Then Wu Junzhen said goodbye to his master: Wu Youke, turned around and took Ma Wei along the official road for a day before passing Gaoling County and entering the territory of Xi'an, because he didn't bring any food and water, he could only pick some wild fruits while walking to satisfy his hunger, resulting in the two of them having no strength and being exhausted! When they came to the outside of the city, they fell to the ground before they crossed the drawbridge, and the sudden collapse of the two of them frightened the passers-by.

The people wanted to help them, but because of the recent epidemics, they were worried about whether they were suffering from the epidemic. didn't go to help, but said to the general guarding the city: "There are two people on the military master's side who fell to the ground, do you think you go over to check whether they belong to epidemic patients?" Ming Xi'an defender Xiaoqi: Tang Ningxing, just asked, "Where are the two of them?" ”

The people pointed to the crowd of onlookers near the drawbridge in front of them and said, "There it is." While talking, he asked the audience to get out of the way, and when Ming Xi'an defender Xiaoqi stepped forward and just wanted to order the two of them to be carried to deal with it, he found that they seemed to have seen each other somewhere? It seemed to feel very familiar, and the military doctor Lang Zhong woke them up, only to see the military doctor Lang Zhong came over with a medicine box and pricked it with a needle, Wu Junzhen couldn't help but shout, "Ah! He woke up and scolded, "Who is Zha Ben General?" Hearing that the other party was an officer, it made Ming Xi'an guard Xiaoqi feel that he must be someone he knew, and he asked, "This brother, I don't know which general you are?" Please also report your name. ”

Wu Junzhen replied: "I am the general manager of Tongguan Weiqian. As soon as the words fell, Xi'an guard Xiaoqi hurriedly saluted and said: "The last general is stupid, I don't know that Lord Qianzong has arrived, it's rude!" No wonder it looks a little familiar just now? By the way, Lord Overseer, how are you now? ”

As soon as he asked about this topic, Wu Junzhen immediately lowered his head and sighed, "Hey! The Liukou captured the Tongguan Guard and the Tongguan Reserve Thousand Households, and the Governor and the generals of the battalions were killed and wounded! I came here to ask the Governor to come forward and send troops to fight against the Rogues. "I have learned of the death of the Overseer! Ming Xi'an guard Xiaoqi was grief-stricken, and he hurriedly led Wu Junzhen to wake up Ma Wei to see the governor of Ming Shaanxi.

At this moment, the Ming Xi'an prefect in the palace was playing chess with the governor of Ming Shaanxi, and the two of them each fell a son to block each other's way, only to see the Ming Xi'an guard Xiaoqi with Wu Junzhen and Ma Wei came up and saluted, "The last general will meet the governor and the prefect, and the two adults are not good?" The Governor was martyred in Tongguan to prepare for the Thousand Households! At present, Tongguan Wei and Tongguan Beiyu Thousand Households have fallen one after another! The next step may be to attack Xi'an? Please also ask the Governor to make a decision as soon as possible. ”

The two of them were deeply upset when they heard this sudden news! The chess pieces in his hand fell down instantly, and he hurriedly asked, "What is Inspector Sun, who died?" Is this true? Why was even he defeated! It seems that this rogue really has some ability, so how can my Xi'an Mansion Seven Guards Army be the opponent of the rogue? Quickly pass on the order of Benfu to let the soldiers and horses of various towns come to Xi'an Mansion to guard. The soldier hurriedly received the order and went down to give the order.

Then the governor of Shaanxi Province in the Ming Dynasty asked the political envoy of Shaanxi Province in the Ming Dynasty to discuss the right senator: Gu Chenling, write a war report and let the herald send it to the capital to His Majesty, just when the herald rode through the Tongguan guard, he happened to see a large number of rogue banners marching on the official road, it seemed that he was going to attack Xi'an?

