Tang Mu saw that Li Luo personally untied the royal Tang knife reward, and immediately wept with gratitude, and bowed down to the dust in fear: "Minister Tang Mu, thank Your Majesty for the reward!" ”

Li Luo patted Tang Mu's strong shoulder, "Tang Qing is already a Tang minister, and he has military exploits in the Tang Dynasty." At the same time, you have insisted on opposing the Yuan Dynasty in Qinling for several years, and you are a well-known Han man, and you have not lost the face of our old Qin people. Well, I will make you Zhou Zhihou, the official commander! ”

As soon as Tang Mu returned to Tang, he was named the county marquis, which was indeed a generous reward. In particular, the title of Tang Ting is expensive and not indiscriminate, so it is especially rare.

Why is it so rewarding?

Because Tang Mu can afford it.

First, Tang Mu belongs to the "group with capital", he has his own team, and his strength is not weak. Second, Tang Mu's establishment contributed a lot. If he hadn't seized Baogukou and blocked tens of thousands of yuan of military reinforcements, then Li Luo's attack on Yangping Pass would have been ten times more difficult, not only would he have to delay a lot of time, but also have a lot of casualties.

Even, even if it costs a lot, it may not be able to be captured.

The third is that Tang Mu insisted on resisting the Yuan Dynasty for several years with the posture of a green forest, proving that he is a hero of the Han family, and he is also a brave and resourceful general, who can be in charge of his own affairs, and should be rewarded!

Tang Mu is not a big old man, but a military general who is coarse and well-versed, where does he not know the weight of the county marquis? immediately excused himself and said: "The minister has just returned to the Tang Dynasty, and he has a small merit, and he can't afford to be rewarded by the marquis......"

Li Luo waved his hand, "Don't shirk, I said you deserve it, you deserve it!" ”

Tang Mu was extremely moved, "Thank you, Your Majesty!" The ministers are determined to smear their livers and brains, and swear to repay their lives! ”

As a result, Datang has one more Zhou Zhihou, and Li Luo has one more general.

Then, Li Luo rewarded Tang Mu's subordinates, and his three generals were awarded viscounts, that is, Liu Da, who won the head of Zhou Cang, the deputy of the Yuan army, and because of the head of the enemy general, he got a baron and was promoted to the team leader.

Among the leaders of the rebels, this is the only one. Liu Da was really glad that he didn't throw away the head at that time.

Then, Li Luo reorganized the rebel army, gave the military flag, and appointed Tang Mu as the brigade commander, the great warrior, and hung the rank of Zhonglang general.

Brigade commander of the Tang Army, the rank is generally general. Tang Mu is a brigade commander, but he can be awarded the rank of Zhonglang general, which is also unique.

The officers of the rebel army, which were adapted according to the Tang army system, were also awarded military ranks and samurai origins. The rebels were all happy.

finally came out and became the king of the Tang Dynasty!

As a result, since the Tang Army's attack on Hanzhong, the strength of the troops has not decreased, but has also increased a lot.

After taking Hanzhong and about to attack Guanzhong, Li Luo felt that his troops were still insufficient at this time. He now has only more than 70,000 soldiers and horses, and if he divides his troops and is stationed in Hanzhong, he will have even fewer soldiers and horses for attacking Guanzhong.

And from the Wuguan attack Guanzhong Wuyan's department belongs to the partial division, only 50,000 people, at this time Wu Yan should still be in Wuguan Dao to contain the Yuan army, it is impossible to attack Guanzhong before him.

So, Li Luo issued a military order, ordering people to send back to Shuzhong, let Yizhou Sima Yi Shiying, and loot another 20,000 inland garrisons, go north for reinforcements, and garrison Hanzhong to prevent the Yuan army from making a comeback from Chencang Road.

Then, Li Luo personally led the army and entered the Baoxian Ancient Road to the north. On the eighth day of the ninth month, the Tang army finally arrived at Xiekou Pass, one step away from Guanzhong.

