"When the Great Khan arrives, open the city gate immediately." Zuo Liangyu rode on his horse and shouted below Tongguan.

Azig, who was guarding the city gate, received a report from his men and saw the carriage of Huang Taiji in the distance. As the carriage approached, Huang Taiji's figure emerged from the carriage.

It's a pity that Azigbele doesn't have clairvoyance. If he could see inside the frame, he would see Azig's hands tied to a wooden stake behind his back.

Huang Taiji, who had a numbness stuck in his mouth, was in unspeakable pain. His mouth was sore and his tongue was no longer his. Even if the numbness was taken out, Tian Conghan could not speak.

"Open the city gate and welcome the Great Khan." Huang Taiji was outside, and Azige did not dare to neglect. He immediately ordered his men to open the huge city gate and let the leader in.

Seeing the gate of Tongguan slowly opening, Hong Chengchou and Fan Wencheng both had smiles on their faces. Once the gate of Tongguan opens, it will be the time for the bayonet to see red. For this reason, they have assembled the most capable Hong soldiers and Han army flags.

The focus is on the forwards.

Azig led the team out of the city gate. The soldiers in the pass quickly lined up on both sides of the city gate, waiting for the Great Khan's review. Just as he approached the team, someone suddenly shouted from a hilltop on one side: "Twelve Baylor, the Great Khan has been arrested."

If someone takes you hostage, go back quickly."

Suk Saha finally arrived, but because of the obstruction of the Han military flags along the way, he could only make a big detour with his light cavalry to report the news. He was rushing day and night and outran his own horse, and he just used his legs to reach Tongguan. He had just climbed

When I got to the top of the mountain, I saw the scene in front of me. It was still a step too late! Suk Saha spat out a mouthful of old blood, and his body rolled down the cliff.

Seeing the falling corpse, Azig was shocked and immediately wanted to run back.

"Shoot!" Fan Wencheng ordered, and fifty muskets were fired at the same time. They had only one target, and that was Azig. As long as the Twelve Belles were killed, the Tongguan garrison would be wiped out.

"Pah, pah, pah...!" A crisp gunshot sounded, and blood kept flying out of Azig's body. He didn't know how many times he was shot, but he could only be seen swaying like leaves in the wind.

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The Eight Banners soldiers at the city gate saw something was wrong and wanted to run away but it was already too late. The shells roared down and the Eight Banners soldiers screamed and were hit by the hot shrapnel.

"Charge, rush, rush!" Zuo Liangyu didn't wait for Hong Chengchou's orders, and rushed into the city gate with his men desperately.

A few arrows sparsely fell on the city wall, but the artillery fire soon covered the place. With the broken city bricks, Zuo Liangyu finally rushed into the pass.

Before many Eight Banners soldiers at the city gate could react, Zuo Liangyu led his cavalry to kill them. The confused Eight Banners soldiers were hacked to death all over the place.

"Follow us, quickly!" Hong Chengchou and Fan Wencheng ordered almost at the same time, and the Han army flags and the flood of soldiers poured into Tongguan. The streets, city walls, and stairs were full of people fighting in groups.

Dorgon led the Eight Banners soldiers to break through many obstacles and finally arrived at Tongguan City. They saw only corpses scattered all over the place in front of the pass, and the city gate hole blackened by gunpowder smoke was filled with stones. Thick smoke billowed from Tongguan City, and occasionally

One or two corpses were thrown from the towers and blocked the road.

"It's over!" The last hope in Dorgon's head suddenly collapsed. He sent his capable subordinate Suk Saha to deliver the message, but in the end it was too late.

When Tongguan is occupied, the Nanming army will pour into Guanzhong like a flood. Houjin, who has just experienced the plague and lost the Han army flag, will be unable to resist the attack of the Nanming army. Where is the future of the Jurchens? The Western Regions?

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"Hong Chengchou's guy has descended again? Shi Kefa will occupy Guanzhong in ten months?" When Li Xiao got the news, it was already November 7th, and the sky on Changxing Island was terrifyingly gloomy, as if the first snow of this winter was brewing.

Handing the child to the wet nurse, Li Xiao took the battle report from Shunzi and read it carefully.

Hou Jin was so useless that Li Xiao originally thought that even if Hou Jin was a emaciated camel, it would still be a camel after all. Although it would eventually fail, it would be okay to occupy Shanxi and Guanzhong and resist for three to five months.

Who could have imagined that it only took a month to reach Tongguan from Shanxi and then occupy Guanzhong in just over a month. It must be said that Li Xiao overestimated Huang Taiji this time.

After carefully studying every word of the battle report, Li Xiao reluctantly put it on the table.

