The 1st Division waited outside Chaotian Pass for two days, Zhuang Zigu looked at the terrain of Chaotian Pass, and knew that if there was no artillery support, he would not know how much he would have to pay to capture Chaotian Pass, which made him unwilling to attack immediately.

Even the mule-drawn artillery went up the hill and the first division paid a great price, and one of the artillery pieces rolled down the mountain with the cannon because the mule and horse stumbled, and the soldiers of this artillery squad actually sat on the side of the road and wailed.

Zhuang Zigu was also annoyed, each of the 36 guns in the current division was very precious to the first division, and the process of transportation became doubly careful, and it took more than a day to pull more than 30 guns up the mountain.

Zhuangzigu did not remain idle during the two days he waited outside Chaotian Pass, and took his staff and guards around several large circles, and finally found a place where the terrain was relatively gentle and could deploy the artillery.

Despite sufficient artillery support, it took the 1st Division more than a day and more than 200 casualties to capture Chaotian Pass.

More than 2,000 Qing soldiers still fled from Chaotian Pass, Zhuang Zigu did not send troops to pursue, and now the most important task is to approach Chengdu Mansion.

The road behind became more and more difficult, and it took more than two days for the 1st Division of the Road to travel forty or fifty miles from Chaotian Pass to Guangyuan County, and the loss of an artillery piece outside Chaotian had already made Zhuang Zigu feel distressed, and Zhuang Zigu, who no longer dared to be careless, personally followed the artillery unit and commanded carefully.

It seems that the Qing soldiers concentrated their main forces on Chaotian Pass and Jianmen Pass, plus more than 2,000 Qing soldiers who fled back from Chaotian Pass, Guangyuan County also only had more than 3,000 Qing soldiers, after the first division concentrated artillery fire and bombarded it. The Qing soldiers in Guangyuan City soon collapsed. Far less tenacious than when guarding the sky pass.

The 1st Division crossed the Jialing River at Guangyuan. Begin to advance towards the Sword Gate Pass.

Originally, he thought that Chaotian Pass was dangerous enough, but when he arrived at Jianmen Pass, Zhuang Zigu knew that Chaotian Pass was really nothing.

Fortunately, he had some experience in attacking Chaotian Pass, and this time Zhuang Zigu did not attack rashly, but led people to carefully survey the terrain of Jianmen Pass.

Fortunately, Zhuang Zigu was cautious, and in the process of investigation, he overheard from the people in the mountains that the Golden Bull Road had been broken and was blocked by the Ming military stones stationed in Sichuan in the early years. To open this passage, I'm afraid that the first division does not have this ability.

Originally, it was planned to march directly from Mianzhou to Chengdu through the Jinniu Road after the Jianmen Pass, but now it seems that this road is impassable.

The original Qing soldiers were taken prisoners and asked, it turned out that the Qing soldiers did not enter the Sichuan by the Golden Bull Road, but from the Jianmen Pass to the Jialing River Valley, from the valley to Cangxi and then to the south, and then went straight to Xichong, where Zhang Xianzhong was killed.

Now the first division does not need to go to Xichong, and from the south it can detour to Santai to Yanting and approach Chengdu Mansion.

But the Sword Gate Pass must be knocked down, otherwise this road will not pass.

Just when Zhuang Zigu was about to storm the Sword Gate Pass. The messenger sent by Liu Zhaoji finally arrived.

"Forcibly cross the Jialing River, close the door after a detour. Surprise attack the camp and conquer the Jianmen Pass", Zhuang Zigu repeated these words, and brought the division's operational staff officers to discuss carefully, and the staff officers were not familiar with the terrain here.

Zhuang Zigu had to look for the local people again, and finally inquired clearly where the door was closed and where the camp was located.

The north side of Jianmen Pass is full of cliffs, if you attack Jianmen Pass from the north, even if the Qing soldiers use cold weapons, Zhuang Zigu estimates that it is not easy for the first division to attack Jianmen Pass, not to mention that the Qing soldiers all use new rifles.

