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Shaanxi's Guanzhong land, the terrain is dangerous, Xi'an is easy to defend and difficult to attack since ancient times, there is a "one hundred and two Qin Pass" said, which means that with 20,000 soldiers can resist the attack of a million troops, which is also the reason why Xi'an can become the ancient capital of the Nine Dynasties.

Looking at the topography, Xi'an is protected by Tongguan and the Yellow River in the east, the lofty mountains of Longshan and Liupan Mountain in the west, the steep Qinling Mountains in the south, and the Meridian Ridge and Huanglong Mountain on the Northern Shaanxi Plateau in the north.

The 20,000 new troops of Song Xiaofei and Liu Mingchuan attacked Shaanxi in the north, center and south: the north route led by Liu Buyun led 3,000 Beiyang naval divisions to cross the Yellow River from Pubanjin to the west; The southern route led Liu Mingchuan to lead the troops, first took Wancheng, and then detoured to Wuguan and Lantian to attack; In the middle route, Song Xiaofei led the troops and attacked Tongguan along the main road.

Dong Fuxiang was ordered to rush to Xi'an from Xinjiang non-stop, and led 5,000 Gan troops and 20,000 Qing troops to hold on to cities all over Shaanxi.

Song Xiaofei's new army was stationed in the first three miles of Tongguan. On that day, the weather was gloomy, and it was almost midwinter, the cold wind blew the leaves withered, the earth was gloomy, and Cangshan was like a red dragon coiled in the land of Guanzhong. Song Xiaofei and Xu Shichang rode a horse to inspect the terrain of Tongguan, this pass is really "the key to the three Qin towns", "the throat of the four towns", the Yellow River in the north, the Qinling Mountains in the south, the forbidden valley in the east, it is really the high mountain, the danger of the moat, the surrounding mountains are even mountains, the peaks are even peaks, the valleys are deep and the cliffs are absolute, the mountains are high and the roads are narrow, the middle passes a narrow sheep intestine path, only a car and a horse are allowed to go back and forth, not to mention people, even birds are difficult to fly into the pass from this wing.

On the way back to the barracks, Xu Shichang said to Song Xiaofei. "We attack Guanzhong from the Central Plains, basically on the back, the terrain is unfavorable, especially the attack on Tongguan, we can't fight hard, we must outwit!"

Song Xiaofei nodded and said, "What Brother Xu said makes sense, I also heard that Dong Fuxiang is a strong general." Although our Forces nouvelles have an advantage in weapons, they should not be underestimated. The terrain is not in our favor, so we tempt him to fight a decisive battle with us and annihilate him in one fell swoop. ”

So, Song Xiaofei asked Liu Buyun's Beiyang Naval Division to suspend the attack, and then concentrated all the 10,000 new troops in Tongguan, and also let Liu Mingchuan's 10,000 new troops also drive to Tongguan, making a posture of attacking Tongguan, and making Duan Qirui's artillery bluff. Daily bombardment of Tongguan.

Originally, Dong Fuxiang thought that Song Xiaofei would let the Beiyang Naval Division cross the Yellow River west and attack Xi'an from the weakest place of the Qing army, so he had already arranged heavy defenses in the northern cities. Unexpectedly, Song Xiaofei concentrated his army in Tongguan. After Dong Fuxiang heard the information, he laughed: "Sure enough, it's a yellow-haired boy who doesn't know how to use soldiers!" Tongguan is dangerous, as long as he can't hold on, within two or three years, let him build a strong ship and a cannon. Don't want to take a step into the middle of the pass! ”

So, Dong Fuxiang drove 5,000 Gan troops and 20,000 Qing troops to Tongguan to confront Song Xiaofei's new army.

Song Xiaofei was not in a hurry to storm Tongguan. Isolate Shaanxi and prevent any businessmen from entering Guanzhong. Especially the grain merchants, and then sent small groups of new troops every day to harass the Qing army stationed in Tongguan.

