Li Benshen's errand went smoothly, Meng Qiaofang did not hesitate at all, and generously promised to lend all the gunners at hand to Wu Sangui, except for the red-clothed cannon that was too heavy and inconvenient to move from the city, other large and small artillery pieces could be lent.

The cannon and gunner arrived at Wu Sangui's army overnight, and at dawn the next day, Wu Sangui let the sergeants have a full meal, and then set off as a whole army.

The flag flutters, the iron hooves fly, the army of 21,000 people is lined up into several phalanxes, under the leadership of their leading generals, step out, Wu Sangui is very willing to pay for his subordinates, the Liaodong army foot soldiers are all half-body waist armor, wearing iron helmets, leather shoulders to protect the shoulders, heart protection bronze mirrors to protect the vital points, thousands of miles of boots under the feet, iron knives around the waist, spears like forests, long knives like the sea, majestic, and the rebels in northern Shaanxi who besieged Xi'an City a few days ago are like clouds.

On the left flank of the army, it is the world-famous Guanning Iron Cavalry, this 2,000-strong force has always been Wu Sangui's fundamental strength, and the cavalry are all long-trained Liaodong people, plus a few Mongols, forming this strong army. Each person has two horses, a horse with equipment, a horse for combat, the horse wears cowhide armor, the person wears an iron leaf battle jacket, the fiery red cherry spear on the helmet moves with the wind, the cavalry carries a saber on the waist, holds the three-eyed system in their hands, and first puts the gun to shoot at a distance when fighting, and after shooting three shots, the heavy three-eyed system becomes a mace, and the skull of the cow can be broken by swinging it out by the horse.

And followed by the foot soldiers, there were more than 20 Furlong cannons dragged by oxen and horses, large and medium-sized cannons, each cannon was pushed by more than ten gunners, and there were carts pulling gunpowder shells behind, the cannon body was bulky, and it was very difficult to walk in the rough wilderness.

The man dragged the horse, and after an hour he finally arrived at the place.

Wang Yongqiang's three wooden cities, the largest in the middle, and the relatively smaller ones on both sides, were guarded by Wang Yongzhen and Gao Youcai respectively, and he himself guarded the big village in the middle.

Wu Sangui weighed it and decided to hit the small one on the left first, this small village is a little far away from the other two villages, and there is an open land of two miles in between, which is just convenient for the cavalry to gallop and cut off the support of the Wang brothers.

The Liaodong Army laid out a fish-scale array, and countless small squares formed a large rectangular square, and the open space between the squares was reserved for artillery.

A black cannon slowly emerged from the crowd, the gunners held sledgehammers and nails, fixed the cannon body in ping-pong, and were busy cleaning the bore with a long stick, filling the gunpowder, and after a busy work, they carefully put the iron bullets into the muzzle.

The hill is not high, and the artillery can be aimed with a slight rise, and behind the wooden wall pointed by the muzzle of the black hole, Wang Yongzhen shrunk his neck and broke out in a cold sweat.

He originally thought that his wooden village was behind, and the Qing soldiers would not pick him to attack first, but he didn't expect Wu Sangui's eyes to be vicious, so he directly picked this wooden village to do it, and he regretted it.

"I knew it earlier, so I changed it with Gao Youcai." Wang Yongzhen gritted his teeth, the neatly lined up Qing army under the hill was murderous, and the rows of swords, guns, swords, and halberds were shining with cold light, and before the war started, the homeless people in the wooden village had already begun to commotion.

"There are so many Qing soldiers, what should we do?" The cronies asked Wang Yongzhen in horror, they have not seen this kind of battle, and the scale of Meng Qiaofang's men in Shaanxi is only 5,000 at most, when have they faced tens of thousands of Qing troops, and they are all elite: "They have cannons, and our wooden walls can't withstand it!" ”

"The first strike is stronger, you can't wait for them to open fire, as soon as the cannon goes off and the wall falls, those homeless people will be in chaos, kill them before they shoot, and you won't be afraid to nail the hole with an iron nail." Wang Yongzhen was fierce and bloody, and made a bold decision: "Use a knife to force 2,000 people to go down, and if you don't go down, you will be killed!" ”

The cronies nodded, turned around and left.

