It is often said in the book that "bloodbath" is mostly an exaggeration, but it is very appropriate to use it in the western city of Yan'an at this time. Not to mention the bravery of the Western Army, which killed many enemies. Only the old troops of the two armies of Jingyuan and Huanqing killed the Jin army at the head of the city, and slaughtered everywhere in the city, not to mention the Jin army that retreated, and even the people who had shaved their hair and changed their lives were also killed.

The Western Army has always been famous, firstly because of its fierceness, and secondly, because it is difficult to control, and military discipline is not good. Xu Wei rectified the Western Army, and his descendants were strictly disciplined and forbidden, but the other soldiers and horses still had some old habits that were more or less difficult to change. What's more, these surrendered troops who have been separated from the Western Army for many years and have been influenced by the Jin Army?

They only care about meritorious service, anyway, the people in the city are not much different from the Jurchens, and Xu Xuanfu can't recognize them. Chop off a few more heads, one is to make up for our mistakes, and the other is to be regarded as meritorious service. As a result, he killed Yan'an Xicheng into a river of blood, and corpses were everywhere! The common people are all nested at home and dare not show their faces at all!

When Xu Wei entered the city, the soldiers had actually cleaned up briefly, but what caught his eyes was bloodstains and piles of corpses all over the ground. Just walked to the Shuai Mansion step by step, and summoned everyone to see him in the future.

"Xuanfu Xianggong, except for the surrender of the Jin army, the rest of the people are all beheaded!" Yang Yan's armor was stained with blood, and he rushed into the festival hall to report loudly. As soon as he finished speaking, Xu Hong, Wang Yu, Qi Wu and others entered one after another, and a few more people were born, which was estimated to be the internal response in the city.

"Yu Xianggong, more than 5,000 troops have to be surrendered, and the ordnance, grain and grass in the city have been sealed, and there is no specific number for the time being." Wang Yu reports.

Na Qi Wu stepped forward again and bowed: "Lai Xianggong is mighty, and Xicheng is restored." In this battle, more than 3,000 people served as internal responses, and now that the battle is over, the commanders at all levels have come to visit Xu Xuanfu. After speaking, several generals behind him stepped forward to salute. It was his brother-in-law Jiang Dutong, You Yijun Shen and the two commanders under his account.

Xu Wei glanced at several generals and asked, "Are you all the old generals of the Western Army who descended with Zhang Jun back then?" ”

As soon as this sentence was asked, the four people knelt down in horror, and Shen commanded the highest rank, and pleaded guilty on the ground: "In the past, I couldn't help myself, so I had no choice but to reduce the gold, and I also asked Xuanfu Xianggong to surrender his guilt." ”

"That's it, you wait for the army to be the internal response, and you have contributed to the destruction of the city, and the commander has promised in advance not to blame the past. This is the end of the former things, and it is up to you to see what is going on. Xu Wei said.

The four generals thanked each other and then got up. Qi Wu took the opportunity to report: "Originally, there was only a humble position to discuss matters with Commander Jiang. Only temporarily informed the You Yijun, but fortunately, Shen Tongzhi and several commanders understood the righteousness and made a decision immediately, so they drove the Jin army down the city. ”

"Well, they are all meritorious, and when the war is over, they will be rewarded." Xu Wei promised, and the five of them thanked him.

Yang Yan had been holding back, and when he saw Xu Wei talking at this time, he hurriedly asked, "Where is Zhang Jun?" ”

Several generals couldn't answer, and finally Qi Wu stubbornly said: "It is said that when the Western Army entered the city, Zhang Jun fled from the Shuai Mansion alone and disappeared. ”

"What a weird thing! When the army invades the city, can he still fly out? Yang Yan said angrily.

"Yang Dashuai is angry, and he has sent troops to arrest him everywhere, and he can't escape from the city." Qi Wu said cautiously.

