Chapter 574: The Great West Collapses
Wei Yijie let out a scream stuck in his throat, waking up several other envoys.
Qi Chongge turned around and fled, shouting: "Sacrifice to me!" Where are the guards?! β
The ten guards who had gone up the mountain with him hurriedly stepped forward with their swords, surrounding Ainengqi in the middle. However, the latter is a famous general under Zhang Xianzhong, a single knife left and right, fighting seven or eight people without falling!
At this moment, another burst of fire flashed on another hill directly opposite the hill where the cannon had just been fired, and more than twenty iron balls roared and shrouded the wooden pavilion where the peace was being discussed.
In order to ensure the killing of Zhang Xianzhong, Haoge secretly transported all the heavy artillery in his battalion to Zengjia Mountain, and placed 24 cannons on the slopes on both sides of the hill of Yihe, and prepared enough gunpowder and shells for a major battle. At this time, more than 40 cannons took off their camouflage, and regardless of the enemy and me, they only bombarded Zhang Xianzhong's place desperately.
Ai Nengqi forced back the Qing soldiers in front of him with a knife, and Yu Guang caught a glimpse of the person in front of him on the left with a flaw in the lower plate, and immediately made a move to "turn over" and raise the knife to slash. Unexpectedly, a cannonball hit the pillar of the wooden pavilion, and the wooden pavilion collapsed.
Ainengqi was startled and jumped out desperately, but was still smashed on the back of the heart by a thigh-thick wooden beam......
Zhang Xianzhong ran desperately down the mountain under the cover of six or seven guards. At the same time, the Great Western Forbidden Army, which responded at the foot of the mountain, shouted "escort", quickly surrounded the mountain, and divided more than 100 people to go up the mountain to respond.
It's just that the mountain road is narrow and rugged, and it's hard to get up or down.
On the other side, the Qing soldiers who protected Qi Chongge were not notified by Haoge, thinking that it was to be unfavorable to Lord Qi, and they hurriedly lined up to surround the mountain, but they collided head-on with the Great Western Army. Without saying a word, the two sides immediately pulled out a knife and opened the piece.
Zhang Xianzhong couldn't stop scolding the thief for being unjust, and there were shells whistling over his head and side, and the mud was collapsing everywhere. He had the heart to dodge, but the mountain road was so wide that there was no way to dodge.
However, the smoothbore guns of the seventeenth century were really pitiful, and he was lucky enough to run halfway up the mountain, but not a single shell hurt him.
Just when he could see the flat avenue at the bottom of the mountain, a group of forbidden troops came up and hurriedly said: "Holy Lord, the thieves under the mountain are suddenly in trouble, and the forbidden army is retreating from the enemy." β
According to Ainengqi's previous judgment, there are only a dozen people on this hill who are stuck in the mountain road, and more than a thousand troops can rush up. Unexpectedly, Haoge prepared a cannon, but now it has become a mountain even if there are only a few dozen people fighting, Zhang Xianzhong can't go down the mountain.
Finally, just when the Great West Forbidden Army was about to kill and retreat Jianyu and open the way, Zhang Xianzhong's good use was exhausted. A nine-pound cannonball slammed into a rock more than four feet to his left, and when it landed, it burst out a large piece of rubble as powerful as a gunball, and one of the fist-sized stone shards hit him in the front of the chest, and the end came out of his back!
At the beginning of November of the second year of Longwu, it was almost the same as before and after Zhang Xianzhong's arrow death in Phoenix Mountain in history.
Some of the Onishi soldiers on the mountain had the courage to go to the Holy Shrine to breathe, and suddenly shouted in shock, "Your Majesty has collapsed!" β
The news soon spread to the bottom of the mountain, and the Onishi Forbidden Army, which had already besieged the Qing army, was stunned, and then scattered and fled, and the officers also ran along.
Since Enench was also dead, there was no one to restrain the rout. They panicked and went their separate ways, and at the same time spread the news of the emperor's death to all places.
