Hanzhong Mansion, Baishui Town.

Baishui Town is located at the junction of Hanzhong Mansion and Gongchang Mansion, and Yuguan is twenty-three miles to the north.

As the junction of Hanzhong and Gongchang, Baishui Town prospered with commerce and trade.

It's just that this prosperity has now been zoned into a hill, and the originally popular Baishui Town has become a sea of fire at this time.

Speaking of which, this is not the first time that Whitewater has suffered a military disaster......

The flames rose into the sky, reflecting the dark sky, and the drizzle of rain could not extinguish the ferocious fire.

On the official road, a group of ragged people slowly walked south along the official road, their faces were like ashes, their steps were staggering, and many of them brought their wives and children, and only a small portion of their bags were on their bodies.

The crackling sound of burning wood mixed with the wails echoed in everyone's ears

All the belongings in Whitewater have been taken, and even the town has been burned.

They were all townsfolk of the town, and not only was their place burned down, but they were also caught up in the army of thieves.

The young and strong people were incorporated into the queue of the hungry soldiers, and the rest of the elderly, women and children were incorporated into the old and weak camp.

On both sides of the women and children in these old and weak camps, many horsemen were watching.

They are in charge of the life and death of these people, and they are also in charge of the fate of these people.

In the Rogue Army, everything is more brutal than ever.

If it is the family of the horse army, not only the safety of life is guaranteed, but there is no shortage of food, clothing, housing and transportation.

The families of the infantry team can also have some security, but the families of the hungry soldiers have no security at all, and it is even difficult to see each other.

There are often elite cavalry soldiers who forcibly seize the wives and daughters of hungry soldiers, and the hungry soldiers don't even know it, after being divided into two battalions, it is difficult to see each other, and it is normal for the horse army to say that it is eternal separation between heaven and man.

Li Yangchun's face was cold, he pressed the knife immediately, stared ahead, and half of his body was red from the fire.

The fire was raging, causing all of the mounts under his command to shake or dig into the ground uneasily.

"After Baishui, go straight south to the sun, there are two roads to go."

Li Guo lightly pulled the reins of the horse, controlled the war horse and took a few steps forward,

"All the way to the southeast directly into the hinterland of Hanzhong, all the way to the south to Yangping Pass, and then through Yangping Pass to Ningqiang Prefecture City."

"Originally, I entered Hanzhong Mansion with my uncle and others, that is, I went south first to attack Ningqiangzhou City, but at that time, there were more than 100,000 people in the combined army......

Baishui Town was robbed for the first time, Li Yangchun and Lin Shengquan were not there, and they had nothing to do with them, but they had something to do with Li Guo.

This is not the first time Li Guo has entered Hanzhong Mansion.

As early as the seventh year of Chongzhen, more than a dozen rebel armies such as Gao Yingen, Li Zicheng, Guo Tianxing, and Chaotianxing set out from Qinzhou, Gongchang Prefecture, and marched to Hanzhong via Huizhou and Luoyang.

Gao Yingen, Li Zicheng, Hui Dengxiang and other nine troops formed a coalition army to conquer Ningqiang Prefecture in October, executed the commander Xu Daxing, and then divided into three routes into Sichuan.

The reason why there are still more than 100,000 rogues in Hanzhong Mansion is distributed in all directions is precisely because of the poison left by this military disaster.

"At present, my three troops are combined, and the newly recruited infantry team is only more than 30,000 hungry soldiers, so I am afraid it will be a little difficult to attack Ningqiang......

"I remember that there seem to be people from the old camp in the east of Hanzhong Mansion?"

Li Yangchun pondered for a moment and asked.

Li Guo nodded, the old battalion troops mentioned by Li Yangchun are naturally not the old battalion soldiers that are often said in the army now, nor are they women and children who use the old battalion as a pronoun, but refer to the original 36th battalion.

"There are about 50,000 people in the two divisions of Black Killing Tiger Zhang Yuan and Drilling Harrier Wang Cheng, which should be in the Xixiang and Ziyang areas in the east."

"Hanzhong Prefecture is vast, and most of the rest of the ministries are scattered, and there has been no contact for nearly a year, and many of the rest of the ministries have no news during the activities, and they don't know where they ......are, so they can't be contacted."

Li Yangchun raised his horsewhip and sneered.

"It was easy and ...... to get in touch with them"

"When we enter Hanzhong and go all the way east, they will naturally join us at that time."

"Uncle Li means ......"

Li Guo's eyes moved slightly, and he said in a low voice.

A hint of anger flashed in Li Yangchun's eyes, and he raised his horsewhip and pointed straight ahead.

"Go forward, go to the hinterland of Hanzhong, plunder Hanzhong, the brigade swept all the way east, entered Xixiang, first joined forces with Zhang Yuan, and then looked for Wang Cheng."

