Datang New Order

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Taihang Xing is the southernmost Xingkou of the Eight Xings of Taihang, with a total length of more than forty miles, winding among the mountains, passing through the Taihang Mountains, starting from Hanoi in the south, and connecting with Tianjingguan, the gate in the south of Zezhou in the north. The important channel to attack Shangdang has always been a battleground for military strategists.Zhao Ba's occupation of Hanoi is tantamount to opening the southern entrance of Taihang Xing, and the rest is how to clear the entire Taihang Xing passage.

But Zhao Ba did not dare to go further north, because the road in Taihangxing was rugged, and there were many fortresses such as Yangchangban, Panshicheng, Wanzicheng, Dakou, Xiaokou, Guanyeling, Banjiuling, and Tianjingguan. The cavalry's combat method is incapable of quickly taking down Taixing Xing.Therefore, while blocking Hanoi, he asked Zhong Shao for orders.

At this time, Zhong Shao had just led the Cangzhou army to the Heqing camp, which was still a hundred miles away from Hanoi, and the Weizhou army, the Huaiyue coalition army, and the Liaodong security army were even more dragged behind.

Zhong Shao kept in mind Li Chengzhong's four-character gist of "Soldiers are precious and fast", and without waiting for the whole army to arrive, he simply led the left side of the Cangzhou army, packed lightly, dropped all the burdens, and started a rapid march towards Hanoi.The left wing of the Cangzhou Army is worthy of being the first-class main force in the Yan Army. It only took one day and one night to rush to Hanoi, creating a new record in the history of the Yan Army!

After the left side of the Cangzhou Army arrived in Hanoi, they only rested for a day before leaving Hanoi and entering the long and steep Taihangxing.

The vanguard was the two battalions of the front regiment in the left wing. The left battalion was wearing the Liang Jun military uniform captured in Hanoi City, and under the banner of Liang Jun, they escorted the carts full of grain and entered first.The carts were pushed by brothers from Youying. They disguised themselves as civilian husbands and hid their weapons in the cart.

The former commander of the regiment was Zhao Wu. He was originally a general under Xiong Hu, the commander of the left wing of the Weizhou Army.Later, the General Administration of Military Staff implemented a strategy of round-robin battles in Shangdang and Bochang.Zhao Wu's battalion head was transferred to Bochang to participate in the war. Because of his outstanding military exploits, he was favored by Zhong Shao, who was then the battalion chief of Bochang, and begged Liu Jinhou to replace the commander of the front battalion of the left wing of the Cangzhou Army who died in the battle.

After the expansion of the Yan army, Zhao Wusheng served as the commander of the former regiment and the commander of the left battalion of the former regiment. Li Yanzhi, the capital who followed him, also became the commander of the right battalion of the former regiment, which can be regarded as a smooth career.The Cangzhou Army is the first main force of the Yan Army, the left wing is the main force of the Cangzhou Army, and the front regiment is the vanguard of the left wing.It is not an exaggeration to say that they are the main force among the main forces. Therefore, Zhao Wu and Li Yanzhi's reputation has reached the ears of the King of Yan.

Zhao Wu led his troops to advance into Taihangxing, and the first pass he had to face was Yangchangban.Fortunately, Yangchangban has been abandoned, because it is not far from Hanoi, and the coalition forces of the princes did not garrison here, which made Zhao Wu's carefulness in vain.

Passed Yangchangzaka.The second pass is Panshi City.Panshi City is more than eight miles away from Hanoi, which happens to be the distance of a day's march in the mountains, so the coalition forces of the princes set up a transit camp here.

The guards stationed at Panshi City saw the long grain transport convoy approaching, and they had no doubts in their hearts.While ordering people to open the pass, he came down to check the vehicles, wanting to see if there is any good stuff, and he can make a fortune.While he was checking.Leng Buding Zuo Ying violently attacked and hacked him to death immediately, and You Ying, who was disguised as a civilian husband, also drew his weapon from the cart.Shouting and flooding into Panshi City.

There were not many defenders stationed in Panshi City, and it didn't take long for them to collapse. Dozens of defenders threw down their weapons and fled to the rear.Zhao Wu left Li Yan to wipe out the remnants of the enemy, and led Zuo Ying to chase after him.

In terms of foot strength, none of the allied forces of the princes could catch up with the Cangzhou army. Zhao Wu chased for three miles, and captured all the fugitives without leaving, and finally did not let the news leak out.

Zuo Ying stayed where he was, and slept in the open after sending out sentries, and at the same time interrogated the captured fugitives overnight.That night, Li Yan rushed to the right battalion directly and caught up with Zhao Wu.

According to an officer who was captured, there were not many garrisons in Wanzicheng, Dakou, Xiaokou, Guanyeling, and Banjiuling. A small number of troops were stationed to maintain the transportation of supplies.For example, Wanzicheng, Xiaokou, Banjiuling and other places have only one team of soldiers stationed there, while Dakou and Laoyeling have more people, each of which has only one or two hundred people, and half of them are civilian husbands.The real hard bone is Tianjingguan at the northernmost end of Taihang Xing. The terrain there is dangerous and there are heavy troops stationed there. As for how many soldiers there are, the officer does not know.

Zhao Wu quickly asked the general to report his feelings to Zhong Shao, and asked Zhong Shao to send troops to respond quickly.

With the detailed military situation of Taihang Xing, the attack of the front regiment will be much smoother. Either they swaggered and drove the vehicles to blatantly rush up, or they sent people to attack overnight. They hardly encountered any decent battles, and they easily took it down. Passes everywhere.Zhong Shao also urged the army to follow closely behind the front regiment, all the way to Banjiu Ridge.

