The Qing army always stopped a "folk man" who was pushing a wheelbarrow: "Why did your braids fall off?" As he spoke, he tore off the turban on the man's head, revealing the short board on the top of his head, and looked at the braid that fell to the ground, and suddenly understood: it was a fake braid stuck to the back of his head!

The fake braid on the head of this Ming sergeant was not glued well, and he may have accidentally touched it when he entered the city and fell off, but the Qing army always found a flaw!

"It's a thief!" The Qing army general shouted.

Before the words fell, a steel knife suddenly appeared in Wang Jinzhong's hand, and lightning slashed through the throat of the Qing army, cutting off the trachea and neck artery together, blood splattered on the wall, and the Qing army stared at the general and fell on his back unwillingly.

The movement of the Ming army was very fast, and the archers dressed as escort soldiers took off the big bow from their backs, opened their bows and arrows, and shot up the Guanlou like feathered arrows with eyes. These archers from Orion were extremely accurate in their archery, almost killing a person with one arrow, and the Qing soldiers standing on the tower didn't understand what was going on, so they covered their throats and fell.

"Kill!" Wang Jinzhong roared.

Mountain soldiers disguised as men took their broadswords and axes from their wheelbarrows and rushed up the steps with a shout. Before the people rushed to the Qing army, the crossbow in their hands had already shot deadly poisonous arrows.

Originally, mountain soldiers used blow arrows, but now they have changed to hand crossbows that can be used with one hand, which is more powerful and has a longer range. Poisonous arrows roared out, and the oncoming Qing soldiers fell one after another.

"The thieves are coming!" The Qing army let out a cry of despair.

"Hurry up and blaze!" A Qing soldier shouted.

Several Qing soldiers picked up the fire fold and lit the fire, but because of panic, they didn't blow the fire for half a day. When it was easy to light a torch and ignite the firewood of the beacon tower, the firewood was damp because the beacon tower had not been used for a long time. It can't be lit for half a day.

"Go get the oil!" The Qing army chief shouted anxiously.

"Whoosh" a feather arrow was shot, the Qing army's eyes were prominent, and he desperately stretched out his hand to pull out the feather arrow that pierced his throat, but everything was to no avail, and the chief slowly fell backwards.

"Whoosh" A few feather arrows came with the sound of the wind, and the Qing soldiers on the beacon tower fell one after another.

"Spare your life! I give up! The last two soldiers were left to throw away their torches. knelt on the ground and kowtowed again and again begging for mercy.

The Qing army at Jianmen Pass was completely annihilated, a total of fifty-seven Qing soldiers, of which twenty-three were killed, and the rest all surrendered, the Ming army did not suffer any casualties, and the Qing army did not even light the beacon.

Wang Jinzhong walked to the beacon tower, saw the damp firewood, and said happily: "What a blessing!" The firewood of the beacon is damp. Otherwise, the Tartars over there in Guangyuan would know! What a fluke! ”

After occupying the Sword Gate Pass, Wang Jinzhong asked people to send a signal.

Seeing the signal, the Ming army of the brigade, which had been ambushed outside the Guanlou in advance, drilled out of the woods in the hideout and passed through the Guanlou.

After seizing the Sword Gate Pass, from the Sword Pavilion to Guangyuan, there will be no more dangerous passes. Wang Jinzhong led a part of the Western Expeditionary Army disguised as the Pingxi Wangfu Transport Team of more than 500 people, swaggering along the plank road, followed by a brigade of 4,500 horses. Go straight to Guangyuan. Another part of the Ming army was a thousand mountain soldiers, led by Zhang Wei. Walking from the mountains and forests, under the leadership of Liu Zhen, who is familiar with the local terrain, through extremely dangerous paths, we arrived at the lower reaches of the Jialing River in Guangyuan.

Liu Zhen was originally the son of Liu Wenxiu. After Liu Wenxiu's death, Liu Zhen defected to Li Dingguo. Also into Myanmar. In real history, after Li Dingguo's death, Liu Zhen followed Li Sixing to surrender to the Qing Dynasty. Now that history has changed, Liu Zhen did not surrender to the Qing Dynasty, but went to Sichuan with the Western Expeditionary Army. wants to restore the territory of the king of Shu.

Because Liu Zhen is very familiar with the terrain of Sichuan, he is a good guide.

The terrain in northern Sichuan is very dangerous, but Liu Zhen, who is familiar with the terrain, leads the way, and the mountain soldiers are good at walking in the mountains and forests. Soon after, they arrived at the Jialing River downstream of Guangyuan.

At that time, the traffic in northern Sichuan relied on plank roads, and from Chengdu to Shaanxi, they were all plank roads. But from Yucheng to Guangyuan, it relies on the shipping of the Jialing River. The Western Expeditionary Army waited by the river for two days, and finally saw a fleet of ships Yang Fan sailing upstream, sailing in the direction of Guangyuan. It is obvious that this is an empty fleet, which is returning to Guangyuan to transport grain and grass.

If the fully loaded ship goes upstream, the slender man needs to pull the boat on the shore to sail, but the terrain on both sides of the Jialing River is dangerous, and there is no place for the slender man to stay, so the upward ships are all empty boats, as long as they rely on the wind, they can sail against the current, and the ships full of grain and grass are going downstream. Anyway, Yucheng didn't produce anything, so they all went to Guangyuan by empty boat and returned to Yucheng with a full load of grain.

"Stop the boat!" Mr. Qian, the Qing army who was in charge of escorting the fleet, suddenly saw someone waving a flag on the shore and asked him to stop the boat.

