On the eighth day of February in the third year of Guangde, more than 300 cavalrymen from the Second Corps cavalry battalion suddenly went south and advanced towards the Weihe River.
The Daxi sentries and horses that cruised in the Weihe River Valley fled southward one after another. The Daxi army was in disarray. The defenders north of the Weihe River fled without fighting and rushed back to the capital.
On February 9th, the main force of the Second Corps, dormant at the southern foot of Saga Mountain, marched southward along Qinchi Road.
The training officers of each battalion followed the vanguard troops, and before the main army went south, they preached to the Qin people over and over again about the Daqi land system.
Daxi Kingdom has been established in Shaanxi for more than ten years. They drove out all the large Jin gentry families in the previous Ming Dynasty, but now there are new local tyrants and evil gentry.
Although Shaanxi was one of the birthplaces of bandits in the late Ming Dynasty, the old Qin people's favorable impression of bandits had disappeared as early as when Li Xianzhong conquered Qi in the east. At that time, Li Xianzhong went all out to conquer Qi and almost plundered three feet of the Guanzhong Plain.
The king of Chuang in this plane comes and not only pays for food, but also pays double the food.
The people of Qin could not bear the suffering.
And the Daxi Emperor Zhang Zicheng is no different from Li Xianzhong.
The instructors promised that after the Qi army occupied Guanzhong, they would attack the local tyrants and divide their fields. Once the bandits are driven out, Shaanxi will become the territory under the rule of Da Qi, and the people of Qin will become the subjects of the Supreme Emperor, and they will be able to obtain the right to divide their fields.
Of course, what the Second Corps gave to the Qin people was more than just a verbal promise. Just like when they pacified the Wenxiang Sect in Shandong, each battalion of auxiliary soldiers carried a bag of food and delivered it to the doorsteps of the people's homes.
Although the food distributed to the people was not much, this move caused an unprecedented sensation in Guanzhong.
From Mount Saga to Xi'an Fucheng, a total of 120 miles, the Qi army marched in a hurry, invincible and almost unstoppable along the way.
The entrance to the villages they passed was blocked, and the Daxi garrison either fled or surrendered.
The people of Qin were happy to welcome the king's army. Although they did not eat the pulp from the pot, there were many who took the initiative to lead the way for the army.
On February 12, the troops advanced directly to Anyuanmen City.
On that day, the main force of the Second Corps was stationed in the north of Xi'an City. The cavalry immediately cut off the roads to the northern and southern prefectures, and the artillery began to build positions around the city wall in an orderly manner.
The 30,000-strong Western Army gave up the field battle outside the city, closed the drawbridge, and all retreated into the city. Only the red cannon on the city wall continued to fire the Qi army's auxiliary troops.
The auxiliary soldiers were building a pontoon bridge in front of the moat, which was just within the range of the Hongyi cannon at the head of the city.
The sound of cannons resounded through the Xi'an city wall, and thick white fog enveloped half of the ancient city.
The auxiliary troops had no way to retreat, so they had to use the carriage to block the front. Fortunately, the batch of red-coated cannons imitated by the Daxi Army, whether due to problems with the casting process or poor materials, exploded multiple times, killing and wounding them. A dozen Onishi gunners. The red-coat artillery bombardment had little effect, only smashing three carriages and killing and wounding twelve Qi army auxiliaries.
At nightfall, the artillery of the Qi Army was completed. Three hundred field artillery pieces under the regiment focused on bombarding Furong Tower at the north gate.
The bombardment continued from dusk into the night.
Nearly ten thousand artillery shells weighing two to twenty kilograms concentrated on the Furong Tower. The thousand old Western Army battalions stationed at the top of the city collapsed as soon as the bombardment started. They scrambled to escape to Wengcheng. A small number of people were killed by the shells. A small number of them were trampled to death by their companions.
After dark, Rocket also joined the battle group.
The flying crows of divine fire flew like crazy fire phoenixes, flying high into the air, and plunged into the tower with a shrill roar.
After three rounds of rockets washed the ground, the Anyuanmen city wall was filled with flames, and visually there was no living thing left.
Half an hour later, the several-foot-tall Furong Tower collapsed, making an unsettling creaking sound.
The Daxi troops who were not beaten to death or burned to death fled to Wengcheng, which was beyond the reach of artillery.
The shelling did not stop completely until 13:00 that night, and there were sporadic rocket attacks in the second half of the night.
In this way, Emperor Onishi and his subjects spent their first sleepless night amidst the most intense artillery fire on the surface in the 1730s.
