If it's two days later, then Wu Sangui hasn't arrived yet?
Do we have to keep waiting?"
Zhu Cixi said coldly.
Luo Yangxing was about to say something else, but Zhu Cixiang said: "Lord Luo, there is no need to say more about this matter, here we come! First send a hundred soldiers in uniform into the city to provide internal response, and the rest are ready to attack the city!"
"Yes! Your Highness the Crown Prince!"
All the Jin Yiwei are ordered to do so.
Then, hundreds of Jin Yiwei put on civilian clothes and infiltrated into Xi'an City. Then, the Jin Yiwei army began to attack the city. For a while, there were shouts of killing.
When the defenders of Xi'an City saw the Jinyi Guards coming, they hurriedly blew their horns, and Dashun's troops, who were still immersed in joy, immediately rushed towards the city gate.
When they saw the well-equipped Jinyi Guards, the officers and soldiers of the Dashun Army were still very panicked. After all, most of them were farmers and their equipment only had one weapon.
Moreover, the training was not as good as that of the Jin Yiwei. When encountering such an unexpected incident, it was difficult to form an effective resistance for a while, and the Jin Yiwei rushed into the city.
"Kill! Before these traitors and traitors can react, let's go in and kill the intruder!"
"Everyone, those who lay down their weapons and surrender will not be killed! We are the Imperial Guards of the Ming Dynasty! We have been ordered by the emperor to kill the intruders!"
All the royal guards shouted loudly.
Zhu Cixiang also followed the Jin Yiwei into the city. In order to protect Zhu Cixiang, Luo Yangxing followed Zhu Cixiang closely.
Seeing how easily the army came in, Zhu Cihong had a look of contempt on his face. When he looked at Luo Yangxing, he even had a hint of disdain.
"Hmph! Luo Yangxing, you still don't believe me when I tell you. At this time, these rabble-rousers didn't even expect that we would come to kill them, and they were completely unable to resist!"
Zhu Cixi said coldly.
Luo Yangxing frowned. He did not expect that these Dashun troops were so vulnerable.
What they didn't know was that strictly speaking, Dashun did not belong to Li Zicheng alone. Liu Zongmin was Li Zicheng's brother and had a large number of soldiers and horses in his hands.
Although not as many as Li Zicheng, there are still hundreds of thousands, and most of Liu Zongmin's army is elite!
In his eyes, Li Zicheng was his elder brother, so he would be the emperor, but the second-in-command in Dashun was himself, and he was not under the emperor's control.
Liu Zongmin was extremely greedy for money and lustful. After Li Zicheng ascended the throne and proclaimed himself emperor, he was lawless in the city. Even his subordinates drank and had fun!
Moreover, Li Zicheng had just established a cabinet at this time, because his own military ability was not as good as Zhu Yuanzhang's, and he did not have as many capable ministers around him.
Although the cabinet was formed, it was unable to effectively handle government affairs and control the entire army. This also led to many unreasonable things in the city of Xi'an.
The soldiers who defended the city were actually on the fringes of the Dashun Army. These people had the worst equipment and the worst combat literacy.
Facing the Jin Yiwei who had been trained by Lin Fan for several days, they had no strength to fight and were instantly killed in a rout. However, at this time Liu Zongmin had already received the news that the Jin Yiwei was coming to kill them.
Li Zicheng knew the news while he was in the palace. Both sides sent elites to stop the Jinyi Guards. Zhu Cixiang's goal of getting rid of Li Zicheng this time would definitely fail.
"No! Your Highness, let's retreat quickly!"
Luo Yangxing discovered something was wrong.
Because when they first entered the city, they were overwhelmingly powerful. Although the momentum is still fierce now, the equipment of the Dashun Army that appeared is different from before!
Moreover, even if these people are defeated by Jin Yiwei, they can still fight back and forth with Jin Yiwei. They can no longer charge forward even half a step!
"Hmph! Luo Yangxing, we are about to rush into the palace and kill the intruder, but now you want me to retreat. What are your intentions?"
Zhu Cixi said coldly.
After that, he led a team of royal guards and rushed forward quickly. Luo Yangxing knew that something was wrong, but he did not dare to really ignore Zhu Cixi. If something happened to him, he would not be able to escape death even if he went back.
Zhu Cihong rushed in, and Luo Yangxing followed. In front, the elite of the Dashun Army completely gathered and formed a counter-encirclement.
The elite troops of Liu Zongmin and Li Zicheng cut off a large number of Jin Yiwei. This caused Prince Zhu Cixiang and Luo Yangxing to lose contact with nearly 30,000 Jin Yiwei.
"Your Highness the Crown Prince! These are the elites of the Dashun Army. We are surrounded! I will take you out now!"
Luo Yangxing said coldly.
Zhu Cixi said coldly: "They are just a bunch of rabble, why are you so greedy for life and afraid of death?
Kill all the Jin Yiwei! Use fire blunderbuss to clear the way!"
"yes!"
Zhu Cixiang gave the order, and all the Jin Yiwei took out the firecrackers they had prepared.
This was actually Zhu Cihong's military strategy. In the initial battle with Dashun's army, fire blunderbuss were not used because fire blunderbuss were troublesome to refill and were actually disposable items in close combat.
Therefore, this fire blunderbuss should be taken out and used only when it cannot advance quickly.
boom!
With the sound of cannons, seven or eight hundred people of the Dashun Army were killed in an instant. At this time, the Jin Yiwei advanced a lot again, and Zhu Cixiang's face became even more proud.
He felt that he could definitely make a great contribution today. However, what he didn't know was that there were nearly 400,000 Dashun troops in the city at this time, including 200,000 elites. It was impossible for him to succeed.
Lin Fan arrived with 100,000 elite tiger and leopard cavalry, and found that Zhu Cihong had already entered the city. Moreover, the gates of Xi'an City were tightly closed. Apparently, they had been beaten by the Dashun Army.
"Damn it! This Zhu Cixiang is really an idiot. You can't fucking beat me, but I can bear it. You want to fight like an idiot. What do you mean?"
Lin Fan was speechless.
He originally thought that the two sides would fight outside, but who would have thought that it would turn into a fight inside the city.
However, Lin Fan never expected that after Li Zicheng became emperor, he would have such little control over the Dashun Army, and he would fight so fiercely with Liu Zongmin that the defenders of the city would be trash.
Zhu Cixiang went in without much fighting.
"Sir, what should we do now?"
A commander came forward and asked.
Zhang Liang said solemnly: "Now that the Dashun army in the city has taken precautions, it is impossible to achieve the effect of a surprise attack. Moreover, the city gate is tightly closed, so it will be difficult for us to break in!"
"Our army of 100,000 is only equipped with 30,000 firecrackers, and the range of the firecrackers is not enough to cause harm to the people above the city gate!"
When Zhang Liang said this, he fell into silence. Lin Fan looked at Zhang Liang. After Zhang Liang thought for a moment, he said: "Sir, I have an idea. If you trust me, you can hand over 90,000 people to me. I will lead these people."
Ninety thousand people attack from the front and attract the main force of the Dashun Army. Your Excellency, please lead ten thousand people to bypass the main city gate and enter through the west gate. Then charge all the way here, open the city gate and let us in!"