Chapter 258: Arriving at Tongguan

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After deliberation, the general policy can be basically decided.

At present, in addition to the normal development and production in the Luoyang area and the Hongnong County area, the current troop strength is stationed in the areas of Jiaohu Pass, Bishui Pass, Xingyang Pass, Wancheng, Hongnong City, and Jiaxian.

Among them, there are 20,000 troops stationed in Bishui Pass, with General Wen Chou of Zuo as the main general, and Zhao Fu and Cheng Jian as deputy generals, assisting Wen Chou to strictly defend Bishui Pass, and Tiger Pass is guarded by Li Ling, who also commands 20,000 troops, echoing each other with Bishui Pass, and the two passes are closely united. If Cao Cao really led the army to attack, the two levels would send troops to each other's aid to ensure that the two levels were not lost. Xingyang City sent Guan Chun, Geng Wu two generals, led the army of 15,000, only asked them to defend strictly, beware of Cao Cao led the army to raid, Xingyang City is not like Bishui Pass and Tiger Prison Pass, this city is between the poor mountains and bad waters, not suitable for the operation of the large army, Cao Cao can not lead the army to attack, as long as there are elite soldiers to defend the city, Cao Cao also does not want to figure out Guò Xingyang City into the Luoyang area. Besides, even if Xingyang City is lost, there is Yiyang City, and Luoshui River can resist Cao Cao, it is impossible for him to quickly kill Luoyang.

Wancheng now, Qin Jie has expanded the army to 20,000 horses, of which thousands of people are Zhao Yun led the army from the upper reaches of Luoshui to lurk in Luoyang, the local people saw that Liu Yi's army was disciplined, and the people did not commit any crimes in the autumn, and they yearned, especially they lived a hard life under the oppression of Dong Zhuo, in order to seek a better way out, they threw themselves into Wancheng according to the opinions of Xi Zhicai and others at that time, so that Qin Jie added thousands of soldiers and horses.

Qin Jie's 20,000 soldiers and horses were a little weaker, Liu Yi mobilized 10,000 troops from Dongting Lake, and transferred 10,000 troops from Luoyang, so that his army of 40,000 guarded Wancheng.

Of course, in addition to this, there is Gan Ning, although he really wants to go with Liu Yi. Deal with the Huns, but Liu Yi felt that for the time being, he still left Gan Ning behind and let him lead the new water division that had been formed in the past half a year. Originally crusaded against Dong Zhuo. The tens of thousands of sailors trained by Gan Ning were transferred to Luoyang, and now it has been impossible to return these tens of thousands of sailors to the establishment and return to the command of Gan Ning. In order to guard against Liu Biao, the new army formed by Dongting Lake Xinzhou has also formed a certain combat effectiveness after nearly half a year of training, and it can become an army. So. Gan Ning, Huang Zhong and the original Dongting Lake pirate leader, these generals will be fully responsible for the affairs of Dongting Lake Xinzhou.

For example, if Liu Biao really wanted to use troops against himself, Gan would rather lead the naval army to attack Liu Biao's naval army, not seeking to defeat them, at least it could play a role in containment. At the same time, Huang Zhong and Cao Yin can also do their best to serve the soldiers and horses of Dongting Lake and Wuling County. Officially attack the towns around Dongting Lake, and include those places in the sphere of influence of the Dongting Lake Xinzhou base. In this way, Liu Biao's power can be compressed in the area of Jiangling and Xiangyang. Let him take care of himself, and in the end he can only cover up his flags and drums, and dare not fight with himself anymore.

Under normal circumstances, Liu Yi will not take the initiative to raise troops to attack the princes of the world, and strive to stabilize the development. However, if others dare to raise troops against themselves, then Liu Yi will definitely not be soft. will inevitably rise up and give them a head-on blow.

If it weren't for Dong Zhuo being eyeing Dong Zhuo and rushing to solve Dong Zhuo, Liu Yi would probably solve Liu Biao first.

In addition, Hongnong County and Jiaxian County have to leave a large number of troops to garrison here. It made Liu Yi feel a little uncomfortable.

