"There are more than 40,000 people outside Jitou Pass, and they attack Jitou Pass...... There are many infantry teams in his army, hungry soldiers, and few fine cavalry troops, although they fight scorpion blocks and high deserving banners, but they are really small red wolves and mixed with 100,000 troops......

"Recently, the Liukou have been active frequently in the Luoyang area, gathering a large army, the thief leader Li Zicheng, the six teams, the head of Qi, the king of Zhengyi, the king of Renyi and other people, a total of six battalions of nearly 60,000 soldiers and horses, jointly attacking the county......

Sun Chuanting frowned, and dragged the war horse to walk on the side of the official road.

Some time ago, Chen Wang passed a letter from the Pegasus of Hanzhong Mansion, and after reporting the situation of Hanzhong Mansion, he also wrote a speculation.

「…… I can't divide my troops to prevent Yangping and Ningqiang."

"Northern Sichuan is in turmoil, and Sichuan soldiers are more than willing to help Huguang and other places, so Sichuan is ......very empty."

"The thieves are obviously attacking Hanzhong, but they actually intend to go south into Sichuan......

For these days, Sun Chuanting has been presiding over the attack in Fengxiang Mansion, and Hong Chengchou is sitting in Gongchang Mansion, and the two of them are one east and one west, constantly shrinking into the encirclement network.

Chen Wang's situation, Sun Chuanting is very clear.

In Hanzhong Mansion, the total number of troops under the command of Chen Wang and Zhou Yumao was only 5,000.

And now the army has nearly 100,000 troops and horses to attack Hanzhong Mansion in two ways, and the disparity in strength between the two sides is huge, and Chen Wang's side is facing huge pressure, and Chen Wang even transferred back the troops stationed in Xing'an.

It is indeed unable to divide troops to defend Yangping and Ningqiang.

Now stationed in Xing'an Prefecture, there are only hundreds of regular soldiers guarding the Thousand Households in Xing'an, and more than 1,000 militiamen.

Therefore, for Chen Wang's letter, Sun Chuanting replied with some relief, and asked him to guard the two places of Chuxian and Jitou to prevent the rogues from entering the Hanzhong Mansion, and the rest should not be too worried.

For Sichuan, since Chongzhen has been seven years old, Liukou has always been respectful and away.

When Chongzhen was in the seventh year, it was when Zhang Xianzhong was in the limelight, and he once had the potential to surpass Gao Yingxiang.

Zhang Xianzhong led his troops westward at that time and captured Kuizhou, an important town in eastern Sichuan, in one fell swoop.

Qin Liangyu led the army to help, Zhang Xianzhong's troops were defeated and left, and then Qin Liangyu led the army to pursue, and his son Ma Xianglin attacked back and forth, defeating Zhang Xianzhong.

Zhang Xianzhong only returned with a thousand rides, and tens of thousands of riders were lost in one day.

The Sichuan soldiers are fierce and dare to fight, and the white pole soldiers are the best at fighting, and the Liukou are even more afraid of the Sichuan soldiers than the Liao soldiers.

Because although the Liao soldiers are powerful, as long as they drill into the deep mountains and valleys, the Liao soldiers will not pursue and are helpless.

But when he encountered the Sichuan soldiers, he drilled into the deep mountains and giant valleys, and the combat power of the Sichuan soldiers became several points stronger.

Sichuan is mountainous, for the Sichuan soldiers, the deep mountains and huge valleys are like returning home, between the winding mountains, the Sichuan soldiers often walk on the ground.

The authorities were fascinated, and the bystanders were clear, and Sun Chuanting really did not think that Li Zicheng might plan to march in the direction of Sichuan.

But after seeing Chen Wang's detailed explanation of the current situation in northern Sichuan in his letter, Sun Chuanting also began to think about whether this is possible.

After some deduction, Sun Chuanting came to the conclusion that it is not only possible, but also very likely.

Sun Chuanting knew that the rogues had a set of methods for listening to intelligence, and he also knew what the morality of the Ming army was in some places.

Raise self-respect, be in the company of thieves, sell intelligence, collect money and let go, and even sell armor and soldiers.

Why Sun Chuanting thinks that Yang Sichang's four-square, six-corner, ten-sided net is not advisable, precisely because he clearly knows what these things are.

The plan is good, but there is a problem with the people who can't hold it out.

The rogues didn't even need to fight, they just took out the looted gold and silver, and they could exchange it for a way to survive and stand out of the siege.

Gao Yingxiang was originally located in Yunxiang, but he was very familiar with the situation in other prefectures, and because of bribery and wealth, he learned information from the Ming army in various places.

Northern Sichuan has been empty for a long time, and there is no concealment in the movement of troops.

Now Li Zicheng is afraid that his understanding of the strength of northern Sichuan and the virtual and real defense is probably no less than him.

There are only more than 2,000 soldiers and horses under Hou Liangzhu's command that can be mobilized, and there are too many places to be guarded against, and there is no time to separate.

