Chapter 9 (8) Li Zicheng retreated

It was blocked at Ningwu Pass. At the beginning, Li Zicheng didn't take it too seriously, he had a million troops on his side, even if one person took a bite, he would have smashed the small Ningwu Pass, so why are you afraid of Zhou Yuji? Don't worry, Li Zicheng has experience in fighting. He organizes troops to attack in turn every day, and deliberately consumes Zhou Yuji's ammunition, bows and arrows. Sure enough, after more than ten days of fighting, the guards on the tower saw no more shells except for waving flags and shouting.Now Li Zicheng came to his senses and ordered the train battalion to fill the barrel of the cannon for me, aim it at the tower and give me a hard bombardment.

In an instant, a black iron ball shot out from the muzzle, carrying raging flames, and flew towards the city plate, and saw thick smoke billowing from the city tower, bricks and arrows flying horizontally, the horrible scene was like the end of the world. After the artillery fire rang out, the infantry launched a charge, charge, charge... There was a louder voice from the tower: Hit, pour, pour you bastard... The dark defenders appeared on the top of the city, pouring Buckets of boiling water were poured down, causing the refugee army to cry for their father and mother, unable to escape. Strange thing, how come these people on the tower were not killed by artillery fire?

Li Zicheng was puzzled, and ordered: Another round of artillery attack. The artillery fire rang out again, and the continuous gunpowder smoke filled the city tower, enveloping all the defenders in black smoke. After the artillery fire, they organized an attack again, but never thought that the defenders on the tower would appear again, and they were more energetic than last time. This is strange, why can't these defenders be killed? Li Zicheng fell into confusion, but Zhou Yuji hid on the tower and laughed. It turned out that seeing that the ammunition in the pass was exhausted, the firepower of the refugee army was getting stronger and stronger, and the collapse of each pass was becoming more and more serious. Zhou Yuji rolled his eyes and thought of a good idea. Create a deep trench. Whenever Li Zicheng organizes an artillery attack, the defenders will swarm into the trench. When the artillery fire subsides, it is the turn of the infantry to attack. Get out, throw stones and pour boiling water, in short, I want to find a way to keep you happy.

Rao Li Zicheng is a hero, but he never thought that when he fired the cannon, the opponent would run to hide under the tower, so he couldn't help but feel scared when he saw the guards at the top of the city saying that they couldn't be killed. Or, why don't we go back to Xi'an first? At night, Li Zicheng was thinking about this matter in his tent, when he suddenly heard two thumping noises outside the door, he was about to ask what it was, but suddenly his eardrums shook, and the earth-shattering shouts of killing echoed in his eardrums. There was a ringing in his ears, and then, he heard a loud noise from the tent, his tent was knocked open, a group of bloody, murderous big men with fierce knives in their hands, slashed towards him.

Where did this guy come from? I understand, it turned out that Zhou Yuji not only defended Ningwu Pass, but also sent a small group of guerrillas to constantly harass or flank the Dashun Army. In an instant, Li Zicheng had figured out the problem, yelled ah, turned around and left without hesitation. He escaped far away in one breath, and looked back, only to see that the camp was completely silent, only a few fires bursting into the sky, and the disturbing sound was gradually subsiding with the fading of the fire. It turned out that the small group of guerrillas accidentally rushed into Li Zicheng's camp by mistake. They must have taken the opportunity to grab their tongues and go back to ask for credit.

Li Zicheng came back annoyed and ordered to beat the drums to hold an emergency military meeting overnight. Juren Niu Jinxing, scholar Li Yan, blacksmith Liu Zongmin, quack warlock Song Xiance and others rushed over, and saw Li Zicheng's expression was stern, and he said in a deep voice: "I am ordered by the Emperor of Heaven to attack Wudao. A few days ago, I have never seen such a strong general as Zhou Yuji, a small Ningwu Pass, he fought for more than half a month, lost troops, failed to see an inch of success, and from Ningwu Pass to the capital, he had to go through three more passes. , if every level is so difficult, how can I feel at ease.So, I think that for the current plan, it is better to implement a strategic shift, return to Taiyuan, and then make further calculations, dear friends, what do you think?

The lovers looked at each other, it turned out that Li Zicheng was scared by Zhou Yuji and wanted to turn around and run away. But at this time, should he escape?