Ma Mingfeng spent a little time to take Zhao Liangdong as his commander and promote him to his personal soldier. Even the cavalry before was also admitted to his personal soldier, which was considered a reward.

Then Ma Mingfeng came directly to Sun Chuanting and said to him: "Supervisor, please forgive me for saying that the treacherous forces are strong now, and with the momentum of victory, we will surely sweep Shaanxi again. However, we are exhausted now and have no way to gather strength to fight the treacherous in a short period of time. Although Xi'an has a strong city, the morale of the army is already in chaos. It is really difficult to ascend to the sky. Therefore, Beizhi hopes that the treacherous forces and Beizhi will go to Tongguan together. We rely on the dangers of Tongguan, and we may be able to temporarily hold the treacherous forces, which can also give Shanxi, Sichuan and other places a valuable respite."

When Sun Chuanting heard this, he was shocked. He really didn't expect that this young man could think so deeply that he could think of it together with him.

But he wanted to lead the trouble eastward, with the purpose of sacrificing Ma Mingfeng and his Henan army that half of the Ming Dynasty had won a chance to breathe, while Ma Mingfeng took the initiative to propose to hold the riot army by himself. In contrast, he seemed a little unauthentic.

This made Sun Chuanting feel ashamed and said to Ma Mingfeng: "I'm going to know that you have gone with me, but you have to be prepared. At this time, the thieves will definitely try their best to deal with you, because your Henan is the only obstacle for the thieves to go north, and all regions are unable to rescue them. The final result is likely to be that you and the thieves are burning together!"

Of course, Ma Mingfeng knew this, but now he could only do this. Otherwise, if the Ming Dynasty was destroyed, Chongzhen would pass on an imperial edict and chopped off his head on the charge of holding troops.

So at a critical moment, he must show himself, at least not anger Chongzhen, otherwise he will lose his life and nothing will be left.

Since he had this plan, Ma Mingfeng naturally had also considered the pros and cons. He felt that with the current power of Kaifeng, it would be fine to guard for several months. What's more, Henan is now uninhabited, and the supply of the rebel army is not easy to get. It is estimated that in a few months, the rebel army will be forced to retreat. Even as long as the rebel army reacts, he will decisively give up Henan, lead the army into Shanxi, and then capture the capital through Shanxi.

By then, his mission was completed.

However, before this, Ma Mingfeng had to find a way to send the former crown prince Zhu Yousong, who had already inherited King Fu, to his father, Governor Lu Feng. This is the most core part of his Nanming plan. No matter what, the safety of King Fu must be guaranteed.

So before leaving Tongguan, Ma Mingfeng had already asked Ni Zhihua to take his handbook to Kaifeng and sent capable people to secretly send King Fu to Yangzhou where the Governor Lufeng Desheng Head was located.

Although Kaifeng looks very wealthy now, it has been through war and is still desolate around it. It cannot be compared with the prosperous Yangzhou in any case. Moreover, Zhu Yousong had an affair with a maid from the Zhou palace and was knocked out by the Zhou king. He had been unable to stay there and was eager to leave, so he agreed happily and left Kaifeng with Ni Zhihua and headed for Yangzhou.

Then Ma Mingfeng went to Tongguan with Sun Chuanting. In order to avoid getting the treasury troops as much as possible, Sun Chuanting ordered the Shaanxi Governor Zhang Erzhong to transfer all the supplies in Xi'an to Tongguan during the retreat.

In fact, Zhang Erzhong had heard of Sun Chuanting's defeat for a long time. He knew that Xi'an could no longer be defended. Before Sun Chuanting gave orders, he had secretly transferred a lot of supplies to Tongguan. Of course, Zhang Erzhong's family was also transferred at the same time.

However, Zhang Erzhong himself did not leave. Although he knew that Xi'an could not be secured, he was willing to stay with him for death. Although there were only more than a thousand soldiers around him, even the strong men of the civilians ran away, he didn't care. No matter what, a big city like Xi'an cannot be left without a single person, and it must not be too easy for the thieves to get it.

After Sun Chuanting was defeated, the rebel army immediately led their troops to pursue him, but their main force was heading towards Xi'an. The only thing they went to Tongguan to chase Sun Chuanting was only a small force, so they were easily killed and dispersed by Yang Chengzu's cavalry.

This also led to Xi'an being quickly besieged.

Li Zicheng personally led his army to the city to persuade the defenders to surrender, but Zhang Erzhong flatly refused and directly ordered someone to shoot arrows, almost shooting Li Zicheng.

This made Li Zicheng very angry and immediately ordered the siege.

The defenders lasted for only half an hour before Xi'an City was captured, and Zhang Erzhong, as the chief general in the city, naturally became a prisoner.

Li Zicheng persuaded Zhang Erzhong to surrender, but the response he received was to curse.

Li Zicheng was angry and wanted to kill Zhang Erzhong, but Zhang Erzhong still scolded him without surrendering until his death.

After Li Zicheng killed Zhang Erzhong, he was still unhappy and ordered all the soldiers under Zhang Erzhong to be killed. He then ordered the generals Liu Zongmin, Li Guo, Li Yan, Tian Jianxiu and others to lead 10,000 troops to conquer the entire Shaanxi Province, leaving only his wife's brother Gao Yigong and military advisor Song Xiance to guard Xi'an, and he personally led a 100,000 army to attack Tongguan. Before the army set out, he swore a oath at the Guandi Temple in Xi'an, and he would definitely kill Sun Chuanting and Ma Luan in this battle.

Then Li Zicheng led a large army to run to Tongguan.

Although Tongguan is a dangerous pass, this dangerous pass is mainly to hinder the Central Plains army from entering Guanzhong. If an attack is launched from Guanzhong, Tongguan will almost be equal to no danger to defend. So, not to mention that Tongguan now has 20,000 troops, even if there are 20,000 more people, it is definitely not the opponent of Li Zicheng's army. The final result is only one, that is, the city is destroyed and the people are killed.

So after hearing that Li Zicheng's army was going to attack Tongguan, Sun Chuanting immediately called Ma Mingfeng and asked him to immediately lead the Henan army back to Kaifeng, relying on the geographical advantage of Kaifeng to persevere, and to hold on to the tide of the rebel army as much as possible.

Ma Mingfeng was shocked when he heard this. He knew what Sun Chuanting meant, that was to lead his army back to Kaifeng, while Sun Chuanting led his subordinates to defend Tongguan. This result was self-evident.

Although Ma Mingfeng is selfish, he is also a flesh-and-blood person. Sun Chuanting's status is so much higher than that of him, he actually let him escape. He chose to stay here and if he just left like this, where is his conscience?

So Ma Mingfeng immediately rushed up with blood and said loudly: "Supervisor, I won't leave, so I'd better let my subordinates stay in Tongguan. Supervisors, you go to Kaifeng. The Ming Dynasty can be without Ma Luan, and there can be no Supervisors."

But when Sun Chuanting cursed, he angrily, "When is this? You kid dare to ramble here? Get out of here quickly, otherwise I won't blame me for being ruthless!"

"I, I don't, how can I leave the commander in this time of crisis..."
Chapter completed!