From the monoculars in the hands of Li Dingguo, the king of Jin, the gently undulating beams and ravines are all in the eye. The fortresses of the Ming army were built one after another along the banks of the Jian'an River. These forts are not bastions, but bunkers made of sandbags and wood, all of which are built with the help of undulating terrain, so they have an irregular appearance. However, they all look sturdy, and should not be easy to capture.

At the southernmost end of these two "fort lines", around the two half-built forts, small forces of both sides were fighting. On the side of the Ming army was about a battalion of infantry, with muskets in front and spears in the back. The Dashun army sent five hundred-man teams to fight, and each hundred-man team was a combination of swords, muskets, and spears. Each side also pulled out several cannons, all of which were mounted on the hillside, and bombarded each other with one cannon and not the other—not the infantry of the other side, because the infantry of both sides was in positions that were not easily hit by enemy artillery. Therefore, the artillery of the Dashun army is hitting the fortress of the Ming army, and the artillery of the Ming army is shooting at the artillery positions of the Dashun army. And Li Dingguo's location is not far from his own artillery array, and it is also within the fire coverage of the 12-pounder cannon (not a 12-pound gun, but an old 12-pounder bronze cannon) set up by the Ming army at a high place.

The surrounding staff members also include Dou Mingming, the chief military officer of the Tai'an Hou Dading Battalion under Li Dingguo, Gao Wengui, the chief military officer of the Guangchang Hou Tianwei Battalion, and Chen Yongfu, the envoy of the Wenshui Hou Yongchang Festival, all with happy faces, as if a victory was just around the corner. But the battle ahead was clearly the Ming army that had the upper hand!

Although the Ming army's infantry battalion was not designed for mountain warfare, their Hongxing six-year arquebus (now only part of the Ming army has flintlock muskets) was still more powerful than the musket used by the Dashun army, with a longer effective range and more stable performance. So in long-distance shooting, the Ming army always had the upper hand.

What the? Let the Dashun army rush to within twenty paces of the Ming army's firepower and fire a salvo?

That's too much to ask...... The Dashun army can't be compared with the English lobster soldiers, they are just the stronger state of the feudal army.

The battle had already been decided, and the Dashun army, which had suffered heavy casualties, dragged the wounded soldiers and retreated towards a fortress on their side. There were also Ming musketeers and pikemen chasing behind. A wounded soldier was discarded and let out a desperate scream, but Li Dingguo had no expression on his face.

He turned his head: "What do you think?" ”

Wenshui Hou Yongchang Jiedu made Chen Yongfu stationed in the Qiuchi Mountain area for the longest time, often fought with the Ming army, and also knew the reality of the Ming army best, and replied at the moment: "It is the new army of the Ming army...... The feudal army under Wu Sangui should not be that strong. ”

Wu Sangui's cavalry is not weak, the black cavalry and lancers are complete, although there are no large horses, but the Western Regions also produce good horses, so the quality of his cavalry is very good. But Wu Sangui's infantry army is not good, it is not the opponent of the Dashun infantry, and it is far inferior to the infantry of the new army of the Ming army.

Dou Mingwang said: "His Royal Highness the King of Jin, we have fought with them for twelve battles these days, and all we met were new troops...... It seems that he has concentrated all the new troops in Shaanxi to the Qishan front. ”

Gao Wengui also smiled and said: "His Royal Highness the King of Jin is clever, then Wu Sangui has been fooled again!" ”

Wu Sangui was fooled again...... What a pity!

Li Dingguo smiled: "Since he was fooled, we should also go." Marquis Wenshui, the Qiuchi Mountain camp will be handed over to you! ”

Chen Yongfu arched his hand and said: "King Jin rest assured, there is a general, Wu Sangui will not notice that His Highness has led his elite soldiers away." ”

It turned out that Li Dingguo's "one out of Qishan" was just a false shot. He didn't really plan to fight Wu Sangui in Qishan, but made a plan to go out of Qishan and secretly cross the Qinling Mountains.

