On 9 April, after a short period of rectification, Wang Shixiu, Liu Fangliang and others led 60,000 troops to leave Weinan and advance to Lintong County.

Whether the Jin army was unwilling to defeat and fought a battle with the Ming army in the east of Chang'an, a duel, or decisively gave up Guanzhong, the Ming army could not say clearly in the two situations.

Along the way, the Ming army rode out in all directions, reconnoitering the enemy situation within a radius of thirty miles, and the army soon arrived in Lintong County.

As before, the Ming army did not encounter the resistance of the Jin army, giving people the illusion that the Jin army really fled from the wind.

At this time, it was late, the Ming army was not allowed to go down the camp, and was about to seize Lintong County for the night, the cavalry rushed to the city, only to see the four gates wide open, and the Jin army in the city fled more completely than before, not only the army was gone, but even the people in the city were not left, and Mao did not leave one for the Ming army.

After getting the report from the soldiers, Lintong was already an empty city, which made Liu Fangliang more firm in his judgment, and couldn't help but feel a little annoyed, he shouldn't have stayed in Weinan for so many days, wasting time in vain, delaying the pursuit of the Jin army, giving them the opportunity to flee with the people, and now he has an empty city, and he has not achieved an inch.

Judging from the situation in front of him, it seems that the Jin army really chose to give up Guanzhong decisively after the loss of Tongguan and the collapse of the Guanzhong defense line.

Wang Shixiu and Liu Fangliang fought horses into the city, Liu Fangliang said a little unhappily: "The gold thief is lonely and poor, afraid of the might of my army, and coercing the people to flee west." Governor, I thought that I would rest in the city tonight, and we should pursue it immediately early tomorrow morning, otherwise the main force of the Jin army will flee westward, and we will not be able to explain to the prison state. ”

The Ming army has rarely been defeated in recent years, and Liu Fangliang wanted to drive directly to Chang'an City, but Wang Shixiu did not agree, which made Liu Fangliang a little dissatisfied.

Now that he saw that Lintong had become an empty city, he complained in his heart, feeling that it was Wang Shixiu's conservative strategy that affected his meritorious service, so that he chased hundreds of miles from Tongguan, except for a few empty cities, there was no gain.

Wang Shixiu is one of the five governors, although Liu Fangliang replaced Dai Zhifan to replace Zhongyong Town, but he is only one of the ten or so governors, and his official position is one level lower than Wang Shixiu, and this time Wang Yan also let Wang Shixiu be the main one, and he was the auxiliary.

His current mood was like Wei Yan was about to get out of the Meridian Valley and was vetoed by Zhuge Liang several times, and he felt aggrieved in his heart.

After saying that, Liu Fangliang beat the horse and left first, throwing Wang Shixiu a back, Wang Shixiu's face couldn't help but sink when he saw this, he could feel that Liu Fangliang was dissatisfied with him, and several generals who were ramping the horse army behind him also felt a little guilty.

Wang Shixiu was born in a talent show, looking at history books, the war of annihilation, he always had to fight, and there were only a few people who wanted to sacrifice the land, and more people were not willing to fail.

At the moment, Jin Guo has no intention of surrendering, how can he prick it with a needle, the fish is still cocked on the chopping board, and it is impossible for such a big country as Jin not to fight back.

Wang Shixiu was inclined to this idea at first, but now that he was influenced by the people around him, and seeing that Lintong was so thorough, he also had some doubts about whether he was wrong.

Soon after the Ming army destroyed the Qing Dynasty, it was a large-scale cut of gold, hundreds of thousands of troops poured into the pass, the soldiers were inevitably arrogant, thinking of a big fight, but after chasing hundreds of miles, they did not capture, and they were naturally disappointed.

Wang Shixiu saw Liu Fangliang leading his generals away, a little helpless, and instructed the generals around him: "After the army enters the city, bury the pot and make rice, and the four gates must be guarded. ”

The generals behind reluctantly received the order, and when Wang Shixiu saw their appearance, he couldn't help but shout angrily, "Did you hear the words of the governor?" ”

Qin Shangxing, Zhao Shenkuan and others responded: "Yes, the last general is ordered." ”

At that moment, an army of 60,000 marched into the city, and each man looked for a house and stationed there, buried pots to cook food, and fed the horses. As soon as it was dark, most of the Ming soldiers fell asleep one after another.

It was night, the moonlight in the sky was dim, and under the cover of the dark night, tens of thousands of Jin troops marched eastward, intending to turn back to Lintong City.

Lintong County is adjacent to Weishui in the north, the terrain is relatively flat, there are large tracts of fertile land along the way, the marching road is not difficult, to the third watch, they are only more than ten miles away from Lintong.

"Your Majesty, it's time to Guzipo." Tang Tong pointed to a hill in front of him and said, "More than ten miles ahead, it is Lintong City!" ”

Tang Tong looked around, he was very familiar with the nearby terrain, although it was not dark, he could still tell what position he was from the outline of the surrounding terrain.

