Chengdu city is cloudy, far away hundreds of miles away outside the city of Hanzhong, the same is the scene of black clouds pressing the city, Zhang Xianzhong led the elite soldiers and horses of the Great Western Army, in the first year of Emperor Shaozong of the Ming Dynasty Longwu on the tenth day of the fourth month, appeared in the wilderness outside the city of Hanzhong.

Banners are unfurled, the tip of the knife is shining, the huge camp of nearly 100,000 people is in Nanzheng County, 30 miles away from Hanzhong, and the ten-thousandth shop soldiers flock into the nearby woods, cutting wood for piles, digging ditches for trenches, even camping for dozens of miles, standing on the low earthen city wall of Nanzheng, only to see that all kinds of camp tents stretch from the root of the city wall to the horizon, even the rippling Han water, seems to be stagnant.

The Nanzheng County Commander just appointed by the Qing court was so frightened that he had already abandoned the city and fled, and went to Hanzhong, and the people in the city were also dispersed, only a few old people who were reluctant to have a family business, trembling and trembling led a group of village elders to carry a few fat pigs and a few loads of grain to please ****.

Zhang Xianzhong casually sent a subordinate to defeat this group of people, and he beat the drum to gather the generals and line up the seats in the big tent of the Chinese army that had just been built.

In the northwest borderland, the cold wind is howling, although it is April, the weather is still cold, but without the wet and cold of Sichuan, it is finally better.

When it was approaching, it was still early before dark, but the wooden frame of the fire pit had been erected in the tent, and the fat lamb and the beef cut into large pieces were skewered with iron bars, and they were grilled on the fire with a blazing flame, "squeaking" bubbling with oil, and the air was wafting with mouth-watering aromas, which made the generals of the Great Western Army, who had trekked thousands of miles of mountain roads, swallow saliva as soon as they entered the tent.

Zhang Xianzhong looked up with a yellow face, squinted his eyes against the tiger skin soft couch, held a blue and white porcelain bowl, while looking at the generals under his command who were rushing in, while taking a sip of the wine in the bowl, he was wearing a bright yellow dragon robe, and the nine dragons were embroidered on it with teeth and claws, and the vivid appearance was obviously from the hands of a skilled craftsman, but he was wearing a dragon robe, and he was draped with a sheepskin shoulder on his shoulders, which was very hairy and eye-catching, making people feel like they were not decent, as if they didn't know how to spend money if they were rich.

He did not wear a crown on his head, but wrapped in a white towel, which was a problem in his early years--- his head was painful, and when he was blown by a cold wind, he wore a turban on his head more than he wore a crown.

When the generals who took refuge from the Ming army saw him like this, they all held back a smile, but they didn't dare to show a penny, so they could only bow their heads and endure it, but the old brothers who followed Zhang Xianzhong from the reckless incident didn't care, because they were also dressed like this, how comfortable they were, and they didn't care about any etiquette at all, and they felt very cordial when they saw Zhang Xianzhong's outfit.

The generals came into the account, first knelt down to say hello to the Emperor Daxi, the armor in the army was on the body, and there was no big gift of three kneels and nine bows in the court, everyone was very casual, Zhang Xianzhong also agreed rudely at will, beckoning them to sit down and eat meat.

Wufu is the most unsightly of meat, especially after walking for so long, and he doesn't dare to drink alcohol in the army, and his claws have long stretched out his throat, at this time the emperor has a treat, of course, he can't be polite, everyone doesn't raise their heads, they eat violently, and most of the meat on the shelf is swept away in an instant, and the guards who are waiting for them hurriedly carry some more from the outside and quickly roast them.

After eating and drinking for a while, the wine in Zhang Xianzhong's bowl was also drunk, he slowly sat up straight, put down the wine bowl, and looked serious.

The tent is full of people who have been with him for a long time, who are familiar with Zhang Xianzhong's temperament, and when they saw his movements, they knew that it was time to get down to business, so they stopped their mouths, wiped their oily hands on the placket of their clothes, and straightened their waists in unison.

"After eating and drinking, and my body is warm, it's time to discuss the war." Zhang Xianzhong's unique rough voice sounded, echoing in the quiet tent: "He Zhenxiao'er, repeated and unrighteous, how can we clean him up, hopefully, you have dealt with him, you can talk about it." ”

He named Sun Kewang because at this time last year, Sun Kewang was ordered to take Hanzhong, and after two or three months of maneuvering here, he was beaten by He Zhen and lost his armor and surrounded Nanzheng, and finally relied on Zhang Xianzhong to personally lead the army to rescue, so he was able to relieve the siege and return to Sichuan.

