Chapter 1017

Li Guanghai returned to the Yamen and immediately summoned a large number of subordinates to tell the results of the peace talks and asked them to appease the people in the city and let them accept the current facts. At the same time, they also announced that they would resign from the post of governor of Xi'an. Hong Chengchou would appoint him to take over the post soon. The matter of Xi'an has come to an end for the time being.

Hong Chengchou was very upset about Li Guanghai's guarding the city and not letting them in. The reason why he didn't send troops to attack the city immediately was that they were still chasing the remaining evils of the wandering bandits. At the same time, his troops were arriving one after another and needed to be received, installed and dispatched.

Among the more than 100000 troops stationed in Baoding camp, only the elite troops of more than 10000 people took the lead, and the follow-up troops came one after another.

When the big army came, he was more confident.

You know what he is facing, but the vast Shaanxi Province is equivalent to the whole northwest region. It is not enough for him to control such a large place. Even if all his 100000 troops come and control such a large place, they are not rich.

You should know that the Tang Empire and the Han Empire deployed no less than five or six hundred thousand troops in this area.

That's why he chose to wait for reinforcements, recruit troops and horses, and cooperate with the local squires.

Li Guanghai was not willing to cooperate with Hong Chengchou, but other squires and officials waved olive branches to him one after another and threw famous thorns at him one after another, hoping to win his favor.

Hong Chengchou feels a little regretful. Among so many officials, he most appreciates Li Guanghai. He hopes he can help himself. If this person can help himself, he can stabilize the situation in Shaanxi as soon as possible, and then devote all his energy to military affairs and civil affairs, so he can give it to Li Guanghai. Even if he is promoted as Shaanxi governor, why not?

But this person is so stubborn that he refuses to surrender to him. This is a helpless thing. Everyone has his own aspirations and can't force it. If this kind of talent doesn't really obey you, it's useless to force it.

However, this does not mean that there is no one around Hong Chengchou, and no one is willing to work for him. On the contrary, there are many who are willing to work for him and surrender to the new dynasty.

The king of Qin in the city shouted that he would be buried with Daming. Secretly, he also sent people to inquire about the policies of the Chinese army and wanted to get a guarantee from him.

In fact, Hong Chengchou could not decide or guarantee these things. He was just implementing the national policies of the Empire. The emperor of the Chinese Empire decided to let go of these clans, and their subordinates would implement them to the letter. If the emperor said to kill, he would do it immediately.

However, Hong Chengchou still believes in the goodwill of Liu Yuanqiao. Although he is a pragmatist and pays more attention to interests than anything, he is not a ruthless person. Generally speaking, he can let go as long as there is no threat to him.

Now Hong Chengchou is concentrating on sweeping out the enemies around him. In fact, Xi'an Prefecture is very large. There are as many as 37 units at the state and county level, ranking the top in the country. It is not easy to win here one by one.

Of course, the most urgent task now is to appease the local bandit rebellion. The main force of the bandit army has been defeated by them, but many people are scattered in nearby villages. If these people hide and don't make trouble, it won't be a problem. If they become bandits, occupy mountains and endanger places, it's a big problem.

And the most urgent thing is to take Li Zicheng. Although they have defeated the main force of the wandering bandits, they let the cunning big thief escape.

If it was another army and his main army was defeated, there would be no hope of making a comeback, but the big thief of the rogue bandits also took a group of troops around him. These people would make trouble extremely, but let them survive. One day, a single spark will start a prairie fire and soon make a comeback.

When he was in charge of Shaanxi, he had killed all the bandits here and fled to other places. As a result, they made a comeback in just over a year. Therefore, to treat these people, we must kill them all, not kill Li Zicheng, and the chaos in Shaanxi will never stop.

So he sent one army after another to pursue Li Zicheng.

However, after fleeing Chang'an County, the other party began to lurk in the place. Hong Chengchou's senior generals Zu Kuan and Meng Ruhu lost their trace and could only conduct a large-scale search in the vicinity.

Hong Chengchou did not dare to take any light heart. He immediately sent more troops to support him. If he let the other party escape into the mountain, it was really a headache.

In the process of pursuing and suppressing the roving bandits, even the former Ming army was not afraid of a frontal battle with the roving bandits, because a frontal battle would easily defeat them.

But as soon as these people saw that the wind was wrong, they began to flee to the mountains and forests. The army was in the mountains and forests, and it was difficult to expand. They had nothing to do with them at all. It was called not to enter every forest.

