Nanming Engineer

Chapter 340
In Wu Sangui's heart, he was actually very angry, angry at Meng Qiaofang's exaggerated words.

Standing at the foot of Mucheng, he could see very clearly that the number of rebels from northern Shaanxi would never exceed one hundred thousand. How could 25 be such an exaggeration? There was a huge difference between one hundred thousand and 25.

Moreover, after these few days of siege, the refugees in the rebel army were frightened by the fierce artillery fire and bloody killings, and many of them escaped sneakily. They sneaked out from the gaps in the wooden city on the mountain, scattered like panicked rabbits in the wilderness without a trace.

This is the rebel army who can almost capture the city of Xi'an?

Wu Sangui didn't believe it at all. The walls of Xi'an were so high and thick. If Meng Qiaofang and Hahamu hadn't been frightened by the apparent number of rebels, the Wang brothers would never have posed a threat to Xi'an.

These mediocre officials, more than enough to succeed than to fail, because the city has their own wealth accumulated over the years, fearing that there will be nothing after the city is destroyed, they lied about the military situation in a panic, transferred themselves back from the Qinling Mountains, and gave them to the Hanzhong Ming army to steal. Chance to cross the Qinling Mountains.

The plank roads in the Qinling Mountains are thrilling and facing cliffs. Even the most spacious and easy-to-walk Chencang Road, there are beacon towers all over the valley. Whenever there is a disturbance, you can send a message. You can dispatch an army to block the pass, just like the old days Chen Qiyu blocked Li Zicheng in the bellows gorge, completely annihilating the Ming army at the bottom of the valley.

Well, it's too late to say anything now. I'm seeing an easy victory over life turning into a tough battle.

Thinking of this, Wu Sangui became furious.

However, the battle still has to be fought. Wu Sangui made a rough assessment. The rebels defending Mucheng in front of him are more than 5000 with the reinforcements from nearby counties and counties that Meng Qiaofang has been accumulating over the past few days, plus the Qing army in the city. People, coupled with 1 Liaodong Army, are enough to deal with it. The Ming Army coming from Hanzhong, I heard that there are only more than [-] people, and it can also deal with [-] troops and one general.

So Li Benzhen and Wang Pingfan went west.

In Wu Sangui's mind, no matter how strong Hanzhong Pingliang Hou Wang Huan's army is, it cannot get rid of the inferiority of the enlightened army. There are 1 elite servants out of [-] people, which is considered a lot, and the [-] Liaodong army will undoubtedly win.

As for Meng Qiaofang's repeated warnings about the fierceness of the Ming army's firearms, Wu Sangui laughed it off. Ming army's firearms?Isn't it just the bird system and artillery that are going to explode? There are quite a lot of tricks. I haven't played any of them?The Liaodong Army was equipped with the latest firearms that were not equipped by the Daming Shenji Battalion back then. When it comes to firearms, the Liaodong Army is the ancestor. What is the Ming Army living in Northwest Sichuan?
What really works on the battlefield must be the bravery of the generals, the toughness of the sergeants, the well-trained discipline, and the momentum of the steel knife hanging on the neck without blinking.

These are precisely the capital that the Liaodong Army is proud of. The Ming Dynasty has nine borders, and Liaodong is the first. The skills developed by years of fighting in blood and fire are not something that lazy and elegant southerners can imagine.

And Li Benshen and Wang Pingfan are the generals who Wu Sangui trusts most.

Li Benshen is calm and wise, and Wang Pingfan is brave and powerful. Both of them are Wu Sangui's right-hand men. At any time, they will lead the army to fight and will not let him down.

The two generals Li and Wang are equally confident.

After receiving Wu Sangui's order, the two ordered their troops together and headed west.

Wang Pingfan was born as a cavalry general, with two thousand Guanning iron cavalry, led by him as the vanguard, galloping forward, and Li Benshen led three thousand infantry behind, and the two were three miles apart. The place where it appears is closer.

"Cavalry in Gansu Town?" Wang Pingfan frowned slightly and asked with some surprise: "Aren't they guarding the Mongols outside the Great Wall? Wang Huan transferred them in, so they are not afraid of the Mongols breaking through the border wall? You read that right, right? ?”

The scout kneeling in front of his horse was covered in sweat. It seemed that he had just galloped fast and was very embarrassed. He panted and replied, "That's right, those cavalry are skilled in bow and horse, which is definitely not something that the Ming army in the interior can have. They can recognize it at a glance.”

