Tongguan City Wall.
Li Banghua stared at Xu Da with fiery eyes and said excitedly:
"Wei Guogong, why don't you stay in Chongzhen Dynasty!"
"As long as you are here alone, the Manqing will be vulnerable to a single blow."
Having said this, Li Banghua approached Xu Da and whispered:
"Wei Guogong, you may not know, Emperor Taizu..."
Before Li Banghua could finish speaking, Xu Da shook his head and said:
"Master Li, there are some things you don't need to say."
Li Banghua was stunned for a moment and said in surprise:
"Wei Guogong, do you know?"
Xu Da quietly looked at the surrendered soldiers under the city wall and said lightly:
"I don't know the future and I'm not interested in it."
"Your Majesty's great talents and strategies are the foundation of the Ming Dynasty. If I die unexpectedly in the future, it will be my own fault."
When Li Banghua heard this, he couldn't help but be in awe.
To be fair, if it were him, he would definitely be very curious about his future if he passed away to the next life one day.
However, Wei Guogong Xu Da was able to see the future with such open-mindedness. He was truly worthy of being the King of Zhongshan!
…
At this moment, Chen Yongfu followed the guards, walked up to the city wall, and relayed Sun Chuanting's instructions to Xu Da.
Xu Da looked at Chen Yongfu and said:
"Go back and tell you, General Sun, that if the bandit army is defeated and sees me sending troops, he can lead the army to follow closely."
"As for the surrender of troops, the general will make his own decision."
"By the way, I think you should know the intruder's men and find these generals who are surrendering."
Xu Da has been standing on the city wall, naturally paying attention to the movements of the camp outside the city, since Sun Chuanting is very useful.
He didn't mind sharing some of his military exploits with Sun Chuanting and taking him with him to train him.
Upon hearing this, Chen Yongfu followed the guards and came to the foot of the city wall.
Of the tens of thousands of cavalrymen previously, only five or six thousand survived. Therefore, Chen Yongfu easily found Yuan Zongdi and Liu Zongmin.
These two people are both capable men of the intruder Li Zicheng, so he is naturally no stranger to them.
…
Liu Zongmin was worriedly led by the Ming soldiers on the city wall. When he passed by the Ming soldiers along the way, his heart suddenly lifted when he saw the morale of the Ming soldiers.
Yuan Zongdi, on the other hand, had a cold face. After seeing Xu Da, he did not salute and just stood there.
Xu Da waved his hand, and the guards on the side rushed forward and tied up Yuan Zong and the other two people.
In panic, Liu Zongmin mistakenly thought that Xu Da wanted to trap them and kill them, so he begged for mercy:
"Uuuuuuuuuuuuu"
Xu Da turned around and shouted:
"Liu Zongmin, Yuan Zongdi, you two are willing to return to the Ming Dynasty sincerely, and I will make this promise."
"All the things we did before were all done by the intruders who coerced you. Your Majesty will definitely pardon you."
Facing Yuan Zongdi's angry gaze, Xu Da waited for a few seconds and then said:
"Okay, Yuan Zongdi, I promise you that as long as those surrendering troops do not cause chaos, after this battle, each of them can go home with five stones of food."
Then, listening to the cheers of the surrendering soldiers under the city wall, Xu Da waved his hand.
The guards took the two men down with faces full of grief and anger and locked them up.
Later, Xu Da did not break his promise and sent hundreds of people to escort five to six thousand surrendered troops into Tongguan City. After each of them was given five shi of food, they were imprisoned together.
As for the thousands of defeated troops, they were sent to the camp outside the city by Xu Da.
…
Late at night, both in Tongguan City and in the camp, there was laughter and laughter.
Suddenly, the ground shook faintly.
"Tap tap tap"
I saw dense masses, like a vast sea of fire coming from a distance.
If you look closely, you will see that it is not a sea of fire at all, but an army holding torches, with no end in sight.
On the city wall.
Looking at the menacing army of thieves, Li Banghua couldn't help but wipe the cold sweat from his forehead and said:
"Wei Guogong, are the millions of thieves here?"
"Is what Yuan Zongdi said true? Do the intruders really have millions of well-trained troops?"
Looking at the overwhelming momentum of the million-strong army, Xu Da sighed:
"When Chen Youliang led an army of 600,000 to besiege Hongdu, Wen Zheng only led 20,000 people and held on for eighty-five days."
"If his temper could be calmer, maybe..."
…
the other side.
Chuang Wang Li Zicheng looked at the heavily guarded Tongguan and the camp outside the city, and took a deep breath.
Holding back the excitement in his heart, he turned around and asked:
"Mr. Song, do you think I, the king, should go all out and capture Tongguan directly?"
Song Xiance shook his head and said seriously:
"King Chuang, the army did not encounter the tens of thousands of cavalry led by Yuan Zongdi along the way. Don't you think there is a problem?"
"Why don't we test it out first? If the situation changes, we can directly attack the city with artillery!"
Suddenly, a soldier ran over quickly and reported quickly:
"King Chuang, there are traces of artillery ahead. General Yuan and the others are afraid of something unexpected."
Hearing this, Li Zicheng looked around and laughed:
"Now I have 600,000 cavalry and 400,000 elite infantry. It's just Tongguan. How can I stop my army of millions?"
Seeing this, Song Xiance secretly thought something was wrong and quickly advised:
"King Chuang, don't underestimate your enemy!"
When Li Zicheng heard this, his smile faded slightly, and he ordered the army to stop and sent Tian Jianxiu to recruit them.
…
Tian Jianxiu rode a tall horse and came to Tongguan City without even looking at the camp, shouting:
"Sun Chuanting, King Chuang orders you to surrender immediately."
"Defend the city for one day and kill three out of ten."
"Defend the city for two days and kill seven out of ten."
"Defend the city for three days and massacre it!"
After the words fell, Tongguan City fell silent, without any sound.
These 50,000 troops are all the elites of the Ming Dynasty. How can they be bewitched by a mere rebel?
Duke Xu Da of Wei bent his bow and arrow, aiming at Tian Jianxiu.
"call out"
Tian Jianxiu felt his eyes blurred as an arrow flew past his ear. He subconsciously reached out and touched his ear.
When his hands were covered with blood, Tian Jianxiu became furious. He immediately turned his horse's head and came to Li Zicheng, saying angrily:
"King Chuang, Sun Chuanting's son refuses to surrender and dares to provoke us like this."
Upon seeing this, Li Zicheng recalled the past in the eleventh year of Chongzhen's reign, when he was defeated at the hands of Sun Chuanting and fled in a hurry with only eighteen cavalry.
At this moment, the new and old hatreds added up, and Li Zicheng lost his last patience and asked:
"Mr. Song, do you think the king should break the camp first? Or, break Tongguan first?"
Song Xiance glanced at the Tongguan City Wall from a distance and said slowly:
"King Chuang, Yuan Zongdi and tens of thousands of cavalry cannot disappear for no reason. Even if they are defeated, there should be survivors."
"Just in case, we will use artillery to attack Tongguan first. By then, the entire camp can be destroyed with just a wave of hands."
Li Zicheng thought carefully and felt that it made sense, so he ordered people to bring all the artillery.
Soon, hundreds of artillery pieces captured from the Ming army were pushed to the front of the formation.
"Boom boom boom"
For a moment, the deafening sound of artillery resounded through the sky.
