In order to defend the territory of Xiangyang and other four prefectures, Li Zicheng went north and sent General Bai Wang to lead an army of 70,000 to guard it and marched through Jianghan.

Although Bai Wang was a rogue, he was a good fighter. Zuo Liangyu's army of hundreds of thousands "went into battle with Bai Wang, the commander-in-chief, and was invincible."

In the original time and space history, in 1645, Li Zicheng was attacked by the Qing army at the old camp at Fuchikou near Huangshi, Hubei Province, and Liu Zongmin was captured and died.

Li Zicheng fled and was finally surrounded by the Qing army. At the critical moment of life and death, Bai Wang led his troops to kill and rescued Li Zicheng.

It is a pity that Li Zicheng at this time has become a frightened bird, and his old habits of being narrow-minded and suspicious have returned.

Because Bai Wang was not his direct Shaanxi general, he suddenly remembered that after the failure of Huang Chao's uprising, he was killed by his nephew while hiding in his nephew's house to repay his merits. He was afraid that Bai Wang would kill him and then surrender to the Qing army.

So he insisted on leaving Bai Wang's large army and rushed to Tongshan County, Hubei Province with only a few soldiers. As a result, he was killed by local landlords in Jiugong Mountain, Tongshan.

After Li Zicheng's death, the Dashun army was leaderless and in chaos. Facing the Qing troops, they had no power to resist.

Bai Wang guarded the four prefectures of Xiangyang, only to prevent his subordinates from looting and killing the people. He was far superior to the so-called official army Zuo Liangyu's army, so he won the support of the local people and his rule gradually became stable.

Sun Chuanting led the Second Corps to defeat several groups of Baiwang defenders in the counties along the way. When the other counties and counties heard that King Ji's army had arrived, they all surrendered.

Bai Wang heard the report and knew that Sun Chuanting's opponent was not to annihilate Zuo Liangyu's 800,000 troops in the field, so he gathered 70,000 elites from the four prefectures in Xiangyang City, hoping to rely on the strong city to hold on.

Sun Chuanting then left soldiers to guard the new counties and counties, and at the same time sent a letter to Changsha Jifan requesting to send officials and defenders to take over.

After doing all this, when Sun Chuanting's 80,000-strong army arrived in front of the east gate of Xiangyang, it was already September 20, the 17th year of Chongzhen.

Bai Wang has led dozens of junior and middle-level generals from the army to stand on the tower.

Everyone looked down and saw that Sun Chuanting's army was neatly dressed and equipped with firearms. The rear formation carried 200 extremely huge Hongyi cannons on strange iron-framed carts. They all showed fear on their faces.

General Wang Tizhong said: "General Guo Yi, when I saw you today, I realized that the Ji Fan Sun Chuanting's troops were all elite, and it was not a legend that they could annihilate Zuo Liangyu's 800,000-strong army in one battle.

Moreover, the enemy's artillery is so sharp that it may be difficult to defend Xiangyang City.

Today, Dashun has lost its capital, Shanxi, and Henan, and the generals appointed by King Chuang are not direct descendants of Shaanxi, so they do not reuse generals.

Why don't you, general, lead us to surrender to King Zhengji? King Zhengji will definitely treat us well when he employs people."

Bai Wang looked at this old subordinate who followed him in the Jingbei uprising. He always knew that he was quick-witted and changeable. He sighed and said: "Although King Chuang does not regard me as his confidant, he still entrusts this general with the important task of guarding the four prefectures of Xiangyang."

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Now Chuang Wang's capital has failed and retreated to Xi'an, with the Manchu and Qing troops pursuing him. If our general cannot hold on to Xiangyang, Chuang Wang's Shaanxi headquarters will be exposed to Ming Ji King Zhu Cixuan, and he will be attacked on both sides.

Although the enemy's artillery is powerful, our army of 70,000 will not remain indifferent."

Wang Tizhong had no choice but to say no more.

Sun Chuanting saw that it was already past noon, and that the army had been quite tired after a day of marching, so he immediately ordered them to set up camp and rest, and stayed out all night to explore the surrounding areas, preparing to attack the city tomorrow.

When sitting in the big tent with other generals to discuss the battle plan, Sun Chuanting said:

"During the time of the late Emperor, the bureaucrats and gentry in various parts of the Ming Dynasty had been decayed for a long time. In Xiangyang, the people's hearts were not interested in the officers and soldiers, but intruders.

