Emperor Ming Dynasty

Chapter 61 Strong
"With these 6000 people, I finally have some power to protect myself."

Zhu Yixi was quite excited.

"Inspection, General Li sent someone to say something big."

At this time, a messenger reported.

Could it be that something happened to Governor Sun?
Zhu Yixi was startled, and hurriedly got up and left.

After entering Tongguan, Li Jizu said anxiously:
"Brother Zhu, you came just in time. News came from outside the pass that Luoyang was once again occupied by intruders."

"Luoyang?" Zhu Yixi was shocked. As the big city in Henan Province, the importance of Luoyang can be seen. Therefore, when Sun Chuanting left the customs, he firstly wanted to control Luoyang.

However, now that Luoyang, as the rear, is actually occupied by intruders, doesn't that mean that the Qin army's rear is cut off?

"The intruder cut the army's back?"

Li Jizu said in a deep voice, with some suspicion in his tone.

"It should be!" Zhu Yixi nodded helplessly: "I'm afraid that in the near future, Yan Township will also be occupied, approaching Tongguan."

"Then what should we do?" Li Jizu panicked.

He couldn't help but panic, Zhu Yixi panicked herself.

He had anticipated this moment and had been preparing for it, but when it really came, he felt extremely uncomfortable and flustered.

The [-] Qin army is gone, and without accident, Shaanxi will also be gone. Next, it is time to escape.

Alas, the world is unpredictable!
"Send someone to guard the township first. Once the bandits come, they will immediately report back. If they are our people, they will respond to them."

Zhu Yixi said in a deep voice.

"Okay!" Li Jizu regained his composure and nodded.

Zhu Yixi's mind was spinning all over, obscure.

Relatively speaking, Tongguan has six artillery pieces, plus a garrison of about [-] people, even Li Zicheng may not be able to take it within a few months.

However, if it is the returned Qin army, it will be quite a threat to him.

Not to mention anything else, the two thousand muskets and four thousand infantry were the biggest temptation.

After all, in troubled times, as long as you have a certain amount of troops, no matter where you surrender, you will be respected.

"Brother Li, Tongguan is very important. If something goes wrong, Shaanxi will be destroyed. No one should be let in except Dushi Sun."

Zhu Yixi said in a deep voice, and then, he wanted to fake his deeds again, and added: "Even if you see the supervisor's banner (handsome flag), don't let it in."

"By the way, we must meet the real person, and even let him speak and listen to the sound."

"Ah?" Li Jizu was startled: "No way, brother Zhu, you are too careful!"

"You can't be too careful!" Zhu Yixi shook his head, and said seriously: "The matter has come to this, and the whereabouts of Governor Sun is unknown. Preserving Tongguan is our last choice."

After waiting for several days, finally, thousands of soldiers escaped from Ruzhou, all of them panicked, starved and skinny, and almost lost their strength.

After Zhu Yixi fed them, he asked, "Where is the supervisor?"

"I don't know!" A general took a breath and said, "Ruzhou ran out of food, and everyone became chaotic, and then they were broken into by intruders, and the mountains and plains were full of people. I waited until I finally ran back."

"Ruzhou?" Zhu Yixi was startled, and asked, "That's where the rear army is supposed to be. Most of the supplies are here. Then, where did the supervisor go?"

"Should have gone to Xiangcheng, Baozhou, I really don't know—"

"It all looks!"

Zhu Yixi waved his hand, lost in thought.

"Brother Zhu, why is this?" Li Jizu asked.

"It's just a group of deserters." Zhu Yixi sighed: "I'm afraid Ruzhou was in chaos, and they ran back before the intruders came. They didn't meet the intruders at all. The journey was peaceful, so they came back first. .”

"Next, I'm afraid there will be countless defeated soldiers."

Sure enough, his words came true.

Starting from September 4000th, about [-] people from Mosan came back one after another, and they were all elites from the three sides, and they were the rear army led by Wang Ding, Guan Fumin, and the two chief soldiers.

