Autumn of the 17th year of Chongzhen

Chapter 1361 The Situation Is Strange
The sky gradually dawned, and the situation outside the city could be seen more clearly. Liu Fangliang looked out from the city. The Jin Army first put a few horse-repelling posts at the city gate, and then a row of shield chariots, forming a simple fortifications.

Behind the shield car, there are gunners, spearmen and artillery, forming a front to resist the impact of the Ming army.

The number of golden troops in formation is only three to four thousand, which is not too many, but they are only blocked outside the city gate, but it is enough.

Behind them, there are nearly ten thousand Jinjun infantry, sitting on the ground in the distance, ready to replace the Jinjun blocking the door in front, or to fill the gap in an emergency.

In addition, there are four or five thousand Jinjun cavalry stationed in the distant wilderness, ready to meet the Ming army who broke through the infantry at any time.

Outside each city gate, there were probably nearly [-] soldiers of the Jin army. Apart from them, there were tens of thousands of Jin soldiers who were digging trenches and building low walls and fortresses behind the Jin army blocking the gates.

Hauge led the main force to advance here from Baqiao, and outside the entire city, golden army banners were flying, and square formations stood everywhere.

The Jin army came too suddenly and prepared, and when the Ming army reacted, they had already formed an formation outside the city gate.

If it was in the wilderness, the Ming army cavalry could not be blocked by the Jin army, but the city restricted the mobility of the Ming army cavalry, and the cavalry could only rush out from the four gates.

The gate of Lintong City was so wide, at most four horsemen rushed out side by side, and outside the gate, the Jin army formed an array, nearly a thousand guns and a dozen cannons were aimed at the gate, and they became a target when they rushed out.

The Jin army came suddenly, and the Ming army arrogantly underestimated the enemy. Unexpectedly, the Jin army would kill the carbine, woke up from a deep sleep, and was not well prepared. Except for many people who rushed out of the east gate, the rest were trapped in the city.

At this time, the four gates of the city had been closed by the Ming army, and there were many dead horses and soldiers outside the gates, and no one cleaned them up.

The soldiers of Zhongyong Town on the city wall pulled the small bronze cannons up the city wall, and were constantly bombarding the Jin army hiding behind the shield car, but the Jin army did not retreat despite the casualties.

Liu Fangliang punched the city in frustration, but he really didn't expect to be slapped in the face.This time, not to mention the credit, the old face will be lost, he brought Zhongyongzhen to shame together.

The arrogant soldiers will be defeated, the Ming army has been too smooth recently, many soldiers are a little bit drifting, and after breaking through Tongguan, the whole road is like a broken bamboo, and the Jin army fled, which made them despise the Jin army even more, but they forgot that when the Ming Dynasty fought, the Jin country would not be defeated again. In wars, when the Ming Dynasty did not fight, the Kingdom of Jin also fought a battle with the Raksha people, and they were not a weak opponent.

"The governor is here!" Behind Liu Fangliang, the general Zhang Guangcui suddenly reminded.

Wang Shixiu was the first to get the report. He had the opportunity to go out of the city, but because he was worried that the army in the city would be trapped and there would be chaos. In addition, he didn't know how many Jin troops came in the dark night and whether there was an ambush outside the city, so he stayed in the city to calm people's hearts.

Although the Ming army was trapped, there were tens of thousands of people in the city. As long as they were not in chaos, it was impossible for the Jin army to rush in.

Liu Fangliang turned his head and saw Wang Shixiu going up the steps from the steps surrounded by Qin Shangxing, Zhao Shenkuan and others, he couldn't help feeling a little ashamed, and for a moment didn't know how to face Wang Shixiu.

Wang Shixiu walked over with a sullen face, and the generals behind him were like eggplants beaten by Shuang. Liu Fangliang let out a long breath, went up to meet him, lowered his head and cupped his fists, and said in shame, "Governor, I'm the one who killed everyone this time."

The generals behind Wang Shixiu also blushed, and each of them urged Wang Shixiu to march into Chang'an and win the first victory.

"You can't blame Liu Dudu for this matter, the gold thief is too cunning!" Now is not the time to pursue responsibility, Wang Shixiu grabbed Liu Fangliang's arm and threw the blame to Jin Jun.

"That's right! It's a thief, the gold thief deliberately moved all the people in the city, gave us the city to spend the night, and then came back to trap us. The gold thief has exhausted all his efforts, and Hauge may have become a genius." Qin Shangxing echoed, and they lost all face this time.

