Chapter 1012

When the bandits besieged Xi'an City, the momentum was very huge. They roughly estimated that there were at least 200000 people under their hands, so they divided them into several parts, surrounded the four walls, and then attacked them wildly.

Naturally, the army led by Li Zicheng and Liu Zongmin is the absolute main force, and the others are auxiliary armies.

Now that their main forces have been defeated, can we hope that other auxiliary forces can play a role? There was no effect at all. Where the iron cavalry of the Chinese Army trampled, they trampled their camp to the ground in the blink of an eye.

The soldiers either surrendered or were hacked to death. The scene was in chaos. The two sides fought overnight. They fought more than ten times in a day. Although Li Zicheng fought back many times, he could not resist the fierce impact of the enemy.

For most of the day, there were only a few hundred people in the old camp around him. Such a tragic play made the top generals around him feel cold. Most of them begged him: "break the king! You can't fight any more. You can't fight any more. Your brothers are gone."

Li Zicheng is like a desperate wolf. He is desperate and fierce. Even if he is not willing and can't swallow this tone, he can't do anything. He can only lead some light cavalry troops to retreat quickly. As for his main forces, he doesn't care anymore.

This is also their habit. As long as the old camp and the main force are still there, it is a matter of one sentence to regroup and recruit troops and horses, which makes them have a great decision and can give up the main force in the blink of an eye.

But this time he was a bit miscalculated. He thought that leaving so many people would certainly be enough for the officers and soldiers to drink a pot, but the officers and soldiers would not care about these deserters running around on the battlefield, and they would not kneel down to beg for mercy. His elite cavalry led by Zu Kuan stubbornly bit Li Zicheng.

He knew that if he wanted to compete in the first world war today, he must seize Li Zicheng.

Li Zicheng escaped dozens of miles away. He just wanted to stop. In the twinkling of an eye, he heard the sound of hooves. Zu Kuan led his cavalry to chase him again. There was no other way. He could only quickly escape to Jingyang.

As a result, before reaching Jingyang, the other party's army caught up again. There was no other way. He could only cross Jingyang without entering. He went straight to Sanyuan and continued to flee West to Tongchuan.

Hong Chengchou accepted the appointment of Liu Yuanqiao in Yanjing and officially served as governor of Shaanxi. He hung the seal of the western general and was responsible for military affairs in the northwest. A certain led 100000 troops to attack Xitu from Baoding.

It's a long way from Baoding to Xi'an, and there is a Shanxi in the middle. Although he heard the news that the bandits led their troops to besiege Xi'an, it's not easy to appear here. He was worried that if Xi'an fell before their reinforcements arrived, the situation in the northwest would be ruined.

So he chose the capable soldiers and cavalry among the troops, set out quickly, passed through the cities of Shanxi along the way, basically ignored them and rushed directly. They hurried day and night. When they arrived at Tongguan, they sent envoys to lobby Liu Fangliang, the general of Tongguan.

Liu Fangliang couldn't resist the temptation after Xu Chengchou became a senior official, gold, silver and beauty in Hong Chengchou. After hesitating for a cup of tea, he finally decided to surrender to the Huaxia army.

Tongguan is a natural danger. It is also the front line of the roving bandits against the Chinese army. As long as someone guards here, it can achieve the effect that one man can hold the pass and ten thousand men can't leave. Even if Hong Chengchou leads 100000 troops to here, it's not easy to win here.

That is, because the military fortress is in his hands, Li Zicheng dares to go all out to attack Xi'an unprepared. After winning this place, he can take it as the core, expedition everywhere and establish his kingdom.

Tongguan is guarded here by five thousand elite soldiers led by fierce general Liu Fangliang. It is not easy for the enemy to break through. As long as he receives the signal for help, he will come right away. He can take advantage of the dangerous terrain of Tongguan to give the enemy a fatal blow.

Who knows that such an important place and such an important person surrendered to Hong Chengchou easily.

Liu Fangliang is an important general around Li Zicheng. He is deeply trusted and respected by him, so he can lead an army to guard here alone. Originally, his loyalty is no problem, and he is also confused by the bright prospects described by Li Zicheng. However, when Hong Chengchou led his elite troops out of Tongguan city suddenly, it gave him a great shock.

How did you arrive so soon after such a long distance? The Chinese army was so strong and fierce that they had no chance at all. Therefore, when they winked at him in the opposite direction, they basically didn't hesitate. They immediately agreed to surrender.

