nanming man

Chapter 657
At this time, Sun Kewang, accompanied by a group of generals, was inspecting the casting of weapons, and the sound of "clinking" irons could be heard all around.

Sun Kewang casually pulled out a blade that had just been sharpened, and asked Xu Yixian who was beside him, "How many knives of this kind can be made in a day."

The characteristic of the rogues is that they have a large number of people. Although the Western Army established the country, it still maintains this characteristic.

Although Sun Kewang was forced to abandon Chengdu, the strength of the Western Army did not suffer any losses, and there were still nearly 20 people in the entire southern and eastern Sichuan.

There are so many people, in addition to the astonishing food consumption, the loss of equipment is also very scary.

The Western Army did not have a complete supply system, and the consumption of weapons and armor was huge. Sun Kewang could only figure out a way by himself. He must at least have a knife in battle.

It can be seen that the forging quality of the blade is very rough, but there is no way, the Western Army is from a bandit, and Zhang Xianzhong did not pay attention to it before, so the craftsmanship of the Western Army is really limited, and the technology of smelting refined iron is not good enough. Able to forge inferior war knives.

Xu Yixian is a very important aide in the history of the Western Army, equivalent to Li Yan in the Dashun Army, and he was a counselor who followed Zhang Xianzhong in the early days.

He replied: "Your Majesty, we can make three hundred of these swords a day, but we don't have many raw materials, and we don't have refined iron, so we can't make many of them. The strength of this kind of sword is very poor. I just rolled it. I thought it would be better to make more gun heads, which would consume less iron ingots, and would be one inch long and one inch stronger on the battlefield, suitable for soldiers to use."

Sun Kewang frowned slightly, he held the blade horizontally, and motioned to Ainengqi, "Fourth brother, cut me down!"

Ai Neng heard the words, pulled out the treasured knife, and slashed down with the knife, a two-inch cut was made on the blade of the knife, and it was almost cut off.

Sun Kewang's expression turned ugly, he put the knife back, and said to Xu Yixian: "As the prime minister wants, we will make more gun heads for now, but at the same time we must also get more copper and iron."

After Sun Kewang fought against Gao Yihuan and Wu Sangui, he deeply felt the gap in the Western Army's equipment.

Previously, the western army fought against Zuo Liangyu, and the Ming army in Sichuan was okay. When they encountered a strong enemy, the superiority in numbers was not very effective.

Therefore, Sun Kewang also hoped that by being able to forge cannons, forge armor and firecrackers, and select elite soldiers, the Western Army would become an elite army.

"Guizhou and Yunnan are rich in mineral resources. Your Majesty may consider sending a partial division to collect these two places. In this way, we can obtain resources and at the same time gain depth!" Xu Yixian cupped his hands and said: "These two places are vast, but there are no soldiers. Garrison. Guizhou only has Zeng Ying’s elite team, while Yunnan is in the hands of chieftain Sha Dingzhou, and it is easy for the king to take it.”

Zeng Ying from Chongqing was driven to Guizhou by Liu Wenxiu. It was really not difficult for the Western Army to destroy him. However, Shading Prefecture in Yunnan was just a local chicken and a dog, and Sun Kewang didn't take it seriously at all.

Sun Kewang understood what Xu Yixian meant and hoped that he could go south, but at this time Sun Kewang didn't want to go to Yunnan and Guizhou.

Heroes all compete in the Central Plains, and his son went to compete in the Southwest, to snatch the rotten places where the prisoners were exiled. There seemed to be something wrong and it would make people laugh.

"This king knows, but the time is not yet ripe, and I have not reached that point in Daxi." Sun Kewang said in a deep voice: "The purpose of this king's garrison here is to wait for the opportunity to retake Chengdu! Gao Yihuan coveted Sichuan for a long time, he Troops will definitely be sent to capture Sichuan and Shu. At that time, when they are both defeated and wounded, this king will raise troops to go north again and regain the foundation of Daxi in one fell swoop."

Sun Kewang said with emotion: "If you want to fight for the world, you still need to take the land of Shu to have a chance!"

