Chapter 401: Yangping Pass, the gateway to Hanzhong
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Yangping Pass is close to the Qinling Mountains in the north, Daba Mountain and Micang Mountain in the south, the Jialing River forms a small 'C' word here and passes by the town, the C-word gap is like the ridge of the knife edge towering over the clouds, it is really easy to defend and difficult to attack, it is worthy of being the most dangerous pass in Han, there is no one. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info
Lu Bu rushed to Yangping Pass.
The pass stands on the alluvial flat land on the other side of the river, and the city wall stands along the river embankment.
"Who will be the Gatekeeper?" Lu Bu asked the general Minjaw.
Min Jaw stretched out his hands: "I don't know, wow, my status is small, how can I know about these important military arrangements." β
"What's the use there? It is not possible to lead troops, and it is not possible to fight. "Lu Bu is a little angry, he must take Yangping Pass before Zhang Lu mobilizes a large army to support, otherwise there will be heavy troops to defend, no, as long as Lu Bu's subordinates send a second- or third-rate general to defend it, as long as there are more than 1,000 people, they can keep the enemy out of the country.
"The lord is angry, Zhang Lu's good fighters are none other than Yang Ren and Yang Ang brothers, Yang Ang is dead, unless Yang Ren comes in time to take over, otherwise with the wisdom of the general, it will not be difficult to capture this pass." Min Jaw didn't know that Yang Ren was killed by Lu Meng.
"After talking for a long time, there is no construction point at all." Lu Bu looked at Min Jaw with disgust. This kind of person, I'm afraid that he can't even be a centurion under him, and I really can't think of how Zhang Lu promoted him to a general.
Min Jaw peeked at Lu Bu in fear, and when he thought of the rumors that Lu Bu did not raise useless people, he hurriedly bowed down and said: "The lord is angry, and the last general is willing to give up his life to say that the enemy will surrender in the future." β
"Okay. If anything happens, I'll take good care of your wife. Lu Bu was reluctant to delay the attack on Yangping Pass for a long time, and nodded in approval of Min Jaw's attention. He is a surrendered general, and in the eyes of Zhang Lu's camp, he is a traitor, if he can't surrender to the other party, he will be killed to vent his anger. Unless he rebels again, Lu Bu may have a life.
Min Jaw took a handful of snot and a handful of tears, and took Lu Bu to cross the river with heavy gold rowing bamboo rows.
As soon as Min Jaw landed on the shore, he was hooked by a row of long pole hooks thrown out by the Chengsheng soldiers, and was pulled up to the wall in a scream. Min Jaw was pushed up the tower by the soldiers guarding the pass, and a general turned his back to Min Jaw and was looking at Lu Bu's army.
"Okay, you're a Minjaw, I'm deeply favored by the head of the sect, and I'm disloyal and unrighteous, so I don't bother to talk to you more, and I will be cut down." The enemy general didn't even look at Min Jaw, and when Min Jaw crossed the river, it fell into his eyes.
Listen to this voice, it's an acquaintance! Min Jaw was overjoyed, broke free from the soldiers who released him, and took off the hook behind him, which made him scream in pain.
"I thought it was who, it turned out to be Brother Wenda...... Oh. After speaking, Min Jaw threw the last bony hook in his hand to the ground.
"Humph! I don't have a friend like you. Chop! Venda simply ignored Min's jaw.
"Don't, don't, Brother Wenda listens to me. Foolish brother is here to save my brother, brother doesn't want to think about it, Lu Bu is the position of the general of the Son of Heaven, commanding the whole country's soldiers and horses, and we are waiting for the army to refuse, but there is no doubt about rebellion, is it that Brother Wenda is trying to bear the name of a thief, his net worth is small, and the nine clans are very big. β
"Hahahaha...... What a person who is greedy for life and afraid of death, the Tao is not the same, and he will be pulled down and killed! Wenda's face was as cold as ice, unmoved.
