At this time, Gao Yingxiang's territory is already very large.

His territory extends to Huanglong County and Heyang County near Hancheng in the north, Shangluocheng and Shanyang County near Hubei in the south, and Ningshan County and Shiquan County in the west. If it weren't for the madman with 20,000 elite soldiers nailed to Xi'an like a wedge, the entire southern part of Shaanxi would be Gao Yingxiang.

Gao Yingxiang is eloquent, and there is no shortage of high-level generals like Li Zicheng under him, so his territory is very well managed, many cities are very strong, and they are also equipped with a lot of weapons to defend the city, even artillery and bird soldiers - of course, this is thanks to the officers and soldiers who played the role of "transport team" in the early stage.

After He Kegang's army arrived in Hanzhong, Qin Shuhuai's letter to He Renlong also replied. He Renlong said that the 25,000 troops in and around Xi'an were willing to wait for the Hou Ye to dispatch at any time.

Moreover, in the letter, He Renlong also put forward his own ideas on the elimination of Gao Yingxiang.

He was ready to lead 18,000 elite troops to the northeast, first take Fuping, Gaoqiao and other places occupied by Gao Yingxiang, and then approach Pucheng County. At the same time, he asked Zuo Guangxian, the guard general of Hancheng and the deputy general of Shaanxi, to lead his troops down to the southwest, take Heyang County and Chengcheng County, and approach Pucheng County. The two armies will converge in Pucheng County. If this strategic intention can be achieved, then Huanglong County and Huangling County to the north of Gao Yingxiang will be cut out, and there will be a few dead cities without other city support, which can be left alone for the time being.

After they joined forces to capture Pucheng, they immediately went south and attacked Weinan, one of the big cities in Gao Yingxiang's hands. If Weinan is captured, they will wait for an opportunity to move according to Qin Shuhuai's progress.

That's all he can do, because all the soldiers in southern Shaanxi are here, and there are only so many people in total, how else can he fight?

After Qin Shuhuai saw this suggestion, he initially agreed.

In these small counties that He Renlong said, Gao Yingxiang could not have arranged too many troops, and He Renlong and Zuo Guangxian each brought 18,000 elite soldiers, and it shouldn't take much effort to bring them over from both ends.

In the past, the reason why they did not dare to move was because they were afraid that Hancheng and Xi'an would be in danger after sending troops. But now they don't have to be afraid, because Qin Shuhuai's army is in southern Shaanxi, and Gao Yingxiang will never dare to have any other ideas at this time except to defend his own city.

For example, according to He Renlong's deployment, there will only be 8,000 defenders left in Xi'an City by then, but does Gao Yingxiang dare to mobilize the main force to attack Xi'an? If he dares to do this, it will save much trouble, Qin Shuhuai only needs to divide the army into two, one part to save Xi'an, and one part to occupy the city near Xi'an, and then catch turtles in an urn, and kill him with his eyes closed.

However, he believed that the offensive centered on the Weinan area could be more fierce, so that Gao Yingxiang could be forced to withdraw the main force as soon as possible and withdraw to several large cities to hold on, so that the official army could fight a decisive battle with him as soon as possible. You must know that Houjin has already sent troops, and he doesn't want to be entangled with Gao Yingxiang for too long.

Therefore, he immediately asked Chen Jing and Lai San'er to bring 15,000 Gansu soldiers and 1,500 White Tiger Tang brothers to Xi'an to reinforce He Renlong. However, he told the two that after arriving in Xi'an, the 15,000 Gansu soldiers should be completely handed over to He Renlong, and the two of them should not be touched. The only thing they can command is the 1,005 brothers of the White Tiger Hall, and they have to listen to He Renlong strategically. To put it bluntly, neither of these two people has experience in fighting in large armies, and this time Qin Shuhuai asked them to go, just to let them break away from their wings and learn some skills.

Chen Jing and Lai San'er were extremely excited, and the two immediately received the order and left with the army in high spirits. Two young men who were still childish led an army of more than 16,000 at once, and it was impossible not to be excited.

After a day and a night, Chen Jing and Lai San'er arrived in Xi'an with the army without any danger and danger, He Renlong was very happy, and set up a banquet overnight to entertain the two friendly army "commanders".

Everything was in order.

On the second day of June in the third year of Chongzhen, it was sunny, and the weather turned hot, revealing the taste of summer.

In the morning, He Renlong sent 35,000 troops in Xi'an and pounced violently on Fuping County, northeast of Xi'an. At the same time, Zuo Guang of Hancheng led 18,000 troops and attacked Heyang County, which was only forty or fifty miles away from Hancheng, southwest of Hancheng.

The war to eliminate Gao Yingxiang began.

In Hanzhong, He Kegang also led 40,000 troops to the west, and he was ready to go straight to Ankang along the line of Xixiang and Shiquan. Ankang is a big city, and he hopes to capture Ankang when He Renlong and Zuo Guangxian's troops capture Pucheng.

And Qin Shuhuai in Baoji did not move. Why? Because he wants to intimidate the Demon Sect in Gansu in the west, so that they can't easily save Gao Yingxiang.

As long as the Demon Sect does not save Gao Yingxiang, nearly 100,000 officers and troops and martial arts coalition troops should be enough to wipe out more than 100,000 Gao Yingxiang's troops. After all, both in terms of equipment and training, the officers and soldiers are at an advantage.

Everything is going smoothly, and there are frequent good news from the front.

On the fourth day of the first month of June, the He Renlong Department recovered Fuping, Zuo Guangxian's Department recovered Fuyang, He Kegang's Department arrived in Yangxian County, and more than 1,000 Gao Yingxiang troops in Yangxian County fled from the wind.

On the sixth day of the sixth month of June, He Renlongbu recovered Jing Yao and Jia Qu, and arrived at five miles outside Pucheng County to station. After recovering Chengcheng, Zuo Guangxian's troops then led troops to Pucheng County to repair five miles away. He Kegang's troops captured Ningshan County.

On the seventh day of the first month of June, He Renlong and Zuo Guangxian led more than 40,000 troops to besiege Pucheng County, and more than 10,000 Gao Yingxiang troops in Pucheng County, under the leadership of Zhang Mengcun, stubbornly resisted, and the two sides fought from dawn to dusk, and the official army broke through the north gate of Pucheng, and only after an hour did Zhang Mengcun's troops be defeated. In this battle, the officers and soldiers suffered more than 7,000 casualties, and the Wulin coalition army had no experience in attacking the city, so He Renlong let them observe from the sidelines, so the casualties were very few, but they lost more than 300 people in the battle after entering the city. As for the Pucheng defenders, except for Zhang Meng, who escaped under the cover of a group of good players, the rest were basically wiped out.

Judging from this battle, it seems that the equipment level of Gao Yingxiang's department has improved a lot, especially the equipment for defending the city, there are a lot of thunderbolts, fire oil, asphalt, bird guns, etc., and there is even a kind of potion, which will make people smoke all over their bodies and blur their flesh and blood when sprayed on people - this is Green Gong Oil.

Obviously, the Demon Sect has supported a large amount of armaments from Gao Yingxiang's troops, and may even have sent a certain number of good men. Coupled with the many weapons that Gao Yingxiang snatched from the official army, his strength has now risen to a higher level.

The attack on Pucheng County alone lost more than 7,000 people, which greatly exceeded the expectations of He Renlong and Zuo Guangxian. If this is calculated, then the attack on Weinan, a large city with more than 20,000 Gao Yingxiang troops guarding, will be even more unpredictable.