Four hundred miles.

It took only two days for 8,000 elite horsemen to arrive in front of Wuguan.

Wuguan used to be the border of Qin and Chu, and Guancheng was built on a relatively flat plateau between the canyons, with the lofty Shaoxi Mountain in the north and dangerous in the south.

The circumference of the city is three miles, the city wall is built of earth, slightly square, and only the east and west open a door.

There are four characters of Sanqin fortress on the west gate, and two characters of Wuguan on the east gate.

Guancheng is surrounded by mountains and rivers, and the danger is natural.

Out of the pass to the west of the terrain is still relatively flat, but the east of the city, but stretch the mountainside winding through, the cliff is high and the valley is deep, narrow and difficult to walk, so here has always been the place where the soldiers must fight.

Shan Xiongxin, who arrived all the way, looked at the dangerous terrain and couldn't help sighing, "It's really worthy of being the first gateway to the southeast of Guanzhong." ”

Huang Junhan said, "Here is the main road of Lantian Wuguan, and Chang'an in the pass connects Jingxiang and Wuyue, so as to enter Wuguan and enter Chang'an through Ba, but it is a key road." ”

The two generals of the Qin army carefully looked at the topography of this pass, leaning on the rock cliff in the north, facing the absolute stream in the south, the river water ring the east, west and south on three sides, and the city pass crossed out of the center of the river.

And there are four ridges in the east of the city, especially the suspension bridge ridge is high and steep, and it is not allowed to ride together on the mountain.

"Damn, my legs are a little shaky." One of the soldiers laughed.

Such an important gate, such a dangerous terrain, but now the door is actually open to them.

"Huang Chou'er is really my hero of Great Qin."

"No, if it weren't for him, our Great Qin, I don't know when we will be able to really enter the Old Qin Land!"

The Great Qin Dynasty did not possess the Qin land, which is too much to say.

And now, they will get the Qin land for the Great Qin, which is a great achievement.

"Wang Shichong, this guy still has some ability."

"There are more people who have the ability, but if you can't face yourself and stand in a good position, this ability will easily bring trouble."

They came all the way, and the four-hundred-mile road reached the city of Wuguan in only two days, in fact, because there were no obstacles on the way. Wang Shichong raided and captured Wuguan, and after driving away Li Yuanji, he divided his troops and went out in all directions, and successfully took Hongnong and Xiyang, the two counties east of Wuguan.

These two counties were already bordered by Qin and Liang, so the Tang army's focus was still on garrisoning Wuguan, and these two counties were not many garrisons, more of a buffer zone.

There is another reason why Wang Shichong was able to easily capture the two places, that is, his tens of thousands of troops collapsed and fled before, and many of them were later absorbed by these two counties.

Therefore, he sent troops to kill him, and the old troops responded very positively.

Distance.

The gate of Wuguan slowly opened.

Wang Shichong personally brought the general to greet him.

Looking at the Qinzi flag on the city, Shan Xiongxin chuckled.

He didn't rush forward, just waited for Wang Shichong and others to come to greet him in the open area under the gate.

"The sin general Wang Shichong visited the general."

Wang Shichong rolled the saddle and fell off the horse.

"General Wang, please get up quickly."

After a pretended politeness, Wang Shichong handed over the money and grain account books in Wuguan, as well as the rosters made by his own generals, to Shan Xiongxin.

"Please Cao Guogong to take over the defense of the armed forces."

Shan Xiongxin did not move, but called a commander and led a battalion of men and horses into the city first.

He pulled Wang Shichong to chat.

Wang Shichong said that his men and horses had almost captured the three counties of Shangluo, Xiyang, and Hongnong, and now only a few cities were still stubbornly resisting.

Half a day later.

The commander returned from Guancheng to report that he had taken over the defense of Guancheng.

This order Xiongxin allowed Huang Junhan to lead half of his soldiers and horses into the city.

Wang Shichong said very interestingly that he would withdraw the soldiers and horses from the city and accept the reorganization outside the city.

Everything is tense and orderly.

From the beginning of mutual caution, to the smiling faces of both parties after the handover of the city defense, this touching matter is completed.

Shan Xiongxin led 5,000 men and horses to Wuguan, and asked Huang Junhan to lead 3,000 horsemen to 150 miles to the northeast to garrison Zhuyang Pass. It is the intersection of Shangluo, Hongnong and Xiyang counties, and Guancheng is built on the side of the Xishui River, guarding the main road of Luoyang, Hongnong and Wuguan.

