[Chapter 402] Don’t do it, and don’t stop, and kill directly towards Ningxia City!

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The White-clothed Army captured Pinglu City, and the defense line in the south was completely flattened. The Heishan Camp and Weizhen Fort also became the real rear, so there was no need to worry about being attacked by the enemy. The craftsmen and Xu family in Weizhen Fort were all safe. The large tracts of land around the Heishan Camp can be cultivated freely. This is very beneficial for economic development. If three million acres of land are developed, they can support three million people.

Of course, I don’t know what kind of reaction the White Army will have when it takes Pinglu City. Anyway, no matter what the reaction there is, since the White Army has controlled Pinglu City, it is absolutely impossible to spit it out again. If the court wants to quell the rebellion, then start with Pinglu City! Of course, the premise is that they must first defend Ningxia City.

Attacking a small Pinglu City could not satisfy Xu Xingxia's appetite. His eyes had long been on Ningxia City. The white-clothed army easily captured Pinglu City, which allowed Xu Xingxia to see the hope of taking Ningxia City. Anyway, attacking Pinglu City is also a rebellion, and attacking Ningxia City is also a rebellion, so it would be fine to take Ningxia City. If you take Ningxia City, there are many benefits. Even if you pay a certain price, it is quite worth it.

"Continue to march towards Ningxia City!"

Xu Xingxia continued to issue orders to advance!

There was no other order, which was more in line with the thoughts of the white-clothed soldiers than this order. They had not yet stretched their muscles and bones to conquer Pinglu City, and they needed a more intense battle to vent their inner anger. To them, Ningxia City was the source of all sins. All those who did not deal with them stayed in Ningxia City. Most of the people who bullied them stayed in Ningxia City. They wanted to razed Ningxia City to the ground.

"Da da da da!"

The sound of horse hooves was rapid, and the rolling cavalry of the white-clothed army rushed towards Ningxia City like a tide.

The military households in the Heishan Camp in the rear could not hold back their feelings when they learned that the White-Clothed Army was attacking Ningxia City, and they couldn't help it. They also hated those evil guys hiding in Ningxia City. Now, Xu Xingxia is going to cause trouble for them, why are the military households willing to lag behind? Many people spontaneously organized and went to the front line to participate in the war. Don't have suitable weapons? It doesn't matter, just one wooden stick is enough. The White-Clothed Army is fighting in the front, and they just pick up bargains in the back.

The hundreds of households in the management committee also acted quickly and formulated a plan to accept Ningxia City. They were different from the military households below. The military households below only wanted to rush into Ningxia City, destroy everything inside, and kill all their enemies. The best way is to put a fire in the entire Ningxia City and burn them all. However, doing so would be of no use except venting anger and wasting natural resources.

The White-Clothed Army is a very important condition for Ningxia City to develop and grow. It has a solid city wall, a basically perfect commercial system, and a basically perfect ordnance production system. It also has a population of 200,000. In any aspect, the conditions of Ningxia City are much better than the Heishan Camp. Therefore, such a city cannot be easily destroyed. Things that should be protected must be protected and cannot be easily destroyed.

From Pinglu City to Ningxia City, there is a road connected in the middle. A large number of white-clothed cavalry went south along the main road, without any intention of concealing it. Occasionally, there were business travelers passing by and found that the white-clothed army was taking action and heading towards Ningxia City. They all looked pale and didn't know what to do. They vaguely knew about the relationship between Xu Xingxia and the senior management of Ningxia Town. However, they never dreamed that the white-clothed army would attack Ningxia City.

Where is Ningxia City? It is one of the important towns on the nine sides! It is a real military fortress! There is a vassal palace, a governor's yamen, a general's yamen, and a prefect's yamen, and thousands of officials of all sizes. Xu Xingxia brazenly launched an attack on Ningxia City, which was a naked rebellion. If this is not considered rebellion? What kind of action is considered rebellion? No one can refute this. It is estimated that the news came out that the court must immediately send a large army to encircle and suppress it. There is no room for negotiation.

Will Xu Xingxia not know the consequences of doing this? It is impossible not to know. However, Xu Xingxia did this even though she knew the consequences were serious. What does this mean? This shows that he was fully prepared. This old devil Xu is indeed a strong man. The people in Ningxia City are probably going to be unlucky. If Xu Xingxia conquers Ningxia City, they will not be forgiven. If Ningxia is in chaos, I am afraid that the entire Ming Dynasty will follow.