"The rest of the rebel armies in Hanzhong will inevitably come to join us when they see the huge momentum of our army, we don't need to look for them, they will naturally come to us!"

Li Yangchun's spirit was slightly lifted, and the dissatisfaction that had accumulated in his heart also dissipated a little.

Along the way, the strange Ming army hung behind them like a cat and a mouse, rushing forward from time to time to kill and wound for a while and then turn back on their own.

Along the way, they were pursued by the Ming army and abandoned their armor, and the generals under their command could not be restrained at all.

Li Yangchun's expression gradually became ruthless.

It doesn't feel good to be manipulated by others, not only the life of the family is manipulated, but even the trajectory of movement, even everything is manipulated by others, as if the marionette-like feeling brings people an extremely depressing and suffocating feeling.

Li Yangchun loosened the blue scarf that was loosely tied around his neck, and his complexion slowed down slightly.

"Ordered all the departments, according to the original plan, to divide into six battalions to go south and raise food for one day in Luoyang."

"Then go directly to the southeast through Luoyang, and gather at the place where the wolf smoke is burning at the mouth of the southeast official road."

"Yes!"

A group of generals and colonels responded one after another, and the cavalry who gave the order also responded one after another, and then took the order and left.

As the military order was handed down, on the official road, all the rogues who were heading south let out strange roars and screams.

Naturally, it is not allowed in the regular army, but he is not a normal army.

The food he talks about is nothing more than a nice one.

In fact, raising food is looting, and the so-called raising of food for a day is a day of arbitrary looting, and they can do whatever they do during this day, and they are allowed to do whatever they want.

Li Yangchun's complexion didn't change much, and such chaos was normal.

"Hooray!"

I don't know who shouted Banzai first, and then more people shouted.

For a while, the entire official road was full of people, which was quite chaotic.

"Hooray!!"

Li Yangchun's face changed slightly, and a different emotion suddenly appeared in his heart, and an inexplicable emotion seemed to be growing in his heart, and it was extremely fast.

It's a wonderful feeling......

Banzai......

The corners of Li Yangchun's mouth went up, revealing a cruel smile.

He loved the slogan and liked the two words.

Li Yangchun turned his head and looked behind him.

It was the direction of Yu Pass, and in the morning, they had just passed through Yu Pass.

The 500 Ming troops in the Yu Pass were slaughtered by them, and the Yu Pass, which had just been built, was burned down again.

Li Yangchun did not stay any longer, he raised his horsewhip, whipped it on the horse's stock, and led a group of knights to gallop from the side of the official road, galloping towards the south in the midst of the long live.

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Yuguan, known as Yuguan in ancient times, is also called Xianren Pass, although it is deep in the Jialing River Gorge at the southern foot of the Qinling Mountains,

In the fourth year of Shaoxing in the Southern Song Dynasty, the Song general Wu Jue's army held on to the Xianren Pass, and defeated the Jin soldiers with a weak and strong victory, so that the Jin army's attempt to go south was shattered and the land of Hanzhong was saved.

But more than 500 years have passed since the turn of time, and Yuguan has not been able to create miracles and play its due role.

Chen Wang walked on the ruins of Yuguan, and all around him were black and scorched.

The air was filled with the strong smell of blood and the burning smell of burning firewood...... and a slight meaty aroma......

Chen Wang's expression was gloomy, and he didn't accept it at night, and he probed everything very clearly.

There were 500 defenders in Yuguan, led by a garrison.

They held out for two days, and then the city fell.

The head of the guard was now hanging in front of the gate of Yu Pass, and his body was discarded at random, with five wounds and seven arrows in his body, proving that he was not a surrenderer.

Along with him, there is also the "Jingguan" formed by the accumulation of the heads of the soldiers in the country.

This was undoubtedly a demonstration against him.

Chen Wang did not send someone to clear it first, but let Jingguan exist, he ordered all the generals to pass through the gate, and only after seeing the "Jingguan" did he let him enter the ground.

Chen Wang raised his eyes and looked around, he was examining the terrain of Yuguan.

Yu Pass was breached in two days, not because the defenders were not brave enough.

Traces of fierce fighting can be seen in many places, and the wounds on the defenders who died in battle were mostly in the front, and many of them were killed by several wounds.

Yuguan has been in two battles, the first time was broken by a strong attack, and the nine coalition forces sent their elites to break through the checkpoint.

But this time, to a large extent, it was because the fortress was already dilapidated, and after a year, many parts of the fortress had not even been built.

Yuguan is located at the foot of Tieshan, the main peak of Qingniling, this section of the ancient Shu road is steep and steep, and it is the traffic artery of Guanzhong and Tianshui area into Hanzhong.

