After deducting the local militia, this time Zhang Hongbin dispatched 40,000 troops, and the troops were divided into four routes to kill several other states in Xi'an Prefecture.

If you want to say that the most dragging down everyone on the march is naturally artillery, but fortunately, the northwest is also a rare place for horse trading, so Zhang Hongbin still managed to buy a thousand horses, which were specially used to pull these Napoleonic cannons.

With the traction of the horses, the speed of the troops increased considerably, and finally returned to the normal level of marching.

At this moment, the 10,000 horses led by Zhang Hongbin are facing Huayin County in the south of Tongzhou. As for the villages and towns along the way, they are all in despair, and perhaps for them, who are very close to the base of the Salvation Army, it is not bad to accept the rule of the Salvation Army. However, they were the most influenced by the ideas and ideas of the Salvation Army, and they were the most prone to surrender in the course of the attack.

It is not denied that there is also an element of fear of death.

Huayin County is far away from the base area, even if you hear some gossip, you won't take it too seriously. Or since you have such a bad neighbor, and you can't do anything about him, then the best way is to learn like an ostrich.

"Go, act according to the rules!" Zhang Hongbin didn't want to add to the killing, and every time before the siege, he would send someone to say surrender.

"The Ming garrison in the city, the officials listen, I will wait for the Salvation Army to come to help the world and save the people, so that the people can be freed from the old dynasty that is constantly exploiting them. If you can see this inevitable trend clearly, it is best to surrender Kaicheng obediently, which is a good thing for you, us, and even the people in the city. If you refuse to surrender, you can't guess what we are attacking, and I hope you will make a wise choice for the sake of the people in the city! The messenger came forward and shouted.

He was answered by an arrow, but fortunately it was too poor and landed in front of him.

"Do it yourself!" The messenger shook his head and returned to Zhang Hongbin's side.

"Lord, the other side refuses to surrender...... messenger replied truthfully.

"See, the artillery unit is ready, give me a shot first!" Zhang Hongbin yelled behind him.

At present, the distance between the two sides is four miles, and according to this distance, the garrison artillery of the imperial court cannot attack. Perhaps in their eyes, the artillery that Zhang Hongbin put out was just a show to scare them, after all, they didn't know the power of Napoleon cannons and special gunpowder ammunition.

The commander of the artillery naturally knew that at this moment, he had already asked the soldiers to proofread and start the first round of test firing. In fact, these Napoleonic guns are rifled, with special gunpowder and ammunition, as long as you get used to using this thing, the first round of test firing can actually hit the target.

The result was also obvious, hundreds of artillery pieces roared, and hundreds of cannons were smashed towards the city gate.

That scene seemed to be a sudden rain of lead balls in the sky, which was quite scary to watch.

What made the defenders and officials unforgettable for life was that this large area of shells could shoot four miles away. This is not counting, the artillery of the thief army actually has such a terrible hit rate, which can only show that either the artillery itself is good, or the artillery is a first-class professional artillery.

As civil and military officials who have trained artillery and watched artillery shooting, the guards and county commanders of Huayin County naturally know how many resources it will cost to train an artilleryman. Now this group of anti-thieves in front of them not only has such a long-range artillery, but also such excellent artillery, is this still a thief army? That's already an anti-army, and it's a very strong one.

Seriously, realizing this, many of them already have the idea of surrendering. After all, the scene of a hundred cannons firing shells is too shocking.

What made them feel that the shock was not over, after the shell hit the target, there was actually an explosion, and the soldiers within a radius of more than ten meters around were affected. And don't forget that this is a hundred shells fired at the same time!

In that scene, the sky was really thundering, and the earth was shaking. The gates of the entire Huayin County were directly bombed into ruins. And the defenders and officials...... Almost all of them died in this wave of attacks, and the remaining soldiers even wondered if they had witnessed the end of the world.