Sun Kewang sat in the upper left position, his old face was slightly red, but he immediately returned to normal, and stood up solemnly and said: "Father, He Zhen is the chief soldier of the Ming Dynasty, who has worked in Hanzhong for ten years, is familiar with geography and is well versed in humanities. ”

He had the heart to fight for the first merit and wash away the shame of the last defeat, so he did his homework very well, and he was very calm and frustrated: "Erchen found out that the Tartar Meile Zhangjing He Luohui has been transferred away, and it has been more than half a month since he left Hanzhong, and now he is staying in Hanzhong, but He Zhen's 30,000 remnants, plus the five thousand Eight Banner soldiers left by He Luohui, a total of 35,000 Manchu Han people, and my Great Western Army has 100,000 sharp soldiers, three times as much as him, enough to besiege the city and attack urgently, as long as the three armies are attentive, they will be able to go down in one drum!" ”

When everyone heard this, there was a whisper, and many people showed disapproving looks on their faces, and they all felt that there were many people defending the city in Hanzhong, and Sun Kewang was too full of words in order to compete for merit.

Zhang Xianzhong smiled slightly, and praised: "I can hope that my son, mighty, good!" ”

Sun Kewang sat down happily with a smile, but his face was not shocked, maintaining his mature and stable image in front of Zhang Xianzhong.

Zhang Xianzhong praised Sun Kewang, and asked the generals: "King Pingdong intends to besiege the city with a large army, and rush down to take Hanzhong before the arrival of Haoge's birdman, do you still have a good strategy?" ”

As soon as he said this, those who did not approve did not dare to speak.

A person stood up in the tent and shouted loudly: "King Pingdong said it well, He Zhen Xiao'er, coax one, as long as my army surrounds that bird Hanzhong, I will definitely be able to make him fall down!" ”

The sound between the words was like a thunderbolt, the sound was like a bell, and the flames in the fire pond shook a few times, and everyone looked at it, and the speaker turned out to be Wang Shangli, the governor of the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies.

This person is a butcher, he is five big and three thick, burly, so that he can open the mountain with a big knife in one hand, and he is Sun Kewang's cronies, and he obviously jumped out to support Sun Kewang.

Listening to Wang Shangli's shout, Sun Kewang couldn't suppress a smile on his face, Wang Shangli said heroically, with an unstoppable strong confidence, even Zhang Xianzhong listened to it, and felt very right, and the smile on the corner of his mouth was even wider.

"The last general also thinks that what King Pingdong said is good!" Another person stood up, but it was Governor Feng Shuangli, who only heard him say: "But there will be a plan in the end, which can get twice the result with half the effort." ”

He made a pen with his hand and drew a semicircle in the air: "The art of war is cloudy, and the siege must be que." Our army is vast, but we can't surround it, so as not to make the defenders in the city feel hopeless to break through, give birth to a certain heart of death, and only increase the difficulty of attacking the city, it is better to let go of the east, storm the other three sides, and then ambush the strong army in the east, so that the defenders in the city can't stand it, and break through from the east gate, but you can get it with one blow, so that you can break He Zhen at the minimum cost. ”

Everyone felt justified when they heard it, Zhang Xianzhong also stroked his palms and laughed, and said in a loud voice: "Yes, good idea, just in line with my intentions!" I have all good generals under my account, and the methods I have come up with are exactly the same as mine. ”

After laughing, he was about to say something more, when someone outside the tent shouted, "Report! There is an urgent military report! ”

Zhang Xianzhong's face sank, and he shouted: "What's the matter? Bring it in! ”

A guard opened the tent curtain, and a scout with a small flag on his back rushed in, knelt down in the tent, and shouted: "Your Majesty, the traitor He Zhen in Hanzhong, came with the troops, and the soldiers have entered the territory of Nanzheng, less than ten miles away from my camp!" ”

The generals in the tent all stood up suddenly, and everyone was angry, and they all felt that this He Zhen was not good to shrink in the city, and he dared to challenge him, was he tired of being crooked?

Zhang Xianzhong was also angry, his yellow face was angry with a touch of blood red, he stood up and said angrily: "Okay, you rebel thief, I didn't come to look for you, but you sent it to the door, okay, today I will replace Li Zicheng and teach him a lesson!" ”