Wang Shixiu didn't like to talk about Liu Fangliang, but he turned his head and gave Qin Shangxing a look, "Jin Jun is cunning, but you have to reflect on yourself, Jiao Bing is talking about you!"

Qin Shangxing immediately misfired, their performance this time is not as good as Tan Tai they look down on.With such a big face today, when I saw Tan Tai in the future, I felt a little short, and I couldn't help feeling discouraged.

"How is the situation outside the city?" Wang Shixiu turned around and asked about the business.

Liu Fangliang saw that Wang Shixiu was not entangled in the matter of aggressively underestimating the enemy, so he glanced at him gratefully, turned his body sideways so that Wang Shixiu could see outside the city, and then said: "A lot of Jin troops have come. I have also seen the south city and the north city. They are all about the same, and it is estimated that all the troops that Hauge can mobilize have come."

Wang Shixiu looked out, just in time to see the Jin army setting up troops and digging trenches outside the city. He could only see the top of his head and a shovel of loess being thrown out, and the yellow dust was flying up.

Seeing his expression, Liu Fangliang pursed her lips, "Governor, although there are many Jin troops outside the city, I think the elite Jin troops outside the four gates will not exceed [-] in total. It is impossible for someone like Hauge to eat us if he is a Tuhu of the Kingdom of Jin."

Wang Shixiu waved his hand and said in a deep voice: "We are in the city, even if the gold thief has 20 yuan, if he wants to eat us, he will have to break his teeth. I am not worried that the gold thief will attack Lintong, but that Haoge has another picture."

"Another plan?" Liu Fangliang was taken aback.

Wang Shixiu explained, "I came from the east gate, and now I have arrived at the west gate. The Jin army outside the city is just blocking the gate and not attacking the city, while the Jin army is only focusing on digging trenches. Obviously, their goal is not us, but only us. They want to trap us in the city with a small number of people, and use the city lock method to trap Lintong and prevent us from going out."

Liu Fangliang reacted, and said in amazement: "The people in our two towns are still unable to enter the eyes of the gold thief. Could it be that he still wants to besiege the city and fight for aid, which is not good for the prison country?"

"If the gold thief's target is us, then there is no point in trapping us in the city. First, he can't eat us. Second, Jian Guo will definitely send troops to rescue them. At that time, they will encounter enemies inside and outside, and they will be defeated." Wang Shixiu worried Dao: "So I suspect that the gold thief's plan is to lock us first, then ambush the rescue army, and after defeating the reinforcements, finally turn around and deal with us."

When Liu Fangliang, Qin Shangxing and others heard that the target of the gold thief was to supervise the country, they couldn't help panicking.If Jian Guo was ambushed by the Jin army and finally defeated, then they are all sinners.

Liu Fangliang's face turned pale, "Haoge only has such a small number of people, Jian Guo still has nearly 20 horsemen, and there are thousands of cavalrymen rushed out by Tan Tai and Qin Feng in the city. How can Haoge ambush?"

Wang Shixiu shook his head, "I haven't thought about it clearly, but the current situation is weird. If I don't think so, I can't explain Jin Jun's current behavior..."

Huayin County, here has become an ocean of troops, and the entire city has been surrounded by companies and battalions of the Ming army.

As far as the eye can see, there is a piece of military tents like white bags outside the county seat, which is hard to count.

Soldiers of the Ming army and the accompanying civilian husbands walked through the camp in dense numbers, and there was a lot of voices.

At this time in the county town, Wang Yan was in the festival hall, gathering a group of senior generals to discuss the military situation.

His thoughts were the same as Wang Shixiu's, he believed that the Kingdom of Jin would have to struggle, and that there would be at least one major duel between Ming and Jin.

This is just like the Battle of Muye and the Battle of Julu. When the two forces confront each other, they have to face each other head-on, otherwise they will feel that something is wrong, and Wang Yan won't be happy if he wins.

In the festival hall, Wang Yan didn't wear a golden helmet and armor, but ordinary clothes and a winged crown, but his face remained confident.

He surrounded the sand table with everyone, pointed at the location of Huayin County with a pole, and said with a somewhat arrogant tone: "Once Tongguan is broken, the lonely king will put his army here. No matter what tricks Hauge plays, Gu is invincible."

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