Aung Bang Zhangjing can have such confidence, it is because Wu Sangui was no match for Li Zicheng's Dashun army, and when he shaved his hair and ran to Dolgon to wag his tail and beg for mercy, he happened to be a witness to this scene. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

In addition, he has been in Shaanxi for many years, and he also has a relatively deep understanding of the combat effectiveness of Wu Sangui's department. If he doesn't take advantage of the moment to give Wu Sangui a fatal blow, when Wu Sangui reacts, he can't guarantee that the Han people in the city will take the opportunity to rebel, if they escape, just the 20,000 family dependents, they will have no chance at all.

The messenger who reported the urgency had already set out, and even sent the messenger as early as when Xi'an received the rumor that Zhang Tianfu had led the guards to the Mongolian customs and Wu Sangui's army was defeated under the city of Xining, but the reinforcements could not be counted on, especially the current situation of the sharp decline of the Manchurian Eight Banners in Beijing, and their best way was to give Wu Sangui's troops a heavy blow, so as to ensure the safety of Xi'an Manchurian and those Manchurian, Mongolian old and weak women and children.

Wu Sangui's army tossed all morning, and it was sworn again, and it was cut braids, and in the afternoon, the troops were divided to hold the three sides of Xi'an Fucheng, and they set up camp, and the siege of the city could only wait until the next day.

Early the next morning, Wu Sangui's three armies came out of camp at the same time, preparing to start an attack on the city of Xi'an. The Qing army in the city had already been prepared, in addition to leaving the garrison in the city to continue to guard the city, and at the same time using the city gate to contain the Guanning army on the north and south, 2,000 Shaanxi Xi'an right wing four banners, 2,000 Shaanxi Fubiao plus 5,000 Sichuan-Shaanxi governors without the governor.

This kind of strength is still a lot less than Wu Sangui's headquarters outside the West Gate, but the Qing troops in each department don't care, because they are the Qing army with real Manchurian soldiers participating in the war, just because Wu Sangui's army is also the opponent of the Manchurian soldiers?

Under the Xicheng city of Xi'an, Wu Sangui's army was ready to start attacking the city, and the siege equipment was prepared before. It's just that before they finished their formation, the west gate was the first to open, and the Qing army of the brigade rushed out, and soon formed a formation under the city.

"Sichuan and Shaanxi Dubiao sit on the central army and the left wing, Shaanxi Fubiao sits on the right wing, and the four banners of the right wing of Xi'an, Shaanxi are used as reserves.

At that time, Dolgon promised to help in the battle, and it was also until he and Li Zicheng fought to the point that they could not continue to send troops to attack the tired Dashun army. This is understandable, but he has been playing the role of cannon fodder at the beginning and all these years, but now that he has changed his perspective and looked at others as cannon fodder, Wu Sangui's feelings immediately reversed.

"Let the Loyal Battalion and the Volunteer Battalion go up, just take these Manchurian Eight Banners and then try it one last time."

The Qing army lined up, and the Wu army waved several times in the sky under the movement of the flag bearer with the words "President of the world's water and land master Xingming begging for the general, King Wu of Hanzhong" waved several times in the sky under the movement of the flag bearer, and the troops who were originally preparing to attack the city began to slowly retreat, and let go of the two battalion heads behind the formation with the banners of loyalty and bravery.

These two battalions are not two battalion heads, but the joint names of the five battalions of the Loyal and Brave Middle, Front, Rear, Left and Right Battalions and the Righteous Middle, Front, Rear, Left and Right Battalions. Each battalion numbered 1,000 men, and together they were an army of 10,000 men. Except for a small number of Shaanxi soldiers, the others were veterans of the Guanning Army who had followed Wu Sangui for the longest time. On weekdays, Wu Sangui's son-in-law Xia Guoxiang and his cronies Wu Guogui are in charge of the command, which can be called the closest army under Wu Sangui.

These troops are trained in Hanzhong according to the methods of ordinary green battalions on weekdays, but Wu Sangui will send Xia Guoxiang or Wu Guogui to leave Hanzhong for a period of time every once in a while, and it is said that they will go south to the non-Qing army-occupied area near Baoning to fight the grass valley, but in fact, it is to avoid Li Guohan's eyes to go to other places for routine exercises, and this killer weapon that has been prepared for many years has officially come in handy today.

After the two sides finished arranging, a loud general under Wu Sangui stepped forward to scold, opened his mouth to be Jiannu, and called on those green battalion soldiers not to be cannon fodder for Tartars. The Qing army, on the other hand, reciprocated with the righteousness of the monarch and the minister, and scolded Wu Sangui for his ungrateful behavior.

However, the scolding did not last long, and the Qing army was in a hurry to break the enemy, lest the Guanning army outside the north and south cities rush to help, and just hoped to hit the morale of Wu Sangui's troops before announcing the start of the battle.

The Qing army came in formation, but the artillery at the head of the city did not rush to fire, because after a long time at the head of the city, the defenders knew very well how far these artillery could hit, and the Guanning army had not yet entered the firing range, and there was no need to waste gunpowder and shells.

