The ninth year of Chongzhen, June 29.

Xi'an Mansion, outside Xi'an City, and the Ming army camp were slaughtered.

Outside the tent of the Chinese army, all the generals of the Ming army stood on both sides with helmets and armor.

The four armor soldiers are sanitation, and the spears are like a forest.

Sun Chuanting entered Xi'an on 16 May to formally take up his duties, succeeding Gan Xuekuo as governor, more than a month ago.

After Sun Chuanting entered Shaanxi, the first thing he did was to rectify the guards, count the tuntian, and recruit pacesetters.

Now stationed outside Xi'an, this brightly armored and high-morale Ming army is the pacesetter battalion directly under Sun Chuanting.

Most of these soldiers are elite warriors selected from the guards in various places, and some are elites drawn from the battalions stationed in various places, and their momentum is naturally very different from ordinary battalion guards.

"Da Da Da-"

The sound of hurried horses' hooves came from the periphery, and the long-awaited Ming army generals and colonies outside the Chinese army tent all looked sideways.

A roll of yellow dust was rolling, and a group of cavalry was already galloping from outside the gate of the Chinese army.

Whether it was the generals who were wearing the armor of the generals, or the soldiers who stood outside the tent with weapons in their hands, they all bowed their heads and bowed.

"Greetings to the military gate!

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Before the greeting fell, Sun Chuanting had already fallen from his horse to the ground.

Sun Chuanting has a handsome appearance, a dignified appearance, a dense black beard with three short beards, and a gleam flashing between his eyes from time to time, and there is a sharp aura that cannot be concealed under his eyes between Gu Pan.

Different from the general civil official face for excellent maintenance, in Sun Chuanting, you can clearly see the traces left by the years.

Sun Chuanting held the whip in one hand and pressed the sword in the other, nodded slightly, and strode towards the Chinese military tent.

The guards guarding the tent of the Chinese army had already stepped forward and lifted the curtain.

Outside the tent, a group of generals stood up after Sun Chuanting walked into the tent, and poured into the tent according to their rank and rank.

Sun Chuanting sat on the first seat, removed the golden helmet of the Three Flags Moon Light and Darkness on the top, and placed it on the wooden table.

He did not wear official uniforms and black gauze hats like other governors and governors, but wore armor and armor, and was fully armed.

At this time, he was still wearing a dark gold fish-scale cuirass, a fish-scale brocade vermilion skirt underneath, and blue-black military academy cavalry boots on his feet.

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Just when Sun Chuanting was seated, the generals had already stood in order at this time.

Sun Chuanting's sharp gaze swept over the bodies of the generals in the tent one by one, and asked in a deep voice.

"Is there any news from Hanzhong Mansion?"

"Return to the military gate."

Li Yingke, a guerrilla of the Chinese army, came out of the queue with his fists and replied respectfully.

"At two o'clock today, I received an urgent report from the arrival of the guerrilla Zhou Yumao from Hanzhong Prefecture."

"The thieves have arrived in Xixiang and Yangxian, and have not yet crossed the city, but most of them are temporarily in Shiquan and Hanyin."

"The thieves tried to storm the city a few days ago, but instead plundered the surrounding towns."

Sun Chuanting's eyes were calm and his mood was peaceful.

"Isn't there any news from Hung Yen yet?"

Li Yingke shook his head and replied.

"Since 18 June, no news has been received from Hung Yen Prefecture, and our army has lost contact with him for more than 10 days."

Li Yingke paused, thought for a moment, and then continued.

"In April, the thieves also entered the Hanzhong Mansion to besiege Xing'an, and the siege lasted for two months, although they broke through the three cities of Pingli, Ziyang and Xunyang, but in the end they still failed to break through the city of Xing'anzhou."

Sun Chuanting frowned slightly and asked.

"If I remember correctly, the guard of Xing'an City is now the general of Hanzhong Mansion, named Chen Wang."

"Junmen remembers correctly."

Li Yingke recalled Chen Wang's information in his mind, he was in charge of the liaison of Hanzhong Mansion, so he naturally knew about the situation in Hanzhong Mansion in advance.

"Chen Wangyuan was a guerrilla in Datong Town, because of the battle of Hanzhong as a general in Hanzhong, he officially accepted the appointment in the first month of this year, and then led the troops to continue to suppress the remnants of Hanzhong Prefecture, and soon after entering Xing'an Prefecture, the thieves rushed into Xing'an Prefecture through Nanyang Mansion from Xunxiang."

Sun Chuanting bowed slightly, when he first took office as the governor of Shaanxi, most of his energy was used to recruit pacesetters, rectify military affairs and government affairs, and he was not familiar with most of the military generals in the province.

Hong Chengchou is still the commander of the military affairs of Shaanxi Province, and the places he can govern are quite limited.

Just ten days ago, he was inspecting the tuntian fields that had been encroached upon by the wealthy gentry and wealthy families in various places, when a military report from Hung Yen Prefecture interrupted his original plan.

