Niulan Pass, located in the middle section of Qiyao Mountain, is very important. It is a key pass from Shizhouwei to Wanzhou and Shizhu. Once it is broken through, the entire Kuizhou Prefecture will be shaken!
Such an important pass has not been properly repaired in the past 20 years. This is because the Dashun Army had an advantage when facing the Shizhou Army and the Yunnan-Guizhou Army. It was on a strategic offensive and did not need to consider too many defensive issues. The battle ranking of the Ming Army is now like this, the strongest It is the Guards, followed by the New Army, then the Fanzhen Army in the north, then the Fanzhen Army in the south, and finally the local soldiers... The combat effectiveness of the Dashun Army is weaker than that of the Ming Dynasty. The northern vassal town army was obviously stronger than the southern vassal town army.
The fundamental reason why Li Dingguo spent a lot of effort in southern Shaanxi and was finally defeated by the Ming army was that his Dashun army could not defeat Wu Sangui's Anxi army and Hexi army. Occasionally winning will come at a high price.
But on the front facing Yunguichuan and Shizhouwei, the Dashun Army was relatively relaxed. Although they never succeeded in attacking Shi Zhouwei, the damage ratio was not ugly, and they were able to take back a lot of things every time.
The Dashun Army's attack on Zunyi Prefecture was repeatedly blocked by Hailongdun - Hailongdun was located to the north of Zunyi Prefecture and was originally the base city of the Yang family chieftain in Bozhou. It was severely damaged in the Battle of Bozhou during the Wanli Period. Later, Ma Shiying abandoned Chengdu and retreated to Zunyi. He asked Emperor Zhu for a fund to rebuild Hailongdun as the residence of the Xichuan Army Jiedu Envoy Division.
Dashun's army's siege capability was already relatively weak, and it was of course helpless to face a fortress like Hailongtun.
But if the Xichuan Army wants to leave Hailongdun and go north to Loushanguan, it will be defeated!
As for the Ming army, Yunnan and Guizhou armies facing Qujing Prefecture, they were even more on the defensive. The troops guarding Qujing were the Dashun imperial camp troops (the first being the Changzheng Prefecture troops), which were ranked first in Dashun combat effectiveness. The Yunnan-Guizhou army could not defeat them at all.
However, the Dashun Army's confidence on the southern front disappeared in the first year of Dongping Daxing.
Dashun, who was in charge of the military affairs of Chongqing, Kuizhou, Luzhou, Xuzhou and other places, stayed behind in Chongqing. From the beginning of the year, Sui Wang Tian Jianxiu began to attack the people and criminals in the four prefectures and began to repair the pass walls in various places. At the same time, he was still in Chongqing. Fucheng, Yonganbao (Kuizhou Fucheng), Luzhou City, Yibin City and other important cities stocked up on food (the food was of course collected from the working people) to prepare for long-term resistance.
In addition, the soldiers and households in the four prefectures were ordered to begin transferring the elderly, weak and property to Chongqing, Yong'an, Luzhou and Yibin...
Li Jinxue, who was arrested outside Shizhu City at the beginning of the year for "criminal conspiracy," was not sent to Myanmar for the time being because of Tian Jianxiu's order. Instead, he was sent to work as a coolie at the Niulanguan Pass construction site in the middle of Qiyao Mountain.
He is not an ordinary coolie as a civil servant, but a coolie as a criminal! That's a recipe for death...seriously, it's better to go to Myanmar! There are few Han people in Myanmar, so even an exiled criminal can have a civilian identity. He can also read and write, and maybe he can work as a teacher or clerk. As long as he doesn't die of malaria, he can still do well. of.
But on the front line of Niulangguan, like other criminals, he worked the hardest work and ate the worst food. He would die from exhaustion when he was done!
After working for more than a month, Li Jinxue, who was originally relatively strong, has now lost his shape. He no longer wants to be a Ming king, nor does he want to deal with Du Mulan like this. He doesn't even want to go to Myanmar... I want to be able to have a full meal before I die. I don’t need white rice or vegetables. I can have a delicious meal and close my eyes even after I die.
But this small dream is ultimately impossible to achieve, because the food supply in Chongqing and Kuizhou Prefectures is becoming increasingly tight. Even the serving civilians began to starve, not to mention the criminals?
