"This?" Zhang Shijiong was stunned.
Zhu Yixi shook her head, with a gloomy look on her face: "Tongguan Pass is broken——"
"What? Doesn't that mean that the intruder has already entered the border?" Zhang Shijiong was shocked.
Zhu Yixi said calmly: "Let everyone speed up, now is not the time to dawdle."
He looked into the distance, mounted his horse, and said no more.
Before leaving, in order to monitor Tongguan, simple beacon towers were built every fifty miles, and a cavalry team was left behind.
In this way, once Tongguan is broken, he will know it in less than half an hour and prepare in advance.
Wiping the corners of her eyes, Zhu Yixi rode her horse and walked with the team.
When the news came that Tongguan was broken, the whole team sped up a lot in an instant, but under the constraints of the army, they finally marched in an orderly manner.
It was so fast that even the infantry couldn't keep up.
Zhu Yixi still made arrangements.
"General Chen, take the two thousand people at the front and control the entire team."
Zhu Yixi pointed to the side.
The two thousand elite soldiers turned pale and their legs and feet trembled when they heard the intruder's name.
At present, it is still of no use.
"As ordered." Chen Yongfu also had a very upright attitude and did not complain. He simply agreed.
Zhu Yixi nodded, and then led the musketeers and spearmen to press the formation behind.
"Guerrilla, why not destroy officialdom?"
Zhao Shu, who was supervising the operation of the baggage, ran over. He also saw the beacon smoke, his eyes were red, and he raised his hands and said something.
Zhu Yixi understood instantly and said with a smile: "This is really a good idea, it can delay it for a while."
"Brothers, let's get to work."
With a wave of his hand, thousands of soldiers began their journey of destruction.
Seeing this, Zhao Shu shook his head and sighed: "In the thirteenth year of Chongzhen, there was a famine in Shaanxi. The supervisor used work to revive the famine and repaired the official road from Xi'an to Hanzhong. Even the plank road was brand new."
"That's why grain can be transported from Hanzhong and Shaanxi can be stabilized."
"well!"
Hearing this, Zhu Yixi also felt heavy: "I never thought that I would still enjoy its favor until now."
…
On the other side, in Xi'an City, after Zhu Yixi left, there was a sudden surge of people, all guarding the city gate, waiting for the arrival of King Dashun.
Led by Lu Zhiqi, the chief official, who had served as a doctor in the Ministry of Civil Affairs, Song Qijiao, as well as the guard Wang Genzi, veteran generals Zuo Guangxian, Gao Ruli, Liang Fu, etc., were also looking forward to it.
On the eighth day of October, the third day after Zhu Yixi left Xi'an City, a group of dusty cavalry broke into Xi'an City flying the Dashun flag.
"We will respectfully welcome King Shun's army——"
The group of people were overjoyed and hurriedly bent down to greet him.
"Huh? You guys know each other well!"
Gao Yigong sneered, reined in his horse, looked down from a high position and said:
"Why, there are only so few people in the city? Where is Sun Chuanting's Qin army?"
After just glancing around like this, everyone shuddered all over. The ferocity and murderous intent in it were hard to resist.
"General, there are no Qin troops in the city."
The chief envoy Lu Zhiqi gave a wry smile, stepped forward, and said humbly: "In the past few days, I haven't seen any troops. Only the remnant soldiers went east with a few people."
"To the west?" Gao Yigong turned his head and said sternly: "They want to go to Hanzhong?"
"It should be!" Lu Zhiqi said hurriedly: "Even King Qin is in it."
"Prince Qin?" Gao Yigong suddenly became excited: "How can we let this fat pig escape?"
The rest of the cavalry also became excited one by one.
King Xiang's wealth was noticed by everyone. As the first tribe in the Ming Dynasty, Qin Fan must be rich enough to rival the country.
"My sons, let's go catch the fat pig."
Gao Yigong waved his riding crop and was extremely excited.
