Liu Zongmin patted his chest: "Leave it to me, if Lao Hong rushes over, I can block him. Just give me a tiger. [No pop-ups. 】”

He is talking about Li Guo, among these generals, Liu Zongmin admires Li Guo more, thinking that although this kid is brave enough, he also has a little trick and can take charge of himself, so Liu Zongmin has to experience Li Guo in many battles.

Li Zicheng nodded, he looked at the mountains in all directions, verdant and majestic, his men and horses were scattered, at this time they had already received orders, began to pack up, busy, looking at these brothers who were born and died with him, Li Zicheng was a little sour-eyed, he knew that at this time tomorrow, eight thousand brothers, I don't know how many will be left.

Suddenly, he heard the sound of hunting, Li Zicheng turned his head to look, and saw that the big banner on the mountain peak was fluttering in the wind.

Xiong Wencan has been besieging Xi'an for a month, and in the past month, he has personally supervised the battle and attacked fiercely, but with little success. After the construction of Xi'an City by Hong Chengchou and the Qin army, it is very strong, although Xiong Wencan transferred eight cannons from all over Guanzhong, continuous bombardment, but only broke a lot of blue bricks and stones, Xi'an city wall is as stable as Mount Tai, and it cannot collapse at all.

At this time, it is the rainy season again, if in the past few years, Guanzhong has been in a great drought, and there is no rain in the rainy season. However, this summer and autumn were different, often heavy rains, which brought many difficulties to the siege. First of all, the water in the moat was too deep, it was difficult to swim across, and the bridge was collapsed by the Qin army's stones, so when the official army attacked the city, they could only step on the ladder to cross the river, and many people fell into the river.

Again, the rain was so heavy that the artillery was unusable, and the most powerful weapon was lost.

In addition, Bai Qi and Li Yan have joined forces, and the two brought their men and horses into Huashan, and from time to time they came out to harass and rob the grain carriers of the official army. As a result, the food and salaries of the officers and soldiers were often not able to be paid, and their morale plummeted.

Xiong Wencan had a headache, he also knew that he came to supervise the army instead of Sun Chuanting, if he couldn't capture Xi'an, then he would be the next one to go to prison, and even Yang Sichang might not be able to keep him.

100,000 horses besieged Xi'an for more than a month, and they couldn't get an inch of land, and they couldn't say who they replaced. Xiong Wencan's temper is getting bigger and bigger, he really wants to kill a few generals to boost morale, but he is afraid of a mutiny, so he has to swallow his anger and find another way.

The strategists around him came up with an idea and asked him to make a comeback, saying that the continuous autumn rain in the Guanzhong area was not conducive to the siege of the city, and begged Chongzhen for permission to wait for the rainy season to attack again.

Xiong Wencan had no choice but to do this, anyway, the Qin army did not dare to go out of the city, and most of the peasant armies in various places had already been appeased, and they were not afraid that they would come to reinforce Guanzhong.

This piece was sent to the capital, and after Chongzhen saw it, he was angry and immediately summoned Yang Sichang. Yang Sichang also read the folds again, and then said: "Heavy rain has fallen in the Guanzhong area recently, this is the truth, the saint does not have to worry, at most another month, the rainy season passes, when the autumn is high and dry, you will be able to go down to Xi'an with a drum." ”

Chongzhen nodded: "It's really not the right time." In the past, there was a great drought in Guanzhong, and there was no rain for several months, but now I am looking forward to no rain, but the heavy rain continues. Yang Sichang's eyes rolled and he hurriedly said: "This is caused by the blessing of the Holy Lord." It was raining heavily in Guanzhong, and the officers and soldiers were not having a good time, and the thieves were not having a good time. Our officers and soldiers can still pick wood everywhere, and the thieves are in the city, how can there be so much dry firewood? After a long time, I am afraid that even cooked rice will not be delicious. Chongzhen said: "Although this is the case, it has nothing to do with the overall situation. An order was given to Xiong Wencan, so that he would attack immediately after the rainy season. ”

Yang Sichang received the decree and said: "Holy Lord, the minister has an idea, which can kill two birds with one stone. ”

Chongzhen became interested: "What a good idea?" Yang Sichang said: "At present, the thieves Zhang Xianzhong, Luo Rucai, Liu Guoneng and others have surrendered, but the people have not yet been disbanded, if they are forcibly disbanded, these people are uneasy and will rebel, but if they are placed in the local area, they need a large number of people to monitor." In my opinion, it is better to transfer half of them to Guanzhong to besiege the Qin army, and the other half to Henan, attack and kill Li Zicheng's troops, and use thieves to suppress thieves. ”

Hearing this, Chongzhen did not answer, but walked around the hall a few times with his hands behind his back, and said slowly: "This plan is good, but it is very risky. ”

Yang Sichang said: "What does the saint mean? Chongzhen said: "If these people are dedicated to serving the country and atoning for their sins, it is fine, in case they defect and join forces with Qin Jun and Li Zicheng, then the overall situation will be ruined, so you can't do this." ”

Yang Sichang hurriedly knelt down: "The saint is wise, the subordinates are stupid, and they almost made a big mistake, please forgive the saint." ”

Chongzhen calmed him down: "Where, Yang Qing is also kind-hearted, but this gang of thieves has just been appeased, and his heart is unpredictable, so it's better to wait." Besides, I think that Xiong Wencan's 100,000 male soldiers, Hong Chengchou is scheming, and it should not be difficult to win. ”

Yang Sichang nodded again and again: "Exactly." The minister went to the military department to give an order. ”

The holy decree was in Xiong Wencan's hands, Xiong Wencan breathed a sigh of relief, he ordered not to attack first, rectify the men and horses and gunpowder equipment, and wait for the rainy season to pass.

