You don't want to underestimate the strategy of our handsome, do you? ”

"The little ones don't dare."

"Liang Er doesn't dare, I'm afraid that any person in our army will be better than that two-person Chen Yong......"

"General, that should be Daniel Zhang."

Chen Wanluo ignored the correction of the captain at all, and continued to scold: "Look at his strength, he doesn't even know what his surname is, what does Lao Tzu care about his surname?" I don't know whether to live or die, but a few sixty or seventy-year-old immortals were shocked. Dare to find something awkward with our handsome, what is it? Our marshal is one of the best generals in the Han army, and in terms of ability and wisdom, those Han army princes may not be able to catch up. The battle strategy in his old man's head is no less than that of Hong Chengchou. ”

Chen Wanluo also rambled on a bunch of words, and the lieutenants didn't listen to it seriously, but in the end they still said together: "General Xie ordered." ”

Under the city of Xi'an, Ma Jinzhong's right front army of the Ming imperial camp has been attacking Xi'an City for more than ten days, although the number of Qing troops in the city is not much, but the will to fight is tenacious. Although the Ming army has paid thousands of casualties, it has not been able to gnaw down even a single brick of Xi'an City so far.

Only in the artillery fire of both sides, and in dozens of siege battles in more than ten days, more than 1,000 Qing troops were killed and wounded.

Ma Jinzhong, who was very anxious, heard that Bai Wenxuan had been defeated and that even Xianyang City, which was not far from the outskirts of Xi'an, had fallen, which made his whole army even more nervous.

Liu Wenxiu, the king of Shu, who was repairing not far from Ma Jinzhong, heard the news of Bai Wenxuan's defeat and immediately came to Ma Jinzhong's camp in person. He also held a solemn military meeting with the generals of Ma Jinzhong's department.

At the beginning of the meeting, Ma Jinzhong said: "I think that Li Guohan is brave, and the Qing army under his command is tenacious and sophisticated, if the right front army of the imperial camp still continues to divide troops to surround Xi'an City on all sides, it is very likely to be attacked by Meng Qiaofang in Xi'an City and Li Guohan outside the city on both sides, and each is broken, and finally defeated." ”

"As far as the current situation is concerned, it is impossible for the defenders of Xi'an to give up Xi'an for the time being, and except for Xi'an City, the rest of Shaanxi has 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 has been 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.

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.

This is the drum of war, the sonorous breath, the water of the Wei River that shook and jumped up! 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.

(End of chapter)