The End of the Sui Dynasty

This time, his father went to Linyu Pass and brought 3,000 heavy cavalry and 2,000 light cavalry. Leaving him as the general of the Eagle Yang Lang by the imperial court, he stayed behind with the Eagle Strike Lang general Luo Wu to guard the military capital pass, and there were only 2,000 light cavalry and 3,000 infantry in the pass to defend the pass.

He had been hearing the legend of the man who had gone out of their Zhuo County for the past few years, who was less than ten years older than himself, but it had made everyone in the world look sideways. After hearing so many things about that person, he only had one feeling about this person, and he couldn't take it with common sense.

Now his father is defending the Liaodong rebels in Linyu Pass, before his father came back with a letter from home, saying that he fell into the rebels' tricks, he led 30,000 people out of the pass to attack the rebel camp, but was ambushed by the rebels, and 30,000 people finally only ran out of their 3,000 Youzhou iron cavalry. Even the 1,000 light horsemen fell to the rebels. A few days ago, my father sent another letter, saying that he was likely to return to Zhuojun soon. Because the imperial court recruited the Liaodong rebels, rewarded that person with a high-ranking official Houlu, and also crowned the king of the county and married a princess. So now the Liaodong Army and the Hebei Army have no war at Linyu Pass, and the Liaodong Army is no longer surrounded by the pass, and they have all retreated to Liaoxi.

Originally, Luo Cheng was very happy, and his father and brothers were finally coming back. But now, one of his hearts sank to the valley. Since Chen Pojun accepted the court's reward for recruiting An, married a princess, won the title of king, and retired in Liaoxi. But why is it now appearing outside Zhuojun, thousands of miles away?

Thinking of this, Luo Cheng's face became extremely ugly. The military capital of their Luo family is guarded,

It is the second largest fortress for Hebei. The first fortress in Hebei is Linyu Pass, which is between the Yanshan Mountains and the sea in the east, and tightly guards the main road from Hebei to western Liaoning. Now that Liaoxi is occupied by rebels, it has also become the most dangerous pass for the imperial court to prevent the rebels from advancing westward.

In addition to Linyu Pass, the entire Hebei belongs to the military capital of their Luo family, which is the most dangerous.

Even before the Liaodong Rebellion, Junduguan was the first fortress in Hebei. Because the military capital is located in the easternmost part of the Taihang Mountains, the military capital mountain range. The situation is dangerous, and it has been a battleground for soldiers since ancient times. Since the Warring States period, it has been a pass fortress. On one side of Jundu Pass is the Taihang Mountain Range, which separates the entire Hebei and Hedong, and on the right is the Yanshan Mountain Range. If the grassland people want to enter the Central Plains, they must either enter the customs from Yanmen in the east of the river, or enter the customs from the military capital of Hebei, or enter the customs from the Linyu Pass on the border of western Liaoning. In addition to these three passages, if you want to enter the customs, you must enter the Central Plains from Hexi, which is thousands of miles away.

Chen Kefu's Liaodong rebels were separated by the Great Xing'anling Mountains to the west, the Changbai Mountains to the east, the Xiaoxinganling Mountains to the north, and even the Yanshan Mountains to the southwest and the sea to the east.

Although the land of Liaodong is surrounded by these four mountain ranges on all sides, it is in a situation that is easy to defend and difficult to attack. But it is also more difficult for them to enter the Central Plains. Without a strong naval division to go to sea, the Liaodong rebels could only go to Yuguan, the only choke point. But now that there is his father and famous generals such as Xue Shixiong and Li Jing in Linyu Pass, Chen Kefu wants to go out of Linyu Pass, which is like ascending to the sky.

But now the scouts of the rebel brigade suddenly appeared outside the military capital pass outside the Saiwai at this time, which made him vaguely guess that the rebels could have given up entering the pass from Linyu Pass. Instead, they passed through the sparsely populated grassland of the Daxinganling Mountains from the west, made a big circle, and ran to another big passage in Hebei thousands of miles away, and the military capital was closed. The Liaodong rebels appeared here, and everything was already quite obvious.

The rebels were not recruited by the imperial court, they just took this opportunity to restrain the soldiers and horses of the imperial court. Then Ming repaired the plank road, secretly crossed Chencang, and sent a force of soldiers and horses to attack the army that did not have many garrisons at this time. As long as the military capital is closed, then the gateway to Hebei will be opened. At that time, it will only become a pass that has no effect. Thinking of this, Luo Cheng's cold sweat had already flowed.

"Drive, drive, drive!" At the moment, Hua didn't have much time to think about what was going on, and he knew that only by returning to the gate first could he have a chance to have a chance.

