Giving up the county seat of Fengxian County and Malingguan is risky!
Because the north of Sanguan Road is Dashanguan, and the south is Fengxian County and Malingguan. Among them, the county seat of Fengxian County is located in a relatively open valley on the edge of Dashanshui... The widest point is more than one mile and less than two miles! Don’t be too small, it’s great to have such a piece of flat land in the Qinling Mountains. It can pile up a lot of miscellaneous things, and it can also provide a place for the armies traveling from north to south to stay.
Therefore, in the early years of joint rule, the Dashun Dynasty treated Feng County as a dangerous place. A city gate was built at the entrance of the valley where the county seat of Feng County is located. Many cottages were also built on the mountains on both sides, blocking all mountain roads and trails.
And Malingguan is even more important!
Malingguan is a three-way intersection. The Sanguan Road that goes south along Dashui ends at Malingguan. The official road south of Malingguan forks, heading one way to the southeast and the other to the southwest.
The road going southeast from Malingguan leads to the Hanzhong Basin. You can enter the Hanzhong Basin by passing through Feiqiu Pass, Chaiguan, Liuba, Hutou Pass and Jitou Pass. Although there are many passes along the way, the Dashun Army does not have enough troops to guard them one by one. Because there are three roads crossing the Qinling Mountains into Hanzhong: Ziwu Road, Baoxie Road, and Tangluo Road. Although they are all dangerous, the continuous development in 2000 and the Qinling Mountains are not too dangerous (the Qinling Mountains are not too high, and there are many The terrain (with relatively gentle hillsides) makes mountain trails all over the period. If you want to completely seal it off, you must invest a lot of troops. The Hanzhong Basin is so big that it cannot support the troops to completely block Sanguan Road, Ziwu Road, Baoxie Road, Tangluo Road and the surrounding trails! By the way, there is Qishan Road to the west of Sanguan Road.
If we want to completely block the five roads into Hanzhong (not into Shu yet, but only half way), the number of troops required is far greater than the number of troops deployed on the loess platform in the southern part of the Guanzhong Plain. Moreover, the transportation between these five roads into Hanzhong is inconvenient, and it is difficult for the army to maneuver quickly among the five roads. They can only passively divide their troops to guard the openings... and there are so many openings, the troops needed are more active than the active ones. Attack, there will be more troops stationed on the loess platform in the Guanzhong Plain!
This is the main reason why the separatist regimes that guarded Sichuan in history were always unable to withstand enemies coming from the north.
Once Malingguan is lost, Sanguan Road among the five roads into Hanzhong will be completely lost. From Malingguan to the southeast is Hanzhong, and to the southwest is Jinniu Road, one of the four main roads into Shu from Hanzhong and Longnan. There is no need to open up the entire Jinniu Road, but only need to advance to the Lueyang area. The back of Qishan Road will be exposed, and Shunchao's territory in Longnan will also be lost!
At that time, the Hanzhong-Longnan defense line that Dashun Dynasty has worked hard for nearly 20 years will completely collapse!
Without the Hanzhong-Longnan defense line, can Sichuan still defend it?
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"What? Shang Kexi and Kong Tingxun have already captured Feng County and are attacking Maling Pass? Isn't this too smooth?"
The news that Shang Kexi and Kong Tingxun's troops had captured Feng County was sent back to Wu Sangui's army at Dashan Pass on the 25th of the first month of the 20th year of Hongxing's reign in the Ming Dynasty.
At this time, the battle for several loess terraces in the north of the Qinling Mountains had just ended - it was said to be a battle, but in fact it was a rearguard battle. Including Dashan Pass, Monk Plains, Chencang Mountain, Wuzhang Plains, Jinya Pass, and Xiegu Pass, all these dangerous points have made Wu Sangui hate him so much in the past seven or eight years. Who of the generals below will want to pass them? If he could lead his troops to capture one of them, Wu Sangui could protect him as an earl and viscount! However, within two days, they were all captured by Wu Sangui's troops.
This is really a lot of happy things!
But he never imagined that his good luck was not over yet! Even Feng County, the key point from Sanguan to the south entrance, was easily captured, and Malingguan seemed to be about to be captured...
This credit comes too easily, right? If the fight continues at this pace, it will only take 20 years since Hongxing to regain Sichuan!
And the Wu family's contribution is already great, a Three Kingdoms Duke... has some achievements that can shock the master!
"Could it be a fraud?" Wu Sangui was still cautious, not entirely because he was worried that Li Dingguo would set a trap for him, but because he felt that his contribution was a bit too great... He was already the Duke of the country. There is no room for improvement, the most important thing now is to save the evening festival!
