"The river flows south in the Guantong Jiguan Mountain, because it is called Tongguan. "Tongguan is the east gate of Guanzhong, has always been a place for soldiers to fight, ranking second in China's top ten famous passes, known as the reputation of "the first pass", the mountains on both sides of Tongguan are steep, the boulders are craggy, it is the road that must pass through the north and south for more than 100 miles, it can be said that it is a husband and a pass, and it is impossible to open.www.biquge.info For thousands of years, I don't know how many heroes have sighed for Tongguan, and I don't know how many heroes have achieved great martial arts.

At this time, once again, Tongguan, which had been silent for two hundred years, was once again shrouded in gunsmoke. Tens of thousands of Taiping troops camped several miles in front of Tongguan, and there was a momentum of capturing Tongguan in one fell swoop.

"The peaks and mountains are like gathering, the waves are like anger, and the mountains and rivers are on the surface of Tongguan Road. Looking at the western capital, he hesitated. Sad, the Qin and Han dynasties, the palace and thousands of rooms have been made of soil. Xing, the people suffer; Death, the people suffer. ”

Looking at the dilapidated Tongguan, with great interest, Liang Zuoshan couldn't help but memorize Zhang Yanghao's "Tong Caring for the Ancients", and when he read this poem, the broken Tongguan was filled with gunsmoke, and the cannon rumbled, after saying that, the Taiping army launched an attack on Tongguan again.

Take Tongguan!

At the end of last year, after the defeat of King Yu in the north of the Yellow River, Liang Zuoshan put forward a proposal after pondering and meditating in the face of the sudden increase in pressure from the north.

"Only by seizing Shaanxi can we gain a foothold!"

Liang Zuoshan, who knew that he didn't know how many people wanted to kill the king of Yu in Tianjing, knew very well that once the king of Yu and Henan were defeated, whether it was a side into Jiangsu or Anhui, it would be a dead end, as for Hubei, which was out of the Northern Expedition that year, how could the strong Han army let the hundreds of thousands of troops of King Yu withdraw?

Henan is the land of four wars.

At the beginning, Henan was forced to do so, and now the 10,000 foreign gun team trained by the imperial court is full of sharpness, and Liang Zuoshan naturally does not want to let King Yu block his edge, so entering Shaanxi has become the only choice.

While he was gathering his thoughts, a man walked up to him and greeted him with a smile.

"Mr. Liang is so interested!"

Looking back, it was Zeng Lichang, the king of Yu, who was standing next to him. He hurriedly prepared to kneel and salute. But Zeng Lichang helped him.

"Mr. Liang, there are no outsiders here, why do you need such a false courtesy between you and me!"

Although he held his arm, Liang Zuoshan still insisted on kneeling down and swallowed his head.

"The minister knocks to see the prince!"

"Hey, Lao Liang, you talk about you, you talk about you, you have to make this false ceremony! Hey......"

Although he said so, Zeng Lichang's heart was extremely comfortable, although if it was not for Liang Zuoshan's original plan, he would not only not be able to keep his head, but as for this King Yu, he didn't even have to think about it, but the most commendable thing about Liang Zuoshan was that he did not take credit, let alone have the slightest intention of taking credit.

is still as respectful to himself as in the past, the more Zeng Lichang trusts Liang Zuoshan, and it can even be said that he obeys her.

"The distinction between kings and ministers, etiquette cannot be abolished!"

Liang Zuoshan insisted, he knew very well that he knew very well that he didn't know how many heroes were ruined in this "gift of monarchs and ministers", and they couldn't put themselves in the right position, and there was more than one person who lost his head in the end.

"That's it, I can't talk about you."

Zeng Lichang shook his head, looking quite helpless.

"Yichuan, how long do you think it will take us to defeat this Shaanxi?"

Thinking of the battle with the Qing Demon's foreign gun team in Hebei last year, he Lichang can be said to have palpitations. Tens of thousands of troops were beaten by more than 10,000 foreign gun teams, but fortunately, they later used horse teams to severely damage the foreign gun team, otherwise, their heads might have been lost in Hebei.

The power of the Qing Demon Foreign Gun Team has been engraved in his mind since then. If it weren't for that, how could he have agreed immediately when Liang Zuoshan proposed to enter Shaanxi.

Laying down Shaanxi, there is always one more way out.

"How long will you fight!"

Liang Zuoshan's tone seemed very calm.

"In the past two years, we have been here to block the Qing Demon for Tianjing and Wuchang, so that they can't go south, but what have they given us? If it weren't for us, how would their lives be as comfortable as they are now? ”

Looking at Zeng Lichang, Liang Zuoshan said again.

"Lord Wang, you look at this Tongguan, it can be said that a husband is a pass, as long as you control this pass, you can live in the pass, and you can look down on the Central Plains in Tongguan, whether it is offensive or defensive, it will be in my hands!"

