Be the emperor from the postman

Chapter 863 Hammer bandits use it, but our officers and soldiers can't use it? (two in one)

He Huchen, the officer in Hancheng, felt guilty, watching the hammer bandit army swaying across the river and leaving.

But even if they were far away, there were still soldiers moving in the Hammer bandit camp outside Hancheng.

These people left the camp with shovels and picks, and continued to dig holes and enlarge the trenches.

He Huchen's face was a bit ugly, the Hammer Bandits didn't treat them as a dish!
This move is really arrogant!
But He Huchen wasn't sure if this was He Jinzhao's trick to lure the enemy.

He Jinzhao has almost controlled the entire Shanxi Province, and even stretched out his claws towards the Datong Mansion, claiming to have 10 people, and pulling out 10 people is really not bragging.

Who can guess whether it is the elite soldiers who are marching in a mighty order, or the soldiers who stay outside the city and dig ditches carelessly are elite soldiers?
If it was the Hammer bandits who deliberately lured them out of the city to fight, that would be impossible to say.

Facing the ostentatious hammer bandits, He Huchen believed that there was nothing wrong with being cautious.

There is enough food in Hancheng.

After all, as the first line of defense against the invasion of hammer bandits, Hong Chengchou, the governor of the three sides, has given enough attention.

But now that the hammer bandits are besieging but not attacking, they pass by with a sharp stab.

If He Jinzhao conquered Tongguan, He Huchen felt that he was a piece of meat in He Jinzhao's mouth.

Hammer Bandit eats whenever he wants.

Although Tongguan is dangerous, it cannot withstand the continuous bombardment of Cheying artillery.

If it is about playing Che Ying, Nurhachi, Huang Taiji and his son are the most powerful generals in the entire Ming Dynasty.

However, after He Jinzhao's car battalion was equipped with powerful artillery and various firearms, the Houjin Tartars fell on their best military formation.

When Sun Chengzong was in Liaodong, he also wanted to study the car camp, but it was not as good as the Houjin Tartars, so it was not implemented on a large scale.

After the artillery bombarded the Golden Tartars and defeated them, Cao Wenzhao also gave a detailed report to Hong Chengchou.

He Huchen and other high-ranking generals of the Ming Dynasty were reminded of them, and at the same time, the batch of artillery and firearms made by Zuo Guang were also taken away by Hong Chengchou.

I just don't know how effective it can be to encircle and suppress bandits fleeing in Henan, Huguang and other places.

But thanks to the technical problems of the artillery, Hong Chengchou's treatment and attitude towards the craftsmen was really not very good.

His character, as long as the final result can achieve the goal, he doesn't care about the process.

Hong Chengchou ignored the difficulty of casting cannons. After casting failed, he often punished the craftsmen, because he believed that the craftsmen in the hands of the hammer bandits were similar to the craftsmen in his hands.

But congratulations that Tang Ruowang was kidnapped at present, and the cannon-casting experts Sun Yuanhua and Xu Guangqi passed away one after another. Tang Ruowang, who had an intersection with them, knew technology.

Therefore, when the craftsmen of the Ming Dynasty made cannons, in order to avoid punishment, they mostly made old general cannons or other miscellaneous cannons.

Not only the success rate is high, the craftsmen are exempted from punishment, but also some rewards can be cheated from Hong Chengchou.

As for when the two armies are at war, how many shells can be fired depends on personal luck.

I will not be responsible for the appearance!

Hong Chengchou got the artillery he wanted, and the craftsmen were exempted from punishment. As for the soldiers who used the artillery, who the hell cares whether they live or die?
He Huchen looked at the soldiers around him again, he was caught by the formation of the Hammer bandits in front of him, he probably had no fighting spirit.

Dare to fight and fight is nothing, courage can be cultivated through winning battles.

For now, the officers and soldiers have the courage to fight the rest of the rebels.

But facing the hammer bandits, especially Cao Wenzhao and others all went to Henan, and the officers and soldiers who stayed in Shaanxi were even more courageous.

