Chapter 364: Night Attack
Dong Lin and Dong Bai are sisters of the same clan and have known each other for a long time, while Dong Lin is only thirteen years old, ignorant of the world, and does not understand palace fighting, so he gets along well with Queen Fushou and is like sisters, so the three of them are not lonely in the general's mansion. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info
After all, Dong Zhuo is a traitor on the big side, Jin Liang and Dong Bai did not make a big deal of it as a concubine, but only invited Niu Fu, Li Ru, Dong Yue, Duan Xuan, Li Dao, Guo Yan, Fan Chou, Yang Ding and other important figures in Xiliang to have a banquet in the general's mansion, and hastily performed a ceremony to finish the matter.
A large part of the reason why Jin Liang accepted Dong Bai was to stabilize the emotions of the soldiers of the Xiliang Army, and let them know that I, Jin Liang, was also from a martial arts background, and I agree with you, with this sense of identity, it is extremely convenient for Jin Liang to command and mobilize these Xiliang Army.
The Xiliang soldiers under the command of Li Dao, Guo Yan, Dong Yue, Niu Fu, Fan Chou, Yang Ding and other Xiliang generals have all accepted the reorganization, and they have all left Luoyang City and temporarily gathered in Chang'an, where they accepted the rectification of the Jinliang Central Guards Division Teaching Brigade together with the Duan Xuan Department guarding Chang'an.
Wuwei Taishou Ma Teng and Jincheng Taishou Han Sui each received the benefits promised by Jin Liang before, and they both returned to the garrison with a large amount of gold and silver, while the 40,000 horses of Liangzhou Muhuang Fu Song, the 20,000 horses of the new Liangzhou general Xu Rong, and the 20,000 horses of the new Shuozhou general Zhu Ling were all guarded near Chang'an to prevent the Western Liang army from rebelling in the process of rectification.
Because Jin Liang was properly arranged, some Xiliang generals who were not bound by the military discipline of the Central Army wanted to persuade Niu Fu and others to rebel, but Xu Rong took the lead and killed those Xiliang generals and their henchmen who intended to rebel with the momentum of thunder, and hung their bodies on the head of Chang'an City. Li Dao, Guo Yan, Niu Fu and others were shocked, and their families were all in Luoyang City, so they didn't dare to make waves anymore. I had to obediently accept the rectification.
After three months of rectification, Jin Liang dared to rest assured that they would go back to the counties of Liangzhou to guard it, of course, it was still necessary for the whole family to be hostage. After all, Li Dao, Guo Yan, Fan Chou and others have historical bad deeds.
Some of the officers and men of Jin Liang's Central Guards Division Teaching Brigade carried out rectification outside Luoyang City against Li Su, Wu Kuang, and the newly formed Henan County soldiers of the Sizhou Corps. {Hand} {Hit} {bar} {www. {}{}
Jin Liang's guard division was 40,000 horses, Zhang Liao's 20,000 horses, Huang Zhong's 20,000 horses, and Zhao Yun's 20,000 horses, a total of 100,000 horses. 50,000 soldiers and 50,000 auxiliaries, in addition to the 10,000 Hedong soldiers brought by Hao Zhao from Hedong and more than 10,000 horses under the command of Sizhou Mu Zhu Jun.
Yuan Shao didn't know the details of Jin Liang, and got the wrong information from Guo Tu's detailed work in Luoyang, thinking that Jin Liang only had 20,000 soldiers and horses that could be dispatched in Luoyang City, but he didn't know that Jin Liang's more than 100,000 men and horses had already laid a big net and waited for Yuan Shao to come in.
Yuan Shao's striker, Yan Liangdu, supervised 20,000 horses and horses, and rushed from Wancheng. The momentum is menacing, as if unstoppable.
Zhu Jun, the Sizhou Mu of Luyang, resisted a little, and in accordance with Jin Liang's wishes, abandoned the city overnight, and all the cities along the line were abandoned.
Lu Zhi was terminally ill. Zhu Jun and Huangfu Song are the only two remaining famous generals in the Eastern Han Dynasty, to be able to defeat such a generation of famous generals, Yan Liang is very proud, he thinks that his military power is at its peak, not Zhu Jun defeated the Yellow Turban thieves comparable, so Yan Liang did not think that Zhu Jun's defeat was deliberate, and Yan Liang, who was full of ambition, rectified a little in Luyang, and followed the direction of Zhu Jun's retreat to Guangcheng Pass of Luoyang Eight Passes.