Liu Yi's current strength in Luoyang, the real elite soldiers, is actually more than 40,000 soldiers and horses in Dongting Lake and more than 30,000 swords from the Dahanpo base. That's more than 80,000 in total. The rest of the sergeants, although they also have the strength to fight, but compared to Dong Zhuo's cavalry and the Huns' cavalry, I am afraid that the combat power is still out.

If too many troops are contained in Hongnong County and Jiaxian, the more than 200,000 cavalry of the Huns will be a little stretched in the future, and the victory or defeat will be unpredictable.

Just the Tiger Prison Pass and other places have contained Liu Yi's army of 100,000 or 000, plus Hongnong and Jiaxian, at least 50,000 or 60,000 troops must be left behind, what about Luoyang City? What about the military horses left behind in other towns? Counting, it was only possible to draw out about 150,000 troops to fight against the Huns. This is not enough.

"Lord, the Huns have entered the customs, it is inevitable, and we have no time to stop it, only to fight a decisive battle with the Huns in Bingzhou, and we must not let their army kill on the north bank of the Yellow River, otherwise, we will really face the dilemma of being attacked on all sides." Xi Zhicai said with a solemn face: "But we are limited by our troops, and we have little chance of winning a decisive battle with the Huns in Bingzhou." ”

"The Huns are cunning, bullying the weak and afraid of the hard, if we don't have a threat from Cao Cao, Liu Biao and Dong Zhuo, they will definitely not dare to invade us, he has gathered more than 200,000 troops, our total strength can reach 400,000, under normal circumstances, they will definitely not dare to invade us, it is precisely because they know that we are now trapped in the mirror, and they can't draw troops to fight him, so they will enter the pass to make trouble." Liu Yi's heart was like lightning, and he made up his mind and said: "In this way, let's start acting immediately, Mr. Xi, Mr. Jia, the two of you and Ziyi, first form an army of 100,000, unify the command, cross the river and enter Bingzhou, first take the places in the Puzhong area, such as Shangdang, Jinyang and other cities, take these cities as the base point, arrange the defense line, I and Guo Jia, Huang Xu, Dian Wei, Xu Zhu and other generals, in a short period of time, capture Tongguan, Hangu Pass, and then leave troops to guard Tongguan, do not let Dong thief out of the pass, you can solve the threat of Dong thief, at that time, Then we can draw our forces to support you. At the same time, he immediately sent a fast horse to inform Zhao Zilong of Dazepo, and asked him to lead an army from Youzhou to enter Bingzhou with Gao Shun, Pan Feng and other generals. In this way, our combined strength is more than 200,000, which is on a par with the Huns. ”

"Not bad!" Xi Zhicai's spirits perked up, and he said: "Lord, it's not as good as us, the army led by Zilong is a surprise soldier, secretly entering Bingzhou, and when we are going to have a decisive battle with the Hun army, they will kill from the back of the Hun army again." In this way, the Huns will be defeated. ”

"There are tens of thousands of captive soldiers of the Black Mountain thieves in Dazepo, and if they can form an army, they can draw out an army of 70,000 or 80,000. I'm just worried about how effective they are when they become an army soon? In any case, it is necessary to secretly enter the state, if the Huns knew that we could also mobilize an army of more than 200,000 to fight them, they might not dare to come to a decisive battle with us, I am afraid that they would enter the state and loot and run away. Liu Yi's eyes sparkled and said, "This time." We must let them come and go, or else we will be annoyed by their raids every year. If we can wipe out their army of more than 200,000 people in one fell swoop, I am afraid that they will not dare to invade our borders again in the next few years. After that, it will be time for us to send troops to destroy them. ”

"Good! So so? ”

"Well, Mr. Xi, you, Mr. Jia, and Ziyi hurry up and build a large army to cross the river, and beware of the Shangdang in Bingzhou who is too guarded and flamboyant, this person is estimated to not obey us, and the Shangdang county town is close to the Taihang Mountain. It's easy to defend and hard to attack, if you can't play, forget it. But Jinyang must be captured, and without a big city as our fulcrum, it is difficult for us to gain a foothold in Bingzhou. After Liu Yi finished speaking, his eyes fell on Xun Yu's body: "Wen Ruo, you and Yan Liang are in Luoyang, responsible for the overall planning of Luoyang, Lord Yang Biao and Lord Xun Shuang." Mr. Chen Qun, in addition to cooperating with Wen Ruo, you must also pay close attention to the production and development of the towns around Luoyang. Let the people enter a stable state of life. ”

"Lord, please rest assured, we will definitely take care of the affairs of Luoyang Capital."