Most importantly, there is a rumor circulating among the Shaanxi military.

General Xiao Cao, who fought the most, did not die in the battle against the Houjin Tartars, but was captured by the hammer bandit He Jinzhao.

Then Governor Hong and others came forward to refute the rumors, which were false.

General Xiao Cao died in battle. He led his soldiers to fight the Houjin Tartars to the last moment and died for the country.

Then the few Ming army generals in Shaanxi believed even more that the rumors were true!
He Huchen didn't believe Hong Chengchou's words either.

Even though Cao Bianjiao was seriously injured and unable to break through, none of the soldiers of the Ming Dynasty escaped, absolutely impossible!
He may not be confident in fighting, but in terms of escaping for his life, He Huchen is quite confident in the soldiers of the Ming Dynasty.

The army of hammer bandits was dispatched.

He Jinzhao was riding a war horse, intending to conquer Tongguan as soon as possible while the weather was not yet hot, so as not to give Hong Chengchou a chance to react.

Yang Wenyue was also riding on a war horse, watching the marching Hammer bandit soldiers, he couldn't help feeling emotional every time.

This marching lineup alone is truly the first in the world.

It was the first time Yang Wenyue went out with He Jinzhao.

Last time, as the head coach of a partial division, he was directly transferred to southern Shanxi to bombard Hancheng, Tongguan and other places.

It has to be said that He Jinzhao gave him great trust.

Yang Wenyue pinched his beard and recalled when the next steps were agreed upon.

Since a general suggested that Xuanda and other places were smashed by the Tartars, the Ming army had no chance to resist.

We hurt the Houjin Tartars, and the government and the army designated that they couldn't beat us.

Why don't we directly occupy Hebei, go straight to the capital, seize the bird position of the dog emperor, and ask the general to be the emperor.

It was a pleasure to be happy like this, but being rejected by He Jinzhao, at least now is not the time.

It is also said that taking advantage of the trend, he followed Hong Chengchou into Henan, and united with other rebels to besiege and beat the Ming army.

In this way, attacking the officers and soldiers back and forth will definitely make the officers and soldiers suffer a lot.

Then conquer Jinling, occupy the rich land there, cut off the north-south water transport, and sit in the capital.

Once the Liao pay cannot be paid, the entire Liaodong will be in civil strife, and the capital will also have huge riots due to lack of food.

The whole Ming Dynasty is over.

At that time, we will take the opportunity to make the Northern Expedition and decide the world in one fell swoop.

The land of Shanshan and Shaanxi is always dry, except for a large number of poor people, there is no output.

Yang Wenyue felt that it was not feasible. Jinling lived in the low class for generations, and although it helped great things, once something happened, it would easily lead to a confrontation between the North and the South.

After so many years, Zhu Yuanzhang succeeded in the Northern Expedition. It would be the safest way to fight from the north to the south in the future.

If you go straight to the capital and the attack is not going well, if you lose, there is no way to retreat, and it is easy to lose the basic set.

The main reason is that over the years of the Ming Dynasty, foreigners and rebels have repeatedly attacked the capital of the Ming Dynasty, but none of the attacking parties could take it down.

These two opinions sound very desirable, but it is easiest to make a wedding dress for the post-gold Tartars.

According to the Marshal's original strategy, take Guanzhong first, which is also the marshal's homeland, and the capital of Qin with a hundred and two mountains and rivers, has already won the second place in the world.

Established a country and established a business, plundered the three sides, and occupied Shanxi, and waited for the right time to enter Beijing.

Advancing can be attacked, retreating can be defended, this is the best strategy and the safest.

Whether you take Jinling or the capital first, you will be vulnerable to Chongzhen's large-scale Qinwang soldiers attacking from the side and rear, making your own side suffer from the enemy.

The plate is too big, and it is easy to be beaten by the officers and soldiers. As a result, one's own side has been fighting with the officers and soldiers, and finally it is cheaper for the post-gold tartars in Liaodong.

