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Chapter 13 Don't lose confidence even in adversity!

Just as Zhang Biwu was thinking about how he should be worthy of the people, another child started crying, he kept crying: "Dad, why are we here? Isn't it good for us to go home? It's so cold at night! The cold wind sways, and the camp can't stop it! It's so cold! I want to go home! Go home!"

Not only that, even if it is cold, I have to endure it because I am afraid that fire will attract Qing soldiers. After all, the Qing soldiers' scouts are still constantly reconnaissance.

How can I get a built-in house? And it’s a warm kang? No wonder the child is no longer dependent! I feel very cold.

But the child's father replied: "Call me again! Cry again! I will hit you! Tell you the bastard, when the lord of the town comes back, we will be able to go home soon! Don't cry anymore!"

When the child saw his father raise his hand, he was afraid and hid directly behind his mother. The mother squatted down, looked at the child, and said, "Be good! Be patient! The garrison lord is back, we will be able to go home soon! As long as we get home, no one can drive us out again!"

Someone else said: "That's it! If it weren't for the Lord of the Town, we would have fed fish in Kaifeng long ago! The Lord of the Town has given us the 100,000 refugees in Kaifeng. We are willing to follow the Lord of the Town. Follow the Lord of the Town, and we will definitely be able to get a new life and live a happy life when we did not suffer a military disaster in Kaifeng before!"

"Yes! That's right! We all think so!" Many people agreed, and they turned their respectful eyes to Zhang Biwu while talking.

When Zhang Biwu heard this, he turned around because there were tears rolling in his eyes. He really didn't know how to face these people. His fists became extremely powerful!

Li Yan came forward and said, "Brother Yi, have you seen it? With so many people, are you still worried that you can't make a comeback?"

Xiong Jianhao said: "Lord, Mr. Li is right! Don't worry anymore! Because Dodo has been recalled to Beijing, Dorgon wants him to lead his troops to attack the Hongguang regime in Nanjing, so we can breathe! Prince Ajige of the British will lead his army north to attack Xi'an from the outside of the Great Wall to avoid the natural danger of Tongguan! We will rest for a while, don't look at how many people are not. But with so many people of kindness, we can train another elite soldier in time!"

Zhang Biwu shook his head and said, "Believe it or not, it won't take long before Duoduo will come to Tongguan again. At that time, he will send more people to investigate our situation! We have to be careful! If it leaks, Duoduo and Ajige's army will come to wipe out us after breaking Xi'an! We must let them start again when the war begins in the Southern Ming Dynasty, which is the greatest chance of victory for us!"

Li Yan and the others were worried when they heard this. However, what Li Yan thought in his heart was to restrain the Qing Dynasty from moving towards Xi'an, but how could they have the strength? Li Yan had only 5,000 people. Most of his children from eastern Henan had been killed, and many of them had just come to rely on him. These people were unreliable! The combat power was even lower! Once there was a setback, they would disperse quickly!

What about Zhang Biwu? There are only two thousand soldiers who can fight. It is impossible to restrain the Qing Dynasty with such strength! It is tantamount to hitting a stone with an egg!

The wind was very strong and the sky was very cold, but Zhang Biwu's heart was warm. Although he had no great hope for the future, the people in front of him ignited Zhang Biwu's enthusiasm! Yes! You can't lose hope!

In this difficult time, everyone is inspiring each other. They use this to keep warm, to ensure the existence of confidence and to keep hope! Hope is there, everything is there!

What Zhang Biwu saw was that all men participated in the training, and they lined up to practice! On the wide mountains, there were people neatly shouting horns and practicing. Whether it was a knife or a sword, a stick or a gun, their shouts vibrated the valley.

Han Runchang said with confidence: "Biwu, because almost all our soldiers have been lost! We can only train from the people who follow us. I hope that we can train one elite soldier from more than 200,000 males, pick one out of ten, and have 20,000 elite soldiers, and make a comeback again!"

Zhang Biwu understood Han Runchang's heart. As long as the people follow him and as long as there is enough time, he can train an elite soldier! But there is one thing, will the Qing Dynasty give time to Zhang Biwu to train an elite soldier?

It can be seen that these people who participated in the training are far from being able to compete with the Boy Scouts. After all, as long as they enter the Boy Scouts, military training becomes their daily course and they have to be trained and trained every day! After training from childhood, when they grow up, everyone will become an excellent soldier! The Boy Scouts will also be an elite army!

"The garrison led us to regain our home!" This was the shout of the person who was practicing. It can be seen that due to Zhang Biwu's safe return, both of them were very excited and practiced more vigorously than usual.

Hearing the shouts, Zhang Biwu's heart became even heavier. Zhang Biwu had no choice but to: what he had originally imagined could hold up the Qing Dynasty and prevent the Qing Dynasty from conquering Xi'an, but now this is impossible, but it doesn't mean that everything is lost. There is Jiangnan! And there is also Li Zicheng's army! As long as Li Zicheng is not eliminated, everything is fine!

