Yunyang.

The general soldier of Yunyang Town looked blankly ahead.

On the Han River in front of him, a large red ship without sails came slowly, with a strange humming sound like the roar of a monster, of course he had seen self-propelled boats, but unlike the Ming self-propelled boats he had seen before he fled back from the front line, there was no towering huge chimney with billowing smoke on this ship, but a faint green smoke was faintly visible in a pipe at the stern.

The merchants on the dock beside him who were down the river looked at the strange ship in shock.

And, of course, the eccentrics on board.

Wrapped in golden armor, the strange man stood on the bow deck of the ship, like a golden god statue scanning the shore with a majestic gaze, the face covered by the visor was invisible, the whole person except for his eyes were all in the golden armor, and the sun reflected a dazzling light. Behind him stood a dozen tall and beautiful women in red uniforms with guns, and on the top of the ship there was a strange thing on the top, and four soldiers sat on their seats and pointed this thing at the shore, one of them holding a handle with his hand, and the other holding an iron box that stood upright.

The legs of the general soldier of Yunyang Town trembled.

The big red ship also began to slow down and slowly sailed towards the dock.

The general soldiers of Yunyang Town trembled even more.

Then, in the midst of countless blank eyes, the big red ship docked among the many wooden sailboats, and the strange man stepped onto the dock with a cold snort, and his legs wrapped in golden armor stepped forward on the wooden pier, his steps were slow and heavy like the beating of drums.

And every step he took would make the trembling of the general soldiers of Yunyang Town intensify.

The crowd had already parted to the sides, and they looked at him silently like a welcome in the middle of a road, listening to the footsteps of war drums.

The general soldiers of Yunyang Town were all trembling, and the cold sweat on their faces kept pouring out.

Looking at the golden figure getting closer and closer, suddenly he screamed.

Then he collapsed to the ground as if he had been stripped of his bones, and at the same time, the man walked up to him, and his legs wrapped in golden armor finally stopped less than a foot away from his nose, and the next moment the chief soldier turned over and got up with great vigor, and suddenly fell to his knees as if he had fallen to the ground, and his head was slammed in front of the golden legs......

"Sinners greet the God Emperor!"

With the blood coming out of his head, he kept kowtowing and shouting.

Yunyang Mansion, the last fortress-level city of the Qing army in Hubei, was declared to be recovered with the shouts of the general soldiers of Yunyang Town, and this is also the only known real fortress on the road of the Divine Emperor's march to Chang'an.

The Qing army's defense of Hanzhong was only to protect the transport line from Sichuan to the north.

Even if the Ming army goes up the Han River, the only reasonable strategy is only to seize Hanzhong and cut off this transportation line, they can't take the plank road north to attack Chang'an, the Ming army's dependence on logistics, not to mention the Qinling plank road, even the land transportation of the plain can not support too far, hundreds of miles of plank road to attack the heavily defended fortified city, this is completely suicide, this is not the era of cold weapons, a porter over the mountains and mountains for half a month, it is estimated that it can also be used for the Ming army's forty catties of flowering bullets to shoot two cannons, the Ming army will not be so stupid, Therefore, the goal of the Qing army's defense system is to keep Hanzhong, the first pass is the front line of Yunyang, the second pass is the main line of defense, the third pass is Hanzhong is the last, and the Jialing River Chencang Road is still in the west of Hanzhong, this defense system can be said to be safe enough, after all, the middle and upper reaches of the Han River can only pass through wooden sailing boats......

Uh, and diesel barges.

Don't count on the steam steamer!

In fact, until the end of the Qing Dynasty and the beginning of the Republic of China, the small steamer on the Han River had just arrived at the mouth of the old river, but it was completely okay to use the 100 high-horsepower diesel engines reserved by the Emperor to make tugboats, burn the diesel fuel in his inventory, and then tow those inland wooden boats.

"The Great Reckoning is really over!"

The chief soldier muttered to himself with a sad face.

At this moment, on the Han River where the God Emperor had just sailed, a black iron boat came slowly, although there was a thousand horsepower diesel engines driving the propellers, this pitifully small inland river flat boat was still crawling like a turtle, and the speed was about the same as a human walking briskly. Because behind this ship, there was also a towing dragon composed of a dozen small wooden boats of several tens of tons, and these wooden sailboats with raised sails were loaded with heavily armed Ming soldiers and supplies, and they were swimming upriver on the Han River at a speed equivalent to their normal downstream.

After all, the chief soldier who is also a professional soldier knows very well what this means.

"You, find someone who is familiar with the upper waterways!"

The God Emperor, who had just finished accepting the bows of the Yunyang prefect and others who had rushed out of the city, suddenly said to him.

The general soldier quickly put on a smile.

"God Emperor, Wang Shi's boat is a bit big, and the draft is a little deeper, I'm afraid that I won't be able to pass through Xing'an Mansion, especially the Shiquan pass."

He flattered.

The Yunyang prefect and a group of officials hurriedly chimed in.

"Hung Yen? Who said I was going to Hung Yen? ”

Yang Feng said with a smile.

