Chapter 63: The Battle for Luoyang (1)
In the face of all the civil and military forces under Yang Shuo's command, and in the face of the questioning gaze of the master father, Liu Ji was calm and calm, without the slightest sense of restraint, and gently stroked the long beard to tell the story of the discussion with Yang Shuo.
The master father Yan is a wise man with an intelligence of up to 93, and he suddenly became enlightened with a little dialing, and he was even more convinced by Liu Ji's heart, and arched his hand at Liu Ji, "Fortunately, Mr. Berwyn arrived in time, otherwise he will be trapped in the lord and the unfavorable place!" ”
Today, the thirteen states of the Han Dynasty have been carved up by the princes of various places, if Luoyang is occupied by Cao Cao, it will inevitably compress Yang Shuo's living space, and Shangdang, Hanoi and other places that were aimed at at the beginning will also lose the opportunity to seize because of the loss of Luoyang, and this existential danger is also!
After Liu Ji's analysis, the master father Yan quickly realized the importance of Luoyang to Yang Shuo, and immediately nodded and agreed to the strategic line of taking Luoyang first and then Chang'an, and also sincerely admired this middle-aged man who had paid attention to Yang Shuo when he first arrived.
One wrong step and one wrong step, once Luoyang is occupied by Cao Cao, it is too late to regret it, and now Luoyang has not been occupied by Cao Cao, everything is still too late, Yang Shuo immediately ordered the army to be pulled out!
With Yang Shuo's order, Hongnong, who had been calm for more than half a year, exuded a sense of sadness, the war will lose her husband, father, and brother, for the rulers this is a means for them to realize their ambitions, but for ordinary families, war means that the family is ruined.
No one wants a war, of course Yang Shuo doesn't like it either, the only way to end the war is to end the war!
The garden is full of spring and can't be closed, and the spring river plumbing duck prophet; The spring breeze is on the south bank of the Green River, and the spring breeze in February is like scissors; In spring, the river is as green as blue, and thousands of purples and thousands of reds are always spring. It is a famous poem of the ancients praising spring, but Luoyang in early February is not as gorgeous as described in the poem, in front of me, the sleepy birds flutter their wings, as if their nerves are still paralyzed by sleep, so they chase in the direction of the flowing clouds, and fly low away; The sun slouched, and the distant mountains faded, leaving only the silhouette, as if they were about to slip out of sight; The galloping horses had disappeared at the end of the road, throwing away a clattering and vibrating sound, mingling with the silent and dry air, far away......
The line of incandescent that had just surfaced on the horizon had spread out indefinitely, staining the entire sky, and the dizzy blue had already generalized into a dazzling pale. Passing through Hangu Pass, Luoyang can be seen, and the black-pressed cavalry stepped on the dense sound of horses' hooves like raindrops, and gradually appeared under Luoyang City from far and near beyond the horizon.
Luoyang, the capital of the Eastern Han Dynasty for 200 years, can vaguely see how brilliant it was here from the dilapidated city, such as the flow of people, merchants of different colors from the countries of the Western Regions, and the prosperity of the past are all passing clouds.
"General, there is Luoyang City ahead!" The adjutant general pointed to the old site of Luoyang, which was scorched and blackened, dilapidated and extensive.
Looking at the huge city tower in front of him, Yang Zaixing said in a deep voice: "Go around!" ”
Luoyang is not Yang Zaixing's destination, and only after occupying the Tiger Prison Pass can Luoyang be truly safe. The four thousand cavalry did not stop, bypassing Luoyang City in a cloud of smoke and dust.
After Luoyang, it is the famous Beibi Mountain, the Beibi Mountain is hundreds of miles from east to west, located on the south bank of the Yellow River, it is the remaining vein of the Qinling Mountains, and the branch vein of the Kunshan Mountain. According to the record of "Henan Mansion Chronicle", from the head of the mountain, Baima Mountain, to the west to Shenwei Mountain, where there are thirty-three peaks. It passes through six counties of Mianchi, Xin'an, Luoyang, Mengjin, Yanshi and Gongxian, and is more than 380 miles long from east to west.
