Chapter 306: Fight to the Death
After Xiang Zhuang personally led the two thousand sharp soldiers of the Heavenly Wolf Battalion to march for five days, he finally arrived at Jiameng Pass!
During the reign of King Huiwen of Qin, Sima Cuo, the general of the Qin State, had a fierce battle with the army of the ancient Shu Kingdom, but what really made the Jiameng Pass famous was the Three Kingdoms period, Zhang Fei's naked fighting horse super, the most classic male fighting general!
Jia Meng Guan tightly chokes the only passage from Shuzhong to Hanzhong - Langzhong Ancient Road.
Langzhong Ancient Road is also the Golden Bull Road, also known as the Stone Ox Road, according to legend, during the period of King Qin Huiwen, the ancient Shu State and the Cuban State had a conflict, due to the successive defeats of the Shu army, so he asked the Qin State for help, Qin Huiwen King has long intended to annex Bashu, naturally will not miss this opportunity, and immediately ordered the general Sima Cuo to lead the troops into Shu.
However, King Qin Huiwen was worried that the Qin army would not have a road into Shu, so he sent someone to build a huge stone ox, saying that it was a golden ox and wanted to give it to the king of Shu, the king of Shu was overjoyed, so he sent tens of thousands of wrestlers to the mountain and valley, and opened up a passage between the mountains and mountains, and pulled the golden bull back, and this road was the golden bull road.
However, when Xiang Zhuang rushed to Jiameng Pass, the defenders had already taken precautions.
Soon, Qu Bucai came to Xiang Zhuang with a big man, the big man is a local Haoqiang in Langzhong, who has been selling Shu brocade for generations, since Bai Mo implemented the national policy of heavy agriculture and suppressing business, life has been extremely difficult, and he is very yearning for the national policy of encouraging industry and commerce in Chu, and now, he is the person in charge of Ebony Cliff in Langzhong.
"Villain Tang Tong." The big man waved at Xiang Zhuang and said, "See the general." ”
Tang Tong didn't know that the person in front of him was Xiang Zhuang, the king of Chu, and Qu Bucai only said that he was a general.
"No courtesy." Xiang Zhuang waved his hand and asked, "Tang Tong, how many defenders are there on this Jiameng Pass?" ”
Tang Daodao: "Originally, there were only more than 1,000 defenders in Guanshang, but three days ago, Jin She, the county guard of Ba County, arrived in Langzhong and requisitioned a lot of guards from various counties, and now, the defenders of Guanshang have exceeded 3,000. ”
"Jin She?" Xiang Zhuang frowned and said, "No wonder when Jiangzhou City was broken, there was no other figure. ”
Tang channel: "The villain is ashamed, the villain once led more than a dozen brothers to intercept and kill Jin She in Shili Pavilion, and he didn't want Jin She's martial arts to be quite high, the villain lost several brothers before he was seriously injured, but in the end he let him run away." ”
Xiang Zhuang patted Tang Tong on the shoulder and said, "Register the names of the brothers who died in the war, and after the overall situation of Bashu is stabilized, we will definitely give you a good compensation." ”
Tang Tong hurriedly said: "Thank you, General." ”
Xiang Zhuang waved his hand and sent Tang Tong away.
Xiang Zhuang turned around and instructed Huyan Zhengde: "Huyan, let the soldiers rest for half a day, have a full meal, and then attack the city after dark!" ”
"Whoa!" Huyan Zhengde suddenly responded and took the order.
Xiang Zhuang asked Qu Bucai again: "Old Qu, in Langzhong, how many heroes and strong hearts are towards Da Chu?" ”
Qu Bucai said: "There are quite a lot of warriors in the Lang Center who are strong in my Great Chu, and there are always dozens of them. ”
"Okay." Xiang Zhuang nodded heavily and said, "You will send someone to contact these warriors and tell them that the Chu army is in urgent need of their help now, and ask them to send more servants to carry the door panels and timber to Jiameng and close them, and also ask for iron nails." ”
"Whoa!" Qu Bucai shook it and took the order.
