Let's talk about Fan Ju, after he sent Li Dang to go, he ordered Ziyi to send his henchmen to investigate, and after finding out that Zhang Xianzhong had led the elite cavalry to raid Xi'an, he immediately sent Gan Yue to non-stop, and then rushed to Xi'an to see Hong Chengchou, and he must be in front of Zhang Xianzhong.

Of course, Gan Yue understands the importance of this errand, the last time the official army ambush failed, Hong Chengchou must have a hatred for the Qin army, and if he goes now, he risks losing his head. But Fan Ju had already calculated that Hong Chengchou would not kill Gan Yue, because the news he brought this time was very accurate.

In addition to reporting the news, Gan Yue also brought another message from Fan Ju, that is, the Qin army would cooperate with the official army and attack the rear of the peasant army, and the only request was that he hoped that the official army would return to help the men and horses and not attack the Qin army.

Fan Ju has already calculated, the official army must have transferred elite troops from Henan back to Shaanxi, and when the time comes, it will be a huge and tragic battle under the city of Xi'an.

The Qin army wanted to use this battle to expand its strength as much as possible, and Fan Ju's wishful thinking was to let the civilian army and the official army lose both, and the Qin army would rise.

Gan Yue Pegasus whipped up and went straight to Xi'an, he knew that Zhang Xianzhong's commanders were also cavalry, and if he wanted to seize the front, he had to sleep endlessly. So within these two days, his people were like growing on horseback, and finally arrived in Xi'an City early in the morning of the third day.

When he saw Hong Chengchou, he said what he meant, and clarified that the failure of the ambush against Zhang Xianzhong was not because the Qin army intended to coax the officials and soldiers, but because Zhang Xianzhong was too cunning. Hong Chengchou just smiled slightly after hearing this, and did not blame him, but rewarded Gan Yue and asked him to go down to rest. Where did Gan Yue dare to stop more, he didn't even drink a sip of water, and hurriedly returned to Huayin.

He was afraid that he would not have time to get out of the city, so he would be blocked in the city by Zhang Xianzhong, in that case, Fan Ju would not get anything in return, and he would be in a hurry.

When Gan Yue left, Hong Chengchou found Shi Kefa to discuss countermeasures.

Shi Kefa's affairs were handled very strictly, and last night, he secretly brought back 3,000 men and horses, and sure enough, it was silent, and no one saw it. On the way, he met several groups of pedestrians and merchants, and Shi Kefa brought them back with them and placed them in the barracks, not letting them out, so as not to leak the news.

After listening to Hong Chengchou's brief news about the Qin army, Shi Kefa said: "Zhang Xianzhong is also a decisive person, as soon as he heard that Xi'an City was empty, he immediately brought cavalry and rushed over, fast enough." ”

Hong Chengchou smiled: "I'm not worried about Zhang Xianzhong and Luo Rucai, because the original plan was to lure them to Xi'an, and then gather and annihilate them." What I'm worried about is Qin Jun. ”

Shi Kefa said: "Qin Jun? They are only three or four thousand people, occupy a small Huayin County, where they are just surviving, in order not to be destroyed, they take the initiative to beg for peace with the adults, and report the news, I think the Qin army is not enough to worry. ”

Hong Chengchou shook his head: "You don't know, this Qin army is very strange, out of nowhere, if it weren't for me to attack the east and west, and break him with a plan to wait for work, I really want to fight on the other side, and the outcome is still undecided." With such a strong combat effectiveness, above my Hong soldiers, it is not inferior to the Guanning Iron Cavalry. And their leader is very warlike. You have read the Three Kingdoms, then Liu Xuande has always been outnumbered, but Cao Cao has always regarded him as a big trouble, which is not unreasonable. Although the Qin army has few people, it is not easy to break, and if it is not extinguished as soon as possible, it will be full of wings in the future, and it will be difficult to try it again! ”

Shi Kefa said: "What should I do then?" ”

Hong Chengchou thought for a while: "Immediately send a shrewd detective to Huayin to investigate, be sure to keep an eye on Qin Jun's every move, report every day, and not delay." ”

Shi Kefa said: "Command!" ”

Hong Chengchou suddenly asked him: "If you are the leader of the Qin army, how will you act in the next fierce battle in Xi'an City?" Shi Kefa thought for a while: "We fight to the death with the thieves, just like two tigers fighting, one must be injured, or both will be defeated, the Qin army can sit back and reap the profits, eat us, or eat the thieves, in order to strengthen their own strength." ”

Hong Chengchou was very happy: "You think very well, so I have a heavy task for you to do." ”

Shi Kefa said: "Please just command." Hong Chengchou said: "You take my big order, with my handwritten letter, send someone out of the city in disguise, to inform Zuo Liangyu, and order him to ambush 2,000 men and horses near Huayin, just wait for the Qin army to leave the city, immediately conquer Huayin, and capture the leader of the Qin army." ”

Shi Kefa took the order, returned to his residence in a hurry, found two henchmen, asked them to wear ordinary clothes, rode out of the city, and greeted Zuo Liangyu.