Guangchengguan, located in the south of Guangchengyuan placed by Han Guangwu, hence the name, there are Changworm Mountain, Niangniang Mountain, Monk Mountain, Baiyun Mountain, Panlong Mountain in the northeast, there are Dama Mountain, Dahuling in the southwest, near Guangchengguan, there is Guangchengze, around 400 miles, the water flows out of the Langgao Mountain, flows into Rushui in the southeast, goes north to Jingluo from Jingxiang, here is the place that must pass.
Guangcheng Pass guard will be Zhang Ren, Zhang Ren since he and Huang Quan defected to Jin Liang, there is rarely a chance to be alone, so the reputation is not as loud as Zhang Liao and Huang Zhong, but Jin Liang knows Zhang Ren's talent, give him 4,000 crossbowmen, let him hold Guangcheng Pass, and be sure to hold on until Yuan Shao's brigade also arrives at Guangcheng Pass.
Zhang Ren is from Shu, Shu is mountainous, there are many places where bows and crossbows are used, Zhang Ren is good at shooting, and he is also good at commanding crossbowmen, especially after communicating with Hao Zhao for a few days, Zhang Ren has more experience in the defense of passes.
Under Zhang Ren's precise command, the 4,000 crossbowmen of the Central Army firmly blocked Yan Liang's 20,000 horses.
Yan Liang could have passed through Guangchengze and bypassed Guangchengguan, but Guangchengze was four hundred miles away, Yan Liang came and did not prepare a boat, and the boats of the fishermen around Guangchengze had already been temporarily collected by Zhang Ren, Yan Liang could not pass through Guangchengze, so he had to fight with Zhang Ren in Guangchengguan.
Yan Liang fought under Guangcheng Pass for ten days, and more than 5,000 corpses were thrown under the city, but he couldn't cross Guangcheng Pass by half a step.
Ten days later, Yuan Shao's army of 60,000 horses came to Guangcheng Pass to meet with Yan Liang's forwards, Wancheng to Guangcheng Pass is more than 400 miles away, Yuan Shao's men and horses trekked so far, people are sleepy and tired, on the first day of coming to Guangcheng Pass, Yuan Shao only ordered to set up camp, and did not attack Guangcheng Pass in one go.
Zhang Ren on Guangcheng Pass has been supported for ten days, and there are less than 3,000 crossbowmen left in the four thousand bowsmen, extremely tired, and finally persevered until Yuan Shao's brigade arrived, Zhang Ren couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, and followed Jin Liang's previous instructions, taking advantage of the night, put a scarecrow on the pass, the scarecrow was wearing the robe of the Central Army, the night was dark, Yuan Shaojun looked at the city from afar, and did not find anything strange.
Zhang Ren saw that the scarecrow had successfully concealed Yuan Shaojun's eyes, so he led more than 2,000 remnants of more than 2,000 horses, taking advantage of the night, quietly withdrew from Guangcheng Pass, because he was worried that Yuan Shaojun's elite cavalry would chase and kill, Zhang Ren led these more than 2,700 crossbowmen to the mountains northeast of Guangcheng Pass.
Zhang Ren's men and horses withdrew safely to the mountain, and Yuan Shao's men and horses had not yet noticed it.
It wasn't until dawn that Yuan Shao was about to launch a general attack on Guangcheng Pass that he found that Guangcheng Pass in front of him had become an empty pass.
Yuan Shao learned from Yan Liang that the original garrison of this Guangcheng Pass was only 4,000 people, which corresponded to the information obtained from Guo Tu's detailed work in Luoyang, and it was more determined that Jin Liang could deploy no more than 20,000 men and horses in the Luoyang area, and the 4,000 guards on the Guangcheng Pass must have lost their troops and could no longer compete with their own 60,000 troops after resisting Yan Liang's 20,000 horses for ten days, so they withdrew overnight.
Without thinking, Yuan Shao led the army into Guangcheng Pass, and rested in Guangcheng Pass for two days, waiting for Chun Yuqiong's rear army.
After Chun Yuqiong's 20,000 rear troops escorted the grain and grass to Guangcheng Pass, Yuan Shao had a little discussion with his advisers, and they rarely agreed that the generals under Jin Liang could block Yan Liang's 20,000 men and horses for ten days with 4,000 men and horses, so there was no need for us to stay in Guangcheng Pass too many men and horses, and we should concentrate all the horses and horses and attack directly in the direction of Luoyang.
