Signed to Zhu Cihong, Prince of the Late Ming Dynasty

Chapter 250 Chapter 250, Invincible in the pass, Xi'an City intends to defend
After passing through Wuguan, Zhu Cihong led the [-] Ming army all the way to the northwest, passed through Longqu Village, and went upstream along the Danshui.

"The next city is Shangzhou, which is also an important stronghold in the Guanzhong Basin. After taking this place and then conquering Lantian, you will be able to reach Xi'an Prefecture." Gao Dejie said to Zhu Cihong.

Zhu Cilang thought for a while and asked, "How is this place compared to Nanyang City?"

Gao Dejie smiled: "I think it can't compare to Nanyang City."

Zhu Cilang snapped his fingers and said with a smile: "Then what are you talking about? Let the cannons be transported later to speed up."

For Zhu Cihong, whether the city is strong or not, and the number of enemy troops defending the city are no longer his concerns.

The palace now has cannons, as long as anyone dares to block the way, just set up the cannons and blast them, and the job will be over!
Ma Wannian stood beside Zhu Cihong, acting as an attendant with his chest upright, and he couldn't help but smile when he heard this.

Ma Wannian is very young, but he is the hereditary chieftain of the Ming Dynasty after all, and his grandmother Qin Liangyu will not shy away from him in many things.

Ma Wannian knew very well that Daming had experienced many hardships over the years, and last year was almost at the end of his life, and was almost destroyed by Li Zicheng.

Although Chieftain Shizhu was not on the front line against Li Zicheng, he had been fighting against Zhang Xianzhong all these years. Naturally, he hated these rebels already.

At this moment, Zhu Cihong suddenly turned his head to look at Ma Wannian, and said with a smile: "Little Ma, after Li Zicheng is calmed down, your Shizhu chieftain and the whole of Sichuan will be completely stable!"

Ma Wannian said with a smile: "What Your Highness said is that I am really looking forward to that day."

Zhu Cixiang said: "In the future, I plan to counterattack outside the pass and destroy the Manchu Qing Dynasty. Are you interested in joining me?"

Ma Wannian said sternly: "My uncles all died in the battle with Jiannu. Chieftain Shizhu and Jiannu will not stop fighting. If His Highness raises troops outside the customs, please be sure to let me accompany you!"

Zhu Cihong laughed loudly: "Okay, it's settled! Don't worry, you will see this day."

Gao Dejie watched this scene from the sidelines, feeling a little puzzled in his heart, and lightly touched Fang Gonggan: "Old Fang, why do you think His Highness values ​​this chieftain so much?"

Although the chieftain of Shizhu was indeed very loyal, but this chieftain was originally in a mountainous area, and he was a "mountain person" for an orthodox court general like Gao Dejie, so he didn't take it to heart. Seeing Zhu Cihong attaching so much importance to him now, he couldn't help being surprised.

Fang Gongqian smiled slightly, and said: "Your Highness has his own intentions, General Gao, you just have to obey orders."

Gao Dejie coughed and said, "Old Fang, we are all friends, so you can't reveal a little bit so that I can judge?"

Fang Gongqian pondered for a moment, then said softly: "There is a Duke of Dian in Daming, do you know that?"

Gao Dejie was shocked: "But, only the eastern part of Sichuan has as many mountains as Yunnan, and the rest are basins. Isn't that necessary?"

Fang Gong let out a hey, and said, "What a fool, who said it must be in Sichuan?"

Gao Dejie became more and more confused: "Where else could it be?"

Fang Gongqian glanced towards the west, but did not continue speaking.

Soon, the army arrived at the city of Shangzhou.

Zhu Cihong stared at Shangzhou in front of him, and he knew that this was the Shang County of later generations.

From the point of view of shape and structure, this place should have been one of the more prosperous cities in Guanzhong, but perhaps because it was poisoned by Li Zicheng's Dashun regime for a year, not only was the outside of the city extremely deserted, but even the city walls seemed quite dilapidated. Feeling of disrepair.

Just as Zhu Cihong ordered the whole army to set up camp and prepare to attack the city tomorrow, the gate of Shangzhou City has already been opened.

Afterwards, a Dashun army held a white flag and filed out from the gate.

Zhu Cilang was also stunned for a few seconds watching this scene, then nodded slightly: "Niu Jinxing and Li Yan, these two guys, did a good job."

A while later, Niu Jinxing and Li Yan sat in the same carriage and came to Zhu Cihong with great vigor.

"Your Highness, I'm glad you did not disgrace your orders and persuaded Shangzhou City to surrender!" Niu Jinxing's eyes narrowed with a smile, but Li Yan beside him seemed calmer.

Zhu Cihong laughed, and said, "Niu Qianhu, you have done a very good job! From today onwards, you will be the deputy commander of Jin Yiwei!"

Niu Jinxing was overjoyed, and immediately took orders to thank him.

The position of Daming Jinyiwei's deputy commander is naturally far from Niu Jinxing's position when he was almost equal to Dashun's prime minister, but the problem is that Daming is still alive now, and Dashun is about to die.

A regime that is about to die, let alone a prime minister, even if it is a prince or emperor, no one wants to be a prince.

In this way, Zhu Cihong won Shangzhou without any effort.

Then, something unexpected happened to Zhu Cihong.

Niu Jinxing and Li Yan hadn't even set out yet. Two waves of messengers from the generals guarding the city of Dashun in Guanzhong had already arrived that night.

Luonan City guard Li Qisan announced his surrender and returned to the Ming Dynasty.

Wu Keli, the guard of Zhen'an City, announced his surrender and returned to the rule of Ming Dynasty.

In the next few days, news of the surrender of various cities in Guanzhong continued to spread like snowflakes, and the messenger who came to present the letter of persuasion to surrender could be said to have broken through Zhu Cihong's camp.

The prompt sound of the system also kept ringing in Zhu Cihong's mind.

"Congratulations to the host, the progress of destroying the Dashun regime has reached 35%.

"...The progress has reached 38%."

"...The progress has reached 42%."

Listening to the system's prompt, Zhu Cihong unconsciously thought of an idiom.

Invincible.

Three days later, the army arrived in Lantian.

The defenders here did not surrender, but they were not stupid enough to fight against the Ming army, which had swelled to 13. Instead, they scattered like birds and beasts, leaving Zhu Cihong an unguarded city.

After passing Lantian, you have really entered the boundary of Xi'an City in the narrow sense.

Zhu Cihong said: "Where is Li Zicheng, has he run away?"

Gao Dejie said: "Judging from the current situation, he probably didn't run away. He is still recruiting troops from various places, and wants to stick to Xi'an City."

Zhu Cihong was dumb for a moment, then said: "He doesn't really think he can hold it?"

Gao Dejie said: "Maybe he really thinks so."

Zhu Cihong said: "Didn't he run very well before?"

Niu Jinxing interjected at the right time from the side: "Li Zicheng back then was a struggling Li Zicheng, and now Li Zicheng is a enjoying Li Zicheng. Although the two are the same person, they are not the same person."

Zhu Cihong nodded slightly, expressing that his words sounded very reasonable: "Since Li Zicheng has chosen Xi'an City as his burial place, what are we waiting for? Send him to the ground as soon as possible."

(End of this chapter)