Just when Ming Yanmen Qianhu led everyone to prepare to go down to the restaurant, Ming Shanxi's general happened to come and happened to bump into the soldiers, seeing them talking and laughing with silver in their hands, and seeing some soldiers with sad faces and bowing their heads? This made the general of Mingshan Shanxi very angry, he pointed to the thousand households of Ming Yanmen and scolded: "You are a dignified five-grade thousand households in the Ming Empire, and you actually took the lead in gambling!" Don't you know how to behead according to the law? ”

Hearing that the general in front of him was starting to be more serious, Mingyanmen Qianhu smiled and said, "Oops! The general will laugh and laugh, and the "Great Ming Law" is just a formality! Could it be that General Wang Shen really wants to take Chen under the knife? After speaking, he also handed Ming Shanxi a tael of silver to General Mingshan, trying to bribe him.

But for the upright, he should be punished for breaking the law, so he waved his hand and refused to accept the bribe, and continued to speak: "If you let Ben General not act according to the law, it is okay, as long as Chen Qianhu takes out the materials from the * treasury and some horses to us." ”

Originally, such a small request was supposed to be agreed, but recently the horses were collected by the Xuan Daming army, and the materials could only be given 8 stones at most, so he said euphemistically, "General Wang's request is too high, right?" What if Ben doesn't agree? ”

As soon as these words came out, the Ming Shanxi Staff General was instantly furious, and the Ming Yanmen Qianhu on the side signaled the soldiers on the left and right to take him, and the Ming Shanxi Staff General, who was aware of the situation, preemptively kicked down the two soldiers on the left, and then turned around and hit the soldier's stomach with the hilt of the knife and knocked it heavily on the back, and the soldiers who did it were eliminated by dividing it by two, and the Ming Yanmen Thousand Households were taken aback! ! As soon as he was about to make a move, he was grabbed by General Mingshan's arm and pressed down, and the pain was so painful that Mingyanmen Qianhu directly obeyed and said, "General Wang, slow down!" It hurts, it hurts, it hurts! ”

This made the general of Mingshan West next to him retort when he saw this: "Do you still know that it hurts?" How much supplies are you going to give us? "I saw the thousand households of Mingyanmen signaling the soldiers to retreat with their eyes....

On the other side, Emperor Dashun led the generals to the vicinity of Dahe Ridge, he waved his hand and asked the soldiers to take the map up and observe the terrain, he felt that the defense of the Ming army stationed in the territory of Yanmen Shouyu Qianhu was relatively weak, and it was estimated that Zhou Yuji was unlikely to transfer the Guangwu Battalion and Shuozhou Wei and other places outside the Great Wall in Shanxi Town to enter the pass? Because if it is to be transferred, at least part of the garrison guarding the Thousand Households of Yanmen will be withdrawn to defend Yamato Ridge, instead of being empty within three miles as it is now.

Despite this, Dashun Zuofu still proposed: "Your Majesty, the minister thinks that it is better to take the Yanmen as soon as possible and guard the thousands of households!" So as not to dream long at night, how afraid of the reinforcements of the Ming army? After hearing this, Emperor Dashun felt justified, so he asked the governor of Dashun and the marquis of Dashun Mian, each leading a thousand archers and heavy cavalry to explore the road first, and also sent the Shun army's halberd guards and marksmen to set up an ambush in the west of Dahe Ridge, trying to force all the Ming troops out and kill them together.

This approach was unanimously opposed by the general of the right battalion of Dashun, who believed that blocking the way to retreat would make the Ming army fight to the death, and the form would be very unfavorable to them at that time, so he proposed, "Your Majesty, the last general thinks that the retreat of the Ming army cannot be blocked!" Set aside a way for the Ming army to retreat as much as possible, otherwise it is difficult to guarantee that the Ming army will not jump over the wall in a hurry? ”

So King Xinshun let the ambush soldiers disperse the road, and he set off with the artillery battalion of the rear team to go to Yanmen to guard the thousand households.