The south of Jianmen Pass is a relatively gentle hillside, the top of the mountain is in the shape of a ladder, and Jianmen Pass is located at its highest peak.

"We've already crossed the Jialing River, right? There's no need to force it. We can't attack the main gate of this sword gate at all, so we can only take a detour to close the door, and we just need to take down the camp and mouth to do it. Zhuang Zigu held a note in one hand and gestured on a makeshift map.

"Division commander, the task of attacking the battalion Panzui will be handed over to our regiment, right?" The head of the first regiment, Fan Dongyue, took the initiative to ask.

"There are more than 1,000 Qing soldiers in Yingpanzui, and the terrain there is also very dangerous, so you have to be careful." Zhuang Zigu said.

"Division commander, when I looked at the terrain yesterday, I had already thought about it, we can't attack during the day, I plan to maneuver under the mouth of the camp during the day, and touch the bottom of the gate at night by night, and then blow up the door with a grenade."

Fan Dongyue seems to have thought about it for a long time, which makes Zhuang Zigu feel a lot more relieved.

The Qing soldiers have all retracted into the pass of the camp and the main peak, which makes the first division not have to clean up the periphery of the Jianmen Pass, and Zhuang Zigu is a lot easier, and he can also concentrate on dealing with the camp and the main pass.

A regiment moved to the mouth of the camp in the afternoon, the dense woods made the group wearing green military uniforms hide their figures, Zhuangzi looked at it from a distance with a telescope, thinking that the governor had to make the military uniform green, and now it seems that green is good, but in winter I am afraid it is not very easy to use.

Although Zhuang Zigu and the regiment were fully prepared, the battle to attack Yingpanzui was not as smooth as expected.

The Wehrmacht soldiers approached the city, and the Qing soldiers in the camp Panzui Pass had already made a noise, and as soon as it got dark, a large number of torches were lit at the pass, illuminating the city as if it were day.

Fan Dongyue looked at the torches on the head of the city, he was a little dumbfounded, he observed for a long time, there seemed to be no chance of a sneak attack, and when he was about to order the troops to withdraw, Zhuang Zigu had already quietly arrived at the position of a regiment with a few guards.

"Fan Dongyue, is the guy in your hand a burning stick?" Zhuangzi shouted in a solid voice.

"Division commander, the Qing soldiers have already taken precautions, I'm afraid we won't be able to raid it." Fan Dongyue is still holding on.

"We're in the dark, the Qing soldiers are in the light, and the flame is small when our rifles shoot, you kid haven't understood it at this time?" Zhuang Zigu knocked Fan Dongyue's head hard, and said with a little hatred that iron is not steel.

"That's right, why didn't I think of it, the division commander is the division commander, if I thought of it, I could also be the division commander." Fan Dongyue rubbed his head and smiled shyly.

"Don't give me a hippie smile, I brought you the mortar battalion, why don't you quickly organize an attack?" Zhuangzi was so angry that he almost knocked Fan Dongyue's head again, but Fan Dongyue quickly dodged.

A group of sharpshooters fired the first shot at Yingpanzui, and with a gunshot, a Qing soldier on the tower of Yingpanzui City, who was watching down with a torch, fell to the ground.

As the crisp gunshots rang out intensively, a large number of torches poured on the east side of the gate, and the light suddenly dimmed.

"Demoman, get on!" Fan Dongyue shouted loudly, now that the gunshots have been heard, there is no need to lower his voice to speak.

The two Demomen began to run towards the East Gate with the grenades already strapped on their backs, and despite the dim light, they could hear the sound of the bullets fired by the Qing soldiers burrowing into the dirt around them.

It may be that the training of the Qing soldiers is not enough, or it may be because the light is too dark, which causes the loading speed of the Qing soldiers to be greatly reduced, anyway, the firepower of the Qing soldiers is not fierce, and the two Demomen successfully ran to the bottom of the gate.