Wang Pingfan nodded, waved his hands to let the scouts go down, then set up a pergola with his hands, and looked far ahead.

In front of him was a boundless plain. There was not even a single piece of grass on the yellow land, let alone trees, so he could see far away at a glance.

As far as the eye can see in the distance, there is a rolling hill. The hill is not high, so it cannot be called a mountain. It is too much to describe it as a small hill, and the distance from each other is far away, so it cannot be used as an ambush location.

Between these small hills, there is a white line, which looks like a layer of frost on the yellow ground from a distance.

But if you take a closer look, you can see that the white lines are composed of densely packed small dots. There are as many as tens of thousands of small dots. grains of salt in the earth.

But Wang Pingfan knew that it wasn't frost, let alone grains of salt, it was the Ming army.

"Huh! Wearing white armor, it's better to just wear mourning clothes!" Wang Pingfan was a little surprised. The Ming army had already set up a formation and waited for him. It's been a long time since I saw this courage to take the initiative to fight, but he wanted to make fun of it , to show his courage and disdain for his opponents: "Pretending to be a ghost, sons, follow me! I will meet these Ming soldiers who have killed me!"

The subordinates roared with laughter. The soldiers were already vulgar, and this kind of words were just in their appetite. Behind Wang Pingfan, the soldiers blew their horns, and the Guan Ning cavalry followed behind the generals. run forward.

On the other side of the battlefield, the Kuizhou army saw the column of smoke raised by the Guanning cavalry as they galloped.

"Here, my lord, it seems that Wu Sangui's cavalry has arrived first." Li Tingyu's eyesight is excellent, and he can clearly see the men and horses under the smoke column from a long distance. He had an eight-petal phoenix-winged helmet. Because the beard was too thick, the rope of the helmet could not be firmly tied to his chin under the obstacle of the beard, so he had no choice but to put the helmet on his head without the rope, and he was done.

He was born in the Liaodong army in the ancestral border, and he also stayed in the Guanning iron cavalry for a while. He is very familiar with Wu Sangui's generals. This is the Guanning iron cavalry. Everyone in this cavalry wears chain mail inside and iron leaf armor outside. They are all carefully selected strong sergeants; Good horses can be called the elite among men and the best horses among horses. The three-eyed system in their hands can be used as a bird to shoot lead from a distance, and can be used as a mace to sweep all directions from a distance.

Liu Li, President Qian, stood not far behind the two of them. Hearing this, he said in a muffled voice: "It's so powerful, it's not like I lost Liaodong!"

He was extremely dissatisfied with the Liaodong Army and could not hear anyone's praise.

Zu Bian's expression changed instantly, and he turned his head to find trouble with Liu Li. Wang Huan frowned, and shouted sharply: "The enemy is now, do you want to fight among yourself? Liu Li, don't say a word, Zu Bian must not be presumptuous!"

The two glared at each other, and Zu Bian said loudly: "No one in the Liaodong Army is a coward, and those who are afraid of death are the officers and civil servants. If Sun Gebu hadn't put forward the strategy of using the Liao people to defend the Liao land, the Northland would have been lost long ago! "

This red-faced man was full of displeasure. It was obvious that Liu Li's words had stimulated a weak point in his heart, making him very excited.

Wang Huan looked at him, and said calmly: "Then today, facing the Liaodong army and horses, do you have the courage to fight against them?"

"Of course you dare! Why don't you dare!?" Zu Bian puffed up his chest and said loudly, "If you give an order from your lord, Zu Bian will be in water and fire. There is no second word. If you blink your eyelids, you will not be a good man!"

Li Tingyu said: "The Liaodong Army is no longer the Liaodong Army of the Ming Dynasty. They all wore braids and belonged to the Eight Banners of the Han Army. They are considered Tartars."

Having said this, Zu Bian's expression obviously dimmed a bit, and his valiant head drooped. The Guanning cavalry of the Liaodong Army was the glory he was proud of in the past, but now he has become the enemy's eagle dog, which made him suddenly feel uncomfortable. start.

Wang Huan patted him on the back, motioning him to look up.

Zu Bian turned his head towards Wang Huan in embarrassment.

"Since they are no longer the Liaodong Army that they used to be, then we will destroy them and use their blood to build another strong army." Wang Huan said lightly: "One general will be successful and the bones will be withered, with braids. People, let them be the dry bones on the road to fame by your ancestors."

(End of this chapter)