On November 18th, a heavy snowfall came unexpectedly, white snowflakes fell, slowly enveloping the distant mountains and forests and wilderness, people hid in their houses to avoid the cold, and the white land became extremely cold and desolate, showing a magnificent northern scenery.

Here is a dead forest on the west bank of the Yellow River, an army of more than 10,000 men, hidden in the snow-covered woods, each soldier wrapped in bloated fur and white cloaks, completely ignoring the winter cold, looking for opportunities under the cover of heavy snow.

The cold and windy weather, which is what the men in the north can bear, and if they are southerners, they are afraid that even if they are wrapped in quilts, they will freeze to death.

After Fan Wencheng quickly gave the conditions of the Jin State to Dolgon, Dolgon did not hesitate, he had no choice but to agree to cede the Hetao region to the Jin State, and pay Haoge 1 million soldiers and 10,000 war horses.

Qing's finances were not optimistic, and Dolgon asked for a little money and horses every year, and Hauge was happy to accept it.

His main goal was the Hetao, which was a very good place with fertile pasture and farming. The silver and horses were his cover, but Dolgon agreed.

Although he didn't pay it all at once, he gave a little bit every year, so that Hauge had the feeling that Dorgon was paying tribute to him and coming to court year after year.

After receiving a definite answer, Hauge asked Jidu, the son of Zilharang, the king of Jianchun County, to go to Hetao to receive the pasture in case Dolgon would regret it in the future, and on the other hand, let the Han general Wang Yongqiang lead his troops to seize Pujin Pass.

It is worth mentioning that on the side of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, shortly after Dai Shan's death, the Manchu prince of the Jin State, Jierharang, was driven out of the court by Meng Qiaofang, Han Chaoxuan and other Han gentry because of the failure of the political struggle, abolished the title of prince, and removed all positions, and also died of depression at the beginning of this year.

Wang Yongqiang, a native of Wubao, Shaanxi, was the general soldier of Yan'an of the Jin State, responsible for the defense of the Great Wall of the Jin State.

In history, he responded to Jiang Xiang's anti-Qing rebellion in northern Shaanxi, and was finally defeated by Wu Sangui, but just like Han Chaoxuan, Yu Yin and others, who were supposed to oppose the Qing in southern Jin, joined the Jin State, Wang Yongqiang did not participate in Jiang Xiang's anti-Qing uprising, but became Jiang Xiang's opponent.

This is mainly because, after the sinicization of the Jin Kingdom, there was no such deep ******** as in the Manchu Qing Dynasty.

Wang Yongqiang has tens of thousands of acres of land in Yan'an Prefecture, 3,000 troops, and tens of thousands of tenants, and has already entered the ruling class, so he has no motive to oppose Jin for the time being.

After receiving Haoge's order, Wang Yongqiang gathered another 2,000 powerful and talented troops in northern Shaanxi, plus several other soldiers and horses, as well as 1,000 full troops of Sony, a total of 10,000 people, ready to march to Shanxi at any time.

Pujin Pass is a strategic artery connecting Shanxi and Guanzhong, especially the Pujin Bridge across the Yellow River, which is an important passage between Shanxi and Guanzhong.

The historical Pujin Bridge, after the Song Dynasty, sank into the water because of the flooding of the river.

The current Pujin Bridge is not a cable pontoon bridge in the Tang Dynasty, but a pontoon bridge built by Fan Yongdou and others in order to facilitate the transportation of materials.

Although the bridge is not as good as the iron lock Qiao of the Tang and Song dynasties, the location of the bridge is still very important, but because the Shanxi rebels mainly fought against the Qing army in the east, south, and north, the defense of the western Jin land near the Jin State was relatively empty.

After Jiang Xiang rebelled against the Qing Dynasty, he was actually wary of the Jin State, but as the war with the Qing army became increasingly fierce, especially the siege of Lu'an by Kong Youde and Wakda's 60,000 elite soldiers, Gao Ding continued to ask for help, so that Jiang Xiang had to send the Wanlian Department and Baizhang Department, which were originally used to defend the Jin State, to Lu'an to resist the Qing army.

