Ten miles inside and outside the city of Xi'an are heavily guarded. The war has not yet come, but the atmosphere has already turned into a murderous atmosphere. The news of the battle of Huolu and the death of the three emperors has already shocked the world, not to mention that Xi'an is so close to the Beizhili battlefield. News from the battlefield
It was naturally introduced into Guanzhong.
Not only Tongguan, Lantian, and Baqiao areas are densely populated with troops, and the patrol horses are wandering back and forth, showing a tense atmosphere everywhere. There are not many pedestrians and business travelers on the road, but there are many vehicles transporting grain and fodder, and some are obviously troops of the former Ming army.
Some bad habits formed by following the old tradition, and on the other hand, because of the vigor of the founding of Dashun, some slightly unexpected energy was supervised by the officers who came from the old Shun army.
At this time, from west to east, a large field of battle flags stretched like floating clouds. The Hexi war horses stood tall and tall. This army was the reinforcements from Gansu area preparing to go to the battlefield in the Central Plains. The total number was about 10,000 to 20,000 people.
, the leading coach is Xining Jiedushi Xin Sizhong.
Xin Sizhong was Liu Zongmin's deputy general and one of the first Yuan soldiers from northern Shaanxi to follow Li Zicheng. His affection for the late emperor was certainly no less than that of the generals of the Daming Prefecture. Once he learned of the defeat of Huolu and the death of the late emperor, Xin Sizhong immediately
He then began to mobilize troops and horses to prepare to march eastward to reinforce the Central Plains.
The Gansu area has always been one of the most important areas of the Ming Dynasty, and in the long-term war since the late Ming Dynasty, the Gansu border army was less consumed by the long-term war. When the Shun army swept through the northwest, there was relatively little damage, and the local retained frontiers
The strength of the Ming army is quite impressive.
Xin Sizhong was born as a war general, but he did have some unique talents. In this regard, he was similar to Gu Kecheng, who was also the deputy general of Liu Zongmin. They were both generals with talents.
The Gansu frontier army was quickly dispersed by Xin Sizhong and reorganized into the Dashun Army, so the ripples and aftermath caused by Huolu's defeat did not trigger any rebellion worth mentioning in Gansu.
Therefore, Xin Sizhong was able to calmly mobilize reinforcements to march eastward and prepare to leave the border. After he led his troops to Shaanxi, he planned to go to Xi'an to join forces from Cao Ying. It was expected that after retaining the northwest border and Hanzhong garrison, he would raise nearly 50,000 troops.
Troops around the border sent reinforcements.
The war horses of the Gansu border army are mostly Hexi horses, which are taller than the horses in the Central Plains. From a distance, one cavalryman is like three or four infantrymen, and a troop of more than 10,000 people seems to have the courage of tens of thousands of soldiers.
At the end of the Tang Dynasty, Chang'an City suffered great damage due to war. Han Jian, the governor of the Youguo Army stationed in Chang'an, rebuilt Chang'an City because the city was too big to defend.
He abandoned the outer city and the palace city of the original Chang'an City, and only retained the imperial city, called the sub-city, for renovation. In this renovation, the south wall of the palace city was used as the north wall of the sub-city, and the east wall of the imperial city was
, the west city wall was connected together, thus turning the original imperial city into a solid city surrounded by tall walls, and closed the three gates of the imperial city, namely Suzaku, Anfu and Yanxi, and opened the Xuanwu Gate in the north for defense.
After five dynasties, the Later Tang, the Later Jin, the Later Han, the Later Zhou Dynasty, the Song Dynasty, and the Yuan Dynasty, although the name and organizational structure of Chang'an City changed frequently, the scale of the city wall remained unchanged. In other words, from the late Tang Dynasty to the Song and Yuan Dynasties, Chang'an at that time was
The city was just an imperial city during the Sui and Tang Dynasties.
The ancient city of Chang'an was gradually declining. In the early Ming Dynasty, Zhu Yuanzhang believed that "the mountains and rivers in the world are the only ones that are safe and secure" and attached great importance to Xi'an's status. He once sent Prince Zhu Biao to inspect Xi'an with the intention of moving the capital.
Only then could the city wall of Xi'an be expanded and it could once again become a towering and majestic city that could be proud of the world. Later, when Sun Chuanting was the governor of Shaanxi, he built four more earthen walls. The entire city wall formed a tight defense system, and there were more buildings outside the city.
A wide moat.
