Autumn of the 17th year of Chongzhen

Chapter 1167

Pujin Pass is a famous pass between the Qin and Jin Dynasties. It was built extremely solidly.

There are more than one ferry between Shanxi and Shaanxi, but in terms of convenience, you still have to go through Pujin Pass.

Jiang Xiang also knew the importance of Pujin Pass. Although he took away more than half of the guards against the Kingdom of Jin, he placed 3000 guards at Pujin Pass.

In front of Pujin Pass is the Yellow River. Even if the Jin army attacks, it will not be able to use it. At most, 3000 people can be invested at a time, so [-] troops are guarding the pass, which is enough to buy time for Jiang Xiang to react.

He Guozhu is Wan Lian's subordinate. After Wan Lian led the main force to rescue Lu'an, he was ordered to guard Pujin Pass.

He used to be a member of a hundred households of the Ming army, but later turned into a bandit and led more than a thousand people to gather in the mountains and forests. This time, he took advantage of the incident and took the opportunity to clear his identity.

Because he had been a bandit, his men were relatively capable of fighting among the rebels in southwestern Shanxi, so he was entrusted with the important task of guarding the pass.

It's just that since the end of August, since Shanxi anyway, he has been guarding the pass for nearly three months, and the Jin army on the west bank has not moved, so from He Guozhu to the soldiers below are a little lax.

One day, He Guozhu was drinking in the pass, but the alarm bell suddenly sounded on the city. He hurriedly put on his armor and came to the city. He heard a report from a hundred households urgently: "General, the Pujin Bridge has been attacked!"

He Guozhu hurriedly walked to the edge of the wall, looked to the west, saw the direction of Pujin Bridge, two thick smoke rose into the sky.

"Two fires, 2000 people attacked the bridge!" He Guozhu's face turned cold. Could it be that Jin Guo made the move?Without thinking too much, he immediately turned around and went down to the city, and greeted loudly: "Quickly, get your troops together, and I will go out with Ben to support Pujin Bridge!"

Pujin Pass is behind the Pujin Bridge, and the Pujin Bridge has not been lost, so He Guozhu is not worried about the safety of Pujin Pass, but is preparing to lead troops to block the enemies who want to cross the river on the west bank of the Yellow River.

After a while, the closed gate of Pujin Pass was opened, and He Guozhu led more than 2000 people to rush out from the closed gate and head for Pujin Bridge.

Just a few hundred paces outside the pass, the Three Thousand Golden Army was ready to go. Gao Youcai held the handle of his knife and stared intently at the men and horses coming out of the pass. After they walked away, he waited for about half an hour. At Shichen, they estimated that they had already reached Pujin Bridge, so they suddenly drew their swords and shouted anxiously: "Kill! Capture Pujin Pass!"

Three thousand Jin Jun wearing a white cloak and hiding in the snowy forest jumped up one by one, carrying a ladder and holding a bamboo pole, and rushed towards Guanxia.

The alarm bell rang again immediately after closing the door, but at this time they were empty of troops, and there was a panic in the city of Guan, and it took half a ring before they bent their bows and shot arrows at Guan Xia.

Dozens of Jin soldiers who were running were shot to death by arrows from the city, and at this moment, under the astonished eyes of the defenders, nearly a hundred men were suddenly lifted up to the top of the city by poles.

They stepped on the city wall and went up quickly. When the defenders were stunned, they jumped directly from the top of the city one by one, and chopped down the archers by the wall with their knives.

The Jin army quietly crossed the Yellow River without any heavy siege equipment, so they had to attack the city with siege ladders and poles. , Several people hold the tail of the pole, and when they reach the city, they lift the pole up, and the person who holds the head of the pole can step on the city wall, and all the people go up in one fell swoop.

However, this method has many limitations, and the follow-up is weak, so it can only be used for raids by a small number of people.

Before the defenders could react, nearly a hundred elite soldiers had already been lifted up to the city. At this time, the other Jin troops had already passed the trench bridge, put their ladders on the top of the city, and quickly climbed up with their swords in their hands. It was irregular at first, but when it encountered a surprise attack by the elite Qing army, it immediately collapsed and fled to the pass in a hurry.

After a while, the gate of Pujin Pass was opened by the Jin army, and everyone poured into the pass, and Pujin Pass fell in a very short period of time.

On the edge of the Yellow River, at the Pujin Bridge, Wang Yongqiang was commanding troops to fight against the rebels guarding the bridge.

The rebels blocked the bridge with long spears and large shields. Bows, arrows, and blunderbusses on both sides shot at the golden army on the bridge randomly. Some people were shot down and fell to the ice.

To be honest, defending Pujin Bridge is easier than defending Pujin Pass, which is one of the reasons why He Guozhu led the troops to help.

The two sides were shooting arrows randomly on the bridge, and while they were fighting, Wang Yongqiang saw more than two thousand people rushing towards the defenders, he immediately smiled and shouted loudly: "Retreat!"

