Take the warehouse back to the end of the Ming Dynasty

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In Xing Bingzhong's view, as long as the general of this army is a normal person, he will definitely go south and directly attack Taiyuan instead of Yanmen Pass.

After all, attacking Yanmen Pass is of no use to Zhao Wen at present.

The chief banner officer was at a loss for words for a moment, not knowing how to explain.

"But my lord, this time the rebel army is coming in a menacing way, so we must guard against it." The Chief Banner Officer hurriedly said.

Xing Bingzhong waved his hands, and said impatiently: "Okay, you go down and rest first, I can freely plan this matter."

Seeing Xing Bingzhong's indifferent attitude, the chief banner officer let out a long sigh and walked out.

Looking at the back of the Chief Banner Officer, Xing Bingzhong said to the guards in the hall: "Send me an order to report this news to the Chief Soldier as quickly as possible."

From the beginning to the end, Xing Bingzhong did not believe that Xuanzhen soldiers and horses would come to attack his Yanmen Pass immediately.

"As ordered!"

A few quarters of an hour later, several fast horses galloped towards the town of Shanxi Town.

……

Song Hu was riding on the horse, looking at the muddy official road ahead, his brows were tightly knit together.

"I don't know when this road will be able to work. If it rains a few more times, I'm afraid there will be even more delays."

Liu Tichun rode beside Song Hu on a war horse, he stroked the beard on his chin, and said with a slight smile: "General Song, don't worry, in my opinion, it will definitely not rain again in the next few days. "

"How do you know?" Song Hu looked at Liu Tichun in doubt.

Liu Tichun laughed, "This is a secret, don't let it out."

"Hehe, you scholars just like to play tricks, and I hate you scholars." Song Hu said disapprovingly.

"By the way, does General Song know why the commander-in-chief chose Yanmen Pass as his first target?" Liu Tichun asked suddenly.

Song Hu frowned, thought for a long time, but still couldn't think of a reason.

"I really don't know why the commander-in-chief puts Yanmen Pass as the first target.

Logically speaking, when attacking a city or conquering a territory, except for the passes that must be passed through, almost all passes that are easy to defend and difficult to attack are detoured.

The terrain of Yanmen Pass is dangerous, the city is high and the pool is deep. When an ordinary army attacks Yanmen Pass, the defenders only need to shoot arrows on the city wall to block the troops several times their own.

I really don't understand why the order given to me by the adults is to attack Yanmen Pass instead of other places. "Song Hu looked ahead with doubts on his face.

The target that Song Hu's former army attacked was already designated by Zhao Wen before departure.

Liu Tichun said with a smile: "I can know why some commander-in-chiefs set the first target on Yanmen Gate."

Song Hu's eyes lit up, and he looked at Liu Tichun, "Oh? Then what do you think?"

Liu Tichun coughed twice, cleared his throat, "Yanmen Pass is extremely heroic, it is a famous dangerous pass in the world, it is not so easy for ordinary troops to break through Yanmen Pass.

However, Yanmen Pass is nothing to our soldiers in Xuanzhen. As long as we pull out the heavy weapons in the hands of the commander-in-chief, it is just a matter of talking and laughing to break through.

In my opinion, the reason why the Chief Soldier set his first goal at Yanmen Pass is to break through Shanxi Town.

After taking down Yanmen Pass and Shanxi Town, the entire north of Shanxi is safe to defend, and Datong Town and Shanxi can be said to be connected together.

At that time, gather a large army, plus a full army of soldiers, and move southward in a large scale, sweeping the entire Shanxi in an instant.

Yanmen Pass is also at the node of the road to the south, although it is also possible to bypass Yanmen Pass, but if you bypass Yanmen Pass, you have to take a long detour, which will waste a lot of time.

For this reason, whether it is to open up the connection between Shanxi and Datong Town or to dispatch troops quickly, the commander-in-chief must definitely win Yanmen Pass. "

The connection between Shanxi and Datong Town is controlled by Shanxi Zhencheng and Yanmen Pass, so taking Shanxi Town and Yanmen Pass will open up the connection between Datong Town and Shanxi.

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After Xing Bingzhong passed on the news that Song Hu had breached Dashikou, he sent Yebushou to the east to investigate the enemy's situation. After Yebushou's investigation, Xing Bingzhong discovered that Song Hu's soldiers and horses were indeed coming towards them.

"What are they doing? Why don't they go directly to the south, but come to my Yanmen Pass?" Xing Bingzhong sat in the gate of Yanmen Pass, with a dull expression on his face.