On this day, when he and a group of civil servants who could still move were climbing to the top of Niulanguan Pass carrying a big log, they suddenly heard a loud song to welcome King Chuang.
"Eat his mother, live with his mother. If there is not enough food, there will be King Chuang. If you don't do the job, don't pay for the food, everyone will have a happy time. Seeking promotion in the morning, seeking harmony in the evening, it is difficult for poor people to survive these days. Open the door early to pay respects to King Chuang, and the pipes will call Both great and small rejoice..."
The servants and criminals who were busy closing the cattle pen were stunned. What was going on? Although they couldn't understand the lyrics clearly, they still wanted to welcome King Chuang, and they also heard the word "King Chuang"... Is there anyone who wants to welcome King Chuang now?
Moreover, this song is not sung in Shaanxi accent. It should not be sung by Dashun soldiers themselves, nor is it Sichuan accent...
"This is the accent from the Jingchu area!"
"Isn't the Jingchu area the world of Can Ming? Would the people there want to welcome King Chuang?"
"Look, look, there's an army coming, there seem to be 5,000 people!"
"Where did they come from?"
The civil servants who were working began to talk one after another. When the soldiers guarding the city gate heard the civil servants talking, they did not stop to stop them, but started talking to them with a smile.
"They are the rebels from Shizhou Guard!" an officer of the imperial army said proudly, "They came to seek refuge with us in Dashun!"
And there are such stupid rebels?
Li Jinxue's heart went cold... He was now counting on the soldiers from the sky to come and save his life!
Now the Ming army has not come, but thousands of anti-Ming rebels have come - what is wrong with these rebels? Running to Dashun, what are you doing here? Be a soldier? Is there any land that can be divided? Nowadays, many of the children of the government soldiers are unable to serve as soldiers. Even if I collect 40 kilograms of land coupons, I can only get an identity first, and there is no way to grant land to serve (you can't serve without land, you can only join the Long March Army), so you can live at home... They Can outsiders still be given land?
Li Jinxue also squeezed to the crenellations of the city wall and looked down - originally there were Dashun's soldiers watching him, but now because of the rebels from the Ming Dynasty, those soldiers also came to watch the fun, so he could take a breather. The tone is gone.
He saw that the gate of the city gate below had been opened, and a large group of cavalry (cavalry riding Sichuan horses) were surrounding a man who looked like a general (Tami Hide) riding a tall horse, swaggering out of the city.
The rebels who were marching outside the city stopped. The leader, a dozen knights, faced the general. Then one of the knights got off his horse and saluted the general.
The general chatted with the knight for a few words, then waved his hand and motioned the knight to mount his horse, and then they headed towards the city gate together. The large group of people who had paused continued to move forward, singing songs to welcome King Chuang, coming in force, and entered the pass in a blink of an eye.
It seemed that there was no way to survive... Li Jinxue let out a long sigh, and then moved his eyes towards the city, staring blankly at the neat formation of the rebel army coming in in a mighty manner.
Suddenly, he saw two to three hundred soldiers walking in front of the team pulling out short guns from somewhere! Two for each person, it seems to be a flintlock gun!
How is this going? Why did you pull out the gun?
Boom! Boom! Bah...
Before Li Jinxue could react, he heard a burst of gunfire. In the smoke, he vaguely saw that the general and the knight who were walking at the front of the team, as well as the people surrounding them, all fell off their horses.
The Dashun soldiers who lined up on both sides of the street were also caught off guard and were knocked down by the rebels who suddenly attacked with flintlock pistols.
Master Wang is here! This is Master Wang... Master Wang made a surprise attack on Niulankou! The Holy Emperor of the Ming Dynasty finally sent troops to save the Sichuan people!
Sichuan people have a way to survive!
Li Jinxue was so excited that he almost shed tears and shouted loudly: "Master Wang is here! Master Wang is here! The Ming Dynasty is victorious!"
Just when he took the lead in shouting, the "King Masters" who had finished shooting all drew out their swords and began to engage in melee combat. The "King Masters" who were following them also drew out their flintlock pistols and swords. With a sword in hand, he started to charge towards the city along the horse path of the city gate.
Suddenly there was loud gunfire, loud shouts of killing, and the sounds of weapons clashing and people screaming!
