming Dynasty to the end.

But Zeng Ying was unwilling to die in this Chongqing city.

He is conceited and martial, far better than others, and now he is only twenty or six years old, and he has already fought with Zhang Xianzhong several times, and he can be regarded as having his own wins and losses. He still has a good life to go, and he is not willing to die.

Yes, young and proud, with a beautiful wife and a beautiful wife, leading an army alone, who wants to give up like this.

There is a fierce conflict between reality and morality in his heart, which is the reason why Zeng Ying is hesitant now.

"Boom, boom, boom." The sound of cannons could be heard from far away from the west. Zeng Ying stood up abruptly, he knew that the Xia army had begun to attack.

By the time Zeng Ying took the reinforcements to Tongyuan Gate, the city wall of Tongyuan Gate had already endured a tragic battle. Zeng Ying looked down on the formation of the Xia army from the top of the city tower, and saw that the formation of the Xia army spread for several miles, occupying almost all the open space outside Tongyuan City.

Red flags are unfurled like flames. From a distance, it looks like countless jumping flames.

Luo Rucai determined the country name of Great Xia, and it was passed on to Zhurong by the Luo clan, so Daxia was naturally still popular. At this point, there is no difference with Ming. It is also a reason for simplicity after the war. Maybe after the peace in the future, there will be great Confucianism to make changes.

However, what Zeng Ying saw at this moment was this flag in full swing.

Zeng Ying saw the rows of cannons below again.

Zeng Ying knew that these cannons were unloaded from ships on the river, and Zeng Ying had already been famous. Since Zeng Ying is stationed in Chongqing, whether it is requisitioning civilian ships or building them himself, he also has a naval division, which is not a lot of them, but there are also dozens of large ships.

It's just that this sailor was all buried in the hands of Zhou Fuchen, and what Zhou Fuchen relied on was not anything else, but these cannons.

Zeng Ying looked down at the city wall.

The city wall, which had been strengthened for a long time, was already full of potholes at the moment, and one after another artillery pits appeared on the wall. There are also a lot of broken bricks falling off, revealing the adobe below, how many city walls in the Ming Dynasty are earth-covered city walls, the outside is brick and stone, and the inside is rammed earth.

Chongqing's city walls are no exception.

Immediately Zeng Ying looked at the soldiers on the city wall, at this moment, a large number of wounded people were carried by the people, and passed by Zeng Ying, many of them were missing arms and legs. A lot of them are gone. It's still lucky, unfortunate, it's a corpse now.

There was a deathly silence in Chongqing. Zeng Ying also felt that morale was not very high.

Zeng Ying is also mentally prepared for this.

After all, Zeng Ying was defeated all the way from the outside, and after losing the battle, how high do you want the morale of the people below? As a result, Zeng Ying was even more worried in her heart. Secretly said: "This is the first onslaught, above the city, it is already like this, if the Xia army continues to attack, how long can I, Chongqing City, hold out?" One day, two days, three days, or a month? ”

It's just that no matter how long it takes, Zeng Ying feels a sense of urgency. His time is running out, he must make a decision immediately, between Xia and Qing, he has to make a choice.

Zeng Ying looked outside, Wang Long was also looking at the top of the Tongyuan Gate Tower, in the clairvoyant mirror, it seemed to see Zeng Ying's figure, Wang Lung sneered, put down the clairvoyant mirror, and said to the left and right: "Call Daniel Zhang over."

Daniel Zhang waited on the side, and a greeting was coming immediately.

Daniel Zhang came to Wang Long's side and said, "Grandpa, you called me?" ”

Wang Lung snorted coldly, and said for a while: "I didn't let you go to Erlang Pass just now, are you unwilling?" ”

Daniel Zhang said: "How dare the last general? ”

Wang Lung said, "I think you don't dare, right?" You want to fight any battle, and you don't want to think about it, is Dongyu so easy to fight? ”

Daniel Zhang didn't dare to say anything, but Wang Long could see that Daniel Zhang's eyes were also a little unconvinced. He smiled secretly in his heart: "This Daniel Zhang can fight and rush, although he is a fierce general, but now he is really a hairy boy and does not understand anything." The tone slowed down a little and said: "The battle with Donglu is not a big fight, and there is not much credit, if you go to Erlang Pass, you don't want the credit for conquering Chongqing City?" ”