In early summer, a light rain came unexpectedly, falling gently and densely, and the distant mountains and forests were shrouded in a hazy area.

This is Xianxia Ridge, Yumai on the eastern foot of Wuyi Mountain in western Zhejiang. An army of 5,000 people is marching in a column with a slightly muddy mountain road.

Fujian has many mountains and is known as eight mountains, one river and one branch of land.

There are only two routes on the way from Zhejiang to Fujian. One is from Quzhou in western Zhejiang, crossing Xianxia Ridge, entering Jianning Prefecture, Fujian, and the other is from Wenzhou Prefecture in southern Zhejiang, advancing along the eastern foot of the Yandang Mountains, crossing Yucang Mountain, breaking through Fenshui Pass, and entering Funing Prefecture, Fujian.

When the Qing army entered Fujian, they were the first to cross Xianxia Ridge and enter Fujian.

This time, Zhao Ming also chose to conquer Bamin from Xianxialing.

In May, after the Han State learned that the Longwu court had raided the Han State trading company and attacked the Han State merchant ships, King Zhao Ming of Han was furious and made a manifesto, listing the eight major crimes of Longwu, announcing his involvement in the war, and threatening to raise 300,000 troops to enter Jiangxi and Jianwu Army to hunt Wuchang together.

When the news came out, the world was shaken. The Longwu Army was so scared that it quickly shrank its troops and prepared to fight. Zhu Yihai received the news and was overjoyed. He was rewarded with Zhao Ming and prepared fine wine to welcome the Han army.

However, Zhao Ming was not prepared to wade into the muddy waters of Jiangxi. His troops entered Jiangxi were just bluffing and attacking the east and west.

After discussing with his advisers, Zhang Jiayu pointed out that the Han army entered Jiangxi and won, but only made a wedding dress for Jianwu. If he was defeated, he would hurt the Han Dynasty's vitality.

Chen Zilong, the judge of the military commander, believed that the Longwu army gathered together with Chu and Gan, and the Fujian and Yue were empty, so it was better to first visit Fujian and Guangdong and then Chu and Gan.

Zhao Ming deeply agreed with this, and he was suspicious of Zhu Yihai's request for the Han merchant ships to transport goods to Nanchang, so he chose the strategy of first visiting Fujian and Guangdong.

In order to paralyze the Tang and Lu army, Zhao Ming chose to station troops in western Zhejiang. On the surface, he was preparing to enter Jiangxi in the west, but in fact he turned the road south, crossed Xianxia Ridge, and entered Fujian.

Longwu, Jianwu, and Han, the three forces, the same culture and clan, internal officials and families are all connected, and there are detailed works by the other two parties within each party, which is hard to guard against.

The mobilization of hundreds of thousands of troops in the Han Dynasty will inevitably be carried out in detail, so Zhao Ming could only choose the road from Quzhou, western Zhejiang to Fujian.

At this time, the drizzle was densely falling, hitting the soldiers' hats and sliding down the straw raincoat.

The Han soldiers wearing leather boots, completely ignored the invasion of the rain, stepped on the mud and quickly headed south.

The Han army general Wang Chaoxian stood by the road, staring at the side of the road with his horse, looking at the soldiers wearing a hat, lined up by the side, and repeatedly ordered: "Go faster and take advantage of the light rain to rush to Xianxia Pass to rest."

At this time, Zhao Ming led more than 100,000 troops to gather in Changshan County, Quzhou Prefecture, and acted as if he was entering Gansu in the west. The Chaoxian received a secret order and led 5,000 elite troops to leave the camp while the night was dark, heading south, and sneak attacked Xianxia Pass.

Xianxia Pass is a strategic location connecting Zhejiang and Fujian. The Fujian portal is taken, and the Fujian portal is opened, so Zhao Ming can lead his troops to the south and capture Fujian.

