Guangxi border line, the Qing army lazily patrolled on the Sino-Vietnamese border, Guangdong has been a mess, it seems that the war has not burned here, but it is obvious that Guangxi is not very peaceful, Guangxi garrison General Lian Guoan transferred the troops stationed in Nanning to Guilin, ready to deal with the threat of the Ming army, the Qing army on the Sino-Vietnamese border in southern Guangxi has been insufficient. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

The aging Qiang Guoan is a veteran of the Qing army, who once defeated Li Dingguo, which is a formidable opponent. But this is not what it used to be, Lian Guoan is old, his military power has been weakened by Kong Sizhen, and military spending has been reduced, and now the generals of Lian Guoan have long lost their original combat effectiveness.

In real history, the son of Lian Guoan later also rebelled against the Qing Dynasty, because Kong Sizhen weakened Lianguoan's military spending, which caused the army's morale to be unstable, and the generals had different intentions.

Zhennan Pass, is a Xiongguan from Guangxi to Annan, set up a pass here during the Han Dynasty, formerly known as Yongji Pass, renamed Jiling Pass during the Hongwu period of the Ming Dynasty, and changed its name to Zhenyi Pass in Yongle five years; Xuande changed its name to Zhennanguan and has been used to this day. Weiwei town Nanguan, the left side of the building is the city wall of the left Bishan Mountain, the right side is the city wall of the right auxiliary mountain, just like the foot of the two mountains of the giant python branch, the momentum is magnificent.

Night fell on the earth, and in the territory of Annan, south of Zhennan Pass, a few figures emerged from the grass.

As the sharp knife force of the Ming army, Ma Chaoxing has already taken his soldiers to ambush here for a whole day, since the early morning before dawn, Ma Chaoxing and his elite have entered the ambush position and waited. This is an elite special operations team of 50 people, Ma Chaoxing and five squad leaders, each of whom is equipped with a rifled six-shot rear loading needle Thunderbolt short gun and six grenades, and the rest of the special combat team members each have two double-barreled flintlock short guns and four grenades, and each member of the team carries his own cold weapon, some of whom are equipped with crossbow machines.

Even if it is a rear-loading firing needle type Thunderbolt short gun, after six bullets, the loading speed is not so fast, after all, it is a paper bullet shell bullet, not a metal bullet shell bullet in later generations, the loading is more troublesome, the main killing weapon still relies on cold weapons, once the enemy is found to assemble in formation, use grenades to greet.

As long as Ma Chaoxing and his team members attacked Zhennan Pass and opened the gate, the 5,000 cavalry and 20,000 infantry of Bai Wenxuan's army in ambush in Annan would enter Guangxi and copy Kong Sizhen's lair.

The sky is dark, because there is no electricity in this era, people go to bed very early at night, at more than eight o'clock in the evening, the Qing soldiers stationed in Zhennanguan fall asleep one after another, only a few soldiers are left on duty at night.

Around eleven o'clock at night, that is, the time of the child, is the time when the Qing soldiers sleep the most soundly.

"Do it!" Ma Chaoxing raised his hand.

Fifty special combat personnel rushed out of the grass, like lightning, and rushed towards Zhennanguan in front of them.

On the city wall of Zhennan Pass, every twenty steps, a torch is inserted on the battlement, which illuminates the city wall and the surroundings, but the vigilance of the Qing soldiers on the sentry is not high, some of the Qing soldiers sit on the city wall and doze off, and some are chatting, because the war is still far away from them, no one can think that someone will attack from Annan.

The special combat team members quickly rushed to the bottom of the cliff, threw out their hooks, and climbed to the foot of the city wall on the cliff.

The Qing soldiers at the head of the city had no defense at all, and when Ma Chaoxing climbed up to the top of the city, a Qing soldier who was sitting on the ground and dozing off was twisted by him.

More than ten zhang away, two Qing soldiers chatted around the bonfire, and they didn't notice what happened more than ten zhang away.

