At the time of the third watch, the camp of the righteous army in Niangzi Pass was already dark, and it was silent, except for the occasional soldier with a torch and a spear, walking through the camp and inspecting the camp.

This is the main camp of the Middle Route Army, Jiang Xiang personally led 20,000 Datong elite soldiers and 20,000 righteous troops stationed here, and opposite him, is the camp of the Qing army, and the two sides have been tugging at Niangzi Pass for nearly three months.

Although Dolgon urged Lou Qin to attack the pass, the Qing army suffered nearly 10,000 casualties, but it was never able to break through the Niangzi Pass.

It was only the middle of the night, and most of the soldiers were asleep, and the camp would not slowly move until after the fifth watch, when the fire head camp got up and prepared for breakfast.

At this moment, in the dark night, a rapid sound of horses' hooves suddenly came in the distance.

The guards at the camp gate heard the sound, and immediately woke up with torches, picked up their spears and gathered in front of the horses, and after a while, they saw several cavalrymen each with two war horses, galloping with torches, and the first person was Hu Weizong, who was far away, and shouted loudly: "Open the camp gate, there are 100,000 urgent military information!" ”

The hundred households at the gate of the camp saw that there were only seven or eight cavalrymen, so they waved their hands busily, so that their subordinates slowly moved away from the horses, and the cavalry galloped to the front of the camp.

Several people walked all the way to Jiang Xiang's tent, but were stopped by the soldiers guarding the tent, Hu Weizong said in a deep voice: "Emergency military situation, immediately go and inform the Duke of Jin!" ”

Jiang Xiang, as the leader of the Shanxi Anti-Qing League, can be said to have every day to manage every day, he has been busy until the third watch, and he has not slept for half an hour, and now he is sleeping sweetly, usually waiting for the fifth watch to get up, and no one usually dares to disturb his sleep.

However, Jiang Xiang's personal guards knew Hu Weizong and knew that he was actually the prison army sent to Jiang Xiang by the King of Chu, so he didn't dare to slack off. Guogong! ”

Jiang Xiang opened a pair of blood-red eyes and stared at Baihu, with a restless look on his face, "What's the matter?" Is it dawn? ”

Commanding the entire Shanxi rebel army to fight against the Qing army is a very laborious thing, plus Jiang Xiang's ability is somewhat insufficient, he has to deal with Dolgon and several Qing troops, he is really very difficult!

In terms of talent, he was somewhat deficient, so he could only spend more time fighting against the Manchus.

During this period of time, Jiang Xiang can be said to be very hard, and if people can't get rest, they are easy to become irritable.

Baihu was startled by Jiang Xiang's eyes, and suddenly remembered the allusion of "I killed people in my dream", and hurriedly said: "Guogong, it was Lord Hu who came, saying that there was an urgent military report." ”

Hearing that Hu Weizong personally brought emergency military information, Jiang Xiang suddenly sat up in shock and hurriedly asked, "What emergency military situation?" ”

Could it be that something happened in the north or the south, Jiang Xiang was more inclined to the south, because Kong Youde and Wakda had 60,000 elite soldiers, and they besieged Lu'an for two months, and Wanlian tried to rush into Lu'an several times to support Gao Ding, but they were unsuccessful, but suffered heavy losses.

For Hu Weizong to come overnight, something big must have happened, could it be that the Qing army really broke Lu'an, which made Jiang Xiang's heart tighten, but he didn't panic, because he had already told Wan Lian that if Lu'an was broken by the Qing army, he would be the second line of defense in the south, and let him block the Qing army in Xiangyuan.

"I don't know what I do, but Lord Hu came over overnight and looked very anxious!"

Jiang Xiang's heart tightened, and he hurriedly got up and dressed, and Baihu lit all the wax in the tent, and listened to Jiang Xiang say: "Please come in!" ”

Hu Weizong was pacing back and forth outside the tent, listened to the shouts of hundreds of households, and immediately lifted the curtain and walked into the big tent, he didn't wait for Jiang Xiang to ask, and said directly: "Guogong, the Jin army attacked Pujin Pass, Puzhou, Jiezhou, Jiangzhou, Pingyang Jinnan four prefectures have all lowered gold, Haoge led 40,000 troops to Huozhou, only four hundred miles away from Taiyuan, if the Baizhang Department can't stop the Jin army, then the Jin army will kill Taiyuan in seven or eight days!" ”

The Jin army is different from the Qing army, first of all, they all have hair, including the full soldiers under Haoge, most of them also have hair, which makes the rebels not have much hatred for the Jin army.

In addition to the gentry and common people in the north, they are not too nostalgic for the Ming Dynasty, they just hate the Manchu Qing, when the Jin State, the Sinicized regime, entered Shanxi, they just promised not to slaughter the city or plunder, and many places in the south of Jin surrendered without a fight.

