On the occasion of rebirth Zhou Sui

Chapter 425 Garrison at Mount Mang
Cheng Yaojin caught Zhongtan City by surprise, and before he had time to catch his breath, he continued to lead his soldiers to the south city.

The defenders of the southern city were already prepared, but there were not enough defenders in the city. In addition, Cheng Yaojin and his generals were inspired by Shen Guang's battle in Sishui.

With these generals leading by example, the soldiers of the army followed them, and finally captured the last city of the three cities of Heyang before the arrival of reinforcements in Luoyang city. The flag of the Eastern Sui Dynasty was slowly raised in the south city.

When Cui Che arrived at Nancheng with a hundred thousand step cavalry, he couldn't help feeling regretful.

The weather is not beautiful, the Yellow River is rising, and it is not an ice age, so I have to pass through the three cities of Heyang.

If Er Zhuzhao had the luck, the men and horses could wade through the water, bypass the three cities of Heyang, and attack Luoyang at night. I'm afraid I would have already entered Luoyang City by this time.

It's a pity that the battle just now alarmed the defenders of Luoyang. The opponent was on guard, and the army in the east could return to help at any time. It was already impossible to sneak attack Luoyang.

Cui Che sighed regretfully, but Yu Zhongwen was almost dazzled by anger.

Everything that happened since Cui Che led the troops to the south made Yu Zhongwen feel that he was a fool and was led by the nose by Cui Che.

Cui Che occupied Beizhong City, making him think that the opponent was going south via the river bridge, so he sent heavy troops to guard it, and even set up small boats, just waiting for Cui Che to take the river bridge, and set fire to the bridge to discourage the enemy.

Unexpectedly, Cui Che suddenly abandoned the river bridge with the main force, crossed the river on the east side, and attacked Zhengzhou.

When he arranged the soldiers in the eastern part of Luozhou, Cui Che's real goal was actually the three cities of Heyang.

Yu Zhongwen finally understood why Cui Che only sent a part of his army to march eastward after Cui Che occupied Zhengzhou, but the main force stayed in Zhengzhou.

It turned out to be waiting for him to transfer away the defenders stationed at the Yellow River Bridge.

In this round, Yu Zhongwen was convincingly defeated, but the humiliation of being teased by others made Yu Zhongwen's mentality explode.

Although Yu Zhongwen is a battle-tested veteran, courageous and resourceful, he has a flaw, that is, he is particularly easy to boss.

During Yang Guang's first expedition to Goguryeo, he mobilized an army of 113 million, out of which 30 elite Sui troops were divided into nine groups, and they joined forces on the west bank of the Yalu River to control the generals under Zhongwen.

But it was Yu Zhongwen who took the lead at the critical moment, regardless of the logistical pressure and the dissuasion of Yu Wenshu and others, and insisted on pursuing Ulji Mundeok until the city of Pyongyang, causing the Sui army to be defeated due to lack of food. The defeated army fled westward day and night 450 miles.

30 people crossed the Yalu River, and only 5 people escaped back in the end, resulting in the loss of 2700 elite Sui troops.

Now that Yu Zhongwen was fooled by Cui Che, his head became hot again, and he didn't want to stick to Luoyang, but planned to fight Cui Che in Mangshan, hoping to avenge his shame.

Of course, Yu Zhongwen was not fooling around. Facing the persuasion of Yang Yichen and Duan Wenzhen, he said impassionedly:

"In the Battle of Hedong, our army's defeat did not lie in the strength of the enemy, but in the fact that our army was cut off from the rear.

"Now that we are backed by Luoyang, food and grass are safe, and our army has more than [-] soldiers, why can we only defend Luoyang and let the bandits come and go as they please.

"Xu Guogong (Yu Wenshu) and Yongning Gong (Lai Huer) are preparing troops in the east, preparing to recover the lost land.

"If we can't catch Cui Bandit, Cui Bandit can stay on the west side to bluff and secretly lead the main force via the river bridge to the north of the Yellow River during the Eastern War.

