This is a force of 40,000 troops and elite soldiers.

This is a force of 400 cannons, and before coming here, this army also knocked down all the cities outside Xi'an.

Now that the soldiers are coming to the city, Xi'an, the former capital, is a lonely city at the moment, even if it sticks to and waits for help, I am afraid that it will not wait for any reinforcements. There are only two outcomes they can choose, one is to choose to surrender, and the other is to choose to fight to the death.

In fact, now Xi'an City is also splitting into two camps for this topic.

Governor Zhang wants to surrender, and the army that can defeat the entire Xi'an Mansion in a month, how can it be a weak army? Besides, the spies have made it clear that the other party has visited more than 400 artillery pieces four miles away. This thing would be something that an ordinary anti-army would have?

This can only show that the Salvation Army has been planning to rebel for a long time, and I don't know how many generations it has accumulated, and then dredged up the relationship, not only buying powerful weapons, but also getting weapons of mass destruction such as artillery into their hands. In the end, it was the god who killed it, don't you know that the number of artillery stocks is not right and it is found out, but it will destroy the three clans!

Mai Quan, the military attache left behind, did not agree to surrender, according to his intentions, according to his consistent understanding, even if the anti-thieves get artillery, they may not be able to use it, just looking at the other party's artillery array four miles away can explain a lot of problems. You must know that the artillery of the Ming Dynasty, except for the Hongyi cannon, no artillery can shoot four miles away. The Hongyi cannon is the country's most important weapon, and it is regarded as strict, and the crime of stealing or selling the Hongyi cannon without permission is even greater than that of ordinary artillery, so even if the thief army has the ability to reach the sky, I am afraid that it will not be able to get the Hongyi cannon.

Of course, those artillery scouts also said that they are completely different from the Hongyi cannons, which can be regarded as a demonstration of the above point. As for why Tanma understands this, it is only because on the walls of Chang'an City, there are at least four Hongyi cannons in each direction!

Well, the opponent's is not Hongyi cannons, but they have four, which means that if there is a real war, the other party may not be able to hit themselves, but they can effectively hit the other party, and the reason for this phenomenon is mainly because the other party does not understand the use of artillery.

In addition, Chang'an is also the ancient capital of the former dynasty, which means that the height and thickness of its city walls are incomparable to ordinary cities. Even if it is attacked by artillery again and again, whether it is the gate or the city wall, there will be no damage. In other words, the other side has no other possibility than the most primitive siege.

If this is the case, it may not be impossible to defend the city, and even if Xi'an Mansion has no soldiers to mobilize, there should be in other state capitals. Seeing that Xi'an is about to fall, as a member of the Ming Dynasty, how could they not come to help?

In this way, the two sides were divided into two opposing parts according to their own will.

Interestingly, in this era when the status and power of civil officials are far greater than those of military attachés, it is clear that even if he is a third-grade general, he has to dismount and say hello when he sees the seven-rank county order, and the county guard is only afraid that he is only a petty official of the fourth or fifth grade, and in the face of a civil official of such a level as the prefect, he still has the courage to refute?

Then it is natural to know who this military attache is.

Originally, he was a senator in Shaanxi, and he was a rare high-ranking official, but later saw that the imperial court was ineffective in suppressing bandits, so he decisively abandoned literature and followed the military, and only thought about exterminating bandits for the country. However, he does not belong to any faction, and the princes of the court neither help him nor fall into the ground, which is a kind of respect for his scholarly background, Jinshi and first status.

His name is Hong Chengchou, who was active in the stage of exterminating the rogues at the end of the Ming Dynasty, and once became a fearful cunning of the thieves. In the end, he was defeated and captured by the puppet Qing court, he did not show the open-mindedness of a martial artist and the backbone of a literati, he finally chose to surrender, and helped the puppet Qing to turn the people of Jiangnan into first-class obedient people.

This can be regarded as a rare equipment for Yunwen and Yunwu, but the part of the backbone and national integrity has been swallowed up by other attributes, so that he became a second minister.

This person originally still had the title of Shaanxi Senator, and he didn't know whether Chongzhen liked him or deliberately cultivated him, so he actually allowed him to abandon literature and martial arts, but he did not deprive him of his status as a senator. In other words, Hong Chengchou can only be regarded as a Confucian general, not a real military man.

Some time ago, he was originally finished suppressing bandits and entered Xi'an Mansion to replenish supplies, and at the same time prepared to go north to continue to suppress bandits, and finally exterminate the Salvation Army.

