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Chapter 726 Assault on Pujin Pass
The Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies has long formulated a strategy to capture Pujin Pass, threaten Taiyuan, and put pressure on the Qing court.

The focus of the competition between the Ming and Qing Dynasties was Lianghuai and Shandong, while the focus of the competition between the Wei army and the Qing army was actually Shanxi.

Although Henan is Zhongzhou, even if the Wei army captured it, the pressure on the Manchus would still not be great, and the Qing army would still dominate Hebei. But if the Wei army captured Shanxi, the Manchus would immediately feel restless, and would even consider withdrawing to the pass.

Historically, when Jiang Xiang was upright, he restrained most of the energy of the Qing army. Even Dorgon, who hadn't set off for many years, took command for a short time.

Shanxi's terrain is closed, with the Great Wall to the north, Zhongtiao Mountain to the south, Taihang Mountain to the east, and Luliang Mountain to the west, which can be regarded as a small pass.

Not only was this a province that was less affected by the war in the late Ming Dynasty, it was also the main source of taxes and money for the Qing court, and at the same time, it directly threatened Yanyun in terms of its geographical location.

If the Manchu Qing lost Shanxi, the Wei army could directly attack Beijing, and the Qing court would not be able to gain a foothold in the pass.

Therefore, the land of Shanxi will be the focus of competition between Wei and Qing.In fact, Gao Yihuan realized this a long time ago, but because the Qing army controlled the Hetao and grasslands, the Qing army could threaten Guanzhong from the north, so they contained the Wei army's forces in Guanzhong.

If the Wei army sent troops to attack Shanxi, the troops in Guanzhong would be empty, so that the Qing army in Hetao would have a chance to succeed, and Guanzhong would become unsafe instead. Therefore, after the Wei army occupied Guanzhong, for a year and a half, they never considered attacking Pujin Pass. .

This time, in order to put pressure on the Qing army, the Wei army decided to attack Pujin Pass, but how to attack Pujin Pass is a big problem.

First of all, to attack Pujin Pass, you must cross the Yellow River, and if you take a pontoon bridge to attack, even if you have 10 horses, you may not be able to defeat it.

As long as the Qing army set up a few cannons on the bridgehead and lowered the muzzle and fired directly, they could knock down a group of Wei troops crowded on the bridge with one shot. Even if the Wei troops were elite, it would be difficult for them to cross the pontoon bridge.

What's more, after the pontoon bridge is Guancheng, the defenders will get reinforcements after a day's defense, and the Wei army can only be bombarded at the beach.

For this reason, the Western Wei Dynasty thought hard about the strategy of breaking through the barrier, and felt that it was still necessary to outsmart it.

Burning the pontoon bridge was just to reduce the attention of the Qing army in Shanxi, making them think that the Wei army was going to deal with the Qing army that had entered Longxi with all its strength, and the purpose of burning the bridge was to reduce the pressure from Shanxi.

Today, after two months of preparation, the Wei army finally launched a surprise attack on Pujin Pass.

Within two months, Wei Jun collected a lot of boats on Luoshui, and even transported small boats from the Weihe River system to Tongzhou for hiding by sailing on dry land.

At this time, Huang Bingzhong saw the elite soldiers of the Fengfeng Battalion boarding the boat, turned his head and said to the generals beside him: "Let's go back to the pontoon bridge immediately!"

After finishing speaking, Huang Bingzhong pulled the rein of his horse, and the horse shot out like an arrow, and dozens of riders rushed to Pujin Ferry.

At the ferry, [-] Wei army elites were ready, all the siege mortars were in place, and the thick planks used to lay the pontoon bridge were also piled up at the ferry.

What Wei Jun burned were only the planks on the pontoon bridge, and the iron chains pulled by the four iron oxen still connected the two banks.

At the beginning of June, there was a new moon in the sky, and the night was very dark, covering the approach of the Wei army fleet to the east bank.

The boats flowed into the Yellow River along the Luoshui River. The fleet crossed the center of the river through the impact of the water, and then swung the boats to get rid of the river flowing southward from the center, and washed the boats to the east bank and ran aground.

Three thousand well-equipped soldiers jumped off the ship, waded ashore, not far from Pujin Pass and the torches on the bridgehead flashed, pointing out the direction for the Wei army.

Compared with before the burning of the bridge, there are much fewer torches in both places, which shows that the defenders have relaxed.

At this time, three thousand Wei soldiers were crowded on the river beach, and the soldiers were lying on the ground in silence.

Yi Dao glanced at Guancheng and the bridgehead in the distance with three eyes, and then waved his hand, and several military academies surrounded him.

At this time, Yi Daosan said: "Division A and Division B of Division A, you pull out the bridgehead from the back, and assist Governor Huang and the siege equipment to cross the river. The three divisions of Division C, plus Division D of Division A, Ambushes on both sides of the closed gate, ambushes the Tartars who have left the pass, and the remaining brothers will follow the general to seize the city. The order of action is the order that the general ordered."

