Speaking of Henan Mansion, it is naturally indispensable to the place where it is governed, which is Luoyang, the famous capital of the ages!

Heluo area is the birthplace of Chinese civilization, such as the emperor, around Shunyu, etc., also spread in this place, Zhou Gong auxiliary government, moved Jiuding to Luo, Ping Wang moved east, Gaozu Duluo, Guangwu Zhongxing, and the Sui and Tang dynasties, Luoyang almost carried thirteen dynasties.

Especially after the Han and Wei dynasties, Luoyang gradually became an international metropolis, when the Sui and Tang dynasties were prosperous, Luoyang had a population of one million, and the four sides paid tribute, and it was famous all over the world.

Luoyang city is deep and high, densely populated, frequent commercial exchanges, profound cultural heritage, and strong atmosphere, it has become a good place for everyone to yearn for, from the Northern Song Dynasty to the Jin Kingdom and then to today's Mongolia, even if it changes hands three times and twice, it is still prosperous.

It is also because of the prosperity and historical origin of Luoyang, and the distance between it and Kaifeng and other important places, that the Mongols placed heavy troops in Luoyang, and the Mongol army and the Han army were the mainstay, and the new annexed army was only a peripheral auxiliary, acting as an auxiliary soldier and other roles, and could not contact the core defense.

After Yang Jing captured Pingyang Mansion, he asked Lin Jue and the others to take the first step and contact Zong Yun's Shenxing Feifu Battalion and the scouts of the Southern Song Dynasty Imperial City Division to grasp the latest military situation and the overall situation.

Lin Jue and others also wanted to infiltrate Luoyang and spy on important information such as city defense, only to find out that the Mongols were strictly guarded, and there were already some rumors that the grass and trees were all soldiers, so they had made sufficient preparations early!

After all, Zongyun's righteous army fought all the way from the south, with a momentum like a bow and a monstrous arrogance, and the elite of the Mongols went back to participate in Dahulitai, and now they are also very weak-hearted, so they naturally have to guard against Zongyun's righteous army.

The situation in Luoyang was also reasonable, Li Yu immediately stayed, and asked Lin Jue to take someone back to inform Yang Jing of the situation.

Yang Jing just wanted to support Zongyun's rebel army this time, and if he wanted to capture Luoyang with more than 200 Vikings and more than 2,000 Mamluk mercenaries, it would be a joke.

But good steel is used on the blade, if Zongyun's rebel army begins to launch a general attack, or when the battle situation is stalemate, Yang Jing's strange army suddenly kills, it will definitely be able to kill the enemy by surprise and achieve unexpected results.

After clarifying the positioning of the strategy, Yang Jing also slowed down the pace of the march, which could allow the brothers to get enough rest and recuperation, and second, he could also clear the scouts in the enemy's rear, and even cut off the enemy's food routes and intelligence channels at critical moments.

In the enemy's rear, if you don't take the opportunity to disrupt the operation of the enemy's military systems from the inside, then you will really waste such a great opportunity.

Besides, the entire Henan Prefecture with Luoyang as the core, established a chrysanthemum-shaped general defense system, layer by layer control, the scout rangers on the periphery are like spider webs, if Yang Jing's more than 2,000 people act rashly, if the defenders attack blatantly, Yang Jing is afraid that it will be difficult to return to the south.

Even if they were afraid that Zong Yun's righteous army would go north and would not dare to go out of the city to meet the enemy, they would be prepared in time, and if they cut off Yang Jing's route to the south, it would become even more difficult to help Zong Yun at a critical moment.

Therefore, Yang Jing decisively chose forbearance and hibernation, scattered the brothers, and let them destroy the defense system of Henan Mansion everywhere, and used guerrilla warfare to gnaw at the defense of the rear of Henan Mansion in a situation like stragglers.

At this time, Zong Yun had already led 50,000 elite pioneers of the righteous army to Liyang in Luoyang, preparing to capture this big granary first.

