4. Wang Weizhang, the governor of Sichuan, had just received the news that the Pei family's army was leading an attack. Immediately, Yang'an Pass, Gulao Pass, Beixiong Pass, Ningqiang Prefecture, three passes and one prefecture were defeated, and he was greatly frightened.

Behind Yang'an Pass is Chaotian Pass, followed by Lizhouwei, Guangyuan, Zhaohua, and Jianzhou. After Jianzhou is the endless Sichuan Plain.

There are four passages 1 into Shichuan, namely Jinniu Road, Micang Road, Lychee Road, and Yinping Road, which can hardly be called a road.

Among these four roads, especially the Jinniu Road, which is the main road for north-south transportation, the Qin Dynasty destroyed Sichuan and Shu in the past, and Liu Bang, Liu Bei, and the Mongols later. Even the founding general of this dynasty, Fu Youde, conquered and destroyed the Mingxia.

Jinniu Road, enters Sichuan.

Now, according to the detailed operations of the army in Hanzhong, nearly 40,000 of Pei Ni's 70,000 troops are stationed in Mianyang 1. Its purpose of entering Sichuan from Jinniu Road is almost clear. In fact, the attack

The offensive on Jinniu Road has already begun. Yang'an Pass and Gulao Pass were defeated, which are examples.

Wang Weizhang did not dare to be careless, and his actions were quite fast. He immediately dispatched the officers and soldiers stationed in Langzhong, Bazhong, and Zitong to quickly gather at Lizhou Guard. Wang Weizhang only had one request for them, and that was to defend Chaoyang Pass and Lizhou Guard.

Pei Jiajun must not be allowed to take another step forward.

However, after everything was done, Wang Weizhang still felt that it was not safe enough, so he recruited Minzhuang and 30,000 soldiers from Chengdu to go north and stationed in Jianzhou 1 area, guarding Jianmen Pass as the second route to Sichuan.

barrier.

After setting up two barriers on the Golden Bull Road, Wang Weizhang felt a little at ease.

Now that the direction of Jinniu Road has been stabilized, other roads cannot be spared, especially since General Pei Jiajun has already captured Wen County, Beixiong Pass 1, and the military peak is directed towards Pingwu County.

Wang Weizhang did not want to be like Liu Chan and be tricked directly into the city of Chengdu without knowing it. Therefore, Wang Weizhang also dispatched Wenchuan, Maoxian, and Mianzhu to lead 40,000 officers and soldiers, and went north along the Yinping Road to Pingwu County.

Nearby, their mission is to be stationed in Pingwu County to ensure that Gaoyang Pass, Huangyang Pass, and Area 1 are firmly in the hands of the government.

At the same time, Wang Weizhang secretly asked the generals at the front that if Pingwu County could not be defended, they could retreat to Shangxiongguan, Shiquan, and Jiangyou areas to lengthen the Pei thieves' food routes and wait for opportunities to harass the opponent's food routes, making it impossible for the opponent to respond back and forth.

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After finishing everything here, Wang Weizhang stood on the city wall of Chengdu, watching the officers and soldiers of the imperial court retreating away, and his heart became clear. Wang Weizhang had done everything he could do. If he still can't defend Sichuan, then

It can only show that Ming Dynasty’s energy is really exhausted.

Back in the study, Wang Weizhang wrote furiously, and soon a letter of request for help was sent to the imperial court. Looking at the letter of request for help in his hand, Wang Weizhang felt a trace of irritation inexplicably, and saved the letter in his hand.

There is a paper ball in the city, far away in the open space in front of the desk.

He stood up unconsciously and wandered around the study room. After a while, he sat down again and wrote rapidly again, rewriting the letter asking for help just now. After reading for a while, he collected the paper ball again and said it again. So.

I repeated it 56 times and still couldn't make up my mind.

In fact, it's not surprising that Wang Weizhang was so entangled. As the governor of Sichuan, if Pei Ni made a slight attack in the north, he would ask for help from the imperial court. Wouldn't it appear that Wang Weizhang is too incompetent and cowardly?

1Once this letter asking for help is sent to the court, what will the courtiers think of Wang Weizhang? How will the emperor think of Wang Weizhang? No matter what the situation in Sichuan will be in the future, even if he successfully defends Sichuan, he will still be unable to do anything to the emperor.

Reversal of the negative impact of this letter.

However, if he does not send this letter asking for help, will the troops from Sichuan be able to withstand the fierce Pei army? If he makes a mistake, won't Wang Weizhang become the sinner of the Ming Dynasty?

To send or not to send? Wang Weizhang was in a dilemma. He stayed alone in his study all night. When he came out in the early morning of the next day, Wang Weizhang seemed to have aged ten years. He handed a letter to a close servant beside him and said

: "Hurry up and send this letter to the capital."