And even if he set up a defense, he couldn't stop so many soldiers and horses under Li Zicheng's command.

The Sichuan is mountainous, the rugged area is difficult to walk, there are many miasma between the valleys and hills, there are many snakes, insects, rats and ants, and now the summer is coming, once Li Zicheng enters the Sichuan with the Liukou, the difficulty of entering and suppressing will suddenly increase.

The most important thing is that as soon as Liukou enters Sichuan, he will cross the border, and the authority to send troops across the border to suppress him is insufficient, and he still needs to report his expression and wait for the permission of the imperial court.

On the official road, a group of soldiers wearing helmets, wearing green clothes, and carrying spears on their shoulders are slowly moving forward.

Unlike ordinary soldiers, although the uniforms on these soldiers are also covered with wind and dust, they are not old and dilapidated.

Their eyes were filled not with indifference, but with vigor.

They are the elite selected from the various battalions in Shaanxi, and they are the supervising battalions directly under Sun Chuanting.

[In view of the general environment,

Since the establishment of the camp, they first beheaded the king of neatness, and then punished Ma Chao, besieged and killed the king of Shuntian, and exterminated Gao Yingxiang, and they made immortal feats.

The setbacks outside Jingyang did not crush them, and the rebellion caused by Deng Zhong only made them more united.

"The vanguard of our army has arrived in the north of Feng County, and the Liukou are stationed in Feng County, and there are about 10,000 ......."

Tangma's return came from the front, and Sun Chuanting withdrew his slightly divergent thoughts.

Now that the situation is dangerous, all he can do is to do his best and obey the destiny of heaven.

……

In the west of the county, the shouting of killing shook the sky.

"Winter!" "Winter!" "Winter!"

The thick drums of the Ming army's war drums continued to echo in the sky above the field.

If you want to enter the county from the west of Hanzhong Mansion and enter the Hanzhong Basin, there is only one way to go at this time.

And this one must pass through the west side of the county, and the west side of the county is where the Yangping Pass is located in the late Eastern Han Dynasty.

Liu Bei, Cao Cao and Hanzhong mobilized swords around this pass.

Time has passed, everything has changed, although the ruins of Guyang Pingguan are still there, but they have long lost their defensive role.

Now the places defended by the Ming army are all newly repaired defensive measures.

Chen Wang stood on the lookout, and from here, he could look up at the situation on the entire battlefield.

The defense of Jitouguan has been handed over by him to Hu Zhiyi to govern.

Chen Wang left two infantry units for Hu Zhiyi, and transferred 1,500 guards as a supplementary defense.

These 1,500 guards were the main troops in the two newly renovated thousand houses on the right and back, and they had already undergone three months of training, although the total training was only thirty days.

Field battles may be reluctant, but they are more than enough to defend the city.

Chen Wang also left Hu Zhiyi with 20 tiger squat guns, 15 Furlong machine guns, and the three-eyed guns in the general's inventory, as well as the three-eyed guns that were reloaded, all of which were left in Jitouguan.

Jitou Pass is easy to defend and difficult to attack, the little red wolf and the mixed 100,000 people, one is the head of the 24th battalion, and the other is the head of the 24th battalion, both of them are not very famous, their abilities are mediocre, and the subordinates under their command are not elite.

The fact that they were able to have so many subordinates under their two ministries was all transferred by Li Zicheng, and they simply did not have the talent to command so many people. The attack has always been the simplest tactic of crowding, and the ants are attached to the siege.

As long as Hu Zhiyi does not go out of the Guanlang War, then the Jitou Pass will be as stable as Mount Tai.

Therefore, Chen Wang's order to Hu Zhiyi was to guard the chicken head pass.

Hu Zhiyi has always been steady, and he has always acted in a single office, and during the period of guarding Xing'an Prefecture, he took care of the defense of the entire city in an orderly manner.

Along the way, not only Chen Wangqian, but also Hu Zhiyi, Hu Zhili, Chen Gong, Tang Shiping and Zhao Huailiang, they are also moving forward together.

Chen Gong was the youngest among the crowd

, the temper is also the worst, many times Chen Gong is informal, looks frivolous, and idle.

But in fact, no matter when he didn't forget to practice martial arts, hone his skills, and even put his mind to read the military books that he hadn't read before.

Chen Gong is still like this, and the rest of the people are naturally working hard to move forward.

People go to higher places, and water flows to lower places.

Money is moving, and power is fascinating.

The opportunity is rare, and they all know very well that if they can't keep up with Chen Wang's footsteps, then someone will eventually take their place, their careers, and their development will come to an end.

"Kill!

！」

The tsunami-like shouts of the mountains came from a distance again, penetrating into Chen Wang's ears.

The swarming rogues came like waves after waves, shouting, venting, and roaring wildly.

Most of them were originally just ordinary farmers and hunters, law-abiding and honest.

But at this moment, they all have hideous expressions, crazy and twisted......

Hunger had already turned them into demons......

A large group of hungry soldiers swarmed in, as if they wanted to use their roars to stir up the little strength they had left in their bodies and dispel the fear in their hearts.

