Chapter 53: Wuchuan Town (I)
The army marched out from the confessional road to the north, passing through the entire Yinshan Mountain Range, and suddenly opened up in front of them, and the world was vast.
The goose-feather-like snow fell in the eastern sky one after another, and the north wind was not strong, and the snow field was in sight.
When the right Tunwei army went out of Beijing, it was one person and two horses, the battle of Baidaokou, Xue Yantuo's whole army was annihilated, the horses were collected and the weight was innumerable, the number of war horses was greatly supplemented, Fang Jun led 10,000 elites as the vanguard, one person and three horses, and rushed forward.
Gao Kan led the rear army to follow closely behind.
The heavens and the earth are reckless, and the clouds are growing in an instant, and the snowflakes are as big as a seat.
The war horses around him were racing wildly in the snow, and the sound of hooves was drowned in the snow, only rumbling and muffling.
Fang Jun rode his horse and galloped, and the snowflakes hit him, not only did he not feel cold, but he had his own blood in his chest, his whole body was hot, and his ambition was soaring!
Born in the peaceful years of the later generations, how could he have such ambition and high spirits?
As long as you resist Hulu, thunder sweep the holes, always shroud in horse leather, bury bones in the northern Xinjiang, what can you do?
Zhuang is hungry for Hulu meat, laughing and thirsty for Hun blood!
Wave the army to the north and go straight to Dragon City.
Men should be like that!
The snowflakes are getting bigger and bigger, and the cold wind is getting colder.
Through the wind and snow, a strong city stands in the wilderness in front of it, with a majestic figure, standing in the sky, and there is Wuchuan Town!
Blocking the first fortified city in northern Xinjiang at the northern foot of Yin Mountain, as long as it is captured, there is no longer a city that can stop the Tang Dynasty Iron Cavalry, all the way to the north, galloping on horseback, and smashing into Yu Du Jun Mountain.
This fortified city established by the Xianbei people was once one of the six towns of the Northern Wei Dynasty, helping the Northern Wei Dynasty to resist the invasion of the Northern Turks, but after the decline of the Northern Wei Dynasty, the Xianbei people all withdrew to the south of the Yinshan Mountain.
Wuchuan and other six towns all fell into the control of the Turks.
At that time, the power of the six towns gradually evolved into the Guanlong aristocratic group, and Wuchuan Town, as a key pass guarding the Yinshan Pass, was successively regarded by the Turks and Xue Yantuo as the key point to block the Tang army's northward advance.
In their eyes, Wuchuan Town is the first fortified city in Mobei, solid as a rock, solid as gold!
Even when Dadu set up to lead the army through the Baidao to the south of the Eilechuan, this city still retains 20,000 Xue Yantuo soldiers who are good at defending the city trained by the Han people.
However, it is such a city that is regarded by the Tiele people as "never falling", but in Fang Jun's eyes, it is no different from a pigsty and chicken coop.
"Keep moving forward, non-stop, and after arriving in Wuchuan Town, you don't rest, and immediately attack the city. In an hour, break through the city! ”
On the war horse, Fang Jun gave an order.
The wind and snow gradually howled, muffling the dull sound of horses' hooves more and more indiscernible, and orders were conveyed downward layer by layer.
All the soldiers cheered up, cheered up, and waited for the upcoming first battle in northern Xinjiang that had never been a Tang army since Wei Gong Li Jing's raid on Yinshan!
As long as this battle is won and Wuchuan Town is captured, it will be a great military achievement!
In Fang Jun's view, there has never been an unconquerable city in this world.
An hour?
It had to be the first siege of the city since the formation of the right guard, and there must be a situation of fault tolerance......
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In Feng Shui, there is a word called "the gathering of the king's qi" and "where the dragon veins are", which means that the Tibetan wind gathers qi in this place and the feng shui is extremely "prosperous", and the talents produced are the pillars of the country, and even the emperors and generals.
Wuchuan Town is such a place where "the king's spirit gathers".
During the Northern Wei Dynasty, in order to defend the national capital Pingcheng, a series of military towns were established along the Great Wall, the most important of which were six, namely: Wuchuan Town, Woye Town, Huaishuo Town, Fuming Town, and Rouhuang Town, collectively referred to as the six towns in the north, and later generations called it "Six Towns of Northern Wei", or "Six Towns of Xianbei".
These six towns were important military towns in the Northern Wei Dynasty to resist the invasion of the northern ethnic groups, and most of the generals guarding the towns were noble relatives of the Tuoba family and virtuous ministers of the Northern Wei Dynasty.
In the seventeenth year of Taihe, Emperor Xiaowen of the Northern Wei Dynasty moved the capital from Pingcheng to Luoyang.
The southward shift of the political center led to a rapid decline in the status of the six northern towns. At the same time, it also caused the Northern Wei court's control over the six towns to weaken rapidly. After the central government's control over the six northern towns weakened, the generals of the six towns began to be ready to move, they formed gangs with each other, formed alliances with each other, and fought with each other for power and profit, becoming warlords themselves.
