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Chapter 274 Thousand Miles of Swordsman

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    "Bang! Bang!" Two more shots.  The soldiers at the pass were frightened just now, so no one ran away. Tan Xiao and Zhou Guodong praised their bravery very much. However, after being bombarded with two more rounds, these soldiers woke up like a dream, ah  Ah yelled and ran towards the back of the gate. In the blink of an eye, the wall was empty.  ¡°There¡¯s no need to fight anymore, we can tackle the key problem.¡± Qin Ganong shouted.  "Shoot all the cannonballs for me." Tan Xiao said with a straight face, ignoring Qin Ganong's pleading.  Qin Cannon brought a lot of artillery shells, and they hit the first gate of Tiannan one after another. Under the continuous bombardment, the old gate that had been in disrepair finally fell to the ground, sending up a cloud of smoke and dust. He saw that there were still twenty or thirty shells left.  However, there was not even a shadow of a soldier behind the closed door. Tan Xiao had no choice but to break his promise, ordered the bombardment to stop, and pushed the remaining shells and the two cannons off the cliff.  "My cannon, my cannon" Qin Cannon burst into tears and tried his best to prevent his precious cannon from being moved. But he could stop this side by himself, but he couldn't stop all the cannonballs there.  They were all pushed down, and only one of the two cannons was left. Qin Cannon simply threw his arms around the last treasure and shouted: "You might as well push me down too!" "I really didn't see it before.  Come out, you Qin Ganong is still a scoundrel!" Tan Xiao was furious: "Come on, take him down and beat him with thirty army sticks Well, it's better not to beat him with army sticks, just starve him for three days.  " He beat Qin Ganong to pieces with a military stick and had to carry him away. General Tan had no plan left, so of course he couldn't let him enjoy his happiness in vain.  Three days later, the Chu army walked out of Jiuwan Mountain and entered Liping Mansion in Guizhou.  "Guizhou, we are here!" Fifty thousand soldiers of the Chu army cheered in unison and strode forward. They captured Wukaiwei in the first battle, Ouyang Division in the second battle, Tongguwei in the third battle, and Nandong Division in the fourth battle. In two days  Within four games and four victories, he announced his arrival in a high-profile manner with a series of crisp victories.  More than 100,000 troops of the Western Army gathered in Huguang, and they consumed a large amount of food and supplies every day. Guangxi Lingqu alone would definitely not be able to meet the needs of the army. There were several other supply lines on the northern line, the most important of which was  The waterway of the Qingshui River starts from Kaili in southeastern Guizhou. Large quantities of military rations are loaded here, and then enters Yuanzhou in central Hunan through the Qingshui River. The Chu army captured Tongguwei and Nandong with lightning speed.  Si, cut off this supply line in one fell swoop. Many grain ships docked at Nandong Si became prisoners of the Chu army before they could figure out what happened.  There is too much food to eat! ???????????????????????????????????? together with the boat and food!  The Chu army rested for a day in the Nandongsi area, and then took a boat upstream along the Qingshui River. Dozens of grain ships, large and small, followed behind. Finally, they had a decent baggage force with some leftovers.  The food they had left could not be taken away, so they burned it all.  The Qingshui River is less than a thousand miles long, but it is the main transportation artery in eastern Guizhou. The Chu army marched westward by boat, avoiding the Miao Mountains across southeastern Guizhou. The endless mountains continued to sweep behind them, and the Chu army soldiers sat leisurely.  On the boat, there is a relaxing feeling like traveling around mountains and rivers.  "Guizhou is not bad, the mountains and rivers are beautiful, and it's not cold even in the winter." "This is called green mountains and green waters, do you understand? If we don't fight the Western thieves here, we might as well stay in Guizhou and stay longer."  "It's a pity that my cannon is gone. If I had known there was a boat ride, why not bring those two little guys" The last person to speak was Qin Cannon, who was deeply resentful.  He is an old artilleryman and an old bachelor. He regards the cannon as his family and has deep feelings for him. The twelve-pounder is the man in charge of the family, the eight-pounder is the wife who works as hard as a man, and the six-pounder is  The four-pounder is a half-grown boy who has not yet grown up. As for the lightest three-pounder, he is of course a lovable little guy. Unfortunately, he was pushed off the cliff by the ruthless Tan Xiao.  .  Hearing his regimental commander¡¯s complaints like Xianglin¡¯s wife, his brothers in the artillery regiment also started complaining. What is the artillery without cannons?  During the previous battles in Liping, I had been watching the excitement. When I met the infantry and cavalry returning from victory, I was three points shorter.  Human beings are inherently evil in nature. Seeing them all filled with resentment, the infantrymen sitting on the other side of the deck were very happy. Although they had no real malice, they laughed and joked about them, adding fuel to the fire.  , all kinds of adding salt to the wound, some artillerymen could not help but retort, which only attracted more laughter and scolding. The artillery regiment with no artillery to fight was about to turn into a cultural troupe that made everyone happy and relaxed.  "Brothers of the Artillery Regiment, if you don't have artillery now, you might as well become an infantryman. I'll teach you two moves later, and you'll still be able to kill the enemy and make meritorious deeds." 1The infantryman raised his long spear and showed off his weapon to the artillerymen. The artillerymen were so angry that their noses were crooked. Isn't it just a broken long spear?  In the past, when I was rich, all I could play with were cannons weighing several thousand kilograms. What's the point of being proud of holding a firewood stick?  "Who said we don't have artillery?" A chubby artilleryman took off his straw sandals angrily and opened the soles of his feet to count them one by one: "Look, I have big blisters, small blisters, blisters, blood blisters My feet are full of blisters.  "His self-deprecation aroused laughter. Qin Ganong was about to cry without tears. He silently touched the blisters on his feet, as gently as he was stroking a beloved child.  "What is Qin Ganong doing?" On another grain boat behind, Tan Xiao leaned forward and looked forward. In order to let the soldiers relax, talking and laughing were not allowed while marching on the boat, but there was no ban on Qin Ganong's boat.  It's a little too lively.  "What else can he do? He must be saying: It's a pity that my cannon is gone, it's a pity that my cannon is gone. If I had known that it would be so easy to get a boat ride, why not bring those two little guys." Yuan Zongdi said to Qin Ganong  I had heard the complaint dozens of times and recited it almost verbatim, which made both Liu Tichun and Zhou Guodong smile.  "Our advance into Guizhou this time is really a waste of money. If we can't turn the Western Army's nest upside down, we won't have the shame to return to Huguang in the future." Zhou Guodong pointed to the north of the river, and he could see a faint city on the riverside in the distance:  "Now that we have arrived at Zhenyuan Prefecture, we should pay a visit. Even if we cannot capture Zhenyuan, we must at least capture Shi Bing." The jurisdiction of Guizhou in the Ming Dynasty was somewhat different from that of later generations. For example, the famous Zunyi in later generations had not yet formed a city at this time, and it belonged to  The overall shape of Sichuan and Guizhou is like a puppy with its head raised, with its face and chest facing Huguang, Liping on its front legs, Yunnan on its hind legs, Guangxi under the dog's belly, and Sichuan on top of the dog's head and butt.  Guiyang, the provincial capital of Guizhou, is located in the west of central Guizhou, about the waist below the dog's butt. Duyun and Kaili are located to the east of Guiyang, which is the front waist of the puppy. The Qingshui River hangs like a jade belt.  On the puppy's chest, the south bank is the continuous Miao Mountains, and the north is the dog's head composed of five prefectures: Zhenyuan Prefecture, Sizhou Prefecture, Sinan Prefecture, Shiqian Prefecture and Tongren Prefecture.  Zhenyuan Prefecture is located at the dog's neck, far away from Fucheng Town, a hundred miles away from the Qingshui River. There is another county town named Shibing on the riverside. It is also a node for the Western Army to transport military supplies. It has large docks and warehouses.  There are still 1,500 Western troops garrisoned.  These 1,500 Western troops are all regular troops. If there is no major accident, their strength is not small. At least under their fright, no chieftains in the vicinity dared to peek at Shi Bing's granary.  But for the Western Expeditionary Army, the local troops of the Western Army are not enough to fill the gap.  Neither Tan Xiao nor Zhou Guodong stopped their boats. Only Yuan Zongdi led 5,000 soldiers ashore to surprise Shi Bing.  After the Western Army occupied Huguang, Guizhou became an out-and-out rear area. The defenders everywhere were somewhat lax, and Shi Bing was no exception. Although the Wukaiwei, Nandongsi and other places downstream had been occupied by the Chu army,  However, because the land route was difficult to travel and the waterway of Qingshui River was controlled by the Chu army, Shi Bing had not received the news yet. When he heard that a huge fleet was passing by, he thought it was a grain ship returning from Hunan, so he hurriedly vacated the dock and prepared to let go.  This long-distance fleet docked. Unexpectedly, as soon as the gangplank was put on the side of the ship, five thousand tigers from Huguang were killed on the ship. Without a word, they seized the city gates, granaries and military camp sites, and 1,500 people were killed.  The defenders were completely wiped out, and only a small number of broken troops fled to Zhenyuan.  Yuan Zongdi interrogated the prisoners and learned that Zhenyuan's defenders were less than two thousand. He immediately killed them without stopping and rushed into Zhenyuan City after the defeated soldiers. The Zhenyuan defenders were as lax as Shi Bing's defenders and never expected the Chu army.  Hui fell from the sky and watched the Chu army rush into the city gate with murderous intent. He thought it was some friendly army passing by, and he got into a conflict with someone for some unknown reason. No one came to intercept it. When the Chu army took the whole city  , and became a prisoner in a daze.  "This battle was so enjoyable!" Yuan Zongdi smiled and said to his generals: "Now you understand, why do you have to advance thousands of miles to Guizhou? Is it worth the hardship of crossing 90,000 mountains?" "Too much  It's worth it!" Several generals also smiled: "We are like Sun Monkey, we have got into Princess Iron Fan's belly, and we are so heart-wrenching that Sun Kewang holds his stomach and screams.  There are a total of five prefectures and about twenty state and county guards in the "Dog Head" position. According to the prisoners' confessions, Sun Kewang did not ignore the defense of this area. A total of 16,000 to 16,000 defenders were deployed in these five prefectures.  , the number of troops is more than three times that of Yuan Zongdi, but they have to divide their troops everywhere and station them everywhere. If they are divided into each place, there are only a few hundred soldiers and horses, and there are two to three thousand more people. They are no match for Yuan Zongdi.  .  "Go down"Is it time to attack Shiqian Mansion?  After taking down Shiqian Mansion, you can get in touch with Jie Chongxi.  "Opening up connections with Sichuan from northern Guizhou is a grand strategy that was decided before sending troops. Jie Chongxi is the governor of Sichuan of the Longwu court and a loyal ally of the Chuxun Group. He has been operating in Sichuan in the past few years. He had previously  It once occupied Chongqing, but later, under the pressure of the Western Army, it retreated to the mountainous area of ??southern Sichuan adjacent to Guizhou, near Shiqian Mansion.
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