The mountains are so powerful that they shut down Kyushu.

Sichuan flows from Shaanxi Road, and rivers flow around Huayin.

To say that the first pass in China is Tongguan and Shanhaiguan.

Tongguan City is adjacent to the natural barrier of the Yellow River in the north, and a wall is built against the mountains in the southeast. The main road in and out of Tongguan is on one side of the Yellow River roaring out of the Shanshan Canyon, and on the other side is the cliff extending from the Qinling Mountains.

The gate on the east side does not face east, but rather faces the northeast according to the terrain. In this way, the defenders can not only increase the shooting range from a high position, but also prevent the enemy from gathering troops in the narrow triangle area in front of the gate.

Three miles east of the east gate is Jindou Pass, the gateway to Tongguan. It is surrounded by rolling mountains to the south and the roaring Yellow River to the north. It was here that Li Zicheng fought fiercely with Duduo's Qing troops for forty days.

Unfortunately, the Azige troops of the Qing army on the northern route captured Yan'an and approached Xi'an from northern Shaanxi. Li Zicheng had to retreat hastily. Ma Shiyao, who was guarding the pass, had no choice but to surrender to the Qing army in despair.

Chen Xinmin's army marched towards Tongguan, but they were unable to attack the fortified city of Xiongguan. The musketeers and the condescending Qing soldiers fired at each other, which only increased casualties and had no chance of breaking the city.

Fortunately, after the Battle of Luoyang, Chen Xinmin knew that conquering Xi'an and regaining Guanzhong was the strategic goal of the Chinese army. In order to prepare for conquering Tongguan and Xi'an, a large number of artillery and rocket launchers had already been shipped to Tongguan.

If the Qing troops at Jindou Pass intend to hold on to the danger, they will use rocket launchers and artillery to carry out intensive bombardment. As long as the morale collapses with the bombing, and then the army is pressed up, they will be able to conquer it in one fell swoop.

Li Wenlong of the Central Route Army knew that his troops were the weakest and had been defeated by Hauge not long ago. The most important thing in this battle was to contain Tongguan and allow Chen Xinmin's troops to advance into Guanzhong.

Therefore, after Lantian broke out, Li Wenlong led the army to attack Weinan directly.

How could Hauge fail to understand the thoughts of Lantian's troops? On the one hand, Li Guoying led 5,000 troops to reinforce Tongguan and hold on, while on the other hand, Nikan led 50,000 troops to intercept and kill Li Wenlong. At the same time, he asked Dorgon for help regarding the situation in Guanzhong.

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Wanjun led his troops to fight out from the Ziwu Valley and raided Zhouzhi County. After learning about the battle situation between the East Route Army and the Middle Route Army, he led his troops to Xi'an City without stopping.

The city of Xi'an was called Chang'an in ancient times and was renamed Xi'an during the Hongwu period of the Ming Dynasty. Due to its extremely important geographical location, the Ming Dynasty built the Xi'an City Wall on a large scale. The entire city wall was 12 meters high and 18 meters wide, and was surrounded by a moat of nearly 50 meters.

Historical records show that in the 16th year of Chongzhen, Li Zicheng defeated Sun Chuanting and then went to Xi'an and used gunpowder to blow up the Changle Gate in the east.

Forefathers planted trees for future generations to enjoy the shade. It had only been two years since the Qing troops had occupied Xi'an, so they probably hadn't bothered to rebuild Changle Gate yet. With this idea in mind, Wan Jun led 7,000 soldiers and horses and headed straight for Xi'an City along the Wei River.

The army turned around the south wall and advanced along the east wall.

The towering Xi'an City Wall can be seen as far as the eye can see, standing solemnly beside the moat.

Although the end could not be seen, Wanjun saw something else. A huge thing protruded from the east city wall, which was the east gate of Xi'an City!

Wan Jun almost thought he had seen it wrong, but he confirmed again. On the east wall, there was a huge city gate, moon city, and urn city!

It is indeed the East Gate!

"Damn it!"

Wan Jun cursed in his heart, who the hell wrote this history book, saying that Li Zicheng blew up Changle Gate, and he was trying to kill people.

