The entire Guanzhong strategy is a hole in the Manchu Qing Dynasty, as long as you take Wuguan, you can capture Xi'an and Tongguan later.

Because the Qing army did not deploy any troops in these places at all, it would not be too difficult to seize them.

What is really difficult is the confrontation with Wu Sangui after the capture of Xi'an, as well as how to resist the counterattack of the Qing army, and deal with Zhang Xianzhong.

Because the main force of the Qing army in Guanzhong fought with Zhang Xianzhong in Hanzhong, after the Wei Wu army broke through the Wu Pass, the entire Guanzhong Plain was almost undefended for the Wei Wu army.

Gao Yihuan rode on the horse, a little complacent, and Chen Mingxia on the side said: "If the handsome man captures Guanzhong, the world will inevitably shake!" Dolgon and Zhang Xianzhong's generation may have to vomit blood! ”

Gao Yi smiled and said: "Ben Shuai thought that the most shocked person should be General Wu, haha~"

Although Wu Sangui has a bad reputation, after all, he is one of the best figures in the late Ming Dynasty, which can shock Wu Sangui, think about his expression after learning that Guanzhong was occupied and the retreat was cut off, Gao Yihuan felt a little complacent and secretly cool in his heart.

Li Yan clamped the belly of the horse and narrowed the distance, "Dashuai, this time we took advantage of the unpreparedness of the Manchu Qing Dynasty to capture Guanzhong, but it is not easy to gain a firm foothold in Guanzhong. You can't be careless! ”

Gao Yihuan nodded, "If you want to gain a firm foothold in Guanzhong, the most important thing is to stabilize the morale of the army and the people." We have just entered Guanzhong, and the soldiers and civilians in Guanzhong don't understand us, so it's useless to talk nonsense, so the people's heart is to let the people in Guanzhong have food, and the army's heart is to take refuge in the soldiers who come over to have silver flowers. Stabilize your position first, and if there is any problem, you will deal with it after you have a firm foothold. ”

Gao Yihuan looked at Li Yan and said with a smile: "Mr. Prime Minister Internal Affairs, how to stabilize the people's hearts, I will hand it over to Mr., as for the war, Mr. rest assured that it will be handled by Ben, we will work together and we will definitely be able to gain a firm foothold in Guanzhong!" ”

Gao Yihuan's route into the customs is very similar to Li Zicheng's route into the customs, in history Li Zicheng first occupied Henan, then occupied Xiangyang, Jingzhou, and then went north to take Guanzhong.

Compared with Li Zicheng, Gao Yihuan has less northern Henan, but there are more Changde, Yuezhou and other places.

The territory before entering the customs is almost the same, but the difficulty of gaining a firm foothold in the customs is much greater.

This is not only because of the military threat that Guanzhong will face after occupying Guanzhong, but also because the people's will has changed.

When Li Zicheng entered Guanzhong, he was devastated, largely because the people of Guanzhong had abandoned the Ming Dynasty, and the people's hearts were towards Li Zicheng, hoping that Li Zicheng could establish a new dynasty, end this troubled era, and bring peace and peace to the people.

But Li Zicheng, who had high hopes as a result, disappointed the people of Guanzhong.

Once a person realizes that he has been deceived and hurt, he will no longer believe anything.

After Wei Wujun entered the customs, he did not make any achievements, and the people in the customs would not trust a regime again.

And to make achievements, it will take at least a time or two, and it is difficult for Wei Wujun to gain the sincere support of the people during this time, so it is still difficult to gain a foothold.

Gao Yihuan took this into account and brought Li Yan into Guanzhong, hoping that he could help him solve his internal problems, while he was responsible for removing the military threat from the outside.

Li Yan bowed slightly, "Don't worry, don't worry, you will definitely handle the civil affairs of Guanzhong with all your might." ”

At this time, the army had already left the Shangzhou Mansion, Hu Dawei led 6,000 dragoons, pounced on Tongguan and Pujindu, and Zhao Daxian led 20,000 people to follow.

At this time, Tongguan and Pujindu were already passes within the territory of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, and they did not assume the role of defending against the enemy, and the Qing army would not let go of many soldiers and horses, and the Wei Wu army attacked from behind, and it was not difficult to capture the pass.

However, after the pass, the news of Gao Yihuan's entry into Guanzhong will spread to northern Henan, Shanxi, and even Beijing, and the Qing army will definitely send troops to seize it.

