The Raven Road north of Yahu Pass is a rugged mountain road in a valley, especially when you are about to reach Wuji Pass, and the road suddenly becomes extremely narrow.

When Luo Cheng led the army to arrive at Wuji Pass, he looked up and gasped directly.

I saw that Wuji Pass was surrounded by cliffs on all sides, and there was no other way out.

On the top of the hill in the distance, there is a small fortress made of stones, and although the pass is simple, the terrain is dangerous.

It is connected only by a mountain path, which is steep and unusually narrow, and can only accommodate one person.

This is really a one-man pass, and it is impossible to open it.

But at this time, he had to bite the bullet and start tackling the problem.

Soon, one by one, the Ming army with shields launched an attack on Wuji Pass.

Although the great shield of the Ming army could withstand the bows and arrows fired by the Tartars, it could not stop the rocks and rolling logs that fell from the mountain.

Those rolling logs continued to fall along the narrow mountain road, directly smashing the attacking Ming army to pieces.

The valley reverberated with the screams of Ming soldiers, and sometimes a single log could bring down many people.

In a short time, the Ming army suffered nearly 100 casualties.

At this time, Luo's face was always pale, where is this tackling a problem, it is simply a death.

Although the Ming army's firearms and arrows continued to shoot at the gate, they did not seem to affect the Tartars from throwing the rolling logs downward.

He said to the guide of the Ming army: "How did Ning Yuanbo and General He conquer this Wuji Pass before. ”

The guide said: "Ning Yuanbo used a kind of artillery, which is said to push the cannon directly to the pass, and then directly blasted open the Wuji Pass. ”

"When General He's troops attacked Wuji Pass, Ning Yuanbo had already led his troops to kill under the city of Hetuala, so there were not many defenders on the pass. He Zongbing sacrificed hundreds of brothers, and waited until the stones and rolling logs on the pass were exhausted before he captured this pass. ”

Luo Yi glanced at Wuji Pass, the mountain road here is very steep, and ordinary artillery can't shoot at the pass on the mountain even if it is pushed here.

Now there is only one way to attack, hoping to exhaust the stones and logs that have closed the enemy.

After that, the guerrilla Lu Dayou suggested that the Ming army feint at night to create a greater momentum.

The Tartar who closed the gate could not see the situation clearly, and would definitely throw stones and rolling logs at the gate desperately.

In this way, the enemy's guarding materials can be consumed at a small cost.

Luo has always felt that this plan is feasible.

The Wuji Pass is not a large place, and only 200 soldiers are stationed on weekdays, and there are hundreds of coats to carry rolling wood.

When Li Xianzhong destroyed Wuji Pass, he ordered the Ming army to cut down and burn all the trees and remove all the stones within a few miles behind Wuji Pass.

Even cement was used to make the otherwise flat roads very difficult to navigate.

Therefore, it is also quite difficult for Wuji Pass to replenish the materials for guarding the pass, such as stone and rolling wood.

After withstanding the Ming army's offensive during the day, the defenders of the pass wanted to use the night to replenish some more supplies to defend the pass.

Unexpectedly, the Ming army did not let them rest at all, and actually lit torches to sneak attack at night.

The defenders at the gate could not see the situation under the mountain clearly, so they had to judge their position based on the torches of the Ming army.

As soon as the Ming torches approached, they threw stones and logs down to kill and wound the enemy.

The Ming army used the night to directly insert torches on both sides of the mountain road, so that from the gate, it seems that there are many Ming troops under the mountain.

Wooden stakes are also used to get stuck obliquely on the mountain road to change the direction in which the rolling logs fall.

Every time the enemy's rolling logs fell, the Ming army made some screams to confuse the public.

After a night's tossing, the supplies in the city were almost tossed.

So much so that when the Ming army tackled the fortified position the next day, their stone rolling wood was actually exhausted.

The Ming army, holding high the shield, actually killed all the way up, and soon came to the front of the Black Chicken Pass.

The children under the mountain also seemed extremely excited, and the Ming army could finally engage with these Tartars.

However, at the critical moment, the Tartars of Wuji Pass actually directly demolished the stone walls around the fortress.

With the fall of the stones, it caused a lot of casualties to the Ming army.