The Qing army was like this, but Wu Sangui's department was not polite, and the Hongyi cannon, which was easily transported from Hanzhong, aimed at the battle formation of the Qing army and began to bombard. The two battalion heads named Loyal and Brave marched in formation with battalions as units, and the biggest difference between these two battalion heads and the Qing army and even other Guanning armies was that the infantry of this Guanning Army only held a kind of cold weapon with a spear that was one foot and five feet long, and the other infantry were bird guns and infantry bows, and nothing else.

The infantry of the Qing army attacked, and the cavalry also fought from both flanks, intending to harass the battle formation of the Guanning army. However, the cavalry of the Qing army was killed, and the former enemy commanders on Wu Sangui's side, whether it was Xia Guoxiang or Wu Guogui, did not send cavalry to intercept it, even Wu Sangui. At this moment, it is only a battalion as a unit, and its phalanx is directly facing the cavalry of the Qing army, and the only thing that this phalanx is somewhat nondescript is that there are small formations in the four corners, and it is purely composed of foot archers.

The Guanning army has a strong army, and the cavalry also occupies a numerical advantage, even if it is divided into three roads, it is by no means inferior to the Qing army, but the Guanning army just let the cavalry of the Qing army rush over.

The cavalry of the brigade rushed to the face, the spears pointed diagonally, and the dense jungle of spears formed a strip of horses made up of battle formations. The cavalry of the Qing army was not helpless in the face of this situation, and there was no need for officers to command them at all, and the cavalry of these green battalions took out bows and arrows from their bow bags and quiver pots, and estimated the distance between them to start cavalry shooting.

However, as the Qing cavalry and the Guanning army approached rapidly, the Guanning army took the lead in shooting at the Qing cavalry with a rifle bow.

The range of the infantry bow was far superior to that of the riding bow, and the arrows rose like locusts and fell like a torrential rain, covering the Qing cavalry in an instant.

In the face of the rain of arrows, the cavalry of the Qing army flashed and moved on their horses, and the worst ones had to use their shields to block one or two, but some of them really could not avoid being shot down and falling from their horses. Even sometimes the cavalry dodged, but the horse fell to the ground with an arrow, and the cavalry on his back was also in danger of falling to the ground.

Soldiers are dangerous, and even the proud men of the army often rely on some luck on the battlefield. However, the Guan Ning army took the lead in shooting with a foot bow, which is also a normal thing, and even the next bird-gunners who stood in front of the formation saw that the Qing cavalry rushed into the firing range and then opened fire under the order.

It's just that this time the Guanning army, although it is still the foundation of the old Guanning army, but the shooting time is better, with the patience of the huge coercion that the cavalry rushed to kill, they still waited until the Qing cavalry officially entered the firing range before firing.

The sound of crackling shots sounded, and the birds of the Guan Ning Army retreated into the battle formation without looking, and the jungle of spears was completely lit up. At this time, the arrows fired by the Qing cavalry and the second round of shots from the Guanning army's infantry archers also intersected in the sky, and one side chased the back of the bird's gunners to carry out a round of sweeping of the Guanning army's spear array, while the other side caused part of the Qing cavalry to fall off their horses for the second time.

The cavalry of the Qing army did little damage to the armored spearmen of the Guanning army, and the limited space was quickly replenished by the follow-up spearmen, and it was impossible for the Qing cavalry to hit the spear jungle hard, so they turned around not far in front of the spear jungle, preparing to do another horse shooting.

But at this moment, looking from the flanks, at the two corners of the side of the phalanx, the small array of foot archers protruding there aimed at the Qing cavalry that was turning, and with just one round of shooting, a large group of Qing cavalry fell on the way to the turn.

The cavalry of the Qing army was caught off guard by the battle formation and hurriedly retreated into the distance. And with the hasty retreat of the Qing army, next, the firecrackers who had no worries rushed out of the battle formation, holding sabers, and quickly killed all the Qing cavalry who fell in front of the battle, but the head did not cut even one, obviously under strict orders.

The battle array was harassed by the cavalry of the Qing army, and the phalanx of the two battalions of Zhongyong and Yiyong were forced to stop on the way forward, but they did not enter the range of the artillery at the head of the city.

The infantry of the Qing army continued to advance, and the artillery shells of the Guanning army began to bombard the battle formation of the Qing army, but they did not slow down too much because of this. The two sides continued to approach, artillery, infantry bows, and bird guns opened fire one after another between the two armies, and each other's battle formations were constantly damaged, replenished, and restored in the baptism of artillery fire and arrows, and finally began again.

The firing between the two sides would never go on like this, and as the Qing army entered a distance large enough to charge, the small formations in the corners of the front line of the Guanning army retreated into the phalanx. At the same time, the sword and shield soldiers of the Qing army also launched a charge, accompanied by throwing, with the help of killing and wounding the spearmen in the front row of the Wu army, the Qing army rushed to the phalanx of the Guanning army with the most traditional tactics.

