Chapter 564: Ten Thousand Armies Gather

"After a little justice, he led troops to search and arrest all over the city, and arrested hundreds of mobs." An officer in full uniform stood under the festival hall and reported to Han Chang and Zhang Shen.

"Where can the assassin be?" Zhang Shen asked. This is what he cares about, just imagine, with the respect of the senator of the Economic Strategy Division, he was stabbed to death at home, this, is there still a royal law? Moreover, in the prison, the arrested fine work warned him to "sleep with a head and get up without a head", the implication is already obvious, how can he not worry?

"The culprit of Senator Fan's assassination is a servant of his house, who has been arrested and brought to justice, and he has ordered someone to torture Yu Dang, but he ......" The officer said here, his face was embarrassed.

Seeing him like this, Zhang Shen guessed that it was probably another hard bone, so he asked, "Don't recruit?" ”

"He said, he said that tens of thousands of people in Yan'an are all his comrades." The officer's words were actually very euphemistic, and the original words of the people were, tens of thousands of people in Yan'an, who doesn't want to be a rebel?

Zhang Shen's blood-red eyes suddenly showed murderous intent, and he gritted his teeth and said: "Torture and torture, torture, and kill if you don't confess."

Han Chang didn't speak, his brows were twisted, the enemy is current, and the situation in the city is like this, what really frightens him the most about internal and external troubles is the Han Signing Army, who was arrested a few days ago, instigated the original Yan Yan Army to rebel against the water, and the generals who participated in it were hunted and killed, but these are just surfaced, and how much is missing, I don't know

What do you say Xu Wei is doing? The dignified leader of the Western Army, can he do something serious? This general, throughout the ages, although they all attach importance to fine spies, but no one plays like him, have you ever seen a fine work with a nine-rank official rank?

After thinking about it, he said: "If we continue like this, we will be finished by ourselves." ”

Zhang Shen obviously didn't understand what he meant, and frowned: "What does Brother Yuanji mean by this?" ”

Han Chang didn't explain, Huo Ran got up and said: "From now on, we will still strictly investigate and act as thugs, but the army can't be chaotic." I will order that the previous plot against the water will end here, and no longer pursue and expand the expansion of the officers at all levels to do their own thing."

After hearing this, Zhang Shen also understood the other party's intentions, and said loudly: "Don't worry, I will go to the signing side of the army in person to ensure that there will be no more chaos." ”

"That's the best." Han Chang glanced at him, "The top priority is to defeat the enemy army in Ganquan as soon as possible. This matter can't be delayed, no matter how late it is, the Purple Gold Tiger will have to come up from Danzhou. ”

When the words fell, I heard a voice outside the hall saying: "There are 100,000 urgent things in the humble position, and I want to see the scriptures."

Han Chang and Zhang Shen turned their heads to look outside the hall at the same time, only to see a military man with a gray face and a very embarrassed appearance. Zhang Shen recognized him, this was his subordinate, who was responsible for collecting donations. Recently, because of the unfavorable collection, he personally summoned the officer in charge of collection, and this person was one of them.

Seeing him like a bird, Zhang Shen thought to himself, could it be those people who violently resisted donations? Otherwise, how can you make this bear-like look? He was immediately summoned in and asked, "What's the matter?" ”

The team knelt on the ground, remembering the scene of Fang Cai's escape from death, and still had palpitations, and said in a trembling voice: "Humble duty, humble duty is in Fengdian Town, meet it, the Western Army." ”

This sentence really shocked Han Chang Zhang Shen like a thunderbolt on a sunny day, where is his face like earth? Fengdian Town? Is it the one more than ten miles east of Fucheng?

Han Chang reacted first, and roared like thunder: "Are you sure"

"It's true that more than a dozen brothers under the lowly position were killed by rangers, and the Western Army arrested the lowly to the army, and there was one person, in his thirties, who called himself Xu Wei, and asked the lowly to return to the city and send a message to the two ministers." The team will say.

Han Chang sat down with a stump, how could it be? I laid multiple defensive lines in the south of Yan'an, how did the western army come from the east? That's no way, I'm x fucking, what the hell is going on

Zhang Shen broke out in a cold sweat, the western army appeared in Fengdian Town, only more than ten miles away from the capital city, and now, most of the troops are outside, and the soldiers in the east and west cities are only six or seven thousand, how can this be good?

After a while, when he came back to his senses, he asked sharply, "What letter did Xu Jiu ask you to bring?" ”

"Xu Wei said that he raised a large army to collect Shaanxi, so that Han Jingliu did not have to make unnecessary resistance, and immediately opened the city and surrendered, and he promised not to kill." The general trembled, for fear that this would anger the commander.

