Chapter 51 Zhonglu Army

Zhou Yuji died in a battle at Xifengkou. Although it was regrettable, his death was of extraordinary significance. He only faced tens of thousands of Jiannu troops with a small number of troops. He not only defended Xifengkou, but also killed and injured many generals of the Jiannu army. The most important thing was that he delayed the right Jiannu army of Abatai and Hauge for a few days. Meanwhile, Abbatai and Hagrid were forced to find another way out. The precious few days he had won was the most generous gift he gave to the Han people.

The reason why Xiao Tianjian later gave Zhou Yuji such a high courtesy is actually because of this reason. When Yan Chongxi's left army entered Shanhaiguan and guarded Shanhaiguan Ming army headquarters under Wu Xiang, the middle army led by Li Xin, Diao Zheng and Luo Li also took advantage of these days they had won from the river. Jianfu rushed all the way. According to Xiao Tianjian's instructions, he rushed to the Yongping Mansion first.

Along the way, they gave up the tactics of attacking the city and the land like some time ago, but drove all the way along the road and gave up the attack on the state capitals and counties along the way. As long as the defenders of the Ming army did not try to intercept them, they would not provoke the Ming army in the state and county along the way, and almost completed this thousand in the form of an armed parade. The march of Yuli Road.

The Ming army along the way basically did not dare to intercept the large and medium-sized army that appeared in their territory. When the Ming army in some places simply saw them appear, it immediately came and dispersed. Either they became scattered soldiers and dispersed to the countryside as bandits, or directly opened the city to surrender.

Li Xin is well aware of Xiao Tianjian's urgent mood at this time, so there is no time to connect these sites. He directly ordered the officials and officers and soldiers who surrendered to continue to stay in office, let them stay in place, maintain the local peace, and wait for the subsequent officials and soldiers of the Dazhong Dynasty to take over, and these people along the way. It is not allowed to enter the city to rest. Every day before dawn, they begin to pull out the camp and start the camp and start the march. Every night until it gets dark, they camp and camp and rest. Such a march can be said to be unspeakable, but the whole army did not complain because of such an urgent march, but sang all the way forward at the encouragement of the generals. Hurry up.

Li Xin, Xiao Tianjian's most trusted chief of staff, is well aware of Xiao Tianjian's thoughts. This trip continues to explain to the generals the significance of their rush to Shanhaiguan this time, inform the generals, and be sure to make it clear to the soldiers below that the ultimate purpose of their trip.

So soon the generals in the army knew that this time they went north to overthrow the Ming Dynasty, but in essence, they wanted to save the nation from danger. The real ultimate enemy of their trip north was not the defeated soldiers of the Ming Dynasty, but to deal with those beasts. Son.

This point can be said to be very clear from the whole army. For large and medium-sized officers and soldiers, it undoubtedly plays a certain role in encouragement, because Li Xin often uses Xiao Tianjian's words to say to some generals: "Our emperor often talks about it. In fact, how many Ming officers and soldiers we kill are not what ability. After all, Daming Just like us, they are all Han people. To put it bluntly, it is a family of brothers fighting. Now the Jiannu outside the customs are the number one enemy of our Han people! Killing the man is the real ability. Cutting off the head of the man, that is the real glory!

What is the credit for overthrowing the Ming Dynasty? At most, it is the meritorious official of the founding of the country, but if Jiannu is allowed to break through the barrier, all the glory will be in vain. If Jiannu ravages in the customs again, then don't say anything. We are all national sinners! What's the difference from the Ming Dynasty today?

We are now the National Defense Force of China. As soldiers, we can't be taken out of the country. What's the face to go back to see Jiangdong's father in the future?

Li Xin didn't make up this, because over the years, Xiao Tianjian has talked about Jiannu from time to time. No matter how he led the army against the Ming court, he did not forget that they eventually had to compete with Jiannu. Not only Li Xin knew that he had been close for a long time. Those important generals who have touched Xiao Tianjian have heard Xiao Tianjian say, so what Li Xin said is not nonsense. Including Luo Li, Diao Zheng and others, they are all like Li Xin. From time to time, they will use Xiao Tianjian's words to encourage the generals under his command.

So this time they joined forces and began to give up the attack on a state and county along the way. When they began to march towards Yongping Prefecture, not many people in the army expressed incomprehension or had any complaints. Instead, all the generals in the army rubbed their hands and were full of energy to kill a few Jiannu. In the future, it will also be good to show off their credit to their descendants. If they can defeat the Jiannu army this time, they can be called national heroes! Therefore, although the soldiers and generals were tired all the way, their morale was very high.