Getting closer, Wan Jun felt completely cold. He originally wanted to rush into the city through the existing gap in the east, but he deliberately gave up the attack on the west city gate. Unexpectedly, the east city gate, which should have been blown up by theory, was still blocked here.

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All armies are disheartened

Leng, "What should I do now!"

Cui Ziyi smiled at the side and said, "As expected."

"What's the meaning?"

Cui Ziyi said, "Look carefully at the city gate. What's the difference?"

Wanjun looked carefully and saw that the city gates were towering, the moon city, and the urn city were all there. The more he looked at it, the harder it was to attack. What's the difference?

Wan Jun said helplessly, "What's the difference?"

Cui Ziyi asked again, "Where is the building?"

"What building?"

But Wan Jun soon discovered the difference, "Yes, where is Lou?"

Running from the west, although the distance is too far to see the west gate, the south gate can be seen very clearly. There are three towers on the Yongding Gate in the south, a gate tower on the moon city, a main tower and an arrow tower on the inner city and urn city.

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The archery tower towers high on the top of the city, four or five stories high, with more than a dozen small shooting windows on each floor.

Although the city walls of Changle Gate are still there, there are dark ruins on top of the city. Where is the shadow of the building?

Cui Ziyi smiled and said, "I heard that when Li Zicheng entered Xi'an, he was very unhappy when he saw the plaque on Changle Gate. He said, 'There is Changle in Changle. If the emperor is allowed to live in Changle, the people will suffer.' Then he ordered the burning of Changle Gate."

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Wan Jun suddenly realized, "So, Li Zicheng only burned down the tower on Changle Gate, but did not blow up the Changle City Gate."

Cui Ziyi said, "It seems so."

Wan Jun thought for a while, and it was indeed true. Changle Gate has an inner city, an urn city, and a moon city. If you want to use explosives to blow up the city gate, wouldn't it be necessary to blow it up three times? He couldn't help but said, "It's still not well thought out. It seems that I want to blow it up three times."

There’s no point borrowing Li Zicheng’s help!”

Cui Ziyi said, "Don't be anxious, head of state. Think about it, if Li Zicheng didn't blow up the city gate, how did he get into Xi'an City?"

One sentence broke through the fog, and Wan Jun suddenly thought of something, "Then where did he blow up?"

Cui Ziyi said, "Since Li Zicheng didn't bomb Changle Gate, he must have bombed somewhere else, definitely on the east wall."

Wan Jun said, "Let's continue moving forward and look after Changle Gate."

Sure enough, further east from Changle Gate, Wanjun saw from a distance that a large scar seemed to be exposed on the huge gray city wall.

Wan Jun said happily, "It seems that's where it is!"

Everyone ran closer and saw that there was indeed a huge gap in the city wall. Unlike the thick city wall next to it, it was simply blocked with gravel and wooden fences.

However, there was a gap in the city wall, and the Manchus and Qing Dynasties also carried out key defenses here. Only after ten thousand troops led their troops to the moat, the sound of war drums was already heard on the city wall, and dense crowds of people were moving at the top of the city.

Every one hundred and fifty steps on the city wall, there is an enemy tower protruding outside the city wall. The distance between the enemy towers is exactly within the range of the bows and arrows on both sides.

This gap is located near an enemy tower. Thought it would be violently attacked by enemies on the enemy tower, it would still be out of range of the enemy tower on the other side.

Wan Jun used the muskets of two regiments to shoot at the Qing soldiers on the city wall. Three rows of musketeers fired their guns one after another, and the green bricks on the top of the city were scattered with pieces.

The grenadier tactical team bundled dozens of grenades into clusters, lit the fuses and threw them into the simply blocked gap.

There was a loud bang, gravel and wooden fences flew across, and the entire gap collapsed.

As soon as the two regiments who were supposed to be covering saw it, they immediately rushed into the city along the gap, followed by thousands of troops with soldiers and horses, and rushed into the city.

The city wall was originally designed to prevent enemies from entering, but now the Chinese army has entered

In the city, the city wall has lost its function.

The Qing soldiers behind the gap had been dispersed, and the two battalions rushed towards the east gate.

