Beiyang new warlord

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Wu Sangui is not stupid either, he is not as naive as Emperor Chongzhen, he still regards Mao Jue as a loyal minister and dutiful son, he has already felt Mao Jue's aggression when he is on the front line. Use it as cannon fodder! When the Chuang army was almost as good as the Ming army, he sent the army south to pick up the bargain.

Similarly, is Wu Sangui really loyal if he is said to be a loyal minister and filial son?In fact, he is not loyal! If he were really a loyal minister like Cao Bianjiao, he would have fought the Qing army to the end in the Songjin War instead of taking the lead in fleeing. Wu Sangui still represented the interests of Liaodong generals more. Among Liaodong generals, he still prefers himself.

Therefore, compared to rescuing the capital, he is still more willing to occupy the two lairs of Ningyuan Shanhaiguan. Compared with history, it is undoubtedly easier to accept Mao Jue than the Qing army, and once the capital falls , Mao Jue must be eager to enter the customs. At that time, his position will be much more important, and he can also obtain a more favorable position in the negotiation with Liao.

Even, it is not impossible to absorb the nutrients of the Dongjiang River, develop and grow in the future, turn against the water and be the master of the country, and dominate one side! In history, didn't Wu Sangui rebel in the end and called himself the emperor of the Great Zhou Dynasty.

It's a pity that no matter how good the plan is, it can't compare with cannons. Seeing that Mao Jue was going to make a serious move, Wu Sangui finally gave up. Under the destructive power of the three cannons, he was afraid! The man guarding Ningyuan The Wu family's army headed south reluctantly. The Dongjiang army unceremoniously entered through the other three city gates, took over the city defense, and took over Ningyuan's 30 households with a population of [-] million.

The competition was more addictive. Hundreds of people from the three city gates held Mao Jue's Liao Wang banner high, and rushed towards Wu Sangui's general yamen. They wanted to be the No. 1 long-distance race of the Dongjiang Army, and they were the first to plant the banner in Ningyuan. On the other side of the city, Mao Jue looked at Wu Jun who was going further and further away in the gradually darkening sky, and murmured while holding his fingers.

"Leaving today and receiving the order on the way, it should be about four days longer than that time. In addition to that, if Song Xiance works harder, the time should be enough, and the two poles in the world should be together!"

"What's better than that time? Did you know something long ago? Are you the legendary prophet! Tell me, tell me!"

Adelaine participated in the entire layout of Mao Jue. In such a grand plan, what surprised her was Mao Jue's foresight, which was pre-arranged in various inconspicuous positions more than a year or even a few years in advance. , just like the huge cannon in front of him, and a series of actions in the capital, sometimes he is like a blind sage in the west, calculating every step of this old empire, which can't help but make Adelaine even more excited curious.

Rarely, Mao Jue seemed to have slipped a little bit, so she rushed up impatiently, her big lake blue eyes fixed on Mao Jue's face, and she shook Mao Jue's collar with her small hand.

It's a pity that Mao Jue is no longer the original Wuxia Amon. The thick black student has already thick-skinned himself to be comparable to Cao Cao. How can he be fooled by a girl like her? As painful as before, Mao Jue still rolled his eyes easily.

"Ask God!"

Seeing Mao Jue's triumphant appearance, the Western beauty, whose curiosity was comparable to that of a cat, gritted her small tiger teeth in anger.

When Mao Jue was leisurely watching the excitement in Liaodong, an extremely intense spark had erupted between the two stars in the huge world chess game.

The Chuang army, or the Dashun army, was still overwhelming. The army started from Changpo in the east, and then arrived at Zhoushan. The distance between the front and back was tens of miles. History was rewritten by Mao Jue after all, and he was much stronger than Sun Chuanting. Yuan Chonghuan hurt Li Zicheng and killed him almost without success. In history, after the establishment of Dashun, the millions of Chuangjun were guarded by him on the land that had just been captured. Dashun was destroyed, but the actual strength was only 10,000+. But this time, Li Chuang, who was terrified of being beaten, had at least 50 soldiers, and wanted to completely destroy the Ming Dynasty in a single battle.