When Hauge heard this, he immediately reined in his horse, summoned the generals, and ordered: "The army is divided into four roads here, and each road is blocked by one door. There is a cavalry of the Ming army in the city, there is no heavy artillery, after you arrive at each gate, you will swing the shield cart, arrange the horse in front of you, and then arrange the fire gun and artillery, at the expense of casualties to block the Ming army from rushing out. ”

Tang Tong, Li Benshen, Wang Jinbao and other generals nodded in unison, and Tang Tong sneered, "Your Majesty, rest assured, the city they entered by themselves was locked inside, no wonder us." ”

Haoge bowed his head slightly, and said in a deep voice: "There are regulations for the march of the Ming army, and usually the sentinels are scattered for twenty or thirty miles, that is to say, with Lintong as the center, about fifteen miles outside the city, you may encounter the Ming army sentry cavalry. All walks of life first bypassed this range, in each gate fifteen miles away in place, the five watches of heaven when the people slept the deadest, all approached the city gate, the road was found by the sentinels, do not panic, the cavalry straight through, forcibly block the Ming army out of the city. ”

Everyone knew that blocking the door was the key to this operation, and if the Ming cavalry was allowed to go out of the city, then in the wilderness, the Jin army would have no way to take the Ming cavalry.

Seeing that everyone nodded solemnly, Haoge waved his hand with satisfaction: "Okay, let's go!" Your task is to block the gates, dig trenches and build forts, and I will hand it over to the Tun army. ”

In the dark, the Jin army was divided into four strands and began to touch Lintong, although the moon at the beginning of the month was not round, and the light was not enough, but the Weihe Plain, the terrain was relatively flat, there was no river ditch, and the Jin army did not need to worry about falling into the ditch.

At the time of the fifth watch, the Jin army began to touch Lintong, and the west, north, and south roads all set off on time, and the people and horses on the east road were a little late because of the long distance around them.

The distance of more than ten miles is right under the nose, and the cavalry can kill the city in the time of two incense sticks, and the Jin army does not deliberately hide, and gallops one after another.

However, the closer three-way Jin army, when they broke forward to ten miles away from the city, they did not see the Ming army's sentry horse, obviously their position did not reach a radius of thirty miles, and they should have been relaxed, and only set up a sentry within a radius of twenty miles.

At this time, Li Benshen, who had just made a detour to the east, had just set off from fifteen miles away, and a few horsemen and horses rushed out of a dense forest and fled quickly towards Lintong County.

The Ming army's sentinels were set to be scattered within a radius of twenty or thirty miles, the hilly area was usually about twenty miles in a radius, and the flat principle was within a radius of thirty miles. Although Wang Shixiu had orders, Qin Shangxing and others felt that the Jin army had fled westward, and the Ming army was very safe in the city, so they did not have to worry about the enemy riding on the camp, so they only arranged a radius of twenty miles, and went to the Tan Tai Department at the east gate, and released the sentry cavalry for fifteen miles according to the regulations.

"General, there are sentinels!" A Jin cavalryman pointed to a black shadow in the distance and reminded loudly.

Li Benshen shook the reins of his horse and shouted, "Don't care, go straight to the east gate!" After speaking, he clamped the horse's belly, waved the horsewhip, and urged the war horse to rush towards Lintong.

Several sentry riders rushed out of the woods, heard the iron hooves rolling behind them, and turned around to see a black pressure Jin army chasing after them, and the first scout galloped and immediately took out an arrow and shot it into the sky.

When Liu Fangliang was sleeping soundly in the city, the door outside the house was suddenly knocked quickly, and a voice called out in a panic, "Liu Dudu, Liu Dudu, something is wrong!" ”

Liu Fangliang was woken up and sat up, he heard the voice outside the house, and asked impatiently, "When?" What's the noise? ”

"The Jin army turned back and surrounded the city, and the governor of the capital asked all the departments to break through immediately, and they can rush out as much as they can!"

Liu Fangliang was so frightened that he fell into an ice cellar, he was so frightened that he fell asleep, and suddenly got off the bed, wearing only one shoe, and opened the door with a coat. He only heard the sound of cannons and guns outside the city, and saw the soldiers in the courtyard in a mess, and his face was full of astonishment.

The two guards hurriedly rushed into the house, took out Liu Fangliang's armor and shoes, put them on him, and led the war horse.

At this time, inside and outside the city, the torches were bright, and the Ming soldiers were so frightened that they hurriedly put on their armor, led out their war horses, and rushed to the four city gates under the command of the officers.

Liu Fangliang was stationed in Xicheng, he galloped to the city gate, the soldiers of Zhongyong Town in the city were firing cannons, shooting at the Jin army outside the city, a group of Ming cavalry rushed out of the city gate, and was forced back to the city after a while.

Liu Fangliang climbed to the top of the city, only to see that the outside of the city was covered with torches, and under the illumination of the torch, it could be vaguely seen that the Jin army outside the city formed a crescent-shaped front with horses, spears, shield carts, artillery, and firearms, blocking the exit of the city gate.

In the dark night, the guns and artillery of the Jin army flashed orange flames, and the projectiles intertwined to block the exit of the city gate, several cavalry rushed out of a few steps, and then they were shot off their horses, and the cavalry fell from the horse's back and smashed heavily on the ground, and the war horse continued to rush out more than ten steps in the rain of bullets, and with a sad sound, it fell down in an instant, raising a piece of dust.

Liu Fangliang knew at a glance that it was no fun to go out from the north, so he hurriedly went down to the city, grabbed a member of his personal soldiers and asked, "What is the situation with the other three gates?" ”

"It is said that only people rushed out of the east gate, and the other directions are not clear······"

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