Yu Tianyou looked at the new Hangu Pass in front of him. This was no longer the famous Hangu Pass from the pre-Qin period.
Hangu New Pass is a new pass that was moved 150 miles eastward after Hangu Pass was abandoned.
It is no longer an important pass, and the Ming army generals who defend the city are just an unknown garrison.
But this new pass in Hangu guards the road to Luoyang.
Yu Tianyou must break through this new Hangu Pass so that the Fourth Army can occupy Luoyang.
He looked at Hangu New Pass in front of him, his eyes full of passion.
He had never competed with Han Shuliang at first. He originally thought that this would be the opening battle for King Qin to unify the world.
Without the opportunity for Yu Tianyou to perform, King Qin suddenly adjusted his battle plan.
Let him have this opportunity to show his abilities.
As long as he seizes this opportunity, he can have the King of Qin and the top brass of the Qin Army write down his name as Yu Tianyou.
Lu Xiaoqiu became a military commander, which made all mid-level officers work harder.
This incident showed everyone that the promotion of the Qin army depends primarily on military merit, not the seniority and connections of the officers.
"Are you ready?"
Yu Tianyou saw Lei Dapao, the commander of the artillery regiment.
Lei Dapao pointed to the artillery position that had been arranged and said: "Division Commander, in order to move on as quickly as possible, we have abandoned all our heavy artillery.
75 artillery piece, machine gun and one-person rocket launcher that can be carried with only four soldiers.
Who said you can't siege a city without artillery? We will use rocket engineering now."
After Lei Dapao finished speaking, he sighed.
"It would be nice if there were a lot of hot air balloons and bombs.
The small Hangu Pass cannot withstand the bombing of hot air balloons.
Wuzhou, an important military town, was bombed by hot-air balloons, causing the Ming army in the city to collapse."
Yu Tianyou waved his hand and said: "There is really no way, the bomb is very powerful, but it is too heavy.
We were marching quickly and the ammunition we could carry was limited, so we could only carry light but powerful weapons.
Your artillery regiment is ready, then start attacking Hangu New Pass.
The rockets are not very stable, you have achieved certain results, and I am directing the soldiers to attack the city."
Yu Tianyou understands the situation of rockets. This kind of thing has a farther range than artillery, but it has never become a mainstream firearm in the military.
Because rockets are unstable, firing them can only ensure that most of the rockets will land within a rough range.
Some rockets have no idea where they will fly.
In actual combat, Yu Tianyou had seen rockets fly back into the Qin army's formation after being launched, causing huge casualties.
This is also the reason why many artillerymen are unwilling to use rockets.
Even if it flies to the enemy's formation, the impact point of the rocket cannot be controlled.
The Qin army is now able to achieve coordinated artillery operations.
When the artillery was attacking the city, they saw that the Qin soldiers had climbed onto the city wall, so they extended the artillery fire.
Rockets cannot be operated at all, such a delicate operation.
Yu Tianyou could only wait until the rockets exploded wildly.
At the new gate of Hangu, the Ming army was blown to pieces by rocket bombs.
He sent soldiers to take the opportunity to climb the city wall and seize this not-so-important pass.
The artillery regiment got the order and they started firing rockets.
Single-person rockets are relatively small rockets that can be carried by one person.
It's not like people carrying rockets and firing them at the target.
Today's rocket technology is very immature, and no one dares to carry it on their shoulders.
They used wooden frames to set up rockets.
Lei Cannon used trigonometric functions and parabola principles to adjust the elevation angle of each rocket.
"emission."
He gave an order, and the artillerymen pulled down the ropes of the rockets.
Hundreds of rockets soared into the sky.
A small number of rockets accurately landed near the Xinguan city wall in Hangu.
This time there were no rockets coming back, but there were a lot of deflections.
The rocket uses a delay fuse, not a collision fuse.
All rockets exploded almost at the same time.
The rockets that landed on the city wall exploded with yellow gunpowder inside, instantly destroying the Ming army's defenses.
Rockets, a powerful weapon, scared the Ming army to pieces when they saw rockets for the first time.
They no longer dared to stand on the wall, and the surviving Ming troops all ran down the city.
Yu Tianyou used a telescope to see the situation clearly.
He immediately asked the soldiers of the Third Division to charge.
The soldiers of the third division carried ladders and began to attack the city towards Hangu New Pass.
The soldiers climbed up the ladder to a position near the city wall.
They took out the grenade and pulled the fuse of the grenade.
He immediately threw the grenade with white smoke over the city wall.
The banging bangs of grenades kept ringing out.
At the same time, the screams of the Ming army rang out from the top of the city.
The soldiers of the Qin army quickly jumped forward and jumped directly to the top of the city.
They took out their revolvers, held the guns with both hands, and when they saw an enemy, they immediately pulled the trigger.
When Yu Tianyou saw the soldiers under his command, he just launched an attack and directly planted the military flag on the top of Hangu Xinguan.
"This is really great. It only took us half a day to capture Hangu Pass. This will give us more time to capture Luoyang."
