Therefore, Meng Kai, who has been sitting between the military camps and Jingzhao Mansion for more than half a month, can hardly avoid describing the thin and dazzling beard as a skinny lion. It's just that the brilliance in his eyes is still firm and determined, and naturally brings a sense of peace of mind and completeness to the people around him:
"Have dozens of people escaped from the camp last night? Don’t they know that even if they fled home, they would have nowhere to go? Forget it, if the ones caught still have flogging and stick blame but no shackles, then Distribute the city to be redeemed by the sin school!"
"Then continue to recruit young people from the city with food. If the applicants are not enough, they will be drawn according to the current household registration. Even if you can't go to the city, you can also engrave barricades and transport materials. The main road cannot let these young people be free. There is nothing to do at home..."
"What! The Zhengshitang once again rejected the request to send the three armies to support the city on the grounds that the north of the city is also tight? Some people have persuaded the saint to abandon the south of the city step by step and give priority to securing the three areas?"
"The king also agreed that the soldiers began to evacuate the soldiers and civilians? This is because the enemy did not enter the city and planned to throw off all defenses to the Taiping Army in Mingdemen? We have persisted through these days, why? You can mess yourself up at this time"
"Give me back the food and equipment in the hoarded city to me gradually? It's a joke, what good is the situation now that there is food and equipment? Why don't you send more old brothers who have seen blood in the battle! Otherwise, in the camp A large group of raw melon eggs can't even be maintained by the manpower of drills and strapping..."
Meng Kai was dealing with the piles of general affairs, while complaining loudly or decisively ordering: At this time, a small school broke in and shouted:
"Meng Shuai, there is news from Beiyuan outside the city that people who have fled back to report the letter have been found; it is said that Xianyang City has been broken a few days ago, and I am afraid that I will not be spared from Zhao Shizhong!"
"Damn it..."
Hearing the news, Meng Kai couldn't help but his face changed drastically, but he even squeezed the pen in his hand unconsciously, and pierced the palm of his hand and dripped blood on the paper, fading the red spots.
At the next moment, Meng Kai was overbearing to Zhang Gui, the invited liaison officer:
"Although it is hard to tell, I still begged for it... can you seconde a hundred and eighty sergeants from your ministry to temporarily serve as my new recruiting city united team for a while..."
"This matter is easy to discuss, but it takes some time to arrange..."
Zhang Guiba responded without hesitation:
Then a surprised voice shouted:
"Meng Shuai, Meng Shuai... But there was a surge of reinforcements from the city coming over to join..."
"It is clear that it is the man and horse..."
Meng Kai couldn't help being surprised:
"It's the Hezhong soldier in the east of the city..."
The person hurriedly said:
"Why are they..."
Meng Kai frowned slightly when he heard the words. Now the defensive force in the inner city of Chang'an can be roughly divided into several parts. The most elite and fierce fighters are naturally the three guards around Huang Wang, just because of previous battle damages and shifts. Because of the levy, most of the establishments are now incomplete, and the combination of ears is only worth tens of thousands.
Then, it was the newly promoted generals and ambassadors of various parties, who shared the percentage of the soldiers and horses left behind after the imperial conquest. There are a small number of veterans of the rebel army as the main backbone, and a large number of old Japanese officials and members of the local group incorporated in the Guan; but it is still a division who dares to fight against the enemy, and can be divided into the three inner parts of the north of the city and outside the Mingde gate. Three sides of east, west and south. About 20,000 or 30,000 people
Then, under the command of Meng Kai, the patrol ambassador of the various gates, who coordinated the situation in the city, based on the patrol team rebuilt after the war in the Guannei, a large number of young and middle-aged people in the city were recruited as united soldiers to maintain daily order and emergency mobile forces. There are probably more than 10,000 people in the daily compilation, but most of them are novices who lack training and experience.
Finally, there are still a few "Hakka people" of varying sizes from vassal forces. For example, Hezhong Jiedu made Wang Chongrong's elder brother Wang Chongying's Shaanxi soldiers, Fengxiang Jiedu made Li Changyan's brother Li Changyan's brother Li Changfu's Fengtian soldiers; Heyang Jiedu made Zhuge cool and led the Huaizhou soldiers under general Liu Jing; And the part of Du Jibing who was left behind by Zhu Lao San by the East Capital after the Great War in Guan Nei, and so on.
However, King Huang has always been quite cautious about the use of these guest soldiers and horses. If he and the generals are placed in one place to check and check each other, how can they be easily mobilized as a mobile force? What about your own? At the next moment, he had already recalled, his face changed a lot and shouted:
"No, come back quickly and close the camp gate..."
However, as soon as his order was delivered, there were already fierce shouts of killing, and fireworks rising rapidly. . . .
But inside the Mingde Gate, the largest city gate in Chang'an, there is a solemn atmosphere. In addition to the Taiping advance sergeant garrisoned on the city’s head, there are thousands of locally recruited sergeants and people who are busy building more trenches, barricades, towers, and arrow towers that cross the road near the city gate behind them. The neighbouring districts are connected according to local conditions, and there are several fortifications and camps that stand against each other and communicate with each other.