On the eighth day of March in the seventh year of Chongzhen, outside Chaotian Pass.

Pei Xiaoer personally climbed up and looked at Chaotian Pass not far away. He saw a majestic pass standing proudly where the two mountains met, looking at Feilong Pass in the north and Feifeng Pass in the south. The gate of the city gate opened to the east, and there were mountain peaks in the distance.

Echo. This may be the reason why the word "Chaotian" got its name.

This pass was built on April 13, the 23rd year of Wanli. After the "Battle of Pingbo" in Wanli, the Hailongdun Castle, including Chaotian Pass, turned into ruins. Later, the Pei family's army captured Hanzhong, and Wang Weizhang, the governor of Sichuan, urgently

This heroic pass was restored. As for Yang'an Pass, which was closer to Hanzhong, Gulao Pass was captured by Pei Xiaoer's men before they had time to be renovated.

After having almost figured out the situation at Chaotian Pass, Pei Xiaoer returned to the camp. There is nothing to discuss now. If you win Chaotian Pass, everything will be safe. If you cannot win Chaotian Pass, the situation will be in crisis.

Early in the morning of the next day, the Pei family troops left camp one by one and gathered under Chaotian Pass. The mountain road was rugged and the army could not be deployed. Pei Xiaoer had no choice but to place a large number of soldiers on the mountain road farther away from Chaotian Pass.

The artillery at the forefront of the army is naturally the invincible artillery. After closing the door, Ren Mingdao sent people to nervously set up the artillery position, and then pushed the artillery into the running position.

Since the capture of Yunyang and Hanzhong, the Pei family's army's already empty gunpowder magazine was stocked again, and naturally Ren Mingdao's cannons could continue to roar.

I haven't seen him for a few days, but the skills of Ren Mingdao and his gunners have become more and more sophisticated. In less than a stick of incense, they have set up the running position, and the roar of the cannons can be heard under Chaoyang Pass.

"Boom, boom, boom." Dozens of artillery shells carried sparks and flew towards Chaotian Pass not far away. However, due to the high terrain of Chaotian Pass, the cannons were fired at an upward angle. By the time the shells reached Chaotian Pass, they were already at the end of their power.

Cannot wear silk.

After several rounds of artillery bombardment, Chaotian Pass was still as stable as Mount Tai. The worst thing Pei Xiaoer expected finally happened. The artillery could not break through the pass, so this slope could only be filled with human lives.

"Pass my order, the army will attack." Pei Xiaoer stopped Ren Mingdao who was about to fire. He knew that the cannon was of little use under such conditions. It would only waste the shells. What could really be used was to kill people.

Go up and fill it out.

Following Pei Xiaoer's order, 3,000 soldiers broke away from the battle formation and began to attack in the direction of Chaotianguan. They held round shields, which were the only weapons that the officers and soldiers could rely on when attacking.

There is a slope in front of Chaotian Pass, and there is a corner halfway through. The attacking soldiers just walked to the corner, and suddenly a shower of arrows poured out from the pass. At the same time, the officers and soldiers set up their positions in the pass.

The cannons mounted on them also began to emit thunderous roars. The soldiers of the Pei family army who were attacking tried their best to huddle up and hide behind the round shields in order to survive the attacks of the officers and soldiers.

However, the attack of the officers and soldiers became more fierce. Wave after wave of arrows flew out like locusts, and continuous bullets jumped across the crowd, killing people if they hit them, or injuring them if they were rubbed.

Just as the fighting at Chaoyang Pass was raging, Wang Weizhang's memorial for help was sent to the capital. Chongzhen was silent for a long time after reading Wang Weizhang's memorial for help. Although he had tried his best to overestimate the power of the Pei family's army, he did not

Come to think of it, I still underestimated Pei Xiaoer's ambition.

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Fortunately, he had already made arrangements. Chongzhen suddenly asked Wang Chengen who was standing beside him: "Is Lu Xiangsheng still in the capital?"

One month ago, Chongzhen suddenly released Lu Xiangsheng from the prison and reinstated his official position. At this time, Lu Xiangsheng's original Tianxiong Army had been completely lost in the melee in the Central Plains. In order to allow Lu Xiangsheng to restore the Tianxiong Army as soon as possible,

In order to go south and destroy Pei Xiaoer's rebel army as soon as possible, Chongzhen specially transferred 3,000 men from the Beijing camp to Lu Xiangsheng, and 100,000 taels of silver to Lu Xiangsheng.

Unexpectedly, Lu Xiangsheng rejected the soldiers from the Beijing camp, only accepted one hundred thousand taels of silver, and threatened to recruit troops himself to restore the Tianxiong Army. This made Chongzhen a little dissatisfied, and he wanted to make Lu Xiangsheng understand who was in charge of this Ming Dynasty, so
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