He Guozhu led more than 2000 people to Pujin Bridge. Before the others joined the battlefield, the Jin army who attacked the bridge retreated on its own initiative, which made him puzzled.

"What's going on?" He Guozhu asked while riding on the horse.

A rebel soldier Qianhu with sweat on his face hurriedly stepped forward to help him hold the reins, and then said, "General, I don't know about it. The Jin army on the other side suddenly attacked, and I set off a warning signal."

He Guozhu frowned slightly, and at this moment, a cavalryman galloped over from behind the army, and shouted loudly from a long distance: "General, it's not good, Pujin Pass has been attacked!"

As the sound spread, the rebel army was in an uproar, and the corners of He Guozhu's eyes twitched, and he immediately pulled the reins and headed for Pujin Pass.

If Pujin Pass is occupied by the enemy, he will be blocked in the narrow river beach outside the pass.

As soon as He Guozhu left, the 2000 people who had just arrived hurriedly turned around. The rear team changed to the front team and hurried back towards the pass.

Not long after, they came to the pass wall, but the flag of the Kingdom of Jin had already been planted on the wall, and soldiers of the Kingdom of Jin were standing there. If you don't surrender at this time, when will you wait?"

He Guozhu's face was ashamed. He didn't expect that Pujin Pass would be occupied by the Jin army so quickly, and the Jin army's operation was obviously carefully planned. He Guozhu can be sure that the Jin country has fully intervened in the war.

"General, burn the pontoon bridge, and then set off smoke to inform Puzhou, maybe you can take back Pujin Pass!" A thousand households said anxiously.

Another leader with a goatee next to him looked at the densely packed Jin army, but said in a panic: "Master, be careful! I think there are at least thousands of Jin soldiers in the Guan, and they can cross the river. Bridges may not work!"

He Guozhu frowned, "Go back to the bridge first, and then discuss."

More than 2000 people continued to toss and retreat to the fort by the bridge. The whole army was silent, and the morale of the army was already unstable.

Fortunately, neither the West Bank of the Yellow River nor the Jin army occupying Pujin Pass attacked them, but they had no food, and even if the Jin army did not fight, they would not last long.

He Guozhu summoned his confidants to discuss in a room, but a soldier outside reported: "General, the Jin army from the west of the river has sent people over."

Many leaders in the room looked at He Guozhu, Hu Guozhu bowed his head and said nothing, but the goatee said to the soldiers: "Go, invite people here!"

Not long after, an official from the Kingdom of Jin, wearing a black official robe and Usha on his head, came in and said straight to the point: "He Shoubei, my Dajin was invited by the Qing Dynasty to enter Jin Dynasty, tens of thousands of troops have already arrived on the west bank, and it is easy to cross the river. Today, I came here to appease Shanxi according to His Majesty's will. If He Shoubei surrenders to Dajin, his official position will not change, and the entire army will be given land! Don't miss this opportunity, He Shoubei should make a wise decision."

The leader of the rebel army in the room couldn't help being a little stunned when he heard this. He never thought that it would be fine if he didn't pursue the responsibility, but the Kingdom of Jin would actually give them land.

"My lord, are you serious? Since Jin Jun was invited by Manqing, wouldn't he hand us over to Manqing?" Goatee asked.

This was what they were most worried about. In order to suppress Shanxi this time, the Qing army had slaughtered several cities, and the rebels they captured were all cramped and skinned, and their methods were extremely cruel.

The official of the Kingdom of Jin smiled and said: "Look at my clothes and hair on my head, will I lie to you? This time I, Da Jin, entered Shanxi to save the people of Shanxi!"

His attire is completely like that of a wise man, which is naturally friendly.

These words are beautiful, but they can only deceive people without brains, but He Guozhu has no other choice.

He knew that the strength of the rebel army in Puzhou was very empty. Once the Pujin pass was opened, the rebel army could not stop the Jin army. Besides, if he did not surrender now, he would have no other way to go.

"My lord, He is willing to surrender!"

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What the Kingdom of Jin lacks now is population, not to mention granting land, it is no problem to send money and cows for them to cultivate.

Although Hauge entered Shanxi this time to help Dorgon put down the rebellion, he also had another purpose.That is to poach corners, plunder the population, recruit rebels, and take the opportunity to strengthen the strength of Jin Guo.

These rebels were much incompatible with Man Qingshui, but they did not have such a problem with Jin Guo. Jin Guo did not allow them to shave their hair, change their clothes, and secondly, they did not want to extort money.

In fact, after experiencing the wars during the reign of Chongzhen, the massacres of the Manchus entering the customs, and many years of natural and man-made disasters, the contradiction between man and land in the north has been resolved, and the remaining main contradiction is the contradiction between ethnic groups. As long as this contradiction is resolved, The country is basically stable.

In mid-November, after the Jin Army captured Pujin Pass, Hauge led an army of [-] into Shanxi, and soon most of the counties in Puzhou surrendered gold. The Jin Army took the empty Puzhou Mansion, and then the army moved forward , On the one hand, the people of Shanxi moved to Shanxi.

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