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In July, it is the height of summer, and Taihang Mountain has also reached the brightest and most moving moment.

The pine trees in the mountains stand tall, the breeze blows, the fragrance of flowers overflows, and the clear water winds like a jade belt into the distance.

In the afternoon of that day, a Hexi army of more than 6,000 people arrived at the junction of Shangdang County and Leping County - Yihe (now Zuoquan County).

Yihe County, formerly known as Yiyang County, belonged to Zhao during the Warring States Period, and was renamed Yihe River during the Wei and Jin Dynasties, and the tributaries of the Qingshu River passed through this place.

In that year, Zhao Hao went north along the Qingshui River Valley and defeated the Qin army at Yanhe (northeast of Yiyang, now Heshun County).

The purpose of the Hexi Army's secret stationing in Yiyang was very clear, that is, to follow the route of the Zhao army and raid Hukou Pass to the south, so as to cut off the connection between Shangdang and Hebei.

In Yihe County, Zuo Sima Wang Zhen was discussing with the generals the plan for a surprise attack on Hukou Pass.

"Zuo Sima, it is very difficult to clear the road in the water valley, in case after a hard march, the army will be in danger of going deep alone."

"Once the Yan army comes up from the east and west, there will even be a risk of annihilation."

Regarding the bald Wei Tan's warning words, Wang Zhenwei bowed slightly.

"The bald general is very reasonable, but the Qingzhangshui River Valley is the only way to bypass Huguan."

"Unless everyone is willing to storm the pot pass, they can only find a way from here."

As soon as it was mentioned to attack Huguan, the bald Wei Tan and the two generals all changed their faces.

As Hu people, their biggest headache is to storm the passes and cities guarded by heavy soldiers.

Huguan is in a dangerous terrain, there are both Houyan general Murong Shao in the city, and even the defenders have more than 10,000 people, how easy is it to storm it?

It was precisely because he considered that it was not advisable to storm Huguan that Wang Zhenwei considered crossing the Qingzhangshui River Valley and then cutting off the ancient road of Fukou to achieve the purpose of mobilizing the Huguan defenders.

and the camera raided Huguan, and even wiped out Murong Shao's department.

In order to cover the true intentions of the Hexi army, Wang Zhenwei divided the army into two.

A small number of men and horses were led by Fuqu Nancheng, and they went straight to Wuxiang from Yangyi, creating the illusion that the Hexi army would attack the eldest son from the north, so as to attract the attention of Huguan.

Under his personal leadership, the main force of the army first rushed east to infiltrate Leping County, and then moved south along the Qingzhang River from Zhan County.

In the end, the army secretly turned northwest and entered Yiyang to hide and wait.

"The ancient road of Fukou, with towering mountains and dangerous terrain, is a natural transportation artery connecting Shanxi and Hebei."

"From Yecheng northwest more than 60 miles into Fukou (now Zhaoguan), west over Taihang Mountain, out of Huguan (now Dongyang Pass), west to the party (the eldest son)."

"The entire ancient road is about 180 miles long, and the roads along the way are located on the edge of the mountain, so that passers-by can hardly feel the great terrain contrast, and they pass through the main vein of Taihang Mountain."

"Along the Fukou Ancient Road, in addition to the east and west of each Xiongguan, this is also very crucial."

Saying that, Wang Zhenwei raised his finger and pointed at the junction of Qingzhangshui and Fukou on the map - Shexian County.

"Murong Shao is guarded by two male passes, Fukou in the east and Huguan in the west, and thinks that the Fukou Ancient Road is very safe."

"According to the scout's report, every once in a while, there will be Houyan people escorting grain and grass from Hebei through Fukou to Hukou Pass."

"The two of them said, if bandits and bandits attack Shexian and rob Houyan of grain and grass, how will Murong Shao react?"

The bald Wei Tan's eyes lit up, and he preemptively said, "At least Murong Shao will send soldiers and horses to find out what happened." ”

"If you feel that the bandits are powerful, it is not ruled out that he will personally lead the troops to encircle and suppress them."

"That's right, the Fukou Ancient Road is the key for Murong Shao to obtain Hebei's grain, grass, and military support, and he will not let Shexian lose it no matter what."

"If Murong Shao is old and shrinks in Huguan, then you and I really can't do anything about him, as long as he dares to leave Huguan, it will be easy to kill him."

……

A few days later, Wang Zhen viciously sent the bald Wei Tan to lead hundreds of elites, pretending to be robbers and bandits, and ambushed them on the Fukou Ancient Road.

This is a relatively wide area, and suddenly the bald Wei Tan who was lurking on the mountains on both sides looked tense, and his body suddenly straightened.

"General, listen? The sound of a large number of horses was heard in front of me. Join the army reminded.

The bald Tan listened carefully, and then nodded slightly.

