In the light morning mist at dawn, the general Guo Yan led the team to catch up, only to find that the mountain wall camp where a group of talents was selected was already half empty. Only after inquiring the personnel who stayed behind did they know that the other soldiers who were still intact followed Li Hanzhi's overnight attack, claiming that they were going to counterattack the Tianpan base.
Guo Yan couldn't help being shocked on the spot. He quickly ordered to lift the short mountain cannons broken down into several large pieces, and led the team to follow the large chaotic trails all the way, approaching the cliff near the Tianpan rampart, which was shocked and towering. On the Tianpan base, it was already shrouded in the faint sound of fighting, and fireworks started everywhere.
At the foot of the mountain, several long ladders have been put up on the wall of the village, but they are empty and no one cares and have not been destroyed; and in the wall of the village, there are faint trails that turn up the mountain, and they are still scattered. Scattered corpses in variegated clothing.
"It was actually done for him?"
Seeing the result of a successful attack, Guo Yan was immediately relieved, and immediately ordered loudly without hesitation.
"Immediately beat the drum horn to cheer, the white soldiers and gunslingers rushed to the wall, the fire-throwing team and the artillery team deployed in situ, ready to support and respond to the vanguard front team..."
Before his words fell, the drums rang a few times, and suddenly there was a chain of things falling down from the cliff above his head; there was still a stern whistling sound in the air. Guo Yan quickly dodged and took a closer look. It was surprisingly a living human body that had fallen into the air.
I saw them screaming and screaming one after another, tumbling and hitting between the uneven rock walls that were filled with snow. They often died before they hit the ground, and then they gradually opened up on the relatively soft valley bottom snow. Another group of bright red colors came.
But when Guo Yan personally inspected it, he found that these messy corpses were obviously not wearing the clothes of the Taiping Army; he couldn't help but become more calm and beat the drums, and he took the lead and shouted:
"On behalf of the sky, recreate peace..."
"Qingping the world, the whole world is happy..."
In the sound of fighting on the cliff, it seemed to be inspired and excited, and a faint shout suddenly echoed: for a time, two waves of up and down alternately collided and curled up in the narrow part of this valley. , And the snow on the rocks and trees has shaken down a lot.
So not long after, the battle on the rock on the top of the towering cliff, with morale and fighting spirit declining, ushered in the final end of the night attack and counter-attack battle: with a man wearing armor The enemy general of, in the roar and screams, abruptly fell into a human shape; the last bit of fighting in the sky has completely disappeared.
Then, one after another, prisoners with their hands and heads covered in blood and mud were driven and escorted from the mountainside path; they were all looking distraught and shocked, and there were even soldiers who were driven away. With a roar, he knelt down and sat on the ground with loose legs; there was no tenacity and fierceness that I had seen before.
"You haven't seen the general, but General Li Shen just doesn't light the fire or hang the lights, and follow the trail of the defeated army by relying on a little snow reflection to distinguish the way, and he will feel it!"
The soldiers who evacuated the wounded from the cliff face blushed and shouted with excitement, surprise and glamour:
"... After the fire started, that iron mace and a short spear fought from side to side, and the waving water seemed to be splashed. No matter how many enemy soldiers came to stop in the face, it was also an incomprehensible enemy. ! Following a dash, we rushed straight to the stockade and hacked and killed."
"It's just that after this kills the head, he was a bit violent and fiercely scared to kill people; he started to be ruthless, but likes to take people with bare hands in the chaos, push and throw them down the cliff one by one, even those who are left Please drop the guards on your knees, and you have a lot of urine on the spot!"
"There is also the remnant enemy who was entrenched in a high mountain and stubbornly resisted. As the leader of the enemy was unwilling to surrender, Li Shenjiang suddenly took a card and knocked him to the ground. He lifted his belt and threw it straight. Come down the cliff!"
"Brothers have never seen such a vigorous and brave person! He was hit by at least four arrows and was chopped off with an axe. He is still able to attack and kill the battlefield, and he is able to outflank the defenders. Killed for a while after a while!"
"In addition, we used kerosene bombs to throw them all around. As a result, those guards who were frightened at night were all shouting'Ghosts are here' and'Mountains ghosts are down'!" . . . .