At this time, Guanzhong is already in the wind!

The Yuan army was defeated in Hanzhong, and the Tang lord Li Luo personally led a large army to occupy Hanzhong, and the news of attacking Guanzhong spread loudly. The Tang State spies hidden among the people in Guanzhong once again hyped it up, making the people of Guanzhong wonder how many people were looking forward to it, hoping that Wang Shi would enter Guanzhong.

It can be said that the Tang army has not yet arrived, and the hearts of the people in Guanzhong have returned to the Tang Dynasty.

This is because, first, the people of Guanzhong were indeed oppressed by the Yuan court, and their lives were in dire straits, and they desperately wanted to turn over. Second, they have a natural affection for Li Tang.

They heard that Tang Lord Li Luo is a descendant of the Tang Dynasty, and he was born in the Li family in Longxi, which is a real old Qin person! (Longxi is the ancestral land of the Qin people)

Li Luo came to Guanzhong, and he went home to restore the Tang Dynasty, and of course the old Qin people were happy.

Perhaps, this Hongwu Emperor will take Chang'an as his capital like his ancestors. Then they are Guanzhong, and they are the people at the feet of the Son of Heaven again!

It can be said that the people of any place do not have such a strong expectation that the people of Guanzhong will Li Luo and the Tang Army enter Guanzhong!

Under the organization of the spies, taking the opportunity of the Tang Army's army to press the border, many Guanzhong people who were unwilling to be slaves organized a righteous army to rebel against the Yuan court government and respond to the Tang army.

Before the Tang army arrived, Guanzhong was already surging, and the people were in turmoil!

The Guanzhong Yuan Army had to deal with Li Luo, who was on the Xiekou Pass, Wu Yan from Wuguan, and the "anti-thieves" who rose up from various places.

Although the anxious Zhangzhang had already flown to Dadu, the army north of Tongguan was dragged by Wen Tianxiang's army, and the Hedong army had not yet crossed the Yellow River, and it was too late.

Brother Chiya of Pingzhang Ha in Shaanxi Province could only personally lead 40,000 troops to sit in Dasanguan, and ordered the deputy marshal Ta to lead 20,000 soldiers and horses to guard the Xiekou Pass, and ordered the deputy marshal Chaha to only lead 30,000 soldiers and horses to guard Lantian Pass to defend Wuyan.

It is also necessary to allocate 20,000 soldiers and horses to garrison Fengyuan (Chang'an) and other important places to suppress the rebels in various places.

Other than that, he couldn't draw any troops.

What's even worse is that of his more than 100,000 soldiers and horses, 70,000 are cavalry, and only 50,000 are infantry. It was originally a good thing to have more cavalry, but it was used to defend the city and defend the passes, which is another matter!

Let the Mongolian iron cavalry and the red army of Tanma, who are good at riding and shooting, defend the city, don't say whether they are willing or not, even if they are willing to give up the war horse to defend the city, it is not as good as the Han army.

Speaking of defending the city, the Mongol colored cavalry is really not good.

Dasanguan, the main battalion of the Yuan army.

In the big tent of the Chinese army, Brother Ha Chiya, the political affairs officer of Shaanxi Pingzhang, was looking sad, and he couldn't think of a way to stop the rebels.

Guanzhong is known as the golden city of thousands of miles, impregnable. But that is based on the situation that Hanzhong and Wuguan are in hand, if Hanzhong and Wuguan fall into the hands of the enemy, then the gate of Guanzhong is open, and it is not really impregnable.

Now, the Xiekou Pass can't stop Li Luo, and the only thing that can stop Li Luo is the Dasanguan.

The Great Scattered Pass is the last dangerous pass to prevent Li Luo from entering the Guanzhong.

Thinking of this, Ha Chiya Ge simply issued a military order, ordering the 20,000 yuan army defending Xiekou Pass to withdraw north to Dasan Pass, anyway, Xiekou Pass is not dangerous, it is difficult to stop the rebels, it is better to give up and strengthen the defensive forces of Dasan Pass.

