Sun Chuanting rode a horse and whipped it up, but he knew that the rebel army was gathering west of Tongguan, so if he wanted to reach Shaanxi, he could only pass through Shanxi first and then enter Shaanxi from Shanxi. However, Shanxi was so difficult and dangerous. Even if it was a thousand-mile horse, it would take some time to cross the Yellow River during this period. In this way, it would be two days later when Sun Chuanting came to the boundary of Shaanxi.

However, as soon as Sun Chuanting arrived in Shaanxi, he heard a bad news: "Tongguan is lost."

It turned out that because of the lack of leader, and the lack of nuclear weapons for soldiers and some officials were also shirking responsibility for each other, the speed of rescue of Tongguan was greatly slowed down. Li Zicheng also knew that time was precious. On the one hand, he stepped up his siege day and night, and on the other hand, he tempted surrender and publicly promised that as long as he cooperated with the rebel army, he would be hired as a former position after capturing Tongguan. If he performed well, he could be promoted or even reused. However, if he dared to resist, he would only die after breaking the city.

Because Li Zicheng was from Shanxi, he also had his fellow villagers and his former robes in the army. Most of these people were opposed to him, but a small number were moved by him. So on the night before Sun Chuanting arrived, the soldiers who had successfully surrendered by Li Zicheng quietly opened the city gate and let Li Zicheng enter the pass.

As a result, Li Zicheng easily occupied the pass and opened the door to Shaanxi.

"What? Tongguan was lost? This group of waste!" After hearing the news, Sun Chuanting almost fell off his face. He had ambitions and thought that he could find a way to turn the tide after he arrived in Shaanxi, but he didn't expect that it would be like this.

"For the sake of the present, I'm afraid I can only defend Xi'an to the death. I hope to rely on the tall and deep Xi'an city and hold on like Kaifeng."

Sun Chuanting sighed, not daring to delay any delay, and immediately rode his horse into Xi'an.

After Sun Chuanting entered Xi'an, he immediately issued an edict to order Zuo Zhi, Zheng Jiadong, Niu Chenghu and other generals to lead their troops to Xi'an to gather. At the same time, his general Bai Guangen was also ordered to enter Shaanxi from Shanxi and rushed to Xi'an.

At the same time, the troops of Yang Wenyue, the governor of Baoding, also entered Shaanxi from Henan.

After Yang Wenyue was defeated in Xiangcheng, he had no face to meet Ma Mingfeng and led his army to Huaiqing Prefecture. Now he heard that Sun Chuanting took office as the governor of the three sides, and immediately led his troops to Shanxi and then entered Shaanxi.

In addition to Yang Wenyue, the troops in Sichuan and Huguang also led their troops to support them. Gao Jie, who was originally a Shaanxi soldier, was ordered to lead the soldiers to Xi'an.

However, these soldiers kept coming. When Sun Chuanting entered Xi'an, there were only thousands of soldiers in the city. Before Sun Chuanting could integrate his strength, the soldiers of the rebel army came to the city and surrounded Xi'an.

Fortunately, the city of Xi'an was strong and the Chi was deep. Sun Chuanting personally led the soldiers to defend the city. Although Li Zicheng had many soldiers, there was no way out for a while.

However, Li Zicheng was not in a hurry. He did not want to conquer Chang'an directly now, but took advantage of the opportunity of various troops to support him and took the opportunity to eliminate or severely damage the supported troops. In this way, the resistance of the entire Shaanxi will be exhausted. By that time, it will be time for him to completely control Shaanxi.

So the next battle for Xi'an became another battle for Kaifeng. At least in form, the elite soldiers and generals from all over the country ran to Xi'an, while Li Zicheng's army was like a harvester, harvesting the troops rushing to support.

A few days later, Zuo Zhi's army was beaten away, and then Zheng Jiadong and Niu Chenghu's army also failed to enter Xi'an.

Bai Guangen's troops finally arrived at the city of Xi'an, but were surrounded by Li Zicheng's large army. After several days, Bai Guangen, whose support was cut off, chose to surrender.

After hearing about the defeat of various armies, Yang Wenyue did not dare to go to Xi'an at all, and ran directly to Jiezhou, more than 200 miles away.

After hearing the news, Sun Chuanting couldn't help but sigh to the sky. This was the army of the Ming Dynasty. These generals were all greedy and afraid of death. Under such circumstances, even if he was Zhuge Liang, he would not be able to turn things around, let alone he felt that he was far inferior to Zhuge Liang.

As a result, Sun Chuanting, who had previously been full of confidence, felt discouraged and his ambitions suddenly turned into nothing.

"What should I do now when the strong enemy is around me?" Sun Chuanting felt infinite sadness in his heart. He felt like a drowning person, his whole body could not be used, and he could not even catch a life-saving straw.

"Even if everything is planned, but everything has changed when things are right in front of us. In the face of powerful enemies, those military officers are all afraid of death. The most hateful thing is the traitors guarding Tongguan. If it weren't for their betrayal, everything would be possible. Now my military order cannot leave Xi'an City. I'm afraid there will be only one way to die. When all the troops in Shaanxi are eliminated, it will be the day when my Sun Chuanting dies."

Sun Chuanting sighed in his heart. He knew that he had not had much time, but a person with a firm will never give up easily. He thought for a moment and ordered all the young and strong people in the city to be drawn over, and they were given weapons, and they were trained urgently, so as to arm these people as soon as possible so as to enhance Xi'an's defensive power as much as possible.

"A Kaifeng City can repel the attacks of the thieves twice, while surrounded by a large army of treacherous troops. As the dignified governor of the three sides, isn't even as good as them? Even if I die this time, I will not leave Xi'an City half a step away. The city is in me, and the city is destroyed and the people will die!"

Sun Chuanting was like a chicken blood injected. He worked tirelessly every day and personally patrolled the camp. Not only did he check the training of the new recruits, but he also personally asked and encouraged the injured soldiers. Some soldiers even had pus and blood. He actually squatted down and sucked the pus and blood for the soldier. For a moment, the soldiers were all grateful and were ready to fight for Sun Chuanting.

Sun Chuanting knew that the army was suitable for the morale, and was very excited. He also knew the principle of making a concerted effort, and he actually hoped that the thief army could attack the city in large numbers.

However, it is strange that the crusade army has never attacked the city these days. From a distance, there is almost no movement in their camp.

"I wonder what conspiracy is being brewed by this thief?" Sun Chuanting did not relax at all, and ordered the soldiers to continue to be more vigilant and did not dare to relax at all. At the same time, he secretly brought some spies down the city and went to the thief camp to inquire about the news.

A few days later, the spy brought him great news. It turned out that there was a plague among the bandits. Thousands of people died in just a few days, and the number of deaths was still expanding. Now the thieves camp was already panicked, and Li Zicheng was too busy to take care of himself and had no intention of attacking the city again.
Chapter completed!