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Chapter 874 Tongguan victory (Part [-])
When the soldiers finished eating the hot broth and flatbread, they began to tighten their armor, check their bows and knives, and prepare for a desperate fight.

Many of them are Huaiqing's children, and they have practiced martial arts and boxing since they were young, in order to do the business of licking blood with knives.

Learn literary and martial arts, goods and the emperor's family!This is their way of life.

If you can pass the martial arts exam and have official status, it will be excellent.

If you can't, that's okay.

From as small as bodyguards and guards to as big as thieves and bandits, as long as they have something to eat, they can do it.

Now everyone is lucky enough to follow King Shun, winning consecutive battles, and the military salary, rewards and pensions they receive are enough for the family. Can An Neng die?

Because Li Mou used troops to get the law, he sent dead soldiers last night to touch the camp in turn.Therefore, apart from the slight lack of sleep and the difficulty of marching, the rebel army was not as sleepy and tired as imagined.

That being the case, Li Mou couldn't help but continue to ask: "This time, which group of people is going to fight?"

"Back to General Li, it's our turn this time!" A dark-faced young man stepped forward and responded.

"Okay, be careful!" Li Mou instructed, "Day is not as dark as it is, and if you think about touching the camp as easily as before, I'm afraid it won't be that easy!"

"Understood!" The young man and more than [-] people under his command laughed and laughed, "We have a good life, how can we give it up lightly?"

Under Li Mou's gaze, not long after, these two hundred dare-to-die men headed by Huaiqing's disciples, with knives on their waists and bows and arrows in their hands, filed out and touched Liancheng in front of them.

This Liancheng is relatively small, and in fact, it did not directly cut off the forbidden ditch. It could only be built on the cliffs on either side of the forbidden ditch, and guarded according to the danger.

Relying on ropes, the daredevils of the rebel army climbed up one by one like apes, stepping on tree roots and grasping vegetation.

Just in order to reduce the loss of soldiers, Li Mou had to force the soldiers to climb in armor, which greatly increased the difficulty of climbing.

Fortunately, these people have practiced martial arts and have a lot of strength.If you are an ordinary man, not to mention armor, even climbing with bare hands is quite difficult.

Li Mou stood there nervously, and built a shed with his hands to watch, not knowing how the battle was going.After a while, I heard a scream, and then the sound of fighting came from afar.

Not waiting for him to wait for a long time in fear, suddenly he saw a wave of wolf smoke curling up.

Li Mou couldn't help but feel a thump in his heart, and he quickly ordered: "Quickly, the second team is ready for me, waiting for the order to support at any time. Load the ammunition on the Feibiao gun and prepare to fire when I give the order!"

Not long after, the wolf smoke went out again, and then some soldiers returned from the cliff and the city.

"What's going on?" Li Mou asked nervously.

"Reporting to the general, when we attacked, the enemy was cooking. Unexpectedly, after being blocked for a while, someone took the opportunity to draw a piece of firewood from the stove and lit the beacon tower!"

"That's fine, it's better to use the plan!" Li Mou knew that the morale of the army should not be shaken by this matter, so he sneered, "The second team can go to the next city, first choose a few good players who can speak Shaanxi accent, and say When this beacon tower was cooking, it mistakenly ignited the beacon smoke, and I am here to let you know!"

"When the officers and soldiers approached to inquire, they would violently attack, cheat to open the city gate, and kill the generals to enter!"

It has to be said that under heavy pressure, Li Mou exploded to his full potential.He himself did not expect that he would be so quick-witted, and apparently neither did the officers and soldiers on the opposite side, so he was forced into another city by the rebels.

It's just that the good luck of the rebel army came to an end. Since the city was captured half by swindle and half by force, it was inevitable that the officers and soldiers bought some time and lit the beacon tower again.

If the flames of the Beacon Tower are ignited once, it can be said to be a misoperation, and if it is misfired the second time, it will be a bit insulting to other people's IQ.

Therefore, Li Mou had no choice but to order his soldiers to carry artillery to attack the remaining three cities.

Since Liancheng is built on a high platform, for ordinary direct-firing artillery, it needs a high firing angle, otherwise it will be difficult to hit the target.

It just so happened that the rebel army's Feibiao blunderbuss was a typical large mortar. When the rebel army was preparing to raid the Forbidden Ditch, they had considered this problem, and then took great pains to bring this extremely heavy thing over the mountains and mountains.

The [-]-jin big iron bullet directly poured down, piercing through Liancheng, who had never considered the design of attacking the top, and then made a dull explosion sound.

The shrapnel from the explosion caused horrific damage in the enclosed space.

The smoke of the explosion gushed out from the tiny shooting holes of the beacon tower, forming several chilling columns of smoke.

The daredevils who had waited for a long time, took advantage of the residual power of the shells, jumped in quickly, killed the generals, and captured the city in a short time.

In this way, the rebel army took down the remaining two cities. Seeing that Tongguan was in sight, Li You was overjoyed.

