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Chapter 726
Tongguan has been a battleground for military strategists since ancient times. Here, you can attack the Central Plains and defend the Sanqin.Since Hangu Pass was abandoned, it has been the gateway for Shaanxi to enter and exit the Central Plains.

Tongguan is located at the intersection where the Weihe River flows into the Yellow River, with the Qinling Mountains in the south and the Yellow River in the north. It is named Tianxian.

In history, Cao Cao fought Xiliang Jin Machao here in order to enter the land of the Three Qin Dynasty.During the Anshi Rebellion, Ge Shuhan, a famous general of the Tang Dynasty, fought with the rebels here.

Because of this, it is a must for military strategists who entered Shaanxi from the Central Plains.

After the defeat of Hong Chengchou, the governor of the five provinces, the officers and soldiers retreated all the way to the west, and they were bound to be stopped by Chen Changbing and Li Mou, who made a surprise attack on Xin'an and Xinhangu Pass by Zhang Shun.

In fact, the two of them did intercept and captured many officers and soldiers.

After the defeat of Zuo Guangxian, the general soldier of Shaanxi, he vigilantly avoided Xin'an, which directly blocked Weihan North Road.

Instead, he went up against the Luoshui River, detoured through Xiaohan South Road, walked through Yanling Pass and retreated to Shanzhou.

When Chen Changbing and Li Mou led their troops westward, Zuo Guangxian, the commander-in-chief of Shaanxi, led his troops to retreat to Tongguan.

Chen Changbing led his troops to seize the opportunity to seize Shanzhou, Lingbao and Yan Township, one prefecture and two counties, and approached Tongguan.

It's just that neither Zhang Shun nor Chen Changzhu thought that Tongguan would be so difficult to fight.

Tongguan in Ming Dynasty was rebuilt and expanded on the basis of Tongguan in Tang and Song Dynasties.

The city wall is built on the mountain, the east, west, and north sides are five feet high, and the highest point in the south is ten feet high.

There is a Weisuo Tongguanwei in its place, and most of its residents are military.there are

The Tonghe River passes through the city, and there are thousands of acres of fertile land in the pass.The soldiers guarding the pass can take advantage of the danger, eat and live in the city, and stick to it for a long time.

And Tongguan itself is not a simple pass city, but a complete defense system.

To the east of Tongguan City is a Huangxiangban with a total length of about five miles.

The Huangxiangban road is narrow, and it is a lonely road bordering the Qinling Mountains in the south and the Yellow River in the north.In this lonely road, it is difficult for the army to form a formation, and it is impossible to take advantage of the number of people to attack the city.

In the Huangxiangban, a golden steep pass was set up as a barrier, forming a multi-layered defense situation.

On the plain south of Tongguan, there are dozens of ravines.Among them, there are four deepest ditches: Lixie Ditch, Ban Ditch, Tongshui Ditch, and Wangyuan Ditch.

These gullies are collectively called forbidden gullies, and they all traverse the South Plains in the north-south direction.

The south of Tongguan is already tall, and with these ravines, it is even more insurmountable.

But in order to ensure everything is safe, many fortresses were set up in the forbidden ditch, called: Twelve Linked Cities.

On both sides of the Yellow River to the north of Tongguan is Fenglingdu, an important ferry on the Yellow River.If the two sides have persisted for a long time, there will be situations where officers and soldiers cross the river on the north bank of the Yellow River.

Chen Changbing has the experience of leading the army alone many times, but he is also a man who knows how to fight.

He saw that the officers and soldiers were well-prepared, and the terrain here made it impossible to form a formation to give full play to the advantage of the number of rebels.

So he ordered Li Mou to lead a battalion to camp outside Huangxiangban, and take turns to attack Jindou Pass outside Tongguan City.

On the other hand, he led his men and horses to station in the county town of Yanxiang.

At the beginning, Zuo Guang, the commander-in-chief of Shaanxi, still refused to accept it. After gaining a firm foothold, he personally led his elite troops to raid Li Mou's troops outside Jindou Pass.

Li Mou was at a disadvantage in the battle, so he retreated in defeat.When the ground was pushed to a spacious place, Chen Changzhu led the rebel army to stab and kill the general, and immediately defeated Zuo Guang first.

