In the early days of the Protectorate War, Yuan Shikai gave orders to Lu Jianzhang, the governor of Shaanxi, and Zhang Guangjian, the governor of Gansu, asking them to attack Sichuan as soon as possible.

The first thing they attacked was Guangyuan, the gateway to northern Sichuan, the total strength of the Shaanxi-Gansu coalition army was about 30,000, and the Guangyuan garrison was less than 500 people, and the Shaanxi-Gansu army was undoubtedly looking for death, so these troops had already retreated back according to the order, and the wall was clear, leaving an empty city for the Shaanxi-Gansu coalition army.

After Zhang Guangjian and Lu Jianzhang discussed, they continued to march and prepared to attack the Sword Pavilion, as long as they won the Sword Pavilion, it would be equivalent to opening the north gate of Sichuan, Mianyang, Chengdu was in front of them, and the opportunity to add officials to the knighthood had arrived, and in the past few days, I heard that Sichuan has built a good job, and commerce and trade are prosperous, presumably the hinterland is full of gold and silver beauties, and Shaanxi and Gansu are all poor places, and now they can let go of the opportunity to make a windfall.

After a simple rest, the Shaanxi-Gansu coalition army marched to the Sword Pavilion, and at this time, the Beichuan Front Army headquartered in Mianyang was also discussing the enemy's strategy, the Beichuan direction was commanded by Han Yong, with a total of Liu Xiang and Liu Yunhong's two divisions, compared to the Shaanxi-Gansu army, the strength of the Sichuan army was not considered strong, so the Sichuan army took the initiative to retreat and let out Guangyuan, just to lure the enemy deep.

Zhang Guangjian and Lu Jianzhang were also obedient, and they really led the army straight to the Sword Pavilion.

"Commander-in-Chief Han, the Ancient Road of the Sword Pavilion is already a dangerous place, I think it is better to set up a pocket array for these two Governors in the Sword Pavilion and let their entire army be annihilated!"

Liu Xiang said, while pointing to the map, Han Yong and Liu Yunhong both paid attention to it, the two of them nodded frequently, both sides of the Sword Pavilion Ancient Road are high mountains and mountains, towering ancient trees, and the middle line is figured out, this is the throat connecting Shaanxi and Sichuan, if you can use the terrain here to fight an ambush for the Shaanxi-Gansu coalition army, it can indeed hit the coalition army hard, and play the prestige of the Sichuan army.

"Fu Cheng, you have a lot of ideas, this Sword Pavilion Ancient Road stretches for hundreds of miles, where do you think this ambush location should be chosen?"

"Commander-in-chief, I suggest that the ambush location be selected in Hanyang Town, less than ten kilometers north of Hanyang Town is Jianmen Pass, and about the distance to the south is Pu'an Town, the county seat of Jiange County, we can pretend to defend Jianmen Pass, lead the Shaanxi and Gansu coalition forces to attack, and then abandon Jianmen Pass, lead the enemy to the vicinity of Hanyang Town, and then ambush the army on all sides, this road has become a desperate situation, Lu Jianzhang and Zhang Guangjian are difficult to fly, and they will definitely be able to wipe out the Shaanxi and Gansu troops in one fell swoop!"

A few people discussed it carefully, and felt that this method was the most secure, so they followed Liu Xiang's idea and ambushed a large number of troops in the mountains and forests around the Sword Pavilion, and then Pu'an Town also arranged heavy troops, and the key to this ambush operation was to succeed in the land, so that the Shaanxi-Gansu coalition army could take the initiative to pursue into the encirclement.

Therefore, Han Yong sent a battalion of soldiers to guard the Jianmen Pass and wait for the arrival of the Shaanxi-Gansu coalition army.

"Brother Lu, after breaking through Sichuan this time, I'm afraid that Your Majesty will definitely promote your official position!" Zhang Guangjian said with a smile, Lu Jianzhang shook his head again and again: "I don't look forward to promotion, I just hope that Your Majesty can arrange a good place for me, this Sichuan is really a treasure land!" ”

"No matter how bitter Shaanxi is, can it be compared to Gansu, don't rob me, brother!"