Soon there was a loud bang under the east gate, Fan Dongyue was overjoyed, and was about to order a group to rush up, but was stopped by Zhuang Zigu behind him, "Don't worry, take a look first." ”

Zhuang Zigu's caution is reasonable, when he observes it during the day, he feels that the building is very strong, and now although it has been successfully blasted, it has not really been blown up, and he can not see it very clearly at night.

By the light of the igniting wood, Zhuang Zigu looked carefully through the binoculars, and although he could not see it very clearly, Zhuang Zigu was already able to determine that the damage to the building was not serious.

"Organize the blasting again, bring more grenades, and not bring a few mortar shells." Zhuang Zigu ordered directly.

However, the explosion of the eastern gate attracted all the Qing soldiers in the city, and the firepower increased much more than when they started the attack, and the two Demomen were hit and fell to the ground not long after they ran out, and their lives and deaths are unknown.

"Mortar battalion, hit me!" Zhuang Zigu reacted very quickly, and when he saw that a large number of Qing troops were concentrated in the east, he ordered the mortar battalion to open fire immediately.

There was no open space for the entire battalion's mortars to fully deploy, and each mortar found its own gun position and began to fire at the east gate.

At night, the aiming accuracy was extremely poor, and the first few shells did not know where they went, and after a few shots, the shells began to fly towards the east gate.

The Qing soldiers probably also knew that lighting torches could only be used as targets for the Wehrmacht, and there were only a few torches on the city wall on the Guan Tower, and the Qing soldiers no longer held torches in their hands.

However, the large amount of fire from the Qing soldiers' muskets still exposed their figures, and when Zhuang Zigu observed that the shooting effect of the rifles was even better than that of the mortars, he decisively ordered the mortars to stop the shelling.

Two more demomen finally approached the building, this time not only increasing the number of grenades, but also placing two mortar shells on it, and after the earth-shattering sound, Fan Dongyue was still in a daze, but Zhuang Zigu had already rushed out.

The East Gate Gate Building has been completely blown down, the Qing soldiers above have fallen to death and injured countless, Zhuang Zigu personally led a regiment to successfully attack the camp Panzui, more than 1,000 Qing soldiers stationed in the camp Panzui except for more than 800 people as prisoners, all the others were wiped out.

Although the casualties of the first regiment reached nearly 100 under the mouth of the battalion, Zhuang Zigu was still relatively satisfied with the battle process, and it seems that the night battle still had a great impact on the Qing soldiers who used muskets.

However, the attack on the main gate of Jianmen Pass can no longer take the means of sneak attack, last night's sneak attack actually turned into a strong attack, and the strong attack was successfully successful, so that Zhuangzi has full confidence.

During last night's battle, Zhuang Zigu also discovered an extremely important information, that is, the range of the Qing rifle was not as long as that of the rifle of the first division.

The battle to attack Yingpanzui was over before eleven o'clock in the evening, and after a simple cleaning of the battlefield, the first division had a good night's rest, and Zhuang Zigu, who knew it well, was not worried about today's battle against Jianmen Pass.

There was no artillery of the Qing soldiers on the Jianmen Gate, and it seemed that this steep terrain was also beneficial, and the Qing soldiers simply pulled the heavy artillery up the mountain.

The combat mortar battalion during the day played a key role, the 75mm mountain artillery could not pull up the hill at all, and the firing angle under the mountain was not enough, Zhuang Zigu ordered the mortar battalion to follow the main attack of the second regiment and began to attack the main pass of Jianmen Pass.

The battle lasted for more than two hours, the fire of the Qing soldiers on the city wall was completely suppressed by mortar and the sharpshooters of the first division, and the first city wall was blasted to open a gap, and after paying the price of more than 300 casualties, Jianmen Pass was finally taken by the first division and the second regiment (to be continued. )