"The thieves re-entered Xing'an from Xunxiang, and the brigade went north, and the marching army was several miles wide, and the soldiers and horses were inexhaustible, and the elite horsemen of the multi-horse army were few old and weak."

Sun Chuanting's eyes narrowed slightly, on the way to his post, he learned about the situation in Shaanxi Province in advance, and he had a general understanding of most of the military generals in the province.

Li Yingke's report also reminded him of more information.

Hanzhong Mansion is a staff general set up in nine years, Chen Wang is the first general of Hanzhong Mansion, a native of Liaodong, originally a family member under Cao Wenzhao, because of the battle of Chunhua was promoted to a battalion general, and then promoted to a general.

There is a Liao cavalry of nearly 1,000 people under his command, which was originally a cavalry under the command of Zhang Waijia, the deputy chief soldier of Shanhai Town, and Zhang Waijia was taken over by him after he died in battle.

As a general in Hanzhong, Chen Wang's soldiers had nearly 3,000 soldiers, and I heard that there were many recruited soldiers and auxiliaries under his command.

Roughly calculated, if Chen Wang's command defends the city, there will be more than 5,000 people who can be used.

With 5,000 people and the guards who assisted in the defense, he blocked the invasion of the city under Gao Yingxiang's command for nearly two months, and he was a general.

Although he had not seen Chen Wang's face, Sun Chuanting also had a rough outline based on this information.

"How many days will it take for the Funan Guards to complete the assembly?"

Sun Chuanting raised his eyes and asked a guard officer wearing mountain armor beside him.

Seeing Sun Chuanting's gaze, the officer of the guard station suddenly felt like he was sitting on pins and needles, and a little fine sweat couldn't help but ooze from his forehead.

"It will take about five days to open the military gate, receive the ordnance, and transfer procedures, and rush from the place......

Sun Chuanting raised his eyebrows and interrupted the words of the officer of the guard.

"Three days."

"I'll give you three days, and each guard will send 4,000 soldiers to Xi'an."

"This ...... Obey ......"

The officer of the guard turned pale, but he didn't dare to refuse.

He couldn't dare to reject Sun Chuanting at this time.

The new officials took office with three fires, and Sun Chuanting's fire as governor burned even more fiercely than the previous governors.

The commander of the right guard in Xi'an was demoted and fined by Sun Chuanting because of his unfavorable work, and he did not want to suffer the same punishment himself.

"Three-Day ......"

After asking all the questions, Sun Chuanting did not bother with the generals in the account.

Although Sun Chuanting is different from Hong Chengchou, who is dictatorial to Qiangang, he will not ask the opinions of military generals.

Because even if he asks questions, these generals will not make any useful proposals, which is the unspoken rule nowadays.

Formulating a strategy is what the governors should do, as military generals they are only responsible for fighting, and the governors will fight them as they say.

The so-called military council is really just an occasion for announcing military orders.

Sun Chuanting thought about the time in his heart, and it was July three days later.

Time was too tight to train the guards.

Sun Chuanting lowered his head and looked at the map on the table.

The map on his desk at this time depicts the situation in the whole of Shaanxi Province.

The cities, mountains and rivers of various places are depicted on them one by one, and it is very clear.

On the map, black and red are staggered.

In the central core of the huge Xi'an Mansion, there are only a few red flags, but the surrounding area is covered with black flags representing the Liukou.

Sun Chuanting's expression was calm, and his eyes fell on the map, in Hanzhong Mansion, Shiquan and Hanyin, as well as the line of Xing'an Prefecture.

The black flags representing the Liukou are densely scattered in every corner from the beginning of Xing'an all the way to Shiquan.

There were nearly 300,000 rogues who entered Hanzhong Mansion last time, and the leaders were Gao Yingxiang and Zhang Xianzhong.

At that time, the cavalry of the Liukou had already penetrated deep into the area around the stone spring.

And this is this time, there are only more than 200,000 rogues who have entered Hanzhong Mansion, Zhang Xianzhong is not there, and Gao Yingxiang is still leading the troops.

This time, the cavalry of the Liukou crossed Shiquan and walked dozens of miles west, entering the vicinity of Xixiang and Yangxiang.

"The horses are few and there are few old and weak ......"

According to information from Henan Province, the reason why Liukou returned to Hanzhong Mansion was because of the setback he suffered at Jingmen at the end of May, and his hungry soldiers and infantry suffered a lot of losses.

The Liukou who entered Hanzhong Mansion attacked Xixiang and Yangxian in only a few days before stopping their attack, and it seemed that they did not have a firm determination, but more to plunder the population and grain and grass.

According to Liukou's previous practice, this time Gao Yingxiang should have re-entered Hanzhong Mansion in order to coerce more people into the army, and then return to Xunxiang.

The best evidence is that what the army did before entering Hanzhong Mansion is not much different from what it is doing now.