In this case, war is on the verge of breaking out.
In the fifth year of Guangzheng of the Northern Wei Dynasty, an uprising first broke out in Woye Town, and the war quickly swept away, and the six northern towns soon fell into a chaotic situation of warlord secession.
War brings disasters to the people, but there is also an advantage, that is, the survival of the fittest! In this war, Yuwentai in Wuchuan Town and Gao Huan in Huairou Town gradually rose and became the two most powerful separatist forces, quickly dominating the political situation in the Northern Wei Dynasty.
One mountain does not tolerate two tigers, Gao Huan and Yuwentai are both heroes in the world, attacking each other, but no one can help anyone.
In the third year of Yongxi of the Northern Wei Dynasty, Emperor Xiaowu secretly fled to Guanzhong to attach himself to Yuwentai. Gao Huan set up Yuan Shanjian as the emperor for the Eastern Wei Dynasty.
In the following year, Yuwentai poisoned Emperor Xiaowu and set up another Yuan Bao Torch as the emperor, which was for the Western Wei Dynasty.
The Northern Wei Dynasty, which was once tyrannical, was thus divided into two separatist regimes of the Eastern Wei and the Western Wei by Gao Huan and Yuwentai......
Yuwentai has a military general named Yang Zhong under him, burly, brave in battle, and far-sighted, very strategic, in the war with the Eastern Wei Dynasty made great contributions, won Yuwentai's appreciation, and gradually became the most important general under Yuwentai, and was later named "Sui Guogong" and "Sui", does it sound familiar?
Yes, this person is Yang Jian's father.
Yu Wentai was a far-sighted politician and military strategist.
It can be said that the Sui Dynasty was able to unify the whole country, and the foundation all depended on him.
Yuwentai established a new military system in the Western Wei Dynasty, the government military system......
That's right, the government military system that Datang relies on to conquer the world is Yuwentai.
At the top of the military system, there were eight pillars of the generals, known as the "Eight Pillars", at that time, these eight pillars were: Yu Wentai, Yuan Xin, Li Hu, Li Bi, Dugu Xin, Zhao Gui, Yu Jin, Hou Mo Chen Chong.
Li Hu is Li Yuan's grandfather, and one of Dugu Xin's daughters married Yang Jian...... After Yuwentai's death, the Yuwen family replaced the Western Wei Tuoba family and established the Northern Zhou Dynasty. After the death of Gao Huan in the Eastern Wei Dynasty, his son Gao Yang usurped the throne and established the Northern Qi Dynasty, which was later destroyed by the Northern Zhou Dynasty, and finally Yang Jian replaced Yu Wenyan, usurped the Zhou Dynasty and established the Sui Dynasty, and ruled the world.
The world is changing, and there are endless generations of talented people, and these male lords who came out of Wuchuan Town, one is stronger than the other, Yuwentai created the government military system to consolidate the foundation for hegemony in the world, Yang Jian usurped Zhou Lisui to unify the country, and then Li Yuan and Li Shimin, a pair of father and son, established the Tang Dynasty and created the prosperous era of the Tang Dynasty.
Wuchuan Town is the place where the Guanlong aristocracy arose, the root of the Sui and Tang dynasties, and it is not an exaggeration to say that "the king's spirit gathers".
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Wuchuan Town.
On the high city wall, the guard Chekole pressed his waist knife in his hand, and looked far away.
The snowflakes are like mats, the north wind is howling, and the majestic Yin Mountain in the distance is only a sparse outline.
The snowy wilderness was filled with an eerie sense of tranquility, and the tranquility contained in this extreme hustle and bustle filled Checkler's heart with unease.
Dadu set led tens of thousands of troops across the white road to reach Monan, except for the first month of uninterrupted transmission of news, there has been no news for several days.
The tens of thousands of troops seemed to have vanished out of nowhere......
The scouts who went to Mo Nan have been out for three days, and if there is no accident, they will be able to return this evening, and then they will know what happened to Mo Nan's army and why they have cut off contact.
Checoler was worried.
He knows too much about the generous set up people, and his temperament is irritable, ambitious and talented, and he is good-sounding, if he is mean, he can be described as a wine bag and rice bag.
Even with the assistance of Ruma and Tumidu, it still can't reassure Chekler.
Datang is like a fierce tiger, when all his attention is on Eastern Goguryeo, Xue Yantuo can bare his teeth behind him and take the opportunity to ask for a little favor. But if you really think that the tiger of the Tang Dynasty is completely controlled by Goguryeo, Xue Yantuo can do whatever he wants, then he will inevitably suffer from the tiger's backlash.
Will the magnanimity of the design understand this truth?
Checkler thinks not necessarily......
Looking up at the southern mountains in the wind and snow again, Checkler planned to go down to the city and return to his residence, drink two catties of spirits brought by the Southern Tang Dynasty merchants, and wait for the news of the scouts by the way.
However, just as he turned around and was about to walk down the wall, he suddenly felt a tremor under his feet.
Without warning, the entire city wall trembled slightly......