Late at night, the official road leading to Xi'an for more than ten miles west of Lantian.

There is darkness everywhere in the night, as if everything in the world is swallowed by darkness.

However, in this darkness, someone was walking in the dark on the road. This person walked very quickly, looking back from time to time, his ears were still standing, but when there was a storm, he rushed into the weeds on the roadside. After confirming safety, he sneaked out in panic and continued to run west without dedicating his head.

When he reached the Sanchakou of Xinzhuang, the night pedestrian went to the road to Xi'an without hesitation. He just passed the fork but was tripped by something at the foot and fell forward uncontrollably.

Before this person could land, many figures suddenly rushed out on both sides of the empty road, and then a few torches lit up, illuminating the person who fell clearly.

"Damn it, I knew someone wanted to inform me!"

Chen Weili stepped forward and kicked the fallen slave, and the torch swept across the face of the terrified guy.

"San Maozi, ask which family it belongs. I'll ask you and take a team of brothers to kill his whole family tomorrow morning!"

Chen Weili said hatefully that he hated these dog traitors who informed the Tartars the most.

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The news that thousands of "bandit soldiers" were launched in Lantian County, Dongdamen, Xi'an was never known to Xi'an, but Lu Si's plan to cheat the city failed.

It was not because of any flaws in the coalition, or because Sun Youguang, who had made meritorious service, but because a general of the Han army flag came to Xi'an City.

This person is Liu Zhiyuan, Gushan, who was inlaid with the yellow flag of the Han army. He was a famous general of the Eight Banners of the Han army. He was also a Ming army in his early years. Later, he surrendered to the Qing army and fought very bravely. He once followed the Manchu Prince Zheng Jierhalang to conquer Ningyuan Zhonghou, and killed Ming generals Wu Liangbi, Wang Guoan and others.

After entering the pass, Liu Zhiyuan and Gushan Ezhen Li Guohan were responsible for extermination of the people in the capital who were dissatisfied with shaving their hair. Later, they fought with Ye Chen in the west to Taiyuan. After that, they led their troops to suppress the enemy in Shanxi and beheaded more than 4,000.

The reason why Liu Zhiyuan came to Xi'an had nothing to do with the gathering of people to cause trouble by Taoist Hu Shoulong. Instead, he came to Shaanxi under the order of the Regent Dorgon, and planned to recruit new soldiers from Yulin, Yansui and other places, which produced elite troops, and form the Shaanxi-Gansui Green Camp with the help of Governor Meng Qiaofang.

After entering the city, he heard that there was a demonic path in Xi'an Prefecture, so Liu Zhiyuan prepared to help Meng Qiaofang quell the demonic path and offered suggestions to open a notice to the people who were in chaos from the demonic path. The government would not pursue the crime of rebellion immediately, thus playing a role in chasing the people.

Liu Zhiyuan even said that although the demon Taoist rebelled quickly, they all deceived the people, and they did not have the Ming army and followed the thieves. Therefore, they were just helping the mobs. They just needed to lead an elite soldier to attack the Hu Taoist where he was. If the Hu Taoist was killed, the rest of the Hu Taoist would disperse themselves.

Meng Qiaofang agreed deeply and submitted a report to the court to report to Liu Zhiyuan as the general of Shaanxi, and asked Liu Zhiyuan to take charge of the Green Camp troops in Xi'an City.

As a result, when Liu Zhiyuan had just taken over the city defense matter in Xi'an, Sun Youguang brought the soldiers of the "Han Army Inlaid White Banner" to the city. The soldiers guarding the city did not dare to open the door without authorization because a new official took office. After Liu Zhiyuan arrived, he felt something was wrong. Why did the Han Army Flag soldiers from Fushuibao come to Xi'an?

After asking questions, Sun Youguang revealed his flaws, and he failed to cheat the city.

Strong attack became Lu Si's only choice.

Xi'an is the capital of Dashun. Liu Tichun, Bai Minghe and others are familiar with the situation of guarding the city walls. They suggest that they build a cloud ladder and attack from the east city immediately.

After Lu Si rode his horse around the Xi'an city that was built during the Hongwu period, he stood at the east gate of Xi'an. He first ordered people to shout outside the city, "Ajige is dead!", and then ordered Li Yuanyin to shoot in the book city, and not open the city for an hour, and no one will be left after the city is broken!

Another saying that no chicken or dog is to keep a chicken or a dog is naturally a massacre of the city.