The herald hurriedly hid in the grass and panicked, this group of rogue army as a whole looks like there must be at least 200,000 soldiers and horses, and the territory of Xi'an Mansion is full of only 80,000 soldiers and horses are not the opponent of the rogue at all, in order to remind the governor of Shaanxi to strengthen his vigilance, the herald immediately put carrier pigeons on the mountain to inform the governor, and then continued to rush to the capital on the 8th of October, and finally came to the imperial capital Forbidden City Guangning Gate, because it is the time of the early dynasty and the drum did not sound, so the herald can only wait in line, Gradually, civil and military officials began to gather here.

Coincidentally, he met the Ming Tong political envoy wearing a court uniform, and the herald handed him the military report and said, "The little one has seen the political envoy, this is the latest military report of Tongguan Wei, please hand it over to Your Majesty as soon as possible, and the small one will wait for good news at the post station." "Get the letter of the Ming Tong envoy quickly put into the sleeve, soon the drum sounded, the civil and military officials from the palace to the noon gate convergence, from the noon gate through the left and right door to the Huangji Palace, holding the jade gui waiting for His Majesty's arrival, half a pillar of incense time Ming Yizong came to the palace to announce the beginning of the early dynasty.

As soon as he heard the edict of the eunuch of the Ming Division, the Ming Tong envoy stepped forward and said, "The minister has this to play, and the Tongguan guard has sent an urgent report that the Liukou has defeated the army organized by the Inspector Sun, and occupied the Tongguan Guard and the Tongguan Reserve Thousand Households, and the Inspector Sun and most of the generals of the battalions have died in the hands of the Liukou!" Please also ask Your Majesty to take a look. ”

Ming Yizong was shocked when he heard this bad time, and the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty even discussed that no one could stop Li Thief, and even the first assistant of the Ming Cabinet: Chen Yan shook his head and said that Shaanxi Cheng declared that the political department was in danger!

Ming Yizong saw that the ministers did not dare to speak, so he asked the governors of the Zuo Capital of the Five Armies to stand up and ask: "Do you know who you want to send to garrison Shaanxi at the moment, and Cheng Xuan is the most suitable political secretary?" "The Governor of the Military Governor of the Ming Dynasty: Tang Dongjia, proposed, "Your Majesty, the last general thinks that the governor of Shaanxi should be the main commissioner, and let him lead the troops to continue to fight against the Liukou side is the best policy!" Immediately, Ming Yizong agreed to let the governor of Shaanxi Province lead the army of the Shaanxi Xingdu Division to intercept the Liukou together, but he didn't say a word about the condolences of Inspector Sun's martyrdom! There is even a little doubt that Inspector Sun deliberately cheated to death?

Although some loyal ministers persuaded Yizong to mourn Inspector Sun with a state funeral, the suspicious Ming Yizong still refused, after all, Inspector Sun had the right to transfer troops to seven Cheng Xuan political divisions, so it was really suspicious that he was defeated and killed so easily? What's even more excessive is that even Sun Shining, the son of Inspector Sun, was not given any title and silver taels to appease his family.

At the same time, in the territory of Xi'an Prefecture, the Ming Xi'an prefect and some generals advocated mourning for the superintendent, and also sent people to wear filial piety clothes to invite Mrs. Sun and Sun Shining to come forward, and mourn on the streets of Xi'an Guard, holding the spiritual position for the funeral, and the generals of the Ming army in each battalion acted as filial sons, among which Wu Junzhen was responsible for lifting (the soul flag) and Ma Wei was responsible for lifting (the soul flag) to walk in front.

The funeral procession was very long, from the Xi'an guard to the Xi'an left guard, followed by the drummer slowly walked to Lishan to bury, the city defense only a few Ming generals and thousands of garrisons guarded, everyone walked half a pillar of incense time and went up the mountain.

At this moment, a group of people and horses outside the east city of Xi'an Mansion slowly approached, and the Ming army was so frightened that the Ming army hurriedly invited the Ming Xi'an Zuowei to calm down: Yan Guoqiang, he carefully watched with a monocular and found that the opposite side was our soldiers, and the one wearing regular clothes and taking the lead in riding a horse seemed to be the king of Ming Yongshou County: Zhu Cunsang? I saw them riding quickly over to the city and shouting, "The widow is the king of Yongshou County, and the Ming soldiers in the city quickly go to open the city gate."