Those Liaodong scout's horses were still far away, and they could only watch Luo Cheng and the others desperately flee back at this time. The leader of the scouts, whose face was covered in mud, retracted his gaze and looked behind him, where there were many corpses lying on the ground. There are not only those of the Sui army, but also their own scout brothers. In this sudden encounter, both sides suffered heavy losses. …,

"Back to camp right now!" After Zhang Meng finished speaking, he had already taken the lead in returning. After this accident, there was no time to collect the corpses of those fallen brothers, and everything could only be said later. Zhang Meng was a scout for Wang Rengong's troops, and their 18,000 men had arrived at the scheduled meeting point two days earlier. In order to prevent the Xi people in the mountains and forests from discovering the whereabouts of the army, Wang Rengong ordered hundreds of scouts to be sent to clean up the mountains and forests outside the military capital.

Dozens of brothers who survived the encounter left the wounded soldiers here to collect their bodies, and the rest quickly returned the way they came.

After taking the war horse, he immediately rushed to the camp where the army was hiding without stopping for a moment.

"Report, deputy marshal, when my subordinates were carrying out the task of cleaning up the Xi people today, they unexpectedly encountered the three hundred defenders who came out of the military capital to inquire about the situation. Although the last general fought desperately, he still let most of them flee back. The last general is derelict in his duties, and the deputy marshal is punished. Wang Meng knelt down on one knee and said loudly.

In the tent, Wang Rengong and the generals were gathering the information obtained by the scouts in the past two days, and were studying how to attack the army. According to the previous plan, they were going to wait here until the arrival of the marshal's soldiers and horses, and then attack together with thunder and take the military capital in one fell swoop. But now, although the defenders had only spotted the scouts, they could certainly guess something. Their whereabouts have been leaked, and I am afraid that it will not work anymore according to the original plan.

Liu Tiezhu said loudly, "Deputy Marshal, this time the attacking army is closed, and our biggest reliance is that we are unaware of the ghosts and unaware of the defenders. If the defenders in the pass are prepared, I am afraid that it will be difficult for a while. In case it becomes a stalemate war, then if you want to enter Hebei again, I am afraid that it will be difficult to achieve it for a while. The last general thought that we should immediately send troops and attack the capital of the army immediately. ”

The last general also agreed with General Liu's opinion: "In the last battle with the Turks, Zhang He attacked the Turkic camp of 70,000 people with 3,000, and finally not only burned down the Turkic camp with only more than 300 losses, but also annihilated more than 10,000 Turks. Such a heroic example of war has already impressed the whole army with this young general. No one dared to say that he was one of the commanders of the Seven Armies in Liaodong back then. And after this battle, Zhang He, who was originally a little lonely and silent, also glowed with glory again.

Clearing his throat, Zhang He continued, "We have already found out before, the defenders at this time are only 5,000 men and horses. Moreover, the military capital belongs to the border fortress, not the city. There were no civilians living in it, and even if the war was going on, it would be impossible for them to recruit strong men to participate in the defense.

Now we have 18,000 soldiers and horses, all of whom are elite soldiers in a hundred battles, and even the strong soldiers of the steppe Turks have been annihilated and captured by us, and these 5,000 troops on the north border of the river are certainly not our opponents. We will send troops now, even if those people flee back to the pass, they will not have time to make much deployment, and if they attack like this, this city will be broken. At this time, the generals in the tent had just annihilated the 70,000 army of the Turks, and they had also captured all the leaders of the large and small nobles such as the Turkic Shibi Khan, and everyone couldn't help but feel a little proud. For the fortress in front of him, which only had 5,000 people, there was not much due caution.

Wang Rengong has been a general for many years, and when he looks at the generals, he already knows the mentality in the army today. There are pros and cons to the mentality of the soldiers under his command. The morale of the profiteers will be higher, and the combat effectiveness will be higher. On the disadvantages, those generals who command the army are prone to pride and underestimate the enemy.

Soldiers and generals can do this, but he, the commander, can't.

Wang Rengong sat there, looking down at the map over and over again.

After a while, he said, "Liaison officer, how long will it take for the marshal's soldiers and horses to arrive?" "In the military system of the Liaodong Army, among every soldier and horse, there will be a liaison officer of the Special Service Division, who specializes in the intelligence and military exchanges of the Special Service Division, and their flying pigeons and flying eagles, as well as those secret communication channels, are all confidential and can only be mastered by them. In addition to them, when each army marches and fights, it will also be accompanied by an officer of the military police department who is responsible for supervising the military and a probationary officer of the martial arts hall.

These officers were nominally under the command of the marching general, but in fact they were all independent and were only responsible to Chen Kefu, the supreme marshal of the Liaodong Army, and the General Staff Headquarters. Especially every time the army marches, there will be secret inspectors from the Investigation Department in the army, but these people are known to everyone, but no one knows who they are, and the identities of these people are top secret, and they are only responsible to Chen Kefu. …,

The liaison officer was wearing a green military uniform, and the liaison officer was thirty years old, and he saluted and said quickly, "Two hours ago, the big marshal Junping still had a letter arrived, and they are still a day away from us." It is expected to arrive as soon as tomorrow afternoon. ”

In order to act secretly, the soldiers and horses led by Chen Kefu this time were also secretly marching. And in order to prevent the spies of the Hebei Army from discovering it, Chen Kefu did not dare to lead troops from Liaoxi. Instead, he brought the 40,000 cavalry of the coalition army, which had just returned from the grassland, and transferred 30,000 infantry from Buyeo, equipped with war horses, to form 70,000 soldiers and horses. Secretly marching all the way, day and night, desperately rushing to Gushui.

