Be the emperor from the postman

Chapter 915 Occupying Hanzhong (Two in One)

King Rui sat down on the futon, trembling uncontrollably.

If Hong Chengchou refused to send soldiers to rescue him, Nanzheng County would never be able to defend it.

Even the 5000 troops of Zhao Guangyuan's cousin were killed by the hammer bandits.

At this time, the hammer bandits held up flagpoles and ordered the soldiers to shout, showing off their power outside the city, which was a great blow to the morale in the city.

Not to mention that when the news spread to the rest of the reinforcements who were supporting them, everyone would stop in their tracks.

After inquiring in detail, no one wants to come to die.

Even if money is tempting, you have to take it with your life!
The longer the time dragged on, the more unstable the city would become.

At that time, it is uncertain that someone will not be able to withstand the pressure and open the city gate to surrender to the hammer bandit. What's more, he will use King Rui's life as a bargaining chip to surrender to the hammer bandit.

The heart of defense is indispensable, once the city is breached by the hammer bandits, he will be the bargaining chip for others to advance.

King Rui wanted to understand the joints, and he didn't hold on anymore, but held Zhao Guangyuan's arms tightly:

"Can you keep me and my family and escape to Chongqing?"

How can Zhao Guangyuan guarantee this kind of thing?

Everything that happens on the battlefield is uncontrollable.

Sometimes you feel that it is impossible for an ordinary person to achieve such a record, but you just did it.

But the matter was urgent, he, the commander in chief of Hanzhong, couldn't even keep his territory, so he had to keep King Rui.

Zhao Guangrui decided to save people and lose ground, and keep the same.

This is the way to atone for one's crimes and not be beaten to the end.

What's more, his cousin died because of supporting Hanzhong, the Zhao family is worthy of Daming.

"I'll march fast all the way, King Rui, don't bring too many people, or it won't be easy to succeed." Zhao Guangyuan thought for a while and then said in a low voice: "Even if you want to take it, maybe in the chaos, you can give up some of it."

The hammer bandits are surrounded by three and one is missing, so it is impossible not to set up troops in the south.

Only by escaping at night can we effectively avoid the precise shooting of the hammer bandits' artillery and guns.

They couldn't see anyone, and even if they were accurate, they had a great hope of escaping in the dark.

King Rui's heart moved, his face showed a look of embarrassment, but he soon became firm.

"Go ahead, I will be ready."

"Yes."

Zhao Guangyuan left in a hurry. He wanted to gather his elite servants to carry the silver rewarded by King Rui and run away together.

Whoever loves this Nanzheng City will guard it!

When his cousin's head was picked up on the flagpole, Zhao Guangyuan's mentality collapsed.

He knew very well that the rest of the officers and soldiers could see the end of supporting Hanzhong, how many soldiers would they have?
He Jinzhao is walking along the plank road, with Hutou Pass behind and Jitou Pass ahead.

When Wu Dading attacked Hanzhong, the magistrate of Baocheng destroyed the plank road and guarded Jitou Pass.

The engineers and soldiers who were hammered by the bandits slowly repaired, pushing the cannon to shoot the chicken head.

The county magistrate of Baocheng prided himself on his precarious terrain, and he didn't think the Hammer Bandits' cannons could hit them accurately.

So stand in the front and encourage the strong soldiers not to be afraid.

As a result, he was hit by a shell, smashing the magistrate to death at Jitouguan, and the strong man fled in collapse.

After Wu Dading repaired the plank road, it was able to pass.

When they arrived in Baocheng County, the gentry in the city took the initiative to leave the city and surrender.

Then the army rushed straight to Nanzheng, so Zhao Guangyuan could only defend the city.

He Jinzhao looked at the cave in the mountain. It is said that when Liu Bang retreated to Hanzhong, he burned it with fire and water.

After walking through this section of the road, we came to Jitouguan Pass. Looking at the stone cliff, it is said that the two characters were written by Cao Cao himself.

There is a boulder in the middle of the river with a groove in the middle, and it is said that Cao Cao took a bath in it.

Later generations also engraved the word "jade basin" on that boulder.

He Jinzhao didn't know whether Cao Cao's rumors were true, but it was probably made up by later generations.

With Boss Cao's temperament, when he was fighting Liu Bei, would he take a bath on the boulder in the middle of the rushing river?
It is not easy to stop the boat.

He Jinzhao looked at Jitou Pass, as long as he guarded this place, he would be able to block Qin and Shu. There were hundreds of stone carvings, inscriptions by famous people, and the content of wish fulfillment.

However, He Jinzhao had never heard of most of these people's names.

Just as the hammer bandits passed, Wu Dading sent someone to send a good news.

In an ambush at Dingjun Mountain, Zhao Guangrui, the deputy general of the Han and Qiang Battalion who came to Nanzheng County to help Nanzheng County, committed suicide.

In this battle, more than 21 officers and soldiers were killed, more than 62 people were injured, and more than [-] people were captured. Our army killed [-] people and injured [-] people.

Of the five thousand and three Sichuan soldiers, none escaped.

