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A moment later, when Chen Dehai came to the camp, hearing the shouts of killing in the camp, his face was ashen.
After Wang Qi left the camp, he ran directly to the city gate.
At this time, the gate of the city had already been closed, and the soldiers guarding the gate also became lazy in this rainy night, and there was not a single soldier at the gate.
When Wang Qi led the soldiers to the city gate, the sound of rumbling horseshoes woke up the guarding soldiers in the caves in the city wall.
They ran out of the cave and looked at the cavalry who suddenly appeared, panic flashing across their faces.
"How to do?"
"What else can we do? These are cavalry, let's squat obediently in the cave and don't come out."
After hearing the commander's order, the guarding soldiers of the Cangbing Cave hid quietly in the Cangbing Cave.
Wang Qi stopped in the cave of the city gate, and jumped off his horse.
"Grenade, blow the city gate open for me."
Wang Qi shouted loudly to the followers behind him.
The attendant hurriedly took out the grenade, jumped off the horse, and came to Wang Qi's side.
After Wang Qi took the grenade, he tied a dozen or so grenades together with hemp rope and placed them under the city gate. on the twine.
"retreat!"
Wang Qi held the hemp rope, roared, and led the horse to hide behind.
When he came to a safe distance, Wang Qi yanked the hemp rope in his hand.
After a few breaths, a loud noise came from the city gate, and the city gate began to tremble.
The city gates were blown down by these grenades.
Wang Qi stepped on his horse, waved the whip in his hand, and rushed out from the city gate with his followers.
When the sun gradually rose, the heavy rain stopped.
Looking at the messy camp, Chen Dehai gritted his teeth.
Last night's tsunami caused him to lose a large number of troops, how could this not make Chen Dehai angry?
"Where are those people coming from?" Chen Dehai looked at the servant behind him, and said angrily.
"My lord, it is obvious that this group of people must be sent by Zhao Wen's rebels."
"Hmph, Zhao Wen is simply a villain, to use such indecent means." Chen Dehai cursed with a gloomy face.
"Come here, give me an order to clean up the camp as soon as possible, and appease the family of the deceased by the way. Sooner or later, I will pay Zhao Wen the debt."
As the sun rose, the explosions of last night made the people panic, and they came out of the house to see what happened.
As soon as they walked out the door, they saw the paper on the ground.
They picked up the paper curiously.
After seeing the title on the paper, the people who could read hurriedly threw the paper on the ground, and at the same time advised other people not to pick up these things.
"Don't pick up these things. This is a call to action. Don't pick them up. If you don't want to die, don't pick them up."
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"General, should we set off?" In the former army tent, Liu Tichun, the former military counselor, looked at Song Hu and asked.
At this time, Song Hu had already led the army into Shanxi.
Song Hu stood at the door of the big tent, looking at the rising sun, "Let the soldiers eat first. It rained all night last night, so we need to replenish our strength first."
The counselor nodded and passed the order on.
The military rations of the former army were the canned food produced by Zhao Wen. These canned food included canned beef, canned mutton and canned pork.
The eating methods of these cans are very simple. They can be eaten directly, or they can be eaten after being slightly heated.
Because there was a heavy rain last night, and it is now autumn, and the cold is gradually getting stronger, so these soldiers basically heat the canned food.
Numerous cauldrons were set up in the camp, and in each cauldron were cans with their lids opened.
Seven or eight soldiers squatted next to the cauldron, looking at the cauldron with excitement.
"Master Chief Soldier really didn't say anything to us people, but what he distributed to us was canned meat.
I remember when I was young, the wealthy locals in the village could only eat some meat during the Chinese New Year. How could they eat meat like we do. "A soldier in his twenties was squatting on the wet ground, looking at the cauldron in front of him, hissing loudly.
"Yes, yes, this is true. Our Lord Chief Soldier really didn't tell us that we have meat for every meal.
Back then, I was also a frontier soldier in Shaanxi. At that time, not to mention meat, I couldn't even eat buckwheat.My biggest dream at that time was to be able to eat a meal of white noodles, but who knows that now I can eat meat for every meal. "A man in his 30s also said excitedly.
"Brother, you used to be a frontier soldier in Shaanxi?"
"Yes, it's just that Shangguan has been in arrears with the army's salary, so I ran away. I originally wanted to become a bandit, but I came to Xuanzhen by mistake. I was a soldier and I didn't have any skills, so I joined the army. .”
There are many soldiers like this man in Xuanzhen's army.
A quarter of an hour later, the water vapor in the cauldron rose violently.
The soldiers surrounding the iron pot hastily untied the lid of the iron pot, and took out the steaming canned food wrapped in burlap.
They squatted on the ground, wrapped the hot pot with sackcloth, blew on the hot air, and ate carefully.
At this time, Song Hu was also holding a steaming can, sitting in the big tent and eating the beef inside.
"This can is really a good thing. My lord is really capable."
Song Hu wiped his mouth, put the finished can on the table, heaved a sigh of relief, and looked comfortable.
After eating and drinking enough, Song Hu stood up. He looked at the messenger beside him and shouted, "Send me the order. After fifteen minutes, the whole army will attack and target the Yanmen Campus."
Yanmen Temple, also known as Yanmen Pass, is located in the north of Daizhou, Shanxi Province, and is known as the first pass of the Nine Sailors.
Song Hu's front army was all cavalry, so their speed was much faster. In just a few days, they had passed through Datong Town and arrived in Shanxi.
At this time, Song Hu was at Dashikou, and the defenders in the Dashikou pass surrendered without any decent attack after Song Hu arrived.
After all, the number of defenders in Dashikou was too small. When he saw Song Hu's soldiers and horses, he had no intention of resisting at all.
"My lord, what should we do about the surrendered army that Dashikou is talking about?" Liu Tichun, the former military counselor, walked in and looked at Song Hu.
"What does Lord Wang mean?" Song Hu asked back.
Liu Tichun stroked the beard on his chin, and said, "I think we should take them right at the Dashikou, but we have to confiscate all their weapons. If we take them with us, it will definitely slow down our speed."
"Okay, it's up to you." Song Hu made a final decision.
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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.