Hong Chengchou looked at the Ming army at the head of the city, that was the Hong soldiers he recruited and trained, all of them experienced in a hundred battles, fearless, as long as he gave an order, the sword mountain and the sea of fire would dare to go up.

Looking at the countless crossbow arrows, cannonballs, stones, rolling logs, lime canisters, and thousands of enemies at the head of the city, Hong Chengchou was very sure in his heart. He ordered the whole army to have a meal, and the white rice and the red braised pork were carried up to the city one by one. In addition, there are two large bowls of shochu per person.

Those who are soldiers know what it means, and when they are full of food and drink, let's fight.

The peasant army did not attack the city, Zhang Xianzhong only had 6,000 men and horses, and they were all cavalry, and he didn't even bring siege equipment, so he also ordered the whole army to camp and wait for the infantry to arrive.

Both sides are ready, just waiting for the war.

Almost at the same time, Fan Ju was sitting in the back hall of the county government, worried about the map on the wall.

On the table at the back, there are various documents and files. Since Bai Qi fled, he alone has the final say in the entire Huayin County, and it is not a problem to govern this small county town, his Fan Ju's ability can govern the country, let alone this ten-mile small county.

What really bothered him was the armament.

A lot of Qin troops have returned from Huayin City, plus the recruited recruits, there are already nearly 5,000 people, there are many people, there are many things, what military rations, equipment, money, horse management, personnel and horses, the maintenance and manufacturing of weapons, and the military information reported from various places, which need to be summarized and analyzed......

All of this, although Ziyi helped, still made Fan Ju, who was not familiar with martial arts, more and more anxious. At this time, he had to admire Bai Qi's ability, when this guy held hundreds of thousands of horses, he had never seen him busy, no matter what happened, it was just a simple sentence, an order, and the following was orderly, hundreds of thousands of horses were like a chariot, each performing its own duties, without conflict.

At this time, he had to give more and more rights to Ziyi and let him be in charge of more and more affairs.

In fact, Fan Ju at this time was just a minister, he had never been a king, and he didn't understand the way of a king.

At this time, Ziyi walked in and reported to him: "Fan Xiang, I have got news from the official army." ”

Fan Ju said: "Come and talk about it." Ziyi walked to the map and pointed: "Cao Wenzhao's men and horses have crossed the Wild Wolf Beach and rushed to Xi'an, while Zuo Liangyu has already passed the Lingbao at this time, and the forward is pointing directly at Tongguan." Fan Ju said: "Pay close attention to Zuo Liangyu's movements, although Hong Chengchou promised not to attack Huayin, but also be careful." ”

Ziyi nodded: "This has been arranged, from Tongguan to here, there are secret posts of our army every ten miles." If there is any movement, it will be reported at any time. ”

Fan Ju thought for a while: "Didn't the peasant army stay in Tongguan?" ”

Ziyi said: "There was not a single soldier left, maybe they were afraid that Cao Wenzhao would attack from behind." Fan Ju said with a smile: "The peasant army has always been like this, capturing the county seat, leaving after looting, and never sticking to one place." Because to defend the city, it is necessary to have the support of the people in the city, and in this regard, the peasant army did a very poor job. ”

He paused, and suddenly asked, "Did Li Dang bring back that good look?" ”

Ziyi was stunned for a moment, and immediately reacted: "Oh, Fan Xiang is saying that Qianniang has been picked up and still lives in the original house." How? Fan Xiang still wants to start? ”

Fan Ju smiled and shook his head: "Now that I start, I can't blame Bai Qi, besides, this woman is still useful, I heard that her father is a miracle doctor." ”

Ziyi nodded: "Yes, that person's nickname is the old fairy, and he once treated Sun Chuanting's injuries, Li Dang's arrow didn't kill him, thanks to the old fairy's wonderful hand rejuvenation." ”

Fan Ju said: "Such a person is useful in the army, let Li Dare get closer to him, and he will definitely be used in the future." Ziyi nodded: "Once the war breaks out in Xi'an, let's go to copy the back road of the people's army?" It's best to kill Li Yan. Fan Ju muttered: "This is the best result, but it requires careful planning. If Li Yan escapes again, it will not be good for us. ”

Ziyi said: "Fan Xiang thinks that in the battle of Xi'an, who has a better chance of winning?" ”

