When they came to the camp more than 100 zhang away, they had already found that the official and military patrols, about 20 people, all cavalry, were slowly walking along the main road. [No pop-ups. Wang Jian ordered his soldiers to shoot a volley to kill this patrol officer.

One hundred Qin soldiers stretched out their bows and set up arrows, only listening to the countless sounds of breaking the wind, and a hundred arrows were shot out, and this patrol officer and soldier were hit by arrows one after another, and even men and horses fell to the ground. There were only two officers and soldiers, who had a few arrow wounds on their bodies, but they did not fall off their horses, and fled desperately to the camp, shouting as they ran: "The thieves are out of the city, the thieves are out of the city......"

Wang Jian immediately made a decision and attacked.

A thousand cavalrymen lined up, and not far from the official barracks, shot arrows with fire into the official barracks in batches.

At this time, the official and military battalions were already prepared, but those tents were set up there, without shelter, so when the first round of rockets went in, they did not shoot a few officers and soldiers, but most of them fell on the tents.

The commander on duty today was Gao Jie, who hurriedly ordered his archers to hide behind the gate and fence and shoot at the Qin army.

There were far more archers in the official army than the 1,000 men and horses of the Qin army, and Wang Jian saw that it was not good, and immediately ordered a retreat.

More than 40 of the 1,000 men and horses were wounded by arrows, but fortunately they were not fatal, and these people followed Wang Jian and ran back to Xi'an like a gust of wind.

Gao Jie checked the camp tent and burned dozens of them, and couldn't help but scold the Qin army angrily.

When Sun Chuanting heard about it, he didn't blame Gao Jie, after all, there were not many casualties among the soldiers in the battalion, he just ordered to send more patrols at night, from 100 to 500 in each team. Moreover, a lot of mobile secret posts were added to prevent the Qin army from sneaking up again.

Not to mention that Sun Chuanting strictly guarded against the Qin army here, and in vain, he took 5,000 cavalry and rushed to the trilateral area in the starry night. They drove all night, and after dawn, they came to a deserted village, which was originally inhabited, but was moved around Xi'an by the Qin army. Bai Qi ordered his men and horses to rest here and sent sentries in case an official or soldier suddenly appeared.

5,000 men and horses camped in the village, Bai Qi and Wang Bao and a few generals rested in a house, and some soldiers were lighting a fire to cook.

When the meal was ready, Wang Bao personally brought a bowl of rice, covered the rice with a few pieces of horse meat, and said with a smile: "General, it's time to eat." ”

Bai Qi took the rice bowl, and Wang Bao took a wine bag from his waist and handed it over: "General, let's take a few sips, it's very cold this weather." Bai Qi smiled slightly, opened the pisset and poured a few sips, and immediately felt that his whole body was warmer.

He began to eat, and several generals gathered around, talking about the painful sneak attack the night before.

Bai Qi didn't say much, just listened to his subordinates bragging there, noncommittal.

Wang Bao glanced at Bai Qi and asked, "General, let's go to the three sides, if we really capture it, what will we do after that?" ”

Bai Qi stopped eating and said: "If it is really captured, let's go and meet those full people for a while, let them enter Guanzhong and make a fuss, I think the siege of Xi'an will be solved soon." These Manchurian cavalry are very powerful, and the Ming army does not seem to have a single unit except for the Guanning Iron Cavalry, which is its opponent. ”

Wang Bao frowned: "Brother Lei Sheng once said that if we do this, our reputation among the people will be ruined." The Manchurian Tartars love to kill people and set fires, rob money, and the common people hate them to the bone, if we lead them into the pass, the people will definitely hate us together. I can't do it. ”

Bai Qi sneered: "Let's take a look, how many people are there on our way?" Most of the people in Guanzhong were either killed and captured by the official army and the peasant army, or fled from the famine, and the few people left were also moved to the vicinity of Xi'an by our Qin army. Except for some people in the trilateral region, there are ten rooms and nine empty rooms in other places, and no one will hate us. ”

Several generals listened and nodded one after another.

Wang Bao said: "But in case, if we welcome the Manchu Tartars in, these turtle sons will fight back and attack us, what can we do?" ”

Bai nodded: "This worry is right. Let's not think about it first, whether we can fight the three sides is still undecided. I know that it is an important border defense place for the official army, and it has always been heavily guarded, and there are many people. When we get there, we have to discuss and deliberate, and we can't attack hard. ”

Wang Bao said: "Let's use a surprise attack, the three sides focus on protecting outside the Great Wall, and for the interior, it is always a little lax." ”

Bai Qi said: "What I'm worried about is that we won't be able to attack the three sides for a while, and the guards there will definitely ask Sun Chuanting for help, and Sun Chuanting has Fan Ju by his side, this person knows the tactics of our Qin army very well......"

Speaking of this, Bai suddenly stopped and did not continue.

Everyone looked up, only to see that Bai Qi's face was cloudy and uncertain, and they even forgot to eat the food in their hands.

Wang Bao felt that something was wrong: "General, what's wrong with you?" ”

Bai Qi sat there and muttered: "Sun Chuanting is scheming, and Fan Ju knows my way of using troops, my sneak attack on Xi'an has already caught them off guard, and now, they are bound to guess my next ...... of troops."

