After that, some other broken troops were defeated by the Qing army one after another and were expelled to Jingxing Road. While Zhang Pizhen took in these broken troops, he also continued to learn first-hand military information about the Zhending front from their mouths.
The Qing army's hundreds of thousands of troops have spread out on all sides of Zhending City. The troops are fierce and full of arrogance. According to the Tu Qi who broke out from Zhending, Huang Taiji set up his army's great banner in Zhending.
Near the city moat, there are two imperial tents and two imperial seats.
In one of the imperial tents, in front of the throne, there is a yellow flag of the Eight Banners of Manchuria, which is obviously where Huang Taiji himself was. In the other imperial tent and on the throne, there is a flag of the Ming army, which is said to be where Emperor Chongzhen is.
The flags of the Qing army were densely spread under the Zhending City, and Huang Taiji was high on the throne. He seemed to regard the Zhending City as his meal and bombarded it continuously every day. However, the Zhending defenders, under the command of Gu Junen and Chen Yongfu, had already done enough.
The defensive measures were taken, and the defenders' artillery fired continuously, causing the Qing army, which had an absolute advantage in strength, to be in a hurry and unable to attack the city.
These good news gradually gave Zhang Pizhu a more optimistic fighting confidence in the war situation. It seemed that it would be extremely difficult for Huang Taiji to break Zhending before Li Zicheng's soldiers arrived!
However, considering that the Qing army had a large number of troops, we had to be wary of whether Huang Taiji had any trump cards in his hands. Therefore, Zhang Pili still did not dare to neglect easily. He had already sent several waves of envoys to Niangziguan, trying his best to urge Li Zicheng.
The soldiers accelerated their march.
At this critical moment, urgent military information came from the front line that the Qing army was attacking Tumen Pass.
Zhang Pizhu's left and right captains were all shocked. The Qing army had more than 100,000 troops. If they diverted their troops to besiege Zhending, they would all use their strength at Tumen Pass. Eighty percent of the current defenders at Tumen Pass would not be able to defend it.
living.
Zhang Pizhu said calmly: "Don't panic! There are tens of thousands of Zhending defenders. How dare Huang Taiji abandon Zhending and go deep into the Tumen Pass alone to uproot Tumen Pass? What's more, Tumen Pass is only the east entrance of Jingxing Pass. Even if the Qing army attacks
Batumen, if you want to really block the Jingxing Road, you still have to go deeper.
Long live this time is long overdue!”
However, although Zhang Pizhen was confident in defending Jingxingkou, he was still very cautious and immediately prepared troops and horses, and absolutely dispatched soldiers from Guancheng to the front line for reinforcements.
But before Zhang Pizhu set out, new good news came to Guancheng one after another.
"The vanguard led by Yihou has arrived!"
Zhang Pizhu's continuous urging finally had an effect. Although Li Zicheng's army had not yet arrived at Jingxing, Li Shuangxi, who was newly granted the title of Marquis of Yi - or Zhang Nai as he was now called - had already led the Dashun army.
A vanguard army of nearly ten thousand people rushed to Jingxing.
Jingxingkou originally only had Zhang Pilu's nearly 10,000 defenders. Now that it has received reinforcements from Yihou Zhang Nai, the force has doubled immediately, and the strength of the defenders has almost caught up with Zhending City. The terrain of Jingxing Pass is steep and the city is heavily fortified.
Far more than a hundred times true concentration.
With such an arrangement, even if Huang Taiji really abandons his true destiny and goes deep into Jingxingkou as a lone army, he will only end up being unable to enter the city without being able to enter.
After Li Zicheng's remaining 80,000 troops arrive, the days of the Qing army's destruction will really be numbered.
"Yihou...you have worked hard to attack and come to our rescue!"
Zhang Nai's vanguard force was a surprise force sent by Li Zicheng immediately after receiving Zhang Pizhu's urgent request for help. Along the way, Zhang Nai's troops were really breathing hard and the horses were sweating. They did not care about their horsepower and ran at full speed.
Marching forward and running like crazy, we arrived at Jingxing ahead of schedule much faster than planned.
At the founding ceremony of the Shun Dynasty, Zhang Nai, who was newly promoted to the title of Marquis of Yi, did not lose his former heroic general style because of his current high salary and noble title. Although his clothes were much more gorgeous, he even changed the harness of his war horse.
It has a new set of red lacquer and gold decoration, but the courage to fight has not diminished at all.