Ma Chaoxing rushed towards the two Qing soldiers like lightning, before the people arrived, the two flying knives had already been shot, the two green battalion Qing soldiers didn't even snort, the flying knives were already inserted in their throats, they couldn't shout at all, covered their throats, struggled weakly a few times, and fell to the ground.

Under the city wall, the special combat team members threw their hooks one after another, threw them on the city, and pulled the rope to climb up.

"Who?" A Qing soldier spotted the attacker.

A special combat soldier picked up the crossbow machine, pulled the hanging knife with his fingers, and a crossbow arrow shot out with a "whoosh" sound, with a tooth-sore sound of metal entering the flesh, and the crossbow arrow accurately pierced the throat of the Qing soldier.

The shouts of the Qing soldiers alarmed the other Qing soldiers at the head of the city, and when they heard the movement, the Qing army sentries dozens of feet away rushed to this side. Just as one of the Qing soldiers was about to come over to take a look, a figure suddenly appeared from under the wall on his side, pounced on the Qing soldier, pinned him to the ground, and slashed his neck.

A fierce battle ensued at the head of the city, and the fifty special combat soldiers who climbed to the head of the city annihilated all the Qing troops at the head of the city in the blink of an eye. However, the sound of fighting and the shouts of the Qing soldiers woke up the other Qing soldiers in the city.

"There is an enemy attacking Sekijo! It can't be that the people of Annam take the opportunity to fish in troubled waters and want to occupy the territory of my Qing Dynasty, right? The Qing army Qianzong, who was in charge of garrisoning Guancheng, put on his clothes and sat up.

Mr. Qian quickly gathered more than 500 Qing soldiers in the barracks and launched an attack on Guancheng.

Ma Chaoxing and his special combat team members had already controlled the city tower, and when the black and oppressive Qing soldiers rushed to the steps, Ma Chaoxing shouted: "Fire oil tank, throw!" ”

There are a lot of fire oil cans on the head of the city, these things were originally the Qing army's weapons to defend the city, which were collected by Ma Chaoxing and his special combat team members, and placed on the top of the city tower, waiting for the Qing army to come, they greeted them with fire oil cans.

Hearing the order, the special combat team members grabbed the canisters of fire oil one after another and threw them out "crackling".

The oil tank was thrown from the gate tower and smashed to the ground, the clay jar broke, and the oil in the oil tank flowed all over the ground. At this time, a few torches were thrown on the Guan Tower, which fell to the ground, only to hear a "whew", a fire broke out on the ground, and the fire oil immediately burned when it met the open flame, and the Guan downstairs was illuminated as if it was daytime.

"Ahh More than a dozen Qing soldiers who were on fire let out heart-rending screams and rolled in the flames.

The rest of the Qing soldiers rushed through the fire in a desperate hurry, trying to rush up the steps. In the light of the fire, the crowd of Qing troops under black pressure was particularly conspicuous, completely exposed to the light.

"Thunder!" Ma Chaoxing shouted.

Ten special combat team members took out a grenade, pulled the ring, the copper wire rubbed against the glass slag, and the grenade emitted a puff of white smoke, and then a row of grenades swirled, flew down from the Guan Tower, and landed in the most densely populated place of the Qing army.

"Boom, boom, boom" A series of explosions exploded in the crowd of Qing troops, scarlet fireballs rose, countless shrapnel flew sideways, and the Qing soldiers who were crowded into a mass immediately screamed and fell to a large area.

Seeing that the defenders were well-armed, the Qing army Qianzong understood: "It's the Ming dog that is attacking!" Take back the castle! Can't let Minggou occupy Zhennan Pass! ”

With the help of the fire light from the burning oil and the fire light from the explosion of the grenade, Ma Chaoxing saw that behind the crowd of Qing troops, there were archers with bows and arrows, trying to shoot arrows at the head of the city. Without hesitation, he pulled out the Thunderbolt Short Gun, aimed at the Qing soldier thirty paces away, and with a slight pull of the trigger with his fingers, there was a "bang" of gunshots, and the Qing soldier's head sprayed blood mist, and he fell to the ground on his back.

