The wind of early autumn, cool and pleasant, gently caresses the earth, takes away the heat left in the soil in summer, and the world is cool, and the few trees and flowers on the yellow earth are trying their best to open their leaves, changing the appearance of hanging their heads in the scorching sun, as if they are also celebrating the change of seasons.

Hahamu and other Eight Banner generals are the happiest, Liaodong is bitterly cold, where have they suffered such a hot crime? Traveling all the way from Henan, he was plagued by summer heat and epidemic along the way, and at the hottest time, Hahamu sat in the lobby of the governor's yamen in a grand manner wearing only a pair of obscene pants, sweating profusely and talking about military affairs with Meng Qiaofang, which made Meng Qiaofang embarrassed.

Well, now that the weather is cold, the sun that can burn the dead has become gentle, and sometimes they hide behind the clouds to be ashamed to see people, and the shirtless Eight Banners soldiers on the street have also put on their clothes, and the sweaty heat seems to have passed.

But Ha Ha Mu and Meng Qiaofang hid behind the battlements on the west gate of Xi'an City, but the sweat on their faces was dripping down one by one, and the green bricks under the two of them were wet after a while.

Not only the two town generals, the countless Qing soldiers who gathered on the city wall and leaned on the battlements, all looked nervous, and looked extremely dignified towards the outside of the city, the city was full of defending equipment, a door of iron and bronze cannons had been unloaded, and the muzzle of the black hole pointed directly outside the city.

Meng Qiaofang swallowed his saliva, reached out to wipe the cold sweat from his forehead, removed his head from the battlement, and let out a long breath, as if peeping at the scene outside the city would bring him great pressure.

"I didn't expect the Ming army in Hanzhong to be so strong, several times more fierce than the thieves back then, the defeat of the king of Pingxi is understandable, and the real enemy is also!" Meng Qiaofang took out a white towel from his arms and wiped the sweat from his hands and forehead.

Hahamu beside him was still staring at the outside of the city, without blinking his eyes, staring at it carefully, and asked: "Last year, Prince Su led the army to Sichuan, but after cutting off Zhang Xianzhong's head, he was blocked out of the Sword Pavilion by the Ming army, and he couldn't advance an inch of money and food, and finally had no choice but to retreat and return to the court, which made the regent thunderous and angry, and was confined and claustrophobic, is it a good thing that Wang Huan, the chief soldier of Sichuan and Shaanxi, did?" ”

Meng Qiaofang replied: "It's this son!" At that time, I stayed in Xi'an, did not cross the Qinling Mountains, but the area around Hanzhong was defended by my generals, after the prince of Su's class, this Wang Huan killed several of my fierce generals, robbed Hanzhong, and washed away the territory taken by the Qing army from Zhang Xianzhong's hands, which was extremely treacherous. ”

Ha Ha Mu shook his head slowly, frowned, and said, "I think this person is not treacherous. ”

Meng Qiaofang was stunned, what is the matter in her heart, do you want to say good things for him?

But I heard Hahamu frown and said: "It's a big treacherous, you see, the Ming army is in strict formation, the banner is clear, the inside and outside are orderly, the infantry and horses are divided and orderly, where is the Ming army we are familiar with!" Clearly distinguish and strengthen the army! Even compared to my Eight Banners soldiers, it is not much worse, and the defeat of King Pingxi is indeed not unjust! ”

Meng Qiao Fangfu stretched his head out of the battlement again, looked at it for a while, suddenly became angry, and hissed: "Lord Ha, look at it, even Wang Yongqiang, a traitor, didn't dare to show himself when he hid in the wooden city like a turtle a few days ago, as soon as the Ming army came, he was also alive, you see that his cavalry called Huazi actually dared to pursue our people!" ”

Haha made a wooden face and stopped talking, but the cold sweat on his face flowed down in strings.

At this moment, under the city, on the vast loess plain, the dust is flying, covering the sky and the sun, a military array of black pressure is moving, countless cavalry galloping back and forth, chasing and fighting, like a swimming dragon churning, spectacular and intense.

About a thousand or so Qing cavalry are fleeing in a hurry, looking at their uniforms and banners, it should be Meng Qiaofang's Shaanxi soldiers, behind them, a large force of Kuizhou cavalry is in pursuit, the white iron armor is particularly conspicuous even in the dust, and the visual effect is particularly significant.