Yuan Shao clearly saw from the map that more than 100 miles through Guangcheng Pass will arrive at Dagu Pass, Dagu Pass is a gateway in front of Luoyang Capital, once the Dagu Pass is broken, you can drive straight to Luoyang City.
Yuan Shao remembered the ridiculous years he spent with Yuan Shu, Cao Cao, Zhang Miao and other playmates in Luoyang when he was a teenager, remembered his generosity when he was a lieutenant in Luoyang a few years ago, and remembered his gray and embarrassed appearance when he was forced out of Luoyang by Dong Zhuo, and couldn't help but say with emotion: "Luoyang, I, Yuan Benchu, are back again, and I am coming back this time to step you under my feet!" ”
Yuan Shao is nearly forty years old, more than half of the years have been spent in Luoyang City, he has a Luoyang complex more than everyone else, he can't wait to break Luoyang immediately, first in the Yuan Mansion that has been burned into white ground, and then go to the palace to feel the dragon chair.
Yuan Shao touched the heirloom jade seal in his arms, and his heart was more eager to enter Luoyang, once he entered Luoyang, and then made the heirloom jade seal public, the people of the world must look at the scenery, and ascending the throne and calling the emperor is also obedient to the will of the people, and the road to hegemony made Yuan Shao's head even hotter.
Yuan Shao's strategists, the Kuai brothers Kuai Yue and Kuai Liang are now sitting in the rear of Xiangyang City, if they follow the army, they may persuade him to be cautious and cautious, but Yuan Shao is full of ambition, he will not listen, the tragic duo in history Tian Feng and Fu Zhu are now in the Jin Liang army, and naturally will not give Yuan Shao advice, although the remaining strategists such as Judge, Feng Ji, Guo Tu, Xin Ping, Xun Chen, and Xu Yu have their own abilities, but their biggest ability is nothing more than party disputes, Xu You has a little doubt about the information Guo Tu got from LuoyangIn the end, Xu You's questioning did not arouse any vigilance from Yuan Shao, who had a feverish head, and Yuan Shao decided to stay in Yuqiong to lead 6,000 men and horses to supervise the grain and grass in the rear in Guangchengguan, and Yan Xing led the 2,000 Jincheng soldiers to assist Chun Yuqiong.
Yan Xing originally wanted to kill back to Hangu Pass to see if he could meet Yang Xiu, but Yuan Shao had already made up his mind, and he had to stay in the rear with his bad luck.
Sizhou Mu Zhu Jun led more than 10,000 people and horses to retreat to a small city of more than 20 miles north of Guangcheng Pass, Yang people, seeing Yuan Shao leading 90,000 horses and horses to kill the future, Zhu Jun did not hesitate to withdraw troops from Yangren Gathering, until the Dagu Pass withdraws.
Daguguan is fifty miles south of Luoyang, is located in the canyon between Songshan Mountain and Longmen Mountain, that canyon is called Dagu, the valley is thirty miles deep, the ravines on both sides of the deep valley are vertical and horizontal, the stream is murmuring, the peaks are cut up, the shrubs are thick, there are Niuxin Mountain, Niuzui Mountain, Laoyangpo, Crooked Mouth Mountain, Dafeng Mountain and other peaks and peaks rise and fall nearby, the situation is natural.
Yuan Shao led the troops into the big valley, looking at this steep deep valley, he couldn't help but exclaim: "Jin Liang must ambush heavy troops here, don't enter lightly!" ”
Although Yuan Shao suspected that Jin Liang had ambushed heavy troops here, he had already led an army of 90,000 to arrive here, and there was no reason to withdraw his troops back.
Chen Sheng and Zhang Hu were originally local thieves in Jingzhou, and they were once powerful enough to occupy Xiangyang City, and after Yuan Shao skillfully took Han Fu's Jingzhou, he was supported by the local clans in Jingzhou, Kuai Yue and Pang Ji, and persuaded Chen Sheng and Zhang Hu to surrender and belong to Yuan Shao.
