At the end of May and the beginning of June, the Hanzhong Plain, a change in the past, calm and stable pastoral landscape, smoke everywhere, with Hanzhong City as the center, Nanzheng, Yangzhou and other prefectures and counties are nowhere without wolf smoke, a scene of chaos and chaos, He Zhen's anti-army, the Qing court Shaanxi Governor Meng Qiaofang's bandit army, Tan Bai and Ma Laxi's southern expeditionary army you come and go, galloping vertically and horizontally, fighting with each other, often a town yesterday still erected He Zhen's banner, the next day it was changed to the flag of the Qing army, the battle is fierce, corpses are everywhere.

After the melee became like this, after Guy He Zhen surrendered to the Qing court, Dolgon, who was far away in Beijing, weighed the pros and cons, and listened to the advice of He Luohui and Meng Qiaofang, in addition to appointing He Zhen as the chief soldier of Hanzhong, his soldiers, none of them were cut, and he also provided a large amount of silver as military salaries to calm his heart, the purpose of course was to win and stabilize the heart of He Zhen, the overlord of Hanzhong, so that he could serve the Qing court with all his heart and act as a pawn for the Qing court's southwest, northwest and northwest conquest plans.

In this way, He Zhen's strength has not diminished but increased, when the shaving order made the Qing court and him completely turned against each other, almost the entire Hanzhong Plain is his soldiers and horses, at this moment He Luohui has been transferred, Haoge in Sichuan, Meng Qiaofang alone to guard Xi'an, the huge western part of Shaanxi fell into the hands of He Zhen, Shaanxi was Li Zicheng's old nest, or openly or secretly supported the Dashun army There are not a few, He Zhen anti-flag erected, immediately responded to the gathering, even around the city of Xi'an, near the Yamen of the governor of Shaanxi, there were slogans of "Fengtian Advocacy General".

Fortunately, Tan Bai and Ma Lashi returned in time, and captured the surrounding counties of Hanzhong like thunderbolts, beheaded several generals left by He Zhen in the west, defeated his soldiers, and pulled back He Zhen's main force in Yangzhou with the intention of capturing Xi'an. He Zhen was afraid of the strength of the Qing army, and after several encounters with a small scale of about 1,000 people, he fled without a fight, retreated to Ankang, and joined the army of Liu Tiren, the remnant of the original Dashun army, who were guerrilla here, and set up a village behind the mountain, and confronted Tan Bai, Ma Lashi and Meng Qiaofang who were in pursuit.

After more than half a month of war, the vicinity of Hanzhong City finally stabilized, although the city has been dilapidated, He Zhen retreated and burned down all the houses in the city, leaving almost a piece of white ground and broken bricks and tiles of the city wall to the Qing army, but this strategic place, at least returned to the hands of the Qing army.

Because the war has moved south, the Hanzhong area, which was the center of the whirlpool of war, gradually calmed down, except for some stragglers who are still wandering around, there is no large rebel activity, Tan Bai and Ma Lashi are eager to concentrate on defeating He Zhen, and the dilapidated Hanzhong City has also lost the need for key protection, so only one Jialazhang Jingtuge is left to guard the city, and the two of them are in a hurry to the south with a large army to Ankang and attack He Zhen.

Tuge Zheng Yellow Banner people, nearly sixty years old, was originally a very strong member of the general, once outside the city of Dalinghe in Liaodong with 40 cavalry against the Ming army 100 cavalry, beheaded more than 50 levels, won countless healthy horses, because of military merits and promoted to Jialazhangjing.

However, the years are not forgiving, although this person is still good at fighting, his body is not as good as before, and there are many wounds in the war, and he is no longer brave in previous years, Tan Bai left him to defend the city, and he also has to take care of it.

Tuge is very depressed, as a child of the Eight Banners, naturally he can't serve the old, from the beginning of the Nurhachi era, the Jurchen has established the country by force, and has become one of the military merits, the cowardly and cowardly will not win the respect of others, nor can they win more wealth and slaves for their families, and their own merits are far from being shaded, and now they stay in this dilapidated city, losing the opportunity to kill the enemy and make meritorious contributions, how can they not be depressed?