Yu Tianyou left behind a regiment of soldiers to control Hangu Pass.
He took the main force and headed straight for Luoyang City, ignoring Xin'an County next to it and handing it over to the friendly forces behind him.
Yu Tianyou's third division was only ten miles away from Luoyang City, and he received an order from the military headquarters.
The Military Ministry received news from the Military Intelligence Bureau that there were less than 3,000 Ming Military Guard households left in Luoyang City.
The Tianxiong army in Luoyang City has been wiped out by the Ming army.
The Third Division ignored Luoyang City and marched as fast as possible to the bank of the Yellow River as soon as possible.
Yu Tianyou thought that there were only three thousand old, weak, sick and disabled Ming troops in Luoyang City, and they did not dare to leave the city at all.
Following the news from the military headquarters, he marched quickly on the official road, quickly crossed Luoyang City, and rushed along the official road to the Yellow River north of Luoyang.
Yu Tianyou set out westward along the Yellow River, and they attacked Mengjin County from the west.
He sent troops to inquire about the nearby people and Ming troops, and learned that no large Ming army had passed through.
The main force of the Ming army led by Lu Xiangsheng and Sun Chuanting was still in Mengjin County.
Yu Tianyou climbed up the Yellow River and sat down on the grass on the bank of the Yellow River.
"The Yellow River here in Henan is really strange. Rivers in other places are lower than the ground.
The Yellow River here in Henan is much higher than the ground, and we think the Yellow River will have to climb up."
Luo Zhe, chief of staff of the Third Division, looked at the hanging river on the ground and said:
"The Yellow River here in Henan has always looked like this.
Kaifeng, the capital of Henan, has been flooded many times.
The historical city of Kaifeng had long been submerged several meters underground.
The sediment in the Yellow River is so large that it accumulates over time, turning it into a suspended river above the ground."
Yu Tianyou asked: "Chief of Staff Luo, you know so much.
Did the military department tell us how to notify the king's army when we arrived at the Yellow River?
We definitely can’t use carrier pigeons. We are all on the march and the carrier pigeons can’t find a place in the army.”
Luo Zhe looked at the frozen Yellow River.
"Send troops down to test the Yellow River. The weather is so cold now. Let's see if the Yellow River is frozen solid and whether it can bear the weight of the soldiers.
As long as the Yellow River freezes solidly, we can use ice trucks to follow the Yellow River and quickly notify King Qin's central army.
Otherwise, we can only make a big circle and ride a fast horse to inform."
Yu Tianyou ordered: "Then prepare with both hands. We will send messengers to inform the military headquarters, and let the military headquarters find a way to notify King Qin's central army.
At the same time, we sent people to check whether the Yellow River was frozen solid, and sent flexible messengers and ice skates along the Yellow River to see if they could pass the news to the Chinese army."
The messenger rode on horseback and rushed quickly to the headquarters of the Fourth Army.
Luo Zhe led people to observe the degree of freezing of the Yellow River and learned that the Yellow River now has a strong carrying capacity, at least it can bear the weight of people.
He selected a few soldiers with light bodies and coordinated hands and feet, and asked them to carry encrypted documents on their backs, skate on the Yellow River, and look west for the Qin Army's central camp.
A total of two squads of soldiers were dispatched and asked to act in batches to ensure that the information could be accurately sent to the Chinese army camp.
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Wang Shiyuan stood beside Su He and reported the situation of each army.
"The news from the Fourth Army was that after Tianyou's troops captured Hangu Xinguan, they ignored Xin'an County and Luoyang City and headed straight for the Yellow River.
The Fourth Army has sent Su Yanyan and Han Shuliang to besiege Xin'an County and Luoyang City.
The Fourth Army has occupied Xin'an County. The resistance in Luoyang City is extremely fierce and has not been captured yet.
Commander Li Dazhuang of the Seventh Army sent word that they had arrived near Mengjin County and were fighting against the Ming army in Mengjin County.
These Ming troops were very powerful. They also used flintlock guns and had a strong will to fight.
The Seventh Army defeated this Ming army and learned that they belonged to the Guan Ning Army.
We also learned some information from their mouths.
The main forces of the Ming Army's Tianxiong Army and Guan Ning Army are still in Mengjin County.
The king of Chuang Li Zicheng has been surrounded in Mengjin County.
After a long siege, the Ming army consumed most of the gunpowder of the Chu army.
The Ming army is about to launch a general offensive in the near future and is likely to capture Mengjin County."
Su He looked at the map and drew the locations of each army.
"Very good. As long as the Fourth Army can block the Yellow River, we will form a large encirclement and the Ming Army will never be able to escape."
Su Changsheng approached the camp and immediately reported: "Your Majesty, we have received the latest news that the Tianxiong Army and Guan Ning Army launched a general attack on Mengjin County yesterday.
The Chuang army ran out of gunpowder, and the Ming army had already invaded Mengjin County.
The Ming army completely wiped out the rebel army in Mengjin County, captured the rebel king Li Zicheng alive, and was preparing to take Li Zicheng to the capital.
