Shang Kexi decided to stick to Hanzhong.
Although this decision was extremely difficult, he still had to do it.
Because his wife and children are in Xi'an, in Azig's hands.
Once Shang Kexi leads his troops to escape, it is likely to make Azig furious and turn his anger on his family.
Shang Kexi then issued two orders.
The first was to ask for help from Guanzhong in the most urgent tone, telling Azig that the Qing army in Hanzhong was at a critical moment of life and death.
He believed that Azig would still have some sense of proportion.
The second is to transport all the grain stored in the fortresses around Hanzhong to Hanzhong to meet the urgent need.
After all, even if Azig immediately sent a large army to transport food to Hanzhong after receiving Shang Keke's request for help, it would still take time.
But now the Qing army in Hanzhong has reached the point of running out of food, and they really can't wait any longer.
There are nearly a hundred fortresses around Hanzhong, large and small.
Although the food stored in each fort is not much, it is still a large number when put together.
The Qing army in Hanzhong would definitely have enough to eat if they saved a little for half a month.
Shang Kexi believes that the reinforcements transporting food from Azig will definitely arrive in half a month.
As for these outer fortresses, we can only give up temporarily.
In a life-and-death situation, losing your car to save your handsome man is the best way.
Which is light and which is more important?
Fortunately, I still have a sense of proportion in my heart.
But after these peripheral fortresses were abandoned, Hanzhong became a completely isolated city, losing all connections with the periphery.
It would be very easy for the Ming army to encircle the area and provide reinforcements.
But these are not issues that Shang Kexi needs to consider right now.
What he needs to consider now is how to defend Hanzhong without letting the Ming army wipe out his men.
Just as Shang Kexi was sitting in the city, dispatching soldiers and horses to arrange the defense of the city, suddenly a confidant came to report that a large number of Ming troops had been discovered outside Hanzhong City.
Shang Ke was so happy that his heart sank.
He expected that the Ming army would come, but he didn't expect that the Ming army would come so quickly.
This doesn't give him any time to prepare for the situation.
But there is no point in complaining at this point.
Shang Ke sighed happily and said in a deep voice: "Let's go up to the top of the city with me and take a look."
Shang Kexi is a battle-hardened veteran.
He had experienced countless life and death situations during his half-life as a soldier.
But he got through it.
Rich experience tells him that the more important it is to stay calm at times like this.
You must not panic or get into trouble.
The cold wind blew across his cheek, causing him pain like a knife cutting flesh.
Shang Ke happily looked at the Ming army flags fluttering under the city and felt a little sad for a moment.
Once upon a time, he was also a member of the Ming army, motivated to kill the Tatars, serve the country and regain Liaodong.
But God seemed to have played a big joke on him, forcing him to go to the Qing court.
Now he has no retreat and can only live and die with the Qing army.
He didn't know how he would be written about in the history books a hundred years later, but he knew he had to survive first.
Because a dead person cannot speak to defend himself.
Shang Kexi took a quick glance and estimated that the Ming army's strength should be around 20,000 to 30,000 people.
This is certainly not the entire number of Ming troops attacking the city.
Trying to capture Hanzhong with only 20,000 to 30,000 men is simply a fool's errand.
Even in Hanzhong, which is short of food.
Shang Kexi estimated that this was just the vanguard of the Ming army, used as a test.
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The real main force is still behind.
However, Shang Kexi did not panic at all.
Soldiers come to block the water and the earth covers it.
After all, it is a fight with knives.
Whoever wins the fight is the master.
"My general orders that the whole city will be under martial law from now on.
All the strong men in the city need to help defend the city, and those who violate it will be put to death immediately."
Shang Kexi's tone was very cold, like a stone without any emotion.
Come on, if you want to fight, let's fight happily.
Whoever is a coward will be the grandson.
Under the city walls of Hanzhong, Zeng Ying's face was as cold as ice.
Until now, he still didn't understand why the governor asked him to attack Hanzhong from the front to give Li Dingguo some space.
Li Dingguo is just a remnant of the Western Army.
Even if he surrenders, it won't change this fact.
The rebellious ministers and thieves are the rebellious ministers and thieves.
If it weren't for them, how could the Ming Dynasty let the Tatars take advantage of the loophole and seize the north?
No matter what others think, Zeng Ying himself hates Li Dingguo and these remnants of the Western Army deeply.
But military orders are military orders.
Even if Zeng Ying no longer wants to see Li Dingguo, he must carry out military orders.
After the Wen'an organization's meeting ended, Zeng Ying ordered his troops and headed towards Hanzhong City.
Since it was a frontal attack, it was naturally impossible to avoid the eyes and ears of the Qing army.
Moreover, the purpose of Wen'an's plan was to make the movement louder, so that the Qing army would not pay attention to Li Dingguo, who was attacking from behind.
Zeng Ying had no choice but to order the army to maintain the highest marching speed.
The mountain road is very difficult to walk, especially when marching in a hurry.
However, Zeng Ying still overcame all difficulties and led the army to the outside of Hanzhong City.
Next it was time to attack the city.
In order to make the trick work enough for the Qing army to believe it was true, Zeng Ying even brought a dozen small cannons with the army.
The weight of these small cannons is not too heavy, but their power cannot be underestimated.
At least it can pose a great threat to the enemy in field battles.
Although the power will be reduced when used in siege warfare, it can at least strengthen the momentum.
Zeng Ying didn't expect to blast open the city gates of Hanzhong with these small cannons.
If it was really that easy, what else would Li Dingguo do who attacked from behind?
Some people are destined to be sacrificed.
And Zeng Ying plays this role.
Hanzhong is not easy to attack.
Its city walls are strong and thick, and there are nearly 100,000 Qing troops hiding in the city.
Although these Qing troops were out of food, they had the idea of fighting to the death.
It would be very unwise to attack rashly at this time.
So Zeng Ying decided to use the tactic of blowing up the city with coffins.
This tactic worked well for Gao Jie during his first Northern Expedition.
In various places in Henan, including some cities in Beizhili, sections of the city walls collapsed due to gunpowder explosions.
Although Zeng Ying didn't want to offend others, bombing the city with coffins was indeed the easiest way at the moment.
The preliminary preparations for this tactic were not complicated.
The soldiers immediately started to move after Zeng Ying gave the order.
At the same time, Shang Kexi on top of the city saw the clues.
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In fact, he realized what the Ming army was going to do since a tall mound was raised not far from the city wall.
The Ming army relied on this tactic to repeatedly defeat the cities in Henan.
Later, Hong Chengchou sent people to inquire about the experience and conduct on-site inspections.
It was finally proved that the Ming army did not use magic, but relied on gunpowder to collapse the city wall.
The only thing missing from many things is the window paper.
At first, the Qing army had nothing to do with this tactic and could only be passively beaten.
But since Hong Chengchou cracked this method, the Qing army had a new understanding of it.
It is not difficult to deal with it after knowing its principle.
At least Shang Kexi now has a way to deal with it
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