Zhang Shen's face turned pale and turned to look at Han Chang in the hall, but his face was expressionless, bowing his head and saying nothing.

Xu Wei also said that he admired Han Jingluo's good offensive and defensive skills, and he was a rare general, as long as he ...... the team would not dare to say it again.

Han Chang said, "Go on." ”

As long as Han Jingluo is willing to surrender, in addition to saving his life, he also promised to make the envoy and Yan Yan to guard the position. If Han Jing has a slight doubt, he is willing to marry a brother with a different surname and swear to live and die together. From beginning to end, the team only talked about Han Chang, and did not say a word about Zhang Shen. In fact, how could Xu Wei forget his father's old subordinates? He asked the team general to take the talk, if Zhang Shen is willing to surrender, he also promised not to kill, and be a horseman for our army.

Just this, how dare the team say it?

When Zhang Shen heard this, he was shocked and angry, and said: "Brother Yuanji, Hu'er's please, what do you think?"

Han Chang didn't look at him, got up and laughed and said: "What a good Xu Hu'er dares to look down on me so much, I'm afraid he is the only one who is so arrogant and delusional that he has forgotten the shame of Dunzhou."

Zhang Shen listened to it in his ears, his heart was a little calm, he suppressed the anger in his heart, and hissed: "Xu Jiu suddenly arrived, what should our army do?" ”

Han Chang took a sharp breath, although he was extremely shocked, he had not lost his sense of proportion. Now the soldiers in the east and west of Yan'an are less than 10,000, and it is impossible to go out of the city to meet the enemy, and now the most important thing is to hold the city tightly, and recall the soldiers and horses from all walks of life outside Xu Wei took advantage of my unpreparedness, out of my surprise, has seized the opportunity, in this passive situation, I can only stabilize the position first, and then Xu Tuzhi

As soon as he thought of this, he ordered: "The soldiers go to the city, and if they don't catch fire, they will summon soldiers and horses from all walks of life to help" After finishing speaking, he looked directly at Zhang Shen, and said in a tough tone, "You go to sign the military camp immediately, and if there is another incident, you will talk about it"

Zhang Shen was excited, and at this moment he figured out his position, leaned down, hugged his fists and said: "De Ling" After speaking, he hurriedly left the festival hall.

After everyone left, Han Chang slowly sat back, and the expression on his face gradually darkened. It's not good, this large-scale battle was not fought, I took the opportunity to lose the opportunity to lose the girl in Tongzhou, and Xi Bu is sure that he has also suffered a fierce attack, and now Xu Hu'er personally led the troops and horses, and suddenly appeared outside the city, which has completely disrupted my deployment, and it is too passive

Now, I can't take care of other states and counties, so I can only rely on my strong forces to fight the Western Army in Yan'an Mansion. Counting Zhang Jun's troops going north, I have more than 80,000 men and horses available in my hands, and there is no problem in holding the city, if I win one or two more battles, the situation will be much better. Even if he can't win, with Yan'an's city defense system and sufficient material reserves, he will have no problem insisting on it for a year. I don't believe that for such a long time, the court will not react?

On August 11, the two tigers of the Xu family appeared without warning, and Yan'an was shaken

Han Chang closed the city gate tightly and tried to hold on, and after Xu Wei detected the enemy's situation, he did not move for the time being. Needless to say, Yan'an's importance to Shaanxi is that its city defense has always been very perfect. Yan'an is different from others, he has two cities, east and west, facing each other across the water.

The east city of Yan'an is called Fushi City, because Yan'an used to have Fushi County, and even now, Yan'an Prefecture is still called Fushi County. His western city, which is now officially the capital city. The two cities echo each other, and the scale is huge, second only to Chang'an in Shaanxi, this kind of big city, there are no more than 100,000 people and horses you don't even think about it. Back then, when Sticky Han took Dongcheng from Zhang Shen, he still used more than 200,000 troops, let alone now?

However, Xu Wei was not in a hurry to attack the city, he had to sweep away the perimeter of Yan'an first. He stationed the army in Fengdian Town, and Han Chang was bound to recall troops to help, and annihilated these troops for him first, and it was a matter of time before Yan'an City was broken. Of course, Yao Pingzhong and Wu Lan must fight for strength, and they must not let the Jin army enter the pass, nor can they let the enemies of the same state come out.

On August 12, the heralds who went out from Fucheng were not intercepted and killed by the western army rangers, and successfully rushed to Ganquan Linzhen and other places in the south, and conveyed the order of the Jinglu Division to summon all units to return to help.