He turned his head to join the army beside him and said, "It must be the heavy soldiers of the Yan army, tell everyone not to make any noise, so as not to alarm the enemy." ”

At that moment, the bald Wei Tan waved his hand at the soldiers behind him, and everyone crawled on the ground, not daring to make a sound.

In less than a quarter of an hour, a group of people passed by the official road in front of them.

There are a total of 1,000 Yan troops responsible for escorting grain and grass, and all of them are dressed in military uniforms and bright armor.

In the middle of the procession, there were hundreds of wagons full of grain and grass.

The bald-haired Wei Tan's eyes widened suddenly, staring at the group of men and horses, and commanded in a low voice: "Pass the order, once the horn sounds, the whole army will immediately rush down, be sure to kill and wound the enemy in the shortest possible time, and burn the grain and grass." ”

The Houyan sergeant, who was bored on the road, suddenly heard a horn sound on the high ground on both sides, but saw hundreds of strong men in ragged clothes, holding long knives and wooden sticks, jumping onto the official road from the high ground on both sides, blocking everyone's way.

Sergeant Houyan was shocked when he saw someone looting grain and grass.

But when they saw that it was a group of ragged 'beggars', they all burst out laughing.

However, before their laughter could reach the ground, hundreds of 'beggars' quickly slaughtered them.

Before the Houyan people could figure out what was going on, they saw a flash of cold light, and dozens of sergeants fell in pools of blood.

I thought it was a group of poor and crazy bandits and bandits, but after a fight, everyone realized that it was not like that.

This group of 'beggar army's combat effectiveness is amazing, and as soon as they come up, they will press the Houyan people to fight.

In less than an hour, nearly a thousand Houyan soldiers were slaughtered by the bald Wei Tan and others.

After cleaning the battlefield, the bald Wei Tan reported the situation to Wang Zhenwei and moved to the west of Shexian County as originally planned.

……

When the bald Wei Tan led a group of 'bandits' to harass Shexian, Wang Zhenwei had already led the main force of the army to lurk in the mountains and forests twenty miles west of Shexian.

Fukou Ancient Road, east from Handan, Hebei, west to Shangdang, and Zhou, through Wu'an, Shexian, Huguan, Luxian and other places, across the Taihang Mountains.

The section of the ancient road from Huguan to Handan is the rear communication line of Murong Shao to support the Shangdang operation, and Shexian is an important supply station on the way.

Wang Zhenwei instructed the bald Wei Tan to pretend to be a bandit, loot grain and grass, and attack Shexian, all in order to mobilize the Huguan defenders to attack and kill Murong Shao, and to take the opportunity to occupy Huguan.

In order to choose an ambush point, he personally took the scouts and conducted repeated and careful reconnaissance of the ancient roads along the way, and finally selected a 'Feng Shui Treasure Land'.

When the Fukou Ancient Road passes through this place, it runs along the river, with high mountains and cliffs to the south and undulating land to the north.

In view of the fact that the purpose of the ambush was to annihilate the enemy in large numbers, the Hexi army was chosen to organize an ambush in this kind of winding mountain valley, and the Hexi army was condescending to advance and retreat freely, while the enemy was in a terrain with no room for maneuver and no support for parrying, and it was easy to be defeated.

Standing on the slope, Wang Zhenwei sighed to the gangan Ali beside him: "It is really an ideal ambush place, setting up an ambush in the north of the road, which is convenient for concealment and easy to attack. ”

"And the enemy has no way back, there is no basis for defending, and this is in the middle, which is the only place to pass from Huguan to Shexian County."

"The army will be deployed from the north and south sides relying on the high ground, pinning the enemy's forward with flanking attacks from the north and south, and blocking the enemy's rear guard from the east and west, and no enemy will be able to escape from the encirclement."

After everything was ready, Wang Zhenwei began to wait for the enemy to come to the door, who expected that this wait would be a small half moon.

It turned out that when the news of Shexian being attacked by bandits reached Murong Shao's ears, it did not attract his attention at first.

Taihang Mountain is high and densely wooded, and has always been a good place for bandits and bandits.

Once the world is in turmoil, some people will flee to the mountains and occupy the mountains as kings.

At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, after the failure of the Yellow Turban Uprising, the remnants of the Black Mountain Army were called the Black Mountain Army, and its activity area was in the valleys of Taihang Mountain.

It was precisely because he knew that there were many bandits in the mountains that Murong Shao did not take the bald Wei Tan attack seriously.

But it didn't take long for Murong Shao to realize that things were not as simple as he thought.

This gang of bandits continued to rob the grain and grass in and out, which greatly affected the gains and losses of the pot pass, so that he could no longer sit idly by.

When he received the news that the grain and grass had been robbed and that Shexian County had been harassed, Murong Shao immediately ordered 2,000 men and horses, and went out of Huguan to the west, ready to teach this group of bandits who did not know the height of the sky and the height of the earth to teach a lesson.