the world is at stake

Zhenshuo Pass is the passage for Daming and Jurchen to trade in the border pass. There is no trench under the pass wall, only a doorway.At this moment, the doorway was full of stones and sundries, and it was tightly blocked.

Geertai was surprised, what's the use of rushing up like this alone?Even if I'm exhausted, I can't clear the blocked door.But he didn't dare to stick most of his body out of the crenel, so he could only suppress his doubts, and looked for another opportunity to glance out a few times.

The Xinhua Han people on the opposite side also seem to have learned how to behave. Unless the target appears in a large area and takes a long time, they will not fire if they are not sure, and wait patiently for the opportunity.

As for closing the wall, there was no threat except that the Jurchen archers hid behind the wall and threw arrows.Occasionally, the arrows thrown were completely missed, and all fell on both sides of the mountain road.

After looking at it a few times, Geertai found that the Xinhua Han people who had just rushed up did not stay behind his closed wall for long.He heard the movement, it seemed that someone was crawling in the blocked doorway, and there was the sound of rocks rolling down.

After a while, the man bowed his back again, and ran back with a huff.Even the Han Chinese who were half-squatting and aiming at the wall retreated one by one, and the few who were standing in the distance and aiming at the wall also slipped away.

In the end, there was only a little Han leader left, who poked his head out behind the corner of the mountain road, and shrank back after a while.As if something special was about to happen?

Geertai made sure that all the Han people on the opposite side had left, and finally had the courage to look around after exposing his head to the crenel for a long time.The Jurchen archers inside the closed wall were also curious, they were really brave enough to look at their cattle, so they also looked out from their hiding places.

There is no one on the narrow mountain road, and it is quiet.

What are you doing?Why did you stop playing all of a sudden?

Thinking of the movement under the closed wall just now, Geertai leaned out most of his body to see.But under the closed wall is just a gravel road, which is not different from usual.

only……

There seemed to be some movement and rustling in the door opening.

This sound sounds strange, is there anyone else down here?

Geertai grabbed another gunner of the Han army and shouted viciously: "You, go down and have a look, what's in the doorway?"

"Master, slave..." As soon as the gunner's body softened, he was about to kneel down and beg for mercy.

Geertai stared, "If you dare to say 'no', your head will be cut off immediately." He then shouted to the Jurchen archer beside him: "Tie him with a rope and let him go down."

The gunners of the Han army didn't dare to cry, so they could only resign themselves to their fate.

At the corner of the mountain road tens of meters away, Cui Xiaoer, the platoon leader of the [-]st Battalion and [-]st Company of the Xinhua Expeditionary Army, was getting angry. He asked his squad leader, "Did you light the fuse?"

"It's ordered." The first squad leader was sure.

"How long is the fuse left?"

"5 minutes."

"5 minutes? You bastard, does it take 5 minutes to run back? 2 minutes is enough!"

"Platoon leader, it's the first time to be on the safe side. I'm afraid the fuse will burn too fast. If I blow it up early, I will die."

Cui Xiaoer was so angry that he wished he could beat the squad leader under him.He grabbed the opponent by the neck, "I joined the army gloriously just to make military achievements, honor my ancestors. If you mess up my first mission, I will never end with you."

The squad leader was also sweating profusely, wondering if he had really set the fuse for too long?The soldier watching from the front shouted: "Platoon leader, the Tartars on the wall have appeared. They seem to be hanging someone else down."

"Hit me if you show your head, and I need to teach you?" Cui Xiaoer shouted viciously.

On the closed wall, a rope was hung around the waist of the gunner of the Han army, and two Jurchen archers pulled him down towards the closed wall.But a few soldiers with guns from Xinhua appeared on the opposite mountain road, frightening the people on the wall to death, and hurriedly looking for a place to hide.

The gunner of the Han army had only let go halfway, and as soon as the rope was loosened, he fell down screaming.Gertai hid behind the crenel and shouted: "Dog slave, are you still alive? What's in the doorway in the closed wall?"

After asking several times, the gunner of the Han army who fell probably broke his leg, so he held back the pain and replied, "Master, there is something in the doorway."

"what's that?"

"Something sparkling."

Sparks?

When Geertai heard this word, he saw the slowly burning matchlock on a heavy blunderbuss thrown on the wall.

Match, sparks, gunpowder—it will explode!

Geertai was in a hurry, raised his volume behind the crenel, and shouted towards the wall: "You dog slave, quickly take out that sparking thing. Otherwise it will kill us all."

