Outside Lintong County, the 100,000 Tun army dug several deep ditches and built several low walls, which were connected to earthen forts, which blocked the water around the city. The Ming army in the city rushed several times, but they were all driven back, and now they can only sit in the city.

After Haoge surrounded Lintong, he anxiously waited for Wang Yan to enter the set, but he didn't want ten days to pass, but the 200,000 Ming troops in Huayin were like old monks who sat in Huayin, just not moving.

This made Haoge a little worried and a little anxious, he realized that Wang Yan might be aware of his actions, especially when the Ming army scouts infiltrated Lintong on a large scale and wanted to find out the news in the Lintong area, Haoge knew that Wang Yan, the old turtle, was probably a little scared and did not dare to rush to save Lintong.

Encountering such an opponent who is afraid of death makes Haoge very depressed, but he has bait in his hand, and he is not afraid that Wang Yan will not come, but he can't afford to delay this time.

In the Chinese army tent, Haoge stood in front of the map with his hands in his hand, staring at the direction of Huayin, and the news he wanted to hear most now was that the Ming army in Huayin had moved.

"Your Majesty! Urgent report from Chang'an! When Hauge was in a trance, Han Chaoxuan suddenly came in with a beating report.

"Chang'an?" Haoge turned around, he saw that Han Chaoxuan's face was not good, and he couldn't help but take the beating report with some confusion and take a look, his eyes suddenly bulged.

Han Chaoxuan said on the side: "Your Majesty, if the beating report is true, then Wang Yan should know that the King of Shu has entered Guanzhong." ”

Hauge's face twisted in anger, and he suddenly tore the beating newspaper to shreds and slammed it to the ground, "How can this be true, my months of hard work have been ruined in one fell swoop." Kill, kill, Li Chengjin of the Meridian Town Pass should be killed! ”

Dajin mobilized countless materials to organize this large-scale battle, and Haoge can be said to have taken all his efforts and belongings, he was already desperate, and he was only allowed to win but not lose.

At the critical time of the current war, Wang Yan is comparing patience with him, who can calm down, he has already taken the advantage, but at this time the hole cards were seen by Wang Yan, how can Haoge not be angry.

"The matter has come to this point, killing a thousand presidents can't change the situation, and the ambush is obviously not possible!" Han Chaoxuan hurriedly said: "And since the Ming army in Hanzhong has reacted, He Tengjiao and Hao Shaoqi will most likely march north, and the situation of our Korean army will be very dangerous." ”

Han Chaoxuan suddenly bowed and saluted, and said in a deep voice: "Your Majesty, time is running out, the minister thinks that if he wants to fight, he must be decisive, and quickly find Wang Yan's main force to fight." If you don't fight, then you have to evacuate quickly and admit defeat! ”

Hauge agitated, in fact, he also knew that the news would leak out sooner or later, and he just wanted to kill people to vent his anger.

Hauge didn't speak, and was silent for a while, before he exhaled heavily, calming down.

He walked a few steps back and forth in front of the map, suddenly stopped, and said fiercely: "There are 200,000 troops, there is no reason to admit defeat!" This battle still has to be fought, but I can't pounce on it and let the thief wait for him. ”

Although the plan for the ambush may have been revealed, and the Ming army may have analyzed the distribution of his forces, Hauge still hoped to fight the Ming army in a decisive battle on the battlefield he had chosen. He still has Bai Guangen's men in Huashan, maybe the Ming army has not noticed it.

Speaking of this, Haoge gritted his teeth and said: "Order the army, the artillery bombards Lintong, and then order the Tun army to dig tunnels overnight to bomb the city." I don't believe that Wang Yan will watch me eat his loyal and brave soldiers and rampage the elite soldiers of the two towns! ”

Han Chaoxuan frowned, he was unwilling to give up Guanzhong like this, but now in the decisive battle, Jin Guo's chances of victory have been greatly reduced.

"Your Majesty, what about Hanzhong and Northern Shaanxi?" Han Chaoxuan couldn't help but remind.

Haoge frowned, "Order all passes to defend to the death, I will force the Ming army to fight a decisive battle in the near future!" Let the soldiers~" Haoge himself was not at ease, he said halfway, looked at Han Chaoxuan, and sighed, "There is still Lao Han Qin, wait for the 20,000 troops to go to southern Shaanxi to take charge!" ”

Han Chaoxuan was silent for a while, and saluted: "The minister is willing to accept the order, but the minister does not feel that he can guarantee how long he can block the Ming army, and the minister can only guarantee that the day the Ming army breaks through from Hanzhong to Guanzhong is the time when the minister judges himself!" ”

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After Hauge's order was given, the Jin army thought it was open to the attack.

The Jin army besieging Lintong began to storm the city at the cost of casualties, with artillery, tunnels, and frontal assaults, and the means of time passed to the city to greet them.

However, Hauge did not use elite troops to attack the city, but urged nearly 100,000 troops to storm day and night, consuming the gunpowder and troops in the city.

