Chapter sixty two
Wu Sangui won a great victory in Xiningwei, and then sent a messenger to Hanzhong. Wu Sangui's troops headed straight east and headed straight to the important town of Lanzhou.
It was only about 400 miles from Xining Acropolis to Lanzhou Fucheng. The cavalry of Wu Sangui rushed away in tattered armor and soon arrived at Lanzhou Fucheng.
Wu Sangui has always been the Dinghai Dinghai Sword Needle in the northwest of the Qing Dynasty. Now the only remaining Han prince is now. Even if his troops are defeated, he still has no less than 40,000 former Guanning Army in Hanzhong. He can be called a great figure on the ground in the northwest. Even the court has to support this prince with heavy troops. How dare the officials in Lanzhou dare to put it in danger?
Since this is the case, Wu Sangui personally led the army to flee in a hurry, and the smoke and dust of pursuers were behind him for several miles. Lanzhou Prefecture City immediately opened the city gate and asked Wu Sangui to enter the city to assist in defense. At the same time, it was also necessary to avoid the possibility of being held accountable by the Qing court when he was not saved.
However, after Wu Sangui's army entered the city, he quickly controlled the city under the pretext of taking over the city defense. He was immediately defeated by Zhang Tianfu's troops who were chasing him. He had to raise his troops eastward and continue to stage a chase scene on the official road to the distant Xi'an Prefecture.
Lanzhou was inexplicably captured by the rebels, and Wu Sangui rushed east again in a hurry, and relied on the shipping capabilities of his cavalry and the Wei River to flee east at an extremely fast speed.
However, Wu Sangui's army was moving fast, but it was not as fast as rumors. The King of Pingxi defeated Xining Wei, and the whole of Shaanxi soon became treacherous. Almost not long after all, Zhang Tianfu led a group of Mongolians in Moxi into the pass. In Xining Wei, he defeated Wu Sangui, and then began to sweep away the shocking news of Shaanxi.
In the west of the desert, Mongolia mainly operates in later Xinjiang, Central Asia, Qinghai and Tibet, and there are Junggar, Hoshuote, Tuergut and other tribes.
Among them, Turgut had moved westward decades ago, and would return eastward in history, but it is impossible for them to appear in Shaanxi now. The remaining two divisions, Junggar dominated Xinjiang Central Asia, while Hoshuot occupied Qinghai and Tibet, were all overlords, and no one had the courage to guarantee that they would not advance eastward while the Qing Dynasty was in decline, especially Junggar tribe, which had such strength.
The plot of Yibi Stone is staged again. After hearing this, many people said that it was Li Zicheng who asked Zhang Tianfu to warn him that Wu Sangui's retribution for plotting against Li Zicheng that year, and then the news spread more and more.
The news spread like crazy, from the Mongolian tribe in the West of the Mohe, to the Mongolian tribe in the West of the Mohe, and then to the Mongolian tribes in the West of the Mohe and the North of the Mohe, the Mongolian tribes in the South of the Mohe reached an alliance, electing a descendant of Genghis Khan as the Great Khan, who wanted to enter the Han territory, eliminate the Qing Dynasty and the Southern Ming Dynasty, and thus achieve the great cause of rebuilding the Yuan Empire!
The rumors on the road were getting scarier and more, as if millions of Mongolian cavalry would go south early the next morning. Just when people were in panic, Wu Sangui's army went from Lanzhou Prefecture to Gongchang Prefecture and then to Fengxiang Prefecture. Wherever they went, they would be captured by the "Mongolian Cavalry" and Zhang Tianfu's army for a short time, almost recreating the speed of lightning when Wu Sangui led the Qing troops into the pass.
"Your Majesty, it's so easy to conquer the city and land."
From west to east, 1,500 miles away, wherever you go, the city you pass by is easy to take down. Now Xi'an is right in front of you. It is not only the capital city of Shaanxi, but also the ancient capital of the Six Dynasties and the only remaining residence of the Right Wing of the Eight Banners in Shaanxi, Xi'an, which is now a prosperous place. There are 2,000 Eight Banners in the city and several times that of Manchus and Mongolians. The Mongolian military subordinates can be said to be the most important city in the entire northwest, no doubt about it!
"Yes, it's so easy and really unreplicable. I'm afraid that when I arrive in Xi'an, I may not be fooled again."
It is not impossible to eat everything with one move, but anyone is a fool. A fresh technique like him is time-sensitive. If the cavalry had not run all the way, if his status forced those officials to let him into the city, it would have been not that easy.
As expected, when Wu Sangui's army arrived at the city of Xi'an, Shaanxi Governor Chen Jixin personally went to the city and politely refused Wu Sangui's request to enter the city.
Faced with the closed door, Wu Sangui knew that the scam could no longer continue. Is it the conservative measures taken by Chen Jixin to prevent changes, or is this person who has seen through his tricks, it is actually no longer important - if the city gate is not opened, he doesn't need to wait for Zhang Tianfu to arrive before performing a game under the city, because he has no idea whether the Xi'an defenders have seen through his tricks.