He Jinzhao raised his eyebrows slightly. With the addition of firecrackers, flaming machines, and arrows, he fought against the unarmored and extremely weak counterattack army. All of them were killed in the ambush, which shows that this wave of Sichuan soldiers was desperately trying to break through in the end.

It can only be that the soldiers blocking the road were killed or injured.

If the soldiers standing on the mountainside and shooting down were injured and killed, He Jinzhao only felt that the soldiers were really unlucky.

Then Zhao Guangrui saw that there was no hope of breaking through, so he chose to die with Cao Wenzhao.

"It's difficult, now they have to go to the Hall of Valor again, when will they be able to show the prestige of Marshal Qi?

Let me happily reward them and hang medals on them! "

He Jinzhao handed over the good news to Zhang Fuzhen.

Zhang Fuzhen wondered if the lord was dissatisfied with Wu Dading's battle?

Then he took a quick glance, and his eyes widened when he saw the huge difference in casualty ratio between the two sides.

Although it is not as good as Marshal Qi's record of total annihilation without loss or loss of only three or four people, the effect of Wu Dading's ambush is also extremely powerful.

"My lord, it's a bit too demanding." Zhang Fuzhen said carefully.

"Sichuan soldiers have all gone out to fight in Sichuan. It is normal to fall into a trap and be cut up with melons and vegetables, and more than 20 brothers of our own side were killed in battle."

He Jinzhao looked at the rushing river and said, "In future battles with the Qing army, it is specified that there will be too many casualties. I hope that the casualties at this time will be smaller."

The knives of the Qing army were always hanging above their heads.

Zhang Fuzhen also understands his master's worries. Facing the Qing army, the current car camp is suitable for defensive counterattacks.

Only by taking those Mongolian tribes as cannon fire and chasing consumption can we buy more time and opportunities for the car battalion.

Otherwise, the Qing army may not be able to catch up if they run away.

Unless the Qing army is at a big disadvantage and cannot run with double or triple armor, they can be slaughtered on a large scale.

"My lord, don't worry, try to avoid future wars."

Zhang Fuzhen felt that his lord was really harsh, how can anyone survive in a war?
Wu Dading's ambush was really good.

Annihilating 5000 reinforcements in one fell swoop is enough to discourage the rest of the army.

Who dares to come?

That night, He Jinzhao led the hammer bandits into Baocheng County.

Wu Dading did not come to greet them, but sent a messenger to tell him that he guessed that the Ming army in the city might flee, and that they had to stay overnight today.

He Jinzhao expressed affirmation of Wu Dading's behavior, and there is nothing to welcome.

The main goal of this battle is to occupy all of Hanzhong, and then wait for an opportunity to invade Sichuan.

That night, Hanzhong General Zhao Guangyuan escorted King Zhu Changhao out of Nanzheng County and withdrew his troops towards Sichuan.

Two of them abandoned King Rui's family members, shouting to King Rui to go this way, to lure the hammer bandits.

After several twists and turns and several scuffles, Zhao Guangyuan managed to sneak away with King Rui in the dark.

After the sky brightened, Wu Dading looked at the captured family members of King Rui. They were either sons or grandsons, and there was no rightful owner.

Wu Dading's complexion was extremely ugly.

He was thinking of capturing King Rui again and making a long face in front of the commander, but he didn't expect the biggest fish to escape in the dark.

That is, after dawn, He Jinchao led the troops to Nanzheng City, and saw the flag of the Hammer bandits planted on the city wall.

Wu Dading personally came to report the latest news.

"It's okay, just run away."

He Jinchao didn't care much about the escape of the princes of the Ming court. There were too many princes and counties captured recently, and the streets of Taiyuan City were not enough to allocate.

What's more, if there are such people who continue to gnaw at the foundation of Ming Dynasty, it can speed up its demise.

"Good job, continue to occupy the entire territory of Hanzhong."

"Thank you, handsome."

Wu Dading took out the hammer and returned it to He Jinzhao.

He Jinzhao took back the hammer, patted him on the arm, and told him to rest first, and tomorrow he would send troops to occupy Chenggu and other eastern parts of Hanzhong Prefecture.

Wu Dading stayed up all night, but he was very energetic. Hearing He Jinzhao's order, he hastily ordered the soldiers who hadn't gone out last night to follow the map to occupy various places.

In particular, focus on the three precipitous places of Luguan, Baihe, and Baituguan in Jinzhou and other places, and guard here.

Preventing Hong Chengchou from leading troops into Hanzhong can also be integrated with He Zan's prevention and control range.

In this way, it will be quite convenient to resist attacks from Huguang and other directions, and it will be quite convenient to attack Huguang in the future.

He Jinzhao entered Prince Rui's Mansion.

It has to be said that the mansion of Prince Daming is extremely magnificent, fully occupying one-third of the area of ​​Nanzheng County.

It is said that it took 26 years for the supervision to complete the construction.

None of this belonged to him now.

After Wu Dading occupied Nanzheng County, the first priority was to seal up Prince Rui's Mansion to prevent anyone from stealing.

All property must be counted before it can be put into storage.

