Under Qin Liangyu's arrangement, Hongniangzi and Li Shunzu set off lightly with a thousand cavalrymen.
They first marched straight to Tongzhou (now Hancheng City), 300 miles away, then headed north along the Yellow River, and turned west when they reached the confluence of the Yellow River and the Yan River.
After passing Yanchang County, they walked another eighty miles and set up an ambush thirty miles east of Yan'an Prefecture.
At the same time, Qin Liangyu divided his troops into three groups.
They guarded Tongguan all the way to prevent Li Zicheng from escaping eastward to Henan.
Recover all parts of Guanzhong along the way.
The last route was to arrange Li Xingzhong to pursue Li Zicheng to the north.
Qin Liangyu was the chieftain of Shizhu, where people loved hunting and were good at it.
She knew very well that in order to catch the prey, she not only had to intercept it in front, but also drive it from behind.
Only in this way will the prey run into the ambush circle in panic.
To deal with prey of Li Zicheng's level, it is necessary to attack from both sides.
"Report!" When the main force of the Sichuan Army was ten miles away from Xi'an City, scouts came to report: "The defenders in Xi'an City surrendered without a fight. After accepting the surrender, Yang Zhan of the Vanguard Battalion did not enter the city, but asked me to come and ask the Governor for instructions!"
"What do you want to ask for instructions?" Qin Liangyu asked.
"Vice-General Yang said that retaking Xi'an is a great achievement, and the first person to enter the city should be the Governor."
"Report!" Before Qin Liangyu could digest this joy, another scout rushed into the tent: "The main force of the support and suppression governor Lu Daqi has arrived in Lantian area and is heading towards Xi'an city."
"I understand. You can leave now." Qin Liangyu's mood was as relaxed as her tone.
The bandits are doomed, and the Ming army is sure to win!
After the scout left, Qin Liangyu stood there thinking for a while, and then ordered people to send messages to Yang Zhan and Lu Daqi respectively.
Half a day later, Qin Liangyu and Lu Daqi arrived outside the city of Xi'an at the same time.
Lu Daqi came to Qin Liangyu and bowed deeply: "Thank you, Governor Qin."
Qin Liangyu smiled faintly: "Governor Lu, you don't have to be polite. Let's go into the city together."
"Okay!" Lu Daqi rode his horse to Qin Liangyu's right side and walked into Xi'an city side by side with her.
Gao Jie, who was standing behind Lu Daqi, blinked and asked Li Shiyuan next to him: "Hey, Old Li, why does Lord Lu want to thank Lord Qin?"
Li Shiyuan chuckled and asked, "Xi'an is the bandits' old nest. Is it a great achievement to recapture Xi'an?"
"Big, it has to be big!" Gao Jie answered without hesitation.
Li Shiyuan continued to ask: "Then who do you think should be given the credit?"
Gao Jie frowned and thought for a moment. "The credit should go to the people who entered the city first."
"Look," Li Shiyuan shook his chin and pointed at Qin Liangyu and said, "Lord Qin's vanguard camp has already arrived outside Xi'an. She did not enter the city alone, but waited for Lord Lu to come and enter the city together. In this way, your name and my name can be written in the merit book of sending ponds to the court!"
"Tell me, can Lord Lu not thank Lord Qin?"
After listening to Li Shiyuan's analysis, not only Gao Jie, but all the generals under Lu Daqi developed a favorable impression of Qin Liangyu.
There are not many people who take the initiative to share the credit these days.
Under Qin Liangyu's operation, the Ming army got along very harmoniously.
However, when the Ming army entered the city, the people did not line the streets to welcome them, but instead hid in their homes and refused to go out.
They were afraid! They were afraid that the Ming army would vent their anger and kill people.
After all, this was once the capital of the Dashun Kingdom.
After taking over the defense of Xi'an City, Qin Liangyu convened a meeting of all the generals.
"Four things!" Qin Liangyu said loudly while sitting on a chair in the lobby of the government office. "First, enforce strict military discipline! Everyone, please manage your own people. If anyone disturbs the people, the person involved will be beheaded and everyone present will be implicated."
"Second, post a notice. Tell the soldiers and civilians in the city that as long as they surrender to the court honestly, the past will be forgiven. On the contrary, if anyone takes the opportunity to cause trouble, this governor will show no mercy!"
"Third, search every house for bandits above the fifth rank, and if anyone hides them, their entire family will be executed."
"Fourth," Qin Liangyu looked at Gao Jie, "Li Zicheng has fled to northern Shaanxi. I have already sent Li Xingzhong to chase him. Who else here wants to go after him?"
Gao Jie immediately raised his hands: "I will never reconcile with thieves!"
"Okay," Qin Liangyu smiled slightly, "Take a day off tomorrow, and the day after tomorrow morning, General Gao will take all the food and grass and go north to pursue the enemy."
After the four orders were issued, the entire Xi'an city immediately became busy.
"Open the door, open the door!" The soldiers knocked on the door of every household.
The common people were terrified and asked through the door: "Military...Military, is there anything wrong?"
"I have two questions for you." The soldier tried to keep his tone calm.
"Military...Military, please tell me."
"First question, what year is today?"
"Never... No, no, this year is the nineteenth year of Chongzhen."
"Okay, the second question is how many people are there in your family? Has anyone ever been a bandit? What's their official rank?"
"Four of us, never...never been a bandit."
"Open the door and let us search it."
After the search, the soldiers handed the householder a piece of paper with words on it and the official seal of Xi'an Prefecture on it.
"Sir, what is this?" the people asked while holding the paper.
"When someone comes to check next time, take out this piece of paper and show it to them. Do you understand?"
"Thank you, sir."
Under Qin Liangyu's governance, Xi'an Prefecture quickly regained its former prosperity, and most of Guanzhong returned to the embrace of the Ming Dynasty court.
On the tenth day of June, Qin Liangyu climbed up the city wall of Xi'an and looked to the north.
Ma Wannian stood by and whispered, "Grandma, the wind is strong in the city, let's go down."
"No," Qin Liangyu shook her head slowly, "According to my guess, Lady Hong should have already fought with Li Zicheng. I'm a little worried."
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