Azig came quickly.

After he waited left and right in Yunyang and never saw any trace of the Ming army, he became suspicious and sent countless scouts to the mountains.

Zuo Ruo acted ruthlessly, and there was not a single living mouth left in the place where the Ming army passed. The people and bandits in the villages and cottages encountered along the way were either killed in the net or taken by the army.

Deep in the mountains and jungles, even if the scouts showed any clues, it would take several days to deliver the news to Hanzhong.

The march of 20,000 troops in the Meridian Valley will always leave countless indelible traces.

When Azig heard that the Ming army had turned the road and killed Xi'an from the Meridian Valley instead of attacking Yunyang, he almost sat on the ground.

No one knows Shaanxi's defenses better than him.

Before getting the news of the fall of Xi'an, he quickly mobilized cavalry to aid Xi'an, and at the same time ordered Hong Chengchou and Le Kedehun to lead Henan soldiers and horses to enter Xi'an from Shangluo Avenue

That's why the Qing soldiers came so quickly.

Hong Chengchou and Luck Dehun did not immediately follow Azig's order after receiving the order in Nanyang Mansion. Because Azig is not Dolgon, he has no right to command the Henan soldiers

According to his experience in the Ming Dynasty, Azig and Dolgon were brothers, but in the struggle for power, there have always been no parents and brothers, in fact, the Manchu Aixin Jueluo family is the same. What's more, Azig only gave the order based on speculation, and there was no confirmed military information.

The Hanzhong reinforcements met the rout of Zhen'an County in the middle of the march, and learned that the Ming army had killed Xi'an seven or eight days earlier, and soon heard that Xi'an had fallen.

Wu Sangui was still entangled in Hanzhong, and Azig did not dare to give up Hanzhong, fearing that Wu Sangui would follow and pursue, and his army of sixty or seventy thousand to deter the northwest would become a rootless tree.

In more than ten days, the news that Xi'an was broken by the Ming army spread all over Jiangbei.

Azig sent two urgent reports, one to the capital to play the Shunzhi Emperor, and the other to Huaiyang to inform Dolgon, and at the same time sent another order to Henan, ordering Luckedhun to attack Xi'an.

The military order was transmitted to Nanyang Mansion, and Luck Dehun invited Hong Chengchou.

He was the commander-in-chief of Henan, and Hong Chengchou was the governor of Henan. Although the Manchus always looked down on the Han Chinese, they also differed from person to person, and Hong Chengchou was repeatedly defeated, but he was always on the front line of the war with the Ming court, and Dolgon trusted him very much.

Luck Dehun is young, he has worked with Hong Chengchou for two years, and he knows that this Governor Hong does have some skills.

Hong Chengchou entered the General Military Mansion, if he was in the Ming Dynasty, he was the governor of a town, and his status was extremely high, so he did not have to deign to come to the General Military Mansion to discuss matters. But Luck Dehun is full of people, and he should be so in his heart.

Luckedhun took out the military order that Azig had just sent.

After reading it, Hong Chengchou arched his hand and said: "Xi'an wants to be saved, but you must wait for the regent's military order"

Lucked Hun said: "I think so too, but I'm afraid that the Ming army will succeed in Shaanxi, and then I will go to the aid and miss the best opportunity."

Hong Chengchou insisted: "According to the order of the court, without the permission of the regent, Henan soldiers and horses are not allowed to go to other places" He is not unaware of the danger in Shaanxi, but some mistakes must not be made, which is more terrible than fighting a lost battle and losing a province.

Azig once asked for the title of prince, but was refused and reprimanded by Dolgon, which was a matter known to the Qing court and the opposition, and it was also a stone that pressed on the hearts of the two.

Luckedhun asked, "Then should I hurry up and go to Huaiyang to ask the regent for instructions?" ”

Hong Chengchou shook his head and said: "The king of England has an order to go to Henan, and there must be an urgent report to Huaiyang, we only need to listen to the regent's military order, and we don't need to ask more." Moreover, there are still more than 30,000 Ming troops entrenched in Xinye and have not retreated. There are not many soldiers and horses in Henan, and if the troops are divided into Shaanxi, Nanyang will lose, but I am afraid that the gains will outweigh the losses. ”

Lucketthun thought deeply and felt that what Hong Chengchou said was reasonable.

