Meng Qiaofang, the governor of Shaanxi Province in the Qing Dynasty, had a very bad sleep quality during this time, and was often awakened by a dead dream in the middle of the night, shouting: "The thief army is coming!" He got up in a hurry, so shocked that his wives and concubines didn't dare to sleep, and watched him stay awake all night in a circle in the room, with a sad face.

I can't help but worry about it, since he sat in the position of governor of Shaanxi as the Han army Wuzhen Chao Harbin Battalion two banners Melle Zhangjing, he has not been born in peace, Meng Qiaofang was appointed in the second year of Shunzhi, at the beginning of his tenure, he was in Guanzhong and the crowd was continuous, Li Zicheng was scattered as thieves, almost all over the entire territory of Shaanxi, these thieves came in groups of three or five, dozens of small people, thousands of large people, roaring, plundering and leaving, gathering crowds for trouble, and even dared to attack the county seat, intercepting and killing the Qing court military supplies, extremely arrogant. Meng Qiaofang spent a lot of effort to mobilize the troops of the Eight Banners Han Army, and finally suppressed the thieves in the territory, and it didn't stop for long, Xi'an had a demon Hu Shoulong's rebellion, bewitching tens of thousands of people in the city, making noise and noise, intending to rebel, fortunately, it was found in time, Meng Qiaofang made a quick decision, grabbed Hu Shoulong and others as the leader, hung his head in the four gates, and dissipated a civil uprising invisibly.

But then, He Zhen reversed again, and a full 70,000 rebel soldiers and horses circled around his Xi'an town, as if they could besiege and attack the city at any time, making Meng Qiaofang so nervous that he ate and lived on the city tower for half a month, and he didn't dare to go home.

Fortunately, Tan Bai and Ma Lashi returned in time, and the 40,000 army drove the rebels to the north of Sichuan with a thunderous force, relieved the siege of Xi'an, and relieved him that he was able to free up his hands to concentrate on the important task of collecting grain and grass and supplying the Haoge army, but unexpectedly, a Ming army suddenly killed from the Yinping Road, unexpectedly captured Hanzhong, and killed the Hanzhong guards, burned the grain and grass accumulated in the city, and cut off the food route of the Haoge army.

This is more upsetting than He Zhen's siege, Haoge was ordered by the emperor to recover Sichuan, if he didn't do his errand well, so that Haoge was forced by hunger and returned in vain, then his Meng Qiaofang's sin would be greater, and the demotion and reduction of his post would be light, and the heavy Meng Qiaofang would not dare to think about it.

So Meng Qiaofang rushed to raise grain and grass, looted the counties, and in just five days, collected another 10,000 stone of grain, plus 10,000 stone accumulated in the Xi'an warehouse, a total of 20,000 stone of grain was loaded into the car, and sent Chen De and Ren Zhen, deputy generals of the Han army, to lead 2,000 troops to send grain to Hanzhong.

Xi'an is far away from Hanzhong, but more than 500 miles, through the Qinling Mountains that is, the official road along the Weishui to Chencang City out of the pass, all the way to the west, this is the famous Chencang Road in history, although compared to the meridian road in the east, the slope valley road is farther, but the road is flat and easy to walk, so since the end of the Ming Dynasty, it is the best road in Hanzhong from Xi'an, and it is also the most commonly used road for merchants and merchants.

Meng Qiaofang's grain truck chose to go to Hanzhong from this road.

To the east of Hanzhong, it is more peaceful than the west, there is no large bandit rebellion, and He Zhen's rebels are firmly confined to the Ankang area, and there is no possibility of breaking in, so although Chen De and Ren Zhen did not bring many soldiers, they were not very worried.

What's more, Hanzhong Malashi also sent 2,000 men and horses to respond, and their army did not have much food and grass, and they were also in urgent need of follow-up supplies.

The people on both sides agreed to meet at the exit of Chencang Road, and there were reinforcements from Hanzhong to echo, this trip to transport grain was more secure, Meng Qiaofang's worried heart finally settled, and after seeing the long line of grain trucks disappear on the official road outside the city, he went back to the governor's yamen to raise grain and grass for the next trip.

