When Zhang Biwu and Li Guo attacked Tongzhou, the Dashun Army of Shangzhou was also very smooth, and the Qing army was unable to resist. It seemed that the plan to attack Xi'an on both sides and recapture Shaanxi could be realized.

Wait! Even if Dorgon attacked Datong, it would be difficult to capture Datong in a short time. But didn’t he send a surprise soldier to directly penetrate Xiangyang where Li Zicheng was? And now this surprise army has played a role.

No one expected that the Qing army's cavalry would suddenly appear in Xiangyang City. The smoke of wolf was immediately lit up in Xiangyang City and quickly closed the four doors.

Someone hurriedly ran to report to Li Zicheng: "Report! Your Majesty is not good! An enemy army was found outside the city!"

"What!" Li Zicheng was so scared that he stood up and said, "Is the enemy found outside the city?" His heart pounding, and said, "Why did the Qing soldiers come? Did they fall from the sky?"

Li Zicheng, you didn’t notice this side of Shu. This is your big mistake. The arrival of the Qing army will make Li Zicheng face life and death. Li Zicheng’s death will be a fatal blow to the Dashun Army!

Moreover, Li Zicheng had previously thought that the remnants of Shu began to make trouble in response to Zhang Biwu. He did not expect that Dorgon would rather give up the southern part of Shu, and even took Chengdu as the boundary, and gave up all south of Chengdu! In the end, he gave up all Shu, and Dorgon would also send troops! Kill one arm to defeat the enemy! There is a way to give up!

Li Zicheng did not expect that someone among his ministers had a rebellious heart, that was Gu Junen.

Gu Junen's face changed completely. He was planning for himself. If Li Zicheng really couldn't help anymore, he would have to abandon Li Zicheng and leave. If necessary, he would open the door to surrender to the Qing Dynasty and thus save his life.

Similarly, Niu Jinxing was also worried, but they all believed that Dashun still had strong enough troops. As long as the troops were recalled, they could defeat the enemy. In this process, the only thing they could do was to stick to the end and wait for the arrival of reinforcements.

Li Zicheng personally inspected the city. As soon as he appeared on the city, the soldiers would defend their lives. It was not so easy for the Qing army to break through Xiangyang.

Xia Wanchun ran to Xiaoyao, and he wanted to ensure Xiaoyao's safety. Xiaoyao said to him: "Don't worry! Brother Xia, I will not be afraid! My father is not afraid among thousands of troops. I am his son, and I will not be afraid! I cannot lose my father's face!"

Xiaoyao said this with a look of pride. It seemed that he was proud of having a father like Zhang Biwu. His little fist was waving his strength, indicating that his courage would not decrease. He gave an example to illustrate: "Besides, when he was in Lingbao with his mother, he was also attacked by the Qing army, so I was not afraid at that time!"

Xia Wanchun smiled and felt that his father had no dogs and sons, so he felt relieved.

"Boom!" "Boom!" The Qing army's red barbarian cannons fired at Xiangyang, and the shells fell into a house, and the house collapsed. Another shell fell into a storage room, which was also razed to the ground. The tiles of the surrounding houses fell down.

The house where Xia Wanchun and Xiaoyao live is naturally not safe.

"Be careful! Young Master!" Xia Wanchun came forward and threw Xiaoyao down, but saw that the tiles on the room were shaken down. Someone was accidentally hit by the tiles on it and fainted on the spot.

Xia Wanchun and Xiaoyao were covered in dust, with dust falling and their hair dirty. There were even fallen leaves on Xia Wanchun's head and some rubble fragments. Xia Wanchun didn't even shake his head. He just looked at Xiaoyao's situation. Seeing that it was okay, he felt at ease.

Xiong Zongheng came out and said, "Young Master, come outside with me for the time being!" As he said that, he rushed up and pulled Xiaoyao up and ran outside together.

Li Zicheng was not stupid. He sent someone to protect the safety of Zhang Xiaoyao and others. The general who came was General Ren Jirong. Ren Jirong said to them: "Young Master Zhang, and everyone, don't worry! The emperor has sent people to break through the siege to mobilize his troops to quickly come to Xiangyang! There are garrisons near Xiangyang, and they will arrive soon! The Tartars' actions to eliminate us cannot be realized!"

Ren Jirong said it was right. There were 20,000 soldiers near Xiangyang. Although the number of Qing soldiers was large, these tens of thousands of soldiers could solve the urgent problem when they came quickly to serve the king.

Everyone in Xiangyang thought so. Xiangyang was trapped and 20,000 troops came to rescue him quickly. Li Zicheng looked carefully in the city and originally hoped that this troops could quickly kill the Qing soldiers.

Li Zicheng did not expect that the Qing army would naturally be wary of this army. Although the Qing army had only 20,000 people, most of them were cavalry. Soon, they killed the 20,000 troops left by Li Zicheng near Xiangyang and fled.

Li Zicheng was frightened to see that his 20,000 people were like rabbits and allowed the Qing soldiers to be defeated and did not have much effect.