The falling Han gunman cried out in pain, but after a while he laughed loudly, "I see, it's gunpowder, a big bag of gunpowder. It will blow up, it will blow up the wall."

Geertai shouted, "Take out the gunpowder quickly."

Do not……!

The gunner with the broken leg refused sharply, "You bastards from Jianzhou killed my children, captured my mother-in-law, burned my house, and treated me as a slave. You will get your retribution, and finally you will get your retribution!

Fry it, fry it, fry it to your heart's content.My son of the Han family...mighty! "

The mountain wind was fierce, blowing the high-pitched word 'mighty' back and forth.

Whether it was the Han army's coats inside the Guan wall, or the Xinhua infantrymen preparing to attack, they were all shaken when they heard the cry of death near and far.

My son of the Han family...mighty!

The sound spread to a high place, and on the explosive package stuffed into the doorway, there was only the last section of the fuse left.

Geertai could understand Chinese, and was so angry that his veins burst out and his liver and gallbladder burst.He saw the Xinhua soldiers retreating in the distance, yelling and leaning out half of their body from behind the crenel. Without tying the rope, they jumped directly from the six-meter-high closing wall.

The moment he landed, Geertai sprained his own leg and broke it immediately.He also screamed endlessly, but forced himself to look into the door opening, and saw a dusty bundle on the top of the blocked hole.

There was still a little-finger-long fuse on the package that was sparking.

Geertai stood up forcefully, limping to enter the doorway.But the gunner of the Han army who broke his leg also got up suddenly, first hugged Geertai's leg, tripped him, and then rushed up like a tiger...

"Dog slave, how dare you..." Geertai became fierce. Although he fell to the ground, he drew a short knife from his waist, stabbed it into the side rib of the gunner of the Han army, and twisted it hard.

The always submissive gunners of the Han army broke out with bloody courage, disregarding life and death, and fearing no pain.After throwing Geertai down, he bit the opponent's cheek, tore off a large piece of flesh, and swallowed it into his stomach.

While swallowing, the gunner ignored the blade that stabbed him, and laughed loudly: "You son of a bitch, pay your debts today. I want to drink your blood and eat your flesh."

On the wall, seven or eight Jurchen archers saw that the slaves dared to resist their masters, and they shot heavy arrows at the backs of the Han gunners.This close-range shot was accurate, and the musketeer wanted to bite Geertai's neck, and he was hit by several arrows while breathing, and fell down slumped.

Geertai finally had a chance to push away the Han slave who was holding him down, and turned around to look at the door opening.The fuse of that pack of explosives stopped sparking...

It's burned out!

The roar shook, and the door suddenly exploded.The several-meter-thick closed wall seemed to be pushed upwards by someone, and the wall was raised a little, and then disintegrated, shattered, and flew away.

The archers, swordsmen, and axemen standing on the wall, no matter how brutal they were before, are now flying into the sky together with the shattered bricks with the shock wave of the explosion.

In the loud noise of the explosion, a large group of smoke and dust spread, covering the entire pass.The ground shook, and the soles of the feet could feel numb even hundreds of meters away.More than 200 bannermen stationed inside the wall were bombed.Even if they weren't on the closed wall, they were smashed by the blown bricks and stones, and there were many casualties.

The lucky ones die, but they die happily; the unlucky ones have broken bones and tendons, and run away with their heads in their arms.

Five kilograms of black powder is still very powerful.

Cui Xiaoer hid behind a mountain road 70 meters away.With the explosion, a large gust of air engulfed the soil particles, rushing towards the mountain road like a sandstorm.

Hundreds of Xinhua infantrymen on the mountain road were all eating ashes.

After two or three minutes, the smoke and dust dispersed slightly.

Cui Xiaoer patted the dust all over his head and face, and looked in the direction of the gate, and saw a big hole was blasted in the gate wall of Zhenshuo Pass, which was more than ten meters away, and the wall above the gate collapsed completely.

There used to be a gatehouse on the wall, but now there is only a broken shelf collapsed among the rocks.All the enemies on the wall are gone.

Cui Xiaoer was overjoyed, pulled out his flintlock pistol, and shouted: "Everyone has it, put on the bayonet, and attack with me!"

The Xinhua soldiers behind were spitting and dusting, as if they had just been released from a kiln.Follow orders.They checked the firearms in unison, pulled out a slender triangular bayonet and installed it on the barrel holder.

A row of more than a dozen people rushed out following the platoon leader neatly.Seeing this, the first two platoons also mounted bayonets and followed with a murderous look.

