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Chapter 231 Huang Yuguan

It also coincided with Xuanda Governor Zhang Zongheng's bad luck. The "Eight Great Kings" were among the rebels, and in terms of strength and reputation, they were only inferior to Zhang Shun and the "Crossing General".Now it is cooperating with the other three battalions, with [-] to [-] troops, and its strength is not inferior to the current three battalions of "Zijinliang", Zhang Shun, and "Chuangjiang".

Although Xuanda Governor Zhang Zongheng's frontier army is good at fighting, but now there are only [-] troops, and they dare not say lightly that they can win.But now He Renlong under his command was left in Pingyang Mansion by him, and Zuo Liangyu stayed in Henan because of the strong request of the Henan gentry, so Zhang Zongheng couldn't get other people to come to support him.

In desperation, the two sides had to grit their teeth and fight.There are many soldiers and horses in one pair, and one side is elite, so the outcome is expected to be between [-] and [-].

Fortunately, neither side has the will to fight. After a day of fierce fighting, the "Eight Kings" and others found that the losses were too great, and they were reluctant to part with their troops, so they led the team to leave; To conquer the lost city of Liaozhou, the two agreed to leave without mentioning it.

Not to mention how officers and soldiers dispatch troops and generals, since Zhang Shun expelled Yang He's commander You Shilu, he suggested that the second leader "Zijin Liang" make a decision early.Either go all out and besiege Taiyuan City; or abandon Liaozhou and go east to Zhili and other places.

As a result, "Zijin Liang" was hesitant to make a decision due to unclear information.Fortunately, Zhang Shun remembered that his subordinate Zhang Shenyan was originally a member of the imperial court, and he should know about the situation in Shanxi, so he asked him for information.

Zhang Shenyan couldn't help but smiled wryly when he heard the words: "Although I am a central official of the imperial court, I have never participated in military aircraft, and I don't know how the military situation in Shanxi is!"

"Just one thing, I know a little bit about it. There are two posts in Shanxi, the governor of Xuanda and the governor of Shanxi. Governor Zhang Zongheng of Xuanda and I have already fought, so there is nothing to fear for the time being. It's just that the governor of Shanxi, Song Tongyin, fought After death, there should be a new official, but I have not heard of it until now. I am afraid that this person is hiding in the dark, which is not conducive to the actions of the rebels."

When Zhang Shun heard this, he was also shocked.He didn't understand the complicated official system of the Ming Dynasty, and now he heard that there was still a party of high officials holding military power, so he couldn't help but feel worried.In his opinion, this person must be stationed in Taiyuan.

Although Zhang Shun had no way to verify it, he was wrong and misunderstood the location of Xu Dingchen, the governor of Shanxi.Therefore, Zhang Shun simply visited "Zijinliang" again, and asked the rebels to evacuate Liaozhou City together and enter Gyeonggi.

"Zijin Liang" was hesitating, when he got the news that the "Eight Great Kings", "Sweeping the Floor King" and others had just been in Wuxiang with Xuanda Governor Zhang Zongheng, and only then did "Zijin Liang" get anxious.

He quickly arranged for Zhang Shun and "Chuang Jiang" to attack Huangyuguan Inspection Department and Shibapan Inspection Department in the east of Liaozhou.

Previously, Zhang Shun was kind to the "Crossing General", and the "Crossing General" who entered Liaozhou City first got a lot of artillery, and gave Zhang Shun a few. This time Zhang Shun got four more "Great Generals".

These four "General" cannons have different calibers, about three inches seven to three inches nine, about four feet five inches long, and weigh about a thousand catties.They are all forged from fine iron, and the whole body is hooped with nine iron hoops, and placed on a simple double-wheeled gun mount.

Zhang Shun asked Li Shi'an to test fire, and found that the quality of these cannons was far better than the shoddy ones he had made before.Zhang Shun couldn't help being overjoyed, and hurriedly searched for a carpenter in the city, remade the cannon carriages and mounts he had designed, and then took the cannons out of the city to the east.

Huangyuguan is located in the depths of Taihang Mountains, surrounded by mountains and mountains, and the terrain is dangerous. It has always been known as "the first danger in Taihang".The main peak of Huangyuling is more than 1600 meters above sea level, and there are cliffs along the mountain for tens of miles.

Huangyu Pass is not a simple pass, but a pass set up according to danger, and the two sides are connected by the Great Wall.There are also piers in the front and back, one for the beacon tower, and the other for the barrier of the pass, all of which are made of bluestone in the mountains.

As soon as Zhang Shun entered the rugged mountain road, he saw the beacon fires on the top of the mountain from a distance, and knew that he and others had exposed their whereabouts.Zhang Shun had no choice but to lead the crowd to trek forward.

The mountain road was difficult, and the four "Generals" and one "Golden Cannon" in Zhang Shun's hands were really difficult to move on. Li Shi'an had to ask to leave the team and move slowly.

In the end, Zhang Shun refused. Zhang Shun sent some soldiers to help Li Shi'an transport the artillery, and said to everyone: "The terrain of Huangyu Pass is steep, easy to defend and difficult to attack. If you want to capture this pass, you must attack it by surprise, or use artillery Hard bang, other than that, there is no other way."

"We have tried to attack once before, and Huangyu Pass must have been vigilant, so I didn't plan to attack this pass at the beginning. If we don't have the help of artillery, how many people can attack this dangerous pass? "

After hearing this, everyone worked together to transport the five cannons.When the rebel army approached the Huangyu Pass, they encountered a pier outside the pass.

On the pier, there are not many people.However, the piers are so tall that they are not easy to attack.Chen Changbing, Zhang Sanbai and others advocated giving up the piers and attacking Huangyuguan with concerted efforts; while Zhang Shenyan and Li Xin advocated attacking the piers first to test the enemy's defensive confidence.

There is nothing wrong with the claims of both sides, but each has its own advantages and disadvantages.If the piers are abandoned, all you need to do is to concentrate your strength to take down Huangyuguan. The piers are nothing to be afraid of, they will just surrender.It's just that if you can't attack Huangyuguan, you will inevitably be attacked by enemies, and accidents may occur.

If it is to attack the piers and attack the city step by step, it will be stable, but it will waste more time.If Huangyuguan swears to defend the city, Zhang Shun may not be able to complete the task, resulting in the rebel army not being able to retreat in time.

Zhang Shun thought about it carefully, and decided to attack the city after clearing the two piers that were not conducive to the siege.For the rest of the piers, Chen Changzhu can lead the cavalry, just watch them.

At the beginning, those two piers still wanted to hold on, until Zhang Shun ordered Li Shi'an to pull out five cannons, lined up, tried firing a cannon, and they all stepped down and surrendered.

It is no wonder that these pier soldiers surrendered. After Zhang Shun recruited them, he found that there were only about ten people on this pier.The pier is made of bluestone, but it is not like a pier built with earth, which can resist artillery to a certain extent.

After Zhang Shun got rid of the threat in front of him, he pulled out the artillery as usual to threaten Huang Yu to pass the city.But I didn't expect that the ninth-rank inspector of Huangyuguan not only refused to surrender, but instead fired in the direction of Zhang Shun.

The artillery at Huangyuguan was not very powerful. Judging from the shells recovered by the soldiers, it was only a small cannon the size of a goose egg, and it was nothing to fear.So, by the way, Zhang ordered Li Shi'an to use artillery to load live ammunition to fight back.

(End of this chapter)