Chapter 606: Yanmen Pass
Xu Shu set up a strange plot to defeat Lu Bu in one fell swoop, and incorporated Luoyang, Tiger Prison, Chen Liu and other subordinates into the territory, this time Cao Cao also successfully purged a group of civil and military officials in Xuchang who had two hearts, but Cao Cao did not stop there, he pointed the finger at Tao Qian, who was known as a humble gentleman.
"As the saying goes, the revenge of killing the father is not shared with the sky, in order to protect the Son of Heaven, I didn't care about personal grievances, but now my army is strong and strong, if my brothers can't avenge their father, how can they talk about protecting the family and defending the country? Lord--my eldest brother-" Xuchang pacified Cao Cao's prestige rose again, and there were many uncles and brothers of the Cao family and the Xiahou clan under his command, all of whom were officials in the army and the court, and their uncle was killed in Xuzhou, if they were indifferent, was it still the Cao family? The Cao family and the Xiahou family have been married for generations, and the children of their generation are all talented, and Cao Cao, the eldest brother, has come forward to provoke the beam, making the Cao family a wealthy family again, and the murder of Cao Cao's father is equivalent to giving them a resounding slap in the face to the Cao family, and this feud must be washed away with blood!
The whole army in Xuchang City was ready to send troops to Xuzhou three days later to avenge Cao Cao's father, Cao Cao cried several times and fainted, and when the condolences were dispersed, Cao Cao convened a meeting of the generals, this time Cao Cao's father's death was an accident, and everyone here understood what was going on! The remnants of the Yellow Turban saw that they were rich and deliberately killed Cao Cao's father, and Xuzhou Tao Qian knocked his head to the ground in order to appease Cao Cao's anger. But Cao Cao is now a hero, and the princes who can't afford to be early can not afford to take advantage of this matter at this time to start the idea of Xuzhou.
Not to mention that Cao Cao reorganized his army to prepare to attack Xuzhou, Zhou Yu saw Yuan Shao here and then took his 100,000 northern army to the front line of Yanmen Pass, Yanmen Pass was guarded by Yan Liang and Wen Chou, and the Huns rushed to the pass several times without success, but after the command of Zhang Yang, the traitor, the Huns also began to play some simple siege ladders early, and the two passes that were also horns with Yanmen Pass were also Ningwu Pass and Partial Pass.
Yanmen Pass is located in the Yanmen Mountain, is an important pass on the Great Wall, known for its "danger", known as "China's first pass"! In ancient times, there was a saying that "there are nine stops in the world, and Yanmen is the head". Yanmen Pass, Ningwu Pass, and Partial Pass are collectively called the "Outer Three Passes", which are regarded as important passes to resist the Xiongnu on the Great Wall Pass. There are many descriptions of the battle of Yanmen Pass in history.
During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, the Xiongnu often offended the Central Plains, has been a great trouble among the vassal states, and later after Qin Shi Huang unified the six countries, sent the general Meng Tian to lead the Qin soldiers 300,000, from the Yanmen out of the fortress to eliminate the Xiongnu, the Xiongnu to the north of Yinshan, and mobilized the people to build the Great Wall, later generations are very admired this great feat, leaving the Great Wall is not a good man's saying.
In the period of Liu Bang, the ancestor of the Han Dynasty, the Xiongnu invaded the Central Plains again, and Liu Bang sent troops to drive Jinyang, but the threat of the Xiongnu was not eliminated due to political reasons at that time. The greatest victory against the Xiongnu was after Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty succeeded to the throne, in the face of the Xiongnu's rampant southern aggression, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty began to counterattack, and he issued an edict to send people and soldiers to repair Yanmen Pass. Among them, the famous generals of the Han Dynasty who fought against the Xiongnu, such as Wei Qing, Huo Quzhi, and Li Guang, all galloped inside and outside the ancient fortress of Yanmen, defeated the Xiongnu many times, and made great contributions. During the period of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, the Xiongnu did not dare to go south at all, so they could only bow down and pay tribute to the grain. Yanmen Pass became the only way to get out of the fortress, later the Han Dynasty began to adopt the Huairou policy to deal with the Xiongnu, the more famous is Wang Zhaojun out of the fortress and pro, but Yanmen Pass has also become a more prosperous bazaar, become the Xiongnu, the Han trade place.
As an important military town, Yanmen Pass was a battlefield fiercely contested by the Song Liao (Khitans) until the early Northern Song Dynasty. The Great Song Dynasty general Yang Ye (also known as Yang Jiye) and other Yang family soldiers have shown their skills here and made contributions to the country. Not only that, later generations evolved many popular stories according to Yang Jiye's deeds, the Yang family will have seven sons in Yang Jiye and She Saihua, all of whom are heroes and invincible, Yang Jiye and his six sons died together in the first battle of Golden Beach, leaving only the six sons Yang Yanzhao returned to Kaifeng, and then Yang Yanzhao guarded the Marshal of Sanguan for several years, Mu Guiying took command of Liao, twelve widows and so on are the stories of Yanmen Pass, you can see that Yanmen Pass is a real military town.
