Jiang Xiang wanted to get rid of the Manchu officials in Datong, but in the end he still left Geng Liao, and according to the news that the spies had inquired from the countryside, the guy had fled to Xuanfu in the east.

In order to prevent the news of the Datong uprising from spreading and make his anti-Qing uprising lose its suddenness, Jiang Xiang just killed Ning Wan and others in Datong City, and held a simple ceremony to sacrifice the flag and swear to the master, so he left his brother Jiang Lin to guard Datong, opened a warehouse to release grain, recruited the righteous army, and let the younger brother have a light to gather the soldiers of Zhenwei, Yang and Wei, and attack Xuanhua to the east, while he led the soldiers and horses of Datong and Shuozhou to quickly go south, and before the news reached Taiyuan, he defrauded Taiyuan City, and then announced the news to the world anyway.

On September 10, Jiang Xiang led 20,000 horses from Yanzhou, against the Gray River, out of Yangfang to Ningwu Pass.

Jiang Xiang asked Wu Erniu to lead 300 banners as the forerunner, and 20,000 horses followed, falsely claiming that Jiang Xiang was ordered by the governor of Ning to transfer 20,000 horses south to Henan to support the Qing army to fight in Nanyang.

Ningwu Pass is between Datong and Taiyuan, a very important pass, the Qing court in order to guard against Jiang Xiang, stationed 5,000 troops here, but Jiang Xiang killed Ning Wan me, got his seal, the customs clearance procedures are complete, the guard does not suspect it, directly switched, and Jiang Xiang soldiers took Ningwu Pass without blood.

After that, in order to speed up the speed, Jiang Xiang did not enter the city, and 20,000 horses bypassed Yuanping, Xinxian, and Yangqu along the way, until the city of Taiyuan, at most, he took a forged governor's official document and asked the prefectures and counties along the way to provide food, and the prefectures and counties along the way thought that they were Datong officers and soldiers, and they were ordered to go south, without any suspicion.

Taiyuan City has a history of more than 1,000 years, and is known as "controlling the mountains and rivers, standing on the shoulders of the world", "the key point of the four stops, and controlling the capital of the five plains", and is an important military and cultural town in northern China.

Shanxi Province is surrounded by the Great Wall in the north, the Yellow River and Luliang Mountain in the west, the Taihang Mountains in the east, and the Zhongtiao Mountain and the Yellow River in the south.

In September, Shanxi ushered in an autumn rain, the fine and dense rain with a hint of chill, the mountains and forests and villages on both sides of the official road were shrouded in a layer of cold fog, looking hazy from a distance, like a layer of veil, very cold autumn feeling.

At this time, on the official road leading from Yangqu to Taiyuan, an army of more than 20,000 people marched in a formation on the slightly muddy road, each soldier carried a hat and a coat, and they ignored the straw sandals on their feet that were covered with yellow mud, and ignored the cold autumn rain, under the urging of the officer, they were marching in the direction of Taiyuan City.

Jiang Xiang was dressed in a robe, riding on a war horse, and the generals stood on the side of the road, watching the soldiers walk along the official road endlessly, and he spoke out from time to time to encourage the soldiers to brave the rain.

In order to stab Nanming this time, the main force of the Qing army attacked Nanyang, and some of the men and horses in Shanxi were also transferred, and the rest of the men and horses were responsible for transporting grain and grass, which led to the fact that Shanxi's troops were very empty, and the troops of each province were only more than 1,000 people, although Taiyuan was more, but it was only about 4,000 people.

This incident can be said to be a godsend for Jiang Xiang, until now, he has not encountered any difficulties, and it can be said that the journey has been smooth.

Of course, this is mainly due to the relationship between him arresting Ning Wan and me and getting the governor's seal.

After several days of rapid marching, Jiang Xiang traveled unhindered all the way, and finally arrived more than 20 miles north of Taiyuan City, and he was able to enter Taiyuan City this evening.

Shanxi's terrain is relatively closed, a bit like Shudi, and is relatively less affected by the outside world, as long as he takes Taiyuan City, he can force the whole Shanxi to follow him to raise troops to resist the Qing Dynasty as long as he takes Taiyuan City and sends troops to guard the Taihang Eight Paths.

If this move is done well, it is enough to shock Dolgon's liver and guts, and the feces and urine of the Manchurian nobles will be released.

"Order, the whole army speeds up!" The drizzle hit Jiang Xiang's coat, he pointed at Taiyuan with a whip, and said loudly: "Sons, let's spend the night in Taiyuan!" There is hot wine and meat there, as well as wives and daughters stationed in the Eight Banners for you to enjoy! ”

The smooth sailing of the road made the morale of the soldiers in Datong Town high, and the cold autumn rain could not extinguish the fire in their hearts, and they were now thinking about one thing, that is, Taiyuan.

When the marching soldiers heard Jiang Xiang's words, they immediately let out a shout, and the speed of the army's march was a little faster.

"The information given by the Heaven and Earth Society, there are only 4,000 people in Taiyuan City, we don't carry siege equipment, everyone talks about how to break the city!" Jiang Xiang watched the procession meandering forward, and suddenly turned around and asked the generals behind him.