His action in Tuntian before the Xihe Formation was actually to confuse Wu Sangui - how many terraced fields can be tuned in Xihe, a poor and remote place? How much millet can you receive? If you are busy working a year, you will receive 100,000 stones...... Li Dingguo's army of 100,000 has to consume 50,000 stone of grain in a month, and 100,000 stone millet can support two months at most - will the Great Shuntian Dynasty be short of millet for two months? What the Great Shun Heavenly Empire lacked was those ten months of food!

At present, Li Dingguo is consuming the stored grain accumulated for many years on the Qiuchishan front, not the grain temporarily transported from Hanzhong and Chengdu. When the grain stock is exhausted, with the difficulty of Shu Road and the limited national strength of Dashun, it is simply not enough to supply 100,000 troops to be consumed between Qiuchi Mountain and Qi Mountain.

It really costs millions of stones a year, and Dashun will be poor!

Therefore, Li Dingguo's plan is to cross the Qinling Mountains and kill directly to Guanzhong.

Now Guanzhong is full of rich farms, as long as you can get in, hundreds of thousands of stone flour can still be caught. With these hundreds of thousands of stones, the 50,000 Dashun army can hold out for one to two years in the area of Wuzhangyuan and Monk Yuan north of Baochuan Road...... This is called feeding the enemy with food, and feeding the war with war!

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The morning light in the east has not yet risen, and the north and south of the Qinling Mountains are still dark. April and May are the rainy seasons, and the clouds in the sky are low these days, obscuring the moon, but it still allows people who are accustomed to walking at night to see their backs clearly and follow closely without falling behind.

In the darkness, a team of up to 1,500 people was quietly walking on the mountain path of the Qinling Mountains.

The Qinling Mountains are big mountains that run east-west, and there are only a few very steep valleys for the passage of the north and south. In the most difficult places, there is not even a good road to walk, but a steep and unusually plank road. is such a road, and now it is also blocked by Wu Sangui, and it is impossible to pass from the front.

Therefore, these 1,500 Shun elite soldiers can only climb the mountain...... They are now taking the road of smuggling salt dealers between Guanzhong and Liuba County, which is no longer dangerous, it is simply a Jedi that is difficult for the army to pass through.

At least in the eyes of Wu Sangui, who has little experience in mountain warfare, this kind of Jedi is not a human at all.

However, in the opinion of Sima Yu, who lives in Liuba County and has been fighting against smugglers for many years, such a mountain road can still be passed, and he can only take such a mountain road.

Sima Yu and his fellow villagers in Liuba were bowing their heads, walking under the dark curtain before dawn, and the road under his feet did not seem difficult for him to walk, because the road down the mountain was now. They had already crossed the Qinling Mountains and were heading towards Monk Yuan.

Because they are people who often walk mountain roads, this kind of road is not difficult at all in their eyes.

I don't know how long I walked with my head down, Sima Yu looked up at the sky, it was still dark and dreary, but there was already a red light in the eastern sky.

Now we have to hurry up a little, we must touch the monk yuan before the sky is completely bright, and take down this loess platform.

Then wait there for the main force led by the chief soldier Wang Xi - less than 1,400 elite soldiers to arrive, and then assault the monk's original annex to the Dasanguan...... This plan may seem risky, but it is not uncertainty.

If the sky is bright now, you can see their certainty.

Including the 100 people under Sima Yu's command, the 1,500 elite soldiers led by Wang Xi were all wearing the red uniforms, black cuirasses, and black iron helmets of the Ming army. The use of weapons and equipment is exactly the same as that of the Ming army.

This is an elite Dashun army carefully disguised as the Ming army.

Moreover, they also found out the deployment of the Ming army on the Dasan Pass through the meticulous work lurking near the Dasan Pass. The new army of the Ming army has been transferred away before the Dasanguan, and now the Shaanxi army with a total of 1,500 people stationed in the Dasanguan is 3 battalions and a total of 1,500 people, which is the governor of Shaanxi (now the governor of the Ming Dynasty is not permanent, so there is no superintendent, and the name of the superintendent is given to the provincial admiral), and it is not an elite soldier.

And as long as the Dasan Pass is won, the best Chencang Road in Shu Road will be taken by the Dashun Army!

In this way, the 50,000 army led by Li Dingguo will go out of Chencang and attack Baoji, the capital county of Fengxiang Prefecture...... After taking Baoji, Dashun's situation in Guanzhong is even open!