The Qing army intended to destroy the integrity of the battle formation with the help of lethal damage, and then break through the depression to a larger opening. However, as the Qing army rushed to the front, the spearmen of the Guan Ning army flattened the spears, and the follow-up spearmen directly replenished the queue, and the Qing saber and shield soldiers who rushed to the front were forced to be in danger by several spears, and were even killed in front of the formation, just like the scene when Chen Wen's spear array faced the Qing army.

This scene appeared on the battlefield, the Qing army's offensive was immediately contained by the Guanning army, and then it was an almost one-sided slaughter of spears and bows supplemented by a bow and a backshot, and the Qing army, which was still full of confidence before, was immediately killed and retreated, if it weren't for the experienced grassroots officers, they turned to use swords and shields to form a formation to slow down the offensive rhythm of the Guanning army, I am afraid that Ang Bang Zhangjing's arrogance yesterday will become a joke.

Li Guohan is the most directly responsible person for the task of monitoring Wu Sangui, and Aung Bang Zhangjing has a more comprehensive understanding of him, but he is definitely not as good as Li Guohan. Wu Sangui's methods, even Li Guohan was kept out of the question, and this Ang Bang Zhangjing was actually not wronged. It's just the means that Wu Sangui showed this time, and he seems to have heard someone mention something similar.

"That's not right, Wu Sangui's formation of dog minions, there are a little too many shooters, it's not right."

Whether it is consistent with his guess or not, in fact, it doesn't matter anymore, now his first task is to break the formation, so as to achieve a large number of kills and injuries to Wu Sangui's headquarters soldiers and horses, so as to hold Xi'an, otherwise even if he really guessed correctly, it would have been useless.

"The whole army presses on and kills all this group of rebels!"

While the infantry engaged, the cavalry of the Qing army also carried out another wave of surprise attacks on the flank, and the casualties were slightly reduced, but the same was true for the casualties, and it was still unable to pose an effective threat to the flank of the opposing formation.

The Qing army's old-style tactics were weak in front of the phalanx of spears and firearms, and the Eight Banners Army, which was originally used to decide the victory, was forced to appear early. On the battlefield, the infantry of the Eight Banners began to elongate and supplement the battle formation from the flanks and from the front, and the cavalry was even killed on the right flank of the Guanning army under the personal leadership of Aung Bang Zhangjing.

The Guanning army was in the west, the right flank was in the south of the army, and the cavalry of the Eight Banners was exhausted, and with the cavalry of the Green Battalion, the momentum was immediately different. But from the beginning of the battle to the present, Wu Sangui's cavalry has never moved, and it is this time to wait.

There is a way that the rainstorm is not heavy, this is already the strongest blow of the Qing army, and Wu Sangui simply sent all the cavalry over. The Guanning Army has a large number of cavalry, and has been recuperating, although the average quality is slightly inferior to the Eight Banners Army, but with the blessing of the morale of the Han family after cutting the discernment and restoring the Han family's clothes anyway, the two sides have become more and more inextricable after the outbreak of the collision.

In the frontal battle formation, the Guanning Army was in an absolute advantage, and even if the Eight Banners Army was put into the battlefield, it would be useless. The addition of the Eight Banners Army on the flanks gave the Guan Ning army more pressure, but Wu Sangui's cavalry was superior in numbers, and the balance of victory only fluctuated slightly, just like at the beginning of the war, and rushed headlong towards Wu Sangui's army.

Fighting in formation, or almost a massacre, the Qing army held out for a moment before declaring collapse. The rout fled the army, and even the cavalry, which had never been able to open the situation, had to flee in the desert.

Wu Sangui won a complete victory against the Eight Banners Army under the city of Xi'an, which was definitely the most brilliant victory in the history of the Guanning Army.

Next, the governor of Shaanxi, who was evaluated by Wu Sangui as an old and dim man, watched the Eight Banners Army outside the city flee to the city, and did not dare to offend the Manchurian soldiers, so he had to force the city gate to be opened.

The loss of the city gate means that the city has basically changed hands, as there are very few examples of it being recaptured. At this time, the Qing army lost the field battle of the back city, and the strength of the Guanning army was several times that of the defenders, so there was no hope. With the army entering the city of Xi'an, this ancient capital of the Six Dynasties can be regarded as saying goodbye to the Manchus.

The army entered the city, and Wu Sangui also temporarily stopped at the West City Gate. The army killed from west to east, the defenders no longer had the fighting spirit, either bowed down, or fled to the east without their lives, especially those Eight Banners dependents in the city, it was even more like a mother's child, for a time the East City Gate where the cry sounded loudly, this garrison Eight Banners completely lost the flaunting power in front of the Han people over the years, but like a group of lost dogs.

Wu Sangui sat in the west city gate, the news kept coming back, as the army entered the city, the north gate and the south gate were quickly broken through by the Guanning army, and the three-way army occupied the city gate, and these three directions were blocked. Soon, even the east gate was outflanked by Hu Guozhu, blocking the escape route of the Qing army in the city.

"Clear the rout in the city as soon as possible, this king will live in the city today to boost the morale of the people of Shaanxi. In addition, tell the sons and daughters that the people in the city are the people of the Han family, and they should not be reckless, and there are gold, silver and jewels in the city, and some are women. ”