After Di Qing occupied Lintong City, the people of the South Road led by his deputy general also took Lantian County very smoothly.

As long as Chang'an County is taken again, there will be no more obstacles in front of him.

After resting all night and preparing to attack Chang'an County the next day, the army was preparing to pull out the camp, and before it set off, it went to usher in the envoy sent by the Chang'an County Defender to surrender.

Chang'an County is not a bloody recovery.

A day later, the armies of the east and west roads met victoriously outside the city of Xi'an, and nearly a million troops surrounded the city of Xi'an on all sides like iron buckets, which can be said to be impassable.

Di Qing's Eastern Route Army was responsible for encircling and attacking all the gates of the eastern and southern city walls, while Baishan's Western Route Army was responsible for attacking all the gates of the northern and western walls.

Xi'an City was originally the capital of the Great Zhou Dynasty in the previous dynasty.

At that time, the city of Xi'an occupied a vast area, the city was high and the pool was deep, the city wall was as high as about three zhang, and the moat was one zhang deep around the city.

There were a total of eighteen gates on the four walls alone.

There are all kinds of towers, battlement walls, female walls, arrow towers, watchtowers, etc., which can definitely be called a solid city.

After the fall of the Great Zhou Dynasty, the Ming Dynasty replaced it and built the capital of Beijing, and Xi'an, the old capital of the former dynasty, was marginalized and changed to the seat of the governor of Shaanzhou and the capital of Xi'an.

The originally tall and solid city has also been dilapidated a lot in the past few hundred years, and the grandeur of the year has been gradually annihilated by the wind and sand of the years.

Later, after Li Zicheng established the Great Shun Kingdom, the capital was Xi'an, which rebuilt the dilapidated city and restored some of the majesty of the ancient city of Xi'an.

However, when it was the capital of the Great Zhou Dynasty, the glorious atmosphere that witnessed the coming of all nations can no longer be recovered.

According to the information provided by Song Xiance, there were still about 200,000 defenders in Xi'an at this time, and looking at Li Zicheng's appearance, it seemed that there was no possibility of surrendering on his own initiative.

However, for Di Qing and Bai Shan, there is not much difference between 200,000 people and 500,000 people.

In many cases, wars are fought by who has the most people and who has the advantage, but in many cases, it is not based on the number of people.

From the perspective of the big picture, fighting a war is a general trend. In terms of each battle, it's morale.

Now, whether it is from the general trend or from the morale, it is obvious that Li Zicheng and the Dashun army are at a disadvantage, and they are still an absolute disadvantage.

The general trend of one side is the same, the people's hearts are back, the morale is high, and everyone is eager to make meritorious contributions and is eager to try.

One side is doomed, the hearts of the people are scattered, the morale is low, everyone is depressed and depressed, and the heart is flustered and short-breathed.

Moreover, the number of officers and soldiers was nearly five times that of the defenders.

Now that there is Song Xiance's internal response, it can be said that no matter from which point of view, there is no suspense in this offensive and defensive battle.

Therefore, after the army surrounded Xi'an City, Bai Shan drove his horse to Di Qing's Chinese army camp.

"Brother Di, I haven't seen you in the capital for more than half a year, but you have reduced some of it." As soon as Bai Shan got off his horse, he saw Di Qing waiting at the gate of the camp, threw the horse whip to the soldiers behind him, and walked over to Di Qing with a big smile.

"Brother Bai, you look a lot darker, could it be that you dug charcoal for a few days when you passed through Jinzhou or were you blown by the wind and sand in Mobei?" Di Qing also laughed and joked.

Bai Shan also laughed, and the sense of alienation that he hadn't seen for more than half a year suddenly diluted a lot.

While greeting, he walked towards Di Qing's Chinese army tent with his arms in arms.

After entering the tent and sitting down, Di Qing asked people to get food for him, and warmed a pot of wine, and only after the two of them had eaten and drunk did they start to talk about business.

Bai Shan wiped his mouth, leaned comfortably on the back of the chair and said, "Brother Di, what does His Highness think of Li Zicheng over there?" ”

Di Qing said: "This highness hasn't said it clearly, but as a courtier, even if His Highness doesn't say some things, we have to think about it for him." ”

Hearing this, Bai Shan sat upright and said, "I would like to hear Brother Di's high opinion." Could it be that Li Zicheng can also fall into the same fate as Zheng Zhilong? ”

Zheng Zhilong surrendered and was named the Marquis of Anle, and the matter of the whole family moving to the capital Di Qing and Bai Shan already knew about it, so Bai Shan had this question.

Di Qing shook his head and said, "Zheng Zhilong and Li Zicheng are not the same. Although Zheng Zhilong is dominant in the southeast, he did not directly raise the banner to fight against the imperial court. Moreover, after the first battle of Jianning City, he took the initiative to surrender, and designed to destroy 20,000 British people as a vote to surrender all power unconditionally, which is already extremely sincere.

At this point, even if His Highness doesn't want to pardon him, he can't do it, otherwise he will inevitably be evaluated as intolerant and narrow-minded. It can be said that Zheng Zhilong's ability to survive is that he is active enough, decisive enough, and willing enough. ”

Bai Shan bowed his head and continued to listen carefully.

But Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong are very different, both of them openly founded the country and claimed the emperor. Besides, we are now using the name of the imperial court, and before His Royal Highness officially ascended the throne and changed the dynasty, we still represented the Ming court. Li Zicheng dug up the ancestral tomb of the Ming Emperor in Fengyang, which was a great shame for the Ming court, and he did not share the hatred of the sky.

Therefore, since we are the official army of the Ming Dynasty, we naturally can't let go of Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong.

And these two have been in business for many years, and there must be some loyal people under them. If they do not die, even if they themselves are discouraged and have no rebellion, the remnants of their iniquity will encourage them to rebel again. Therefore, whether in the immediate or in the long run, Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong are certain to die. ”

"What Brother Di said is very true. That's exactly what I thought. Qing's father is not dead, if Li Zicheng is not dead, this great Shunguo will be resurrected sooner or later. Bai Shan agreed.

"Li Zicheng is a hero after all, but he is not enough to be the master, let alone a hero who dominates the world. He was too short-sighted and indecisive in his actions, and he thought that he could use this level of four places to stop our army and give him a chance to survive.

But he didn't think that there was no fortress in the world that could not be attacked. No matter how strong a city is, it is vulnerable to artillery. As His Royal Highness said, with the development of firearms, the city walls will gradually disappear in the future, because they will be completely useless. ”

Bai Shan also said with emotion.

"There is no doubt that we will win this battle. It's just that this Xi'an city is also an ancient city that has been in arrears for hundreds of years, and it would be a pity if it was destroyed in the artillery fire. Besides, there are still hundreds of thousands of people in this city, and if the city is directly attacked, I am afraid that there will be no fewer casualties. Di Qing said worriedly.

"That's true, anyway, our army has already won the battle, it's better to be more stable and find a way to do both." White Hill Road.

"It's better to persuade you to surrender first, if Li Zicheng is willing to open the city and surrender, then it is naturally the best. If you don't want to, you can also hit the morale of the city again. Except for a few people, not many people are willing to die with Li Zicheng. Di Qing said.

"Okay, then let's give it a try." The white mountain is the first to say.