Chapter 360: It's Big
The reason why Tongguan is extremely dangerous is because it is a pass that must be passed on Guanluo Avenue, whether it is from Chang'an to Luoyang, or from Luoyang to Chang'an, Tongguan is a must-pass place.
Of course, it is not impossible to take a detour, such as taking Pubanjin in the north and Wuguan in the south, but compared to Tongguan Road, it is at least a few hundred miles more detoured, and if you take Pubanjin, you have to cross the Yellow River twice.
Therefore, Tongguan Road has naturally become the preferred shortcut from Chang'an to Luoyang.
Since the Han Dynasty, the two capitals of Chang'an and Luoyang have become the two most prestigious cities in the world, and Tongguan Road is the link between the two cities, and the pedestrians and merchants who travel to and from this traffic artery are endless every day.
Now the Yue cavalry camp has directly blocked this road, so that a large number of pedestrians and merchants are stranded in Tongguan and the east of Tongguan, impassable, and they can't help but complain.
Moreover, this road is not only for the merchants, but also for the troops who are called, except for the Yue cavalry battalion, the troops who rushed from Luoyang and Sanhe are also blocked in the east of Tongguan and cannot enter Tongguan City.
After hearing about the dispute between the Yue cavalry battalion and the Tongguan defenders, some generals expressed their understanding of what the Yue cavalry battalion had done, and even applauded it, while some generals thought that the Yue cavalry battalion's move was unseemly, and even if there were contradictions, they should not use the drastic means of closing the road, thus affecting the third party.
After a few days in a row, the pressure on the Yue Cavalry Battalion was already getting bigger and bigger, maybe at the beginning, some people were sympathetic to their plight, but later, the accusations were endless, and even Deng Ai Shibao Yang Hu Du was a little shaken, and they didn't know whether to continue.
However, Cao Liang was surprisingly calm, and things seemed to be getting bigger and bigger, but everything was never beyond Cao Liang's expectations, because Cao Liang had already decided to face everyone's reproach before the road was closed.
Many people who have been treated unfairly often choose to settle the matter, but behind the compromise, it is often the other party's inch.
Although Sima Yi did not come this time, the entire Yongliang system is almost all cronies cultivated by Sima Yi, and their relationship with Sima Yi is probably only described as blood thicker than water.
Up to Yongzhou Thorn Shi Guo Huai, down to the ordinary military marquis Dubo, Yongliang's army has formed an iron plate, the needle can't be inserted, the water can't be splashed, and outsiders want to get involved in Yongliang again, it must be very achievable.
When Cao Rong was alive, he was deeply worried about the unstoppable momentum of the Yongliang army, but Zhuge Liang's several aggressive offensives made Cao Rong have to rely on Sima Yi to retreat from the enemy, Sima Yi's prestige in the Yongliang army grew day by day, and the cronies were widely distributed in the army, and the Yongliang army was firmly controlled by himself.
Before Xiahou Xuan became the general of the expedition to the west, Cao Rong had already appointed Xiahou Xuan's cousin Xiahou Ba to serve as the protector of the expedition to Shu, and its purpose was obvious, that is, to contain the development of the Sima faction and enhance the power of the Cao Liang clan to explore the Yongliang army.
Cao Liang didn't know if it worked, but Cao Liang clearly remembered that the Xiahou Ba in history, after Cao Shuang's ambush, decisively rode away alone, and finally defected to Shu.
A dignified general, when he defected, he didn't even have a cronies by his side, let alone pull a team under his command to surrender to Shu.
It is conceivable that the entire Yongliang army system has no place for Xiahou Ba at all, and even as the supreme commander of the Yongliang army, Xiahou Xuan, the general of the expedition to the west, was gloomily dismissed from the military power after the Gaopingling Incident, and was transferred back to Luoyang to serve as an idle post, and a few years later, he was killed by Sima Shi because of rebellion.
This excuse is obviously very clumsy, when Xiahou Xuan was in Chang'an, he never rebelled with the power of soldiers and horses, but returned to Luoyang and became an idle official with no power or position, but he had the heart to move people to rebel, which is simply a big joke in the world.
History was originally written by the strong, and as time passed, many things were hidden behind the truth and never known.
When Cao Liang heard the name of Cheng Ji for the first time, what jumped in his mind was Cao Chao, who died tragically under his hands, a person who even dared to kill a monarch, how could he think about anything else.
Cao Liang later carefully understood that the Tongguan garrison did not have a rule of not opening the city at night before, and this rule was completely implemented by Chengyi later, and it was coincidentally taken out for the first time when Cao Liang served as the chief historian of the expedition to the west and passed through Tongguan.
It seems that this rule was born for Cao Liang and the Yue Cavalry Battalion.
The grudge between Cao Liang and the Sima family is now well known, whether what Yongliangjun did was deliberately aimed at you, Cao Liang didn't need to use his brain, there is no doubt that this is absolutely inseparable from the Sima family.
Even if there is no element of the Sima family's instigation, Cheng Ji and the others are definitely acting to show up for the Sima family and give the Yue cavalry camp a dismount.
If Cao Liang is wronged and seeks satisfaction, it will only make Yongliangjun secretly happy, and maybe there will be more bad means to target Cao Liang in the future.
Only Cao Liang knows that this battle is even more difficult than the battle in Huainan, with the cunning and wise Shu army in front of him, and the Yongliang army behind him can be called a group of pig teammates, even if Cao Liang wants to make a big difference, it can be achieved in the end.
This refusal to enter the Yueqi camp seems to be selfless as the Duke of Chengji, but in fact, only Cao Liang knows that he has just stepped on the land of Guanzhong, and has been specially "taken care of" by the Yongliang army.
Therefore, Cao Liang used a seemingly extreme means to disrupt the deployment of the Yongliang army, so that they knew that the Yuecai Battalion was no longer the Wuxia Amon of the past, and it was no longer the team that was ridiculed and ridiculed by others, and they would definitely use a tougher posture to tell the "enemy" who coveted them from time to time, and the Yuecai Battalion was by no means a soft persimmon to be kneaded by others.
Cao Liang believes that in a very short period of time, Xiahou Xuan, the general of Zhengxi, and Guo Huai, the assassin of Yongzhou, will get the news of Tongguan, and if nothing else, they will definitely rush to Tongguan.
In Tongguan, there is destined to be a good show.
Cao Liang was unmoved in the face of the surging waves of accusations, still doing his own thing, calmly and calmly, while the soldiers of the Yue Cavalry Battalion obeyed his orders and fought side by side with Cao Liang.
PS: I have something at home today, and I came back late, so I'm sorry.