Liyang Cang was built in the period of Emperor Wen of Sui, and has been used until the Northern Song Dynasty, and has always had the saying that "Liyang collects, solidifies Kyushu".

This world's big granary is bordered by the Yongji Canal in the west and the Yellow River in the east, with convenient waterways, and the grain from Henan and Hebei gather here, and then through the Yongji Canal or the Yellow River, it is transported to Luoyang and Chang'an, which has always had a pivotal position.

After it was in the hands of the Mongols, Liyangcang still had a vital strategic position, and it was extremely wise to attack Henan Province and recover Luoyang, so it was extremely wise to attack Liyang first.

Zong Yun's righteous army was overwhelmed, but it was also smooth, but at Bishui Pass, it finally fell into a bitter battle!

Bishui Pass is one of the eight passes in Luoyang, which has been an inland Xiongguan since ancient times, and countless famous battles have taken place here.

Bishui Pass may be a little unfamiliar, this Xiongguan has another name, that is the Tiger Prison Pass, the story of the three British battles against Lu Bu happened here, Yue Fei's grandfather also broke the gold soldiers here, Liu Bang Xiang Yu also fought here, Li Shimin and Dou Jiande also fought here, the Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties, here is also a place where soldiers must fight.

The Mongols also suffered heavy casualties in the first attack on Tiger Pass, so they naturally knew the importance of this fortress and laid a net here early.

One of the most famous battles in the history of this Tiger Prison Pass is the Battle of Wujiao, because Li Shimin's grandfather was named Li Hu, and in order to avoid secrecy, the Tiger Prison Pass was changed to Wugao Pass.

Li Shimin led 3,500 people, took the lead in occupying Wugao Pass, forcibly blocked Dou Jiande's 300,000 army, closed the door, and only fought a war of attrition with Dou Jiande, which wiped out the morale of Dou Jiande's army, caught off guard, and then won a big victory.

With this Xiongguan that is easy to defend and difficult to attack, it is easy to win more with less, not to mention that now the Mongolian army is vigorous, and it is strictly guarded against Bishui Pass, Zongyun's righteous army has no opportunity to sneak attack, and even the fine work can not penetrate into it, so it can only hit the pass hard, and the casualties can be imagined.

But Bishui Pass is the gateway to attack Luoyang, if you can't even capture Bishui Pass, don't expect to capture Luoyang, let alone talk about recovering Henan Mansion.

Although Zong Yun has a heavy army in his hands and has become a great hero that everyone fears, every time a battle starts, he takes the lead as usual, and the victorious army is even more fearless of death.

Even so, the rebels still paid more than 10,000 dead and wounded to achieve an extremely tragic victory!

And the reason why this Xiongguan was able to capture was not the Weary Army, nor the Taiyi Army, nor the other rebels under Zong Yun's command, but a new battalion of only 500 people!

This new battalion was formed after Zong Yun returned from the north, and it was called the Tianhuo Battalion, just by listening to this name, many people should have imagined that this battalion was unusual.

That's right, this is when Zong Yun separated from Hal and Lin and Yang Jing, Yang Jing handed him a secret letter, and he asked people to send this secret letter back to the south, and Du Kefeng's people sent a lot of grandmasters and craftsmen to form this Tianhuo Battalion.

Du Kefeng knew the relationship between Yang Jing and Zong Yun, and he had Yang Jing's handwritten letter, which made him rebel, and he and the sect master and craftsman might not frown, let alone secretly help the rebels.

They handed over the firearms technology and technical personnel they had researched to Zong Yun to help them train gunners, help them mine ores, refine gunpowder, and cast iron cannons and muskets.

Although time was very tight, the rebel army that won in Zongyun had an excellent reputation and high prestige among the people, and there was no need to worry about the resources for manufacturing artillery and muskets.