This Xu Xingxia is not Bobai more than 20 years ago. He is not so easy to be wiped out. The combat effectiveness of the White Army is much stronger than that of Bobai back then. Moreover, Li Rusong, Li Rubai and others who cleared Bobai back then have all died one after another. It is difficult for the court to mobilize elite troops to encircle Xu Xingxia!

"Bang bang bang!"

While we were moving, there were fierce gunfire coming from the front.

Xu Xingxia immediately ordered the troops to encircle them. He estimated that it was the white-clad army led by Chi Hu who faced the Ming army that came out to reinforce in Ningxia City.

In fact, this is true. When Ningxia City learned that the White-clad Army was attacking Pinglu City, he hurriedly sent troops to reinforce. Li Maohui and Li Guozhen knew very well what kind of danger Ningxia City would face once Pinglu City falls. Therefore, they all hoped to limit the war to Pinglu City, buy time for Ningxia City as much as possible and improve defense. They needed more time, mobilize more troops, and reserve more weapons and materials.

To be honest, Xu Xingxia's move was as expected by Li Maohui and Li Guozhen. Their original estimate was that Xu Xingxia's biggest reaction was to find ways to trouble the government army and eat some of the government army to relieve their hatred. It was absolutely impossible to conquer the city and stole the land. Because if you conquer the city and stole the land, you would rebel nakedly and have no room for maneuver. They estimated that Xu Xingxia was not as anxious as that. Unexpectedly, their guesses were all wrong. Xu Xingxia was really anxious and ignored the consequences.

The Ming army, who came to reinforce from Ningxia City, was led by the gang general Lin Shenhe, hurriedly reinforced Pinglu City. In order to ensure the safety of Pinglu City, Lin Shenhe led a total of about 10,000 reinforcements. Among them, three thousand were war soldiers and seven thousand were temporary patchwork of guards. As a result, shortly after they left Ningxia City, they met with the White-clothed Army near Hongguang Castle and Yaofu Castle. Before the battle began, the guards escaped most of them.

The garrison troops in Ningxia City were welcoming the arrival of the white-clothed army, so how could they have the intention to fight the garrison troops? It was only because of the deterrence of the other three thousand warriors that they had to show off. Along the way, as long as they had the chance to escape, the garrison troops fled one after another, and unknowingly, most of them escaped. Lin Shenhe was anxious and angry, but he had no choice. Originally, the garrison troops were just a mess and were used to make up for the numbers, so it was impossible to count on them.

There was no choice but to use his three thousand combat soldiers to set up a formation and try to stop the White-Clothed Army's attack. He was also an old general in the Ming army, and he still had ordinary military insights. As soon as the two sides contacted each other, Lin Shenhe felt something was wrong. The number of musketeers in the White-Clothed Army may not be less than theirs, but their morale was much higher than theirs, and the power of the musket was several times stronger. He knew very well that he could not defeat the other party at all. The only thing he could do was to delay the other party's southward and buy a few hours for Ningxia City in the rear.

Will Xu Xingxia take advantage of the victory to attack Ningxia City? This is certain. If it were Lin Shenhe himself, he would never miss such a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. Because the elite army of Ningxia Town, with 5,000 in Pinglu City, would probably end up being destroyed. There are 3,000 in his hands, and it is probably going to end. Then, it is impossible for the remaining thousands of people to defend the huge Ningxia City. Now, it is definitely the most vulnerable time for Ningxia City.

Don’t expect the guards, they are not reliable at all. Their hearts are simply towards Xu Xingxia and towards the Bai-Clothing Army. If they are used to defend the city, you must even prevent them from rebeling, whether they will open the city gates and let the Bai-Clothing Army enter the city. Don’t expect the guards of the Prince Qing’s Mansion. They are not large in number and will never involve such large-scale wars. Their only action is to protect King Qing Zhu Shuaixian from escaping. As for others, don’t expect that the money will fall and scatter!

"preparation!"

"put!"

Chi Hu issued an order calmly.

"Bang bang bang!"

"Bang bang bang!"

"Bang bang bang!"

Rows of gunfire sounded in a neat manner.