Tuge had a team of 1,200 soldiers, including 100 elite soldiers from Baibayala and 300 soldiers from Hongbayala, and the rest were all ordinary vests and infantry armor, as well as more than 1,000 soldiers and Nikan, totaling more than 2,500 people, which was enough to deal with the bandit warfare near Hanzhong City, which had stopped.

However, the bandits everywhere and the killing of some stragglers did not play a big role in his military exploits, so Tug was disheartened and handed over these things to his two deputy staff, and he stayed in the tent all day, eating meat and drinking alcohol.

The Lord will be like this, and the people below will naturally not have much enthusiasm, and every day they will roam around on horseback, looking for a few villages and towns, looting and plundering, cutting off some heads, and returning to be idle.

On the morning of the tenth day of the sixth month, Tuge, who had woken up, sent a few teams of men and horses out to patrol as usual, and he himself took square steps to the city wall to see the progress of the repair.

The city wall of Hanzhong was originally extremely tall and heavy, but after a series of battles, it collapsed in many places, and the wall was also full of potholes, which must be repaired.

He went to the construction site, inspected several places, looked for a few reasons, whipped a few Han people out of anger, listened to the screams in his ears and the human body rolling all over the ground, Tuge's mood finally relaxed, this is his way to vent, as long as he is depressed, he will go to the construction site to beat the Han people, and the resentment in his heart can be expressed.

"See, it's not okay to be soft-hearted to these Nanbans, and if you treat them so harshly, they will obey us." Tug wiped a few beads of sweat from his head, threw the long whip to one of the overseers on the construction site, and said with a smile: "Don't be afraid of killing people, it doesn't matter if you kill a few Nanban, there are many in the pass, and if you die, you can catch ten." ”

The overseers were all Jurchen foot armor and horse armor, and when they heard the laughter, they all agreed loudly, and some people did the same to whip the whip in their hands to the Han people who were working around them, causing them to cry bitterly, and everyone laughed even more happily.

Tug let out a long sigh of relief and grinned contentedly, feeling that it was almost over, looking at the sky, it was almost noon, and it was time for lunch.

He went down the city wall, and walked towards the horses with his guards, and was about to jump on the horses, but he heard the sound of horses' hooves in the distance, and the smoke and dust were flying, and a cavalryman ran in from the city gate like a whirlwind.

"Report~~!" The elongated tone of the vest soldier echoed in the air, accompanied by the sound of his hooves from far and near, he came to Tuge, and shouted with a panicked expression: "Lord Zhangjing, when our army was searching for rebels outside the city, a large group of Southern Barbarian Ming troops suddenly appeared, surrounded our hundred-man team, and Lord Bashiku, who led the team, led people to fight with the Ming army, and ordered the little one to come back and report the news quickly!" ”

"Ming Army?" Everyone present was stunned, and Tug couldn't believe his ears, and asked inexplicably, "Do you see clearly?" Is it really the Ming Army? ”

The vest was covered with sweat, and he paused: "The little one can see clearly, the Ming army banner played by that group of people is true, and there is absolutely nothing wrong." ”

Tuge's eyes widened, and he was incredibly dumbfounded, how could the Ming army appear outside Hanzhong City, where did they come from?

After a brief moment of surprise, Tug recovered, he frowned, and asked sharply, "How many people are there in the Ming army?" Where is it now? ”

Ma Jia said: "dense, I don't know how many, at least thousands, just outside the city fifty miles of Fangjiaji, we are going to enter to search for the rebels, just into the town, the Ming army appeared inside, surrounded us, the small horse is fast, and Lord Bashiku tried his best to block the Ming army, so he was able to run out." ”

The beads of sweat on his face dripped on the ground, and he shouted eagerly: "Please send troops to support as soon as possible, there are many Ming soldiers, and it will be too late if it is too late!" ”

Thousands of Ming troops? Tuge's eyes lit up suddenly, the head of the Ming army was different from the rebels, the gold content was very high, Emperor Taizong made a rule when he was in power, beheading a thousand-level master general can reward the future, and the regent Dolgon attaches more importance to it, and the five hundred level can be promoted. I have been working hard here for so long, and I finally waited for the opportunity to make meritorious contributions.

No matter where these Ming troops came from, it was the credit that God gave me Tuge, and killing them is definitely much better than chasing the rebels into a ravine.

"Okay, order the whole army to assemble, and kill Ming Dog with Ben!" Tug flew on his horse, sat on the saddle vigorously, and shouted.