When the Jin army stormed Lintong, the cavalry of the Jin army, which was originally on the front line of Weinan to block the Ming army scouts and prevent the Ming army scouts from peeking at Lintong, were all withdrawn and let go for Wang Yan to see enough at one time.

The Ming scouts soon entered the vicinity of Lintong, only to hear the sound of killing and the rumbling of artillery.

Of course, it was impossible for Haoge to let the Ming army scouts really get close to Lintong, and seeing that he used the Tun army to attack the city, he didn't go all out, so Wang Yan was not in a hurry.

Soon, the scout's report was transmitted to Huayin and placed on Wang Yan's desk.

In fact, after Wang Yan received the report from Hanzhong, he planned to hold on for a period of time, let the people of Hanzhong and northern Shaanxi press over, and wait for Haoge to beat him if he couldn't hold on.

However, it seems that Hauge saw through his tricks, and the methods used during the Central Plains War did not work. Wang, who originally wanted to eat all over the world with one move, was still reluctant to give up his nearly 60,000 elites and decided to fight a decisive battle with the Jin army.

At this time, Wang Yan glanced at the information sent by the scouts, looked up at the generals in the hall, pursed his lips and said: "Haoge stormed Lintong, this is to force the Lone King to go to the decisive battle!" ”

"If the yin trick doesn't work, just come to the open move, Haoge's desire to fight is very strong!" Dai Zhifan said.

Li Guo smiled, "Can he not be in a hurry, as long as the Hanzhong army and the people and horses of northern Shaanxi are together, he will definitely die, and the minister estimates that the guy is so anxious that he can't pull out the." ”

The rough men in the army burst into laughter, but Wang Yan couldn't laugh, "Zhongyong and Rampage the two towns, carrying not much grain, grass and materials, especially gunpowder. When the food ran out, the horses could be killed, but Hauge attacked so hard day and night that it wouldn't be long before the gunpowder in the two towns would run out. Lone was worried that they wouldn't last long. ”

The Ma army is Wang Yan's hard training, and it is also the backing of the Ming army to maintain a positive and enterprising attitude on the Mongolian front, if the 60,000 horse army is destroyed, then the northern border will have to shrink back in the next few years.

It was not easy for the Ming army in the key Han to break through the pass and enter the pass, and Wang Yan did not want to risk 60,000 horse troops.

Moreover, it was already late April, and the Ming Dynasty used millions of people, which had seriously affected production, and production was also seriously damaged by the war on the Jin side.

There has been a famine in many places in Guanzhong, and it has been too long, and once the situation erodes and the relatively stable society in Guanzhong collapses, Wang Yan may be unable to clean it up.

Once the society collapses, he can solve the problem if he doesn't bring some rice, he also has to face the problem of suppressing bandits, otherwise the problem in Guanzhong will be as erosive as in the Chongzhen period.

When the generals heard this, they understood what Wang Yan meant, and Li Guo immediately said aloud: "Prison country, now Haoge has shown all the cards, we are still afraid that he will not succeed, since we have detected the deployment and distribution of the gold thief's troops, then our army is pressed up, and what are we afraid of a head-on duel with the Jin army?" ”

Wang Yan nodded, "The Lone King has decided to fight with Haoge, but how to fight, do you have any ideas?" ”

Dai Zhifan said: "Looking at the layout of the Jin army, it should be Meng Qiaofang in the north and Wu Sangui in the south. If our army marches, the minister suggested that we first seize a few towns on the south bank of the Wei River as support points to block Meng Qiaofang, and focus on the Chinese army and the south, especially the main attack on the south. ”

Wang Yan walked to the edge of the sand table and asked, "Does Mingzhang mean to hit Wu Sangui first?" ”

Dai Zhifan nodded and said: "The deployment of the Jin Army's forces is basically transparent now, and we can formulate a set of strategies according to the Jin Army's deployment." The minister thought that there was the Wei River in the north, which was not conducive to our attack in a roundabout way, so we should take a defensive position. Hauge dug a large number of trenches in the middle and built a low wall, ready to wait for us to fight, and the minister thought that it was advisable for our army to feint head-on, not to attack. Wu Sangui's infantry army in the south was only 30,000 people, and the minister thought that he could seize Lishan and other places in the south with heavy troops, divide and defeat the Wu army, and then make a detour to the rear of Haoge, and the Jin army would inevitably be defeated. ”

Wang Yan looked at the sand table, Weishui in the north, it was really not considered, then the breakthrough point was only the front and the south, he nodded, "Our army has few cavalry, and the mountains and forests in the south can indeed be used as a breakthrough point." ”

Speaking of this, Wang Yan couldn't help but wave his arms and ordered: "The army lords will stay and make a detailed battle plan with King Lone, and the rest of the generals will go back to prepare, and in the past two days, the army will march west to Lintong to fight a decisive battle with the gold thieves!" ”

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