This order made the officers such as Fan Ba, Chen Weili and others feel energetic, but Liu Tichun's face changed drastically and stepped forward to persuade: "Huaihou, there are few Qing soldiers in the city and there are many people. Even if the people go to the city to help defend, they are just coerced by the Qing soldiers and are not willing to be enemies with our Dashun officers and soldiers. If the city is massacred after the city is broken, it will damage the reputation of our Dashun officers and soldiers. I am afraid that the people in Qin will all regard our Dashun as an enemy."

On the one hand, this is the reason, and on the other hand, most of the Shun Army generals such as Liu Tichun were from Shaanxi, so how could they cruelly attack the elders of their hometown? On that day, Tian Jianxiu couldn't bear to see the people in his hometown starving, and even millions of military rations were burned, let alone the Shun Army massacre.

"Only fear can we know how to advance and retreat."

Lu Si actually took the order back unintentionally.

"Huaihou!"

Liu Tichun couldn't bear it and hesitated for a moment, but still wanted to persuade him.

Lu Si waved his hand, signaling him not to say anything, and said coldly: "You must remember one thing: I want the soldiers to sacrifice less in the future and the people will die less. Sometimes we have to be cruel and use thunderous means!"

"Be cruel, you can't kill innocent people indiscriminately. Those who go to the city to help the Tartars will kill, and those who don't help the Tartars will come from."

Li Cuiwei did not support her husband this time and was very dissatisfied with Lu Si's order to massacre the city.

My wife still has to give her face, and the order just now was indeed a bit too much. Could it be that the people in Xi'an City are all helpers of the Qing army?

"After breaking the city, those with braids on the back of their heads will be killed, and those with weapons will be killed, and the rest will be alive."

After changing the order, Lu Si turned his head and glanced at Zhao Zhongyi, Li Yuanyin, Fan Ba, Bai Minghe, Liu Tichun and other Shunhuai generals, and said, "Those who climb the city first will remember the merits and transfer to level three. Those who capture and kill Meng Qiaofang will be rewarded with a thousand taels!"

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The letter of persuasion of surrender issued in the name of Dashun Huaihou was shot in the four cities at the same time, with no less than dozens of letters. Many Qing army and young and strong men in the city saw the contents of the letter. In addition, the "bandits" shouted at the city that Prince Ying of Manchuria was dead, and many officials, gentry and the green camp soldiers were shaken by it.

Meng Qiaofang was also uneasy and even suspected that Prince Ying was really dead in battle. Otherwise, how could the thief return from Henan to Shaanxi and fight to the city of Xi'an with such a big fanfare.

There were thousands of bandit soldiers outside the city, each of whom was wearing armor, and he knew that he would follow the elite bandits. Maybe he was the Imperial camp soldiers who broke into the thief.

There were only more than 1,500 officers and soldiers of the green camp in the city, and they could not guard the four cities of Xi'an at all. Even if they mobilized young and strong people to help defend, they were far from the elite of Shunzhe.

Therefore, Meng Qiaofang was full of worries and was worried that Xi'an would be defeated by the thieves.

Liu Ziyuan, the Han army inlaid with yellow flags, had no intention of surrendering. No matter what the situation in Henan or whether Prince Ying died in battle, his current mission is to defend Xi'an City.

Under the threat and surveillance of more than 100 Han army flag braided soldiers brought by Liu, although the people in the city were shaken, they finally did not collapse.

Liu Ziyuan also asked Meng Qiaofang to spread rumors that the thieves would definitely massacre the city after the city was destroyed. At the same time, he also said that if the gentry in the city refused to help defend the city, the real Manchu soldiers would come over in the future and they would definitely massacre the city.

The one on the left slaughtered the city and the other on the right slaughtered the gentry so much that they didn't dare to speak.

An hour later, there was no response in Xi'an City, and it seemed that it was determined not to decline.

Lu Si looked up at the sky, and he didn't know when the dark clouds were covered with dark clouds. He thought that it would be very bad for the coalition forces if it rained at this time.

In the distance, soldiers were cutting wood to create ladders.

Suddenly, a soldier pointed to the northwest and exclaimed: "Dragon, dragon, dragon!"

The officers and soldiers were in a big blow, and everyone turned around and saw a dragon moving quickly towards Xi'an City in the northwest.

Lu Si's eyes suddenly expanded: a tornado!

The tornado was thin and thick, connecting the world, wherever it passed, no matter how people or animals were, they were rolled in half the air, and the walls, bricks, roofs and tiles were swept by "pila".
Chapter completed!