[Chapter 441] The beacon of Yansui Town (Part 2)

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"Dad, they are shameless!" Xu Dingguo said angrily.

In the general officer's yamen in Yulin City, the atmosphere was depressing. The light in the conference hall was not very good, and it looked a bit gloomy. If outsiders came in, they would definitely feel that it was a bit gloomy and terrifying, and they would unconsciously be in awe. In fact, there were only two people in the yamen. One was Xu Wanda and the other was Xu Dingguo. The guards were also far away from them. Obviously, the father and son were going to have some secret conversations.

At this moment, Xu Wanda stood at the entrance of the hall, closing his eyes to rest without saying a word. Although it was June, the military armor and other clothes on his body were dressed very neatly. The only thing he didn't wear was a heavy helmet. His waist was straight. His son Xu Dingguo was wearing white clothes and had no armor on his body. He was a little impatient to shake the paper fan and complained to his father constantly.

The people mentioned by Xu Dingguo were not white-clothed troops, but powerful people in the city. Over time, Xu Dingguo's father and son discovered that the biggest enemy they faced was no longer the white-clothed troops outside the city, or the military households that depended on the white-clothed troops, but the big and small powerful people who were taking refuge in the city, especially those who hated civil officials, especially those who were military officials. If it was pressure from others, Xu Dingguo's father and son might still be able to bear it and could still shirk it. However, the pressure from military officials made them feel very embarrassed.

It should be noted that the military officials in the Ming Dynasty were absolutely deadly for military officers. The military officials were all civil servants, with low rank, but very powerful. They controlled the food and grass of the army and the assessment of military officers, which had a very important impact on the promotion of military positions in the army. It can be said that if a military officer offends the military officials, he would definitely not have a good life. It would be even more impossible to be promoted.

On the contrary, if he could be favored by the military officials, he would be able to reach the top and reach the sky in one step. Xu Wanda has always been very careful to maintain a good relationship with the military officials. This is one of the main reasons why he was able to hold an official position in Yansui Town for a long time. But now, this good relationship is about to break up. The father and son closed the door and had to discuss how to deal with those military officials.

There is no way. As the number of military households outside the city gathers more and more, the powerful and wealthy people in Yulin City cannot calm down. Some people advocate breaking through and breaking into the direction of Xi'an Prefecture. The officials who prepare for the road are the main force who advocate breaking through. They do not understand military knowledge at all, but they like to point fingers. They naively believe that only by moving closer to Xi'an Prefecture can they have the possibility of survival. If they continue to stay in Yulin City, they will definitely be killed by the white-clothed army.

What? Waiting for reinforcements? Who knows when the reinforcements will come? The soldiers of the entire four northwest towns have been transferred to Ningxia Town. At this moment, even around Xi'an Prefecture, there are no troops. To rescue Yulin City, you must transfer troops from the front line of Ningxia Town. However, with the mobilization efficiency of the Ming army, when they turn around and rescue Yulin City, they are afraid that their bones will be chopped up by the angry military households and there will be no more scum.

The risk of sticking to the waiting for assistance is indeed too great. Moreover, the inside of Yulin City is not very calm. From time to time, there are always undercurrents. Under the instigation of the White-Clothed Army outside the city, the lower-level military households in the city are always looking for opportunities to help the White-Clothed Army outside enter the city. If they make a loophole, the White-Clothed Army takes advantage of the loophole and break into the city, the consequences will be unimaginable! Thinking about the consequences of Ningxia Town officials, officials at all levels in Yansui Town are shuddering.

However, Xu Wanda strongly opposed the breakthrough. He knew best that the only thing the White-Clothed Army lacked was the ability to attack. Relying on the cannons in Yulin City, they could still block the White-Clothed Army for a period of time. However, once they left a solid barrier like Yulin City, once they left the cover of the cannons, the White-Clothed Army would immediately rush up and chop them up. Fighting a field battle with the White-Clothed Army, isn't this seeking death? Even the Tatars and the Nasdaq are not the opponents of the White-Clothed Army in the field battle. Are the official troops in Yansui Town stronger than the Tatars and the Nasdaq?

"Forget it, let them go!" Xu Wanda said helplessly at last.

Instead of forcibly leaving officials at all levels in the city and causing conflicts between civil and military officials, it is better to give them the right to choose freely. Anyway, I have persuaded them and have done their best to be righteous. If they have anything to do in the future, they will not be able to rely on themselves. Besides, who can tell the future of things? Maybe, in a month or two, his father and son will become a pile of loess. The white-clothed army is not easy to deal with!