In the area of Xunxiang Mansion, Zhang Xianzhong, Liu Guoneng, and Zhang Yichuan, the sweeping king, and other 72 battalions have not withdrawn, and are still confronting the Huguang battalion soldiers and the Henan army led by Lu Xiangsheng.

But Sun Chuanting had already noticed something different from it.

Sun Chuanting's gaze kept wandering on the map in front of the table.

In the current situation, there are many doubts.

Why did Li Zicheng go north to Mizhi County in Yan'an Prefecture, northern Shaanxi has been plagued by disasters for many years, and there is no food to be found, thousands of miles of red land, what can I find there?

Shanxi has also been affected by a large area this year, and it is impossible for Li Zicheng not to know the news.

Most of the Liukou in Shaanxi Province are active in the mountainous areas near Tongguan in the eastern part of Xi'an Prefecture, as well as in the mountainous areas of Yan'an Prefecture.

The main force of the Liukou put on a decisive posture in Xunxiang and Xiangxiang, as if they were preparing to fight to the death with the officers and soldiers.

Sun Chuanting looked at the map and looked at the Hanzhong Mansion above the map.

He was thinking about how he would survive and choose if he was Gao Yingxiang and one of the rogues.

Looking at the Hanzhong Mansion in the map, a plan gradually appeared in Sun Chuanting's mind.

The 200,000 army plundered Yangxian and Xixiang, marched into Hanzhong, and attacked Baocheng in the north.

Hanzhong City is fortified, there are more than 1,000 battalions in the city, more than 4,000 guards, and a large number of wealthy families in the city can recruit social soldiers to help defend the city, and Hanzhong City is difficult to capture.

However, the central part of Hanzhong Province is open and flat, which is most suitable for cavalry combat.

Except for Hanzhong, the rest of the prefectures and counties did not have many soldiers to defend, and in order to ensure the safety of the vassal king, the battalions of Hanzhong City absolutely did not dare to act rashly.

Although Hanzhong Mansion belongs to Shaanxi, almost all other parts of Shaanxi have suffered from large-scale famines, but Hanzhong has not suffered much damage.

Only when Chongzhen was in the seventh year, Gao Yingxiang, Li Zicheng, Zhang Xianzhong and others invaded Hanzhong Mansion for a period of time, but at that time they were quickly driven out.

In fact, many parts of Hanzhong Province have not been destroyed, and most of them are still relatively wealthy and densely populated.

The army swept all the way to the west, plundering the entire Hanzhong Mansion, at least a population of nearly 200,000.

Sun Chuanting's gaze stayed on Yu Guan, which was above the slightly yang.

Yuguan is a checkpoint in the northwest of Hanzhong Province, which connects Hanzhong Mansion and Gongchang Prefecture.

Originally, Chen Wang chased Li Yangchun and Lin Shengquan all the way through here and entered the Hanzhong Mansion.

Gao Yingxiang can lead the army here to Gongchang Mansion and enter the interior of Shaanxi Province again......

Or enter Sichuan......

Now a large number of Sichuan troops are converging towards Huguang, and the Sichuan garrison is much weaker than in previous years.

But......

Now the army has indeed stopped at Xixiang and Yangxian.

This is unusual.

Sun Chuanting looked at the map in front of him, his eyes swept over the towns of Hanzhong Mansion, and finally stopped at Xi'an City in Xi'an Mansion.

At this moment, he was already sure of his opinion.

If it weren't for Gan Xuekuo's dismissal, he took over as the governor of Shaanxi and recruited a battalion of 3,000 pacesetters.

Then Xi'an Mansion can be described as unprecedentedly empty, the total number of surrounding guards is only 4,000, and there are only more than 2,000 guards in the city.

Once the enemy soldiers are in the city, not to mention that it will take time for the surrounding guards to rush over, it is a huge problem to say whether they dare to support or not.

With only more than 2,000 guards, plus some people who assisted in the defense, how could they defend Xi'an City in the face of more than 100,000 fierce and vicious rogues?

And Hong Chengchou is now leading the troops in Yan'an Mansion, even if he sends cavalry to gallop in the starry night, it will take several days to come and go, and he can't rush back at all.

"Good Courage ......"

Rao was an enemy, but Sun Chuanting couldn't help but admire.

If Gan Xuekuo had not been deposed, if he had not been in Xi'an.

Maybe Gao Yingxiang......

Sun Chuanting's eyes narrowed slightly, and a hint of fierceness flashed in his eyes.

Time also, life also.

There are no ifs in reality.

Sun Chuanting raised his head and looked around at the generals in the tent.

After the generals in the tent came into contact with Sun Chuanting's gaze, all the generals bowed their heads.

I don't know why they feel that Sun Chuanting's momentum has changed.

"Tomorrow, the fourth watch will make rice, and the fifth watch will pull out the camp, and go south to Juxian County."

Sun Chuanting hugged his helmet and pressed his sword, and ordered in a deep voice.

"After the assembly of the guards, immediately go south, with the county!"