Soldiers come to the world

Jingxing is located in the middle of Leping County. It is known as "the fifth of the eight Xings of the Taihang, the sixth of the nine fortresses in the world".

Although the Han army has stationed troops on the south bank of the Yellow River, at the same time, [-] naval troops can easily enter Hebei from the Yellow River and the sea. In the west of Hebei, it is also very important to open a road from Bingzhou to Hebei, and Jingxing is one of this strategy. road.

Compared with Jingxing, Cao Jun paid more attention to Fukouxing. Fukouxing is located in the south of Jingxing and can go directly to Yedu. Xiahou Dun led [-] troops from Fukouxing to Yedu, and stationed on the east pass of Fukouxing. heavily armed.

But Liu Jing is not interested in Fukou. He wants to open up the road from Bingzhou to Hebei. Jingxing is his ideal goal. However, it is not so easy to take down Jingxing. The rate of 5000 people guards.

Jingxing starts from Shang'ai County, Leping County in the west, and ends in Jingxing County, Changshan County in the east. .

There are mainly two dangerous passes on Jingxing Road, one is Weize Pass near the west entrance, which is later known as Niangzi Pass, and the other is Tumen Pass at the east exit. At present, Cao’s army is mainly stationed in Leping due to insufficient troops. There are two dangerous passes in the county and Niangziguan.

In mid-November, [-] Han troops arrived in Leping County under the leadership of Xiangguo Zhuge Liang. At this time, Bingzhou had just had a heavy snowfall.

The army led by Zhuge Liang did not move fast. After passing Beishan, it took a full day to walk for a short distance of [-] miles, and did not arrive at Leping County until dusk. Leping County is known as seven mountains, two rivers and one plain, and Taihang Mountain runs through it. , Majestic and steep mountains can be seen everywhere, with no end in sight.

Leping County is located on the mountainside of a steep mountain. It is a county town built on the mountain. The city walls are all made of huge stones, which are extremely strong and tall. It is not so much a county town as it is a strong fortress.

There are 2000 troops stationed in the city, commanded by a school lieutenant. The county seat is just beside the official road that must pass through to Jingxing. After losing the Han army's food and supplies.

Zhuge Liang was sitting in a carriage, looking at the county seat on the mountainside from a distance through the window, and smiled at the general Wang Ping who was riding beside him: "What does General Wang think of Zhang Yun?"

Wang Ping sneered and said: "This man is brave if he is brave, but he is poor in resourcefulness. He has not many troops, and he has to be stationed in two places. Maybe he thinks it is a pity that this county is not used. So what if we ignore it?"

Zhuge Liang clapped his hands and laughed: "General Wang is worthy of being a wise general praised by the King of Han. He really deserves his reputation. It is indeed unwise for Zhang Yun to divide his troops to garrison."

Speaking of this, Zhuge Liang said indifferently: "But I only made a small plan, and the garrison in this county will be wiped out."

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2000 Han troops marched mightily to the north in the vast snow field, while Cao Jun soldiers standing on the top of Leping City watched every move of the Han army vigilantly. There were [-] troops stationed in Leping County, and the commander of this Cao Jun's school The lieutenant's name is Wang Xing, a native of Hejian County, about forty years old, and a general of Zhang Yun, the lord of Leping County.

Wang Xing was appointed by Zhang He to lead the army to garrison Leping County, mainly to contain the Han army's attack on Jingxing from the side. Leping County is about [-] miles away from Jingxing Pass. This distance is just right for Leping County to assist Cao Jun's main force in guarding the pass.

Wang Xing stood on the city wall with a big knife in his hand, and stared coldly at the mighty Han army passing by in the distance. He could see clearly that this Han army was lightly armed and did not carry food, grass, and supplies. Perhaps they I thought it would be easy to capture Jingxing Pass, and get the food and grass in the pass!

A mocking smile appeared on Wang Xing's face, and he clenched the big knife even tighter.

At night, the biting cold mountain wind passes through the cliffs like a knife, making a series of sharp howling sounds. The defenders in Leping County have long been accustomed to the strange howling sound of the mountain wind, and the city is extremely quiet. The soldiers on duty were wrapped in blankets and curled up in the corner of the wall. Only a few soldiers were looking down. They seemed to have heard something unusual.

At this time, a small black dot rushed towards the county town. It was a cavalry scout of Cao Jun. After a while, he rushed to the top of the city and asked loudly, "Is General Wang here?"

"What's the matter?" a military officer on duty asked.

"Quickly go and report to General Wang, and found the Han army's food and supply team."

At this time, the chief general Wang Xing also walked quickly to the battlements, and Cao Jun's soldiers who were curled up on the wall stood up one after another. Wang Xing probed down and asked, "What happened?"

"General Qi, we found the Han army's supply and grain team, which is on the trail to the west."

Wang Xing raised his head and looked to the west. There was a large forest in the west, covering the trail leading to Jingxing Pass in the north. Only then did he understand that the Han army's baggage team took another route.

"How many grain carts and guards are there?" Wang Xing asked anxiously.

"There are about a thousand grain carts, and more than five hundred guard soldiers. Their grain and grass carts are very heavy and they walk slowly!"

Wang Xing pondered for a moment, and immediately ordered: "Send the order, and the troops will assemble immediately!"

Their task was to intercept the rear of the Han army. Zhang He didn't want them to come here to watch the excitement. After a quarter of an hour, Wang Xing led two thousand soldiers and rushed out of the city gate. Wang Xing took the lead and led the army towards the forest to the west.

