Three days later, the Ming army navy arrived at Tongluo Gorge!

Zhu Youlang is naturally familiar with the name of Tongluo Gorge. It is located at the southern end of the Tieshanping Ridge and is a canyon formed by the Yangtze River cutting Tongluo Mountain.

It is twenty miles east of Chongqing Prefecture City, and the cliffs on both sides are as sharp as a river. It is the gateway to the waterway to enter Chongqing Prefecture from the Shuo River. It is known as the eastern barrier. It has been a place that military strategists must compete for since ancient times.

There are too many famous wars that broke out in Tongluo Gorge in history.

In the third year of Jiaxi, Zhao Xian, a general of the Southern Song Dynasty, defeated the Mongolian army in Tongluo Gorge.

In the fourth year of Hongwu in the Ming Dynasty, Emperor Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang pacified Shu and sent Liao Yongzhong to lead his troops to attack Daxia. Mingsheng could not resist and was surrendered here.

But to say that the one who is most familiar with Tongluo Gorge among the Ming army now is Li Dingguo.

In the spring of the 17th year of Chongzhen, Zhang Xianzhong led his troops to more than 300,000 people from Huguang Jingzhou to Sichuan. In February, he captured Kuimen, in May, Fuling, and in early June, he arrived at the mouth of Tongluo Gorge, with an unstoppable attitude.

The Sichuan governor at that time knew that the Ming army was weak, so he decided to actively defend in Tongluo Gorge.

He prepared artillery, rolled wood, and beat stones in Tongluo Gorge, and set up iron ropes to block the river surface of the gorge entrance.

Seeing this, Zhang Xianzhong acted as if he wanted to attack Tongluo Gorge. He secretly dispatched thousands of people under the jurisdiction of Li Dingguo to capture Jiangjin by land and occupy Futu Pass.

Suddenly, the Ming army became enemies from both sides, and the situation took a sharp turn.

Tongluo Gorge is a bit similar to Tongguan, Shanhaiguan and other majestic passes, that is, it is difficult to hit from the outside, so it is not too easy to hit from the inside.

Soon the Ming army's defense line was broken, and Zhang Xianzhong successfully captured Tongluo Gorge.

Li Dingguo is a personal experience of this incident, and his natural memory is very new.

But after all, this was created by him during the Daxi Army camp, and the court said that it was a shame.

Therefore, Li Dingguo has remained silent.

Until Zhu Youlang called Li Dingguo.

Zhu Youlang saw the Qing army chiseling a cliff on the cliff of Tongluo Gorge, pulling iron ropes, setting cannons, and leading ropes into flying bridges. He immediately thought of Li Dingguo.

"The King of Jin thinks how to break the deadlock now?"

Faced with the emperor's name and inquiry, Li Dingguo naturally couldn't pretend to be deaf and dumb again.

He cleared his throat and said a little embarrassedly: "Does Your Majesty want to attack head-on or use a strange trick to win?"

Zhu Youlang said without hesitation: "Of course, we won by using strange tricks, the smaller the loss in this battle, the better."

Li Dingguo nodded and said, "It is difficult to break through the fly bridge defense line head-on. However, I know a small path and can order soldiers to carry bamboo rafts and boats to cut wood from the top of Baiyan Mountain on the south bank to open the road. This way, it can appear unexpectedly behind the Donglu, attack upstream and downstream at the same time, and the Tongluo Gorge can be broken."

Zhu Youlang thought to himself that Li Dingguo had indeed used his unique skills, but fortunately, there was Li Dingguo in the Ming Dynasty!

The other generals, such as Liu Tichun, and Yuan Zongdi, laughed and said, "The King of Jin is truly in character, and this plan is very wonderful."

Wen Anzhi also stroked his beard and said, "This is a real good plan."

Seeing that no one objected, Zhu Youlang issued an order and said, "Since that's the case, let the King of Jin lead the surprise troops to attack this time."

"I will receive the order!"

Li Dingguo was too familiar with Tongluo Gorge. Returning here was like going home. This battle was almost certain, and he naturally accepted the order with the trust of the emperor.

