After entering Fengxiang, Zhang Xianzhong did not go to see Li Guo, but summoned the surrendered party Meng'an and Fengxiang prefect Wen Yuan. After praising the two, he still appointed party Meng'an as the general of Xi'an. He also asked Wen Yuan to remain as Fengxiang prefect, restore the market and appease the people's hearts.

From the party Meng'an, I learned that most of the Xi'an defenders were transferred to Fengxiang. Meng Qiaofang, the governor of Shaanxi in the city, was already a clever wife, but with the previous vain, Zhang Xianzhong believed that it was easy to win Chang'an. The only regret was that Li Zicheng's wife Gao set out to Beijing a month ago, otherwise it would be more beneficial to secession of Lu Shun.

"Originally, there were still some soldiers in Xi'an City, but when Fengxiang was in the end, Meng Qiaofang ordered Li Laiheng, Tian Hu and Helan to take five thousand soldiers to Yan'an to resist General Sun. Li Lailai and Fengxiang brought three or four thousand people. At this time, there may be less than two thousand defenders in the city."

In order to have a place in the Daxi Army, the newly surrendered Party Meng'an gave away all the virtual and real people in Xi'an, and reminded Zhang Xianzhong that the largest reinforcements in Xi'an were the corps of the Henan blocked the Prince of Ying Ajige of Manchuria. As for the general Hu Shoulong of Tongguan, most of them were mobs, and they did not play much role in the overall situation. The Luo Dai and Wu Dading troops, left behind in Hanzhong, were defeated by Guo Dengxian, and at this time they were probably not in a good position to rescue Xi'an.

Zhang Xianzhong asked what generals were there in the Shun Army in Henan. The party said that there were Yuan Zongdi, the Zaihou Dangshousu, the Marquis of Dingnan Dong Xueli and other troops, and the old Huai Army Zhang Guozhu, the total force was about 50,000 or 60,000.

After Zhang Xianzhong analyzed, he believed that even if the Shun Army in Henan was coming to Xi'an for assistance, it would not be full, because Henan still had the Manchu Ajige tribe that occupied Nanyang City in front of him. Therefore, Yuan Zongdi and his party Shousu would definitely leave considerable troops in Henan, so there would be only 20,000 troops to reach Xi'an.

Otherwise, if Yuan Zongdi and Dang Shousu dared to return to Xi'an with all their might, Henan would have been asked to take advantage of the situation in Nanyang Ajige. At that time, the Qing army was in the middle of the main force of the northern Shun Army and the Xi'an Shun Army, which would be equivalent to cutting the Shun Army into two groups again.

Li Zicheng had made this mistake once in the previous episode. Yuan Zongdi, Dang Shousu and others suffered from the division between the Shun Army and the east and west, so it was definitely impossible to make it again.

If you take a step back, you will lose the Xi'an Shun Army and still occupy most of the Northern Zhili, Shandong, Henan and Shanxi, and you can still fight the Western Army for a lifetime and death.

But if the Central Plains are lost, the Shun Army will face the joint attack between the Western Army and the Ming Army (Qing Army), and it will not be able to hold on.

Wang Ziqi, the governor of the Later Army, believed that Chang'an had not known that Fengxiang had been captured by the West at this time, so he wanted to take advantage of the important information that they did not know about this important information and seize the city with cavalry.

Liu Wenxiu added that it was possible to let Dang Meng'an pretend to break out of Fengxiang and deceive the gate of Xi'an.

Zhang Xianzhong agreed deeply and immediately ordered the left army commander Ma Yuanli, the commander-in-chief of the imperial army, Dou Mingwang, the commander-in-chief of the imperial army to lead the main force of the infantry. He personally led General Liu Wenxiu, General Liu Zixiu, the governor of the rear army, Wang Ziqi, and the governor of the right army, Zhang Hualong and other generals led 30,000 cavalry and led the party Meng'an to set out first.

The next day, the elite cavalry of the Western Army marched from Fengxiang and rushed eastward. The officials appointed by Qishan, Fufeng, and Dashun of the counties of Jixian County were either afraid of death because of greed, or because there was no soldiers in the city, or because the Western Army broke into the city and massacred the city. They all surrendered to the wind.

