Yu Hong, a soldier of the Ming army, walked leisurely among the trees and the wreckage of the fortress, with a rifle with a bayonet in his hand, constantly repeating the action of stabbing and retracting, easily penetrating the heart of every Qing soldier under his feet. Pen fun and pavilion www.biquge.info

Whether dead or alive, it is all a bayonet according to the heart.

The sharp three-edged thorn is undoubtedly the most suitable for this kind of work, when stabbing into the body of the Qing army, there is almost no resistance, and sometimes even the ribs can be easily pierced, if the stabbing is still alive, when the bayonet is pulled out, there will be blood spurting up from the wound like a spring, looking extremely dazzling in the sun, of course, this feeling is already not worth mentioning for a veteran like him, and he has forgotten how many Qing soldiers he has killed until now.

Thirty or fifty?

Maybe it's going to be over fifty today, right?

He was thinking about it, the bayonet on the rifle in his hand stabbed at his feet very casually, and suddenly it seemed to be blocked by something, he subconsciously lowered his head, and at his feet was a young man in his twenties, wearing yellow cotton armor, not completely dead at this time, staring at the eyes like dead fish, staring blankly at the sky, even Yu Hong's bayonet was pierced in his chest, there was no reaction, if it wasn't for the mouth still moving, there was no life at all.

"Mah, why are you wearing so much on a hot day!"

Yu Hong said speechlessly.

At the same time, his hand slammed into force, and the bayonet instantly penetrated the cotton armor, and it didn't reach the root, and then he pulled out, and at the moment when the bloody bayonet was drawn, the blood immediately spurted out, and the young Qing army general sounded in his throat, as if he was shouting Eniang, but then his head tilted and closed his eyes.

At the same time, thousands of miles away in Nanjing, on a wooden bed decorated with cheap fabric, a **** of about forty was lying on the bed like a dog, and a big fat man behind him was excitedly impacting like a horse, and kept whipping her pi stock, the beautiful woman was used to humming there very mechanically, and suddenly she was stunned for some reason, and then straightened up desperately, staring at her eyes as if listening to something.

The fat man was caught off guard and was knocked down all at once.

"Ma, Lao Tzu has spent money!"

He cursed angrily, grabbed the beautiful woman's hair and pressed it down again, and then grabbed the leather whip beside him.

"Spare your life!"

The beautiful woman hurriedly cried out with her head in her hands.

"Ma, do you think you are a concubine in the palace?"

Only then did the fat man throw down the leather whip, scolded and scolded and got on the horse again, and continued to gallop on Concubine Yi.

"What did you say?"

In Shaanzhou City, Nian Qianyao grabbed an officer's collar and shouted with a hideous face.

"Great, my lord, the thief army released poison to break through Kunshan, and the defenders were wiped out, and now they are coming to Shaanzhou."

The officer said in a cold sweat.

"What about the prince?"

Nian Qianyao shouted.

"Lord Wang, the life and death of the Lord are unknown, but when the thief army released poison, he was at the forefront, it is estimated that it has already died at this time, my lord, don't care about the prince, the thief army has already passed through the mountain, I'm afraid it won't take half an hour to get to the city!"

The officer shouted with a sad face.

Although Shaanzhou is also considered a high city and deep pool, but in fact it is not a real fortress, it is mainly used as a logistics base, the real defense is in front of the Kuoshan, and the Qing army that can fight is in the Kuoshan, under normal circumstances, even if the Kuoshan is defeated and lost, the Qing army can also withdraw to defend Shaanzhou again, but it is a pity that Yang Feng's Du Qi bomb wiped out the entire Kunshan defenders, and there was no escape back at all, there are only a few thousand logistics troops here, and it is impossible to stop the surging main force of the Ming army.

As soon as he shouted like this, Nian Qianyao quickly sobered up.

Indeed, Yinqi is afraid that he will die, if he dies, he will die, this is not a big deal if he died a brother in the past, at this time, a dead brother will die, there are so many deaths, there is no need to care too much, after Nian Qianyao mourned for Yinqi for a while, he quickly put aside this problem, and then gave the order to retreat without hesitation.

Don't run? If you don't run, you're going to die.

Of course, it can't be said to be a retreat, it's just that he led the battalion to turn around, transferred to Lingbao, and then left thousands of green battalions as logistics troops to stick to Shaanzhou, as for whether they hold it or not, it has nothing to do with him, anyway, what he needs to do next is to defend Hangu Pass, this fortress rebuilt in the original position of Qinhan Valley Pass is his last line of defense, and it is also the second gate in the pass, and the third gate behind is Tongguan, but there is the defense area of the eighth elder brother Yinxi.