The Onishi regime has only been established for two years, and a mature state management system has not yet been formed, and Zhang Xianzhong basically decides on big and small matters. As soon as he died suddenly, the entire Daxi was like "brain dead", and it instantly became a pot of porridge.
Liu Wenxiu, the son of Zhang Xianzhong, who was in charge of receiving the emperor near Guangyuan, saw dozens of forbidden soldiers carrying the body of the Son of Heaven, and was shocked when he arrived, and hurriedly ordered the army to retreat to Guangyuan and close the city in case of an emergency.
However, when his soldiers closed the city gate and turned around to count the number of people, they found that they were only seven or eight miles away, and the 10,000 "elites" under his command had fled to less than 1,000. And Guangyuan deserters have many mounts, so the news of Zhang Xianzhong's death will spread faster.
Haoge put on his helmet and armor, waiting for twenty miles on the north side of Zengjia Mountain.
The sun had just set to the west, and his subordinate Jialazhang Jingge Buku brought more than a dozen Pegasus to report, "General, the big thing has been accomplished!" Zhang Xianzhong killed me with a cannon! β
Haoge's hands shaking the horsewhip excitedly, confirmed that he had heard correctly, and immediately said loudly to the generals and Duzhi on his side: "According to the previous plan, lead the people and horses of the department to the south quickly!" β
"Huh!"
The drums in the two armies were beating, and the nearly 30,000 Qing troops who had been waiting here for a long time moved. Xing Ne led 4,000 cavalry to attack Guangyuan first, and Du Zhi led a large group of foot soldiers to follow.
Hauge didn't expect it to go so smoothly, and he couldn't help but regret it in his heart, why didn't he bring everyone out? He hurriedly ordered Gebuku to return to Hanzhong immediately, and transferred the men and horses stationed there to attack Sichuan, leaving only 5,000 men to guard the pass.
Before it was dark that day, the Xingne army had already surrounded Guangyuan City.
Due to Zhang Xianzhong's new funeral, the morale of the Daxi Army was extremely low, if it weren't for Liu Wenxiu patrolling the city with his own soldiers, I am afraid that someone would have opened the city and surrendered.
However, he was able to stop his soldiers from surrendering the city, but he could not prevent his men from escapingβhe took off his military uniform and blended into the city, and immediately turned into civilians.
At dawn, Liu Wenxiu ordered his troops again and found that there were less than 500 people in his department, of which 300 were his henchmen and guards.
He knew that Guangyuan would not be able to hold it, so he took advantage of the darkness to open the south city gate, fight a bloody way, and flee to the Sword Gate. It was also his decision to make a quick decision, and at noon that day, tens of thousands of troops had already passed Guangyuan and went straight to Jianmen Pass.
Jianmen Pass is the main way to enter Shu, but no one expected that Jianyu would kill here so quickly, so there are not many defenders. By the time Liu Wenxiu arrived, the soldiers in the pass had already run away.
When he was anxious, a personal soldier reported that the second general had led troops to help.
Liu Wenxiu was overjoyed, hurriedly greeted him, and almost didn't cry after seeing Li Dingguo, first painfully recounted the emperor's murder, and then asked: "Did the second brother bring all his subordinates?" β
Li Dingguo also shook his head helplessly, "My father's departure has caused great confusion in the hearts of the army, and many of my soldiers have fled, and there are less than 5,000 men left at this time." β
Liu Wenxiu secretly said in his heart when he heard this, the second brother is still powerful, I have no one here, and he still has nearly thirty percent of the troops in hand.
He suddenly remembered something again, and hurriedly said: "The horse scouts I left yesterday have just reported that the 30,000 thieves and horses have passed Guangyuan, and I am afraid that they will be here soon." β
"It came so fast. It seems that the thief was premeditated! Li Dingguo's brows tightened, and after a moment, he instructed Liu Wenxiu, "I will lead my troops to guard the Jianmen Pass, and the third brother will go to Jiangyou to transfer troops quickly." As long as you don't lose it here, you will be safe! "I want to talk about "The Rise of the Ming Dynasty 1646" with more like-minded people, and pay attention to "excellent reading literature" on WeChat, talk about life, and find confidants~