Autumn of the 17th year of Chongzhen

Chapter 1367 Head-to-head confrontation
Outside Lintong County, [-] garrison troops dug several deep ditches and built several low walls.The Ming army in the city rushed several times, but they were all driven back, and now they can only sit trapped in the city.

After Hauge surrounded Lintong, he anxiously waited for Wang Yan to enter the trap, but ten days later, Huayin's 20 Ming army sat on Huayin like an old monk, just sitting there, not moving.

This made Hauge a little worried and a little anxious. He realized that Wang Yan might be aware of his actions, especially when Ming army scouts infiltrated Lintong on a large scale and wanted to inquire about news in Lintong, Hauge knew Wang Yan, the old tortoise, was probably a little scared, so he didn't dare to rush to rescue Lintong.

Meeting such an opponent who was afraid of death made Hauge very depressed, but he had the bait in hand, and he was not afraid that Wang Yan would not come, but he couldn't afford it at this time.

In the tent of the Chinese army, Hauge stood in front of the map with his hands behind his back, staring at the direction of Huayin. The news he most wanted to hear now was that the Ming army in Huayin had moved.

"Your Majesty! An urgent report from Chang'an!" When Hauge was in a daze, Han Chaoxuan suddenly came in with a beating report.

"Chang'an?" Hauge turned around. Seeing that Han Chaoxuan's complexion was not good, he couldn't help taking the beating newspaper and unfolding it with some doubts. His eyes suddenly protruded.

Han Chaoxuan said on the side: "Your Majesty, if the beating report is true, then Wang Yan should know that the King of Shu has entered Guanzhong."

Hauge was so angry that his face twisted, he tore up the newspaper and threw it to the ground, "It's unreasonable, I've worked so hard for several months, but it was ruined in one fell swoop. Kill, should be killed, Li Chengjin in the pass of Ziwu Town should be killed! "

Dajin Kingdom mobilized countless materials to organize this large-scale battle. It can be said that Hauge put all his effort and wealth into it.

Now that the battle is at a critical moment, Wang Yan is competing patiently with him and who can hold his breath. Originally, he has already gained the upper hand, but at this time Wang Yan has seen all the cards. How can Hauge not be angry.

"The matter has come to this point, killing a thousand bosses will not change the situation, and the ambush is obviously not going to happen!" Han Chaoxuan hurriedly said: "And now that the Ming army in Hanzhong has reacted, He Tengjiao and Hao Yaoqi will probably march north. Very dangerous."

Han Chaoxuan suddenly bowed and saluted, and said in a deep voice: "Your Majesty, time is running out. I think that if you want to fight, you have to be decisive, and quickly find Wang Yan's main force to fight. If you don't fight, you have to retreat quickly and admit defeat!"

Hauge's cheeks twitched. In fact, he also knew that the news would leak out sooner or later. He wanted to kill people just to vent his anger.

Hauge's face was grim and he didn't speak. After a long silence, he let out a heavy breath and calmed down.

He walked back and forth in front of the map for a few steps, suddenly stopped, and said harshly: "I have an army of 20, there is no reason to admit defeat! This battle is still going to be fought, but I can't rush forward and let the king thief wait for work at ease."

Although the ambush plan may have been exposed, and the Ming army may have analyzed the distribution of his forces, Hauge still hopes to fight the Ming army on the battlefield he selected.He still has Bai Guangen's troops in Huashan, maybe the Ming army hasn't noticed it yet.

Speaking of this, Hauge gritted his teeth and said, "I ordered the army to bombard Lintong with artillery, and then ordered the garrison to dig tunnels and bomb the city overnight. I don't believe that Wang Yan will watch me eat the elite soldiers of his Zhongyong and Hengchong towns!"

Han Chaoxuan frowned, and he was unwilling to give up Guanzhong just like that, but now the decisive battle, Jin Guo's chances of winning have been greatly reduced.

"Your Majesty, what about Hanzhong and Northern Shaanxi?" Han Chaoxuan couldn't help reminding.

Hauge frowned, "Order the gates to stand firm, and I will force the Ming army to fight in the near future! Let the soldiers~" So Hauge himself was not at ease, he said halfway, looked at Han Chaoxuan, and sighed, "I still have trouble Han Qin, wait for the [-] troops to go to the southern part of Shanxi to sit in town!"

Han Chaoxuan was silent for a while, and saluted: "I am willing to accept the order, but I don't want to guarantee how long I can stop the Ming army. I can only guarantee that the day when the Ming army breaks into Guanzhong from Hanzhong is the time for me to execute myself!"

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After Hauge's order was issued, the Jin army started fighting clearly.

The Jin army besieging Lintong began to storm the city without hesitating casualties. Cannons, tunnels, frontal assaults, and timely means all greeted the city.