The reason why Shaanxi was chosen is because of Shaanxi's geographical advantages, Liang Zuoshan, who is familiar with history books, knows that back then, a very important reason why Qin was able to unify China was its geographical advantages, and the national border between Qin and Shandong was either a mountain or a big river, the Yellow River, the Qinling Mountains, and so on, these mountains and rivers are almost insurmountable natural barriers, "a thousand miles of Jincheng", "the country of four stops", all of which are Shaanxi. With such a geographical advantage, other countries must pay an extremely heavy price if they want to attack Qin. With such a geographical advantage, the Qin state could choose the best time to attack the Central Plains states. In the following hundreds of years, whether it was the Han or the Tang Dynasty, the unification of China was based on this geographical advantage!

In contrast, Henan is a land of four wars, and there is no danger to defend. What he needs to do now is to grasp this geographical advantage of Shaanxi in his hands, and be in a favorable position that can advance and retreat in the future.

"Okay, listen to you, Lao Liang, I'm a rough man, I don't know much, it's all up to you Lao Liang!"

Zeng Lichang had a smile on his face, but Liang Zuoshan, who was familiar with him, knew very well that this honest back was shrewdness that ordinary people could hardly achieve.

"Lord Wang, at most, the minister is a strategist, and this march and war still have to rely on the prince!"

"You......"

Zeng Lichang shook his head, just smiled, he naturally liked Liang Zuoshan's caution and caution, but he also had a sense of precaution.

"Lao Liang, you said, we have conquered Shaanxi, when the time comes, how will we explain to the south? The foreign guns, medicines, and cannons we use are all pointing to the south! ”

Zeng Lichang knew that it was not Tianjing, he was referring to Wuchang, in the past two years, he relied on tens of thousands of foreign guns and hundreds of foreign cannons bought from Wuchang, he sat firmly in Henan, defeated most of Henan, and had 400,000 troops.

Why is Wuchang willing to sell foreign guns and cannons to him? In addition to the silver, isn't it because they are blocking the demons for him in the north!

"Let's just withdraw, when the time comes, if the south side is angry and breaks our gunpowder and foreign guns, what will we do then?"

Compared with the East King of Tianjing, Zeng Lichang is more worried about the one in Wuchang, who said that he is not the prince, but he can't do without him on his side.

"Lord Wang, haven't you already made a plan!"

Liang Zuoshan's eyes narrowed.

"Give Henan to him when we leave! He has occupied Nanyang Mansion for two years, and I am afraid that he may not be willing to let the Qing Demon occupy Henan, and ......"

Liang Zuoshan suppressed his voice slightly and whispered.

"When we arrived in Shaanxi, we couldn't do without Wuchang, there were more returns in the northwest, what we did in Henan, those people can remember it, if there are no foreign guns and cannons, how to clean them ......up."

Liang Zuoshan's casual words made Zeng Lichang's brows lock sharply, isn't it, in order to gain a foothold in Henan, people did not kill less, Qing demons are demons, and those who don't want to believe in Heavenly Father are demons among demons!

When it comes to killing demons, he has never been soft.

Unlike other people who believe in God's religion, for Zeng Lichang, faith is just a tool, just like he accurately Father Li preached in the army, and even built a cathedral for him in Kaifeng, the purpose of which is very simple, that is, to borrow the power of Father Li - that Father Li is a foreigner who can make foreign guns and cannons.

For such people, it is natural to reuse, as for the missionary - Father Li also worships God, besides, Zeng Lichang is also happy to see him preach in the army, so as to offset the influence of the Heavenly King's side on the team. He was even appointed bishop in the military. It is precisely because of this that Zeng Lichang's soldiers believed in mostly Christianity, unlike the God-worshipping religion in Tianjing, which was regarded as a "cult" by Westerners. However, Zeng Lichang did not know that for Westerners, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is also a "cult", at least to some extent.

"What Yichuan said is extremely true, and what he said is extremely ......"

Zeng Lichang nodded again and again, and finally sighed.

"Hey, when we take down Xi'an, no matter what, we have to buy machines to make foreign guns and cannons, as Father Li said, as well as foreign gunpowder, Wuchang's things are so expensive, just buying them is definitely not a way!"

Because there is a foreigner "bishop", Zeng Lichang naturally knows the price of foreign guns, and he also knows that the things that Wuchang sells to him are more than ten times more profitable, but he has no way, after all, Henan is not near the sea.

"I heard that those big families in Shaanxi are so fat that they are oily, and when the time comes, we will beat their pioneers, so naturally we don't have to worry about the silver......"

"What the prince said is extremely true, those people earn all black money."

Liang Zuoshan, who has dealt with Shaanxi businessmen a lot, has this sigh for a very simple reason - in the past two years, those Shaanxi businessmen have increased the price of horses and salt several times.

"Let them earn it for us first, why don't you keep it and kill the pigs when they are fattened!"

Zeng Lichang laughed and laughed, and after laughing, he pretended to be mysterious.

"But, Lao Liang, actually, Father Li told me just now that at most tomorrow, tomorrow will be able to dig the tunnel, and then ......."

His eyes narrowed, as if he had seen the explosion of the city wall of the capital division back then, and he stared at Tongguan in the distance and said.

"As long as a few thousand catties of gunpowder, you can blow up this Tongguan!"

When he said this, he suddenly turned his head to look at Liang Zuoshan, who was a little surprised, and said with some doubts.

"Lao Liang, you said that we can blow up Tongguan City, will the Qing demon draw a scoop in the future? Learn from us to blow up Tongguan like this. ”

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