"Do you understand everything?" Yi Daosan scanned the many generals with sharp eyes, saw that they all nodded, and said again: "Okay, you all repeat your mission one by one."

At present, several military academies of the forward battalion stated their missions in various whispers.

Yi Daosan nodded slightly, looked at two of the brigade commanders, and said in a deep voice: "Seizing the bridgehead is related to whether the reinforcements on the other side can successfully cross the river for reinforcements. It is the key to the success or failure of this battle. You two must understand!"

"I understand!" The two commanders bowed their heads and cupped their fists.

"Action!" Yi Daosan waved his hand immediately after hearing the words, and all the troops of the Wei Army stooped and groped towards the pass city and the fortress.

In the dark night, under the cover of the darkness, the Wei armies of various ministries quickly reached the designated position.

More than [-] people from the Wei army of the two divisions touched the back of the bridgehead, and about [-] people from the Wei army of the four divisions lay on the road connecting Guancheng to the bridgehead, and the rest of them were slowly approaching the bridgehead. wall.

Because the Wei army burned the pontoon bridge, the defense of the bridgehead was significantly relaxed. There were only a few torches swaying in the wind on the fort wall. Zhou Laosi and others did not have to patrol the bridge, but dozed off against the fort wall.

With a muffled grunt, a Qing soldier patrolling with a torch was shot in the neck with an arrow, clutched his throat and fell down, falling on the sand on the river beach. The dozing soldiers on the wall turned over and continued to doze.

At this time, more than 100 black shadows touched the corner of the wall and saw soldiers in groups of four holding a long bamboo pole, one of them holding the head of the pole, and three of them holding the tail of the pole. The person at the head of the pole stepped on the wall of the fort with the support of the end of the pole, and rushed up the wall of the fort quickly.

The soldiers with the back of their swords in their mouths jumped up the fort wall one after another lightly. They came up from the back of the fort. The defense here is not tight. There are only voices coming from inside the fort. It's gambling.

Outside the fort, several Qing troops leaned against the wall and were dozing off. The soldiers of the Wei army took out the sabers in their mouths and touched the Qing army lightly. Covering Qing Bing's mouth with one hand, riding his legs on the body, the knife quickly pulled on the neck, blood shot out, and then quickly aimed at the heart and stabbed several times without any unnecessary movements.

The soldiers of the Qing army were covered with their mouths covered, their eyes widened, and their faces were terrified, but their throats could only make the sound of blood gurgling, and they died soon without a sound.

After killing the Qing soldiers outside the east wall of the fort, Wei Jun waved his hand, and a black shadow rushed down the wall to open the gate of the fort, and the rest of them stood on both sides of the fort building with knives.

At this time, the palm brigade made a gesture and kicked the door open suddenly. The Qing army inside was slightly taken aback, and a few crossbow arrows shot in from the outside, and overturned the Qing army facing the door. They swarmed in, slashed with swords, and screams pierced the night sky immediately.

Almost at the same moment, the gate of the fort was opened, and Wei Jun, who was wearing black armor, poured into the fort.

On the west bank of the pontoon bridge, Huang Bingzhong, who was stationed by the pontoon bridge, was watching the fortress on the east bank, and suddenly saw a loud arrow shooting into the sky and exploded suddenly.

The soldiers of the Wei army carrying thick planks on the bank rushed up to the pontoon bridge and moved forward while laying the planks.

The sound of killing at the bridgehead also alarmed the Qing army in Pujin Pass. When the door was closed and opened, a thousand cavalrymen of the Qing army, holding torches, rushed out of the pass and galloped towards the bridgehead.

The cavalry walked halfway, suddenly there was a series of loud bangs on the official road, orange flames flashed, and a cloud of white smoke rose, the cavalry was overturned by bombs, people on the road howled and horses neighed, and the Qing army The cavalry was instantly confused.

"Kill!" Wei Jun, who was ambushing on both sides, shouted in an instant, firing firecrackers, then picked up his weapons, and rushed out from both sides, killing the panicked Qing army.

At this time, under the closed wall, Yi Daosan also roared, "Take the closed door!"

The soldiers ambushing under the city began to charge. Before the Qing army finished deploying their defenses, the soldiers supported them with wooden poles, grabbed the city wall with flying hooks, quickly climbed up the city, and fought with the Qing army rushing up the wall.

In an instant, the entire Pujin crossed the two sides of the river, the flames shot up into the sky, and there were explosions again and again. The Qing army was killed by the Wei army. There was no rush, and they could only resist passively.

On the bridgehead, more than a dozen Eight Banners soldiers and a hundred or so Green Battalion soldiers guarded the West Fort Wall, that is, the fort wall facing the pontoon bridge.

At this time, on the artillery array facing the pontoon bridge under the fort wall, the red cannons of the Qing army roared. With a "boom", the shells aimed directly at the pontoon bridge. Straight lines of blood and blood.

The Wei army on the bridge was suppressed by artillery and bows and arrows. They suffered heavy casualties and could not rush forward.

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