Chen Wang raised his head and looked at the lone red flag on Xi'an City above the sand table.

The truth had been stripped out of the layers of veins and presented before his eyes.

Chen Wang's eyes were bright, and the huge sand table in front of him slowly turned into the shape of a chessboard in his eyes.

The mountains and rivers on the sand table are crisscrossed, like the lines on the chessboard separating the cities and armies.

The red and black flags are placed on the board like two-colored pieces on a chessboard, according to the layout of the players.

The context of the incident is gradually clear, and the situation and pattern are becoming clearer and clearer.

Gao Yingxiang regarded the world as a chess game, and when Chongzhen was eight years old, he turned to fight for thousands of miles, and buried one dark chess piece after another silently.

Since returning to Shaanxi, Gao Yingxiang may have already started his own layout.

Starting from Xi'an Mansion, the army was divided into two routes, one way to capture Pingliang Mansion and the other to plunder Qingyang Mansion.

Gao Yingxiang personally led the main force under his command to attract Hong Chengchou's attention, first Pingliang Mansion, then Gongchang Mansion, and then Fengxiang Mansion.

After plundering the three provinces, the manpower of the three provinces was gathered, and the three roads were divided into three roads to enter the Guanzhong, and the battalion was 70 miles away, and the beacon fire shone on Xijing.

Gao Yingxiang gathered 300,000 troops and besieged Xi'an City.

This was Gao Yingxiang's first game of chess, and the chess player playing against him was Hong Chengchou, the three-sided governor of the world.

The first game was a draw, Xi'an City was still there, Gao Yingxiang did not win, and Hong Chengchou did not win.

The final ending ended temporarily with Gao Yingxiang infiltrating Henan.

And when everyone's eyes moved to Henan, no one noticed that Gao Yingxiang had already begun to prepare for the second game when he played the first game of chess to attack Xi'an.

Perhaps from the very beginning, Gao Yingxiang understood that it was still difficult to capture the fortified city of Xi'an.

Gao Yingxiang laid a secret chess in Fengxiang Mansion, Gongchang Mansion, and Yan'an Mansion in advance.

The chess game of the second game started after the endgame of the first game, and this time it was not only Hong Chengchou who played against Gao Yingxiang, but also Lu Xiangsheng.

Lu Xiangsheng's strength far exceeded Gao Yingxiang's imagination, Gao Yingxiang fell into the disadvantage at the beginning of the chess game, and the big dragon that was finally condensed was easily cut off by Lu Xiangsheng.

However, Gao Yingxiang was still calm at this time, and it was at this time that Lao Hui Ma Shouying, Cao Cao and Luo Rucai escaped into the Shangluo area in the south of Xi'an Prefecture.

Seeing that the officers and soldiers were strong, Gao Yingxiang led the main force all the way to the east, and his purpose was very clear - Nanzhili.

The purpose of his attack on Nanzhili was to make the soldiers and horses from all over the country move closer to Nanzhili, so as to weaken the strength of other places.

Then Gao Yingxiang went all the way to the war, and continued to settle in Henan, Huguang, and Nanzhili, leaving part of the troops into the mountainous areas of various places, so that they could be used as a containment.

In order to stabilize the situation in various places, Lu Xiangsheng could only continue to divide his troops to suppress these small bands of gangsters who were wandering around the country.

It wasn't until he entered Xunyang Mansion that Gao Yingxiang finally won a big victory with a clever move, temporarily stabilizing the situation.

At the beginning of the second game, Gao Yingxiang had already thought about how to finish.

Xi'an City is solid and known as Xijing.

Most of the Xi'an city walls are more than 12 meters, and the width of the top of the city wall is between 12 meters and 14 meters, which can be used by large groups of soldiers and horses.

Without large-scale siege equipment, trying to capture Xi'an just by relying on ants to attack the city is tantamount to a fool's dream.

If the ant annex wants to capture Xi'an, unless the garrison is extremely weak......

Everything Gao Yingxiang did in the second game was to weaken Xi'an's garrison.

The main force of the Ming army was divided into two parts, one led by Lu Xiangsheng and the other by Hong Chengchou.

In order to capture Xi'an, neither of these two Ming armies could be on the periphery of Xi'an.

His plan was to first scatter chess pieces to weaken the forces under Lu Xiangsheng's command, and then use himself as bait to attract Lu Xiangsheng's pursuit and drag the main force of the Ming army under Lu Xiangsheng's command.

The mountains of Xunyang, with their dense network of rivers, were the best barrier against the pursuit of the Ming army.

The soldiers of Nanzhili were anxious in the face of the rogues scattered in various places, the battalion soldiers of Huguang were locked in Xiangyang City, and some of the Henan soldiers led by Lu Xiangsheng needed to clear out the small groups of rogues in various places, and most of the other were all left in Nanyang Mansion.

