Chapter 252: The Blood of the Sword Gate
Historically, the Gansu Hui uprising occurred in March of the sixth year of Shunzhi, that is, in 1648 AD, and there was still a year before Wang Huan was in the era in which he was now******. The slogan of "opposing the Qing Dynasty and restoring the Ming Dynasty" is opposed according to Ganzhou.
Gansu and Shanxi made a mess, so that the Qing court had a big headache, fortunately at that time Sichuan had been decided, Shaanxi was stable, Shaanxi Governor Meng Qiaofang raised the Sichuan and Shaanxi troops, the east to strictly prevent Jiang Jiu from violating the border, the west of the heavy army to encircle and suppress the Gansu rebels, it took a year to force the rebels who occupied almost the entire territory of Gansu to Suzhou, and finally captured Ding Guodong alive, Ling Chi was executed.
Wang Huan was familiar with this period of history, and in order to mobilize all the anti-Qing forces that could be united as much as possible, he took the initiative to contact the second general Ding Mi. At this time, Gansu has begun to implement the shaving order, the contradiction between the Qing court and the Hui people has gradually deepened, although it has not yet reached the last moment of turning face, but the raging fire has already been ignited, Gansu Governor Zhang Wenheng and many generals are very deep in their hearts, and the dissatisfaction with the Qing court is getting bigger and bigger, and Ding Guodong and Mi Layin did not dare to do it in history, until they were forced to raise troops in a hurry, but it was just taken by the Qing court's armed forces, afraid that once the incident was alone.
Now the situation is different, Sichuan fell into the hands of Wang Huan, which is equivalent to the Ming court recaptured Shuzhong, once Hanzhong changed hands again, then Gansu Longxi and Sichuan Hanzhong are connected, no longer just relying on the northwest corner to face the two provinces of Sichuan and Shaanxi, when the time comes, as long as you hold the Qinling Mountains, resist the Qing army from the east, it will be much easier.
On the one hand, it is true that the idea of the Ming Dynasty surrendering to recognize the ancestors and return to the ancestors is deep-rooted, on the other hand, the Qing court's hair shaving order also has a role in fueling the fire.
Therefore, for the shaving order, Wang Huan hated and loved, this self-mutilating act of the Qing court's death, pushed a large number of former Ming court officials to the opposite side of the Qing court, and pushed them into his own arms, shaving his head and growing his hair was like a watershed, clearly screening out those who had the courage to resist the Qing court, and continuously providing Wang Huan with available talents.
At this moment, Wang Huan's words fell, Ding Mi and the two of them were full of excitement, so excited that they couldn't help themselves, and stood up at the same time, Mi Layin was strong, and his movements were too violent, and he almost knocked over the table, and he couldn't care about it, and said in unison with Ding Guodong: "The last general is all up to the orders of the adults!" ”
Mi Layin's fat face turned red, and his tongue swirled a little because of happiness, and he clasped his hands into fists and said loudly: "My lord doesn't know that it was a last resort to clear the two of them at the beginning. Remembering the thief when the road, Gansu has not yet opened the province, the territory belongs to Shaanxi and Hamiwei, the end of the two of them for a long time in Hami, and the thief is not incompatible, even if the thief is big, he is not afraid, and he has fought several battles, to keep the Hami side safe, and then the thief broke the capital, the first emperor martyred, and then the Tartar entered the customs, Shaanxi changed the sky overnight, the thief army collapsed, the thief died in Jiugong Mountain, the end of the two people lived outside the plug, the news was blocked, and it took a long time to learn, thinking that the world fell into the hands of the Tartars, sighing in the way of heaven, I surrendered the Tartars, and I knew that there was still an adult in the middle of the river, and the last general would definitely not surrender. ”
After he finished saying this large paragraph, Ding Guodong was not reconciled, and said with red eyes: "That's right, if General Wang went north earlier, I don't know how many old people of the Ming Dynasty greeted him with tears, don't worry, General Mi and I will go back tomorrow, and we will definitely live up to the trust of the adults, gather the people to raise troops, and ask the adults to report to the court. ”
These words are very touching, the people who return to the outside of the Saiwai are often the disdainful Diyi clan of the Han family, but they can keep the righteousness and be loyal, only these two people, they are better than the children of the wealthy families in the Central Plains and Jiangnan who have been reading the sages and sages for many generations and shouting every day to sacrifice their lives to take righteousness and serve the country, the Qing army chased the Central Plains and entered the south of the Kou Jiangnan, all the way like a bamboo, and even the decent resistance did not encounter a few places, and the warlord generals with tens of thousands and hundreds of thousands of troops collapsed in a battle, and surrendered as soon as they collapsed, and the tens of millions of military salaries in the flowers and mountains were like feeding dogs, and they didn't even splash when they were thrown into the water.
Zu Bian heard this, and regardless of Wang Huan's presence, he slammed the table with one fist, splashed the cups and plates with a "bump", stood up hard, and yelled at Ding Mi Er: "Okay!" Just the word "loyal soul" for the two of you, you deserve to be looked up to by my ancestors! Don't worry, my family's chief soldier hates Tartars the most in his life, and he must ......"