He stopped attacking Xi'an City, and focused on Bai Qi and Li Yan, fortunately, Huayin and Tongguan were not attacked, and they were still in the hands of the official army. So Xiong Wencan sent He Renlong and Gao Jie with 15,000 men and horses to the vicinity of Huashan to clear Bai Qi and Li Yan.

At this time, the city of Xi'an was not very peaceful.

Xiong Wencan besieged the city for more than a month, and the Qin army in the city resisted stubbornly, and the losses were not small, killing more than 1,000 people. Even more worrisome was the mood of the city's inhabitants, who had been in a state of great fear since the siege, and who had hoarded food and never went out. so as not to be injured by stray arrows.

King Qin for many days, is also worried, he already knows that Bai Qi is here, but there are too few people and horses, can not relieve the siege, can only disturb the enemy, in the long run, once Bai Qi has a mistake, Xi'an City has no foreign aid, sooner or later will be trapped by the official army to death.

He found several important ministers to discuss countermeasures for several days, but everyone had no good way, the iron barrels on the periphery of the city were similar, and they couldn't break out at all, and even if the Qin army stood out and lost Xi'an, it would become a rootless water and a tree without roots.

On this day, everyone discussed together, what is most needed at the moment is foreign aid, but where to find reinforcements?

Li Dang stood up and bowed his hand to King Qin: "King, I have a way, I don't know if you should do it?" ”

King Qin said: "Say it." ”

Li Dare said: "I want to take a few people out of the city, find my righteous brother Zhang Xianzhong, and ask him to help." ”

Wang Jian shook his head: "Zhang Xianzhong has already been appeased, I heard that he is living a good life near Gucheng, how can he rebel again?" Li dared to say: "I don't think he will sincerely surrender, just waiting for an opportunity." If I can move him and come to Guanzhong to help in the war, then we will meet General Bai Qi again, and we will definitely be able to defeat the official army by attacking from both sides. ”

King Qin said: "Zhang Xianzhong is cunning, and his surrender is mostly fake. But at this time, if you go against him, I am afraid that it will not work. You must know that although he has surrendered to the official army, Xiong Wencan's precautions against him are also very strict, and it is said that he has laid heavy troops in the county towns around him. This is precisely the reason why the officials and soldiers could not draw more people to come to Guanzhong. ”

Li Dang was confident: "King, Zhang Xianzhong and I are friends in trouble, as long as he sees me, he will definitely go out of Gucheng and come to Guanzhong." I'm sure of that. ”

Zhang Yi also shook his head: "Zhang Xianzhong is a smart person, although he looks rough on the outside, he is extremely shrewd in his inner calculations. At present, he is about to give the officials and soldiers a false impression to confuse the officials and soldiers, so that the court will trust him and not suspect him. Therefore, once you go, you are likely to be betrayed by him to the official army. In that case, you will die in vain, and my Qin army will also lose a general. ”

Li Dang waved his hand again and again: "It's impossible." I saved his life, and he couldn't have done it even if he had been treacherous. King, if you don't unite Zhang Xianzhong now, who else can unite? ”

Ziyi nodded on the side: "King, General Li Dang is right, at present, all the peasant armies have either been wiped out or surrendered, and there are still a very small number of them hiding in the deep mountains, surviving for a long time. It's a bad time. We only have Zhang Xianzhong, a support army. ”

King Qin seemed to be moved, frowned, and did not speak.

Wang Jian looked at King Qin's face, as if he understood that King Qin had something unspeakable, so he said: "Even if you can give it a try, but the official army is tightly besieged, how can you get out of the city?" ”

Li Dare said: "I've already planned this, we can use the method of fake stealing camp to let me get out." ”

Wang Jian said: "What kind of fake stealing camp? Li dared to say: "Let's send a team of men and horses at night to steal the camp, I and a few people wearing official uniforms, mixed in the team, once we rush into the enemy camp to fight, and after the chaos is a mess, we will take the opportunity to mix out of the enemy camp." It shouldn't be difficult. ”

King Qin nodded: "This method is good, but you have to be very careful, even after seeing Zhang Xianzhong, don't be careless, always be on guard, once something is wrong, come back immediately." ”

Seeing that King Qin agreed, Li Dang was very excited, and got up and saluted: "Thank you, King, I'll go and prepare, and I can go out of the city at night." ”

Wang Jian said: "I will send a thousand cavalry to steal the camp with you, and when you enter the enemy camp, you have to be careful." ”

It was agreed that the King of Qin sent Zhang Yi to take Li Kang's place and guard the city gate, but there was still no Ziyi.

That night, Li Dang and the four personal soldiers changed the clothes of the officers and soldiers, mixed with the thousand cavalry, and at the third watch, quietly opened the south gate, sneaked out of the city, and when they approached the official camp, they were already discovered by the officers and soldiers patrolling the camp, and immediately rang the gong.

The 1,000 Qin troops were not panicked, because the purpose of their coming was to give away, not to steal the camp, so Li Dang gave an order, and the Qin cavalry rushed forward, came to the front of the camp, picked up the deer firewood, stepped down the fence, and killed into the camp.

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