As he was talking, he suddenly heard a commotion outside, and the generals looked sideways, only to see that outside the festival hall, many soldiers were gathered around, and they were making noise. Yang Yan frowned, strode out and shouted: "The important place is related to the military might, you have to wait for Hugh to be noisy!" ”

A commander stepped forward and hugged his fists and said: "Dashuai, the white ranger has captured Zhang Jun, the brothers despise this behavior and are beating him!" ”

Zhang Jun! Yang Yan was taken aback, pushed away the soldiers and squeezed out, and looked at it! I saw that in the crowd, there was a man who was tied up with five flowers, and he had been beaten by the soldiers to stand unsteadily, bleeding from his mouth and nose. Because he was dressed in tatters, his hair was scattered, and his face was covered with mud, he could not see his true face. Yang Yan stepped forward, wiped a few handfuls of his sleeves on his face, and carefully recognized that it was Zhang Baiying!

"Who caught this?" Yang Yan asked loudly.

"Hui Jing is slightly fair, lowly leading the patrol, in the southern suburbs to meet this guy, at first did not have doubts. How did he know that he left when he saw the official army, and he led the crowd to catch up with him and catch it, only to know that it was Zhang Jun. A Ma Jun envoy reported.

Yang Yan punched him in the chest and said with a smile: "Okay! Take the first evil, and give you a credit! ”

"Thank you, big handsome!" The military envoy smiled, how could he be so lucky this time. Originally, we didn't have our share in attacking the city, but who would have expected Zhang Jun to sneak outside the city! This luck is coming, and I can't stop it!

"Bring in!" Yang Yan waved his hand, rushed into the festival hall first, and reported the matter. Up to Xu Wei, down to the generals, all surprised. This Yan'an West City, the iron bucket-like city defense, how did Zhang Jun get out of the city? Could it be that he still put on his wings and became a birdman?

A moment later, the soldiers escorted him to the hall, Wang Yu, Xu Cheng and other generals rushed up to identify, and sure enough, it was Zhang Jun!

"Fuck you! How many lives have been ruined in the past few days! You pickled pig dog, it's time to die! Xu Cheng scolded. No wonder he was angry, since the Song and Jin wars, the highest-ranking general of the Western Army who surrendered should be Zhang Shen, the former Yan Yan Jinglu pacification envoy, followed by this former Jing Yuan Jinglu pacification Sidu Zhang Baiying. As the deputy marshal of Jingyuan and the son of Xu Yuan, his face is naturally dull.

Zhang Jun was beaten by angry officers and soldiers at the gate of the festival hall, bleeding from his mouth and nose, and he didn't react when he heard Xu Cheng scold him. only raised his head and shook his head, and saw that the people present were all former comrades of the Western Army, and then looked up, he saw Xu Wei, and hissed: "Today's defeat and capture, there is nothing to say, but I ask Xu Xuan to appease and reward." ”

"Phew! What kind of face do you have to speak in front of Xuanfu Xianggong? Back then, I sent you and Xihe Yao Jingluo to attack Yanzhou together, but you were afraid of the battle and avoided the battle, which led to a great defeat. Not only did it affect the two armies of Jingyuan and Huanqing, but also let Xuanfu Xianggong also hit two arrows! Do you want to have a good time? Say, "How the fuck did you get out of the city?" Who put you? "Yang Yan is even more angry than Xu Cheng.

Zhang Jun raised his head, his gaze swirling over several generals. Anyone who is touched by his gaze is better to avoid the tiger! Dry! Isn't this guy going to die and bite back?

"Zhang Baiying, Xuanfu asked you something." Wang Yu said in a deep voice.

"I live in a tunnel that leads directly out of the city." Zhang Jun whispered.

"Authentic? You've already figured out a way out, haven't you? Zhang Baiying, Zhang Baiying, you keep saying that you will live and die with the city, but you keep a hand in advance, but it's a pity that Skynet is restored, you are an anti-country thief, everyone will be punished! Qi Wu said angrily.

