Take the warehouse back to the end of the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 382 The Worried Shanxi Town Chief Soldier
Two days later, Zhao Wen led his troops and marched towards Shanxi Town.

At this time, the commander-in-chief of Shanxi Town also got the news that Yanmen Pass had been captured.

Chen Dehai, the commander-in-chief of Shanxi Town, was sitting in the hall of the commander-in-chief's mansion, looking at the many generals in the hall, his brows were tightly knit together, and his face was dull.

To be honest, he really did not expect that Yanmen Pass would be breached in such a short period of time. Why was it broken so quickly.

After Zhao Wen broke through Yanmen Pass, he released several captives. Some of these captives fled to Taiyuan Mansion in the south, and some fled to Shanxi Town.

And Chen Dehai, the commander-in-chief of Shanxi Town, also learned from these escaped prisoners that Yanmenguan was under the offensive of Xuanzhen soldiers and horses, and could not hold back even a day.

According to the prisoners who escaped, the weapons used by the rebels were very powerful. Dongxing Pass in the center of Yanmen Pass was directly blown down by artillery, and the defenders above were unable to fight back.

Under the continuous artillery fire, let alone counterattack, whether they can survive is a question.

"After the rebels broke through the Yanmen Pass, according to what the garrison of Yanmen Pass said, the next target of the rebels is probably Shanxi Town. Do you have anything to say?" Chen Dehai slapped the table and said with a gloomy face. .

Even though it was noon, Qiu Huo was still powerful, but the whole hall was still very gloomy.

Everyone sat on the chairs with sad faces. Even if Chen Dehai asked, no one answered.

"Don't you guys have anything to say?" Chen Dehai asked again.

Many generals in the hall remained silent, sitting on chairs with dull faces.

The atmosphere in the hall became more and more dignified, and even the servants standing in the hall lowered their heads quietly, watching their noses, noses, noses, and hearts, and their breathing tightened.

After a long time, a general stood up.

This general is called Liu Yu, and he is one of Chen Dehai's confidants and favorite generals.

Liu Yu stood up, looked at Chen Dehai, and said with a sullen expression: "Lord Chief Soldier, I'm afraid we won't be able to stop the rebels' offensive. If it's true as the escaped defenders said, even if we have There are tens of thousands of people, but they can't stop the offensive of the rebels at all."

As soon as Liu Yu spoke, all the generals in the hall spoke up.

"That's right, Lord Chief Soldier, we are not Zhao Wen's opponents at all, let alone us, if the defenders who escaped are right, no one in the entire Ming Dynasty can stop him."

"Master Chief Soldier, we have few soldiers in Shanxi Town, so there is absolutely no way to stop Zhao Wen."

"Master Chief Soldier..."

Chen Dehai sat on the main seat, listening to the voices of these people with a gloomy expression.

"Then what do you mean? Are you asking me to surrender? Let me tell you, don't even think about it. I, Chen Dehai, have been favored by the emperor, and it is impossible for me to surrender." Chen Dehai yelled loudly.

He stood up from the main seat and walked back and forth in the hall.

"Hmph, I still don't believe that Zhao Wen is really a heavenly soldier. I want to see what kind of abilities he has. I still don't believe it. I can't defend Shanxi Town.

Send me an order to bring back all the soldiers and horses from all walks of life in Shanxi Town. Starting today, reinforce the city walls of Shanxi Town. Shanxi Town will also impose martial law on me. Without my order, no one is allowed to enter or leave Shanxi Town at will. "Chen Dehai slapped the table and roared loudly.

There are many people in the world who are stubborn and don't cry when they don't see the coffin. The current Chen Dehai is such a person.

Although the defenders had told him that Zhao Wen's strength was so fierce that even the impenetrable Yanmen Pass could not be blocked for a long time, but Chen Dehai did not believe that Zhao Wen really had such abilities.

If Zhao Wen really had this kind of ability, why didn't he attack the capital directly instead of Shanxi?
Is Shanxi more important than the capital?If Chen Dehai hadn't been beaten severely once, he would never understand what fear is.

"Shut up, all of you. From now on, don't talk about things that boost other people's ambitions and destroy your own prestige. Now is the time for us to serve the court and the country's grace." Chen Dehai slapped the table, his eyes widened, and he spoke loudly. scolded.

Seeing Chen Dehai like this, everyone in the hall shut their mouths, not daring to say another word.

Chen Dehai waved his hands at these people, and said with a cold face: "You can go, remember, I will rot in my stomach the words of the defenders who escaped back. These words can't be passed on, so as not to shake the morale of the soldiers. .If any of you dare to reveal a word, don't blame me for being rude."

"I will retire at the end!"

Everyone in the hall looked at Chen Dehai's state and didn't dare to say anything, so they had to leave.

