In the afternoon of the next day, the infantry and baggage battalions of the Liaodong Army followed the footsteps of the cavalry and entered the city of Xi'an.

Wu Sangui entered the city and met with Hahamu and Meng Qiaofang, unapologetically, which made Hahamu go crazy on the spot, angrily accusing Wu Sangui of disrespecting the general's orders and changing the route of the march without authorization, resulting in Xi'an City being besieged by the rebels and almost causing a catastrophe.

Meng Qiaofang hurriedly persuaded him, and had a meal of mud, he knew that the strong army in Wu Sangui's hands was relied on, at this juncture, the most taboo general is not compatible, although Hahamu is a Jurchen nobleman, the biggest is him, but Wu Sangui is the one who has soldiers in his hands, and without the king of Pingxi, he and Hahamu can not control the situation in Shaanxi.

Wu Sangui kept a straight face, watched coldly, and looked down on Ha Ha Mu from the bottom of his heart, he was originally negotiated with Huang Taiji to surrender, and he was officially crowned the three-character king of the Han Army, what is Ha Ha Mu? Do you really think you are following onions?

"Lord Ha, Wu has no intention of disrespecting the order, the reason why he abandoned the north and went to the west is because he considers that the threat of the enemy in Hanzhong is greater, the rebels in northern Shaanxi are just scabies, and the Ming army in Hanzhong is the big trouble." Wu Sangui waited for Hahamu to stop before he opened his mouth to explain, speaking slowly, not in a hurry or impatient.

Hahamu suddenly became furious again, and jumped up: "The Ming army in Hanzhong is more threatening? King Pingxi! Are you blind? Qinling is as dangerous as gold, where can half a Ming dog come over? The rebels in northern Shaanxi are about to reach the head of Xi'an, and the soldiers of Governor Meng and the general are less than 10,000 together, and this city is in danger, but you tell me that the Ming army in Hanzhong, I think you are cowardly and retreating, and I want to impeach you to the regent! ”

Wu Sangui said aloud with an expressionless face towards the north: "The regent is eloquent and strategic, and he will be able to distinguish between right and wrong, Lord Ha, don't worry, when this king exterminates the rebels and takes back Hanzhong, it will not be too late for you to impeach." ”

Meng Qiaofang's eyes lit up, the words "take back Hanzhong" made him excited, Wu Sangui's subordinates were so strong that he might really be able to do it, so he hurriedly whispered to the violent haha wood: "Don't worry, Lord Ha, I see that although King Pingxi has made mistakes, he is a painstaking effort to serve the court, you see, it is better to spare him for the time being, and wait for him to make up for his merits and earn great achievements, and then it is not too late to discuss." ”

After a pause, he lowered his voice and said: "Now in this Shaanxi province, the ability to suppress the traitors is the king of Pingxi, the adults scolded fiercely, lost the harmony, but not beautiful, let the king of Pingxi go, win you and I can't run, once defeated, I will push it to him, we will make a profit without loss, why not?" ”

Hahamu rolled his eyes, although he was naïve, he was not stupid, he understood what Meng Qiaofang said as soon as he heard it, this idea was good.

He patted Meng Qiaofang on the shoulder and praised: "Master Meng is really wise, just do what you say." ”

He turned his face and said to Wu Sangui with a straight face: "Since the king of Pingxi is so sure, then he will be in power and believe you, but since the prince boasted about Haikou and said that the rebels in northern Shaanxi were just suffering from scabies, presumably the prince would be able to calm it easily, and the rebels were outside the city, so please send troops to the prince." ”

Wu Sangui clasped his hands into fists and said in a deep voice: "Obey Lord Ha's orders!" ”

After that, he lifted his robe, and Wu Sangui strode out of the house.

Behind him, Meng Qiaofang's eyes were full of hope, and his future was tied to Wu Sangui; And Ha Ha Mu frowned with a face full of resentment, and secretly said to himself: The regent was right to be far away in Liaodong for the Han people to surrender to the generals, and the Han people can't be entrusted with important tasks after all, Wu Sangui is just a dog rescued by Emperor Taizong, and he dares to ignore himself, an important minister of the Manchu Dynasty, and in time, he will not seek rebellion? When you go back, you must report it to the regent.

Of course, Wu Sangui didn't know about the psychological fluctuations of the two, he came out of the city without saying a word with a calm face, and joined his subordinates who were resting outside the city.

Li Benshen was waiting outside just now, although he didn't hear the conversation between Wu Sangui and Hahamu and others, but Wu Sangui's face had already told him that it was definitely not the kind of situation where they met and said hello.

Returning to his own people, Wu Sangui's complexion improved slightly, and he immediately gathered the generals to discuss the military situation.

Wu Sangui knows very well whether he can regain his former glory, the first battle of Shaanxi is extremely important, Hahamu has an opinion about himself, once Shaanxi is lost, what greets him is definitely a tragic end, it is very likely that he will be cut off from now on to military power, degraded officials and exiled, Dolgon has never been merciful to the failed courtiers.

Briefly talking about the exchange with Hahamu just now, Wu Sangui began to deploy the combat strategy against the Wang brothers, Wang Pingfan and Li Benshen have already explored and understood, Wang Yongqiang set up a total of three wooden cities, separated from three adjacent hills, arranged in the shape of "product", relying on each other, taking care of each other, the moats outside the city are connected, and the antlers are dense.

"I didn't expect this Wang Yongqiang to be unable to fight, but there is a set of formations and fortifications." Wu Sangui frowned and looked at the small stones placed on the ground that were used as formations, and said in a deep voice: "In this way, it will definitely not work to rush hard, he is several times the number of us, and he occupies the geography, and he will suffer too much loss from the bottom attack, and it will cost the lives of the sons in vain." ”

Now the lives of every soldier in the Liaodong Army are precious, they are all the seeds brought back by Wu Sangui from Shanhaiguan, they have experienced a hundred battles in Liaodong, killing people like hemp, and the Qing army, and the Chuang army, and even the Ming army have fought against each other, and I dare not say that they can be compared with the Jurchen Eight Banners, at least on par with the Mongolian Eight Banners.

"Lord Wang, the thief's wooden city is firm, it is indeed inconvenient to attack hard, at this time, you should learn from the Tartars, they attack the city and plunder the land, what is your favorite? Isn't it a redcoat cannon? Li Benshen smiled and said, "Did the prince forget? ”

Wu Sangui's eyes lit up, and he stroked his beard and praised: "Yes, when it comes to breaking the city, firearms are the first, Meng Qiaofang has so many cannons in the city, you can borrow them, Ben Shen, you go to negotiate with Meng Qiaofang, just say what I want, he looks at us to destroy the king and thief to restore the whole Shaanxi, and he will never refuse." ”

Li Benshen hugged his fists and agreed, Wu Sangui arranged a specific attack plan, with 20,000 people to attack 100,000, even if the other side has a large number of displaced people, it is not so easy, who is the main attacker, who is feint, who outflanks the back road and who is strong on the front, must be pointed to the head of the people, the army fights, the emphasis is on cooperation, otherwise it will be a mess and cocooned.

And in Mucheng, Wang Yongqiang and others are also nervously arranging, he keeps in mind Wang Huan's explanation, and he can't hold out, as long as he survives these two days, when the Kuizhou army arrives, it will be a victory.

(End of chapter)