11-19 Soldiers go out of Tongguan

When the wine was hot, Liu Ziguang suddenly remembered something, so he asked Jin Shengheng: "What is the matter of begging for silver that the Xixia people in the city said today?" ”

Jin Shengheng said: "It's not the master's clever plan, originally our western army recovered Shaanxi, you really fought over, in fact, it was just a promise to the Xixia people to pay a huge amount of silver to redeem it, but Shaanxi took it back, but the silver did not arrive, the Xixia people were annoyed, a large-scale counterattack drove our army to Tongguan again, every once in a while they came to ask for silver, and if they didn't give it, they set up a return artillery bombardment, the superintendent was afraid of fraud, and did not let me wait to go out of the city to meet the enemy, and this time was just passively beaten. ”

Liu Ziguang said: "I don't think the Xixia people are Erer, why the Western Army has been defeated many times in battles with them, so that the rumors are loud and they dare not take the initiative to attack." ”

Jin Shengheng said: "Dashuai, let's go out of the city to kill the enemy today, what do you think those Xia soldiers look like?" ”

"High nose and sunken eyes, yellow-brown head, not like people from the Central Plains... Well, not quite like the Mongols either. ”

"That's right, these Xia troops are not serious Mongolian troops, they are the new annexed troops in the Western Xia Army, the surrendered troops from the countries of the Western Regions, and the Western Xia Army also has 369 and so on, the combat effectiveness of this new annexed army is not high, the equipment is not good, it can only be the third-rate goods in the Western Xia Army, but such an enemy army is scolding under the city, and it is a big way to set up a return artillery bombardment of the city, and the superintendent does not dare to face the battle, alas, it is true!" Jin Shengheng was still indignant when he talked about it.

"Presumably Yuan Chonghuan is scared, I think the combat power of the new annexed army is about the same as that of the Qing army, if a unit of this level can only be regarded as a third-rate product, then what will the first-class in the Xia army look like?" Liu Ziguang asked.

"Cowardly Xue Jun...."Jin Shengheng said these three words, and then was a little stunned, picked up the wine bowl and simmered a big mouthful, as if he was calm, and then continued, "It's just the devil, I have a thousand brothers who were dumplings made by them in Xianyang, 1,300 elite cavalry, they were killed without the power to fight back, and the other party died less than 100 people, pity my brothers who have been crisscrossing the lake for more than ten years, and they can be regarded as people who can recruit good fighters, alas! Saying that, Jin Shengheng took another sip of wine.

"So the Cowardly Xue Army composed of Mongols is the elite of the Western Xia Army?" Zhou Peigong, who had not spoken, asked.

"Maybe it's all Mongolians, but no one has ever seen the true face of the cowardly Xue army, they are either wearing masks or painting flowers on their faces, like ghosts, and they can't see their true faces, but the combat effectiveness is indeed very fierce, not to destroy their own prestige, the brothers also fought with the handsome red shirt army back then, if you want to talk about the wild wave war, I'm afraid that the three thousand red shirt army can't withstand the thousand cowardly Xue army." Jin Shengheng seemed to have palpitations when he talked about cowardice.

"Then why is it only the new annex army that came to attack, how long have you not seen the banner of the cowardly Xue army?" Zhou Peigong continued to ask.

"Since the last time the Western Army suffered a big loss near Xianyang, the cowardly Xue army has not appeared, after we retreated to Tongguan, we have dealt with the new attached army, Yuan Inspector said that the enemy is playing a strategy to lure the enemy, and the cowardly Xue army is waiting behind, so we are not allowed to fight. But I don't think the cowardly Xue army was dispatched at all. Jin Shengheng replied.

"According to General Jin's statement, if it is the cowardly Xue army that is dispatched, Tongguan City may not be able to hold it, this is strange, let the cowardly Xue army not use, but uselessly consume the new annex army, don't they want to open Tongguan and go straight to the Central Plains? This reason is unreasonable, if it is not for the head of the Western Xia commander to get into the water, it is because of their internal problems. "Zhou Pei is fair.

"Oh, what do you mean by that?" Liu Ziguang also became interested.

"The so-called Western Xia, is the name of the Central Plains, in fact, this country and the Song Dynasty when the party members established the Western Xia is completely different, is the use of the ancient period of the Xia Shang Zhou of the Xia, Shang Zhou, the use of the Central Plains country name is because their emperor Galdan advocates Sinology, bent on learning from Kublai Khan, to establish a big dynasty, in fact, he has done this, the entire Western Regions is already the Xia Dynasty's bag, from Gansu to the west thousands of miles, the north and south of the Tianshan Mountains, up and down the desert, and even all the way to the extreme west of the Great Food Country, all of which are the territory of the Western Xia, The ruling class of this country is the descendants of Genghis Khan who stayed in the Western Regions, a lineage of the Golden Family, and there are many ethnic groups ruled below, such as the Turks, the Uighurs, the Tubos, and the remnants of the small countries in the Western Regions, the original subjects of Loulan, Shanshan, Kokand and other countries have become the children of the Western Xia, and of course a large number of Han people who have wandered in the Western Regions. It took more than ten years of hard work for Galdan to show from a small tribe to the king of the Western Regions, his talent is absolutely not to be underestimated, the Central Plains is the place he has always coveted, and he will never let go easily when the military is in full swing, so the former possibility is almost zero, and the only possibility is that there is something wrong with them. Zhou Peigong said so much in one breath, picked up the wine bowl and took a big sip.

"What's the problem?" Liu Ziguang asked.