Along the Weishui all the way to the west, Chen De and others trekked along the official road built along the river, not a few days, they arrived at Chencang City, rested here for a day, the team set off again, the next day arrived at the Dasanguan, so far, the scenery along the way has changed, from the beautiful water and sky to the majestic mountains, the majestic mountain of the Qinling Mountains is coming, the original straight official road also follows the mountain, becomes tortuous and bending, the slope is undulating, and it is more difficult to walk.

Dasanguan is the eastern pass of Chencang Road, guarded by Qing soldiers, checking passing pedestrians and merchants, and the west exit of Fengxian on the other side of the Qinling Mountains is also garrisoned by Qing soldiers, and Malahi's reinforcements are waiting in Feng County. As long as you pass through the Qinling Mountains and walk through three hundred miles of mountain roads, the two roads are combined into one road, with a total of 4,000 soldiers of the Eight Banners, which is enough to deal with the possible Ming army wandering near Hanzhong.

The weather in June, there is already some heat, but the Qinling Mountains are high, but it is not hot, the cool breeze in the mountains, the shadows of the trees are swaying, very comfortable, the eight banners of the Han army are all Han people in Liaodong, accustomed to the bitter cold outside the pass, where have seen such scenery, have shouted comfortable, full of interest, even the Nikan slaves who drove the car to carry the burden, were blown on the body by the mountain wind, as if the exhaustion was blown away, they were much easier, and walked up very briskly, more than 300 miles of mountain roads, although they climbed the slopes and were hard and tired, but under the efforts of everyone, less than ten days, It was Kankan who walked to the edge of Feng County.

Seeing that the undulating mountains have gradually been left behind, and the continuous high hills and mountains have gradually flattened, Chen De and Ren Zhen's hearts are becoming more and more stable and optimistic, they are not afraid of encountering enemy troops such as the Ming army in this ravine, but they are worried about the bandits and bandits hiding in the mountains, these thieves who rely on the mountains are the best at digging up the road and then robbing the blocked merchants, although they can be easily killed, but it is very troublesome to be cut off the road, after all, Meng Qiaofang warned them when he left, these grains and grass are in a hurry, Delayed Prince Su thundered and was furious, and a few heads were not enough to cut off.

Fortunately, the road is safe, there are more than ten miles ahead, you can get out of this valley, everyone's hearts are steady, there are five hundred Han troops stationed in Fengxian, and there are people and horses in Hanzhong, which is enough to ensure safety.

Adjutant General Chen De, born in the army, the former deputy general of Shanxi Town, Ming Ting, is a person of temperament, likes to drink and listen to music, prostitutes pick flowers, at this time the road is smooth, the mood is comfortable, riding on a horse and looking around, consciously everything is under control, can't help humming in the nostrils, and humming a small song.

Such a rough person, naturally can't sing any elegant tunes, a song "**** hummed a tune that ran for several miles, and others could hardly distinguish what he was singing in his pig-like voice, but he himself was leisurely, shaking his head and closing his eyes to himself, and even his own long knife was thrown to the soldiers to hold it on his behalf.

The deputy general Ren Zhen walked behind to press the formation, although he was not as boring as Chen De, but he was also relieved, and he was full of thoughts about waiting for the completion of this errand, and took his brothers to the nearby city to search for it, and he couldn't go in vain.

Just as he was pondering, he heard a commotion in front of him, someone shouted in horror, and the orderly procession suddenly became chaotic.

Ren Zhen's heart jumped, and he hurriedly looked up, only to see that on the official road ahead, a group of people and slaves were running in all directions, and there were their own soldiers rushing forward with weapons.

"What's going on?" Ren Zhen knew that something was wrong, sat up straight on the horse, and shouted loudly, while lifting a huge mountain-opening axe on his back into his hand.

"Those who kneel down and surrender will not be killed!" Before anyone could answer him, countless shouts sounded not far behind Ren Zhen, all with the flavor of the Sichuan dialect: "The Kuizhou army will not kill those who surrender!" ”

With shouts, from the seemingly steep mountain behind him, many ape-like soldiers dressed in white robes and armed with crossbows rushed out, all of them fierce and vicious, as if urging Yama to rush over.