Take the warehouse back to the end of the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 370 Panicked Yanmen Gate Guard General
It is about 180 miles from Dashikou to Yanmen Pass.

In addition, it rained heavily last night and the road was very muddy, so the cavalry led by Song Hu was not fast.

Song Hu led the soldiers of the former army to walk on the muddy road, but couldn't pick up the speed for a long time.

The official road has been in disrepair for a long time, and it turns into yellow mud soup when it rains.

At the same time, several cavalrymen controlled the horses under their crotches and ran towards Yanmen Pass non-stop.

These cavalrymen were soldiers in the guard station near Dashikou.

When Dashikou was captured by Song Hu, these soldiers escaped in the chaos and fled to Yanmen Pass.

"Master Zongqi, we are still twenty miles away from Yanmen Pass, and those rebels haven't caught up yet, why don't we take a rest?"

A soldier dressed in common people's clothes looked at the chief banner officer who was rushing to the front and shouted loudly.

The chief banner officer glanced back, "Okay, then let's rest for a quarter of an hour, and we will start after two quarters of an hour."

The chief banner officer pulled the reins of the horse in his hand and controlled the horse to stop.

Two quarters of an hour later, they kept running towards Yanmen Pass again.

"Major military situation, major military situation, major military situation."

The chief banner officer looked at the small pass in front of Yanmen Pass and kept shouting loudly.

The defenders at the pass looked at the few people rushing over, and hurriedly became vigilant.

"Who are you?" The guard looked at the approaching chief banner officer and others, and shouted loudly.

The chief banner officer stopped in front of the pass and shouted: "We are the defenders near Dashikou. Now that Zhao Wen's rebels have captured Dashikou, I'm afraid they will come to attack Yanmen Pass."

When the guard heard this, he immediately became nervous, "Why do you prove your identity? How can we trust you?"

The chief banner officer jumped off his horse, took out his identity card from his arms, and handed it to the defenders.

After the defenders inspected it, they led them in.

"Follow me, don't run around, I will replace you with a new batch of war horses later."

This is just the front checkpoint of Yanmen Pass, not the real Yanmen Pass.

The real Yanmen Pass is located on Yanmen Mountain, also known as Gouzhu Mountain.

Yanmen Pass is built on the mountain, easy to defend but difficult to attack.To the west of Yanmen Mountain is Xixing Pass, and to the east is Dongxing Pass.

The two passes are connected with solid stones and green bricks.

To the north of Yanmen Pass is Baicaogou, and to the south is Taihe Ridge. There are a certain number of garrisons at these two places.

A total of [-] passes are set up on the north and south sides, and there are several red-clothed cannons and a large number of Frangji cannons at Yanmen Pass.

Around Yanmenguan, there are large and small smoke piers, roadside piers and beacon tunnels, which are used to warn.

There is Yanmenguan City in the middle of Yanmen Pass, in which there are two garrison houses of thousands of households, with a population of about 500 people.

Thirty miles south of Yanmen Pass is Zhenwuwei, which has five thousand households.

Ten miles to the northwest of Yanmen Pass is the Guangwu Camp, which has more than [-] soldiers.

The combined strength of these places is almost close to 1.

These people and horses guard Yanmen Pass together.

After changing into horses in the pass, the chief banner officer went straight to Dongxing Pass.

"Stop those who come, what are you doing?"

The defenders of Dongxing Pass looked at the general banner officer and others rushing over, and shouted vigilantly.

The chief banner officer stopped the horse and jumped off the horse.

"We are the defenders of Dashikou. We have an emergency situation." The chief banner officer stopped outside Dongxing Pass and shouted at the defenders inside. "This is our identity card!"

As the Chief Banner Officer spoke, he took out the identity badges from them and handed them over to the guard.

After the guard checked everything was correct, he opened the gate of Dongxing Pass and let them in.

In the city of Yanmenguan, the commander of Yanmenguan sat in the yamen of Yanmenguan, looking at the chief banner officer and the others with doubts on his face, "Is what you said true?"

"What the little one said is true. The vanguard of the rebel army has a total of [-] soldiers and horses, and these [-] soldiers and horses are all cavalry. They captured Dashikou a few days ago, and the few of us escaped while taking advantage of the chaos.

With a small estimate, their next target is likely to be Yanmen Pass. "The chief banner officer spoke quickly and kept talking.

"How could it be so fast? Didn't the news just come out a few days ago that the soldiers and horses in Xuanzhen were stationed on the east line of Xuanzhen and were preparing to attack the capital. Why did they come to Shanxi again now? And they captured Dashikou?" Yanmen Pass Commander Xing Bingzhong looked at the chief banner officer with a look of horror.

The Chief Banner Officer said bitterly: "My lord, we don't know why these rebels came to Shanxi.

Logically speaking, they should have attacked the capital immediately, not Shanxi.I really can't figure out what they are doing here. "

"This Zhao Wen, I really don't know what he thinks. He came to Shanxi for no reason. From ancient times to the present, no matter what dynasty or generation, as long as they are rebels, they all set the capture of the capital as their primary goal. , you are good, run around." Xing Bingzhong looked depressed.

"My lord, we need to make plans early to prevent their former army from attacking Yanmen Pass." The chief banner officer said anxiously.

Xing Bingzhong, the commander of Yanmen Pass, frowned tightly, "[-] cavalry? How can you be sure that their target is my Yanmen Pass and not other places?

Where is my Yanmen Pass? I believe that Zhao Wen will not be unclear. I dare not say that Yanmen Pass is the number one pass in the world, but it is not so easy to capture my Yanmen Pass. From ancient times to the present, I don’t know how many famous generals have folded under my Yanmen Pass halberd.

