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Chapter 724 Raid on Pujin

The land in Gansu was barren, and the Qing army did not attack the big cities, so the supplies they got were naturally limited.

The [-] Qing troops plundered the land of Yongliang for nearly a month, but they didn't gain much. People ate and chewed horses, and quickly consumed most of the food.

At this time, there are also three roads before the Qing army. One is to accept the good and retreat to the grassland first; the other is to pull out a big city to obtain supplies; If it is rich, it can also expand the results of this invasion and severely damage the morale of the Western Wei Dynasty.

Huining County, Gongchang Prefecture, Gansu Province.

After Obai and Sony joined forces in Lanzhou Prefecture, the army turned southwest, entered Gongchang Prefecture, and captured Huining County, where there were only [-] defenders and [-] young and strong guards. The army was temporarily stationed here.

The surrounding area of ​​the small town was already surrounded by companies and battalions of the Qing army. As far as the eye could see, there were all white military tents, which were hard to count.

At this time, groups of horses with heads hung on them escorted a group of Tatar cavalry who were returning to the camp with women, and entered the camp.

A lot of white, naked and distorted bodies of women were thrown around the camp. From time to time, there were women's screams and begging for mercy, accompanied by lewd laughter.

In the hall of the county government office in the city, a stove was set up to roast fat sheep, and the generals of the Qing army gathered together to discuss the military situation.

Outside the hall, a Wei Jun instructor whose legs were broken was held down by the Qing army on the ground. The Yellow Armored Tartar soldiers were grabbing his hair, and the hair was ripped off together with the scalp. The blood was dripping, and the instructor was in pain. There were screams.

The Qing army approached the city, and the magistrate ran away. The training officer organized the defense of the city. The city was broken and was captured by the Qing army. Obai asked him to kneel and surrender. Interrupt, and pull out his hair again, to see how tough the barbarian is.

The screams from outside the hall spread into the hall, where the Tartar generals with bald green scalps and pigtails dangling behind their heads were laughing and laughing while eating the oily sheep.

Sitting on the top of the hall, Oboi was naked, wearing iron armor, and his face was full of rudeness. He chewed the mutton arrogantly, and said with a sneer to everyone: "When I was in court, I often heard that Gao Manzi's soldiers and horses are elite and good at fighting. I think they said this to cover up their incompetence. This time, when Lord Zhuang and Lord Su made a move, Gao Manzi didn't care about one thing and neglected another, and was fooled by us."

"That's right, if Duoduo hadn't been captured by Gao Manzi, I think the lord and the others would have invaded northern Shaanxi!" The people below laughed.

Most of the people present were from the Hauge faction. The generals of the two yellow flags and the two blue flags who had been favored by Huang Taiji had long been very dissatisfied with Dorgon's faction.

When the Qing army first entered Guanzhong, wiped out Li Zicheng, and swept across the north, Dorgon was in full swing, and they could only hibernate. However, in the past two years, Dorgon's strategy has frequently made mistakes, and his prestige has been greatly damaged, and their dissatisfaction has been directly expressed.

Aobai sneered, "It will be a matter of time before we get into Guanzhong. This time, I will let the trash of the two white flags take a look, we are amazing!"

"Yes, enter Guanzhong and see what the regent says!" The generals below agreed.

Sony said: "The guards already have a strategy to break into Guanzhong?"

Obai looks rough and savage, like an uncivilized savage, people will feel fear when standing with him, but his heart is actually very delicate.

At this time, he glanced at the crowd, "It's only natural, you all came closer, you would have something to say."

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In the pre-Qin period, the state of Qin was a dangerous and solid land with four fortresses. The so-called four fortresses were: Hangu Pass in the east, Dashan Pass in the west, Wuguan in the south, and Xiaoguan in the north. ".If the four passes are consolidated, Qin will prosper; if the four passes are lost, Qin will be destroyed.

The reason why Qin chose to build customs in four places is because as long as these four places are controlled, it is difficult to break in from other directions.

