Autumn of the 17th year of Chongzhen

Chapter 1360 Sudden Siege
On April [-], Wang Shixiu, Liu Fangliang and others led a [-]-strong army to leave Weinan and march towards Lintong County after a brief rectification.

Whether the Jin army was unwilling to fail and fought a battle with the Ming army in the east of Chang'an for a showdown, or decisively gave up Guanzhong, the Ming army is still unable to say clearly.

Along the way, the Ming army rode out to investigate the enemy's situation within a radius of thirty miles, and the army soon arrived in Lintong County.

Just like coming all the way before, the Ming army did not meet the resistance of the Jin army, giving people the illusion that the Jin army really fled.

At this time, it was getting late, and the Ming army was about to seize Lintong County for the night without going down to the camp. There was not a single civilian left, and not a single hair was left for the Ming army.

After receiving the report from the soldiers, Lintong was already an empty city. This made Liu Fangliang firmer in his judgment. And escaped, and now there is an empty city again, without an inch of success.

Judging from the current situation, it seems that the Jin Army really chose to abandon Guanzhong decisively after the fall of Tongguan and the collapse of the Guanzhong defense line.

Wang Shixiu and Liu Fangliang rode into the city. Liu Fangliang said a little unhappy: "The gold thief is lonely and poor. He fears the power of our army and coerces the people to flee westward. Governor, I think I have the right to rest in the city tonight. Tomorrow morning, I will go to the city." Pursue immediately, otherwise the main force of the Jin army will escape to the west, and we will not be able to explain to Jian Guo."

The Ming army had few defeats in recent years. Liu Fangliang wanted to drive directly to the city of Chang'an, but Wang Shixiu disagreed, which made Liu Fangliang a little dissatisfied.

Now seeing that Lintong has become an empty city, he complained in his heart, thinking that Wang Shixiu's conservative strategy affected his meritorious service, so that he chased from Tongguan for hundreds of miles, but got nothing but a few empty cities.

Wang Shixiu was one of the five governors. Although Liu Fangliang replaced Dai Zhifan in Zhongyong Town, he was only one of the ten or so governors, and his official position was one level lower than Wang Shixiu. This time, Wang Yan also let Wang Shixiu take the lead and he was the assistant.

His current mood was as if Wei Yan wanted to get out of Ziwu Valley and was rejected by Zhuge Liang several times, and he felt aggrieved for a while.

After speaking, Liu Fangliang beat the horse and left first, and gave Wang Shixiu a back. Seeing this, Wang Shixiu's face darkened. He could feel that Liu Fangliang was dissatisfied with him, and the generals behind him who were rampaging the horse army also felt a little useless.

Wang Shixiu was born as a scholar, read history books, and there is always a battle to destroy the country. After all, only a small number of people think about dedicating land, and more people are not reconciled to failure.

Right now, the Kingdom of Jin has no intention of surrendering, so it should be pricked anyway. The fish is still hanging its tail on the chopping board. It is impossible for a country as big as the Kingdom of Jin not to fight back.

Wang Shixiu was inclined to this idea at first, but now being influenced by the people around him, and seeing Lintong Kong being so thorough, he also had some doubts, whether he was thinking wrong.

Not long after the Ming army wiped out the Qing Dynasty, they started cutting gold aggressively again. Hundreds of thousands of troops poured into the Guanzhong. The soldiers were inevitably proud and wanted to fight hard, but after chasing for hundreds of miles, they failed to win. Naturally, they were disappointed.

Wang Shixiu saw that Liu Fangliang was leading the generals away, feeling a little helpless, and told the generals around him: "After the army enters the city, they will bury pots and cook food, and the four gates must be guarded. In addition, the guards are released according to regulations, so don't slack off!"

The generals at the back reluctantly took orders, Wang Shixiu couldn't help shouting angrily when he saw their appearance, "Have you heard what I said?"

Qin Shangxing, Zhao Shenkuan and others responded: "Yes, the last general takes orders."

At present, [-] troops marched into the city, each of them searched for houses and settled down, buried pots to make food, and fed the horses.As soon as it got dark, most of the soldiers of the Ming army fell asleep one after another.

It was night, and the moonlight in the sky was dim. Under the cover of the heavy night, tens of thousands of Jin troops marched eastward at high speed, intending to turn back to Lintong City.

Lintong County is adjacent to the Weishui River in the north, and the terrain is relatively flat. There are large tracts of fertile land along the way, and the marching road is not difficult. By the middle of the night, they were only more than ten miles away from Lintong.

"Your Majesty, we've arrived at Guzipo." Tang Tong pointed to a hill in front of him and said, "More than ten miles ahead, Lintong City!"

Tang Tong looked around. He was very familiar with the nearby terrain. Although the sky was not bright, he could still tell where he was from the outline of the surrounding terrain.

After Hauge heard this, he immediately reined in his horses, summoned the generals, and said: "The army is divided into four routes here, and each route is blocked by a gate. There are Ming cavalry in the city, and there are no heavy artillery. After you arrive at each gate, you will As soon as the shield chariot swings, set up the horses in front, and then set up the firecrackers and artillery, so as to stop the Ming army from rushing out without hesitating casualties."