Xiang Zhuang breathed a long sigh of relief, and then turned his head to look at the majestic Guancheng of Jiameng Pass, his eyes couldn't help but pass a touch of rich haze, Jiameng Pass tightly choked the Golden Bull Road, on both sides of the pass is the cliff that the birds are difficult to cross, and the apes are worried about climbing, the surprise attack is absolutely impossible, and the plan for today can only be a strong attack.
However, the wall of Jiameng Pass is four feet high, and it is not easy to capture the city!
What's more serious is that there are 3,000 defenders on the pass, and the strength of the Chu army is only 2,000, and the army led by Pang Yu does not know when it will arrive. …,
However, the Chu army had no way to retreat, and Xiang Zhuang had no choice but to fight to the death!
If you can't take the Jiameng Pass, let alone watch Hanzhong, I'm afraid that even Bashu will be gained and lost, because the strategic position of the Jiameng Pass is too important, if the Chu army occupies the Jiameng Pass, it can be guarded according to the pass, and the Han army will be blocked from the gate of Bashu, if you can't take the Jiameng Pass, then the Han army can enter Bashu at any time.
When the Battle of Jiuyuan was over and the Han army moved south, how could the Chu army resist?
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Jiuyuan, under the high gate.
The great war between the Han army and the Huns was on the verge of breaking out.
Zhou Bo is worthy of being a famous general of the Han Dynasty, and the use of soldiers can be described as extremely spicy, he first guarded Yuzhong with 100,000 elite soldiers and 20,000 Hu cavalry, firmly protected the grain road, and then ordered 400,000 troops to firmly hug the group, and then with 40,000 Hu cavalry plus 20,000 hussars from Lutai as the flank, step by step for the battalion to advance, and finally forced the Huns to the Gaoque Pass.
Mao Dun knew the strengths of the Huns, but also knew the weaknesses of the Central Plains, so he was never willing to fight a decisive battle with the Han army, during which he personally led the 40,000 cavalry of the pear tribe to detour behind the Han army, trying to burn the grain and grass of the Han army to force it to retreat, however, in the face of 100,000 Han elite plus 20,000 Hu cavalry, 40,000 Hun cavalry could only sigh at the grain and sigh.
The plan to burn the grain and grass failed to succeed, and Mao Dun immediately changed his strategy, divided the Hun cavalry into more than a dozen units, scattered to attack, and harassed the Han army day and night.
However, Maudun miscalculated again, and the Han army seemed to have a countermeasure long ago.
It's true that the Hun cavalry comes and goes like the wind, but you Hun cavalry also have to eat, right? So, at night, the Han army shrank into groups and guarded, but in the daytime, the Han army reconnoitred and rode out, hunting and killing the Xiongnu herdsmen grazing on the Hetao Plain, plundering the cattle and sheep of the Huns, and in less than half a month, the Huns could not bear it.
After all, the Hun cavalry is not a heavenly soldier and a general, and they also have to eat.
Now, Maudun must make a choice, whether to abandon the Hetao or fight a decisive battle with the Han army?
Abandoning the Hetao means that the Xiongnu will lose a large area of water and grassland on which they can thrive, and the survival of the Xiongnu will become more difficult than it is now, and it will be difficult to recapture the Hetao in the future.
But in a decisive battle with the Han army, Mao Dun did not have the confidence to win.
The strength of the Han army is almost three times that of the Xiongnu, and the equipment is excellent, especially the flying spear (javelin) of the Han hussars, which poses a great threat to the Hun cavalry, since the Han army entered Jiuyuan, the two sides have also broken out several small-scale cavalry battles, and the Hun cavalry was all defeated, the main reason is the flying spear of the Han hussars.