Of course, he didn't come to Hung Yen.

Three days later, Hung Yen.

"Don't worry, the old man is here, this Xing'an City is like an iron wall, and the bandits can't fly over even if they have wings!"

Hu Chao, the commander of Hanzhong, who can make eighty pounds of big knives, patted his chest and said.

In front of him was Su Shun.

Because Prince Zheng Duanhua died on the way out of Beijing, and Enhua was hacked to death by Bao Min when he suppressed the rebellion in the northwest, Su Shun inherited the title of Prince Zheng at this time, and was stationed in Hanzhong as a minister of the Qin Mission, in fact, overseeing the military and political affairs of Hanzhong and protecting vital transportation lines. After the surrender of Zeng Guofan, as the best brainer of the Aixin Jueluo family at this time, he immediately transferred to Xing'an to prepare to meet the enemy, together with Hu Chao, the governor of Hanzhong who was originally stationed here, and a brigade of the Eight Banners New Army, he was ready to defend Xing'an once the Ming army went up the Han River.

As for going out to Yunyang, they definitely wouldn't dare to do this.

He's not that stupid.

He had a new army brigade of 4,000 men and a green battalion of 10,000 people, and these people ran to Yunyang and ran to the periphery of the mountainous area where the Ming army had sufficient supplies, which was really like suicide, and they knew very well that the only way to defeat the Ming army was to retreat to the Ming army's supply shortage, lengthen the Ming army's logistics line, and weaken its firepower advantage to the greatest extent. The Ming army, which had sufficient ammunition and unimpeded supply, could not be defeated at all, and could not even resist it, saying that the generals of the Qing army at this time had been defeated for so many years, and they had already been defeated into qualified generals, they knew the gap between themselves and their opponents, and they also knew how they should defeat their opponents......

Well, it's another thing not to be able to do it.

In short, Hung Yen is the best battlefield.

From the Hanjiang River navigation from the key point of easy to difficult Laohekou to Hung Yen, the winding mountain river for nearly 1,000 miles, as well as the difficulty of sailing against the current and the restriction of the load of ships in shallow water, coupled with the plummeting water level of the Han River in the dry season, will weaken the combat effectiveness of the Ming army for them to the greatest extent.

and even weakened to the point that there is no one in ten.

A Ming army with only one-tenth of its combat strength left can still be defeated.

"Old General Hu, the Qing Dynasty depends on the old general!"

Su Shun said with a solemn face.

The news of the Ming army's attack came yesterday, and the Baihe County Order did its last part for the Qing Dynasty before surrendering, and sent messengers to send the bad news on the post road.

It can be seen that his heart is still towards the Qing Dynasty.

However, the Baihe County Commander was a messenger sent as soon as he saw the Ming army, so the content of his report to Sushun was very limited, and the most important part was not included.

Hu Chao, a veteran who didn't know this important part, just like when he followed Yang Yuchun to exterminate the White Lotus Sect, stretched out his hand very heroically and grabbed his eighty-pound big knife, regardless of his sixties, he roared and waved it overhead, and even danced the whirring wind, Su Shun and the officials and generals around him applauded, just like he could really defeat the Ming army with this weapon that had long been history.

But it's a great morale booster.

Seeing him with a gray beard and an exaggerated broadsword, even those anxious generals couldn't help but feel a little excited.

Then just as Hu Chao was showing off his bravery, an officer rushed in with a dusty body.

"Report, Qi Yu Wangye, send bandits to Xunyang!"

He said with a hint of panic.

"It's coming so fast!"

Su Shun said with a hint of surprise.

"Just in time, little ones, get ready to meet the enemy."

The last old bone of the Qing Dynasty, put away his big knife and gasped.

Those generals who watched the excitement dispersed in an instant.

But before they could leave, the officer who reported the news shouted: "Lord Wang, the bandits did not continue to our side, but disembarked at Xunyang, and according to the spies, they went north." ”

"Going north?"

Su Shun was stunned.

"It's not good, the bandits want to attack Chang'an!"

Then he exclaimed.

"The prince is too worried, although this season is said to be the navigable season, but the waterway to the north of Xunyang is at most to Zhen'an, and whether it is the Qianyou River or the Xun River, it can not take a big boat, at most support some small sampan bamboo rafts, from Zhen'an to the north There are more than two hundred miles left are some mountain roads plank roads, even people are difficult to walk, cars can't pass, southbound merchants rely on people to carry donkeys to transport some mountain goods, so do the bandits carry their thousand catties of cannons to Chang'an? It is estimated that we are afraid that our soldiers will attack them from the south of Chang'an, so we will first seize the pass and block it, and then use Xunyang as a base to fight with us slowly."

Hu Chao said confidently.

"Lord Wang, the demon is the one who is pro-conscripted."

The officer cautiously added.

"Huh?!"

Su Shun and Hu Chao were all stupid.

"Quick, immediately counterattack Xunyang!"

Immediately afterward, Su Shun erupted into a tremolo roar.