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Chapter 675: Recapture Xi'an

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    The sound of gongs sounded closely, and the Ming army withdrew like a tide.  "Let someone block the gap immediately." Zhang Xianzhong patted the hot cannon beside him, "What a sharp cannon. Li Zicheng is worthy of me this time." "Father." Nineteen-year-old Li Dingguo hurriedly ran away.  He came over, lay down next to Zhang Xianzhong's ear and whispered a few words.  "What did you say?" Zhang Xianzhong grabbed Li Dingguo, "You said Li Zicheng ran away?" "Yes, foster father. I just went to report the war situation to them, but found that they all withdrew from Xi'an." Zhang Xianzhong  He waved his hand to stop Li Dingguo: "Li Zicheng wanted me to come and wean him off. Dingguo, when did they run away?" "Go back to my foster father, they ran away from Andingmen at noon. They only brought 30,000 people from the old camp with them.  and all the guns and the rest were left in the city. " "Well, Li Zicheng." Zhang Xianzhong cursed, looked up at the sergeant who was repairing the city wall, and ordered in a low voice, "Dingguo, gather us.  "People, take these cannons and evacuate overnight." "Father, where are Cao Cao and the others?" Li Dingguo asked.  "Confused." Zhang Xianzhong scolded, "Let them bear it first, let's go out and talk." In the Ming army's tent, Qin Liangyu had a stern face, and Ma Xianglin was roaring at Han Wantao: "General Han, you keep guaranteeing that the city of Xi'an will be destroyed  , Now our white-armed soldiers have suffered heavy casualties, how can you explain to us?" "General Ma, don't worry." Xia Yang stood up from behind Han Wantao, "We didn't expect the rogue bandits to be prepared. The general's subordinates are not worried.  No one wants to see the casualties. We also made a mistake in our judgment. I would like to apologize to General Qin and General Ma first. "Is it enough to apologize?" Ma Xianglin still refused to give up.  "Generals, don't be anxious, listen to me first." Shi Kefa came out to smooth things over.  "Report." A lieutenant from the Yulin Army was wounded all over and was helped into the tent by several sergeants. "For your information, sirs, I have an urgent military intelligence report." Zhou Lei recognized this lieutenant and arranged for him to go to Andingmen to monitor it.  The bandits are moving.  Zhou Lei stepped forward and supported the lieutenant: "Aren't you at Andingmen? How did it happen like this?" "Return to sir." The lieutenant replied, "My subordinates and their people have been watching at Andingmen. At noon today  , the bandits led a large number of troops to evacuate Xi'an from Andingmen. The subordinates originally wanted to come back to report the news, but unfortunately they alerted the bandits, and all of their subordinates died in the battle. The subordinates were seriously injured and fell into a coma. Only now did they wake up and come back to report the news. "  There was chaos immediately in the military tent. The generals asked at once: "The intruders are gone? In which direction are they going? How many men and horses are they taking?" "Generals, be quiet, be quiet." Hong Chengchou stopped the commotion.  , asked the lieutenant, "What else did you see? Tell me truthfully." The lieutenant replied: "Sir, the intruders brought about 30,000 horses, including 10,000 cavalry, and a large number of guns. The rest  "I understand." Zhou Lei suddenly shouted, and the tent suddenly became quiet, and everyone turned their heads to Zhou Lei.  Zhou Lei didn't care, and waved his hand first: "Send him down for treatment first, and please send him to the field hospital of our Yulin Army." After speaking, Zhou Lei turned around and said to Hong Chengchou: "Master Hong, the intruder must have known about it.  Our plan, that's why he asked Zhang Xianzhong to defend Yongding Gate, and he took advantage of the opportunity to evacuate Xi'an. No wonder our attack at Yongle Gate did not encounter any counterattack. Sir, Xi'an is currently empty. I suggest that we attack Xi'an immediately. We can do it tonight.  "Capture Xi'an City." "General Zhou has another suggestion," Ma Xianglin sneered, "But I don't know who will lead the attack tonight." Zhou Lei didn't care about Ma Xianglin's cynicism and gave him a fist.  My Yulin army is leading the charge. I am willing to give up the credit to General Ma. " "Huh." Ma Xianglin snorted and said nothing. "General Han, General Zhou, are you sure the intruder has escaped?  Okay, but there are Zhang thieves and Luo thieves in Xi'an." Han Wantao also felt that we should not act rashly: "Master Huihong, I think we can rest for the night and we will fight again tomorrow.  