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"Fire the gun!" Cao Wenzhao stood on Tongguan with a stern face and gave orders in an orderly manner.

"Bang bang bang~" As soon as Cao Wenzhao finished speaking, there was a sound like fried beans, and more than ten of the officers and soldiers attacking Tongguan City fell instantly.

After the first row is finished, quickly push it from the left and right sides to the back. The second platoon moved forward a few steps and then continued firing under the command of the commander.

Not long after, when the officers and soldiers gradually approached Tongguan City, they suddenly smashed rocks and rolled logs, killing and injuring many people.

It turned out that the location of the surprise attack by the officers and soldiers this time was quite tricky. They actually crossed the river from Fenglingdu at night, landed at the ferry between Tongguan and Jindouguan, and attacked Tongguan City by surprise.

If it had been any other general, it would have been impossible for the officers and soldiers to succeed with this move.

But who is he? He is Cao Wenzhao, the "best general of the Ming Dynasty" in the Ming Dynasty and the commander of Shunying!

The reason why Zhang Shun deliberately adjusted the positions of him and Wang Shaoyu was to ensure that they would not be cut off by officers and soldiers.

There were about five to six hundred officers and soldiers who smuggled across the Yellow River this time. It was not a lot, but the advantage was that they were caught by surprise.

They were discovered by the rebels before they even got close to the city wall, and their fate was already doomed.

After repelling several fierce attacks by the officers and soldiers in succession, and seeing that the morale of the siege officers and soldiers was reaching its limit, Cao Wenzhao coldly ordered: "Let Cao Dingjiao lead the cavalry to attack!"

"Yes!" The ordering soldier quickly held the order flag and hurried away.

Then Tongguan City suddenly opened wide. The officers and soldiers who had been fighting so hard were stunned, and then their expressions changed greatly.

The sound of horse hoofbeats sounded like a reminder, and then more than a hundred cavalry filed out from the city gate and attacked the officers and soldiers who were attacking the city.

Although the rebel cavalry is small, it is enough to play a devastating role in this relatively narrow terrain.

Although Cao Dingjiao is not as fierce as Cao Bianjiao, he is still a fierce general.

I saw him leading the way, rushing back and forth. When the cavalry arrived, the officers and soldiers were immediately routed.

Cao Dingjiao led his cavalry to fight from Tongguan City to Jindouguan City, and then turned around and charged back from Jindouguan City, as if he was in an uninhabited land.

The location where the officers and soldiers attacked this time has Jindou Pass on the left and Tongguan on the right. There are mountains in front and the Yellow River in the back. It is simply a desperate place. Where can the officers and soldiers escape?

For a while, many people just rushed to the ferry. However, they only used small boats when smuggling across, and there was no one to organize them. How could they escape in time?

Cao Dingjiao couldn't help but lead his cavalry to wander nearby, like hungry wolves hunting for prey. From time to time, he would pounce on them and bite off a piece of "meat".

"Go with five hundred more soldiers and deal with these thieves as soon as possible!" Cao Wenzhao saw that the victory or defeat in the city was decided, and he couldn't help but decide their fate casually.

Cao Wenzhao has been leading troops for so many years, and he can be regarded as experienced in hundreds of battles, and his troops are elites in hundreds of battles, and are tigers and wolves. These few officers and soldiers were nothing more than drizzle to him.

This time the rebels easily repelled the sneak attack, so defense would not be a big problem for Tongguan City, which is surrounded by mountains and rivers.

But Cao Wenzhao still couldn't help frowning, looking beyond the Jindou Pass in front of him and looking far to the east.

There is no problem in Tongguan for the time being, but what will happen to Wang Shaoyu in Langxiang?

No wonder Cao Wenzhao was worried. Wang Shaoyu was nothing out of the ordinary, and he once served as the commander-in-chief of a place like Henan that had not experienced war for a long time.

The reason why Zhang Shun was willing to use him was firstly to appease the people of Heluo, and secondly because the rebel army was developing too fast and he really did not have enough qualified generals under his command.