Tang Tong, Li Benshen, Wang Jinbao and other generals all nodded, and Tang Tong sneered, "Don't worry, Your Majesty, the city they entered by themselves was locked inside, no wonder we are."

Hauge nodded slightly, and said in a deep voice: "The Ming army has regulations on marching, and the sentry cavalry usually spread out for twenty or thirty li. People from all walks of life bypass this area first, and take their positions fifteen miles away from each gate. At the fifth watch, when the gods are sleeping the most, they all approach the city gate. If they are spotted by sentry cavalry on the road, don't panic. Block the Ming army from leaving the city."

Everyone knew that blocking the gate was the key to this operation. If the Ming army cavalry were allowed to leave the city, then in the wilderness, the Jin army would have no choice but to take the Ming army cavalry.

Seeing everyone solemnly nodding to accept the order, Hauge waved his hands in satisfaction and said: "Okay, let's go, gentlemen! Your task is to block the door, dig trenches and build forts, and I will leave it to the army to handle."

In the dark, the Jin army divided into four groups and began to touch Lintong. Although the moon at the beginning of the month was not round and the light was not enough, the terrain of the Weihe Plain was relatively flat, and there were no rivers and ditches. The Jin army did not need to worry about falling into the ditch.

At five o'clock, the Jin troops from all walks of life began to move towards Lintong. The west, north, and south routes all set off on time. The troops on the east route were a little late because of the long detour.

The distance of more than ten miles was right under our noses, and the cavalry could reach the city within two sticks of incense.

However, when the Jin army of the third route approached the city ten miles away, they did not see the sentry cavalry of the Ming army. Obviously, their sentry positions did not reach a radius of [-] miles, so they should be lax. inside.

At this time, Li Benshen, who had made a detour to the east, had just started fifteen miles away, and a few horsemen and horses rushed out of a dense forest and fled towards Lintong County in a hurry.

The dispersal range of the sentry cavalry of the Ming army was stipulated within a radius of [-] to [-] miles, the radius of hilly areas was usually about [-] miles, and the radius of plains was generally [-] miles.Although Wang Shixiu had ordered, Qin Shangxing and others felt that the Jin army fled westward and the Ming army was safe in the city, so they didn't have to worry about the enemy's cavalry stepping into the camp. The sentinel sent out fifteen li.

"General, there are sentry cavalry!" A Golden Army cavalry pointed to the shadow running far away and reminded loudly.

Li Ben shook the reins deeply, and shouted, "Don't worry about it, go straight to the east gate!" After speaking, he clamped the horse's belly, waved the whip, and urged the horse to charge towards Lintong.

Several sentry cavalry rushed out from the woods, heard the iron hooves rolling behind them, turned around and saw a black army chasing after them, the leading scout galloped, and immediately took out a loud arrow and shot it into the sky.

When Liu Fangliang was sleeping soundly in the city, the door outside the house was suddenly knocked hastily, and a voice called out in panic, "Dudu Liu, Dudu Liu, something is wrong!"

Liu Fangliang was woken up and sat up. He heard voices outside, and asked impatiently, "When is it? What's the noise?"

"The Jin army turned back and surrounded the city. The governor ordered all the ministries to break through the siege immediately, and count as much as they can go out!"

Liu Fangliang was so frightened that she fell into an ice cellar, so frightened that she lost all sleep, she got off the bed suddenly, wearing only one shoe, and opened the door of the room with a coat on.He only heard the sound of cannons and guns outside the city, and saw the soldiers in the yard in a mess, their faces were full of astonishment.

Two personal guards rushed into the house, took out the armor and shoes for Liu Fangliang, put them on, and brought the horses.

At this time, inside and outside the city, the torches were brightly lit, and the soldiers of the Ming army were frightened and hurriedly put on their armor, led out their horses, and rushed towards the four city gates under the command of the officers.

Liu Fangliang was stationed in the west city. He galloped to the gate of the city. The soldiers of Zhongyong Town on the city were firing guns and cannons, shooting at the Jin army outside the city. into the city.

Liu Fangliang boarded the top of the city, and saw that the outside of the city was covered with torches. Under the light of the torches, it was faintly visible that the Jin army outside the city formed a crescent-shaped front with horses, spears, shield chariots, artillery, and firecrackers. The door exit was blocked.

In the dark night, the firecrackers and cannons of the Golden Army flashed orange flames, and the projectiles intertwined to block the exit of the city gate. Several cavalrymen were shot off their horses after a few steps, and the cavalrymen fell from their horses and hit the ground heavily. , The war horse continued to rush forward for more than ten steps despite the rain of bullets. With a cry of grief, it fell down instantly, raising a cloud of dust.

Liu Fangliang knew at a glance that it was useless to go out from the north, so he hurried down to the city, grabbed a soldier and asked, "What about the other three sects?"

"It is said that only the east gate was rushed out, and the other directions are not clear..."

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