Anti Qing

Chapter 64 Fire
This gathering of drums was Li Zicheng's sudden decision last night.

Even Li Zijing didn't know the real reason.

All I know is that after Li Zijing left last night, Li Zicheng summoned Liu Zongmin and Tian Jianxiu to the Hall of Mental Cultivation overnight to discuss important matters.

Outside Xi'an, the school grounds.

The Dashun army stood on guard, and lined up all around.

Li Zicheng was dressed in a light blue arrow suit, staring in the middle, with a deep voice.

Around the school grounds, there were veteran soldiers who had been selected in advance and had loud voices. Every time Li Zicheng said a word, they would repeat it.

In this way, every Shunjun soldier in the field can hear clearly.

"Hanzhong is in a hurry, Zhang Xianzhong is invading, and He Zhen is alone. I decided last night that Liu Fangliang will lead the Zuoying to set off today."

With that said, Li Zicheng picked up a glass of wine and walked to the front of the stage.

"I will use this cup to practice for the brothers in Zuoying!"

Li Zicheng drank the wine in one gulp, then handed it to Niu Jinxing, who paced back and forth on the stage, raising his fist.

"Da Shun will win!"

When the voice fell to the ground, there was a moment of silence in the field, and then a sound like a mountain roar and a tsunami swept over.

"Da Shun will win!!"

Liu Fangliang's Zuoying officers and soldiers were given a cup. After drinking, they walked out of the school grounds in front of everyone's attention.

Wu Zhaosheng looked at all this with deep shock in his eyes.

He thought it was because the former battalion was going to Jingxiang ahead of time, and he was afraid that something might go wrong in the plan, but he didn't expect that something big happened in Hanzhong.

It seems that the Great Western Army was coming so fiercely that Li Zicheng had to divide his troops to go to Hanzhong. This was a good thing for the Qing Dynasty.

Just as he was thinking, Li Zijing walked over.

"See General."

Li Zijing helped Wu Zhaosheng up and said.

"The brothers of the family are gone, what else can I see?"

"This is what I promised you, you armored soldiers who surrendered."

"After arriving in Jingxiang, you can practice with my front battalion. You will be rewarded and punished according to military regulations, and everything will be treated as ordinary soldiers."

"If you make military achievements on the battlefield, even if you are a soldier, you can also be promoted to a veteran soldier, and your family will be taken to the old camp for protection."

Li Zijing said, smiling slightly.

"You also know that there are many people in Dashun who are hostile to you. When you arrive in Jingxiang, all this will change."

"My promise, Li Zijing, to you, will definitely be fulfilled!"

Wu Zhaosheng looked behind Li Zijing, and was completely stunned by these armored battles that not even many Dashun troops had.

On the way here, Wu Zhaosheng was still very uneasy.

Because the Dashun army looked down on these surrendered soldiers, Li Zijing just made new regulations yesterday, so logically he should find someone to show his prestige.

On such an important occasion, especially calling these soldiers to be there, it is very likely that they are used to make an example of others.

But I didn't expect that it was to issue them armored battles.

Li Zijing waved back, took a set of arrow clothes, cotton armor, and cotton clothes, and held them in front of him.

"General Zhi, how did this happen?"

Wu Zhaosheng looked at these things with mixed emotions in his heart.

Wu Zhaosheng was very touched by what he said last time, but he only thought it was Li Zijing who said it.

But he didn't expect that what Li Zijing said would be done so quickly.

The Dashun army is short of supplies and troops. Wu Zhaosheng knows how difficult it is for Li Zijing to get these.

Many soldiers of the Qing army were also at a loss when they saw the swords and guns, arrow clothes and cotton clothes that were issued to them, which were no different from ordinary soldiers in the former battalion.

In fact, this is not a question of good or bad things, but a question of attitude.

Among the Qing army, they were also used as cannon fodder, and those Eight Banners masters always looked down on them.

Not to mention treating these green battalions as ordinary Manchurian soldiers, that's even more unthinkable.

Wu Zhaosheng, the governor of the green battalion, basically played the role of serving tea and water in front of Duoduo.

When he was in the camp, Duduo had no choice but to talk about military affairs, and Wu Zhaosheng couldn't get in the conversation.

He, who had never felt so valued before, was a little moved for a moment, holding the suit that Li Zijing personally handed over to him, and was speechless for a while.

