"The city wall is broken, and the western Sichuan army is about to come in, and we have only one way to die. Now, for the sake of everyone's lives, I order everyone to lay down their weapons and surrender to the Western Sichuan Army! Zhang Ming, who had already made up his mind, immediately said to his subordinates.

"What? Surrender to the Western Sichuan Army? Many of the Qing troops looked at each other. Although they were very afraid of death, they never thought of surrendering to the Western Sichuan Army at the beginning of the battle! However, most people still support Zhang Ming's decision. Comparison, you don't have to die! For them, the bullshit theory of loyalty and patriotism is useless, and it is far from saving their lives.

"Zhang Ming, what do you want to do? Do you want to betray the court and betray the generals? A Du Si stood up, pointed at Zhang Ming and asked loudly.

"Bang!" A gunshot rang out. The agent of the Western Sichuan Army who was following Zhang Ming took out his pistol and shot the other party.

"Ahh The Qing soldiers suddenly became excited.

"Brothers, the Western Sichuan Army has broken the city and will soon attack it. Against the Western Sichuan Army, there is only one way to die, quickly put down the weapons in your hands and surrender! Zhang Ming didn't have the Du Si who fell to the ground, and mobilized again.

This is, the rumbling sound of horses' hooves can be heard outside the city walls. The cavalry of the Western Sichuan Army had already begun to charge. The faces of the Qing soldiers turned pale one by one, and the rumbling sound of horses' hooves was like the sound of urgency.

Soon, someone put down the rifle in his hand, and immediately after, one after another, the Qing army put down the weapons in his hand. At this point, Zhang Ming and the agents of the Western Sichuan Army all breathed a sigh of relief.

In less than a minute, a cavalry of the Western Sichuan Army rushed in through the gap, he was ready to shoot, but to his surprise all the Qing troops were divided into two columns, standing by the gap, there was no weapon in his hand.

"Brothers, they have surrendered, I am from the MIA. Everyone, rush inside! The MIA agent shouted.

As a result, the western Sichuan army that rushed into Baoji City came back to their senses, brandished the saber in their hands, and killed the city.

The western Sichuan army entered Baoji City without any resistance, and from this moment on, the result of the fall of Baoji City was almost certain.

Most of the Qing troops in Baoji City still put up fierce resistance, but in terms of equipment, morale and troops, they were far from being able to compete with the Western Sichuan Army. After the Western Sichuan Army entered the city, the balance of victory began to quickly fall in favor of the Western Sichuan Army.

"My lord, it's not good, the Western Sichuan Army is coming in, and the brothers can't resist it!" A guerrilla general quickly rushed into the general's mansion.

"How can it be so fast? Are our people so vulnerable? Hu Weilong said angrily.

"My lord, the Western Sichuan Army has moved its cannons and heavy machine guns to the city, and the brothers can't resist it at all! My lord, let's break through, shall we? "The guerrilla general built yì road.

"Huh! Breakthrough? Where to break through? Baoji City has been surrounded by the Western Sichuan Army all around, where do we break through? Hu Weilong said miserably.

"Boom! Rumble! "Da Da Da!" The explosion of shells and the roar of heavy machine guns echoed in Baoji City. The Qing army in the city was also prepared, and they set up a lot of barricades on the streets, preparing to resist the attack of the Western Sichuan Army. However, the mortars of the western Sichuan army bombarded wildly, and the heavy machine guns swept again, and the Qing army could not resist it at all.

The street fighting in Baoji City ended in less than three hours. The Western Sichuan Army has already taken the entire Baoji City. Of the 20,000 Qing troops, most of them were captured, and only a few were killed. Hu Weilong, the defender of Baoji City, is also one of them. After the Western Sichuan Army conquered the General's Mansion, Hu Weilong still led his guards to resist stubbornly. He was highly skilled in martial arts, and several soldiers of the Western Sichuan Army were killed by him one after another, which aroused the anger of the Western Sichuan Army. The Western Sichuan Army transferred several mortars and shelled the hiding place of Hu Weilong and his subordinates. When the shelling was over, Hu Weilong and his guards were basically killed. At this point, the entire Baoji fell into the control of the Western Sichuan Army.