Those generals are even more angry, straight thieves, Xu Xuanfu twice submitted letters to persuade him to surrender, you are called an impassioned, and it is a book, and it is a statement. It turned out that I was asked to wait for you to die, and I slipped away!

"Alright." Xu Wei called, and the hall was suddenly silent.

"Zhang Jun." Xu Wei looked directly at the rebel general.

Zhang Jun lowered his head: "Yes." ”

"I won't mention those things back then, I just want to ask you, Ben Shuai couldn't bear the misfortune of the people and soldiers, and gave you two chances, but you didn't respond, but sent people to delay the time, stubborn, why? What benefits did the Jurchens give you to make you so desperate? Xu Wei asked.

Zhang Jun was silent for a while, for a long time, and hissed: "Although Xianggong submitted a letter to persuade him to surrender, Zhang knew that he was no longer allowed to surrender to the Western Army, and he would die anyway, so it was better to fight." ”

At this time, Ma Kuo, who had not spoken, interjected: "Who told you that the Western Army is not tolerated? Could it be that Xuanfu Xianggong didn't make it clear in the letter of persuasion? As long as you open the city, you will not be guilty of the past, and even keep your rank. So lenient that you are not moved? Or are you confident that this city can withstand the thunderous blow of the Western Army? ”

Zhang Jun was a little impatient: "The matter has come to this point, it is useless to say more!" Xu Xuanfu, please remember my past merits and give me a good time! ”

"Straight sissy thief! You're so angry! Xuan Fu Xianggong, pull this pig and dog out, and be punished with arrows! Yang Yan shouted.

A look of horror flashed on Zhang Jun's face! Piercing arrows does not belong to the punishment stipulated in the "Criminal System", but is a "lynching" that circulates in the army. The prisoner is tied up and hanged, and the person who is skilled in archery is shot from the limbs, even the torso, and the most arrow will be shot into the throat. The tortured people often do not die with dozens of arrows in their bodies, and they wail incessantly...... Ma Kuo turned to Xu Wei and said, "Xianggong, this thief is extremely evil, and not killing is not enough to appease the resentment of the army and the people." ”

Xu Wei thought for a while, nodded and said, "Owl head." ”

At noon on the ninth day of October, Zhang Jun was beheaded in the downtown of Xicheng and was beheaded to show the public. At the time of the execution, as many as 10,000 soldiers and civilians watched and applauded. Zhang Jun died, the Jin army also surrendered, and Xicheng was declared recovered. Xu Wei had to surrender 8,000 troops, and the materials were not counted, which can be described as a strong army and a hundred times more morale.

By the middle of the year, the township soldiers recruited from Guanzhong arrived one after another, and Xu Wei held 150,000 horses and horses, targeting the eastern city of Yan'an, where Han Chang personally sat down. Prior to this, many attacks organized by Han Chang were all killed and retreated by Wu Jue. On the eighth day of the first month, the battle was the most intense, and the Jin army once had the advantage, but fortunately, Zhang Xian rushed to help, and the Jin army was defeated again and retreated into the city.

In mid-October, Xu Wei's 150,000 men and horses completely surrounded the eastern city of Yan'an. He knew that Dongcheng was probably the hardest bone, so he was not in a hurry to attack. Outside the siege, Yang Yan, the commander of Yongxing, was sent to lead the division south to attack Juzhou, and ordered Xu Hong to lead the two Xing troops north. The result was unexpected, Yang Yan took a group of Zhang Jun's old troops to the city of Dunzhou, without spending a single soldier, only Qi Wu alone said that the gate of Dunzhou was wide open, and the defenders all abandoned their weapons and surrendered.

At that time, in addition to the eastern city of Yan'an and the Tongzhou city on the Guanzhong Plain, there were still dozens of military fortresses in the north of Yan'an Province and the Suide army that had not recovered. Xu Hong sent his son Xu Yong to lead thousands of troops to collect the northern part of Yan'an, and he led the main force of Liangxing to pacify the division to attack Suide. In fact, there are not many Jin troops in these areas, and the Liangxing army is naturally overwhelming, and within half a month, it will sweep everywhere like a devastation.

