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After some fighting, Dang Mengan was killed and his body floated away along the Yellow River.

The three turned against each other one after another, and only Luo Dai survived to the end. This guy was so frightened that he hid beside the Datong army formation, and he didn't dare to act alone anymore.

Chapter 545 [Strike Xi'an]

After Liu Tichun killed Dang Meng'an, he relied on his fierce soldiers to charge desperately. In addition, there were few Datong troops nearby, so he escaped alive with all his tails.

When Tian Jianxiu came back with the cavalry, he saw that the soldiers were scattered all over the ground, so he had to continue to gather.

Not long after, the rout soldiers downstream were also brought by the cavalry.

After Liu Tichun fled back, Tian Jianxiu glanced at the troops, made a rough calculation, and suddenly felt cold.

His cavalry suffered little loss, but his infantry suffered heavy casualties.

In other words, there were too many fleeing infantry, and many fled directly to Zhongtiao Mountain in the north, unwilling to return to continue fighting at all.

More and more Datong troops are crossing the river, gathering troops nearby, and there are more than 20 positions along the bank...

The Dashun infantry who were sent out to block the attack gradually lost their fighting spirit and spontaneously retreated in the direction of Fenglingdu, and the artillery even dropped their cannons and fled.

"Retreat to Fenglingdu first!"

Tian Jianxiu gave the order that he can return to Tongguan.

If the Datong army wanted to take Tongguan, they had to go to the narrow place in the northwest, cross the Yellow River again, and then cross the Weishui River, so that they could go around to the back of Tongguan.

Even if the Datong army trapped Tongguan to death, Tian Jianxiu would still be able to hold on to the pass.

There is a lot of food in Tongguan, and now the Dashun Army has lost its strength, so it is no problem to hide in Tongguan and hold on for half a year.

Tian Jianxiu led his troops back to Fenglingdu, and found that there were also some remnants here, and they were voluntarily rowing to flee back to Tongguan.He was a little relieved, and ordered the whole army to cross the river. After returning to Tongguan, he carefully counted the number of people, and there were more than 8000 people left.

After the Datong Army occupied Fenglingdu, Liu Zhu was also counting the battle damage.

In the evening, mission officer Lin Ruzhao came over, feeling a little depressed: "1094 people were killed, 685 were missing, and more than 1400 were injured, 152 of whom were seriously injured."

For the Datong Army, this was another tragic casualty.

Liu Zhu sighed and said, "After cremation, the remains of the soldiers will be taken to Daqing Pass for safekeeping, and they will be sent back to their hometown after the victory."

Daqingguan is Pubanjin.

Tian Jianxiu did not return to defend Daqing Pass because of the change in terrain.

During the Jiajing period, the Guanzhong earthquake caused the Yellow River near Daqing Pass to move westward for thirty miles.In the next few decades, the river course changed repeatedly, and now it is more than ten miles west of Daqing Pass.

There used to be a chain bridge there, but it was also destroyed by the earthquake.

The Daqing Pass, which was built with a lot of manpower and material resources, has lost its strategic role, standing alone there and gradually falling into disrepair.

Liu Zhu went to comfort the wounded soldiers in person, and Wang Hui was the first to go to him. He asked the military doctor, "How is General Wang's injury?"

The military doctor replied: "I was injured in twelve places all over my body. Fortunately, I was wearing armor, and none of them was fatal. But I was disfigured. Half of my ear was bitten off by the enemy general, and a piece of flesh was bitten off my chin."

Wang Hui suddenly said: "It's okay, we're not swingers, we use our face to seduce the little girl."

"Hahahaha!"

As soon as this remark came out, the wounded soldiers nearby couldn't stop laughing.

Liu Zhu glanced over and saw all the wounded, some of them were even in a coma.

Alas, one will succeed and ten thousand bones will dry up.

In the next few days, the logistics supplies will be transported over by serious wooden boats, and the war horses will be transported to the north bank one after another.

As long as it is not disturbed by the enemy, even if the horses are transported in the turbulent water, there will be basically no accidents, and at most they will be washed further downstream.

Jiang Liang stayed on the south bank all the time, so as not to be killed by the enemy from Tongguan, which cut off the retreat route of the Datong army and the grain road.

The cavalry had priority in crossing the river, and on the day of the battle, the cavalry came quickly.

At noon the next day, Cao Bianjiao and Chen Tangong headed north with the dragoons.

Daqingguan, also known as Pubanjin in the Three Kingdoms period, gradually appeared in front of Chen Tangong.

There are not many defenders here, but the news of the Datong army crossing the river has been received, and it was spread by the rout of the army.