Du Shangshu couldn’t put it more clearly:

In Xiangyang and other places, when officers and soldiers such as Zuo Liangyu passed by, the people regarded them as thieves. There were still eggs in the nests of humans and animals, so even if the officers and soldiers passed by, they would not be considered as thieves.

But when the thieves pass by, the house will be intact and the crops will be as good as before. The people are so virtuous that they will join in large numbers, and the situation will be greatly improved. The thieves have strict orders, and the generals do not dare to invade. Since the Ming Dynasty, the division has been undisciplined, and soldiers have looted the towns they passed.

, the name is "graining", and the well is a market place.

However, there was a minister who was supplying military supplies, and the superintendent was in a hurry to pay taxes. The people were beaten and tortured, and the people were desperate. Even when they were trapped by thieves, they felt comfortable and sang for them: "Kill the cattle and sheep, prepare wine and slurry, open the city gate to welcome King Chuang,

When King Chuang came, he didn't pay for the food. "Because I was so happy to be with you from far and near, I no longer thought I was a thief."

Xu Mingdao: "It is true. The imperial court does not follow the royal way, which is why it is like this.

Fortunately, the prince came out to save the world, and the people now know what benevolence and righteousness are, and what a king is!

Governor Sun, now Bai Wang is holding on behind closed doors, and the city of Xiangyang is so tall that our army might as well bombard the city continuously, otherwise the intruders will suffer heavy casualties, and Xiangyang can be defeated in a few days."

Sun Chuanting shook his head and said: "Although shelling the city for days can destroy it, the people in the city are also seriously injured. Is this what our Jifan army did?

Bai Wang gathered 70,000 soldiers from the four prefectures to defend Xiangyang, knowing that our army would not be able to defeat him in the field.

Tomorrow morning, our army will use super artillery to destroy more than a hundred Franco machine guns at the head of Xiangyang City, making them no threat to our army in long-distance combat.

Then blast the city gates and annihilate Baiwang’s tribe."

Sun Chuanting continued: "Every general will make good arrangements for camp defense and beware of Bai Wang's sneak attack on our camp at night."

After the generals agreed to the promise, they left the commander's tent and went to make arrangements.

After the entire army finished their dinner and arranged their night watch, they soon got into the tent to rest.

Bai Wang went to bed early with the soldiers in Xiangyang City, and woke up at midnight. He selected 5,000 warriors from the army and carried fire thunder (round, old-style fire thunder) on their backs to the top of the city, preparing to attack Sun Chuanting's camp at night.

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Before leaving, Bai Wang said to the soldiers: "The enemy's guns are sharp. It is said that during the Battle of Jiangxia, the range was as far as one mile.

This time we worked bravely and quickly broke into the enemy camp, found the place where the artillery was placed, and blew it up with fire and thunder.

If the enemy loses the advantage of artillery, we can defend Xiangyang."

The sergeants quickly sneaked towards Sun Chuanting's camp, which was 3 miles away from the city. When they were still 2 miles away, they were discovered by Sun Chuanting's army who kept his sentry at night, and a sharp whistle sounded immediately.

The 10,000 sergeants on duty outside the main camp of the Second Corps remained undisturbed at all. Seeing that there were not many enemies, the 5,000 soldiers were still guarding various parts of the camp. Another 5,000 soldiers were separated and immediately assembled in the direction of Baiwang's attack.<

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Bai Wang didn't expect that Sun Chuanting's army was already prepared, so he gritted his teeth and said: "Brothers, success or failure depends on this! Take advantage of the enemy's unpreparedness, quickly attack the enemy's camp, and look for opportunities to blow up the enemy's artillery!"

Bai Wang's army accelerated towards Sun Chuanting's camp. As soon as they entered a distance of 500 meters, under the light of the torches on the turret, the sergeants of the Second Corps immediately raised their guns and opened fire.

After a sound like a rainstorm, Bai Wang's army had fallen to thousands of people.

Bai Wang was horrified. He was used to sneak attacks on enemy camps and close combat with the enemy. Seeing that the enemy's muskets were so sharp, it was impossible to rush into the camp, so he immediately sent an order to retreat.

In less than a quarter of an hour, more than three thousand corpses of Bai Wang's army were left on the grass in front of Sun Chuanting's camp.

The inner camp of Sun Chuanting's army is still sleeping soundly.

Bai Wang led the remnant army to escape back to the city wall. Fortunately, Sun Chuanting's army did not pursue them. Bai Wang and others were still tied with ropes and were pulled up to the city by the city's sergeants.
Chapter completed!