It was not until the night of the 25th that Li Wentao woke up quietly. However, at this time, Liu Xia had already led the army to camp not far from Xi'an City, and sent a large number of scouts to completely block Xi'an City. Now all the gates of Xi'an City are tightly closed, and no one can enter or leave. At night, a curfew was imposed, and no one was allowed to walk on the road, and if found, they were punished as a spy.

In the face of the arrival of the Pingbei Army, the peasants in Shaanxi did not react much, and many peasants still wished for the arrival of the Pingbei Army, because they had seen the prosperity and stability of Luoyang, they had experienced more than ten years of drought and war, and now they also want to be stable. But those people entrenched in Xi'an City do not have the mentality of the common people, and they do not intend to give stability to the common people here, before Li Wentao wakes up and issues orders, what these generals under Li Wentao have to do is to block Liu Xia's army from the outside of the city.

"Three cows! Three bulls! Li Wentao, who woke up, had bloodshot eyes, messy hair, and was in a trance, but he kept shouting the name Sanniu in his mouth. A few maids who were waiting for him next to him didn't dare to move at this time, and looked timidly at Li Wentao, who was now almost like a madman, they were afraid that their actions would cause Li Wentao to beat themselves to death.

"Get out! Go out, all go out, let Sanniu come over, get out quickly! Let Sanniu come over, do you hear! Let Sanniu come over! Li Wentao picked up the pillows and quilts on the bed and threw them at the maids not far away, and those maids suddenly screamed and ran outside.

"What's going on, what's going on." The loyal generals outside hurriedly asked the maids who ran out. A maid cried slightly, and said tremblingly: "My lord, my lord, my lord, I'm afraid he is crazy." ”

"Nonsense!" Before the maid could finish speaking, another general immediately stepped forward and shouted loudly, and his voice suddenly frightened the maid very much. The general who was the first to ask the maid looked at the loud voice angrily, and said: "Be quiet, now the adults can't go crazy, if there is any problem with the adults, then the soldiers will be easily disbanded, and when we have no military power, how can we compete with Liu Xia?" ”

"Did you say something?"

A maid nodded hurriedly and said, "My lord said to let Sanniu go over, I'm afraid I want Lord Li to go over." The maid naturally knew that Li Sanniu was dead, so she spoke like a mosquito in the end, but the generals also understood what it meant.

"It seems that Sanniu's death is a big blow to the adults!"

"That's right, then Li Sanniu was originally the number one general under the adult, if Li Sanniu died, then it is estimated that no one would be able to resist Liu Xia."

"Hmph, what stupid words are you talking about, can't I wait for it to change? Even if I wait for one person and can't compare to Li Sanniu, but I can't wait for four or five people to compare to one Li Sanniu? The adults are too concerned about Li Sanniu, so it has led to the current situation, we might as well lead the soldiers and horses out of the city to fight against Liu Xia, it is said that Liu Xia led less than 10,000 troops, more precisely less than 8,000 people, and we are now 15,000 people. ”

"No, no. I think it's imperative to cure the adult's illness first, and as for sending troops, let's wait until the adult's condition is healed and let the adult give the order himself. ”

"Li Cunmao didn't mean to, right, everyone knows that the general's condition will not be cured at all for a while, but now you say that after the general's condition is cured, this is not to give the enemy army time to recuperate and besiege me?"

"Wang Chenghua, you are the one with bad intentions! We are all our own people, everyone knows in their hearts what the combat effectiveness of the 15,000 soldiers and horses is, let's not say nothing, if the 10,000 horses go out of the city and fight Liu Xia, it is estimated that they will not be defeated in one round. ”

"Okay, okay, everyone don't quarrel, don't quarrel, how can we also be the five tiger generals, what is there to quarrel, let's go into the house and see how the adults are."

"Okay, go, go, go in." After that, these five people walked into the room, only to see Li Wentao sitting on the bed with dull eyes at this time, and his whole body was motionless.

"Hurry up, let's see what's wrong with you." After that, a few people quickly walked to Li Wentao's side.

"My lord, my lord, what's wrong with you?"

