Wang Wenkui's defeat completely established the Pingbei Army's grasp of the city east of Tongguan, but the defeat of Wang Wenkui's 20,000 army did not mean that the Manchu Tartars were completely defeated, because there were still 100,000 troops staring at Liu Xia under the Tiger Prison Pass, and if Liu Xia was not careful, he might be bitten to death.

The news of the victory spread everywhere in an instant, and Wang Wenkui and his 20,000-strong army were completely defeated, capturing more than 6,000 enemy soldiers. Tongguan was also taken, which is a big victory!

This victory also diluted the timid hearts of some people in Luoyang City, and they couldn't help but think, take a look! The enemy's army of 20,000 men was defeated in a few days before we were less than 5,000 men, and even if you had 100,000 troops?

After Chen Liu got the news of the victory, he led the guards to rush to the Tiger Prison Pass, as for the various things after the war, they were handed over to Wang En to manage, after the victory of this battlefield, a lot of things were needed to deal with, such as the grain and grass of Wang Wenkui's 20,000 army, the statistics of the dead and wounded and the burial, this time all the soldiers who died in the [War Spirit Mausoleum] will be buried, so Wang En will also build a large number of tombs in the War Spirit Tomb.

Of course, the most important thing is to give compensation to the families of the dead soldiers, after all, they died for Liu Xia, and Liu Xia will not abandon them.

The news of the victory soon reached Liu Xia's hands, Liu Xia immediately laughed twice, and swept away the depressed mood of being harassed by the Qing army these days, although Liu Xia didn't care about Wang Wenkui's 20,000 army before, but this victory is still worth rejoicing.

Then Liu Xia handed the secret order in his hand to the generals next to him, and those generals began to look at it carefully.

"Great, great. Chen Liu really deserves to be a military advisor, Yu Mingjun's Yingyang battalion is really extraordinary, defeated the 20,000 army, can temporarily solve the threat to the west, at this time Shaanxi will not be in danger for the time being, only need to send a battalion of men and horses to garrison Tongguan to defend the Shaanxi army into Luoyang. ”

"Yes, yes, guard Tongguan, you can transfer other troops over there, which can reduce the pressure on Hujiaoguan. If these captives of six thousand centaurs can use ......"

"No, these people have not been ideologically educated, and the degree of loyalty is unknown, if they rebel in battle, then we ......"

Liu Xia waved his hand, and the generals suddenly calmed down, Liu Xia said: "Send an order to Yu Mingjun, let Yu Mingjun lead the Yingyang battalion to come to the Tiger Prison quickly, and also send an order to Ma Peng, ordering Ma Peng to lead the Lion Regiment to also rush to the Tiger Prison Pass, as for the second regiment of recruits, it will temporarily guard Tongguan." ”

"Yes!"

"General, these days the Qing army has been constantly harassing, from the beginning of more than 1,000 people, to the current more than 10,000 people, and the number is still increasing, I'm afraid, I'm afraid the enemy army is going to attack in a big way!"

"That's right, looking at the enemy's posture, it is constantly increasing the number of troops to test us, maybe one day a general attack will be suddenly launched."

"It's been more than ten months now, if the Qing army climbs for another month or two, and the Yellow River freezes, then the Qing army can bypass the Tiger Prison Pass and directly step on the ice from the Yellow River to enter Luoyang from Mengjin, Gongxian and other aspects."

Liu Xia frowned and said, "Where is the grain and grass of the Qing army now?" Liu Xia couldn't help but think of burning the enemy's grain and grass again.

Grain and grass is the most important thing to march and fight, if there is no support of grain and grass, the tens of thousands of troops are estimated to be defeated by themselves soon, who will fight for you without food?

In the case of Meng Yu's continuous investigation and punishment of hostile elements in Luoyang, Shouhu took on the important task of collecting information on the Qing army, so he said: "General Hui, the grain and grass of the Qing army is not far away in Bishui City, but the city is heavily defended, and it is basically unrealistic to enter the city from the outside. ”

Maybe the Qing army learned the lesson that Liu Xia burned their grain and grass in Yangzhou City, and now it is a fool's dream to enter the city just by relying on the face of a Tartar.

Although Bishui City is not too far from the Tiger Prison Pass, it seems that it should be dangerous to put grain and grass in the Water City, but there are still 100,000 troops between Bishui City and the Tiger Prison Pass to intercept it, so it is not too dangerous, after all, there are 100,000 troops as the front shield.

"The general wants to burn the enemy's food and grass? But it's not easy to get into the city! ”

Just when everyone was talking about their own thoughts, Zhang Liang, the commander of the first regiment of recruits, said respectfully: "General Hui, my subordinates know how to enter Bishui City. ”

Liu Xia suddenly turned his head and asked, "En?" You know? Let's hear about it. ”

Zhang Liang said in a deep voice: "General Hui, my subordinates have led tens of thousands of people to stay in Bishui City for a period of time before, and they are very familiar with the situation in Bishui City.

If the general sends elite troops, you can enter the city through the tunnel. ”

"Good!"

"But who should I send?"

