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Chapter 844
Pujin Pass, during the Warring States Period, Wei Zhi set about this, guarding against the Qin State in Hexi, and it was once called Pubanjin.During the state of Qin, Qin Shihuang made the Chi Road, from Xianyang north to Liyang Road, that is, the Pujin Pass Road, which can go directly from Xianyang to Jinyang.

In the Han Dynasty, customs officers began to be set up in Pujin to ridicule travel.Cao Cao of the Three Kingdoms attacked Ma Chao and Han Sui in the west, and ordered generals Xu Huang and Zhu Ling to cross Pubanjin and occupy Hexi as their camp.Xu Huang wrote to Cao Cao, saying that at present our army is stationed at Tongguan, and Ma Chao will no longer guard Pujin, knowing that he has no plans.

At the time of Emperor Kaihuang, Guanzhong was the capital of the Sui Dynasty, and they attached great importance to the traffic defense of Pujin Pass. A pontoon bridge was erected on the Yellow River, and a city was built in the river, named Zhongli City.Sand in the water in ancient Chinese means 潬.Therefore, the name of Zhongli City means that the city was built on the sand in the river.

When Li Chongjiu's car arrived in front of Pujin Pass from Wenxi, the water and land attack on Pujin Pass had already started for two days.

The battle drums beating under the city, surrounded by all the generals and staff, Li Chongjiu climbed onto the high platform and looked into the distance.

But I saw the turbid yellow Yellow River rushing by from a distance, and on the surface of the Yellow River, there were hundreds of jet-black warships floating.These warships are rushing down the river to attack the Zhongli City in the river.

The generals who presided over the attack were Li Yuanji and Li Yuan, but I saw Li Yuanji standing on the bow of the ship holding a halberd, shouting and commanding the left and right soldiers.The front row of boats approached the city, and Zhao Jun's crossbowmen standing on the bow fired rockets into Zhongli City.Several places within Zhongli City were already on fire, billowing black smoke.

On the water, Li Yuanji ordered Zhao Jun's fleet to approach the city by boat, and threw fire oil with firewood piles into the city to burn the city.The Tang army in the city also desperately went out of the city to resist, intercepting Zhao Jun's fireboat, and threw the firewood that Zhao Jun shot into the city and threw it out of the city.

The fierce battle on Zhongli City was very fierce, but it was also normal on land.

After two unsuccessful attacks on Zhao, Li Tang strengthened his defenses against Pujin Pass. Last year, he conquered [-] civilians and rebuilt Pujin Pass.In addition to the four gates, six more Wubao were built, and a layer of loess rammed earth walls were built outside the Wubao, forming a separate regime with a city within a city.

For the strong city that Li Tang worked so hard to build, even after two days of onslaught by the courage of Luo Shixin, the strategy of Su Dingfang, the hero of Yu Chigong, and the three famous generals of the Zhao Army, they still did not shake the defense of Pujin Pass.

At the beginning, Li Chongjiu gave the order to the three of them to cross the Yellow River within three days, but today is the third day. The three of them, plus Li Yuanji and Li Yuan followed the current with a total of [-] troops. They were also in a hurry. Launch the most violent offensive towards Pujin Pass.

Looking from the high platform, I can see that at the east gate where the fierce battle is furthest away, tens of thousands of Zhao troops have formed an attacking lineup, like an undulating ocean. It is to lift the siege ladder and rush down to the city.

The outermost layer of rammed wall had already been half demolished by Zhao Jun, and soldiers rushed through the middle easily.At the east gate, three of the six docks built by the Tang army were also captured by the Zhao army, and on the remaining three, Zhao soldiers were also attacking the city.

General Yuchi Gong sat near the rammed wall and commanded the siege.

As for the rest of the Zhao army, under the leadership of Luo Shixin and Su Dingfang, they launched an attack on the Tang army at the east gate.On the city wall of Pujinguan, the flag with the word Cheng was fluttering high, and rolling wood and stones were constantly falling from the top of the city. The Zhao army who attacked the city braved arrows to attack the city.

