People are not sages, ignorant and loyal, after all, there are still a minority, and they are all recorded in the history books of loyalty and righteousness, so that future generations, do not know the connotation, and think that all the records are loyal and righteous. Pen fun and pavilion www.biquge.info

But in fact, it is not, at the end of the dynasty, the people's hearts are turbulent, not only to point out the end, now the situation in Shaanxi, unpredictable, Xi'an's civil and military officials, such as sitting on pins and needles, military generals are better, in the past and the thief army had more contact, after a long time, I dare not say that there is collusion with a certain thief army, but with some secret methods, it can also be contacted.

But the civil officials are dumbfounded, they were transferred from other places, and there is no support in the local area, even if they want to be thieves, there is no way, there is a clever and flexible one, but they can also see it, this Ming Dynasty, the building will not fall, but the loss of Shaanxi is a foregone conclusion, and the days to come will be long.

They had a good life, studied poetry and books hard, and fought hard from the single-plank bridge of the imperial examination, not for the Ming Dynasty, but for their own glory and wealth, as for the face of loyalty, how much is it worth? Can you gamble with your life?!

If you haven't been in contact with this thief, I don't know what the bottom line is after all, otherwise these civil officials would have pounced on their chests to show their allegiance.

Today is different from the past, feng shui takes turns, occupying the northern part of Shanxi and the eastern part of Shaanxi, and Li Jing, who is about to sweep the entire Qin land, does not know that as long as he dares to raise his own banner, then the drawbacks of the lack of civil officials that he has been a headache can be solved immediately.

It's a pity that he doesn't know if it's not, and he still plays the banner of a rogue, which naturally makes these civil official groups who are trying to speculate not dare to go into the water for a while, so they can only bury their heads in a panic and look around.

There is the Wei River in the east of Xi'an, there is Gaoling on the Wei River, it is the barrier of the east of Xi'an in the Guanzhong Plain since ancient times, the Ming Dynasty court has left a thousand elite soldiers here, there are 1,100 soldiers and horses, but the empty salary for many years has led to the fact that there are only 200 soldiers and horses now, of which half of them are old, weak, sick and disabled.

Defend Gaoling with a mere 100 people, if it is usual, it is okay, after all, the ordinary thieves can't run to Xi'an, and the bandits who don't open their eyes are even more looking at the city from afar.

But today, the situation is a little different, Gaoling garrison thousands of households, a Qing Dynasty asked the family to pack up the soft, find three good horses to pull the horse, all the way to Xi'an, directly Gaoling's city defense to be completely lost.

The leader is like this, not to mention the people below, some of the general banners of the hundred households directly divided the remaining broken silver in the thousands of households, and each took valuable belongings, and also went madly towards Xi'an City.

Only the local magistrate and the main bookkeeper were left, and they were quite speechless, but the big clans in the county were almost gone, and they couldn't even get together a single manpower, let alone go to the city to defend.

"This is Gaoling?"

Tan Wu was a little puzzled, grabbed the war horse and patrolled left and right in front of the city gate, but he couldn't make up his mind, looked at the open and deep city gate tower, and asked a few generals around him.

"Returning to the marshal, this is Gaoling City." There were local generals in Shaanxi who immediately came up.

"Gaoling said that the eastern gateway of Xi'an, how can it be so clean, and the city tower is not guarded by soldiers and horses, such an important place, I am afraid that something is wrong, and there must be a large army ambush inside." I have to say that Tan Wu now finally has the appearance of a general, and he was stationed in the place before, and he really made up a few military books.

Speaking of words, at least a little level, everyone listened, and immediately nodded, but one of the newly descended Baishui Ethics Officer stepped forward, "Dashuai, I have a good relationship with thousands of local households, and now wherever the army goes, all of them are looking forward to the wind, I am willing to enter the city for the vanguard, and say that the thousand households will bring the army to vote." ”

Tan Wu saw that it was Liu Jin, the new independent lieutenant under his command, and immediately nodded, anyway, if these people died, they would not be sad, so he nodded and said, "You can bring dozens of cronies to take a look, if you can say that you can keep the future vote, I will make a credit with you." ”

When Liu Jin heard this, he was immediately overjoyed, to say that he was by no means a reckless person, the scout of the beggar army, he had long been in dozens of prefectures and counties near Xi'an, and he had never found that there were reinforcements entering Gaoling, so even if there was an ambush inside, it was also a soldier and horse he was familiar with, at least his life would not be in danger, and he was afraid of doing so much.

So he ordered seven or eight accompanying cronies and went directly into the city.

When Liu entered the city, he ordered the left and right to go in and search for possible ambushes, "A few of you, go south, and a few of you, go north, each of you to search, and report my name if you encounter soldiers, and you will not be injured." ”

"Whoa!" A few cronies were old men who had been following him, and when they heard him say this, they didn't dare not go up, but after walking hundreds of steps, there was no one, and they were suddenly even more frightened in their hearts.

