Cutting over the end of the Ming Dynasty: a dog-leg knife at the beginning

Chapter 864 I'm Back
Yang Menglong reined in his horse and stood on Taihang Mountain, facing the biting mountain wind, watching the terrain ahead.

Shanxi, the inner and outer rivers and mountains, the majestic and steep Taihang Mountains, Zhongtiao Mountains, Luliang Mountains, Taiyue Mountains... a series of mountain ranges cut it into relatively closed pearl-shaped basins, and famous rivers such as the Yellow River, Jinshui, and Fenhe cut through the mountains. , splitting the mountains with the mighty power of nature, forming river valleys, connecting these pearl-shaped basins in series, making them a complete geographical unit.The steep Taihang Mountain separates Shanxi from Henan and Hebei, but the Creator split eight small Xings on Taihang Mountain with incomparable power, which are the famous Taihang Eight Xings.

The first Xing is Zhiguan Xing, which is the main road from Shanxi to Luoyang.Zhe, Zheguan Xing's last pass is the Tieling Pass in the south of Houma City. The situation is dangerous and it has been a place for soldiers since ancient times.

The second Xing is Taihang Xing.At 35 li northwest of Qinyang City, Henan Province today, it is three steps wide and forty li long.Going south from this point, you can go straight to Hulao Pass, which is one of the key points for competing in the Central Plains.

The third Xing is Baixing, about [-] kilometers east of Lingchuan County, Shanxi Province.According to this, Xing can cross the Yellow River in the south to attack Kaifeng, attack Daming in the east, and see Anyang and Handan in the north. It is an important military place that can be attacked, retreated and defended.

The fourth Xing is Fukou Xing, which is located in Fushan between the south of Wu'an County and Ci County in today's Hebei Province.It is the channel connecting Anyang in northern Henan and Handan in Hebei with Jin.

The fifth pass is Jingxing. Jingxing is the name of the ancient pass, also known as Tumen Pass. It is the key point connecting Shanxi, Hebei and Lu, and its military status is very important.

The sixth Xing is Feihu Xing. It is located in the north of Laiyuan County and the south of Yu County in Hebei Province today.

The seventh pass is Puyin pass on the West Bauhinia Ridge in present-day Yi County, Hebei Province. It has steep peaks and mountains, and is connected to the inner pass of the pass. It is a military key pass to Datong, Shanxi Province.

The eighth Xing is Xing, the capital of the army. It is located in Juyong Mountain in the northwest of Changping County, Beijing today. The throat road outside the Great Wall of Inner Mongolia.

Just from these place names, it is not difficult to feel the precipitous shape of the mountain in the west. Since ancient times, any dynasty wanted to unify China, and Shanxi was a hard nut to crack. If it was fought from east to west, there was very little success. Instead, they fought from west to east, attacking from all directions along the Eight Paths of Taihang, and they were extremely powerful. For example, the Great Qin, Great Han, and Great Tang all gathered their strength in Shaanxi, took Shanxi as a springboard to take down the North China Plain, and then attacked southward with the momentum of Mount Tai. , Unified China in one fell swoop, but the Song Dynasty failed to follow this line, so the unification was extremely difficult, like walking on thin ice.At the end of the two Song and one dynasties, they failed to open up territories like the Qin, Han, Sui and Tang dynasties and cut across the Great Wall, but were passively beaten year after year.Shanxi is such a terrain. It is difficult to fight from east to west, and it is also difficult to fight from west to east. More than 2000 years ago, Qin State fought hard in Shanxi for hundreds of years in order to open the road to the Central Plains. In the end, hundreds of thousands of troops In the Changping battlefield, more than half of the casualties were killed, and this hard bone was completely gnawed.This shows how tough Shanxi is!

However, no matter how dangerous a fortress is that is easy to defend and difficult to attack, someone must defend it. Now...

He shook his head as he watched a large number of broken soldiers fleeing all over the mountains wrapped in civilians.Now that most of Shanxi has been disarmed, only the Tianxiong Army and a little Mongolian cavalry are still resisting, but that force is only enough to keep the Datong Basin, Puyinxing, Feihujing, and Junduxing, and prevent the Mongolian cavalry from copying. They cut off their retreat and all Xing troops entered Hebei to intimidate Beijing. As for the vast area from Jingxing to Zheguanxing, they were powerless.And the armies in various places in Shanxi don't know what the hell they are doing. They either collapse in hope of dust or surrender in hope of the wind. Let the Mongolian army rampage, attacking cities and looting land, as if entering a land without people!Unless the Tianxiong army can free up their hands, otherwise, it is a dream to rely on these cowards to block the Mongolian army!
The mountain wind blew over, and it was surprisingly cold, from the chest to the back.Yang Menglong shivered several times in a row. He still had a fever and couldn't bear the cold, but the situation in Shanxi was critical. He could only drag his sick body and set off to Yangquan in the wind and snow, hoping to block the big hole.It's just that all the way, his condition got worse.Seeing this, the red lady took off her cloak and put it on him, and asked with some distress: "Do you want to continue on your way?"

