Han Hai Tang Ergui

Chapter 673

In Baocheng County, Wuxiu Pass, also known as Hutou Pass, is the great city of Tang Dynasty mentioned by Zhe Dejian.

Wuxiu Pass is located at the most dangerous place under Wuguan Mountain, surrounded by water on three sides from the northwest to the south.

The rushing Baoshui bypassed these three sides and headed south quickly. Although the river course is not wide, the current is too fast to be waded through, and it is very difficult to build a pontoon bridge.

And even if the water flow is slower, there is actually no way to build a pontoon bridge.

Because Wuxiuguan is not just surrounded by water on three sides, the three sides surrounded by water are completely cliffs. Even if a pontoon bridge is built, there is still a cliff that is hundreds of feet high, and it is impossible to pass through Wuxiuguan.

Therefore, the only place that can be attacked in the whole Wuxiu Pass is the east side of the Yunqiao plank road on Baoxie Road.

The Yunqiao plank road is cut on the mountainside, and can only accommodate four people to pass side by side, and because the plank road is built with wooden sticks inserted into the mountain, the carrying capacity is limited, and it is impossible for many people to come up at one time.

Wuxiu Pass, built by mountains and rivers, is like a mountain god, overlooking the Yunqiao plank road, completely blocking this passage.

Li Cunhui did not launch an attack immediately, nor did he make a tentative attack. If his 3000 people attacked, he could only go past more than a hundred people at one time, and basically sent them off.

The news quickly spread to Luo Yu'er of the Chinese army. Luo Yu'er reported to the coach Cai Guogong Yin Zhengqi, and at the same time called the generals to discuss.

After seeing Li Cunhui's sketch, Zhe Dejian said with a toothache: "The two pass cities on the Baoxie Road, the danger of Wuxiu Pass is more dangerous than Baogu Pass.

In the 12th year of Jian'an in the Later Han Dynasty, Emperor Wu of Wei went out of Xiegu to face Hanzhong, but he couldn't attack Wuxiu Pass, so he had to lead his troops back. "

If it were in other dynasties, it would be enough to call Cao Cao Cao Mengde, and maybe call Cao Aman twice, but Zhang Zhou couldn't.

Who is the Cao family in Shazhou called Empress Cao Yanxi, who claims to be a descendant of Cao Cao's descendants in Qiaojun?

In history, Wuxiu Pass, as a natural danger on Baoxie Road, has experienced dozens of wars, the most frequent in the Southern Song Dynasty. Song, Jin, Song and Mongolia fought fiercely around Wuxiu Pass several times.

The most famous one should be the Battle of Song, Jin and Hanzhong in the third year of Shaoxing in the Southern Song Dynasty (1133). The Jin army first captured Wuxiu Pass by surprise attack, and then broke through Xingyuan Mansion (Hanzhong).

However, Liu Ziyu, the magistrate of Hanzhong, took the first step to burn down Xingyuan Mansion and other large and small cities, and moved all the residents away.

After the Jin army captured Xingyuan Mansion, there was no food and grass, and they attacked Xianrenguan to the west and entered Shu and were blocked by Wu Jie, so they had to choose to return by the original road of Wuxiuguan.

But at this time, Liu Ziyu, the magistrate of Xingyuan Prefecture who is familiar with geography, led more than a thousand elites to cross the mountains and ridges to seize Wuxiu Pass and block the Jin army's [-] troops.

In order to return to the north, the Jin army stormed Wuxiu Pass, but fled back to Guanzhong after losing more than half of it.

It can be seen from this that the geographical advantage of Wuxiu Pass is terrible. The so-called return to the teacher should not be stopped, but Liu Ziyu dared to use Wuxiu Pass to block the plank road and block the return of the Jin army.

And he only had a thousand soldiers, but the Jin army had 6 people who attacked desperately, but still failed to capture.

The reason why half of the people were able to escape in the end should be that the Song army who closed the door was about to be exhausted and could not be killed, so the Jin army could escape smoothly.

Of course, it is impossible for these people to know about this battle at present, but Wuxiu Pass is difficult to fight, but it is somewhat beyond their expectations.

After Zhe Dejian talked about Cao Cao's attack on Wuxiu Pass, He Fujin mentioned Zhong Hui's attack on Shu.

And mentioning the bell will attack Shu, because it is very similar to the current situation.

Back then, the Wei State also attacked Shu before the Jiangnan was settled, and also divided its troops into two groups. Zhong Hui's main force took the Bao ramp to attack Hanzhong, and Deng Ai led his partial division to take the Yinping Road.

It is exactly the same as today's army going to Hanzhong, Gao Huaide led a small number of elites to go to Qishan Road.