Xu Yixian pondered and said: "With Wu Sangui's strength, even if Gao Yihuan is defeated, his strength will be greatly damaged. The king does have a chance to take back Chengdu, but what if Gao Yihuan wins?"

"It depends on the situation. If he wins miserably, this king can also fight for it. If he wins big~" Sun Kewang paused, "Then this king will turn south, enter Guizhou and Yunnan, and then plot Guangdong and Guangxi. It's not too late!"

Xu Yixian saw that he had plans, so he stopped talking.

At this time, the two were talking, Feng Shuangli, a general of the Western Army, rode over, reined in the reins in the distance, got off the horse, and hurried over, "My lord, the last general caught a man and said it was Niu Jinxing. He wants to see the king. Discuss the important matter of jointly resisting the Wei army! If the king sees it, if he doesn't see it, he will tie a stone at the end and let this melon skin sink into the river!"

Sun Kewang frowned, and exchanged a glance with Xu Yixian, his eyes narrowed immediately, Gao Yihuan had indeed entered Sichuan.

"Where is he, bring him here!" Sun Kewang immediately waved his hand.

……

On September [-], after more than half a month of arduous trek by the Western Wei Army, the vanguard finally arrived outside Jianmen Pass.

Bai Wenxuan repaired a section of plank road outside the pass overnight, and immediately launched an attack, wanting to attack the pass city, but Jianmen Pass is really dangerous, and there can only be hundreds of people in front of the pass to attack. However, Guancheng still stood firm, keeping Wei Jun out of the pass.

Several attacks on the Wei army suffered a lot of losses, so Bai Wenxuan could only temporarily stop the attack and wait for the main force of the Wei army to come.

Five days later, Gao Yihuan led the main force to the outside of Jianmen Pass, and Bai Wenxuan came to greet him, "Your Majesty, I stormed the pass city several times and lost more than 400 people, but still failed to attack the pass city."

After hearing this, Gao Yihuan took the helmet he had just put down, "Go, take the lonely king to see this Jianmen Pass."

After speaking, Gao Yihuan strode out of the military tent. The group of people could not go outside the Guancheng, chose a slope next to the road, and climbed up to observe.

Gao Yihuan took out the binoculars, looked at Guancheng, and couldn't help taking a breath.

Jianmenguan is located between two cliffs, as if cut by a knife, it is impossible to climb.

Guancheng is leaning against a cliff, made of stones and bricks. The city wall is not long. There is no empty mine ground in front of Guancheng. There is only a half-foot-wide step connecting the gate.

That is to say, when tackling key problems, large-scale equipment cannot be used. You can only carry ladders and climb narrow and long steps to attack the key gate. The number of troops invested at one time is probably hundreds of people. If there are too many people stuck under the steps, it will not work at all. .

The soldiers defending the city only need to use bows, arrows and firecrackers to bombard the steps in front of the gate to prevent the Wei army from entering the gate.

Gao Yihuan put down the binoculars and frowned, "It's true that one man is in charge of everything!"

When Gao Yihuan was peeping at Jianmen Pass, Xia Guoxiang on the pass city found a group of people who seemed to be peeping at the pass city. He frowned slightly, and his intuition told him that the main direction of Wei Jun's attack might be Jianmen Pass, which was impossible to break through.

Xia Guoxiang's face darkened, and he suddenly ordered his generals: "Gao Dejie, lead people to seal the door!"

The Guan Ning army had few troops, and the terrain outside the pass was difficult to steal. Xia Guoxiang suspected that the main force of the Wei army had reached Jianmen Pass. Just in case, he decided to close the gate and prepare for the onslaught of the Wei army.

The general was stunned for a moment when he heard the words, and when he realized it, he clasped his fists quickly, "Yes, the last general obeys."

After finishing speaking, he turned around and went down to the city, led his subordinate soldiers, moved stones and sandbags, and blocked and closed the gate.

There was a sneer on Xia Guoxiang's face. If Gao Yihuan chose to enter Sichuan through Jianmen, he would have failed this time.

Waiting for the general to block the closed door, even if you have thousands of troops, you will only die~
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