The so-called "cannibalization" is to eat little by little like silkworms eating mulberry leaves, which is a metaphor for gradual encroachment. Uttering out the "Warring States Policy. Zhao Ceyi": "Qin encroached on the land of the Han clan."

If Cao Cao's territory was a mulberry leaf, then Yuan Shao was encroaching from three directions.

The Eastern Route Army was led by Gao Ran, and Guo Tu was the supervising army. Sent 50,000 troops from Jinan to attack the northern country.

The Middle Route Army was led by Yan Liang and Tian Feng was the supervising army. Led 50,000 horses to attack the White Horse City where Liu Yan, the Taishou of Dongjun, was stationed.

The Western Route Army was divided into two roads, light and dark, and the bright one was Wen Chou leading 50,000 troops, and Feng Ji was the supervising army, and set out from Jizhou to attack Hanoi County. The dark road was that Ning Guozhonglang led Zhang He to lead 30,000 troops and set off from Shangdang County in Bingzhou to attack Hanoi County.

Judging from Yuan Shao's deployment, it is obvious that he is determined to win Hanoi County. The reason is simple, Hanoi County is located southeast of Taihang Mountain and north of the Yellow River; And north of the Yellow River is Yuan Shao's territory, and he does not allow such a nail to exist.

In the spring and February of the third year of Jian'an (198), Zhang Yang's department killed Zhang Yang Chou, and killed Yang Chou again. In the summer and April, Cao Cao marched to Linhe and made Shi Jian and Cao Ren cross the river to attack him. Zheng Gu made Zhang Yang's late chief Shi Xue Hong and Hanoi Taishou Miao Shang stay behind, and asked for help from the general in the north, and met Dog City with Lian and Ren. In the battle, Cao Ren broke it and cut it down. Cao Cao Suiji River, around the shooting dogs. Xue Hong and Miao Shang led the crowd to surrender, were named liehous, and returned to the army. With Wei as the Taishou of Hanoi, it is a matter of Hebei.

Shooting dogs is in Yewang County, which is the later Qinyang City, Henan.

The opponent Wen Chou and Zhang He had to face was the Hanoi Taishou Wei Chong appointed by Cao Cao.

Wei Chong was a literati, and as a taishou, he was only responsible for government affairs.

At the beginning, Cao Cao recommended Wei Chong as filial piety in Yanzhou. When Yanzhou rebelled, Cao Cao said: "Only Wei Chong will not fail me." When he heard the news of Wei Chong's escape, Cao Cao was furious and said, "If you Wei Chong don't flee to Nanyue and Beihu, I won't let you go!" ”

After capturing the shooting dog, Cao Cao said: "It's just because he has talent!" "Untie the ropes that bind him, appoint him as the governor of Hanoi, and put him in charge of affairs north of the Yellow River.

If it weren't for a sudden attack, Cao Cao would definitely send Cao Ren and other generals to guard Hanoi, instead of facing Wei Chong, a Confucian student.

After Wen Chou entered Hanoi County, he did not immediately attack the shooting dogs. He laid down all the counties he passed along the way and slowly pushed forward.

So Wei Chong was attracted by Wen Chou, and while sending people to Pegasus to ask Cao Cao for help, he arranged heavy troops in the direction from which Wen Chou came, that is, in the direction of Jizhou.

In this way, Zhang He could lead people to set off from Shangdang County in Bingzhou to attack Hanoi County.

Taihang Bacheng is eight passages.

Taihang Mountain is more east-west Henggu (陉), the famous military capital is Cheng, Puyin, Flying Fox, Jingcheng, Fukou, Baicheng, Taihang, Yiguan and so on, the ancient name is Taihang Bashan, that is, the Han Dynasty and Hebei and Henan three states pass through the Taihang Mountain to communicate with each other 8 throat passages, is the important military pass of the border of the three provinces.

The third is the white one. It is about 30 kilometers east of Lingchuan County, Shanxi Province. It is the longest and most complete ancient tea horse road preserved in the Taihang Eight Mountains in later generations. The ancient road is five kilometers long and 2 meters wide, and consists of two parts: 72 turns and an ancient plank road. According to this, Shenke can cross the Yellow River in the south to attack Kaifeng, the east can attack the Daimyo, and the north can peep at Anyang and Handan, which is a military important place that can be attacked, retreated and defended.

To go to Hanoi, you have to go through Bai Chen.