Brother Hachiya's decision is correct.

Therefore, when Li Luo was ready to attack Xiekou Pass with confidence, he found that the Yuan army suddenly abandoned the pass and retreated north.

Li Luo was suddenly a little depressed. How did he not know that the Yuan army at Xiekou Pass had withdrawn to Dasan Pass? As a result, the Yuan army in Dasanguan is even stronger, and it is even more difficult to defeat it.

It seems that there may be a tough battle to be fought. However, as a last resort, Li Luo was unwilling to attack the Dasan Pass, and every Tang Army soldier was precious.

The Tang army repaired at the Xiekou Pass for a day, and then rushed straight to the Dasan Pass!

On September 13, more than 70,000 Tang soldiers approached Dasanguan and confronted the Yuan army at Dasanguan, and a great battle was about to break out.

The Tang army did not immediately attack the fortifications, but camped outside the pass for repair.

Li Luo climbed high and looked at Dasanguan from afar, but saw lofty mountains on both sides, and a meandering one in the middle, extending to a huge Guancheng.

It's really Xiongguan Mandao, it's really like iron.

Under this Guancheng, it is difficult to deploy troops, and it is really not easy to attack Guancheng. But to say the degree of risk, it is not as good as Yuguan (Shanhaiguan) and Tongguan.

I can hit it.

Tough battles are not inevitable. Because, the Don army had artillery. At this time, it has already reached the Great Scattered Pass, and there is no need to worry about the consumption of gunpowder. Li Luo would rather consume more ammunition than risk his life to defeat the Great Sanguan.

"Your Majesty, the minister thinks that my Tang artillery can bombard Guancheng first, so as not to let the Yuan army have a moment of rest and frustrate its spirit!" Zhu Jaw said.

Li Luo nodded, "You are the siege general, you can decide for yourself." ”

"Yes!"

Zhu Qian still used the old method, he built a winding road on the mountain near Guancheng, carried 10 pounds of heavy artillery on it, and built an artillery position.

Then, he set up a horse rejection in the south of the city, widened the foot of the mountain, and arranged a medium artillery position with six catties of ammunition.

He wanted to build a three-dimensional artillery position to bombard the city to the maximum.

The Tang army was busy building artillery positions, but the generals of the Yuan army in the pass began to argue.

There were 60,000 Yuan troops in the Guannai, and with the defense of the dangerous pass, how could they have been able to hold it. But the problem is that the 70,000 cavalry accounted for most of them, and the infantry only had 20,000.

And the 40,000 Mongol cavalry were not good at defending the city. If you take the initiative to go out of the pass and use cavalry to attack the Tang army, it will not work, because the terrain outside the pass is narrow, which is not conducive to the cavalry.

Therefore, the cavalry generals strongly demanded that the Dasan Pass be abandoned and the Tang Army should be allowed to enter the Guanzhong Plain.

Then, the 10,000 cavalry who withdrew to Lantian Pass were transferred back, the 20,000 cavalry who suppressed the rebellion were returned, and 70,000 cavalry were gathered to fight the Tang army on the plain!

Dayuan has 70,000 intact iron horsemen in Guanzhong, why is he afraid that the rebels will enter Guanzhong? Why don't you just let them in generously, but you have to let the warriors abandon their horses to guard the city of Rauschzi?

In all fairness, this method was the most confident for the Mongol generals.

"Pingzhang officials, don't guard this big pass! Gather the cavalry, let the rebels enter the pass, and let them taste the power of the Dayuan Iron Cavalry! ”

"Yes, Pingzhang official, what Azahai said makes sense! We, the Mongol warriors, can't defend the city like the Chita (Han Chinese)! That's not a trick that the Mongol warriors are good at! We still have 70,000 cavalry, gathered for a decisive battle! ”

The Mongol generals made suggestions one after another, and their tone was aggressive.