Scholars die for their confidants, and Wu Zhaosheng was also a general of the Liao army, who risked his life for the country and Jianzhou in Liaodong.

That part of the past is now unbearable.

The Qing army had too many dogs, and it was already a luxury to be a human again.

At least, Li Zijing really looked at him as a human being, not a dog leg who would come and go at any time.

Dai Zhijun saw the changes in Wu Zhaosheng, there was no movement on his face, but the darkness in his eyes was slightly surging.

Liu Fangliang rested in Xi'an for a few days, and the news that he led the main force of the left camp to the south to help Hanzhong today spread throughout Xi'an.

For a time, the crowd was excited.

The Dashun Army had no intention of fleeing, and Li Zicheng also decided to stay in Xi'an.

Liu Fangliang led the main force of the left battalion to go south, which gave the whole army and civilians in Xi'an a heartbreak.

Although Xi'an was surrounded by enemies, the Dashun Army had the spirit of one enemy four. Under Li Zicheng's successive arrangements, the hearts of the people tended to stabilize.

Everyone can see that the high-spirited and determined King Li Chuang back then is back again.

That night, a fast horse rushed to the front camp.

"Your Majesty ordered Li Zijing, the general in command, to lead the front battalion and Wu Zhaosheng's troops to surrender tomorrow, to help Jingxiang, and to restrain the troops on the east road!"

Li Zijing received the decree, without any excitement, but looked worriedly at the divine hangar.

For some reason, Wu Zhaosheng and Dai Zhijun have not moved at all until now. Could it be that I guessed wrong?

But what Hao Yaoqi said, Dai Zhijun secretly sent people close to the gunpowder depot, why?
That night, the north wind was bleak, and the city of Xi'an was silent.

Since Liu Fangliang led tens of thousands of troops from the Zuoying to assist Hanzhong, the strength of the Dashun Army in Xi'an was greatly reduced.

The leaves of the iron armor intersected, and the armored footsteps stepped on the ground dullly.

No one in the deep sleep knew that this was destined to be a long night.

"boom!"

In the middle of the night, there was a sudden explosion in the west of the city, and the flames above the divine hangar soared into the sky, illuminating the city like daytime.

Li Zijing jumped off the straw mat, grabbed the Yanling Saber and rushed out of the tent, only to find that the entire front camp was in chaos.

Hao Yaoqi rushed over and shouted loudly.

"It's not good, general, the powder magazine is on fire!"

Li Zijing stared forward, only to see the flames rising from Xi'an Dingmen, filling the sky above the gunpowder warehouse, and billowing black smoke rising into the sky.

The Qing army's surrender camp was also in the same chaos.

"boom!"

Wu Zhaosheng, wearing a black arrow jacket and cotton armor, kicked open Dai Zhijun's tent, and picked up Dai Zhijun who was still asleep.

"What did you do!?"

"You blew up the gunpowder magazine yourself without notifying me!?"

Dai Zhijun's eyes were sleepy, and he didn't understand what was going on. Hearing the meaning of the words, it was the drowsiness that suddenly dissipated.

He broke free from Wu Zhaosheng's hand and drove out of the camp.

But he saw that the fire above the gunpowder warehouse of the divine hangar was soaring into the sky, and black smoke billowed up.

Dai Zhijun's eyes widened, as if he knew about this at all.

Wu Zhaosheng chased him out of the camp, and in a rage he pulled out the Yanling Saber, put it on Dai Zhijun's neck, and spit flew from his mouth.

"How dare you blow up the gunpowder magazine without telling me!"

"Do you think that if you do this, I will follow you to surrender?"

"Let me tell you Dai Zhijun, the Han army is all about me, not you!"

"You are just a staff officer, it's not up to you to be the master of this kind of thing!"

"Are you even going to ride on Lao Tzu's head?"

Feeling the icy cold on his neck, Dai Zhijun's mind went blank.

At this moment, there was another explosion in the direction of the divine hangar.

"It's not me, I didn't do it!"

"I've already given orders to cancel tonight's action, it's the people below who did it themselves! It's really not me!"

Wu Zhaosheng's face was gloomy, he smiled coldly, and threw out a note.

"Do you think I'll still trust you?"

On the note, it was the secret letter written by Dai Zhijun to Azig in the evening.

The content of the secret letter was Wu Zhaosheng's unbelievable warning that he was treated favorably by the Dashun Army.

(End of this chapter)