But in any case, since the last dangerous pass in the western section of Xingshi Road has been taken; the so-called reason is that soldiers are expensive and fast. Guo Yan didn't have the mind to stay and hover any more. After reorganizing the team on the spot and replenishing food, he kept on carrying only rations for a few days, and marched lightly towards Chenggu County at Gudaokou to culminate.
As long as such a key city fortress is taken down, the west gate of Liangzhou/Xingyuan Mansion (Hanzhong Basin) represented by Chenggu (now Chenggu County, Shaanxi) will naturally be opened. The first phase of their campaign goal of the partial division along the way was achieved.
Therefore, it was close to noon when the sun was three poles higher. The regimental training and the village soldiers patrolling on the wall of Chenggu County could only have their faces full of suspicion and loud uproar. They watched and gestured across the Han River, and suddenly a banner came out from the east mountain col. A bright man.
And they didn’t even have time to demolish the wooden bridge on the frozen Han River and destroy the usable materials in the ferry on the opposite bank. With the sound of the drums, I began to walk along the wooden bridge in an orderly way across the Han River, which was about a hundred paces wide.
However, Chenggu City reunified opinions at this time. With the reopening of the city gate, a group of men and horses came out. Under the leadership of a small group of cavalry headed by the regiment’s deputy envoy stationed in the county, they did. I want to intercept the incoming enemies head-on in these crossings. At this time, the pioneers who marched along the ice from the ferry on the other side can also reach the sandbank in the river;
The ropes and planks pulled in their hands, as well as the mat mat used as a bedding, faintly spread a large section on the ice surface, which can be used as a temporary passage and not easy to slip.
The small group of soldiers who had crossed the bridge and stepped on the opposite bank lined up in two rows on the snow without hurriedly, raised their hands and pointed them at the rapidly approaching Chenggu County regiments. The next moment, but amidst the roar, the iron ball tested by the artillery group on the southeast coast crashed in front of these regiment trainers, and a cavalry in front was knocked down by the snow.
And in the array on the other side of the river, Li Hanzhi, who was temporarily unable to enter the battle because he had suffered a number of wounds and wrapped up his arms, was facing the left and right sides and talking:
"These Chenggu soldiers are too slack, and it's only now until now that they remembered to fight and flee... the best time for the fight was missed..."
"Then what if I let Li Shen do it in the future..."
Guo Yan, the rearman of the army, immediately followed the pole and asked shamelessly:
"If it were me, at least people would be exposed to water on the bridge, so that the bridge guardrails would become frozen and slippery;"
Li Hanzhi made one-handed gestures without hesitation:
"Then set up tree stumps on a few gentle slopes on the river bank, and then place more crossbowmen and spearmen. You can calmly attack those uncovered under the ice bridge, but they can only stagger slowly... With a small number of patrolmen going up and down the riverbank for a few miles, it will inevitably make it difficult to dive easily..."
"Li Shen said this very seriously, and he immediately wrote it down to Yuhou, as a commandment for our army in the future..."
Guo Yan couldn't help but praised:
In between words, the pioneer horse teams that were suddenly frightened and deterred by the shelling had already involuntarily scattered to the left and right, and even the entire momentum of the impact with the subsequent teams became slow. So the platoons of peaceful soldiers who rushed across the bridge also took the opportunity to fire two rounds of gunshots one after another, and the front row of the Chenggu soldiers in front of them were beaten up and down; signs of hesitation and confusion suddenly appeared.
But just as a buffer for this moment, more peacekeepers crossed the bridge non-stop and rushed to the opposite bank, making the array at the bridge head thicker. At this time, the second round of more intensive artillery shots also exploded; I saw more than 20 low and straight trajectories with faint smoke, blasting across the frozen river and hitting less than a dozen from the river. The enemy stepped from it.
Suddenly, it was like flying in the crowd of broken limbs that broke and exploded out of thin air, shattering a series of bloody and messy gaps. Such a tragic scene once again attracted Li Hanzhi's full attention. This was the first time he had seen the volley of such a large firearm called the cannon against the mighty power, his hands and feet trembling involuntarily, but a faint feeling of fascination and excitement in his heart.
