Niulan Pass, located in the middle of Qiyao Mountain, is very important. It is a key pass from Shizhou Guard to Wanzhou and Shizhu. Once it is breached, 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 has an advantage when facing the Shizhou Army and the Yungui Sichuan Army. It is on the strategic offensive and does not need to consider too much defense.

The battle ranking of the Ming army is now like this. The strongest is the Guards, followed by the New Army, then the vassal army in the north, then the vassal army in the south, and finally the local soldiers.

The combat effectiveness of the Shun Army was weaker than that of the Ming Army's northern vassal town army, but significantly stronger than that of 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 Dashunfu army could not defeat Wu Sangui's Anxi army and Hexi army. Occasionally, he would win at great cost.

cost.

But on the front facing Yunguichuan and Shizhouwei, the Dashun Army had an easier time. Although they never succeeded in attacking Shizhouwei, the battle loss ratio was not ugly, and they could steal a lot every time.

Things go back.

The Dashun Army's attack on Zunyi Prefecture was repeatedly blocked by Hailongdun. Hailongdun was located to the north of Zunyi Prefecture. It was originally the base city of the Yang family chieftain in Bozhou. It was seriously damaged in the Battle of Bozhou during the Wanli Period, and was later abandoned by Ma Shiying.

After arriving in Chengdu and retreating to Zunyi, they asked Emperor Zhu for a sum of money to rebuild Hailongdun as the residence of the Xichuan Army's Jiedushi Department.

Dashun's army's siege capability was relatively weak, and it was of course powerless 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 Mansion, they were even more on the defensive. The troops guarding Qujing were the Changzheng Mansion soldiers who ranked first in the Dashun imperial camp in terms of combat effectiveness. They were simply not something that the Yunnan-Guizhou army could defeat.

However, the Dashun Army's confidence on the southern front disappeared in the first year of Daxing in Dongping.

Dashun, who was in charge of military affairs in Chongqing, Kuizhou, Luzhou, Xuzhou and other places, stayed behind in Chongqing. From the beginning of the year, Sui Wang Tian Jianxiu launched a massacre of civil servants 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, Yong'an Fort, Kuizhou Fucheng, Luzhou City, Yibin City and other important cities stocked up on grain. The grain was of course collected from the working people to prepare for long-term resistance.

In addition, all the military households in the four prefectures were ordered to begin transferring the elderly, weak and property to Chongqing, Yongan, Luzhou and Yibin.

Li Jinxue, who was arrested outside Shizhu City at the beginning of the year for "criminal conspiracy," was not sent to Burma for the time being because of Tian Jianxiu's order. Instead, he was sent to work as a coolie at the Niulan 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! He is willing to die. To be honest, he might as well go to Burma! There are few Han people in Burma, and even an exiled criminal can do it.

With a civilian identity, he can 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.

But on the front line of Niulangguan, he, like other criminals, had to do the hardest work and eat the worst food. He would die from exhaustion when he died!

After working for more than a month, Li Jinxue, who was originally relatively strong, has now lost his shape. He doesn’t want 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. He just wants to be able to do it before he dies.

Eat to your heart's content. You don't need white rice or vegetables. You can have a delicious meal and close your eyes even if you die.

But this little dream is ultimately impossible to achieve, because the food supply in Chongqing Prefecture and Kuizhou Prefecture is getting increasingly tight. Even the serving civil servants are starting to starve, not to mention the criminals?

On this day, when he and a group of fellow villagers who were still able to move carried large logs to the top of Niulanguan Pass, they suddenly heard a loud song to welcome King Chuang.

"Eat his mother, eat 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. The morning seeks promotion, the evening seeks union, it is difficult for poor people to survive these days. Open the door early to pay respects to King Chuang, and the pipes will scream

Joy to both the great and the small”

The servants and criminals who were busy working at the cattle pen were stunned. What was going on? Although they couldn't understand the lyrics clearly, they still welcomed King Chuang, and they also heard the two words "King Chuang".

Is there still anyone who wants to meet 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 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 a lot. The soldiers guarding the city gate heard the civil servants talking and did not stop them. Instead, they 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!"

Are there such stupid rebels?

Li Jinxue's heart dropped. He was now counting on the soldiers from tomorrow 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? They are running to Dashun. What are they doing here? Serving as government soldiers? Is there any land that can be divided? Now there are many

None of the children of the government soldiers can be soldiers. Even if they collect 40 shi of land coupons, they can only get an identity first. There is no way to grant land to serve. Without land, they cannot serve. They can only join the Long March Army and eat them at home.

Can these outsiders still be granted farmland?

Li Jinxue also squeezed to the crenellations of the city wall and looked down. Originally, Dashun's soldiers were staring at him. Now, because of the rebels in the Ming Dynasty, those soldiers also came to watch the fun, so he could take a breather.

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He saw that the gate of the city gate below had been opened, and a large group of cavalrymen on Sichuan horses were surrounding a man who looked like a general riding a tall horse, Tian Jianxiu, swaggering out of the city.

The rebels who were marching outside the city stopped. The leader, a dozen knights, came to meet 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 to signal the knight to mount his horse, and then they came together to the city gate. The large group of people who had paused also continued to move forward, singing a song to welcome King Chuang, majestic

Swinging in, I 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 rebels marching in in a mighty manner.

Suddenly, he saw two to three hundred soldiers walking in front of the team pulling out short rifles from nowhere! Two for each person, it seemed to be a flintlock rifle!

What's going on? Why did you pull out the gun?

Boom! Boom! Boom

Before Li Jinxue could react, he heard a burst of gunfire. In the smoke, he vaguely saw the general and the knight walking at the front of the team, as well as the people surrounding them, all fell from their horses.

The Dashun soldiers who were 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’s 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 will be victorious!"

Just when he took the lead in shouting, the "Master Wangs" who had finished shooting all drew out their swords and began to engage in melee combat. The "Master Kings" who were following them also drew out their flintlock pistols, swords, and pistols.

With a sword in hand, he started to charge towards the city head along the horse path of the city gate.
Chapter completed!