"Goodbye!"

"There will be a date later!"

With Xu Wanda's permission, the officials of Yansui Town's military preparatory road quietly abandoned the city. With the help of the night, they quietly came out from the south gate of Yulin City. It was quiet around, as if there were no defenders. They were immediately overjoyed and rushed to the south. As a result, they had only run seven or eight miles and fell into the ambush of the White Army. The Leopard Cavalry and the military households who fought together emerged from all directions and surrounded them.

"Bang bang bang!"

After a gunshot, all the officials who were preparing for the army fell into a pool of blood.

The military households in charge of money and food, and the military households at the bottom hated the most were them. Now that they encountered it, they would naturally not let it go. Most of the military households vented the hatred of food and wages owed to the officials of the military officers. Even if they were beaten to death, people would continue to come up to whip the corpses. Later, they could not even find the bodies, and they did not know what they had to crush them. The military households who could not vent had to surround Yulin City again.

Xu Wanda had no choice but to do so when the White-Clothed Army made such a move. The other powerful people in Yulin City also completely cut off the idea of ​​breaking through. At this time, they broke through, and they were basically dead. Staying in the city might have a few more days left. Xu Wanda also cut off the idea of ​​breaking through. The only thing he could do was to guard Yulin City tightly and not give the White-Clothed Army any chance. As for the outside of Yulin City, he couldn't control it.

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"We Ansai are also rebelling!"

At the end of June, another thunder came from Ansai, but Gao Yingxiang led his own horse-trafficking team to officially rebellion in Ansai. He announced the establishment of the Ansai Autonomous Committee, accepted the leadership and command of the White-Clothing Army, and regarded Xu Xingxia as the "Chairman". The White-Clothing Army team that rebelled in Ansai called themselves "Qingqi Army" and was led by Gao Yingxiang. This unit number was determined by Xu Xingxia after Gao Yingxiang recovered from his injuries and returned to Ansai.

The *** in Yansui Town inevitably affected Yan'an Prefecture in the south. Mizhi, Suide, Qingjian, Wubao, Baoan, Anding, Yanchuan and other places in the north of Yan'an Prefecture were originally very poor. The biggest feature of these areas is that they have severe water resources, large-scale farmland harvests, and unsustainable income. In addition, the taxes from the court have continued to increase in recent years, resulting in local farmers becoming increasingly dissatisfied with the court.

Of course, farmers are so fierce that they are not as strong as military households. Even if they are dissatisfied, they will be patient for the time being. In a sense, civilian households are more afraid of war than military households. After all, military households are born to fight. Even if you are unwilling to go to the battlefield, it is your destiny and must be accepted. Unless you have the ability to change your destiny. However, the horse thieves organized by Gao Yingxiang still resolutely uprising.

After Gao Yingxiang launched the uprising, he immediately led the Qing cavalry to the north and joined the Leopard Cavalry to prepare to attack Yulin City. The Qing cavalry was not equipped with the Sun and Moon Guns, and there was a big difference in combat effectiveness compared with the regular white-clothed army. If they encountered the main Ming army, they would not be able to defeat it. Therefore, they must get closer to the Leopard Cavalry as soon as possible. The arrival of the Qing cavalry made the situation around Yulin City even more tense, and Xu Dingguo and his son were even more at ease.

But at this critical moment, news came again, saying that Xu Xingxia personally led his army from Ningxia Town to attack Yulin City. For a time, rumors about the White Army and Xu Xingxia spread everywhere, and there were all things they said, but no one knew the true or false. However, the two terms Xu Xingxia and the White Army were gradually familiar to more people. In Shaanxi Province, fewer and fewer people have not heard of these two terms.

However, Gao Yingxiang's arrival did not allow the Leopard Cavalry to easily capture Yulin City. The defenders of Yulin City were still very powerful in counterattacks. Xu Dingguo's father and son still had certain skills in fighting. The powerful and powerful people in the city personally took the battle for their own lives and inspired their servants to fight to the death. To a certain extent, they also stimulated the morale of the defenders.

The cannons on the top of Yulin City are buzzing every day, and they are not stingy with shells at all. Among them, the number of shotguns is fired the most. Under the threat of fierce artillery fire, even the military households who are not afraid of death are very difficult to rush forward. Wang Ziyong, Wang Jiayin, He Yilong and others are all brave people, and ordinary dozens of ***ers cannot get close to them. However, in the face of the fierce artillery fire, they can only stare at them.