When the Ming army organized an attack again, those coats had already transported the rolling wood to Wuji Pass.

The Ming army, which had been frustrated in the attack again, had to stop the attack.

Just when the Ming army was at a loss and was about to retreat, they saw a sentry riding a flying horse coming.

The sentry said: "Deputy General Qi Luo, I have come here to present a map on the orders of Governor Yan. ”

Hearing the picture, Luo has always been happy in his heart, could it be said that there is still a path to bypass the black chicken pass?

He excitedly took the map and opened it to take a look, but what caught his eye was the three big characters "Tibetan Artillery Map".

There is also a line of text below: In the spring of Wanli 48, Ning Yuanbo Li Xianzhong broke through the Wuji Pass with a mortar cannon and destroyed it. However, this place is lonely and difficult to defend for a long time, and I am afraid that the builders will repair this place again to prevent my Ming Dynasty. Therefore, the Tibetan mortar cannon is 100 meters away from the pass, and the Ming generals only need to find the cannon according to this map to break the pass.

Luo Zheng also had to sigh: "Ning Yuanbo is really a god!" ”

Soon they found a mortar in a hidden cave following the location of the cannon map.

Soon after, several shells from the mortar were also sent to Luo Yiyi.

However, it was late at this time, and it was inconvenient to tackle the problem.

So the Ming army took advantage of the night to secretly advance the mortar cannon to the pass, and only waited for dawn to break through the pass in one fell swoop.

While Luo had always been fighting fiercely at Wuji Pass, the vanguard of the 10,000 Southern Route Army led by Liu Wei had also arrived at the six forts of Kuandian.

The six forts of Kuandian are an area composed of six forts: Kuandian Fort, Changdian Fort, Yongdian Fort, Dadian Fort, New Dian Fort, and Su Dian Fort.

Originally, this area was guarded by 10,000 horses with red flags, but after Daishan became independent, the red flags were withdrawn to North Korea on the other side of the Yalu River.

Today, there are only 3,000 men and horses with yellow flags.

In the face of the menacing Ming army, the insufficient troops with yellow flags had to shrink their forces.

The Ming army soon occupied five other forts except Kuandian Fort.

At this time, the 9,000 Ming army had already surrounded the water of Kuandian Fort.

Kuandian Fort was built in the first year of Wanli, the circumference of the castle is about 8 miles, the city is more than 8 meters high, the north is wide and the south is narrow, it is a ladder shape, and there is no door in the north of the city.

Although the city is not small, the widest northern city relies on the mountain and does not need to send troops to defend it.

The terrain of the east and west gates was not suitable for the assembly of large armies, so if they wanted to break the city, they had to attack the southern city, which was relatively short in the wall.

Previously, the white pole soldiers led by Ma Xianglin held on for three months with strong city defenses.

At this time, his righteous son Liaoyang guerrilla Liu Zhaosun said: "Enlighten my father, Governor Wang was greatly excited to learn that our army had recovered the five forts of Kuandian, and urgently ordered his father to take Kuandian Fort as soon as possible within one day, so as not to delay the army's attack on Hetuala!" ”

At this time, Liu Ling's face was solemn, and his brows were deeply locked.

The Ming army did easily take the five forts of Kuandian, but this was given up by the Tartars on their own initiative, not by them.

The capture of these fortresses, instead of depleting the enemy's strength, consumed his own forces.

It is clear that the Tartars are ready to compete with themselves at Kuandian Fort!

Liu Zhaosun said: "According to the latest news, Vice General Liu's attack on Wuji Pass is not going well, Governor Wang has ordered the other main forces to go south to Kuandian, it should be there soon, and please don't worry!" ”

After hearing the news, Liu Wei shook his head helplessly.

Gathering 30,000 troops to take the six forts of Kuandian and fighting steadily is the safest strategy to march the army.

Wang Huazhen's move to divide the troops into the black chicken pass is really to take off his pants and fart, this is an extra move!

It not only dispersed the troops, but also wasted time, and both ends were affected, but it delayed the march to Hetuala!

But since the main force will arrive later, he will not waste time.

Liu Wei said to Liu Zhaosun: "Tell the order to attack the city!" ”

With Liu Wei's order, thousands of Ming troops pushed the cart and rushed to Kuandian Fort.