In the matter of counting the wealth of the Daming vassal king, the Hammer Bandit had a special team to store it in order to prevent anyone from getting involved.

Regarding the incident of Wei Xiaobao raiding Oboi's home, it has to be said that it is very common and needs to be avoided.

This group of people went to Prince Qing's Mansion to seize it last time.

Since King Qing voluntarily surrendered, He Jinzhao did not let him go to the coal mines and sweep the streets to practice.

Standing in King Rui's Buddhist hall, He Jinzhao looked at the pure gold Buddha inside, and couldn't help but stepped forward to knock on it for a while, it was really not hollow.

"Rich, quite rich."

He Jinzhao walked back with his hands behind his back, looking at the golden body of the Buddha.

Zhang Fuzhen couldn't help sighing, he always felt that he had seen the mansions of King Jin and King Qin, and they all felt luxurious.

But the extravagance of the rest of the princes can always refresh their knowledge.

"The people's fat and people's anointing are all here." Zhang Fuzhen pinched his beard and looked up at the Golden Buddha:

"With a small allocation, the lives of a large number of disaster victims can be solved, and water conservancy projects can be built to stabilize them."

The vassal king has become the biggest moth on Ming Ming's face.

Especially when I heard that King Rui is a rich man, and he has accumulated a lot of wealth on weekdays.

Looking at his solid golden Buddha today, he is really rich.

But when someone flipped the table, his Ming system could no longer keep the wealth he had looted.

Not all are cheap.

"The messenger melted the golden Buddha and cast a medal."

He Jinzhao set the tone with a direct order, and sent someone to inform the whole army to motivate them.

Don't be afraid of not being rewarded, as long as you make contributions, you will be rewarded with gold medals.

Both affordable and face-saving!

All the soldiers who participated in the ambush this time were a little excited, and they discussed whether they were qualified enough. If not, let's go to Sichuan and chop off the heads of a few more dog officers and soldiers.

Wang Genzi and other Sichuan soldiers had long heard about Marshal He awarding gold medals to his subordinates, and today they heard that the Golden Buddha was going to be melted down as a reward for meritorious service.

Everyone was so excited that they didn't want to go home immediately. When we made our military exploits and returned home with gold medals, how much face would it be?

Needless to say Wang Genzi's wave of Sichuan soldiers, when the captured Sichuan soldiers heard that Marshal He was so lavish, they naturally wanted money and life, and they wanted to join the hammer bandits.

Willing to be a pioneer and lead the way for Marshal He.

If I had known that Marshal He was rewarding the soldiers with gold, we would not have looked down on the two taels of silver that King Rui said, so we would just lead you the way and open the gate of Nanzheng County.

As for the heavy casualties, was he still captured by the hammer bandits?
Regarding these soldiers, He Jinzhao was not in a hurry to throw them into the camp.

He also wanted to find out what was going on in Sichuan.

Fu Zonglong led troops to inspect Qipan Pass, which is known as the first pass in the Western Qin Dynasty.

It is the only road hub connecting Sichuan to the Northeast, North China, Central Plains and Northwest of the Qinling Mountains.

This pass is extremely difficult, and you have to circle seven times to walk through this road.

Fu Zonglong looked at the three closed forts, which were used to bombard the enemy troops who were attacking.

Just the need to circle seven times and wind up to reach the closed road is enough to cause more blows to the enemy.

After reading it, Fu Zonglong was extremely satisfied with the steepness of Qipan Pass.

Similarly, as long as Zhao Guangrui led the army into Nanzheng County, 1 people would be enough to hold against tens of thousands of hammer bandits.

Even if his second line of defense is useless, he still needs to be careful.

In case Hong Chengchou defeated Zhang Xianzhong, and then came to Hanzhong to occupy the dangerous pass and calmly attack the hammer bandits, it is also a possibility.

Just as Fu Zonglong was pinching his beard and looking into the distance, a scout horse circled up and ran back.

When the gate was opened, Tanma ran up the pass panting heavily, knelt on one knee and said:

"My Lord Governor, our army has been defeated."

Hearing this, Fu Zonglong still couldn't believe it: "Where is the big defeat, please explain clearly."

"The 5000 troops led by Zhao Guangrui, deputy general of the Han and Qiang Battalion, were ambushed by hammer bandits in Dingjun Mountain, and the entire army was wiped out."

Fu Zonglong staggered slightly, but was supported by the guards around him.

He never expected that Zhao Guangrui, who was brave and discerning, would die in battle!

To be honest, Fu Zonglong had high hopes for Zhao Guangrui, otherwise he wouldn't have made him a pioneer just because he volunteered.

Afterwards, he received Hong Chengchou's order not to send troops, and Fu Zonglong didn't let him come back, because he had great trust in him.

Now hearing the news of Zhao Guangrui's defeat and death, Fu Zonglong couldn't sit still.

5000 people, the whole army was wiped out?

How many troops did He Jinzhao send?
The hammer bandit with a scale of 1 people is an illusion!
Fu Zonglong pinched his forehead and felt a headache. Zhao Guangrui died. Can Nanzheng County survive?
The second line of defense I have set up now will definitely become the first line of defense!
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