Baogukou is at the southern end of the Baoxie Ancient Road, and adheres to the most important passage in Guanzhong and Hanzhong. As long as the Baogukou is occupied, it will be difficult for the main force of the Yuan army in Guanzhong to support Hanzhong, and the only way to change to Chencang Road is to make a detour, and it will be too late.

Moreover, it can also attract the Yuan army of Hanzhong to divide the army to attack, making it easier for the Tang army to enter and occupy Hanzhong.

This is a strategy that the agents of the Tang State have planned a long time ago.

"Order, you can start and sneak attack Baogukou!" Tang Mu gave a military order, and the 10,000 righteous troops whose combat power and armor had been improved immediately rushed out.

The spies have long known that since Baogukou is the rear of Hanzhong, there are very few Yuan troops stationed, less than 3,000 people, and as long as they are taken by surprise, they will be able to succeed quickly.

Even the route of the sneak attack has already been chosen by the spies.

They had been preparing for this day for a long time.

Soon, 10,000 righteous troops set out from the mountains behind Xiqiling, along a narrow valley, under the cover of mountains and forests, and quietly detoured to the mouth of the Baogu Valley dozens of miles away.

The Yuan army never imagined that the "bandits" who had been in the depths of the Qinling Mountains for more than half a year would become a knife of the Tang army, and they dared to take the initiative to attack Baogukou.

However, the trail, while secluded enough, is very rugged and difficult to navigate. These seventy or eighty miles of mountain road, 10,000 horses may not be able to reach it in two days.

For such a long time, it is likely that the Yuan army in Guanzhong has come to help.

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At this time, the Tang army led by Li Luo had already passed through the most precipitous Jiange Road and entered the Golden Bull Road, and the Zhaohua Mountain City (Jiameng Pass) between the mountains and mountains was already in sight.

The Tang Army had 20,000 firearms troops, and the pressure on logistics and transportation was very great. It took seven days to walk two hundred miles of mountain roads.

"Your Majesty, the front is Zhaohua (Jiameng Pass), the Yuan army has 20,000 guards, Jiameng Pass is easy to defend and difficult to attack, and then please let your ministers attack, it is not easy to get into danger." Zhu Jiedu, the envoy of Yizhou Jiedu, who accompanied the expedition, said.

The former defender of Lingxiao City, the current Yizhou Sima Yi Shiying, also said: "Your Majesty, Fuling Hou (Zhu Jie) is reasonable, attacking the city in a dangerous place, and the general will not take it, not to mention that Your Majesty is the son of the Tang Dynasty." ”

Li Luo nodded, "Zhu Hao, then you will be responsible for this siege battle." ”

"Yes." Zhu Hao received the order, "Please Your Majesty retreat into the rear army." ”

Although Jia Mengguan is difficult to fight, and it is also the marshal of the Hanzhong Yuan Army, who is personally in charge, Li Luo still has a bottom.

Because Qingshan is the staff of the gangster.

Qingshan is Cui Xiuning's third batch of students, he learns Mongolian very well, he blended into Hanzhong, and he has been working as a staff member by the side of Gunnaoer for three years, and he is very trusted by Gunnaoer.

Why did he use a Han as a staff member?

Because the 50,000 yuan army in Hanzhong was dominated by the Han army (Kelqin army), and the Mongolian cavalry was only 12,000, so the Gangnaoer needed a Han staff who was fluent in Mongolian to coordinate the tens of thousands of Kirkin troops under his command.

Hanzhong is also a basin, surrounded by mountains, which is very dangerous. The first pass is Zhaohua Mountain City (Jiameng Pass), the second is Ningqiang Pass, and the third pass is Yangping Pass (in Mian County).

Liu Bei attacked Hanzhong that year, occupied Dingjun Mountain from Micang Road, crossed the Han River and went north to Yangping Pass, and then entered the hinterland of Hanzhong. However, the Micang Road had long been abandoned and could not march, so the Tang army could only take the Golden Bull Road. When the Qin army attacked Bashu, it also took the Golden Bull Road.

Only by opening these three levels on the Golden Bull Road can you enter the hinterland of Hanzhong. Therefore, the Hanzhong Yuan army was mainly deployed in these three passes. And the most important Jiameng Pass was personally guarded by Marshal Du Naoer, and the number of troops reached 20,000.

Li Luo looked at Jiameng Pass, but saw the dangerous rock cliffs, the trees were bleak, and there was only a mountain road with more than one step wide, spiraling up to the Guancheng, which was really dangerous, and it was not under the sword gate. I also heard the roar of the Jialing River not far away.