Yang Menglong coughed and said, "We must reach Yangquan as soon as possible."

The red lady said: "But now Taiyuan has been lost, and the whole of Shanxi cannot be saved. Yangquan is only more than [-] miles away from Taiyuan, and the Tatar cavalry can kill it in a day and night. What's the use of having so many of our people there?"

Yang Menglong coughed even harder: "Ahem...you must...you must keep them out of the Taixing Baxing, otherwise...cough cough...then...there...there is no way to stop them..."

For the current situation, Yang Menglong has his own judgment.Regardless of the cost, the Mongolian cavalry uncharacteristically crossed Shanxi in the cold winter and went straight to the North China Plain. It was never as simple as just grabbing something.After drawing their marching route on the map, and considering the strange situation of the defenders of the various prefectures in Shanxi surrendering without a fight, he came to the conclusion that the Mongolian cavalry's goal was the Daming Road!They endured the biting cold wind and rushed for thousands of miles, and the state capitals either looked forward to the wind, or looked away from the dust, with the same purpose, which was to destroy the tens of thousands of factories on Daimyodo!
Most of these factories were built outside the city without the protection of the city wall, and the main force of the Tianxiong Army was drawn to Xuanda and Liaodong. Only a few militiamen and recruits remained in Damingdao, and their combat power was low. Years of hard work will be put into effect, and the roots of the Tianxiong Army will be broken!
Once the Tianxiong Army is defeated, only the Heluo New Army will be left. At that time, the entire North China will fall, and the Heluo New Army will be forced to face the rolling attacks of iron cavalry from the north on the unobstructed North China Plain. It's not easy to fight back this barbaric torrent!
They must be stopped at Jingxing Pass!

Yang Menglong has already sent someone to find Qin Yiming and Fan Jingwen, telling Qin Yiming to stop thinking about reinforcing Liaodong, and immediately pull the Guanmen Sichuan Army to Jingxing Pass, and at the same time ask Fan Jingwen to mobilize all recruits and militiamen to block Baixing and Fukouxing .As for Henan, he is not worried. The fierce militiamen in the Heluo area are enough to block all attempts by the enemy to spy on Nanyang and Luoyang. All these enemy troops adopt a zero-tolerance attitude. It is a dream for the Mongolian cavalry to cross the mountains and attack the Heluo area.But regarding Fan Jingwen and Qin Yiming, he had no idea. After all, they were not his subordinates. Without the authorization of the court, he was not qualified to command them, so he could only think in a better way.

The red lady knew that he had made up her mind, so she didn't dare to persuade him anymore, so she just said, "Don't ride a horse, I'll get you a carriage."

Yang Menglong waved his hand and said: "The road is full of snow now. It is difficult to ride a horse, let alone drive a car? Don't worry, I can still hold on, so speed up."

The guards opened the way ahead, and this small team moved forward with difficulty along the mountain road.Soon, they encountered a huge wave of refugees. This was a very bad omen, which meant that the enemy army was very close to them—it was common sense that refugees always ran faster than the enemy army.The refugees were exhausted. The woman smeared her face black with pot ashes. The crying of the baby was torn apart by the cold wind. It was extremely miserable. Many people died on the side of the road, and some were still breathing weakly. Some bodies are already stiff, and the further they go, the more corpses there will be on the side of the road.At the beginning, everyone would clean up the dead bodies so as not to block the road. Later, no one had such strength. When they encountered a dead body, they would step over, stumble and continue to move forward. As for where it was safe, no one would Know.Seeing an army approaching, these refugees stepped aside numbly, their eyes were dull, and their faces were expressionless. They had been completely numb from the torture.The guards passed among them with their heads down, not daring to look into their eyes.Although it is not their responsibility that the situation has deteriorated to this point, they, the soldiers, are guilty and ashamed if they cannot defend their home and country.It's that they didn't do a good job, there is nothing to explain.

Yang Menglong saw a woman lying on the side of the road, a six or seven-year-old child lying on top of her and pushing her hard to wake her up, crying so hard that he was in a trance for a while, and went north to the capital seven or eight years ago. The scene that I saw at that time reappeared in front of my eyes.He thought that these tragic things would never happen again, but he didn't expect... He turned over and wanted to get off the horse, but the red lady stopped her and said, "Let me do it." Half a bag of still warm milk wine pried open the woman's teeth and poured it in.The woman swallowed instinctively, making a cooing sound, and it became louder and louder. The scent made more and more people stop, and they looked at the water bag without blinking, and their Adam's apple went up and down. Stirring, eyes green, like a pack of hungry wolves.

Half a bag of milk wine was filled at once, and the woman's pale face finally had a tinge of blood.

Yang Menglong took out three compressed biscuits and handed them to the little girl, saying, "You eat one, and when your mother wakes up, give her two... Live well."