Because Chen Sheng and Zhang Hu were born recklessly, they have never been trusted by Yuan Shao, who has never been valued by the family, and the two of them have been doing dirty work and tiring work in the Jingzhou army, and over time, the two of them will inevitably have resentment in their hearts, and this time they were pointed out to do this kind of work that is close to death, the two glanced at each other, and the meaning in the eyes of the two who had cooperated for many years was to say: "Just fool the past, don't take your brother's life seriously." ”
Chen Sheng and Zhang Hu entered the valley, and after they were far away from Yuan Shao's sight, the two got together and made a little total, and then came up with a way to protect themselves: "If Jin Liang hadn't set up an ambush here, everything would be fine; If Jin Liang set up an ambush here, it would definitely not be just to ambush our two thousand weak brigades, but to deal with Yuan Shao's 90,000 army, if we stupidly found Jin Liang's ambush circle, Jin Liang was forced to launch an ambush, our two thousand people would definitely die without a single one, but Yuan Shao turned the danger into a disaster, with Yuan Shao's usual meanness to us, why should we work so hard for him. Explain to the brothers below, don't climb more than 100 feet, even if you see the ambush soldiers on both sides, you must pretend not to see it. ”
Thirty miles. Chen Sheng and Zhang Hu, who were accustomed to being bandits, looked at it absentmindedly and hastily, and it only took four hours, and Chen Sheng and Zhang Hu lay on the ground and slept for two hours five miles away from Dagu Pass. Only then did he send someone back to spread the word to Yuan Shao, but he did not find the ambush.
Chen Sheng and Zhang Hu did not find the ambush, because the ambush of the Central Army is not yet in place.
Yuan Shao entered the valley with confidence. 90,000 people filled the whole valley, and when they arrived at the Dagu Pass, the valley mouth suddenly became cheerful, and Yuan Shao saw that it was getting late, so he ordered to set up camp and set up camp at the bottom of the valley in front of the Dagu Pass.
That night, on the second watch, the war drums rumbled over the Otani Pass. The shouting of killing shook the sky, and Yuan Shao shouted loudly: "The enemy army is attacking at night, and the soldiers of Jingzhou are preparing for battle!" The Jingzhou army, which was already dazed and ready to fall asleep, hurriedly turned over and got up, picked up weapons, put on armor, and prepared to meet the battle, when the 90,000 Jingzhou troops rushed out of the camp. Otani closed the flag and died down, as if it had never been activated.
Yuan Shao saw that the soldiers under his command looked tired and listless, and he was too sleepy to attack Dagu Pass overnight, so he had to order everyone to return to the camp. Be on guard first, and if there is no movement in the Central Army, then rest.
The officers and men of the Jingzhou army squatted in the camp, and after half an hour, there was no movement when the closure was closed, Yuan Shao ordered the whole army to rest, and the soldiers of the Jingzhou army took off their armor, put down their weapons, and fell asleep in the camp tent in a daze.
The soldiers of the Jingzhou army had just fallen asleep, and the war drums rumbled on the Otani Pass, and the shouts shook the sky, and the Jingzhou army opened their sleepy eyes again, got up, put on their armor, picked up their weapons, and prepared to meet the enemy.
When the officers and men of the Jingzhou army gathered to meet the enemy, Dagu Pass was silent again.
Yuan Shao narrowed his eyes and said hatefully: "This is Jin Liang'er's tired enemy's plan, let's not fall for it." Chen Sheng, Zhang Hu, the two of you led the soldiers under your command to be on guard, and if there is a big movement on the pass tonight, as long as the central army does not capture the pass, we will ignore it. ”
Chen Sheng and Zhang Hu looked at each other, they searched the mountains and reconnoitred hard all day during the day, and let us be on duty at night, it was too much, but they didn't dare to disobey Yuan Shao's military order, so they had to accept it with hatred.
On the day of the third watch, the soldiers of the Jingzhou army fell into a deep sleep, Chen Sheng and Zhang Hu who were guarding the camp were also drowsy, the war drums rumbled again on the Dagu Pass, and the sound of shouting and killing shook the sky, Chen Sheng and Zhang Hu hurriedly ordered the soldiers under their command to lift their spirits, Chen Sheng and Zhang Hu stared wide-eyed, looked at the city gate of Dagu Pass, waited for a long time, there were no soldiers at the city gate, it seemed that the central army only shouted and did not move, and after a short time, the flag was closed again.