The defender of Kuandian Fort was Niu Hulu Eyidu, one of the five founding ministers of Jianzhou.

E, who was only two years younger than the Great Khan, had already joined Nurhachi in his army.

Deeply trusted by Nurhachi, he was canonized as a first-class duke for his bravery, and was given the name "Baturu".

At this time, Yidu had 3,000 men and horses in his hands.

Jianzhou Niulu and Han Army Niulu each accounted for half.

Although there are few soldiers, the 8-meter-high wall of Kuandian Fort is the highest in the entire Jianzhou area, and he is still very confident in sticking to this place.

The main direction of attack of the Ming army must be Nancheng, and he arranged 500 people in each of the east and west cities, and personally led 1,500 people to defend Nancheng.

handed over the 500 reserves to his 14-year-old youngest son, Kupilon, and now all the men over the age of 13 in Jianzhou are going to go to the battlefield, and this time it is just for him to go through the training.

Kuandian Fort did not have a moat, but it did have two moats.

The first ditch was far away from the city, and after the rain of arrows on the city was shot, they all fell on the carts of the Ming army.

Seeing this, the yellow flag on the city scolded the Ming army for being shameless and actually stole Dajin's chariot.

Liu Wei fought many battles with these Tartars, and once captured a lot of chariots.

After thinking about it, he felt that the Tartar chariot was still quite practical, so he directly asked people to build hundreds of them for siege purposes.

Although the Ming army also had firecrackers, their bird-guns only had a range of 60 paces, and they could not shoot at the city beyond the chariots.

Therefore, the Ming army also used bows and arrows, and I saw that the Ming army used the cover of the chariot to continuously shoot arrows to the city.

At this time, the Eight Banners fought against the Kaiyuan Ming Army under Li Xianzhong for a long time, in fact, they were all used to the Ming army's firearms, and Liu Wei used bows and arrows all of a sudden, which made them a little uncomfortable.

To tell the truth, he himself has no choice but to take these cars.

Soon, the Ming army successfully filled in the first trench outside Kuandian Fort.

Although the two sides were happy to shoot, it was a pity that the distance was long, and there was the cover of the chariot and the city wall, so the actual damage caused by the bow and arrow to both sides was not large.

However, when you reach the second ditch, it is different, because it is only forty paces from the wall, and you can shoot each other with a bow and arrow.

Eyidu seized the opportunity and ordered the yellow flags on the city to be aimed at the Ming army behind the chariot and suddenly came with a volley.

The arrows of the Tartars rained down on the besieging Ming army, and the arrows mercilessly plunged into the body of the Ming army.

However, fortunately, many of the elite troops of the attacking Ming army were wearing this heavy cloth armor, and not many of them were actually shot directly.

However, this wave of attacks still caused great trouble for the Ming army to fill in the trenches.

However, after all, the Ming army was crowded, and soon the Ming army archers under the city were still colored.

As waves of arrows rained down on the city, casualties began to appear on the yellow flags.

Although they were all wearing heavy armor, and there were not many soldiers who were directly shot and killed, the rain of arrows of the Ming army still stopped their rhythm of firing arrows.

The Ming army also seized this rare opportunity to fill in the trenches.

"Bang, bang, bang"

As a puff of white smoke rose, several yellow flags with bows and arrows were shot through the chests by the Ming army's birds.

At this time, Liu Wei also showed a smug smile, and now the bows and arrows of the Ming army have completely suppressed the Tartars in the city.

As long as the trench was filled, he was still very confident that he would take Kuandian Fort.

He also knew that half of the eight banners of the Tartars were Han troops, and some of them were Koreans, which could no longer be compared with the Tartars of the Salhu period.

At this time, Kupilon said: "Ama, our Han army Niulu also has a large number of bird guns, and now that the Ming army has pushed the chariot to within forty steps, our bird guns should have a chance to shoot them." ”

Curb Bilong's reminder was very timely, and when the Ming army was defending the city, they often used fire guns to pierce their own carts.

Since the Ming army can steal their own chariots, they can also use firearms against them.

Under the cover of a group of shield bearers, the Han army's musketeers quickly aimed their bird guns at the Ming army under the city.

Although their bird guns do not have the granular black powder of the Ming army, they can also fight 60 steps.