"The defenders of Huayin County, my lord will give you one last chance. If you surrender, you will not be blamed for the past, but if you continue to resist, consider the price! The envoy was released again, in fact, Huayin County, where the middle gate is wide open, has no point in guarding at all.

"I'll surrender!" The sound was very neat, and it could be seen that many people were scared by the first wave of shells.

The soldiers are not bloody, but Lang costs a hundred shells, and every qiē is so simple and easy. Zhang Hongbin even suspected that according to his own progress, it should not be a big problem to knock down the whole of Shaanxi.

Just considering the problems of officials and reform, he had to secretly warn himself not to be greedy for merit.

At the same time, Li Dingguo's department, the desperate department, and Ma Wencheng's department also each captured a county seat, Huazhou had almost fallen, and the large army continued to advance.

The supply line was lengthened, but the takeover work in the rear was done very well, and the reserve officials who had been cultivated for half a year quickly came to their respective posts and began their political careers. These may have been coarse people who were once illiterate, but after half a year of emergency training, they can understand 3,000 commonly used words. Maybe they can't write the article yet, but they will have a secretary to help them write it. The most important thing is that their heads are full of knowledge of various departments, and they can quickly put themselves into work after taking the position, which is much more efficient than those civil servants who have passed the examination.

Logistics was replenished, law and order was quickly stabilized, and a number of militias had been brought in elsewhere, as well as local militias to be transferred to counties and counties that lacked militia guards. These militias use cold weapons, but even the old weapons that the Salvation Army has eliminated are very lethal in this era. Even if the militia spends more time farming, it is definitely a first-class elite soldier when it is mobilized and urgently drilled.

After the rear was settled, the delivery of supplies was also guaranteed, and no bandits along the road would come to intercept the baggage, and no one had the courage to intercept the baggage of the Salvation Army, and those who were bold had become fertilizer for the roadside meadows.

Therefore, more than 30 groups of large and small thieves were exterminated, and about 500 people were recruited to be used as logistics engineers. Harvest some gold and silver treasures, but not much food, the most important thing is that the weapons are some broken copper and iron, even if it is returned, Zhang Hongbin feels that it is a kind of Lang fee.

Alas, it's difficult for everyone, if you don't have to, who will be a thief? It's a group of thieves, it's better to say that it's a group of homeless people who are so hungry that they have to go to the evil path, look at their weapons, wooden shovels with a little bit of iron shovel heads, and standard crop equipment.

The Salvation Army is advancing little by little, even if it has deliberately maintained a certain speed, but it still can't avoid the end of the triumphant advance.

All the enemies, after one round of shelling, most of them chose to surrender, and the few who did not surrender also surrendered after the second round of shelling, or those who could take charge of the project have been bombarded to death. The rest of the soldiers were cowardly and surrendered without saying a word.

It's just a pity that this is a pity, among those characters who swore not to surrender, maybe some of them were rare generals in the late Ming Dynasty, but they died one after another at this moment.

Fortunately, The Salvation Army has its own unique talent selection system, so it doesn't feel too expensive. In fact, according to Zhang Hongbin's meaning, the soldiers he has cultivated and are armed with advanced knowledge and ideas are the most elite and powerful soldiers. As for the so-called famous generals of the indigenous people, those who know the times will naturally not treat them badly, but the conflict of ideas is very annoying, and those who surrender are still a minority after all.

The four troops have conquered the various states of Xi'an Prefecture in a blink of an eye, and finally converged the army under the city of Xi'an.

Xi'an, formerly known as Chang'an, seems to have a special attribute, but any powerful country will use it as its capital. And leaving this city means the decline of a power.

For example, the Han Dynasty, the Sui Dynasty, and the Tang Dynasty initially set the capital in Chang'an, and finally moved the capital to Luoyang. It may have been safer to be surrounded by mountains, but in fact, after moving the capital there, these dynasties inevitably weakened and eventually perished.

Is this a curse, or is it a fate?

In any case, the Salvation Army has only one goal at the moment, which is to take this city down!