The Han State was originally a powerful country in the world, but it was besieged by the Sui State with a general trend, and there was only one Luoyang City left south of the river!

It's not that the Han State doesn't want to defend it, but the Sui State is too strong, interspersed with encirclement, a million troops are pressing, and it is commanded by a famous general headed by Li Jing, how can the Han State be spared!

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Ma Yuan, the guard of Yanmen Pass, was drinking and carnivaling at this time, not that he was not dedicated, but after the alliance between the Yuan State and the Han State, he had already lost his guard against the grassland!

It's been three years, and at first it was still necessary to be vigilant, but now, the Mongols will send a military general or military horse south to aid the Han State every month or more!

The Mongols also know the truth of the cold lips and teeth, not only to aid the Han State, but also to the Tang State, but the Tang State is now north of the Yellow River in the middle section, and now it is across the river from the Sui State, but there is no war, only the Han State, for the ownership of Luoyang City, is constantly fighting with the Sui State!

It is said that the Han Kingdom, which has only one Luoyang City, should have been occupied by the Sui State early, but for some reason, although there are many soldiers and horses in the Sui State now, there are not many people surrounding Luoyang, and they did not do their best to besiege Luoyang City!

Luoyang City is a famous city in the world and the capital of the Han Empire, the height of the city is naturally not comparable to the general city, it is ten zhang high, according to the height of later generations, it is thirty meters high!

Such a city height is indeed not comparable to ordinary cities, and the surrounding acropolis is also three or five feet high!

It's really hard to attack such a city!

But if the Great Sui really used all his strength, trebuchets and all kinds of siege equipment to attack with all their might, it may not be impossible to fight, and of course, it will cut off the water transportation channel on the Yellow River!

Yes, the water transport channel of the Great Han Kingdom has not been cut off now!

And this is also the reason why the Yuan State is still persistently assisting the Han State, sending some dead and worthless horses to let the Han State and the Sui State fight to the death!

A little waste is nothing to the Mongols, and they don't even need the Mongols to pay for them, so that all the ethnic groups under it take turns, one clan a month, and there are so many ethnic groups on the grassland, but there are more than 100 ethnic groups above the middle community, and now it has not been turned again!

Although Ma Yuan has always been very wide, he is not interesting to drink, so he took the guards and cronies who guarded the city, and brought them to drink and sing, and in the open space in the city, there were piles of fires, and there were a mouthful of peeled sheep on the fire, which was roasted in a circle, and the mutton fat that was boiled out dripped on the fire, sizzling, and a burnt fragrance spread all over the world.

It's not that no one reminded Ma Yuan that there was a change in the grassland recently and needed to be strictly defended, but Ma Yuan naturally got the information and knew that although there were disputes on the grassland, the Mongols were still sitting on the boss peacefully, thinking that there was naturally no shortage to dare to challenge the prestige of the Mongols.

What's more, now the border north of Yanmen Pass is the Khitan people, the Khitan people advocate peace, and even on weekdays, there are enough Khitan people in Yanmen Pass to trade and trade, and even the distant Huns, Turks, and Xianbei people are here!

The value of Yanmen Pass to the Great Han Kingdom, as well as the importance of its geographical location, will certainly not be unknown to the horse aid guarding here.

Yanmen Pass and the Dai County where it is located since ancient times is the passage for the ethnic minorities in the north of the ancient times to invade the interior, therefore, Yanmen Pass is a strategic place for border defense since ancient times, over the past dynasties, there have been at least hundreds of wars here, it can be seen that it is indeed a place where soldiers must fight, Yanmen Pass passes Datong in the north, reaches Taiyuan in the south, enters the vast grassland, retreats can defend thousands of miles of passes, and the strategic position is very important!

Ma Yuan naturally knows that the location here is critical, if it was three years ago, there was still tension between the countries, he would naturally not be so presumptuous, but after the formal alliance of the coalition countries three years ago, there is no exchange, if there is military intelligence, watch and help each other, not far beyond Yanmen Pass is the ancestral land of the Khitan people, to the west there are Ningwu Pass, partial pass, to the east is the important town of Datong, to the south is the heart of the Han country, Ma Yuan has nothing to worry about.

If the enemy army really hits here, then it proves that the Han Kingdom has perished, then he doesn't have to worry about it!

He started very early, and he took his guards and generals with him, and drank when he woke up, and fell asleep when he drank down, and now he doesn't know how many times, but because of the growing number of merchants, the stock in his wine cellar is still gradually increasing.