"Bang! Bang! Bang bang bang!

」

The hungry people of the Rogues continued to attack, but without exception, they were all shattered in an instant.

The sound of the bang echoed in the sky above the Han River, and the sound of water rushing towards the Eastern Han River was mixed together, playing a mourning song of death.

The smoke of gunpowder was filled, the sound of guns was deafening, and the hungry soldiers who were charging forward fell down like wheat fields blown by strong winds, and the dead and wounded were all in one place.

Everywhere you look, there are corpses and blood everywhere, and the morale of the hungry soldiers is not high.

The hungry soldiers were panicked and tried to flee backwards, but as soon as they turned their heads, they were slashed head-on on the front door and fell to the ground on the spot.

"No Return! Rush up!

」

After countless battles, the rogues already have their own set of tactics, and among the intruders, they are even more proficient in how to use hungry soldiers.

Generally speaking, they are only followed by a small number of infantry or horse troops, or mixed bandits, to drive the hungry soldiers to rush into battle, consuming the ammunition and physical strength of the officers and soldiers.

The tactics of the invading army are to gather a large number of archers behind the hungry people, and then arrange a large number of sword and shield soldiers to charge into battle.

They used the starving people as human shields to weaken the firepower of the Ming army, and after receiving the battle, the archers of the rear team returned fire with diffuse fire to suppress the Ming army's guns and archers.

They don't worry about whether they are injured by mistake, because even if they are injured by mistake, it doesn't matter, and when the battle is fought to this extent, it is itself filled with human lives.

The sword and shield soldiers served as a guide and supervisor, and once the Ming army's array was shaken, they would immediately charge away, looking for an opportunity to open a gap.

"Woo——————

With a high-pitched trumpet, the tightly packed rogue archers behind the hungry soldiers suddenly let go of the bowstrings in their hands.

On the hundreds of meters long front, there was a sudden sound of countless bowstrings like cotton.

In the next moment, countless arrows flew into the air, and the dense arrows rose into the sky almost at the same time, flying like a swarm of flying locusts in a time of drought.

"Hidden!"

On the wall, the generals of the Ming army shouted loudly.

All the soldiers bowed their heads, bowed down, and raised their shields with their shields, while without shields, they leaned their bodies against the wall as much as possible.

The rain of arrows poured in, and although there was an early warning, there were always people who didn't have time to react, or because they were unlucky enough to be shot through the narrow gap.

On the wall, the wounded by the arrow wailed in pain.

But

Their wails were soon overpowered by the shouts of murder outside the walls that almost pierced the clouds and cracked stones.

A large number of arrows fell in the sky, and the hungry soldiers in the queue of rogues were driven forward by the infantry team holding swords and shields in the queue at this time.

At this time, the Ming army on the wall was in a state of suppression, and it was the best opportunity to get close to the wall.

"Peng!" "Peng!" "Peng!"

In the rogue array, puffs of white smoke rose up, and the explosion of the only Franc cannon had reached everyone's ears in an instant.

Most of the Franco's cannons are not large in caliber, but even the smallest guns are still cannons.

Many of the walls that were not very strong were broken down or broken.

Behind the wall, a terrible scream erupted again, and many soldiers were injured by the flying wooden blocks.

"Woo——————

In the midst of the rogue formation, the horn sounded again, and this horn was the signal for the whole army to attack.

However, as several loud noises sounded over the pass, the sound of the horns in the Liukou array also stopped abruptly.

The eight cannons that Chen Wang had placed on the high ground were already roaring at this time.

More than four catties of cannons drew beautiful arcs in the air, and then smashed down into the Liukou's military formation, bringing up countless blood mist and countless stumps and broken arms in an instant.

Under the clairvoyant mirror, Chen Wang saw everything clearly.

In the camp, the soldiers were also encouraged, and the drums were louder again.

The courage of the gangsters, who had already rushed to the near side of the wall, was defeated again.

A large number of rogues retreated to the rear like the tide of the sea.

Chen Wang also moved his gaze away from the clairvoyant mirror in front of him.

Li Zicheng was indeed just bluffing, and in the attack for so many days, only two elite cavalry were invested to join the attack.

Li Zicheng's real purpose has always been Sichuan......

Chen Wang took a step forward, holding the railing in front of him with both hands, and looked farther to the north.

There are too few soldiers under his command, and most of the recruits are not very strong.

In Chuxian and Ningqiang, Chen Wang can only hold on to one place, and he must make a choice.

But although he chose to give up Ning Qiang, Chen Wang did not choose to sit back.

He had already handed over all the information he knew to Sun Chuanting and Hong Chengchou.

History may change as a result, or it may lead to an unknown end, depriving him of one of the great advantages of a prophet.

But it's not scary, everything will change, it's just a matter of time.

Changing earlier and changing later, in fact, does not have a big impact.

Daming has too many shortcomings, even if there is no Li Zicheng to stir up the world, there will be other people to cause turmoil.