The two Shun armies in front of them took the lead in coming to the city, and the governor of Dashun hurriedly ordered the strong crossbowmen and the halberd team to set up a formation, and the first crossbow arrows were shot at the city tower three hundred meters away, and the Marquis of Dashun Mianhou sent a single-barreled firearm team with a shield to rush to the vicinity of the drawbridge and shoot at the Ming army.

For a time, the city defense was not reinforced, and it was difficult for the Yanmen to defend the thousand households to resist the attack of the Liukou, causing some of the Ming troops to take the lead in breaking and fleeing! A small number of soldiers went to the Qianhu Institute to report the situation to the general army of Mingshanxi, because the Liukou did not use artillery to attack the city, so few generals in the city knew the news of the enemy's invasion, and even the general of Mingshanxi who had just borrowed supplies did not know anything.

By the time the general army of Mingshan West knew the situation, it was too late to think about arranging the city defense! I had to lead my Yongwei battalion to withdraw from Yanmen to guard the thousand households to the west of the Yamato Ridge retreat, among which the Ming Yanmen Thousand Households also packed up a little soft and prepared to evacuate, but they were captured by the Liukou who was killed in the city, and when they were escorted to the front of the Marquis of Dashun Mian, they were so frightened that Ming Yanmen Thousand Households trembled with their hands and feet, and he pounced and knelt on the ground and begged for mercy, "Master Jun, Master Jun spare his life!" The last general has never beaten a rogue, oh no! I haven't fought the Shun army! ”

Seeing that the Ming general in front of him was so afraid of death, the governor of Dashun quickly rode forward without saying a word and hacked him to death, wiped the blood with a black cloth and said, "The whole army followed the general and quickly pursued Zhou Yuji." ”

When the retreating Ming army here passed through the Yamato Ridge, the front team of 100 people in the Yanmen guard Yu Qianhu Ming army ran in a panic, after entering the range of the Liukou ambush, suddenly it was shot by the Shun army marksmen, many arrows with fire were launched, because the sky was already unitary and the weather was a little cold, and the hazy mist made people unable to see the direction clearly, resulting in the Ming army could not find the specific location of the enemy for a while?

The general army of Mingshanxi, who arrived in the rear team, saw that there was an ambush in front of him, so he ordered the Yongwei battalion to strengthen their vigilance, and planned to spread out and walk on the path, and raised torches overnight from the winding and rugged Juzhu Mountain to the direction of Shanxi Town. There is still an official road ten miles away in front of you to Shanxi Town, if you don't need food...? ”

These words were directly interrupted by the general soldier of Mingshan West, "The soldiers are hungry, this general knows, just distribute some dry food, and there are official roads that can't be left at present!" Our cavalry is limited and has to protect supplies and infantry, if you take the official road at night, it is easy to be attacked by the rogues, only to take the mountain road is the best policy, the general ordered the end of the time to rush to the territory of Shanxi Town, otherwise it will be difficult for our army to get rid of the rogue army! "After the order was given, all the Brave Guards and the rest of the soldiers accelerated forward and ran slowly along the mountain road.

The Liukou army behind him pursued all the way along the official road at the foot of Juzhu Mountain, but there was no trace of the Ming army within a radius of three miles? The two generals of the Shun army thought to themselves; Could it be that Zhou Yuji went crazy and walked the mountain road overnight? You must know that the mountain road is very slow to walk at night, and the road is very steep, which is not suitable for marching.

Just when the two were pondering, more than a dozen Shun soldiers holding the black tiger Shunzi flag and wearing yellow cloth armor walked over carrying the banner, and then the imperial car of the Great Shun Emperor also appeared here, he waved his hand and let the Prime Minister of Dashun ride over and asked, "Why are the two generals here?" Dare to ask where the Ming army is? ”

The two generals who were questioned lowered their heads and were silent! The prime minister of Dashun had to turn his horse's head and go back to report the news of Emperor Dashun, after learning that the Ming army was likely to have entered Shanxi Town? Therefore, Emperor Dashun decided to take Shanxi Town directly and strive to take this place in one fell swoop, in order to unify the rapid pace of the battle, Emperor Dashun hurriedly summoned the people to discuss the situation in the camp tent, Dashun Governor, Dashun Mianhou, Dashun Ruhou, Dashun Linqu Nan and other Shun army generals all believed that Shanxi Town was strong and easy to defend and difficult to attack! The city can only be breached by artillery bombardment.

