The south of Taiyuan County is Shangdang County, the book "Xunzi" is called "Shangdi", "Shangdang" means, it refers to the high place, the place above, that is, "the top of the Taihang Mountain, the highest terrain and the sky is the party", because of its dangerous terrain, it is also known as the spine of the world, "overlooking Zhongzhou, elbow arm Hedong, and the state, it is said that the throat of the Jin State is also", the situation is very dangerous, so since ancient times it has been a place where soldiers must fight, known as "the party can hope to get the Central Plains".

In October, it was getting colder and colder in the north, so Zang Ba wrapped some of his clothes tightly, and put his body close to the horse, wanting to warm himself by the horse under his crotch, but the effect was obviously not very good. Of course, he can still do this, the walking soldiers under his command are naturally colder, but the soldiers are soldiers after all, no matter how much Zang Ba loves soldiers like a son, it is impossible to say that he can take off his robe and distribute it to the more than 800 soldiers who came with him after the first battle of Shimen, he wanted to do this, but a piece of clothing was obviously not enough.

In the rear of Zang Ba, there are still a lot, marching against the autumn cold, they are naturally after the defeat of Zhang Chun and Zhang Ju in Shimen, due to the rebellion of the Black Mountain Bandit Army, Fude, Yan Liang, and Gao Lan were urgently transferred from Youzhou, and there is also a Youzhou Assault Cavalry.

At that time, Zhang Chun Zhang Ju and Qiu Liju, the leader of Wuhuan, and other Hu rebels who were rampant in Qing, Xu, Hebei, and Youzhou were defeated, and the rebellion in Youzhou was obviously resolved.

It stands to reason that there was nothing wrong with such an order from the imperial court, however, the accident still happened, but it was not the situation of the Fude Department, Yan Liang and Gao Lan who marched to rescue, but Gongsun Zhan, who was chasing Zhang Chun and Zhang Ju, was in trouble.

In the battle of Shimen, Gongsun Zhancheng was also here, and he was defeated at the same time, and it was precisely because he led two thousand white horse righteous servants under his command to break the rebels that the Han army won a complete victory.

Ling Gongsun Zan proved that he not only relied on the old department of Fuquan, but became famous under Fuquan, and he could have achieved today, he could rely on his talent to become famous all over the world, so that many soldiers in the north touted it, and bluntly said that he would be another famous general in the history of northern Xinjiang.

It is precisely because of this that Gongsun Zhan quickly lost himself in the praise of everyone, proud and complacent, chased out of the plug, because there was no follow-up in the depths, but instead of the Wuhuan people surrounded the Guanzi City in Liaoxi, and finally the grain was exhausted to eat the horses, the horses were boiled crossbows, and the battle was invincible.

Gongsun Zhan's matter, as Zang Ba expected at the time, regardless of the pursuit from the rear, and finally had an accident. In fact, Zang Ba can also guess why Gongsun Chan is like this, not because the Han army won a big victory at that time, which gave Gongsun Chan a wrong feeling, however, Zhang Chun and Zhang Ju's army was defeated, in addition to the decline in the combat power of the expanded soldiers and horses under their command, there is another point, that is, the Wuhuan people who helped them rebel did not use all their strength, saw that the situation was wrong, resisted a little, and ran away.

This is the case, for Qiu Liju and other Wuhuan leaders, they helped Zhang Chun and Zhang Ju to start things, in addition to the fact that the Han Dynasty has continued to draw troops in recent years, which made them lose too much, and another point is that they want to come to Han to loot, and Zhang Chun and Zhang Ju brought them a lot of benefits, so they had to let them support it.

From beginning to end, the Wuhuan people did not mean to occupy the city of the Han Dynasty, but as the war developed, the Wuhuan people, who originally wanted to make a profit, found that they could no longer get more benefits in the face of more and more Han reinforcements in this chaos. Moreover, among the Han army, there are Gongsun Chan and his white horse Yicong whom they are very afraid of, since Gongsun Chan served as the captain of the Wuhuan Guard, it can be said that they are outside the government, and for various reasons, they face the rebels with the wrong momentum, and retreat to the outside of the fortress after a little resistance.