That Zhang Jun led more than 60,000 horsemen, and was approaching the Shizheng where the Jingyuan army was located step by step, preparing to fight with his former comrades. I didn't know that such an order suddenly came

Yan'an Mansion was in a hurry, and he couldn't think much about it, if Yan'an was lost, he would only have to wait for death in Yanzhou, so he didn't hesitate, turned around and went north

At that end, Wang Yu and Xu Chengzheng were entangled in whether to fight or not to fight, but the enemy in front of them all retreated north, and the two of them combined, not to say, Xuanfu Xianggong fought up, and the two did not hesitate, and chased after the main force, while ordering the security guards, on order at any time, once the military order came down, immediately send me the heavy equipment to Yan'an

Before the war, Han Chang had expected that there would be a fierce battle in Yan'an, so he set up layers of defense in the south of Yan'an, trying to rely on the geographical advantage and fortified city to consume the western army to the maximum, dragging Xu Wei into a situation of indecisive battle, and at the same time, he also "forced" Ginting to support him on a large scale again. Because in his conception, it was impossible to defeat Xu Wei's tiger and wolf army with only the Shaanxi Jin army and less than 20,000 reinforcements from Hefu. Han Chang, who was in Shaanxi, was very aware of the strength of the Song and Jin armies, and the current Western Army had survived the throes of the fiasco in Yanzhou, and it was more tenacious, more fierce, and more united

However, all this was ruined by Xu Wei's henchmen, Wu Jue and Wu Jinqing, and the strategy of "going east to the mouth of the pot".

The southern line of defense lost its value, and tens of thousands of troops abandoned their defensive areas and rushed north. For a time, the entire southern part of Yan'an was in chaos, and all roads were filled with Jin troops marching in a hurry

On the morning of 14 August, the first reinforcement arrived at Fucheng. However, they were ambushed by the Western army in the southern suburbs, and less than 1,000 of the more than 3,000 people finally fled into the city. In the afternoon, a large number of Jin troops 6 continued to arrive, but they were stubbornly resisted by the western army, and finally broke through the blockade and entered the city. Han Chang and Zhang Shen personally went out of the city and ordered all their troops to form a camp and prepare to meet the enemy.

Unfortunately, the terrain in northern Shaanxi is complicated, which is not conducive to the use of cavalry, and the vast majority of the 17,000 cavalry of the Sima army assembled by Xu Wei stayed on the Guan Plain in case of change. Otherwise, take advantage of the enemy's unstable camp and send a large cavalry corps to raid......

On August 15, the autumn festival, there were still Jin troops driving to Fucheng. The strength of its troops surprised Xu Wei, Xu Hong, Wu Jue and others, and they withdrew their troops to the south of Fucheng. But Han Chang, Zhang Shen and others seemed to have taken a reassuring pill. Seeing that almost all the troops had arrived, although under the ambush, blockade, and pursuit of the Western Army, six or seven thousand people were lost, but the previous shock and fear were swept away, so they planned a bloody battle with the Western Army.

But when they just thought of this, the Jingyuan army, which had been chasing behind Zhang Jun, also arrived at the southern suburbs of Yan'an Mansion and camped twenty miles away from the city, echoing Xu Wei and Xu Hong's headquarters.

A big war is imminent

Fifteen, on the night of the full moon, the bonfire in the camp of Fengdian Town of the Western Army in the east of Yan'an Mansion City was burning. The rugged and fierce Kansai men sang the Qin dialect in the sky, and the majestic singing echoed in the barracks, not so much to celebrate the festival as to yearn for victory.

More than ten miles away, the Jin military camp was obviously much deserted. The soldiers with guns and knives listened to the local sound, and couldn't help but have mixed feelings. Right now, the commanders of the Western Army are throwing soldiers here, and a bloody battle is inevitable, but why are we fighting?

In the big tent, the lights were bright, and Xu Wei set up a banquet to entertain the generals and celebrate the autumn. There are certainly round cakes, there are certainly pears, but the most important wine, there is nowhere to be seen. With a big war just around the corner, it's easy to do bad things.

"Come, Zhengchen, you came as scheduled, and covered up the killing, and won a lot, Ben Shuai toasts you, and Xu Cheng is also with you." Xu Wei picked up the tea bowl and laughed loudly.

"It should be respected, just in the battle of Ganquan, the Jingyuan army killed thousands of enemies, followed the Jin army all the way to the north, and killed more than a thousand, our two divisions combined, there is no such record." Wu Jue shouted loudly.