However, at present, Emperor Dashun's eastward expedition was too hasty, resulting in the artillery battalion of the rear team not being able to keep up with the front team at all, and it was getting late, which made Emperor Dashun have to camp on the spot and wait for all the Shun artillerymen to gather before daring to attack.

The Ming Shanxi General Soldier who walked the path into Shanxi Town at night with torches and entered the city of Shanxi had not yet met with the local generals, and met a group of Ming troops walking on the street. When I got closer, I found that the other party was actually the reinforcements of Ning Wu Shou Yu Qianhu Office, Eccentric Shou Qianhu Office, Laoying Fort Shou Qian Hu Office, Baode Prefecture, and Octagonal Shou Qian Hu Office that he had mobilized before.

The Ming generals on the opposite side looked at the past by the light of the fire, and they also felt that the generals in front of them were very familiar, and the four thousand households and a deputy general soldier walked over together to salute the Ming Shanxi General Soldier and asked, "I don't know why the Shanxi General Soldier came here?" I'm about to go to Daizhou to meet you! ”

The general soldier of Mingshan West shook his head helplessly and said, "I can't hide it!" The menacing army of Liukou has completely fallen to Daizhou, Zhenwuwei, and Yanmen to guard the palace of Qianhu! I was about to join forces with you to fight against the Rogue, but unexpectedly, you have already arrived here. ”

After understanding the situation, Ming deviated from the head of a thousand households: Chen Liangqing, thinking that the city defense of this Shanxi town is not as good as before, and can only be used as an escort to guard the city, and must not invest a large number of troops to garrison, on the other hand, only one of the three successive passes of Ningwu Shouyu Qianhu can have a chance to resist the Liukou army, which has also been recognized by the generals, and even the generals of Ming Shanxi also think so.

So the general army of Mingshan West couldn't worry about whether the Liukou would come to attack the city at night? They also didn't care about resting, so they directly arranged a mine next to the drawbridge outside the city, mainly (stone mines, earth mines, ceramic mines, pig iron mines, and child and mother mines), etc., and pulled them to the city gate with a long lead, and each mine was buried horizontally, and the line of fire was tied to the left side of the fence and slightly covered with mud, and once the enemy attacked, it would touch the line of fire and cause an explosion.

After arranging this defense line with the soldiers, the general army of the western Ming Dynasty dispatched 50 soldiers of the Yongwei battalion to take turns patrolling with the Ming army in Shanxi Town, and the army was stationed in the back city.

The next morning, dark clouds began to shroud the sky, and there were hardly any residents and merchants walking on the official road hundreds of miles away from Shanxi Town, and the breeze gently blew on the faces of the soldiers of the Ming army patrolling the city, making them feel a trace of cold, and everyone whispered, "I can't imagine that the sky will change again!" It's really inconvenient to eat in this rainy weather, and if it rains, it's really sinful! ”

After resting for a night, the energetic general soldier of Mingshan Mountain had just walked out of the camp tent, he looked up at the cloudy sky and thought; I hope this weather doesn't hit! Otherwise, our army will be hit hard!

The steamed buns and sweet potatoes had already been steamed in the fire room in the battalion, and the soldiers lined up to pick up the steamed buns or sweet potatoes to eat, and the generals of each battalion also asked for a breakfast one after another, which was served with a bowl of hot porridge to enjoy.

Among them, the Ming Shanxi Staff General did not see the figure of the Ming Shanxi General Soldier during the meal? I guess he must be busy with official business again? So after I was full, I asked for a breakfast and personally brought the plate to the Chinese military tent.

Sure enough, I saw a serious face of the general soldier of Mingshanxi frowning, touching the map with his hand and meditating, even the general opened the curtain and walked in, and the general of Mingshanxi didn't even notice it!