Shuhekou, the junction of Yunyang Prefecture and southern Shaanxi.

Two armies, one red and one green, are in a confrontation.

Fukang'an first concentrated troops from Hanzhong Town and Shaanxi Town in southern Shaanxi, and then the convenient reinforcements from Sichuan and Sichuan arrived, which quickly expanded the Qing army's strength to nearly 20,000.

The Zhao army on the opposite side grew from three or two thousand at the earliest to tens of thousands now, and Meng Can personally took charge.

There is no way. Yunyang always has to be on the defensive position for southern Shaanxi, because it is too unprofitable to attack Xing'an.

These places are rugged and transported in difficulty. As long as the Qing army set up defenses and resisted one after another, they could easily drag the Zhao army down.

Isn’t it nice to have Zhao Liang’s wealthy army to rob northern Hubei? Why confront the Qing army in the mountains?

So from the moment the general policy was formulated, this was the defensive situation.

Just like the general layout of the Central Plains, defend the west and attack the east.

After the troops in southern Henan captured Nanyang, the biggest task was to capture Xiangyang and then talk about sweeping northern Hubei.

So Meng Can handed over all his main forces to Wang Jinglong, because as the Qing army in Huguang gathered more and more, the pressure on Wang Jinglong was getting stronger and stronger.

However, the pressure here in Yunyang is relatively low.

The troops in southern Shaanxi were going to attack Yunyang, including the Qing army in Sichuan and Shu. The two paths they could take were to fight eastward along the Han River, which was the right way.

With the Han River waterway, you can still use water conservancy for transportation.

Although the water conditions in the upper reaches of the Han River are very fucked, they do not have the main factor of inland shipping safety, which is wide and flat. The waterways are complex, and there are many beaches and shallow waters and dangerous reefs.

The Han River channel from Hanzhong to Yunyang is located in the Hanzhong River. The two mountains are intersecting, the water flows rapidly, the bedrock of the river is exposed, the channel is narrow, and dangerous shoals are everywhere. Since ancient times, there are proverbs such as "The Han River is bent and curved, and there are beaches everywhere. There are 360 ​​famous beaches, 360 unnamed beaches", "Ten miles of Han River, nine miles of beaches, crossing the beach is like passing the pass" and other proverbs along the river.

The dangerous current of the Tandu reefs has caused great obstacles to shipping in the upper reaches of the Han River, but so what?

It's so difficult, aren't ferries still flowing out?

With the benefits of the Han River waterway, advancing along the Han River can save too much trouble from the Qing army.

Then it's by land.

Go to Daba Mountain, cross Jixin Ridge, and then cross Motian Ridge, and you can follow a river called Yangqian River to Zhushan.

But as long as the Qing army's mind has not been blistered in water, they will not be able to really follow this path.

Motianling is one of the bases for the Zhao army's uprising.

Therefore, Meng Can led the main force to confront the Qing army opposite at the mouth of Shuhekou, and naturally there were people guarding Motianling. If these two places were stationed, the Qing army would not have the intention to invade Yunyang in a short time.

If Yunyang does not lose it, the large number of shanty towns and refugees can continuously supply blood to the Zhao army.

"Is Zhushan taken it?"

Looking at the information sent to the south, Meng Can was a little surprised. He had never thought that Muhala would be killed like this. After reading the news, he had to praise Changshun's good luck.

The Changshun tribe was completely incorporated, but Meng Can and Wang Jinglong both disliked him, so after some discussion, he stuffed him into Zhushan.

Anyway, Muhala was attacked on both sides, and Changshun was defeated at Huangmao Pass, and it was no big deal.

But he didn't expect that his luck was so good, just as he caught up with Ma Dongliang.

Now Zhao Liang can save even the excuse of promoting him.

"This also saves any worries. Changshun asked him to rectify his troops immediately, and send all the extras to Xiangyang."

Meng Can didn't think he was too tight. Even though he had tens of thousands of people under him, he only had about two thousand musketeers.

But who said he has geographical advantages here?

The Qing army leader opposite was the Guanzhong Admiral Hadanga and Sichuan Admiral Chengde. They were both people who participated in the Battle of Jinchuan and Jinchuan. They had rich military experience and could see the Zhao army's plan at a glance.

They didn't plan to defeat them at all, but just focused on defending.

Relying on the favorable terrain of the Han River, as long as we resisted one after another, just like the chieftains of Jinchuan in the big and small years back then, the Qing army did not know how much energy it would take to win it in one pass.

If it weren't for the strict orders from the superiors, the two would rather maintain a tacit understanding of Zhao Jun opposite him.

Anyway, as long as the Qing army won the Battle of Xiangyang, the loopholes in Yunyang will naturally appear.

At that time, the army will march into Yunbei along the Han River. No matter how thick the turtle shell Meng Can built at the mouth of Shuhe River, it will be useless.

They can win without fighting.

Even so, they have no credit.

But the two men who are already admirals do not seem to need any credit in the short term.

It is more important than anything else to sit firmly at the admiral.

If you lose at this time, that would be bad.

Of course, this may also be because the two admirals loved soldiers as much as their sons and were unwilling to exchange the soldiers' blood for their own tops, so they remained unmoved.

No matter what, before Fu Kang'an's military order arrived, their fighting attitude was quite negative.

Except for setting off artillery and bombarding the opponent all day long, few troops are sent to attack and kill.

"Have the Qing army left the camp?"

After hearing the news, Meng Can hurriedly left the military tent and climbed up a high tower to look out to the west.

Then the Qing army did go out!

He was not confused. The military information sent from Changshun had already explained that Xingzhao had not even forgotten Muhala's defeated generals. How could he forget the 20,000 Qing troops at the mouth of Shuhekou?

But how should the opponent attack?

Do you really want to use your flesh and blood to hit the gun?

"Boom boom boom..."

Seeing the brigade of Qing troops appearing in front of the formation, Zhao's artillery also opened fire.

It was not only the Qing army that had artillery, they did not move before, because there was no need.

Meng Can looked at the shell from afar and suddenly saw riots splashing in the sea of ​​people in front of the formation, and dust mixed with flesh and blood. Although only a small part of it was affected, the chaos quickly spread out like ripples. The Qing army was no longer as strict as before.

"Brothers, everyone rushed up with anger! We have many people and few thieves. As long as we rush up, the guns and cannons of the thieves will turn into fire sticks. If we beat one of ten, we can defeat them!"

The leader Dusi shouted loudly.

The wealthy Qing army had two battalions as soon as it was invested.

Although the array of thousands of troops is not strict, once the army attacks, the array will be spread out.

So if it is not strict, it is not strict.

"Kill..."

Dusi didn't want to just stand and get shot, so he waved the waist knife in his hand and took the lead in rushing.

Of course, he was surpassed by waves of Qing army in just a few steps away.

Officials always lead the army to charge, and even half-way.

The roaring cannon continued to sound, and the Qing army's pace on the battlefield became faster. Because no one wanted to be beaten and not fight back.

The Qing army's artillery was also bombarding, but facing the Zhao army's artillery base, the Qing army's artillery shells were difficult to play a role.
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