Zhang Nai rode up to Zhang Pili, raised his knife and laughed loudly: "Aren't you Zhang Pili, the little guard next to Chong Er! Are you now the commander guarding the important place in Jingxing?"
Even Li Laiheng did not dare to neglect Zhang Nai's military exploits and qualifications, let alone Zhang Pili. He quickly knelt down on one knee and told Zhang Nai one by one about the military situation of the defeated troops who were driven to Jingxing by the Qing army.
Nai then proposed that Tumen Pass had been attacked by a force of the Qing army. Huang Taiji was obviously preparing to block Jingxingkou and then attack Zhending City with all his strength.
"Yihou and the captive chieftains have become so rampant. The hundreds of thousands of troops, regardless of the threat from Jingxing Pass on the flanks, actually fully deployed under Zhending City, and set up the so-called imperial tent and throne in a grand manner. Now the Qing army is going all out
During the siege, if His Majesty's soldiers had arrived a little earlier, and we had rolled up our armor and left the pass, attacked from the side to break the siege, I'm afraid the Eastern captives would have been unable to return.
Now that Huang Taiji has finally come to his senses, he knows that he has divided up an army to block Jingxing, so he sends out troops to try to capture Tumen Pass. But the road to Jingxing is narrow and Tumen Pass is strong. I see that the Qing army will not be able to succeed at every turn!"
"Okay! Zhang Pizhu, a kid back then, is so heroic and courageous today!"
Li Shuangxi, who is now Zhang Nai, laughed several times. He was exactly the same as before. He was still as informal and majestic as ever. The founding lord of Dashun waved his riding whip and urged without any pause.
Zhang Pili went with him to Tumen Pass to attack the enemy.
"Zhang Pizhu, when I was ten years younger than you now, I had already raised an army with King Chuang. We traveled across Qinzhong, crossed the Yellow River, and fought fiercely in Jinzhong. Later, we returned to Shaanxi, walked through snow-capped mountains, walked on grasslands, and fought our way out of the Great Wall.
After jumping to Xifan, after fighting all kinds of battles for the rest of his life, he could win every battle after defeating Luoyang.
You are young, and you have probably never seen many of the tough and bitter battles that the Chuang Army fought in those days. But no matter what, you only need to remember that the current Chuang Army has long been invincible in the world! What about Yang Sichang, Fu Zonglong, and Sun Chuanting?
Aren't they defeated one after another? I entered the pass with King Chuang. This was my second time to fight back to Shaanxi. In the end, it didn't take a few months to defeat all the most powerful nine-border army in the Ming Dynasty.
Now this Donglu, ha, is a bastard of the Tatars. How dare he come to the door and want to have the dream of the Jingniao Turks and the Khitan? I call this the Qin chief Khan Huang Taiji, only
The luck of entering the seclusion is not the destiny of leaving the seclusion!"
The former adopted son of Li Zicheng, Li Shuangxi, is today's Yihou Zhang Nai. He was one of the first Yuan Cong soldiers to follow Li Zicheng in raising an army. He accompanied King Chuang to conquer half of the world almost without missing a beat. Of course, he would not defeat this trapped beast.
The Donglu who fought to the death were regarded as formidable enemies.
Zhang Nai knew that many people in the Dashun army now feared this powerful enemy because of the defeats of Datong and Yanmen and the Qing army's easy victory over Beijing.
Therefore, Zhang Nai had to boost the morale of the Dashun soldiers whenever he had the chance. His attitude of not taking Donglu into consideration immediately won the cheers of the soldiers.
Although Niu Jinxing always felt that Li Shuangxi, Zhang Nai, was brave but lacking in intelligence. But Zhang Nai possessed such a magical charm that when he appeared in the army, he would definitely attract the attention of the soldiers.
The sound of joy will definitely win the support of the soldiers.
The officers and soldiers of Dashun Army in Jingxing Road all cheered and jumped after hearing the words, and even Zhang Piyu felt that his military morale was ready. Zhang Nai immediately jumped on his horse and passed the city. He held the knife in one hand and the reins in the other, pointing to Tumen in the distance.
Guan cheered and said:
"Are there any warriors who will follow me to defeat the captives?"
Naturally, the answer is like a mountain shouting.
For a time, the sound in the city of Jingxing Pass shook the earth. The morale of the Shun army was strong, and their fighting spirit was high. Everyone was willing to fight to the death, and no longer had the slightest awe for the Donglu.