The wind rises at the end of the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 117 The Land of Hanzhong, the Land of Abundance, Surrounded by Mountains, and the Occupation of Kings and Overlords.

Hanzhong Mansion, Baishui Town.

Baishui Town is located at the junction of Hanzhong Mansion and Gongchang Mansion, 23 miles to the north is Yuguan.

As the transition zone between Hanzhong and Gongchang, Baishui Town is prosperous with commerce and trade.

It's just that this prosperity has now been reduced to a void, and the once popular Baishui Town has now become a sea of ​​flames.

Speaking of which, this is not the first time that Baishui Town has encountered a military disaster...

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

Above the official road, a group of ragged people slowly headed south along the official road. Their faces were ashen, and they staggered. Many of them brought their wives and belts, and they only had a small amount of luggage.

The crackling sound of burning wood mixed with the wailing sound echoed in everyone's ears
All the belongings in Baishui Town have been taken away, even the town has been burned.

They are all townspeople in the town, not only the place where they lived was burned, but they were also taken into the ranks of the bandits.

The young and strong Minyong were incorporated into the ranks of the hungry soldiers, and the rest of the elderly, women and children were incorporated into the battalion of the old and the weak.

On both sides of the women, children, old and weak in these old and weak camps, many cavalry soldiers are 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 it used to be.

If it is a family member of Ma Jun Jingqi, not only is life safety guaranteed, but there is no shortage of food, clothing, housing and transportation.

The family members of the troops can also have some protection, but the family members of the hungry soldiers have no protection at all, and it is even difficult to meet each other.

There are often elite cavalry troops who snatch 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.

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

The fire was raging, causing everyone's mounts to shake or dig the ground uneasy.

"After Baishui, go south and go straight down to Lueyang. There are two roads to go."

Li Guo lightly pulled the rein and controlled the horse to move forward a few steps.
"Go all the way to the southeast and go directly to the hinterland of Hanzhong, all the way to the south to Yangping Pass, and then go to Ningqiangzhou City through Yangping Pass."

"In the past, when I entered Hanzhong Mansion with my uncle and others, I went south to attack the city of Ning and Qiangzhou. However, at that time, there were more than [-] troops from all the ministries..."

The first time that Baishui Town was robbed, Li Yangchun and Lin Shengquan were not there and had nothing to do with them, but it 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 including Gao Yingen, Li Zicheng, Guotianxing, and Huntianxing set out from Qinzhou, Gongchang Prefecture, and marched towards Hanzhong via Huizhou and Lueyang.

Gao Yingen, Li Zicheng, Huideng and other nine units formed a coalition force to conquer Ningqiang Prefecture in October, executed the commander Xu Daxing, and then entered Sichuan in three routes.

The reason why there are more than [-] rogues scattered in the Hanzhong Mansion is precisely because of the poison left behind by this military disaster.

"At the moment, I have three armies, plus the newly recruited infantry force is only over 3 soldiers. It may be difficult to attack Ning and Qiang..."

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

Li Yangchun pondered for a moment, then asked.

Li Guo nodded, the old battalion that Li Yangchun mentioned was not the old battalion soldiers that are often mentioned in the army, nor the women and children who used the old battalion as a nickname, but the original 36th battalion.

"The Black Killing Tiger Zhang Yuan and the Zhuantian Harrier Wang Cheng have about [-] people, and they should be in Xixiang and Ziyang in the east."

"Hanzhong Prefecture is vast, and most of the other ministries are scattered. They have not been in contact for nearly a year now. Most of the rest of the ministries have no news during activities, and they don't know where they are. They can't be contacted..."

Li Yangchun raised his whip and sneered.

"It's easy to contact them..."

"When we enter Hanzhong and head east, they will naturally join us."

"Uncle Li means..."

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

A trace of hostility flashed in Li Yangchun's eyes, he raised his whip and pointed straight ahead.

"Go forward, go to the hinterland of Hanzhong, plunder Hanzhong, sweep the brigade eastward all the way, enter Xixiang, first join forces with Zhang Yuan, and then look for Wang Cheng."