Pointing to the sketch, He Fujin said: "Zhonghui's attack on Shu was able to break through Wuxiu Pass because the Baoxie Road was severely damaged back then, and the Shu army did not stick to Wuxiu Pass, which is different from today.

Therefore, if it is very difficult to attack by force, it is better to send an elite army to the east, detouring Wenchuan Road and attacking back and forth. "

The so-called Wenchuan Road is a channel built along the Wenchuan River, a tributary of the Han River, east of Wuxiu Pass.

It was built in the third year of Tang Xuanzong's Dazhong (849), and it can also lead to Hanzhong, roughly along the Wenchuan River in Chenggu County, Shaanxi Province.

Luo Yuer's expression was also very dignified, "Although Wenchuan Road exists, it was basically stopped after four years in Dazhong. It took less than a year. It is said that the river is full of rocks, and no one can walk there."

Wenchuan Road is not a plank road, or the plank road only occupies a small part. Most of the roads are gravel roads built along the Wenchuan River.

The advantage is that it is [-] miles shorter than Wuxiu Pass, and if you follow the river, you can use some water transportation.

However, it was later discovered that the Wenchuan River changed greatly in the two seasons of flood and drought, and the amount of water in the flood season was abundant, which often washed away the post roads by the river.

During the dry season, the amount of water decreases, and many road sections can be passed as long as people roll up their trousers, and they cannot sail at all, so it was basically abandoned after only one year of use.

Luo Yu'er is still hesitating, but Jiao Jixun next to him has already made up his mind, the right god Weiwei has caused such a big disaster, if he doesn't do something close to death, how can he have the face to hang out in the pro army?
So Jiao Jixun cupped his hands, "Sima, according to the merchants of the Hexi Chamber of Commerce, although Wenchuan Road cannot carry large troops, many merchants travel because the road is shorter than Wuxiu Pass.

Please allow the last general to select [-] elite soldiers and go south from Wenchuan Road to surprise, which will definitely cause chaos in the Shu army of Xingyuan Mansion, and maybe even meet Li Rong in Zhaoyi Town who is traveling on Tangluo Road. "

Luo Yuer looked at Jiao Jixun in surprise, "You are saying that instead of going over the mountains and attacking Wuxiu Pass, you will go directly to Xingyuan Mansion on Wenchuan Road.

If this is the case, the main road of Wenchuan Road is ruined and full of rocks, and the luggage is too heavy. 800 people can't carry much at all. What is the use of being able to enter Xingyuan Mansion? "

Wenchuan Road was built along the Wenchuan River, and it has been abandoned for nearly a hundred years. Only merchants are still using it, and three mules of food and one mule of goods travel like this.

That is to say, generally two merchants bring four mules and horses, three mules are loaded with necessary supplies such as food, and only one mule can carry goods before going out.

This is still merchants. If the army wants to go out from Wenchuan Road, they will have to bring a lot of weapons, armor, food, etc., which is far heavier than the burden of merchants. I am afraid that one person will need four mules and horses.

But one person can't take care of four mules and horses, even if it can be done, but such a big movement will definitely alarm the scouts of the Shu army.

At that time, the Shu army only needs to set up an ambush according to the danger to wait for work, and Jiao Jixun and others will have to wait for death.

Jiao Jixun looked at Luo Yuer, with a fierce look on his face for the first time.

He is 46 years old this year. Although he has achieved the position of a pro-military general, he has no title yet, and You Shenweiwei has such a big problem again.

If you don't take a big gamble, when will you be able to become a martial artist, and when will you be eligible to make a picture of a hero.

"There are fish, shrimps and crabs in the water in Wenchuan, and there is no shortage of water. One person only needs to bring two catties of dried rice with mutton oil.

If mules and horses are used for the [-]-mile journey, they are not as fast as human legs and feet. The final general led [-] warriors to rush all the way, day and night, and within two days they would definitely reach the border of Xingyuan Mansion, and the Shu army could not react at all. "

Although mules and horses carry heavy loads and are fast, they are short distances. They can throw people ten blocks within [-] miles, but if they have to travel [-] miles through mountains and rivers, a well-trained and ruthless man will definitely finish the mules and horses.

The title of Endurance King of the terrifying upright ape is not given for nothing.

Ruthless!Luo Yu'er was in awe. Jiao Jixun wanted to walk through Wenchuan Road as fast as he could without food, but only with weapons and armor.

It's all about fighting for life. As long as there is a slight mistake, even if the Shu army is undefended, as long as Jiao Jixun and others can't find food supplies, they can starve to death directly.

Jiao Jixun saw that Luo Yuer hesitated a little, he knelt down on one knee and shouted: "Please Sima complete!"

