"I defended the city until the Chu army achieved results in the Dezhou battlefield. As long as Dorgon became a tired army, I could even make dumplings in Guanzhong. If it really doesn't work, retreating to Hanzhong is also a good choice. He wants to win too quickly. He doesn't have to rely on his muscles and bones as his ability, so why bother..."

Speaking of this, he suddenly understood Tang Zhongyuan's state of mind.

Even if we struggle to hold on and the national strength is too much, we will still lose to Bei Chu sooner or later...

I can't hold this face down, or I'm old and can't move anymore, and I don't have that kind of ambition...

Wow, an old farmer will be worth the rest of his life as an emperor.

Tang Qianqian also understood this at the same time, with a wry smile on her face, and she muttered like a little complaining: "I will never listen to my advice until I live..."

Wang Xiao hugged her and whispered: "My son and I are your relatives."

This sentence has no beginning or end, but it shows that he knows Tang Qianqian very well.

She lost her father since childhood and was later taken back to Tang Zhongyuan. The relatives she got were not good, and she was once very reluctant to recognize them.

But until Tang Zhongyuan died, she did not leave Ruichao.

When he saw the big flag falling down and heard about Tang Zhongyuan's death, Tang Qianqian did not cry, but her eyes were red at this time.

She rubbed her head against Wang Xiao's shoulder again, and wiped her face like a little girl...

"Are you worried about your son?" Wang Xiao asked.

"Sister Yuanyuan and Huazhi are caring for him and will take him to escape."

Tang Qianqian was actually worried. She stood up as she spoke and her eyes became sharper.

Wang Xiao came this time, and the first thing he wanted to do was pick up his son. Now, Ruichao will not mention what he said, he must find his son in the next step...

"We will go to Xi'an as soon as possible, and these defeated soldiers will not be brought."

"Don't bring them?"

"Well, if we don't bring them, we don't carry much dry food. We can't take these defeated soldiers to rush through the mountains." Wang Xiao said: "These people know how to run to Mount Hua. They are smart, but they are not enough to enforce orders. What we want is the kind of soldiers who can gather around the Shiqi after a great defeat..."

"What is Xiaolang going to do to bring them to Huashan Valley?"

"That is of course useful..."

Yang Zhongding lay on the grass with his hands on his pillow, feeling very confused.

He knew that several generals who fled here like him had decided to surrender to Wang Xiao.

No one is stupid. Since today's meal, we can see what the difference between Darui Dynasty and Beichu is.

With the relationship between the Seventh Prince, I can’t tell anything morally.

Those people were thinking about it and put in a few words.

"This is a critical survival and death. We want to follow the Seventh Prince to avenge His Majesty and drive away the captives..."

But Yang Zhongding felt that...something could not do such a thing.

The prince has been established, and His Majesty's body has not yet been cold. He turns to surrender to the Chu army... and is bribed by a meal...

But let alone, that meal is so delicious. It was the most delicious meal I have ever eaten in a month. I heard that in Shandong, there are so many delicious foods...

Yang Zhongding sighed when he thought of this.

He said he wouldn't vote? He could see what the soldiers were thinking.

There is nothing wrong with Your Majesty and the Prince. You can be both very good people, but who is more safe to give your future and life? The soldiers looked stupid and clearly understood.

Just what objects are there for the people brought by Wang Xiao? Muskets, ammunition, delicious... and a bunch of things that I don’t know what they are.

Not to mention the material of the clothes, the daggers hanging on their bodies are much sharper...

"It's hard to make up your mind."

Yang Zhong thought to himself that it would be better for King Tianxiao to come forward tomorrow and recruit him.

But he is a commander of thousands of people, so he will definitely not recruit him specifically, but as long as the Seventh Prince shouts at everyone... he dares to wipe away the Seventh Prince's face?

He felt a little relieved, and the fatigue of days came up and fell asleep.

I hid in the steep Shaanxi Valley that night and slept very heavily.

When he woke up the next day, Yang Zhongding waited for a long time and finally saw Wang Xiao and His Highness Seventh leave the city.

Several generals of the defeated army, including him, were taken forward again.

I happened to see Wang Xiao patted him on the shoulders of a young general.

"Xiaoyun, how about you stay with them?"

The young general's face immediately collapsed, and he looked like he wanted to say something but didn't dare.

"Okay, jokingly. General Tang, you stay and just follow what I arranged last night..."

After Wang Xiao finished speaking, he turned around and left with the man.

Yang Zhongding looked up and felt his heart empty...

Tongguan is the same as Hangu Pass. It was impossible to get around before, but later it could be around.

