Be the emperor from the postman

Chapter 865 If I Can't Beat It, I'll Destroy It (Two in One)

He has been defending Tongguan since his ancestors, and he has never heard of Tongguan Pass being breached so quickly.

The thieves in Qin did not take the road of Tongguan, but had to take a long way to escape from Shanxi.

Or did they return to Shaanxi from Hanzhong because they didn't want to take a shortcut?
It's that they dare not leave at all.

They currently don't have the ability to break through Tongguan.

At that time, if you are blocked here and are chased here by the pursuers, how many will survive?

It all had to be the second result of Chexiangxia. Hong Chengchou would not accept their surrender like Chen Qiyu did, and he had no choice but to sham surrender.

Want to run?

Go to Qinling and be a savage!

On the other hand, Hammer bandit He Jinzhao, it was almost an hour after Liu Xi received the news of the attack.

The first hurdle was breached.

The Ming army retreated without a fight.

The bombardment is nothing, the key is the accuracy of the bombardment, which is scary.

The original strong city gate has become not so comfortable.

Can you still defend the remaining six checkpoints?

Liu Xi's face was a little dignified.

Could it be that the Northwest Hammer King He Jinchao came in person, which greatly boosted the morale of his subordinates, and the hammer bandits and soldiers would attack desperately.

But this has nothing to do with the war that they imagined to guard Tongguan before.

Even Bai Guangen lost his former calmness.

Gouxi Pass is at the beginning of the Forbidden Ditch, and it was built quite solidly. As a result, this situation was abruptly created.

Bai Guangen didn't push himself too hard, instead he asked cautiously:

"Mr. Liu Qian, is the hammer bandit's attack speed normal?"

Hearing this, Liu Xi laughed angrily.

If Tongguan is so easy to breach, why does the imperial court always spend a lot of money to repair this place?
"Call people in again."

After Liu Xi inquired carefully, he found that his side had not fired a single shot, so he fled directly.

He decided to go to the checkpoint to see how powerful the Hammer Bandit's artillery was.

Once Tongguan was lost, Governor Hong didn't want to return to Shaanxi easily.

The Ming army that closed the second checkpoint, Yang's House, accepted the rout.

General Banner Li Xiaoliu and Yang Ke are familiar with each other, they are all from Tongguan Guard for generations.

The first hurdle is always one with great ability, otherwise Liu Xi would not have entrusted him with a heavy responsibility.

Now hearing that Yang Ke was torn apart by a shell, Li Xiaoliu was really a little terrified.

The whole level is a mess.

And the officers and soldiers have been retreating all the time, but they have seen how fierce the Hammer bandits' artillery is.

But fortunately, the hammer bandits are very cautious now, and they didn't chase them immediately.

Li Xiaoliu didn't struggle for too long, and a large group of people came from the pass.

Chief Qian Liu Xi came back with a few bloody heads.

It was directly picked up on the flagpole, and when many officers and soldiers saw it, most of them immediately extinguished the idea of ​​continuing to flee.

No one wants to die, let alone die at the hands of their own people.

Liu Xi looked at the hammer bandits in the distance with a binoculars, but he couldn't see clearly because of the lack of light.

"Did the hammer bandits attack?"

"Returning to Master Liu, he just sent someone to monitor us."

Li Xiaoliu replied, after he greeted the rout and entered the pass, he closed the city gate tightly, and even the Qianjin gate was closed ahead of time.

No one was sent out to investigate at all.

The defenders in the entire Yangmen pass were in a panic.

The Hammer Bandit's method of breaking through with almost no loss of troops shocked them greatly.

After Liu Xi finished listening, his complexion was not good, but at the same time he was quite irritable.

The hammer bandits were very cautious. It seemed that the light in the forbidden ditch was not good, and they would not take the initiative to attack.

If it is really a one-day level, it will take another six days to quickly advance to the main city.

In the past, Liu Xi would never have such an idea.

Tongguan is such a dangerous place, and will it be breached quickly?
But the facts were in front of him, so he had to be cautious.

Bai Guangen didn't say a word, he never expected this kind of situation.

He thought that with Hong Chengchou's support, he would also have the opportunity to wrestle with the hammer bandit He Jinzhao.

But just looking at the gunner's accuracy, he fell into a disadvantage.

Bai Guangen was sure that the artillerymen under his command would not be able to do this kind of handicraft work more than once into the crenel.

This is troublesome.

"Master Liu, do we want to take advantage of the night to familiarize ourselves with the terrain and go to attack at night?"

Bai Guangen raised his mouth in a low voice. He was slightly inferior in artillery, so he could only rely on night raids to exhaust the hammer bandits.

Liu Xi shook his head, not in a hurry.

Even after the hammer bandits broke through, they barely broke through a level.

After he broke through a few levels, the battle line was stretched longer, and then he attacked at night and took their artillery.

three days later.