The Ma clan is a big clan, but under the Han dynasty, Ma Yuan was awarded an official, and the children of the rest of the clan were not allowed to go out!

Even if the descendants of the family Wen Youma Rong and Wu Youma Chao can only sit at home!

Ma Yuan guarded this lonely city without other benefits, that is, from the Hui Yi caravans, privately extracted a lot of money, including wine, silk and other goods, to offset the tolls, in the early years used to store weapons, now are occupied by wine, silk, this is still for the sake of the Ji clan.

"What a great place!" Drinking fine wine and hugging the beautiful women presented by the big businessman, he sighed heartily.

A terrible horn sounded suddenly, completely covering up Ma Yuan's exclamation.

"What's going on? Go out and check it out! ”

Ma Yuan lifted his belt, refused the sip of wine that the beauty was about to send at this time, and tidied up his clothes a little!

"General, a group of Khitans is coming towards the pass, and the sentry at the head of the city blew the horn just now!"

After a while, a pro-soldier will come to report it!

"Khitans, didn't they go south to die?"

Ma Yuan naturally knew the consequences of those who went south, but he couldn't see it back, so he didn't worry about it but teased!

After hearing the report, he wanted to get up and sat down again, and wanted to grab the cherry mouth of the beauty, he was not worried about the Khitans, he was now worried about the people from the south and from the west!

Only people from the south and west are the most deadly, and now the Great Sui State is under the leadership of the empress to fight in the south and the north, before the world's well-known Great Qin State, Jin State, Sui State, and Ming State are already dry bones in the grave, even their Han Kingdom has lost the Central Plains, and the world-famous Huo Quai's Huo Hussar was lost in the Sui State, and I heard that he is still in prison!

That "Wuhou" Zhuge Kongming was also defeated in consecutive battles, as well as Wei Qing and Zhou Yafu, and I also heard that Han Xin, the "soldier immortal" who had previously commanded the coalition army, also fell into the hands of the Sui army when he withdrew!

I don't know when, the army of the Sui State will come to the city, Geng Yi also wrote to him some time ago to talk about his worries, but the Ma clan is now not allowed to be reused in the Han State, and Ma Yuan can only sigh and stumble in this inconsequential border city!

It's been three years, and he doesn't care about the safety of this Yanmen Pass for a long time, it's not that he doesn't want to be loyal, but now the main enemy on the opposite side has already turned enemies into friends, and he doesn't even come here to plunder, but there are caravans coming and going every day, and he has to send him money and supplies, and even the caravan has developed day and night!

Therefore, the city gate of Yanmen Pass has not been closed for a long time, and Ma Yuan may not even know if it can be closed!

Yue Yun and Lu Junyi galloped on horseback, wearing Khitan costumes and rushed directly into the city, watching the Han army on the border wall indifferently watching them rush into the city, Yue Yun was a little stunned!

He also heard the sound of the horn just now, originally thought that this was the sound of the Han army's "warning", but now seeing everything in Guanzhong as usual, the people coming and going, looking at them as if watching a "monkey show", there is no fear at all, those soldiers of the Han Kingdom are also lazy and lazy!

This...... Is this a strong pass in the world? I...... Isn't it the wrong place?

Looking at the still tall city wall, the city wall that is even taller than Shuofang City, it is indeed the scale of the strong pass, which is almost the same as the Tongguan I have seen!

"It seems that Xiao Sui is right, Yanmen Pass has really been abandoned like this!"

After being stunned, Yue Yun looked at Lu Junyi, who was also stunned, and said!

"That's true, then ask the general to send a signal, and I'll lead people to seize the rest of the city gates to prevent the news from leaking!"

Yue Yun nodded, and assigned the men and horses to Lu Junyi, and he took the rest of the military horses and went straight to the military camp in the city!

Don't worry about the City Lord's Mansion, without the 10,000 horses in the barracks, the City Lord's Mansion is not worth mentioning!

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Under the guidance of the black battle flag of the Sui army, at least thousands of cavalry have entered the gate of the partial pass, and the valley in the far south is covered by gray-yellow smoke and dust, and I don't know how many soldiers and horses are rushing towards the side pass.

Li Guang was dumbfounded, his mind was blank, and he muttered to himself, "This ...... This...... How is this possible?! ”

There are three outer passes in the state, namely Yanmen Pass, Ningwu Pass, and Partial Pass; These three levels are an important way to guard against the enemies of the grassland, but since the Covenant, the position of the three levels has been weakened day by day, and even become a useless place!

