As far as the current situation is concerned, it is impossible for the defenders of Xi'an to abandon Xi'an for the time being, and except for Xi'an City, other areas in Shaanxi have basically been occupied by our army. Therefore, Meng Qiaofang will never leave unless it is absolutely necessary, so I hope to gather my right front army of the imperial camp and wait here to block Li Guohan's attempt to enter Xi'an City. Ma Jinzhong's hand pointed to one part of the map, and Liu Wenxiu also nodded in agreement.

Ma Jinzhong and Liu Wenxiu discussed the specific details again, and Liu Wenxiu said: "Ding Guodong of the Ganzhou and Suzhou rebels and the Hui Mi Layin have also led tens of thousands of rebels to support our army's attack on Xi'an, and they have arrived in Liquan County northwest of Xi'an yesterday. Liu Tichun of northern Shaanxi also sent Wang Yongzhen, the leader of the rebel army who had just been annexed, to lead 15,000 people under his command to support the Ming army in Xi'an, and now it is stationed outside Xi'an, on the north bank of Weishui. Because Liu Tichun's troops at this time, in addition to defending the Yellow River crossing, also used most of the troops to attack Yulin Town to Ningxia Town and the Great Wall military forts between the two towns, with many tasks, so for the time being, he could only divide so many troops to come to Xi'an for reinforcements. ”

Liu Wenxiu and Ma Jinzhong are both veterans of a hundred battles, with quick response and timely scheduling. Even if they withdraw from Xi'an at this time and let the Qing troops in Xi'an City flee, they will not have much loss, but will still have Xi'an City for nothing. Therefore, Liu Wenxiu and Ma Jinzhong both believed that for the success or failure of the entire campaign, the siege of Xi'an could be lifted for the time being. After the siege was lifted, Ma Jinzhong's troops should be assembled in the west of Xi'an, in order to block the meeting between Li Guohan and Meng Qiaofang in Xi'an. He also took this opportunity to concentrate his forces to engage in a decisive battle with his two Qing armies, and strive to eliminate all the main forces of the Qing army in Shaanxi through this battle.

After the meeting, Ma Jinzhong began to arrange overnight, because it was likely that Li Guohan's reinforcements would arrive on the outskirts of Xi'an early tomorrow morning. For Li Guohan's marching speed and perseverance, as well as his fear of the combat effectiveness of this Qing army, Ma Jinzhong had to seize every minute in front of him to make the most comprehensive preparations for victory.

Moreover, the reason why Ma Jinzhong has been in the rivers and lakes for decades and has never been stabbed is not only because of his black heart and black lungs, but also because of his meticulous and thoughtful preparations for every battle and his full attention to every opponent. He withdrew all the right front troops of the imperial camp and concentrated them in the west of Xi'an, including the 10,000 people who had previously defended Meixian, and also issued an order to call back overnight. In this way, the force of Ma Jinzhong's troops west of Xi'an, in addition to the Bai Wenxuan department, totaled 72,000 people. Ma Jinzhong also ordered; The whole army will not take off its armor, the horses will not saddle up, rest in place and wait for the dawn of the battle.

On the 20th day of April in the fourth year of the Yongli calendar, it was cloudy, and many early crows gradually gathered in the sky, and they would certainly not miss such a morning. The occasional wind gathered low swirls and swayed to and fro over the earth, and the clouds, high but dense, blocked out any ray of sunlight that should have belonged to this quiet morning.

Looking down from Xi'an City to the west, there are more than 20 miles of smoke shrouded in smoke, as if telling another ordinary day in this thousand-year-old capital. But will it really be ordinary again today? This Chang'an City, which has too many stories, will be silent under the dark clouds in this sky? Or will she tell again how she used to laugh at China? The smoke gradually went out, and the people under the smoke gradually gathered. In the westernmost part, the Qing army inlaid with the blue flag Gushan Ezhen Li Guohan gathered his whole army to lay out a military formation, in the middle of this newly formed Qing army army and Xi'an City, is the Ming army Eguo Gong Ma Jinzhong facing the east and west two directions to form a larger military formation.

The two armies gathered around the embroidered flags of their respective commanders, and although the battle had not yet begun, the eyes of the soldiers on both sides had already collided. Hehe, this is a war drum, the sonorous breath, the water of the Wei River that shook jumped wildly! Both armies should be swearing to fight, and this roar made the land of Sanqin reverberate in the gloomy place! The sky and the eight waters trembled.

I saw the center of the Ming army's large array, Ma Jinzhong pulled out the Tiger Sky Hook and stabbed Chu Yang, he thought it was to stab Chu Yang, but the clouds were too dense, and his Tiger Sky Hook pointed in the wrong direction. However, this did not affect his passionate emotions, his double hooks still shimmered with a sparkling cold light, as long as he pointed, there should be the first sun.

His beard was fluttering, his cloak was fluttering, he was about to fight, he needed to take off his cloak, but he didn't. In order to let the enemy's 100,000 army see his more handsome side, and for the momentum of the whole army, he must be more stylish, he needs to be debauched, more qualified to be arrogant, he drew his sword, he shouted: "Where there is a will, there is a way, the cauldron is broken, and the one hundred and two Qin passes belong to Chu after all." ”

Cang Jin's voice was so loud, it didn't look like a veteran's voice at all, yes, he still thought he was still young, he had to fight! Among the millions of troops, there is still a need for his thunderous cry of 'mixing 100,000'! The voice even reached the Qing army. Even let the fierce general Li Guohan be speechless for a while, next to Li Guohan, the deputy general Chen Wanluo couldn't watch his boss fall at this time, he immediately stepped forward to deal with it, raised his arms and shouted: "The hard work is not worth it, the salary is worth it, and the three thousand Yuejia can swallow Wu." "With a cry of 'win, win, win'! Li Guohan's army began to march towards the Ming army camp in front; Towards a mountain they wanted to tread.

In Li Guohan's formation, the striker is the 8,000 infantry armor led by Chen Wanluo, of which the front is the 2,000 sword and shield hands; 3,000 pikemen followed; followed by 1,000 sword and shield men; 2000 archers again. There were a total of 40,000 Ming troops in the army formation of Li Guohan in the west of the Eguo Gong Ma Jinzhong, and his army was equipped with 120 general cannons. At the front of the formation were 3,000 musketeers; Behind the musketeers were 5,000 sword and shield men; On the left and right flanks of the sword and shield men were placed 5,000 pikemen; There were 2,000 archers behind the sword and shield men - musketeers to 2,000 archers were the front army of the Ming army. Behind the archers were 10,000 men of the Chinese army, and a total of 10,000 men on the left and right flanks of the Chinese army.

When the distance between the two armies was less than two miles, the artillery of the Ming army took the lead, and the Qing army charged against the rain of bullets. When the two armies were three hundred paces apart, the Ming musketeers prepared. At a distance of two hundred and fifty paces, the archers of the Qing army began to charge at the musketeers of the front army of Ma Jinzhong under the cover of 2,000 sword and shield men of the front army, and at the same time fired arrows at the left and right spear formations of the front army of the Ming army.

(End of chapter)