Jingcheng is located in the middle of Leping County, known as 'the fifth of the eight Taihang Fortresses, the sixth of the nine stops in the world', it is the key point of the Jin-Hebei Thoroughfare, the place where the soldiers of the past dynasties must fight, and Han Xin's backwater battle took place in the Jingcheng.

Although the Han army had already stationed troops on the south bank of the Yellow River, and at the same time 30,000 naval troops were able to enter Hebei from the Yellow River and the sea, it was also important to open a road from Bingzhou to Hebei to the west of Hebei, and Jingcheng was the way to this strategy.

Compared with Jingcheng, Cao Jun paid more attention to Fukou, which is located in the south of Jingcheng and can go directly to Yedu, Xiahoudun is from Fukou to lead 20,000 troops to Yedu, and stationed heavy troops on the eastern pass of Fukou.

But Liu Jing was not interested in Fukou, he wanted to open up the road from Bingzhou to Hebei, Jingcheng was his ideal goal, but it was not so easy to take Jingcheng, Cao Jun also laid a heavy army in Jingcheng Pass, which was guarded by 5,000 people led by the famous general Zhang He.

Jingcheng starts from Shangai County, Leping County in the west, ends in Jingcheng County, Changshan County in the east, the total length is about 300 miles, the grain cart and mule and horse can be used, it is actually a crack in the Taihang Mountain, traverses the Taihang Mountains, and becomes the strategic artery through the Taihang Mountain.

There are mainly two dangerous passes on the Jingcheng Road, one is the reed Ze Pass near the west entrance, that is, the Niangzi Pass of later generations, and the other is the Tumen Pass at the east exit, at present, the Cao army is due to the lack of troops, the main garrison is in Leping County and Niangzi Pass two Xiongguan dangerous passes.

In mid-November, 20,000 Han troops arrived in Leping County under the leadership of Xiangguo Zhuge Liang, at this time it had just snowed heavily in Bingzhou, and the plains, mountains, rivers and forests, and the entire land of Bingzhou became a snow-capped world.

The army led by Zhuge Liang did not go fast, after passing the North Mountain, the short thirty-mile journey took a day, until dusk did not arrive at Leping County, Leping County is known as seven mountains, two rivers and one plain, Taihang Mountain runs through its territory, you can see the majestic and steep mountains everywhere, there is no end in sight.

Leping County is located on the mountainside of a steep mountain, is a county town built by the mountain, the city walls are made of huge stones, extremely strong and tall, not so much it is a county seat, it is better to say that it is a fort.

There are 2,000 garrisons in the city, commanded by a school captain, the county seat is located right next to the official road to Jingcheng, if the Han army is a large army and civilians, it is necessary to pull out this fortified city first, otherwise, the Cao army in the county town is easy to cut off the Han army's rear army grain and grass baggage.

Zhuge Liang sat in a carriage, looked at the county seat on the mountainside from a distance through the window, and smiled at Wang Ping, the general who was riding a horse, and said, "What does General Wang think of Zhang He?" ”

Wang Ping sneered and said: "This person is brave and brave, but he lacks resourcefulness, there are not many troops, and he has to be stationed in two places, maybe it would be a pity if this county town is not used, what if we ignore it?" ”

Zhuge Liang stroked his palms and laughed: "General Wang is worthy of being a wise general praised by the King of Han, and he really deserves his reputation, Zhang He's division of troops to garrison is indeed his unwise move." ”

Speaking of this, Zhuge Liang said lightly: "But I only used a little trick, and the garrison of this county town was wiped out." ”

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20,000 Han troops marched north in the vast snow, and the Cao soldiers standing at the head of Leping City watched the Han army's every move vigilantly, Leping County had a garrison of 2,000 people, and the captain who commanded the Cao army was named Wang Xing, a native of Hejian County, about forty years old, and was the general of Zhang He, the chief general of Leping County.

Wang Xing was appointed by Zhang He to lead the army to garrison Leping County, mainly to contain the Han army's attack on Jingcheng from the side, Leping County is about 30 miles away from Jingcheng Pass, which is just suitable for Leping County to assist Cao's army in defending the main force of the pass.