At this point, it can basically be said that the general trend has been decided. Xu Wei also said in his report to Xu Churen, "The rest, but the two cities of Yan'an and Tongzhou, although it is difficult to pull out suddenly, it is only sooner or later. ”

This situation is naturally clear to Han Chang, who is in Dongcheng. As soon as Xicheng fell, he knew that the Jin army in Shaanxi was gone, but until this time, he still had a glimmer of hope. The eastern city of Yan'an is stronger than the western city, and there are more and stronger troops, and the materials are more sufficient, or he personally sits in the battle, and he is confident enough to hold out for a long time. As long as Ginting can come in on a large scale during this period, there will still be a desperate chance of survival.

Although he also guessed that since Xu Wei dared to drive the main force to attack Yan'an, he would definitely try the Pujin pontoon bridge first. As soon as the pontoon bridge was reached, the road to aid was cut off. Because to enter Shaanxi from the east of the river, there are only two places to cross the river, one is Pujin Pass, and the other is Fenglingdu. These two places, as long as there are thousands of soldiers guarding them, it will be difficult for you to come over with a million soldiers, unless you hit another big luck, the Yellow River is frozen, but at least it is a matter of the cold winter wax moon.

However, Han Chang insisted that Ginting would not give up on Shaanxi, and would definitely select elite soldiers and strong generals to come to the aid in a big way. He kept staring until the end of October. What made him strange was that for more than ten or twenty days, the besieging Western Army had not attacked, which made him, who was long in attacking and defending the city, wonder, could it be that Xu Hu'er wanted to trap me?

A few days ago in Xicheng, Yan'an, Xu Wei moved from his tent to Xicheng to live. After the war, the city was severely damaged, and the losses of the people were not small, and efforts are being made to restore normal order.

The place where Xu Wei lived was said to have been Zhang Shen's courtyard in the past, and the conditions were very good, more luxurious than his official residence in Qinzhou. As soon as Wu Jue entered the door, he was amazed that this former Yan Yanshuai would enjoy it, and after asking Ming Xuanfu Xianggong in the study, he went straight to find it.

"Xianggong." Wu Jue stood outside the study and called.

"Is it Jin Qing? Come on in. Xu Wei's meaning came from the room.

Wu Jinqing stepped into the threshold, looked at the quaint study, and said with a smile: "Zhang Shen can't lead the troops, there is a set of these." If he learns that Xuanfu Xianggong lives in his other courtyard, he doesn't know how to feel? ”

Xu Wei was sitting behind the desk, with a pile of books in front of him, one of which was still spread, Wu Jue saw this, so he asked, "Didn't the humble position disturb the minister, right?" ”

"It's okay to leave or right, just flip through a few books." Xu Wei closed the book, and Wu Jue looked at the cover, which turned out to be a Tongjian compiled by this dynasty.

The two went to the side and sat down, summoned the soldiers to serve tea, Wu Jue didn't wait for the other party to ask, and said straight to the point: "Xianggong, this siege has been twenty days, but there is no military order." I asked some time ago, and the minister said that he still had to think about it, but I don't know ......"

Xu Wei touched his clean-shaven chin and groaned: "It's a little difficult, so I'm not decided." ”

"Xianggong is worried that Dongcheng is tall and strong, and he can't attack it in a hurry, and he will definitely lose his soldiers?" Wu Jue has followed him for many years, how can he not know what is going on in his heart?

"Exactly." Xu Wei said unabashedly. "Han Chang is not as good as Zhang Jun, he is a famous general in Jinying, not that he is more capable than Zhang Jun. It's that his heart is stronger than Zhang Juntie, and his soldiers are stronger than Zhang Jun. With the strength of our army, the siege of the city is sufficient, and there is a certainty of victory, but large-scale casualties are inevitable, so I have not given the order. ”