On April 7, after Hauge convened everyone to discuss the matter, he immediately asked Wu Sangui and Meng Qiaofang to leave Baqiao and go back to prepare.

Counting the time, he estimated that the Ming army in northern Shaanxi and Hanzhong had already discovered the clues, once they knew that the Jin army on the opposite side had changed, it was not Meng Qiaofang and Wu Sangui's men and horses, but the Jin Guotun army with low combat effectiveness, and those old fritters of the Ming army who had been on the battlefield for a long time would definitely realize that Dajin was going to do something in Guanzhong.

If the three things of support, decision, and savior are done, then the glory of the world will not be able to escape.

As the saying goes, there is no merit better than the Savior. Look at that Chen Zilong and Xia Wanchun saved Wang Yan once in Yangzhou back then, and now Chen Zilong has entered the cabinet to worship the prime minister, and Xia Wanchun has become a waiter at the age of twenty-seven. From their official positions, it can be seen that Wang Yan favors them.

Ma Jinzhong, Hao Shaoqi, Li Laiheng, these Ming generals, once they realized that the Jin Army was going to be unfavorable to Wang Yan in Guanzhong, they were not happy to die in their hearts.

Such an opportunity does not come often, and if you don't seize it once it appears, and if you don't show your loyalty, then don't be an official.

These Ming troops must have rushed to Guanzhong with red eyes, to compete for the great merit of the Savior.

This is also a good deed of the Dajin Kingdom, to make a king for the Ming Dynasty, originally there was only a merit to destroy the gold to fight, and as a partial division, the Ming army in northern Shaanxi and Hanzhong had no chance to fight.

Now it's different, and there's another Savior's credit, and it's like it's tailor-made for them, so why don't you throw off your arms and do it?

Although the tun army of the Jin State has also received a certain amount of training before, and has recently been trained for half a year, it is said that they are not strong on the battlefield, but in addition to training, another key problem is equipment.

The Jin country is not rich, and the equipment of more than 200,000 regular troops is made by tightening their belts, and they have no money and materials to arm hundreds of thousands of troops.

Their equipment was mainly eliminated by the Jin army, and the most equipped was spears, which almost stood six or seven percent, because they were the easiest to build.

There is also a difference between these spears and the big guns in the army, the production is very rough, and most of the guns are not up to standard, basically a stick and a gun head.

If the Ming army is ruthless, they will definitely beat their.

Haoge knew that the tun army in northern Shaanxi and Hanzhong could not be stopped for long, and although the distance was far away and the pass was blocked, once the Ming army in northern Shaanxi and Hanzhong found out that the Jin army was moving, Wang Yan might still receive the news, so there was not much time left for him, and he had to send everyone back to prepare, and he must end this big battle as soon as possible.

In this battle, as long as he defeated the main force of the Ming army, and even cut off the head of the king thief, even if the Ming army in northern Shaanxi and Hanzhong was killed under his nose, as long as he held Wang Yan's head and turned around in front of the army, the morale of the Ming army would be greatly reduced, and he would escape from the pass in a hurry, and it would be possible for him to take advantage of the situation to take Henan and Shanxi.

Of course, this is the best situation expected, in case Wang Yan finds that the situation is not right, feels the danger, and does not come or comes prepared, then the ambush may evolve into a head-on collision in the city.

On the seventh day of the first month of April, Wu Sangui returned to Lantian in the south, and after Meng Qiaofang went north to Gaoling, Haoge immediately ordered Tang Tong in Lintong in order to save time, so that he could continue to retreat westward, and let the wind go.

However, it is said that Wang Yan took Wang Shixiu and Liu Fangliang as the vanguard, and entered the customs first, and the two led 60,000 horses and horses from Tongguan all the way to Weinan County, along the way the Jin army fled according to the wind, and the Ming army easily connected the three cities of Huayin, Huaxian and Weinan, which was less than 200 miles away from Chang'an.

The progress of the Ming army was rapid, and the morale of the soldiers naturally soared, and they wanted to kill directly to Chang'an in one go.

Wang Shixiu is more cautious about this, in his opinion, although Tongguan is broken, but the strength of the Jin State is still there, and he does not think that the Jin State will give up the Guanzhong without a war, he feels that before entering Chang'an, there must be a war.

After the Ming army took three cities in a row, Wang Shixiu stopped in Weinan, preparing to wait for the main force to enter the pass, and then continue to move forward.

Wang Shixiu was not in a hurry, but the soldiers under him were very anxious, for fear of falling behind others one step later, or letting the duck fly to the beak.