But I didn't want to come here not long ago, I encountered a siege, and the one who surrounded Xi'an City was actually the Salvation Army itself that I was about to find. It's just that I didn't expect that it didn't match the Salvation Army in the intelligence at all, and the combat effectiveness was many times stronger than the rumors.

Secretly despised those civil officials who exonerated themselves, and Hong Chengchou couldn't help but sigh that it would be dangerous for this Ming Dynasty to go on like this?

But then I was a little relieved that the enemy didn't know how to use the artillery at all, and actually deployed it outside the firing range. The shape of the cannon was completely different from the Hongyi cannon, and even the Franc machine cannon he had seen was different. I don't know where I bought this kind of cannon, God knows how far it can hit, I hope it can hit two miles away.

The only thing worth paying attention to is that the opponent's soldiers retreated to the back of the artillery array, and even the Hongyi cannon could not attack at such a distance. Not to mention the loose formation of the opponent, it is difficult for the cannonballs to cause a lot of damage. Taking 10,000 steps back, it would take a process for the shells to fly four miles away, and according to such a loose formation, if you really want to fire the cannon, maybe the chance of avoiding it will be very high.

Moreover, they stand loosely, and the result is that the mountains feel like there are enemies all over the mountain. It's no wonder that the guy from Governor Zhang's Mansion was so afraid of death that he planned to surrender without defending.

It doesn't matter, as long as the artillery position is plowed a few times, the opponent's artillery array will be ineffective, and when the time comes, facing the giant city of Xi'an, the opponent will not be able to count even if the number of people is large. Even if you can't defend your side until the enemy can't stand the retreat, you can still defend the arrival of reinforcements. Whatever the outcome, the defeat of the Salvation Army is inevitable!

I was thinking about this, but I didn't want a soldier to walk in.

"Report to your lords, there are soldiers from the troubled times outside the city who have come to report, let us open the city and surrender, otherwise once the city is broken, we will be the civil and military officials of Xi'an!" The soldier reported to everyone present in a panic.

"Yi Sanclan! No, hurry up and surrender to Kaesong! Without saying a word, Governor Zhang was about to give the order to open the city.

Not only him, but many literati were actually scared at this moment. Not to mention them, even many generals are starting to move.

"What are you afraid of, it's just a bunch of thieves! Don't forget jì, there are not only 5,000 defenders here in Xi'an, but I also brought 30,000 elites with me this time. Besides, the other party is just surrounding one side, and if necessary, as long as the army attacks on both sides, the other party is afraid that it will be good to take care of itself, and there is still a way to continue to attack the city? Hong Chengchou roared.

"That's right! Those guys are a bunch of thieves with little culture! Look, just surround one side, aren't you afraid that we will attack from the left and right? A subordinate guerrilla general immediately chimed in.

"Yes, yes, that's it, the other party doesn't have to worry!" Many people recognized this, and civil officials began to feel a little more at ease.

"Governor Zhang, don't forget jì, if you surrender, your name will be recorded in the file of the Ming Jinyiwei, even if Xi'an is recovered, you, the prefect who surrendered to the thief, and the prefect who led the fall of Xi'an, I'm afraid you will have to go to the vegetable market, right?" Hong Chengchou turned his head and said to Governor Zhang.

Governor Zhang shrunk his neck, but he didn't dare to refute, after all, this is the truth.

"Generals, gather all the men and horses, and after our Hongyi cannon gives them initial damage, we will go out with the generals at the gates on the left and right sides, and annihilate the thieves in one fell swoop!" Hong Chengchou gave the order to send troops as a staff general.

"Yes!" It was the roar of all the soldiers who answered.

Half an hour later, Zhang Hongbin had already determined that the city did not intend to surrender, and the deadline for the final reply of the time he gave had passed.

"You say, do they think that because I'm only lining up on one side, they think that our Salvation Army is a bunch of idiots who don't know the art of war?" Zhang Hongbin said with a smile.

"If you are an idiot, young master, then there are not many smart people in this world." Li Dingguo complimented.

"The times are changing, and the art of war must also change with it, and those who only know how to quote scriptures are nerds, not generals!" Said lightly.

"Then our enemies now underestimate us, how should we answer them?" Zhang Hongbin pointed ahead, this time shouting loudly.

"Kill, kill, kill!" All the soldiers roared in rage, and the sound reached the sky, and even the defenders trembled with fear.