In the battle of Funiu Mountain, the Ming army once again cleaned up the desolate army, 40,000 troops came in a mighty way, and there were only 18,000 people who followed Li Zicheng to break out, and even the fierce general Gu Ying was captured alive.

Li Zicheng ran out for thirty or forty miles in one go, and Xiangcheng was already in sight, so he stopped.

The scene in front of him was so miserable that in order to be able to run fast and escape, the intrusive army even threw away all the baggage that could be lost, and some even threw away the weapons in their hands.

Less than 10,000 of the 40,000 cavalry ran out, and the rest were either killed, surrendered, or separated, panicked like lost dogs, and even if they rested, they were afraid that the Ming army would chase them out from behind.

Two months ago, Li Zicheng was ambitious, led an army of 200,000 to Henan in the north, defeated Sun Chuanting in a battle, thought that he could easily take the entire Henan, the soldiers were divided into two roads, and the soldiers pointed directly at the capital, who would have thought, Henan did not take much to hit Kaifeng, but as soon as Zhu Jie came out, it took less than a month to drive himself to Xiangcheng again, and now I am afraid that Xiangcheng will not be able to keep it, and I can't do it that the entire Henan Mansion will have to be robbed back by the Ming army!

"Damn Zhu Jie, damn it!"

Li Zicheng wanted to cry without tears, and was so angry that he roared again and again.

"King Chuang, I'm afraid that we won't be able to stay in this Xiangcheng for a long time, now the troops of Ruzhou and Henan Mansion are moving closer to Xiangcheng, within three days, we will be able to reach Xiangcheng, as long as the soldiers from the west arrive, we will immediately withdraw to Nanyang Mansion, and it is impossible to keep Xiangcheng......"

Song Xiance said astringently.

Li Zicheng said hatefully: "This may not be, military advisor, haven't you found out?" The Ming army sent out all the cavalry, in order to be able to speed up the march, they did not exclude the infantry, as long as we defend Xiangcheng, reorganize the troops, and confront the Ming cavalry in Xiangcheng, they can't help us! It's not impossible for the cavalry to take Xiangcheng, but is Zhu Jie willing to spend such a big price? ”

Li Zicheng fought in the south and the north, and naturally knew very well in his heart that the cavalry lacked artillery support, had no siege equipment, and wanted to occupy the city, and the price paid was greater than that of the infantry.

"However, even if there are only cavalry, we may not be able to hold Xiangcheng, we only have these eighteen thousand remnants in our hands, even if we add two or three thousand people in Xiangcheng, it will be useless, our ten thousand, I am afraid that even the two thousand cavalry of the Ming army will not be able to defeat ......"

Song Xiance was about to cry, after all, although Song Xiance was resourceful, but his mind was too much worse than Li Zicheng, such a big loss had already hit Song Xiance without any self-confidence, and he claimed to be a clever man in the camp every day, comparing himself to Liu Bowen, the sincerity of the founding of the country, just in front of Zhu Jie, who had just debuted, he was tied and lost in successive battles!

"We also have soldiers from the Western Route Army, don't we?"

Li Zicheng's mood gradually calmed down, and replied lightly: "As long as our soldiers from Ruzhou and Henan Mansion return, we will be able to muster together twenty or thirty thousand troops to defend Xiangcheng, as long as the main infantry of the Ming army does not come up, I am sure to keep Xiangcheng, at least I must hold on for a while, wait for the plague in Nanyang Mansion to pass, and now go to Nanyang Mansion, we are a dead end, unless we run back to Xiangyang in one go!" ”

Song Xiance was shocked, but he forgot that the plague in Nanyang was not over yet, and now he went to Nanyang Mansion, wouldn't it be self-defeating? Without the Ming army attacking, the plague alone was enough to bring down the battalion of wounded soldiers......

"Zong Min, Fang Liang, order the army to continue to move forward, must arrive at Xiangcheng before dark, after arriving in Xiangcheng, make every effort to rectify the rout, send scouts to detect the surrounding enemy situation, pay close attention to the movements of the Ming army, and once the plague patient is found, immediately expel out Xiangcheng, we must not let the plague harm the soldiers!"

Li Zicheng said fiercely.

The two of them hurriedly agreed and rushed down towards Xiangcheng.

Li Zicheng's army ran to Xiangcheng, but Xu Yifan was not in a hurry to attack Xiangcheng again, after all, Xuchang is still under the control of the Chuang army, and he can't keep this time bomb all the time.

Xu Yifan ordered Chen Yongfu to escort the troops who broke into the army, and he took Shu Xinchen and Yang Chengzu to the north and approached Xuchang.

The defenders of Xuchang had already run more than half of the cavalry before they came to the city, and when the cavalry soldiers came to the city, the city gate was wide open, and the remaining less than a thousand people broke into the army under the leadership of a general, and directly raised the white flag and surrendered!

What the hell? In total, there are not enough 1,000 people in Xuchang City, and they are either sick or injured, either old men or teenagers, facing tens of thousands of cavalry under the city, lend ten courage to the army, and they will never dare to defend to the end.

Successfully defeated Li Zicheng's army, and now there are soldiers who have taken Xuchang City without blood, only five or six days have passed, and Lord Futai has given a month to take Nanyang Mansion, there has never been much of a problem, after all, the biggest problem has been solved, Li Zicheng's remaining main force has been completely wiped out, only more than 10,000 remnants of the defeated generals, what else can you do? There is no need for more, as long as two or three thousand cavalry are sent, they can be defeated!

"Haha, Yifan, we have won a big victory, if you want me to see that we should go south again, go straight to Xiangcheng, take Xiangcheng and take Nanyang Mansion, we will be done!"

Shu Xinchen laughed.

Xu Yifan nodded and replied: "Yes, now the thief has become a frightened bird, and he is simply vulnerable, but we can't rush into the army yet, we need to wait for Xiao Ting's infantry battalion in the west, and when his infantry battalion comes up, it will be easy to besiege Xiangcheng, otherwise, we will attack the city with cavalry, wouldn't it be the same as a mallet?" Adults need to invest no less than 100 taels of silver to train an elite cavalry, so what do we lose? ”

Shu Xinchen pursed his lips and replied: "As long as we come to Xiangcheng, he Li Zicheng still dares to confront us, but I am afraid that he will flee long ago!" Moreover, there are still a lot of intrusive troops near Ruzhou, and when they all arrive in Xiangcheng one by one, we will have to work hard to take Xiangcheng......"

Xu Yifan took a deep breath and replied, "Fleeing from the wind?" If they flee, how can we continue to surround them? I know that there are many soldiers in Ruzhou and Henan Prefecture, so we are waiting for them to arrive in Xiangcheng, hehe, won't that save our energy? How good is it to wait for the rabbit? ”

(End of chapter)

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