After these generals came out, they followed Chen Dehai's order and began to mobilize their soldiers and horses to Shanxi Town.

Especially those generals stationed outside Shanxi Town, they rode fast horses and headed for their station.

Shanxi Town was also controlled by the army, and the city gate was taken over by a large number of soldiers.

Those who wanted to leave the city or enter the city were stopped by these soldiers and rushed to the city or into the city.

The number of defense equipment on the top of the city is also increasing, and the entire Shanxi Town is in a state of being full of wind and rain, and the atmosphere is very dignified.

"Oh, damn it, the strength of the rebel army is too strong, how can we fight?" Liu Yu, the general of the middle road, returned to his home after arranging the things explained by the chief soldier Chen Dehai, and sat in the study with a dull face. middle.

Liu Yu is a general in Shanxi Zhenzhong Road, and his office is in Shanxi Zhencheng.

Shanxi Township is located in Ningwuguan, which has a very long history. It can be traced back to the Spring and Autumn Period and Warring States Period. King Zhao Wuling once set up Loufanguan here to guard against the Huns.

After entering the Ming Dynasty, Ningwuguan was built in the first year of Jingtai. The city is square in shape, two kilometers in circumference, about ten meters high, and the top of the city wall is nearly eight meters wide, and the widest part of the city wall is more than 20 meters wide.

There are watchtowers and beacon towers at the four corners of the city wall. During the Chenghua period, the circumference of the city wall was widened to nearly four kilometers, and the height of the city wall was increased by nearly two meters.

During the Wanli period, large-scale repairs were carried out on the city walls, and all the city walls were wrapped with green bricks.

On this basis, two city gate towers in the east and west were built, and a towering moat pier was built on the top of Huagai Mountain in the north of the city. On the pier was a three-story building named Huagai Tower.

At the same time, a large number of red cannons and Frang machine guns were added to the city wall to strengthen the city defense.

Ningwuguan is the seat of the general army of Shanxi Town, in which there are generals in the middle to manage Ningwuguan in cooperation with the general army.

Ningwuguan is the headquarters of the general army, so only the confidants of the general army can serve as generals in the middle.

Liu Yu sat in the study, sighing and sighing non-stop, with a sad look on his face.

To be honest, after hearing what the defenders said, Liu Yu didn't believe that Shanxi Town could stop Zhao Wen's attack.

If what those people said was true, even if all the people in Shanxi Town were gathered together, it would not be able to stop Zhao Wen's one-day attack.

"How can this be done? There is absolutely no way to do this, it cannot be stopped at all, how can this be stopped?

I don't know which wicked thing drove Zhao Wen back. It's really a mindless thing. If Zhao Wen was forced back, what good would it do for the court? "

Liu Yu stood in the study, walking back and forth non-stop.

The more you walk, the more bored you feel, the more you walk, the more bored you are.

Finally, he sat on the chair, slapped the table, and shouted outside: "Come here, bring the wine!"

After a while, the servant brought the wine over.

Liu Yu didn't care about it, and started drinking heavily.

At the same time, Chen Dehai, the commander-in-chief of Shanxi Town, put the written battle report into a bamboo tube, sealed it with wax paint, and handed it to a personal guard.

"You ask someone to send this battle report to the imperial court as soon as possible. Remember, it must be fast. Send it to me as soon as possible." Chen Dehai urged with a worried face.

The personal guard took the bamboo tube and cupped his fists, "Follow your lord's order!"

Not long after, several fast horses started from the town of Shanxi and galloped towards the capital.

Every time the soldiers conveying the military information passed a post station, they didn't even care about eating and drinking water, so they put on a new horse and galloped in the direction of the capital.

After two days and two nights of changing horses without changing people, Mercedes-Benz finally arrived in the capital.

At this time, Zhao Wen also led his troops to a place about ten miles outside the town of Shanxi Town.

"Report, one hundred thousand is urgent, and eight hundred miles is urgent!" Several war horses appeared on the official road outside the gate of the capital.

The soldiers guarding the city gate saw the hurrying approach and the shouts, and hurriedly cleared the city gate and let these people in.

The horse's hooves kept beating on the bluestone slab, making a thumping sound.

Pedestrians on both sides of the street looked at the charging horses and hurriedly gave way.

"It's urgent, it's urgent for eight hundred miles!" The soldiers on the horses kept waving the whips in their hands and rushed towards the Yamen of the Ministry of War.

It didn't take long for Chongzhen to get the battle report written by Chen Dehai.

Chongzhen sat in the imperial study, and slowly opened the bamboo tube with a nervous expression on his face.

"What? Thieves Zhao actually broke through the Yanmen Pass? And the soldiers are heading straight to Shanxi Town?" Chongzhen cried out in shock as he read the contents of the battle report.

