"This is impossible, the king of Guanning's army, a long-distance attack, pay attention to a fast word, how can it be possible to mobilize so many infantry troops to accompany him?" Song Xiance, who was originally very determined, was puzzled, "This cavalry plus infantry army, at a glance, there are not 100,000 but 50,000 or 60,000. The infantry army will slow down the march of the army and increase the logistical pressure, and the distance from Ningyuan to the capital is so far, people eat horses and chew it, and the supply of grain and straw cannot keep up. ”

Dashun Junchen all looked solemn, no matter what the ins and outs were, it was a fact that the Guanning army had infantry to attack the city, so that the original plan fell through, and the situation became passive.

In the silence, Liu Zongmin said in a weird manner: "A scholar is a scholar, after all, it is not good to talk on paper, and we have to rely on us mud legs to fight......"

"Shut up!" Li Zicheng stopped Liu Zongmin's taunt in a low voice, turned his head and ordered left and right, "Things have changed, hurry up and mobilize heavy troops to defend the area around Guangqumen, and then send someone to contact Pingnanhou." "The Dashun regime was first established, he had not yet ascended the throne, and the people's hearts were unstable, if he was attacked by a strong enemy on both sides, even if the city wall was not breached for a while and a half, under heavy pressure, it would be difficult to ensure that there would be no chaos in the city, maybe those who surrendered the Jingying army and the remnants of the previous dynasty would be ready to move.

In any case, one faction must be co-opted to deal with the other. Li Zicheng secretly clenched his fists and made up his mind, and finally came to the capital from northern Shaanxi, and laid down this good situation, which must not be ruined in one fell swoop.

Outside the city, Wu Sanguizhi sat proudly on horseback, looking at the crowd gathered in the Guangqu Gate Tower. Even if he couldn't see his face clearly, he could guess that those people must be important figures in the Dashun Army, and maybe Li Zicheng was among them. As soon as this mixed cavalry and infantry force appeared, it must have caused a great shock to them, and most of them were panicked at the moment and urgently discussed countermeasures, right?

He turned his head to look at the endless infantry army behind him, and while he was proud, a thought also came to him: what if these soldiers were all his own? With such a powerful infantry, with the Guanning iron cavalry that comes and goes like the wind, dominates the world, who can be the enemy? Although in Ningyuan, he relied on the firearms provided by Qiongzhou to train a team of several thousand people, but no matter in terms of military discipline, actual combat experience, or the number of troops, he could not compare with these people.

Su Thick Legs Left Far Behind, Walking in front of the infantry array on horseback, when he saw Wu Sangui turn around, when he looked at each other, he smiled slightly, which could be regarded as a sign of friendship.

Wu Sangui smiled, then turned his head. Sprinkling beans into soldiers is just something that only exists in the play, these soldiers did not fall from the world, it was the Qionghai Third Army that once confronted him.

The whole thing started two days ago.

After Sima De and Wu Sangui negotiated the cooperation, he took the opportunity to propose: "The Guanning army is all cavalry, as long as the rogue is not stupid, he understands that attacking the city is the weakness of your army." If you go to the capital like this, I'm afraid you won't be able to put enough pressure on them. ”

"Then what should I do, Wu can't do tricks. This time, King Qin left in a hurry, in order to arrive in the capital as soon as possible, they were all cavalry, and the infantry did not bring any ......."

"Ping Xibo is a little restless, my general has already thought of this. Behind your ministry is the third army of our department, the commander of the army, surnamed Su, who has dealt with Xibo in peace......"

Wu Sangui's eyes lit up and he immediately understood.

"Let this army and my Guanning army be temporarily grouped together to hide from the world and create the illusion that the rogue is about to attack the city?"

Sima De stroked his beard and laughed: "Talking to a smart person is a pleasure, that's exactly what happened." ”

Su Thick Legs kept following behind Guan Ningjun, but the marching speed could not catch up with the cavalry, and he opened up a distance. After the plan was set, Wu Sangui waited in place and joined him, and Sima De personally explained the relevant matters to Su Thick Leg, so that there was this scene outside the Guangqu Gate.

The arrival of a large army in the city put a lot of pressure on Li Zicheng. The forces of the Dashun army, scattered throughout Sijiu City, were ordered to gather urgently and march to the northern city in groups to increase the strength of the defense, and the atmosphere of war hung over the capital.

Among the troops who marched to the northern city, both the generals and the ordinary soldiers had grim expressions. The current situation is completely different from the previous attack on the inner city, when facing the Beijing camp with a weak military spirit and low combat effectiveness, the Dashun army occupies an overwhelming advantage, and there is no other force involved in the entire Beizhili, and now facing the strongest border army of the Ming Dynasty, everyone's fear of officers and soldiers in their hearts has resurfaced - the scene of being chased by Hong Chengchou, Cao Wenzhao and others is still vivid.

The people of the capital are very politically sensitive, and the clever people quickly understood everything from the expressions on the faces of the soldiers of the Dashun Army who hurried by on the street, and they ran excitedly to tell each other: "The Guanning Army and the Qiong Navy have come to King Qin, this is the strongest army in the south and north of the Ming Dynasty, and the good days of the thieves are coming to an end!" ”

Although these discussions were carried out privately and did not dare to spread publicly, they were still discovered by the Dashun army. In order to control the situation and stabilize people's hearts, Li Zicheng issued an order to arrest people who discussed "state affairs" in vain and threw them into prison. Even so, the news of the imminent collapse of the newly established Dashun regime spread like a plague.

In the early morning of the second day after Guan Ning's army arrived in the capital, before dawn, a gap opened in Yongding Gate, and a group of mermaids ran out of the city and galloped towards the south.

The chess pieces played by Nambu in the summer had an effect, and everything went in the direction he expected. In the big tent of the Chinese army in the Qiong naval camp, he ushered in Gao Yigong, the special envoy of the Dashun Army.

Gao Yigong and his entourage, accompanied by Liu Heizi, arrived at the camp of the Qiong Navy at dawn. When he was still a few miles away, he was deeply impressed by the well-structured and orderly camp, and in his memory, the army under Hong Chengchou's rule did not have such military discipline.

After entering the camp, Gao Yigong was very surprised by the soldiers who went out for morning training, and he turned his head and asked Liu Heizi: "When your army is out on an expedition, will you also practice?" Shouldn't we save our physical strength for war? ”

Liu Heizi said with a smile: "In addition to combat, the Qiong Navy trains all the time, even when it goes out on expeditions, but the intensity of the drill is slightly reduced." Qiong Haijun eats well, trains diligently, and has abundant physical strength, so he doesn't need to deliberately conserve his physical strength. ”

Gao Yigong paid attention to it and found that these soldiers who were training were fully armed, carrying heavy guns and bullet bags on their backs, and running in circles around the camp in a neat pace, which was completely different from the fancy formation drills of the officers and soldiers.

Faced with his question, Liu Heizi patiently explained: "This is physical training, weight-bearing training, and the intensity is close to actual combat. The purpose of the Qiong Navy's drill is to enable the soldiers to run, fight, and resist, and the formations of the officers and men are flashy and useless. In Qiongzhou, the drill also included queue and shooting training, and the subjects were a little more complicated than they are now. ”