The number of Leopard Cavalry is too small. In addition to those who are active around and powerful, there are less than a thousand people who really besieged Yulin City. Obviously, such troops are not enough. More importantly, the Leopard Cavalry went north to reinforce and went very fast. Later, they were transferred to find Wang Xia and the others. After a while, they did not carry a few explosive packs. Obviously, it is impossible to deal with a strong city like Yulin City without a sufficient number of explosive packs.

At the beginning, the white-clothed army tried to capture Ningxia City, digging tunnels and blew up Yulin City from the underground. As a result, after they organized the civilians, they developed unexpectedly. The land around Yulin City was really hard. The long-term drought made the entire Yansui Town a bit abnormally hard. This tunnel was not impossible to be dug. However, the most optimistic estimate was that it would take too long to dig until August.

Wang Xia said bitterly: "Thirteen, with our troops, I'm afraid it's not easy to do it!"

Mao Shisan seemed to have thought of a new idea and whispered: "Your sir is coming to attack the city yourself. Why don't we let it go first and find a way to attract all the enemies to another place so that you can attack the city with peace of mind?"

Wang Xia said curiously: "Where is it attracting?"

Mao Shisan looked around and lowered his voice and said, "What do you think about Xi'an Prefecture?"

Wang Xia's eyes suddenly lit up, he clapped his hands hard, and said fiercely: "Okay! Let's go to Xi'an Prefecture! Damn, I have wanted to see what the ancient capital of the Thirteenth Dynasty looks like! I won't scare them to pee this time, I won't be the king!"

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The news of the white-clothed army besieging Yulin Town came, and the whole of Shaanxi was in an uproar. Many court officials who had been stumbled suddenly felt that their eyes were pitch black, as if the sky was about to fall. Their original state of being confused seemed to have been changed at once. I really didn't expect that the danger was so close to me!

It turned out that the White Army was still limited to Ningxia Town and had a small fight, but now it has developed into Yansui Town. What's wrong? If Yansui Town is also corrupt, it will directly threaten Xi'an Prefecture. If it is not curbed quickly, I'm afraid that the whole province of Shaanxi... by that time, I don't know how many people will land!

The three-sided Governor Huang Kezhang was immediately anxious. In June, Xi'an Prefecture was a little hot. When the Governor was anxious, he became angry and his upper and lower lips were bubbled. However, Huang Kezhang couldn't care and tried his best to try to suppress Xu Xingxia's judgment. To be honest, the White Army would appear in the north of Yansui Town, and he could not imagine that it was because of this mistake that the entire situation in northern Shaanxi was completely out of control.

This is not a besiege of Yulin City, this is a naked demonstration! Huang Kezhang could even feel Xu Xingxia's domineering arrogance. It seemed that Xu Xingxia was standing in front of him and smiling at him, "Aren't you going to suppress me?" Okay, I'll let you see how you will suppress me! Ningxia Town is corrupt, Yansui Town is corrupt, will Guyuan Town be far away?

Although Huang Kezhang had never heard of the eight words "Sparks can start a prairie", he definitely understood the danger. Yansui Town was like a huge sword hanging on the forehead of Xi'an Prefecture and would be cut down at any time. The Shaanxi Censor Zhu Xieyuan also felt the danger and came to Huang Kezhang overnight to discuss countermeasures.

Other officials at all levels in Shaanxi, even if they were corpses, had to do everything at this time. This is a major event that concerns their own wealth and life. How could they take it lightly? Those officials who escaped from Ningxia City described the White Army as terrible. If the White Army captured Xi'an Prefecture, they would probably die without a burial place. If they wanted to survive, it was necessary to find a way out immediately.

Ordinary people in Xi'an Prefecture also felt it. For a moment, all kinds of rumors spread everywhere, and there were all kinds of things. Some even swear to say that the white-clad army was coming to Xi'an Prefecture. Some smart people had even sent people to Luoyang and other places to check in advance. If the situation was wrong, they would immediately flee to Henan.

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"The white army is here!"

"The rebels from Ningxia Town are coming!"

On the last day of June of the 45th year of Wanli, the Leopard Cavalry arrived near Xi'an Prefecture.

On this day, Emperor Wanli, who had not officially attended court for 1,598 days, finally showed up and convened a small-scale court discussion. The content of the court discussion was unknown. On the same day, Xu Xingxia was at his home, teaching Lin Xiaoniang Arabic numerals seriously.
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