"How is this possible? Yanmen Pass is the most dangerous pass in the world, how could it be broken in such a short time?"

Chongzhen put down the battle report in his hand, and walked back and forth in the imperial study with an irritable expression on his face.

"Damn it, really damn it, if Yanmen Pass falls, Shanxi Town will not be safe. Once Shanxi Town falls, the army of Zhao bandits will go directly south, and the whole of Shanxi will be captured by Zhao bandits in an instant.

At that time, Zhao thieves can attack Shaanxi, Henan, and Beizhili.Especially the two places of Xi'an Prefecture in Shaanxi and Henan Prefecture in Henan (now Luoyang).

These two places have been the capitals of emperors since ancient times, and their importance is self-evident. Once these two places are captured, if the Zhao thief takes advantage of the situation and proclaims himself emperor, the consequences will be disastrous. "

Chongzhen's worries are not unreasonable. In ancient times, if one wanted to rebel and become emperor, the requirements for the city were very high.

The meaning of proclaiming emperor in a place like the capital of emperors since ancient times is completely different from proclaiming emperor in other places.

Proclaiming emperor in other places, especially in small places, in the eyes of the court and the people of the world, is nothing more than a small fight, but if the emperors have been proclaiming emperor in this kind of place since ancient times, the impact on the world will be different.

"Quickly let Mr. Wen Ge wait for someone to come to see me!" Chongzhen stopped, looked at Gao Qiqian beside him, and shouted anxiously.

"Stop saluting, hurry up and go to me." Chongzhen looked at Gao Qiqian who was about to salute, and hurriedly scolded.

Gao Qiqian didn't care about his image, let go of his girl and rushed outside.

Not long after, Wen Tiren, Hong Chengchou and Liang Tingdong, Minister of the Ministry of War, rushed to the imperial study.

"This is the [-]-mile rush report on the Shanxi Town Commander, take a look." Chongzhen told Gao Qiqian to take down the [-]-mile rush battle report on the imperial case.

"What do you think?" After everyone finished watching, Chongzhen looked at the crowd and asked anxiously.

Wen Tiren's face began to darken, and no other expressions could be seen.

As for Hong Chengchou and Liang Tingdong, they also looked worried.

"Return to Your Majesty, the imperial court's attack on Xuanzhen must be accelerated." Hong Chengchou spoke first.

"But now there are no other soldiers and horses except the soldiers and horses before Datong, the Qin Army, the Guan Ning Army, and the Beijing Camp. The troops in the hands of the imperial court are really limited, and the Zhao bandits are powerful, and the firearms in their hands are fierce. Abnormal, are you in a hurry to attack Xuanzhen at this time?" Liang Tingdong, Minister of the Ministry of War, looked at Chongzhen with some hesitation.

"How long will it take for Huguang soldiers and white soldiers to arrive?" Chongzhen felt a little headache when he mentioned the issue of insufficient troops.

"Your Majesty, the Huguang soldiers will arrive in about half a month, but the white soldiers will probably take nearly a month to reach the capital." Liang Tingdong thought for a moment and said.

Chongzhen said impatiently, "Why are you so slow?"

"Return to Your Majesty, there is no other way, the journey is far away, and it has only been half a month since the transfer order was issued."

When Chongzhen learned that Zhao Wen had entered Shanxi, he gave the order to mobilize Huguang soldiers and white soldiers, and it was only half a month ago.

During these half a month, the court did not do nothing.

Under the governance of Hong Chengchou, Wu Xiang and others, they reorganized and trained the troops currently in the hands of the court, and kicked out all the old, weak, sick and disabled generals, and at the same time recruited troops in Beizhili to make up the difference.

But even so, there is still a severe shortage of troops.

Although the troops in hand are still not enough, in Hong Chengchou's view, the combat effectiveness of these soldiers and horses is much stronger than before.

But in this way, the money flowed out like running water, making the treasury of the Ministry of Households even more empty.

"Then what should we do now? This battle report was made two days ago. According to Zhao's current marching speed, he should have reached the town of Shanxi.

If Shanxi Town is breached, the whole of Shanxi will be safe to defend, and the bandits Zhao can march south and sweep the entire Shanxi.

At that time, he can attack Henan, Shanxi and Beizhili..."

Chongzhen looked at the people in the hall, and expressed his worries about Zhao Wen's attack on Xi'an and Henan.

"Your Majesty, I don't think your Majesty needs to worry. Although the imperial court has insufficient troops, it doesn't mean that they can't attack Xuanzhen.

At this time, Bandit Zhao set his main targets in Shanxi. We can take advantage of this time to send soldiers to attack Xuanzhen tentatively! "Hong Chengchou stood up.

(End of this chapter)