Chen Liu, escorted by his personal guards, hurried to Hangu Pass.

At this time, Hanguguan is cold and windy, and now it is September (almost good solar calendar, October, November) The weather is already a little cold, and Hanguguan is now a military town. There are few people living around.

The entire Hangu Pass has become a large military camp, and the pass has been closed and no longer passable.

There is a battalion of the Lion Regiment stationed in Michi outside Hangu Pass, and there is also a battalion stationed in Xin'an, and the headquarters of the Lion Regiment is now in Hangu Pass.

There were 5,000 men and horses gathered around Hangu Pass, which was much more than in normal days. Liu Xia, the commander of Hangu Pass, let Yu Mingjun take the position, and then ordered Chen Liu to serve as the commander-in-chief, and the two cooperated to make this battle camp. Liu Xia's lowest bottom line is not to let Hangu Pass be lost.

However, although 20,000 horses came from Shaanxi, they were all rabble, and 5,000 men and horses were enough to deal with it. can even take the opportunity to take Tongguan, Lu's family, and Shaanzhou will be safe.

"The military advisor is here, and we are discussing how to deal with Wang Wenkui. I was thinking about why the military advisor hadn't arrived yet, and as soon as he said this, the military advisor arrived. Hahaha"

"Hahaha, everyone sit in the house, sit in the house."

Hangu Pass has been in disrepair for a long time, if Liu Xia hadn't ordered it to be repaired early, I'm afraid this Hangu Pass would not be able to be used as a defensive pass.

After arriving at a room inside Hangu Pass, everyone began to gather together to discuss with each other.

"General Yu, do you have any information about Wang Wenkui?" Chen Liu, who was tired from the carriage and horses for the first time, did not go to rest for a day or two, but came over to discuss it on the spot.

Yu Mingjun said: "According to the intelligence of our Yingyang Battalion, Wang Wenkui has already set off from Tongguan, and there are less than 300 people defending Tongguan at this time. It may be that Wang Wenkui thought that under the hundreds of thousands of troops, our Pingbei army would definitely be defeated, so he didn't pay attention to Tongguan, but this just gave us a good opportunity. Even if Luoyang can't hold Tongguan after taking Tongguan, it can also be returned to Shaanxi. ”

Chen Liu nodded and said: "What General Yu said is reasonable, according to the itinerary, the days from Wang Wenkui to Mianchi will not exceed two days." Who is stationed in Michi now? ”

Namapong said loudly: "Strategist, the pond is now stationed by the second battalion of our lion regiment. Although most of our second battalion have not been out of the new regiment for a long time, their combat effectiveness is still good. More than 700 people in the second battalion will definitely be able to defend the pond and prevent the enemy from succeeding. ”

"Where's Xin'an?"

"Military division, Xin'an is the third battalion of the Lion Battalion."

"Wang Wenkui's ministry will have more than 20,000 people, but more than 20,000 people are not a concern. So we don't have to hold on to the city and wait for the enemy to arrive, if we engage the enemy, it would be better if we could annihilate the enemy. If these 20,000 people are destroyed. There are basically not many internal troops in Shaanxi. Maybe you can take Tongguan or even Xi'an by the way. ”

"Get on the map!"

At the sound of Yu Mingjun's order, several guards brought up a table, and then spread out a brand new map around Hangu Pass.

"If Wang Wenkui wants to attack Luoyang, their march needs to pass through Minxiang, Shaanzhou, and Mianchi. We put the battlefield in the area of Mianchi in Shaanzhou. Hangu Pass was held by a battalion of troops. Then the second battalion of the lion regiment in Michi was transferred to the old Qinguan in the original Hangu, and the third battalion was transferred to the area of Qiguan to set up an ambush. At the same time, the 2nd Recruit Regiment sent 1,000 troops to reinforce the 2nd Battalion of the Lion Regiment. The first battalion of the Lion Regiment guarded the Weihan Valley Pass. The remaining men and horses of the 2nd Regiment of Recruits were stationed in Jiaocun in a concave formation, waiting for the enemy to fall into their pockets. ”

At the same time, the Yingyang battalion bypassed the enemy and entered the rear of the enemy army to Tongguan. Strive to win Tongguan, let's close the door and fight the dog. Chen Liu kept pointing to some places on the map.

There are three sites in Hangu Pass. They are Hangu Pass during the Warring States Period, Hangu Pass during the Han Dynasty, and Hangu Pass during the Wei Period. [Qin Pass] is the Hangu Pass built in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period.

Hanguan is 500 meters east of Xin'an County, Henan Province, and 150 kilometers away from Qinguan in the west. According to the records of Lingbao City, since the rise of the Han Dynasty, Guanzhong was the imperial capital, and the east of Hangu Pass was called Guanwai. People are proud to be Guanzhong. Lou boat general Yang Fu, originally from Xin'an County, east of Hangu Pass, others say that he is a person from outside the Guan, he is deeply unhappy, so he donated his family resources, in the third year of the Han Yuan Dynasty (AD 184) in the east of Xin'an County, also built a majestic city, people call it Hanhan Guguan. With this new pass, Yang Fu has also become a Guanzhong person. The Han Pass has long been abandoned, and now only the ruins of the gate remain.