Hearing that Tian Jianxiu was defeated, the defenders here were frightened.The dragoons were still on the other side of the Sushui River, and the defenders directly chose to surrender, and even crossed the river in small boats to meet the Datong Army.

There is nothing to guard, and it is useless to guard.

Even if Tian Jianxiu divides his troops to garrison Daqing Pass, the Datong Army can just ignore it.Going up the Sushui River, you will soon reach Jiezhou and Anyi (Yuncheng), where you can take it easily, because the defenders have been drawn away long ago.

The enemy troops at Daqing Pass surrendered so simply that Cao Bianjiao and Chen Tangong couldn't believe it.

They crossed the river carefully and successfully received Daqing Pass.

This dilapidated place has been in disrepair for a long time, and one part of the Guancheng collapsed, so the war resumed, and the gap was hastily blocked with earth and stones.

After resting for half a day, leaving a small number of soldiers to garrison, Cao Bianjiao and Liu Tangong led the troops to continue northward.

A few miles away is Puzhou (the west side of Yongji). The dragoons' horses were not running, and they met a group of people kneeling and begging to surrender.

But it was Yin (the magistrate) of Puzhou County who took the gentry of Puzhou two miles out of the city to meet the Datong Army.

The civil servants under Li Zicheng had no power at all.The gentry under Li Zicheng's rule did not enjoy any preferential treatment.Civil officials and gentry were bullied by generals, and Li Zicheng couldn't control them.

It's just in time for the Datong army to come, surrender and count the ball!

"Welcome the Heavenly Soldiers, and the Master Wang will win!" County Yin Sun Yuanen prostrated himself on the ground and led the gentry to shout in unison.

There was only one person who didn't kneel. He walked over and said, "How precious are the scholars of Datong, and pay homage to the two generals."

Cao Bianjiao bowed his hand to return the salute, and said with a smile, "It turns out that he belongs to Mr. Xu, so please disrespect and disrespect!"

He Qigui said: "General, please keep five cavalry. With this, I can form a city defense team. There is no need to keep more Datong troops stationed in Puzhou City. Even, I can contact the gentry and provide food and grass for the Datong army on the spot."

"That's good!" Chen Tangong was overjoyed.

He Qigui also said: "The land of Xihe, please take it quickly. As soon as the Datong army arrives, the cities will surely surrender."

Cao Bianjiao and Chen Tangong did not doubt it, and immediately divided their troops into two groups, leading the cavalry all the way north.

During the ten-month period, following Puzhou, more than a dozen cities including Jiezhou, Anyi, Linjin, Ronghe, Wanquan, and Wenxi all changed their banners and became prefectures and counties of the Datong court.

Fenglingdu.

Liu Zhu said to Wang Hui, "A military order is given to you, can you do it?"

"I will die!" Wang Hui stood up and said.

Liu Zhu said: "Take the wounded soldiers and defend Fenglingdu, and don't let the enemy cross the river to attack you."

"Follow the order!"

Wang Hui replied loudly, and then muttered: "I'm afraid that I will die in battle, so I won't let me continue to fight."

"Heal up and fight again." Liu Zhu comforted.

Liu Zhu led the army to station in Puzhou, and he was not in a hurry to cross the Yellow River to take Tongguan.

The area east of the Yellow River and west of Luliang Mountain is called Xihe area.Qin State and Jin State, Qin State and Wei State fought an old-fashioned battle in order to compete for the Xihe area.

Why cross the river?

Let's occupy the land of Xihe first!

Officials, peasants and soldiers were continuously brought in, and after taking over the city, they established their residence and divided the fields.There was no resistance, because too many people had died, the place was already sparsely populated, and immigrants were even needed to enrich the population.

They even dispatched a division of troops from Henan.

Tian Jianxiu had no choice but to write to Li Guo, asking Li Guo to lead troops to rescue Li Guo in Hanzhong, in case the Datong army sent troops from Sichuan.

There is really no way to prevent this. The Xihe area is too narrow and long, and the flat area adjacent to the Yellow River is only two to three hundred miles away. It is impossible to prevent the Datong army from crossing the river.

Chen Tangong headed north all the way and quickly reached Hongdong County.

Cao Bianjiao crossed the river smoothly in Hejin, and took down Hancheng on the opposite bank.Then he went down the south of the river to capture Heyang (Heyang), and fought until Chaoyi before encountering resistance.

"Don't care about Chaoyi, this time we have to make great contributions, let's go to Xi'an!" Cao Bianjiao was already mad.

Of course, it is impossible to fight directly. Cao Bianjiao led the cavalry to march towards Chengcheng after Chaoyi hit a wall.The magistrate of Chengcheng immediately surrendered. Cao Bianjiao did not stay, but only rested for half a day. After a little supply, he went west to Baishui, and then took Pucheng.

