Chapter 57 Sending troops to Wuyang Pass
Qin Yiming's words made everyone nervous again. When Sun Shirui heard this, he looked tense and asked, "What? So many armies are here, how dare the thieves go south?"
"Brother, look, Zhang Xianzhong and others are in Henan, and there are pursuers behind him. He dare not run back. There is a large army of Governor Hong in the north to prevent the thieves from heading north. However, the army in the west and south did not gather. Do you think the thieves may be forced to go south or west?" Qin Yiming pointed to the sand table and explained that Sun Shirui was not clear at first, but now he is clear at a glance and very clear.
"What should I do? Where can I stop the thieves in De'an?" Sun Shirui was almost crying, feeling that his doomsday was coming. As soon as Zhang Xianzhong's army arrived, it would pass by like locusts, and he would definitely be chewed out of his body. By then, the entire Anlu County would be in danger.
Ma Qianhu was so scared that his legs and feet trembled. Yang Qianshi even wanted to rush out and escape with his servants.
At this time, Yang Baihu comforted Lord Sun and said, "Don't worry, Lord Sun. If the thief really goes south, we may have the ability to resist!"
As soon as these words came out, the audience was shocked.
"What a joke? Yang Baihu should not be fooled here. Our garrison only has a few big soldiers. Those eight kings are known to be tens of thousands of troops. One of the 20,000 soldiers in Fengyang was killed, and no one left behind!" Ma Qianhu retorted.
"Yes, yes, I think we should run away early. We will fight back when the imperial army gathers together!" Yang Qianshi said directly. He didn't notice other people's expressions at all. It was shameful to escape so blatantly, but he couldn't take care of so much. The thieves passed by were suffering from the misfortune. They were also unable to escape the bad luck. What would they wait for if they didn't run away?
"There is only one road to enter De'an Prefecture, and the thieves must pass here!" Yang Baihu pointed at a point on the sand table, and everyone looked over. On the sand table, this point was a place with mountains on both sides and a gully in the middle.
"Wuyang Pass!" Qin Yiming said.
"Yes, the geographical location of Wuyang Pass is extremely important. It is surrounded by mountains and ridges, and the large troops cannot pass through at all. If the thief wants to enter De'an Prefecture, they must go to Wuyang Pass! There is no other road." Yang Baihu said.
"Even if that's the case, can we defend it? How many of us are there!" Sun Shirui had no confidence at all. He did not understand military affairs, but the most intuitive condition of the war was the comparison of the number of personnel between the two sides. The gap between the soldiers of the guard station and Zhang Xianzhong was too big.
"Mr. Sun, Wuyang Pass is actually a narrow gap between the two mountains. Cars cannot be squared, and horses cannot ride together and are very easy to defend. As early as the Southern Song Dynasty, hundreds of people blocked Kublai Khan's Mongolian iron hooves here!" Yang Baihu said confidently.
After Yang Baihu said this, everyone was confident. Daniu said in a rough voice: "Don't worry, there are hundreds of people up and down. That thief is not as good as the Mongols who swept across the Central Plains. I think we can defend it!"
"That's right, a man is a real man, and he will never die at all. He will still be a man in eighteen years!" The little monkey was also very proud.
After Yang Baihu's analysis, things were far from as bad as he had imagined before. Qin Yiming had decided to take the initiative to attack and guard Wuyang Pass. As long as he guarded Wuyang Pass, Zhang Xianzhong and his kings would not be able to go south. It would be equivalent to defending De'an Prefecture and Anlu County. If he waited for the thieves to go south, he would have such a small amount of troops to defend. It would probably be unlikely that he would want to defend with such a little force.
"We now have 73 people in the Shield Battalion, 250 people in the Bow and Arrow Battalion, 100 people in the Musket Battalion, and 300 people in the Long Gun Battalion. The more than 100 cavalrymen in Yingshan Village can also be used, as well as Ma Qianhu and Yang Qianshi's 300 family officials. If we choose to take the initiative to defend Wuyang Pass, I believe we can defend it." Yang Baihu continued to encourage everyone when he saw that everyone had been mobilized.
"Mr. Qin, I'm old. I think I'll stay at our Qianhu Station. Our base camp also needs people to watch!" Ma Qianhu said in a low voice. He didn't want to die. It's nonsense that hundreds of people could block tens of thousands of people.
"Yes, sir, Xia Guan is not feeling well recently, and it will be a burden to everyone after he goes there." Yang Qianshi said.
Qin Yiming ignored these two cowards.
Then he said loudly: "Okay, that's the decision, let's send troops to Wuyang Pass!"
"But Lord Qianhu, we?" Yang Baihu said hesitantly.
"What's wrong?" Qin Yiming asked.
At this time, he remembered a problem, that is, he did not have the right to mobilize troops, and he had to have the order from his superiors, but he had the right to train troops.
"We'll just go and train troops!" Qin Yiming said with a smile.
On the second day, Qin Yiming brought all the belongings of Qianhu House to Wuyang Pass.
This is the junction of Henan and Hubei provinces. It has always been a place where the north and the south are in conflict, and it is the only way to do the masters. During the Southern and Northern Dynasties, Liang and Wei fought over here for decades in order to gain control of the pass roads.
The geographical location here is extremely dangerous. It is the throat of Henan to Huguang. This pass is located in the canyon and is located in a dangerous place, which controls the entire passage. The city of the pass is blocked by mountains, and the mountains are made into a pass. The city walls are solid. In ancient times, "cars cannot square rails, horses cannot ride together" describe it as dangerous. The peaks and mountains are standing on both sides, and the mountains are densely covered with pine, fir, bamboo and other vegetation, which makes large groups of people unable to pass.
"We are deploying shield battalions below, and letting archers and bird gunners stand behind the battlements to shoot. No matter how many times the thief army comes, they are standing here!" Qin Yiming and Yang Baihu and other generals were standing on the Chengguan Tower, looking at the terrain here and analyzing the arrangement strategy. Even people who do not understand military will arrange their troops in this way when they see such a geographical location and environment.
Qin Yiming looked at the gap in this triangle, and the further he went out of the canyon, the bigger it was. However, when he finally reached his feet, it was only a dozen meters wide. The reason why he could block tens of thousands of Mongolian iron hooves with hundreds of people was because of this triangle. No matter how many troops could be used, the two sides could only fight in this place more than ten meters wide. However, after the city gate was built here, it was less than two carriages wide to pass through the city gate below. This was a natural place to fight and fight.
A gust of wind blew, causing dust to fly on the ground. Qin Yiming seemed to see the scene of that year. The Mongolian iron hooves were staring at each other in the distance, and the sound of swords and weapons colliding in the past sounded in his ears.
"Yang Laizi, have you seen it? Have you heard it?" Qin Yiming suddenly closed his eyes to feel all this.
Chapter completed!