Either the detour is too far, or the road is difficult to walk. In short, if you want to enter the pass, the best way to go is to break through one of the passes.

The Longshan Mountains straddle the northwest of Guanzhong, acting as a barrier to the northwest of Guanzhong. Xiaoguan is located in the lowlands of the valley at the pass of Longshan, blocking the main road leading from Longxi to Guanzhong.

In order to prevent the Tartars who looted from Yongliang from fleeing into Guanzhong, the Wei army stationed [-] troops here, led by general Hao Yaoqi.

On May 26th, on a sunny day, the soldiers of the Wei army in Guancheng were busy carrying arrows, raging wood, stones, kerosene and other things.

Firearms such as Hongyi cannons and general cannons lined up on the city wall, and soldiers holding spears stood beside the firearms, looking out of the pass.

Suddenly, there was a roar in the valley, and the soldiers who were carrying supplies couldn't help standing up one after another, turning their heads to look west, feeling the slight vibration of the earth, and the sky in the valley was full of yellow dust.

A brigade on the city's face was startled, seeing the billowing yellow dust rapidly moving towards the wall, he immediately shouted, "There is an enemy situation!"

An alarm bell sounded, and a large number of Wei soldiers in armor ran up the city wall. Hao Yaoqi also came to the wall, looked out of the pass, and asked a general beside him, "What's going on? How many Tartars are here!"

The general stretched his face and shook his head, "General, the valley is winding, and we can't see behind, but judging by the momentum, there are at least tens of thousands!"

Hao Yaoqi slammed his fist on the wall, "Okay, it's best to come all!" After he finished speaking, he turned his head and shouted: "Quickly report to Wang Jing, the Tatar soldiers are coming to attack Xiaoguan!"

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Between Shaanxi and Shanxi, there is the Yellow River as the boundary. After the Yellow River bypassed the Loess Plateau, it hit the Luliang Mountains and was forced to divert southward by the mountains.

The Yellow River rushes from north to south, and the current is so fast that most of the river sections between Shaanxi and Shanxi cannot be crossed. Coupled with the barrier of Luliang Mountain, although Shaanxi and Shanxi are adjacent to each other, it is not convenient to travel. .

The only convenient passage between the two places is Pujin Ferry in the south.

Out of military needs and to facilitate the connection between Shaanxi and Shanxi, as early as the Southern and Northern Dynasties, a pontoon bridge was built at Pujin Ferry. The Tianjin pontoon bridge was refurbished. Heavy iron oxen and iron pillars were buried deep on both sides of the bank, and iron cables were used as cables, covered with giant trees to build a permanent fixed pontoon bridge.

In the following hundreds of years, the pontoon bridge was damaged several times and repaired by the government several times, and it is still alive today.

The Qing army and the Western Wei Dynasty did not destroy the Pujin pontoon bridge out of consideration for the future, so that the pontoon bridge still connected the two banks. In order to prevent surprise attacks from the other side, the Wei army and the Qing army stationed heavy troops on both sides of the Pujin ferry.

On the side of the Qing army, they mainly defended Pujin Pass and Puzhou Mansion to the east of the pontoon bridge, while the Wei army defended Tongzhou Mansion and the bridgehead to the east.

Pujin Pass is located behind Tongguan Pass, known as "the first key for entering Pass through the East and Hebei land routes".

At the beginning of the Tang Dynasty, Li Yuan and his son were able to successfully lead troops from Taiyuan to enter Guanzhong, mainly because the general Pujin surrendered without a fight.

Right now, Pujin Ferry has become a battleground between the Wei and Qing armies. If the Wei army controls the pontoon bridge, it will block the Qing army in Shanxi and threaten Taiyuan.The Qing army controlled this place, retreated to protect Shanxi, and entered Guanzhong.

In view of this, Dorgon sent the perfect general Kakamu to sit in the Puzhou government, stationed 1 troops, to prevent the Wei army from seizing Puzhou, and told him that he must guard the Pujin Pass to ensure the safety of Shanxi, and for the Qing Dynasty. The army is ready to attack Guanzhong.

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