Too many Qin people refused to leave their hometowns to go to the sea to earn a living, they thought that they were used to the dry Loess Plateau, and they would get sick when they went to low and damp places, and they might not be able to return to their hometowns in this life, and they would not be able to bury themselves in their ancestral graves.

Seeing that there were so many "Red Banner Army" holding Tongguan, they felt safe, so more and more Qin people were stranded, and the total number of troops was as high as 180,000.

After evacuating more than 200,000 war refugees to "Hanjiang Province" or Chifengwei to work and farm, there are always many people who are unable to leave their homeland and refuse to leave their homeland.

More than 100,000 Qin people hoped to be protected by the "Red Banner Army" and refused to leave Tongguan, and He Yongqing and Huang Huiwu could not use coercive means, so they could only choose to settle in the field.

Fortunately, people in this era will do the work of farming, and mining is even more powerful, as long as they are not afraid of hardship, everyone who stays in Tongguan does not resist labor, and many people are still very motivated.

The order of the head of the family is to never give up Tongguan, and the "Red Banner Army" of course carries out the order to the letter, and He Yongqing, Huang Huiwu and other generals follow the model of guarding outside the pass, mobilizing 100,000 soldiers and civilians to overhaul and build while farming.

Soon, a trench defense system was established in the east 40 miles and 30 miles west of Tongguan as the center, a total of more than 100,000 acres of fertile land were encircled, and 30,000 young and middle-aged men and women were arranged to reclaim the land.

Brick kilns, cement kilns, shochu workshops, coal mines, gold mines, etc. also digested tens of thousands of laborers, and the mountainous land in the south of Tongguan was used to raise chickens, ducks, geese, and goats.

Tongguan is very rich in mining resources within a radius of 100 miles, with very large reserves of coal, iron, lead, copper, and gold.

The defense line west of Tongguan was only three or five miles away from the defense line established by the Liukou, and Huang Huiwu also arranged for the propaganda team to shout and persuade him to surrender every day, and the effect was good.

Most of these people are not from Shaanxi, but the former Ming army, and their hometowns are in Henan, Shandong, or Beizhili, Huguang and other places.

Regardless of whether the surrendered rogues were spies or not, arrange for them to be reclaimed for a year to observe their performance.

Because the tun area is close to the Yellow River and is conducive to irrigation, and because a large number of high-yield, cold-tolerant, and drought-tolerant potatoes are planted, the grain harvested this year can basically meet the needs of 180,000 soldiers and civilians, greatly reducing the burden on the general headquarters.

Sun Yingyuan, the governor of the left capital and the chief military officer of Shaanxi, did not come out more, but more than half of the men and horses were missing, because Chen Gao and Lin Daye led the people of the headquarters back to Beijing a few months ago.

The imperial court was nervous, and the military department learned that Tongguan had a "Red Banner Army" to assist in the defense, and immediately became conscious, and refused to bear the food and salary of 18,000 men and horses, and transferred some of them.

Originally, the "Red Banner Army" that assisted in the defense of Tongguan was similar in number to the defenders of Damingtong Pass, while the "Red Banner Army" was constantly receiving and training defeated troops, but the Ming Army was constantly drawing troops.

Now Sun Yingyuan only has 7,000 soldiers, and in fact, he can only guarantee 5,000 men.

The "Red Banner Army" has as many as 20,000 regular soldiers and guards, and 15,000 villagers who practice every three days, and their strength should not be underestimated.

In the past few months, He Yongqing and Huang Huiwu have received a lot of military supplies and equipment transferred from Shanxi, including 200 one-pound and three-pounder Fulong machine guns, and the guards have all been self-reliant.

Since the beginning of winter, He Yongqing, Huang Huiwu, and Sun Yingyuan have always been ready to touch the defense line with the Liukou and Qing troops, but the expected use of the carefully built defense system to inflict a large number of casualties on the enemy has come to naught, and the enemy army has not entered within fifty miles of Tongguan at all.

He Yongqing and Huang Huiwu received Huang Han's instructions that defending Tongguan was a victory, and they seized the time to train the guards and strive to expand two more B battalions with all military skills.

Orders and prohibitions are the basic qualities of generals, and He Yongqing and Huang Huiwu are immersed in development in Tongguan regardless of whether there is a lively fight outside.

King Fu paid close attention to the movements of the Liukou, and when the palace guards reported that the Liukou began to cross the river, King Fu, who had already made full preparations for the escape, immediately abandoned the palace and fled south.

For the sake of safety, he also hired fifty four-wheeled carriages of the Sifang Express and a hundred dart masters to escort them.

The people in Luoyang City have long been panicked, the vast majority of rich people have fled, and those with official positions cannot escape in advance, but they are also ready to abandon the city at any time.

Due to the timely transmission of military information by the flag guards, the "winged tiger" department was more able to accurately grasp the information than the liukou, and after learning that Luoyang should be able to go down without a fight, Jin Minghu took the initiative to ask Ying to serve as the vanguard officer of the army.

Gao Yingxiang fought with the "Winged Tiger" department for several months in the eighth year of Chongzhen, and admired Jin Minghu's ability to lead troops.

I saw the "Winged Tiger" department again, and found that these seven thousand young and middle-aged people were all dragons and tigers, and their armor was clear, and they were even more appreciative, and when they saw that Jin Minghu took the initiative to act as the vanguard to attack Luoyang, how could there be any reason to refuse.

Zhang Xianzhong, Luo Rucai and many other big leaders secretly slandered themselves when they saw Jin Minghu's meritorious service, they did not jump out to fight for merit, and they all had the idea of letting the 7,000 men and horses of the "Winged Tiger" try the water, and it was also to prevent the men and horses of their headquarters from being injured in the offensive and defensive battles of the city.

The result is incomprehensible, Jin Minghu led 7,000 men and horses to Luoyang City with a drum and made great contributions, and for a time he was in the limelight, and his position among the rogues was at least three feet higher.

Jin Minghu had no pride, and continued to fight for the front of the army to attack the city and pull out the village, and was rewarded by Gao Yingxiang.

All the leaders were a little confused, and they couldn't figure out why the big city of Luoyang was captured so easily, and they saw that Jin Minghu was ready to make persistent efforts to lead the people of his headquarters to fight for Kaifeng, and their hearts were uncertain, and they did not come forward to stir up the situation.

Who knew that the next "winged tiger" department was simply a good news, and Xingyang and Kaifeng were won one after another.

"What the fuck? Why are the officers and soldiers so unbearable? Those civil officials and military generals who abandoned the city and fled were not afraid of the emperor punishing the nine clans? Zhang Xianzhong, who often plagued Henan, was puzzled, scolded and asked Luo Rucai, who was recognized as resourceful among the rogues.

Luo Rucai said with a smile: "The Ming Dynasty is getting worse, last year's war of the three sides, Shaanxi, Henan, and the elite of the Ming army in the central capital were destroyed, and only the people of Jingying were left to fight, and it was obvious that Emperor Chongzhen's intention was to defend the land of Jinggi and give up Henan."

The local officials are not stupid, where do they dare to compete with our 200,000 army with thousands of regiments? ”

Zhang Xianzhong suddenly realized: "How can those Ming officials and masters be fools who use their arms as a car?" It must have been running away without a trace early to make Jin Minghu cheap. ”

Luo Rucai said: "People are lucky! It's also strange that we are more careful, several big cities have been looted by the 'winged tiger' department, and we can't catch the fart after us. ”