"Once the thief Cui takes the opportunity to attack Duke Xu and Duke Yongning's armies, the eastern part of Henan will surely fall. I am sitting on an army of more than [-] people watching a theater in Luoyang. How can I have the face to see the emperor again!"

Yang Yichen and Duan Wenzhen were silent. According to their understanding of Cui Che, what Yu Zhongwen said was not impossible.

At that time, if Cui Che is really going to secretly divert the main force to participate in the eastern war, causing all the eastern part of Henan to be captured by him, not only Yu Zhongwen, the head of the Henan Road Army, but even these generals will be nailed to the pillar of shame.

An army of more than [-] soldiers stood motionless in the city of Luoyang and watched their friendly troops be surrounded and wiped out. They couldn't afford such a crime, and they didn't dare to bear it.

In the end, the two agreed to Yu Zhongwen's plan, leaving some troops to guard Luoyang, and Yu Zhongwen personally led an army of 20 out of the city, and set up camp south of Mang Mountain.

At this time, Mount Mang had been occupied by the Eastern Sui army. Cui Che stood on a high place and looked at the Western Sui camp in the distance. An elite field army was sent to attack a city with more than [-] troops.

Luoyang is not a strong city. Since Emperor Xiaowu of the Northern Wei Dynasty fled, Gao Huan moved his capital to Yecheng, demolished Luoyang City in the Northern Wei Dynasty, and moved all his people to Yecheng. Luoyang has been in a semi-abandoned state.

As for the battle between the Eastern and Western Weis, Luoyang was at the forefront. For example, the Battle of Heqiao and the Battle of Mangshan in the second part of the Five Wars of the Two Weis took place here.

Luoyang was almost reduced to ruins.

After the fall of the Northern Qi Dynasty, Emperor Zhou Xuan, the son of Emperor Wu of Zhou, originally planned to move the capital to Luoyang, but Luoyang died suddenly after only one year of construction. As Yang Su came to power, he immediately stopped the construction of the Eastern Capital in order to win over the nobles of Guanlong. The plan has been delayed until now.

The generals of the Eastern Sui Army were all optimistic about the Western Sui Army's departure from the city for a decisive battle at the foot of Mang Mountain.

The two previous most famous Mangshan battles were the battle between Gao Huan, a power official of the Eastern Wei Dynasty, and Yu Wentai, a powerful minister of the Western Wei Dynasty. In this battle, the Eastern Wei Dynasty won a big victory, and the Western Wei Dynasty lost more than [-] generals, and more than [-] soldiers were captured and beheaded.

Yu Wentai escaped his life on the battlefield by bribing Gao Huan's general Peng Le.

The second Mangshan War took place between the Northern Zhou Dynasty and the Northern Qi Dynasty. The Northern Zhou Dynasty united the Turks to attack Qi. Yu Wenhu was defeated, and Zhou Jun suffered countless casualties.

The two battles between the Kanto Group and the Kansai Group in Mangshan undoubtedly ended with the victory of the Kanto Group.

The ancients were all superstitious, responsible for the so-called prophecy, how could it have such a great lethality, at least after Cui Che released the prophecy of "Ren Shou Four Years, Son Kills Father, Mountain Tomb Collapses" in advance, the people of Hebei were very angry with Yang Guang. Father is absolutely sure of everything.

From the perspective of the generals of the Eastern Sui Dynasty, fighting in Mangshan was tantamount to luck, and the morale of the army was even higher.

Facing the 20 troops that followed Yu Zhongwen out of the city, they did not intimidate them. Excluding the troops left behind in the southern city, although Cui Che only deployed [-] cavalry in Mangshan, they were all full-time soldiers.

In the Western Sui Dynasty, there were 20 troops, good and bad. Although there were elite soldiers among them, neither the quantity nor the quality could compare with Cui Che's [-] elite troops from the Lianghe region.

(End of this chapter)