Liu Xi still has three levels left in his hand.

The hammer bandits not only bombarded with artillery, but also sent people up to the Qinling Mountains on both sides, throwing explosives down.

Although most of them exploded in mid-air, the pieces of porcelain and stones in the grenade would fall all over the sky.

The last Fenjing Pass was caught off guard by such a beating.

Liu Xi saw that the Hammer bandits were still sending out sentries, fighting steadily, and continuing to raise the Kongming lantern, and he understood many things in his heart.

"General Bai, you led the sneak attack tonight, and sent someone to cut the rope of the Kongming lantern.

Try to let the hammer bandits beat themselves, and bring back a few cannons by the way. "

Hearing Liu Xi's words, Bai Guangen nodded, no matter what, he had to fight.

If the official army continues to lose like this, they will really have to withdraw from Tongguan.

After midnight, Bai Guangen set off with his elite soldiers.

Where the moonlight can't even shine in, the Forbidden Ditch is even darker.

Bai Guangen was not in a hurry, there were reinforcements sent by Liu Xi behind him.

With a distance of four or five meters, only four people climbed in a row, so as not to crowd each other, cause unnecessary trouble, and expose the target in advance.

In the far distance, at the checkpoint controlled by the hammer bandits, the torches are brightly lit on the city wall.

There are even a few support iron pots burning firewood outside, illuminating the surroundings.

Bai Guangen lay on the ground and walked slowly.

Someone in front was biting a branch and slowly rubbing forward.

On the whole, in this big summer season, the nights in the forbidden ditch are still a bit cold.

The humidity was also heavy, making Bai Guangen shudder unconsciously.

Just when he was relaxing a little bit, the front of him suddenly burst into flames, and then there was a deafening explosion.

Between the ravines, echoes rumbled.

The sound of cannons during the day was quite shocking, but the explosion in front of him made him stand up on his knees unconsciously.

The soldiers in front were shouting, but Bai Guangen only felt that his ears were buzzing, and he couldn't hear anything at all.

Immediately afterwards, bursts of lead bullets were shot out from the archery tower, hitting the ground.

The soldiers of the Ming army who were blinded by the bomb stood up and were quickly knocked down by lead bullets.

The howling was drowned out by the sound of firearms.

But the echoes in the forbidden ditch grew louder.

When Liu Xi heard the explosion, he knew that his plan to attack the hammer bandits had failed.

He wished he could go up and kill Bai Guangen, who had done more than succeed, but this kid hugged Governor Hong's thigh, so he could only beat him once or twice.

He Jinzhao is too disgusting!
Marching and fighting are so safe, there is no chance for him to sneak attack at all.

After Bai Guangen and other surviving soldiers were dragged back, Liu Xi had no choice but to send someone to destroy the device that lifted the jack gate.

The hammer bandits must not be allowed to break through seven checkpoints in seven days.

He Jinzhao wanted to transport artillery to Tongguan Pass, so he had to dismantle the pass.

Liu Xi couldn't beat He Jinchao, so he sent a large number of soldiers overnight, holding torches, to destroy door after door, and filled the door openings with stones.

I just give up and delay the time, and don't fight hard with you.

After dawn, Zhou Da took people outside to clear the landmines, and at the same time restrain the corpses of the Ming army so as not to cause epidemics.

The soldiers of the Ming army who were injured and survived were probably on the verge of death.

At the end of the tour, there was no Ming army showing up.

He Jinzhao took a telescope to look at it, and said to the left and right: "The empty city plan is not set up like this!"

"My lord, the Ming army may be deceitful."

Yang Wenyue was cautious. After the officer's army's sneak attack failed last night, he was busy all night.

"Marshal, I'll take someone to investigate for a while. If the Ming army also ambushes mines, I have to be more careful."

Niu Youcai begged for his orders. After all, landmines are so easy to use, it is inevitable that they will not be learned by the officers and soldiers.

People who are always fighting on the battlefield, if they don't have a little spirit of learning, they will probably become cannon fodder long ago, and there will be no bones left.

He Jinzhao nodded, telling him to be more careful.

After Niu Youcai took the order, he led his people to rush in, and then sent people to climb over the city wall to have a look.

After careful feedback came back, He Jinzhao couldn't help shaking his head:
"The guard at Tongguan is also a sensible person."

Yang Wenyue pinched his beard, originally thinking of conquering Tongguan quickly, but now it took so long to clear the city gate.

Otherwise, even the artillery can't be transported, so how can we beat the next level?
The most important thing is that in case the officers and soldiers guarding the next pass are false, they are still filling the door openings, which is really a big project that is difficult to parry.

"Don't worry, even after Hong Chengchou got the news, it will take several days to get back. This is the most urgent situation."

He Jinzhao felt that Tongguan's leader's solution was a bit interesting.