If Guanzhong is taken first, the path will be straightforward and the attack will be convenient.

Guanzhong is the place where the commander-in-chief rose, and it has a good mass base. After controlling a few key points, it will be difficult for the officers and soldiers to return to Guanzhong!
What's more, Guanzhong's officers and soldiers are empty, which is a great opportunity.

After conquering Guanzhong, it is safer and more convenient to accumulate strength and then attack the capital of the Ming Dynasty.

Yang Wenyue let out a long sigh. Earlier, he didn't know whether his master insisted on fighting back to Shaanxi because he planned it long ago, or because he was just lucky.

However, after using Gao Li and other insurgents to lure Hong Chengchou out of Tongguan, there were not many officers and troops left in Shaanxi, so he knew that He Jinzhao was no worse than him in strategic planning.

Tongguan.

Guanzhong's east gate.

It is located at the ferry of the Yellow River, and is located in the hub of Shanxi, Shanxi and Henan provinces.

The key point strangling the post road from Chang'an to Luoyang is the key to entering and exiting the Sanqin.

Since the end of the Han Dynasty, it has been the must-pass and defense pass for entering the Central Plains in the east and entering Guanzhong and the Western Regions in the west.

The city was built in the fifth year of Hongwu in the Ming Dynasty.

In the ninth year, the city wall was built in a zigzag manner according to the mountain, and it was connected into one piece, reappearing the precipitousness.

It borders the Yellow River in the north, crosses two mountains in the south, cuts off the east-west road in the east, and extends up the mountain in the south near the Yellow River.

The east-west avenue is close to the river in the west, and goes up the mountain in the south.

There are six gates in the city, each with two holes, which are connected by an urn in the middle.

Liu Xi, the head of Tongguan Weiqian, was bombarded by hammer bandits a while ago, but he was not afraid.

Not to mention the steepness of Tongguan, Governor Hong has quietly dispatched an army to deal with the hammer bandits.

But Liu Xi still didn't dare to relax his vigilance. Just two days ago, the number of hammer boats on the Yellow River increased a lot, and from time to time, the boats fired cannons to bombard Tongguan in the inner channel of the Yellow River.

He had already sent the news to the governors of the five provinces, saying that the hammer bandits were about to move and were bombarding Tongguan.

Hong Chengchou probably hasn't received the news yet, or he has no time to take care of it at the moment, he is busy with the six-month limit.

Liu Xi also had some headaches. The Yellow River came out of the Qinjin Gorge and flowed south to the north of Tongguan, turning east.

Here Luoshui and Weihe Rivers converge in the Yellow River, and the Yellow River flows closely under Tongguan City, forming a natural moat.

There is no way to go, and it also cuts off the road to the north, forming a natural defense on the north side of Tongguan City.

Therefore, guarding Tongguan seldom considered the safety of the north of the city, and the Yellow River natural barrier formed a natural barrier.

But now they encountered shelling from the Hammer bandit's ship. It was really a new way of fighting on the ship, which caught them off guard.

Although the north wall of Tongguan City flows along the water, on the one hand, it can protect the attack of the navy from the direction of the Yellow River, and on the other hand, it can control the riverside road.

But Liu Xi had to deploy more soldiers here to keep watch.

In order to prevent the hammer bandits from suddenly putting down soldiers from the warship and quietly touching them to close them.

"Master." Yang Wenyue just received the news:

"He Zan and the others are about to arrive at Wuguan, let's see if they can make a sneak attack."

He Jinchao nodded, Qin Zhisai, holding Dasan Pass and Wu Pass in his hands, that's all.

Now he needed to conquer Tongguan by himself, and the army marched for several days before reaching Tongguan forty miles away.

The whole army rested first, and dispatched agents to further investigate Tongguan, and at the same time asked Cao Wenzhao to lead troops to attack Huayin County.

It's six miles away.

Yang Wenyue took the topographic map of Tongguan and called everyone to explain it again.