Fan Ju smiled: "Naturally, it is the official army, there are Cao Wenzhao and Zuo Liangyu, the two elite soldiers, surrounded in the rear, Hong Chengchou is full of confidence, I guess that as long as Xi'an can support for a few days, the peasant army will become the end of the strong crossbow, and if it is rushed by these two support armies, it will definitely be defeated, and it will be time for us to take action." ”

Ziyi said: "I'm worried, in case the official army wins a big victory, and then takes advantage of the victory to attack Huayin, we will fight alone, I'm afraid we won't be able to stop it." ”

Fan Ju said: "Don't worry about this, let's not let the official army win a big victory, if we want to win, it will also be a miserable victory." ”

Ziyi's face was overjoyed: "Fan Xiang has a plan?" Fan Ju nodded: "We promised Hong Chengchou to report the news for the officers and soldiers, but we also promised Zhang Xianzhong to take care of the back road for them......"

He looked at Ziyi, Ziyi thought about it, and didn't understand: "This, this ......"

Fan Ju said with a smile: "If Zuo Liangyu and Cao Wenzhao fall into the encirclement of the people's army, it will be a bloody battle......

Ziyi suddenly realized, and raised his fingers: "Fan Xiang is really smart." ”

Zhang Xianzhong has been stationed under the city of Xi'an for a day and a half, at this time he stood on a high slope, looking at the city from afar, the sunset at dusk was crumbling in the sky, the rest of the halo dyed half of the sky, the tall enemy tower at the head of the city was like a sculpture carved on the wooden board, hard and cold and stubborn. The weeds outside the city were blown by the strong wind like waves, and the blood-colored sunlight also reflected the grass red, making people feel like they were in a sea of blood. Can't help yourself.

The officers and soldiers standing solemnly at the head of the city all straightened their waists and did not move.

When Zhang Xianzhong watched it for a long time, he scolded: "Grandma's, it's quite bold." Li Dingguo on the side replied: "Hong Chengchou is in the city, and these people have the backbone. Zhang Xianzhong pouted: "These Hong soldiers are not afraid of death, and they are indeed fierce enemies." When it was time to attack the city, you had to fight desperately. And these turtle grandchildren can't be given a chance to breathe. ”

Li Dingguo said: "The handsome man is to fight quickly!" ”

Zhang Xianzhong smiled: "Hong Chengchou is as stable as Mount Tai, needless to say, he must have issued an order for help a long time ago." In a few days, the officers and troops will rush over from all directions, especially in the direction of Huayin behind us, the surname Fan is not a good person, and he is not kind, so he is really not at ease to cut us off. So, it's better to rely on people than on yourself, take Xi'an one day earlier, and we will all live in peace. ”

Li Dingguo nodded and said: "Dashuai really thinks about it." Just wait for Cao Cao to arrive, let's attack the city immediately, although the city of Xi'an is thick with high walls, but after all, there are only a few thousand officers and soldiers in the city, so it is divided in this way, each gate is at most a thousand people, we have forty or fifty thousand horses, four gates together, sooner or later break the city. ”

Zhang Xianzhong suddenly frowned: "Didn't you say that Hong Chengchou sent three thousand men and horses to Xianyang to quell the rebellion?" Why haven't you seen those people? Don't you dare to come back? Or are we too late, and they're already in town? ”

Li Dingguo said: "Even if we have entered the city, it is only six or seven thousand officers and soldiers, and we are still several times as many times as his." ”

Zhang Xianzhong was about to say something, and suddenly heard the sound of a whining horn in the distance, Li Dingguo listened carefully, and his face showed joy: "It's our people who have arrived." Zhang Xianzhong nodded: "Go and take a look." ”

The two of them rode downhill and rushed to the camp, and when they came to the camp, they saw countless people coming from the official road, led by Sun Kewang and Xu Yixian, Li Yan and the Red Lady also arrived after a short time, and the last one to arrive was Luo Rucai.

The morale of the army is high because everyone knows that there are only a few thousand officers and soldiers in the city, as long as Xi'an is broken and Hong Chengchou's old boy is killed, Shaanxi will be in the bag in the future.

After the rendezvous, several groups of people began to camp, Zhang Xianzhong was at the west gate and the north gate, Luo Rucai was at the east gate and the south gate, and Li Yan had few people, so he set up a small village next to Zhang Xianzhong's camp.

After dinner, everyone gathered together and went to visit the city of Xi'an.

Li Yan came to Xi'an for the first time, he raised his eyes and saw that Xi'an was really a city with thick walls, and four big cars could almost run side by side on the city, and the battlements were higher than the general ones, and most importantly, Xi'an City had an urn city.