The Chenggu soldiers who had been hit by such a blow had already begun to show signs of collapse in groups among the morale that was visible to the naked eye. The pioneers who had crossed the river did not continue to release their guns when they saw it. Instead, they inserted spikes in the mouth of the guns, or drew out the narrow knives and thin swords of the bodyguard, and played flutes and whistles. In the middle, start to join the team and trot forward slowly and accelerate;
And dozens of miles away to the southwest, in the sub-city of Nanzheng (present-day Hanzhong, Shaanxi), Xingyuan Mansion, on the site of the old knowledge palace named Hanwang (Liubang) Terrace, now Jieyaxingyuan is also a short stay of Tang Xizong Where the palace is, it is full of lights and festivities, and there are brightly dressed servants and rebels everywhere.
Because as the de facto owner who occupied most of Xingyuan Mansion, Fengzhou, and other places, the former Daqi Shangshuling and Taiwei, the current Datang Ganyijun Jiedushi, the prosecutor’s penal department, the guardian general Shangrang, Zhengzhi He was proud to wear a red and gorgeous robe, ready to welcome the arrival of his newly married wife and his wives.
Of course, it is possible for this high-powered and long-time war-fighting hero to act so solemnly and with great fanfare; it is also because the dignity of the woman's identity is unspeakable. As one of the means of guaranteeing the passage of the army from the north to the court, and at the same time to appease his thief's background, the polo emperor of the small court of Nishikawa gave him a princess to marry him.
Although the newly released Princess Yi'an was just an unknown clan girl before; even though she was still in Chang'an, let alone this kind of nominal adoption, even a genuine protagonist princess has never come to the house to enjoy it. . But now that all parties in Sanchuan, soldiers and horses have reached an agreement to go north and enter the pass, he who occupies a place in Hanzhong will inevitably feel pressure and a sense of crisis.
You know, in order to respond to the North Conquest in Hexi, Chengdu not only agreed to Nanzhao's petition for peace, but also recruited a large number of Xiqiang soldiers from places such as Yazhou on the border of Xichuan by granting marriages and adding officials. Even the Mo Wen Department, who was originally recruited by Gao Pian when he was in office, but stayed in the Daduhe generation, mobilized and mobilized, and participated in this conquest of this time.
Therefore, marrying this clan princess with such a big fanfare is also a way for him to show his loyalty and support to the court of Shuzhong in disguised form. Therefore, after this marriage, he will also symbolically send a "new army" of more than 6,000 people, composed of Ding Zhuang recruited locally and later, to participate in the imperial conquest and the great cause of restoration.
And those old brothers and old men who have always followed Wang Xianzhi and his brother Shang Jun who have always followed Wang Xianzhi and his elder brother Shang Jun without hesitation followed him and turned away from the Yellow King. He will not act rashly unless he is a last resort. . This is also the root of his existence and this. Of course, he can still take out some other treasures, wealth, food, and materials to help and manage.
At this time, the drum instrument music in the direction of the city gate suddenly became louder, and then more uproars broke out: "Here is coming", "What a heavenly prestige", "The show is too grand!" Then there was one. The famous general wearing a colorful blouse rushed across the long street in the city and reported loudly:
"Enjoy handsome, the send-off team from Chengdu has arrived outside Xihuaimen..."
"The little man saw the prosperity of the various flags and ceremonies under the city with his own eyes, and the wagons and horses carrying the wedding maidens stretched for miles without end.
"Then you know who is the one who sent the relatives to wait..."
Shang Rang was asking the question he cared most.
"It has been passed. The official envoy who came to give the wedding is His Royal Highness Shou Wang, the brother of the Holy Lord, the deputy envoy is walking in the most influential Li (Cultural Revolution) Da Diao crotch, and the marrying guard is walking in the Zuo Tong. Wei Wei of Jun Zhou (bao)...!"
The famous general quickly responded:
"Good... good... good very..."
Hearing these names still made my heart more confident, but the last worries and speculations left in my mind were gone. After all, the existence of these high-ranking and powerful people represents a certain guarantee that the small court of Xichuan will not easily risk risks.
"Hurry up and send the order to open the door to welcome him into the city. I shall personally receive the edict outside the sub-city gate..." (End of this chapter)