Nanming Engineer

Chapter 245 Battle in Hanzhong ([-])
Hearing this, Aobai clasped his hands and said, "This servant is willing to relieve the prince's worries and send troops to Hanzhong to find traces of the Ming army and eradicate this group of Nanman!"

Ao Baigui is the guardian of the army Angbang Ezhen, a nobleman second only to the banner owner, and holds a heavy army. He can be regarded as the last person with real power. He has a high position and is loyal to the descendants of Huang Taiji.In the struggle for the throne after Huang Taiji's death, if he hadn't led the troops to surround the Chongzheng Hall where Daishan presides over the nobles of the banners to discuss the throne together with the two yellow banner generals Sony and Tan Tai who supported Hauge, and in the hall meeting Roaring with the sword, he used force to frighten Dorgon, forcing him to give up his idea of ​​being an emperor. I am afraid that the grass on Haoge's grave will be tall at this time.

Just because Oboi and Hauge are too important, they are great gods that cannot be tampered with, so when Oboi wanted to lead the army to fight, Hauge immediately refused.

"Impossible! Commander Ao is brave and unparalleled, and he will advance and retreat with the king. There are only a few thousand southern barbarians in the area, and they are insignificant. Let Maraxi deal with it." Hauge said.

"My lord is right. The Ming army in Hanzhong is just a clown, and the general who leads the army, Wang Huan, is just a newly promoted general of Kuizhou. He is young and unknown. Tu Ge is careless. , Malaxi has experienced hundreds of battles and led an army of tens of thousands of people, so he will definitely not lose anything." Zhenzhun Pagoda of Zhenghuang Banner Gushan Echoed loudly: "My servant thinks that the most urgent task is to overcome the dangerous pass of Jianmen as soon as possible, Take Chengdu."

As soon as these words came out, everyone in the tent became anxious again. Zhunta was right. The sudden appearance of thousands of Ming troops in Hanzhong is not scary, and the possibility of food roads being cut off is extremely small. In Hanzhong, it will be a matter of time before the Ming army is wiped out. The real big event is the positive Jiange.

It has been more than half a year since Hauge led the troops out of Beijing. Although he had won the Hanzhong area and killed Zhang Xianzhong, Sichuan had not yet been captured, and Chengdu, an important city in central Sichuan, was still in the hands of the Ming army. Ge, Prince Yu Duoduo and others smashed Li Zicheng in a destructive manner. Compared with the outstanding martial arts of the Nanming army, it is really not satisfactory. If the progress is not accelerated and the entire Shuzhong is taken as soon as possible, I am afraid that Beijing will stare at Haoge's backbone to find the wrong regent. Wang, you will definitely not be merciful.

Thinking of this, the brows of all the generals in the tent frowned even tighter. Everyone was deeply imprinted with the two yellow flags. One is prosperous and the other is damaged. If Hauge loses in this life-and-death battle, everyone Life will not be easy in the future.

Everyone's eyes were extremely unkind and aimed at Su Le, who was sitting as immobile as Mount Tai, just like the two yellow flags on their bodies, Su Le sent by Dorgon also carried a mark in their eyes. The official who bears the imprint of two white flags, and who also proudly declares in advance that he is here to record mistakes and omissions, is obviously a spy who finds fault.

The old god Su Le was there, his young but extremely calm eyes were slightly closed, as if he was unaware of the fierce gazes shooting from all around, and he sat upright as if he was in a trance.

Hauge also gave Su Le a weird look, turned his head back and said in a deep voice: "The plank road has been repaired in the past few days, and it can finally go straight to the sword gate. King Pingxi has done a good job in this matter, and the Han army has made great contributions. It should be noted."

Wu Sangui raised his head flattered and agreed loudly: "The general will be frightened!" He lowered his head again.

Haoge waved his hand and said, "Get up, everyone. The king got angry just now, but it's not because of you. You all got up and stood up to talk."

Everyone, as if they had been pardoned, thanked loudly together, stood up, and separated the two sides.

Hauge continued: "The road has been repaired, but this Jianmen Pass is in trouble. I have never seen the dangers of this pass in my life. It is indeed worthy of the title of the first pass in the world. In the past few days, our army has lost troops and generals, and we have not been able to pass the pass." We haven’t even touched the city yet, if you have any clever ideas to overcome the barrier, please tell us.”

The generals who stood up looked at each other with helplessness in each other's eyes.

Wu Sangui was praised, happy in his heart, and determined to show his loyalty again, so he took a step forward, cupped his hands and raised his voice: "My lord, Jianmen Xiongguan has been like this since ancient times. Sangui is familiar with history books. In all dynasties, there have been famous generals like shuttles, but never Someone was able to break through the Jianmen pass from the front, which shows that this pass is not an ordinary pass at all. In the next few days, I will go to the pass to observe it personally, and I will be shocked to find that the pass is difficult and dangerous. If you want to attack, you must attack upwards, which is a big taboo for military strategists. Moreover, the valley is narrow, and there are high mountains on both sides, which cannot be climbed. Climb, the guards of the Ming army only need a few people, condescending to shoot arrows and stones, one man will guard the gate and ten thousand will not be opened."

Hearing this, Aobai raised his thick eyebrows, and said displeasedly: "So, this sword gate can't be broken?"

Wu Sangui hurriedly cupped his hands in the direction of Oboi, and said: "No, if so, then those who have established a state in Shu for thousands of years will be invincible, but there is no one who has not been destroyed, why? The last general It seems that they are just detours to break through the gate. The last time Jianmen was breached was when Fu Youde, the founding father of the Ming Dynasty, made a detour to the back of Jianmen from Yinping Road to break through, so Li Guohan was extremely correct in taking Yinping Road."

