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Chapter 1216 Darkness Chen Cang
Yang Rong guessed right, Wang Xian never appeared in Juyongguan!

As the former commander-in-chief of the three armies of the Ming Dynasty, he knew very well that the defense of Juyongguan was unparalleled in the world.Moreover, after the officers and soldiers who fought in Dawangcheng, Zhangjiakou, and Xuanfu were caught off guard, the defenders of Juyongguan could no longer slack off.Bite the bullet and storm Juyongguan, there is only one dead end!
Therefore, after passing through Zhangjiakou, he divided his troops and asked Liu Sheng to continue to advance towards Juyongguan with a large group of troops, making a feint attack posture, while he prepared to take [-] cavalry to quietly pass through Zhuo County under the cover of night Bauhinia pass rushed.When breaking up, Liu Sheng was very worried. Although he knew that this was the only choice now, the risk of Wang Xian's move was too great.

"Grandpa, let the subordinates take people to Bauhinia Pass." Liu Sheng looked at Wang Xian and said in a deep voice, "2 horses are too few. Where is the army!"

"How can there be hundreds of thousands, 30 for a full dozen..." Wang Xian smiled, as if talking about a trivial matter.He knew the distribution of the Ming army well. Originally, the capital had 40 imperial guards, but Zhu Zhanji sent troops to Dawangcheng continuously, and also reinforced Xuanfu and Juyongguan. Today, there are almost 20 soldiers in the capital. Fifty thousand are used to guard against the direction of Shandong.

In addition, Zhu Zhanji is likely to withdraw the [-] troops stationed in Liaodong. The Duoyan Sanwei has become history, and there is no need to send heavy troops to garrison.

"That's not hundreds of thousands..." Liu Sheng was flustered in the wind, but thanks to Wang Xian, he could still laugh.

"Okay, it's not a good job for you, I don't want to change it with you." Wang Xian waved his hand with a smile and said, "In my opinion, your side is really dangerous."

"Hey..." Liu Sheng couldn't refute, because what Wang Xian said was very reasonable, once his army arrived at Juyong Pass, it would be like entering a cage.But they have no choice.They have tried everything possible to collect military rations, and even seized the military rations in Huailai City, Dushi City, these auxiliary cities, and they only had one month's military rations.If Wang Xian could not resolve the battle within a month, the army would only be at risk of running out of food.At that time, the fun will be great...

"Then at least, bring more troops?" Seeing that Wang Xian had made up his mind, Liu Sheng knew that he couldn't change it, so he took another step back.

"2 people is already the limit, and there are too many troops to hide." Wang Xian shook his head flatly and said: "In addition, for the next tough battle, we can only use loyal and elite old troops, and we can only use Cavalry." He sighed, and said with some sadness: "After repeated battles on the grassland, we have less than [-] cavalry left, including Wu Wei's [-] cavalry who have never been on the battlefield. .”

As he said that, he smiled embarrassedly at Liu Sheng and said: "Actually, I have already taken away all the troops that could be used, and what I left for you is a mud-footed giant who is strong on the outside and capable on the outside. If you don't ask me for someone, I will be thankful." gone."

"Just relying on Zhu Yong and Xu Jingchang, if I don't beat them, they will burn incense. Do you want to get someone from the father-in-law?" Liu Sheng grinned, as if he had picked up a big deal.But in fact, Wang Xian knew that the pressure on his side was no less than his own.Not to mention the need to contain more than 20 elite officers and troops, but to rely on less than 2 cavalry and more than [-] infantry who have never been on the battlefield. If you want to control the [-] soldiers and make them obey orders, it is already It was very strenuous.

Therefore, apart from gathering a large army to bluff outside Juyongguan, there is no other way to attract the imperial court's 20 elite frontier troops.

"Don't worry, my lord." Seeing the worry on Wang Xian's face, Liu Sheng laughed loudly and said, "I can't do anything else, but it's fine to train those bastards to be obedient." Liu Sheng's words are absolutely Not bragging, when it comes to leading troops and training soldiers, even Wang Xian is willing to bow down in front of him.

The three major battalions of Emperor Yongle back then, and the main four guard battalions of Wang Xian today, were all trained by him to become a loyal and elite force.

"Don't give up." Although he has confidence in Liu Sheng, Wang Xian still urged: "If my side is not going well, or if you judge that the army is about to be overwhelmed, you must break through to the west without hesitation. , with Xu Jingchang and Zhu Yong's two materials, there is absolutely no way to stop you!"

"Don't worry, Grandpa, I know what to do." After Liu Sheng finished speaking, he chuckled and said, "Oh? I was originally worried about Grandpa, but after talking about it, Grandpa is now worried about me?"

"Forget it, let's not worry about it, let's do our part well, the victory must belong to us!" Wang Xian also laughed, and clasped his fists at Liu Sheng and said, "Take care, we will meet later!"

"My lord, take care, there will be a date later!" Liu Sheng looked solemn, and gave a big gift to Wang Xianxing.

The atmosphere became very solemn, and both of them knew very well that this trip was full of difficulties and dangers, and if they were not careful, they would lose everything!
However, since he embarked on the road of rebellion, he had to put his head on his belt, and there was no way out, so he could only go to the dark...

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In the end, Wang Xian only brought [-] cavalry and disappeared into the canyon of Taihang Mountain.