The Qing soldiers, who were blown up by grenades, turned around and ran, and the Qing army Qian always pulled out his thick-backed broadsword and shouted: "Fight to the death and don't retreat!" Those who retreat without permission will be killed! ”

The soldiers who supervised the battle cut off the heads of several green battalion soldiers, and the other Qing soldiers had no choice but to bite the tongue and turn around and attack the city. At this moment, countless canisters of fire oil flew out of the castle tower again, and the "ping pong" smashed to the ground, and the swirling grenades also flew down, falling in the crowd and exploding, causing a skyrocketing fire.

The screams of the Qing soldiers were endless, and in the violent explosion, shrapnel shot everywhere, flesh and blood flew sideways, and the flames engulfed a large area of Qing soldiers on the steps.

"Up!" Shouts of killing rang out outside the city, and countless torches lit up in the wilderness, moving in the direction of the city. These torches were Bai Wenxuan's Ming army, and after Bai Wenxuan, who was ambushed nearby, heard the sound of fighting and explosions at the head of the city, he immediately lit up his troops and launched an attack on Guancheng.

Groups of Ming troops carried improvised ladders and torches and rushed to the bottom of the city. One by one, ladders climbed up to the top of the city, and Bai Wenxuan's infantry climbed up.

Got the reinforcements of Bai Wenxuan's department, Ma Chaoxing and the special combat team members at the head of the city immediately launched a counterattack, the Ming army attacked from the top of the Guanlou condescendingly to the bottom, thousands of Ming soldiers came down from the steps, and some people directly lowered the cloud ladder from the city, followed the ladder down the city wall, and launched an attack on the Qing army.

"It's over! Ming Dog is coming too much! Zhennan Pass can't be guarded! Seeing that the general trend had gone, the Qing army had no choice but to flee from Zhennan Pass with the remnants of the defeated army.

The gate of Zhennan Pass was opened, and Bai Wenxuan led the cavalry and poured into the city.

Hundreds of miles away in Guilin, the Qing army messenger sent an urgent letter to the Guangxi Governor's Mansion for 800 miles.

In the Admiral's Palace, the elderly Lianguo was sick in bed. Lian Guoan has been ill for many years, and even this time he moved from Nanning to Guilin, he was lying on a stretcher and was carried to Guilin. Because Kong Sizhen and Sun Yanling led their troops to Guangdong, Guangxi's troops were empty and weak, and the old and sick Lian Guoan had to go to Guilin to take command.

"Lord Admiral!" When the messenger arrived outside the mansion, he immediately turned over and dismounted, "Zhennanguan emergency military situation!" ”

The eight-hundred-mile rush must be a big deal, and the guards at the gate did not dare to slack off, and regardless of whether the Admiral was unwell or not, after checking the letter and the waist card, he hurriedly introduced the messenger into the palace.

The messenger arrived at the bedroom of the line, but was stopped by the line: "Father is sick in bed, if there is any urgency, just leave it to this son." ”

"Zhennanguan emergency military situation! Please also ask the little general to take a look! The messenger presented the urgent message in both hands.

The young man took the urgent letter sealed with fire paint, opened the letter and only glanced at it, his face changed suddenly, he turned around and walked into his father's bedroom, kneeling in front of his father's sickbed.

"Father, Zhennan Pass has been attacked by the puppet Ming Haikou and has been lost! This is an eight-hundred-mile rush sent from Zhennanguan! The young man handed over the letter.

Under the service of his daughter, he sat up, took the letter, and read it.

"Son, you immediately send an order to let the soldiers stationed in Nanning withdraw to Guilin! In addition, two messengers were sent all the way to Yunnan to find Wu Sangui for rescue; Another messenger went to Guangdong and called back Sigege! "The country is safe. (To be continued.) )