It never occurred to him that this group of soldiers and horses really came to attack Yanmen Pass.

Many generals in the hall also looked depressed. They really couldn't understand the significance of Zhao Wen's attack on Yanmen Pass.

"My lord, in my opinion, let's hurry up and ask for help, let the commander-in-chief send more troops over, and at the same time shrink the outer defense line outside Yanmen Pass to prevent accidents." A general stood up and said in a deep voice to Xing Bingzhong.

Xing Bingzhong shook his head, and said in a deep voice: "It is estimated that the commander-in-chief will not send reinforcements. I just got the news this morning that the soldiers in the town of Shanxi were disturbed by a group of mysterious people a few nights ago. At that time, people in the towns and cities of Shanxi were panicked, and it is estimated that the commander-in-chief would not send reinforcements."

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Chapter 371 Tentative Offensive

The soldiers and horses walked slowly towards Yanmen Pass, and Xing Bingzhong also sent out the signal for help.

While asking for help, they also reduced the troops outside Yanmen Pass. For a while, the atmosphere in Yanmen Pass became tense.

After two full days of scorching sun, the road quickly dried up, Song Hu and the others were much faster, and finally arrived at a place about ten miles away from Yanmen Pass.

Originally, it would not have taken such a long time, but it took so long because of the muddy road.

When Song Hu arrived at Yanmen Pass, Zhao Wen led the Chinese army with heavy weapons and Zizhong was not far from Dashikou.

"Report, the former army has now reached ten miles outside Yanmen Pass."

When Zhao Wen rode on the horse and marched slowly towards Dashikou, a group of messengers sent by Song Hu came to Zhao Wen's side.

"Haha, finally arrived at Yanmen Pass. Tell Song Hu to launch a tentative attack on Yanmen Pass first, and at the same time cover the entire Yanmen Pass. Don't let anything get close to Yanmen Pass. My Chinese army will arrive soon." Zhao Wen thugs Waving, looking at Yebushou who stopped in front of him.

Zhao Wen originally wanted Song Hu to attack Yanmen Pass directly, but after thinking about it, he gave up this idea.

The soldiers Song Hu led were all cavalry, and the weapons they carried were all light weapons. These light weapons were fine for dealing with some small passes or small county towns, but they were not enough to deal with Yanmen Pass.

After all, the city walls of Yanmen Pass are not comparable to those of ordinary county towns.

"Obey!" Ye Bushou cupped his fists at Zhao Wen, and then quickly walked towards Yanmen Pass.

"The order is passed on, the whole army must speed up, and must arrive at Yanmen Pass before tomorrow afternoon."

Zhao Wen shouted loudly, waving the horsewhip in his hand, leading the Chinese army to gallop non-stop in the direction of Yanmen Pass.

Even if he doesn't accept it, he hastened his horse and delivered Zhao Wen's order to Song Hu as quickly as possible.

It was already late at night when Song Hu received Zhao Wen's order.

On the second day, Song Hu led the army to advance about five miles in the direction of Yanmen Pass.

In the process of advancing, Song Hu encountered several passes that were abandoned by the defenders of Yanmen Pass.

In order to save trouble, Song Hu directly ordered the soldiers to blow up all these passes.

The sound of the explosion spread far away in the wilderness, even in Yanmen Pass, the sound of the explosion could be faintly heard.

"Report, the rebels outside the pass are rushing towards the direction of Yanmen Pass, and they seem to want to attack!"

As soon as Xing Bingzhong walked out of the yamen, he met a night rushing over in a hurry.

Xing Bingzhong was shocked, he really didn't expect this group of soldiers and horses to attack so quickly.

Yesterday, Xing Bingzhong already knew that Song Hu's former army had stopped ten miles away from Yanmen Pass. At that time, he thought it would take at least two or three days before attacking him, but he didn't expect it to be so fast.

Upon hearing this, Xing Bingzhong hurriedly led a few guards towards Dongxing Pass.

Dongxing Pass is located to the east of Yanmen Pass, and it is the first pass attacked by Song Hu soldiers and horses.

Prior to this, Xing Bingzhong had already transferred back the defenders from the Yanmen Pass, roadside piers, and passes.

After these soldiers and horses were transferred back, most of them were placed on Dongxing Pass by Xing Bingzhong to guard against Song Hu's attack.

Song Hu led the soldiers and horses forward for five li and then stopped.

As the saying goes, if there are more than ten thousand people, there is no limit.

