Chapter 142 Three Hangu Pass
Chen Liu went to Hangu Pass quickly under the escort of his own guard.
At this time, the Hangu Pass is cold and windy. Now it is September (poor solar calendar, October, November). The weather is already a little cold. Hangu Pass is now a military town. There are few people living around.
The whole Hangu Pass has become a large military camp inside and outside, and the gate has been closed and is no longer allowed to pass.
There is a battalion of the Lion Regiment stationed in Mianchi outside Hangu Pass, and there is also a battalion stationed in Xin'an. As for the headquarters of the Lion Regiment is now in Hangu Pass.
There are 5,000 people gathered around Hangu Pass, which is a lot more troops than usual. Liu Xia, the command of Hangu Pass, let Yu Mingjun serve, and then ordered Chen Liu to serve as the chief military division. The two cooperated to fight the battle. Liu Xia's lowest bottom line is that he can't let Hanguguan be lost.
However, although 20,000 horses came from Shaanxi, they were all rabbles, and 5,000 people were enough to deal with it. Even if you can take the opportunity to take down Tongguan, Lu's and Shaanxi can be safe.
"The military division is here. We are discussing how to deal with Wang Wenkui. I was wondering why the military division didn't arrive. As soon as I said this, the military division arrived. Hahaha"
"Hahaha, everyone sit in the room, sit in the room."
The Hangu Pass has been in disrepair for a long time. If it hadn't been for Liu Xia's early order to repair it, I'm afraid that the Hangu Pass could not be regarded as a defensive pass.
After arriving at a room inside the Hangu Pass, everyone began to gather together to discuss with each other.
"Do you have any information about Wang Wenkui when you meet the general?" Chen Liu, who was tired for the first time, did not go to rest for a day or two, but came to discuss it on the spot.
Yu Mingjun said, "According to the information of our Yingyang Camp, Wang Wenkui has set out from Tongguan. At this time, Tongguan has less than 300 people defending. It may be that Wang Wenkui thought that under hundreds of thousands of troops, our Pingbei army would definitely be defeated, so he did not pay attention to Tongguan, but this just gave us a good opportunity. If you take Tongguan, even if Luoyang can't hold it, you can return to Shaanxi.
Chen Liu nodded and said, "What the general said is reasonable. According to the itinerary, the days from Wang Wenkui to the pond will not exceed two days. Who is stationed in Mianchi now?
Nama Peng shouted, "Military, the pond is now stationed by the second battalion of our lion regiment. Although most of my second battalions have not come out of the new regiment for a long time, their combat effectiveness is still good. More than 700 people in the second battalion will definitely be able to defend Mianchi to prevent the enemy from succeeding.
"Where's Xin'an?"
"Military division, Xin'an is stationed in the third battalion of the Lion Battalion."
"Wang Wenkui will have more than 20,000 people, but more than 20,000 people are not a concern. Therefore, we don't have to hold on to the city and wait for the arrival of the enemy. It would be better if we could fight with the enemy and annihilate the enemy. If these two thousand people are destroyed. There are basically not many internal forces in Shaanxi. Maybe you can take Tongguan and even Xi'an by the way.
"Up on the map!"
At the order of Mingjun, several guards carried a table and spread a brand-new map around Hangu Pass.
"If Wang Wenkui wants to attack Luoyang, their march needs to pass through Minxiang, Shanzhou and Mianchi. We put the battlefield in the area of Mianchi, Shaanxi. Hangu Pass is guarded by a battalion. Then the second battalion of the lion regiment in Mianchi was transferred to the old Qin Pass of the original Hangu, and the third battalion was transferred to the area of Qiguan to set an ambush. At the same time, the Second Regiment of New Soldiers sent 1,000 troops to reinforce the Second Battalion of the Lion Regiment. The Lions Battalion guarded Wei Hangu Pass. The rest of the second regiment of the recruits was stationed in Jiaocun in a concave shape, waiting for the enemy to fall into the pocket.
"At the same time, Yingyang Battalion bypassed the enemy and entered the enemy's rear to Tongguan. Try to take down Tongguan. Let's close the door and beat the dog. Chen Liu kept pointing to some places on the map and said.
There are three customs addresses in Hangu Pass. They are Hangu Pass in the Warring States Period, Hangu Pass in the Han Dynasty, and Hangu Pass in the Wei Dynasty. [ Qin Pass is the Hangu Pass built during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period.
[Hanguan] is 500 meters east of Xin'an County, Henan Province, and 150 kilometers west of Qinguan. According to the records of Lingbao City, since the rise of the Han Dynasty, Guanzhong has been the imperial capital, and the east of Hanguguan has been called Guanwai. People are proud of themselves as Guanzhong people. General Yang Bu of Louchuan, originally from Xin'an County, east of Hangu Pass. Others said that he was an outsider in Guanguan. He was deeply unhappy, so he donated all his money and built a magnificent city in the east of Xin'an County in the third year of Han Yuanding (184 A.D.), which was called Han Hangu Pass. With this new pass, Yang Fu has become a person in Guanzhong. Hanguan has long been abandoned, and now only the relevant gate ruins remain.
