"Woo~~Woo~~~!"

Early in the morning of 28 August, a long swan suddenly sounded in the Tongguan Road on the Eastern Front, which was controlled by the Model Army.

After a while, thousands of auxiliaries and people with huge rattan shields were like a group of moving ants. Move forward.

"Emperor, they're here!"

A moment later, Li Zicheng and everyone at the head of Tongguan City noticed the abnormality and picked up the monoculars to check.

Li Zicheng was dressed in gold armor, wearing a golden helmet, and the cloak behind him was 'rattling' in the wind, squinting his single eye, carefully checking the formation of the model army.

At this time, after this period of arms race, the formation of the Wandering Army has expanded from the outer city of Tongguan for more than three miles, nearly four miles, and is about eight miles away from the control range of the Model Army. A buffer zone of nine miles, less than ten miles.

However, although the Wandering People's Army had the natural danger of Tongguan, the Model Army was stuck on several hills on the periphery of Tongguan Road, and built six forts and more than 20 red-coated cannons, which made the Wandering People's Army only strangle within the scope of Tongguan and could not get out at all.

However, although Tongguan Road has been continuously repaired and widened over the years, it is still extremely narrow, except for the area under Tongguan City that is very wide, there is a space of two or three miles, and most of the rest of the places, more than ten or twenty meters are considered wide.

This also made Li Zicheng and the generals of the Liumin Army very confident.

At this time, looking at the head of Tongguan City, the formation of the model army's bulldozer pioneers looks not weak, but in fact it is like a bulky long dragon, not to mention anything else, even if everything goes well, they want to push the soil to Tongguan City, and they may not be able to make the trip in two or three days.

However, at this time, Li Zicheng also had to admire Xu Changqing's vicious vision!

They didn't go to Shanxi, nor did they go to Luoshui, but they just didn't move and stuck in Tongguan!

This is like a sharp knife, directly on the throat of Dashun and the righteous army, but there is nothing to do.

"Guys, do you have a way to break the enemy?"

After looking carefully for a while, Li Zicheng put down the monoculars and looked at the people around him.

Song Xiance took the lead and said: "Xu Changqing, this thief, is so vicious." The surrounding mountains and forests have all been set on fire by them, and the mountains and forests on their side have almost been cut down, which not only prevents our rebels from using fire to attack, but I am afraid that they are also ready to spend the winter. Emperor, in the opinion of the ministers, our righteous army still needs to defeat the formation of the model army from the front. With such terrain, the right time, place and people are all in my righteous army, as long as our righteous army defends it properly, they will not have any chance! ”

Niu Jinxing also said: "Emperor, Xu Changqing seems to be making a big move this time, but with his shrewdness, I am afraid that he will not choose the narrow Tongguan Road as the battlefield, and more, I am afraid it is still a temptation." As long as the first wave of our rebels can beat them up, they won't dare to mess around again. ”

Everyone nodded.

Li Zicheng also thought deeply, but he still looked at Liu Zongmin, respected Liu Zongmin's thoughts, and said, "Ruhou, what do you think?" ”

Liu Zongmin frowned, and thought for a while before saying, "I also agree with the opinions of the Great Army Division and the Military Division. It's a mule or a horse, you have to pull it out and slip it around. Let's take a look at Xu Changqing's determination first! ”

It's just that although he said so, Liu Zongmin always had something wrong in his heart.

According to Xu Changqing's shrewdness, how could he choose to take this most difficult and thankless path? Even if it's for Ming Ting, it doesn't have to be like this, right?

But what exactly did he want to do?

……

"Hurry, move quickly, stabilize the formation! There are most likely catapults in the bandits. ”

At the end of the hour, the bulldozer vanguards of the Model Army had already approached the battle formation of the Wandering Army, and many auxiliary officers were shouting loudly, telling them to pull out the formation and maintain the formation.

Zhang Qingchuan and Zhou Kunpeng were also in this group at this time.

