This entry operation is about speed.

After Gao Yihuan occupied Xi'an, he led an army of 60,000 non-stop and advanced westward, trying to solve the huge threat of Wu Sangui.

On the third day of the first lunar month, tens of thousands of Wei Wu troops left Xi'an and advanced rapidly along the banks of the Weishui River.

At this time, the news of Wei Wujun's entry into the customs could not be blocked, so he could only take advantage of the opportunity of Wu Sangui's troops to fall into Hanzhong, take Fengxiang Mansion first, and even Dasanguan to block Wu Sangui in Hanzhong.

Along the Weishui River, the Tiger and Horse Army were dispatched everywhere to open their eyes for the army, followed by dense armor soldiers and battle flags hunting with the wind.

Looking down on the earth from the sky, on both sides of the Wei River, the marching soldiers, the baggage vehicles transporting grain and grass, stretching for dozens of miles before and after, the scene is extremely spectacular.

For a time, where the army passed, the prefectures and counties along the way looked at the wind and fell, and the Wei Wu army advanced westward, as if it were a march.

On the eighth day of the first lunar month, Wei Wujun's vanguard had entered Fengxiang Mansion, and Xu Heihu and Jin Xiangang sat proudly on horseback.

"The army has passed through Yixian, and thirty miles ahead is Pingyang Town, as long as our army has passed Pingyang, we can kill Benbaoji." Jin Xiangang glanced at the map.

Xu Heihu rode on a horse, "Baoji is Wu Sangui's military grain and grass storage place, as long as we take Baoji, we will pinch Wu Sangui's eggs." ”

Jin Xiangang nodded, "That's the reason!" However, Guan Ningjun should have also received some news, and we are afraid that we will be blocked. ”

Xu Heihu said: "I have already sent scouts, twenty miles ahead, if there is any situation, there will be scouts back to report the news." ”

"Newspaper" came at a gallop.

Xu Heihu and Jin Xiangang pulled the war horse aside, grabbed the reins of the horse, and waited for the scout to rush forward to report it.

"Qiqi two generals, twenty miles ahead, there is a group of men and horses, arrayed along the Weishui River Valley, blocking our way."

Sure enough, Wu Jun had already received the news of their killing and wanted to prevent them from approaching Baoji.

Baoji is located at the northern foot of the Qinling Mountains, connecting Dasanguan, which is the logistics base of Wu Sangui's entry into Hanzhong, which is very important to Wu's army. If Wei Wujun enters Baoji, he will be able to cut off the connection between Baoji and Wu Sangui, and even take Dasanguan, and Wu Sangui will not be able to return to Guanzhong.

"How many soldiers and horses are there?" Jin Xiangang asked.

"The inferior and the others engaged in battle with the enemy rangers, and when they saw that the other party was in a formation in the river valley, the military formation was very tight, and they did not dare to get too close, but they just looked at it from a distance, and it was estimated that there should be more than 7,000 people." The scout replied.

Jin Xiangang said: "General Xu, do you kill it directly, or wait for the marshal soldiers and horses to come!" ”

Xu Heihu said: "The opponent's strength is comparable to ours, and we, as the forwards, are to open the way for the marshal." Let's just kill it! After all, if one day is delayed, Wu Sangui will have one more day to come back to help. ”

Jin Xiangang nodded, "Then pounce directly and defeat this Wu army." We, Wei Wujun, haven't fought with Guan Ningjun in a serious way. ”

Xu Heihu smiled, waved his hand, and shouted the order, "Pass the order down, speed up." ”

The Tiger Horse Army suddenly sped up, and the war horses clattered forward, seizing a favorable infantry area for the infantry behind.

On the bank of the Weishui River, on a huge river beach, Xuan Hu Ma Jun saw a crowd of people in front of him from a distance.

More than 7,000 Wu soldiers and soldiers formed a large formation in the cold wind.