On the side of the white-armored cavalry, another group of cavalry with messy clothes and armor also followed to show off their might, judging from their banners, it should be the person Wang Yongqiang that Meng Qiaofang said.

"Two adults, the cavalry outside the city has approached the city gate, what should we do? Do you open the door and let them in? A city gate guard hurriedly ran over and bowed to the two of them and asked.

"Smack!" Meng Qiaofang slapped it with a big ear scraper, and fanned the guard's cheeks into a peach-like swell, and it seemed that he had made a lot of effort.

"Bastard! Didn't you see the Ming army behind them? Meng Qiaofang scolded angrily, stood up, and then realized how he stood up, and hurriedly squatted back: "As soon as the city gate is opened, the Ming army is about to come in, can you afford to break the city?" ”

The guard was slapped in the face for no reason, and he didn't dare to say anything in a daze, so he had to mutter: "Then, what should I do?" ”

"What to do? Do you still want me to teach you? Meng Qiaofang wanted to slap him again, but the squatting posture was really inconvenient, as long as he gave up, he scolded in his mouth: "Let them walk around the city, as long as they don't enter the city, run away with them, and find a place to avoid it!" ”

If the garrison is silent, they will flee in the wilderness.

Hahamu was on the side, although he was not as nervous as Meng Qiaofang, but he was also drenched in cold sweat, staring at the scene outside the city and sighing: "I knew that the Ming army was really so fierce, so I wouldn't have sent more than 1,000 people to test the truth, this is good, I wasted a thousand horses in vain." ”

Meng Qiaofang gasped, secretly glanced at Hahamu, and said in his heart, isn't this what you insist on, Lao Tzu has long said that the Ming army is strong, and there is no temptation, you don't listen, you insist on sending someone to give it a try, the waste is my soldiers, and none of your two thousand banner soldiers went out.

Ha Ha Mu didn't notice the white eyes of Meng Qiaofang, lying on the battlement and looking around, Meng Qiao Fang said strangely: "Lord Ha, what are you looking at?" ”

Hahamu said hatefully: "Wu Sangui, a slippery man, I'm looking at where he is hiding, don't look at the Ming army's strength and slip away." ”

Meng Qiaofang was taken aback and hurriedly said, "Can't you?" I sent his 5,000 soldiers to the city, and the leader was his son-in-law Xia Guoxiang, King Pingxi wouldn't be so merciful, and he didn't even want his son-in-law, right? Besides, Lord Ha, you are still in the city, once there is a loss, the court will definitely punish him, and he doesn't dare to leave on his own. ”

Hahamu shook his head: "It's hard to say, Wu Sangui is unkind, the emperor of the Ming Dynasty was kind to him, he didn't even blink his eyelids and descended to the thief, it can be seen that he is not a righteous person, if you and I are in danger, he will definitely turn around and leave." ”

He sighed and said to Meng Qiaofang sadly: "Now it seems that whether Xi'an City can be held is the key to this battle. ”

Meng Qiaofang blinked, looking at Hahamu thoughtfully.

In fact, in his heart, he was scolding: "Your mother, Lao Tzu has long said that first suppress the rebels in northern Shaanxi, and then deal with the Ming army in Hanzhong, Wu Sangui prefers great joy, and sets up a strategy to lure the thief army with a big city, hahamu, you are also a mallet, Wu Sangui is your deputy, but what he says is what it is, are you full of stones in your head?" ”

……

Under the city of Xi'an, ten miles away, Wang Huan's Chinese army was set up on a dirt mountain, in a simple and sturdy cowhide tent, and the officers of the Kuizhou army and above gathered together, surrounding the main general Wang Huan in the center, and looked at a small sand table together.

"Xi'an City is big, a few points bigger than Chengdu City, the moat is deep and wide, the city wall is high and thick, it is the first big city we have always faced." Wang Huan used a branch with the branches and leaves cut off and pointed on the small sand table made of earth and stones: "According to Chen Xiangtan's report, there are 16,000 officers and soldiers below the governor and governor of Shaanxi in the city, 2,000 soldiers of the Eight Banners under the leadership of Angbang Ezhen Hahamu, plus the people and miscellaneous soldiers, the total number is nearly 30,000. ”

The generals listened quietly, and their eyes were full of thought, but no one was silent before Wang Huan stopped speaking.