"I don't know, anyway, it's nothing more than internal strife and foreign war, more than ten years to fight thousands of miles of rivers and mountains, it is impossible to have no hidden dangers, the tradition of Mongolian civil strife was very profound in the Yuan Dynasty, and their own people are more fierce than fighting with outsiders, no matter what, this is our chance." Zhou Peigong's eyes became red after drinking too much, and there was a hint of ambition in his tone, as if Galdan's achievements made him very envious.

"Opportunity, do you mean to take advantage of the civil strife of the Western Xia people to recover Shaanxi?" Liu Ziguang said.

"More than that, since Galdan can lay down such a big country as a Mongol, why can't we, expand the territory, achieve hegemony, and worship the general, it is a man's dream." Zhou Peigong's eyes were already a little confused. However, his words resonated with Wang Fuchen and Jin Shengheng, and they clenched their fists together and said: "The life and death of the eldest husband has been for decades, do it!" The eyes of the two men also turned blood-red, and they didn't know if it was the stimulation of alcohol or the motivation of ambition.

"If you want to go out of Shaanxi, you must go through Tongguan, but the relationship between us and Yuan Chonghuan is so stiff, I'm afraid it will be difficult for him to borrow the way, even if he lends the road to us, the future logistics supply line is also in the hands of others, and the grain and grass can be supplied on the spot, but the weapons and ammunition can't, in case Yuan Chonghuan gets a card, then we will be defeated." Liu Ziguang raised his doubts.

"You don't have to go through Tongguan, our army has two ways to transport troops to Guanzhong, of course, they are more troublesome, but compared with the results of recovering Shaanxi, it is worth spending more manpower and material resources." Zhou Peigong looked triumphant and confident.

"Let's talk about it, if it's feasible, let's do it right away." Liu Ziguang said.

"The specific plan still needs to be planned, and the general steps are like this......" Zhou Peigong dipped his fingers in wine, drew a map on the table, and several heads came together and began to plan the plan for the soldiers to enter the customs.

When Wu Sangui personally escorted three hundred tents to the camp of the Red Shirt Army, the camp was empty, Wu Sangui sent people to reconnoitre, but there was no trace of it, and he returned to Tongguan and said to Yuan Chonghuan, Yuan Inspector pondered for a moment and said: "Let him go." ”

Wu Sangui retreated, and was suddenly stopped by Yuan Chonghuan: "Have you surveyed the battlefield outside the city?" ”

"Back to the superintendent, it has been investigated, and it is all newly annexed army, and there is no trace of the activities of the cowardly Xue army."

"Very good, Liu Ziguang, this kid recklessly did Ben Du a great favor, it seems that the main force of the Western Xia people has retreated, it is likely that Guanzhong is empty, uncle, you go and give an order to Liu Zongmin, prepare to pull out the camp and start the village, and the troops will go out of Tongguan!"

The forward battalion can rush to Tongguan because their camp is located in Zhending, this road is Yangguan Avenue, light equipment is urgent, of course, it took a lot of time for the main force of the Red Shirt Army to come from Beijing and Tianjin, and the forward battalion of the Hebei Army returned to the army on the way to meet the Red Shirt Brigade.

Countless chariots and horses congested the official road, airships in the sky, chariots on the ground, light scout cavalry and heavily armored chariots at the head, endless carriages and queues behind them, foot soldiers wearing soft hats and red robes carrying iron helmets and weapons on their backs, walking majestically, singing as they walked, next to the infantry column was the artillery team, the carriage pulled heavy artillery, ammunition, and a cart of artillery. The gunners are sitting in the military vehicles with sheds to rest, and the wealthy Liu Ziguang has completed the mule and horse transformation of the army for the troops, and the soldiers can no longer use two legs to march in order to save physical strength to deal with the surprise attack, and now because they are still marching in a safe area, let the soldiers get out of the car and walk a few miles to slip their legs, and also give the Hou Ye a review to see if they have grown in the past few months.

Xia Wanchun, Liang Shiyi and other students looked at the noisy world with wide eyes, this spectacular marching map shocked them even more than the majestic Tongguan battalion, so many vehicles, so many battle flags, endless and no tail, God knows how many thousands of horses.

"I'm afraid there are 100,000 people." Liang Shiyi said with his mouth open.

"More than that, I'm afraid there will be more." Xia Wanchun also looked stupid, such a majestic army was really the first time in his life.

"Not so much, 20,000 people, but our Red Shirts have a big pomp, an average of ten soldiers have to be served by a car, gunpowder shells are served dry food, people eat horses chew, do you see, such a 100-man team needs to project a thousand catties of steel to fight a medium-intensity battle, think about it, a thousand catties of ammunition shot on the enemy, who can withstand it, this is the reason why our Red Shirts win a hundred battles." The person who explained to them was Liu Ziguang's attendant official Dai Wenlong, and the young man was a graduate of the junior class of the martial arts hall, although he was only fifteen years old, he was already a serious member of the rank of 100 households in the Red Shirt Army, and the big truths he said were also a bunch of things.

For this young and knowledgeable senior, the two twenty-year-old juniors were not arrogant, but humbly took out a small notebook to ask for advice: "On behalf of the adult, the little one still wants to ask a few questions......

On a small hill, Liu Ziguang sat on the tiger skin handsome chair, watching with satisfaction his red-shirt army multi-road column marching together, with ironclad cars in front of the road, behind the fire gun battalion hall, and cavalry battalions on both wings to protect the flanks, tens of thousands of horses and horses drove in mightily, dusty, the army was high and loud, and anyone who saw it would be high-spirited and excited.

"It's better to be in your own team, it's much more comfortable than being a general of the expedition to the west." Liu Ziguang sighed with emotion.