Historically, at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, Cao Cao crusaded against the rest of Yuan Shao, marched to Shangdang (now Changzhi), passed through the Yangjiban Road, and wrote the majestic, generous and sad "Bitter Cold Xing", the poem wrote "Go north to Taihang Mountain, it is difficult He Weiwei!" The sheep's intestines are bent, and the wheels are destroyed". The difficulty of the ancient road can be seen.

If it weren't for Wen Chou's attraction to Wei Chong's attention, Wei Chong would only need to send 5,000 soldiers to block Bai Cheng tightly, making it difficult for Zhang He to move an inch.

And the current situation is that Bai Cheng only has a few hundred soldiers to routinely take care of them, collect tolls and something. So Zhang He sent scouts to infiltrate the fort. At night, it was easy to open the gate of the wall, put Zhang He's brigade in, and drove straight in.

When Zhang He's 30,000 horses suddenly appeared under the city where the dog was shooting, Wei Chong woke up like a dream. knew that he had fallen for Yuan Shao's plan to divert the tiger from the mountain. Half of the soldiers and horses who shoot dogs have been divided to intercept Wen Chou. Now there are less than 10,000 soldiers left in the city.

But Wei Chong didn't want to surrender anymore, he had already surrendered several times, and if he surrendered again, he would be scolded by the people of the world.

Although he was a literati, Wei Chong personally walked to the city to cheer up the soldiers. He also rolled up his sleeves and worked with the soldiers to lay out the rolling stones.

It's a pity that he is facing the famous general Zhang He.

Zhang He naturally wouldn't give Wei Chong time to strengthen his defenses. As soon as the soldiers and horses of the state arrived at the foot of the Shooting Dog City, they did not camp at all. After a short rest, Zhang He ordered an attack!

Infinite arrows flew up the city like dark clouds. The defenders of the city did not dare to take their heads, let alone move, and they all looked for a safe place to hide.

With the exception of the crossbowmen, the other soldiers began to dig on the spot, carrying bags of dirt on their backs, running quickly to the moat, and throwing down the straw bags along with them. Yuan Shao's financial resources are rich, the logistics support is good, and the straw bags are well prepared!

In less than a quarter of an hour, the moat outside the Shooting Dog City was filled with a few hundred meters.

Zhang He ordered the shooting to stop.

And then it's a matter of persuasion. The soldiers with loud voices came to the city wall and began to persuade Cao's army to surrender. He was answered by a bow and arrow. Yuan Shao's soldiers ran back with rolling and crawling.

Zhang He didn't have much expectation of persuasion, and while the soldiers were trying to persuade him to surrender, he had already had people cut down trees and tie up improvised siege ladders.

After Yuan Shao suffered a big loss in Qingzhou, the army had developed siege vehicles, stone throwing vehicles or something; However, the road is difficult to walk, and the siege equipment is difficult to carry, so it has to be made locally.

Of course, the wall of the dog shooting is not high, only two feet and five feet, less than six meters high. So soon, Yuan Shao's soldiers rushed up with siege ladders.

Wei Chong asked the soldiers to shoot arrows to block. And Zhang He's crossbowmen once again exerted their might, firmly suppressing the firepower of the city.

Yuan Shao's soldiers began to climb the wall like ants. The city began to throw wooden stones down, smashing Yuan Shao's soldiers to break their bones and tendons. There was also gold juice boiling water poured down, and the hot Yuan Jun cried and called his mother.

Zhang He used military aircraft to become unparalleled, understood tactical changes, was good at setting up camps, and arranged strategies and tactics according to the terrain. But now in the face of shooting dogs, there is only one way to attack hard.

Ci is not in charge of the soldiers! Zhang He gave a death order: The shooting dog must be captured today!

Fortunately, the guards who shoot dogs are only county soldiers, and their combat effectiveness is not strong, and their numbers are small. After paying the price of thousands of dead and wounded, Yuan's army finally gained a foothold on the city wall.

Zhang He was overjoyed and ordered the guards to press it too!

Yuan Shao's soldiers continued to climb the city wall from that place, gradually expanding their results. Slowly, they occupy a larger area.

As the number of Yuan Shao's soldiers climbed the city wall increased, the morale of Wei Chong's soldiers became lower and lower, and finally collapsed. Everyone dispersed in a hurry, ignoring the chief's scolding, and ran into the city. Most of these county soldiers have families in the city, and they can run home and take off their armor to pretend to be ordinary people.

Wei Chong didn't want to leave, so his lieutenant asked people to hold him, tie him to a horse, and take him to open the city gate on the other side, and go to Xu Du.

(End of chapter)