Chapter 27: The Battle of Yangping Pass
Report...... Report...... Report to the governor, the rebellious Wu Zhao of the Xia Dynasty led 40,000 people to come to Yangpingguan, and has set up camp twenty miles away, and sent a handwritten letter, please ask the governor of the capital to instruct.
Xu Sheng, the governor of Pingguan in Yangpingguan, Xiliang State, opened the letter, only to see that the letter read: Wu Zhao, the unjust minister of Daxia, bowed to General Xu Sheng, the governor of Chaoyang Pingguan, the king of Xiliang, and the Wu family of Nanguo in Daxia Town has made meritorious contributions to Sheji, guarded the frontier for the Xia Dynasty for two hundred years, hoeed and raped 30 times, swept away more than 100,000 rebellions, paid tens of millions of taxes, and made outstanding contributions. In particular, I Wu Zhao helped Emperor Taikang to quell the funeral rebellion, Liu Jin, and Liu An's rebellion, and made the greatest meritorious service, so I should be named a marquis. However, Taikang Emperor Liang Kun had no way, and used the name of Jinyi Wei to kill the heroes of the rivers and lakes, and suffered from the world's martial arts heroes. Secretly sent someone to kill me quickly, and ordered the lackeys of Jinyi Wei to slaughter more than 10,000 people of my entire clan. I, Wu Zhao, escaped by luck, and now I am being chased and killed by the heroes of the rivers and lakes and the Jinyi Guards of the Great Xia Dynasty, and I want to borrow to leave Xiliang and die elsewhere, so I specially ask the governor of Xu Dadu to give way, let me and others leave Yangping Pass, and Wu Zhao and others are now offering 100,000 yuan as a reward.
Xu Sheng opened his mouth and said: I don't know what the two deputy governors want?
Deputy Governor Zhao Long said: Wu Zhao's words are true, this royal family of the Great Xia Dynasty is too unkind, according to my words, it is better to let it pass, with the beauty of all adults.
Li Xin, the deputy governor, said: The emperor's order is difficult, since His Majesty has issued an order to kill Wu Zhao, whether it is right or wrong, this is my policy for diplomatic relations between Xiliang and the Great Xia Dynasty, I can't say it, but I am waiting for the general, I only know how to charge. In my opinion, Wu Zhao and others must be robbed and killed.
Xu Sheng said: Immediately gather the 30,000 troops of the whole pass, set up an ambush outside Yangping Pass, and wait for Wu Zhao to pass by and start killing, so Zhao Long and Li Xin want to lead the order to go. At this moment, Xu Sheng's subordinates suddenly came to report......
reported to the governor, and sent the minister Zhao Zhongxiang to arrive. So Zhao Zhongxiang came with Shang Fang's sword in his hand and said loudly: Fengtian carrier, the emperor's edict said: Zhao Zhongxiang, the right attendant of the military department, will serve as the minister to eliminate Wu Zhao's rebellion, Xu Sheng, Zhao Long, and Li Xin will obey the deployment, and the three generals, hurry up and take the order. Xu Sheng, Zhao Long, and Li Xin knelt down to receive the order, long live my emperor, long live, long live...... Long live my emperor, long live, long live.
Zhao Zhongxiang said: Ben Shuai brought 20,000 masters of the Jinyi Guard of the Great Xia Dynasty, led by the deputy commander of the Jinyi Guard of the Great Xia Dynasty, to assist the 30,000 troops of Yangping Pass to exterminate the rebellion, and gather 50,000 troops from tomorrow to take the initiative to attack Wu Zhao's rebellion. Xu Sheng, Li Xin, Zhao Long and others were shocked, but they had nothing to do but obey orders. Xu Sheng and Li Xin each led 10,000 troops, respectively from the left and right flanks of Wu Zhao and others, Zhao Long's 10,000 army attacked from the middle and attacked his subordinates' battle formations, if they could be captured, they would be annihilated in one fell swoop, if they could not be captured, they would be surrounded by their regiments, and the main force of Wu Zhao would be contained, and they would be trapped and starved to death. By the marshal and the auspicious general led by the Xia Guo Jinyi guard master from Wu Zhao's back to kill him by surprise, tomorrow morning, the whole army will be dispatched, if there is a Wei order, it will not be forgiven.
…… The last general ...... obeyed, and all the people were commanded to go.
Report...... Report...... The army of Xu Sheng, the governor of Yangping Pass, has been commanded by Zhao Zhongxiang, the right attendant of the military department of the Xiliang Imperial Court, and our envoys and 100,000 yuan of remuneration have been withheld by Zhao Zhongxiang, and 30 of our envoys have been killed. Xu Sheng, Li Xin, and Zhao Long each led 10,000 troops to kill our army, and Zhao Zhongxiang and Ji Xiang personally led 20,000 Jinyi guards to kill from my back.