On the wall, a small number of people were directly killed by the bombing, and most of them were dizzy and buried in the rubble.

More than a dozen flag soldiers on the white flag shook their heads, patted the dust, stood up staggeringly, stared at each other blankly, and only when they opened their mouths did they realize that they were deafened by the blast and could not hear anything.

Does anyone know what happened?All I know is that the gate is suddenly broken.After closing the wall, it became a mess. More than 200 flag soldiers were dizzy and couldn't distinguish things.

At this moment, a dozen or so Xinhua infantrymen climbed up the slope of the bombed closed wall, and rushed down without hesitation.When the vanguard saw Qian Qianshuwei's head, he stabbed it with a rifle in his hand.

The three-edged thorn pierced into Jiannu's chest, and the bloodletting trough sizzled outwards.

The sharp soldier kicked with his foot, retracted the bayonet, and stabbed the next Jiannu in the chest or back.

Rows of Xinhua infantry rushed through the pass, slashing at the enemy like wolves and tigers, and the gleaming bayonets saw blood one after another.Jiannu banner soldiers were caught off guard, either died on the spot, or turned around and fled.

Cui Xiaoer stood on the rubble pile of the remnants of the closed wall, held up the flintlock pistol, and shouted wildly: "My son of the Han family...mighty!"

The mountain wind was blowing, and the Xinhua infantry was as imposing as a rainbow, shouting in unison...mighty!

Chapter 42

After sending pigs and cattle to the flag soldiers at Zhenshuo Pass, Guo Hai left slowly on the winding mountain dirt road in a carriage.According to his prediction, the Xinhua infantry will soon attack the pass.

The 'Holy Light' team has already produced artillery, and the Niulu stationed at Zhenshuo Pass will definitely not be able to hold it. By then, there should be some pigs and cattle left.

At the moment when meat is extremely precious, the Xinhua infantry will definitely not let go of those pork and beef with added ingredients, and they may eat them as if they were captured.

Compared with the plague transmitted by rodents, intestinal diseases are relatively easy to spread and can quickly attack the combat effectiveness of troops.

"I just don't know if those women in Phoenix who contracted syphilis can play a role?"

Guo Hai did an experiment in Hetuala, bought a few Han women to serve as camp prostitutes, and after two or three months, plum marks appeared on some Jurchens.There are many senior generals among them.

In order to fight against the 'Holy Light' team, Guo Hai tried his best, even going to the front line himself. Of all the 'Federation', he is the only one who would take this risk.

The mountain road is rough, and the shaking carriage is not fast.Guo Hai was thinking about how fast the infectious disease would spread, but he heard a loud explosion in the vast mountains.

The rumbling sound came from the direction of Zhenshuo Pass, and then a cloud of smoke and dust rose from the mountains, obviously a violent explosion occurred.The old horse slowly pulling the cart was frightened by this, neighing and screaming, and it was all up to the groom to comfort him.

"What's going on?" Guo Hai jumped off the carriage, looked up at the direction of the smoke, "It doesn't look like shelling, is it blasting? But I just left there for half an hour, and Zhou Qingfeng's troops came too fast Alright."

Looking at this explosion, the power can be said to be big or small, but it is definitely not something that the Ministry of Jianzhou can do. It must be the work of Xinhua.

Guo Hai expected Zhou Qingfeng to launch an attack within a day or two, but not right away!

Thinking that he almost faced the battle head-on, Guo Hai's heart palpitated.He read history books, and Nurhachi's attack on the Ming Dynasty was like cutting melons and vegetables.Now that the roles have been reversed, the Xinhua army's fight against Jiannu is also cutting melons and vegetables.

"Let's go, let's go." Guo Hai waited for the coachman to calm the horses, and then got into the carriage to urge him, "Go back to Kuandian. No... Kuandian is dead, go back to Hetuala."

The carriage left slowly, and on the wall of Zhenshuo Pass, wave after wave of Xinhua infantry rushed over with rifles and bayonets.When they saw a man with thin braids on the back of his head, they stabbed them with a bayonet and pulled the trigger when there was resistance.

If the resistance is more tenacious, the self-defense gun can fire two rounds.If there are still things that cannot be dealt with, stabilize your feet a little bit and throw a few grenades over there-this situation did not happen in Zhenshuo Pass.

After the wall was closed, the sound of killing was loud and bloody.

A squad of soldiers fighting side by side can easily wipe out an enemy team of more than ten people.After emptying their ammunition, they often seek out friendly neighbors for support—following squads pass by to give them time and opportunity to reload.