Hauge grinned, dissatisfied and said: "You also heard that Li Guohan's body was used by the Ming army to trick the gate of Hanzhong City. Let's go around."

But Wu Sangui laughed, he took another step forward, and said to Haoge: "My lord, have you forgotten that when I was outside the Liaodong Pass in the Qing Dynasty, all the fortified cities and giants in the Ming court were pulled out one by one. Jinzhou, the city wall is so thick, it has been breached in front of the Qing army."

Hauge's eyes lit up, and he blurted out, "You mean, cannon in red?"

With a smile on the corner of Wu Sangui's mouth, he said as if asking for credit: "Exactly! My lord, the last general on this trip, accompanied the army with five red cannons, which were originally used to besiege the big city of Chengdu. Since this sword pavilion dares to shake trees, Block my army, use it to establish the might of our Qing army, and let the soldiers and people in central Sichuan see the power of the red cannon!"

Hauge laughed and said joyfully, "Good! Good! Good! A cannon in red clothes, once fired, the Ming army will be smashed! King Pingxi, if the Jiange breaks through, you will be the first!"

Wu Sangui's face was full of ecstasy, and everyone in the tent was also very happy. It turns out that there are red cannons accompanying the army, but now it is much easier. Everyone has seen the power of red cannons. The sound of the cannons is like thunder in summer. The ground trembled when it was fired, and the shell hit the city wall, and a single shot made a gap. No matter how strong the fortified city was, it would be like paper in front of the red cannon.

But there are also sober people, such as Su Le.

Just when everyone was happy, Su Le spoke. He asked Wu Sangui lightly: "The plank road in the middle of Shu is very dangerous. Where is your red cannon now? How to transport it in?"

Wu Sangui was taken aback for a moment, he really hadn't had time to think about this question.

He was eager to do meritorious service just now, and when he thought about it, he said that as for the transportation problem, it was indeed a bit tricky, and he answered, "Well, the red cannon of the last general is still in the city of Xi'an. Because of the majesty of the prince, the march is smooth, and no city can be conquered. The transportation of the red cannon is not easy, so we didn’t start the shipment in advance, but it doesn’t matter, we will send people to Xi’an immediately, and it will arrive in Guangyuan in less than a month.”

Su Le stared into his eyes and asked, "One month? The red cannon weighs four thousand catties each and is one foot long. There are many dangerous bridges in the middle of the Shu road from Hanzhong to here. If it is not strengthened and widened, Your cannon will definitely not make it through, how can you do it in a month?"

Wu Sangui was dumbfounded. Su Le's words were very professional and reasonable, and he couldn't refute them. It was true. To let the cannons in red come in, they needed to reinforce the plank road along the way in advance. It would take a lot of manpower to build the road. not enough.

All the generals in the tent were surprised when they heard the words, and they all whispered to each other, thinking that what Su Le said was right, to transport artillery into Sichuan, the road must be repaired before it can be transported.Even Hauge and Aobai nodded their heads and thought it was reasonable.

Seeing Wu Sangui being asked, Su Le smiled, stood up and said to Hauge: "But King Pingxi is right, if you want to break through Jianmen Pass, the only way is to use the red cannon, otherwise I will waste my time." Life is also useless in the war.”

He walked up to Hauge, knelt down on both knees, and said in a loud voice: "The servant is willing to lead the soldiers, drive out the slaves, transport artillery into Sichuan for King Pingxi, rush to repair the plank road in Hanzhong, and strive to break through the dangerous pass of Jianmen as soon as possible!"

Hauge stared, stunned.

All the generals were silent, no one spoke, everyone looked at Su Le who was kneeling on the ground in disbelief, and almost forgot to breathe.

Sule is going to build roads?

Why?This is the question that popped into Hauge and Obai's minds.

In order to prevent this man from Dorgon from doing meritorious service, Hauge has been refusing to let Su Le lead the army and take him with him, not giving him a single soldier, and even giving him only ten guards, just because he is afraid of giving up the truth.

Now he wanted to build the road, Hauge immediately became vigilant, what would Su Le do?
But after thinking about it for a while, Hauge calmed down again. Now that his army is behind Hanzhong, except for the thousands of Ming troops wandering around, there are no enemy troops. He Zhen's rebel army is far away in Ankang, and Su Le wants to kill the enemy. There is no way out for military merits, and the road construction is all about paving troops, and the combat power is limited. It is a bit embarrassing to use it to fight against the Ming army. In this case, how about letting him do the hard work of road construction?It doesn't matter if this guy is not around, out of sight and out of mind.

So he smiled kindly, looked at Su Le and said: "Okay, since you have this intention, there is no point in stopping you. I will give you five thousand soldiers and ten thousand Nanman slaves to seize the opportunity for King Pingxi's cannon." Before entering Sichuan, rush to repair the plank road without delay!"

Sullerton raised his voice and responded: "Slave, I obey!"

Hauge looked at Ao Bai with a smile on his face, and Ao Boi also smiled and nodded slightly without being noticed, indicating that there is no problem in doing so, Su Le is going to build the road, so let him do it.

The two looked at each other and laughed, causing all the generals in the tent to laugh too. Wu Sangui laughed the most. He thought that Hauge was so happy because he had hope of breaking the barrier.

Amidst the laughter, no one saw that Su Le's drooping face was full of murderous intent, those dark eyes were bloodshot with hatred, and his handsome face became extremely ferocious. .

In his mouth, he whispered a word: "Wang Huan! I finally found you!"

(End of this chapter)