It's just that, as soon as the rebel army occupied the last Liancheng, they saw a group of people in Tongguan City coming out of the south gate of the city from a distance, and went against the forbidden ditch to meet the rebel army.

The Liancheng that the rebel army just occupied was no more than Zhang in length and width, and it was two Zhang and four Chi in height.

To put it mildly, it is called "Liancheng", but in fact it is just a beacon tower guarded against danger.Now the rebel army has been fighting hard for a day and a night, they are already hungry and exhausted, what can they do?
Defense is not enough to defend, and war is not enough to fight!
Li Mou hesitated for a while, then gritted his teeth and ordered: "Listen to my order, only the wounded stay in the city, and the other soldiers go with me to meet Zuo Guangxian, the Shaanxi general."

Since defending is also death, and fighting is also death, it is better to fight to the death!
"Our army has fought hard, and we are seeing success. We can't let this thief block the exit of the forbidden ditch!" Li Mou said angrily.

"Don't keep the dry food in your hand, we will eat as we go, ready to fight!"

"General, we are really tired, why don't we take the cannons with us?" The soldiers dragging and pulling the Feibiao and the golden cannons were miserable, and quickly showed Li You the bloody feet overflowing from the straw sandals.

"No, we are already exhausted. Without this cannon, we would all be dead without a place to die!" Li Mou vetoed.

Then, he stretched out his hand to grab the rope in the hands of the soldiers, and shouted loudly: "Listen to my chant, everyone push and pull hard together, be sure to use this cannon to open the gate of life and death in the Forbidden Ditch!"

The soldiers saw that even General Li Mou was desperate, so what else could they say?
The place where the two sides met happened to be at the southern end of the junction of the forbidden ditch and the Tongshui River. This was the last natural barrier of the forbidden ditch, called "Shimen Pass".

Shimen Pass is actually not a checkpoint, but because the terrain is relatively narrow, after passing here is the intersection of the forbidden ditch and the Tongshui River, and the valley suddenly opens up, so it is called "Shimen Pass".

When the officers and soldiers crossed the confluence of the forbidden ditch and the Tongshui River, not long after they came to the formation at Shimen Pass, the rebel army also limped to the front.

The officers and soldiers looked intently and couldn't help being taken aback.

What an army this is!They limped and staggered, and the heavy armor seemed to crush them.

However, although their eyes were bloodshot, they were full of killing intent and fighting spirit.

Don't hold back when you return to your teacher, you must be absent if you surround your teacher!
Although these people are already at the end of their strength, they absolutely cannot agree to the officers and soldiers trying to destroy them before dawn.

"Cannon please!" Li Mou yelled, and he and twenty or thirty soldiers dragged a golden cannon to the front of the formation.

Immediately, the second golden cannon was also pushed out, aiming at the officers and soldiers in front of him.

"What's going on? The road in the ditch is difficult, how can the thieves carry such a cannon!" The officers and soldiers couldn't help but feel a chill in their hearts, with a bad premonition.

When you meet on a narrow road, the brave wins, and when you meet on a narrow road, the one with strong firepower also wins!
"fire!"

"fire!"

Following Li Mou's order, the two golden cannons spit out flames, and the two round shells flew into the formation of officers and soldiers, and then exploded into a cloud of white mist.

"Ah, my eyes!"

"It hurts!"

"I can't see anything!"

It turned out that when the rebels attacked Jindouguan, they suffered from the quicklime of the officers and soldiers.Zhang Shun was quick and wise, so he asked the soldiers to put crushed quicklime in the flower bombs to enhance the power of the flower bombs.

At that time, the quality of the lead wire of the explosive bomb could not be guaranteed. Based on the calculation of the time required for burning, it was impossible to guarantee that the explosive bomb exploded at an appropriate distance from the ground.

Even the gunners who use it all the year round often miss and lose their lives.

Therefore, the flowering bombs fired by the Ming army were mostly filled with smoke-prone substances such as rosin, soybean powder, and dry paint to disrupt the enemy's formation.For example, the shells of common artillery such as Poison Fire Flying Cannon, Flying Cannon, and Thunderbolt Cannon are all similar products.

After the lime bombs were fired, the Feibiao guns also began to show their power, throwing poisonous smoke bombs commonly used by the Ming army into the formation of officers and soldiers.For a time, gunpowder smoke, poisonous smoke and quicklime filled the valley.

Where can the officers and soldiers stay?He took the initiative to attack the rebels in an attempt to get rid of the situation of being passively beaten.

Li Mou commanded the rebel soldiers to fight hard, and at the same time fired shotguns with golden cannons to fight back.

Due to the narrow terrain of the valley, neither side could attack sideways, so they had to "face to face with gongs and face to face drums" head-on to the end.

The rebel army relies on the sharpness of the artillery, and the officers and soldiers rely on leisure to wait for work.The two sides fought inseparably for a while, and they fought from dawn to dusk, regardless of the outcome.

