In Wu Sangui's heart, he was actually very angry, annoyed by Meng Qiaofang's exaggeration.

Standing at the foot of Mucheng, he saw very clearly that the rebels from northern Shaanxi would never exceed 100,000 when they were full, where was 250,000 people so exaggerated, and there was a world of difference between 100,000 and 250,000.

Moreover, after a few days of siege of the city, the rebels were frightened by the fierce artillery fire and bloody killings, and many people fled secretly, and even when they set up their own cannons to shoot at the wooden wall, people kept sneaking out of the cracks in the wooden city on the mountain, like panicked rabbits scattered in the field without a trace.

This is the rebel army that can almost capture the city of Xi'an?

Wu Sangui didn't believe it at all, the walls of Xi'an were high and thick, if it weren't for Meng Qiaofang and Hahamu being frightened by the number of rebels on the surface, the Wang brothers would definitely not pose a threat to Xi'an City.

These mediocre officials, not enough to succeed and more than to lose, because the city has their own wealth accumulated over the years, fearing that there will be nothing after the city is broken, they lie about the military situation in a panic, transfer themselves back from Qinling, and give the Hanzhong Ming army the opportunity to steal through Qinling.

Several plank roads in the Qinling Mountains, all thrilling, close to the cliffs, even the most spacious and easy Chencang Road, the valley is also full of beacon towers, as soon as there is a wind and grass can send a message to the wolf, they can completely dispatch a large army, block the pass, just like Chen Qiyu bellows gorge blocked Li Zicheng in general, the Ming army surrounded the valley bottom and completely annihilated.

It's good now, it's too late to say anything, and I've seen a hearty victory at my fingertips turn into a tough battle.

As soon as he thought of this, Wu Sangui became angry.

However, the battle still has to be fought, Wu Sangui made a rough assessment, the rebels in the wooden city in front of him, with the reinforcements from nearby states and counties that Meng Qiaofang has been accumulating in the past few days, plus the Qing army in the city, a total of more than 15,000 people, with 5,000 people from the Liaodong Army, it is enough to deal with it, and the Ming army from the direction of Hanzhong is only more than 10,000 people, and the division of 8,000 troops and a general can also deal with it.

So there was Li Benshen and Wang Pingfan's westward departure.

In Wu Sangui's mind, no matter how strong Wang Huan's army in Hanzhong Pingliang is, it can't get rid of the inferior nature of the Ming army, and there are 3,000 elite families among more than 10,000 people, even if it is a lot, the 8,000 Liaodong army will undoubtedly win.

As for Meng Qiaofang's fierce warnings about the fierceness of the Ming army's firearms that he emphasized to him many times, Wu Sangui smiled, Ming army firearms? Isn't it just a bird system and artillery that wants to blow up the breech, there are a lot of tricks, and I haven't played anything? At that time, the Daming Shenji Battalion was not equipped with the latest firearms in the Liaodong Army was equipped, and when it came to firearms, the Liaodong Army was the ancestor, and what was the Ming Army in the Northwest Shu?

What really works on the battlefield is the bravery of the generals, the toughness of the sergeants, the well-trained discipline, and the momentum of the steel knife above the neck without blinking.

These are precisely the capital that the Liaodong Army is proud of, the nine sides of the Ming Dynasty, Liaodong first, and the ability to mix in blood and fire for many years is not something that the lazy and lazy southerners can imagine.

And Li Benshen and Wang Pingfan are the generals of a hundred battles that Wu Sangui trusts very much.

Li Benshen is calm and wise, Wang Pingfan is brave and strong, both of them are Wu Sangui's right-hand men, and at any time, they will not disappoint him when they lead the troops into battle.

And Li and Wang are also full of confidence.

After receiving Wu Sangui's order, the two of them gathered their troops and horses and went directly to the west.

Wang Pingfan was born as a cavalry general, two thousand Guan Ning iron cavalry, led by him as a forward, galloping in front, Li Benshen led three thousand infantry troops to follow behind, the two were three miles apart, under the guidance of the scouts, to the place where the Ming army appeared.

"The cavalry of Gansu Town?" Wang Pingfan frowned slightly, and asked with some surprise: "Aren't they guarding against the Mongols outside the fortress?" Wang Huan transferred them in, so he wasn't afraid that the Mongols would break through the border wall? You read that right? ”

The scout kneeling in front of his horse was covered with sweat, and it seemed that he had just beaten his horse and ran at a rapid pace, very embarrassed, and gasped and replied: "That's right, those cavalry are skilled in arching and horses, and they are definitely not available to the Ming army in the mainland, and the small ones can be recognized at a glance." ”

Wang Pingfan nodded, waved his hand to let the scout go down, and then put his hand on the pergola, looking into the distance ahead.