Moreover, the Ming army's chariot was not wrapped in cowhide, but simply used wooden planks, and the defense was still lacking.

"Bang, bang, bang"

Soon the Han army's bird guns shot at the Ming army's chariot.

Then the soldiers of the Ming army looked at the blood hole in their chest in amazement, and fell down unwillingly.

I really shot through!

As the white fog on the city increased, the number of Ming troops shot by the bird guns gradually increased.

Although the Tartar's bird gun was not always able to kill the Ming army behind the chariot.

But it has already created enough deterrence for the Ming army.

And the efficiency of the Ming army's trench filling is getting lower and lower.

At this time, there was a very strange scene on the battlefield, the Ming army was pushing the Tartar cart to attack the city; And the Tartars in the city were shooting with the Ming army's bird guns.

No matter how you look at this picture, it feels awkward.

Although the Ming army has paid nearly 1,000 casualties, at this time, the 5-meter-wide trench has been filled by the Ming army, and it is impossible for Liu Wei to stop there.

At this time, the Tartars on the city wall had many more shieldmen to cover them, and the damage to them with bows and arrows was almost negligible.

As soon as the Ming army gritted its teeth, a thousand birds came up to fight against the Tartars on Chengcheng.

The Tartars could penetrate the Ming army's chariots at this distance, and the Ming army could also penetrate their shields.

For a while, the sound of firecrackers came and went, and the white fog on and below the city was filled.

At first glance, it really looks like a fairyland on earth.

Suddenly, with a loud bang, the screams of the Han army came from the city.

Suppilon soon realized that it was a bore.

At first, it was a few old bird guns, and he could understand it, after all, it wasn't new when they bought it, and it was easy to blow it up if they used it too much.

However, when some of the new Bird's Guns began to blow up, Suppilon soon realized that something was wrong.

Han Jun took a scrapped new bird gun and said: "Master, we have been pitted by those profiteers, and the thickness of the pipes of these new bird guns is uneven, and it is easy to blow up. ”

At the beginning, Li Xianzhong's special bird gun used to pit the tartar finally came into play, and he had no choice but to give up using the bird gun.

However, when they switched back to their bows and arrows, they found that it was too late, because the Ming army had almost filled in the moats outside the city.

Liu Zhaosun held high the big sword and personally led Liu Ling's family to attack the city.

In the past, Liu Wei did this kind of thing by himself, but now that he is old, although he can still hold the iron broadsword, his health has not been as good as before since he was seriously injured last year.

He knew it might well be his last fight.

In his last battle, he was able to pacify Jianzhou, which can be regarded as a successful end to his military career.

The Ming army, under the command of Liu Zhaosun, soon erected the cloud ladder on the wall of Kuandian.

At this time, the two sides are about to enter a more brutal hand-to-hand combat stage.

The yellow banner on the city kept picking up stones and smashing them at the Ming army who landed in the city, while the Ming archers and fire gunners under the city kept shooting the prisoners on the city to prevent them from interfering with the siege!

Although the casualties of the Ming army were greater, they still had the advantage in numbers, and they soon reached the top of the city of Kuandian.

At this time, there were still hundreds of white-armored people wearing triple armor in the city, although these people looked vulnerable in front of Lu Mi of the Kaiyuan Army.

However, in the face of ordinary Ming troops, their combat strength was still extremely fierce, and soon the Ming troops who climbed the city wall were defeated and retreated by these white armor teeth.

Seeing that the most elite family members in the army had a tendency to be driven out of the city, Liu Zhaosun personally went to the city to kill the enemy.

The two sides have already been in close arms, and the so-called narrow road meets the brave wins, and at this time it depends on whose willpower is stronger.

Although Eyidu is nearly sixty years old, he is still extremely brave, and he saw the big knife in his hand draw a cold arc, constantly slashing the surrounding Ming army.

Liu Wei is known for his knife skills, and he is nicknamed "Liu Dadao".

Liu Zhaosun, as Liu Ling's righteous son, naturally also got his true inheritance, and after killing the two white swing tooth lamas, he rushed towards the same forehead.

Liu Zhaosun's aim at the forehead was to "split Huashan" for a while, and the forehead also swung his knife to block, and soon the blades of the two collided with each other, and even rubbed out bursts of sparks.