Liu Mingchuan also didn't understand why Song Xiaofei used troops like this, and said: "Brother, if you let Liu Buyun attack from the waterway in the north, I will capture Wuguan and Lantian from the south, and if you attack Tongguan, within half a year, you will definitely capture Xi'an." Why are you staring at Dong Fuxiang's army here every day?

Song Xiaofei said: "The road to Guanzhong is long, if Dong Fuxiang defends according to the terrain, even if we send troops to attack on three roads, it will be difficult to calm down in one or two years, and there will inevitably be heavy casualties." Now Dong Fuxiang and all of them have come to Tongguan to gather, although the terrain is dangerous, we can destroy them in one fell swoop. However, I estimate that we don't have to wait for us to attack, within a month, Dong Fuxiang's army will have civil strife, and Tongguan will be ours sooner or later. ”

Liu Ming preached: "Why is this? ”

Song Xiaofei said: "Prince Gong is a suspicious person, and he has always believed in it." If it is not my race, its heart will be different', and Dong Fuxiang was originally born as a bandit, and he was forced to surrender to the Qing army, such a general with a history of rebellion, Prince Gong will not be fully trusted, Dong Fuxiang's army, although there are 25,000 people, but part of it is the Gan army he brought out, part of it is the flag army, and part of it is the original officers and soldiers of Shaanxi, the composition is complex, each with a ghost, Dong Fuxiang transferred them together, and took turns to garrison Tongguan, there will definitely be contradictions, plus Dong Fuxiang was recently added to the rank of Prince Gong, and he will definitely be jealous, we just need to wait patiently, and add a few firewood to them by the way。 ”

So, Song Xiaofei ordered Duan Qirui's artillery to fight for two days and rest for one day, as long as Dong Fuxiang's Gan army guarded Tongguan, they would not let go of a single shot, as long as the flag soldiers and Shaanxi Qing soldiers were stationed in Tongguan, they would bombard it with Krupp's heavy artillery, and sometimes let Wang Shizhen's cavalry storm Tongguan. When the weather was good, Song Xiaofei also sent recruits from Guyuan, Gansu Province to Tongguan to talk to Dong Fuxiang and mention his heroic past, such as Dong Fuxiang used his father's relationship with the "Elders' Association" to organize local group exercises, establish a strong Han armed force, and protect the peace of the people of Guyuan.

Sometimes, the villagers will also mention that Wang Aichen, the general manager of Anhua County, saw that Dong Fuxiang's influence was expanding, and arrested him on charges of guilt, put him in a cage, and scalded his head with boiling water, and now Dong Fuxiang still has a scary scar on his head, "We are really not worthy of General Dong, when the Qinggou treated you like this, you still worked hard for them and attacked the Han people, it is really a good scar and forget the pain!" ”

Song Xiaofei's new army insulted Dong Fuxiang for shrinking his head and the turtle, and scolded his ancestors for eighteen generations, Dong Fuxiang could not be moved, but when he heard his fellow villagers mention these old things in their minds, Dong Fuxiang sometimes shook his head and sighed unconsciously.

Then, Song Xiaofei also deliberately showed weakness, let the recruits pretend to be undisciplined, eat and drink, and from time to time let go of empty guns, the dull sound of gunfire echoed in the valley, and sometimes the artillery did not even accept the Krupp cannon, so they went back to the camp to rest.

Dong Fuxiang's adjutant Lang Jige is a person from the White Banner, twenty-eight years old, he has read a lot of military books, but he has no actual combat experience, he saw that Song Xiaofei's army discipline was lax, and suggested that Dong Fuxiang take the initiative to attack three times, but he refused, Dong Fuxiang thought that this was Song Xiaofei's trick to lure the troops!