Then he said to the generals: "Jiameng Pass, the place where Emperor Zhaolie was stationed in the army, the place where Zhang Fei's war horse was super. Within three days, I will enter this gate and hang the ruins of Zhaolie. ”

Zhu Jaw said: "Please rest assured, Your Majesty!" Within three days, the minister will definitely conquer this pass! ”

In fact, even if there is artillery, it is undoubtedly a fool's dream to conquer Jiameng Pass in such terrain. Since ancient times, attacking Jiameng Pass, it is definitely not possible to attack the city only through a narrow road, and it is necessary to occupy the mountain range on the right side of the gate, and condescendingly release arrows.

Moreover, the Tang army had been trekking on the Golden Bull Road for several days, and they had long been exhausted, and they could not attack the city for at least one day.

But Zhu Hao already knew that there was an internal response in the city, and His Majesty knew the art of war, if he was not sure, he would not say that he would enter the customs within three days to hang Liu Bei's ruins

Zhu Jaw is really a general. He observed the nearby mountains, chose a hillside that could barely carry artillery, and ordered the ten-pound cannon to be transported to the top of the mountain.

At the same time, Zhu Hao ordered the front team to pass the back team, so that the soldiers in front could climb the mountains on both sides to make way for the soldiers behind.

Although the Golden Bull Road here is relatively wide, it is only more than a zhang wide, and 70,000 Tang troops are heavy and horses, densely discharging a long snake formation dozens of miles long, and the troops cannot be concentrated on the front line at all.

Zhu Hao did this, and soon the mountains on both sides of the road in front of him were covered with dense Tang troops, making more and more troops in front.

Most of the slopes were steep, but the infantry were able to climb them, and after climbing up, they could barely use the trees as a support to keep them from rolling down.

In this way, by dusk in the afternoon, more than 10,000 people had gathered on the mountains on both sides. There were also more than a dozen cannons, which were transported to the top of the mountain through the not too steep slopes.

In order to transport these dozen cannons to the top of the mountain, the tired crowd was enough to choke. Zhu Hao even temporarily dug a winding mountain path, and it took most of the day to push it up, which was really miserable.

This mountain top is less than three miles away from the straight line of Jiameng Pass, and the range of a ten-pound cannon is just enough. Bombarding Jiameng Pass from the top of the mountain was definitely a nightmare for the defenders of the Yuan army.

With such a big movement of the Tang army, the Yuan army a few miles away had already seen it. However, it was also difficult for them to go out of the city to attack the Tang army.

If they go out of the city, they can only put up a long snake formation, how can they fight?

At this time, the Yuan army on the city had long been in strict order, and the city wall on the front and the city wall on the right were covered with bed crossbows, stone throwers and firearms.

The camp of the Yuan army in the city is located not far from the city gate.

In the big tent of the Yuan army, a military meeting is being held.

Although most of the families in the team are Han Chinese, they all have braided hair, and even their names have been changed to Hu names.

Of course, most Han generals still don't understand the complex Mongolian language.

Marshal Du Naoer, who lived and sat down, said coldly to the generals: "The time has come for the rebels to attack and test your loyalty to the Great Yuan. I have only one sentence, guarding this fortress will keep your wealth. If the city is lost, you will be shepherds who have lost their pastures, and you will become cow dung worthless to a sheep. ”

A young man with the same braided hair immediately translated Naoer's words. But if someone who is fluent in Mongolian and Chinese is present, you can tell that there is something wrong with his translation.

Here's how he translated:

"When the rebels come to attack, we will know whether you Han people are loyal to Dayuan or not. Ben Shuai warns you, if you want to live, you must be careful with Ben Shuai, if the city is lost, you are not even as good as cow shit! Do you still want to live? ”

When the Han generals heard this, they were all unhappy in their hearts, but they didn't dare to refute it.

And the Mongolian generals don't know much about Chinese, where can they hear it?

This young man who served as a translator really came to the spy Qingshan by Naoer's side three years ago.

He was personally sent to Hanzhong by Cui Xiuning, which shows that Li Luo's intention to plot Hanzhong has been brewing a long time ago.

Although the Kerchin army (Han army) was fully Mongolized, Kan Naoer still looked down on the Han generals from the bottom of his bones, and did not dare to fully trust the Han generals. It is normal for him to speak, but it is absolutely impossible to be like Aoyama's translation, not giving any face.

Everyone wants to save face, and traitors won't lose face at all, right? In particular, they are particularly concerned about the face given by their masters.

The master's words are too ugly, and their hearts... It will also hurt!

Of course, Qingshan would never think that a few insulting words would make the traitors rebel against Naoer, it would be really too difficult for them.

After the training, he got to the point and assigned defensive tasks.

After Qingshan finished translating, the generals ordered the account to be released.