Uncle said: "Da Dan Yu, the Han army is strong, let's withdraw to Mobei." ”
Zuo Xianwang said: "Da Dan Yu, the Hetao grassland is the holy land of our Great Huns, it is with the Hetao, there is the prosperity of our Great Huns, more than ten years ago, we finally recaptured the Holy Land from the hands of the Central Plains, how can we give up easily this time?" I didn't say it, I fought with the Han people! ”
The rest of the Xiongnu nobles such as the Right Xian King, the Left Valley Li King, and the Right Valley Li King also echoed one after another.
In fact, the minds of these Xiongnu nobles were not as simple as they seemed on the surface.
The Xiongnu are not monolithic, but also divided into many tribes, of which the most powerful is of course the pear tribe, once the pear tribe gives up the Hetao grassland, with a large number of people cattle and sheep moving north, it will inevitably lead to the tension of the Mobei water grassland, so that the rest of the tribes must give their pasture, of course they are unwilling.
Mao Dun is also unwilling to give up the Hetao, the Hetao for the Xiongnu, not only grazing cattle and sheep, breeding population of the holy land, but also the Central Plains, the springboard to deter the Yue, as long as the Xiongnu occupy the Hetao for a day, they can maintain the strategic initiative on the Central Plains and the Yueshi people, once the Hetao is lost, the Xiongnu will completely lose the strategic initiative. …,
"Big Order." Uncle said that he pulled Mao Dun's horse to the side, and said in a low voice, "The current Central Plains is not peaceful, especially the two great powers of Chu and Han, which are quite incompatible, just wait for Chu and Han to start a big war, and my Great Huns will go south again, and it is not too late to reoccupy the Hetao, so I can't fight with the Han army at this time." ”
Mao Dun nodded silently, what the uncle said was undoubtedly right.
The battle of Jiuyuan, not to mention whether the Xiongnu can win, even if the Xiongnu can win, I am afraid that it will be a tragic victory, but the Central Plains is not only a Han State, in addition to the Han State, there are also Qi States, Chu States and other powerful countries, the Xiongnu are now desperate with the Han army, and they can only cheapen other Central Plains powers in vain, so it is better to preserve their strength in order to make a comeback.
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At Jiameng Pass, Jin She was carried by two soldiers to the top of the city.
Lying on the head of the city and looking south, I saw that there was a black pressure Chu army in front of the pass, the Chu army came so fast, the only thing to be thankful for is that there are not many Chu troops who rushed to Jiameng Pass, this should only be the vanguard of Xiang Zhuang Xiaoer, before the follow-up large army arrives, the Chu army should not be in a hurry to attack.
Therefore, the Han army still had time to strengthen its defenses.
"Zuo Sima, you take people to carry bricks and stones, and raise the city wall of Nanguan."
"Whoa!"
"Right Sima, you take someone to demolish the house, the masonry is confiscated, whoever dares not to obey, there will be no mercy!"
"Whoa!"
"Fake Sima, you immediately choose to take two fast horses, and quickly go to Xianyang to report the news, just say that Xiang Zhuang, the king of Chu, personally raised the army, and Yijing entered Sichuan, please send troops to the king quickly, and then tell the county guard of Hanzhong, let him quickly gather the strong men in the county to rush to help Jiameng Pass, if Jiameng Pass can't be kept, Hanzhong will be finished!"
"Whoa!"
"Li Junhou, you take people to collect some food huilai, closing the stock of grain is not much, now that one guy has increased more than 2,000 people, the use is even more tense, if you don't collect some food before the main force of the Chu army arrives, then the soldiers can only go hungry and fight with the Chu army."
"Whoa!"
Seeing several generals leave one after another, Jin She let out a long sigh of relief.
Fortunately, everything is not too bad, as long as he can hold the Jiameng Pass, even if the Chu army really occupies the two counties of Bashu, it will definitely not be able to hold it, in this case, the Jin family may be able to escape.
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