In just a moment, more than a thousand cavalrymen skipped Xi'an City and ran towards the distance.
"With one man and three horses, it's no wonder that Chuangjun can win."
Zuo Guangxian looked at the cavalry going away and said thoughtfully.
"Father, do you think this kid Zhu Yixi can run away?" Zuo Meng asked hurriedly.
"Although there are only Qianqi, they are elites. It doesn't matter whether he runs away or not. This is what the chief envoy said. It is none of our time."
Zuo Guang first sneered, and then said: "But now that the situation has come to an end, King Chuang has a great chance of taking over the world. Let's flatter him first."
Zuo Xing nodded.
However, Gao Yigong and his cavalry were thinking about avenging Li Guo, and at the same time they were thinking about seizing the fat pig King Qin and squeezing out the oil and water.
One person and three horses, extremely fast.
Along the way, Xianyang, Xingping, Wugong, Xi County, and finally caught up with this huge team in Baoji County.
It took three days and three nights to catch up.
However, because of the scouts, Zhu Yixi had already known about the arrival of this cavalry.
Therefore, he asked the carriages to be pulled into two rows in advance to form a wall to protect the materials, clan, etc. in the middle.
Musketeers, spears, and grenadiers are located in the rear, waiting to do their work.
"Xu——" Seeing that he finally caught up, Gao Yigong breathed a sigh of relief: "You really know how to run."
"General, there are so many people, so we can't make a fortune!" The deputy general on the side had his eyes shining brightly.
"You're actually waiting for us? Why are there so many carriages?"
Gao Yigong frowned and carefully observed the turtle-shell-like team, feeling something bad in his heart.
I'm afraid it will be difficult for him to chew this cavalry.
That's too sloppy, I should have brought more people with me.
"Come on, let's test it out first——"
As he spoke, he waved his hand.
According to his experience, the ordinary Ming army, no matter how thick the formation was, would immediately panic and lose their way once they encountered a cavalry attack, causing the formation to be completely destroyed.
Zhu Yixi also looked solemn. It was the first time he encountered the invading army in a field battle, and he was also a cavalryman. It was really thrilling.
"The cavalry is coming!"
Chen Yongfu said with a serious face.
"Spear raised!"
"Musket ready!"
"Artillery ready!"
Zhu Yixi hurriedly ordered, a little more hastily than before.
When Chen Yongfu saw this, he couldn't help but comfort him: "Guerrilla, don't be nervous. Our military formation is so thick, it will be fine."
"I'm not nervous." Zhu Yixi waved her hands quickly and looked forward.
I saw the cavalry forming an arrow shape, rushing forward quickly, and getting closer to the spearman in front to a hundred paces.
At this time, facing the cavalry charge that was shaking on the ground, the spears and human shields were a little unstable, and some even started to panic.
Zhu Yixi's face tightened. The recruit was indeed unreliable.
When Gao Yigong saw this, he smiled: "It's just as I expected."
"A hundred paces? Turn—"
Seeing that the distance was getting closer, Zhu Yixi couldn't wait to speak: "Set off the cannon——"
"Rumble--"
Hundreds of French cannons and squatting tiger cannons fired forward impatiently, raising a lot of smoke.
But the cavalry ran to both sides midway and left the bombing range.
Only a few unlucky ones died.
"Now!" After the bombardment, Gao Yigong sneered and asked the cavalry to charge again.
"Not good!" His vision was blocked and he heard the ground shaking again. Chen Yongfu hurriedly reminded:
"The guerrilla was just a bait just now, just to lure the artillery. He wanted to take advantage of the gap to attack."
"I understand!" With cold sweat on his palms, Zhu Yixi nodded forcefully and said: "The spearmen retreat, the musketeers move forward!"
Immediately, the spearmen retreated impatiently, and the musketeers formed a conditioned reflex to move forward.
"Launch—" Zhu Yixi yelled.
"Crackling——"
Immediately, the flintlock fired a large number of iron pellets.
