Zhangjiakou was an important place for the eight Jin merchants to smuggle outside the city, confiscating the goods inside and outside the city, arresting the caravan stewards under the names of the big families inside and outside the city, and quelling the organized resistance activities in the city, which lasted for two days before all matters came to an end.

Due to the large number of types of goods, the statistics of specific amounts are still in progress.

Thanks to more than three years of literacy and cultural education, most of the soldiers are very good at mathematics, so almost every soldier can be qualified for registration and sorting work, so there is no shortage of manpower to do statistics.

"Report to the brigade commander, according to the intelligence officer of the Investigation Bureau, the commander of the Wanquan Division, Fan Tianmin, the commander of the Dushi Battalion, and Fan Tianning, the commander of the Dushi Battalion, these two brothers have gathered men and horses to approach Zhangjiakou after learning that our troops have entered Zhangjiakou, and their strength is about 20,000 people.

The eldest brother-in-law of the Fan brothers, Lai Congxin, the general of the Xuanfu branch guarding the West Road, was also gathering people after receiving the notice from the Fan brothers.

Fan Tianming's brother-in-law, Yang Fu, the general of the Xuanfu Branch Patrol Road, is also ready to move.

Wen Fangliang, the general of the North Road of the Patrol Road, is found to be Yang Fu's third brother-in-law, and he has also sent troops recently.

Through drone reconnaissance, the Fan brothers' army was about twenty kilometers away from Zhangjiakou, and judging by the speed of their march, it would take more than eight hours to reach Zhangjiakou. The operational staff officer reported to Feng Yuanshan.

Wanquan Dusi and Dushiying Dusi are border towns in the Xuanfu area, very close to Zhangjiakou.

"His grandmother's, the relatives of these people are dizzy!" Feng Yuanshan grabbed his hair and said angrily.

"This is the characteristic of the Xuanda region, and the generals are all relatives." Instructor Qin Ankang said with a smile, and then he asked the combat staff officer: "The enemy is twenty kilometers away from Zhangjiakou, does it take eight hours to march?" ”

"Report to the instructor, that's true." The operational staff officer affirmed: "This is still a lenient estimate, it is already 3:40 p.m., and judging from the speed of the enemy's march, the time to reach Zhangjiakou should be around 0:00 at night."

According to the analysis that most of the Ming troops had night blindness and were difficult to fight at night, the Fan brothers' troops might choose to rest at night, and the time for the enemy to launch an offensive against Zhangjiakou should be tomorrow morning. ”

"It's only an hour to march five miles, could it be that they are snails?" Feng Yuanshan was also a little incredulous, and after watching the video of the drone from the staff officer, he couldn't help but mutter: "It's really a snail!" ”

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The Fourth Brigade Wang Hongwu led the Ninth Brigade of the Public Security Army, and set off on the same day as Feng Yuanshan's Department and Zhou Yan's Department, because the road was farther, so it approached Taiyuan City three days later.

Along the way, Wang Hongwu's troops encountered many interceptions and blockades.

The Eight Great Jin Merchants already knew the news that the nails planted in the starting point city had been removed, and the frequent activities of the Military Investigation Bureau and the Special Brigade in the Xuanda area aroused their vigilance.

In order to deal with the possible military attack of the Tiance Army, everyone desperately tried to win over the guards and officials everywhere in order to deal with the unexpected situation and try to resist stubbornly.

Under their vigorous activities, the Tiance army was attacked many times along the way.

First of all, in Pingxingguan, the local Ming army intended to ambush Wang Hongwu's department, and with the blessing of the drone, the Ming army ambushed the soldiers with nowhere to hide. Wang Hongwu only dispatched a battalion of troops, and thousands of ambushes were routed, and the defenders of the Pingxing Guan Ming army were killed.

The Ming troops in Fanzhi, Daizhou and other places also sent troops to intercept them, but they were all ruthlessly attacked by the firepower of the Tiance army, and they were all defeated. The defender of Xinzhou City violated the yang and the yin, and was respectful on the surface, consoling the labor army, but behind the scenes, he wanted to play a face-to-face change, and he was also recognized, and he was killed on the spot, and the army was defeated.

What are the bandits, the rebels, the horse thieves, and even the rogues, as well as the military horses pretending to be Li Zicheng, there are all kinds of people. All the way over, I don't know how many defeats, Wang Hongwubu mighty, all the way non-stop, marching in battle, quickly arrived at the city of Taiyuan.

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The Niangzi Pass attacked by the Eighth Brigade led by Zhou Yansuo of the Second Brigade was surrounded by mountains and rivers, condescending, and was known as the ninth pass of the Great Wall, which was once an important pass in ancient China.

Niangzi Pass is opposite to the Jing Cheng Pass across the mountain, the same is a military important place, choke the Taihang Mountain Jing Cheng Pass, one of the few passages between Shanxi and Hebei, whether it is to protect Shanxi, or to ensure the safety of Hebei, Niangzi Pass plays an important role.

Historically, the German and French armies of the Eight-Nation Coalition launched several attacks on Niangzi Pass, all of which failed, and the German army alone killed 1,500 people under Niangzi Pass, which shows the majesty of Niangzi Pass.

At the end of the Ming Dynasty, Niangzi Pass was also heavily guarded, and it was an important pass to prevent the Liukou from spreading eastward to Beizhili.

Garrisoning Niangzi Pass is a garrison of 2,500 troops, and it is also a place where Jin merchants are strictly defended.

After Zhou Yan's department arrived at the pass, he launched a fierce attack on Niangzi Pass, mortars, 155 self-propelled howitzers, and overwhelming artillery fire sounded at Niangzi Pass.

Where has the Ming army guarding the pass seen this? After an hour of artillery preparation, the attic and watchtower of the lady were destroyed.

As soon as Zhou Yan gave the order, the Tiance Army rushed to the Niangzi Pass, and a cruel battle was staged at the Niangzi Pass.

The terrain is complex, the pass is condescending, the pass garrison Ming army has a high will to fight, although a small part of the artillery fire of the Tiance army is killed, the remaining Ming army still relies on the terrain advantage to try to resist stubbornly.

The weapon advantage of the Tiance army is huge, the Tiance army wearing stab-proof clothing and steel helmets is like a tiger, advancing forward one by one, machine gun grenades and recoilless guns are in battle, and the Ming army guarding the pass is crying wolf.

The battle to seize the pass lasted from about 9 o'clock in the morning to 5 o'clock in the afternoon, and the Tiance army finally annihilated the Ming army guarding the pass and successfully took the Niangzi Pass.

This was the most strenuous battle fought by the Tiance Army since its establishment, and the Tiance Army adhered to the principle of not gambling with the lives of soldiers, so the progress slowed down. Although the Ming army was small in number, it had a huge geographical advantage, and the rolling wood, stone, fire, bow and arrow posed a great threat to the attacking Tiance army. In the end, the Tiance army won the pass at the cost of two killed and twelve wounded.

On April 22, Niangzi Pass was broken through by the Tiance army, after which Zhou Yan's troops crossed the Taihang Mountain, and successively defeated the Ming army of Pingdingzhou, Yuzhou and Yuci, and then Yuci went south to attack Taigu, Pingyao, Jiexiu and other places. The 8th Brigade of the Public Security Army marched north from Yuci and joined up with Wang Hongwu's troops.

On April 23, Zhou Yan's army approached Yuci, Wang Hongwu's army had just rushed through Xinzhou, Feng Yuanshan's troops left the 7th and 10th brigades of the security army to take over Zhangjiakou, and the 5th brigade of the Tiance army went out of the city to meet the Ming army of the Fan brothers.