Weiguan is located 20 kilometers northeast of Lingbao City and about 5 kilometers away from Qinguan. Legend has it that during the Three Kingdoms, Cao Cao asked Zhang Lu and Ma Chao in the west, and in order to quickly transport the grain and grass of the soldiers, horses, and horses, he ordered Xu Chu to dig a tunnel there and build a customs building, which was not far from Qin Pass, so it was called Xinguan. This place later became an important traffic artery connecting Luoyang in the east and Chang'an in the west. During the Anti-Japanese War, the city tower was destroyed by fire, and the ruins were submerged by the Sanmenxia Reservoir, and now only the ruins of the ancient road and the beacon tower remain. (You have a chance to go and see, the current Hangu Pass is a restored building)

Wang Wenkui, as a civil minister, is not a problem, but it is a bit far-fetched to lead troops to fight. However, as the governor of Shaanxi, he had to lead the army to assemble at Hangu Pass in order to suppress Luoyang, so that Luoyang's Liu Xia's forces were scattered and broken one by one.

However, Wang Wenkui thought that there were still 100,000 troops under the Tiger Prison, and he was already relieved in his heart. With the Tiger Prison Pass suppressed, Liu Xia's soldiers and horses here must not be many.

"Your Excellency the Governor, the number of Ming troops at Hangu Pass does not exceed five thousand."

"Five thousand? Hmph, this governor has an army of 20,000 in his hands, how can he be afraid of your 5,000 men? Someone came, and the order went down and hurried forward. Strive to get to the end of Minxiang City before dark. ”

"Yes!"

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Duoduo came this time, Liu Xia was an eternal pain in his heart, if he didn't defeat it with his own hands. Since his debut, Duoduo has never been as guilty as he was in Yangzhou City, which made the arrogant Duoduo unconvinced, and at the same time, because of that battle, many bannermen were dissatisfied and despised him.

If he hadn't been in control of a banner, he might have been kicked by Dolgon, even though he was Dolgon's own brother.

This time, Kong Youde still went out with Duoduo, and since Kong Youde returned to Beijing after the last defeat, Dolgon punished him somewhat, but this punishment was not too severe. Kong Youde's expedition this time can be regarded as a meritorious service, and if he is defeated again this time, it can be imagined.

The armies of all parties moved together, and the entire land of China changed.

"General, this is a person who has correspondence with the Qing army that has been found recently." The commander of the Investigation Department, Shouhu, handed over a list in his hand to Liu Xia.

There are no high-ranking people on this list, mainly businessmen and some minor officials. Squire, etc.

However, Liu Xia was still very angry. Said: "Send someone to arrest immediately, and don't let one go." ”

"Yes!"

There was a large yellow dragon flag with a black background on the top of the Tiger Prison Pass, and the flags of other battalions were not planted on both sides of the Yellow Dragon Flag, mainly to prevent the deployment of troops in the pass from being exposed.

On the second day, Wu Sangui was still silently stationed thirty miles away from the Tiger Prison Pass, and carefully made siege equipment, and did not send troops over to carry out a tentative attack.

Liu Xia knew that the army of Duoduo and Azig was probably coming, so Wu Sangui was so silent. However, Liu Xia didn't want Wu Sangui to be so arrogant and fearless in building siege equipment.

"The Guards Regiment sent a large group of men and horses, all armed with cavalry, to attack and harass the enemy and cut down trees."

"Yes!"

After a while, a cavalry of more than 200 men quietly left the Tiger Pass, and their mission was to harass the enemy army. However, this makes the mission very dangerous, after all, they only have more than 200 people, while the enemy army has 10,000 horses.

"We can't just sit back and wait for the 100,000 troops to gather in our tiger prison." Liu Xia looked into the distance and muttered.

"General, General. A weapon was sent from Longmen, saying that it was a gun, a total of 500 for the general to accept. ”

"Guns? It's only 500! But it's not bad. Let's go, and immediately take General Ben to check it out. ”

After that, under the leadership of the pro-soldier, Liu Xia walked towards the pass. After a while, we arrived at our destination.

I saw several wooden boxes on the ground, and some dried grass was placed in the wooden boxes. Inside the grass is a musket shot at a time.

"Muskets! Muskets! The soldiers next to him were surprised.

Muskets were no strangers to soldiers, especially the Ming army. Many armies of the Ming Dynasty used muskets, especially the Shenji Battalion.

"This is the musket, I heard that the musket is always blown up, which is very scary. What did the general do with the muskets? ”

"Who knows, although the range of the musket is not as far as that of a bow and arrow, and it is not as accurate as a bow and arrow, the roaring sound is indeed shocking."

"Maybe the general will equip us with muskets and fight tartars."

"Who doesn't know that this musket has a short range and poor aiming. And it's easy to blow up, and it's hard to pretend. How could the general let us use this. ”

In the midst of the soldiers' gossip, the five hundred muskets had already been carried away by this time.

Liu Xia needs to test the safety of this musket before he can use it with confidence. Each musket had different parts engraved with different Arabic numerals, each representing a craftsman. If something goes wrong, these craftsmen are responsible.

There were also some people who came casually and specialized in experimenting with muskets. They were specially recruited by the Arms Division, but they were not afraid of the muskets compared to the soldiers, because as members of the Arms Division, they knew the safety of the muskets.