Then Qingshan whispered to Nao'er: "Ma Sitie (master), the slave suggested that you should send the personal soldiers of the master and the two deputy marshals to serve as supervisors in the army of the generals of the Han army?" When the minions saw the rebels' dragon flags, it was likely that the pseudo-Tang Liluo had come in person, and the minions were worried that the Kirkin army might have two hearts. ”

He liked this loyal, intelligent and capable Han Qingshan. In the past three years, Tsingshan has been very obedient to his own heart, thinking about himself everywhere, and is very worthy of his trust.

However, at this time, Naoer still smiled and said, "You, a dog minion, are also Han, why did you say this?" Wouldn't you have two hearts and surrender to Li Luo? ”

Qingshan smiled bitterly: "The slave is loyal to Ma Sitie (master), and Ma Sitie is the heaven of the slave." How can minions be the same as them? Besides, the minion is just a small staff, not a general with troops, even if he surrenders, the pseudo-Tang will not be reused. ”

"And." Qingshan gritted his teeth and said, "The slave's family was wiped out by the pseudo-Tang Dynasty, and the slave hated them to the bone, even if they died, it was impossible to surrender to the enemy." ”

Naoer laughed, pointed to Qingshan and said, "What you said also makes sense. However, there was already a Mongol supervisor in the Han army. In this Guancheng army, there are not many Mongolian warriors, most of them are the personal soldiers of Mongolian generals, and it is not appropriate to send them to the Han army. ”

Although there were many Mongol soldiers in the Yuan army of Hanzhong, they were all cavalry. The Mongol soldiers would not be the infantry defending the city, it was too wasteful. Therefore, the Mongolian cavalry under the command of Naoer was stationed in the hinterland of Hanzhong and used to defend it. And the cavalry guarding the mountain city was basically useless, so they were not stationed here.

When it comes to defending the city, the Han infantry is much stronger than the Mongol cavalry.

This made it very small for the Mongols to be at Jiameng Pass. This is also the reason why Gang Naoer is not at ease and wants to guard the front line in person.

Qingshan said: "Slaves are all for the sake of their masters. Although there are supervisors at the level of hundreds of households in the Erqin army, in extraordinary times, if someone rebels and is close to that supervising army, it will not be able to suppress it at all. ”

After the Han army was restructured into the Kerchin Army and the Zhelimu Army, even the Baihu level set up a Mongolian supervision army. But the total number of 10,000-strong Kerqin troops and the Mongolian prison army is only more than 100 people.

So if there is really a 10,000-strong rebellion, these more than 100 Mongolian supervisors alone can't even control the Han generals, and the Han generals also have pro-soldiers.

Thinking of this, he felt that Qingshan was really loyal, and he thought very thoughtfully.

He felt that Li Luo personally came to attack the city, and the general of the Han army was indeed not very reliable. Instead of letting the pro-soldiers protect themselves, it is better to send them to watch the generals of the Han army.

As long as the pro-soldiers of the Han generals were suppressed, it would be difficult for them to rebel.

In fact, the gangsters really underestimated the loyalty of the traitors. Of course, he is not to blame for this. Changing a Mongolian marshal, it is impossible to be completely relieved when the vast majority of his subordinates are Han Chinese.

So, the more he thought about it, the more suspicious he became, he immediately gave an order.

In the name of assisting in the defense of the city, he sent himself and his two deputy commanders 300 Goshk (personal soldiers, that is, Manchu Goshha) to garrison two 10,000 troops of the Keerqin army.

In this way, the personal soldiers of the two deputy marshals added up to less than twenty people.

As for their own security ... Joke, they are in their own army, and as long as the Han generals cannot rebel, they are still worried about safety?

And when the generals of the Han army saw that there were more than 300 Mongolian soldiers to monitor them at once, and they said anything to help defend the city, they were not good.

Isn't that a clear sign of trust?

We are the Kirkin army with shaved hair and easy to wear, why can't they trust us? Do you want us to take out our hearts and let Dayuan see whether our hearts are loyal or treacherous, black or white?

Be suspicious of loyal ministers!

However, although they were very dissatisfied, they could only slander and did not dare to oppose it at all.

Not only did they not dare to object, but they did become more cautious, fearing that they would be misunderstood if they didn't work hard.

In all fairness, the dispatch of a few hundred Goshks did greatly increase their control over the Han army. The effect is still obvious.

That night, it was uneventful. The Tang army did not attack because of repairs.

It wasn't until the afternoon of the next day that Zhu Hao asked Li Luo whether to open artillery to bombard Jiameng Pass.

Li Luo struggled to climb the shortest hill and looked at Jiameng Pass not far away. I wondered if Aoyama and the others could play a role.

Qingshan was carefully selected by Cui Xiuning and personally arranged, and it is impossible that it will not play any role.

