nanming man

Chapter 395 Raid on Shangnan
In November, the weather started to turn cold, and the mountains and fields in the distance were covered with a thin layer of snow.

At the junction of Henan and Shaanxi, among the undulating mountains of the remaining veins of the Qinling Mountains, 2 horses are marching in line on the slightly muddy official road stepping on thin snow.

The soldiers were half-rolling banners, holding weapons in their hands, carrying a roll of blankets and bamboo hats on their backs, and hanging water bags and swords around their waists. Regardless of the cold wind, they quickly headed towards Wuguan.

The army walked on the winding road, like a big snake, 2 people bowed their heads and hurried on the road, the scene was very spectacular.

At this time, beside the road, Gao Yihuan led several generals and rode on a small slope, watching his subordinate Erlang, and marched towards Guanzhong.

Yes, Gao Yihuan did not go to Luoyang to fight Kong Youde, but came to Guanzhong to inherit Lao Li's legacy.

However, he is a native of Henan, and if he wants to inherit Lao Li's legacy, it is still a bit unfair.

It's a pity that Lao Li doesn't have a big girl with a yellow flower that suits him, otherwise, even if she looks a bit colder, Gao Yihuan would have to grit her teeth and snatch it, and sacrifice her appearance to accept it.

The information Gao Yihuan got was not perfect, so he sent Wang Yingzhen to contact him. The five pawns arranged by Shandong to investigate the situation of the Qing army, as well as the troops sent to Guanzhong to investigate, did not come back.

Although the news is limited, Gao Yihuan still judges that Li Zicheng has a high probability of slipping.

In order to prevent risks, Gao Yihuan took two-handed preparations, leaving the cavalry to harass the Qing army in northern Henan, and asked Jin Shenghuan, Wu Shizhao and others to lead more than [-] troops to suppress the front line of Ruzhou. On the surface, it was to put pressure on the Qing army, but in fact it was training and preparing for war. .

He led [-] elite soldiers into Guanzhong and captured Shangnan, Danfeng and other places.

Gao Yihuan doesn't like to be passive, nor does he like to guess.

He felt that Li Zicheng might slip away, so he should take down Shangnan and Danfeng first.

As long as Li Zicheng's access to southern Henan is controlled, no matter whether Li Zicheng really wants to escape or fight a decisive battle with the Qing army, it must become a decisive battle with the Qing army.

With someone Gao here, Li Zicheng is determined to be a responsible man.

If Li Zicheng had a decisive battle with the Qing army, then Gao Yihuan would have come to cheer for him and to praise him personally. After Li Zicheng was defeated, he would be able to gather the remnants of the Shun army and retreat into southern Henan.

If Li Zicheng wants to slip away, then I'm sorry, if the road is blocked, Gao Yihuan will force him to fight the Qing army to prevent the Shun army from rushing into southern Henan.

The purpose of his entry into Guanzhong this time is to establish a buffer zone. At the same time, if Li Zicheng is defeated by the Qing army and his subordinates are desperate, he can gather a group of soldiers to share some of Lao Li's inheritance, and then strengthen his own power.

After he made this move, Li Zicheng had no choice but to continue to fight against the Qing army and shed the last drop of blood for the entire anti-Qing cause.

Shangnan is the traffic artery connecting Guanzhong and Henan, especially Wuguan near Shangnan County, which is the southeast gateway of Guanzhong.

Li Zicheng's 10 people were about to leave the pass, and he must still take the official road to Nanyang, so Gao Yihuan captured Shangnan, and then sent people to strangle Danshui, basically controlling Li Zicheng's escape from the pass.

At this time, after two days of marching, [-] Wei Wujun had arrived near Huayuantou, forty miles away from Shangnan County.

Gao Yihuan looked at it, and if he continued to move forward, he would be discovered by the Shun army, so he waved his hand and said, "Order the army to rest! You come with me to discuss."

The flag officer waved the command flag, and the soldiers who came in stopped immediately, walked down the road, then found a stone on both sides, brushed off the white snow on it, and sat down to rest.

Several generals rode their horses down the hillside with Gao Yihuan, and laid a map on a big rock.

Gao Yihuan surrounded the crowd and said, "Wen Xuan, tell everyone!"

Bai Wenxuan stood up, pointed to the map and said, "If Li Zicheng wants to go out of Shangnan to Sichuan, he will first go to Wuguan by land, and secondly, from Danfeng County, by water and land, and go south along Danshui. The possibility is small, most likely he will go to Wuguan. What the commander means is that no matter whether he wants to go by water or land, we will take down both Wuguan and Danfeng."

As he spoke, he clicked on the map, "Danfeng, Wuguan, and Shangnan, these three places are all on Wuguan Road, and Wuguan is just between Danfeng and Shangnan. These three places are run by Xiao Yuan. Yuan Shizhong was guarded by Yuan Shizhong. He used to claim to have 20 men and horses. He was regarded as a hero. Li Zicheng originally wanted to kill him, but he was a little more excited. Seeing that Luo Rucai was killed by Li Zicheng, he fled to Shangzhou with his troops and expressed his support for Li Zicheng to proclaim himself emperor. , escaped a catastrophe."

Originally, Li Zicheng shouldn't have allowed Yuan Shizhong to occupy such an important position, but Gao Yihuan hadn't rebelled before, so Shangzhou was not that important, and Li Zicheng was busy attacking Beijing and didn't regard Guanzhong as his foundation, so he didn't care. At that time, he was unable to do what he wanted, and his energy was completely restrained by the Qing army.

"Yuan Shizhong is not a direct descendant of the Shun Army. Under Li Zicheng's suppression, he basically does not give money and food supplies. According to intelligence, most of his 20 people are sent away to farm. Now there are only more than [-] people guarding various places."

"How did Lao Yuan get into such a mess?" Gao Yihuan couldn't help sighing after hearing Bai Wenxuan's words.

When he was still a small brigade leading more than 50 brothers, Yuan Shizhong was already a giant bandit with a crowd of 20, and now he has really turned around.

Gao Yihuan took over Bai Wenxuan's words, "Yuan Shizhong was not happy with Li Zicheng. This commander thought that this person could be recruited. But after all, this person is also a prince. It may not be effective to directly recruit and surrender. We have to win Wuguan and Shangnan first. Let him see how powerful my Wei Wujun is, and then force him to land. This commander believes that he is a man who knows the current affairs!"

"Marshal, how do we fight Wuguan and Shangnan?" Wang Chang scratched his head.

Gao Yihuan said: "Shangnan is easy to attack, but Wuguan is difficult to attack. Now that Shangnan is before Wuguan, let's attack Shangnan first, and the defenders of Wuguan will be alarmed first. This commander is going to take Wuguan first, can you Is there any way?"

Zhao Daxian frowned and said: "Although Wuguan is not as good as Tongguan, and it has been abandoned in recent years, it is a famous pass after all, and it may not be easy to attack by force!"

Hu Dawei clasped his fists, "Commander, in the past few months, Guanzhong has transported a lot of food and firearms from us. How about we pretend to be a team transporting grain and firearms to Guanzhong, and pretend to open Wuguan?"

There was no movement on Shangnan's side, and the guards on Wuguan's side must have limited vigilance.

The team transporting grain from Huguang to Guanzhong has indeed not stopped. There are still tens of thousands of shi of grain, which have not been delivered.

Gao Yihuan glanced at Hu Dawei approvingly, "I think this strategy is feasible. I will leave this matter to you!"

The next day, a caravan appeared on the official road, driving more than 50 carts, and appeared in front of Wuguan.

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