Gao Ding grinned and said: "Dashuai, this is simple!" Let Wu Erniu cheat the city, as soon as we rush in, Taiyuan will be defeated! ”

Jiang Xiang laughed dumbly, and many generals behind him also laughed, this battle was inevitably too easy, so that they all had a feeling that the Manchu Qing Dynasty was nothing more than this, and their hearts were full of pride.

"Okay, that's it!" Jiang Xiang nodded happily, this was also his previous thought, "Go and call Wu Erniu!" ”

Not long after, Wu Erniu, who was opening the road in front, rode over on horseback and saluted: "The handsome call me!" ”

"Ben Shuai will give you a task, take your people, and give Ben Shuai to open the Taiyuan City Gate, after the matter is completed, you and your subordinates can save your lives and assets, and Ben Shuai will also give you a promotion!" Jiang Xiang held the reins with both hands and looked down at him.

Wu Erniu said in his heart, fortunately, he wisely voted for Jiang Xiang, if he said to Zhou Tiebin, if he died, his family would all be finished, he hurriedly saluted, "Obey the order, let's do it!" ”

At this time, Taiyuan City was completely unaware of the changes that had taken place in Datong, and did not know that Jiang Xiang's men and horses had arrived in Taiyuan, and the city gate was still very lively.

This kind of liveliness is not because of the prosperity of commerce, but because the rice and grain collected from all over the country were transported to Taiyuan by Zhuangding and then transported to the Nanyang front.

The Qing army was rampant in Shanxi, which hurt the vitality of the people, and the business was naturally hit, and the business could not be done, and even many Jin merchants complained.

At the city gate, it was drizzling, and more than a dozen soldiers hid on both sides of the gate, blocking most of the road in front of the city gate, leaving only a distance that a carriage could pass.

Mule carts and ox carts lined up in a long line in the drizzle, and several officials were inspecting and registering their vehicles to enter the city.

These dogs hid in the doorway and registered slowly, completely ignoring the people queuing up in the drizzle, obviously they could move the rejected horses out of the way, open more passages, and let the team enter the city quickly, but a few small officials would rather gossip against the wall and waste time than do something serious.

The government levied violently, the people had no surplus wealth in their hands, and the caravans that came to Taiyuan were also few, and the caravans were few, and the officers and soldiers guarding the gate were also less oil and water, so every time they encountered a caravan into the city, they would inevitably be slaughtered, and the merchants were slaughtered, so they naturally did not dare to come again, so a vicious circle was formed.

Up to now, the small merchants are almost extinct, and the big caravans have a background, and they dare not ask for money, so the oil and water of the city gate officials are getting less and less, and now they are simply all grain transportation teams requisitioned by the government, and they can't pull out a single hair, and the soldiers and small officials are naturally not motivated.

At this time, the Qing army at the city gate was there listlessly, but a group of cavalry in the distance galloped towards the city gate.

These people were wearing red cotton armor full of copper nails, riding tall horses, and rampaging on the official road, and the mud splashed by the horses' hooves splashed on the Minzhuang next to them, and the Minzhuang not only did not dare to leak their anger, but avoided it in horror.

"Boss! The flagger is coming, and it seems that there are hundreds of riders! One of the soldiers noticed the movement and hurriedly reported to the general who had his legs on the table and his back against his chair.

"Flagger?" The general was startled, hurriedly got up from his seat, and hurriedly looked out of the city, Wu Erniu had already led the cavalry to a hundred paces away.

This one always looked at the red armor Han flag, and he wondered for a while, he didn't think about Kaicheng, but asked loudly: "Which brother is in front?" ”

Wu Erniu didn't answer, galloped to the city gate with a cold face, but was blocked by the rejection of horses and queuing vehicles, he pulled the reins, the war horse neighed, and all the three hundred banners stopped.

"Come here!" Wu Erniu originally wanted to rush directly into the city, but he didn't want to be stopped by these things, and a wave of anger immediately rose in his heart.

Wu Erniu is the garrison of Taiyuan's Eight Banners, and the general manager came out of him at a glance, and hurriedly stepped forward, "My lord..."

"Smack!" With a sound, before the general words were finished, Wu Erniu whipped him in the face, as the former Eight Banners, he did this kind of thing a lot, and the whip was smooth and ruthless, and the general was stunned.

Wu Erniu finished pumping, looked at the innocent man covering his face, and couldn't help but glared angrily: "Are the people in the court asking you to bully the kind and not do anything?" You didn't see it when it rained, let the people line up in the rain, and let the dog eat it! If you don't let Lao Tzu move the rejection horse away, dredge the city gate, and wait for the governor to return to the city, you will block the city gate, can you afford it? ”

Wu Erniu's face was not red and his heart was not beating, and he said one after another with a clear conscience, but this always frightened him, and he hurriedly asked his subordinates to move the horses and vehicles away.

Wu Erniu saw that the city gate was passed, and immediately waved his hand, and three hundred cavalry galloped into the doorway.

Wu Erniu reined in his war horse and stopped on the street, and the moment he entered the city, all the tension was swept away.

At this time, on the field north of Taiyuan City, thousands of cavalry roared over, and the Datong soldiers who were all over the mountains behind them, they were wearing robes, holding knives and guns, and rushed towards Taiyuan in the drizzle.

On the city tower, the Taiyuan defenders who were hiding from the rain and gambling inside, heard the movement, pushed open the window, and saw this scene from a distance, and were immediately dumbfounded.

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