Although Wang Shaoyu was not very capable, he could still be regarded as a professional officer, and he had led a large number of troops. He was somewhat experienced and loyal, so he was entrusted with a battalion by Zhang Shun.

Can such a battalion composed of mediocre generals and new soldiers be able to withstand an attack with elite officers and soldiers as the vanguard?

In fact, Cao Wenzhao's guess was correct. This time it was Hu Dawei, the powerful general under Wu Di, the governor of Shanxi, who attacked Ranxiang.

Hu Dawei and Meng Ruhu were both surrendered generals outside the Great Wall. Their names were changed to Han names by the original governor of Yansui, and they were also called the "Two Fierce Tiger Generals".

These two men had also fought against Zhang Shun one after another, and they did not get any advantage. After all, they could be regarded as brave and difficult people.

In the original history, in addition to being brave and fearless of death, these two men were also famous generals who were brave and resourceful.

Later, after the last batch of warriors trained by the imperial court such as Cao Wenzhao and Ai Wannian were lost, they, along with a group of generals such as Bai Guangen and He Renlong, rose to become one of the main forces fighting against the rebels and the Qing army.

But now that Cao Wen's imperial edict had surrendered to Zhang Shun, Shanxi Governor Wu Di had no generals available, so he promoted him to be the deputy commander-in-chief of Shanxi.

This guy had previously been sent to Kaifeng Prefecture by Wu Zong to assist with boxing. He had made great achievements in defending Kaifeng City and was considered by Wu Zong as a "manufacturable talent".

So this time he was appointed as a vanguard by Wu Di, specifically to "defeat powerful enemies and conquer strong cities."

In fact, both Zhang Shun and Hong Chengchou guessed wrong for the last time. Shanxi Governor Wu Ding supervised Shanxi General Soldier Wang Zhong and Deputy General Soldier Hu Dawei to cross the river in order to surprise Luoyang City.

It was just the arrival of Shizhu chieftain Ma Xianglin at the critical moment that Liang Tingdong, the governor of the three sides, saw another possibility.

He then sent a letter to the governor of Shanxi, Wu Gang, and invited him to come and attack the rebel army and "make an unparalleled contribution."

Wu Di, the governor of Shanxi, and Zhang Shenyan were old friends. He happened to have three worries: One was that Zhang Shenyan made suggestions for the thieves and saw through his own plan. Second, when old friends meet with swords and soldiers, their faces must not look good. Third, the city of Luoyang is strong and cannot be broken suddenly.

Therefore, Wu Di, the governor of Shanxi Province, took advantage of the situation and sold a favor to Liang Tingdong, the governor of the three sides, and took the opportunity to march westward and attack Tongguan.

Hu Dawei's advance was very fast. Within a few days, he broke through the two cities of Xiashiguan, Shaanzhou and Lingbao, and drove directly to the gate of Nexiang.

Although Wang Shaoyu was a mediocre general, he suffered heavy losses from Zhang Shun's surprise attack on Luoyang City. It would be weird if his memory didn't improve at all because of this.

In fact, Liang Tingdong, the governor of the three sides, made a temporary change this time, which gave Wang Shaoyu enough time to prepare.

Since the officers and soldiers crossed the river from Mianchi, some rumors have spread to Nuxiang.

Wang Shaoyu knew that he was no match for the elite officers and soldiers, so he hurriedly ordered his soldiers to lock up the city gate, and sent people to investigate day and night to guard against being attacked by the officers and soldiers.

Poor Hu Dawei, who hurriedly and slowly rushed all the way, finally reached the foot of the city of Nexiang. He bumped into the city of Nexiang, which was well prepared, and almost suffered a bloody head injury.

That is to say, Wang Shaoyu thought that he was no match for the officers and soldiers, so he did not dare to take risks.

If veteran generals like Cao Wenzhao and Zhang Shun had laid an ambush in advance, it would have been impossible for the mighty tiger to immediately become angry on the spot.