Originally, if Gongsun Chan did not pursue, these Wuhuan people would be ready to watch the form outside the Saiwai, and if the Han Dynasty did not pursue it, they would find a way to surrender and continue to be the spokesperson of the Han Dynasty in the border areas. Anyway, everything they do is for profit, the Han Dynasty is powerful, they obey, and the Han Dynasty is weak, so they choose the most profitable way.

However, with the pursuit of Gongsun Chan with weak soldiers, the Wuhuan people had to use all their strength, and under the siege of the Wuhuan army, Gongsun Zhan, who had no backup outside the Saiwai, was able to escape back to Youzhou with hundreds of horsemen, which also proved his ability and the ability of the white horse under his command.

An old ancient city appeared in front of him, with the word "Tong Bao" written on it, and Zang Ba and the other Han soldiers saw it, and they were all happy, because when they entered the city, they had thick clothes to replenish.

After the end of the Battle of Shimen, they rushed all the way from Youzhou to Bingzhou to support, and naturally they should get support in Bingzhou, but the treasury of Bingzhou was already poor, and after replenishing their own troops to deal with Hu Da's losses, their armor was obviously not enough to replenish their army.

Therefore, the imperial court specially transferred a batch of materials from all over the Central Plains, and now they are hoarded in Shangdang County, which is closest to Sili, and the Taishou of Shangdang County can only transport those materials to Tongluo County, which is still under their control, and is close to Taiyuan County, because the Black Mountain thief army often comes out to plunder.

Of course, Zang Ba also understands this, although Shangdang County is also the essence of the state, how many soldiers and horses can there be in a county? However, since the rebellion of the Montenegrin bandit army, Shangdang County has guarded Wang Hai too much, and on the one hand, it has to station troops in Huguan, a key place in Shangdang County, to prevent the Montenegrin bandit army from breaking through the pass and entering the core boundary of the county; On the other hand, they have to divide their troops, transport the materials to Tongyu County, and send troops to ensure that this batch of winter materials is not looted, and Wang Hai really can't be forced to do anything.

Tong Ba, also known as Qin County, is the first Qin and Jin Dynasty doctors Yang tongue Chi Yi, the world name is "Tong Ba Bohua", of course, it is the last king of the Jin Kingdom, Jin Jinggong exiled, buried place. After the three families were divided into Jin, the Duke of Jin Jing was exiled to this place and reduced to the people of cloth, so that the Jin Kingdom was cut off from sacrificial incense. The historical curtain of the Jin Kingdom was closed on the land of Tongluo. Liu Xin, a famous Confucian in the former Han Dynasty, once sighed for this: "Pity the queen of the king's residence, and mourn the prince in Tongyu." ”

Liu Xin was at the end of the former Han Dynasty, hanging on the past and hurting the present, comparing the decline of the Jin Dynasty, and had a premonition that the former Han Dynasty would follow in the footsteps of the Jin Dynasty. For example, today, since the Taiping Road uprising, there have been rebellions in various places, and the people often use the "400-year period of the Han Dynasty" to compare the death of the Han Dynasty, even if the Han Dynasty is now promising, but there are still rumors, it seems that the current Han Dynasty will be replaced by outsiders like the former Han.

It's just that, in Zang Ba's view, this is pure nonsense, the Han Dynasty has now conquered the northern frontier, and even the Taiping Road that has caused trouble has been pacified, even if there are occasional small people who make trouble, but they are all pacified by the Han Dynasty one by one, how can it be replaced?

If the Han Dynasty will be replaced, it can only be usurped by the ministers like the former Han Dynasty, but it seems that in today's era when party members and eunuchs compete for power, there are no powerful ministers who can control the court and the world.