At the same time, it is also the throat of Shaanxi into Sichuan, and has always had the title of "Shaanxi-Gansu lock key, Shu road throat".

If the city is complete, more than 500 soldiers dare to fight, and use their lives up and down, which is enough to block the flow of thousands of people under the city.

Even in the face of the siege of the rogue elite cavalry, it is enough to hold on for more than a week.

It only takes 3,000 soldiers and horses to be placed here, equipped with tiger squats, Francophone machines, and a few cannons, and it is difficult for another 20,000 or 30,000 people to break through Yu Pass.

The land of Hanzhong, the country of abundance, the mountain ring around, the industry of the king.

Liu Bang, the ancestor of the Han Dynasty, was named the king of Han in the Han Dynasty, and then he first entered Guanzhong, and then attacked the world.

Hanzhong is surrounded by mountains on all sides, there is Yuguan in the northwest to guard, there is Yangping in the southwest to pass, from Guanzhong to Hanzhong there are only small roads such as Bao Slope Road, Fu Luo Road, Meridian Road, etc., and there are passes such as Lu Pass and Baitu Pass in the east of Hanzhong.

As long as we occupy these key areas, we can reject more with less, and defeat the strong with the weak.

Firearms defending the city can undoubtedly take advantage of this advantage even more.

Chen Wang saw that Yu Pass had already started a plan, if he was allowed to defend Yu Pass, how should he defend it, and how should the gate be built.

It's just a simple sloppiking fortress that is undoubtedly a waste of such a dangerous place.

Firearms are constantly improving, and the power of artillery is becoming more and more powerful.

After the continuous improvement of firearms, the West also began to reform the fortifications, and the fortresses were the result of the improvement of the fortifications.

The fortress is not suitable for human habitation, but it is extremely suitable for garrisons.

If the fortress and the fortress are combined to make improvements, it can not only prevent the enemy from bombarding the castle with artillery, so that the advantage of defense exists in any case, but also reduce the number of troops and reduce financial expenditure.

Hanzhong ......

The sky was darkened by the light rain, and the sound of raindrops falling on the felt hat above his head all reached Chen Wang's ears.

Chen Wang left the Guancheng of Yuguan and walked all the way out of the ruins.

On the official road, a group of generals were marching at this time.

It didn't take five or six days, only four days in total, three and a half days to be exact, and hundreds of miles of roads had already been traveled.

Chen Wang led his army all the way from the south of Li County to Yuguan.

This time it was a rapid march, and the probing vanguard was naturally Liaocai.

The forward Liao cavalry detected that all the rogues had entered Yuguan and entered Hanzhong.

Naturally, there was no more ambush, because the Liao cavalry had been hanging behind them, and the Liukou had no time to set up an ambush.

Chen Wang walked all the way forward and walked under a canopy.

Under the canopy, Zhao Huailiang and Tang Shiping stood with their hands tied.

Hu Zhili and Chen Gong led the infantry team and the horse army respectively, and the two of them were naturally not here.

Under the canopy, on the table, there is an extremely detailed map.

Everything is depicted very clearly on this map, whether it is a pass or a township, everything is clear.

This map was taken by Cao Wenzhao directly from the army and handed to Chen Wang, and it was a detailed map that Chen Wang had no way to obtain.

Compared with Li Yangchun, who is not clear about the situation in Hanzhong Mansion, Chen Wang wants to occupy more information advantages, Cao Dingjiao has already explained the situation in Hanzhong Mansion to him in detail, and there are many extremely detailed things recorded on the map.

In today's Hanzhong Mansion, the two largest streams are the Black Killing Tiger and the Drilling Harrier, with about 50,000 people, respectively entrenched in the mountainous areas in the east of Hanzhong Mansion, in the area of Xixiang and Ziyang.

In addition, there are rogue activities in Ningqiang and Yangxian, with more than 20,000 people.

There are also more than 20,000 people in the vicinity of Xing'an, but this is not allowed to be one, because Xing'an is located in the southeast of Hanzhong Prefecture, which is extremely far away from the Hanzhong Basin, and cannot echo with Li Yangchun and other departments.

What you need to care about is the Liukou in Ningqiang, Yangxian, Xixiang, Ziyang, etc., once Li Yangchun is allowed to join forces with them, Hanzhong Mansion may be completely subverted.

Although there are hundreds of thousands of people in the Black Killing Tiger and Drilling Harrier, most of them are rabble.

Although the two divisions are the old 36th battalions, they are all ranked in the middle 24th battalion, and the Drill Harrier is still the bottom of it.

There is a delicate balance between the armies of Hanzhong Prefecture and the fact that they have always been able to ensure the stability of the surrounding towns and villages of the main cities.

However, most of the troops under the command of Li Yangchun, Lin Shengquan and Li Guo were elite cavalry armies.

Their arrival is bound to upset this balance......

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