The end of the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 200 Xi'an City

It was not until the night of the 25th that Li Wentao woke up quietly. However, at this time, Liu Xia had led the army to camp not far from Xi'an City, and sent a large number of scouts to completely block Xi'an City. Nowadays, all the gates of the whole city of Xi'an are tightly closed, and no one can enter or leave. At night, a curfew is imposed. No one is allowed to walk on the road. Once found, it will be punished according to the spies.

In the face of the arrival of the Pingbei Army, the farmers in Shaanxi did not have much reaction, and many farmers are eager for the arrival of the Pingbei Army, because they have seen the prosperity and stability of Luoyang. They have experienced more than ten years of drought and war, and now they are also thinking about stability. However, those who are located in Xi'an City do not have the mentality of the people, and they do not plan to give stability to the people here. Before Li Wentao wakes up and issues orders, what Li Wentao's generals have to do is to block Liu Xia's army out of the city.

"Three cows! Three cows!" When Li Wentao woke up, his eyes were full of blood, his hair was messy, and he was in a trance, but he kept shouting the name Sanniu. The maids next to him who served him did not dare to move at this time. They looked timidly at Li Wentao, who was almost like a madman now. They were afraid that their actions would cause Li Wentao to beat themselves to death.

"Get out! Go out, go out, let Sanniu come over, get out! Let Sanniu come here, do you hear me? Let Sanniu come over!" Li Wentao picked up the pillow quilt and hit the maids not far away. The maids suddenly screamed and ran out one after another.

"What's going on? What's going on?" The loyal generals outside hurriedly asked the maids who ran out. A maid cried slightly and said tremblingly, "Your Excellency, my lord, I'm afraid he's crazy."

"Nonsense!" Before the maid finished speaking, another general immediately came forward and shouted loudly, and his voice immediately scared the maid very much. The first general to ask the maid looked at the loud voice angrily and said, "Be quiet. Now adults can't be crazy. If there is any problem, the soldiers will easily disband. At that time, we don't have the military power, how can we compete with Liu Xia?"

"Did the adult say anything?"

A maid nodded quickly and said, "Your excellency said to let Sanniu pass, I'm afraid Lord Li will go there." Naturally, the maid also knew that Li Sanniu was dead, so she said that she finally became like a mosquito, but the generals also understood what it meant.

"It seems that the death of Sanniu has a great blow to adults!"

"Yes, Li Sanniu is the number one general under the adult. If Li Sanniu is dead, I guess no one can resist Liu Xia."

"Well, what are you talking about? Can't I wait? Even if I wait for one person to be better than Li Sanniu, I wait for four or five people to be better than Li Sanniu? Adults care too much about Li Sanniu, which leads to the current level. We might as well lead the troops out of the city to fight against Liu Xia. It is said that Liu Xia led less than 10,000 troops, more precisely less than 8,000 people, but now we have another 15,000 people.

"No, no. I think the most urgent thing is to cure the adult's illness first. As for the matter of sending troops, it's better to wait until the adult's condition is cured and let the adult order in person.

"Li Cunmao didn't mean it, right? Everyone knows that the general's condition will not get better for a while now. Now you say that after the general's condition is cured, isn't this time for the enemy to rest and besiege me?"

"Wang Chenghua, you have bad intentions! We are all our own people. Everyone knows in our hearts what the combat effectiveness of the 15,000 soldiers and horses is. Let's not talk about it. If the 10,000 horses go out of the city and fight against Liu Xia, it is estimated that they will be defeated in one round.

"Okay, okay, everyone, don't quarrel, don't quarrel. Anyway, we are also the five tiger generals. What's to quarrel about? Let's go into the room to see how the adults are."

"Okay, let's go, go in." After saying that, the five people walked into the room. At this time, Li Wentao was sitting in a dull place with his eyes and his whole body was motionless.

"Quick, let's see what's wrong with you." After saying that, several people quickly walked to Li Wentao's side.

"Your Excellency, my Excellency, what's wrong with you?"