Langjige couldn't bear it anymore and secretly reported Dong Fuxiang's every move to Prince Gong. Prince Gong was furious, and called Dong Fuxiang to the palace that day, and said: "This king heard that you have a good time with Song Xiaofei's new army every day, you are waiting for work, and the Gan army is known for its bravery, why don't you send a single soldier?" ”

Dong Fuxiang said: "Tongguan can only be defended, not attacked!" Moreover, the foreign guns and foreign artillery of the new army are amazingly powerful, and the strong attack will inevitably be defeated! ”

Prince Gong said: "Song Xiaofei's army has cut off the grain and grass in Shaanxi, obviously trying to besiege the city and starve us to death, but you are not moving, are you his accomplice?" ”

Prince Gong asked Langige to send 5,000 banner troops to attack Song Xiaofei's new army at night, Song Xiaofei saw that it was not Dong Fuxiang's Gan army who attacked, and knew that Prince Gong had been fooled, so he ordered the new army to retreat, and lost his armor all the way.

In this battle, Langjige's 5,000-strong banner army showed its strength, he pursued Song Xiaofei's new army for more than 70 miles, won a complete victory, and captured five Krupp heavy artillery, and couldn't help but be overjoyed: "This new army, known as the iron fight, seems to be nothing more than that!" ”

Prince Gong even more determined that Dong Fuxiang had a false name, and at the critical moment, he was still a reliable bannerman, so he demoted Dong Fuxiang to a deputy general, and promoted Langjige, a general of the white banner who had just made military achievements, to be promoted to the chief general.

After Song Xiaofei's new army ran to the border of Henan, he regrouped, replenished grain and grass, and returned to Tongguan again to challenge.

Langige looked at it, "The general of the defeated army dares to come and die!" He ordered 25,000 Qing troops, including Dong Fuxiang's 5,000 Gan soldiers, to all go out of the customs and fight to the death with Song Xiaofei. ”

As a result, the Qing soldiers stationed in Tongguan poured out!

Liu Mingchuan had already led 8,000 new troops to quickly take Wancheng at this time, detoured through Wuguan and Lantian, and captured Tongguan in a roundabout way, and then, he and Song Xiaofei's new army attacked the Qing army, and when Longjig commanded the cavalry attack, Duan Qirui personally lit the fuse of Krupp's heavy artillery, and a cannon hit Longjig's war horse, he and the poor white horse were blown to pieces, and a piece of flesh and blood flew in the air.

Dong Fuxiang led 5,000 Gan troops to fight to the death, and was held by Feng Guozhang's 3,000 Martini. The infantry of Henry's rifle condescended and surrounded the Forbidden Valley.

Song Xiaofei saw that the fifty-three-year-old Dong Fuxiang was still a fierce general and a Han Chinese, so he rode forward and shouted, wanting to persuade him to surrender: "General Dong, I heard that your Gan army is all the elders of the northwest, you open your eyes and look at the new army you are facing, many of them are also from Gansu, and they are from poor backgrounds like you, but they are now working hard for their fathers and fellow villagers, not for the masters of the Manchu Dynasty!" The Manchu Qing Dynasty is exhausted, as long as you surrender, not only will I not blame the past, but I can also let you continue to be your general! ”

Dong Fuxiang glanced at the children of his hometown who were born and died with him, many of them had blood stains on their faces, thinking of their wives and children, looking at him as a big brother, Dong Fuxiang's heart softened, and he stuck the command knife in his hand on the ground and knelt down!

Song Xiaofei ordered Dong Fuxiang's Gan army to be the vanguard and return to Xi'an! Dong Fuxiang was familiar with the garrison of Shaanxi, all the way like a bamboo, less than half a month, captured Xi'an, Prince Gong with the five-year-old emperor Zaitao and Duanfang and other bannermen fled back to Shengjing in embarrassment, at this time, the territory of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, only Manchuria, the three northeastern provinces, as well as Mongolia and Tibet.

Song Xiaofei asked Liu Mingchuan to lead 8,000 new troops from Sichuan to the west to Lhasa, he himself took 8,000 new troops to attack Shengjing, Zhang Jian also took 8,000 new troops, sent troops from Korea, crossed the Yalu River to attack the Qing army, Prince Gong became a turtle in the urn, the Manchu Dynasty ruled China for more than 200 years, and it seems that it has come to the end of history!