Li Wentao turned his head indifferently, looked at these generals, and said, "What about Sanniu, let Sanniu come to see me, let Sanniu come to see me." ”

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"General, according to the scout's report, the city of Xi'an is well defended, and it is not easy to break through the city!" Liu Dazhuang walked to Liu Xia's side and pointed to the distant Xi'an City corridor.

Liu Xia put his hands behind his back, looked at the majestic city tower, and said with a smile: "Since the Qing army can break through and Li Zicheng can break through, then why can't our Pingbei army break through?" Has Wang Xiaotong arrived? ”

Shouhu hurriedly said: "General Huiyu, Wang Xiaotong has not yet arrived, but the men and horses of the second battalion of the artillery regiment in Tongguan have already come." Thirty artillery pieces were brought, and as long as the general ordered, these thirty artillery pieces would definitely be able to blow Xi'an City to pieces! ”

Liu Xia shook his head and said: "It's better not to bomb the city as a last resort, once it is blown up, it will be difficult to build it again, and if you use cannons, you may accidentally injure a lot of people, and the economic loss is too great." ”

Wang Shishi thought for a while and asked Liu Xia, "General, what's the economic loss?" ”

Liu Xia was speechless and looked at the big Wang Shishi, but did not answer. Liu Dazhuang said: "Then I don't know how the general is going to break through this Xi'an City." ”

Liu Xia said in a deep voice: "It is best to let the enemy in the city surrender, if not, invite to stand." If they toast and don't eat and drink, then don't blame General Ben for not showing mercy. ”

On the morning of the 26th, a scout of the Pingbei Army rode a war horse to a short distance from Xi'an City, the scout looked at the tall city wall, and shouted loudly to the soldiers on the city wall: "Listen to the people above the city tower, my general said that if you go out of the city and surrender immediately, my general will spare your life, and award Li Wentao Yang Yong School, and the rest of the five tiger generals Yang Wu Academy military ranks."

Li Cunmao, Wang Chenghua and the others above the city tower looked at each other and said, "What is Yangyong School, and what is Yangwu School?" What is the military rank? Lu Dingguo, one of the five tiger generals, said: "I heard that this Yangyong School and Yangwu School are the hierarchical system in the Pingbei Army. It seems that the highest one at present is the Yangwei School, followed by the Yangyong School, then the Yangwu School, and below the school is the Fenwei Captain, the Fen Yong Captain, the Fen Wu Captain. ”

Wang Chenghua asked: "Then how many soldiers and horses can this Yangwu School command?" Lu Dingguo thought for a while and said: "It is said that this is just a military rank, according to the convention, the Yangwu Academy should correspond to the battalion-level establishment in the Pingbei Army, and there should be more than 700 people in command, but this military rank is just a treatment level, and it will not necessarily lead the soldiers and horses." ”

"What! It's only 700 people, and they may not be able to command the soldiers and horses! This Liu Xia is really too deceitful, he actually underestimated us so much, someone came to shoot the scout below to death, shoot to death! Saying this, Wang Chenghua was about to pick up his bow and arrow and attack the scouts below.

However, Lu Dingguo and Li Cunmao next to them hurriedly stopped them, as the saying goes, the two armies do not fight and do not come to the envoy, of course, they are not because of the gentleman's style, but because they dare not offend Liu Xia now, if they kill Liu Xia's envoy, then the next thing is to bear Liu Xia's boundless anger.

"Lao Wang, don't be angry, although Yang Wuxiao is only a battalion commander in the Pingbei Army, but he commands more than 700 people, but they are all elite soldiers and horses. And the treatment is also very good. Li Cunmao hurriedly said.

Wang Chenghua was suddenly angry again, and said: "I just said that you Li Cunmao was uneasy and kind, and sure enough, now he has even said good things about Pingbei Army." Hmph, a few Japanese generals won't kill this Liu Xia's dog, but you Li Cunmao's collusion with the Pingbei Army will wait until the adults recover, and I must tell the adults. After that, Wang Chenghua left the city tower angrily, leaving only the embarrassed Li Cunmao and the frowning Lu Dingguo.