After another half an hour, the Central Army once again played the strategy of tired enemies, it was still thunder and rain, Yuan Shao in the camp was too lazy to open his eyes, Chen Sheng and Zhang Hu also lay on the wall with their eyes closed and said: "Jin Liang always plays this tired enemy strategy, are you annoyed?!" ”
Of course Jin Liang was not annoyed, he just took out 5,000 Luoyang County soldiers and divided them into five teams, taking turns to play this tired enemy's strategy, and the elite of the central army were all recuperating and sleeping.
On the fourth watch, all the soldiers of the Jingzhou Army fell into a deep sleep, including Chen Sheng and Zhang Hu, who were defending the walled gate, and the Dagu Pass was also quiet, but the city gate was quietly opened, and an elite cavalry of 4,000 people quietly came out of the Dagu Pass.
The leader of the general is Zhao Yun and Zhao Zilong, the generals under the command of Jin Liang, who led the 4,000 cavalry to chew horseshoe cloth and take advantage of the night to quietly approach the camp of the Jingzhou army.
In front of Dagu Pass is a flat area, the Jingzhou army set up camp here, relying on the large number of generals, did not dig a trench like the Central Army to block the enemy's night attack, but placed a lot of antlers around the camp to prevent the Central Army cavalry from sneaking up on the camp.
The antlers are tied together with many sharp trunks, named because they are shaped like antlers, the antlers of the Jingzhou army are tied with some bells, if the infantry of the Central Army moves the antlers, the bell sound will provide an alarm to the Jingzhou army, which can timely and effectively prevent the central army from attacking the Jingzhou military camp, greatly improving the security and anti-sneak attack of the Jingzhou military camp, and because of this setting, Yuan Shao and his soldiers dare to sleep with confidence.
However, the Central Army had already detected that there were bells tied to the antlers of the Jingzhou military camp, and hundreds of well-trained scouts crawled forward and came to the antlers, they pinched the hammer of the bell with one hand, and quietly took down the bell with the other, and hundreds of bells were quietly taken down without making a sound.
Scouts, equivalent to the scouts of later generations, are considered special forces in the regular arms, Jin Liang imitated the training standards of special scouts in a certain army in later generations, and conducted strict training for scouts, after three years of rigorous training, now the scouts of the Central Army are better than the scouts in any of the princes' armies.
Without a bell, the antlers were a pile of useless tree trunks, Zhao Yun ordered people to quickly remove the antlers, and the four thousand cavalry poured into the camp of the Jingzhou army like a hurricane.
At the beginning, Zhao Yun's 4,000 men and horses rushed in, just set fire everywhere, and when the fire ignited and someone in the Jingzhou army woke up, the 4,000 cavalry shouted to kill, and at the same time, the drums on the Dagu Pass rumbled, and the shouts shook the sky, and there were battles everywhere, and there were shouts of killing everywhere, so that people couldn't tell how many central troops came to surprise attack, and the Jingzhou army was in chaos.
Zhao Yun immediately shot horizontally, rushing back and forth, and many famous generals under Yuan Shao's command were not Zhao Yun's enemies.
Ma Yan, the general under Yuan Shao, brandished a big knife and rushed towards Zhao Yun, he relied on his strength to sink the big sword, so he wanted to cut Zhao Yun off his horse with a knife.
The big knife in Ma Yan's hand danced wildly, and in an instant, six swords were slashed in a row, and six sword shadows attacked Zhao Yun.
Zhao Yun looked disdainful, danced the bright silver spear in his palm, and stabbed when he was distracted, just a shot, the shadow of the gun seemed to be a bolt of lightning, shooting towards Ma Yan, Ma Yan's knife shadow shattered, Ma Yan's chest was suddenly cold, Zhao Yun slammed his body, and threw Ma Yan's body to Zhang Yi, the general of Yuan Shao's department who was wielding a knife and gun to fight him.
Zhang Yi suddenly saw a black shadow attack on him, he didn't have time to think about it, brandished a big knife, slashed at the black shadow, his knife quickly cut the black shadow into two pieces, and the blood splashed out splashed his face, and when the black shadow landed, he saw that it was clearly the corpse of his friend Ma Yan.
Zhang Yi let out a heart-rending roar, brandished the big knife, and slashed at Zhao Yun, at the same time, Jiao Touch and Zhang Nan also brandished the big knife and slashed at Zhao Yun, and the shadow of the sword rose from three sides, and Zhao Yun was attacked on three sides for a while, and he was in danger.