One wave is not over, but another wave is rising.
Ma Mingpei and E Shuo had just defeated the Tumote tribe, and another thunderbolt came from the sky: the Ming army captured Taiyuan Prefecture and was heading towards Datong. Ma Mingpei urgently dispatched Datong deputy general Zhu Yike to garrison at Yanmen Pass; he stationed troops in Shanyin
The county provided backup for Zhu Yike; E Shuo moved to Yanghewei.
Fan Youxian's Northern Expedition army annihilated the Qing army Jia Hanfu and Liu Wu's troops in Taiyuan, and then marched northward non-stop.
Entering Yangqu first, the Qing army in Yangqu only had 2,000 new soldiers, and they collapsed at the first touch; then they attacked Xinzhou, but the garrison of Xinzhou did not dare to fight, so they surrendered the city; then they surrendered all the way, Dingxiang surrendered, Wutai surrendered, Guoxian surrendered, and Ningzhou surrendered.
Wu surrendered, and even Daizhou, a military important place, also surrendered.
"Haha! The Qing Dynasty is gone!" Fan Youxian said proudly to Li Dingguo.
"General, although our army has gained all the advantages, we still must seize Yanmen Pass as soon as possible, jump over Juzhu (Yanmen Mountain), and Xiawu Mountain 2, so as not to give the Qing captives a chance to breathe."
Fan Youxian stroked his beard and smiled and said: "Hong Yuan is right, we should work together to restore Datong and make the country thousands of miles red and the sun and the moon red!"
"Report, the flag of the Qing army has appeared at Yanmen Pass." As the two were talking, military information came.
"What, in this current situation, there are still blind generals who dare to offend our army's power?"
Fan Youxian couldn't help being surprised and asked: "But we have found out which Qinglu troops are here?"
"The flag being flown is that of Datong deputy general Zhu Yike."
"Hmph, a little lieutenant dares to block a car with his arms. Send an order to the whole army to go to Yanmen immediately." Fan Youxian snorted coldly and issued the military order.
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In the past, Yanmen Road was filled with frost.
It's so miserable to have wild ambitions, but it's so much harder to grow old alone.
There are still people across the water, but the ghost fire shines on the cold sand.
The battle is empty and sad, the wind is desolate and the garrison horns are broken.
This poem "Yanmen" was written by Xie Zhen, a commoner poet of the Ming Dynasty. It describes the bloody battles and vicissitudes of Yanmen Pass. Indeed, King Wuling of Zhao defeated Lin Hu here, and the Yang family generals defended the Liao soldiers here. Under the wall of the pass, I don't know what was buried.
How many human bones are collected?
"There are nine fortresses in the world, and Yanmen is the first." This pass is located on Gouzhu Mountain (Yanmen Mountain), with towering peaks and dangerous terrain. "On the outside, it strengthens the vassal guards of the same country, and on the inside it secures the key to Taiyuan. It reaches the three passes at the root and the throat."
"Quan Jin". "The Classic of Mountains and Seas" says: "In Yanmen Mountain, geese fly out of it", hence the name.
The deputy general of Datong, Zhu Yike, was patrolling at Yanmen Gate, feeling uneasy. His father was a fan of officials, so he named him Zhu Yike, saying, "This is a good name. My son will definitely wear Zhu Yi in the future." In this era, wearing Zhu Yi
A person is either rich or noble. Not to mention, thanks to his name, his official career was prosperous after he was demoted to the Qing Dynasty. He fell in love with Ma Mingpei, the governor of Xuanda, and became a deputy general before he was thirty years old.
But now Lieutenant General Zhu is in big trouble. Governor Ma, who was kind to him, ordered him to garrison Yanmen. When he thought that he only had five thousand soldiers and horses, how could he defeat tens of thousands of Ming army tigers and wolves? My heart went crazy, but
Shangguan sent me, but I didn't dare not go, so I had to bite the bullet and come to Yanmen.
I checked the city wall and found that it is quite strong. It consists of three parts: the Guancheng, the Wengcheng and the siege. The Guancheng is more than three feet high. On Tuesday, the wall was based on a stone base, filled with rammed earth, and covered with bricks.
There are also crenels built around the city for ten miles, and the southern end is connected to the east and west wings of Guancheng. There is only a small road passing through Guancheng. Juzhu Mountain and Xiawu Mountain are connected into one, and the towering mountains form a link between Datong and Taiyuan.
Natural barrier.