At this time, they also understood why Xu Changqing had been sticking to Tongguan Road, but he did not attack rashly.

Here, it's just a goddamn risk, and manpower can't be used at all.

Fortunately, even if they were sent to the slave camp, neither the officers nor the laborers abused them excessively, they could barely bear it, and followed these veterans around them, carrying bags of sand and dirt with great effort, and leveling the obstacles deliberately created by the displaced people's army.

"Launch!"

"Launch!"

"Kill these officials!"

"Raise your shield—"

"Get down, get down, protect the vital point!"

At this time, it was about to be pushed in front of the Wandering Army, and there was a sudden movement in the Wandering Army.

Many auxiliary officers had been preparing for a long time, and they shouted loudly, asking the surrounding auxiliary soldiers and civilians to follow the sequence.

"Bang!"

"Crackling ......"

In a moment, countless large and small stones, like a rain of rocks, frantically tilted to the top of their heads, and suddenly smashed the thick rattan armor shield with a chaotic sound, but there were still unlucky eggs who were hit by the rain of stones, and howled like pigs.

Fortunately, Zhang Qingchuan and Zhou Kunpeng were lucky, although they were in the front, they were very close to these shield soldiers, and they could just be protected by the shields.

However, as the rain of rocks in the homeless army intensified, the voices of the officers became less and less, and in the end, it was completely instinct and luck.

"Bang ......"

"Crackling ......"

It lasted for more than ten minutes, and the terrifying stone rain stopped.

The auxiliary soldier in front of Zhang Qingchuan had been stoned to death, his head was pierced by sharp stones, and his brains flowed out, he subconsciously continued to carry the rattan armor shield and held it desperately, which was the reason why he persevered until this time.

Not far away, Zhou Kunpeng's luck was not so good, one of his legs was broken, blood flowed all over the ground, and he had already fainted.

"Zhou, Brother Zhou, you, are you okay? Hey, Brother Zhou, wake up, wake up......"

Although Zhou Kunpeng once abandoned him and did not stick to his integrity to the end, which led to his collapse and hatred of Zhou Kunpeng for a while, but at this time, in this vast sea of people, only Zhou Kunpeng was closest to him.

As soon as he came to his senses, Mu Ran saw that Zhou Kunpeng had become like this, and his previous hatred had long been thrown out of the clouds, and Zhang Qingchuan's first reaction was to check Zhou Kunpeng's safety first.

Fortunately, he also had a long memory at this time, and he just greeted Zhou Kunpeng in a low voice, and he never dared to be heard loudly.

"Hmm......"

After a while, Zhou Kunpeng's side reacted, and he got up with difficulty, his body and face were already covered with blood stains.

What made Zhang Qingchuan happy was that it was not Zhou Kunpeng who broke his leg, but a man next to him, who just saw the wrong one because of the angle.

But Zhang Kunpeng's psychological quality is obviously inferior to him, and as soon as he saw the scene in front of him, his tears couldn't help but flow out, and he was about to exclaim.

"Don't shout!"

Zhang Qingchuan didn't know where the strength came from at this time, his waist and abdomen were violently exerted, and he jumped like an insect, and hurriedly covered Zhou Kunpeng's mouth: "Brother Zhou, don't shout, let's see if you're injured first?" Let's listen to Shangguan's arrangement! ”

Zhou Kunpeng also reacted, and was busy checking his body carefully, and found that his waist and back had been cut through several big cuts, but fortunately, Xu Changqing finally treated them preferentially, they were all wearing cotton armor, although there was blood flowing out, but it was only a flesh wound, and there was no big problem.

"Brother Zhang, now, what's going on now?"

Zhou Kunpeng also saw the situation clearly at this time, and kept panting, but he didn't dare to speak out loud.

Zhang Qingchuan couldn't help but smile bitterly, and carefully looked up at the movement of the Wandering People's Army's battle formation.

