Outside Tongguan, a large number of soldiers came one after another at this time. Basically, all the soldiers of the Xiongshi Brigade were assembled here. At the same time, there are more than 600 people of Eagle Yangwei, but unlike the Xiongshi Brigade, the soldiers of Eagle Yangwei are not wearing black military uniforms, but colorful camouflage uniforms. Moreover, the equipment on his body is much better than that of ordinary soldiers, especially the current detachment commander level of Yingyangwei is equipped with the above telescopes, and the telescopes of ordinary brigades are only equipped to the battalion commander.

Since Liu Xia established the glass factory, after a series of explorations, the first batch of lenses was finally produced, and then Liu Xia had the lenses ground into convex lenses and made into telescopes. Cheap glass replaced the expensive and scarce pure crystal, and of course the production was greatly increased.

"Quick, quick!"

"Stepping on footsteps" continued to sound a burst of footsteps, and I saw a group of soldiers running neatly towards Tongguan. The commander-in-chief of this battle is Liu Xia, Liu Xia is already on the way here, although the army in Shaanxi is very small, but there are still many remnants after all, Liu Xia can only come to command the battle in person.

A yellow dragon flag on a black background fluttered in the wind, and the morale of the soldiers was high. They had just won a victory over the Qing army, and many of them had received a lot of rewards for it, and some even climbed from a small soldier to the rank of captain. Therefore, these newly joined soldiers all want to rely on military merits to be promoted, and they all want to become a general, and then they will not have to worry about food and clothing in the future, and they will not worry about not having a daughter-in-law.

"Brother Yu, it's been good lately. You Eagle Yangwei has recruited half of the people this time, and your strength has increased greatly! Jiang Xin looked at Yu Mingjun who was wearing camouflage clothes at this time with a little envy, these people under Yu Mingjun are the elite of the elite, if he can have such a strong soldier, then he Jiang Xin will definitely be able to win all battles.

Yu Mingjun smiled dryly: "Old Jiang, you also know the particularity of our Eagle Yangwei, and the tasks performed are not something that ordinary people can do, so this person must be a special talent." By the way, what about Brother Liu? "Brother Liu that Yu Mingjun said is naturally the commander of the Xiongshi Brigade who made Liu Dazhuang, and only Liu Dazhuang and others can be made brothers by Yu Mingjun.

Jiang Xin smiled and said: "The commander is arranging for those officers who graduated from the Armaments Academy at this time, this time two hundred officers came from the Armaments Academy, three of these officers were awarded the rank of Captain Fenwei, fifty people were awarded the rank of Captain Fenwei, and the remaining more than 100 people were awarded the rank of Captain Fenwei. With the addition of these officers who have come out of the armament academy, I believe that the combat effectiveness will be greatly improved. ”

Yu Mingjun said: "Yes, these officers are also veterans with old qualifications, and they still have some experience in fighting, and they have studied and then entered the army as grassroots officers, I believe that they can drive the combat effectiveness of those new recruits." ”

"Let's go, brother, let's not stand outside, go to the house, it's almost April, it's still so cold!" Jiang Xin sneezed and said to Yu Mingjun.

In April, the trees and flowers have long been lush, and the peony flowers have already bloomed, but Tongguan now doesn't know why, but the wind is very strong.

On March 21, Liu Xia came to Tongguan under the protection of the Guards and the First Regiment of the Guards Brigade. Tongguan has been closed since Liu Xia occupied the city gate, not allowing people from Shaanxi to enter the Central Plains, and at the same time people from other places cannot enter Shaanxi, since then Shaanxi has been closed by Liu Xia for several months. Therefore, at this time, some soldiers in Shaanxi did not know that a large number of troops began to assemble on the Tongguan side.

"General, our Xiongshi Brigade sent troops to Shaanxi this time, but the soldiers and horses of the cities we defended before were all withdrawn, so how should those cities be defended?" Liu Dazhuang immediately told Liu Xia, who had just arrived, his thoughts.

If Liu Dazhuang didn't say it, Liu Xia really didn't think about this, after all, when Liu Xia was deploying the military before, he divided the jurisdiction of each brigade, but at that time, Liu Xia only considered the city to be defended, and did not consider the attack. If it is defensive, a brigade can be dispersed to those cities to defend, but if Liu Xia sends troops to attack other places, it will inevitably draw a large number of troops, so once the army is withdrawn, there will be no soldiers to defend the city.

