He Kegang was puzzled, he didn't believe that nearly 40,000 men and horses could hide so hidden in the city, without revealing a trace.

He asked Meng Wei, Zhang Xiao and others to discuss, and Meng Wei immediately gave him an answer.

"General He, the helmsmen of many gangs in the rivers and lakes have secret passages, according to this reasoning, do you think Li Zicheng has been running Ankang City for so long, will he also dig a secret passage in the city?"

He Kegang thought for a while, and said uncertainly, "This possibility is not impossible, but I have set up a large number of bright posts and secret posts near Ankang City last night, if Li Zicheng leads people to escape through the secret passage, it stands to reason that our horse whistle will be discovered." After all, that's thirty or forty thousand. ”

Zhang Xiao said, "General He, the last general doesn't see it at all. There are many mountains near Ankang City, Li Zicheng may have set up the secret passage exit in a valley somewhere, and it is night, so maybe the spies didn't find it. ”

He Kegang pondered again, and felt that what Zhang Xiao said was not unreasonable. He remembered the ubiquitous White Lotus Sect again, and hurriedly invited that Anda Mountain over and asked him if he knew if there was a secret passage leading to the outside in the city.

Andasan immediately said that he had never heard of it, and then he called several leaders of the Ankang rudder and asked them if they knew about it, and they unanimously replied that they did not know. If the White Lotus Sect members below knew about this, they would definitely report it.

All of a sudden, things came to an impasse.

Everyone frowned, if they really couldn't find the 38,000 people of Li Zicheng's department, they wouldn't be able to sleep at night. Thinking about it, there might be an army of thirty or forty thousand squatting on the side of the couch, and they have a chill behind them.

At this time, Zhang Xiao said again, "Li Zicheng has so many people, and the general thinks that they must not be in the city, otherwise where can so many people hide? It is simply impossible for so many soldiers to forcibly requisition civilian houses without being discovered. Therefore, we only need to think about where the entrance to this secret passage is, so that it can be the most secret. ”

He Kegang nodded, "General Zhang is reasonable. Since this is the case, then this secret passage should be in the government office in the city, so that it can be dug up to hide people's eyes and ears. ”

Meng Wei added, "And when I dug up, I didn't even know that the White Lotus Sect was mixed with the rogues, so presumably this office happened to be not guarded by the White Lotus Sect's soldiers." Just ask the White Lotus Sect's inner secretary which offices he usually works in, and we can narrow it down. ”

As soon as Meng Wei said this, An Dashan immediately said, "My brother has errands in most of the government offices in the city, but only the people and horses of the General's Mansion are all descendants brought by Li Zicheng from Yulin, so my brother can't get in. ”

When the other White Lotus Sect leader heard this, he hurriedly patted his thigh and said, "I really remembered that. For a while, a cart of things would be pushed out in the general's mansion every late at night, and they were all covered tightly with thick cloth, because it was something that came out of the general's mansion, and no one dared to ask what it was. ”

"That's right!" He Kegang immediately said, "Then let's go to the General's Mansion and plow it again!"

Soon, a large number of officers and soldiers rushed to the general's mansion and began to look for the entrance to the secret passage inch by inch. For a while, the general's mansion was full of people, and the torches were bright, just like a large-scale construction site, so lively.

An hour later, I found an extremely hidden entrance! This entrance is in the back garden of the General's Mansion, covered by a rockery, and there is an entrance under the rockery!

He Kegang immediately sent someone down to investigate. It was only after half an hour that those people came back and reported that this secret passage led to a hidden valley five miles away, where they saw countless messy footsteps, and it was through this valley that Li Zicheng escaped from the city!

Everyone's hearts were tight.

And He Kegang was even more remorseful! Knowing that Li Zicheng still had such a hand, he might as well have started a street fight with him last night! Now that he runs like this, it will not be good for a big thing!

120 miles north of Ankang City, in Jing'an County, a large group of men and horses are marching rapidly.

Li Zicheng, like his soldiers, marched quickly with only a pair of legs. Because the secret passage is too small, the war horse can't pass through, so he doesn't have a horse to ride.

But at this time, his dark face was full of conceited expression.

The golden cicada is out of its shell, and he has indeed taken a good step!

Originally, he planned to start a street battle with He Kegang in the city, but after learning that He Kegang was camping in Xi'an, he knew that the other party would not attack for the time being.

So, he made a quick decision and secretly transferred batch after batch of soldiers into the General's Mansion, and then went out of the city from the General's Mansion. Because there were spies in the city, he sent his descendants to guard the general's palace tightly, and all personnel were only allowed to enter and not leave, and the soldiers transferred to the general's palace did not know in advance that they were going to leave the city, so the secrecy work was done very well.

So, on that night, all his soldiers withdrew from Ankang City.

Nearly 40,000 troops have evaporated from the world, and their target is Weinan City!

Weinan City is now besieged by 40,000 officers and soldiers, and the two sides are at a stalemate, if he can rush to Weinan unknowingly, and take advantage of the siege of He Renlong to stick a knife in his back, then not only the siege of Weinan can be solved, but these 40,000 officers and troops are bound to suffer heavy losses!

Hmph, Guan Ning's famous general He Kegang? I, Li Zicheng, will not lose to you! Ankang City will give it to you, but in this battle, who will win and who will lose is not certain!

Inside the city of Ankang.

After He Kegang learned that Li Zicheng had abandoned the city and fled, the first thing he thought of was that he would go to relieve the siege of Weinan, so he sighed in his heart.

But they have been gone for almost a day and a night, and they can't catch up at all if they send troops to chase them. At this time, only send a horse sentry to Weinan to inform He Renlong and them first, hoping to go to Weinan before Li Zicheng, otherwise the officials and troops in Weinan will be more auspicious!

In the night, more than 20 horsemen rushed out of Ankang City and rushed towards Weinan. Six or seven miles north of the city, they prepared to go to Weinan in three ways—this was customary, because if there was only one way, it would be easy to be caught all of them.

Just as they were about to separate, they saw more than a dozen fast horses speeding towards them.

These twenty or so horsemen were all veterans of battle, and they instantly smelled something strange, and they drew their sabers one after another, and one of them shouted, "What person?"

But they did not answer, but when they approached them quickly, they leaped up from their horses and attacked them.

The more than 20 horsemen of the official army were not weak, and immediately drew their swords to resist. But he didn't expect that the martial arts of the people who came were extremely high, and the two sides only fought for a while, and all these horsemen were killed, and none of them survived.

"Six Apostles, the Ming Army whistle that Li Zicheng said is them, right?"

"Does it matter? As long as it is the Ming army, it should be killed! Dispose of these corpses and continue to ambush. We will kill as many Ming troops as we come!"

"Yes!"