Coupled with the desire of the people, the martial arts people directly prepared some important materials such as gunpowder and pig iron in advance through prohibited trading, etc., and after the arrival of the grandmaster craftsmen, they quickly entered the right track.

In the Lin'an Shenhuo Camp, gunpowder, new artillery, and even old sleeves have begun to be mass-produced, although the output is very low, but it has also been on the right track, and a lot of experience has been accumulated.

Perhaps it is precisely because of this confidence that the imperial court is ready to move and wants to attack Zong Yun's righteous army from behind.

Not only that, Yang Jing left many design drawings earlier, after the research of Du Kefeng and many grandmasters, he also developed the Hongyi cannon, Shenwei General and other cannons, and even the Fulong machine cannon was created!

Firearms started relatively late in China, but the strength should not be underestimated, the early cannons of the British, regardless of power, range, accuracy and life, are leading, in the Age of Discovery, was widely used in warships.

The firearms of the Ming Dynasty, whether in terms of variety, quantity, or proportion in the army, were the highest, even surpassing those of the Qing Dynasty.

In the Yuan Dynasty, the proportion of firearms troops was about one-tenth, while in the Qing Dynasty it was thirty or forty percent, but in the Ming Dynasty it reached forty or fifty percent, and more than half of the weapons in the Shenji battalion were firearms.

Among these firearms, the Hongyi cannon and the Furlong cannon are undoubtedly two that cannot be bypassed.

The Furlong cannon was first invented by Portugal, and the Franc machine was the translation of Portugal at that time, when the Ming Dynasty fought with Portugal, captured from the Portuguese, and handed over to the Shenji Battalion to improve and equip, it can be regarded as one of the most powerful artillery pieces at that time, and it can even be fired continuously, and the power can be imagined.

In addition, although the Furlong cannon has a small caliber and a short firing range, it is very light in weight, fast in rate of fire, and easy to carry, which is most suitable for field combat.

Although the Mongols also had a return cannon, how could it be compared with the Furlong cannon of the Ming Dynasty in terms of performance!

The people of the Tianhuo Battalion were instructed by Yang Jing, and the production target this time was the Fran cannon, although only a dozen were built in a short period of time, and almost all the available resources were consumed, but these dozen Fran cannons were the biggest contributors to the capture of the Tiger Prison Pass!

There is no doubt that even if you attack Luoyang in the future, these dozen guns are still the biggest killer weapons that make the enemy fearful!

Many of the new recruits of the rebels did not understand why the mysterious deputy sect master was able to be feared by everyone, even if no one had ever seen him, he was still praised by the rebels.

It wasn't until they saw the Fran cannon and captured the Tiger Prison in three days that they realized this.

Yang Jing may have never fought in Zong Yun's rebel army, and perhaps it is difficult for anyone else to see him except Zong Yun.

But even so, Zong Yun's righteous army can still enjoy all kinds of miracles brought by Yang Jing, whether it is the method of military training, or the improvement of armaments and ordnance, or even the training of generals.

All aspects of the rebel army are permeated with Yang Jing's shadow, he is like a huge shadow, or like a protective shield on the zenith, even if no one can see him, he can still protect everyone and bring victory to everyone!

After the recruits joined, daily training such as standing in a military posture, and even reciting military regulations, as well as the main purpose of the rebels, were all discussed and determined by Yang Jing and Zong Yun in the early days.

Not to mention that Liu Hanchao and other generals all bear the imprint of Yang Jing, and the Taiyi Army and the Victorious Army have all been rescued by Yang Jing, so they won't talk about him.

In addition, even the military rations on the march were made under the influence of Yang Jing's creativity.

When marching and fighting, food is a huge problem, and many times it is not possible to make a fire to make food, and eating raw or rancid food will endanger the health of the soldiers and is not conducive to fighting.

And Yang Jing passed on food ideas such as fried noodles and fried rice and even meat buns to the rebels, and this small detail alone is enough to benefit countless rebels!