Pujin Pass to the north of Chang'an

A few days ago

When it comes to the traffic between Guanzhong and the eastern region, people are easily reminded of the famous Tongguan natural insurance. In fact, there is a very important pass in the eastern part of Guanzhong, which guards the traffic arteries between Guanzhong and Shanxi to Hebei, and its strategic position is very important, which is the thousand-year-old Xiongguan - Pujin Pass.

Pujin Pass is located on the west side of the Yellow River, guarding the Pujin ferry port of the Yellow River, facing Shanxi across the river, which is an important passage between Guanzhong and Shanxi, and is an important springboard for Hebei to enter Guanzhong in the west. If Tongguan is the main gate of Guanzhong, then Pujin Pass is the side gate of Guanzhong. Tongguan relies on Cuihan, the terrain is dangerous, easy to hold, while the east and west sides of Pujin Pass are open, leveling is not dangerous, unless it has been operating for a long time, it is not easy to hold. At this time, if a breakthrough is found from Pujin Pass, once the river is crossed, the Tongguan natural danger is in a useless place, and the hinterland of the pass is directly exposed.

Liu Ye's move was very clever, and Zhuge Liang also knew that it was powerful, so he sent the Annan general Huo Yi and the Pingbei general Huang Chong to lead 10,000 troops to garrison Pujin Pass, and at the same time, the Han Emperor Liu Chan led the important ministers to sit in Chang'an, and let the hussar general Li Yan lead 10,000 troops to be ready for reinforcements at any time.

Pujin Guancheng Tower

Huo Yi and Huang Chong inspected the city defense at the gate. The two leaned against the city wall, looking at the rolling Yellow River at the ferry not far away, and fell into deep thought.

In the past, when Liu Bei attacked Liu Zhang in Yizhou, he left Huo Jun to garrison the rear base of Jiameng Pass. Huo Jun held on to hundreds of people for a year, and broke Liu Zhang's more than 10,000 generals, which won Liu Bei's attention. It's a pity that he died young, so Liu Bei raised his son in the mansion and cultivated it with the crown prince Liu Chan. Huo Yi has received the love of Liu Bei and Zhuge Liang since he was a child, and vowed in his heart to achieve the same achievements as his father. Now is a golden opportunity, when my father could hold the pass with hundreds of people, and now he has tens of thousands of soldiers and horses, and he will definitely let the Wei army have no return.

Huang Chong, the son of Huang Quan, the general of Zhenbei, a former Shu Han heavyweight, was cornered and surrendered to Wei after Liu Bei's defeat in the Battle of Yiling. Liu Bei knew his hardships and did not embarrass Huang Quan's family, Huang Chong was Huang Quan's son who stayed in Chengdu. Although the imperial court treated Huang Chong's mother and son as always, as the son of a general, Huang Chong was still under tremendous psychological pressure. This kind of pressure made Huang Chong study hard since he was a child, pay attention to real talent and learning, and many became the leaders of the second generation of Shu Han. He looked forward to serving the country one day to repay the magnanimity and kindness of the first emperor and Zhuge Liang. Therefore, Huang Chong valued the opportunity given by Zhuge Liang this time, and made up his mind to live and die with the city.

One of the two generals wanted to inherit his father's will and create more brilliance, and the other wanted to wash away his shame and serve the court.

Huo Yi turned to Huang Chong and said, "General Huang, are the arrows, crossbows, woods, and rolling stones on the city ready?" ”

Huang Chong replied confidently: "General Huo, don't worry, I have checked it again and again." If the Wei army dares to attack, it is guaranteed to attack head-on! ”

Huo Yi nodded with satisfaction: "Okay, the two armies are fighting on the riverbank, and the first bow and crossbow must be guaranteed." Huo Yi suddenly thought of something and asked, "By the way, where is the treasure given by the prime minister now?" ”

Huang Chong said with a smile: "According to the Prime Minister's orders, they have all been placed in the city. The prime minister is really a god, with this treasure, even if the strength of the Wei army is several times that of mine, our army can be ten, what is there to fear? ”

"yes." Huo Yi smiled, with a look of admiration in his eyes, "Let's go, let's go and see for ourselves together!" ”

Across the river from Kamatsudu

Qin Lang, the cavalry general, looked at the Shu army waiting on the other side of the Yellow River, and said solemnly: "Our army should take advantage of the enemy's unstable foothold to launch a fierce attack on Pujin Pass, and remove this obstacle to the pass as soon as possible." As soon as the Pujin Pass is broken, Chang'an in the Guanzhong will be at your fingertips. It is rumored that Liu Chan, the lord of Shu, is in Chang'an, if Liu Chan can be captured, the Shu army will retreat without a fight, it will be a great achievement! ”

Speaking of Qin Lang, the character Yuanming, the general of Cao Wei, the son of Qin Yilu and Mrs. Du of the Lu Bu general, Cao Cao besieged Lu Bu in Xiapi, and Guan Yu asked to marry Qin Yilu's wife Du. Cao Cao saw Du's beauty and accepted himself as a concubine. Qin Yilu surrendered to Cao Cao and was soon killed at the instigation of Zhang Fei. Qin Lang lived in Cao's Mansion with his mother, and was very loved by Cao Cao. After Cao Ei ascended the throne, Qin Lang was called as the general of the cavalry, and often accompanied Cao Ei on trips, and was deeply favored. He once led his troops to pacify the rebels of Xianbei Kebineng and Budugen, and after quelling the rebellion, Cao Rui ordered him not to return to the dynasty, and directly led the army from Hebei to participate in the battle to attack Pujin Pass.