Wang Xing stood on the city wall with a big sword in his hand, his eyes stared coldly at the Han army that was sweeping in the distance, he saw very clearly, this Han army was all light soldiers, and did not carry grain and grass baggage, maybe they thought it would be easy to capture Jingcheng Pass and get the grain and grass in the pass!

A mocking smile appeared on Wang Xing's face, and the big knife in his hand was squeezed tighter.

At night, the cold and biting mountain wind passed through the cliffs like a knife, making a sharp whistle, the defenders of Leping County had long been accustomed to this kind of mountain wind and strange howling, the city was extremely quiet, hundreds of soldiers on duty were wrapped in blankets and curled up in the corner, only a few soldiers looked down at the probe, they seemed to hear a little abnormal movement.

At this time, a small black dot rushed towards the county seat, this was a cavalry scout of the Cao army, and after a short time he ran to the head of the city and asked in a loud voice: "General Wang is here?" ”

"What's the matter?" A military marquis on duty asked.

"Hurry up and report to General Wang, and find the Han army's grain and grass baggage team."

At this time, the main general Wang Xing also walked quickly to the battlements, and the Cao soldiers who were huddled on the wall stood up one after another, and Wang Xing looked down and asked, "What happened?" ”

"General Qiyu, we found the Han Army's baggage and grain team, which is on the trail to the west."

Wang Xing looked up to the west, and there was a large forest to the west, covering the path leading to the Jingcheng Pass in the north, and he realized that the Han army's baggage team was taking another road.

"How many grain trucks, how many escort soldiers?" Wang Xing asked anxiously again.

"About 1,000 grain trucks, more than 500 escort soldiers, their grain and grass trucks are very heavy, and they walk slowly!"

Wang Xing pondered for a moment, and immediately shouted: "Pass the order, the army will be assembled immediately!" ”

Their task was to intercept the rear baggage of the Han army, Zhang He did not let them come here to see the excitement, a quarter of an hour later, Wang Xing led two thousand soldiers to rush out of the city gate, Wang Xing took the lead, led the army to the west of the forest.

About two miles away from the county seat is a black pine forest that is tens of miles long, at this time the pine forest is also covered with snow, black and white, on the other side of the pine forest, is a small road leading to Jingcheng Pass, it is actually also an official road, this official road comes from Taiyuan, it is slightly narrow.

At this time, on the official road, a grain and grass baggage team is squeaking and quatting to the north, this grain and grass baggage team is composed of more than 1,000 carriages, each cart is pulled by two horses, the snow on the ground has been trampled by the convoy, the ground is muddy, and the march is extremely slow.

At this moment, there was a sound of frightened birds soaring into the pine forest, and the soldiers guarding the grain team immediately became vigilant, and they all picked up their shields and spears to visit the pine forest.

"It's Cao Jun!"

There was a sudden shout in the team, only to see countless black shadows rushing out of the pine forest, random arrows were fired, many horses pulling the cart were hit by arrows, miserable neighing, shouting sounded together, the Han soldiers fled to the snow on the other side, the horseman who drove the car also jumped off the carriage, followed the soldiers to run, only a moment, the Han soldiers on the official road fled cleanly.

Two thousand Cao soldiers rushed out of the pine forest, they cheered, they so easily obtained a large number of Han army baggage, but the main general Wang Xing was a little uneasy, these baggage was too easy to grab, is it so easy for the Han army's logistics to be lost?

At this time, a soldier exclaimed, "General, it's not right! ”

Wang Xing was shocked, and hurriedly urged him to step forward and asked, "What's wrong?" ”

The soldiers lifted the tarpaulin covering the cart, and the cart was full of hay, Wang Xing hurriedly ordered to check all the grain carts, and the soldiers' shouts kept coming, "This side is full of hay!" ”

"It's the same here, there's no food!"

Wang Xing was stunned for only a moment, and then shouted, "No, retreat!" ”

He had already reacted that this baggage team was a trick of the Han army to lure troops, not a real baggage team at all, but it was already a little late at this time, only to hear the drums in the distance like thunder, and the two sides of the road suddenly burst into flames, and the two Han armies killed one left and one right, and it was Guan Xing and Zhang Bao, two young fierce generals, each leading 5,000 people to kill the Cao army.