"It's really strange, how can there be soldiers and horses from the imperial court here?" Qing Junqian was always very puzzled. He saw that the people on the shore were all dressed as Qing soldiers, and the flag was also the flag of the Sichuan Green Camp, so he ordered the ship to stop and send a small boat to the shore.

Zhang Wei on the shore saw the Qing army's boat docking, and took a few personal soldiers to step forward and said: "We are from Pingxi Palace, and after arriving in Guangyuan, I asked them for a boat to go down the river." Who knew that the ship hit the reef and sank, and we were trapped here! ”

The Qing soldiers checked the waist card, and asked some about Guangyuan, and determined that these people were indeed from the Pingxi Palace, and they did come down from Guangyuan, and the leader was still a thousand generals, so the Qing army's small boat sent a signal to the large fleet.

Zhang Wei got on the big boat, saw the Qing army Qianzong, arched his hand, and then pretended to be cheeky to borrow the boat: "Master Qian, we were originally going to Wuchang, but we were trapped here because the ship sank. Can you borrow a big boat from this official to go to Yucheng first? ”

Qing Jun Qian replied very embarrassed: "Lord Zhang, it's not that the official is unwilling to help, it's just that the official has a heavy responsibility, and he wants to go to Guangyuan to transport grain. ”

"What then? Are we trapped in this forest? Zhang Wei complained in his mouth, but untied the package on his back, took out a pack of Eight Flags special offerings and handed it over.

Seeing this special offering of the Eight Banners, which was as valuable as gold, the original face of the Qing army Qianzong showed a smile: "Anyway, Lord Zhang, you have to go to Yucheng first, it's better to go to Guangyuan with this official first, and after you get there, you will follow our fleet to Yucheng together, I don't know what Lord Zhang wants?" ”

"Oh well! That's all there is to it! Zhang Wei sighed, "It's just that I'm going to delay on the road for a while longer!" The batch of goods brought by this official was to be sent to Wuchang for sale, and it was delayed, and the prince didn't know how to blame him when he went back! ”

Mr. Qing Junqian smiled and said, "Lord Zhang's batch of goods can be sold for a lot of silver, right?" It doesn't hurt to delay for a few days! When we arrived in Guangyuan, a few of our brothers would have a few drinks first! ”

Zhang Wei asked his soldiers to send a signal, and more than a hundred people came out of the woods in Jiangbei, all carrying burdens on their shoulders. The Qing army fleet sent small boats to take the more than 100 people to the large fleet and settle down.

The fleet continued upriver and traveled some more distance, and the sky gradually darkened. The water flow of the Jialing River is turbulent, there are many shallows and reefs in the river, and it is extremely unsafe to sail at night, so after dark, the fleet will lean on a riverside beach, and the Qing soldiers on the boat get off the boat to bury the stove for cooking, and set up a barracks on the river beach.

Zhang Wei also got off the boat and walked around on the river beach. I saw some Qing soldiers setting up tents, and some going to the woods by the river to chop firewood. While he was observing, the Qing army also got off the boat.

"Lord Zhao, let's have one!" Zhang Wei took out a pack of high-grade Nanyang Red Double Happiness from his arms, opened it, and handed it over.

The Qing army took the cigarette and lit it, took a sharp puff, and praised endlessly: "Good smoke!" What a good smoke! ”

"This tent doesn't seem to be enough, huh?" Zhang Wei pointed to the Qing soldiers who set up the tent and asked Qian.

"Some people just sleep on the boat at night." Mr. Qian replied.

"That's right!" Zhang Wei nodded and said, "In that case, then I'll sleep on the boat too, and let the tent live with Lord Zhao and your brothers." ”

"How can this work! Mr. Zhang is too polite! The official brought a little wine with him, although it was not a good wine, but it was enough for our brothers to drink well for a night! Sleep with me in my tent tonight! "Qianzongdao.

Qing Bing buried the stove and began to cook. Smoke rises, and the air is filled with the smell of food. Zhang Wei observed it and found that the ordinary Green Battalion Qing soldiers ate miscellaneous grains and vegetables, and basically couldn't see anything oily. To be honest, the food level of the Qing soldiers in the green battalion is not good, and it is rare to eat meat once. However, Qian always has his own small stove, a large piece of pork belly is stewed in the pot, and the man also stir-fried a plate of fried bamboo shoots and a plate of scrambled eggs with lard made of fatty meat.

"Come, let's have a few drinks with the two of us!" After the man served the food, Mr. Qian looked at the face of a package of special offerings for the Eight Banners, and beckoned Zhang Wei to his Chinese army tent and sat down to drink a few glasses of wine together.

In the mountains and forests by the river, Liu Zhen led more than 1,000 Ming troops to chase the Qing fleet. The speed of the march on land was certainly not as fast as that of the boats on the water, but fortunately the boats that went up the river were not fast and did not go far. Before it was completely dark, Liu Zhen and the others could already see the Qing troops camped by the river.

In the barracks of the Qing army, Zhang Wei and Mr. Qian of the Qing army were still drinking, and the dishes on the table had been swept away. Zhang Wei thought to himself while picking up vegetables: This wine and food is not bad, and it will be wasted if you don't finish eating! In fact, he didn't drink much, he drank it in small sips, but the Qing army was drinking in large gulps, and he was almost drunk at this time. Zhang Wei toasted another cup of President Qianzong of the Qing Army, and after the guy drank it all, he tilted his head and fell asleep on the table.

One of Zhang Wei's personal soldiers walked into the big tent and whispered in his ear: "The King of Shu has issued a code!" ”

"Do it!" Zhang Wei raised his hand, pulled out a knife, and cut the throat of the Qing army.

Walking out of the Chinese army camp, Zhang Wei said to his soldiers: "You guys, go and grab the boat!" (To be continued.) )