Brother Pingzhang Hachiya said angrily: "Guanzhong is the foundation of the Great Khan, such an important place, this hall does not dare to bet!" Sticking to Dasan Pass and Lantian Pass and waiting for the Hedong army to cross the Yellow River to come to help is the safest way, rather than taking the initiative to put jackals into his tent like a reckless hunter! ”

Marshal Azahai took off his helmet in annoyance, and retorted without hesitation: "Pingzhang official! I can't agree with you! The devil knows when the Hedong army will cross the damn Yellow River! But the rebels are right in front of you! ”

"Let tens of thousands of iron horsemen give up their horses to defend the city, this is not a battle that our Mongolian army should fight! Even if the Great Khan knew, he would not agree to the Pingzhang officials to defend the city! Isn't that a coward's way of playing? ”

Brother Hachiya slammed the table and jumped up with a dagger that cut flesh, and the old Mongolian official roared:

"O Azahai! My Azahai! Why are you stubborn like a bull, foolish like a roe deer, and short-sighted like a marmot? ”

"Who is the one who came? That's Li Luo! It's true that he is a traitor, but he is a treacherous and famous general! Can you guarantee that you can defeat him by putting him in Guanzhong? If he loses and Guan Zhongzhong falls into the hands of the pseudo-Tang, what will be the consequences? This consequence cannot be borne by this parish, and you Azahai cannot afford it! ”

Seeing that Lao Pingzhang was angry, Azahai didn't dare to insist, he put on his helmet and muttered angrily: "Okay Pingzhang official, then defend the city." But if it's not good..."

Brother Hachiya gritted his teeth and said: "If it is not easy to defend, it is not too late to let them enter the customs and use cavalry to fight a decisive battle!" ”

As soon as he finished speaking, suddenly the big tent shook slightly, and then there was a huge roar.

"Boom, boom—"

Hachiya stood up, "Damn the rebels are bombarding the city!" Keep an eye on the Kirkin troops defending the city! ”

The generals came out of their tents one after another, and at a glance, they saw the flesh and blood flying in the city, which was unbearable.

"Boom, boom—"

Huge shells bombarded the city, and many of them poured into the city, killing and injuring large parts of the defenders.

The screams, the sound of artillery, and the neighing of frightened war horses rang out in one piece, making the faces of the generals of the Yuan army ugly.

The rebels turned out to be firing artillery on the mountain, and their artillery could hit so far!

The bows and arrows of the Great Yuan warriors are simply out of reach.

Isn't that a complete passive beating?

Dayuan also has new firearms, but compared with the rebel firearms, the gap is really not half a point.

Moreover, this fortress is dead, and it can't move as flexibly as cavalry, so it's hard to defend this city.

At this time, it was the Kirkin army who defended the city wall, and they were afraid that the Tang army would seize the city gate and did not dare to leave the city, so they endured the artillery fire of the Tang army, while returning fire with firearms, stone throwers, and bed crossbows.

"Boom-" The artillery of the Yuan army also roared, and the city was filled with gunsmoke, and the momentum was also amazing. But the firing range is less than that of the Tang Army, and it cannot hit the Tang Army at all.

The cannons of the Tang army on the mountain outside the pass, and the small and medium-sized artillery under the city, hundreds of them fired together, and the grapeball was like a death sickle, harvesting the lives of the Yuan army at the head of the city one by one.

"Ready-aim-release!"

"Boom, boom, boom!"

The entire Tang Army's position rose like a thick fog of gunpowder smoke, covering the monstrous army of war.

"Charge!"

"Reload!"

"Wait a minute! Barrel cooling! ”

"The general has an order! Don't save ammo, saturate the attack! ”

The skillful artillery of the Tang Army continued to shoot, and the ammunition was sent up by the ammunition men like a stream, boxes of gunpowder were consumed, boxes of shells were shot, and buckets of cold water were poured on the barrels.

"Snort~" Cold water was poured on the reddened barrel, and white smoke suddenly rose and snorted.