Bai Qi stood up sharply, and the bowl of rice fell to the ground and spilled into the snow.

Wang Bao and several partial generals also hurriedly got up, no one ate, they all looked at Bai Qi, not knowing what he was thinking.

When Bai stood up, he gave an order: "At night, the whole army will turn around and head east, and it will not be able to go to the three sides." ”

Wang Bao was puzzled: "General, why is this?" ”

Bai Qi calmed down at this time, sat down again, and picked up the rice bowl from the ground, the rice grains had been sprinkled in the snow and could not be eaten, Wang Bao took the bowl, filled it with rice, and added meat.

At this time, Bai Qi ordered everyone to sit down too, and said calmly: "Sun Chuanting and Fan Ju are both treacherous people, especially Fan Ju, who has been in the same dynasty with me for decades and knows my way of using soldiers. Let's attack three sides openly and secretly attack Xi'an this time, they have already been fooled, and they must be guessing the direction of our army's attack next. With Fan Ju's treachery and Sun Chuanting's deep planning, he can definitely guess that we will really attack the three sides. Therefore, you must not go there, I am afraid that if you can't reach the three sides, you will fall into an ambush by the officers and soldiers. ”

Only then did everyone suddenly realize.

Wang Bao suddenly slapped his thigh: "General, Sun Chuanting knows that we are coming, will he send someone to attack Meixian County, it is our base camp, if we lose it, we will become a lone army with thousands of people." ”

Bai Qi patted him on the shoulder: "That's a good idea." In fact, I have already made arrangements, Lei Sheng with the infantry, is to concentrate on defending the county seat. Rest assured, he can keep it for at least twenty days. ”

Wang Bao said: "Shall we come back to help?" ”

Bai shook his head: "No need, let's attack Huayin." ”

This move was unexpected, and Wang Bao frowned: "Attack Huayin? Is it important there? ”

Bai Qi said: "Yes, Huayin is between Xi'an and Tongguan, and once Huayin is lost, Tongguan will be dangerous." Moreover, the official army in Xi'an also has the possibility of being attacked by the enemy, so Sun Chuanting will definitely send troops to recapture Huayin. ”

Wang Bao said: "What if he doesn't care? You must know that Huayin was originally occupied by our Qin army for a long time. ”

Bai Qi was confident: "He won't care, Huayin is gone, Tongguan will be difficult to protect, Tongguan will be lost, the gate of Guanzhong will be opened, and the peasant army in Henan can swagger in." Sun Chuanting has tens of thousands of horses, and Li Zicheng and others are not less than him. Once the peasant army entered the pass, Sun Chuanting was in danger of being wiped out, so he would never dare not defend the Tong Pass. ”

One of the generals said: "Fan Ju, wouldn't they think of this move?" ”

Bai Qi sneered: "Don't worry, even if you think about it, it's not as fast as us, Sun Chuanting's people staying in Huayin must not be many, we suddenly appeared, and we are ninety percent sure." ”

Another said: "General, wouldn't it be more advantageous for us to go directly to attack Tongguan?" ”

Bai Qi said: "No, Tongguan has always been an important place, after Sun Chuanting took Tongguan, he must have arranged heavy troops there in order to prevent the peasant army from coming in." Besides, if we go to Tongguan, we have to pass through Huayin, 5,000 men and horses, how can we not alarm the officials and troops? Therefore, Tongguan can't go, only to fight Huayin is the best strategy. ”

There were no more objections.

After eating, the army rested for a day, and when it was night, they changed direction and headed east, heading straight to Huayin.

Not to mention the lively fighting in Guanzhong, let's talk about Li Zicheng and other peasant troops.

Since Yang Sichang supervised the thieves, Sichuan, Henan, Huguang, Shanxi, Shandong provinces, as if erected a copper wall and iron wall, the peasant army began in Sichuan, attacking and looting, life was not bad, but when Xiong Wencan personally came to the front line, Yang Sichang's strategy of four positive six corners and ten nets began to produce power, Xiong Wencan was recommended by Yang Sichang's grace, grateful, and swore to serve the country loyally, he sat in the sunset, commanded the Sichuan army and Huguang's men and horses, surrounded and hunted down, and ordered the counties in central Sichuan, recruit troops to protect themselves, Which county seat is trapped, the county order and the city guards are capital crimes.

In this way, those county commanders and guards are red-eyed, anyway, if you flee, you will die, and if you defend the city, it is better to fight to the death, and it is possible to hold it. If he escapes, not only will the court want his own life, but his family will not be able to get the court's pension, and he will have to bear the infamy of a deserter after his death, which is not cost-effective.

So all the officials in the counties of Sichuan went to the city to defend, and they also brought in all the strong men in the city to fight to the death with the peasant army. Die not to surrender.

The peasant army gradually felt that the city was becoming more and more difficult to attack, and it was becoming more and more difficult to grab money.

Everywhere they went, they were subjected to an almost frenzied counterattack, and the officials at the head of the city lost their scholarly demeanor one by one, stealing knives and dancing guns, shouting wildly, and even after the city was broken, these people did not surrender or flee, but continued to fight in the streets until they were killed.

The losses of the peasant army began to grow.

What's more, at this time, there was no way to catch strong men to replenish the people, and the people of Sichuan regarded the peasant army as bandits, and everywhere they went, the towns and villages were empty.

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