After entering the city, the whole army changed into thick clothes, rested for a day, and continued to the southeast, where the Black Mountain bandit army wanted to enter the state and must break through the pass.

Huguan, because of its "two peaks between the confrontation and the void, strong as the mouth of the pot", and named, it is located in the north of Shangdang County Changzi County more than 100 miles, just at the junction of the plain and the mountain, the Han army arrived at Huguan, Shangdang Taishou Wang Hai looked tired out of the city to greet, but, after seeing the reinforcements neatly faced, still barely showed a lot of smiles.

Wang Hai, the word Chongyang, and the state has a large family Taiyuan Wang, but it is obvious that limited by the three-mutual law, this Wang Hai is definitely not from the Taiyuan Wang family. However, although he is not from the Taiyuan Wang family, he also has some relationship with the Taiyuan Wang family, and it is a coincidence that this Wang Hai is a fellow villager with Fude, but a person from the Langya Wang family.

Langya Wang's family, is the descendant of Qin General Wangli, when Qin Shi Huang Yingzheng died, Qin II Hu Hai succeeded to the throne, Jiao Zhao gave the son to help Su die, and seized the power of Meng Tian's army, and made Wang Li a general, a means, with the help of Li Si and Zhao Gao, is also good. However, as Qin II acted recklessly, the people were struggling to make a living, Chen Sheng and Wu Guang rose up, and then Liu Bang and Xiang Yu responded with troops, and then Zhang Han and Wang Li were ordered to lead the army to fight with Xiang Yu in Julu.

As a result, the overlord of Western Chu broke the cauldron and sank the boat, and the first battle led the princes of the late Qin Dynasty together, and finally annihilated the king's army, Wang Li was defeated and martyred, and eight months later, forced another 200,000 Zhang Han Qin army to surrender. Of course, the 200,000 Qin army, the final outcome was not good, and they were killed by Xiang Yu and others in Xin'an City, which can be regarded as letting the Qin people, who were once the division of tigers and wolves, taste the grief of the slaughter they slaughtered under the leadership of Bai Qi, and at the same time, it also made the people of Guanzhong hate Xiang Yu deeply, forcing them to follow Liu Bang to deal with Xiang Yu willingly.

However, in the first battle of Julu, the main force of the Qin army was lost, and Wang Yuan, the eldest son of Wang Li, moved his family to Langya, Shandong Province in order to avoid the disaster of the princes' army. And Wang Liqi, his father, Wang Jian and Wang Ben, and the three generations of their ancestors and grandchildren, are actually members of the Taiyuan Wang clan, so Wang Hai also has something to do with the Taiyuan Wang clan.

However, it is obvious that for the side branch of these relatives hundreds of years ago, Wang Hai arrived in Bingzhou, and the Wang family would not be so close to Wang Hai if he was too far away, not to mention that the Langya Wang family is only a small family now, and it can't attract too much attention from them. In history, only the rise of the third prince of Wei, Wang Lang, can really lead the Langya Wang clan to grow thoroughly, and with the emergence of "the king and the horse, the world", it has also made the Langya Wang clan become a top gate lord clan in the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties.

Since this period of time, it has been the most tiring time since Wang Haiwei took office, however, once the pot is lost, the people of Shangdang will suffer from military disasters, and he can't help but not work hard as a local governor who cares about the people. As the head of a county, he stayed in Huguan on the front line, not in the eldest son county in the rear, which shows that he is a competent county guard.

Zhang Yan has a million troops, more than 100,000 elite soldiers, surging invasion, Wang Hai poured all the power of a county around, although there are 5,000 Jizhou reinforcements, but in terms of defense, it is also beyond the means, there are too many enemies, and the other party is after the Han Dynasty pacified the Taiping Road, experienced a lot of wars, after the big waves of sand, the combat power is different from ordinary thieves.

