Shang Kexi still decided to stick to Hanzhong.

It was a difficult decision to make, but he had to do it.

Because his wife and children are in Xi'an, they are holding in the hands of Azig.

If Shang Kexi led his troops to escape, it was likely to provoke the wrath of Azig and thus his family.

Shang Kexi then issued two orders.

The first is to ask for help from the Guanzhong side in the most urgent tone, and tell Azig about the current situation that the Qing army in Hanzhong has reached a life-and-death juncture. He believed that Azig would still be measured.

The second is to transport all the grain stored in the fortresses around Hanzhong to Hanzhong to solve the urgent need.

After all, even if Azig received Shang Kexi's request for help and immediately sent a large army to deliver food to Hanzhong, it would take time.

And now the Qing army in Hanzhong has reached the point of running out of food, and it really can't wait.

There are nearly a hundred forts around Hanzhong, large and small. Although there is not much food in each fort, it is a large number when put together.

The Qing army in Hanzhong saved a little food for half a month, which must be enough to eat. Shang Kexi believed that half a month later, the reinforcements from Azig transporting grain would definitely arrive.

As for these outer fortresses, they could only be abandoned for the time being.

At the moment of life and death, losing the car to protect the commander is the best way.

Which is more important is still gratifying, and there is still a sense of proportion in my heart.

It's just that after these outer fortresses were abandoned, Hanzhong became a completely isolated city, losing all contact with the periphery.

If the Ming army wants to encircle the point and send reinforcements, it will be very easy.

However, these are not the issues that Shang Kexi needs to consider at the moment.

What he needs to think about now is how to hold Hanzhong and not ask the Ming army to put his subordinates in a pot.

Just as Shang Kexi was sitting in the city and dispatching troops and horses to arrange the defense of the city, a henchman suddenly came to report that a large number of Ming troops had been found outside Hanzhong City.

Shang Kexi couldn't help but sink in his heart.

He expected the Ming army to come, but he didn't expect the Ming army to come so quickly.

That's not time for him to prepare at all.

But there's no point in complaining.

Shang Kexi sighed and said in a deep voice: "Let's go up to the city with Ben to take a look." ”

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Shang Kexi is a battle-hardened veteran.

He has been fighting for half his life, and he doesn't know how many times he has experienced life and death situations.

But he survived.

His experience has taught him that the more times like these, the more he needs to be calm. We must not panic and mess with ourselves.

The cold wind blew across his cheeks, slicing through his flesh like a knife.

Shang Kexi looked at the Ming army flags displayed under the city, and was a little stunned for a while.

Once upon a time, he was also a member of the Ming army, inspired to kill the Tartars and repay the country and restore Liaodong.

But God seemed to have played a big joke on him, forcing him to the side of the Qing court.

Now he has no way to retreat, so he can only live and die with the Qing army.

He didn't know how he would be written in the history books a hundred years from now, but he knew he had to keep himself alive first.

For the dead cannot open their mouths to defend themselves.

Shang Kexi hurriedly glanced at it, and according to his estimates, the strength of the Ming army should be about twenty or thirty thousand.

This is certainly not the full number of the besieging Ming army. It is simply a fool's dream to take Hanzhong by relying on only 20,000 or 30,000 people.

Even if it is Hanzhong, which is short of food and little food.

Shang Kexi estimated that this was only the vanguard of the Ming army, and it was used as a temptation.

The real workhorse is still to come.

However, Shang Kexi did not panic in the slightest.

The soldiers will block the water and cover the earth, anyway, it is a knife, and whoever wins the fight is the master.

"Pass me on the order, and from now on, the whole city will be under martial law. All Ding Zhuang in the city need to help defend the city, and those who violate it will be executed immediately. ”

Shang Kexi's tone was very cold, like a stone without any emotion.

Come on, since you want to fight, then fight happily, whoever instigates is the grandson.

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Under the head of Hanzhong City, Zeng Ying's face was as cold as ice.

Until now, he still didn't understand why the governor would let him attack Hanzhong head-on to give Li Dingguo's gang space.

Li Dingguo is nothing more than a remnant of the Western Army. Even if he descended, he couldn't change this fact.

Rebel thieves are chaotic thieves and thieves, if it weren't for them, how could the Ming Dynasty let the Tartars take advantage of the loophole and seize the north?

No matter what others think, Zeng Ying himself hated Li Dingguo and the remnants of the Western Army to the core.

But a military order is a military order.

Even if Zeng Ying doesn't want to see Li Dingguo anymore, he has to carry out the military order.

After the discussion of the Wen'an organization was over, Zeng Ying ordered all the men and horses to gallop towards Hanzhong City.

Since it was a frontal attack, it was naturally impossible to avoid the eyes of the Qing army.

And the effect of Wen'an is to make the movement bigger, so that the Qing army will not pay attention to Li Dingguo, who is attacking from behind.

Zeng Ying had no choice but to order the army to maintain the highest marching speed.

The mountain roads are difficult to walk, especially if you are marching in a hurry.

However, Zeng Ying still overcame layers of difficulties and led the army to the outside of Hanzhong City.

Now it's time to siege the city.

In order to make the Qing army believe that the trick was true, Zeng Ying even brought more than a dozen small cannons with the army.

The weight of these cannons is not too heavy, but the power should not be underestimated.

At least in the field, it can pose a great threat to enemy troops.

Although it will be less powerful in siege warfare, it can at least increase its momentum.

Zeng Ying didn't expect to rely on these small cannons to blast open the city gates of Hanzhong.

If it's really so easy, what else does Li Dingguo, who attacked from behind, do?

Some people are destined to be sacrificed. And Zeng Ying plays this role.

Hanzhong is not easy to attack. Its city is fortified and thick, and there are nearly 100,000 Qing troops hiding in the city.

Although these Qing troops ran out of food, they broke out with the idea of fighting to the death.

It would be unwise to rush at this time.

So Zeng Ying decided to use the tactic of shelling up the city.

This tactic was tried and tested repeatedly during Gao Jie's first Northern Expedition. The cities of Henan, including some cities in Beizhili, were blown up by gunpowder and collapsed.

Although Zeng Ying doesn't want to pick up people's teeth, it is indeed the easiest way to blow up the city in a coffin right now.

The advance preparation for this tactic was not complicated, and the soldiers immediately set off after Zeng Ying gave the order.

At the same time, Shang Kexi above the city saw the clues.

In fact, from the moment the mound rose not far from the city walls, he realized what the Ming army was going to do.

The Ming army relied on this tactic to repeatedly break through the cities of Henan.

Later, Hong Chengchou sent people to inquire about the experiencers and conduct field investigations, and finally proved that the Ming army did not use demon magic, but relied on gunpowder to blow up and collapse the city wall.

A lot of things that are worse are the layers of window paper.

At first, the Qing army had no way to deal with this tactic, and could only be beaten passively.

But since Hong Chengchou cracked this law, the Qing army has a new understanding of it.

It's not hard to know how it works and then deal with it.

At least Shang Kexi now has a way to deal with it in his heart.

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