The spears of the forest are intertwined, and the sharp spearheads are shining with cold light, like a forest of steel. Behind the spears were a large number of archers and musketeers, with quivers and medicine bottles hanging from their waists, staring at the Wei Wujun from afar with a grim gaze.

On both sides of the gun forest, a large number of horse troops, guarding the two wings, the cavalry reined in the horses, their mouths were full of white gas, and the war horses were plucking the horses' hooves, snorting, exuding bursts of murderous aura.

I have to say that the Guanning Army is indeed a strong army, and after learning the news that Wei Wujun entered the customs and Xi'an fell, he was not panicked at all.

At this time, the Tiger Horse Army was one and a half miles away from the Guanning Army, so they reined in the horse's reins, occupied the battlefield, and covered Jin Xiangang's Kesheng infantry formation.

Seeing Wei Wujun coming, Xia Guoxiang, the commander of Guan Ningjun, showed contempt in his eyes, but his face was very calm.

When Meng Qiaofang escaped from Xi'an, he sent a fast horse to Fengxiang to inform Wu Sangui, informed him of the fall of Xi'an, and deployed a counteroffensive strategy.

Meng Qiaofang said that he would withdraw to Yan'an, ask for help from the Qing court on the one hand, gather troops on the other, and let Wu Sangui withdraw his troops from Hanzhong, and attack him on both sides, preparing to counterattack Xi'an and drive Gao Yihuan out of Guanzhong.

Xia Guoxiang was quite shocked when he heard the news, but he didn't expect Gao Yihuan to enter the gate unconsciously.

However, what shocked him was Gao Yihuan's ability to play scheming and tricks, so much that it was not Wei Wujun's combat power.

This time, Wei Wujun was able to succeed, not because they entered the pass with real swords and guns, but because they took the opportunity of fighting with Zhang Xianzhong, they sneaked up from behind and took the lead.

This made Guan Ningjun feel that he had lost a little unjustly, and he was a little unconvinced.

In the eyes of the generals of Guanning, Wei Wujun, who was born in a rogue country, is just a group of miscellaneous cards and mud legs, and cannot be compared with the second Guanning Iron Cavalry in the world.

Guan Ningjun's upper and lower ranks looked down on Wei Wujun, and the background of the rogue and mud legs was not as noble as them.

When Xia Guoxiang received the news, he sent people to Hanzhong to deliver the news, and on the other hand, he mobilized troops to prepare to block the Wei Wu army advancing westward, so as to buy time for Wu Sangui to return to the division.

At this time, Xia Guoxiang stood up on horseback, looked at the Wei Wu army coming from afar, and saw that the Wei Wu army's cavalry occupied both wings, and the infantry army was quickly arrayed.

Although Xia Guoxiang despised Wei Wujun in his heart, he also knew Wei Wujun's battles in recent years.

In the battle, Xia Guoxiang was still very cautious, "There are 3,000 people in the horse army, and there are about 3,000 soldiers. ”

He had good eyesight, and while observing, he said to himself, "There are cannons!" Xia Guoxiang couldn't help but squint his eyes, looked carefully to the side, and found a few bronze cannons dragged by war horses, and his brows suddenly wrinkled.

This kind of cannon Xia Guoxiang knew that it was going to shoot farther than the Franc machine, and it appeared several times in the battlefield of southern Henan, and the Qing army was also preparing to imitate it, but it did not capture the finished product, so it has not been made yet.

Xia Guoxiang looked at it fixedly, his eyes narrowed, and he said to the surrounding generals: "All cheer up, deal with it carefully, it's Gao Yihuan's elite who comes." ”

On the other end, the Wei Wu army was rapidly arranging the formation, the artillery team seized a high ground, the infantry army set up a horizontal formation, and the horse army sheltered the left and right.

Xu Heihu and Jin Xiangang urged the horses out of the battle, and after observing the Wu army's large formation for a while, the two pulled out the reins of their horses, returned to their own formation, and summoned their generals to come to discuss.

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