"What kind of fraud can there be?" Wu Yinglin circled Feng County and Maling Mountain with a red brush on a map. "Li Dingguo would at most ambush troops on the mountains on both sides of Sanguan Road... but on both sides of Sanguan Road Most of the hills are steep and precipitous, making it inconvenient to get up and down, and it is impossible to ambush the soldiers. Now it is good news that more than 10,000 people from Kong Tingxun have arrived in Feng County and have occupied the dangerous positions. Without the 30 to 50,000 people to slowly grind down, it is impossible for the rogue bandits to capture Feng County.”
"How much rations do Shang Kexi and Kong Tingxun have?" Wu Sangui was still worried.
"Enough for twenty days. If the horses are killed, it will be enough for a month." Someone from the left and right answered immediately.
"Why so many?" Wu Sangui was stunned.
"They picked up a lot along the way, which were all grain and grass baggage discarded by the bandits... These grains and grass were all hard-earned. If they were discarded casually like this, the bandits were obviously defeated!"
"It really feels like being defeated like a mountain!" Wu Sangui nodded, thinking: It seems that the bandit's energy has been exhausted!
Wu Yinglin interjected at this time: "Sir, let's go to Sanguan Road too! Now is the time to pursue and fight fiercely... We can't let Shang Kexi and Kong Tingxun take away all the credit!"
"Yes! Commander, these troubled times are coming to an end soon. If we don't hurry up and make contributions, we will have no chance!"
"Commander, our Hexi and Anxi are both bitter and barren lands. From now on, we will live our lives based on Pingchuan's contribution..."
Wu Sangui's vassal commander was at a loss, and his soldiers were not making any money either! The Wu family has Emperor Zhu in charge, so they are not afraid of losses. But the 80,000 military households who followed Wu Sangui were all frightened of poverty. Seeing that Sichuan was about to be captured, of course they had to take advantage of it!
And what they can get is not just military glory... Sichuan is the capital of Tianzhu, and the bandits plundered Tianzhu again, bringing back gold and silver!
"Commander, even if the bandits are deceitful, we have nothing to fear... They just set up an ambush on both sides of the mountain road, and there is no way to set up artillery on the mountain roads on both sides of the pass. We just need to be careful, so that we can The battalion forms a team, forms a dense formation, and marches in armor. There is nothing to be afraid of even if you are ambushed."
Wu Sangui's confidant Wu Guogui made a suggestion that looked good at this time. Wu Sangui turned to look at Liu Sheng again, and Liu Sheng said: "Commander, the soldiers below are all eager to make contributions. We must always give them a chance... They Many of them have been with the Marshal and the Lao Marshal for three generations, so we can’t let them suffer poverty in the future, right?”
Wu Sangui nodded, "That's right... There aren't many opportunities left to make meritorious deeds. It's time for the brothers to eat more meat. Fourth brother, you lead the troops first. I will lead the Chinese army." In the middle. Old Liu, please postpone!"
The fourth brother Wu Sangui called was Wu Guogui. Wu Xiang had three sons and two daughters, and many adopted sons. Among them, Wu Guogui and Wu Guoyong were outstanding, so they were called the fourth and fifth brothers by Wu Sangui. And Lao Liu is Liu Sheng. He has followed Wu Sangui for more than 20 years, and has changed from Xiao Liu to Lao Liu.
"Commander, what should we do with the three divisions of the Guards?" Liu Sheng asked, "They are the emperor's personal soldiers, and they are very capable of fighting."
"They can be allowed to march through Ziwu Road, Baoxie Road, and Tangluo Road to capture Hanzhong." Wu Yinglin said, "Each of these three divisions has an Old Guards Corps. That group of people is the most daring to take risks, and they also dare to take risks. Those who fight tough battles on rugged terrain. Even if the rogue bandits set up ambushes on Ziwu Road, Baoxie Road, and Tangluo Road, they could not stop them."
The soldiers of the Guards are all trying to get rich and powerful since they were young. If they cannot get the opportunity to enter the martial arts hall for further study and become officers before the expiration of their service period (usually between thirty-five and forty years old) , then the dreams they have strived for since childhood will be shattered, and they can only take a pension and become ordinary people.
Therefore, the older the Guards are, the more fierce they are in fighting. Any team that is named the Old Guards is simply unstoppable!
"Okay, let's do it!" Wu Sangui nodded, "Wealth is in danger... let them fight Hanzhong! After we take Malingpo, we will go straight to Jinniu Road!"
(End of chapter)