In case Hong Chengchou didn't take everyone out of Tongguan so carelessly, but took precautions, our army is not prepared enough to make us suffer.

He Jinzhao sat in the main seat, listening to Yang Wenyue's retelling.

"Commander, generals, Tongguan natural barrier mainly consists of four natural fortresses, Huangxiangban, Jingou, Qinling, and the Yellow River."

"Huangxiangban is located in the east of Tongguan City, stretching for five miles, and there is only this road from the east of Hangu Pass.

The south of this place is the Qinling Mountains, and the north is the Yellow River. It forms an isolated terrain with the Qinling Mountains in the south and the Yellow River in the north.

It is difficult for our army to form a formation here, and there are several checkpoints built by the Ming army at the far east, so we don't need to bite the east. "

Tongguan faces the Yellow River in the north, so the hammer bandits can only attack Tongguan from the northwest by taking a detour.

As for the south, there are forbidden gullies formed by the extrusion of the Qinling Mountains, and there are many gullies with a depth of tens of meters or even hundreds of meters.

There is no east-west avenue from Tongguan Nanyuan, and the only way to enter Guanzhong is to cross these ditches.

Forbidden Ditch and Tongguan City are located on the north-south line. If you want to attack Tongguan, you have to break through Forbidden Ditch.

As for the current direction of the hammer bandits, there are many valley passes. These valley passes are not only dangerous but also have complicated roads, making it difficult to supply logistics.

It was a good arrangement for He Jinzhao to bring thousands of troops to attack Tongguan.

With such a terrain, even if there are too many people, they will not be able to use it, and it will be a waste of food.

That's why Wu Dading led the main force all the way west, and He Jinchao led the partial division to attack Tongguan.

Tongguan began to repair and expand from Zhengde. The latest repair was in the seventh year of Tianqi, which is strong enough.

"Marshal, we have brought enough artillery. There are only more than two hundred officers and troops in that checkpoint, and less than half of them are armed with firearms and artillery."

Liu Erhu stood up and clenched his fists: "Let's shoot them one by one."

Zhou Da also stood up and said, "Marshal, just watch."

He Jinzhao nodded and said, "Even so, don't underestimate the enemy."

Now it's a battle in Shaanxi, and it's a good start no matter what.

While everyone was discussing, Cao Bianjiao sent someone back to say that Huayin County had been conquered.

Everyone was surprised, it was too fast.

It wasn't until after the Hammer bandit army entered Huayin County that they realized that Cao Bianjiao had directly revealed his identity as the Ming army.

Huayin County had no danger to defend at all, and Hong Chengchou didn't keep anyone, so it was not connected with Tongguan, which became an invincible point.

As soon as Huayin County was lost, the banner of hammer bandits was planted.

Liu Xi, general manager of Tongguan Qian, finally got the news.

Hearing that the Hammer bandits are coming, even if they rely on the steep place of Tongguan, they will inevitably feel guilty.

On the other hand, Bai Guangen, who was standing behind him, stood up and said:
"Don't worry, Mr. Liu Qian. I have a car battalion under my command, and there are artillery at the gates. I am condescending. Twelve gates are enough to resist the hammer bandits."

Bai Guangen's car camp is Hong Chengchou's successor.

No one knew about this except the Tongguan guard. The soldiers got the news and rested in Tongguan to prevent those rogues from entering Shaanxi again.

It's just right for He Jinzhao to use it now!

When Bai Guangen and Xiaocao were defeated together and fled back to Shaanxi.

Because Bai Guangen's son was captured by the hammer bandits, Hong Chengchou knew about the rejection of writing a letter to recruit him.

Because of this, Hong Chengchou admired him quite a lot.

For the sake of the country's righteousness, I don't even want my son!
Of course, this is an official statement, so it should be more grandiose.

The most important thing is the elite soldier mode of this car battalion plus artillery.

Hammer Bandits use it!

I am the official army of the Ming Dynasty, so I can't use it?

(End of this chapter)