Chapter 266: Breaking into the king's prestige

It is difficult to go to Shu and it is difficult to go to the sky. If you don't go to Bashu, you will never know how important this sentence is.

Li Zicheng didn't think that Bashu was so difficult to gnaw before, in his mind, as long as he had confidence and all departments worked together, there would be no mountains and rivers that could not be broken. But when I came to northern Sichuan, I finally understood the meaning of Shu Dao difficulty. Here, it was not the imperial army that stopped the peasant army, nor the Tusi soldiers and horses entrenched everywhere, but the mountains and rivers that were lying around.

The high mountains and cliffs on both sides of Jianmen Pass, the mountain road is steep, and when viewed from a low place, it looks like a giant city built on a high place. The cyan city wall is like a bloody mouth, devouring the living creatures. Under the dark clouds, a husband should be a pass, and it is a natural pass. Li Zicheng and Li Yangchun have taken turns to launch countless attacks on Jianmen Pass, and they have been attacking for several days, but they still haven't been able to bite this Xiongguan in the world.

Seeing that the New Year was about to pass, even Gao Yingxiang felt the pressure at this time. The reinforcements of the imperial court are estimated to be halfway through, if they can't take the Jianmen Pass, then there are only two ways left, either retreat to Hanzhong, go north into Shaanxi, and continue to plunder the northwest with Wang Ziyong, or fight hard, and strive to take the Jianmen Pass before the official reinforcements arrive.

To seize the Jianmen Pass, to be honest, by this time, the peasant army had already lost confidence. Qin Liangyu at the head of the city, Mo looks like a woman, but she is no worse than Wu Guofu in commanding operations. I thought that Wu Guofu would die in battle, and the soldiers and horses from all walks of life in northern Sichuan would be in chaos, but who would have thought that this Qin Liangyu would be so difficult. Niu Jinxing looked for someone to investigate, and gradually got to know Qin Liangyu and Chuan Shu.

In the land of Bashu, what is really terrifying is not the imperial court officials and soldiers, but the Tusi entrenched in various places. These toasts have lived here for generations and have been passed down for generations, like Qin Liangyu's husband's family, and they are old toasts that have been inherited for more than ten generations. Qin Liangyu was able to control the soldiers and horses of the imperial court and not cause chaos, which also benefited from this. There are many toasts in Bashu, but they are all based on Qin Liangyu's horse, Qin Liangyu is guarding the Sword Pavilion, and the toasts everywhere dare not slack off. What's more, the Tusi don't want the peasant army to toss around on their own territory, and they are even more desperate to fight.

North of Jianmen Pass, in the dilapidated town, Gao Yingxiang and others gathered together to discuss the next plan. Everyone drooped their heads, not daring to breathe, even Li Zicheng didn't dare to talk nonsense. Now Gao Yingxiang is holding back the fire in his belly, and everyone is afraid that he will say the wrong thing and touch his head.

Since Wang Jiayin's death, the peasant army has been divided into two, Gao Yingxiang and Wang Ziyong are not convinced by each other, and they are secretly competing, both want to compete for the new top spot of the peasant army. When he went south to Hanzhong and left Shaanxi, he wanted to break into a new world.

The land of Bashu, with thousands of miles of fertile soil, is easy to defend and difficult to attack, and it is also a place that the imperial court does not care much about. Gao Yingxiang's first idea was to learn from Liu Xuande, occupy Bashu, and develop slowly, and even radiate Huguang and establish himself as the king, which is not impossible. Everything went well, the army went south and took Hanzhong without much effort. It's a pity that the Hanzhong Plain is a place that is easy to attack and difficult to defend, otherwise, Gao Yingxiang would really seem to stay in Hanzhong and not leave.

Continue to the south, enter the land of Bashu, who ever wanted to attack the first Jianmen Pass, and hit a head and broke the bloodstream. In contrast, Wang Ziyong was prosperous in Shaanxi, and took the opportunity of the officers and soldiers to shift their attention to Bashu, and actually took the Hetao Plain in one fell swoop.

Hetao Plain, that is the grain bag of the entire northwest, I heard that there are still many lands waiting to be developed in Hetao, if this is for Wang to develop for two years, then it will be necessary?

In any case, Gao Yingxiang didn't want to lose to Wang Ziyong, "Everyone, do you have a clever plan?" If we can't take the sword gate, it will be difficult for us to move forward. ”

Feeling Gao Yingxiang's sharp gaze, Li Zicheng and the others felt bitter in their hearts, and their heads hung lower. Gao Yingxiang glanced around, and his eyes fell on Niu Jinxing, Niu Jinxing only felt that his back was tight, and his thoughts were spinning. Niu Jinxing knew very well in his heart that if he didn't want a satisfactory plan, his fate would not be too good, because the plan to leave Shaanxi and go south to stand on his own was proposed by him.

Now the army is stopped in front of the Jianmen Pass, unable to advance or retreat, if something really happens, Gao Yingxiang's first person to slaughter must be his Niu Jinxing. Compared with Wang Jiayin, Gao Yingxiang looks more kind, but Niu Jinxing knows very well that Gao Yingxiang is much more decisive and ruthless than Wang Jiayin. When he betrayed Wang Jiayin and took refuge in Gao Yingxiang, he took a fancy to these qualities of Gao Yingxiang, in this troubled world, only a person like Gao Yingxiang could achieve an immortal career.