If there is a head-to-head battle, these generals will enthusiastically ask for their lives, but they do not have the ability to enter through the tunnel and burn the grain and grass.

Liu Xia pondered for a while and said: "Let Yu Mingjun come over quickly, and Yu Mingjun will be responsible for entering the tunnel and burning the enemy's grain and grass." ”

Among the Qing army camps

Azig, Duoduo, Wu Sangui, Shang Kexi, Kong Youde and others were discussing the attack on Luoyang in the camp tent, only to see a large map spread on the table, and the map was marked with clear place names.

From Shanhaiguan to Luoyang, the mountains, rivers, and cities of each slightly characteristic area are carefully marked.

"Winter is coming soon, the weather is getting colder and colder, and the surface of the Yellow River is about to freeze." Shang Kexi shrank back and muttered to himself.

"Freezing?" Dodor frowned.

"That's right, every winter, the surface of the Yellow River is going to freeze, and we can walk directly on the Yellow River." Shang Kexi said with a smile.

Suddenly, Dodor slapped the table and shouted, "Okay, it's freezing." ”

Duoduo's behavior suddenly startled everyone, and everyone said, "Prince Yu (fifteenth brother), what's wrong with you?" ”

Duoduo, after hearing this, immediately discovered his gaffe, so he said with some embarrassment: "Just now, this king suddenly thought of a plan. ”

"The Yellow River freezes in winter, so the Yellow River is no longer dangerous, so we can completely bypass the Tiger Prison Pass and enter Luoyang from other places! We sent our troops back to Huaiqing Mansion, waited for the Yellow River to freeze, and then entered Luoyang from Huaiqing Mansion. ”

"Good! Wonderful! Azig clapped his hands.

"To whom should such a heavy task be entrusted?" Azig asked rhetorically.

Duoduo frowned and said, "Twelfth brother, the younger brother is willing to go." ”

Azig nodded and said, "Okay, since the fifteenth brother asked for his life, the twelfth brother will answer you." Listen to the commands! ”

"The subordinates are here!"

"Order Prince Yu Duoduo to lead 30,000 soldiers and horses across the Yellow River to Huaiqing Mansion, wait for time to cross the Yellow River, and go straight to Luoyang."

"Yes!"

"By the way, the grain and grass of the twelve brothers need to be taken care of, and they must not be burned by the enemy."

Azig waved his hand and said: "This fifteenth brother doesn't have to worry, I know in my heart about the grain and grass, and I will never let the enemy burn it, so this fifteenth brother can rest assured." ”

Duoduo still wanted to say something, but looking at Azig's impatient appearance, Duoduo finally closed his mouth, he had lost in the grain and grass, and naturally remembered the matter of grain and grass very much.

Seeing that Duoduo was a little unwilling, Azig said: "Brother knows that you have lost in grain and grass, and you are very fond of grain and grass, but fifteenth brother, you are making too much fuss, and you don't know that the grain and grass are behind our army, and it is not so easy if the enemy army wants to burn our grain and grass." ”

"Since that's the case, then the fifteenth brother won't talk about it." With that, Duoduo walked out of the tent, and then went to Huaiqing Mansion to order troops.

Azig watched Duoduo leave, and then continued: "The fifteenth brother led an army of 30,000 to Huaiqing Mansion, and we still have 70,000 troops in our hands. Tomorrow we will begin to attack Tiger Prison Pass to give the enemy a false impression. Wu Sangui! ”

"The last general!"

Azig shouted: "Move out all the siege equipment, and attack the city tomorrow." In addition, the artillery is also ready to bombard the city. ”

"Lord Wang, there are also a lot of artillery pieces on the enemy's castle tower!"

"Hmph, they don't have as many artillery as us, and the number of people is not as large as ours, this king wants to take the Tiger Prison Pass at all costs, no matter how many people die, this king doesn't care, this king only needs to take the Tiger Prison Pass, and when the Tiger Prison Pass is taken, this king will slaughter the city in Luoyang for ten days!"

"Yes!" All the generals said in unison.

In the Tiger Prison Pass, Liu Xia was watching the soldiers of the Guards practice shooting muskets.

"Reload!"

"Ready!"

"Ignite!"

"Shoot!"

"Bang Bang"

A burst of muskets rang out, and all the targets not far away were smashed into a sieve.

"Good!"

"General, but the musket is still relatively slow, if it is at this speed, it will already be killed by the enemy before it can be fired."

Liu Xia nodded and said, "Divide all the soldiers into three teams, the three teams are lined up in front and back, and when the first team fires muskets, the second team and the third team prepare." After the first team has launched, the second team launches, then the first team fills the elixir, and the third team prepares. After the second team is launched, the third team gets up and launches, the second team fills the elixir, and the first team prepares, and so on, and the launch can be uninterrupted. ”

"Wonderful! What the general said was a really good solution, which not only solved the problem of launch time, but also gave the soldiers time to rest. In this way, the soldiers will be able to use their energy to the fullest. ”

Liu Xia nodded and said, "The personal guard regiment plus the previous musket battalion, now there are more than 1,500 soldiers equipped with muskets, and this general wants to let this musketeer bring infinite fear to the enemy!" ”