"I invite the general to come here today to discuss the matter of attacking the Xiongnu, I don't know if the general has any good suggestions for fighting against the Xiongnu for a long time recently?" Zhou Yu arranged the army's box of grain, grass and baggage in Yanmen Pass, and then sent someone to inform Yan Liang and Wen Chou to come to the camp to meet, and the two generals were also informed by Yuan Shao in advance, that is, everything cooperated with Zhou Yu to preserve his strength, and both of them were Yuan Shao's right-hand men, so they naturally obeyed Yuan Shao's words. However, there was a small episode during the period, that is, in Zhou Yu's military tent to see Zhang Jaw, Wen Chou's temper was more irritable, looking at Zhang Jaw was a little angry, originally Yuan Sha's four generals were very majestic, but in the Battle of Youzhou, Zhang He lost his hand and was captured, and when he heard Zhang He's name again, he had already appeared under Zhou Yu's command, Yuan Shao also sent someone to persuade Zhang He to return to his command, but for Zhou Yu's courtesy and the implementation of benevolent government, Yuan Shao could not see it, and now Zhang He is willing to give Zhou Yu his life. However, it was inevitable that he would be a little embarrassed to see his former colleagues, and Wen Chou had some meaning of bullying Zhang He in his words, and Zhang He was embarrassed and could only remain silent.
The Yangzhou army is very united under the leadership of Zhou Yu, and the internal competition is also healthy competition. Seeing Wen Chou's ghost appearance, the first dissatisfaction was Dian Wei, he stood up, and the tower generally only said to Wen Chou, "Yuan Benchu, I can still beat it, you better be more interesting, Jun Yi is now my fellow brother!" ”
Brainless sentence Everyone here knows what Dian Wei means, to put it bluntly, if you dare to blow your beard and stare at Zhang He, then don't blame me for being unkind, Yuan Shao doesn't dare to be presumptuous in front of me, let alone you kid! There is no way to be in Zhou Yu's camp, and Dian Wei's fierce reputation can almost draw with Lu Bu, Yan Liang and Wen Chou are considered generals under Yuan Shao, but in the romance, Guan Yu killed Yan Liang, Wen Chou and Ma Xia in a few rounds, indicating that their force value will not be higher than Dian Wei.
People had to bow their heads under the eaves, both of them had an advantage in terms of official position and strength, Zhou Yu also opened his mouth to ask Yan Liang about the situation of Yanmen Pass, Yan Liang pondered and said, "Lord Zhou-the last general has been stationed at Yanmen Pass for almost three months, and has lost countless soldiers in many battles with their main force, their cavalry is really powerful!" At present, Ningwu Pass, Biguan Pass, Yanmen Pass are each other's horns and can still resist the Xiongnu army, but the surrounding villages have been burned and looted by the Huns, and the people of the Han Dynasty have been caught and driven to the outside of the pass, my lord wants to lead the army to fight to the death with the Huns, but we are lambs to be slaughtered on the plains. ”。
"The scourge of the Huns has existed since ancient times, and it is impossible to stop it from being friendly or fighting, how is the arrangement of the Huns outside these three passes?" Zhou Yu scoffed at the statement that Yuan Shao led his troops to fight to the death, and now Yuan Shao had already gone to Youzhou to receive Gongsun Zhan's chassis. Now the only ones who can deal with the Xiongnu are his 100,000 northern army and Yuan Shao's 100,000 soldiers and horses who are now guarding the three passes, but the opposite side of the Xiongnu is also a 200,000 army, 200,000 against 200,000 The strength is different, and the Hun soldiers are strong in combat and obviously have the upper hand.
"Outside Ningwu Pass is the Xiongnu's Zuoxian Wang, who has 50,000 men and horses; Outside the pass is the Xiongnu right Xianwang department of 50,000 men and horses besieging the city; Outside the Yanmen Pass is the main tribe of the Xiongnu Shan Yu Fuluo, with 100,000 men and horses; Recently, they are building siege equipment, and it is expected that they will attack the city in a big way in less than ten days, and now the city is damaged and it is difficult to say whether it can be stopped-"Yan Liang and Wen Chou, as generals of Jizhou, are not reckless, they can also predict that this battle is a battle of life and death, once the three passes cannot be defended, the Huns will be killed in a big way, and the consequences are unimaginable!"
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