The sword gate was closed between the two cliffs, just blocking the road into the river.

This cliff is steep, the soldiers can't climb from both sides, there is only one way to break the gate, there is a winding staircase in front of the pass, the defenders are condescending, it is really difficult to attack, no wonder the bell will be blocked here by Jiang Wei back then.

Gao Yihuan looked at it, immediately knew it in his heart, and turned around and asked, "Is the cannon here?" ”

Jin Xiangang said: "It should be there in three days!" ”

The cannon is not there, this pass is not able to attack, Gao Yihuan bowed slightly, "First build the artillery array, as soon as the cannon arrives, the artillery will hit the Jianmen Pass, select the elite and the Kesheng army, and be responsible for capturing the pass." ”

Several generals nodded their heads and received orders, on the way to the march, Gao Yihuan had already told them the use of mortars, they had already understood Gao Yihuan's tactics, that is, to cover the city with cannons first, and then after the cannonballs were thrown at the wall, the defenders were blocked from going to the pass for reinforcements, and the Wei army chose elite soldiers to take the opportunity to capture the city.

After the order, Gao Yihuan and his party turned around and returned to the camp, he wrote a letter as usual, recruited the guards, and then waited for the reply while waiting for the artillery to arrive.

Between the two cliffs, in the canyon formed, the camp of the Wei army twists and turns, like a white snake and a stream.

However, because of the winding of the canyon, the defenders on the Jianmen Gate could not see the camp of the Wei army.

The next day, the prime minister of Xia came to inspect the city, and watched the soldiers bring stones to block the doorway, and the soldiers were carrying bundles of arrows and barrels of gunpowder to the city.

"General, a letter from outside the gate!" Gao Dejie ran up and handed over a letter.

Xia Guoxiang frowned slightly, read it, then rubbed it directly, put it in his arms, and said coldly: "This is the Wei army messing with our army's heart, and if there is a letter sent in the future, it must be handed over immediately." ”

Gao Dejie hurriedly clenched his fists and bowed, Xia Guoxiang nodded, and looked outside the gate again.

It stands to reason that if the Wei army arrives outside the pass, it will definitely attack immediately, why is it almost noon, and there is still no movement? Could it be that Ben was wrong?

Shu is difficult to walk, and the Wei army must break through the Jianmen Pass as soon as possible, occupy northern Sichuan to obtain supplies, and reduce the pressure on transportation.

In this way, if the stop before the pass is one day, the Wei army will carry one less day of military rations, while the Jianmen Pass will be able to prepare for one more day, the defense will be more perfect, and it can also get the support of Chengdu.

He saw smoke curling in the distance, the main force of the Wei army should have arrived, there was no reason not to attack the problem immediately?

This made Xia Guoxiang a little puzzled, and at this moment, more than a mile away from Guancheng, the Wei soldiers were piling up stone walls, but they attracted his attention.

He frowned slightly, at first he thought it was an artillery array, but the artillery array didn't need to be stacked one person high.

For a while, Xia Guoxiang frowned, called a gunner, and pointed to the distance, "Hit a few cannons, bombard there." ”

After a while, several earthen cannons roared in the city, white smoke rose from the city, and most of the cannonballs fell around the earthen wall, but they could not hit the earthen wall, and five or six cannons were fired, and only one cannonball smashed into the wall, making a depression, but did not destroy the earthen wall.

The Wei soldiers lay on the ground, and when the shelling of the city had passed, they began to build a wall with stones and sandbags.

The Wei army was very particular about stacking the wall, using stones inside, and on the side close to the city, it used sand dug from the side of the creek and piled it up into an inclined slope, so that the cannonballs on the city hit the earthen wall, and there was no chance of forming a debris splash, and there was a chance to form a ricochet, so as to reduce the casualties of the soldiers.

The distance was too far, and the earthen cannons in the city were very old, and the Guanning army fired a few cannons, but they could not destroy the earthen wall, and the defenders could only give up.

When Xia Guo saw this, he didn't know what Wei Jun was going to do, so he could only ignore it with doubts.

Three days later, the Wei army's artillery array was erected, and the Wei army's artillery had been transported outside the pass.

Of the six mortar cannons, one accidentally fell into the cliff, and only five were transported to the Jianmen Pass.