This is the characteristic of the army commanded by Chi Hu. Even if you perform a musket volley, it is very rhythmic, with ups and downs and downs and moderates. To the viewer, it is like a beautiful percussion piece. However, in the eyes of the target being fired by a musket, such a volley is fatal. Every time a volley is fired, the Ming army on the opposite side will fall in pieces. The muskets they use are not the opponent of the Sun and Moon Guns at all!

The soldiers commanded by Lin Shenhe were not many, with only about 3,000 people. After being shot several times by the White-Clothed Army, they collapsed immediately. Lin Shenhe felt helpless and had to retreat. However, he could no longer leave. Because, as Xu Xingxia's reinforcements arrived, all of them were white-Clothed Army. This time, the White-Clothed Army heading south were all cavalry and moved very quickly. They surrounded the remaining official troops, tightly and incompletely.

"Chi Hu, can you catch someone alive?"

Xu Xingxia came to Chi Hu's side and whispered.

Lin Shenhe, the general of the gang, is still useful to him. Lin Shenhe is different from Lu Yide. He is a standard soldier and has no nepotism with the senior management of Ningxia Town, nor is he a confidant of someone. His ability to lead three thousand soldiers was entirely due to his own ability. In a sense, he was not Xu Xingxia's enemy. In addition, as a general, he was very familiar with the situation in Ningxia Town. Keeping him was conducive to controlling the situation in Ningxia Town.

It is conceivable that if the White-Clothed Army successfully entered Ningxia Town this time, it would definitely be necessary to clean up a large number of people. The vast military households behind the White-Clothed Army were just for killing people and robbing things. To put it coldly, Ningxia City would probably be bloody and corpses everywhere. The senior management of Ningxia Town, such as the Deputy Chiefs of the General Office, the Dusi, the Commander of the Wei, etc., basically cannot survive. As long as they are caught, they will be dead.

Even if Xu Xingxia doesn't want to start a massacre, it is impossible. Because the military households below have already been ignited and must be vented. This is not based on his personal will. The only thing he can do is to keep all the useful people for the time being. For example, Zuo Guangdou and others, see if there is any possibility of convincing them in the future.

"No problem, I'll go make arrangements." Chi Hu agreed immediately.

Not long after, Lin Shenhe, who was quite embarrassed, was escorted to Chi Hu by the soldiers of the White Army. Then, he was escorted to Xu Xingxia. The veteran accepted his failure calmly. In fact, this cannot be said to be his personal failure. It is really because his army's combat effectiveness is not good. A clever woman cannot cook without rice. No matter how capable he is, he will be defeated when encountering a unit like the White Army.

"Look at it first." Xu Xingxia said calmly.

He waved his hand and commanded the various armies of the White-Clothed Army and continued to set out towards Ningxia City. He headed south, and the surrounding Hongguang Fort, Yaofu Fort, Changxin Fort, Li Gang Fort, and Zhang Liang Fort were easily broken by the White-Clothed Army. The military households inside were spontaneously organized, killed their superiors, and then rushed to Ningxia City. As a result, when approaching Ningxia City, there were already 30,000 to 40,000 people around Xu Xingxia. It was so powerful that the earth was shaking.

Due to the large number of people, it was impossible for a large army to march along the way. Xu Xingxia ordered the troops to find their own way, advance in unison, and march from different roads to Ningxia City. As for the accompanying military households, they were also assigned to various troops and temporarily served as civilians. As a result, after the separation, the white-clothed army and military households in each route still had as many as three or four thousand people, which was really a torrent and unstoppable. At this time, let alone Ningxia City, even Xi'an Prefecture or even the capital, Xu Xingxia dared to go up and touch it.

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Compared with Xu Xingxia's high spirits, the senior executives of Ningxia Town were really furious and frowning. At the beginning, Li Guozhen, the general of Ningxia Town who proposed to send troops to test Xu Xingxia's bottom line, was forced to shrink into the corner by the angry eyes of everyone and did not dare to move. Everyone has always believed that the culprit was Li Guozhen. If he hadn't been asking for trouble and sent Lu Yide and Lin Shenhe to provoke Xu Xingxia, how could there be the disaster today? It doesn't matter if you go to cause trouble, but don't lead the disaster to Ningxia City!
Chapter completed!