Hong Chengchou walked out of the General Military Mansion, touched his forehead, looked up at the sky, and sighed.

If the Qing Dynasty is concerned, he should immediately lead Henan soldiers and horses to rescue Xi'an, and from the perspective of the situation of the entire Qing Dynasty, it is better to lose Henan than Shaanxi. But he was the governor of Henan, from Nanjing to Huguang, and then to Henan, he was defeated again and again, although there were various reasons, but the Han Chen in the court had impeached him like a crow. Dolgon pushed him against the crowd and put on a lot of pressure.

The rules in the army are clear rewards and punishments, he saved Xi'an, the credit goes to Azig, if unfortunately he loses Henan, this time I am afraid that Dolgon will not be able to save him.

The soldiers and horses of Henan did not move for a long time, and the vanguard of the Azig army broke through the two county towns garrisoned by the rebels in Zhushui and Lantian and approached Xi'an.

The leader of the army was Azig's subordinate Jiala Ezhen Bamur, who had heard of the bravery of Zuo Ruo's army, and was worried that his soldiers and horses would be too few to be raided by the Ming army, so he set up camp forty miles outside Xi'an.

The Qing soldiers set up camp, and immediately someone asked to see them outside the camp. The person who came was a Han man, with fine skin and tender meat, and the clothes on his body were shabby, but the fabric was not bad. When the Han people saw the Qing soldiers, most of them would avoid it, fearing that they would be pulled by the Qing soldiers to do labor.

Bamur ordered his own soldiers to bring him into the tent of the Chinese army.

As soon as the visitor saw Bamur, he immediately knelt on the ground and cried, "My lord, you have to make decisions for me and the people of Xi'an." After the Ming thief Zuoruo invaded Xi'an, he burned, killed and looted, and his father Zheng Caiyu was slightly dissatisfied, so he was beheaded in front of the governor's mansion. ”

Bamur shouted angrily: "Hugh is going to cry irritated" He said in a gloomy voice, "Is this what you want to see me for?" "He secretly slandered himself, like you, if Zuo doesn't kill you, I can't tolerate you here.

The person who came stopped crying and said, "The villain Zheng Yunlai is here, entrusted by the elders of the clan in Xi'an, to come to meet the adults. The Ming thief is perverse in the city, and the people are disgusted with it, and now the Ming thief Zuoruo leads the army north to Yan'an Mansion, and the garrison in the city is empty, and we are willing to open the city gate for the Qing Dynasty soldiers and horses, and the inside and outside should be combined to drive away the Ming thief."

Bamur was overjoyed and asked, "What is the strength of the defenders in the city?" ”

"Five days ago, the main force of 15,000 Ming thieves left Xi'an City, and they have not returned, and I heard that they are fighting fiercely in Yan'an Mansion. There are 20,000 defenders in the city, all of whom are from the Shaanxi Righteous Army, and the thief Liang Chengbao is the thief. Although the Ming army maintained military discipline in the city, those righteous soldiers did not change their thief nature, and there were murders from time to time. ”

Zheng Yunlai knew the situation in Xi'an well, and at first glance, he made efforts to inquire about it.

"How can you open the gates?"

"The villain has a friend, his grandfather was dragged to the governor's palace by Zuo Ruo to bask in the sun for two hours, fainted on the spot, and returned to heaven soon after returning home. My friend likes to dance with knives and guns on weekdays, and has made a lot of brothers among the city guards, and every family in the city has strong men who protect the courtyard, so he doesn't dare to face the thieves head-on, but it's still okay to sneak open a city gate at night."

Bamur will be skeptical, but it is only a family's word, and it may not be credible. He was going to inquire a few more days to see if what this man was telling was true.

"Stay in my barracks and wait for news"

In the face of the huge and majestic city of Xi'an, Bamur was dizzy, how could Zuo Ruo give up this city and lead the army to stay for a long time like a rabbit in Yan'an Mansion without.

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