At present, these soldiers and generals are different from those soldiers and horses who were originally designed to be read in Nanjing City. After all, Xiao Tianjian is still unable to spare his hands to replace all the soldiers and generals with new military uniforms, and does not have the strength and time to do it. At present, he has to concentrate all the limited resources and strength to deal with this scene related to the prosperity of the nation. Therefore, among the people from all walks of life, only those soldiers who have participated in the military parade of the founding of the People's Republic of China have got a brand-new military uniform. Many people are still wearing shabby clothes, and even the vast majority of people do not even have a pair of decent shoes. Most people still have their own straw shoes under their feet. As they went up, everyone wore several pairs of straw shoes. Along the way, they could be said to march during the day. At night, they tried to get some grass and kneed them into straw ropes to make straw shoes for themselves. It can be seen that although the Great China and North Korea have been established now, the supply of materials is still quite scarce.

Fortunately, the soldiers and generals of the Xingtian Army are used to hardships. Most of them are from poor people. They have suffered any crimes before becoming soldiers. Moreover, although the generals and soldiers have always been strict in rank, the difference in treatment is not obvious. Soldiers can't wear shoes, and many officers still fight like them. Straw shoes, at this point, the Dazhong army is quite fair, unlike some of the armies in the Ming Dynasty. The generals are fat and oily, but the soldiers are poor, so although the generals of the Dazhong Army are hard, they don't have many complaints in this regard, so they rushed to Yongpingfu day and night.

Along the way, they were intercepted by the Ming army in a handful of times, and there were not many powerful interceptions. Only when they went to Bazhou and Wuqing, they encountered a relatively strong resistance from the local Ming army.

The reason why Li Xin will be strongly blocked by the Ming army in these two places is that these two places can be said to be the key places to defend the capital, which is the last defensive barrier in the innermost circle of the capital. Therefore, the Ming court saw that the general trend had gone, and shrank the mobilized forces and loyal generals to the periphery of the capital. Bazhou and Wuqing were the last places for the Ming army to defend.

Of course, the Ming army in the two places did not know what the Dazhong army was going to do in such a hurry to the north. They made a subjective assumption that the Dazhong soldiers on the road must have taken advantage of Jiannu to enter the bandit and wanted to attack the capital first, so the defenders of both places chose to lead the troops to intercept the people and horses of the Dazhong army on this road. .

For the Ming army in these two places, trying to prevent them from going north, Li Xin saluted first and then sent people to tell them that the purpose of their trip was to rush to the Guanfang area to prevent the Jiannu army from entering the customs. However, how could these Ming soldiers believe his words? They didn't listen to their explanation at all, so they brazenly bombarded. The soldiers and horses of the Chinese army.

Since it is useless to talk more and this group of goods are not reasonable, Li Xin, Diao Zheng and Luo Li are naturally unwilling to talk to them more, so they immediately open their posture and fight against them.

Although the Ming army in these two places has some troops stationed, its strength is far less than that of Li Xin's large and medium-sized army, not to mention the combat effectiveness. Needless to say, Diao Zheng's reputation, at the beginning, with 2,000 soldiers and horses, he was defeated and stabbed 20,000 Guanning army. It goes without saying that the soldiers and horses under his command are powerful. No.

And Luo Li now has a nickname, that is, Xiao Tianjian's first fierce dog. Although it doesn't sound good, it also fully explains Luo Li's ability. If he claims that he is the second fierce general in the Dazhong Army, no one dares to say that he is more fierce than Luo Li!

Therefore, the generals brought out by Luo Li are naturally similar to him. They all belong to the kind of people who are two poles and two men. It is more lifeless to fight than to see who to fight. Luo Li can live until now, which can also be called an a different number.

Therefore, when Luo Li and Diao Zheng started to fight, they were naturally unambiguous. When they gave these blind Ming army a combination of infantry, first the artillery bombarded, then the infantry rushed, the infantry could not move, and then the artillery bombarded. After a few assaults, these officers and soldiers who were loyal to the Ming Dynasty were like porcelain placed on the anvil. The film is average, even if it is smashed by them.

The generals of the two places are also regarded as the loyal loyal of Daming. Although they were defeated, they refused to surrender. In the end, Li Xin and others had to fulfill the name of their loyal ministers and send them back to the west!

The general was dead, and his generals naturally had no will to resist. Suddenly, they dispersed as birds and beasts and partially surrendered to the Dazhong army. Li Xin did not delay with them. He ordered a small number of officers to be responsible for leaving and reorganising these surrendered soldiers and suppressing the surrounding defeated soldiers, while their main force crossed these places for a moment and continued to court. They went to Shanhaiguan, but although the war could not be called, the Ming army in these places still delayed some of their speed. Otherwise, they should have rushed to Funingwei as soon as when Huang Taiji led the troops into the front guard in the north of Shanhaiguan.

In this way, on the afternoon of the ninth day of May, under the rule of Li Xin, Luo Li and Diao Zheng, a total of 30,000 horses from the Zhonglu Army and Luo Li finally reached the foot of Funing Acropolis south of Shanhaiguan.