"Young Marshal, Chief of Staff! Baoji is already under our control! Zhao Bowen asked excitedly. He was very happy to have won the first fight.

"How big are the casualties?" Wang Yuze and Cai Yun are more concerned about this issue.

"According to preliminary statistics, more than 200 people were killed and more than 200 were seriously injured, and the total casualties were less than 500!" Zhao Bowen reported.

"So little?" Cai Yun was a little surprised. It stands to reason that the casualties in the street battle are not small, according to his estimates, to take Baoji, the western Sichuan army will have to pay at least thousands of casualties.

"A guerrilla general of the Qing army was rebelled by us, so he led his troops to surrender without resistance, so that we rushed into Baoji City without paying any casualties. The next battle was relatively simple, and the Qing army had no fighting spirit at all. The most important casualties were almost all paid during the attack on the General's Palace! Zhao Bowen said.

"I see! But that's fine, if you can win at the lowest cost, why not? Order the troops to clean up the battlefield and march to Xi'an tomorrow! Wang Yuze said with a smile. Winning Baoji is just the first step. The most important thing is to march to Xi'an and eliminate the more than 100,000 Qing troops entrenched there. Not to mention the fact that there were still 50,000 Mongol cavalry there. This powerful cavalry that once shook the Eurasian continent. It's just that the current Mongolian cavalry has long lost the brilliance of their ancestors.

The next day, the western Sichuan army left a small number of soldiers to guard the prisoners and treat the wounded, and the large army marched east again, along the official road, to Xi'an.

Xi'an is only 180 kilometers away from Baoji. In terms of the speed of cavalry, it was possible to arrive in a day. However, considering that the march of the large army had too much heavy equipment and baggage, the Western Sichuan Army deliberately slowed down. When I arrived in Xi'an, it was already noon on June 20. Before that, Baoji fell, 20,000 defenders were annihilated, and the news of the death of General Hu Weilong had reached Xi'an.

The Qing court-appointed general of the Northern Army, Zhu Hongzhang, was appointed to the Shaanxi Governor's Mansion instead of the Shaanxi Governor Wei Guangtao's Governor's Mansion. Although the Admiral's Mansion is far inferior to the Governor's Mansion in terms of layout and architectural conditions, this is the place where military generals handle military affairs.

The news of the fall of Baoji had already been sent to Xi'an on the morning of the 19th. The general Zhu Hongzhang immediately summoned Wei Guangtao, the governor of Shaanxi, Zhu Shijun, the governor of Shaanxi, Zhao Wenkai, the governor of Shanxi, and Boyan Nemohu, the prince of Horqin, to discuss.

The composition of the Northern Army was mainly composed of 100,000 Shaanxi Green Battalions, 50,000 Shanxi Green Battalions, and 50,000 Mongolian cavalry. Now, Baoji has lost 20,000 green camps, there are still 50,000 people in Hanzhong, and there are only 130,000 people left in the whole of Xi'an.

"Everyone, the emperor has sent the old man to take charge of the military affairs in Shaanxi, and I have the help of you. Now, Baoji has fallen, and the army of Western Sichuan is coming to Xi'an, how should we respond? Zhu Hongzhang asked. As a borderless that rose to suppress the Taiping Rebellion, Zhu Hongzhang himself still has some ability. It's just that for so many years, he has not fought with the Western Sichuan Army, so he is not very clear about the true strength of the Western Sichuan Army, and his limited knowledge only comes from some intelligence.

"My lord, didn't we discuss it before? Defend Xi'an. The city of Xi'an is strong, and it is not so easy for the Western Sichuan Army to capture Xi'an with 50,000 people! Shaanxi Governor Wei Guangtao said. As the governor of Shaanxi, he has the responsibility to defend the land, and if Shaanxi falls, he has no second way to go except to apologize for his crimes with death.

"Coward! Offense is the best defense. General, this king asks the men and horses of the Shuai headquarters to go out of the city to meet the western Sichuan army, and let them know the strength of my Mongolian cavalry! Prince Korqin Boyan said disdainfully. The western Sichuan army is only 50,000 troops, and it scared hundreds of thousands of Han troops out of the city, these Han people, as my father said, are all cowardly lambs!