But there is always an accident in everything. When the Turtle Dove Ridge was captured, a few fugitives got into the ravine, and lost their tracks if they were not paying attention.

Zhao Wusheng was afraid that they would run back to the courtyard to report the news, so after a little rectification, he immediately urged the front group to hurry.But when they arrived at Tianjing Pass, they were a bit late, and the pass was heavily guarded. The soldiers of the former regiment were shot back by a rain of arrows as soon as they showed their heads. Obviously, the allied forces of the princes stationed at Tianjing Pass already knew their movements.

Tianjingguan is the northern entrance of Taihangxing and also the southern barrier of Zezhou, only 45 miles away from Zezhou.The key is that these 45 miles are all flat land, which is very easy to walk. If the garrison at Tianjingguan brought horses, which Zhao Wu probably would have, it would only take half a day for the defenders to report to Zezhou. I am afraid that the time left for the former group will not exceed two days.Zhao Wu was very anxious about this.

Because at the entrance of Tianjing Gorge, the mountains on both sides are as steep as walls, so Tianjin Pass can only be attacked from the front—and the front is a stone wall pass that is no more than ten feet wide and three feet high.Troops cannot be deployed, side attacks cannot be circumvented, and siege equipment cannot be dragged in. How should we fight?

Shut down the defenders and shot an arrow, then raised their weapons to the soldiers in front of the regiment, everyone yelled at them, and then laughed loudly after cursing, Zhao Wu was really pissed off.Several of them couldn't hold back their heads, and they jumped up and down to ask Zhao Wu to fight, and wanted to lead the soldiers to charge, but Zhao Wu stopped them all.

After waiting till evening, Zhao Wu finally brought Zhong Shao over.Zhong Shao was travel and dusty, with a haggard face, and the armor of the officers of all ranks surrounding him was covered with dust, which showed the hard work on the road.Zhao Wu went up to say a few words of greeting, immediately talked about the situation at Tianjingguan, and finally asked, "Tongzhi, did you bring that thing?"

Zhong Shao smiled and said, "Don't worry, it's right behind, and the brothers from the logistics battalion are also here... When it's your turn, don't pee your crotch!"

Zhao Wu was overjoyed: "What do you want to do with a humble job?"

Zhong Shao shook his head: "Leave it to the logistics battalion, and you will lead the team to get ready, then rush in and fight."

Due to time constraints, the logistics battalion didn't care about eating, and started working as soon as the patio was closed.They emptied a few Xi carts for transporting luggage, made simple modifications, and then pushed them towards the courtyard.

Although it was getting dark, countless torches were lit up and down, illuminating the battlefield extremely brightly.Seeing the Yan army pushing a few weird "shield carts" up, the defenders cheered up and waited for the Yan army to rush to the city.

The modification of the logistics battalion is actually very simple. It is to nail a three-inch-thick and one-foot-high wooden plank on the front of the Xi car, and tie a layer of watered coarse cloth to the plank to become a simple shield car.Several shield vehicles lined up in a row and pushed forward side by side until thirty steps below the patio, forming an arrow-proof bunker, and the first step was completed.

Dozens of brothers from the logistics battalion came to the back of the shield truck, brandishing iron hoes and shovels, and digging hard.What they have to do is the second step, starting from here and digging a tunnel, leading directly to the patio.

The distance of thirty steps is not far, but it can guarantee that it will not be hit by the closed rolling logs and stones. The only thing to worry about is that the defenders throw fire oil cans, so a few people are specially arranged to take precautions. rug, always ready to put out the fire.

Zhao Wu asked Li Yanzhi to bring two sword and shield soldiers from the capital, and lined up outside the range of Guancheng's bow and arrow to stand by. If the defenders switch to attack, they will be responsible for thousands of fights to protect the brothers in the logistics battalion.At the same time, Zhao Wu adjusted his bow and arrows, and shot at each other from a long distance away.

The sound of digging continued throughout the night, and the logistics battalion rotated several times to maintain the progress of the excavation.To be honest, this section of the road was not easy to dig, because there were too many rocks, which really affected the work of the logistics battalion.It wasn't until the next day when the sun was bright that the tunnel was barely finished.

The defenders were still trying to harass and stop the actions of the Yan army in the first half of the night, but they have lost interest since the second half of the night. It is said that the tactics of digging tunnels to attack the city are very old-fashioned, and there are many ways to deal with it. You If you want to dig, just dig, and when the time comes, you will never come back!

After the tunnel was dug, a few young officers came from the logistics battalion. Although they were not very old, their ranks on their armbands were not low.A few young officers carried a bunch of packages and lowered down the tunnel. After a while, one of them showed his head, asked for a few picks, and sank again.

Zhao Wu didn't sleep all day and all night, staring at the entrance of the cave all the time, not only him, but all the senior officers from the Cangzhou Army Headquarters and the left wing were not asleep, they were all waiting beside Zhong Shao.

I don't know how long it took, it seemed like a long few hours, or maybe it was just a cup of tea. Several young officers retreated from the tunnel, and then worked together to bury the hole. They were extremely careful when burying it, as if they were afraid of breaking something. baby.

One of them lit the fire, and a wisp of green smoke rose with the sound of hissing, and several officers turned around and ran away. At the same time, when the order to "cover ears" came, Zhao Wu hurriedly covered his ears with his hands ...

In a whirl, it seemed like the whole mountain had collapsed! (to be continued..)