Wu Sangui didn't know anything about what happened in Fengxiang City at Qinling Pass after he pulled out the camp and left, Liu Youyuan did it very neatly, the city gate was guarded very firmly, and no one ran out, although some people loyal to Ma Ning made some noise, but after the Kuizhou army led by Wang Huan personally entered the city, it didn't take much effort to calm down, and no one could go out of the city to report to the Qing army.

Therefore, in the thousands of miles of Qinling Mountains, there is news of a gap, whether it is Wu Sangui, Ha Ha Mu or Meng Qiaofang, they don't know.

It's all in the dark.

Looking down from the sky, the two teams of men and horses, which were less than fifty miles apart, drove at full speed in the direction of Xi'an City, one after the other, like two dragons churning on the Loess Plateau, with a fierce momentum.

Behind, of course, was Wang Huan's Kuizhou army, who deliberately lagged behind Wu Sangui's Liaodong army for almost a day, pinching the steps and rushing forward.

In front, it was Wu Sangui, the king of Pingxi, who divided the army into two parts, led by the love generals Wang Pingfan and Li Benshen to lead the elite Guanning Iron Cavalry of 2,000 people, one person and two horses, galloping at full speed to aid Xi'an City, and strive to appear outside Xi'an City in a day, spying on the truth on one side to see how many rebels there were; Second, let's make an example of Meng Qiaofang and Hahamu in the city.

He himself, with his foot and baggage battalions, marched steadily, distancing himself from the cavalry, lest he plunge headlong into the pockets that the rebels might have laid out.

……

The siege battle under the city of Xi'an has entered its fourth day.

On the first and second day, Wang Yongqiang sent about 5,000 people every day to fill the trenches and ditches with mud bags and braving artillery fire, filling in the moats on both sides of the north gate and the west gate of Xi'an City out of a smooth road more than ten zhang long, and the siege nest cart could be pushed directly under the city wall, giving the Qing army defending the city a great threat.

The price to be paid for this was not small, thousands of corpses were densely packed on the wilderness that stretched two miles from the city walls, blood flowed all over the field, the yellow earth was dyed red, those who were lucky enough to have a breath were groaning in pain, one bullet crater after another, erosive flesh and bloody stumps were everywhere, wolf smoke was like a pillar, and the whole outside of the city was like hell.

The artillery barrels on the head of the city were all beaten red, poured water to cool down and then hit, several Furlong machines were blown up because of excessive use, and more than a dozen gunners were injured.

From the third day, the official siege began.

Ant-like crowds swarmed up, around the north gate and the west gate in both directions, like a torrent that flooded the earth, standing on the head of the city, as far as the eye could see, the field of vision was full of people, shouting could break the eardrums, the long and simple ladder was as dense as the seedlings growing in the crop field, several hastily built huge nest cars, the lower rollers were equipped with a shield, the arrows and birds could not be broken, the height was a few points higher than the city wall, the hanging plate above was equipped with an iron hook, once approached, it could be locked to the battlement on the city wall, and the pry could not be pryed open, The dead soldiers on the nest cart will be able to rush up the hanging board and attack the city.

Meng Qiaofang had already personally climbed the arrow tower at the north gate, because the rebel offensive here was the most ferocious, wave after wave of offensives were continuous, from sunrise to sunset, no less than tens of thousands of people shouted and poured over.

Those mud-legged people, who didn't even have a minimum of leather armor or other protective gear on their bodies, dared to rush up with red eyes and things like nail rakes and dung forks, without the cover of archers and without cannons, so they used their flesh and blood to face the iron bullet arrows, and they were stunned to bear it.

"Shoot, shoot, shoot!" Meng Qiaofang roared, holding a hard bow, and constantly shooting out wolf tooth arrows from the hole of the arrow tower, he was originally a military general, skilled in bows and horses, and at this time he also regarded himself as an ordinary soldier, desperately trying to save his life.

What made Meng Qiaofang a little puzzled was that there were four city gates in Xi'an, and Wang Yongqiang obviously had so many people, why did he only attack the Anyuan Gate of the North Gate and the Anding Gate of the West Gate, and abandon the South Gate and the East Gate, with the number of his men and horses, he could completely besiege on all sides.

If the four gates attack together, Meng Qiaofang's subordinates will have so many people, and they will not care about one or the other, and there will be many flaws, and the fall of Xi'an City is only a matter of time.

Now only attacking the west gate of the north gate, and there is a focus, the west gate feints, the north gate is the main attack, Meng Qiaofang directly transferred most of the troops, concentrated at the north gate, and left some old and weak to watch on the east and west, basically no defense, relying on Ha Ha Mu's 2,000 banners in the center to respond.