"Report to the General! Today, our army has shelled 25 rounds, consuming more than 42,000 catties of gunpowder and more than 44,000 catties of artillery shells! The general in charge of ammunition reported to Zhu Hao, "The consumption is too great, please ask if you want to stop the shelling!" ”

These 22 rounds of shelling consumed ammunition will require hundreds of mules and horses to carry it!

Zhu Qian said expressionlessly: "Open supply ammunition!" ”

"No!" The ammunition officer received the order, "But the last general reminds the general that this more than an hour of shelling has already consumed a percent of the ammunition carried by the army!" ”

"Got it." Zhu Qian nodded.

The ammunition officer fulfilled his duty to remind the commander-in-chief, so he said no more and obeyed the order to supply ammunition openly.

The Tang army had more than 500 artillery pieces, and the continuous bombardment and the pouring of shells on the city without money not only caused heavy casualties to the Yuan army, but also reduced morale to freezing point.

The iron armor, shields, and chariots of the Yuan army could hardly withstand the bombardment of artillery shells. If they were on flat ground, they could maneuver to open the distance, but the walls were dead, and they could only resist being beaten.

The artillery bombardment of the Tang army for more than an hour killed and wounded more than 10,000 Yuan troops!

The 20,000 Kirkin troops defending the city suffered more than half of the casualties! The city walls also collapsed a lot.

An autumn wind blew through, and the smell of gunpowder and blood was everywhere for miles.

Tang Mu and other newly returned soldiers of the Righteous Army were already stunned in surprise. They couldn't have imagined that Datang would have such a sharp firearm!

Your Majesty, it is truly destiny!

At this time, even the most hardcore elite traitor army couldn't help but collapse, and rushed down the city wall regardless of it.

The artillery of the Tang army is too terrifying, if you continue to do this, the ammunition of the Tang army will not be exhausted, and they will die!

"Bastard!" The Mongol generals shouted loudly, ordered Goshk to hold his sword and bow, and murderously forced the Kelchin army to defend the city.

"The rebels are running out of ammunition! Hold on! Whoever dares to retreat will be killed! "The Mongol generals personally supervised the battle.

A Han army general shouted with a crying voice: "Erlang is going to die!" It's not worth dying so much! ”

Many Han generals even cried, "You can't do this!" People are going to die! ”

Seeing that the remnants of the Kirkin army had lost their hearts, Hachiya was helpless and could not suppress it, so he could only send Mongol soldiers to defend the city and let the Kirkin army, which had suffered more than half of the casualties, withdraw.

Like Kublai Khan, he still believed in the loyalty of the Karkin army. You can't push these minions into a hurry, otherwise they won't work for Dayuan.

Marshal Azahai saw that Pingzhang Hachiya Ge actually transferred Mongolian soldiers to defend the city, and immediately stopped.

"Pingzhang official! Why let the Mongol warriors defend the city instead of the Chita (Han Chinese)! Now you should take the initiative to give up the Great Scattered Pass and put the rebels into the Guanzhong Plain for a decisive battle! We can't afford to die in this damn city! ”

Brother Hachiya was furious when he heard Azahai's words, and scolded in Mongolian with a whip: "Even if the hound is forced to be in a hurry, it will bite its owner back!" The Kirkin army is also the army of the Great Yuan and the warriors of the Great Khan! You can't just let them defend the city! If you force them back, the Hondo will ask the King to kill you!" ”

Azahai said coldly: "Pingzhang official, I hope you don't regret it!" He couldn't disobey Hachiya's order, so he could only arrange to defend the city with hatred.

However, as soon as the Mongol soldiers held the city, the artillery of the Tang army stopped.

"Your Majesty, the artillery is too hot, it has already blown up two guns, and it must be stopped." Zhu Hao came to report.

Li Luo nodded, "Then rest for an hour." ”

He knew very well that although the artillery of the Tang Army was equivalent to the water of the British artillery of the early nineteenth century, it still could not withstand such a high-intensity use.