The east gate of Xi'an City is called Changle Gate, and originally there was a huge plaque with the three characters "Changle Gate" written on it. However, when Li Zicheng swept through the northwest, when Emperor Yongchang entered Xi'an from Changle Gate, he told the surrounding generals
He lamented that "if the emperor is allowed to enjoy Changle, the people will suffer forever", so he ordered the plaque of Changle Gate to be burned.
At this time, Xin Sizhong led some soldiers and horses into Xi'an City to rest and recuperate. The army entered through the west gate. However, he thought of Li Zicheng's burning of the Changle Gate plaque, so he made a special trip to enter the city through the east gate with some soldiers.
The majestic and majestic city gate still resembles Chang'an in the Han and Tang Dynasties. The place where the Changle Gate plaque originally hung has now been replaced by a sign with the four characters "Shuntian Yingren" written on it.
These four characters were written by Song Xiance. According to Gong Shangshu, in the past Ming Dynasty, there were four-character plaques with the words "Respect the Heavenly Patriarch" in many places in the Forbidden City in Beijing.
The four words "Jingtianfazu" came from Gao Qiqian, an eunuch who was highly used by Chongzhen. They were hung on the gate of Qianqing Palace in the Forbidden City on the fourth day of August in the first year of Chongzhen.
Replacing "Respecting Heaven and Fazu" with "Shun Tian Ying Ren" was Song Xiance's suggestion, and it suited Li Zicheng's wishes. To a certain extent, it also represented the legitimacy of the Taoist tradition of the Dashun Army's uprising to overthrow the Ming Dynasty.
Xin Sizhong looked at the plaque and murmured several times: "Shun Tian Yingren...Shun Tian Ying Ren...Shun Tian Ying Ren...Shun Tian Ying Ren...Why did the late emperor lose to the Hulu again? How unfair is destiny? Chuang Jun
After more than ten years of fighting, every day has been precarious, and now we have just gained a little foothold, so why did we suffer such a catastrophe?"
Several horses walked out from under the city gate, and Luo Rucai rode in the front. After not seeing each other for a while, Luo Rucai's figure had "swelled" a lot. He was like a swollen ball of flesh while riding on the horse, which pressed directly against the horse under his crotch.
The strong horses looked overwhelmed by the weight.
The plump Luo Rucai swayed from left to right, and even Xin Sizhong was worried that this former rebel Cao Shuai, the current Dashun Nanyang Guild, would not suddenly fall off his horse.
Luo Rucai's body was corroded by alcohol, sex, and wealth. His face was filled with a look of vanity, which made people worry that he might suddenly get sick and pass out.
However, when Luo Rucai approached Xin Sizhong, this handsome man, who was almost equal to Li Zicheng in the past, patted Xin Sizhong and laughed heartily and said:
"What destiny? Even if there is indeed destiny, destiny is on the side of Dashun. Otherwise, how could Emperor Daxing leave the foundation of today's Dashun Army? We still have thousands of miles of land in the northwest and Central Plains, everywhere
Putting all the troops and horses together, it is not too much to say that there are still 200,000 soldiers to fight, right?
Lao Xin, why are you so worried? In Xi'an alone now, there are almost 50,000 people. I think it is not difficult for us to avenge the late emperor. Lao Xin, you are really worrying too much.
Bar!"
Although Luo Rucai looks extremely frivolous on the outside, when he speaks, he is still full of energy, full of the unique appeal of a hero and a gangster.
Luo Rucai opened his mouth, and the sadness, anger and melancholy that had enveloped Xin Sizhong and his bodyguards and generals were instantly swept away.
Xin Sizhong was finally able to show a smile and said: "I led the troops eastward out of Tongguan to avenge the late emperor. Luo Shuai, Nanyang Gong, you are one of the top figures in the Dashun Dynasty and in Shaanxi now.
I also want to see your opinion before I act."
Luo Rucai and Xin Sizhong were happy. The people who followed Luo Rucai out to greet them, such as Luo Dayen and Zhao Yingyuan, showed optimistic moods, but there was also another group of people, namely Cao Ying, headed by Ji Gui and Yang Chengzu.
Some old stubborn people don't have very pretty expressions on their faces.
As Luo Rucai's right-hand man, Yang Chengzu was standing far behind with Ji Gui. He looked at the generals chatting happily under the city gate with a sarcastic look on his face, sneered and whispered:
"In this world... we, Cao Ying, should be reckoned with."