The ministers bowed together.

How to cross the Yellow River and enter Bingzhou, Liu Yi handed over to Xi Zhicai and others to deal with, as for after occupying the Bingzhou, whether to govern the people in the Bingzhou area like Luoyang, Liu Yi did not give instructions. The most important thing is that Liu Yi does not have too much manpower, financial resources and energy to really take the annexed state as his own. Historically, Bingzhou eventually fell into the hands of Yuan Shao, who entered Bingzhou from the Black Mountain region and incorporated Bingzhou as his territory of influence. When Yuan Shao's power was at its greatest, he occupied You, Hebei, Qing, and four states, and almost unified the entire north.

However, now Yuan Shao should not have sent troops to occupy the state, and Liu Yi can now easily send troops to cross the Yellow River and enter the land of the state. Otherwise, there is Yuan Shao's army in the state. Lewy is not easy to do. Now Yuan Shao did not send troops into the state, but it does not mean that he will not enter and occupy the state, if Liu Yi really takes the state as his own, I am afraid that after defeating the Huns, he will immediately have to fight with Yuan Shao. This was not what Liu Yi wanted to see, so, after defeating the Huns, Liu Yi planned to withdraw the army to Luoyang and was not in a hurry to rule and annex the state. At that time, the most important thing was to concentrate on solving Dong Zhuo's matter first.

Rice should be eaten one bite at a time, and the world should be unified step by step. Steady development step by step is the last word. No matter how big the territory is, but it can't hold on to it, even if he governs all those places, and in the blink of an eye, it falls into the hands of the enemy, which is tantamount to a waste of effort, so Liu Yi didn't immediately take the merger of the state as his own.

Liu Yi can take Guanzhong, or Jingzhou, but the northern states, as well as the Central Plains and other states, it is not time to capture them.

In order to solve the threat from Dong Zhuo, Liu Yi couldn't wait any longer, he couldn't explore the road first, and he was about to lead the army through Huashan and attack Tongguan directly.

In order to be able to take Tongguan in one fell swoop, Liu Yiming Huang Xu, Gan Ning and other generals fought against Hangu Pass day and night, attracting Dong Zhuojun's attention to Hangu Pass. Gan Ning didn't need to rush back to Dongting Lake, and Liu Biao didn't have much movement at the moment, so he just mobilized the army and horses to strengthen the defense, and after capturing Tongguan and Hangu Pass, Gan Ning would

Then, Liu Yi, Guo Jia, Dian Wei, Xu Zhu, Meng Ke, Shi A and several of his brothers, as well as Yuan Qing, Yin Xiao, Huang Wudie, Zhang Ning, Yang Huang and others, led more than 15,000 military horses, under the guidance of Cheng Jin, and marched towards Huashan.

Liu Yi left Zhou Cang and asked him to be the main person in charge of quickly transmitting information, and sent the information of Luoyang and other towns to Xun Wenruo in Luoyang in a timely manner, so that Xun Wenruo could deploy troops from all over the country at any time. However, Liu Yi took Bi Shihui with him, and he was also a very useful intelligence courier. Liu Yi now wants to run into that Hu Che'er again, catch him and subdue him for his own use, so that there can be one more courier.

Liu Yi officially classified the more than 2,000 people of the New Yulin Army as his own soldiers. Now, as long as there are no problems around Luoyang, there will be no problems in the palace, and there is no need to leave people like the new Yulin Army who can recruit good fighters in the palace to defend the palace. Now that the forbidden army is responsible for the security affairs of the palace, the name of the new Yulin Army can actually be removed.

In this way, Liu Yi's personal soldiers have more than 5,000 people. Five hundred of them were cavalry, and these five hundred cavalry did not participate in the attack on Tongguan, because the cavalry could not pass through Huashan to reach Tongguan. They had no choice but to stay in Hongnong and follow Huang Xu's orders.