[Weiguan] is located 20 kilometers northeast of Lingbao City and about 5 kilometers away from Qinguan. It is said that in the Three Kingdoms, Cao Cao asked Zhang Lu and Ma Chao in the west. In order to quickly transfer soldiers, horses, grain and grass, he ordered Xu Chu to open a tunnel there and build a customs tower, not far from Qin Pass, so it was called the new pass. This place later became an important traffic trunk line connecting Luoyang in the east and Chang'an in the west. During the Anti-Japanese War, the city tower was destroyed by fire, and the site was submerged by the Sanmenxia Reservoir. Now only the ancient road and beacon tower ruins remain. ( If you have a chance, you can go and have a look. At present, Hanguguan is a restored building)
As a literary minister, Wang Wenkui is not a problem, but it is a little far-fetched to lead troops to war. However, as the governor of Shaanxi, he had to lead the army to gather at Hangu Pass to oppress Luoyang, so that Liu Xia's troops in Luoyang were scattered and broken one by one.
However, Wang Wenkui was relieved when he thought that there were still 100,000 troops under the tiger prison. There is a suppression on the other side of the Hu Prison Pass, and there are definitely not many soldiers and horses here.
"Your Excellency, the number of Ming troops in the Hangu Pass does not exceed 5,000."
"Five thousand people? Well, I have 20,000 troops in my hand. How can I be afraid of you? Come on, pass the order down and move forward quickly. Try to be in the city of Minhang before dark.
"Yes!"
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Duoduo asked for his order to come this time. Liu Xia is the eternal pain in his heart. If he doesn't defeat him with his own hands. Since his debut, Duoduo has not been so cowardly in Yangzhou City, which makes the arrogant Duo Duo unconvinced. At the same time, the battle has led to the dissatisfaction and contempt of many flag people.
If he hadn't mastered a flag, he might have been kicked by Dorge, even if he was Dorge's own brother.
This time, Kong Youde still went on an expedition with Duoduo. Since Kong Youde returned to Beijing in the last defeat, Dorcon has given him some punishments, but this punishment is not too heavy. Kong Youde's expedition this time can be regarded as a crime and meritorious service. If he is defeated again this time, it can be imagined.
The armies of all parties moved together, and the whole land of China changed.
"General, this is the person who has been found in letters and exchanges with the Yu Qing army recently." The commander of the investigation department, Shou Hu, handed over a list in his hand to Liu Xia.
There are no high-ranking officials on this list, mainly businessmen and some small officials. Squires and so on.
But Liu Xia is still very angry. He said, " Send someone to arrest him immediately. Don't let one go."
"Yes!"
At the juncture of the Hu prison pass, there is a large yellow dragon flag with a black background, and the flag of other battalions is not inserted on both sides of the yellow dragon flag. The main reason is to prevent the deployment of troops in the gate.
On the second day, Wu Sangui was still silently stationed 30 miles away from Hulao guan, and the careful maker of siege equipment never sent troops to carry out a tentative attack.
Liu Xia knew that Duoduo and Azig's army was coming, so Wu Sangui was so silent. However, Liu Xia did not want Wu Sangui to build siege equipment so arrogantly and fearlessly.
"The Guards sent a large group of people and horses, all armed cavalry, to attack the enemy and cut down trees."
"Yes!"
After a while, a cavalry of more than 200 people quietly went out of the tiger prison, and their task was to attack the enemy. However, this poses a great risk factor to the mission. After all, they only have more than 200 people, while the enemy has 10,000 horses.
"We can't just sit and wait for the 100,000 troops to gather in our tiger prison." Liu Xia looked into the distance and muttered.
"General, general. A weapon was sent from the Dragon Gate, saying that it was a gun, and a total of 500 weapons were accepted by the general.
"Firearms? It's only 500! But it's not bad. Let's go and take General Ben to check it immediately.
After saying that, under the leadership of the personal soldier, Liu Xia walked to Guanxia. After a while, I arrived at the destination.
There are several wooden boxes on the ground and some dry grass in the wooden boxes. Inside the grass is a musket.
"Firegun! Musketeer!" The soldiers next to him were surprised.
The musket is not strange to the soldiers, especially the Ming army. Many armies in the Ming Dynasty used muskets, especially the Shenji Camp.
"This is the musket. I heard that the musket always explodes, which is very horrible. Why did the general get the musket?"
"Who knows, although the range of the musket is not as far as the bow and arrow, and the roar is really shocking."
"Maybe the general asked us to equip us with muskets and hit the sahls."
"Who doesn't know that this musket has a close range and poor aiming. And it's easy to explode, and it's hard to hold gunpowder. How could the general let us use this gadget?
Among the soldiers, the 500 muskets had been carried away at this time.
Liu Xia needs to test the safety of the musket before she can be safely used by the soldiers. Different parts on each musket are engraved with different Arabic numerals, and each numeral symbol represents a craftsman. If something goes wrong, these craftsmen need to be responsible.
There are also some people who specialize in experimental muskets. They are specially manipulated by the muscommunitions department, but compared with the soldiers, they are not afraid of these muskets, because as munitions officers, they know the safety of these muskets.