The people in the city were shaking their heads when they saw this.

I was even more worried. I wondered if Xiangyang could be defended. Everyone was in an infinite low point, and some people even showed a look of despair on their faces, and they had no confidence in the future.

Li Zicheng thought to himself: "I can't let my morale down! I must be motivated!" So Li Zicheng laughed and said, "Haha! Don't worry everyone! My Dashun army has hundreds of thousands of troops. The Tartars went deep into my forbidden area and went deep into my alone. When our army returns to defense, then the Tartars will be dead!"

Li Zicheng asked his subordinates to spread his words throughout Xiangyang City and to every soldier, so that they could firmly believe in defending their lives.

Li Zicheng would sit upright on the city every day to signal that he would share the life and death with his brothers. It was constantly reported that reinforcements from Shangzhou had returned and were about to attack this Qing army.

With excitement, their morale was very high and everyone had to defend Xiangyang.

Indeed, Li Zicheng's general broke through the siege and asked for help from Liu Zongmin in Shangzhou. When Liu Zongmin heard this, he quickly led his troops back to rescue Li Zicheng.

The Qing army in Shangzhou said that they would not let Liu Zongmin go back safely, and they were dragging Liu Zongmin to death.

If Liu Zongmin did not return to the rescue with a large army, the small troops he sent would not have much effect. However, Li Zicheng and Dashun's civil and military officials were in danger, so he could not delay any longer. So Liu Zongmin did not care about casualties and wanted to rush back to Xiangyang to rescue Li Zicheng.

The hot-tempered Liu Zongmin also sentenced some generals who did not do their best to move forward, and one knife was one after another, which made the soldiers move forward even more. The Qing army was not a fuel-saving lamp, and they would rather die than retreat, and the two sides became a tug-of-war.

The news quickly reached Li Guo. When Li Guo heard this, he couldn't help but worry. Should he continue to attack Tongzhou and Yaozhou now?

If you retreat, all the hard work will be in vain! Moreover, it is difficult to save the nearby fire from afar. I wonder if you can save Li Zicheng! If you don’t retreat, Li Zicheng will have to be a good person. What should Dashun Army do? As a minister, how can he not save the emperor when he sees that he is in trouble?

Just as Li Guo was hesitating, the Qing army kept shouting to them on the city: "Thiefs, your leader Li Xiaozhe will be killed by our Prince Yu! Haha! You are still here, afraid that you can't move and wait for death!"

"Haha! Coward! Super coward!" The sneering of the Qing soldiers in the city continued to pass down.

Li came to find Zhang Biwu, and he said worriedly: "General Guoxiong, now the emperor is trapped in Xiangyang, are we going to return to the army? The morale of the soldiers of our entire army has been greatly affected and fluctuated greatly!"

Zhang Biwu said to Li Guo: "General, what I can say is that the emperor's auspicious person has a heavenly precepts, and General Jiexuan personally led his army back to defense, he will be safe and sound!"

Li Guo was still worried: "Oh! I really can't rest assured! The 20,000 troops near Xiangyang were also defeated, for fear that reinforcements would not be able to get in! Moreover, because our emperor was trapped in this city, the defenders on the city will defend more vigorously, and it will not be easy for us to break through!"

Zhang Biwu nodded and said, "But I want to say that the emperor has reinforcements rushed to the city?" Li Guo couldn't help but feel excited and asked, "There are reinforcements? Where did the reinforcements come from?"

Zhang Biwu turned to Song Xiance and said, "Mr. Song, you should still remember it? When we were in the Mausoleum of Huangdi, there was news reported to me. I don't know where Lin Quan led his army to leave East Henan. Now Lin Quan's letter has been sent to me, and Lin Quan explained to me that he had already arrived near Xiangyang. Only his troops had only 6,000 people, and he needed to cooperate with Li Zicheng inside and outside, and suddenly attacked. At the same time, he also wanted to mobilize the retreating troops from all over the country. This..."

Song Xiance laughed out loud and said, "Yes! So I gave my token to Lin Quan, and asked Lin Quan to continue to use the title of General Right Military Advisor of the Dashun Army to collect all the people and horses near Xiangyang. The Qing army won this victory. Unexpectedly, Lin Quan would appear and defeat the Qing army was inevitable!"

When Li Guo heard this, he felt relieved and said, "It seems that the emperor is safe! Of course, we must attack Tongzhou quickly!"

What Zhang Biwu said surprised Li Guo: "No! Retreat!" Li Guo looked at Zhang Biwu and asked: "Retreat? Why should we retreat? Your Majesty is not worrying, we can attack with all our strength!"

Zhang Biwu still smiled and said, "I have asked Li Jiantai to come and welcome me. Our army will retreat and join Li Jiantai! This news will spread soon!"

Li Guo couldn't understand even more. Li Yan had already obtained Song Xiance's token to collect people and defeat the Qing army with foreign cooperation, but why did Zhang Biwu still want to retreat? Didn't he break through Chang'an? For the restoration of Chang'an, this is the wish of Dashun soldiers from top to bottom!
Chapter completed!