Zhao Jun's attack was very fierce, but Tang Jun fought very bravely under the disadvantage of troops.

Li Chongjiu looked at it for a while, and said to the left and right: "You can see that the six forts built by the Tang army at the front of the east gate have effectively divided our army's offensive force. The troops who attacked the city wall could not be gathered together, and the formation was affected. Destruction, it will be futile to fight like this, who is the general of the Tang army defending the city?"

"Cheng Zhijie, also known as Cheng Yaojin."

Li Chongjiu suddenly said: "It turned out to be this person."

At this time, the fast horse galloped towards the high platform, and a cavalryman jumped off the horse and reported to Li Chongjiu: "Your Majesty, on the west bank of the Yellow River, we found Li Tang's army and the flag of Emperor Li Tang."

Hearing this, the generals of Zhao Jun couldn't help being shocked, Li Shimin actually came to Pujin Pass in person, this is the plan to fight Li Chongjiu by the Yellow River.

Li Chongjiu looked into the distance from the high platform, and saw that there were indeed countless military flags suddenly appearing on the west bank of the Yellow River, and there was a scene of billowing smoke and dust everywhere in his eyes. soldiers and horses.

Li Chongjiu thought: "If Li Shimin really came here to guard Pujin Pass, why did he give up Jiangzhou so easily before. Without Jiangzhou, it would be very passive to guard Pujin Pass."

Li Chongjiu said to Ji Chuan: "The west bank is too far away, our army can't investigate, and we don't know the specific strength of the enemy army, but I think this is probably Li Shimin's suspicious strategy, and his main force will not be here."

Zhang Xuansu said: "Your Majesty, I also think so. If Li Shimin really intercepts us at Pujin Pass, it is no different from defending Chang'an. As long as our army confronts him on the east and west of the Yellow River, then we can wait until the west road of Wang Junkuo When the army arrives, Li Shimin will undoubtedly be caught in the predicament of being attacked from both sides, and he will not make such a foolish move."

Yu Shinan said: "But we can't guess whether or not. If Li Shimin really leads the main force on the west bank, then our army hastily crossed the river to attack, and there is a danger of being attacked by the Tang army halfway across."

Speaking of this, Yu Shinan paused and said to Li Chongjiu: "The Tang army has long been guarding Pujin Pass to prevent our army from crossing the Yellow River. Jiangzhou went south to Longmenguan to cross the river, from Yumenkou to Hancheng, and then passed Heyang to Tongzhou to attack Chang'an."

After listening to Yu Shinan's words, Li Chongjiu became thoughtful.

Yu Shinan's suggestion was to cross the Yellow River from Longmen Pass upstream of Pujin Pass.Longmenguan is the place where the carp jumped over the Dragon Gate. It is not impossible to advance troops from here, but the route has been stretched for more than 200 miles, and the grain road and supply line have also been detoured for more than 200 miles.

As soon as Yu Shinan finished speaking, Zhang Xuansu immediately objected: "Your Majesty, Pujin Pass is the key point of Guanxi and the confluence of the east of the river. If this pass is captured, the center of the pass will be shaken. How can we take a detour out of fear of difficulty?"

Ji Chuan said: "Pujin Pass is difficult to attack, it's not just for a while, now the main force of our army is gathered under the city, 20 troops can break through this small city without any effort. As for Li Shimin on the other side, I think that even if he really comes here, there is no need to worry .”
After listening to Zhang Xuansu and Ji Chuan's opinion, Li Chongjiu also agreed: "I agree with Zhang and Ji Erqing. However, Yu Aiqing's opinion inspired me and ordered Li Yuanji to carry Xue Wanjun's 5000 troops ashore at Longmen, pretending to be our army." The situation of dividing troops. In fact, our army is still mainly attacking Pujin Pass!"

(End of this chapter)