Therefore, the roving bandits also knew their advantage and took advantage of it. When they saw that the wind was wrong, they began to run into the mountains and forests.

But at this stage, Hong Chengchou no longer dared to take any light heart. Even if there were not many people around him, he did not dare to relax. Instead, he sent more troops to recover the enemy.

It is because of so many things that Hong Chengchou dare not do anything to Li Guanghai.

Fortunately, Li Guanghai was a wise man. He didn't think that if he guarded a Xi'an City, he could fight against him. Instead, he began to give up everything after testing with him and after he promised.

Although such a result can not satisfy him, it can only be so. These talents can not be used by him or become his enemy. If they become his enemy, they will be killed immediately.

The next day, Hong Chengchou ordered his army to take over Xi'an city. At this time, the Daming sun and moon flag flying on the wall of Xi'an city came down, marking the formal end of Daming's rule in this area.

Many people looked at the falling flag of the sun and moon of the Ming Dynasty and burst into tears. They were in pain. They looked at Hong Chengchou's army, danced and awed, and kept driving into the city to take over the hubs everywhere.

After more than ten days of fierce war, the defenders in the city suffered heavy casualties. Most of the defenders of the city wall were ordinary people, mostly old, weak, sick and disabled. After defeating the exiles, most of them went home, which made the defenders pitiful.

At this time, even if they don't open the gate, it's easy for the Chinese army to take it down.

Most of the soldiers of the Chinese Army wear half body armor. Their iron armor mainly protects their chest and head, because if they wear full body armor, their movements are not flexible. When they fight bayonets, they can't play their best role. Such equipment makes them look strange, but it is very practical and has good protection for soldiers.

The Chinese army, the king and division, drove into Xi'an in high spirits, which shocked the people. Almost all the people in Xi'an who could move and breathe went to the city to participate in the battle, which gave them the least military common sense.

As soon as we look at the quality of this army, we know that they are very capable of fighting. All of them are dressed in armor, which is equivalent to having the fighting capacity of tens of thousands of soldiers. That's enough. No wonder the Chinese army will be invincible in the world.

The left and right political envoys, criminal observation envoys and Du command envoys of the Chengxuan political envoys Department of Shaanxi led the main officials of the whole city to kneel here at the gate of the city to welcome the entry of the Chinese army.

Hong Chengchou rode a tall horse and slowly came in surrounded by the pro guards. When he saw so many officials of the previous dynasty kneeling on the ground, he had no joy of conquering. The main reason was that Li Guanghai, whom he valued most, did not become one of them. The others were flatterers, which was of no use at all.

Hong Chengchou was ordered to take charge of the northwest area. Although he was a military and political officer, he hoped to have a capable assistant in civil affairs, so that he could spare his energy and be specifically responsible for military affairs.

As far as Shaanxi is concerned, the situation is still very grim. Among the seven prefectures in Shaanxi, most of them are still under the banner of Daming. Although they are controlled by local giants and are in a wait-and-see state, their army has not arrived and can not be subdued.

Another point is that there are mountain bandits, bandits and roving bandits everywhere in such a large place, endangering the place. If these people are not eradicated, it is easy to die.

Therefore, Hong Chengchou understood that the main thing he came here was to be responsible for military affairs. It was even a pity that he lacked a capable assistant.

And he came here. Although he was only the governor of Shaanxi, he put on the seal of the general of the western expedition and was responsible for the military affairs in the northwest.

In other words, if he has the ability to march to other places in Qinghai and Gansu, he will also get the support of the imperial court. Even the imperial court originally meant this. When the stage is set up for him, it depends on what good play they sing.

If he can't sing any good play, he may fail to live up to the great seal of the general who marched to the West. Hong Chengchou is very grateful to Liu Yuanqiao for transferring him to use troops abroad instead of in the Central Plains to fight with Zhu Ming's disabled forces, so as to save embarrassment.

Although Hong Chengchou was only a civil servant, he also had the ambition to open up new territories. In the past, the Ming Dynasty did not advocate external expansion and did not have the strength in this regard. Their literary ministers did not dare to think so. Now with such strength, they will consider and restore the glory of the Han and Tang Dynasties in the western regions.

Treacherous heroes, such as Cao Cao, have a lofty feeling of opening up territory for the Han Empire. After death, they are proud of the tomb inscription: Han conquered the west general. People like them are no exception.