In front of him was an endless plain, and there was not even a single grass on the loess earth, let alone trees or anything like that, so he could see far away at a glance.

As far as the eye can see, there is an undulating hill, the hills are not high, and they cannot be called mountains, and they are a bit too much to describe as small hills, and they are far away from each other, so it is impossible to become an ambush site.

Between these small hills, there is a white line, which looks like a layer of frost on the yellow earth from a distance.

However, if you look closely, you can see that the white lines are composed of dense dots, there are so many small dots, there are tens of thousands, and the dots are as immovable as stone carvings, and they are like salt grains embedded in the earth.

But Wang Pingfan knew that it was not frost, let alone salt grains, it was the Ming army.

"Humph! Wearing white armor, it is better to wear mourning clothes directly! Wang Pingfan was a little frightened in his heart, the Ming army had already set up a position and waited for him, and he had not seen the courage to take the initiative to face the battle for a long time, but he had to laugh at it to show his courage and disdain for the opponent: "Pretend to be a ghost, sons, follow me!" Will meet this group of Ming troops who died Lao Tzu! ”

The subordinates laughed, the soldiers were already vulgar, these words were to their appetite, Wang Pingfan's own soldiers behind him blew the horn, and the Guanning cavalry followed behind the generals, rushing forward in an arrow-shaped formation.

On the other side of the battlefield, the pillar of smoke raised by the Guanning cavalry when galloping was seen by the Kuizhou army from a long distance.

"Here, my lord, Wu Sangui's cavalry seems to have arrived first." Li Tingyu has excellent eyesight, and he can see the people and horses under the smoke pillar from a long distance, he is draped all over, holding a spear, hanging a crossbow from his waist, and wearing an eight-petal phoenix-winged helmet on his head, because the beard is too thick, the rope of the helmet cannot be firmly tied to the chin under the obstacle of the beard, so he has to leave the rope untied, and put the helmet on his head.

Born in the ancestral Liaodong army, he also stayed in the Guanning Iron Cavalry for a period of time, and was very familiar with Wu Sangui's generals, so he followed Wang Huan at this time and introduced him: "The No. 1 thing that Wu Sangui can fight in his hands is this Guanning Iron Cavalry, this cavalry is full of chain mail inside and iron leaf armor outside, and they are all carefully selected strong sergeants; The horses are wearing leather armor, fat and strong, and the best Mongolian horses can be described as the elite among the people and the best horses among the horses. The three-eyed system in their hands can be used as a bird to shoot lead, and it can be used as a mace to sweep in all directions, which can be near or far, which is very powerful. ”

Liu Li, the head of Qian, stood not far behind the two, and when he heard this, he said sullenly: "It's so powerful, it's not that Liaodong has been lost!" ”

He was extremely dissatisfied with the Liaodong Army, and he couldn't hear anyone praise him.

Zu Bian's face changed suddenly, and he turned his head to find trouble with Liu Li, Wang Huan frowned, and shouted: "The enemy is current, do you want to fight among yourself?" Liu Li said less, Zubian must not be presumptuous! ”

The two glanced at each other angrily, and Zu Bian said loudly: "No one in the Liaodong Army is cowardly, and those who are afraid of death are those officers and ministers, if it weren't for Sun Gebu's strategy of defending Liao with Liao people, the northern land would have been lost a long time ago!" ”

This red-faced man was full of resentment, obviously Liu Li's words stimulated the weakness in his heart and made him excited.

Wang Huan looked at him and said indifferently: "Then in the face of the Liaodong military horses today, do you have the courage to fight against them on the ancestral side?" ”

"Of course I dare! Why wouldn't you dare!? Zu Bian puffed up his chest and said loudly: "My lord gave an order, Zu Bian was in the water and fire, there was no second word, and he was not a hero in the blink of an eyelid!" ”

Li Tingyu said loudly: "The Liaodong Army is no longer the Liaodong Army of the Ming Dynasty, they all have braids and returned to the Eight Banners of the Han Army, which can be regarded as Tartars." ”

Saying this, Zubian's expression darkened significantly, and his majestic head also drooped, the Guanning Iron Cavalry of the Liaodong Army was the glory that he was proud of in the past, but now he has become the enemy's eagle dog, which makes him suddenly unable to raise his head.

Wang Huan patted him on the back and motioned for him to look up.

Zu Bian was a little embarrassed and tilted his head towards Wang Huan.

"Since they are no longer the Liaodong Army they once were, then we will destroy him and use their blood to build another strong army." Wang Huan said lightly: "Once you will succeed and have dry bones, people with braided hair, let them become dry bones on the road to fame on your ancestors' side." ”

(End of chapter)