Li Wentao turned his head, looked at the generals, and said, "Where's Sanniu? Let Sanniu come to see me, let Sanniu come to see me."

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"General, according to the scout report, the city of Xi'an is well defended, and it is not easy to break through the city!" Liu Dazhuang walked to Liu Xia and pointed to the distant Xi'an city corridor.

Liu Xia turned her hands behind her back, looked at the majestic tower, and said with a smile, "Since the Qing army can break through and Li Zicheng can break through, why can't our Pingbei Army break through? Is Wang Xiaotong here yet?

Shouhu hurriedly said, "General, Wang Xiaotong has not arrived yet, but the people of the second battalion of the artillery regiment in Tongguan have come. Thirty cannons have been brought. As long as the general orders, these thirty cannons will definitely smash Xi'an!"

Liu Xia shook his head and said, "It's better not to blow up the city unless you have to. Once it is blown up, it will be difficult to build it. Moreover, if you use cannons, you may accidentally injure a lot of people, and the economic loss is too great."

Wang Shitou thought for a moment and asked Liu Xia, "General, what's the economic loss?"

Liu Xia was speechless and looked at the big Wang Stone and did not answer. Liu Dazhuang said, "Then I don't know how the general will break through this Xi'an."

Liu Xia said in a low voice, "It's better to let the enemies in the city surrender. If not, invite them to stand. If it really doesn't work, we will bombard them with cannons. We will salute first and then soldiers. If they don't toast and don't drink punishment, then don't blame me for not giving mercy.

On the morning of the 26th, a scout of the Pingbei Army rode to a horse not far from Xi'an. The scout looked at the tall wall and shouted to the soldiers above the wall: "Listen the people on the tower. My general said that if you go out of the city immediately and surrender, my general will spare your life and grant Li Wen Tao raised the brave school, and the other five tiger generals raised the military rank of martial arts school.

After listening to Li Cunmao and Wang Chenghua on the tower, they looked at each other and said, "What is Yang Yong School, and what is Yangwu School?" What is the military rank? Lu Dingguo, one of the five tiger generals, said: "This Yangyong School and Yangwu School are said to be a hierarchical system in the Pingbei Army. It seems that the highest at present is Yangwei School, followed by Yangyong School, and then Yangwu School. Under the school is Captain Fenwei, Captain Fenyong, and Captain Fenwu.

Wang Chenghua asked, "How many soldiers can this Yangwu School lead?" Lu Dingguo thought for a moment and said, "It is said that this is just a military rank. According to the convention, the Yangwu School should correspond to the battalion-level establishment of the Pingbei Army, and there should be more than 700 people under the command. However, this military rank is only a treatment level, and it is not necessarily to lead the soldiers and horses."

"What! There are only 700 people, and they may not be able to lead the army! Liu Xia is really bullying people so much that she underestimates us so much. Let's shoot the scout below to death!" With that, Wang Chenghua would pick up the bow and arrow to attack the scouts below.

However, Lu Dingguo and Li Cunmao next to them hurriedly stopped them. As the saying goes, the two armies are fighting. Of course, they are not because of the gentleman's style, but because they dare not offend Liu Xia now. If they kill Liu Xia's messenger, the next step is to bear Liu Xia's boundless anger.

"Lao Wang, don't be angry. Although Yangwu School is only a battalion commander in the Pingbei Army, there are more than 700 people in command, but they are all elite soldiers. And the treatment is also very good." Li Cunmao said quickly.

Wang Chenghua was suddenly angry again and said, "I said that you, Li Cunmao, are uneasy and kind-hearted. Sure enough, now you actually say good words to the Pingbei Army again. Humph, a few Japanese generals won't kill Liu Xia's henchman, but I must tell him about your Li Cunmao's collusion with the Pingbei Army. When the adult recovers, I will tell him. After saying that, Wang Chenghua left the tower angrily, leaving only the embarrassed Li Cunmao and the frowning Lu Dingguo.