"I have seen this Shaanxi Governor Chen Jixin. I am so stupid that I don't look like a ruthless person. Not to mention anything else, if I follow the example of the Shandong governor Tie Xuan Tieding Stone during the Jingnan period, I only need to put a thousand jin gate. Even if I am not killed, once I fall into the city, I will be dead when facing the thousands of Manchu and Mongolian Eight Banners."
Wu Sangui looked full of gratitude. Thinking about the past, danger was not impossible. It was just that wealth and honor were in danger. In addition, there were not many defenders everywhere, and they were all green camps. Now, facing the serious Eight Banners Army, since they have closed and eliminated the risk of being cheated, he has only left to break into the door and enter.
"I think Emperor Chengzu had suddenly fallen into a thousand pounds and could only survive the disaster when he hit the horse's head. The prince's situation is similar today, all due to the deep blessings. I will think he should congratulate the prince."
"Should congratulate the prince."
The Prime Minister Xia opened his mouth and compared his father-in-law with the Emperor Chengzu of the Ming Dynasty. The generals also echoed him. This was a chaotic world, and strong soldiers were capital. Now, on the surface, it seemed that the Qing Dynasty was in a declining confrontation with the prosperous Chen Wen, and the others could only take advantage of the troubled waters. However, this chaotic world has not completely ended, and it is difficult to predict what it will be like in the end, and they may not have no chance at all.
The current former Guanning Army Group, the generals below Wu Sangui are either his relatives or trusted people who have followed him for many years, have a strong internal cohesion, which is more promising than those with the large Western Army.
After the congratulations, Wu Sangui still faced the problem in front of him. Now that he only has the siege, he can only wait for the main force to arrive. After all, he only brought these few thousand cavalry, so he can't use cavalry to attack the city. What's more, he was exhausted when he came all the way and needed time to fix it.
"If you have a good reputation, it will be unrighteous. It is time to fight the Tatars with the banner of the Ming Dynasty. Otherwise, the soldiers may not be able to exert their full strength in the face of the Eight Banners Army. What's more, if you don't use the banner of the Ming court to conquer Shaanxi and attract people's hearts, and continue to use the banner of the Tatars, I'm afraid that when the reinforcements from the court arrive, we will have to fight for others."
As early as when Wu Sangui instigated Li Guoying to mobilize his army to participate in the confrontation against Zhang Tianfu, Wu Sangui had already sent people south to ask for help from the Yongli court. Calculate the days, the Ming court should have received news. If he did not use the banner of the Ming court to attract people and completely control the local government in Shaanxi, then when the Ming court reinforcements arrived, he would have made a wedding dress for others with such painstaking planning.
Especially in the current situation, Chen Wenquan took Huguang, and the commander who led the troops was likely to be the King of Jin Li Dingguo. With Li Dingguo's prestige, even if he controlled the local government, he might not be able to suppress it, let alone what he is now.
Wu Sangui previously sent a messenger to Hanzhong and agreed on a time. Now his son-in-law, Prime Minister Xia, has settled the thousand Han military flags in Hanzhong and other local green camp armed forces. According to the messenger's report, he was leading the army to come here at night and it took him a few days to arrive.
A few days later, under the leadership of Wu Sangui's son-in-law Xia Guo-Gui, the leader of Wu Sangui's confidant general Yang Shen, Wu Guo-gui and others who had followed the left and right in western Liaoning, Wu Sangui's main force arrived at the city of Xi'an as scheduled. Next, Zhang Tianfu's troops rushed from Wu Gong County to jointly camp with Wu Sangui, and the army finally gathered together, but Wu Sangui's intention was completely exposed to the eyes of the Qing army on the top of the city.
Wu Sangui had no intention of concealing this. The next morning, Wu Sangui took the stage to gather troops. Seeing tens of thousands of troops right in front of him, the pride in his heart arose.
"Soldiers, when the slave chief Dorgon agreed to avenge the king's father for the late emperor Chongzhen, I opened the switch and led the Tartars to pacify the thieves. However, over the past ten years, the Tartars wiped out the bandits, but refused to retreat outside the pass. Instead, they killed the Han people in the pass, just like when the Yuan Dynasty went south."
"In recent years, I have been restrained by Li Guohan and other rebels, enduring humiliation and living a life of silence, just to see the Han family again one day. Now the Ming Dynasty has recovered Nanjing, the Eight Manchu Banners have been defeated in Jiangnan, and the slave chief Jier Harang was awarded the title of the head, and the number of soldiers was 300,000, and the number of flags is less than 20,000, and the destruction of the clan is about to be destroyed. I and General Zhang plan to kill the rebel Li Guohan. At this moment, the army has recovered most of Shaanxi, and it is time to raise the Ming Dynasty's banner again!"
Wu Sangui shouted to the soldiers below the stage with the maximum volume. After shouting here, he even picked up a pair of scissors from the tray held by his son-in-law Guo Zhuangtu, reached out and stroked the tail of the money rat on the back of his head. He cut it down with just a scissor, then raised it high to show everyone.
