please make me king

Chapter 846

"Tongguan City is pointed at both ends, with the Yellow River in the north and the mountains in the south. Scorpion Mountain, Phoenix Mountain, Qilin Sending Ziyantai Mountain, Wuli Secret Gate and a Line of Sky." The clear and childish voice came from far away in the mountains, and just a few nursery rhymes said The danger of Tongguan has been exhausted.

Tongguan is located in the eastern part of the Guanzhong Plain. Since ancient times, it has blocked the throat of the two capitals. It is the only place to go from Luoyang to Chang'an in the west.

Since the establishment of Cao Cao, it has been continuously reinforced and improved by later generations, and has gradually become a defense system with Xiongguan as the core in history.

If you want to conquer this majestic pass, the first dangerous place from east to west is Huangxiangban, which is also called "Wuli Secret Gate" by the locals.

There is a saying that "there are only wrong names, but no wrong nicknames". This "Wuli Secret Door" is Huangxiangban's nickname.

Huangxiangban is close to Niutouyuan in the south and the Yellow River in the north, forming a situation where the plateau is in the south and Juejian is in the north.

The road is squeezed between the plateau and the Yellow River, the road is narrow and extremely dangerous.It just so happens that this road is five miles long and only allows bicycles to pass through. It is like a secret door, so it is called "Five Li Secret Door".

The poet Du Fu once described in the poem "Tongguan Officials": "The father-in-law regards the important place, narrow and narrow to accommodate a bicycle. Difficult to fight with a long halberd, and use a husband forever."

Zhang Shun led the soldiers and walked through Huangxiangban with difficulty.After walking for an unknown amount of time, he looked up at the sky, and sure enough, only a "line of sky" was visible above.

Zhang Shun couldn't help shaking his head. He originally thought that Huangxiangban was "closed to the plateau in the south and bordered on the Jujian River in the north", which was similar to a winding mountain road, but he didn't expect it to be a valley on the bank of the Yellow River.

The valley is more than Zhang wide, the cliffs on both sides are three or four Zhang high, the light in the valley is dim, and the mud pills can be filled, it is really a dangerous place.

Zhang Shun also led the rebel army to cross mountains and ridges in Shanxi and Western Henan. It is not uncommon for him to see even more dangerous places than this, but he really has never seen such a long and dangerous passage.

If officers and soldiers ambushes on both sides, I am afraid that next year today will be my memorial day.

Thinking of this, Zhang Shun couldn't help shivering, and quickly asked loudly: "Dudu Zhang, are you sure there are no problems on both sides?"

Originally Zhang Shun wanted to directly ask if there was an ambush, but he was afraid of affecting morale, so he asked vaguely.

"King Shun, don't worry, the rebel army has occupied this place for a long time, and nothing will happen!" Dudu Zhang replied again, his tone already a little impatient.

Zhang Shun smiled wryly when he heard the words, it's not because he was timid, it was because of the indifference of this guy, it made people a little worried.

Zhang Shun made a lot of demands on casting the [-]-jin Hongyi cannon before, which made Dudu Zhang very upset, and he was inevitably a little emotional.

Fortunately, the rebels cast two parts and successfully casted two ten-thousand-jin Hongyi cannons in one fell swoop. After strict test firing and acceptance, they were hoisted to the cannon carts that had already been made with a pulley block.

After the cannon was completed, Zhang Dudu asked Zhang Shun to name it "Mighty General Cannon" or "Great General Cannon".

Originally, Zhang Shun was going to call it a "siege cannon" by the way, but considering Dudu Zhang's hard work for many days, he chose the "General Qingtian Cannon" as the model for this type of cannon that fired [-] catties of iron bullets. name.

The name is a coincidence, and the place is also a coincidence.

"Brother, I always feel that this place is a bit strange!"

"What's wrong?"

"Look, this place is narrow and long, like a woman's place!"

"where?"

"Go, go, I can't explain it to you, a young child! In my opinion, this place needs my big carving!"