The other 10,000 or so people are soldiers in battle, plus Liu Yi's personal soldiers. A total of 15,000 people.

The soldiers of the two thousand New Feather Forest Army, under the leadership of Shen Yong, as the pioneers of the road, their Da Mo sword is indeed suitable for breaking the grass and trees that block the road, and they can cut a path between the dense forests.

Cheng Jin has not walked this secret road through Huashan for more than ten years, many places. It has long been shaded by grass and vines, and I can't see the road of the past. Well, in fact, there was no road, but he knew where to go, and he could walk through.

Mount Hua does not just refer to a mountain, but also countless steep and majestic peaks in the mountain. The scenery is beautiful, like a fairyland.

Unfortunately, no one is in the mood to enjoy the beauty of the mountains at the moment. Everyone was nervous and hurried, including Liu Yi.

There is no way, Liu Yi has to carry Yang Huang, who can't do without him, to climb in the steep mountains, some mountain roads, from the cliffs in the middle of the mountain, if you are not careful, you may fall into the abyss.

One day could not pass through the Huashan mountains, and the army camped in the mountains for one night, and then continued through the next day. Peak after peak.

Fortunately, although the dangerous road in the mountains is difficult to walk, it is not unwalkable, and the ancestors of the Cheng family are also ordinary people, and they can all pass. Naturally, these strong-willed sergeants will not have a problem.

By the evening of the next day, the army had finally reached the edge of a cliff on a mountain peak.

"Lord, come and see, the following is Tongguan!" Cheng Jin is about to die, he is a weak scholar, after two days of marching, he is too tired to do it, he went to the ground with his butt and pointed to the road.

In the evening, it was already foggy, and on the mountain peaks, it seemed to be clouds and mist, which was extremely spectacular, and under the illumination of the slanting sun, there were colorful lights.

Standing on the mountain peak, you can also see a big river dozens of miles away, that is the Yellow River, the rushing river, although you can't hear it, but it seems to make people feel the general, magnificent.

Tongguan is under the cliff, blocked between the two mountains, a peak on the mountain, directly connected to the Yellow River, high peaks, birds are sad. Tongguan below is the only way to enter Chang'an.

The cliff where Liu Yi is located cannot be directly led to guò from the mountain, and it cannot bypass Tongguan and enter Chang'an directly. To get through guò, you have to go down the mountain nearby and enter from Tongguan.

"My lord! Order, while it is not dark now, we can go down the mountain, surprise attack, we will be able to capture Tongguan in one fell swoop, tonight, we will camp in Tongguan. Dian Wei said impatiently, and the two consecutive days of marching made him a little impatient.

"What's the hurry? See it clearly! Liu Yi glanced at him, and ordered him to go down: "Let the sergeant eat dry food first, rest, and return to his body." ”

Leo crouched on the edge of the cliff and looked down, but he could see the situation below at a glance.

Tongguan is just a pass, not a town, so Tongguan is not big, but what makes Liu Yi frown is that there are estimated tens of thousands of troops and horses in Tongguan, and the troops below are patrolling back and forth, without any signs of relaxation. And Tongguan, its city wall is also quite majestic, not worse than the city wall of Hangu Pass, what makes Liu Yi feel more headache is that its wall is not long, only a few dozen zhang, and in front, there is no open area for Liu Yi to launch troops to attack the city. And within the city pass, there are still wall passes, even if one wall is captured, there are second and third passes

Liu Yi thought that this secret mountain road could directly enter Tongguan, but he didn't want to, but he arrived at Tongguan, not into Tongguan.

In such a situation, even if he goes down the mountain to attack, he may not be able to attack Tongguan.

Guo Jia, who was also observing Tongguan below, was also too tired to do it, sat next to Liu Yi, beat his thighs and relaxed his muscles and said: "Lord, it's not easy to do, Dong Thief must also know the importance of Tongguan, so there are more troops left, and Tongguan is a stacked pass, it is difficult to break it in one fell swoop, but unfortunately, we only brought more than 10,000 soldiers here, otherwise, we can directly attack Hangu Pass." As long as Hangu Pass is captured, a small number of troops can be left behind to prevent Dong Zhuo's army from leaving the pass, and a large army can be drawn out to fight a decisive battle with the Huns. ”

"Lord, Tongguan was not like this before, two or three miles ahead, all belong to Tongguan, and there is a city wall, but I didn't expect that Dong Thief shrank his forces to this most dangerous place, and built a few more barrier walls." Cheng Jindao: "It is estimated that it was built recently. ”

Yikes!