Because Zheng Chenggong led the main force of the Zheng army to Jiangxi to assist in the war, Fujian's troops were very empty, so once successful, the Han Dynasty could seize Fujian and Guangdong at a very small price.

At this time, the army rushed forward and after walking for more than ten miles, they gradually became tired.

After several days of marching, five thousand elite soldiers had arrived near Dongjiao River, less than twenty miles away from Xianxia Pass.

Seeing this, Wang Chaoxian pointed to a relatively dry forest next to him, and first asked the scout to investigate, then ordered: "Send the order and rest on the spot."

At this time, the drizzle had stopped, and the tired soldiers entered the woods one after another. After eating some dry food, they leaned against the trunks and slept soundly.

Wang Chao first stood on the mountain, at the foot of the mountain in the distance, Xianxia Pass appeared and disappeared. He observed for a moment, and then summoned his subordinates to discuss the matters.

"From the intelligence, there are three thousand defenders guarding Xianxia Pass, and the pass is dangerous. I came over mountains and ridges, and I did not bring artillery or siege equipment. I would definitely not be able to take the hard attack." Wang Chao used branches to draw out the terrain of Xianxia Pass and said in a deep voice: "So, I am preparing to take over the wisdom, what do you think?"

Zheng Chenggong and Zhao Ming had a good personal relationship, but there were actually many conflicts of interest. Therefore, when Zheng Chenggong sent troops to Jiangxi, he deployed three thousand heavy troops to guard Xianxia Pass.

In Pucheng behind Xianxia Pass, there was also general Hong Xu leading 10,000 people to reinforce at any time. A general at sea, Lan Deng, led the navy to monitor the sea surface and made quite comprehensive arrangements.

"This Xianxia Pass is built between two peaks. There is a slope that lasts several miles in front of the pass. Even with cannons and equipment, it is difficult to capture it, let alone the army comes lightly." Yan Ermei, the military officer, said: "The humble official is to win the wisdom!"

But no matter how you agree, everyone has no strategy for how to get ahead.

After a while, Yan Ermei said: "Governor, Bei Yi feels that instead of thinking hard here, it is better to let Bei Yi go to the front of the gate to take a look, and maybe you can find a solution to break the gate."

Wang Chao pondered for a while, but now he couldn't think of any strategy to take advantage of his wisdom, so he nodded and said, "Okay, then go and check it out!"

At that moment, Yan Ermei led a few elite scouts to the woods in front of the pass and observed Xianxia Pass.

Despite the constant wars in the world, Zhejiang and Fujian have entered a long period of peace.

Xianxia Pass, as a pass connecting the two places, is also an important trade channel. In the past, there were endless caravans every day.

However, after Zheng Chenggong entered Jiangxi, the Xianxia Pass passage was basically closed and occasionally opened, and it had to undergo a strict inspection before entering the pass.

"Look at the army!" In the woods, a scout pointed below, a convoy of mule carriages with flags were heading towards Xianxia Pass.

Seeing this, Yan Ermei looked down and found a group of people driving dozens of carts to the Xianxia Pass.

Soon after, the defenders took a brief inspection, moved away from the horse and sent the convoy to Xianxia Pass.

"What's going on? Not a closure?" Yan Ermei couldn't help but wonder.

"Join the army, why don't we pretend to be a caravan and sneak into the pass!" said a scout.

Yan Ermei shook his head and refused to decide. Since the caravan just now could pass, it means that the guards of Xianxia Pass did not completely implement the policy of sealing the pass. Then the Han army could pretend to be a caravan and grab the pass. However, it was OK to pretend to be a caravan, but it was necessary to figure out why the caravan could pass the pass.

Yan Ermei and his group lay down in the woods for a while, took out the Qianli Mile Mile Mile and looked carefully, and suddenly their eyes lit up.

"I know that these caravans are all the caravans of the Zheng family. The small flags mounted on the front of the car are the flags of the Five Mountains." Yan Ermei smiled and said, "Let's go back and report to the governor!"
Chapter completed!