With 20,000 men led by Zhao Daxian taking over the defense and bringing enough firearms, Gao Yihuan believed that it would be difficult for the Qing army to recapture Tongguan without preparation, preparing the equipment and artillery for tackling key problems.

When Hu Dawei and Zhao Daxian marched north, Xu Heihu took Niu Quan and disguised himself as a grain transport team of the Qing army as a striker to defraud Xi'an City.

Xi'an is the ancient capital of several dynasties, but also the center of Shaanxi, the city wall is majestic, is a rare male city in the world.

After the Qing army occupied Xi'an, the governor of Shaanxi was established, and Meng Qiaofang, who was the red flag of the Han army, served as the governor to rule Guanzhong for the Qing court.

To say that such an important city as Xi'an should be stationed in tens of thousands of horses, but in fact there are only more than 5,000 people in the city.

After the Qing army occupied Xi'an, the remnants of the Shun army were driven to the west of Xiaoguan and retreated to the area of Gansu, and the anti-Qing forces in the entire pass were swept away by cavalry.

There is no threat around Xi'an, and there is no need to garrison too many troops, only more than 10,000 people are stationed, but after Wu Sangui and Zhang Xianzhong started a war in Hanzhong, Wu Sangui borrowed 5,000 troops from Xi'an, and there were only 5,000 people left in Xi'an City.

Wei Wujun has 10,000 forwards, and if he wants to defraud the city, Gao Yihuan feels that the probability is still very large.

After the two lines of soldiers and horses set off, Gao Yihuan led 70,000 horses and tens of thousands of people to march behind, and his heart was already stable.

At this time, Zhou Dali ran against the advancing team, "Dashuai, the manor that Niu Quan said has arrived!" ”

Gao Yihuan raised his eyebrows, "Let's go, let's take a look together!" ”

At this time, the army had already left Shangzhou and arrived in Lantian County, and further on was Xi'an City.

As soon as Gao Yihuan pulled the reins of his horse, he galloped forward with everyone.

After a short time, everyone came to a manor outside Lantian County, and the soldiers had already moved out the silver hidden in the ground.

"A total of 700,000 taels of Qi Dashuai!" The general Li Ji met Gao Yihuan and others and came in and was busy reporting.

Gao Yihuan frowned and asked, "Why is it only 700,000 taels?" ”

Li Jiyu and the others couldn't answer, and the soldiers only took out so much silver from the cellar.

Chen Mingxia said: "When Niu Jinxing's father and son were in Beijing, they forced officials in Beijing to help pay and make money for Li Zicheng, offending a large number of officials. Now many of the big people in Beijing are working for the Qing court, and they hate Niu Jinxing's father and son to the core. ”

Gao Yihuan was slightly silent, this possibility is not nothing, Niu Jinxing, as the prime minister of Dashun, is a fat sheep in the eyes of many people, and he must be blackmailed.

Anyway, Niu Jinxing's father and son couldn't slip away, Gao Yihuan pondered for a moment, waved his hand, and said, "Put away all the money and take strict care of it." ”

After speaking, Gao Yihuan led everyone and continued to advance with the army.

At this time, when the Wei Wu army rushed to Chang'an, in the depths of the Qinling Mountains, a group of soldiers and horses was trekking hard.

On the rugged meridian road, an army of more than 10,000 people marched through the valley.

Each soldier carried a quilt and dry food, used a weapon to pestle the ground, stepped on the snow, braved the biting cold wind, and marched towards Xi'an.

This army is the Great Western Army in Hanzhong, Zhang Xianzhong could not defeat Wu Sangui in the front, but was killed by Wu Sangui's Guanning army and retreated, Zhang Xianzhong had a surprising victory, and decided to send an elite army out of the Meridian Pass to capture Xi'an.

The leader of this army is Li Dingguo, and the long-distance journey makes him look very embarrassed, and the team behind him is not like an army, but more like fleeing beggars and hungry people.

At this time, Li Dingguo was walking with one foot deep and one foot shallow, and a scout suddenly ran back, tearful, pointed to the north, and said in a trembling voice: "King, there is Meridian Town in front, and we finally came out." ”

Li Dingguo straightened up when he heard this, and the soldiers behind him couldn't help but cry with joy, "The turtle son land, it can be regarded as coming out." It's so fucking bitter~"

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