After the greetings, Fu De, the current supreme commander of the Han army, asked while marching towards Huguan City: "Wang Shangdang, what is the situation in Shangdang now?" Where are the Black Mountain bandits? ”

"It's a shame to say ......" Wang Hai heard this, and sighed leisurely: "After the rebellion of the Black Mountain Bandit Army, Luxian County has fallen for more than a month, and yesterday received a war report, and Hukou Pass was also lost. ”

Lu County is in the northeast corner of Huguan, Hukou Pass is in the southeast, it is the two lines of defense of Shangdang County to resist Zhang Yan of Montenegro, from the map, these three form a triangle, have the role of each other's horns. Among them, Hukou Pass, like Huguan, is the county governor of Shangdang County, and they are all barriers to protect the eldest son of the county, and they must not be lost easily, otherwise the consequences are unpredictable.

At the beginning of the rebellion, Zhang Yan held his own people, and the defenders of Huguan were weak, so he used his numerical advantage to storm Huguan. It's not enough to say anything, Huguan is also where the state is dangerous, the result is not without accidents, with the echo of Luxian and Hukou Pass, Zhang Yan suffered a loss under Huguan, several days of bloody battles, the Black Mountain thief army dropped nearly 10,000 corpses, and even did not go up to the pass, so that Zhang Yan restrained and arrogant, and could only cut off the peripheral obstacles first, which was the matter of him diverting to attack Luxian and Hukou Pass.

After hearing the news, Fude's face was gloomy, he is now a general who has experienced a lot of wars, so he naturally understands that the situation is dangerous. Lu County lost nothing, after all, there is still Huguan as a screen, but now Hukou Pass is lost, and Changzi County is in danger, and the Black Mountain Bandit Army can completely bypass Huguan and attack Changzi County directly.

After pondering for a while, Fu De asked: "Wang Shangdang thinks that after Zhang Yan broke through the Hukou Pass, he could go straight to Changzi County?" "It's inevitable." Wang Hai nodded solemnly: "If I am a thief, I will be like it." First, the area around the eldest son is a rich place in this county, and the black mountain thieves are mostly poor people from the Taihang Mountains, and they will not let go of this place; Second, if the eldest son is captured, I can also send troops to return, which can not only send reinforcements, but also sneak attack Huguan, which is the so-called one who kills two birds with one stone. When the general comes to the future, I am worried about what will be good, the traitor is cruel, and the people of the party must not be harmed. ”

Hearing this, Fude stopped abruptly, and then said, "Without further ado, I will not enter the city." ”

Seeing this, Wang Hai understood what he meant, and hesitated: "Where does the general want to break the enemy?" ”

In the words, there was obviously something to say, and when Fu De saw this, he looked at Wang Hai and waited for his words.

Before long, Wang Hai said: "If you want to reach the eldest son, you must cross the Zhangshui River, if the general lies under the city of the eldest son, he can annihilate all the troops in front of the Zhangshui River, but in this way, tens of thousands of people east of the eldest son will suffer." If the general goes directly south and fights the thieves, tens of thousands of civilians can be saved, but they cannot encircle the enemy. ”

In the words, Wang Hai is also a choice, as the governor of a county, he is emotionally inclined to the latter, but the former is the best choice, which is also the reason why he hesitates, and he does not dare to force Fude, the imperial prince, to give up the maximum military exploits. It is true that Zhang Yan's thief army is powerful, but it is still worse than the elites of the southern and northern wars under the command of Fu De, especially when he knows that he rescued and merged the state, and the imperial court transferred five thousand Youzhou raids from Youzhou to him.

Hearing this, Fu De didn't think about it and said: "I choose the second, does the king think so?" ”

Wang Hai's expression was solemn when he heard this, and he shook his sleeves and said: "The general is benevolent, worthy of being a descendant of Confucianism, and the 200,000 people of the party in the rest of the dynasty have thanked the general." ”

At that moment, Fu De politely led his subordinates to ride more than 18,000 cavalry, including nearly 7,000 cavalry and more than 10,000 foot soldiers, to suppress the Black Mountain bandit army.