There are only three days at the moment. Even if the thieves and Zhang really evacuate Xi'an, they won't cause any more trouble. We can return to the capital after regaining Xi'an." Hong Chengchou pondered for a while: "All the ministries will gather together as planned tomorrow.  Attack Xi'an. Mr. Sun, you will gather the cavalry from all the ministries tomorrow and lead them. Once Xi'an is recovered, you should not stop for a moment and return to the capital immediately."His camp then ordered: "Zhou Lei, send another scout to Xi'an immediately to see if Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong have really escaped. They must report back before the fourth watch." Zhou Lei went out to make arrangements, and Han Wantao sent him another report.  All the senior officers gathered together: "Everyone, looking at the current situation, the rogue bandits have evacuated Xi'an, but they must have taken the main force away. There is no problem in recovering Xi'an tomorrow. The question is what to do after we recover it?" "Sir."  Andreas was the first to stand up, "If Xi'an is recaptured tomorrow, my subordinates will lead the cavalry division back to Beijing immediately. Commander Chiang needs assistance." "This is necessary, Andreas, make all preparations, say  Maybe you will leave tomorrow." Xu Lang was also very anxious about the situation in Beijing. After speaking, he asked, "Wan Tao, how many cavalry can the Ming army gather and how long will it take to return to Beijing?" "With our cavalry division, it will be almost the same.  Thirty thousand cavalry." Han Wantao said, "Xi'an and Beijing are more than two thousand miles away. Our cavalry division can leave first and return to Beijing in up to ten days. " "Sir.  He also stood up and said, "My subordinates can lead our infantry division back to support Beijing. We can march 1 mile in a day and return to Beijing in twenty days." "Ye Zhan, are you taking the infantry division with you?" Xia Yang hesitated.  , "What about Xi'an? What if Li Zicheng comes back again?" "It doesn't matter." Zhao Qi answered for Ye Zhan, "The artillery division can stay in Xi'an. 144 cannons can completely defend Xi'an. Talk to Hong Chengchou  "Let him leave some Ming troops in Xi'an to assist us." Xia Yang glanced at Zhao Qi. He always felt that it was a bit inappropriate to guard Ye Zhan and Andreas and call Ming Dynasty officials by their names.  But Zhao Qi looked back at Xia Yang, because Zhao Qi knew that among the senior officers in the military who were not time travellers, no one took Ming Dynasty officials seriously.  What Ye Zhan said to Bi He at home, "What does it mean to be a general and not a general? I am just the colonel and deputy division commander of the Yulin Army." It was spread out for no apparent reason, and now people in the military know everything  .  While talking, Zhou Lei came back: "The scouts have gone out, how was your discussion?" Han Wantao explained the discussion, and Zhou Lei said: "I agree with this arrangement. If Xi'an is recaptured tomorrow, Andreas  You can set off immediately. Ye Zhan and I will also set off with the infantry division. Xi'an will be left to you first." Xu Lang didn't say much, and then asked: "We have been fighting here for the past few days, and the soldiers are very nervous.  It's hard, can you bear to march back to Beijing in such a hurry?" "Report to the commander." Ye Zhan and Andreas stood up at the same time, "The military situation is tense, the soldiers will understand." "You two sit down first.  I know how you feel." Han Wantao motioned for the two of them to sit down, then hesitated and said, "Ye Zhan, Andreas, you should also know that the Yulin Bay Crossing Conference has made a decision that the division commander will be awarded the rank of major general.  , the lowest rank of deputy division commander is brigadier general. You are both deputy division commanders now, and we will definitely expand the army after this battle, and the position of division commander will be vacant. " Ye Zhan and Andreas stood up again: "At that time.  Thank you for your support, sir." "You two, do your best." Xu Lang pointed at his epaulettes and said, "When we get back to Yulin Bay, I should call you sir." "Mr. Xu, students don't dare."  He replied, "Students are always students of teachers." "Don't talk about this for now." Xia Yang asked, "Beiming, even if we can successfully capture Xi'an, what will happen to the captured bandits. Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong took them away  There are not many people. There are at least hundreds of thousands of bandits in Xi'an City. " Han Wantao did not answer. All the travelers looked at Xia Yang and laughed. Xia Yang was dumbfounded by the laughter: "What are you laughing at? Why are you looking at me?  Do I have any good ideas?" "Tianyang, do you know why Jiang Beiming brought you to Luoyang?" Xu Lang smiled maliciously, "Do you really think you have the ability to coordinate the various Ming armies?  "Combat command ability?" "I, why am I incapable?" Xia Yang was a little confused by Xu Lang's words.  "Tianyang, don't get excited yet." Xu Lang said with a smile, "Bei Ming and I had discussed it in Beijing to bring you here. If you can really handle Yang Sichang and Hong Chengchou, I will come too. Bei Ming  Ming¡¯s real intention is to let you deal with the bandits. Weren¡¯t you the chairman of the committee? Didn¡¯t you make a plan to accept the bandits? Just follow your plan. ¡°You?  Xia Yang was really speechless, "We've been making trouble for a long time and you guys got together to play with me."  " "Lao Xia, you can't say that.  "Han Wantao explained embarrassedly, "But you really need to be included in how to bring in the bandits. We people don't have to do it."What's the use?  But don't worry, Xu Lang will help you.  " The basic direction was set, and at the same time, the scouts sent by Zhou Lei returned before the fourth watch. There was no movement on the walls of Xi'an. It seemed that the city of Xi'an was empty. The next day, Hong Chengchou issued the order for a general attack  The Yulin Army did not play any tricks. They once again blasted open the city wall at the gap of Yongding Gate yesterday. This time they did not use Qin Liangyu's white pole soldiers to charge. Zhou Lei and Ye Zhan led a division of infantry along the gap.  The entire city of Xi'an was almost empty. Li Zicheng, Zhang Xianzhong, and Luo Rucai had all fled. There were about 112,000 old, weak, sick and disabled people left in Xi'an. The Ming army did not encounter any strong resistance.  Successfully occupied the entire Xi'an. Hong Chengchou did not delay at all, and immediately sent an urgent report to Yang Sichang in Luoyang. The Ming army regained Xi'an, and the rogues fled. At the same time, Hong Chengchou accepted Han Wantao's suggestion, and the Yulin Army Cavalry Division and the Infantry Division arrived.  The remaining Ming army cavalry was led by Sun Chuanting and returned to Beijing that night. All the infantry and artillery divisions of the Yulin Army were temporarily stationed in Xi'an to await deployment. Lu Xiangsheng and Shi Kefa led people to collect and take custody of all the captured bandits.  The leaders were identified and sent back to Beijing. Han Wantao, Xu Lang, and Xia Yang had a long talk with Hong Chengchou. Hong Chengchou was somewhat reluctant to surrender the bandits in Yulin Bay. It was not that he didn't know that Yulin Bay was in Chongzhen's heart.  It is a love-hate status. If all these 100,000 bandits are handed over to Yulin Bay, it is very likely that Yulin Bay will recruit a large number of them. So what kind of thoughts his actions will arouse in Chongzhen, Hong Chengchou does not dare to judge easily.  However, these 100,000 people were not handed over to Yulin Bay, and he had no food to feed them. Hong Chengchou was even more unsure about letting them stay in Xi'an. Hong Chengchou thought about it and discussed it with Yang Wenyue, Shi Kefa and others.  Dadu, finally made a suggestion to Han Wantao. More than 100,000 bandits will be screened by the Ming army first, and those who are screened will be collected by the Ming army, and the rest will be collected by the Yulin army. Hong Chengchou also added a condition, the Ming army.  Yulin Bay must accept all the remaining bandits after the compilation, otherwise no one will be given to them. When Han Wantao returned to the Yulin Army Station, he was so angry that he almost threw a glass: "Are there such harsh conditions?  You will pick off those who can fight, and leave all the rest to us. We are originally beggars.  " Xu Lang and Xia Yang were also very angry, but they still persuaded Han Wantao: "Wan Tao, agree first.  There are hundreds of thousands of people. Even if Hong Chengchou can choose as many as he can, most of them will still belong to us.  " "But the problem is that it is useless to pick the remaining people.  " "Wan Tao, you can't say it's useless.  Xu Lang advised, "The fact that they are on Li Zicheng's side shows that they can still fight some wars."  Even if we are left with 80,000 or 90,000 people, if we pick one out of ten, there will still be nearly 10,000 troops.  " " But there are quite a few old people, women and children there.  "Han Wantao shouted, "You can't get your children into the army.  " "No, Wan Tao, if that's the case, I'll have to stay.  Xia Yang said, "The ratio of men to women in Yulin Bay is not very balanced yet."  There is no point in getting more women.  " Han Wantao stopped shouting, looked at the two people and asked: "So you all agree?  If you agree, I have no problem with it.  " "Agreed, let's get it back first.  Xu Lang smiled and said, "As long as you are a human being, you will be useful."  "
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