After a while, the gate of the wooden village opened, and a group of people rushed out, these people were dressed in tatters, old and young, and they were not serious soldiers at first glance.

Xia Guoxiang stood in front of the formation, protecting the gunners to reload the charge, just in front of the homeless people rushing down from the hills.

When he first saw it, Xia Guoxiang was taken aback, he didn't expect that the rebels had been huddled in the wooden village for two days, why did they suddenly become violent at this time? He smiled when he saw that the people who rushed out were holding sticks and hoes in their hands.

"Thieves are nothing more than that." Xia Guoxiang smiled contemptuously and raised his hand: "Send the flag, don't move forward, send arrows to shoot them back!" ”

The soldiers standing beside him immediately gave the order, and the three thousand archers in front of him opened their bows and arrows, and the arrows were like flying locusts, and they shot out on their backs like raindrops.

Amid the screams, the displaced people quickly retreated, and Wang Yongzhen's first effort failed.

Wu Sangui and the others reined in the Chinese army, watching the former army break the enemy with great interest, and they were all amused by Wang Yongzhen's incompetence.

"Hahaha, this is still a bow and arrow, if it is replaced by the familiar bird firearms of our soldiers, these birdmen will die cleanly." Wang Pingfan laughed loudly, and the laughter spread far and wide: "But the king thief is not a soft egg, and he knows how to fight." ”

"No matter how much you win, it's also an egg hitting a stone." Li Benshen touched his beard and said with a smile: "The army composed of homeless people is still a homeless people, where can it be compared to the army of tigers and wolves, and I don't know how incompetent the army of Shaanxi is to let such thieves sit big." ”

Everyone laughed again, Wu Sangui stroked his beard silently, but he had another taste in his heart.

This time, Dolgon had no choice but to use the three kings of the Han army, from the bones is extremely reluctant, if it is not really no one available, no soldiers to send, the Manchu court will never let the Han people surrender to the general to pick up the beam, this Wu Sangui is very clear, even the weapons when going out, under Wu Sangui's good words, the Qing court equipped the Guanning iron cavalry with a three-eyed system, and the rest of the firearms are resolutely not distributed, so just now Xia Guoxiang ordered to "release arrows", not "release guns".

From the beginning of the surrender to the Qing court, Wu Sangui found that there was always a looming estrangement between him and the Qing court, so that even if he was in the Taiji Hall of the Forbidden City, he was incompatible with other Jurchen officials in the Qing court.

was thinking wildly, suddenly the left and right guards made a way, and the commander of the rear army, Gao Dejie, lined up the generals, and hurriedly walked over, holding a letter in his hand, looking at his expression, extremely anxious.

Gao Dejie has a calm heart, so anxious, there must be something important, and the people will consciously close their mouths and stand still.

Gao Dejie ran to Wu Sangui's side, leaned close to his ear and said a few words, and presented the letter with both hands, Wu Sangui's expression changed greatly after hearing it, and he hurriedly took the letter at a glance, ten lines at a glance, the more he looked at it, the more ugly his face became, and finally he rubbed his angry hands, crumpled the letter paper into a ball, and threw it to Li Benshen.

Everyone was stunned, I didn't know that the prince was so angry for that, Li Benshen hurriedly took a look at the crumpled paper, Wu Sangui didn't wait for him to take a closer look, so he said angrily: "Don't look at it, Meng Qiaofang and Haha Muyong people misled the country, as soon as we left the vicinity of Qinling, the Ming army in Hanzhong broke the phoenix and flew out of Chencang Road, and entered Shaanxi without hiding from the sky and the sea!" ”

(End of chapter)