They are celebrating their victory in the city now."
Su He pulled out the black flag representing Li Zicheng on the sand table.
"The king of Chuang, Li Zicheng, has a bad fate. If he persists for a while, he will be able to wait for our support.
But Chuang Wang Li Zizheng's reputation is well-deserved, and the Chuang army is also very powerful.
They dragged the Ming army into Mengjin County and held on for such a long time, giving us the opportunity to encircle and annihilate the Ming army."
Su Hu walked into Su He's tent with a face of surprise.
"Your Majesty, it's a happy event, a great event.
Our soldiers were patrolling by the Yellow River and found the messenger of the Fourth Army Yu Tianyou.
They slid along the Yellow River on an ice cart.
The messenger brought good news. Yu Tianyou's troops have arrived at the Yellow River and are attacking westward along the Yellow River."
Su He immediately summoned the messengers and asked them about the situation of Yu Tianyou Department.
After Su He understood the situation, he said in surprise:
“The mantis stalks the cicada, but the oriole follows behind.
The Ming Dynasty eliminated Li Zicheng, the king of Chuang.
Now the Fourth Army has blocked the Ming army's escape route, and our encirclement has been formed.
We can launch a general attack."
The order for the general attack on Suhe was issued, and the Qin army immediately mobilized quickly.
Li Dazhuang received the order for the general offensive. With a smile on his face, he immediately asked the Seventh Army to launch a powerful offensive against the Ming army around Mengjin County and clear out all Ming army strongholds outside Mengjin County.
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In Mengjin County, all the smiles about wiping out the rebels disappeared, and the Ming army looked sad.
Lu Xiangsheng and Sun Chuanting looked at each other.
Lu Xiangsheng frowned and asked, "Has the news been confirmed? The main force of thieves in yellow is here.
The thief in yellow has been in action for a long time, why did we only get the news now?"
"Sir, it has now been confirmed that the main force of the yellow-robed thieves set out from Tongguan and marched eastwards with an army of nearly 200,000 people.
The leader of the army is King Qin Su He, who is definitely the main force of the yellow-robed thieves.
The thieves in yellow marched too fast, and many cities were only besieged but not attacked.
The vanguard went straight to Mengjin County.
The retreating army did not dare to take the official road, but only dared to take the small road.
When our army received the news, the army of thieves in yellow had already arrived near Mengjin County."
Lu Xiangsheng learned that the news was absolutely true, and he also regretted that Tianxiong Army did not make corresponding preparations.
The thieves in yellow have been mobilizing their military strength frequently during this period.
Jinyiwei had already informed that the yellow-robed thief in Tongguan was in an unusual situation.
He originally thought that the thieves in yellow would attack in the spring.
He took advantage of the arrival of winter to eliminate the rebel thief Li Zicheng, and then made corresponding preparations to resist the yellow thief.
The Tianxiong Army must devote all its energy to exterminating the rebels.
The Tianxiong Army did not have the ability to fight on two fronts. While resisting the yellow-robed thieves, they could also eliminate the rebel traitor Li Zicheng.
Sun Chuanting had received news that the Guan Ning army in the west had retreated.
"We are in the small town of Mengjin County, facing the main attack of the thieves in yellow.
As long as they send heavy troops to blockade Mengjin County like we did before.
We have no way to get supplies from the outside world, and we won't be able to hold on for long if we rely solely on this small town.
Our army should retreat as soon as possible, to Luoyang or Kaifeng.
The thieves in yellow are too powerful, so they can only rely on the big city to defend the city, and rely on the strong foundation of the Ming Dynasty to slowly consume the strength of the thieves in yellow."
Lu Xiangsheng nodded and said: "The thieves in yellow are too powerful, but their background is not deep.
As long as all their elite soldiers are used up, the thieves in yellow will be defeated.
Inform the generals in the city that we are preparing to withdraw from Mengjin County. All the prisoners of the invading army will be killed. We cannot leave them to the thieves in yellow.
Li Zicheng was only loaded on the prison truck and has not been transported out yet.
Li Zicheng and other high-ranking generals of the Breakthrough Army cannot keep any of them, so we will take their heads to receive the reward."
The Ming army in Mengjin County immediately took action. They beheaded all the captured Chuang troops, including Chuang King Li Zicheng and others.
Their heads were wrapped in lime and placed in special boxes.
Lu Xiangsheng and Sun Chuanting were preparing to evacuate Mengjin County when they received bad news.
Sun Chuanting yelled out of control: "What did you say? An army of thieves in yellow clothes was found in the east, and we have been surrounded."
Lu Xiangsheng reacted immediately and quickly ordered: "Let the Ming army outside the city enter the city quickly, and transport all the baggage into Mengjin County.
We can only rely on this small town to resist the attack of the yellow-robed thieves, and hope that the court can send reinforcements in time."
Tianxiong Army and Guan Ning Army received the order, and they immediately entered Mengjin County with all the baggage of the Ming Army's camp outside the city, preparing to defend Mengjin County.
