"Huh, luckily there are two regents. Otherwise, he would have thought he was really the emperor."
Dorgon's order reached the Shaanxi front line, making Azig very angry.
He never felt that he was any worse than Dorgon. Both white flags should have been his.
As a result, Dorgon now became the regent, sitting in the capital and wielding all the power. When given an order, no one dares to disobey.
But he became an errand boy, being bossed around.
"Your Majesty, the sky is vast and the Qing Dynasty is the largest. The regent also considers the overall situation, which is really admirable."
Suna didn't want to be caught between the Dorgon brothers and suffer, so he had to carefully advise Azig to understand the situation.
Azig scanned the generals with his eyes and found that everyone agreed with Suna's words, so he knew that his little thoughts were useless.
If he really dares to disobey orders, there is no way these generals will ignore him.
By that time, Dorgon would be able to bear any accusation he made at random.
And Suna was right. The Manchus finally seized the opportunity to enter the Central Plains, and it was everyone's wish to firmly hold this country in their hands.
Also included is Azig.
Putting aside his selfishness, Azig began to make operational arrangements.
"Jiang Quan and Tang Tong, you two will lead the troops to besiege Yulin. If you can capture Li Guo, it will be a great achievement for you."
Although he was responsible for fighting on the northern front, Azig did not limit his sights to northern Shaanxi.
After more than three months of fighting, Li Guo had been defeated steadily by him, and now only a small amount of territory was still trapped.
In Azig's eyes, Li Guo was no longer an opponent.
He decided to lead the main force southward and attack Li Ziben's headquarters together with Duduo.
As for Li Guo, he was handed over to Jiang Yu, Tang Tong and other surrendered generals.
This arrangement made both Jiang Yu and Tang Tong very happy.
They knew that if they followed Azig southward, they would be used as cannon fodder and face Li Zicheng's main force.
With their fighting power, they are definitely no match for Li Zicheng. It will inevitably be consumed miserably, and then the Eight Banners of the Manchu and Qing Dynasties will pick the peaches.
Instead, it was more to their liking to stay in northern Shaanxi and besiege Li Guo, who was extremely weak.
"After receiving the order, the general will definitely come to see Li Guo's head."
Azige was noncommittal, but asked out of a veteran's sense of smell: "Where is Liang Yue, the Liang King of Dashun, now?"
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Jiang Gan quickly reported.
"Your Majesty, please rest assured. The news we have received is that Liang Yue has fallen out with Li Zicheng. Now he is hiding in Gansu, doing his own thing, with no intention of helping."
Azig opened his mouth and came.
"The Han people will fight among themselves, and in the end, our Qing Dynasty will be saved. This country deserves to be owned by our Qing Dynasty."
As soon as the map cannon was fired, all the Han generals present had abnormal expressions.
That day, Azig divided his troops into two groups and led the main force straight to Yan'an to outflank Li Zicheng's retreat.
In Tongguan, facing Duduo alone, Li Zicheng did not get any benefits.
On December 29, the Battle of Tongguan began.
Liu Zongmin, who had been defeated previously, was eager to restore his reputation and demonstrate his status as the number one general in the Shun Army, so he took the lead in attacking.
As a result, after a day of fighting, he did not make any progress and was driven back by the Qing army.
On the fourth day of the first lunar month, Liu Fangliang also joined the battle.
He and Luckard fought on the banks of the Yellow River for three days and three nights, but still failed to break through the Qing army's forward positions.
The failure of two consecutive attacks cast a shadow over Shunjun.
The crisis in Tongguan could not be resolved, causing everyone in the Shun army to panic.
In view of this, Li Zicheng decided to participate in the war personally.
He also understood that this would be Dashun's last chance.
If we still can't win, then the loss of Tongguan is only a matter of time.
When Li Zicheng's flag appeared, Duduo knew that this would be the most fierce and last attack of the Shun army.
He gave orders to all the ministries to be on tight guard and absolutely not to attack, in order to drain the vigor of the shun army.
The battles on the fifth and sixth day of the lunar month were extremely fierce.
The Shun army successively invested more than 100,000 troops to launch violent attacks on various camps of the Qing army. At the same time, Li Zicheng also concentrated all the artillery in his hands, hoping to achieve miraculous results.
However, the Qing army had fought with the Xia army before, and would only fall into a disadvantage in front of the Xia army's artillery.
Facing the solid artillery shells of the Shun army, the Qing army's defensive effect was extraordinary.
In the end, the Shun army fired all the artillery shells, but still could not completely destroy the Qing army's defenses, and naturally they could not attack them.
On the ninth day of the lunar month, Duduo finally got what he wanted.
Fifteen red-coated cannons lined up in a row and began to bombard Tongguan wildly.
Under the brutal bombardment, the Shun army suffered heavy losses and could only fight back with all their strength.
Liu Zongmin led the cavalry to rush over and destroy the Qing army's artillery, but was beaten back by the Qing army's infantry phalanx.
Liu Fangliang's flanking maneuver was unsuccessful, and he himself was even injured.
"Your Majesty, Zuo Menggeng is so disgusting that he even sold these powerful firearms to the Qing army."
There was no need for Liu Fangliang to report it, Li Zicheng's eyes had already seen it.
The musket in the hands of Wu Zhenchaoha of the Qing army was exactly the same as that used by the Shun army. Naturally, there is only one source, and that is Shandong.
However, with the same weapons, the Qing army's combat effectiveness and organizational power far exceeded that of the Shun army, and their use of muskets and artillery was also more superb.
This made it extremely difficult for Li Zicheng to defend Tongguan even with the help of natural dangers.
Yulin.
Li Guo stood at the top of the city, covered in blood, desperately commanding the soldiers to resist the Qing army's attack.
But the endless enemy troops outside the city made him very helpless.
"If these traitors fall into my hands, I will definitely kill them with a thousand swords."
However, his scolding was just scolding, and it was nothing to Jiang Yu and Tang Tong.
Seeing their subordinates ascending to the top of the city several times and being beaten down again, the two of them were not anxious at all.
As veteran generals on the battlefield, they certainly knew that since they could reach the top of the city, the city's destruction would not be far away.
Instead, the two were discussing not to let Li Guo escape.
This is a great achievement, enough for the two of them to gain promotion to the new imperial court.
All the sweet dreams came to nothing the next morning.
After breakfast, Jiang Yu and Tang Tong had deployed all their troops and started a new attack.
As a result, the dust and smoke from the north covered the sky, sweeping over like a black dragon.
Before the black dragon, there were only a few sporadic black spots. It looks like a small boat in the strong wind and waves, which can be capsized at any time.
When these black spots rushed closer, the two men suddenly discovered that they were actually Qing troops.
And they even knew one of them.
It was Wan Bu, the general of Zhengbai Banner.
He ran to the army and had already lost his strength. He was carried to Jiang Yu and Tang Tong.
"Quick! Get out! Liang Yue is coming!"