At this moment, the rebel army has almost reached its limit!Li Mou sat paralyzed on the ground, looking at the hot cannon barrel out of breath, thinking: Fortunately, this cannon is forged, otherwise the chamber would have exploded long ago, and the rebels would not be able to survive today.

It's just that when manpower is limited, the way of heaven has its own way. I'm afraid that today and today, I will be buried here!
Li Mou was still waiting to urge everyone to fight to the death, but many people fell down there with a wry smile and said: "We have no strength at all, how can we fight again?"

"If King Shun had his own destiny, he should have sent a miracle to help us escape from birth; if King Shun had no destiny, we should die here!"

What are you kidding?Do you still expect meteorites to fall from the sky, killing officers and soldiers will not succeed!

Accompanied by the drumbeat of "dongdong", the officers and soldiers charged up again.

Fifty steps, forty steps, thirty steps...

The artillery of the rebel army weakly launched the final resistance, but the cannonballs could only sweep away [-] or [-] people, and could not deter the officers and soldiers at all.

Seeing that the entire rebel army was about to be annihilated here, the officers and soldiers in front of them staggered, and many fell to the ground on the spot.

The other people who hadn't fallen to the ground also found it difficult to breathe, as if someone was strangling their throats.

"Is there...there is a magic spell?"

"Ghost... ghost!"

Seeing that victory was just around the corner, yet such a strange situation appeared.The officers and soldiers couldn't explain this phenomenon at all, and couldn't help being terrified, they quickly discarded their weapons, turned around and fled

However, in the process of fleeing, I don't know how many soldiers fell to the ground and couldn't get up again.

The rebels couldn't help but looked at each other, at a loss.

After a long while, I don't know who shouted loudly: "This is God's will. In order to take care of King Shun, Heaven's punishment will be sent down to punish those who are not ministers!"

Then everyone just woke up from a dream, struggled up one after another, kowtowed to the heaven and earth and said: "The sky is above, and the earth is below. We are willing to be loyal to King Shun until we die, and we dare not regret it!"

"Please be protected by all the gods in the sky, the heaven and the earth will testify, and those who violate it will not be reborn forever!"

What do you mean?It turned out that the valley was closed and the smoke was hard to disperse.

The guns of the rebel army kept firing, slowly filling the valley with poisonous smoke, and over time it reached a certain critical point, or died of poisoning or suffocation, as a matter of course!

People at that time were ignorant and didn't know the key to it, and they still thought it was a manifestation from heaven.

Li Mou and others rested for another half an hour, and then endured the weakness and crossed the Shimen Pass along the forbidden ditch.

Looking through the starlight, I saw Yilong lying on the hill, with his head raised and mouth breathing, making a rumbling roar.

Only then did everyone "understand" that it was the Dragon God who helped them, and they knelt down to thank the Dragon God for saving their lives.

When everyone gets up, look there again, where is there any dragon god and horse training?
It was clearly a Longqiu in the mountains, and the turbulent flow went straight down and fell into the Bitan, making the sound of rumbling water.

There is a waterfall on the top and a deep pool on the bottom, which is called Longqiu.

It turns out that this place is the intersection of Tongshui and Jingou. The clear stream flowing from Haochayu in the Qinling Mountains and the spring water in Jingou converge at one place. Formed "Forbidden Ditch Longqiu", one of the eight scenic spots in Tongguan.

From time to time, Lin Yunhan, a poet who does not know the date of birth and death, once sang:
There is a spiritual source at the foot of the forbidden ditch mountain, and the abyss goes deep into the sea gate.

The dragon looks up at the mirror sky and blows the mist, and the fish wears the stone pot and moves the moss marks.

At four o'clock, the rain and rain are looking forward to farmers, and the wind and clouds of thousands of miles turn into clouds.

Take the opportunity to board the Huaisheng Site, and carry the drunken Fang Zun in the spring.

Just because this poem is related to this war, it is also considered "a work of flattering Taizu".

Even hundreds of years later, when talking about this period of history, most historians all hold the theory that "this is the Taizu faked the mandate of heaven under the guise of miracles, so as to fool the people, it can't be true".

However, there are still many minkes who insist that "the life of Taizu is a legendary life, which cannot be regarded by ordinary people, nor can it be explained by materialism. It has its own will in the dark!"

In short, in this battle, the rebels fought hard for three or four months, and finally went around Tongguan, and attacked Zuo Guangxian, the general soldier of Shaanxi, back and forth.

The officers and soldiers in Tongguan had lost their morale due to consecutive defeats, and faced the constant bombardment of the rebel red cannons day and night, they had already become frightened birds.

When Li Mouqi came out of the Forbidden Ditch, Zuo Guang couldn't control it first, so he took advantage of the opportunity before the rebels encircled him, retreated from Tongguan, and retreated to Huayin and Huazhou to monitor the movement of the rebels.

Once the thousand-year-old pass was broken, the Guanzhong area opened its doors to the rebels.

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