There are more than 2,000 miles from Nanyang to Xi'an, and if Xi'an is in a hurry, even if it is winged, Lu Xiangsheng has no way to quickly rush to Xi'an from Nanyang Mansion.

Although the process on Hui Dengxiang's side was different from that in history, the Ming army led by Hong Chengchou was now attracted to Li Zicheng as in history.

Gao Yingxiang's layout has been decided, and neither Lu Xiangsheng nor Hong Chengchou have seen through Gao Yingxiang's strategy at this time.

Hong Chengchou put all his attention on Li Zicheng, and he gathered a heavy army to annihilate Li Zicheng in a battle to quell the bandits in Shaanxi.

Li Chongzhen and Zu Kuan were also seconded to the north this time, in order to completely exterminate Li Zicheng.

And Lu Xiangsheng is now also attracted by Gao Yingxiang in the Han River area.

Everything Gao Yingxian did in Shaanxi, Henan, and Huguang provinces was to weaken the garrison of Xi'an City, and he did it.

Chen Wang had already completely figured out the key at this time.

In history, in May, the reason why Gao Yingxiang once again turned from Hanzhong Mansion to Xunyang Mansion and Xiangyang Mansion in the east can be explained.

The reason why Gao Yingxiang turned back to Xunyang and Xiangyang this time was to set up a maze again, concealing his intention to raid Xi'an Mansion, so that Lu Xiangsheng continued to lead the troops to guard Nanyang Mansion, and also let Hong Chengchou not focus on Xi'an and lead the troops to continue north.

Gao Yingxiang deceived Hong Chengchou and Lu Xiangsheng.

Gao Yingxiang's caution and caution have always made Hong Chengchou and Lu Xiangsheng neither expect Gao Yingxiang to be so bold this time.

The history book is too small to fit a person's magnificent life.

The history book is too big, and it contains 5,000 years of China.

The pages of the book are turned casually, and the content crossed with the pen is the life of many people.

In the 5,000-year history of China, heroes and heroes are like carps crossing the river, and the ministers and soldiers need to carry more buckets.

There are countless pearls that are submerged in the vast history books and buried in the sand......

Gao Yingxiang's reputation in history is completely inferior to that of Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong.

Most of the impressions of him are just the first generation of "King Chuang".

If Li Zicheng had not inherited Gao Yingxiang's title of "King Chuang", perhaps his reputation would have been even more humble.

In the game, even as an opponent, Chen Wang was impressed by Gao Yingxiang's courage and strategy.

A person has such courage to come up with such a plan, how can he not make people feel happy and surrendered.

After Gao Yingxiang's death, no one stood up and called on everyone to follow him.

Chen Wang shook his head, he was reading this period of history and didn't think about it further.

Most people only thought that Gao Yingxiang was defeated one after another, and only when he was desperate did he make a dangerous move, and wanted to raid Xi'an through the plank road.

But in fact, the strength of Gao Yingxiang at that time was not too damaged, and he was completely able to persevere.

The officers and soldiers in Huguang and Nanyang were simply not enough to drive them to a dead end.

The raid on Xi'an was Gao Yingxiang's own choice, not a desperate move.

It's a pity......

Gao Yingxiang made a lot of calculations, but he missed a mistake.

It was this son that made it lose everything.

And the person who put down this deadly chess piece was the new governor of Shaanxi - Sun Chuanting.

Chen Wang stared at the chessboard in front of him, and one chess piece after another began to appear in his eyes.

Gao Yingxiang, Lu Xiangsheng, and Hong Chengchou seemed to be in front of him, and the three of them were sitting and playing games at this time.

Gao Yingxiang raised his hand to spread out the chess pieces one by one, in the eyes of others, he was already at the end of his rope, and he was sealed in the mountains of Xunyang, and everything he did at this time was just a dying struggle.

Lu Xiangsheng and Hong Chengchou sat on the other side of the chessboard, the two of them did not pay attention to the killing intentions hidden in the chessboard, they already felt that they had won the game.

The chess game is constantly going on, one by one the chess pieces are constantly falling, and the distance between Gao Yingxiang and achieving his goal is also constantly decreasing.

Gao Yingxiang kept falling, and every chess piece he dropped made the situation look even more unfavorable to him.

Even dazed, re-placing the child in a place destined to be devoured.

In the eyes of Lu Xiangsheng and Hong Chengchou, Gao Yingxiang at this time was already a caged bird and a finch in the net.

But they didn't know that they had fallen into Gao Yingxiang's trap and were falling deeper and deeper.

Gao Yingxiang has prepared the last hand - the army out of the meridian and attacked Xi'an.

It's just that before Gao Yingxiang played this last move, the chess player opposite him was no longer Hong Chengchou or Lu Xiangsheng, but Sun Chuanting.