Zhang Guangjian and Lu Jianzhang didn't look at the Sichuan army at all, they had 30,000 troops, and they also knew that the Sichuan army still had to deal with the pressure from Hubei, where could they mobilize how many troops to deal with them, so the Shaanxi-Gansu coalition army swaggered and had no scruples.

"Brother Zhang, since you and I have taken a fancy to Sichuan, then rely on your ability, the front is the Sword Pavilion Pass, this is the gateway to Sichuan, whoever wins it first will be the one who will enter Sichuan!"

Lu Jianzhang was full of confidence, the Shaanxi army was much stronger than the Gan army, and Zhang Guangjian couldn't defeat him, so the surname Suo let the Gan army take the lead in attacking Jiange Pass.

Zhang Guangjian was not polite, and immediately sent two companies of soldiers to rush up along the narrow passage to the Jiange Pass, and the Sichuan army guarding the pass had already been prepared, and in an instant, the guns and cannons rang out, and all the Gan troops who rushed over were beaten into a sieve, and more than 100 corpses were left in front of the narrow Jiange Pass, which were extremely miserable.

Zhang Guangjian's face was extremely ugly, and he beckoned his subordinates to attack, this time Zhang Guangjian's troops were all Ma Anliang's troops, Ma Anliang's father Ma Zhanao was a force that rose in the late Qing Dynasty rebellion, after Ma Zhanao's death, Ma Anliang inherited his father's foundation and became the leader of the Gansu Hui warlords.

After Zhang Guangjian supervised Gansu, a very important task was to balance the contradictions between the Hui and Han Dynasty and maintain the overall situation of stability in Gansu, so Zhang Guangjian tried his best to suppress Ma Anliang's forces at the beginning, and this time he marched into Sichuan Zhang Guangjian brought all Ma Anliang's subordinates over, and he was ready to consume them as cannon fodder.

Now as soon as he saw that the Sichuan army was well defended, Zhang Guangjian thought of Ma Anliang, isn't this a good opportunity to consume Ma Anliang's troops, so Zhang Guangjian sent Ma Anliang out without hesitation, and asked him to take his subordinates to attack Jiange Pass, although Ma Anliang knew that this was a fire pit, but he also had to jump.

Therefore, he beckoned his subordinates to launch round after round of charges towards the Sword Pavilion Pass, the gunfire above the Sword Pavilion Pass was like raindrops, in addition to the guns, there were also a lot of cannons, mortars, poured down together, blowing up the mountains and rocks flying around, and the Gan army suffered heavy damage for a while.

The corpses were piled up, and the blood stained the earth, but although the losses were heavy, Zhang Guangjian was not distressed at all, he had already found that the firepower of the defenders on the pass was getting weaker and weaker, seeing this situation, Zhang Guangjian was naturally ecstatic, and stepped up to urge Ma Anliang to speed up the offensive.

Finally, when more than 1,700 corpses were left in front of the pass, the cannon on the gate no longer sounded, and even the firepower of the machine gun was much weaker, Zhang Guangjian's eyes lit up, it seemed that the defenders' munitions had been exhausted, so Zhang Guangjian immediately asked his subordinates to replace Ma Anliang's subordinates and launched an attack on Jiange Pass.

The Gan army struggled to pick up the piled up corpses, found the way to attack the top of the mountain, charged quickly, completely ignoring the bullets fired overhead, they had only one thought, that is, to charge, the Gan army showed the tenacity of this army at this moment, they can despise death, even their own death, but their military quality and equipment are too poor, they know that there is no other way to fight to the death.

However, at this time, the Sichuan army on the pass also completed the task, began to retreat one after another, and finally the Gan army climbed the high Jiange Pass under a crazy charge, Xiongguan changed hands, Zhang Guangjian and Lu Jianzhang also came to the pass to look down, it seems that the whole of Sichuan has stepped on their feet, and there is a pride in their hearts.