It's already pretty good to blow up two guns.

The Mongol soldiers had a rare respite and rushed to repair the city walls.

"Good! The rebels are out of ammunition!"

"Rebels fight with firearms! They are estimated to be running out of ammunition, how arrogant they are! ”

The morale of the Yuan army suddenly began to recover.

However, just an hour later, more than 500 artillery pieces of the Don Army roared again.

"Boom—"

As the black smoke rose, a large field of grape bombs whistled in, like a rush of Mongol defenders sweeping the city.

"Ahh

In an instant, the head of the city was full of flesh and blood, screaming again and again, and hundreds of Mongol soldiers were killed by the merciless projectiles, which broke their bones and tendons, and they died without a whole body.

The Tang army did not care about ammunition at all, and the large and small artillery continued to bombard, and the Yuan army did not dare to take the lead. And the infantry of the Don Army also took the opportunity to attack the city gates.

In order to defend the city gate, the Yuan army could not remove the city wall, so it could only resist hard in the artillery baptism of the Tang army, while counterattacking the Tang infantry attacking the city gate. However, because the suppression of the artillery was too strong, they could not fight back forcefully.

In less than half an hour, the Mongol soldiers had already suffered five or six thousand casualties!

"Withdraw! Don't defend the walls! Azahai couldn't help but give the military order any longer. Even if the officials of Pingzhang did not allow it, he had to disobey the order to remove the city wall.

Mongolian warriors are precious and cannot die like this! The population of Mongolia is too small, so why die like this?

At this time, the greatest shortcomings of the Mongol army were exposed. The population is too small, and the Mongolian soldiers and horses in the entire Great Mongolia are only 300,000, and the Mongolian men, women, and children are only more than 2 million people, and they can't afford to die.

"Boom, boom—"

Hundreds of Mongol soldiers were killed and wounded under the fierce and dense artillery fire of the Tang army.

"Withdraw!" Hachiya also gave the order in great pain.

The rebels apparently did not run out of gunpowder and really could no longer defend the city. Who knows how much gunpowder the rebels brought?

At this moment, Hachiya regretted it, he should have followed the advice of the generals of the country earlier, gave up the Dasanguan, took the initiative to put the rebels into the Guanzhong Plain, and concentrated cavalry to eliminate the rebels, instead of defending the city.

Because of his so-called "stability", he actually killed and wounded more than 6,000 Mongolian cavalrymen in vain.

Mortal sin!

With this article alone, his flat chapter has been completed. The Great Khan will not spare himself.

"Herald! Give up the Great Scattered Pass, don't keep it anymore! ”

"Herald! Transfer the 10,000 cavalry of Lantian Pass back to Guanzhong, and transfer back the 20,000 cavalry who encircled and suppressed the rebellion! ”

Hachiya reluctantly gave the order to withdraw the troops.

At the sound of an order, the Yuan army withdrew from the city wall one after another, and did not care about the corpse of the robe, and retreated north together with the remnants of the Kerchin army, giving up the Dasanguan.

The Yuan army was dominated by cavalry and moved quickly. When the Tang army entered the city, they found that Dasanguan had become an empty city.

The Tang army spent most of the day of artillery bombardment, consuming the price of 70,000 catties of gunpowder, and won the Dasanguan Pass with very few casualties.

Li Luo's army set out with a total of 500,000 catties of gunpowder, and a quarter of it was consumed at this time.

The consumption of shells, no less staggering.

Therefore, as soon as Li Luo entered the city, he ordered the cannonballs to be recovered.

The Tang army won the Dasan Pass, which meant that the last barrier in the pass was opened. After the Great Scattered Pass, it is the 800-mile Fertile Field Pass!

The Tang army repaired at Dasan Pass for one day, and entered the pass on the second day.

In Huaxia 3984, on September 15 of the second year of Tang Hongwu, it was only a month before Li Luo sent his troops, and the Tang army entered Guanzhong!

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