"Dealing with Jiancheng, the Tartars are now better than us, how many high walls and wide ditches of the giants, by the Tartars' red-clothed cannons bombarded like tofu collapsed, when in Yangzhou, the Tartars only took one day to break the city with cannons. This time we attack Xi'an, we should treat others in the way of others, and bombard them with cannons! Wang Huan raised the branch and waved it twice in the sky, and said with a smile: "The Tartars only know that the red-clothed cannon is powerful, let them see what the thunder that is more powerful than the red-clothed cannon looks like!" ”

Everyone burst into laughter, and a bold and rough laughter rippled across the big tent, almost lifting the top of the cowhide tent.

"My lord, oh no, Master Hou, you can arrange the errand directly, follow you to fight, we are very down-to-earth!" Zubian screamed, his voice loud and his laughter loudest.

"When I entered the city, I first grabbed all the people with pigtails, cut off the pig's tail, and then set fire to the whole city!" Li Yan also shouted: "Tartars spoil us Han people, don't leave these things behind!" ”

The atmosphere in the tent was warm, and everyone was arguing and arguing with each other, and they all asked to be the first to enter the city, as if the city ten miles away was not a heavily guarded place, but a courtyard for everyone present.

Wang Huan looked at Wang Yongqiang, this overlord who was invincible in northern Shaanxi, stood behind everyone in an orderly manner at this time, silent like an honest student.

"Lord Wang has fought hard in the past few days, paid a lot, and suffered a lot of losses, even his own brother died at the hands of the Tartars, and the merit is great, and I will write it down." Wang Huan beckoned with both hands, signaled everyone to be quiet, and then said warmly: "This siege, Lord Wang should enjoy this honor alone, and he will be the first to enter the city, and seek revenge from the high-ranking officials of the Tartars!" ”

The tent was quiet, and everyone's eyes fell on Wang Yongqiang.

Wang Yongqiang's heart was upset, he hurriedly took a step forward, knelt on one knee, and said respectfully: "Hou Ye loves, Wang Yongqiang is grateful, in front of Hou Ye, the last general is just a small pawn, how dare you call it an adult, please Hou Ye take back this title, otherwise the last will not dare to get up!" ”

Gao Youcai stood further back, seeing Wang Yongqiang's humble appearance, he felt a lot of emotion in his heart, once upon a time, the name of Wang Yongqiang, the town commander of northern Shaanxi, could stop children from crying at night, rampant in the nineteen states of northern Shaanxi, and the party that killed the decisive party Haoqiang actually called himself a pawn in front of Wang Huan, how ironic.

However, Gao You knew that the fundamental reason why Wang Yongqiang did this was because he had seen Wang Huan's methods, that Wu Sangui's Liaodong Army was no more than 10,000 people, and it could press the 100,000 people of the thief army in northern Shaanxi to death, and treat them like a child's play like a knife killing chickens, which shows the strength of the Liaodong Army.

It is such a Liaodong army, and it was actually killed by Wang Huan 8,000 people in less than a day, which is simply appalling.

Only the strong are qualified to win respect in the troubled times, Wang Yongqiang is in front of Wang Huan, but he is a reckless hero, compared to Lao Huihui, the leader of the fourth battalion of the Shaanxi Rebellion Army, how can he not be low-key?

Wang Huan stepped forward, helped Wang Yongqiang with his own hands, and praised: "Good! Since you don't like it, then call you General Wang in the future, don't shirk it, lead the army to fight, all of them are generals. ”

Wang Yongqiang bowed down and thanked: "In this case, the last general dares to disobey his fate!" ”

Everyone laughed with goodwill again, and after laughing, Wang Huan put away his smile and looked around at the generals, and said in a straight voice: "Since the strategy has been agreed, the generals will listen to the order!" ”

The sound of iron leaves in the tent sounded, and everyone stood with disgust, looking at Wang Huan with their swords.

"The artillery team of the three battalion heads, concentrated in the front of the West Gate, under my personal command, directly bombarded the city wall of the West Gate section, the north gate of Li Tingyutun of the Linzi battalion, and the south gate of Ma Xintiantun of the Huozi battalion, and feinted to respond to the offensive of the West Gate, and Li Dingguo of the Linzi battalion was the Chinese army and acted with me. Leave the north gate empty, and let the Tartars escape. ”

Speaking of this, Wang Huan paused, looked at Wang Yongqiang, and said in a deep voice: "General Wang leads the army and horses, and when the West Gate City is broken, he will wave his army to cover up and kill, and anyone in the city who dares to resist can be killed!" ”

(End of chapter)