Seeing that Jiao Jixun was determined, Luo Yu'er didn't hesitate any more. He looked at Jiao Jixun and said, "From the right Shenwei guard, choose [-] warriors, and the rest of the guards will send out [-] warriors from the imperial army. Please ask the military judge to measure it with a ruler." In other words, those whose waist and abdomen are less than three feet are not allowed!"

Jiao Jixun was overjoyed and thanked repeatedly, Luo Yuer didn't know whether her decision was right or wrong.

And the Military Law Officer in the army immediately began to measure the waistline of the general.

The reason for doing this is because Jiao Jixun's method is to quickly pass through Wenchuan Road by only eating half full or even half full, and bringing as little food as possible and more weapons and armor.

This kind of march, if you don't have three catties of oil on your waist and belly, you won't be able to fight if you walk out of Wenchuan Road.

Only the kind of macho man with a big belly and a belly full of goods can rely on the fat stored in his daily life, and he can still fight after walking two hundred miles in a half-starved state.

Jiao Jixun set off immediately, and Luo Yuer also became ruthless. Jiao Jixun chose to take Wenchuan Road directly to Xingyuan Mansion, so someone had to go to the front and rear flanking of Wuguan Mountain by taking Wenchuan Road.

He looked at Wucheng Hou Wang Xinxun behind him. In the past, when he traveled west with Zhang Yu in Regret Mountain and fought hundreds of thousands of people, Wang Tongxun had a higher status than him.

In fact, he is not inferior to him at present. Manxiong, Dunzhu, Qiongre Duojin, and Wang Tongtong have always been the four dogs by Zhang Ting's side. When fighting, they all exist side by side with Zhang Ting.

But Wang Tongtong was unwilling to read and write, and the generals could only lead three to five hundred people, so Luo Yuer came from behind and became a general of one side, and Wang Tongtong was still a general for Zhang Tie in Regret Mountain Capital.

"Brother, how about a certain family entrusting you with the work of crossing Wuguan Mountain?" Luo Yu'er pondered for a moment, but said it in a more careful tone.

Thinking that Wang Tongtong didn't care at all about Luo Yu'er assigning him this hard work, the guy grinned.

"If there is anything wrong, Sima, let's take a look at it, a certain family will surely be able to defeat the bandit army with divine soldiers.

A certain family spends a lot of money, but the title Lumi of Marquis of Wucheng is still a little less, and he should have been a county duke long ago! "

. . . .

On the other side, Li Rong, who was taking the Tangluo Road, had even more headaches, because the Baoxie Road was once repaired by Meng Shu to transport grain, and Baoshui was barely navigable in some areas.

But the Tangluo Road is different. As the main passage from Guanzhong to Shuzhong in the Tang Dynasty, it was destroyed on a large scale by the two regimes of Wang Shu and Meng Shu successively. So now the Tangluo Road only has a name, and the plank road is almost completely destroyed.

Li Rong could only cut wood and build a plank road while passing through. Although there was no one guarding him, the journey was so difficult that it could really be called as difficult as reaching the blue sky.

. . . .

Xingyuan Mansion, Shannan Xidao Jiedu Envoy Office, Sun Hanshao has been actively making various preparations since the news that the Zhou army will attack Shu.

As the No.1 general of Meng Shu, Sun Hanshao switched towns with Zhang Qianzhao after returning from Guanzhong.

Although he only guarded the Xingyuan Mansion for three or four years, he managed the entire Xingyuan Mansion well. Most of the soldiers under his command came with him to the Mengshu Forbidden Army Wuyi Army, and he could command any soldier.

Sun Hanshao did not carry out passive defense like the Shu Han did in the past, but sent troops to occupy and rush to repair Wuxiu Pass and other passes a few years ago.

But just when he thought he was about to face the Zhou army from Guanzhong, the first to send the warning was the Yuanzhou Wuding army east of Xingyuan Mansion.

Yuanzhou is the later Yangxian County, Shaanxi Province, where Jiezhen was established in the Tang Dynasty, and Sun Hanshao was originally the Jiedu Envoy of Wuding Army in Yuanzhou in the Later Tang Dynasty.

After surrendering to Meng Zhixiang, he has been guarding Yuanzhou most of the time, and was only transferred to the Jiedushi of Shannan West Road in recent years.

The current Jiedu Envoy of Wuding Army in Yuanzhou is Wang Huan, who is from Zhengding, Hebei. He is half of Meng Zhixiang's hometown. to him for help.

When the envoy of Wuding Army arrived, Sun Hanshao found out that as early as the first day of March, Zhang Zhouping, the deputy general of the Shu camp, the governor of Xiangyang Prefecture, the supervisor of soldiers and horses of Xiangyang Prefecture, and Er Zhujing, the commander-in-chief of Feng'an Town, led [-] warships. Riding [-] on foot, they headed upstream from Jinzhou (Ankang, Shaanxi) and began to storm the Wuding Army's territory in Yuanzhou.