The 10,000 Jin Army, with Wang Yongqiang as the main general, Gao Youcai as the deputy general, and Sony as the supervising army, has been on the edge of the Yellow River west of Pujin Pass for a while.

At this time, the soldiers were resting in the forest, and Wang Yongqiang found the main generals and colonels to discuss the strategy of attacking Pujin Pass.

Wang Yongqiang held a branch and said while talking on the snow, "Judging from the intelligence, there are only 1,000 thieves on the Pujin Bridge, and the defense is lax, so we can occupy it without much effort, the key is the Pujin Pass, where there are 3,000 thieves guarding it, and the pass is dangerous." We didn't carry the key equipment, once the thief army was discovered, the hard attack will definitely not be able to take down, if the news reaches Taiyuan, it will give the thief army time to react, and it will be difficult for the army to enter Shanxi. ”

Speaking of this, Wang Yongqiang stopped moving, raised his head, glanced at the heavy man, and said in a deep voice: "In order to take Pujin Pass as soon as possible, I thought that I could only outwit it, everyone said that there is a good way, if it is adopted, give a hundred acres of land!" ”

Many borderless lands in Guanzhong have fallen into the hands of the Han gentry of the Jin State, such as Meng Qiaofang and Han Chaoxuan, who have thousands of good fields, and 100 acres are very valuable in Nanming, but they can only be said to be average in the Jin Kingdom.

What the Jin State lacked was the population, and this time Meng Qiaofang and Han Chaoxuan supported the rescue of the Qing State, mainly because they wanted to take the opportunity to plunder the population of Shanxi, and they needed a large number of tenants and hired laborers.

Several people listened to Wang Yongqiang's words, pondering and silent, it was not that they didn't look down on the reward, but if they wanted to hit Pujin Pass, they had to cross the Pujin Bridge first, which was difficult not to be discovered.

"The combat power of the thief army is not high, but it is not easy to hide in the pass, but if you go head-to-head, it is not difficult to defeat Pujin Pass!" Overseer Sonny spoke.

Not long ago, Meng Qiaofang and others looked for an oil head, Gao He embezzled and solicited bribes, robbed the people, and squeezed Sony out of the imperial court to serve as the political history of Shaanxi.

The governor of a province in the history of Buzheng is a position of real power, but it is different in the Jin country, because the territory is so large, and Shaanxi is the essence of the Jin country, so the affairs of Shaanxi are basically handled directly by the Jin court, and there is nothing to do with him.

The combat power of the rebels naturally cannot be compared with the Jin army, but it is difficult to deal with them if they occupy a dangerous position.

Gao Youcai listened to Sony's words, but his eyes suddenly lit up, "General, I think what Fantai said is good, the rebels are in Guanzhong, and it is difficult for us to defeat them, so why not lure them out?" ”

"Oh?" Wang Yongqiang became interested, "If you have any ideas, say it quickly!" ”

When Gao Youcai heard this, he broke off a dead branch and gestured in the snow: "General, both sides of the Yellow River are frozen by meridians, and only there is a distance of five or six zhang in the middle that is not frozen. This distance can be crossed by sheepskin raft. ”

"The general can first send 3,000 men to cross the river and ambush outside the Pujin Pass, and then send a small group of men and horses to pretend to be a caravan to attack the Pujin Bridge, even if it is discovered, it doesn't matter, the purpose is to let the thieves of the Pujin Pass know and attract their attention."

"The thieves will see that someone is attacking Pujin Pass, and there are not many people and horses, so they will inevitably lead the thief army in the pass to come out to rescue, and then the three thousand soldiers and horses who are ambushed outside, after they get out of the pass, they can take advantage of the emptiness of the pass and seize the pass in one fell swoop."

Hearing this, Wang Yongqiang had already nodded and said with a smile: "If the pass is lost, the thief army will definitely surrender without a fight!" ”

(End of chapter)