As long as the general leading the army is a normal person, it is impossible for him to target my Yanmen Gate. "

Xing Bingzhong's opinion is not unreasonable. Yanmen Pass has been a place that is easy to defend and difficult to attack since ancient times. It is not so easy to break through Yanmen Pass.

And after Zhao Wen's soldiers and horses captured Dashikou, if the general who led the army hadn't lost his mind, it would have been impossible to target Yanmen Pass.

In Xing Bingzhong's view, as long as the general of this army is a normal person, he will definitely go south and directly attack Taiyuan instead of Yanmen Pass.

After all, attacking Yanmen Pass is of no use to Zhao Wen at present.

The chief banner officer was at a loss for words for a moment, not knowing how to explain.

"But my lord, this time the rebel army is coming in a menacing way, so we must guard against it." The Chief Banner Officer hurriedly said.

Xing Bingzhong waved his hands, and said impatiently: "Okay, you go down and rest first, I can freely plan this matter."

Seeing Xing Bingzhong's indifferent attitude, the chief banner officer let out a long sigh and walked out.

Looking at the back of the Chief Banner Officer, Xing Bingzhong said to the guards in the hall: "Send me an order to report this news to the Chief Soldier as quickly as possible."

From the beginning to the end, Xing Bingzhong did not believe that Xuanzhen soldiers and horses would come to attack his Yanmen Pass immediately.

"As ordered!"

A few quarters of an hour later, several fast horses galloped towards the town of Shanxi Town.

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Song Hu was riding on the horse, looking at the muddy official road ahead, his brows were tightly knit together.

"I don't know when this road will be able to work. If it rains a few more times, I'm afraid there will be even more delays."

Liu Tichun rode beside Song Hu on a war horse, he stroked the beard on his chin, and said with a slight smile: "General Song, don't worry, in my opinion, it will definitely not rain again in the next few days. "

"How do you know?" Song Hu looked at Liu Tichun in doubt.

Liu Tichun laughed, "This is a secret, don't let it out."

"Hehe, you scholars just like to play tricks, and I hate you scholars." Song Hu said disapprovingly.

"By the way, does General Song know why the commander-in-chief chose Yanmen Pass as his first target?" Liu Tichun asked suddenly.

Song Hu frowned, thought for a long time, but still couldn't think of a reason.

"I really don't know why the commander-in-chief puts Yanmen Pass as the first target.

Logically speaking, when attacking a city or conquering a territory, except for the passes that must be passed through, almost all passes that are easy to defend and difficult to attack are detoured.

The terrain of Yanmen Pass is dangerous, the city is high and the pool is deep. When an ordinary army attacks Yanmen Pass, the defenders only need to shoot arrows on the city wall to block the troops several times their own.

I really don't understand why the order given to me by the adults is to attack Yanmen Pass instead of other places. "Song Hu looked ahead with doubts on his face.

The target that Song Hu's former army attacked was already designated by Zhao Wen before departure.

Liu Tichun said with a smile: "I can know why some commander-in-chiefs set the first target on Yanmen Gate."

Song Hu's eyes lit up, and he looked at Liu Tichun, "Oh? Then what do you think?"

Liu Tichun coughed twice, cleared his throat, "Yanmen Pass is extremely heroic, it is a famous dangerous pass in the world, it is not so easy for ordinary troops to break through Yanmen Pass.

However, Yanmen Pass is nothing to our soldiers in Xuanzhen. As long as we pull out the heavy weapons in the hands of the commander-in-chief, it is just a matter of talking and laughing to break through.

In my opinion, the reason why the Chief Soldier set his first goal at Yanmen Pass is to break through Shanxi Town.

After taking down Yanmen Pass and Shanxi Town, the entire north of Shanxi is safe to defend, and Datong Town and Shanxi can be said to be connected together.

At that time, gather a large army, plus a full army of soldiers, and move southward in a large scale, sweeping the entire Shanxi in an instant.

Yanmen Pass is also at the node of the road to the south, although it is also possible to bypass Yanmen Pass, but if you bypass Yanmen Pass, you have to take a long detour, which will waste a lot of time.

For this reason, whether it is to open up the connection between Shanxi and Datong Town or to dispatch troops quickly, the commander-in-chief must definitely win Yanmen Pass. "

The connection between Shanxi and Datong Town is controlled by Shanxi Zhencheng and Yanmen Pass, so taking Shanxi Town and Yanmen Pass will open up the connection between Datong Town and Shanxi.

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After Xing Bingzhong passed on the news that Song Hu had breached Dashikou, he sent Yebushou to the east to investigate the enemy's situation. After Yebushou's investigation, Xing Bingzhong discovered that Song Hu's soldiers and horses were indeed coming towards them.

"What are they doing? Why don't they go directly to the south, but come to my Yanmen Pass?" Xing Bingzhong sat in the gate of Yanmen Pass, with a dull expression on his face.

It never occurred to him that this group of soldiers and horses really came to attack Yanmen Pass.

Many generals in the hall also looked depressed. They really couldn't understand the significance of Zhao Wen's attack on Yanmen Pass.

"My lord, in my opinion, let's hurry up and ask for help, let the commander-in-chief send more troops over, and at the same time shrink the outer defense line outside Yanmen Pass to prevent accidents." A general stood up and said in a deep voice to Xing Bingzhong.

Xing Bingzhong shook his head, and said in a deep voice: "It is estimated that the commander-in-chief will not send reinforcements. I just got the news this morning that the soldiers in the town of Shanxi were disturbed by a group of mysterious people a few nights ago. At that time, people in the towns and cities of Shanxi were panicked, and it is estimated that the commander-in-chief would not send reinforcements."

(End of this chapter)