The Han Dynasty also reduced the soldiers and horses of the three passes step by step, from the initial tens of thousands of soldiers and horses to less than 10,000, that is, the Sui State across the river had to defend the pass, and the soldiers and horses were not reduced!

However, there has been no war for many years, and Yanmen Pass has only been without war for three years, but there has been no war for decades!

How could Li Guang, the guard general, wake up, although he was not drunk all day long like Ma Yuan, but Li Guang was not much worse!

Feng Tang is easy to be old, Li Guang is difficult to seal; It's not that Li Guang is not talented, it's that Li Guang is not careful in his life, and he always makes some small mistakes when he makes great contributions!

Years of safety have also made Li Guang put his mind down, and the same is true for the soldiers in the city!

The attacking Sui army's actions woke them up, and more than 1,000 cavalry rushed to the city first, directly besieged the city and walked slowly, and began to sweep the city head with a rain of arrows, and the amazing accuracy of the arrow rain suppressed the defenders on the city so that they couldn't raise their heads.

Behind the cavalry, there was also a cavalry under their cover, and they unloaded a section of pre-built components from the horse, and in the blink of an eye, dozens of ladders were erected.

These cavalry were originally elite, the legendary troops of the Great Sui Kingdom, and now they are selected to be legends among legends.

Bai Qi released them in order to be able to capture the city in one fell swoop, and when the ladders were formed, the soldiers of the Great Sui shouted and carried these ladders and rushed straight to the city.

This time, the Sui army was led by Yang Zaixing, and the deputy generals Meng Wu, Lin Chong, Guan Sheng, and Zhang Qing were all the most elite men and horses in the Sui army!

"General!" The soldiers guarding the pass called out to the general of the gate, hoping that he would have a claim.

And this guard has long been wiped out by years of tranquility, and at this time there is only one thought left, shouting: "Hurry up and set off the beacon fire!" Hurry up and set off the beacon fire! ”

He kept repeating this sentence, the Sui army came unexpectedly, the tools to defend the city were not prepared, for the defense of the city, he no longer reported hope, the only hope is that the general Li Guang in the city can react, and the generals of the Han State in various places can react.

When Yang Zaixing climbed to the top of the city, the outcome of the war was already doomed.

Unable to wait for the orders of the main general in the city, the desperate defenders launched a weak resistance on their own, but in the shadow of the elite swords and swords of the Sui army that kept pouring into the city, they were defeated and retreated, and they were powerless to resist.

When the city gates were captured and opened, the elite cavalry of the Sui army guarding outside the city swarmed in and began to suppress the remaining resistance in the city

However, in half an hour, it was regarded as the "screen domain of the Three Jin Dynasty" and "the key to the north of the Jin Dynasty", and it was easily captured by Yang Zaixing's army.

In the eyes of the grassland people, the partial pass is only a part of the defense line of the Great Wall of the Central Plains, although it is important, but it is still after the Yanmen Pass and Ningwu Pass, and there is no name of the partial pass in the ten passes in the world.

However, in the eyes of the Sui people, the partial pass is far more important than the Ningwu Pass and Yanmen Pass in the northeast, and if you control the partial pass, you can directly cross from the mouth of the river into the Jin land, and the opposite side of the Yellow River is the Shangjun controlled by the Great Sui.

The focus is different, and the handling of the partial pass is also completely different, although the monarchs and ministers of the Han State are also wary of the partial pass, and Li Guang is also quite concerned about the defense, but the direction of his arrangement is the north and the west.

There are fortresses and beacon towers built at the crossing of the Yellow River to warn, and the same is true in the north, but who would have expected the enemy to come from the west, you must know that there are Ningwu Pass and Yanmen Pass in the west, as well as the important town of Datong, how could the enemy come from there?

"This is just the beginning." Yang Zaixing thought so when he stepped into the city with a large army.

At this time, even if Li Guang has the courage of ten thousand people and the wisdom of Zhuge Kongming, he will not be able to turn the tide!

He was not an ordinary soldier, and at this time, he also sent carrier pigeons and masters to report to the marshal of Shangjun day and night, even if the Han State immediately launched a large army to seize the city, it would take at least three or five days, and with this time, the army of the Sui State had already crossed the river!

What's more, now that the three levels of this state have been lost, which one can the Han Kingdom recover? Which level do you want to recover first?

What's more, the Han army is still contained in the north bank of the Yellow River, and the elites are guarding the periphery of Luoyang City, so how much spare power does the country have?

In the past, it was because of the great river and natural danger that the Sui army did not attack the territory of the Han State and the state!

After all, although the river is wide, how can it stop the attack of the Sui army?

(End of chapter)