After frowning deeply, after thinking for a long time, Niu Jinxing arched his hand and said: "King Chuang, according to his subordinates, Qin Liangyu is guarding the Sword Gate, in this case, if there is no miracle, we are afraid that it will be difficult to defeat the Sword Gate." For now, we can only turn to other places, as long as we can get out of this hundred miles of mountains, the court still can't do anything about us. ”

Gao Yingxiang frowned, a hint of impatience flashed in his eyes, "Mr. Niu, now that we are trapped here, how can we break out?" You don't want the brothers to go west to Long An, do you? ”

Gao Yingxiang smiled at the corner of his mouth, but the subtle chill in his eyes was still captured by Niu Jinxing. Niu Jinxing chuckled in his heart, cold sweat was already oozing from his head, he believed that as long as he said that he would go to Long'an Mansion, Gao Yingxiang would not hesitate to cut off his Niu Jinxing's head and pour the night pot.

If the army enters Long'an Mansion, it looks like it can be happy for a while, but to the west of Long'an Mansion is Minshan Mountain, and the Songpanwei at the foot of Minshan Mountain is full of toasts. At that time, the Tusi gathered heavy troops to block Minshan, and the imperial court soldiers and horses blocked Jianmen Pass and Chaotian Pass with Qin Liangyu, and at that time, the peasant army could only be trapped in Long'an Mansion and wait for death.

So, going west looks the easiest, but it's actually a dead end. Niu Jinxing tried to calm himself down, squeezing out a smile on his face, he raised his hand, shook his sleeve, and coughed lightly, hiding the panic in his heart.

"King Chuang, in fact, we don't only have one way to go south, since this road is not passable, why don't we go east? As long as we can cross the Baizhang Pass, cross the Qingshui River and the Bajiang River, break into Kuizhou, and then enter Huguang Zhushan along the north, at that time, we want to go to Huguang to Huguang, and we want to go to Henan to Henan, what can the officials and soldiers do to me? However, the subordinates suggested going to Henan, since ancient times, those who have won the Central Plains have won the world, as long as the king soldiers go out of Huguang and enter the vicinity of Luoyang, they will definitely shock the world. At that time, the people who heard the news must be endless, with the materials of the Central Plains, we will find another place to live, and we will be able to achieve the world's hegemony. ”

Bull Venus's eyes lit up, with a hint of hysterical madness. Gao Yingxiang's eyes narrowed, as if he saw that the grand blueprint was realized little by little in front of him. Gao Yingxiang smiled, but Li Zicheng and the others were furious.

Li Yangchun stood up, pointed at Niu Jinxing and said angrily: "Niu Jinxing, I think you are crazy, don't say Baizhang Pass, just say that the Ba River, that is a dangerous place, the Ba River is fast, it is still winter, let the brothers cross the Ba River, you are letting the brothers die, what kind of heart do you have?" ”

Since ancient times, there has been a saying in northern Sichuan. Cross the Ba River in winter and see the king of Hades alive. The meaning of this sentence is that the Bajiang River is difficult to cross, and if you cross the river, you have to shed your skin if you don't die, which is equivalent to saying hello to the king of Hades.

Li Yangchun had been to Bajiang before, and he knew how terrible Bajiang was, and Bajiang in winter was like a giant python that swallowed people. Crossing the Ba River in winter, three out of ten, when he thought that countless brothers would die in the mighty Ba River, Li Yangchun was worried for a while.

In fact, since Niu Jinxing killed Wang Jiayin's big leader, Li Yangchun has been a little unkind to him. Li Yangchun always felt that Niu Jinxing was not right-minded and too ruthless, but King Chuang was reusing this person.

Wang Yan, Hua Xiaorong and others also disagreed, and in the face of everyone's accusations, Niu Jinxing remained unmoved. After Li Yangchun sat down, he flicked his sleeves and said with a somewhat arrogant smile: "Leaders, for the sake of victory, there must be sacrifices. As long as you cross the Bajiang River and break into Henan, all the casualties are worth it, and don't forget, you can recruit again if you are gone. ”

Li Yangchun only felt a wave of anger coming, and his head was buzzing. For some reason, he felt that he understood Niu Jinxing's eyes. The last thing the peasant army lacks is people, isn't it?

I don't know which sentence moved Gao Yingxiang, and it didn't seem to be long before Gao Yingxiang raised his hand and said, "Okay, don't fight, just do what Mr. Niu wants." Instead of being trapped here, it is better to break through the Baizhang Pass and the Naba River! ”

At this moment, Li Yangchun felt a little cold. He even began to wonder if he was wrong to join Gao Yingxiang in the first place. Crossing the Bajiang River, whether this idea was Niu Jinxing's temporary idea, or whether he had already made a plan, but King Chuang didn't say it, but said it through Niu Jinxing's mouth. Because in this way, no matter how many people die, it has nothing to do with King Chuang, and it is Niu Jinxing who is ruthless, not King Chuang.