As soon as he walked more than 20 miles out of the city, he saw a flock of sparrows flying up in the wild forest in the distance, and the two personal soldiers rode their horses away from the official road, flashed into a high slope of the forest, and got off their horses to look.

Sure enough, it didn't take long to hear the sound of horses' hooves in the distance like a thunderstorm passing through the sky, and when I looked up, a yellow dragon came on the official road in the distance, and countless horses' hooves stepped on the dust, and I didn't know how many people and horses there were.

This is the cavalry led by Zhang Xianzhong, since the defeat of Tongguan, these more than 6,000 people ran wild all night, only rested for a while, at this time one by one has run sweaty, was thrown by dust, all are gray-faced, from a distance, like a demon drilled out of the hell gate.

The six thousand men and horses did not stop at all, rushing towards the city of Xi'an, which was not far away.

The two soldiers secretly shouted that they were glad that if they left the city half an hour late, they would be blocked.

After Zhang Xianzhong's men and horses passed, the two personal soldiers went to the official road, beat the horses like flying, and rushed to Tongguan.

Hong Chengchou knew that although the peasant army captured Tongguan, they would not defend it, because the officers and troops did not have to enter Shaanxi from Tongguan, and they could cross the Yellow River at the ferry, which was very smooth. The peasant army must go to Tongguan, because they can't get so many ships in a short period of time, and they can't get the ferry, and the official army is different, so he ordered Zuo Liangyu to go straight out of Tongguan and rush to help Xi'an, and Shi Kefa just waited near Tongguan.

Besides, Zhang Xianzhong, before noon that day, he rushed to the city of Xi'an, because Xianyang is west of Xi'an, so he divided the 6,000 men and horses into two parts, respectively in the northwest two gates, as long as the officers and troops of Xianyang returned to the city, they would inevitably be intercepted. In addition, 200 cavalry were ambushed at the east gate and the south gate to prevent anyone from leaving the city.

With the arrival of Zhang Xianzhong's men and horses, the horn sounded in the city of Xi'an, the alarm continued, the four gates had already been closed, the soldiers defending the city rushed to the city head in a team, ready to wait, and the supporting people continued to roll wood, stones, crossbow arrows, hot oil, lime cans, 10,000 enemies, Franc machines and other things, transported to the city.

The 10,000 enemies are the ancestors of modern Molotov cocktails, which are made of clay and filled with gunpowder and iron sand gravel, and have a lead outside.

The Franc machine is artillery, the Ming army did not install the Hongyi cannon in Xi'an, it used the small and medium-sized Franc machine made by itself, the medium-sized Franc machine has a thigh to thick, it can fire shells and shotshots, all the gunpowder and projectiles are assembled in advance, wrapped in an iron shell, when used, the cover on the Franc machine is lifted, loaded into the iron shell, the iron shell has its own lead, and it can be shot out after ignition, and when the cannon is finished, the shell is taken out and loaded into the next iron shell, and it can be fired continuously, and the speed is much faster.

The small Franc machine is a musket, and Hong Chengchou attaches great importance to firearms, and rushes to produce thousands of Franc machine muskets, equipped with sufficient ammunition, in order to deal with the siege of the peasant army.

Hong Chengchou personally went up to the city to check, inspected the four gates, and then sneered slightly, it can be seen that Zhang Xianzhong is focusing on the direction of Xianyang. It seems that these thieves did not see through his strategy, and he also knew that Zhang Xianzhong brought all cavalry, and the infantry must have followed behind, preparing to besiege the city, which was estimated in advance.

Not long ago, he just received a message from the flying pigeon, Cao Wenzhao has crossed the Yellow River in the wild wolf beach, and is hurrying to come, Zuo Liangyu is still one hundred and fifty miles away from Tongguan, and he is also marching in, in addition to these two troops, Sun Chuanting also has news from the side, he has set off with the whole army, leaving the base camp of Ansai, because they are all infantry, so they come slowly.

All the reinforcements were three or four days away from Xi'an, so the city of Xi'an had to hold out for more than four days before it could gather and annihilate the peasant army.