Thinking of this, Liu Xia felt that it was necessary to establish two sets of troop deployments, one was the main force for special battles, and the other was a garrison for the defense of the city. The main army fought and the garrison managed the city and defended it. Thinking of this, Liu Xia immediately said: "Well, this is what General Ben owes to consider." Send an order to Wang Shi first, and let Wang Shi temporarily send some troops to temporarily defend the city of your Xiongshi brigade. Wait until the battle is over, and then further study the issue. ”

"Yes!" Liu Dazhuang said respectfully.

Liu Xia paused and said: "This time in the Shaanxi reconquest battle, Jiang Xin took the lead in leading a regiment of cavalry troops of the Xiongshi Brigade to go out of Tongguan first, enter Xi'an Mansion, and carry out a tentative attack on the enemy, according to the information we have, at present, only Xi'an Mansion has a large number of enemies in Shaanxi, as for other places, it can basically be ignored, the enemy army in Xi'an Mansion is about 20,000 people, but the combat effectiveness is not too strong. ”

After hearing this, Jiang Xin immediately got up solemnly and said, "My subordinates will definitely take down Xi'an Mansion!" ”

Liu Xia nodded slightly and said: "Yu Mingjun, you lead Ying Yangwei to Xi'an Mansion to assist the Xiongshi Brigade, if the enemy army is defending the city, you can attack the city at night!" ”

Ying Yangwei has done this kind of thing many times, so Yu Mingjun doesn't feel a lot of pressure.

On the morning of 22 March, a cavalry force of more than 2,000 men rushed out of Tongguan and advanced towards Xi'an. Not long after, another cavalry of six or seven hundred people wearing special clothing also left Tongguan and entered Xi'an Mansion.

Shaanxi Chengxuan political envoys can be divided into: Xi'an Mansion, Yan'an Mansion, Fengxiang Mansion, Gongchang Mansion, Pingliang Mansion, Qingyang Mansion, Ningxia Gewei, Hanzhong Mansion, etc. Xi'an Mansion was located in Xijing by Li Zicheng a few years ago, and the population was quite large, but because the Qing army went south and broke Xi'an Mansion, Li Zicheng also fled to the south, and this Xi'an Mansion was somewhat deserted. Previously, when Wang Wenkui served as the political envoy of Shaanxi to attack Liu Xia, he transferred 20,000 troops from Shaanxi, which greatly reduced Shaanxi's troops.

At this time, most of Shaanxi's troops were in Xi'an, and the total strength was only 20,000 horses, which was still pieced together by those generals. At this time, the governor in charge of the forces of Xi'an was Li Wentao. He was also originally Li Zicheng's subordinate, but he was just a junior general before, and now most of the famous generals with some status were killed and captured when they attacked Liu Xia, and he can now be regarded as a monkey overlord.

Hearing that Liu Xia came to attack Xi'an, Li Wentao couldn't sit still, although he is still nominally obedient to the Manchu Qing Dynasty, but in fact he is now a soil emperor. After Wang Wenkui's death, he gained great power, and the next day he occupied all Wang Wenkui's concubines, and his life can be described as free.

"Liu Xia must not be allowed to break through Xi'an Mansion!"

"Someone!"

Li Wentao held Wang Wenkui's sixteenth concubine in his hand and shouted angrily outside the house.

When the words fell, I saw a big man walk in from outside, and the big man bowed to Wang Wenkui and said, "What's the matter with the governor?" ”

"Li Sanniu, this official will give you 5,000 men and horses to exterminate the Ming army that entered Xi'an Mansion!"

This Li Sanniu looked at Li Wentao's drunken appearance, his brows were slightly furrowed, but his eyes still showed loyalty, Li Sanniu was Li Wenzhong saved a big man by accident, Li Sanniu forgot what his name was, and he forgot the previous things, so Li Wentao named him Li Sanniu. With force and resourcefulness, Li Wentao is less than half of Li Sanniu, and if it weren't for Li Sanniu's help, Li Wentao would not have been able to achieve the position of governor, after all, there are still many people who are not convinced, but Li Sanniu defeated all those who were not convinced.

After Li Sanniu heard this, he immediately hugged his fists and took his life, and then hurriedly walked down, and after leaving the house, Li Sanniu couldn't help but sigh secretly, Li Wentao disappointed him too much.