With a loud bang, the thousand-year-old Tongguan was wiped out in the explosion. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

The explosion blew the rammed earth into powder, and thousands of tons of rammed earth dust filled the air, so that the entire world was covered with yellow dust, and the dust had the feeling that it wanted to devour the heavens and the earth.

At the same time that the city wall of Tongguan was blown open, thousands of Taiping officers and soldiers poured into Tongguan like a swarm of bees, tearing and killing with the demons guarding the pass, and the sound of guns and shouts resounded in the yellow dust.

On the hillside in the distance, Willis, no, it should be said that Father Li Si, after coming to China, he has changed his name to "Li Si", in the past year and a half, he has been a priest in Henan missionary, in fact, the reason why he came to Henan, is also a coincidence, when he first arrived in Shanghai, and the church in Shanghai regarded the worship of God as a cult, he thought that since the other party believed in God and believed in Christ, then it meant that there was still room for "salvation", so he went to Tianjing, which was controlled by the Taiping army.

But in Tianjing, those "cultists" did not give him a chance to preach, by chance, he came to Henan as an engineer, in Henan by helping the Tianping Army to cast artillery, make weapons to gain Zeng Lichang's trust, to obtain the army and Henan missionary, through the treatment of soldiers' injuries, won the trust of soldiers, now at least 100,000 in his army have become his followers, and in Henan there are hundreds of thousands of believers.

As a priest and an engineer, under his guidance, it took only two days for the Taiping army to dig out the tunnel where gunpowder was placed and blow up this ancient fortress.

"Father Li, this time this king was able to successfully capture Tongguan, you have made a great contribution!"

Seeing that Tongguan had been breached, Zeng Lichang, who was in a good mood, said to Li Si.

"To be able to break through the Tong Pass, it all depends on the proper command of the prince and the courage of the soldiers of the heavenly kingdom!"

More than a year ago, when he first came to China, Li Si could not speak Chinese at all, but now he can not only speak fluent Henan dialect in the army and Henan missionaries, but also chat and talk with Zeng Lichang and other generals from Guangxi in Hakka.

"Haha, Father Li, you can learn Chinese politeness now!"

Zeng Lichang, who was in a good mood, pointed to the Shaanxi border west of Tongguan and said.

"Father Li, after this king conquers Xi'an, I will build you the largest church in China in Xi'an, and when the time comes, you will preach in this king's army and in the locality!"

When he threw this bait again, seeing the excitement in Li Si's foreigner's expression, Zeng Lichang was secretly proud in his heart, he knew very well that what this foreigner was thinking about was nothing more than to preach, and what he needed was for him to help him cast artillery and make muskets.

It's just a matter of taking what each other needs.

As for religious beliefs...... There are those who believe in Buddhism, those who believe in Taoism, and those who believe in Guanyin, but they didn't believe in God in the past, but now they just believe in a savior. No big deal.

As a believer, Zeng Lichang is not religious, and even in his army, there are not many pious believers, after all, the reason why those people joined the army is not because they believe in God, but because most of them are worthless bachelors, and after taking a city, they can rob it wantonly, as for that sect...... But it's just faith!

"Ahh Thank you, Lord Wang! ”

When Li Si bowed excitedly and thanked him, Zeng Lichang smiled.

"Don't thank you so early, let's wait until Xi'an is defeated!"

Tongguan is broken!

Just as Zhao Ziyu was riding on a horse, along the thousand-year-old road leading to Tongguan, leading five thousand regiments to reinforce Tongguan, the news of the fall of Tongguan came, after learning the news, Zhao Ziyu only felt that his eyes were dark, and he was dizzy for a while, and he secretly screamed in his heart.

Tongguan was taken by Changmao, which means that not only will the entire Shaanxi be taken by Changmao, but even the Zhao family may not be able to protect it, after all, when she was in Hankou, she had seen with her own eyes how Changmao "played the vanguard".

What to do?

"Brother Yunda, what should I do now?"

Nervous, Zhao Ziyu turned his attention to Zhang Zipeng, he is Zhang Yujie's brother, when he and Yujie fled Wuchang, he wrote to him deliberately, after receiving the letter, he had no intention of being in the thief camp and fled from Wuchang County with his family, and came to Shaanxi after several rounds.

"Tongguan is in danger, the gate of this pass is open, I'm afraid, I'm afraid this Shaanxi can't hold it!"

Zhao Ziyu said in a trance.

As a native of Shaanxi, she knows very well that without the natural danger of Tongguan, Shaanxi is naturally difficult to defend, and it has been the case for thousands of years.

"If Tongguan is lost, Guanzhong will definitely not be guarded."

Nodding, Zhang Zipeng picked up the teacup, took a sip slowly, then looked around and said:

"Since the Tongguan has been captured, then tens of thousands of long hairs are bound to pour into the pass, when the time comes, not only Xi'an is not guaranteed, this Weinan is the place where it must pass, with the jade leisure to train five thousand soldiers, not to say that it is Weinan, is the filial piety Zhao family, how can it be kept? How long can you keep it even if you go to guard? ”

"If you can't keep it, you have to keep it, otherwise the Zhao family's family business for several generations will definitely not be guaranteed......"