"Brother Zhang, the Gan army is indeed a rare strong army in the world, I admire it very much for being able to conquer the Sword Pavilion Pass so quickly, and the rest will be handed over to the Shaanxi army, and I will pursue the rout of the Sichuan army now!"

Zhang Guangjian nodded: "Brother Lu, Gan Jun shed blood and sacrificed, you also witnessed it with your own eyes, what is the benefit, you can't forget Gan Jun's part!" ”

"Brother, Lu is definitely not this kind of person, rest assured!"

Zhang Guangjian didn't believe Lu Jianzhang's assurance. But the strength of the Shaanxi army is indeed stronger than the Gan army, what is cheap will naturally fall on the Shaanxi army, in front of the Jiange Pass for so long, the reinforcements of the Sichuan army did not arrive, and finally abandoned this Bashu Xiongguan, through these Lu Jianzhang judged that the reinforcements of the Sichuan army must not have arrived, now is a good time to take the opportunity to take Jiange County, even if the Sichuan army arrives, it will be too late.

After having this idea, Lu Jianzhang urged the Shaanxi army to march quickly, and soon the Shaanxi army all rushed out of the Jiange Pass and rushed straight to Hanyang Town, along the way there were materials discarded by the Sichuan army, and in the eyes of the Shaanxi army, it was naturally the result of a Sichuan army's crazy retreat, so the pursuit was even more crazy.

Seeing that the pursuing vanguard had approached Pu'an Town, and the main forces were concentrated in a section of Hanyang Town, these Shaanxi troops were completely unaware that the snipers of the Sichuan Army had been staring at them, and after a dull gunshot, a regimental commander of the Shaanxi Army fell to the ground, followed by several officers being concentrated, and at the same time, the cannons in the surrounding mountains and forests shook the sky, and the gunshots were endless, like a storm, pouring down on the Shaanxi Army, unceremoniously.

These Shaanxi troops who are on the rise seem to have been hit by a blow to the head, and they were immediately in chaos, even Lu Jianzhang couldn't clean it up, and could only quickly retreat in the direction of Jiange Pass, and at this time Jiange Pass was even more miserable, the Sichuan army secretly buried 3,000 kilograms of explosives in the underground of the Guancheng, when the Shaanxi army basically went to pursue the Sichuan army, and the Guanzhong was Gan's army, the Sichuan soldiers hidden in the surrounding mountains and forests detonated the bomb, and suddenly the entire Jiange Pass flew into the sky, and more than 1,000 Gan soldiers were blown up to the bones. The entire Sword Pavilion Pass was also destroyed by the explosion, and countless boulders slipped down around it, completely burying the gate and cutting off the passage.

Gansu Governor Zhang Guangjian's luck is good, when the explosion he was going down to the city to urge the logistics materials, and when he came back, the entire Jiange Pass had disappeared in the rocks, Zhang Guangjian also knew that things were not good, and hurriedly led the remnants to escape, but the Shaanxi army that was sandwiched in the middle had no way out, and became a turtle in the urn.

Lu Jianzhang saw that he was surrounded by heavy encirclement, and there were fewer and fewer soldiers around him, and it would be a dead end to resist, so he ordered to surrender, and the Sichuan army captured more than 10,000 Shaanxi troops in this battle, killing and wounding more than 3,000 Shaanxi troops and more than 2,000 Gan troops, only Zhang Guangjian escaped with less than 10,000 people.

In addition to eliminating a large number of living forces, the Sichuan army also captured more than 10,000 rifles, 400,000 catties of grain, 580,000 yuan of oceans, and more than 1,700 war horses.

Seeing this situation, Han Yong, Liu Xiang, Liu Yunhong and others were all excited.

"Ladies and gentlemen, the marshal has issued an order, let us immediately kill out of Sichuan and attack Hanzhong, we will burn the war to Shaanxi and Yanjing, so that Yuan Shikai knows the strength of our Sichuan army!"