Wang Rengong shook his head with some hesitation, it would take another day. That is to say, if he attacked at this time, he would only have 18,000 troops at his disposal. With 18,000 men attacking the fortress of Junduguan, Wang Rengong was a little difficult to decide.

Jundu Pass is a forty-mile-long canyon passage in the Jundu Mountain Range of the remaining veins of Taihang Mountain. Also known as Guangou, this is the only large passage in Hebei that leads directly to the outside of the plug. Jundu Pass is also the northernmost of the eight Taihang provinces. This is also a section of the Great Wall, the terrain is extremely dangerous, and it has been a battleground for soldiers since ancient times.

If you just say that the military capital is closed, many people are not familiar with it, but in later generations, he has a name that many people are familiar with. Juyongguan, according to legend in the Qin period, when Qin Shi Huang built the Great Wall, prisoners, soldiers and forcibly recruited people lived here, taking the meaning of "migrating to Yongjiao". In the Han Dynasty, it was called Juyong Pass, the Three Kingdoms era was called Xiguan, the Northern Qi Dynasty was changed to pay the pass, and the Sui Dynasty was renamed the military capital and the military capital pass.

In this 40-mile-long gorge passage, the Sui Dynasty built three passes here to guard against the increasingly powerful steppe tribes. These three passes, the northernmost exit of the canyon passage, build a pass, for the north entrance. In later generations, this north mouth is Badaling. When you go to Beijing, this is a must-see. After the north entrance, in the most central part of the canyon, is the Juyongguan Guancheng that connects the Great Wall, which is called the military capital fortress in the Sui period. The city wall reaches the Cuiping ridge in the east, the top of the Golden Cabinet Mountain in the west, the circumference mouth is more than 7 meters, and the supporting facilities such as the north and south moon city and the city tower and the enemy tower are complete. There are also various related buildings and facilities such as government offices, temples, and Confucianism inside and outside the castle.

Its strata are stacked on top of each other, the situation is majestic, the cliffs are sandwiched, the huge stream is in the middle, the strange and dangerous sky opens, and it is called the pass in ancient times. This huge stream in the military capital pass has added to the infinite danger of Xiongguan. The terrain of Junduguan is dangerous to the high mountains on both sides, a water in the middle, the waterway, the north-south direction runs through the Guancheng, the intersection of the Great Wall and the river, there is a double-hole round arch water gate, there is a noisy building on the water gate, there is a water disturbance inside, so as to control the amount of water inside and outside the door, open the noisy mouth in the flood season, the flood is empty, the dry season, reserve the river water for the use of the city.

Such a pass is too dangerous, and it is completely full of the dangerous terrain and makes use of it. 18,000 people attacked the capital pass, and Wang Rengong was not very sure. Based on his steady estimation, even if they wanted to take the north entrance of the first pass, they would have to pay at least nearly half of the casualties.

And even if they really fought to kill and wound half of the soldiers and capture the north entrance, it actually didn't have much effect. Because the defenders will soon be able to retreat to the more dangerous military fortress, and then this Xiongguan, which is built in the middle of the canyon and has a huge stream in the middle, will make them look at the pass and sigh.

In the face of the middle army blockage, he estimated that even if they were exhausted, they might not be able to take it down. And even if they take it, in the southernmost part of the canyon, there is a South Pass Fortress, and they will still have no books at that time.

After thinking for a while, Wang Rengong said, "With our current strength, it is too difficult to take the military capital, and it is difficult to go to the sky. If we can double the number of soldiers and horses, and have sharp drugs and tackling key equipment, Ben Shuai is still a little sure. But now we are running out not only of gunpowder and equipment, but also of the crossbows and arrows of the officers and men of the army. With the spears and knives in our hands alone, it is unrealistic to take the military capital, which will only make us pay fearless losses. "Vice-marshal, then sit back and wait for help? I am afraid that by then, the defenders have already transferred troops and horses from the city near the military capital pass, and I am afraid that it will be more difficult to capture at that time. Zhang He said worriedly.

"No, of course we can't sit back and wait for reinforcements, and even if we can't take it, we can't make it easy for those defenders. From now on, before the arrival of the marshal soldiers and horses tomorrow, the commander requires that every half an hour, the soldiers launch a feint, even if they can't take the north entrance, they will be tired to death! "No!" All the generals in the tent stood up in unison to receive the order!。