"The rest of the rebels in Hanzhong will definitely come to vote when they see our army's strength. We don't need to look for them, they will naturally come to us!"

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

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

Along the way, they were chased by the Ming army, throwing away their helmets and armor, and the generals under their command couldn't restrain them at all. When they saw the Liaoqi banner, they had no fighting spirit at all, and they were invincible.

Li Yangchun's expression gradually became grim.

It doesn't feel good to be manipulated by others, not only is one's wealth and life controlled by others, but even the trajectory of actions and everything is manipulated by others. The feeling of being a marionette is extremely depressing and suffocating. .

Li Yangchun loosened the blue scarf tied around his neck, and his expression softened a little.

"Order all the ministries to go south in six battalions according to the original plan, and collect food in Lueyang for one day."

"Then go directly to the southeast through Lueyang, and gather at the mouth of the southeast official road where the wolf smoke ignites."

"As ordered!"

All the generals and schools responded one after another, and the cavalry who delivered the order also responded one after another, and then took the order and left.

Following the passing of the military order, on the official road, a group of rogues who were marching south all let out strange roars and shouts.

It is naturally not allowed in the regular army, but what he leads is not a normal army.

What he said about raising food was just a nice way of saying it.

In fact, raising food is looting. The so-called day of raising food is a day of random plundering. No matter what they do during this day, they are allowed to do whatever they want.

Li Yangchun's complexion didn't change much, such confusion is perfectly normal.

"Long live!"

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

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

"Long live!!"

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

That feeling is incredible...

Long live……

The corners of Li Yangchun's mouth turned up, revealing a sinister smile.

He likes this slogan very much, and also likes these two words.

Li Yangchun turned his head and looked behind him.

That was the direction of Yuguan, and they had just passed Yuguan in the morning.

The [-] Ming troops in Yuguan were slaughtered by them, and the newly built Yuguan was burned to the ground again.

Li Yangchun didn't stay any longer, he raised his whip, lashed it on the horse's stock, and led a group of knights galloping past the side of the official road, galloping towards the south amidst bursts of long live.

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Yuguan, known as Yuguan in ancient times, is also called Xianrenguan, although it is hidden deep in the Jialing River Canyon at the southern foot of the Qinling Mountains,
In the fourth year of Shaoxing in the Southern Song Dynasty, Song General Wu Jie's army held on to the Xianren Pass, and defeated the Jin army with the weak to defeat the strong, defeating the Jin army's attempt to go south and keeping the land of Hanzhong.

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

Chen Wang was walking on the ruins of Yuguan, and all around was black and scorched.

The air is filled with a strong smell of blood and the smell of burnt firewood... and a slight smell of meat...

Chen Wang's expression was gloomy, Yebushou investigated everything very clearly.

There are five hundred defenders in Yuguan, led by one defender.

They held on for a total of two days, and then broke the city.

The guard's head was now hanging before the closed gate of Yuguan, his body was thrown aside at will, wounded in five places, and shot with seven arrows, which proved that he was not the one who surrendered.

Together with him, there is also the "Jingguan" formed by the accumulation of the heads of all the soldiers in the pass.

This is undoubtedly a demonstration against him by the rogues.

Chen Wang did not send people to clear it first, but let the Jingguan exist. He ordered all the generals to pass through the closed gate.

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

Yu Guan was sitting on a natural danger, but it was breached within two days, not because the defenders were not brave enough.

Traces of fierce battles can be seen in many places. Most of the defenders who died in the battle had wounds in the front, and most of them died of multiple wounds.

Yu Pass experienced two wars, the first time it was broken by force, and the nine allied forces sent elites to break through the pass.

But this time, to a large extent, it was because Guancheng was dilapidated. After a year, many places in Guancheng hadn't even been fully built.

Yuguan is located at the foot of Tieshan Mountain, the main peak of Qingniling. This section of the ancient Shu Road is steep and steep. It is the main traffic route from Guanzhong and Tianshui areas to Hanzhong.

At the same time, it is also the throat of Shaanxi entering Sichuan, and has always been known as "the key of Shaanxi and Gansu, the throat of Shu Road".