"They're all elites!" Zhu Yixi looked at the so-called elites from the three sides, but felt a little helpless, shook his head and said, "It's a pity that I've already lost my will, and I'm afraid of entering the army in my heart, and I'm timid before fighting."

In other words, unless there are major changes, these elites will not be able to face the Chuangjun.

However, although he couldn't fight against the Chuang army, he was full of enthusiasm to deal with other armies, such as Zhang Xianzhong's Great Western Army.

"Big head, you should control this group of people well, gather them together, it will be of great use in the future."

Zhu Yixi turned her head and gave instructions to Zhu Meng.

"Yes, Sect Master."

Zhu Meng hurriedly nodded and recruited the army. He is too familiar with it. From the epidemic prevention army to the mining army, his experience has greatly increased.

After waiting for a few more days, there were very few defeated troops who fled back from Ruzhou, but it brought bad news: Wang Ding, the general soldier of Yansui Town, and Fumin, the chief soldier of Ningxia, had already died in battle.

Nearly half of the three elites it carried were gone.

Li Jizu was terrified and stood on Tongguan all day long, waiting for the arrival of Sun Dushi.

Zhu Yixi naturally understands his thoughts, as long as Sun Chuanting is still there, how can he practice the Qin army again?
And once Sun Chuanting is gone, Shaanxi will naturally be gone.

I waited for a few more days.

At noon, immediately, the spies from Yanxiang County came to report that it was a cavalry attack, which should be cavalry by visual inspection.

"Cavalry?" Zhu Yixi said in a deep voice: "It seems that it should be Gao Jie's troops, and only their cavalry can be so fast."

Sure enough, on Tongguan Pass, Zhu Yixi and others saw the Qin Army cavalry in a state of distress in a cloud of dust, being bitten tightly by a similar number of Chuangjun with mixed colors.

"Quickly, open the city gate—" Li Jizu hurriedly said.

"Not urgent!"

Zhu Yixi hurriedly stopped, squinting his eyes and looking into the distance: "Once the city gate is wide open, our cavalry can come in, and the opponent's cavalry can also come in, so we must be cautious."

"Then, you can't just leave him alone?" Li Jizu said helplessly.

Zhu Yixi sighed. Brother Li really deserves to be a traditional general of the Ming Dynasty. He has everything except his brain.

"In range?"

He turned his head and asked about artillery.

"The red-clothed cannon was about four miles away during the test firing, and the damage was only within two miles, preferably around one mile. Now the enemy army is about to enter the range of two miles."

The artillery trained by Wang Yan has a rich reserve of knowledge.

"Then launch it!" Zhu Yixi said in a deep voice, "Disrupt the intruders' attack and let General Gao get rid of them."

"The city gate?" Li Jizu asked.

"No." Zhu Yixi shook his head and said, "The cavalry is better than nothing for Tongguan. Let them go to Mengjin to cross the river, and go to Shanxi."

Li Jizu could only nod his head.

Gao Jie took the lead, surrounded by personal guards, turned his head to look at the thief cavalry who were chasing after him, gritted his teeth and said, "Damn it, I lost a lot of money this time."

"Why, isn't Tongguan open yet?"

Gao Jie looked coldly at the checkpoint not far away, and said sharply: "Wait for me to go in, and see how I can deal with you."

boom -

Suddenly, there was a huge roar in the distance, and six huge iron balls broke through the air, turned red, passed the cavalry directly, and headed towards the thief cavalry not far away.

The iron ball collided with a cavalry head-on, and the horsemen and horses were torn apart. With the smell of cooked meat, they charged again, and the cavalry were unable to defend themselves, and they were killed.

Immediately, he jumped a few more times, and took away many cavalry who could not avoid it.

The six iron balls could not kill more than a hundred people, but they stopped the thief in an instant, and even retreated in a panic.

(End of this chapter)