Zhu Yike sighed, hoping that the Yanmen natural barrier could block the Ming army's front!
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Ren Liang, the deputy general of Jiaocheng in the Ming Dynasty, stood in the hunting wind, his shirt swaying in the wind. Although he was over fifty years old, he was as energetic as an eighteenth-year-old boy. He also felt that he was not old. Compared with Jiang Ziya and Huang Zhong, he was still younger.
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"Big brother, all the brothers are here," Wang Quan, Ren Liang's sworn brother, reported.
Ren Liang glared, and Wang Quan just woke up and quickly changed his words: "Deputy General Ren, all the generals are here."
"Yes." Ren Liang glanced majestically at Wang Jinying, Guo Yan, Wang Quan, and Bashanhu generals. The generals were all awe-struck by his sharp eyes.
Ren Liang is a big thief, and he naturally has the murderous spirit of a big thief. In the sixth year of the Apocalypse, he started a rebellion in Jiaocheng, Shanxi Province, seven years earlier than Li Zicheng, and has been active in the Jiaocheng area. He first rebelled against the Ming Dynasty, and then against the Manchus.
Qing, with the word "thief" above the head, happy and happy.
Later, when he saw that the rise of the Ming Dynasty had taken shape, he was attracted by Jinyiwei and was appointed deputy general of Jiaocheng by Zhu Hengjia. Emperor Guangwu also praised him and Yu Qi of Shandong as "the two heroes of the Ming Dynasty".
Originally, Lieutenant General Ren just wanted to accept a false post from the Ming Dynasty and live happily in the Luliang Mountains. Guo Yan, his sworn brother, persuaded him: "Brother, since you have surrendered to the Ming Dynasty, you should make meritorious service to the court. Otherwise, wait until the world is peaceful.
We brothers are just hiding in the mountains with no way out." He immediately woke up and led 5,000 Shanxi brothers to join Fan Youxian.
Fan Youxian was overjoyed. Although he had won many battles, he had suffered a lot of casualties. He was reluctant to use his elite troops to attack Yanmen Pass, so he came with this rebel army.
If you want people to work hard for you, you have to give them benefits. There is no reason to do things in vain. Fan Youxian has followed Zhu Hengjia for a long time, and is well versed in thick and black knowledge. He has a good background in this area. First, he praised Ren Liang's loyalty to the country.
He promised to take credit for him in front of the emperor after taking Yanmen, and with a stroke of his pen, he changed the clothes of Ren Liang's department and gave him a month's rations.
The Ming army won many battles and captured a large number of weapons and armor from the Qing army, which they used to dress up the rebels. In the eyes of the Ming army, these seizures were scrap metal; in the eyes of the rebels, they were priceless treasures. Ren Liang was delighted
I couldn't sleep and vowed to retaliate with death.
"Brothers, who bought us these weapons, armor, bows and arrows?" Ren Liang looked at the sworn brothers and asked.
"It's General Fan", shouted the brothers together.
"Who gave us food and wages?"
"It's General Fan." This time, the voice was louder.
"Well, it's good to know." Ren Liang began to mobilize before the war. "As a human being, you must repay kindness. We wear the armor given by the general and receive the food and salary from the general, so we have to die for the general! Today!
When attacking a city, if anyone is afraid of fighting and refuses to fight, they will be killed!"
After listening to Ren Liang's words, the generals were so excited that they howled and roared towards Guancheng on the mountain to kill.
There are cliffs on both sides of Yanmen Pass, and there is only a winding path leading up to it. It looks difficult to defeat, but it is not necessarily so. The purpose of setting up this pass at that time was mainly to prevent nomadic people in the north, so the siege was to the north of the city. The attack was from north to south.
, it is very difficult to attack Guancheng only if you have to break the siege first. However, if you attack from south to north, you can attack Guancheng directly without going through the siege, which is relatively easier.
Ren Liang and his 5,000 men came viciously from south to north, determined to move forward with all their might, vowing to capture this "first pass of the Nine Fortresses".
After repeated battles and desperate battles, the rebels successively captured the school grounds in the southeast, the Guandi Temple outside the west gate, and the Jingbian Temple outside the east gate after paying heavy casualties.
"Go", Zhu Yike roared and threw down a huge stone. The stone carried the inertia and knocked a rebel soldier off the cliff. After smashing it, he shouted to the Chinese army: "Go to Shanyin quickly and attack Ma."
Governor Xian asks for help.
This chapter has been completed!