The tower above the east city gate was burned down by fire. The guards saw the enemy coming from inside the city. The city wall had lost its function. Except for some of the Eight Banners who escaped, the rest knelt down and begged to surrender.

However, for Wanjun, there is already a huge gap in Xi'an's city wall, and controlling the city gate is not the most important thing.

Cui Ziyi said anxiously, "Send troops and horses to the old Qin Palace quickly."

The old Qin Palace was built during the Hongwu period of the Ming Dynasty. It is said that Zhu Yuanzhang originally planned to move the capital to Xi'an. The palace was built according to the imperial palace, with internal and external walls. Later, he gave up moving the capital and became the vassal palace of the King of Qin.

When Li Zicheng established the Dashun Dynasty in Xi'an, he converted the old Qin Palace into a royal palace.

After the Qing troops occupied Xi'an, the old Qin Palace was transformed into Mancheng. Han people were not allowed to live in Mancheng, and it was occupied by the Eight Banners garrison.

The Eight Banners who escaped from the east city gate and the Eight Banners who were scattered everywhere fled to the old Qin Palace and defended it with the help of the double city wall.

There was only one gate in the south of the outer city of the old Qin Palace, called Luxing Gate, which was surrounded by three regiments of the Chinese army at this time.

Soon Yongding Gate in the south surrendered, and many Eight Banners soldiers fled to the old Qin Palace. They found that the city gate had been surrounded by Chinese troops and fled elsewhere.

The city of Xi'an is an important town radiating to the northwest. There were originally five thousand eight banners in the city, but three thousand had already gone out with Nikan, and two thousand were distributed in the huge city of Xi'an. At this time, they were at a numerical disadvantage.

There were less than a thousand Manchu and Mongolian Eight Banners left in the palace of the old Qin Dynasty. The remaining Eight Banners soldiers were guarding various city gates. When they received the news that the east gate had been breached, they were in a dilemma.

If we withdraw our support to Manchu City, and only Han people are left at the city gates to be defended, how can we rest assured when the enemy attacks us? But if we do not provide support, the Eight Banners soldiers everywhere will only be in the hundreds, and they will have to be defeated one by one.

Compared with the plight of the Manchu soldiers, Wanjun was even more anxious. Time was not on the side of the Chinese army. They had to conquer the Old Qin Palace as soon as possible and eliminate the Eight Banners in the city. Only then could they have a chance to surrender the prisoners in the city and deploy troops and horses to guard the city walls and defend the city.

Qing troops returning for reinforcements.

If the Qi soldiers are old and the Nikan troops fight back to Xi'an City, their journey will be in danger.

Hauge was sitting in the palace of the old Qin Prince. Although the situation was urgent, Hauge was not panicking. Although he had few troops and horses at his disposal, he only had to guard the Luxing Gate, which seemed to be quite manageable.

By now, the news of the fierce battle in Xi'an City must have spread. When the Nikan tribe learned the news, they gave up intercepting and killing Li Wenlong's tribe and returned to Xi'an City for two days at most.

At that time, as long as the whole city holds firm and is attacked from inside and outside, the Chinese army in the city will be dead. There is no chance of counting on Li Wenlong's 30,000 people.

The only way is to seize the whole city before the Nikan troops return to the army, and guard the wall with 7,000 soldiers and horses waiting for reinforcements, and then let Li Wenlong's troops contain the Ni Kan, and wait until the East Route Army defeats Tongguan, or the West Route Army Yang Zhan's troops and horses kill them.

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At the south gate of the old Qin Palace, Wan Jun personally directed the attack on the city. The two armies fought fiercely until dark.

Early the next morning, in the morning light, the two armies started fighting again.

The Manchus and Qing Dynasties guarded the city wall and fired at the Chinese army from a high position. The Manchu and Mongolian Eight Banners bows and arrows were very good. Every arrow went straight to the front of the Chinese army, and they fell to the ground and died after being hit by the arrow.

The grenadiers tried to get closer to attack, but they could hardly break through the first ten steps of the city gate. The Chinese army's casualties continued to increase, but the city gate still could not be broken through.
Chapter completed!