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Above the Jiuli Pass, as another group of Qing patrols patrolled over the pass, the group of southern troops who sneaked in disappeared without a trace.

It wasn't until after these Qing troops left that a pair of hands suddenly appeared at the bottom of the pass, and as these hands appeared on the pass, the middle-aged man and his men reappeared on the pass.

Speaking of the scene just now, it was also extremely thrilling, seeing that these Qing troops were about to turn a corner, their own group would be exposed, making the plan a complete failure.

At this critical moment, the leading strong man suddenly found that there were many protruding places on the wall below this pass, as long as the place to climb was appropriate, it was not a problem for people to hang on the wall, and the middle-aged man immediately made a gesture.

Subsequently, all the soldiers of the Northern Army learned from the gourd paintings, and hung them on the wall under the pass one by one, and the Qing army naturally would not find them after patrolling.

After the Qing army passed, these northern troops turned over again, although this plan can avoid the patrol of the Qing army, but if a soldier accidentally falls from the pass, it will inevitably be discovered by the Qing army.

Fortunately, there were no accidents this time, and it perfectly escaped the patrol of the Qing army.

In the following time, the Northern Army secretly blackmailed all the sentry posts above the pass, and replaced all the Qing army sentry personnel with their own side.

The corpses of the Manchu soldiers were all thrown down the pass, and in the shadows below the pass, all that remained was to deal with the two columns of Qing troops patrolling back and forth.

It was naturally a very simple matter to deal with these two columns of Qing troops patrolling back and forth, and the Qing troops patrolling only had a total of 24 people, and they were divided into two teams, and one team was only 12 people.

The Qing soldiers who eliminated these two groups only used a very simple method, and when these Qing soldiers patrolled to a certain whistle that would be attacked, the northern army disguised as the Qing army asked for a fire or something.

First attract the attention of these Qing patrol soldiers from the front, and then the soldiers who were ambushed in the shadows behind them secretly attacked, and soon the two teams of Manchu soldiers who were responsible for patrolling the pass disappeared into this world, and were replaced by all soldiers of the Northern Army.

"Captain, we've completed our mission now, it's time to signal."

After taking the pass of Jiuli Pass, a soldier below said to the middle-aged man who took the lead.

After listening to the words of the soldiers under his hand, the middle-aged man immediately nodded, and then the cry of night crows sounded in the direction of Jiuli Pass.

Different from the usual night crow's call, this time the call was intermittent, a total of three times, each time three more calls, according to the agreed frequency represents the meaning that the Jiuli Pass has fallen into the hand.

Duan Qirui and the others, who had been waiting for a long time, immediately said to Liu Wangzhen after hearing such a voice.

"I didn't expect that Brother Liu's plan this time was really successful."

Liu Wangzhen's plan was very simple, that is, to send the 141 task force up and take the pass of Jiuli Pass under the cover of night.

As an officer who had participated in the training and selection of Task Force 141, Liu Wangling naturally had some understanding of the capabilities of Task Force 141, otherwise he would not have suggested sending Task Force 141.

After Duan Qirui's side got the news, he immediately issued an order to prepare for an attack, and after Duan Qirui's side issued an order to attack.

At the pass of Jiuli Pass, at this moment, the Manchu soldiers behind the big switch of the pass did not know that the pass had fallen, most of the soldiers in the barracks had entered the dream, and only a very small number of soldiers were responsible for the guard of the barracks.

But he didn't pay attention to the Jiuli Pass in front of the barracks, the weather in December was very cold, even if these soldiers in charge of guarding were still a little cold in thick clothes.

I can't wait to stay by the fire all the time, how can I brave the cold wind to constantly patrol the camp.

At this moment, at the pass of Jiuli Pass, Duan Qirui had personally led the troops of three divisions to the pass of Jiuli Pass, and the troops of these three divisions did not make any sound at all when they were marching.

Everything seems so quiet, this time in order to open up the situation in Henan in one fell swoop and let the Northern Army regain control of the situation of the war, Duan Qirui is also a little at any cost,

In order to prevent accidents, the defenders of Xinyang were directly dispatched by the whole army, leaving only the army of the First Association to defend the rear.

The remaining two divisions were deployed on both sides, blocking possible support from Wusheng Pass and Pingjing Pass.

After Duan Qirui's army entered the pass of Jiuli Pass, it faced the unsuspecting Manchu army and directly attacked.

After passing through the pass of Jiuli Pass, there was a relatively open area, and the Manchu army was stationed in this relatively open area.

In the face of the sudden offensive of Duan Qirui's side, these Manchu soldiers did not expect to be attacked so strongly in the middle of the night.

There was not even any warning in the direction of the pass, and the northern army was killed in front of him.

These soldiers, who woke up from their sleep, were slaughtered by the Northern Army before they even had their guns in their hands, and the situation on the battlefield was completely one-sided.

The Manchu army, which was suddenly attacked, had not even got its guns in its hands, how could it deal with these already prepared northern troops, and the northern army's military strength was still three times theirs.

Except for the guards in front of the barracks who put up a slight resistance, and the soldiers at the back of the barracks got their guns in time under the cover of the rebels in front.

The rest of the country did not encounter a trace of resistance at all, and as Duan Qirui's army launched an increasingly fierce offensive, the Manchu soldiers in the rear of the barracks were quickly defeated.

In the end, these Manchu soldiers who had no hope of victory chose to surrender one by one in the face of absolute superiority, including Zhang Xiyuan, the commander of the ninth town of the Manchu Army.

After Zhang Xiyuan saw that his side had been completely surrounded and lost hope of breaking through, he immediately raised the white flag for the sake of his own life, so that his subordinates who were still resisting stopped resisting one after another and surrendered to the northern army.

Between life and death, Zhang Xiyuan decisively chose to save his life.

The speed of taking Jiuliguan far exceeded Duan Qirui's expectations, and he originally thought that these southern troops would resist for a while, but he didn't expect Zhang Xiyuan to see that his side had no advantage, so he directly chose to surrender.

Their own military commanders have all surrendered, what is the use of these remaining soldiers to resist?

Since you can save a small life, why do you resist?

Regarding Zhang Xiyuan's choice to surrender instead of resisting, Duan Qirui was naturally happy to accept it, and from Zhang Xiyuan's surrender, Duan Qirui also saw the hope of marching into Hubei. (To be continued.) )