Meng Qiaofang was puzzled, and Wang Yongzhen was puzzled.

His heart hurts.

To tell the truth, Wang Yongzhen is a guerrilla general in the Yan'an battalion, and he has led soldiers under his brother Wang Yongqiang for more than ten years, and he has never had so many people on hand, 100,000 people, and his ambitions are bigger, and it is enough to fight to Beijing to become the emperor.

But the eldest brother led such a huge team to Xi'an City, although this is to deal with the overall situation of Ping Liangbo, a great tycoon in the northwest of the Ming Dynasty, but it is not bad to fight Xi'an and be the overlord of Shaanxi for a few days.

It stands to reason that 100,000 people are on the same page, and one person can tear down a brick to flatten Xi'an City, but the eldest brother just doesn't do this, leaving the east and south alone, and only hitting the north gate, the front of the north gate is so wide, and the power invested at one time is not more than 10,000 people, and the rest of the people can only stay in the back to watch the play, which is wasted.

Looking at the people in front of him who fell like wheat under the artillery fire of the Qing army, Wang Yongzhen was more uncomfortable than others cutting his flesh with a knife, although these people were all untrained farmers and the like, but they were real resources, one less if they died, they were all wasted, what would they do to maintain their status in the future?

He licked his lips, looked in the direction of Wang Yongqiang, and saw his brother standing on the top of the mound, looking nervously and solemnly at the city of Xi'an, a few miles away, standing still with a long knife, the long knife with a sheath, the bottom of which was several inches into the earth.

Wang Yongzhen didn't dare to disturb him, so he had to touch Gao Youcai's hand next to him and complain to him: "You say, why don't we put the south and east sides and pile them together to hit the north gate, isn't it a waste?" If the four gates are fought together, the city may have been broken. ”

Gao Youcai looked at him, his eyes were full of contempt, although it had only been more than a month since he partnered with the Wang brothers to rebel, but he had already figured out the temperament of these two brothers, the eldest brother Wang Yongqiang was strong, and he knew how to think ahead and look at things farther, although he couldn't get rid of the limitations of his vision, but he could also be called a hero.

And the younger brother Wang Yongzhen is different, this guy is just a stunned man, with brute strength, he looks three big and five coarse but his brain is not enough, and he is not as good as the pimple in his own county.

Contempt is contempt, and the explanation still has to be explained, lest Wang Yongzhen make something happen without authorization.

Gao Youcai said to Wang Yongzhen: "You can't say that, the siege of the four gates, of course we can do it, but in this way, our people have to be scattered, Xi'an City is large, and the distance between the gates is more than ten miles, General Wang, you know, although there are many people in the army, but there are dragons and snakes, everyone has everything, most of them are homeless, and they only go with us in order to ask for a bite to eat, once these people are scattered, it will be difficult to gather together." ”

Wang Yongzhen was puzzled and said in a muffled voice: "What is this?" The generals of each faction will lead, scatter and attack the city, it is not easy to gather, so they will gather slowly, what is the matter? ”

Gao Youcai looked at this elm pimple, and wanted to whip him, but he didn't dare, so he had to say patiently: "At present, there is not much military strength in the city, and I don't dare to go out of the city to fight with me, of course, it can be as you said, but in case the Qing army reinforcements arrive, and they come to cover up with a thunderbolt, our army is scattered, and it happens to be broken by each person. ”

Wang Yongzhen was stunned for a moment, opened his mouth and thought for a while, and said, "Won't it?" It's been so many days, and the reinforcements of the Qing army ......"

Before the words were finished, they heard a terrible shout in the distance accompanied by the sound of raindrops of horses' hooves, and the two turned their heads to look, and between them came a flying horse, and immediately the soldier planted a yellow flag on his back, which was a scout.

"Report ~~~!!" The scout was frightened, ran to the front and rolled the saddle and fell off the horse, knelt on the ground and shouted to Wang Yongqiang: "Zhenshuai, ten miles away to the west, I found a large group of Tartar cavalry, coming down to Xi'an City, after the cavalry, in the distance, there is a large amount of smoke and dust, judging by its scale, there should be a large group of people and horses!" ”

"What?" Wang Yongzhen was shocked and couldn't help but look at Gao Youcai.

Gao Youcai's face was solemn, he was afraid of something, and he just said that the Qing army was reinforcing the army, and this is coming.

Wang Yongqiang flicked the scarlet cloak on his body, turned around and turned his head, his face was full of calmness, as if what the scout said, he expected.

"Mingjin retreats." He said: "Protect yourself according to the village!" ”

(End of chapter)