please make me king

Chapter 29

The majestic Taihang Mountains are absolutely boundless with Tianjingguan.

To the south of Shanxi and to the north of Henan, there is Taihang Hengyan.Those who have a path, the west is called Zhiguanxing, the east is called Baijing, and the middle is called Taixing Path.

This act of greatness is a strategic route connecting Henan and Shanxi.If you live in Shanxi, you can go out of Taihang from here, and you can go directly to Huaiqing Mansion, threatening Luoyang, which is the main way to compete in the Central Plains.

And from Henan to Shanxi, you can just attack the Shangdang area from then on, look at Hebei in the east, look at Hedong in the west, and attack Taiyuan in the north. This is the only way to fight for the world.

When Cao Mengde traveled northward to conquer Yuan Shao's nephew and high-ranking officials in the state, he passed here and left a famous poem: "Going north to the Taihang Mountains, how difficult it is!"The sheep intestines are bent, and the wheels are destroyed!
The so-called "Yangchangban Jiequ" in Yangchangban is the first step from Henan to Shanxi.Yangchangban, as the name suggests, its road is winding and winding in the mountains, resembling a sheep intestine.Yangchangban starts from Changping Village, Qinyang, Huaiqing Prefecture, Henan Province in the south, and reaches Wanzi City, Zezhou, Shanxi Province in the north, with a total length of about seven or eight miles.This is the most dangerous section of Taihang Xing. It governs the throat of the ancient Jingluo main road. The terrain is dangerous, easy to defend and difficult to attack. It has always been a battleground for military strategists and has an important strategic position.

Zhang Shun and his deployment of more than a thousand people went here.A few days ago, they were in Mengxian County, Henan Province, making weapons, buying horses and cloth, and repairing them for a few days.When Zhao Lizi found out about the dispatch of troops from Huaiqing Mansion, he headed west towards Wen County with great fanfare.

When the officers and soldiers of Huaiqing Guard rushed to Wen County, Zhang Shun and others immediately turned north and rushed all the way to Hanoi County.Hanoi County is where the government of Huaiqing Mansion is located, and it is also the seat of Prince Zheng's Mansion and the residence of Huaiqing Guard.The officers and soldiers of the Huaiqing Guard Station were afraid of losing the important area, but when they first arrived in Wen County, they had no choice but to not eat people or drink horses, and some hurriedly followed.

Regardless of the officers and soldiers chasing after them, Zhang Shun and others crossed Qinshui by themselves, then hid their flags, changed their names, and rushed into the Taihang under the name of Chenzhou Mansion as a transporter of grain for the officers and soldiers in Shanxi.

Not to mention that the officers and soldiers of the Huaiqing Guard Station went near the Huaiqing Mansion City, lost the trace of Zhang Shun and others, were shocked and frightened, and sent out scouts to investigate without mentioning it.Zhang Shun and the others have already walked out of the narrow path and arrived at Wanzi City.

This city was built by Guo Ziyi, a famous general in the Tang Dynasty.When everyone came to the front, they saw these four big characters written on the gate of this city: "North arrives at the capital".The area of ​​this city is not large, it only covers an area of ​​about one mu. It is built on the cliffs and built with blue stones. It is shaped like a bowl, so it is called Wanzi City.But when you hear its name, you will know its danger, and it really has the potential to be one man and ten thousand men.

Since there has been no war in the mainland for two hundred years, there are not many troops stationed in the city, and only some soldiers check the people coming and going.When Zhang Shun and others arrived, the interrogating soldiers suddenly became nervous.

Zhang Shun hurriedly asked Ma Daochang to take Lu Yin to deal with it.Ma Daochang has traveled all over the country, has rich experience in the world, and is eloquent. With a few words, he fooled the interrogating soldiers into not knowing the north and the south.But there was a young soldier who didn't know the severity, and sternly shouted: "Which company needs so many guards for food delivery? You wait."

Before he finished speaking, he was kicked to the ground by a leader who looked like a military officer, and scolded: "I haven't spoken yet, how dare Li Zi listen?"

Hearing this, Daoist Ma laughed, and gave the leader another five or six taels of money.The boss accepted it happily, and explained: "Young people don't understand the rules, so I laughed at you."

Daoist Ma didn't mind, he just reported it to Zhang Shun, and everyone passed by.More than a thousand people plus hundreds of grain trucks, it took an hour to finish.As the saying goes: money can make ghosts turn the millstone, just because Ma Daochang gave the personnel, and everyone was not stopped and checked in the slightest.It turned out that this Tianjingguan was under the jurisdiction of Zezhou Mansion, and it had no communication with Huaiqing Mansion, so they didn't know that Huaiqing Mansion was chasing and killing Zhang Shun and others, but it was taken advantage of by Zhang Shun and others.

When everyone walked away, the young soldier asked aggrievedly: "Uncle, why are you so blind? These people are not good people after a look."

The leader was so angry that he wanted to kick him again, cursing: "You are blind. This group of people is armed with knives and guns, and the team is neat. Where are the bodyguards? They are not officers and soldiers, or bandits. How can I not know?" ?”

"Then you are still greedy for those taels of silver?" The young man questioned unconvinced.

"What do you think that is? That's life money! Buy the life money of a dozen of us. If you don't accept it, they will rush up and chop us into meat, how can you stop it? Next time if you are still so blind Son, go home and plow the fields as soon as possible, so as not to miss my life!" The leader of the officers and soldiers shouted sharply, reversing his silly image just now.

Not to mention how the leader of the army taught his nephew, but Zhang Shun and others passed through Wanzi City, Zhang Shun looked back and saw the four characters "Nantong Yiluo" written on the north gate of Wanzi City.I can't help thinking, Jincheng Tangchi is the so-called, and it occupies an important point. If a hundred people block it, ten thousand people will not be able to pass it.But I never wanted to be easily crossed by myself and others. This is indeed "the right time is not as good as the right place, and the right place is not as good as the harmony of people." People are lax and fearful, even if the iron wall is iron, how can they hold it?

After passing Wanzicheng, there are passes such as Xiaokou Pass, Hengwang Pass and Xingzhen Station, and finally reach Tianjing Pass.This is really five miles and one pass, and ten miles and one pass. Yunan is centered on Tianjingguan, and Yubei is centered on Wanzi City. There are dozens of large and small cottages and piers in between, and finally form a terrible defense. system.

Zhang Shun's two lifetimes were both born and raised in the plains, and he occasionally passed by the mountains, but he had a travel mentality and never thought about it carefully.This crossing really shocked him very much.The two mountains are sandwiched together, and the line of the line enters the sky. It is really famous and daunting.

He thought to himself, such a grand pass, where one man is in charge of the pass, is everywhere.There is no need for famous generals to be stationed here, as long as you have the heart to persevere, even if you give a mediocre man a thousand men, they will be able to defend against thousands of troops and horses before the food and water run out.

On the other hand, is this really the end of the Ming dynasty?Such a little-known Tianjing Pass is so dangerous, but how dangerous are the world-famous Shanhaiguan Pass and Juyong Pass?And why did the Ming Dynasty, taking advantage of the dangers of the world, was frequently broken into by the Manchus and robbed the capital?

After everyone passed the Tianjing Pass, Zhang Shun felt at ease. Fang felt that his back was wet with sweat, and the mountain wind blew him away. Trembling and trembling, like walking on an abyss, like walking on thin ice, sweating like pulp!"

Upon hearing this, Wukong laughed heartlessly and said, "Master is really timid, but some dead things like bricks, tiles and stones are not demons and ghosts, why should we be afraid of them?"

(End of this chapter)