Today's Dashun Army is no longer the mob that was driven up and down the mountain by tens of thousands of officers and soldiers back then. With such a long war career and the addition of officers and troops, the Dashun Army already has a fairly capable force. , especially after capturing the three sides of Shaanxi, the Dashun Army almost took on a new look. In the supply team, more than 200 heavy and solid general guns were pushed up, and the whole army even felt like changing guns from shotguns.

But it was such an aggressive army, but in this poor mountain valley, they were hit hard and bloody.

"Attack! Let me attack! Don't retreat, and those who retreat will be cut!"

His throat seemed to be broken. Hao Yaoqi waved his big flag and yelled loudly. Unfortunately, no matter how loud his voice was, he couldn't restrain the retreating army.

From under the leaden gray city head in front of you, crackling firearms hit the sky and covered the sky, nailing the intruders running behind to the ground.

The Battle of Taiyuan was effortless at all, and the famous Yanmenguan Niangziguan was also vulnerable. The officers and soldiers here in Shunjun were completely ignored. I suffered such a big loss.

Pressing the saber, Zhou Yuji, the commander-in-chief of Ningwuguan, looked gloomyly at the retreating Shun army below with thick eyebrows and big eyes, and remained silent. He stabbed wildly, hammered the gunpowder skillfully, then raised the gun suddenly, and shot out with a bang. It had already exceeded 150 meters. A small cavalry officer of the Dashun Army who was fleeing in a panic turned over and fell off his horse inconceivably, and fell to the ground. He fell to the ground and raised the barrel of the gun again, scratching his ears and cheeks excitedly.

"It's still a good thing!"

Hearing this bastard muttering, Zhou Yuji's expression was rarely relaxed, but immediately became more tense, and he couldn't help himself, he turned his head and glanced in the northeast direction.

For more than a year, the officers and soldiers of Ningwuguan seemed to have had great luck. From time to time, a "Jin King Caravan" carelessly lost a lot of living things here, including canned food, weapons and armor, guns and gunpowder, and even There are still hundreds of horses, just like Chuangjun. For more than a year, the Ningwuguan officers and soldiers have also come to replace the shotguns. Now there are 120 flintlock guns in the pass, and more than [-] large and small artillery pieces. There must be at least one year of surplus. Among so many troops on the Nine Sides, Ningwuguan is the richest!

Zhou Yuji wasn't stupid, he seemed to be the only one in the north who could have such strong financial resources! He knew that all of this came from Mao Jue.

However, although the saying goes that taking people's hands is short, it doesn't mean that Zhou Yuji likes Mao Jue. In his opinion, Mao Jue, who claims to be the king of Liao, is a rebellious person. He is no different from the aggressive robber in front of him. The national thief!

But this is called involuntary! He knew that Mao Jue's move should have no good intentions, but he couldn't do without Zhou Yuji, and he had to follow Mao Jue's wishes to fight the million invaders in front of him.

I don't know how Mao Jue will make a move after I take this step of the flag. This feeling is like walking in the night, followed by this ghost hiding in the darkness and trying to harm me at any time. I feel apprehensive, fearful and loathing in parallel.

"Master Jun, these grandsons are about to run away! Do you want the cavalry to go up and chase them!"

Luo Guangpin's excited voice finally interrupted Zhou Yuji's thoughts, he withdrew his eyes from the northwest, looked at the battlefield again, and shook his head heavily.

"No need! All troops are ordered to guard the checkpoint and not to leave lightly!"

Even Yuan Chonghuan, in the face of Li Zicheng's million-strong army, had to defend Tongguan, intending to resist the intruders here. He knew how much Zhou Yuji had, and he knew it well.

The defeat of pioneer Hao Yaoqi made Chuang Jun more important, and the non-stop team like marching ants had to stop.

When he became the emperor, he still dressed in the same red cape and big-brimmed hat, but Li Zicheng began to pay attention to the ostentation when traveling. Behind the canopy, more than [-] court ladies in the Qin Palace fanned each other, with a large group of tent army generals dressed like lynx beasts and forest bandits in between.

However, although his style of work was a bit corrupted, his vision of fighting for so many years was not blinded. Just before entering Ningwu Pass, Li Zicheng frowned with only his one eye left.