The battle formation of the Wandering People's Army was already very quiet at this time, as if there was no one, but even if he thought with his ass, Zhang Qingchuan could guess that they must be preparing to launch a new offensive behind the position.

"Brother Zhou, don't talk yet, let's rest for a while, develop some strength, and listen to the arrangement at any time."

The ability of human beings to adapt is endless.

Zhang Qingchuan is a talent with elite education, and after throwing away the superficial glitz, his adaptability is still very strong.

Facing Xu Changqing, a mountain that he may not be able to overcome in his life, can he have any other choice than adapt?

Zhou Kunpeng also learned to be obedient, hurriedly closed his mouth, stopped talking, and recuperated.

"All shield soldiers, get up! Get ready to finish! ”

At this time, people around woke up one after another, and the familiar shouts of officers were heard not far away.

The shield soldiers who were still alive in front did not dare to slack off, and hurriedly raised their shields again to support the formation first.

Zhang Qingchuan and Zhou Kunpeng also learned well at this time, and they didn't say a word, and followed behind these shield soldiers as soon as possible.

"General, it's too difficult, it's too difficult, even if you can go up, if there is no continuity in the offensive, you won't be able to solve any problems. Overnight, the thieves were able to rebuild a new system of fortifications. ”

At this time, on the nearest fort in the model army's battle formation, Tang Ruowang shook his head again and again, deploring the damage that had been caused before the battle began.

Around, Wang Chengen, Zhang Ruoqi, Mao Bijiang, Li Yan, Zhao Zengjin, Ergou, Wang Hongyang, Red Lady, everyone, their faces are also not good-looking.

It's really hard.

Tongguan is almost insurmountable.

Xu Changqing's face was also a little gloomy.

The terrain advantages of Tongguan are really indescribable.

There are gentle mountains on both sides, but there are more cliffs, and it is almost impossible to climb them.

Even if you can go up and connect these broken ones, there is still a huge buffer space outside Tongguan City, and there is no forest to cover it at this time, and you will be found if you go up.

Take 10,000 steps back and say, even if people can go up, the heavy firepower still can't pass, and it's still useless.

At this time, the Wandering People's Army only had a wave of inferior rocks, which suppressed the offensive rhythm of the Model Army, and it was difficult to reorganize.

Fortunately, the wandering army was cautious and did not rush out to kill, otherwise, once they rushed, this group of auxiliary soldiers and civilians would be more than lucky.

"Guys, what do you think?"

Xu Changqing slowly looked at everyone.

Tang Ruowang suddenly became clever, and just wanted to say something, but quickly reacted and closed his mouth.

This is obviously not a matter from a military point of view, how dare he say more?

Li Yan frowned and said: "Lord, at present, Tongguan is dangerous, and it will definitely not work to attack." But Li Zicheng and Liu Zongmin have already arrived in person, and we have been stationed here for a long time, and it is almost impossible to take advantage of it from the inside. For now, we can only slow it down. ”

Zhao Zengjin said unhappily: "Donkey balls, if these dog crumbs dare to come out, Lao Tzu will pinch their dog heads!" But they huddle in this fortress, unless they put on their wings and fly over, or they can't play at all......"

Seeing Xu Changqing looking at himself, Wang Chengen sighed deeply and said: "Changqing, the terrain of Tongguan is too dangerous, and it is really unwise to attack it......"

Zhang Ruoqi also hurriedly stood in line and said: "Uncle, the natural danger is ahead, we wait, it's not a crime of war......"

Xu Changqing let out a long breath of turbidity, but said coldly: "Even if it is a natural danger, you have to go up, and you must go up!" If you don't take Tongguan, you won't be able to really threaten the core of the thieves, and you won't be able to save the overall situation of Shanxi! ”

Saying that, Xu Changqing looked up to the sky and said: "People say that I, Xu Changqing, am a national thief, and I, Xu Changqing, don't want to defend anything!" But I hope that my sons, their lives, will be answered! Pass my military order, ahead, continue to attack! ”

"Yes!"