nanming man

Chapter 719
Ningxia Mansion used to be the site of the Dangxiang people. After the Yuan Dynasty fell to Xixia, the Dangxiang people were massacred. The Yuan Dynasty settled many craftsmen here. After hundreds of years, they have multiplied here.

After the Western Wei State occupied Guanzhong, it took advantage of the trend to control Ningxia Prefecture, as well as Lanzhou, Suzhou, Liangzhou and other places, and its power expanded to Jiayuguan.

And the land of Guanzhong was divided into two parts, Sili and Gansu, while Gansu's land was barren and the local power was strong, and the control of the Western Wei Dynasty was very limited. The feudal government focused on Sili, which is the Shaanxi area.

At this time, a group of Wei army scouts came galloping from the north, and the horseshoes raised a cloud of yellow dust. When the cavalry galloped to the bottom of the city, they shouted anxiously, "Open the city gate quickly, the Tartars are coming!"

The defense line of the Great Wall was too long, and no one knew where the Qing army would break through. In order to detect the movement of the Qing army as soon as possible and determine the direction of the Ming and Qing army's attack, the Wei army scouted out of the pass city and went deep into the grassland to investigate.

The guard of Zhenyuan Gate also sent out a team of scouts. He walked to the wall and looked down. Of the twelve cavalrymen, only three came back, and all of them were wounded, with many arrows stuck in their backs.

"Quickly, let them in!" Gao Chenghu, the guard of Zhenyuan Gate, waved his hand hastily.

The drawbridge fell, and the moment the door was just opened, three cavalry rushed in, as if there was something terrifying behind it.

At this time, Gao Chenghu had already walked down the city, and when he came to the door, he asked, "What's going on!"

"Captain, a large number of Tartars, [-] to [-] people, are coming to kill Guancheng!" The leader of the team, got off his horse and reported urgently.

"Forty to fifty thousand people?" Gao Chenghu's face darkened, and he thought in his heart that it's unlucky that the Tartars actually came to attack Zhenyuan Pass.

Zhenyuan Pass is located in the north of Ningxia, between Helan Mountain and the Yellow River, and more than 2000 Wei soldiers are stationed there.

This time the Qing army attacked Guanzhong, and the vassal government also had a strategy for how to defend.

The first goal of the vassal mansion is to guard the front line of the Great Wall and resist the enemy from outside the Great Wall. However, if the front line of the Great Wall cannot be defended, the focus will be on protecting Sili. Pro Xi'an.

The Great Wall controlled by the Western Wei State starts from Jiayuguan in the west and ends in Yulin in the east. Each garrison requires at least 1000 or 6 troops to barely meet the most basic defense requirements.

In addition, the Wei army also needed to garrison tens of thousands of troops in Tongguan, Wuguan, Pujindu and other places, and Wang Jing and other prefectures also needed garrisons.

Although Wei's army has more than [-] people, the number of troops in each place is actually very limited.

Gao Chenghu's face was gloomy, with [-] to [-] Tartars, [-] times his army strength, close to the defenders, they would definitely not be able to hold Zhenyuan Pass, so he immediately said anxiously: "Quickly set off the fire, report the military situation, and ask Governor Zhao to send troops for reinforcements. "

The defense line of the Great Wall of the Wei army was first to garrison troops at various passes and beacon towers on the Great Wall, and then to garrison troops in several key cities behind the Great Wall, and arrange a general to guard them.

The Tartar cavalry can run more than 100 miles a day. It is difficult for the Wei army to judge where the Tartars will enter, and they cannot deploy their troops to the place where the Qing army broke through in advance. In Dacheng, wait for the pass to warn and determine the direction of the Ming and Qing army's attack, and then quickly support it.

Gao Chenghu gave an order, and the soldiers on the pier immediately ignited the beacon smoke, and the billowing smoke rose into the sky, spreading southward one by one.

In Ningxia Prefecture, the people who were working in the fields and the herdsmen suddenly straightened up, looked up to the north, and saw the pillar of smoke rising into the sky, their faces were shocked, and they hurriedly packed their things and rushed home.

After a while, each of them went around the county town on horseback. Yamen servants and arresters beat gongs and drums, and shouted anxiously, beckoning the people to escape into the city.

At this time, outside Zhenyuan Pass, there was billowing yellow dust, roaring horseshoes, and tens of thousands of Qing troops had galloped over.

Obai with a ferocious face galloped wildly on his horse. He saw a thick smoke rising from the pass in the distance, with an arrogant expression on his face, he said with a sneer, "Can a small pass stop me?"

Seeing Wei Jun lighting the beacon, Obai was still full of confidence. In his opinion, the role of the Great Wall was to prevent small groups of cavalry from going south and prevent encroachment on the Central Plains. But once they encountered large groups of nomadic bandits, the Great Wall would probably not be able to prevent them.

Let’s not talk about it, let’s say that Emperor Taizong of the Qing Dynasty entered the Kou Pass six times, and the Ming army failed to defend it once. The Qing army can always find weak points, and then use their superior forces to enter.

At this time, a large group of Qing cavalry galloped four li away from the front of the pass. As soon as Oboi reined in his horse, tens of thousands of Qing troops stopped slowly.

Ao Bai looked arrogantly at Xiaguan City, and then shouted orders: "The army prepares equipment and breaks through this pass quickly. If they fail to attack, each will be dealt with by military law."

"Cha! I obey you!" Behind him, the Eight Banners generals in yellow armor and blue armor clasped their fists together.

Obai looked at the pass and snorted coldly, "I've heard the advice from the two white flags, saying that the Western Wei army is powerful, I don't believe this evil, but today I want to let them experience it, this general is amazing!"

When the Zhenyuan Pass was closed, Captain Gao Chenghu looked out of the pass and saw the Qing army swarming in front of the pass. He couldn't see the end at a glance, and he couldn't help but shudder.

"Quick, deploy defense immediately!" Gao Chenghu ordered hastily, his face a little panicked, he can only hope now, the soldiers and horses of Commander Zhao will come to support quickly.

For a while, more than 2000 soldiers on the Guancheng began to get busy lifting stones and logs up the city wall, and set up a cauldron on the city, mixing arsenic, dung and other objects to make golden juice.

This is an ancient method of defending the city. The boiled juice is extremely poisonous. If you smear a little on the arrows and swords, you will die immediately upon seeing the blood. It is a very vicious method of defending the city invented by the ancestors.

Outside the pass, the endless Qing army put tremendous pressure on the defenders. The soldiers moved all kinds of equipment to the top of the city. The tin cans, bundles of arrows, and gunpowder were all guarantees for the Wei army to guard the pass.

Wei Jun lit the beacon, and if the Qing army could not break through the pass as soon as possible, it would be difficult to break the pass as soon as Wei Jun's reinforcements arrived.

Although the Qing army could take advantage of the speed of the cavalry to break through the pass after the reinforcements from the Wei army arrived, Oboi thought that would be too troublesome and would be less enjoyable than directly breaking through the pass.

The Qing army outside Guancheng quickly felled the forest on Helan Mountain and made equipment such as climbing ladders. After a little preparation, the banner raised its head and blew the horn.

"Woooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!"

At the foot of the mountain, a group of Qing soldiers continued to make equipment, and the finished equipment had already been carried to the front of the battle by another group of soldiers.

Seeing this, Gao Chenghu hurriedly yelled, "The Tartars are about to attack the city, cheer me up and keep the Tartars out of the pass."

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