When Tongguan was first built in the Han Dynasty, the Yellow River in the north was close to the plateau. However, as the Yellow River continued to wash away the river channel, the riverbed in the north of Tongguan continued to decline.

In the Tang Dynasty, a naked river beach also appeared in Tongguan, causing the natural danger of Tongguan to be gone. The Tang Dynasty moved Tongguan from the plateau and moved it to the river beach.

The old Tongguan was replaced by twelve passes, called "Twelve Liancheng". In the late Tang Dynasty, the system was corrupt and there was no defense in the Twelve Liancheng, which led to Huang Chao's uprising army going directly from the plateau of the old Tongguan to the back of the new Tongguan, and attacking Tongguan forward and backward.

When Tang Zhongyuan was able to capture Xi'an, it was not because he had strong troops and had broken through Tongguan, but because he directly bypassed Tongguan from the southern foot of the Qinling Mountains...

In the Qing army camp, soldiers quickly walked into Dorgon's tent.

"Report! There are Rui army gathering the defeated troops and gathering near Huashan. It is estimated that there are more than 8,000 people..."

It is not important for a group of defeated soldiers to hide in the mountains and forests.

Without food and supplies, what can those who sleep in the open do? It will disperse in a few days.

But Dorgon quickly paid attention to this little news.

Because he had already received a report from Hangu Pass that there was a army of about 3,000 people, and whether it was the Chu army or the Rui army, he killed Mu Zhan and bypassed Hangu Pass. He waited for several days but did not see the other party coming. He could be sure that the other party must have taken the route of Tang Zhongyuan detouring through Tongguan on the southern foot of the Qinling Mountains.

Calculate the time, it is very likely that this group of people are gathering the defeated army.

Dorgon was not sure whether to send troops to the mountains to encircle and suppress, so he recruited generals to discuss.

He asked Boluo for advice first.

Boro firmly opposed entering the mountain, saying, "This must be a trick to lure the enemy!"

Dorgon knew that Boluo had fought with Wang Xiao and was experienced, so he left behind 20,000 troops under Boluo, and ordered him to guard Tongguan and reorganized 30,000 captured people.

He himself led the main force of the army to attack Xi'an.

He had a premonition that the Chu army was coming, so he decided to put Xi'an in front of this to stabilize Guanzhong...

As soon as Dorgon left, that night, the bunch ran down the mountain to rob the Qing army's food and grass. After being discovered, they did not fight. Each of them carried a bag of food and grass and ran into the mountains.

The Qing army chased after him, and arrows shot down from the mountain. Seeing that the forest was dark, they dared not continue chasing.

The next day, Boluo sent troops to the forest to inquire about the situation, and reported that the defeated army rebuilt the pass city at Wuli Pass in Huashanyu.

Boluo had only 20,000 people, so he had to guard Tongguan. In addition, Wuliguan was easy to defend but difficult to attack. It was just a way to go to Huashan, not a place where military strategists must fight, so he did not send troops to fight.

To avoid being trapped in the enemy.

"A group of defeated soldiers became bandits..."

Boluo had to strengthen his vigilance, but the defeated army saw that the Qing army refused to chase them into the mountain, and became more and more courageous. From time to time, they would go down the mountain to attack the Qing army and rob food and horses. Gradually, they would dare to go to the official road to rob the baggage, making the Qing army unbearable.

This kind of small-scale fighting style exudes a slim atmosphere in Boro's eyes.

It feels annoying and familiar...

He could not let these people continue to make trouble like this. The food and military exchanges between Tongguan and the main army could not be allowed to be robbed.

He had to send troops to guard all roads to prevent the invasion of the defeated troops.

This is the method of "defending thieves for thousands of days", but how long can a group of defeated soldiers stay in the mountain by just robbing grain? They starved to death in ten days and half a month.

As long as the Qing Dynasty conquers the entire Guanzhong, this is not a problem.

However, ten days and half a month later, the defeated troops were still on Mount Hua and did not starve to death...

Boluo even found that they had added muskets and ammunition, changed their armor, and called themselves "Zhen Yongjun"...

Zhenyong is the one who will grab some things here and there every day.

"Check it out for me, where did they get the supplies for supplies?!"

Soon, an urgent report came, and Boro didn't need to check it.

"Report... a large number of Chu troops appeared on the east side of Hangu Guan, with about 10,000 people. Under the banner of "Cai", the Hangu Guan Gu Guan defenders urgently asked the general for support..."

Cai Wuzhen?

Boro quickly looked at the map.

"I actually transferred Cai Zhenwu to me? Then isn't Henan empty? No one is guarding Zhou Yan..."
Chapter completed!