As for Wang Shichong's men and horses, he only had 3,000 left, and after capturing Wuguan, he collected more than 10,000 Tang troops in a short period of time, rerecruited more than 30,000 of his old troops, and forcibly pulled more than 20,000 young people.

Therefore, now the military register handed over by Wang Shichong to Shan Xiongxin has 60,000 soldiers, which is very scary just by looking at the number.

But Shan Xiongxin went to inspect it, and found that the soldiers were uneven, and they were obviously full, so he simply went through a simple assessment, and selected about 20,000 people to stay as soldiers, organized 48 battalions, transferred generals and colonels under his command as officers, and let the officers under Wang Shichong as deputy assistants, and stationed more than 20,000 people in various key places in the three counties.

I waited for several days, but I didn't see Tang Jun coming.

A few days later, Luo Cunxiao led the army to arrive.

A group of foot riders arrived, and heavy grain and grass were constantly being transported.

As soon as Luo Cunxiao came, he was not polite to those cities that still refused to surrender.

He concentrated his forces and fought one city after another, although the defenders had a strong will to resist, but there were very few soldiers and horses, and in the face of the absolute superiority of the Tang army, they did not resist for long, especially the newly reorganized more than 20,000 people, and the siege was very active.

Early February.

Scout returns.

It is said that the Tang army cut down wood and transported stones to fill the Lanwu Valley Road, blocked the valley road from Wuguan to Lantian, and stationed tens of thousands of heavy troops in Lantian Pass, which was personally commanded by Li Shentong, the king of Huai'an.

"So, the Tang army was so scared that he didn't dare to go out to fight?"

When Luo Cunxiao heard the news, he couldn't help laughing.

"Since he doesn't dare to come, let's go, he thinks it's useful to cut down trees and block the valley road? But just more than 200 miles of roads, can stop the king? ”

Luo Cunxiao ordered to gather troops and horses at Wuguan and prepare for a large-scale attack, directly attacking Lantian in the middle of the country, killing Bashang, and attacking Chang'an.

But a holy decree interrupted Luo Cunxiao's plan.

The Emperor sent an envoy to halt the attack.

The emperor enshrined Wang Shichong as the founding marquis of Huainan County, sealed 800 households, gave 1,400 acres of land, a bounty of 300 taels, and a thousand horses of silk.

and awarded the post of Guangluqing, and summoned him to enter the court immediately.

The generals under Wang Shichong's command were also recruited and awarded officials according to their talents, and even Wang Shichong's family members in Luoyang and other places were also settled in Beijing.

"Why stop?"

Luo Cunxiao asked the messenger unhappily.

"Li Xiaogong led 50,000 troops to Lantian Pass, while Li Shimin left Li Shentong 30,000 people to guard Tongguan, and he led 50,000 people from Pujin into Hedong and was heading to Taiyuan."

The messenger told Luo Cunxiao the latest information.

"Yang Yichen is dead, Xiao Yu has already swayed, and His Majesty is leading the army to Taiyuan, so the key now is to fight for Taiyuan."

The emperor asked Luo Cunxiao's Central Plains Army to still bear the heavy responsibility of containing Guanzhong and threatening the southeast of the river, so as to cooperate with the battle for Taiyuan.

"You have to be careful that when you storm Lantian Pass, the Tang army of Tongguan will go out of the pass and enter Henan."

The current situation in Taiyuan is very chaotic, Yang Yichen has just died, and Xiao Yu's attitude is shaken, but Li Yuan has also installed a lot of people in Hedong in the past two years, so now he has to race against time and compete with Li Shimin.

"Your Majesty asked the King of Wei to return to Henan and station the capital camp in Shaanxi County. As for the three counties of Shangluo, Hongnong, and Xiyang, they were all handed over to the two generals Cao Guogong and Qiu Guogong. ”

The envoy specially conveyed the emperor's explanation to Shan Xiongxin and Huang Junhan.

"Don't fight with Xiao Mill for the time being, if Xiao Mill doesn't attack, don't attack the beam."

Before the overall situation of the Central Plains was decided, the imperial court should try to avoid fighting on multiple fronts.

"Your Majesty asked the two generals Shan and Huang to guard Wuguan and Zhuyang Pass, guard the land and the people, and assist the officials sent by the imperial court to pacify the displaced people, grant land and resume production. The soldiers and horses of the two generals also had to defend the pass while reclaiming the military camp. ”