In addition, the lack of troops of the righteous army in southern Jin also enabled the Jin army to drive straight in, and before Jiang Xiang could react, it hit Huozhou.

Jiang Xiang had already planned for the worst, thinking that Lu'an had fallen, but he didn't expect that the situation would be worse than he thought.

Lu'an fell, he was prepared again, and naturally did not panic, but the Jin army suddenly entered Shanxi, but he had no defense and no means to deal with it.

Jiang Xiang suddenly thundered like five thunders, his legs were weak, his body took two steps back, and knocked over the handsome case, Hu Weizong's hands were fast, he grabbed it in one step, and supported Jiang Xiang, "Guogong, steady!" ”

The Shanxi Righteous Army dealt with the Qing army, but they were all reluctant and somewhat unbearable.

At this time, the Jin army suddenly stabbed him from behind, and his entire defense system appeared a big hole in the back, and the Jin army was like a sharp sword, stabbing directly at the heart of the righteous army, Taiyuan, and Jiang Xiang's defense would immediately collapse.

Hu Weizong helped Jiang Xiang to sit down, Jiang Xiang lost his mind for a long time, and suddenly said with red eyes: "How did you lose Pujin Pass, and why did you come to Huozhou to tell you?" ”

If he had known earlier, or if Pujin Pass could resist for a while, he would have been able to transfer troops to fortify, but now that he has reached Huozhou, it will be too late to transfer troops.

"I don't know very well, it should be what strategy the Jin army used to quickly take Pujin Pass, and when we react, they have already killed Huozhou."

When Jiang Xiang heard this, he sighed, regretting it in his heart, if he had put more people to guard against Jin Guo, the situation would not have been so bad.

After he sighed, thinking about his current situation, he suddenly grabbed Hu Weizong and asked: "Chief helmsman, when will the king of Chu send troops, you can't see death and not save it!" ”

Jin and Qing joined forces to extinguish Shanxi, and Jiang Xiang naturally knew that he was not an opponent, so he lost his temper for a while.

Seeing this, Hu Weizong hurriedly said: "Don't worry, I have already sent someone to inform the imperial court, and His Royal Highness the King of Chu will definitely not sit idly by." ”

Jiang Xiang heard that Hu Weizong had sent someone to see Wang Yan, and he was a little relieved, but when he thought of the situation in front of him, he had a headache again!

The crisis in Lu'an has not been resolved, and the Jin army is pointing directly at Taiyuan, and he is now suffering from the enemy on his back and making a decision.

Hu Weizong saw that Jiang Xiang was undecided, and immediately spoke: "Guogong, I have discussed with Li Fantai, and I think Taiyuan should be protected first!" ”

Jiang Xiang reacted, "The chief helmsman wants me to withdraw my troops from Niangzi Pass, so won't the Qing army also rush into Shanxi?" ”

"Our supplies and money and grain, are in Taiyuan, now the transfer is not in a hurry, if Taiyuan is lost, the morale of the Shanxi righteous army will inevitably be greatly discharged, and the Guogong loses Taiyuan's money and food, and the army can not last long!" Hu Weizong said seriously: "Guogong, withdraw the troops immediately!" If the Jin army takes Taiyuan, and then attacks the back of the Guogong and the Qing army on both sides, the Guogong will suffer a big defeat! ”

Jiang Xiang calmed down, "It's to withdraw to Taiyuan!" However, his face was full of hesitation, and he continued: "But in this way, I will inevitably be trapped in the lonely city, and when the time comes, I can only wait for the King of Chu to come to rescue!" ”

Once Jiang Xiang withdrew his troops from Niangzi Pass and the Qing army entered Shanxi, he would be completely passive and could only sit in the city, and his fate would be in the hands of others.

"Don't Guogong trust the King of Chu?" Hu Weizong saw that Jiang Xiang was reluctant, and was a little unhappy, and said in a deep voice: "Guogong can rest assured, within March, the king of Chu will definitely send troops." ”

He paused, and then said: "Besides, Taiyuan is not an isolated city, the cities of Datong, Xuanhua, and Lu'an are all in our hands, as long as Guogong holds Taiyuan, there will be no large-scale surrender in other cities." ”

Jiang Xiang finally nodded after hearing this, Taiyuan City is big, there is money and food, and it is better for him to withdraw to Taiyuan than to wait for the Jin army to occupy Taiyuan, and then attack him inside and outside the Qing army.

It was night, only four watches, and the sleeping camp of the righteous army came to life, and the soldiers packed their bags, abandoned their baggage, and rushed to Taiyuan overnight.

(Tanabata, I wish you all a happy day)

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