However, when fighting a large army, you can't put your hope on the spies. You can't fight without spies?

"Let's go to war." Li Luo gave the order.

Soon, the artillery of the Don Army on the top of a nearby hill roared angrily. However, none of the infantry took the initiative. Zhu Hao's tactic was to bombard the city wall with artillery as much as possible, kill and injure the Yuan army, hit the morale of the Yuan army, and promote changes in the city.

"Boom! Boom! ”

The thunderous sound echoed in the mountains and mountains, and the cannonballs with the size of the bowl and the grape shells the size of eggs bombarded the city of Jiameng Pass like heavenly punishment, and the Yuan army suddenly screamed, and the flesh and blood flew sideways. The masonry on the top of the city was shattered by the blast.

The rebel artillery is too fierce and too far.

"Don't be afraid! Don't be afraid! The rebel artillery can't collapse the city! The generals of the traitor army shouted, and although the traitor soldiers were shocked by the strength of the Tang army's artillery, they quickly calmed down and organized people to carry down the dead and wounded.

That's right, with such a strong and thick city wall, even with the artillery of the Tang Army, even a hundred cannons will not collapse.

The city wall is more than a zhang thick, and even the artillery of later generations is difficult to blast out with a few cannons.

"Ready-" the artillery warrior waved his Tang sword, "put!" ”

"Boom, boom!" There was another earth-shattering roar, and a second round of shells baptized the city. The two rounds of fire brought hundreds of Yuan casualties.

The traitors shouted and cursed while replacing the casualties, and at the same time protected them with shields and hid under the city.

Their long-range weapons could not hit the Tang army, so they could only be beaten passively. But by doing so, they minimized the casualties of the Tang army's artillery.

At this time, it can be seen that the combat quality and will of the Kirkin army are indeed much stronger than those of the traitor army in the south. It's not that they're braver, it's that they're more stubborn and loyal to the Yuan court.

The Tang army bombarded more than ten rounds in a row, and the Yuan army suffered more than 1,000 casualties, but it still held the head of the city, constantly replacing the dead and wounded, and constantly setting up wooden planks to strengthen protection.

The walls were also bombarded and mutilated, but the walls remained strong.

However, the morale of the Yuan army dropped again and again, and finally the morale of the army floated.

More than a thousand casualties did not seem to be much, and it seemed that a lot of ammunition was consumed by the Tang Army. But the problem is that not a single Tang army has been killed!

Can't beat the Tang army.

1,000 to 0 battle damage!

How can this battle be fought? Whoever is replaced, morale will plummet.

The generals of the traitor army cheered up their subordinates, but the rebels had limited ammunition and could not keep firing like this. As long as you hold on, you will be able to hold on.

At dusk, Zhu Hao ordered the shelling to stop. The Yuan army, whose morale was in turmoil, breathed a sigh of relief. But they didn't dare to be careless, they didn't dare to leave the city at all.

Autumn nights are coming soon.

Li Luo stood on the top of the mountain, looking at the gate of the city with the lights on, and couldn't help but feel a little distressed in his heart.

He didn't know how many Yuan troops were killed and wounded, but it was estimated that it was only thousands. After all, the Yuan army was protected by city walls, not on flat ground.

The fortress of the military fortress is not an ordinary castle, and the strength of the city walls is much higher. He knew that the Japanese planes and artillery bombarded Tongguan in later generations, but they did not capture it.

Today's short shelling actually cost thousands of pounds of gunpowder!

If he continued to fight like this, his gunpowder would be exhausted before he could reach the gate.

It seems that tomorrow cannot be so wasted. Archers should be sent, climb the mountain on the right, shoot condescendingly.

In fact, since ancient times, what the defenders of Jiameng Pass are most afraid of is that the enemy army climbs the peak on the right side of Guancheng and attacks Guancheng from the side. The frontal enemy forces could not be unleashed, but they were not afraid.

So, why didn't the Yuan army seize the mountain on the right side of Guancheng in advance? Because it is easier for the enemy to attack a mountain than to attack a city, they have fewer troops, and it is safer to stay in the city.

At this time, the follow-up Tang army had not yet arrived. The slopes on both sides were full of Tang Army soldiers, but there were only 30,000 or 40,000 people.

The Tang army on the tail of the snake at the back is still at least ten miles away.

Li Luo couldn't help but smile a little wryly. It's really hard to fight a battle on this kind of terrain.

All the way through, there are long snake formations, and they are all full of dangers. It's too difficult to break into Guanzhong.

ps: Today's physical examination, this chapter still has to check the information, so it's late. Sorry, crab crab everyone supports, ask for tickets. Good night! I was very worried about the results of the physical examination.

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