Sun Chuanting's fallen chess pieces ate half of the chess pieces he placed in Shangluo, and also blocked his way to the north and sealed his chance to turn the tables......

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In March of the ninth year of Chongzhen, Shaanxi Governor Gan Xuekuo resigned due to an incident, and Sun Chuanting was ordered to take over as the governor of Shaanxi and take on the important task of exterminating the peasant army.

April 6th.

Emperor Chongzhen summoned Sun Chuanting in the palace to ask what kind of help he needed, and Sun Chuanting asked for adequate military pay.

Sun Chuanting's request was naturally not agreed, and the country's finances were already extremely difficult at this time, and Chongzhen had no way to give Sun Chuanting enough military salary.

In fact, Sun Chuanting knew very well that the country was in trouble and the finances were in short supply at this time, and the reason why he made this request was so that his real request could be agreed to by Chongzhen - self-raising silver.

The final result was that Sun Chuanting naturally got Chongzhen's consent, and it was this power that enabled Sun Chuanting to show his strength later.

May 16th.

Sun Chuanting entered Qin to perform his duties, during which he raised 3,000 strong troops, actively rectified the military and political affairs of Shaanxi, and revitalized the combat effectiveness of the Ming army.

A month later, Sun Chuanting led his troops into suppressing Shangluo, and won one victory after another, and Zhang Xian, the king of neatness, was beheaded by his formation, and the strength of the Shangluo bandits was greatly damaged.

What happened next is clear to everyone.

In July, Gao Yingxiang led his troops out from the meridian of Chencang and wanted to raid Xi'an.

Sun Chuanting was in Xi'an Mansion at this time, and perhaps it was really destiny.

When Gao Yingxiang led the army to march in the plank road, he was suddenly met with continuous heavy rain.

This heavy rain extinguished all Gao Yingxiang's hard work.

This heavy rain also made Gao Yingxiang lose the last possibility of a comeback and lose his last vitality.

This heavy rain made all Gao Yingxiang's plans and plans go to waste.

Sun Chuanting's last pawn ate the biggest black dragon on the board, saving the game that was about to be overturned, and white once again gained the upper hand.

The rest of the black pieces on the board were also heavily surrounded......

Gao Yingxiang put down the chess pieces in his hand, he looked up at the sky above him, and then set his eyes on the chessboard.

In the end, everything turned into a long sigh.

"Woo——————"

The low and desolate sound of the horn interrupted Chen Wang's thoughts.

Immediately after that, a burst of earth-shattering shouts of killing swept from behind Chen Wang.

Chen Wang opened his eyes.

Gao Yingxiang, Hong Chengchou, Lu Xiangsheng and Sun Chuanting, as well as the illusions of the mountains and rivers chessboard, all disappeared from his mind.

In front of him was just an ordinary sand table.

"Winter!" "Winter!" "Winter!"

The rapid sound of war drums sounded immediately, and Chen Wang turned his head to follow the sound.

The sound of the trumpets is the sound of the attacking army, and the sound of the drums is the response of the defenders above the tower.

Chen Wang turned around and looked out the door.

Outside the door were groups of soldiers marching in at a gallop.

Dressed in iron armor and wearing high helmets, the military academy held Yanling knives in their hands and calmly gave orders one after another.

And those soldiers who wore plackets and helmets carried out military orders in an orderly manner.

Although the people in cloth and the militia in green clothes looked frightened, none of them stopped their movements.

For Gao Yingxiang, Xing'an City is his training ground, and he wants to rely on Xing'an to select fierce and brave soldiers from among these hungry soldiers.

For Chen Wang, Xing'an City is also a place for military training.

After the expansion of the army, nearly half of the soldiers under his command have not experienced bloody battlefields, and have not experienced the baptism of fire and sword.

In a sense, Gao Yingxiang actually helped Chen Wang.

Chen Wang pressed the Yanling knife on his waist, he walked out of the city tower, walked to the edge of the city wall, and stood at the position of the battlement.

Looking down from the battlement, countless hungry soldiers in disheveled clothes under the city had already covered the entire front, densely packed like an ant colony.

Chen Wang raised his head and looked farther away, just behind the starving army array, on a mound that had been piled up not long ago, a purple banner stood out among the chaotic flags......

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"Sun Chuanting's Epitaph":

"Gao Yingxiang took Heishuiyu from Hanzhong to invade Xi'an."

"The public heart strategy" thief "is far away, the road is dangerous and the rain is pouring, the people and horses are tired, facing the battle in the mountain, there is no way to get it, and the thief can be caught! ”

"Lead the lonely standard to cross the Wei advanced counterattack and defeat it."

"Governor Hong Gong heard that the public had broken the thief, so he led the soldiers to gallop into the battle again tomorrow, captured Gao Yingxiang alive, and captured His Majesty."