In fact, Liu Fangliang is willing to surrender, but many soldiers in his hands are unwilling to surrender. After all, they are the elite of roving bandits, and mianqiang can be called the old camp. If they surrender now, they will attack their brothers and friends. However, when Hong Chengchou ordered people to carry a few boxes of silver and pay military salaries on the site, these people are busy receiving military salaries and no longer consider brotherhood.

Even if they join the roving army, they don't pay military salaries and food. They are starving every day. Now they join the army and have military salaries. It's a formal establishment. This is a great job. Why don't they quit?

Because of Liu Fangliang's surrender, they didn't receive any news. They didn't know that Hong Chengshou led more than 10000 elite troops to travel around the clock and quickly arrived here. When he knew that Hong Chengchou led the main force to appear near here, it was already late, and the other party was ready to launch a fierce attack.

Hong Chengchou's use of troops was very powerful. He was deeply surprised and caught unprepared. He attacked decisively. After defeating the main force of the roving bandits, he pursued them ruthlessly and never let them go.

Hong Chengchou is a civil servant, but he is completely different from Lu Xiangsheng and Li Guanghai. Although Lu Xiangsheng and Li Guanghai were born as Jinshi, they both practice martial arts and are very powerful. Hong Chengchou is different. He is a literati with no strength to bind chickens. He never leads troops to battle in person or rushes into battle. He is both the elite generals under his command and achieves his plan.

When they defeated the main force of the Liukou army, he ordered Zu Kuan, Meng Ruhu and others to lead the elite, bite each other and say nothing to let Li Zicheng and Liu Zongmin go. He stationed his barracks outside the city and ordered his army to incorporate more than 100000 Liukou troops outside the city.

As many as 200000 bandits besieged Xi'an City, but when their main force was defeated, others had no will to resist. Seeing the arrival of the Chinese army, most people knelt down and begged for mercy. At the end of this day, Hong Chengchou actually gathered as many as 150000 people.

So in this way, Li Zicheng managed to close down some of Taiwan's old capital. Except that hundreds of people escaped from the old camp, others either died in the war or surrendered to Hong Chengchou.

It's not that these roving bandit soldiers are willing to surrender, but that they can't be killed if they don't surrender. Even if they want to escape, it's not easy, because most of them are hungry after a day's war. They are so hungry that they can't run at all.

This caused Hong Chengchou to attack Li Zicheng with 10000 main troops. Unexpectedly, he defeated his opponent and captured more than 100000 people alive in one day. Li Zicheng just led hundreds of people around him and fled in embarrassment. This war caused a sensation all over the world.

After accepting Liu Yuanqiao's appointment, Hong Chengchou immediately went to Baoding military camp. Originally, he said he would go back to his hometown in Fujian to visit his parents and worship his ancestral tombs. However, the military situation was urgent and he was not allowed to deal with these things at all. When he packed his bags in the military camp and was ready to return home, he received an urgent call from the general command department and ordered him to lead the main force immediately, Rush to Xi'an.

Hong Chengchou is also a person with a great view of the overall situation. He also knows that it should be extremely dangerous at this time. If he can't rush to rescue Xi'an in time and let it be attacked by exiles, the final consequences will be extremely serious and will only turn this place into a white land.

The best way for them is to beat them fast and slow down. When the rogue bandits have not become a climate, they can completely defeat them. As long as they defeat their main army, they can't make much momentum, and the rest is easy to say.

Liu Yuanqiao appointed him governor of Shaanxi, which was a great trust. He didn't want Shaanxi to fall into the hands of roving bandits just after he took office. Therefore, he personally led the main army, drove day and night, and finally let him achieve his wish.

After Hong Chengchou defeated the main force of the Liukou army outside the city, he ordered his men to gather the defeated soldiers and detain them in a military camp outside the city. In order to appease their emotions, he ordered the quartermaster to distribute a batch of food to the prisoners and let them fill their stomachs temporarily.

The roving army is also extremely short of food. Because they are not engaged in farming, the only way is to rob, and the gold and silver seized by robbery and smuggled. Therefore, there is not much food in their barracks and they have always been frugal.

As a result, they lived frugally, and all the food left fell into Hong Chengchou's hands.

Hong Chengchou was not a man who lived a hard life. After he got the grain, he immediately distributed it to these soldiers to let them eat first.

Of course, the soldiers of the Chinese army are full, while the Kou soldiers only need to eat half full and never die of hunger. If they are full and energetic, they are not allowed to make trouble.

Hong Chengchou was even more delighted that they had seized a large number of gold and silver treasures in the luggage camp of the roving bandits. These gold and silver treasures were plundered by the roving bandits, because they lost too quickly and miserably. They had no time to take them away and all fell into the hands of the Chinese army.