It is said that boxing is afraid of being less strong, but in fact, weapons are the same.

The sixty-year-old was naturally not Liu Zhaosun's opponent in terms of strength, but he soon relied on his experience to flash his figure, unloaded the power of Liu Zhaosun's knife, and then slashed at the opponent with a knife.

I saw two big knives constantly waving in the air, and sparks were rubbed from time to time.

Liu Wei was observing the battle between the two under the city at the moment, and he could see at a glance that Eyidu's sword technique should be above Liu Zhaosun, but he suffered a loss in age and strength, so the two of them were inseparable.

At this time, the iron broadsword in Liu Wei's hand has already been replaced by a treasure carving bow, Liu Wei has always been known for his amazing arm strength, and it is even rumored that he can dance a 120-pound broadsword.

It is still possible to pull out a four-stone bow.

Er also knew that if he continued to consume like this, he would definitely not be Liu Zhaosun's opponent, so he pretended to be invincible and pretended to retreat.

And Liu Zhaosun thought that he was going to run, so he chased after him.

Liu Wei under the city secretly said that it was not good, Liu Zhaosun was fooled, and then he would definitely look back and slash at him with all his might.

So he held his breath, then released his bowstring, and an armor-piercing heavy arrow slashed through the sky, like a bolt of lightning straight towards Eyidu.

At this time, Liu Zhaosun had already chased within the attack distance, and his forehead suddenly turned around and swung his big knife, swinging at Liu Zhaosun in a horizontal slashing motion in a circular motion.

Liu Zhaosun also understood that something was wrong, and he attacked with the weight of the weapon itself and the huge inertia, and he had no choice but to swing his sword to resist, but he would definitely be shocked by its huge power.

Just as he used all his strength to block the fatal blow, he never waited for the storm to come.

At this time, the forehead in front of him had been shot through the throat by an armor-piercing heavy armor.

Liu Zhaosun hurriedly seized the opportunity and swung it down, directly cutting off the head of Yidu.

Seeing that the enemy army was about to be killed, the morale of the Ming army in the city soared and began to counterattack frantically.

The young Suppilon raised his spear and wanted to rush over to avenge his Ama.

But at this time, one hand held his spear and said, "You are not the opponent of that Ming general, so let me go." ”

At this time, Suppilon only saw an equally young figure rushing straight towards the Ming General.

Knowing that he was going to be more than lucky, he shouted, "Dare to ask this warrior's name? ”

After that, a long voice came "Gualja Aobai"!

Ao Bai is the same as Ji Bilong, he is also after the "Five Ministers", and the two are both inlaid with yellow flags, and his uncle is Fei Yingdong, who was beheaded by Li Xianzhong last year.

Now 13-year-old Ao Bai finally has the opportunity to go to the battlefield to kill the Ming army.

At first glance, it was a baby, and Liu Zhaosun didn't take it too seriously, just laughed it off.

I thought that there was really no one in the Tartars, and even this half-sized son came up and sent him to death.

Seeing the other party swinging a knife at him, he also swept towards the other party with a knife.

Soon Liu Zhaosun paid the price for his light enemy, his big sword was actually shaken open by Aobai, and then he saw a cold light flash, and Liu Zhaosun fell directly on the city.

After Ao Baizhen beheaded Liu Zhaosun, the morale of the Ming army plummeted, and they were soon driven out of Kuandian Fort.

Liu Ling couldn't believe the scene that happened in front of him, Liu Zhaosun was beheaded by the enemy in just two moves, and the figure of that person should not be an adult.

In this battle, the Ming army killed nearly 4,000 people and still did not capture Kuandian Fort, and their elite soldiers were almost exhausted, so they naturally had no strength to fight again.

The worse news was that Wang Huazhen's army of 20,000 did not come to Kuandian Fort.

After receiving the news that Luo had always conquered Wuji Pass and Liu Wei had not captured Kuandian Fort, he chose to directly enter Hetuara from Wuji Pass.

Instead, an order was sent for Liu Wei to continue the attack on Kuandian Fort.

On November 12, the 48th year of Wanli, Wang Huazhen, the governor of Liaodong, led nearly 20,000 Ming troops to cross the Wuji Pass and came to the city of Hetuala.

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