After confirming that it was His Royal Highness the King of Yongshou County in the Ming Dynasty, Ming Xi'an Zuowei Zhenfu ordered the soldiers to open the city gate, and he immediately ran to the palace in a panic, but he couldn't find the governor, so he grabbed a soldier standing guard and asked, "Have you seen where the governor went?" ”

The soldier calmly replied, "The governor has gone to the city defense to set up an attack, and His Royal Highness the county king can go and take a look." The king of Ming Yongshou let go of the soldiers and ran to the city tower, and the team of honor guards behind him also followed, and walked up the steps to the edge of the city tower Ming Yongshou county king looked around, and saw a man wearing a crimson rhino official uniform from the second grade, and instructed the soldiers to adjust the position of the gun, and the king of Ming Yongshou immediately guessed that it must be the governor? He opened his mouth and shouted, "Lord Governor, if the big thing is not good, quickly gather troops and horses to defend the city!" ”

Seeing that the county king of Ming Yongshou was very nervous, the governor of Shaanxi in the Ming Dynasty asked rhetorically, "Why is His Royal Highness the county king so alarmed?" Could it be that there is not enough money? But he shook his head and said, "It's not this, the widow just saw the defenders of Gaoping County and Luo County fleeing in the direction of Fengxiang Mansion in embarrassment, and under the questioning of the soldiers, he learned that the Liukou army was pressing the border, and now it is estimated that it is almost outside the city!" I also asked the governor to do his best to defend Xi'an Mansion and ensure that Xiao Wang's fief was safe. ”

I thought he was joking and wanted to take the opportunity to come out and oppress the people, but when he saw that the honor guards of the Yongshou County Royal Mansion beside him were also present, he dispelled his doubts, but at present, there are not many troops in Xi'an Mansion! Moreover, some of them went out to bury the Ming army defending the city with less than 60,000 people, and the most deadly thing is that the combat effectiveness of the garrisons in these places is not strong at all! The strong fighting Guyuan Weiming Army, Yulin Weiming Army, Ningxia 7 Guards, Shaanxi Xingdu Si Ganzhou 5 Guards and horses have not yet been gathered, if the Liukou really come to attack, then they can only use cannonballs to defend the city gate to delay time.

At this time, a group of Shunjun flags appeared five hundred steps away from the city, and there was a big black tiger (Shun) flag hanging high in the middle, which frightened the governor of Shaanxi on the spot, and fixed his eyes to see that the five flags of "Jinmu, Water, Fire and Earth" stood on the opposite side of the pennant, and the "Golden Drum Flag" appeared in front of the Shun army array, and the overall scale looked like no less than 200,000 soldiers and horses, and most of the enemy troops in front of the line were heavy armored cavalry, and they were elite troops at a glance, plus the archers and firecrackers next to them, and the artillery battalion, Basically, the Liukou sent a large army to the city, planning to besiege Xi'an Mansion, and the king of Xinshun, who was sitting on the imperial horse, said to the generals around him: "Which of you is willing to step forward and take the lead?" Lonely remember his first work. ”

As soon as the words fell, the generals of the battalions of the Shun army: Tian Jianxiu, General Zuo Guoyi of the Shun army: Gu Kecheng, one of the two led the heavy armored cavalry of the Shun army to shoot three hundred steps under the city with a multi-barreled firearm, and the other led the archers to shoot at the city tower with feather arrows, and the Ming army was caught off guard! When the rain of arrows came, the governor of Shaanxi Province quickly asked the soldiers to put on a shield defense, and sent someone to invite the king of Yongshou County of Ming to go down to the city tower, and began to let people hold the order flag to command the soldiers of the Ming army defending the city to fire artillery, and the soldiers were very orderly loaded with solid bullets and ignited (dong, dong, dong) to blow up to the Liukou, and the bronze Frankie meteor cannons of each door were fired one after another, but they still couldn't stop the offensive of the Liukou cavalry!