Niu Lu'ezhen, who was stationed at the pass, concentrated most of his troops near the pass wall, and was shocked after the explosion.Even if they staggered to stand up, they had no combat effectiveness, and were stabbed to death in pieces by the rapid bayonet assault of the Xinhua infantry.

The most elite white-armored soldiers in Niu Lu were all on the wall, and they were basically reimbursed in a wave.The rest of the flag soldiers can only be regarded as half-time mobilized soldiers. After dozens of people were stabbed to death with bayonets, the others panicked and ran away.

"Catch up." The infantry company commander who followed stood on the wall, overlooking Zhenshuo Pass.Seeing that the enemy was fleeing, he immediately pressed the whole company, "Use our iron feet to chase for a kilometer and kill this group of robbers,"

The daily training of the Xinhua infantry is "armed marching", five kilometers every morning and evening.Although the training time is only one year, his physical fitness will absolutely crush any current opponent.

The soldiers descended like tigers, carrying rifles with bayonets, and launched a pursuit along the mountain road.This kind of pursuit couldn't be easier, because the enemy can't escape far at all, the faster he runs, the faster he gets tired.

The roads in the mountains are actually limited, and most Jiannu flag soldiers were caught up within 500 meters and stabbed to death one by one.Even if someone hides in the woods with a clever mind, he will be chased by groups of Xinhua infantry.

Cui Xiaoer, the platoon leader, led the team to rush to the forefront. Wherever there was a battle, there was him waving a pistol.He and the platoon deputy led three squads each, and chased them all the way out of Erli, killing everyone with blood, brave and fearless.

Afterwards, the battlefield was counted, and less than 50 enemies were actually killed on the wall, and less than [-] people were stabbed to death in subsequent bayonet assaults, but hundreds of enemy troops were wiped out in the rout.

No more than fifty enemies escaped. It can be said that Niu Lu who was stationed at Zhenshuo Pass was wiped out by the Cheng system.

The whole battle lasted less than an hour.During the battle, 15 people in Cui Xiaoer's company were injured, most of them were minor injuries caused by the enemy's dying fight, and there were no battle casualties.

It wasn't until the battle was over that the bulky earth tanks were pushed to the pass.

At the end of the battle, the artillerymen who pushed the 'tank' cursed angrily, "Why are you bastards fighting so fast? We are working so hard just to hear the noise?"

This result surprised even Zhou Qingfeng.He felt that without the direct support of artillery, it would take several hours for a company to attack the enemy's heavily guarded checkpoint with narrow roads.Even sacrificing one or two classes is normal.

Who knew it only took half an hour to break through.

The platoon leader at the forefront gave full play to his own firepower advantage and decisively implemented the blasting process.If the fuse didn't take too long, the battle process could be faster.

After taking Zhenshuo Pass, the battle situation changed drastically.Passing the Dabei Ridge to the south of the pass is Kuandian, a distance of [-] kilometers in a straight line, and it can be reached by marching for half a day;

To the northeast is the boundary of the Jianzhou Ministry. All the way through the villages such as 'Guanshui' and 'Ertai', you can reach Hetuala after passing the Abdali Hill. The straight-line distance is about [-] kilometers.

Now the 1 gold soldiers and horses led by Huangtai and Fei Yingdong are blocked in Kuandian, and Zhou Qingfeng and Chen Ding are attacking them from north to south.

As the deserters from Zhenshuo Pass returned to Kuandian Fort, the nobles of Jianzhou guarding this place turned pale with fright.No one expected that their land connection with Hetuala would be cut off so quickly.

The six forts in Kuandian are all extensions of the Liaodong side wall.Except for Xindian in the west, the rest are in the south of Kuandian.

Chen Ding led the team from Pushi River to Kuandian, which made Huangtai class and others very uncomfortable.Unexpectedly, Zhou Qingfeng was even more ruthless, he took down Zhenshuo Pass when he went ashore, and stabbed him in the back.

In order to prevent the opponent from going south, the Huangtai class immediately encouraged Mang Gurtai, "Fifth Brother, the Xinhua Army's attack from the north is unstoppable, and you need a strong general to stop it."

Among the "wild boar skin" scholars, Mang Gurtai is the bravest.He is as grumpy as Amin, cold-blooded and ruthless, with such a single-minded stupefaction.

In the military tent of Kuandian Fort, Huangtai pointed to Guanshui Town in the north of Kuandian, "Fifth brother, someone must guard this place, and fast. Once this place is taken, we will really be blocked. gone."