As soon as the artillery arrived, Gao Yihuan immediately ordered to prepare to set up artillery to bombard Guancheng.

Early in the morning, just after the day dawned, the Wei soldiers had eaten a full meal, and then poured out of the camp and lined up behind the earthen wall.

Xia Guoxiang was standing on the head of the city at this time, and was paying close attention to the movements of the Wei army outside the city, and he saw the dense Wei army behind the earthen wall, as if the river was rising.

However, after taking a look, he did not panic, but breathed a sigh of relief.

The valley seemed to be crowded with people, but in fact, the number of troops that could be invested each time was only four or five hundred, so Xia Guo was still very confident in the defense of Jianmen Pass.

Gao Yihuan is 100,000 people, there is just such a step in front of the pass, he can only vote 400 people, wait for the people to die, or after the defeat and retreat, then the next batch, and attack again from the beginning.

This kind of oil war is a taboo for soldiers, anyway, Xia Guoxiang feels that if he attacks by himself, even if he has 200,000 male soldiers, he may not be able to capture Jianmen Pass.

If the Wei army is coming to attack, the Sword Gate Pass will definitely make them hit their heads and break the blood flow, shattering one of his teeth.

At this time, Xia Guoxiang walked to the side of the wall, and the Guan Ning army on the city saluted him one after another, and he stood still and looked out of the city, just in time to see the Wei soldiers, pushing out a few objects covered with red cloth.

Although the object was covered with a red cloth, Xia Guoxiang could already confirm that it was artillery.

In the past, the artillery of the Ming Dynasty was draped in red cloth, and incense had to be applied before firing the cannon, which seemed to be more accurate.

Seeing these mysterious artillery, Xia Guoxiang was not panicked, but sneered at the corner of his mouth, although the cannon is a siege weapon, but the Shu Road is difficult to walk, and if he looks at a few soldiers to push it, he knows that it cannot be a red-clothed cannon.

At this time, Gao Dejie hugged his fists and said: "General, the city will be handed over to the last general, and the general will be asked to go down the city as soon as possible." ”

Xia Guoxiang said: "Don't worry, they haven't set up their cannons." ”

As he was talking, there was a crackling sound of firecrackers behind the earthen wall, and a cloud of gunpowder smoke rose from behind the wall, and the Wei army really began to sacrifice the cannons.

Gao Yihuan was also relatively speechless about this custom handed down by the Ming army, but he did not cancel it, and let the soldiers ask for peace of mind.

Xia Guoxiang's face was puzzled, he didn't see the muzzle of the cannon sticking out of the earthen wall, how could the cannon be erected?

He hurriedly grabbed the clairvoyant mirror and looked out, but he only saw a cloud of smoke from the firecrackers, and the artillery and the crowd were completely blocked by the earthen wall, and they could not be seen at all.

"What kind of reputation is Wei Jun doing?" Xia Guoxiang couldn't help but be puzzled, and had some bad premonitions in his heart, so he said to Gao Dejie: "You guard the city, I will give you a pressure on the battle in the pass, and I will send troops to the pass to reinforce at any time!" ”

A mile away, behind the earthen wall, five mortar guns were erected, and the gunners and artillery were behind the wall, so the Guanning army could not see it at all.

At this time, the cannon jacket on the mortar has been uncovered, the soldiers have finished loading, a Portuguese standing on the ladder, showing a head, while using a clairvoyant mirror to observe the sword gate, while reaching out to gesticulate, a Wei officer below saw it and immediately ordered, "The muzzle of the cannon is raised by an inch, shoot first, quickly!" ”

Xia Guoxiang had just turned around and walked to the steps, when a loud noise suddenly came from behind him, and he looked up in astonishment, and saw an iron bullet flying into the sky, and then falling down at great speed.

At first, the iron bullet was just a black dot, but in the blink of an eye, it quickly enlarged, and it had already drawn an arc in the sky and smashed towards Guancheng.

As soon as the cannonball reached the top of his head, it exploded violently, and the violent explosion blew a strong gust of wind, blowing the flags of the city and raining down countless fragments and iron beads.

Xia Guoxiang sat on the steps, his expression immediately changed, and he instantly shouted, "Quick, send a fast horse to Chengdu for help." ”

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