As expected of a dangerous pass in the world, Ningwuguan is located on Huagai Mountain in the remaining range of Hengshan Mountain, with Huihe River on the left, high on the hillside, and the only way to attack the city from here is to attack upwards.

Moreover, the nearby mountains are rugged, which can be regarded as an open valley. This is not a big deal for the Mongolian cavalry who come and go like the wind but only a few people, but it is a big deal for the huge number of troops. There was a bottleneck, and in one battle, Li Zicheng was able to invest in an army almost as good as Hao Yaoqi's vanguard, fighting a war of attrition with refueling tactics.

But even though he was frowning, Li Zicheng didn't pay much attention to Ningwuguan. After all, the more dangerous Yanmenguan Niangziguan was gnawed down by the Dashun army. After looking around, Li Zicheng waved forward arrogantly. .

That attitude was like a dog with a bone in its mouth. The eunuch Li Chengqing, who was captured in Taiyuan City, nodded and bowed. Grinning like a person, he bared his teeth and yelled at Guan Cheng with a hideous expression.

"Is Zongbing Zhou here? Our family is Li Chengqing, the supervisor of Taiyuan!"

But no one cares about him!

He has always been used to being arrogant, and the generals from all over the Nine Frontiers would not enshrine him as an ancestor. Now it is time to make meritorious service in front of the new master, but this week Yuji is not knowing what to do, and this eunuch Li shouted out of frustration.

"Listen up, Zhou! Emperor Dashun came here in person to punish those traitors in the court and restore peace to the world. It is not against His Majesty! This is following the way of heaven. Break through the closed gate, not only will your family’s lives be lost, but also all dogs and chickens will not be left behind in this area, and you will be killed if you don’t want to die.”

Boom~

After a gunshot, the goosebump-stimulating shrill voice stopped abruptly. It was different from coming out of the eyes. In front of the large-caliber front-loading gun, the head of the dead eunuch popped open like a rotten watermelon, leaving only The next tongue was exposed, clattering disgustingly.

This dead eunuch forgot that all the generals on the nine sides were afraid of him, all because they were afraid of the imperial power behind him, now that everyone else has surrendered, are they still afraid of him?Luo Guanggan happily put down the smoking firecracker with a stern face, while Zhou Yuji roared loudly.

"Listen to the thieves below! You can think of me at Ningwuguan! Just keep your head as road money, just like them!"

Amidst the crackling sound, the more than a hundred heads that had been cut off from the city while the army was retreating just now were dumped out by the Ningwu defenders in a mess like watermelons.

The messenger was killed and humiliated in such a way that Li Zicheng's eyes turned red in an instant, and his cups were full. He roared and swung his arms forward, while turning his head and roaring at the generals who broke into the army behind him.

"Preach the imperial decree to kill the dog's head of this son of a bitch!"

"As ordered!"

Once again, the flames of war burned violently. First, dozens of cannons roared and spewed tongues of fire towards the head of the city. The heavy shells hit the closed door with sparks flying everywhere. Like a rock-climbing ant, it rushed up to the top of the city.

But in other Guanchengs, the officers and soldiers who were scared to pee when they saw the momentum of the charge didn't seem like they were born by a mother. At the beginning, Zhou Yuji had already pulled out his saber fiercely. Once again, crackling gunshots fell like rain, and Chuang Jun, who was carrying the ladder ahead, was shocked in the chest, and a huge The bloody hole burst out, and immediately fell directly to the ground.

The Chuangjun at the back snatched his position and picked up the ladder again. However, before taking two steps again, he was also shot and fell to the ground vomiting blood.

Under such astonishing damage, just like Hao Yaoqi's siege team just now, thousands of intruders rolled down the sloping hillside, and the dark red blood smeared one side of the hillside red, and the rest were panicked Scattered and fled like a lost dog.

Since the Battle of Lushan last year, he has never encountered such a tough nut to crack. Looking at the scene in front of him, Li Zicheng's eyes were bloodshot with anger, and he couldn't help roaring.

"Fire! After breaking through this broken gate, I will massacre the city!!!"

Chapter 556