This made the morale of the Western Army even more powerful. From top to bottom, everyone was full of energy. Zhang Xianzhong was even more excited, thinking about whether the Western Emperor would hold another grand ceremony in Chang'an.

However, what Zhang Xianzhong did not expect was that he was about to attack the city of Xi'an, but the Western Army encountered a big nail in Wugong County, which was only 180 miles away from Xi'an City.

The magistrate of Wugong, Jiang, was so scared that he abandoned his seal and fled when he heard that the Western Army had reached the county. The other officials in the city were also panicked. Most of them were preparing to open the city and surrender like the previous counties when the Western Army arrived. Unexpectedly, the leader of the old rebel army, He Chaishan, brought a group of family descendants from the countryside to the city, summoned the gentry and people in the city, and called on the young and strong to go to the city to defend.

He Chaishan killed officials and rebelled earlier than Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong. He participated in the rebel uprising in the second year of Chongzhen, but two years later he suddenly stopped making trouble and returned to his hometown to hide his identity. After the Dashun Army entered Xi'an, the man did not go to Xi'an to find his comrades-in-arms to seek wealth and still farm in the village.

But when he heard that a group of braided soldiers came from Luonan County, He Chaishan, who had been farming in the village, called his two sons and grandson, rushed into the county government with two sickles, an axe, and a hatchet into the county government to kill the magistrate appointed by the Qing court, and then raised his arms on the street and started the Luonan anti-Qing struggle.

The Shun Army revived Xi'an and held a meeting of heroes against the Qing Dynasty in Hanzhong. He Chaishan was the first rebel leader to respond. Later, more than 600 of his troops were led by his two sons to join the Slave Killing Army, and now it is in Shanxi.

The reason why He Chaishan was prompted to stand up to guard Wugong County was not only that the old senior decided that Zhang Xianzhong was unauthorized, but also that the team he had pulled up earlier, including his two sons, would serve Dashun at this time.

He Chaishan knew that martial arts was a key place for Fengxiang to drive directly to Xi'an and must not be easily captured by the Western Army. Therefore, he brought his hometown children together with the young and strong people in the city to persevere to the death.

The Western Army, which was progressing smoothly, did not expect that the small Wugong County would stay in the door and refused to accept them. The vanguard Zhang Hualong was furious and led his troops to attack the city. As a result, he was defeated by the township soldiers organized by He Chaishan because of the lack of siege equipment, and the elite cavalrymen were damaged in vain.

Zhang Xianzhong was furious when he heard the news, but in order to arrive in Xi'an, he only brought elite cavalry, and the infantry brigade was still in the rear, so no matter how angry he was, he had no choice but to take Wugong County. He couldn't ask all the cavalry to get off the horse and take the ladder to climb the city.

If you do not attack Wugong, the Western Army can go north to capture Qianzhou, then attack Xianyang east and then to Xi'an. However, this road will take about 300 miles, which is not cost-effective for Zhang Xianzhong who is eager to capture Xi'an. Because no one can guarantee Qianzhou, will Xianyang stay in the same way as Wugong County?

The generals of the Xiying camp had to wait for the infantry brigade to arrive.

Zhang Xianzhong also became ruthless, regardless of whether he was from Shaanxi, he ordered to kill all the people in the city after defeating Wugong County.

Just as Zhang Xianzhong was waiting for the infantry brigade in Wugong County, Xi'an sent envoys to Xiying and was willing to negotiate with the Xiying.

The envoy turned out to be the Dashun Shaanxi Governor Zhang Guozhu.

After seeing Zhang Xianzhong, Zhang Guozhu first asked about the whereabouts of Li Guo Duke Li Guo. After learning that Li Guo was captured by the Western Army and had no worries about his life, the new Shaanxi Governor breathed a sigh of relief and then sorted out measures. He first accused the Western Army of not being treacherous in attacking Dashun. Later, he proposed that Dashun could exchange money and food for the Western Army to retreat, and the two families would still jointly deal with the Ming Dynasty in the future.
Chapter completed!