About two miles away from the county seat is a black pine forest that is tens of miles long. At this time, the pine forest is also covered with white snow, mixed with black and white. On the other side of the pine forest is a trail leading to Jingxing Pass. Road, this official road from Taiyuan, looks a little narrow.

At this time, on the official road, a grain and grass team was creaking and heading north. This grain and grass team was composed of more than a thousand horse-drawn carts. Each cart was pulled by two horse-drawn horses. The convoy was trampled, the ground was muddy, and the march was extremely slow.

At this moment, there was a sound of frightened birds flying into the sky in the pine forest, and the soldiers of the guarding food team suddenly became vigilant, and they picked up their shields and spears one after another, and visited the people in the pine forest.

"It's Cao Jun!"

Suddenly there was a loud shout from the ranks, and I saw countless black shadows rushing out of the pine forest, shooting random arrows, and many horses pulling carts were hit by arrows. There were miserable hisses and shouts, and the soldiers of the Han army rushed to the other side one after another. Fleeing in the snow on one side, the driver jumped out of the carriage and ran after the soldiers. In just a moment, all the Han soldiers on the official road escaped.

Two thousand Cao soldiers rushed out of the pine forest. They cheered and cheered. They had obtained a large amount of Han army's luggage so easily, but the general Wang Xing was a little uneasy. These luggage were snatched too easily. Could it be that the Han army's logistics were so easily lost? ?

At this moment, a soldier exclaimed, "General, that's not right!"

Wang Xing was startled, hurriedly urged his horse forward and asked, "What's wrong?"

The soldiers lifted the oilcloth covering the cart, and the cart was full of hay. Wang Xing quickly ordered to check all the grain carts, and soldiers kept shouting, "This side is full of hay!"

"Here too, there is no food!"

Wang Xing was stunned for a moment, then shouted, "No, get out!"

He has already realized that this supply team is a trick of the Han army to lure soldiers, and it is not a real supply team at all, but it is already a bit late at this time, only the sound of drums in the distance is like thunder, and there are suddenly flames on both sides of the road. The Han army came from left to right, and it was Guan Xing and Zhang Bao, two young fierce generals, who each led 5000 men to kill Cao Jun.

Cao Jun's soldiers turned around and ran towards the pine forest for a while, but the pine forest was blocked by the Han army. Ten thousand Han troops came from all directions.

General Cao Jun Wang Xing led more than a hundred people to break through to the north, but happened to meet Zhang Bao, Zhang Bao was quite like his father, roaring like thunder, Zhang Ba Snake Spear was as fast as lightning, he picked Wang Xing off his horse with one shot, and shot again Stab him to death.

The main general was killed, the retreat route was cut off, and the morale of two thousand Cao troops was demoralized. They knelt down and surrendered, begging for mercy. They couldn't defend the city, and Cao Jun had no fighting spirit, so he had to open the city gate and surrender to the Han army.

The news that Leping County was taken by the Han army did not spread to Jingxing Pass. At this time, Jingxing Pass was already facing a big enemy, and [-] Han soldiers were approaching the city. Jingxing had two passes to the west of Taihang Mountain. One was Jingxing Pass at the entrance of the Valley Road. , and the other is located in the middle of Jingxing, which is Weizeguan.

Zhang He led [-] defenders to guard the city of Jingxing Pass. Jingxing Pass is a grand pass about two miles long, with steep cliffs on both sides and the entrance of Jingxing behind. It must pass through Guancheng. If the Han army wants to capture Jingxing, Jingxing Pass is an insurmountable hurdle.

Zhang He originally thought that the Han army would attack Taiyuan with all its strength first, but he did not expect that the Han army would attack Jingxing Pass first, which made him feel a little regretful. If he had known this, he should not have allowed Wang Xing to defend Leping County, but should have concentrated his forces to defend Jingxing. right.

In fact, Zhang He still had serious differences with Xiahou on the strategy of Bingzhou. Zhang He believed that it would be beneficial to the overall situation to stick to Jingxing and the Taihang Mountain passages in the north. Bingzhou was not important in Cao Wei's overall situation, and Hebei was the key. He asked Xiahou Still divide at least half of the troops to guard Jingxing.

But Xia Houshang did not pay much attention to Jingxing. On the contrary, he paid more attention to defending Taiyuan. Five thousand troops were sent to Zhang Yun to guard Leping County, including Jingxing.

But the Han army did not attack Jingxing immediately, but set up a camp about two miles away from Guancheng. For two days in a row, a steady stream of Han troops came from the south and entered the camp. Zhang Yun secretly deduced that at least some Forty thousand Han troops were stationed outside Jingxing Pass.

In this way, the pressure on Taiyuan is gone. At the moment when the Han army is attacking Jingxing with all its strength, shouldn't Xia Houshang do something?

Zhang He hoped that Xia Houshang could divide his troops to relieve him of the pressure. Once Jingxing fell, the Han army would march into Hebei in a large scale. I am afraid that Xiahoushang would not be able to bear the consequences.

Zhang He pondered for a long time, he is a subordinate, he can't ask Xia Houshang to do anything, he can only tell Xia Houshang the truth, the main force of the Han army is attacking Jingxing, he can suggest that Xiahoushang can lead the army south to raid the empty logistics area of ​​the Han army.

Zhang He immediately revised a letter and asked Xinying to send the Han army information and his suggestions to Taiyuan.

In the camp of the Han army, Zhuge Liang stood in front of the big tent with his arms behind his hands and observed the sky. He was so engrossed in watching the sky that the sky was covered with dark clouds and the wind was bitterly cold, and another heavy snow was coming soon.

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