In fact, what Li Yangchun guessed was also guessed by Niu Jinxing.

Li Yangchun was just suspicious, but Niu Jinxing was sure. King Chuang had already thought about what to do next, but crossing the Bajiang River would kill a lot of people, so King Chuang couldn't say this idea, and there must be another person to resist the infamy.

King Chuang said to the west at the beginning, but did not say to the east, this is the hint of King Chuang. It is precisely because of certainty that Niu Venus will be full of confidence.

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A long, long time ago, there was this legend in the land of northern Sichuan, called the sword gate to lock the throat, and it was facing the sky.

Jianmen Pass guards the main road of Bashu, Chaotian Pass and Baizhang Pass are like two arms, guarding the northern sides of Jianmen Pass, no matter who breaks in, it is like breaking into a pocket. This is the charm of Jianmen Pass, from ancient times to the present, how many heroes and heroes have fallen here, and Gao Yingxiang is just one of them.

On the twenty-fourth day of the first month of the third year of Chongzhen, a large number of peasant troops rushed towards Baizhang Pass, they followed the cliffs, not afraid of life and death, just to climb the top bluestone of Baizhang Pass. The thousand-man team under Li Zicheng was like crazy and rushed to Cangxi Ridge on the south side of Baizhang Pass. After two days of fierce fighting, Li Zicheng successfully broke through Cangxi, and the peasant army immediately pressed the west side of Baizhang Pass to the south, passed through the Song River, and crossed the Cangxi Ridge.

The defenders of Baizhang Pass hurriedly rushed to Cangxi Ridge, trying to plug this gap, but were blocked by Li Yangchun's army at Baizhang Pass. Qin Liangyu was also shocked, she really didn't expect the peasant army to break through the Baizhang Pass, because to the east is the Qingshui River and the Ba River, the Qingshui River is okay to say, the Naba River is a turbulent waterway, and the most powerful boatmen in northern Sichuan are unwilling to take the waterway.

"No, we must hold off these chaotic parties, and we can't let them cross the Bajiang River!" Qin Liangyu immediately made a decision, immediately recruited Tusi soldiers and horses, and ordered his two brothers to personally lead the troops to gallop to Baizhang Pass.

Qin Liangyu's reaction was not unpleasant, but the peasant army had already responded, and Li Zicheng led more than 4,000 people to block the west of Baizhang Pass, stopping the Tusi soldiers and horses galloping to help. Qin Liangyu made a final effort, but he still watched the peasant army flee from Jianmen Pass to Bajiang.

The Cangxiling Bridge was destroyed, and Qin Liangyu couldn't catch up if he wanted to. The land of Bashu, with dense mountains and rivers, numerous rivers, 30,000 mountains, is thrilling step by step, and no one knows when they will fall into the trap.

The ancient Bajiang River, which roars even in winter, gave birth to the Bashu Plain and also divided Bazhou into two. If they want to cross the Ba River, they must take Bazhou, but with the current situation of the peasant army, they simply do not have enough time to attack Bazhou, so they can only force the Ba River from the north of Bazhou.

In the face of this death trench, the peasant army did not stop its eastward advance. Gao Yingxiang secretly ordered Li Yangchun to lead his troops to block the road to the west and force everyone to cross the river. In winter, it is as cold as a knife, the river roars, crossing the Ba River, and the outcome can be imagined.

The limited number of ships was left to the chiefs, and the poor minions had to cross the river in groups. The peasant army was so numerous that it took three days to cross the river.

After crossing the Ba River, thirty percent of the people were swallowed up by the Ba River, and some people were infected with the wind cold, which can be described as a heavy loss. At this point, many people in the peasant army scolded Li Yangchun, saying that his heart was as black as ink and he was careless about human life.

Li Yangchun could only endure it, how did these people know that the order was given by Gao Yingxiang. It was not him Li Yangchun who killed him, but Gao Yingxiang.

Who wants to do this kind of thankless work? King Chuang was reluctant to Li Zicheng, so he asked Li Yangchun to carry it, hey, it's not his own person.

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After crossing the Bajiang River, the peasant army did not stop, plundered Kuizhou, all the way to the east, in early February, broke into Huguang, and came to Zhushan County.

No one can understand this era, and no one can understand people's hearts. Crossing the Bajiang River, the peasant army suffered heavy losses, but when the peasant army arrived in Zhushan County, the strength of the peasant army not only did not decrease, but increased by 30,000 people. Gao Yingxiang's department, an army of 100,000 people, like locusts crossing the border, crushed everything.

In the second month of the third year of Chongzhen, the second dragon raised its head, the peasant army surrounded Zhushan, and Zhushan County ordered Kaecheng to surrender, and the peasant army occupied Zhushan without much effort.

At this point, Gao Yingxiang's department finally won a chance to breathe, and there were more ways to go.

Gao Yingxiang crisscrossed the north of Sichuan, captured Zhushan, and for a time the name of the king was well known, and it was no longer limited to the northwest.

At this time, Zhao Shujiao, Zuo Liangyu and Wu Sangui's Liaodong elite had just arrived at Jianmen Pass.