"There has been a reply from outside the city. Just a few days ago, the last group of evacuated people have safely arrived in Lantian County. It can be said that, with the exception of Empress Cao’s holy driver, most of our missions in Chang'an are now And the goal is still completed..."
Wang Xingkong, as the leader of this advance team, also solemnly said to the left and right on the snow-covered city:
"But the most difficult moment is coming... Maybe in the next moment we will rely on our own hard work..."
"Only fight to the death, do your best to repay you!"
The other generals and military academies present all responded in unison with a solemn voice, and then turned into a more determined slogan:
"Set up a heart for the heaven and the earth,
Make a life for the people,
To go to the holy to continue to learn,
Open peace for all generations. "
Such repeated calls for "Taiping Oath" continued to spread and spread among the defenders at the head of the city, and vaguely spread to the official barracks facing Mingdemen, but again Each has a taste in my heart.
For example, the deputy ambassador Zhijiedu who now actually controls the headquarters of the Guiyi Army recruited Suo Xun under the command of Hexi Xingying; the son-in-law of Zhang Yichao and Li Mingzhen, the governor of the Tongzhi capital of Langzhou Standing on the newly built observation deck, some mixed feelings sighed to the left and right:
". My generation has lived in the west for a long time, but I don't know that there are such ambitious people among the thieves of the Central Plains; I really live up to the extraordinary demeanor before!"
"The Governor, I'm afraid I haven't known it yet. Today, Taiping thieves already have Jiangnan, and they have newly merged with the 15th state of Huainan; this is not an ordinary thieves army's ambition. It is the trend of swallowing the world. ..."
But someone beside him couldn't help but speak:
"In contrast, the Huang Clan who is trapped in this city, although he is called Emperor Jianyuan, is nothing more than a dead bone in the grave..."
"That said, even if we recover Gyeonggi, the grandeur of the old country is really important... Have you gone to the end?"
Another subordinate said in surprise:
"It's hard to say whether it's going all the way, but according to the city's secret report, the fine thief army in Mingdemen is just a small advance sent by the Taiping thieves... I am afraid that the ice and snow will subside after the beginning of spring. The reopening of Shannan Road, I am afraid it will not be a big offensive..."
This person continued to speak again:
"Then you know how many things you know, just tell them all together."
Li Mingzhen, who had a gray beard and described as tall and tall, looked at him with scorching eyes and said:
"The subordinates dare not. It's really a big deal, and I ask the governor to clean up his left and right sides, thinking that he can avoid suspicion..."
This person still insisted:
"The people here are my own children or the relatives who have been with you for many years. They will never reveal their privacy, and there is nothing to avoid suspicion..."
Li Mingzhen said without hesitation:
"Na Zhen Gong could still remember the orphans of the old commander (Zhang Huaishen) and Zhang Yaya who were first sent out and forced to die outside..."
This person hesitated for a moment before reopening his voice:
"So, is it possible that the handsome descendants are still in the world?"
The other general next to him was a little surprised: After all, for Suo Xun's act of cutting the grass and rooting out the roots, their old members of the Zhang Clan had somewhat secretly raised their precious hands and released the water.
"After many journeys, you are still not allowed to walk in Sanchuan, and now you are receiving asylum in the southern land..."
This person said slowly:
"So, the Taiping thief has already mastered the relationship and pretext of intervening in my return to the rebels?..."
Li Mingzhen quickly grasped the key points:
"It's not only that... Did Zhen Gong know that the Taiwei gave birth to another daughter after he entered Beijing?"
This person smiles slightly bitterly
"Now I am serving at the side of the Lord of the Peaceful Thieves, and I have just gotten pregnant... This is the first one..."
Hearing this quite breaking news, including Li Mingzhen's expressions on the scene suddenly became brilliant. Feelings were fought for the imperial court to restore the Central Plains. In the end, a relative and a brother-in-law could be played! Then Li Mingzhen reorganized his thoughts and continued to ask:
"Is this serious?"
"Naturally, it is true, and it has long been widely known in all parts of the South... Although it is to be explored..."
This person sighed helplessly:
"This is really fucking damn fate... but his Zhang family is really fate, how can he end up with both sides out of thin air..."
Some of the generals on the scene also complained.
"This is the end of the matter, and it must not be heard by others... It's no wonder that our military laws are ruthless..."
Li Mingzhen categorically interrupted their follow-up speech, and then spoke to the humanity:
"You come with me to ask questions..."
However, now that they knew the news, the more they thought about it, they became somewhat speculative and suspicious. Could it be that the old Zheng Tang insisted at the beginning and sent their local strength from the rebel army to the south of the city, wasn't it just to bear the brunt of the Taiping thief? It seems that there is a lot of speculation about motivation and intention.
But in any case, in places no one knows outside the city and behind the scenes, the Taiping Army's northern intelligence and enemy work system began to subtly play some unexpected roles. For example, in the subsequent offensive of the Guiyi Army in the south of the city, it became less hard and fierce. (End of this chapter)