"What General Qin said is extremely true!" The leading general Xiahou Xian continued: "Our army has the advantage of strength, and we should work around the clock to tackle key problems in turn, so as not to give the Shu army a chance to breathe." If there is a delay, I am afraid that there will be reinforcements. The last general is not talented, ask to be the vanguard and take the lead in attacking the city! ”

Xiahou Xian, a member of the Cao Cao clan, served as the leading general, was originally in charge of the forbidden army, was trusted by Cao Rui, and led the forbidden army to join Qin Lang's troops. Although the Northern Route Army was jointly led by Xiahou Xian and Qin Lang, and Xiahou Xian also had a higher rank, because Qin Lang was deeply loved by Cao Rui, he was actually the default commander of the Northern Route Army.

"Good!" Qin Lang patted Xiahou Xian's shoulder and said solemnly: "Since General Xiahou has such courage, please lead the army to attack Pujin Pass immediately." You have to do whatever it takes, win this level, and if you don't cower, you will make a decision! After Qin Lang finished speaking, he smiled again, "I wish General Xiahou a victory, and I am here waiting for the general's good news." ”

"The last general obeys!"

After all preparations continued, Xiahou Xian personally led his troops through the pontoon bridge, crossed the river and launched an attack on Pujin Pass. These soldiers, twenty people in a row, twenty rows for one side to form a phalanx, each holding a shield, swords and guns, carrying a long ladder, slowly approaching Pujin Pass, Xiahou Xian holding a sword in the center to supervise the formation.

There are still more than a hundred steps away from the city gate, and ordinary bows and arrows rarely shoot anywhere, and even if they do, they are the end of a strong crossbow, so the Wei army saw that it was still far from the juncture, thinking that it had not entered the range of the bow and arrow of the Shu army, and was not very prepared, but just clamoured and began to move forward quickly. But how could they have thought that the Shu army on the pass had already targeted them.

Huo Yi ordered Huang Chong to lead the archers on both sides of the tower, specializing in shooting the enemy close to the city, and he stood at the head of the city, staring intently at the Wei army. Seeing that the Wei army began to charge, Huo Yi calmly drew his sword and shouted: "Beat the drum, release the arrow!" ”

With the rumbling drums sounding, whoosh, whoosh, whoosh, the thousands of arrows and crossbows at the head of the city flew towards the Wei army in front of them in an instant with a sharp sound. The Wei army thought that it was outside the range of the bow and arrows, but before they could react, the dense arrows smashed head-on like hailstones, shooting through the throats of many Wei troops. With the sound of crackling horns, none of the thousands of Wei troops who rushed in front of them escaped the net, and all of them were killed under the rain of arrows.

The Wei army was killed by the sudden arrow array, and Xiahou Xian ran back and forth in the formation with a sword and rode a horse, shouting, "Don't retreat!" No retreat! Violators will be killed! Attack me! The Wei army had no choice but to continue to charge, but the arrows shot down from the city were different from the past, and did not give the Wei army any respite at all. Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh, whoosh! Not to mention a seven-foot-tall living person, even a sparrow would be difficult to pass through. Although the Wei army that tackled the key problems had a shield to protect themselves, but the density of arrows was too high, and Huang Chong kept shooting arrows on both sides. The few who were lucky enough to be able to break through the rain of arrows immediately became the target of the crowd again, and in an instant they became full of arrows like hedgehogs.......

"Ahh Xiahou Xian's eyes were red, he didn't understand how the Shu army had such a strong combat power, and he was unwilling to be so cowardly in his first battle. Xiahou Xian shouted while swinging his sword and rushed to the front of the battle, just about to slash and kill a retreating soldier, a huge crossbow arrow roared through his back, Xiahou Xian screamed, fell from the horse, and died instantly. It turned out that Huo Yi saw Xiahou Xian early, and took advantage of him to rush to the front of the battle, and Huo Yi commanded the crossbow machine on the city tower to shoot from behind. Seeing that the main general was dead, the Wei army threw away their armor and fled. In just a few hours, thousands of new Wei corpses were added to the Pujin Pass, and the blood flowed into the river, staining the surrounding river red.

Huo Yi looked at the Wei army that was receding like a tide, and shouted excitedly: "The Wei army has been defeated and retreated!" The Wei army was defeated and retreated! Huang Chong also rushed to celebrate, everyone cheered, and a soldier stroked the "baby" at the head of the city and asked happily: "General, what is the name of this treasure given by the prime minister?" There is such a divine power! ”

Huo Yi looked into the distance and said with a smile: "Yuanrong crossbow, also known as Zhuge crossbow!" ”