The fall of Guanzhong has become a foregone conclusion. Now, except for Shandong, Hebei, and Liaodong, the Yongli regime of the Southern Ming Dynasty occupies the entire territory of the Ming Dynasty, while the Longwu regime in the capital only has these three provinces. Regardless of population, military strength, or financial and material resources

Generally speaking, they are all at an absolute disadvantage.

Li Xiao now only has four infantry divisions, plus Man Ye's cavalry division. Although Geng Zhongming and Kong Youde's troops are considered brave, they have not completed the improvement of firearms, and secondly, their loyalty is also in question. This is why Li Xiao

The reason why advanced firearms have not been allocated to them!

Three provinces and four divisions are too few anyway.

Although each Liao division can easily defeat more than two Nanming divisions, the battlefield is a huge meat grinder. The opponent has also completed the use of firearms, and it is impossible to fight against them without casualties.

Nanming can have a steady supply of soldiers and supplies, but the land under the jurisdiction of the Liao army has just been self-sufficient. To cope with a high-consumption war, this will definitely bring down the Liao army's economy.

"Hey...!" Li Xiao sighed, knowing that he was leaving again. He took his son Li Lin from the wet nurse.

"Boy! I'm going to fight again. Be obedient. When you grow up, the world will probably be peaceful."

"What? Are you leaving?" Mrs. Zhang looked much more charming after giving birth. She walked behind Li Xiao and put her hand on Li Xiao's shoulder to tease her son.

"Shi Kefa has occupied Shanxi and Guanzhong and is chasing Dorgon. One of the three forces of the Ming Dynasty has already gone. The court in Jinling wants to unify the Ming Dynasty, and we are the only opponent left. We compete for population, money, food, and resources.

We all suffer. Mr. Sun is old, and he can't handle so many things by himself."

"A good man has ambitions all over the world. How can he achieve great things by always staying with his wife and children? Go ahead and create a big career for our son." Mrs. Zhang took over Li Lin smoothly.

Li Xiao looked at Zhang's face, which looked like an inflatable doll due to postpartum supplements. Twenty-eight is the age when a woman truly matures, both psychologically and physically. Women of this age have lost their youthful youthfulness,

But they still don't have the charm of young women. They have gone from loving girlish fantasies to being pragmatic and preferring money and power. The Zhang family is at this point of transformation.

However, he seemed to have forgotten that the person currently sitting on the emperor's throne in the capital was also his son. Speaking of which, she was also the queen mother of the Longwu court.

"Why are you looking like this? It's not like you haven't seen it before. The servant at home will take good care of it!" Mrs. Zhang was babbling to her son in alien language while perfunctory Li Xiao.

When a woman has a child, the man will step aside. Guys who are overly maternal will only have children and nothing else in their eyes. At this time, the woman is no different from a female wolf, so it is better to avoid being bitten.

"Brother, are you leaving again?" Xiaoyu, wearing a pink duck down vest, looked at her brother with a lonely face when she saw Li Xiao coming out.

Unknowingly, Xiaoyu has grown into an eleven-year-old girl. The yellow hair on her head has disappeared, which seems to be due to eating too much seafood. Xiaoyu's head is thick and shiny, reflecting light like satin under the light.

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"We have to go!" Li Xiao touched Xiaoyu's head. After running around all these years, the brother and sister seemed to have become a lot stranger.

"Brother, I want to follow you. Staying on the island is too boring! I heard Xiaohao say that Jinan is very fun."

"Xiaoyu, you are still young. Stay on the island, it is safe here." Li Xiao almost agreed to Xiaoyu's request under the gaze of those big watery eyes.

It's a pity that he didn't dare! Being an official and a gentry, paying for food and serving as an errand, has made him the enemy of scholars all over the world. When he was opposed by the entire landlord class, assassination became a necessary subject.

Li Xiao's safety has always been the top priority of the Liao army. Everywhere he goes, there will be a company of guards accompanying him. Everything he eats has to be tasted. Even the wells where he drinks water have to be tasted.

Raise a big carp.

So far, Shunzi and the others have foiled hundreds of assassinations against Li Xiao. Several of them were shocking to talk about.

Unable to kill Li Xiao, the circle of revenge began to expand infinitely. People around Li Xiao were naturally put on the assassination list with bounties! Chiki Tokugawa's life was worth ten thousand taels of silver. As Li Xiao's most beloved sister, Xiaoyu's head should be

It's worth the price. If someone really took the risk, even if Li Xiao killed everyone in the world afterwards, Xiaoyu wouldn't be able to survive.

"Okay!" Xiaoyu's words revealed infinite loneliness, and she turned around and walked to her room without saying goodbye to Li Xiao.

Li Xiao stretched out his hand to stop him, but reluctantly retracted his hand.
Chapter completed!