"My lord, there is not a single soldier in the city, I went to the south of the city to take a look at the residence of the Qianhu Mansion, all of them are people going to the empty building," a cronie came back to report the news at the earliest, and Liu Jin, who heard it, frowned and wondered, "Why is it so weird?" ”

He didn't know that the place near Xi'an had long been frightened, because of the rumors, Tan Wu's headquarters gathered the generals who surrendered along the way, and there were only about 4,000 people, most of whom were nearby farmers, but the beggar army was not only his way.

The soldiers of the begging army who entered Xi'an Mansion at the same time on the third and fourth roads were invincible in attacking the city and plundering the land, and the local rumors were naturally becoming more and more exaggerated, and the defeated generals had to exaggerate the combat effectiveness and strength of the thieves in order to clear their own guilt.

Today, there are more than a dozen thieves in Xi'an, but without exception, the thieves' soldiers and horses are 100,000 miles away, and even more, when it comes to millions of thieves, they are talking about having noses and eyes, and the officials who are scared are in a panic.

Gaoling, this place, there are no elite soldiers to guard, these thousands of households heard the rumors, they were so frightened that they didn't even dare to resist, they fled directly, and the city gate was also open, allowing the beggar army to enter the city, to scare Tan Wu to the shout, for fear that there would be some ambush inside.

"My lord, I have captured this tongue, it is a small local people, if you don't believe it, you can let it be heard." When the cronie saw that Liu Jin didn't believe it, he immediately called one person to come to the left and right.

Liu Jin saw that it was an old man in his forties and fifties, and immediately believed it in his face, turned over and dismounted, and comforted him with words, and then said in a slow voice, "Uncle, don't be afraid, we are a righteous army, and we are here to protect the small people." ”

After all, in the future, begging for food in a rice bowl, naturally dare not have the slightest slackness, and the arrogance that turned the nostrils to the sky began to pick up the ground.

The old man had been treated so kindly by the official, and he was at a loss for a while, and waved his hand again and again, "The military master should not torture the little old man, just give orders if you have something." ”

"Hehe," Liu Jin laughed awkwardly when he saw his frightened hands and feet trembling, and then said, "Excuse me, uncle, where are all the officials and soldiers in this city?" ”

"You're talking about those soldiers," the old man thought for a while, then pointed in the direction of Xi'an City, "I ran early, and I left yesterday." ”

Liu Jin confirmed suspiciously, "All the officials are gone?" ”

When the old man talked about this, his eyebrows fluttered, after all, at such an old age, it was the first time that he heard that the officials were also going to flee, "That's not it, it was so lively yesterday, leading horses, picking things, a large area, there are officials living over there, and everyone who can go is gone." ”

"Oh." Liu Jin pondered for a while, and when he saw the old man speak, he was immediately reliable, so he sent him down, and then rushed to his cronies, "You guys, guard the city gate, and I'll go out to welcome the army into the city." ”

Then he came out of the horse, and when he got closer, he put on a smiling face and said, "Congratulations, congratulations, Lord!" The officers and soldiers in Gaoling City, hearing the tiger power of the adults, had already fled in fright, and now there is not a single soldier in the city to protect them. ”

"Oh?" Tan Wu dragged his chin and thought for a while before rushing behind him and said, "Ling Weitong, you take your headquarters and horses around the city, live in the west of the city, and guard against the enemy coming from Xi'an." ”

After he divided his troops and went around the city, he rushed to the other men and horses under his command, "Liu Jin, Chai Lin, you two each bring 300 men and horses from your headquarters into the city, settle the good people, count the household registration, and do not disturb the people, I will send 20 soldiers from the Military Law Department to follow and supervise, and if you dare to disobey the military order, you will not be spared!" ”

Chai Lin is also the new independent lieutenant under his command, and when he heard this, he immediately stepped forward and patted his chest and said, "Please rest assured, the commander will firmly restrain his subordinates, and no one will be allowed to commit adultery!" ”

"That's the best." Tan Wu nodded, and then waved at the rest of the men and horses, "The army will follow me straight to the city of Xi'an, and see what this official army looks like." ”

Gaoling is only thirty miles away from Xi'an City, and now it is only noon, Tan Wu is not willing to delay the hour, and directly orders the main elite to rest in place, and then take the headquarters of the personal guards and newly recruited more than 2,000 people, directly to Xi'an.

At this moment, the city of Xi'an has long been turbulent, and the big families and officials who fled from the northern prefectures and counties have made the whole city panicked all day long, after all, the precedent of the beggar army slaughtering the big clans is there, and everyone does not dare to surrender, but no one dares to resist.

Yizhun fled into the city of Xi'an, trying to rely on the city to defend, but there has been more and more bad news recently, and today, some people shouted, "The thief army has broken Gaoling." ”

The entire city changed color in an instant, everyone thought about danger, and the civil and military officials were even more frightened.

The city defense is even more locked four gates, not allowed to enter and exit, limited soldiers and horses in the city to strictly defend, but even so, did not bring the slightest comfort to the people in the city, after all, everyone knows that the thief army is strong, and the defenders in Xi'an City are only more than a thousand, and the guard is definitely not able to hold it. (To be continued.) )