"You? As far as you are concerned, I am afraid that even the membrane cannot be broken. If it is to be broken, it must be a big eagle of King Shun!" The young man laughed at the old guy, and patted the huge cannon beside him with a smile. .

"Don't tell me, King Shun's words are really big! I have fought for half my life, and I have never seen such a big thing. Do you think it can break Tongguan?"

"Who knows? If you break the wall by carving it, it must be beneficial!"

"Bah!" Although Gao Guiying had been in the military camp for a long time and was used to hearing a lot of foul language, she didn't take it seriously.

But since the topic involved Zhang Shun, she couldn't help but say, "Father doesn't care, just let them arrange you there?"

"It's okay, tall men are generally more generous!" Zhang Shun replied with a smile.

As long as the soldiers can maintain their morale, what's the point of opening a few dirty jokes?
"It's here!" While the two were talking, Dudu Zhang suddenly called out.

Looking up, Zhang Shun saw the camps in front of him on both sides, and a narrow passage leading directly to a tall checkpoint.

Chen Changbing got the news early, and hurriedly led seven or eight guards over to meet Zhang Shun.

Zhang Shun saw that Chen Chang's iron armor was on his body, and he was about to salute with a heavy face. He quickly supported him and said, "With the armor on his body, I can't give you a full salute! Brother Yi, why is he so polite?"

"King Shun, alas!" Chen Changliang didn't force himself, just shouted, and then sighed, "The last general is incompetent. After three or four months of hard work, he still can't break through Tongguan!"

"Victory or defeat is a common matter in military affairs, brother Yi, why blame yourself!" Zhang Shun couldn't help but comfort him, "Let's talk about the situation, so brothers can break it together!"

Chen Changliang is not a person who acts on emotions either. Although he feels guilty for not being able to fulfill his brother's commission, he can quickly adjust his mentality and focus on the current battle.

After calming down, Chen Changzhu responded, "Just as King Shun saw, Huangxiangban's terrain is narrow, and the rebels cannot attack the city."

"The Jindouguan is blocking the exit of Huangxiangban. Its whole body is covered with blue bricks, and the rammed earth is filled with glutinous rice juice. It is three or four feet high and three or four feet wide. Ordinary artillery bombards it, but only breaks a few bricks. That's all."

"Under the fortification of the rebel army, it is difficult to advance an inch. And there is a mountain village on the southwestern side of it, called 'Xiaoyuan Village', which is higher than Jindou Pass."

"This place is more than [-] feet from east to west, and more than [-] feet from north to south. Officers and soldiers occupy it, and it can be like a horn; our army occupies it, and I will attack Jindou Pass."

"That's why our army used three flying blunderbusses to hit them from the bottom up. Li Youqin led more than a hundred soldiers to climb the Niutouyuan and fought hard for half a day to win them."

"Unwilling to fail, the officers and soldiers competed with me many times. Xiaoyuanzhai changed hands repeatedly. It was not until our army dragged two gold cannons and three field cannons up that they stabilized their positions."

"Now the officers and soldiers are unwilling to be controlled by me, and they have also set up four Hongyi cannons. The general's cannons bombarded Xiaoyuanzhai where I live with more than ten cannons. Our army can hardly stand!"

"Oh?" Zhang Shun heard the words and walked forward for a while, and approached Jindou Pass for a look.

I saw that Jindou Pass was blocking the exit of the valley like a building with three or four floors, and Xiaoyuanzhai was standing on the right side of Jindou Pass, and the gunfire from both sides continued.

"Can't you fire more guns?" Zhang Shun frowned and said.

"Niutouyuan is three or four feet higher than the bottom of the valley, and Xiaoyuanzhai is one or two feet higher. The mountain is steep and narrow, and there is only one trail to go through. It is really very difficult!" Chen Changbing explained.

"Originally, the golden cannon and the field cannon went to the village, all relying on hard pulling and pulling, and it is already hard work!"

(End of this chapter)