An eagle suddenly flew from the mountains and hovered above Tongguan.

"Alas, it would be good if we could fly like an eagle, we are on top of this mountain peak and cliff, flying directly into Tongguan, like a divine soldier descending from the sky, we will be able to capture Tongguan in one fell swoop." Guo Jia pointed to the eagle not far ahead, looked down and said, "It's a pity that our cliff is dozens of feet high from below, and it is unlikely that we can climb it." ”

"Eagle! Divine Soldiers from the Sky? Liu Yi also followed Guo Jia's point, glanced at the flying eagle, and there seemed to be a spiritual light in his heart.

The cliff is dozens of zhang high, that is to say, it is more than 100 meters high. If you look at it from above, you can see that the people below are the size of ants. Indeed, if you want to climb down from the top of the cliff, let alone an ordinary sergeant, Liu Yi is also frightened, I am afraid that it is unlikely.

However, Liu Yi suddenly thought of a more risky way, that is, parachute!

At a height of more than 100 meters and 200 meters, there have been many experiments in later generations, and it is indeed possible to skydive. If you are a person who jumps off a cliff with a parachute, you should be able to get below safely.

However, his own people, including Liu Yi himself, have no experience in parachuting, and they don't know if this is feasible.

Liu Yi looked at the sky, it was almost dark, it seemed that it was unlikely to capture Tongguan today, it was better to try the parachute first, if it was feasible, he could attack Tongguan early tomorrow morning.

Liu Yi thought about it, he already had an idea in his heart, turned his head and ordered everyone: "Cheng Jin, Meng Ke, pass the order, let our sergeants hide, and we must not let Dong Zhuojun under Tongguan find us, you two go and find me a cliff that is about the same height as this cliff, immediately!" ”

Meng Ke and Cheng Jin didn't quite understand what Liu Yi meant, but they also took the order and left immediately.

"Lord, you, you are" Guo Jia said a little puzzled.

"I think, I already have a way to capture Tongguan, let's go, let's test it." Liu Yi pulled Guo Jia up from the ground, waved his hand to let all the generals follow, and left the cliff.

"Lord, what can you do?"

"Heh, you'll find out in a moment." Liu Yi didn't know how to explain to them for a while, but gave them an order: "Let the sergeant take out all the cotton from the marching quilt and see the tenacity of the quilt, as long as it is tough, in addition, let the sergeant prepare a large number of tough ropes, it is of great use!" ”

The group of people retreated to the back of the mountain, without worrying that Dong Zhuojun would see it, Liu Yi didn't explain too much to them, and after giving them orders, he directly asked people to set up a tent camp and get in.

In fact, the linen cloth of the camp tent can be used as a parachute, but the cloth density of the military quilt is better.

The women who marched with Liu Yi didn't know what Liu Yi was going to do, and they all got into the camp tent curiously to watch.

Liu Yi didn't drive them away, just look at them, it's very simple to get a parachute, just a height of more than 100 or 200 meters, so that people can land safely, and the requirements are not high.

Liu Yi didn't know if one quilt was big enough, so he asked Yang Huang, who knew how to sew, to sew the two marching quilts together, and then use seven or eight ropes to tie the edges of the quilt strongly.

In this way, a simple parachute was made.

After a while, Meng Ke came to report that he had found a cliff about the same height as Tongguan nearby.

After leaving the camp tent and seeing that the sun had just set, but it was not completely dark, and there was still enough time to do an experiment, Liu Yi asked Meng Ke to lead the way to the top of the cliff.

The women and generals didn't know what Liu Yi was going to do, so they couldn't help but be curious, and followed Liu Yi to the top of the cliff.

Liu Yi didn't tell them first, because, if they really want to make it clear, they would definitely not dare to let themselves do such an experiment, jumping from a cliff more than 100 meters high! Who would dare to let Leo take this risk?

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