Wang Yu picked up the tea bowl, held it up to Xu Wei, and said loudly: "Thank you Xuanfu Xianggong." After that, after taking a sip, Xu Cheng was the same.

Xu Wei put down the bowl and asked with a smile: "What, Zhengchen doesn't seem to be in high spirits?" ”

Wang Yu laughed lightly, and there were no extra words. Xu Wei saw it in his eyes, and didn't ask, picked up a round cake and broke it, and said to the generals: "This is sent to the army by the fathers and elders of northern Shaanxi. ”

All the martial capitals laughed, and Zhang Xian said: "After eating this bite of cake, I should fight hard to recover my homeland and return the people to a peaceful world."

"Well said," the general echoed.

"Zongben, you have learned so well in the past two years, in the end, you came out of the scholarly family, and you are different from us rough people, right?"

"To Mr. Zhang, read a thousand words to our brothers, educate and educate?"

Zhang Xian couldn't cry or laugh, and reprimanded: "Get out, I'm a father, and I still read a thousand words?" ”

Everyone talked and laughed, and the atmosphere was warm, but there was no wine, this banquet was a vegetarian banquet, no matter how high the interest was, after all, there was no wine to help the fun, eating and drinking for a while, and discussing military affairs, they all dispersed, so that they could sleep and prepare for the big war

Because Wang Yu and Xu Cheng were not in the same place as Qin Fengjun, Xu Wei deliberately left the two of them to teach them face-to-face, and after talking, he let them go back to the camp. Seeing them off, Xu Wei was about to get out of the account, but Wang Yu turned back coldly.

"Anything else?" Xu Wei wondered.

Wang Yu exhaled heavily, as if someone had provoked him, and his face was unhappy. Xu Wei noticed something strange when he toasted him with tea before, and when he saw him like this at this time, he was even more sure, so he pulled back and left: "Come on, come on, there is something to do, but you and I have known each other for many years, and there is nothing bad to say in public and private." ”

Wang Yu followed, and after sitting down, he confessed: "Xianggong, since I respected the order of the first lieutenant and returned to the Xianggong moderation, whether public or private, I think I am decent. Promoted by the prime minister, he was in charge of Jingyuan Shuaiyin, and he was also grateful. ”

"What do you say? I don't know who you are? Say something you can eat. Xu Wei waved his hand.

Wang Yu sighed, shook his head and said, "To be honest, this Jingyuan handsome is not good. Although Xu Shaobao went, his two sons were still there, and he also knew the situation in Jingyuan, so he usually paid attention to maintaining a good relationship with the two handsomes. Just ......"

"I said Zhengchen, you have always been a straight intestine, why are you spitting now? If you have something, you just say it, are you still afraid that I will protect your shortcomings? Xu Wei frowned.

Not to mention, Wang Yu is worried about this. After thinking about it again and again, he finally said: "Some time ago, in Ganquan, I engaged the enemy, and the battle was originally stalemate, but it happened that the reinforcements of the Jin army arrived and attacked my flank. At that time, I decided to stay out of the way. But Deputy Marshal Xu defied moderation, made his own assertions, and ordered the troops to counterattack. You know that the army talks about class, and the prohibition is not ambiguous. Vice Marshal Xu is doing this, where do you put me? How will I be this Jingyuan Shuai in the future? ”

At this point, he paused, and said: "Actually, my personal face is small, the key is that the big war is imminent, if the Jingyuan army can't make military orders, how can we break the enemy?" In case of a fierce battle, if someone disobeys moderation, it will be a bad thing, so I have to say that I also ask for the understanding of the minister."

The more Xu Wei listened, the more ugly his face became, and after he finished speaking, he raised his hand: "Okay, where is Xu Cheng?" ”

Wang Yu replied, "I think I didn't leave outside the tent." ”

After Xu Wei was silent for a while, Zhengse said: "Zhengchen, you are the commander of Jingyuan, not only what I mean, but also the decision of the Xuanfu Disposal Division is more serious, which means that no matter who the court is, if you can't get along with you, even if you can't get along with me, even if it's my nephew, you will never tolerate it."

"With the words of the prime minister, you can rest assured," Wang Yu stood up and bowed.

"In this case, you go back first, and I'll take care of it." Xu Wei waved his hand and said, Wang Yu said goodbye and left the tent.

As soon as he left, Xu Wei got up and paced back and forth in the tent in a huff. After a while, the guards outside the tent reported: "Xuanfu Xianggong, Deputy Marshal Xu of Jingyuan asks to see." ”

Xu Wei was furious when he heard this, and shouted: "Let him come in immediately"