Zhang Biwu is waiting now for a chance to make a comeback! He also makes people hide everything about them, and the news of his death will be spread so that everyone in the world will know, thus confusing the Qing Dynasty.

Sure enough, the Qing Dynasty came to attack Tongguan, and Li Zicheng also arranged troops in Tongguan. He took the initiative to launch an attack when the Qing army's red-clothed cannons had not arrived.

The Dashun Army lined up at the mountaintop, and the Qing army's vanguard General E Shuo and Nushan were equal to the side. The guard commander Tu Lai led more than 100 cavalry to break out from the front, but Liu Zongmin led the headquarters to resist bravely, but was still defeated.

Liu Fangliang led more than a thousand people to rob the camp and win the game, but he still failed! Li Zicheng came to rescue him and was also defeated by the Qing army.

On the ninth day of the lunar month, the Qing army's red-clothed cannons came! For the Dashun army, this was a catastrophe! The red-clothed cannons beat the Dashun army so hard that they could not raise their heads, and the dead bodies were sleeping on each other.

The Eight Banners soldiers launched an attack on the Dashun Army's position. Li Zicheng personally led his army to resist tenaciously. At the same time, he sent 300 cavalry to give the Qing army a fatal blow like Tu Lai, and to detour the enemy like E Shuo and Nushan. Li Zicheng failed one after another and was confused! The Qing army had just succeeded with this move some time ago. Do you want to be too tit for tooth? Do you think Duoduo is a fool! Naturally, it ended in failure!

In the unfavorable situation of the Tongguan war, although Li Guo claimed to be a wall and could not overcome the Ming army, the Ming army could not survive his iron wall, but this time it was no longer effective. No matter how brave and tenacious Li Guo resisted the offensives of Ajige, Wu Sangui, Jiang Yan and others, he eventually retreated because he was outnumbered.

When Gao Yigong heard the news of Li Guo’s retreat, he gave up Yulin and retreated. In this way, Chang'an was directly exposed to the iron hooves of the Qing army!

Li Zicheng had to give up Tongguan, and ordered Ma Shiyao to lead 7,000 soldiers to defend Tongguan. He led the main force back to Chang'an and was ready to give up Chang'an.

Li Zicheng was very painful for giving up Chang'an. He understood that Chang'an was the capital of Dashun. Once he gave up, the political significance was very great, which meant that Dashun's country would be half destroyed! But what could he do? Not giving up is equivalent to being destroyed!

Ma Shiyao in Tongguan pretended to surrender, but who was Duoduo? He didn't believe in Ma Shiyao at all, so he sent someone to monitor Ma Shiyao. Ma Shiyao's secret letter of contact with Li Zicheng was seized by Duoduo's people. Duoduo pretended to ask Ma Shiyao to hunt but killed him, and all seven thousand people were killed without leaving any left.

Dorgon and Duoduo all believed that as long as Zhang Biwu was not dead, when they attacked Li Zicheng, Zhang Biwu would jump out and save Li Zicheng to promote the anti-Qing forces.

Now that Duoduo and Ajige are advancing together, Li Zicheng's army is no match for it at all, so he retreats from Chang'an through Lantian and then to Shangzhou to Nanyang and Huguang.

Li Zicheng did not act with Gao Guiying because his confidence was hit very hard when facing the powerful Qing army. He was afraid that he would not be able to resist the Qing army after he arrived in Huguang.

If he died, Gao Guiying would be able to avenge him! Moreover, the people in Gansu and other places were scattered, and one person had to gather them and bring them all to Li Zicheng. Li Zicheng still had powerful troops, so he would not be afraid of anyone! He could still compete with the Qing army.

If we can unite with the Southern Ming Dynasty, especially Zuo Liangyu, it would be even better! It is a very good thing to resist the Qing Dynasty! It is also the best strategy.

Zhang Biwu decided that even if the Qing army occupied Shaanxi and Henan, he would have to hold back. Unless the Qing army went south to pursue Li Zicheng, he would be able to jump out. He would hold the Qing army behind the Qing army and prevent the Qing army from destroying Li Zicheng, so as to stop the progress of history, keep Li Zicheng, and prevent Li Zicheng from defeating Jiugong Mountain in history, which would be a decisive change to the course of history!

Indeed, there is really no good way to do this now! But Zhang Biwu is still very worried. Can he fight again? How powerful is he?

In the battle of Songxian, he lost all his family. Can he fight again?

But when Zhang Biwu saw so many people who trusted him and were suffering in difficult circumstances, he knew that he must persevere and must succeed! Confidence cannot be lost, because with their support, he will have an infinite source of strength and confidence will never be lost!
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