After pondering for a moment, Zhao Ziyu gritted his teeth and said.

"There will be brave men under the heavy reward, and when the time comes, Ziyu can only scatter his wealth to protect his family, why don't we withdraw to Weinan first, and raise troops in Weinan to ......"

"Oh! How much can be raised? 10,000, 20,000? How many days can the hastily recruited soldiers be able to stop it? ”

Zhang Zipeng looked at Zhao Ziyu and asked,

"Five days? Ten days? Or January?"

"This ......"

Faced with Zhang Zipeng's rhetorical question, Zhao Ziyu hurriedly put on a look of seeking advice.

"Please teach me Werder!"

For Zhao Ziyu, the nominal brother-in-law, Zhang Zipeng is always grateful, after all, he does not dislike his sister's background, and he also trusts himself, so he is naturally willing to help.

"Now the Tongguan Pass has been lost, unless we wait for many soldiers and generals, otherwise, we can't hold it."

Putting down the teacup, Zhang Zipeng looked at the map in front of him and said.

"If there are 30,000 elite soldiers and defend Xi'an, there is some hope. But we only have 2,000 soldiers, with these 2,000 soldiers alone, let alone Xi'an, even Weinan may not be able to hold it, after all, Henan Changmao has hundreds of thousands of soldiers, and this time into Shaanxi, its strength is probably not less than tens of thousands! ”

"Look, what now?"

Zhao Ziyu said earnestly.

"Brother Yunda, please do me a favor, after all, the Zhao family has been in Shaanxi for several generations."

Not only is the Zhao family's home also in Shaanxi now, isn't the Zhang family also in Shaanxi, if Shaanxi is occupied by bandits, won't his wife and children also be robbed? Do you want to escape back to Wuchang? How could the surnamed Zhu let himself go?

"Since you can't hold it, you might as well ......"

Thinking with a solemn face, Zhang Zipeng did not express his thoughts at the first time, but thought about the feasibility of that idea in his heart.

"How about it?"

Zhao Ziyu asked anxiously.

"I don't know if it's going to work!"

Zhang Zipeng's brows were tightly locked, and he said after a while.

"Now the enemy is strong and I am weak, the long hair has tens of thousands of soldiers, and I only have 5,000 soldiers, although it is still possible to fight according to the city, but how many days can I hold it?"

That's what he's worried about, he can't hold it, and he can't hold it for long.

"As for withdrawing to Xi'an, joining forces with Xi'an soldiers seems to be safe, but in fact it is ......"

Shaking his head, thinking of the county lord's action of surrendering when he heard the enemy when he was guarding Wuchang County, Zhang Zipeng's heart was suddenly annoyed, if it wasn't for his surrender to the enemy, how could the little sister ......

When that hatred swelled up in his heart, Zhang Zipeng even wanted to go into Hubei now, defeat Wuchang, pull the surnamed Zhu to Xiaomei's grave, and sacrifice his head to Xiaomei's spirit in the sky.

Of course, he knew it was just a thought!

After all, the one surnamed Zhu now has tens of thousands of troops in the three provinces. Not to mention himself, even if it is the imperial court, I am afraid that it will be difficult to exterminate it in the short term. Just think about it in your heart.

"Xi'an is a mixed city, in case someone colludes with Long Mao, when the time comes, I am afraid that it will be too late to regret it."

"In Brother Yunda's opinion, what should the younger brother do now?"

Zhao Ziyu looked at him seriously and asked, and then frowned again:

"This battle is not, is it not defended, is it difficult to escape? Where can I escape? ”

For the Manchu Qing Dynasty, Zhao Ziyu had no loyalty at all, and naturally had no intention of dying for it.

"Escape, you must escape, Yu Xian, you have to send someone to inform the family now, let them evacuate to Weibei first, and then it will really not be possible to enter Shanxi from there, Shanxi is quite calm, for a while, the long hair can't hit that ......"

After saying this, Zhang Zipeng picked up the tea bowl and said calmly.

"Since there are no worries at home, let's think about what to do next? How to defeat these long hairs! ”

Defeat Longhair!

Zhang Zipeng's words made Zhao Ziyu stunned, looked at him in surprise, and Zhao Ziyu spoke after a while.

"Werder, there are only five thousand of us!"

There are only 5,000 people, if there are 50,000 people, Zhao Ziyu believes that he can fight with Changmao, but now with 5,000 to tens of thousands, how is this possible?

Looking around, looking at the surrounding terrain, the terrain is extremely dangerous, looking at this terrain, Zhang Zipeng first nodded, then shook his head, and said to himself at the same time.

"No, this can't work?"

His brow furrowed suddenly,

"That's it, yes, how can you defeat Longhair?"

Frowning and thinking, Zhang Zipeng turned his gaze into the distance, he repeatedly thought about the possibilities in his heart, who said that the terrain here is dangerous, but it can be ambushed here, even if it is a heavy blow to a long hair, what can it do? How can they be worthy of entering Shaanxi? Suddenly, his eyes lit up.

"Block! Why block them? Why can't you ......?"

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What about the role of Zhao Ziyu? There is a hater, but he is one, how to say it? Very important role! (To be continued.) )