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The city of Xi'an was in panic.
Emperor Zhang Zicheng of the Great Western Dynasty sat in the Cunxin Hall of the Prince of Qin's Mansion, and ordered his four sons (Ye Wangke, Tao Dingbang, Liu Wenxiu, and Ai Nengqi) to lead various generals to guard the eighteen city gates of Xi'an.
Under Zhang Zicheng's stern scolding, the fourth general Ai Nengqi was placed at the north gate where the Qi army focused their attack.
"It's his mother's fault! The Tatars' artillery fire is fierce, but they won't fight for a long time. They are no match for the Western Army in street fighting. Wait until they come to the city and kill them all. When the university soldiers come back with their troops, I will kill Deng Changxiong!"
However, the Rockets continued until the second half of the night and had no intention of stopping.
Zhang Zicheng was so sleepy that he was woken up by the piercing whistling sound several times.
He was already familiar with the Qi army's fighting style. He was defeated all the way from northern Shaanxi to Guanzhong. Every time before the city fell, he could hear the howling of gods, flying crows, ghosts and wolves.
"The Tatars are like dogs, they don't dare to fight in close combat, they just shoot cannons and rockets!"
"Fight! Xi'an is not Suide. The city wall is very thick. I guess it is you who have more cannons or my city wall that is thicker!"
He was covered in armor, fell on the bed and fell asleep for a while. The roar of the rockets finally subsided, but he couldn't fall asleep again. He got up and peed, but he couldn't stop peeing.
Looking back, I saw Concubine Cai still sleeping on the dragon bed, unconscious.
The charming figure rose and fell, letting out a low snoring sound, and a pair of jade arms folded forward, making a hugging gesture.
"The Romance of Fairy Wood"
The Blacksmith Emperor had long been drained of his body by drinking and sex, and he had become worse and worse in this regard in the past two years. He was angry about the Qi army's attack on the city, and seeing his voluptuous appearance, he fell asleep soundly, with his little cherry mouth still opening and closing slightly.
"Auntie, I was still seducing a wild man in my dream."
He kicked the woman under the bed and sat down on the bed.
"ah."
The force was too strong, and his stomach was strangled, causing severe pain in his lower abdomen.
Concubine Cai woke up, struggled to climb onto the dragon bed, looked at Emperor Daxi's lower abdomen that could not be wrapped by his stomach, and said angrily:
"If you can't defeat the Tatars, then you'll take it out on yourself. That's still not a man."
Zhang Zicheng was furious: "You damn aunt, don't think that you stole from a man and got your mother's hair without me knowing it! I will deal with you two adulterers and adulterers after I kill the Tatars!"
After hearing this, Concubine Cai's face turned pale.
After Zhang Zicheng finished cursing, he turned around and picked up the leather whip hanging on the wall, rounded his arms, and hit the imperial concubine on her fair legs...
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At dawn the next day, the Qi army had not yet arrived at the city. Zhang Zicheng and the Qin Palace summoned all the generals, but Ai Nengqi was nowhere to be seen.
After the Qi army's bombardment last night, all the generals had no intention of fighting. After Zhang Zicheng arranged the defense of the city, he hurried back to the backyard to search.
Seeing that the four righteous sons' war horses were tied up in the backyard of Prince Qin's palace, he asked the Yulin guards, and the guards replied: "The four generals have gone to the back hall."
Zhang Zicheng scolded the people around him and walked into the back hall, but he couldn't find him.
I called Concubine Cai, but she didn't see her.
Zhang Zicheng was shocked and angry.
I asked the palace maid urgently, and the palace lady replied: "The imperial concubine is taking a bath and changing clothes."
Emperor Daxi entered the back garden and saw Ai Nengqi and Concubine Cai whispering under the pavilion. Concubine Cai was still lame. Ai Nengqi held Qianqian's slim waist with one hand and caressed the beauty's face with the other.
A spear leaned against the pavilion.
Emperor Daxi roared with filial piety: "How dare you steal your mother-in-law's hair!"
As he spoke, he swung his spear and threw it in front of the javelin. Ai Nengqi quickly picked up the imperial concubine and escaped.
After all, Zhang Zicheng was a blacksmith by trade and was extremely strong. The spear did not hit his adopted son, but directly penetrated the pavilion pillar and penetrated the wood several inches.
Ai Nengqi picked up the beauty and ran away. Zhang Zicheng was too fat to catch up, so he stepped forward, drew his spear, and stabbed her again.
A couple of dogs and a man have gone away.