Of course Er Zhujing didn't have [-] soldiers and horses, but actually only [-] cavalry, sailors, civilian husbands and other more than [-] people.

However, Feng'an Town and the Xiangyang Guard Army composed of Shannan Dongdao Yabing and Dengzhou Weisheng Army Yabing did not have low combat effectiveness.

Xiangyang Mansion has all completed the equalization of land, and every family has benefited greatly from the new dynasty, and there is a visible upward path.

The key is the new dynasty and new atmosphere, everyone feels that there is a rush, so everyone uses their lives, although they are going against the current, they do not act slowly.

They set off from Xiangyang Mansion on the first day of March, and broke through Shiquan County controlled by the Shu army on the seventh day of March.

Arrived at Raofeng Pass in the northwest of Shiquan County on March 3000th, and then surrounded and stormed. Wang Huan sent [-] Wuding troops down the river to rescue them. As a result, they lost all three battles.

On March [-], the defenders of Raofeng Pass saw that the reinforcements were defeated, so they simply surrendered in Kaesong.

It is dangerous to go to Yuanzhou now, because Raofeng Pass is further up, it is Zuxi Pass, and Zhanlongya from Zuxi Pass is only more than [-] miles away, and it is Wukou Pass, the exit of Ziwu Road.

If Wukou Pass is captured by the Zhou army, then the Zhou army can calmly go south along the Meridian Road.

Even if the road is difficult, as long as the pass is controlled, there will be no danger, and it will be much easier for the army to enter Xingyuan Mansion.

Sun Hanshao was very familiar with Yuanzhou, and when he knew that Wang Huan had gone to Wukou Pass to guard it, he knew something was wrong.

Because if Zuxi Pass and Zhanlongya can still be guarded, then Wang Huan cannot lose Wukou Pass.

Although Wukou Pass is called a pass, in fact it can only control the Wukou of Ziwu Valley, and it cannot stop the enemy from the east.

Just at this time, an urgent report came from the guard of Wuxiu Pass, saying that the Zhou army was attacking Shu camp and marching Sima, and the Chinese general Luo Yuer led an army to attack Wuxiu Pass. , River Valley, I don’t know how many there are.

Sun Hanshao was calm on the face, but he was still a little flustered in his heart. He was born in Daibei-Hedong Wuxun, so of course he knew the strength of the Central Plains soldiers. Although Wuxiu Pass is dangerous, it is not impossible to conquer.

It seems that the main force of Zhou Jun went south from the Bao ramp, and then went up the river from Jinzhou. The one on the Qishan Road should be false.

"Is there any news from the Tangluo Road?" Sun Hanshao asked hastily.

The military academy next to him unfolded the map and replied, "There is news. According to the general guarding the pass, some mountain people and hunters have seen the Zhou army's banner and the traces of felling trees."

Natural dangers are very fair, and they will not benefit only one side. For the Zhou army, the Tangluo Road is certainly difficult to go to the blue sky, but the Shu army can't easily enter the Tangluo Road, they can only use the mountain people to do a rough investigation.

Sun Hanshao nodded. He knew that Zhou Jun would not let the Tangluo Road pass by. While ordering the defenders to monitor closely, he thought about the matter of Yuanzhou.

Wu Ding's army was not large, because Yuanzhou was too narrow to raise too many soldiers and horses, so he had to draw some troops to help.

But if he dispatched Xingyuan Mansion's army to go there, then Xingyuan Mansion's own troops would not be enough.

"Order Li Jin to immediately lead 4000 people to assist Wuding Army Wang Jieshuai, and send an emergency envoy to the court to ask the court to send reinforcements, and then let Sun Shunchao lead a thousand people to support Wuxiu Pass."

Sun Hanshao quickly made arrangements. Li Jin was a fierce general of the Xingyuan Mansion, and it was feasible to rescue Wuding's army.

Sun Shunchao is his nephew, although he is a bit greedy for money, he has a reputation for bravery, so it is appropriate to stick to Wuxiu Pass.

Since Zhou Jun chose to storm Xingyuan Mansion, it is also appropriate to transfer some troops from other places.

Suddenly, Sun Hanshao's gaze skipped Wenchuan Road on the map, and after a few moments of silence, he shook his head.

It is absolutely difficult for Wenchuan Road to pass through the army. Even if it can pass, the only choice is either without armor or without food.

Besides, at the end of Taniguchi, he also arranged for 300 people to guard, so there should be no problem.

(End of this chapter)