The cavalry should be as invading as fire and as fast as the wind, but Wang Yan found Wang Shixiu, a master who was not in a hurry, to lead.

This was because the Ming army had few cavalry back then, Wang Yan was reluctant, and Wang Yan himself was more conservative, so he asked Wang Shixiu to watch the cavalry, so that they would not be too prodigal, and Wang Yan was distressed when the waves died.

The army rested in Weinan for a few days, and Wang Shixiu took the county government as the festival hall, and was writing an excerpt to Wang Yan, reporting the situation, and urging the grain and grass to move quickly.

The food crisis in Guanzhong, there is no surplus grain among the people, and the grain in the grain warehouse in the city is also clean, which is estimated to be transferred by the Jin army, and the cavalry of the Ming army generally only takes half a month's grain to act, which is also the reason why Wang Shixiu stopped.

"Dashuai, Liu Dudu is here!" A guard suddenly reported outside the hall.

Wang Shixiu heard this, put down the brush, blew down the fold, and handed it to the guards beside him, "Send it to Huayin immediately!" ”

After the order, Wang Shixiu said to the outside world: "Please come in with Governor Liu!" ”

As soon as his voice fell, Liu Fangliang had already stepped into the hall, "I just received the news, Tang Tong's guy ran away again, let's chase after it!" ”

Wang Shixiu was slightly stunned, "My army hasn't moved, why did he flee again?" ”

Jin Jun wants to say that his combat strength is not bad, even if he flees from the wind, he has to wait for the wind to blow.

Liu Fangliang was complacent, and said with a smile: "Isn't this hard to say? As soon as Tongguan opened, nearly 300,000 troops of our Ming Dynasty poured into Guanzhong, and the Jin army reached the top of 70,000 or 80,000 people in Guanzhong. ”

Liu Fangliang is not unreasonable, from a rational level, since the Ming army has broken through, the Jin army should flee, but many things are not decided by reason.

If it is all based on reason, then the Jin State will compare its financial resources and military strength with the Ming Dynasty, and intellectually speaking, it should directly surrender the land and get rich and rich.

After Liu Fangliang finished speaking, he looked at Wang Shixiu, and saw that he didn't have any excited expression when he heard the news, and he didn't say anything about pursuit, so he couldn't help frowning and pursing his lips, "Governor Dadu, since Tang Tong has given up Lintong and fled west, we should immediately enter Lintong, and then drive straight to Chang'an!" ”

Wang Shixiu hesitated, "The foundation of the Jin Kingdom in Guanzhong is still there, and there are at least tens of thousands of horses. Except for the battle of Tongguan, there was no big war with us, and the vitality was still there, so I thought it was better to send a probe horse to check first, know yourself and know the enemy, and you will not be defeated in a hundred battles. ”

Liu Fangliang's face was a little bad, and he said hurriedly, "Why is the governor of the capital afraid of gold thieves?" Our 60,000 cavalry galloped across the Guanzhong Plain, even if we collided with 100,000 Jin troops, they would come and go freely, what danger was there? ”

This is true, 60,000 cavalry can advance or retreat in the field, and there is really no need to worry about meeting the Jin army.

Liu Fangliang saw that Shi Xiu's expression was relaxed, and continued: "Weinan is too far away from Chang'an, I got the news that the Jin State Hubu Shangshu is already organizing the people of Chang'an to retreat west, in case the Jin army empties Chang'an and really flees westward, then we have an empty city, we can't explain to the prison country, and we will laugh for our comrades!" Speaking of this, Liu Fangliang couldn't help but clench his fists and said loudly: "The Metropolitan Governor is really not at ease, I am willing to lead the people of the headquarters to kill Lintong first and monitor the movements of Chang'an!" ”

Taking Chang'an and capturing Haoge, such a feat may not be repeated in the next few decades. It's hard to get a pioneer position, if you don't make any achievements, you can't get credit, you don't have face in front of the soldiers below, and other generals who covet the vanguard position will also have gossip to talk about.

Although Wang Shixiu felt that there must be a battle before the Ming army came to Chang'an, he also heard some news that the Jin State was preparing to retreat to Longyou and Liangzhou, which made him really a little worried that the Jin State really gave up Chang'an and retreated westward.

He couldn't help but ponder for a while, but at this time, there was a commotion outside the hall, but several generals who were rampaging the horse army also came.

Wang Shixiu hesitated for a while, and finally made a decision, he was not at ease with Liu Fangliang leading the troops alone, so he said: "Okay, let's march to Lintong with all our men." ”

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