"I will sit in the army and attract the attention of the Eastern Barbarians."

Zhu Youlang decided to use himself as bait and tempt the Qing army to strictly guard the flying bridge defense line.

As long as Zhu Youlang is there, the Qing army's attention will definitely not be distracted.

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"General Cheng, look, this Ming army is probably worth 100,000."

Deputy General Zhao Jie said with a sad face.

Cheng Tingjun's face was cold and there was no trace of emotion.

He looked at the river for a while and said in a deep voice: "What are you afraid of? Tongluo Gorge is easy to defend but difficult to attack. We set up iron cables to build a flying bridge. Even if the Ming army is a small boat, it cannot penetrate this line of defense."

In fact, he was a little nervous inside.

Although the Qing army defended Chongqing last time, it was very dangerous and almost lost all their possessions.

Moreover, although the Ming army mobilized a large number of troops last time, the connection between the various troops was not close, and many of them fought for each other, so the Qing army could defeat them one by one.

But judging from today's situation, the Ming army was prepared and had excellent organizational and discipline, and it was completely a solid piece of paper.

However, Governor Gao sent him to guard Tongluo Gorge, which was enough to show that Governor had more trust.

In this case, Cheng Tingjun naturally could not frown. Even if he tried his best, he would have to defend this barrier and give himself a face.

"Did those two cannons be shipped?"

Starting from Fucheng Qiancheng Tingjun specially asked for two cannons from Gao Minzhan.

Although Tongluo Gorge is easy to defend and difficult to attack, Cheng Tingjun chose to build two cannons to suppress the formation just in case.

With condescending and artillery blessing, Cheng Tingjun simply didn't know how to lose!

"Report to General Cheng, the cannon is still on the road..."

Deputy General Zhao Jie said with a look of depression.

"Why is it so slow?"

Cheng Tingjun frowned when he heard this.

They set out from Fucheng together. Now Cheng Tingjun's army has arrived in Tongluoxia for three days. The team transporting artillery should come no matter how slow it is, right?

"It must have been raining heavily, and the muddy cannons fell into the road."

Zhao Jie guessed.

The Qing army's artillery was extremely heavy and was usually used to defend the city and rarely transported it.

This time, Cheng Tingjun asked for artillery to guard Tongluo Gorge, so he could only use a carriage to pull it.

It would be fine if it was normal.

But when it happened to be heavy rain, pouring rain down, the road would become muddy, so that the cannons could easily sink into the mud.

"Damn it, it's so bad. The rain will not fall sooner or later, but it's time to get off at this time. Are you deliberately unable to get along with me?"

Without cannons, Cheng Tingjun felt a little unsure.

But now that things have come to this point, there is no good way except waiting.

In fact, Cheng Tingjun has always been dissatisfied with Governor Gao's strategy of abandoning the peripheral counties such as Zhongxian and only guarding the capital city.

In this way, it seems that the superior forces are concentrated, but there is no buffer or barrier.

It would be fine if Tongluo Gorge is guarded, so you can wait for reinforcements to arrive slowly.

What if Tongluo Gorge cannot be guarded?

Cheng Tingjun dared not think about it!

It was all the bewitched by Wang Mingde!

He was afraid of death, so he spoke in confusion in front of Governor Gao.

Alas, I can only guard it with my teeth at the moment.

Cheng Tingjun only hoped that the messenger sent by Governor Gao to Guizhou would arrive earlier, and that after receiving the news, Hong Jingluo could send reinforcements to help.

As long as Hong Jingluo's reinforcements arrive, no matter whether it is tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands of Ming troops, it is not worth fearing.

After all, the army in Hong Jingluo's hands was the elite of the Qing army, and the combat effectiveness of the Chongqing Green Camp soldiers was several times higher than that of the Chongqing Green Camp soldiers.

Just because of the Ming army's shrimp soldiers and crab generals, the mobs, were no match for Hong Jingluo's army.

Now he only needs to drag it down, and it will be time for Hong Jingluo to come to help.

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Chapter completed!