The mountains of Beibi Mountain are majestic, the water is deep and the soil is thick, and the water of Yi and Luo runs through Luoyang City from west to east. The tomb is set up here, that is, the feng shui theory of "pillow mountain and pedaling river" advocated by the ancients, so Pishan is regarded as the feng shui treasure of the funeral mound, since the 11th year of Jianwu of the Later Han Dynasty, Liu Zhi, the king of Chengyang, was buried in Beibi Mountain, and then the princes and princes chose the cemetery here, and even the king of Baekje on the Korean Peninsula also chose Bishan as his burial place after dying in a foreign country. Wang Jian, a poet in the Tang Dynasty, said, "There is little idle soil on the north mountain, and it is full of old tombs of Luoyang people"; Bai Juyi asked, "Why don't you follow Dongluoshui, who will be buried in Beibi Mountain?" As the saying goes: "Born in Suzhou and Hangzhou, buried in Beipi" all originates from this, Beibi Mountain has been the cemetery of Luoyang people since the Eastern Han Dynasty.
After the feng shui treasure land of Beibi Mountain, along the Yellow River eastward is Yanshi, Gong County, after Gong County, the Tiger Prison Pass can be expected.
Thinking about how majestic Dong Zhuo was in the fierce battle under the Tiger Prison Pass, if he could occupy the Tiger Prison Pass this time, it would be regarded as completely cutting off Cao Cao's westward journey, and Yang Shuo could also overlook the Central Plains Heroes according to the Pass.
The weight of Luoyang is heavy on the Tiger Prison Pass, so when the army was marching out, Yang Zaixing got the order to occupy the Tiger Prison Pass as quickly as possible and stick to it!
In Yin, Gong County, Henan, a team of about 5,000 foot soldiers came in a hurry, and the huge "Cao" on a dark banner in the center fluttered in the wind.
The military general is wearing black armor, with a solid body, a long face, a machete, and a white war horse in his crotch, majestic and majestic, this person is a native of Peiguo County, Cao Hong, Cao Zilian, the younger brother of Cao Cao, Cao Zilian.
At the beginning of the year, Yang Shuo personally commanded 2,000 cavalry to the north to break the white waves, yellow turbans and other thieves, Cao Cao deeply felt that the situation in the east of the river could not trap Yang Shuo, a shallow-water fish, so he decided to wait for the spring to bloom, wave his army to the west, and eradicate Yang Shuo's tumor in one fell swoop.
Now, although the footsteps of winter are still in mid-air, Cao Cao, who has been silent for a winter, can't wait, just after the first month, he secretly summoned the troops to prepare to fight Yang Shuo by surprise.
Cao Cao took Cao Hong as the vanguard, commanding 5,000 infantry soldiers to take the lead in killing Luoyang, and waiting for an opportunity to capture Hangu Pass. With Cao Ren as the Chinese army, Le Jin as the deputy general, 20,000 troops stationed in Luoyang, Cao Cao himself as the rear army, Guo Jia, Xun You as the army, Xiahou Yuan, Li Dian, Dian Wei, Xu Chu, Man Chong as the general, 40,000 infantry, Wangluo marched, ordered Xun Yu, Cheng Yu, Dong Zhao, Xiahou Dan, Yu Ban to stay in Xuchang, a total of 65,000 people to kill Ben Hongnong, in one fell swoop to eliminate Yang Shuo will take Luoyang, Hongnong, Chang'an as his own.
Xuchang is more than 300 miles away from Luoyang, Cao Hong took the lead in setting off, all the way to the rapid march of less than 10 days has arrived at Gongxian less than 80 miles away from Luoyang, it was noon, Cao Hong ordered the army to rest, and then set off to Luoyang after recovering his strength.
At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, according to the military system of the Han Dynasty, the warlords in various places can be divided into Wu Chang - Shi Chang - Du Bo - Hundred General - Yamen General, Cavalry Governor, Buqu Governor - Other Sima (Jun Sima) - Du Wei (Riding Du Wei) - Captain - Zhonglang General (Wuguan, Left, Right, Tiger Ben Zhonglang General) - Pi General - Partial General - General (such as General Wuwei, General Duliao, etc.). It's just that as the warlords in various places rewarded their subordinates, lieutenants, lieutenants, and generals became synonymous with low-level officers, generals and college students became street goods, and nine out of ten people were generals.
However, on the whole, the establishment is basically in accordance with the management of the team according to the commander, the chief, the military candidate, the Sima, the captain, etc., and when they get the rest order, all the sergeants take out the spare military rations and gobble them together with clear water.