Min Jaw observed carefully, and saw that Wenda was not tricking him, and he was really going to kill him, and his bladder was loose, and he was almost scared to pee on the spot. His mind turned sharply, seeking to save his life while fulfilling Lu Bu's trust. As long as he plans Yangping Pass, he can retire in Chang'an with peace of mind in the future. The combat power of Lu Bujun, Min Jaw has long compared it with Hanzhong in his heart, and came to the conclusion that Hanzhong will be defeated, how can he rebel.
"Hahaha! Brother Wenda is a loyal minister, and the head of the sect is not wrong. Yes, I surrendered to Lu Bu, but I am dedicated to teaching. I originally came to offer advice, but I was afraid that my brother would have the evil intention of throwing himself into Lu, which was related to the life of the family, so I had to be cautious. I hope my brother is flickering. β
Wenda's face changed drastically, and he hurriedly stepped forward to support the crumbling Min jaw.
The two hid in the camp and began to plan, and the idlers could not get close. In less than an hour, Wenda passionately sent Min Jaw to the city wall, and saw that Lu Bu's army on the other side was watching, opened the gate and sent Min Jaw away, and shouted at the gate: "Sin General Wenda, I don't know that the general is far away, so I will go out to greet him." β
"It's finished?" Lu Bu happily looked at Min Jaw who had returned from rowing.
Min Jaw smiled more ugly than crying: "It didn't work out." Wenda wants to surrender and wants me to cooperate. β
"Oh, what's the scam? If you elaborate, Ben will try to cooperate as much as possible. β
"Wenda asked me to gather the old department, and set fire to the camp on the third watch tonight, and he sent troops to rob the camp when the big camp fired." Min Jaw said in embarrassment. If he set fire to the camp, it is very likely to be self-defeating, and he does not dare to bear the consequences.
"Burn. The grain and grass in my camp are burned, and there is a lot of grain and grass waiting for me in Hanzhong. Lu Bu waved his hand arrogantly.
Fu Zhu reminded: "The general thinks twice, if our army sets fire to the grain and grass, and Wenda doesn't come to rob the camp, wouldn't he be guilty himself." β
"What Gonghe said is not unreasonable, but the logistics road of our army has been opened, and more grain and grass and less grain and grass are irrelevant to the war situation, and Huang Zhong and Gao Shun will send grain and grass in time. On the contrary, this is an opportunity that should not be missed, even if there is only a slight opportunity, I am not willing to storm Yangping Pass and injure the lives of the soldiers in vain. The soldiers who can exchange grain and grass are safe, and I wish for it. β
"The general loves soldiers like sons, and he is ashamed." The longer he got along with Lu Bu, the more he admired Lu Bu. No wonder Lu Bu won the hearts of the military.
That night, LΓΌ Bu ambushed his troops on the riverbank, and Min Jaw led some soldiers to set fire to the camp on the spot. Suddenly, the shouts of Lu Bu's camp shook the sky and became chaotic. The fire burned only a few partial camps before it was brought under control.
"Ready!" Wenda was ready to go, and when he saw that the fire was about to be extinguished, he did not suspect fraud, opened the door and secretly crossed the river in the dark.
"General, the enemy's fire is about to be extinguished, so let's retreat to the pass and hold on." A youngster advised.
"What to defend, the second general lost tens of thousands of our army, and it is extremely difficult for Hanzhong to send reinforcements in a short time, once the follow-up brigade of Lu Bu arrives, Yangping Pass will be lost. Now the only way is to take the risk, as long as the Lu Bu army is victorious, the soldiers and people of Hanzhong will be greatly encouraged, and reinforcements will arrive soon. Wenda wiped the blade excitedly.
"Then why didn't the general send troops when the fire started, but only when the fire was about to be extinguished?"
"I was worried that Minjaw was a fraud, so I delayed for a while. According to careful observation, it is true that the heart of the Min jaw is towards Hanzhong. Venda regretted that he had missed the opportunity and sighed.
"How so? If Min Jaw really surrendered, why didn't he set fire to Lu Bu's entire camp, and only burned a few side camps. β
"Min Jaw is a general, his every move will inevitably be under Lu Bu's surveillance, it is already rare to be able to gather so many old troops overnight, and it is rare to burn down so many Lu Bu camps. If he really burned down the entire camp of Lu Bu, then there was a ghost. "In the eyes of different people, the essence of seeing is different. It was based on Wenda's talent that Lu Bu summoned his advisers to design such a place. Wenda is very suspicious, and his ideas are even more strange than ordinary people.