Just when Nian Qianyao left Shaanzhou and rushed to Hangu Pass, dozens of miles away, the First Army of the Ming Army also used Du gas bombs to smoke Yanling Pass on the southern front, and almost marched through the Kunshan Mountain with the Fourth Army, and arrived at the city of Shaanzhou first. The green battalion that was left by Nian Qianyao to defend it lived up to its expectations and surrendered in Kaesong, which has come to this point, how can there be a green battalion to continue to serve Kang Mazi, it is one thing to have no chance to surrender, and it is not urgent to have the opportunity to surrender. More than 4,000 green battalions hurriedly opened the city gate the moment they saw the banner of the Ming army's forward, and went out of the city to welcome Wang Shi while cutting their braids, and then they were driven by Yang Feng, who arrived later, to go to Kunshan to clean up the dead bodies of the Qing army.

Anyway, there are still more than 20,000 dead bodies of the Qing army waiting to be cleaned up.

In addition, they have to help the artillery push those cannons over, of course, only part of the cannons, just like those twenty-four pound mortar cannons, fifteen pound long cannons, etc., the weight has to run four or five thousand catties, such a big guy wants to pass through this mountain is impossible, only those rocket artillery and nine-pound short guns, seven pounds of light artillery. And even if these things want to pass through the mountains, it will take a lot of effort to do it, which is why the Qing army set up the defense line west of Kipshi, in fact, it is a good place to defend further east to Guanyin Hall, but if it is located there, the Qing army is not able to ensure logistics.

In fact, the mountain is a dividing line, and the mobility of the Ming army east of the mountain will not be seriously affected, after all, although those roads are not good, they can barely walk, but the road of the mountain is different, and it takes a lot of effort to pass.

And this is what Yang Feng is most worried about.

It's not too difficult for the artillery to come over, after all, it can still come over partially, and the difficulty is how to take this road to meet the logistics support in the future.

The mountain road is not a road at all, in fact, it is two ruts that have been rolled over by wheels for thousands of years, and finally rolled out on the rocks, and vehicles can only walk through these ruts, just like rail transit, except that the modern track is on the ground, and this kind of track is just a groove rolled out. And that's not all, many places are still carved out of rocks in the mountains like plank roads, even if ordinary people walk through, they are afraid to walk, let alone those heavy equipment.

It is clear that the transportation problem is jamming the neck of the Ming army.

"The key is this Kuoshan, if it is only to break through Hangu Pass and Tongguan, with the current situation, we can barely make do with it, it is nothing more than to hire more people, even if it is pushed by a small cart and picked by a flat shoulder, it is enough to supply, but if we continue to fight westward, then this problem must be solved. Moreover, if we attack to the west, there is no other way to meet the supply, and it is more troublesome to take the northern route, and the transportation line across the Taihang Mountains is even more difficult to walk. ”

In the city of Shaanzhou, Feng Zhen, the commander of the First Army, said to the map.

In fact, he also said less, because Yang Feng was going to continue to attack Longyou and Hanzhong to the west and south respectively, and these places also did not expect to have a normal road.

At this time, there is only one Bao ramp road from Guanzhong south to Hanzhong, that is, the plank road of the Ming plank road is dark, starting from Meixian County to Hanzhong, crossing hundreds of miles of vast mountains, many of which are passed by relying on shelves built on wood, and it is not generally difficult for such a road to pass through the heavy equipment of the Ming army.

And after Hanzhong, it is still this way.

From Hanzhong to Sichuan, you have to take the Golden Bull Road, this road is no different from the Bao slope Road, or even more ruthless, and there are sections of the plank road carved on the cliffs.

The Ming army is not the era of cold weapons, one person can fight the world with a knife and a bow, the food supply is not a big deal, and the logistics pressure is not so great, but the Ming army is full of firearms, and even the configuration of heavy firepower exceeds the vast majority of warlords in the Beiyang era, he has 34 cannons in a brigade, and how many warlords in the Beiyang era can reach this level? Because of this, his army is also extremely demanding in terms of logistics, and now he is facing an enemy that is no longer Kang Mazi, but a lofty mountain range and an ancient overwhelmed transportation system.

"This equipment system has to be upgraded."

Yang Feng couldn't help but say with emotion.

Indeed, his equipment system has to be upgraded, first of all, in this case, the individual firepower of the infantry must be improved, that is to say, the breech guns must be replaced on a large scale, and the paper shell bullets are not a big deal, and the rate of fire of the rifle is used to compensate for the limitation of heavy firepower.

Second, he had to start using explosives, which would reduce the weight of the artillery, especially if it could be equipped with a large number of mortars and small-caliber guns, such as the seven-pound class, which is more suitable for mountainous terrain. And this key is nitric acid, but the industrial production of nitric acid depends on synthetic ammonia, which is still unrealistic for him for the time being, so he can only use the old process of sulfuric acid plus saltpeter, but saltpeter he must use sodium saltpeter, and the main domestic production area of sodium saltpeter is in Shanshan, and to Shanshan must face the limitation of transportation capacity.

Well, that's a circle.

In short, he is in trouble right now.

"Your Highness, an urgent report from Nanjing."

At this time, an attendant took a document and reported to Yang Feng.

Yang Feng took it and opened it and looked at it very casually.

"This is good news, we have enough coolies to open up the mountain in the future!"

He said with a smile. (To be continued.) )