Although Song Hu was still five miles away from Dongxing Pass, Xing Bingzhong could still see the tens of thousands of soldiers gathered together even if they were five miles away.

Looking at the soldiers and horses outside Dongxing Pass, Xing Bingzhong frowned tightly.

"Give me an order to pull out all the cannons, such as the red cannon and the Fran machine gun, and block the city gate with sand. From now on, no one is allowed to go down the city wall without my order."

Xing Bingzhong kept shouting on the city wall, and the orderly behind him kept passing on his orders.

The city wall at Dongxing Pass is about 12 meters high. It is built on the mountain, in the crevice of the mountain, with steep mountains on both sides. Only the front is a city wall built with blue bricks and stones.

There is a city gate on the front of the city wall. The city gate is a metal gate made of smelted iron, which is controlled by hinges on the city gate. There is also Wengcheng outside the city gate.

The terrain outside Dongxing Pass is rugged and not suitable for deploying troops.

If it is the era of cold weapons, it is not so easy to break through this level of barriers.

Tens of thousands of people will not die, don't even think about taking it down.

Because it was a tentative attack, Song Hu didn't push the whole army up, and only sent 200 people.

These 200 people jumped off their horses and slowly pushed towards Dongxing Pass with 56 Chong, 56 Half and 40 fire.

Xing Bingzhong looked at the soldiers of the former army who were slowly coming towards this side, and shouted to the orderly behind him: "Send the order, let all the soldiers get ready, and open fire immediately after entering the attack range of the artillery."

The two hundred soldiers were led by a thousand households named Wang Tiewa. He was walking in the front with a 56 Chong, his eyes fixed on the Dongxing Pass in front of him.

The defenders at Dongxing Pass also stared at these soldiers, and did not despise them because of their small number.

"Order the artillery to load me!"

Xing Bingzhong squinted his eyes at the approaching former soldiers, and hurriedly urged the orderly beside him.

The orderly also hastily passed on the order.

There are a total of three Hongyi cannons and ten Flang cannons on Dongxing Pass.

When Xing Bingzhong's order was passed on, the gunner manipulating the artillery hurriedly loaded ammunition into the artillery.

Wang Tiewa looked at the red-clothed cannon and the Franc cannon protruding from the city wall with a binoculars, then turned around, and shouted at the soldier holding 40 fire behind him: "Aim at the red-clothed cannon and the Franco machine gun on the city wall." Franc cannon, let me destroy these cannons first."

As soon as the words fell, about 40 soldiers carrying [-] fire rushed out and walked in the forefront.

The distance between the two kept getting closer, and when there was only one mile left, the soldiers carrying 40 guns began to load ammunition.

The defenders on the city wall had already loaded their ammunition at this time and aimed at the more than 200 soldiers outside the city.

"Fire!"

Xing Bingzhong on the city wall rushed to the side of the artillery. He looked at the soldiers outside the city and roared.

The soldiers manipulating the artillery hurriedly ignited the fuze on the artillery.

"Chi Chi!" The fuze ignited.

Soldiers carrying 40 fire outside the city also aimed at the red-clothed cannons and Franc cannons on the city wall.

Wang Tiezhu put down the binoculars and shouted, "Fire!"

"Chi la chi la!"

A round of rockets flew towards the city wall with a whistling sound.

Almost at the same time, the closed artillery of Yanmen also opened fire.

"Bang bang bang!"

The red-clothed cannon and the Franc machine gun roared at the same time, firing the solid shells inside.

The solid shells flew towards the two hundred soldiers with a whistling sound.

The red-clothed cannons of this era are not very accurate, and Wang Tiewa's formation is relatively scattered, so the first shelling did not hit these soldiers.

At the same time, the rockets fired by the 40 fire fell on the city wall.

"Bang bang bang!"

The rockets kept exploding, and several rockets landed directly behind the red cannon. The violent explosion instantly ignited the gunpowder piled behind the red cannon.

In the violent explosion, the red cannon was blasted into the air.

The barrel of the red cannon also began to twist at this time.

After a few breaths, the cannon in red fell heavily on the city wall, smashing a few unlucky people on the city wall to pieces.

In addition to the red cannon, the Fran cannon on the city wall was also under the attack of 40 fire.

Just one round of shelling destroyed more than half of the artillery on the city wall.

In the previous explosion, Xing Bingzhong was pressed down by several guards behind him. Because Xing Bingzhong was still some distance away from the red cannon, he was not affected by the explosion.