They didn't even bother to enter the city, and only let the magistrate who surrendered deliver food, and the men and horses rested for a while before setting off again.

The speed of Cao Bianjiao's advance is faster than the speed of news spread!

Because the flag was not displayed, when Cao Bianjiao led his troops to Xi'an, Shaanxi Zhoumu even thought it was some Dashun army.

"Hurry up and prepare food and drink, and go out of the city with me to work in the army!" Zeyao, the shepherd king of Shaanxi Province, sent an order.

State shepherd, governor, and county governor are all official positions established by Li Zicheng.

As for Wang Zeyao, he served as the governor of Miyun in history. After he surrendered to Li Zicheng, he also presided over the imperial examination for Li Zicheng.Li Zicheng persuaded Wu Sangui to surrender, and it was Wang Zeyao who took Wu Xiang's letter to Shanhaiguan.Wu Sangui handed Wang Zeyao to Dorgon, and Wang Zeyao was killed rather than surrender to the Qing Dynasty. :.

Because Chongzhen lived a few years less, Wang Zeyao did not become the governor of Miyun, but he still surrendered in Beijing.

Moreover, Wang Zeyao felt that Li Zicheng was very benevolent, so he followed him all the way, and did not leave when Li Zicheng fled.In this way, he won the trust of Li Zicheng, promoted all the way, and took charge of Shaanxi, belonging to the few civil officials with real power.

Cao Bianjiao was thinking about how to cheat the city, but he saw that the city gate was not closed. After all, it was two or three hundred miles away from the battlefield, and Tian Jianxiu's army was blocking it at Tongguan.

Who would have thought that the Datong Army would come around in a circle?

"Go straight in!" Cao Bianjiao laughed.

The Governor of Xi'an was on the top of the city tower, with an ugly face and said: "These arrogant soldiers entered the city against the order. Your Majesty said that guest soldiers are not allowed to enter the city."

The official next to him said, "Why don't you close the city gate?"

The governor of Xi'an shook his head: "Don't close the door, the government doesn't dare to offend these murderers."

In this way, Cao Bianjiao led the cavalry and rushed into the city without hindrance.The costumes of the dragoons were different from other cavalry, and no one had doubts from the beginning to the end.

Wang Zeyao could tell the difference, but he didn't come to see it in person. Even the news of the "Da Shun Army" coming to Xi'an was reported to him by his officials.

While Wang Zeyao was still urging food and drink, Cao Bianjiao's cavalry had already charged all the way to Zhou Mu's mansion.

"Master Zhou Mu, soldiers have entered the city!"

"Nonsense, you said that guest soldiers are not allowed to enter the city, and these arrogant soldiers will make trouble again!"

Wang Zeyao ran out of the yamen with his men, but saw a troop of cavalry running on the street.

The old man was dumbfounded, and exclaimed for a long time: "This is not His Majesty's Dashun Army!"

Chapter 546 [Dashun civil servants]

The Governor of Xi'an's name is Hong Daoyuan, although he doesn't like those arrogant soldiers, he still came down from the tower to welcome him.

But the general who led the troops ignored him at all, and kept flying towards the city.

Of course, hundreds of cavalry were also sent out to quickly occupy the city gate of Xi'an and drive away the guards of the Dashun Army.

The gatekeepers did not resist at all, and even smiled while walking, exchanging views with each other:

"It's strange that the cavalry don't wear armor."

"Everyone has a gun in his hand."

"The firecracker doesn't have a match, and I don't know how to light it."

"What kind of clothes are they made of? They are all buttoned up, they look so energetic."

"I'm afraid it's not the prince's (Li Guo) team, the prince passed by our Xi'an a few months ago..."

"..."

The guards of the city stood far away, pointing at the Datong Dragoons.

Hong Daoyuan ran over quickly, and said with a smile on his face, "May I ask which general is in front of you?"

The officer in charge of capturing the city gate was Wang Enmin, who turned around and asked, "Which one are you?"

Hong Daoyuan was pleasantly surprised: "Judging from the general's accent, he is actually from Huguang? My ancestral home is Xiangyang, where is the general's native place?"

Wang Enmin said angrily, "May I ask what official you are?"

Hong Daoyuan replied: "I'm Xia Hong Daoyuan, and I'm the Governor of Xi'an."

"The magistrate of Xi'an is the magistrate of Xi'an, what kind of magistrate, do you think this is Jinling?" Wang Enmin scolded, "This is a hypocritical official, arrest him quickly!"

Hong Daoyuan's mind was a little confused, why did he do it while talking?