However, Hauge did not use elite soldiers to attack the city, but urged nearly [-] troops to attack day and night, consuming the gunpowder and troops in the city.

When the Jin army stormed Lintong, all the cavalry of the Jin army who had blocked the Ming army scouts on the Weinan line to prevent the Ming army scouts from spying on the vicinity of Lintong were all withdrawn, and let Wang Yan see enough at once.

The scouts of the Ming army soon entered the vicinity of Lintong, only to hear the sound of killing and the rumbling of artillery.

Of course, Hauge couldn't let the scouts of the Ming army really approach Lintong. Seeing that he used the army to attack the city, he didn't use all his strength, so Wang Yan was not in a hurry.

Soon the scout's report was spread to Huayin and placed on Wang Yan's desk.

In fact, after Wang Yan received the report from Hanzhong, he planned to entrust it to Hanzhong and northern Shaanxi for a while, so that Hauge could not hold on and beat him.

But it seems that Hauge has seen through his tricks, and the methods used during the Central Plains War did not work.Wang, who originally wanted to eat all over the world with a fresh move, was still reluctant to part with his nearly [-] elite, and decided to fight a decisive battle with the Jin army.

At this time, Wang Yan glanced at the information sent by the scouts, looked up at the generals in the hall, pursed his lips and said: "Haoge stormed Lintong, this is forcing the lonely king to go to a decisive battle!"

"It's not good to use insidious tricks, let's come to open tricks, Haoge's desire to fight is very strong!" Dai Zhifan said.

Li Guo smiled, "Can he not be in a hurry, as long as the Hanzhong army joins the people from northern Shaanxi, he will surely die, I guess that guy will be so anxious that he won't be able to poop."

The rough men in the army laughed loudly, but Wang Yan couldn't laugh, "The two towns of Zhongyong and Hengchong don't carry much food, grass and supplies, especially gunpowder. If there is no food, you can kill horses, but Haoge is so busy day and night. With a fierce attack, it won't be long before the gunpowder in the two towns will be used up. I'm worried that they won't last long."

The horse army was trained by Wang Yan with great difficulty, and it is also the backing for the Ming army to maintain an aggressive posture on the front line of Mongolia. If the [-] horse army is destroyed, the northern frontier may have to shrink back in the next few years.

The key point is that it is not easy for the Ming army in Hanzhong to break through the pass and enter Guanzhong. Wang Yan does not want to risk the [-] horse army.

Moreover, it was already late April, and the Ming Dynasty had mobilized millions of civilian laborers, which had seriously affected production, and the production of the Kingdom of Jin had also been severely damaged due to the war.

Famine has already occurred in many places in Guanzhong. If the situation is corrupted for too long, and the relatively stable society in Guanzhong collapses, Wang Yan may not be able to deal with it.

Once the society collapses, he can't solve the problem by transporting some rice. He will also face the problem of suppressing bandits, otherwise the problem in Guanzhong will be as corrupt as it was during the reign of Chongzhen.

The generals understood what Wang Yan meant when they heard the words, Li Guo immediately said loudly: "Jianguo, now that Hauge has revealed all his cards, we are still afraid that he will fail. Then our army presses up and confronts the Jin army head-on, what is there to be afraid of?"

Wang Yan nodded, "Gu Wang decided to fight Hao Ge, but how to fight, do you have any ideas?"

Dai Zhifan said: "Looking at the layout of the Jin army, it should be that Meng Qiaofang is in the north and Wu Sangui is in the south. If our army advances, I suggest that we first seize a few towns on the south bank of the Weihe River as support points to block Meng Qiaofang, and focus on the central army and the army. The south, especially the main attack on the south."

Wang Yan walked to the edge of the sand table and asked, "Does Mingzhang mean to hit Wu Sangui first?"

Dai Zhifan nodded and said: "The deployment of the Jin army's forces is basically transparent now, and we can formulate a strategy based on the deployment of the Jin army. I think that the Wei River to the north is not conducive to our offensive detour, so we should take a defensive position. Haoge dug a large number of trenches in the middle road, and built a low wall, ready to wait for us to fight. I thought that our army should pretend to be frontal, and it was not suitable to attack. Wu Sangui’s infantry in the south was only 3 people. Lishan and other places, split and defeat the Wu army, and then turn around to Haoge's rear, the Jin army will definitely be defeated."

Wang Yan looked at the sand table. The Weishui River in the north was indeed not considered. Then the breakthrough points were only the front and the south. He nodded, "Our army has few cavalry, and the mountains and forests in the south can indeed be used as a breakthrough point."

Speaking of this, Wang Yan couldn't help waving his arms and ordered: "The generals of the army will stay and formulate detailed battle plans with the lonely king, and the rest of the generals will go back to prepare. In the past two days, the army will go west to Lintong to fight the gold thief!"

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