The so-called "leaving your head without hair" and "leaving your hair without hair" is a dead end due to the shaving order. Without this braid, you will be dead. Seeing the head coach like this, even the stupid soldier can understand what Wu Sangui just said and what he wants to do next!
After cutting his braids, Wu Sangui immediately took off the yellow dragon dragon robe that the Qing Dynasty gave him on the stage, and then exposed the Han-style underwear inside. With the help of the personal soldiers around him, Wu Sangui quickly changed into the uniform and armor of Ming army officers. This was the style he had prepared long ago, and it was the style he had worn many years ago.
"Soldiers, this set of armor was given by the late emperor when I became the general of Shanhaiguan. I have been treasured in the mansion over the years, and now I can finally wear this armor openly."
Among the Qing army with tens of thousands of soldiers, the commander changed into the Ming army's uniform and armor. Next, as Wu Sangui finished speaking, the banner of King Pingxi slowly fell down, and at the same time, another banner was slowly stood up. The Guanning army under Wu Sangui's command was not very literate, but with Wu Sangui's shout, everyone present quickly understood what was written on the new general flag.
"I, former general of Zhenningshan Haiguan, is now the president of the world's water and land master Xingming to fight against the enemy's general. King Wu of Hanzhong, obeys the secret decree of Emperor Ming, and uprising troops to fight against the barbarians and restore the Han family's country. They swear to kill slave chiefs in front of the army and offer their heads to Xiaoling to comfort the spirits of the ancestors of Emperor Ming and the ancestors in heaven!"
"Wan Sheng!"
"Wan Sheng!"
"Wan Sheng!"
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The throne of the King of Hanzhong was enthroned by the Yongli court a few years ago. It was just one-sided. Wu Sangui did not accept it. Now he vowed to rebel against the Qing Dynasty. He even pulled out Li Guoying, the governor of the Sichuan-Shaanxi trilateral border, and several captured Eight Banners generals to sacrifice the flag. The title of this prince can be used to buy people's hearts.
The army held a braid cutting ceremony on the temporary school ground. Tens of thousands of troops, together with the auxiliary soldiers, had to cut the braids to show their determination to be incompatible with the Qing Dynasty.
Compared with Chen Wen, who adhered to the principle of "shaving hair is a refugee, and keeping hair is a follower of the people", he did not forcefully cut ordinary people and even the auxiliary soldiers convened temporarily. Now the hair growth of Jiangsu and Zhejiang people spontaneously restores the clothes and clothes of the Han family, which is a trust in the Ming army of Jiangsu and Zhejiang, and is also a proof that the Han family's clothes and clothes are far from fading out of people's memories in this era. However, ordinary people on Wu Sangui's side are not involved, but those auxiliary soldiers who have forced to be recruited must cut their braids with the soldiers. It seems that he cannot let go if he does not do this.
Tens of thousands of troops and more auxiliary soldiers were slashing together. The scene was spectacular. The newly-public Ming soldiers present looked at each other, and their morale was even more high, and there were endless cheers. Those who didn't know thought that the Guanning Army had been preparing for this for many years, and finally waited for this day.
However, although Wu Sangui has been preparing for a long time since Chen Wen killed Hong Chengchou, it is basically not on the surface. His braids were cut and his flags were replaced. However, tens of thousands of Ming army uniforms were in a hurry and he could not prepare properly. At present, he could only wear a red scarf around his neck based on the Qing army uniforms and armor.
This situation cannot last too long, especially today when Xi'an has not yet been captured, Wu Sangui has to achieve a phased result for this anti-Qing army. Only by taking all Shaanxi, connecting Sichuan, and leading the Ming army in the southwest to the north can he have the strength to confront the Qing army. Of course, after watching the storm for so long, Wu Sangui is not without a killer weapon, but has to wait for a critical moment to use it.
The army was about to stop, and Wu Sangui immediately dispatched troops, including Zhang Tianfu's troops and Wang Pingfan's troops to attack Anyuan Gate in the north of the city, Yang Shen and Hu Guozhu led a group of troops to attack Yongning Gate in the south of the city. He led the "main forces" with approximately the same number as the other two partial divisions to attack Anding Gate in the west of the city. Only the Changle Gate, the closest to Xi'an City and the only city gate in the east of the city, was opened to siege the Xi'an Prefecture City with the iron rule of military strategists.
Wu Sangui's intention was very obvious, forcing the four right-wing banners in Xi'an, Shaanxi to abandon the city and flee. In this way, the provincial capital of Xi'an could be easily taken down, and without the protection of the city, there were not many garrisons in the Eight Banners who were garrisoning against Wu Sangui's advantageous cavalry, and there were not many who could escape back.
This is the best solution for Wu Sangui. However, the commander of this Eight Banners Army, the 2,000 Manchu and Mongolian Eight Banners with the four right-wing banners in Xi'an, Shaanxi, and the garrisons in the city, and the tens of thousands of Shaanxi Green Camps that have been aided in recent days, Angbang Zhangjing did not intend to flee. Not to mention anything else, the 20,000 relatives in the city could not escape the clutches of the Guanning Army, and Wu Sangui's deployment of troops was not without weaknesses.
Chapter completed!