The soldiers of the Cao army were in a big confusion, and they turned around and ran towards the pine forest, but the pine forest had been blocked by the Han army, and 10,000 Han troops killed from all directions, and the arrows rained down, shooting the Cao soldiers on their backs and wailing all over the field.

Cao Jun commander Wang Xing led more than 100 to break through to the north, but happened to meet Zhang Bao, Zhang Bao quite has his father's style, roaring like thunder, Zhangba snake spear fast like lightning, one shot Wang Xing under the horse, another shot stabbed him to death.

The lord will be killed, the retreat is cut off, the morale of the two thousand Cao troops is exhausted, they have knelt down and surrendered, begging for mercy, at the same time, eight thousand Han troops killed under the city of Leping County, there are only more than three hundred defenders in the city, even if they have a strong city, they can not hold it, the Cao army has no fighting spirit, so they have to open the city gate to surrender to the Han army

The news that Leping County was taken by the Han army did not reach the Jingcheng Pass, at this time the Jingcheng Pass has been like a great enemy, 20,000 Han soldiers are under the city, there are two passes in the west of the Taihang Mountain, one is the Jingcheng Pass at the entrance of the valley road, and the other is located in the middle of the Jingcheng, that is, the Reed Ze Pass.

Zhang He led 3,000 defenders to guard the city of Jingcheng Pass, Jingcheng Pass is a Xiongguan about two miles long, on both sides is a steep mountain cliff, behind him is the entrance of Jingcheng, whether it is a business trip to Hebei, or the army crosses the Taihang Mountain, must pass through the city, the Han army wants to capture Jingcheng, Jingcheng Pass is a hurdle that cannot be bypassed.

Zhang He originally thought that the Han army would attack Taiyuan with all his strength first, but he didn't expect that the Han army would attack Jingcheng Pass first, which made him feel a little regretful in his heart.

In fact, Zhang He and Xiahou still had strict disagreements on the strategy of merging states, Zhang He believed that it would be beneficial to the overall situation to defend Jingcheng and several Taihang Mountain passages in the north, and that the annexation of states was not important in the overall situation of Cao Wei, but Hebei was the key, and he asked Xiahou Shang to divide at least half of his troops to guard Jingcheng.

But Xiahou Shang did not pay attention to Jingcheng, on the contrary, he paid more attention to guarding Taiyuan, it is natural for him to have this idea, and the state is the territory of Xiahou's clan, and Hebei is not, but forced by Zhang He's repeated requests, Xiahou Shang reluctantly allocated 5,000 troops to Zhang He to guard Leping County, including Jingcheng.

However, the Han army did not immediately attack Jingcheng, but set up a large camp about two miles away from Guancheng, and for two days, a steady stream of Han troops drove from the south and continued to settle in the camp, Zhang He secretly deduced that at least 40,000 Han troops were stationed outside Jingcheng Pass.

In this way, there is no pressure on the Taiyuan side, and at the juncture when the Han army is attacking Jingcheng with all its might, shouldn't Xiahou Shang do something?

Zhang He hoped that Xiahou Shang could divide his troops to relieve the pressure on him, once Jingcheng was lost, the Han army would march into Hebei in a big way, and this consequence might not be something Xiahou Shang could afford.

Zhang He pondered for a long time, he was a subordinate, he couldn't ask Xiahou Shang to do anything, he could only tell Xiahou Shang the truth, the main force of the Han army attacked Jingcheng in a big way, he could build yì Xiahou Shang can lead the army south and raid the empty logistics of the Han army.

Zhang He immediately repaired a letter and asked Xinying to send the Han army intelligence and his construction to Taiyuan.

In the camp of the Han army, Zhuge Liang was standing in front of the big tent with his hands in his hands to observe the sky, he was so engrossed in watching it, only to see that the sky was full of dark clouds, the cold wind was cold, and he saw that another heavy snow was coming.

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