Before he finished speaking, Ma Long pulled him down with a gloomy face and pressed him on the stool, and the generals sitting next to him also looked at him with an uneasy expression, and a few words were written between his eyebrows: It's too reckless! Lord Wang is still sitting still, what are you doing?
Zu Bian was stunned by Ma Long's heart, suddenly came back to his senses, his expression became flustered, he peeked at Wang Huan with a smile, and saw that Wang Huan did not look displeased, so he secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
was beaten by Zu Bian for such a time, but Wang Huan smiled faintly and said disapprerovitically: "Zu Bian is right, the two of you can rest assured, the general will definitely show the court and show the loyalty of the two generals." ”
The second general Ding Mi was overjoyed, and hurriedly made another statement, Wang Huan smiled and waited for them to stop, then beckoned them to sit down, and then pushed the wine bowl, and said solemnly: "Next, I will tell the two generals how to do it." ”
Hearing what he said, there were not only two generals here, but everyone pricked up their ears at the same time, stretched their necks, and listened attentively.
Ma Wannian took the guards and guarded the surrounding of the open space, vigilantly not letting others approach, and even the returning people who served the food were not allowed to go over for the time being.
The mountain breeze in the valley is light, the mountain flowers are dazzling, the fragrance is fragrant, it is refreshing in the night, and it makes people intoxicated.
Thousands of miles away, at the Sword Gate Pass, it was a different scene.
The smell of blood was overflowing, and the stench of corpses was so strong that it could be smelled for miles inside and outside the valley.
The Qing army has been outside the Jianmen Pass for nearly half a month.
I haven't even touched the walls of the Sword Gate Pass.
The plank road under the city is too steep and narrow, the shield car used by the Qing army in the past can not be advanced at all, the heavy shield car is very heavy, can not be pushed in this slope place, the light shield car can barely push up, but can not withstand the stone blow that rolls down along the mountain, those stones are as big as a rock, smashed on the bluestone slab ground are a pit, ordinary wooden board cowhide can not be blocked at all, a smash a sloppy rotten.
The Qing army organized a charge of dead soldiers, but hundreds of dead soldiers, but limited by the terrain, could only be four or five people in a row, shouting and rushing upward, and the rest of the people also lined up in a row of four or five people to follow behind, just like a very formed phalanx, dense charge.
For the defenders, this is great.
The dead men were carrying huge shields, which were more than a foot thick, almost like a large tree, sawed off and equipped with a handle, and cut one side flat with an axe, and no arrow could shoot through it.
However, the Ming army on the pass did not use arrows.
And they threw stones, and they were still very big stones, round stones, and they could roll faster and farther down the hillside.
It's like bowling, a roll is a bloody road, and a roll is a corpse.
The trees under the Jianmen Gate had long been cut down by the Ming army, and the stones rolled up without hindrance, except for the occasional jump when they hit the human body, there was almost nothing to stop them.
The Qing army could not expect the Ming army to run out of stones, and around the Jianmen Pass, there was no shortage of mountains, and the stones on the mountains were inexhaustible.
Haoge was almost crazy, and several times he held the golden knife given to him by Huang Taiji to charge in person, but he was hugged by Ao Bai and others, and he gave up after desperate persuasion.
And Wu Sangui's red-clothed cannon is still far away, and Su Le, who went to Hanzhong, has not seen good news for a long time.
Someone came to offer another suggestion, suggesting a step-by-step tactic, building a stone wall along the plank road at the bottom of the mountain, and building it step by step towards the mountain until it approached the bottom of the gate, and then blowing up the gate with gunpowder.
This method has been used many times by the Qing army, and many large cities have been breached in this way, and both Haoge and Aobai feel that it is feasible, so they do it.
The plank road between the valleys is narrow, and the stone walls do not require much effort, and the degree of solidity is very high, and they are not afraid of stones.
Hauge was delighted and rewarded the person who offered the idea.
It's okay now, everyone thinks.
The Ming army watched the Qing army build a wall, but there was no reaction, and it seemed that there was no way to deal with it, which made the Qing army overjoyed.
I just didn't notice that the water potential of the small river flowing down the side of Guancheng was suddenly much smaller.
The first stone wall was built nearly a mile away from the gate, where the strength of the stones dropped on the gate was basically exhausted, and the process of building the wall was very safe.
When the stone wall was built, and the Qing soldiers began to move forward with confidence, ready to build the second stone wall, something happened.
Suddenly rushed down a torrent of water from the gate, rushed straight down the mountain, soaked the Qing soldiers under the mountain in it, not only broke the stone wall, but also drowned countless Qing soldiers, the Qing soldiers were basically not good at swimming, in the face of the mountain flood, there was no hope of survival.
Hauge stood far away, and when he saw the flood and the corpse of the Eight Banners floating in front of him, he ordered with a blank face to cut off the head of the donor.
At this time, it has entered the summer, the water in Shuzhong is sufficient, the rainfall is frequent, the Jianmen Pass is dry on one side, and the waterway on one side, as long as the waterway gate is closed, the water is stored for half a day, and then the gate is suddenly opened to release water, which is enough for the Qing soldiers under the mountain to drink a pot.
At this time, it would be too stupid if Hauge and the others had not yet recognized the fact that they could not break the level.