If the Guancheng is complete, more than [-] soldiers dare to fight, and they will be able to stop thousands of bandits under the Guancheng.

Even in the face of the rogue Jingqi siege, it is enough to stick to it for more than a week.

It only needs to place 3 soldiers and horses here, with tiger squats, Francophones, and a few cannons, and it will be difficult for another [-] or [-] people to break through Yuguan.

The land of Hanzhong, the land of abundance, surrounded by mountains, the tyranny of the king.

Liu Bang, Emperor Gaozu of the Han Dynasty, was granted the title of King of Han to establish the country in Hanzhong, and then he first entered Guanzhong and then conquered the world.

Hanzhong is surrounded by mountains on all sides, guarded by Yu Pass in the northwest and Yangping Pass in the southwest. From Guanzhong to Hanzhong, there are only small roads such as Baoxie Road, Tangluo Road, Ziwu Road, etc., and there are Lu Pass and Baitu Pass in the east of Hanzhong.

Just by occupying these key points, you can reject more with less and defeat the strong with the weak.

Firearms defense can undoubtedly take advantage of this advantage to a greater extent.

Chen Wang saw that Yuguan had already started a plan. If he was asked to defend Yuguan, how should he defend it, and how should the pass city be built.

Simply closing the city 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 progress of firearms in the West, they also began to reform their defensive fortifications. Bastions are the result of the improvement of fortifications.

The bastion is not suitable for living, but it is very suitable for garrisoning troops.

If the bastion and Guancheng are combined to make improvements, it will not only prevent the enemy from bombarding the Guancheng with artillery, so that the defensive advantages will exist anyway, but also streamline the number of troops and reduce financial expenditures.

Hanzhong...

The sky was dark because of the light rain, and the soft sound of raindrops falling on the felt hat above his head was heard by Chen Wang.

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

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

It didn't take five or six days, it only took four days in total, three and a half days to be precise, 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 quick march, and the scouting forward was naturally Liao Qi.

Forward Liao Qi found that all the rogues had entered Yuguan and entered Hanzhong.

An ambush is naturally impossible, because Liao Qi has been hanging behind them, and the rogues have no time to set up an ambush.

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

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

Hu Zhili and Chen Gong led the troop and the horse army respectively, so they were naturally not here.

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

Everything is described very clearly on this map, whether it is the pass city or the main road of the town, it is all clear.

This map was taken directly from the army by Cao Wenzhao and handed over to Chen Wang. It was a detailed map that Chen Wang could not obtain.

Compared to Li Yangchun, who was not clear about the situation in Hanzhong Mansion, Chen Wang had more information advantages. Cao Dingjiao had already explained the situation in Hanzhong Mansion to him in detail, and many extremely detailed things were recorded on the map.

In today's Hanzhong Mansion, the two largest groups of bandits are the Black Killing Tiger and the Zuantian Harrier, with about [-] people, respectively entrenched in the mountainous area in the east of Hanzhong Mansion, in Xixiang and Ziyang.

In addition, there are rogue activities in Ningqiang and Yangxian counties, with more than [-] people.

There are also more than [-] rogues in the vicinity of Xing'an Office, but this is not allowed, because Xing'an Office is located in the southeast of Hanzhong Mansion, far away from the Hanzhong Basin, and cannot correspond with Li Yangchun and other ministries.

What needs to be taken care of is the rogues in Ningqiang, Yangxian, Xixiang, and Ziyang. Once Li Yangchun is allowed to join forces with them, Hanzhong Mansion may be completely overthrown.

Although there are tens of thousands of people in the Black Shahu, Zhuantian Harrier and other departments, most of them are mobs.

Although the two are the old 36th battalion, they are both ranked in the middle 24th battalion in the rankings, and the Zhantian Harrier is still at the bottom of it.

The soldiers of the Hanzhong Mansion are guarding dangerous and important places, and they have always been able to guarantee the stability of the surrounding villages and towns of the main city. There is a delicate balance between the two.

However, Li Yangchun, Lin Shengquan, and Li Guo's three troops are mostly elite cavalry troops with strong combat capabilities.

Their arrival is bound to break this balance...

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