The young general listened to what Wenda said, and echoed: "What the general said is very true, the head of the sect teaches the herdsmen, and he has won the hearts of the people. Min's heart is to the head of the sect, this is inevitable. β
The words of the youngster, Wenda firmly believes. When he led his army ashore, he sneaked to Lu Bu's camp without realizing it.
As soon as Wenda left, Min Jaw and the soldiers secretly took Wenda's bamboo boat and rowed towards Yangping Pass.
"I've got it, I'm Min Jaw, open the door." Min Jaw lights a torch and illuminates himself.
"It's General Min, open and close the door." The guards jumped for a while, opened the gate and let Min Jaw in.
There were not many defenders in Yangping Pass, and some of them were taken away by Wenda, and the defenders were even more pitiful. Min Jaw climbed on the wall, only less than four hundred, his heart was settled, and with a wave of his hand, a burly man behind him flashed out with an iron gun:
"The general's personal guard commander Zhou Cang is here, and the thieves will be captured quickly." Zhou Cang rushed into the crowd with more than a hundred people behind him, and the soldiers guarding the pass who did not have time to react swept through the pass.
"Minjaw has it." On the riverbank, Xu Shu, who was in ambush in the dark, said to Lu Bu.
"Beat the drum and destroy the enemy."
Torches are lit one by one, illuminating both sides of the Neishui (Jialing River).
Wenda entered the camp of Lu Bu, only to see a column of enemy troops waiting in a strict formation behind the soldiers in the camp, and saw that he led the army to break the camp and kill, and the chaotic army quickly formed a formation. At this point, Wenda didn't know what was going on, and beat his chest and shouted: "The thief of Min's jaw misunderstood me." β
"Zhang Xiu has been waiting here for a long time."
Zhang embroidered the silver spear like snow, one took a look at the face and grabbed the Min jaw, frustrated, Lu Lingqi, and Lu Xun waved their troops around and surrounded them, and all of them annihilated Wenda.
As soon as Yangping Pass was lost, the news spread to Nanzheng, and Hanzhong was shocked.
Zhang Wei returned to see Zhang Lu and said that Yang Ren and Yang Ang would be defeated and bury the army, so they could not hold Luoyang. Hearing that Yangping Pass was lost, Zhang Lu was furious and sent Zhang Wei to mobilize the army of Dingjun Mountain to defend the valley to attack Yangping Pass and recapture the gateway of Hanzhong.
Zhang Wei sent Changqi to lead 20,000 troops as the vanguard, and he led the temporarily organized people's army of more than 70,000 people in the middle of the army to kill Yangping Pass.
Two days after Lu Bu went down to Yangping Pass, Huang Zhong led his troops to arrive. Lu Bu heard that Zhang Luxing had nearly 100,000 soldiers, so he had to garrison Yangpingguan and wait for the arrival of Gao Shun's camp. LΓΌ Bu's cavalry could not effectively break the enemy in the mountains, and relied entirely on the infantry of Gao Shun and LΓΌ Lingqi. 100,000 people, even if it is 100,000 people, if they line up for Lu Bujun to kill, they will be killed until they are soft.
LΓΌ Butun soldiers at Yangping Pass, and assemble the thunderbolt cart transported by Huang Zhong at the gate. There was a steady stream of kerosene sent to the front, Zhang Lu sent a million people, and Lu Bu also properly guarded Yangping Pass.
If you want to go down to Hanzhong, of course, you must first be familiar with the terrain, and Lu Bu sent Huang Zhong to lead the headquarters of the school swordsman to protect Wang Ping with a thousand guards to investigate the geography within dozens of miles nearby. Wang Ping is not very literate, but he has an advantage, he has a strong memory and the ability to hear and never forget. During the march, Wang Ping often asked literate people to read military classics to him, and after listening, he could simply summarize the essence.
Wang Pingxi listened to books and was about to catch up with Lu Meng, who loved to learn.