The rebel army pursued all the way to the Jindouguan city, but still failed to capture and kill Zuo Guangxian alive, so they had no choice but to retreat.After that, the two sides continued to see-saw at Jindouguan, and the outcome was tied for a while.

When Cao Wenzhao took Lu's family and led his people to meet up, the rebel army still couldn't make any progress.

Therefore, the two sides concentrated their artillery to attack the city, but they were all field artillery like the General, with limited power.

The rebel army bombarded for several days, but still could not shake the iron wall in front of them.

There was really nothing to do, so Cao Wenzhao went to Chen Changji and Li Mou and said, "This pass is dangerous, and only the Hongyi cannons can't break through it. Even if mine takes a little longer, it will only save more lives."

"In that case, why don't you leave Li Mou and me to defend the city, and ask General Chen to go to Luoyang for a while, and bring cannons for me, so that we can attack the city before it's too late?"

As soon as Chen Changbing heard it, he understood that the two of them wanted to use their special status as Zhang Shunyi's brother to ask Zhang Shun for a siege weapon.

Fortunately, Chen Changbing also had the same intention, so he temporarily entrusted the soldiers and horses to Cao Wenzhao, and after repeatedly instructing Li Mou in private, he led twenty or thirty personal guards and hurried back to Luoyang City.

Zhang Shun couldn't help frowning after listening to Chen Changzhu's narration.

He originally intended to send troops to Nanyang in the next few days to seize the city, and it is inevitable that there will be places to attack the city.

What's more, I heard from Chen Changliang that the Tongguan city is strong, and it cannot be dealt with by ordinary Hongyi cannons.

Thinking of this, Zhang asked Chen Changlan to rest for a while, and Wang Jinyi hurriedly summoned the new foreman, Dudu Zhang.

When Zhang Shun mentioned the matter, Dudu Zhang couldn't help but replied: "If you want to capture this city, in addition to thunderbolt cannons, you also need ten thousand catties of red barbarian cannons to make a contribution!"

Zhang Dudu's so-called "Thunderbolt and Thunderbolt Cannon" are actually the three flying blunderbuss forged earlier.

Not only is the artillery difficult to make, but the gunner is also one of the best in a hundred. I am afraid that if I accidentally blow it up in front of myself, I will not hurt the enemy, but myself.

Zhang Shun carefully crafted and trained three flying blunderbusses, but in fact he cherished them a lot and prepared to use them as his trump card.

However, considering that Tongguan is too dangerous, he gritted his teeth and said, "In this case, I will allocate the three flying cannons for your use. In addition, add ten red barbarian cannons and send them to Tongguan together!"

"This..." Although Zhang Shun was quite generous, Chen Changliang couldn't help but frowned and said, "Isn't it a bit insufficient?"

Ten Hongyi cannons are almost enough to attack ordinary cities.But for attacking Tongguan, it is far from enough!

"Dudu Zhang listens to the order. I order you to lead the craftsmen, and you can follow Chen Changting to the county seat of Yanxiang."

"You are allowed to conscript common people craftsmen here, and start a blast furnace to make iron and cast ten thousand catties of red barbarian cannons on the spot!"

"Uh..." As soon as Zhang Shun finished speaking, Dudu Zhang showed embarrassment.

"What's the matter? Is there any embarrassment?" Zhang Shun couldn't help asking.

"Hundreds of catties of western cannons are nothing but trivial matters; more than a thousand catties of them are only five or five. Only the ten thousand catties of red barbarian cannons, I have only heard of them, but I have not seen them, and I don't know if they can be cast." Dudu Zhang quickly introduced.

ah?Isn't it all iron lumps? What's the technical content?
When Zhang Shun cast cannons in Yangcheng, he didn't realize the difficulty at all.It is also said that what is lacking in casting is design rather than technology.

But he didn't know that Yangcheng, Shanxi, as the smelting center of this era, almost represented the highest level in northern China.

What it casts is also a small artillery, which is certainly not the same as today's casting of ten thousand catties Hongyi cannon.

　Today's update is too slow, there should only be one chapter, please forgive me.

　　
　
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