The little girl hugged the three compressed biscuits tightly, knelt on the ground and slammed her head, crying with tears, "Thank you, Mr. Jun! Thank you, Mr. Jun!"

At this time, a middle-aged man dressed as a businessman showed surprise, stared at Yang Menglong, and called out uncertainly: "Champion Hou!?"

Yang Menglong smiled at him: "It's me, Yang Menglong."

The crowd buzzed and exploded. A scholar in his thirties called out, "Is it really you? Are you back?"

Yang Menglong said: "It's me, I'm back."

Several people shouted: "What are you doing here? Where are you going?"

Yang Menglong said: "I'm going to Yangquan and beat those Tartars back!"

The refugees became excited and shouted, "Where is your army? Where is your invincible army?"

Yang Menglong said: "Still behind, I am the forward of the army!"

The refugees became even more excited and almost shed tears: "You'd better leave quickly. The Tatars have already conquered Taiyuan. The officials are so heartbroken that they not only refuse to defend themselves against the enemy, but also help the Tatars fight against their own people! We are considered You see clearly, they just want to kill the Ming Dynasty and you, Su Yihou! You'd better leave quickly and wait until your army comes. Now you are not only unable to stop the Tatars, but also the defeated army. If you don't stop, if you go forward, you will die without a burial place!"

Yang Menglong smiled and rode forward: "I know many people want me to die. Now that I have stood up, I hope they can stand up too. I want to see how capable they are and how much they can take my life." Life!"

The red lady patted the little girl's face with a smile, and said, "Live well and honor your mother!" She got on her horse and followed. More than 100 guards followed Yang Menglong without looking back, and strode westward without looking sideways.Looking at their resolute and determined backs, these tens of thousands of refugees suddenly understood why the Heluo New Army has never been defeated since its founding. No matter how powerful the enemy is in front of them, they can only be defeated and killed!When the building was about to collapse, and countless civil servants and military generals fled and surrendered, Yang Menglong stepped forward and led a hundred people resolutely to the north, before the army blocked the rolling Hulu. Who can beat the army led by the commander? If they are not strong, who is stronger?
Some strong Shanxi men were stunned for a while, and suddenly gritted their teeth and cursed: "Death is death!" Pushing their children into their wives' arms, they picked up the weapons dropped by the defeated soldiers, and strode forward regardless of the pleas of their wives, children, and mothers. chased after.At the beginning, it was one or two, and soon it became a group of people followed.They have had enough, there is nothing they can do without someone taking the lead, and now that someone has set an example, what else do they hesitate to do? It is better to bite those barbarians to death, and die with their chest forward, than to be chased by the barbarians Rolling and crawling, he was trampled to death by a horse in the end!
The red lady looked back and said, "They are following."

Yang Menglong said: "Let them follow, maybe, this battle really depends on them."

All the way to the west, when we met a wave of refugees, Yang Menglong didn't need to speak, the young men who followed behind shouted: "Shanxi children come out! The champion is back, let us follow him and beat the Tartars back, even if we die!" I want to bite those barbarians hard!" Hundreds of Shanxi children knelt on the ground and kowtowed to their parents a few times, picked up the weapons dropped by the defeated soldiers, picked up hatchets, axes, sticks and hammers, Join them and stride westward without looking back.This small army grew like a snowball, and by the time it arrived at Foziling, which was still thirty miles away from Yangquan, it had grown to thousands.

Zhaji Chongweng, who was reconnaissance in the front, came back and reported that a wave of refugees with tens of thousands of people rushed over, and there were thousands of troops behind, unable to move forward.

Yang Menglong pointed at the intersection: "Camp here and stop them! The common people and the routs can be let go, the officials and generals will catch one and chop off one by one, and hang up the heads for me... really think I dare not turn against them!?"

The Heluo new army silently obeyed the order, cut down trees to make a deer village, sealed off the intersection, intercepted the refugees as soon as they came, and let the civilians and rout soldiers pass. Whether it's the magistrate, the magistrate, or the deputy general, it's just a knife when you drag it to the side of the road, and then pick up the head with a bamboo pole.Soon, there were twenty or thirty more heads on the side of the road, bloody dangling on the side of the road, the horror, despair, and regret before dying were all solidified on the face, which was extremely terrifying.

The refugees and the rout soldiers were stunned, and stopped hesitantly.

Yang Menglong stood on the high slope at the intersection. Zhaji rushed to Weng to cut a straight small tree, took out the military flag from his backpack and hung it up. Under the lead clouds, like the iron twilight, a black tiger flag Flying wildly, Yang Menglong pursed his lips and stood standing under the banner, looking at the thick smoke and fire rising high in the distance, his eyes almost burst into thunder and lightning.

Jiannu, Tartars, and those bastards who would not hesitate to let the whole country perish in order to protect their own interests, I am here, you all come here, if there are any other plots, just use them!
(End of this chapter)