The Taihang Mountains stretch for thousands of miles, with hundreds of mountains interconnected, thousands of peaks towering, and thousands of ravines deep.Bai Juyi's poem said that "the road of Taihang can destroy the car", and driving on the Taihang Road is like floating in the sea or sailing the Yangtze River, and you are in a dangerous situation.Wang Xian led the army into the Taihang, although it was hard work and dangerous, but he could use the cover of the vast mountains to avoid the eyes and ears of the officers and soldiers, and he was able to travel along the canyon to Puyinxing, one of the eight Xings of the Taihang. From this comes Taixing.

The so-called Taihang Eight Xings are the eight east-west horizontal valleys that have flowed out of the Taihang River from the rivers in Shanxi for hundreds of millions of years. They have always been the throat passages for the three provinces of Shanxi, Hebei and Henan to cross the Taihang Mountain. They are also important military passes on the border of the three provinces. , Known as the Eight Xings of Taihang.Among them, the seventh Xing is the Bianpuyin Xing. There is Zijing Pass on the Xing. The mountains and mountains are steep and steep, and the Xing Xing is connected internally. It is a military pass from Datong, Shanxi to Zhili.

In addition, the eighth Xing is the military capital Xing, and the upper Xing is Juyongguan.

Puyinxing, as the main throat from Datong to Zhili, is naturally the top priority of the garrison in Datong Town. On Puyinxing, there are enemy towers and beacon towers all over. Two guards and horses will kill them at the fastest speed.

The key point of defense on Puyinxing is naturally Zijingguan. Zijingguan is located on Zijingling, strangling above Puyinxing. And five castles formed the defense line of Zijingguan.

Normally speaking, the difficulty of leading an army to attack Zijingguan is less than that of Juyongguan, but it is not much less difficult.However, no matter how dangerous the gate is, no matter how perfect the system is, no matter how sound the system is, it must be implemented by people.The reason why Wang Xian dared to take the risk and led 2 people to raid Zijing Pass was largely because its supreme commander was Xu Jingchang, the chief soldier of Datong Town and the Duke of Dingguo.

Naturally, Wang Xian knew the few surviving princes of the Ming Dynasty very well. The British prince Zhang Fu was good at fighting and rigorous in running the army, and his ability was as good as that of Jing Nan.Cheng Guogong Zhu Yong is not brave enough to be considered a qualified general, but at least he can lead troops and fight wars.As for this Duke Dingguo, he is completely a waste snack who is proficient in all kinds of wine, sex and wealth, and has no courage and strategy.

Due to the withering of famous generals, there were not many nobles who could lead troops to fight in the Ming Dynasty, and there were very few who were completely trustworthy. Zhu Zhanji had no choice but to appoint his cousin's general and let him sit in Datong.If he followed his temper, Xu Jingchang would definitely not want to leave his comfort zone in the capital, but if he didn't take up this job, he would never want to restore his title, so he had to go to Datong reluctantly.

Xu Jingchang, Zhu Yong and Wang Tong took office at the same time. In any case, the latter two tried their best to repair the defense line and dispatch troops to prepare for Wang Xian's arrival.However, after this guy took office, he devoted all his energy to rebuilding his official residence, dispatching troops and generals, and transporting the utensils and furnishings from the duke's mansion in his capital to Datong.He even used the post-transmission system to transport his daily food and drink expenses, which is quite like the ancients of "a concubine laughing on a ride in the world of mortals, no one knows that it is a lychee".

For a month, Mr. Xu was busy working on how to make his life more comfortable. How could he care about the defense of Datong's soldiers and generals?Daming's army has been slack for many years, the commander is like this, and the subordinates are following the example, how can they prepare for the battle with heart?Therefore, the laxity of the Bauhinia Pass defense line has reached an outrageous level.

Xu Jingchang was plausible about this. He said to the left and right that even if Wang Xian came back, he would only go to the Xuanfu, and it was impossible to go around to Datong. The great military strategist Xu Da will definitely jump out of the grave and strangle this grandson to death, lest he embarrass the old Xu family.

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Xu Jingchang panicked as soon as he received the warning from the Xuan Mansion. According to the emperor's order, he must immediately reinforce the Xuan Mansion and gather Xuan's large forces to encircle Wang Xian under Juyong Pass.It is absolutely impossible not to go, so we can only bring as many troops as possible to be fully protected in case of emergency.

But the emperor's decree did not say that he would not be allowed to manage the Zijing Pass. As a result, Xu Jingchang almost emptied Puyinxing's troops, and took away 1 people from the Zijing Pass, gathering an army of [-] to protect himself. Go to support Xuanfu.

In Xu Gongye's view, his life is so precious, taking away a hundred thousand troops is not too much at all.

As a result, Wang Xian's army went straight through the defense zone of Datong Town for [-] miles without revealing their whereabouts!Of course, there is the cover function of Taihang Mountain, Wang Xian's cautious factor of traveling at night, and the advanced masters of the Jinyiwei, who pulled out the enemy towers along the way. Daoist Xianyun is average, and it is impossible to even go down the eighteen beacon towers without causing trouble.

Three days later, in the middle of the night, Wang Xian led his army through many canyons and finally arrived at Puyinxing.I saw the path on the mountain gorge, which was taken between the cliffs and rocks, and the road was cut for riding.The cliff on the right is steeped in thousands of skyscrapers, and the cliff on the left is hundreds of feet long, and there is a raging turbulent below, with clear and thunder rising under your feet!
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