It was not until the defense line that Yang Xu understood the situation in Guanzhong. Longkodo's main force had been evacuated one after another a few days ago. Only one of them was stationed in the defense line, and the soldiers were not elites of the Qing army, but just ordinary local green camps.

Due to the withdrawal of the main force, the Qing army's combat effectiveness has dropped sharply, and coupled with insufficient troops, they could only barely maintain the defense line. If Longkodo had not made arrangements in advance before leaving and the trusted generals were responsible for this matter, these green camps would have dispersed on their own.

Even so, the Qing army used as cannon fodder was useless at all. This was the reason why the general attack on the Ming army was defeated in one fell swoop when they had a good geographical location. However, Longkodo's move was concealed and bought time for the Qing army. If Yang Xu had not noticed something wrong from the front line, the Ming army would have probably not discovered it so quickly.

After breaking through the defense line, the Ming army looked brilliant. The Guanzhong defense line, which had been stalemate, was broken by the Ming army in one day. The Qing army stationed in the garrison was defeated, and the Ming army opened up the road to enter Guanzhong.

But in fact, after listening to the report on the specific results of the battle, Yang Xu was not happy at all. In this way, the Ming army annihilated many enemies and captured people, only less than 10,000 people. Most of these people were old, weak, sick and disabled, and they were not elites of the Qing army at all. As for the old opponent Longkodo, they had long disappeared, and the capture after the war was also unsatisfactory, and nothing was found except for some small amount of food and grass.

"How many generals of the Qing army have captured?" After listening to the report, Yang Xu asked with an ugly expression.

"When Yang Shuai, the Qing army commander was only a member of the general. This person must not commit suicide in front of the formation when he saw things. As for other... guerrillas, Mr. Qian arrested a few of them, but Yibeizhi seemed to be unable to ask anything." The deputy general sighed.

"If you can't ask, you have to ask!" Yang Xu gritted his teeth: "I don't believe it anymore. Can Longkodo be so thorough? There must be people in the Qing army who know the truth, and I will torture you! Even if you kill a few, you must dig out the information!"

After cursing for a few words, Yang Xu said again: "I will order my generals to advance quickly to Guanzhong except the central army, and the front army will go straight to Xi'an City. All the scouts will scatter out and immediately find out the actions of the Qing court and report it as soon as there is any news!"

"yes!"

The deputy general responded, turned around and quickly arranged for him.

After the deputy general left, Yang Xu walked around in a state of turmoil. After a moment, he immediately called the Jinyiwei who was accompanying the army and wrote a secret copy for the Jinyiwei to send it out quickly through its channels. Then he wrote two military newspapers, which were sent to Ma Gongcheng and Yue Zhongqi in a hurry.

Two days later, the situation finally became clear. Although Longkodo's confidant general committed suicide in front of the formation, some of his subordinates knew something. In addition, after entering Guanzhong, the Ming army almost advanced straight in. The Qing army in Guanzhong did not stop at all and soon attacked near Xi'an.

At this time, Yang Xu didn't know the situation of the Qing court anymore, so he didn't want to quit. After learning that the Qing court had quietly evacuated Guanzhong more than ten days ago, and only some local troops and left-behind officials were left in Guanzhong, the Ming army completely understood what was going on.

Although Yang Xu had some predictions in advance, he was also surprised after the news was indeed true. He did not expect that the Qing court would actually run away like this and left Guanzhong and left it. It was really unexpected.

At the same time, Ma Gongcheng, who was in Shanxi, also learned the news. He was shocked and no longer adopted a steady and steady strategy like before, and began to launch a fierce attack on Ortai's defense line to test the movements of the Qing army in Shanxi.

However, compared with Guanzhong, although Ortai was ready to retreat, it was still tenacious to resist the Ming army's attack. It took some effort to defeat the Qing army in front. However, when Ma Gongcheng raised his troops and advanced quickly, Ortai's main forces had all moved forward. Not only that, Ortai also moved almost all Shanxi in advance, leaving a lot of messes for Ma Gongcheng.

After taking over half of Shanxi, especially after occupying Taiyuan, Ma Gongcheng not only had no joy at all, but his face turned ugly.

Originally, the Shanxi strategy he planned was to solve the Qing army in Shanxi in one fell swoop, and at least defeat Ortai's main force and prepare for the Ming army's subsequent strategy. However, although Ortai's military strength has been lost, its overall strength has not been damaged. With the voluntary evacuation of the Qing army in Shanxi, most of it has retreated outside the Great Wall and connected with Mongolian troops, Ma Gongcheng knew that the strategy of annihilation of the Qing army in Shanxi was no longer achieved.

In addition, what is even more terrible is that before Ortai left, he searched Shanxi and almost took away all the food, grass and property in Shanxi. At the same time, he also burned, killed and looted unscrupulously, causing countless people in Shanxi to lose their foundation for survival overnight.

Originally, before the war, the Ming Dynasty blocked the Qing Dynasty's materials. Shanxi was the place where the two sides fought, and the people of Shanxi had already had difficulties. Before, Ortai and Geng'er attacked Shanxi merchants, which was already panicking, but now they directly attacked the people without any worries, which made the entire Shanxi depressed.

When the Ming army occupied Taiyuan and intended to continue to pursue the Ortai tribe north, the main force of Ortai had already arrived in Datong and completely gave up all territory south of Datong. He used scorched earth tactics to make the Ming army unable to go north for a while and fell into a dilemma.

The Ming Dynasty was not the Qing Dynasty. The Manchu Qing Dynasty now completely tore off its previous disguise. Their ancestors were extremely fierce in their blood and could do anything. Shanxi was not a wealthy place. Although Shanxi merchants were famous all over the world, in fact, Shanxi did not produce much, with many mountains and farming, and it was difficult for ordinary people to live a difficult life.

Even in later generations, Shanxi had a period of time except for a period of time when it emerged from coal mines, but it soon became depressed. Until the 21st century, Shanxi showed no sign of development.

Ortai made Ma Gong extremely popular. After occupying Shanxi, these people must be rescued and relief. If this burden is not carried, it will be extremely unfavorable for the future rule of the Ming Dynasty. But with so many people, coupled with the dilemma of almost the entire Shanxi, how easy is to solve the problem?

Ma Gongcheng could only quickly stop the army and continue to go north, first stabilized the position, then used some military rations to stabilize and appease the people, and at the same time, he asked the court for emergency assistance.

When Zhu Yicheng received the secret memorials and requests for help from Yang Xu and Ma Gongcheng, after reading these, his face looked extremely ugly, and then immediately convened the imperial meeting of the Military Affairs Office. Soon, all the military ministers in Beijing rushed to the scene. When they saw Zhu Yicheng's black face, everyone couldn't help but tremble slightly.
Chapter completed!