Since I can't defend it, then I will directly destroy it. Anyway, there is only such a wide road here, and it is absolutely impossible for you hammer bandits to pass quickly.

It can be delayed for a while.

"Marshal, let's arrange the explosives first, and then ignite them, so that the damage will be more thorough."

Zhou Da is not afraid of such things.

He Jinzhao thought about it for a while. Once that kind of heavy gate cannot be raised, it can only damage the wall and make the heavy gate fall down.

"Xin Sizhong took people to investigate one or two."

He Jinzhao directly called a squadron of miners to do this kind of thing, and it was true that he knocked them over.

Xin Sizhong led his men up to Guancheng and communicated with several experienced miners.

Liu Xi looked ahead, and then at the busy soldiers behind him.

He didn't know how long this kind of fish-to-death tactic could delay the hammer bandits.

In fact, he hoped that He Jinzhao would give up attacking Tongguan!

Even if Governor Hong came back with reinforcements, it would be difficult to rescue the wealthy Xi'an Mansion due to inconvenient roads.

But for now, the hammer bandits are still cleaning up and closing the door.

Liu Xi vaguely guessed that He Jinzhao was personally leading the team, otherwise, in this situation, the leading general would have to report the latest news to the rear.

In other words, the hammer bandit received the order that no matter what difficulties they encountered, they had to conquer Tongguan.

Thinking of this, Liu Xi's expression became very ugly.

Bai Guangen has already had tinnitus and has been sent to the main city for training. Everything here depends on Liu Xi's command.

He very much hoped that governor Hong would not be too far away from Tongguan, and he could lead the army back.

During Liu Xi's anticipation day and night, Hong Chengchou naturally received his news.

Hammer bandits attack Tongguan?

Hong Chengchou stood in the hall thinking, seeing that there was not much time left for the date of suppressing the bandits.

Should he take this opportunity to give up on these thieves and return to Shaanxi, where he has been running for a long time?

Hong Chengchou believed that with He Jinzhao's insidious and cunning temperament, he would definitely take the opportunity to occupy all parts of Shaanxi.

He came to Tongguan not to force himself to return quickly.

It is to control Tongguan so that he will not be allowed to return to Shaanxi, so that he can slowly occupy the entire Shaanxi.

Hong Chengchou had guessed He Jinzhao's strategy in no time.

He occupied all of Shanxi and Shanxi, and then went south to Sichuan, maybe he would occupy Henan, Huguang and other places, so he looked for opportunities to move eastward and enter the world.

Now that there are post-gold tartars raging in the northeast of Daming, he doesn't want to go shopping with the tartars prematurely, and let Daming reap the benefits of the fisherman.

Hong Chengchou had already guessed that He Jinchao's ambition was not small, and he never thought that he would really start to operate while he was ordered to wipe out the bandits in Henan, Huguang and other places.

"The Governor?"

Lu Xiangsheng on the side saw Hong Chengchou lost in thought.

"Do you know He Jinzhao's name?"

Lu Xiangsheng nodded, according to the account of the captives, he was the one who led Gao Yingxiang and Gao Yingxiang to break into the imperial city to kill the emperor.

Moreover, he had also fought against him in Hebei, especially when he sneaked into the capital as Tianxiong Army and Baoding General Liang Fu, which made Lu Xiangsheng very impressed with him.

A little postman, but also trying to turn the world upside down!

Now that Shanxi is completely occupied, two vassal kings have been captured, and the matter of letting them sweep the streets can be said to be famous all over the world.

Of course, Lu Xiangsheng has also heard about He Jinzhao's bragging stories with eight girls, but he doesn't think it's very true.

Even if a person is licentious and immoral, his body can't stand it.

Although Lu Xiangsheng himself is an outlier!
If that postman He Jinzhao is also an outlier.

He had already enjoyed a certain reputation when he was a postman, and he would not rise suddenly like a star.

"What's up with him?"

Hearing the inquiry, Hong Chengchou said sternly: "This son is attacking Tongguan."

After Lu Xiangsheng finished listening, he hurried to the map and looked carefully:

"Tongguan is dangerous and cannot be conquered in a short time.

He wants to deal with the bandits in Henan, Huguang and other places, so that we cannot complete the suppression of the bandits within the time limit set by His Majesty. "

Hong Chengchou admitted that what Lu Xiangsheng said was reasonable, Tongguan is a rare and dangerous place in the world, and the surrounding distance stretches for forty miles.

Even if He Jinzhao wanted to lead an army to attack, he couldn't form a formation in such a narrow terrain.

When Zhuge Liang led an army of tens of thousands to attack Baoji County, Hao Zhao's thousands of troops could make Zhuge Wuhou feel deflated.

Not to mention He Jinzhao who is no match for Zhuge Wuhou!

But Hong Chengchou still felt that the matter was not that simple, but he didn't admit it. He needed more sources of information.

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