Wu Zhao said: Zhao Zhongxiang dog official, kill my envoy, take my money, I will cut off your head to commemorate the dead brothers. Key, Fang Neng, Li Yu, Xun Gang, Du Zhong, Du Qing, Zhou Zhou, Zhou Chang, Zhou Hai, Sun Deng listened to the order, and each led 3,000 men and horses, according to the formation ordered by the lord before, he 50,000 horses want to annihilate all my 30,000 masters, it is impossible, let him taste the power of the formation created by the lord today. The four ladies instructed the people in the camp and 1,000 soldiers to prepare meals to ensure that the brothers were well fed and drunk.
…… His subordinates were given orders to ......, so they were ordered to go.
On the first day of the fifth month, Zhao Zhongxiang personally led an army of 50,000 and Wu Zhao and other reckless people to fight outside Yangping Pass in Xiliang State, which is known as the Battle of Yangping Pass in history.
General, this Wu Zhao is young, he can make great contributions in the Great Xia Dynasty, and the people he led along the way have changed from 400 people to 30,000 people, it is really not simple, I see that this Wu Zhao camp is uncertain, I can't rush into the army, Xu Sheng's military division Dongfang Xing said.
Xu Sheng said: What Mr. Dongfang said is extreme, I didn't want to be an enemy with Wu Zhao, but His Majesty had to obey the will, and now he was robbed of the handsome seal, if he won this battle, it was his Zhao Zhongxiang's credit, if he lost, I can't excuse it, and look at the situation, I will surround Wu Zhao and others, and let him come forward to fight with the brocade guards of the Great Xia Dynasty.
Lord, the war in the west is tight, Li Xin's offensive in Xiliang is fierce, and there are 10,000 people in the west of our army, Du Zhong, Sun Deng, and Du Qing.
Wu Zhao said: The formation I laid out was not to let you wait to defend the formation, but to confuse the enemy, let him mess up the formation, and then defeat him in one go. Listening to my generals, Sun Deng led his troops to pretend that they couldn't resist and fled to the tent, Du Qing's troops fled eastward, and you Du Zhong did not move to resist. Ordered Zhou Zhou and Zhou Chang in the Eastern Theater to rush to the tent, and when Li Xin pursued him into the tent, the various departments were flat and stable, and the four departments of the east, west, south and north changed their positions, and Li Xin and others were stunned, and Li Xin's department was completely annihilated after half a pillar of incense. The rest of the troops should expand their strength and defend their positions, and they should not disturb their own positions. I only went all the way by him, and defeated the enemies one by one.
…… The subordinates obeyed ......, and everyone was ordered to go.
Li Xin saw that Sun Deng couldn't resist it, so he stepped up the offensive, took the lead in breaking through the camp, and led more than 10,000 troops to kill in the tent. At this moment, Du Qing led the army to the west and Zhou Zhou led the army to the east, separating Li Xin's men and horses into two halves, and the end could not be echoed. Du Qing's department suddenly disappeared, but he saw the banner of Zhou Chang's department raised in the tent, and the banner of Sun Deng's department raised in the north. After about half a pillar of incense, the banner of Zhou Chang's department was raised in the east, but the banner of Zhou Hai's department was blocked in front of Li Xin, but the banner of Du Qing's department was floating in the west.
Li Xin was shocked, but the army that entered the tent was in chaos and trampled on each other. At this moment, Du Qing, Zhou Hai, Zhou Chang, Du Zhong four troops inward, like chopping melons and vegetables will enter the enemy army into the tent to kill, Li Xin was Sun Deng's knife split in half, after the subordinates threw Li Xin's head out of the side, Li Xin's army outside the camp broke and fled, Sun Deng led 500 people to take the opportunity to chase and kill, Sun Deng won a big victory.
Wu Zhao ordered his subordinates to cut off more than 5,000 heads of Li Xin's troops who were killed in the battle and threw them to the north, and the enemy general Zhao Long and others in the north saw that Li Xin was killed, and his troops were defeated, and they were so frightened that they panicked. Zhao Long ordered to stop the attack and not to act rashly.
Report...... Report...... Report to the general, the Left Route Army was defeated, 10,000 soldiers were killed, Li Xin was defeated and killed, after receiving the battle report, Zhao Zhongxiang shouted like the wind, and said: We still underestimate Wu Zhao'er, so let's do it, tomorrow morning, 20,000 Jinwei masters raided Wu Zhao's camp, I don't know what the auspicious commander will do.
Jixiang said: Okay, a quick decision, my two thousand Jinyi guards will definitely defeat him Wu Zhao, not as reckless as Li Xin who returned to China, nor as timid as Xu Sheng and Zhao Long, so hahaha laughed, Zhao Zhongxiang was speechless, so he had to swallow his anger.
At this time, Zhao Zhongxiang's subordinates and cronies suddenly came to report,...... Report to the general, the big thing is not good, my Yangping Pass army poured out, Guanzhong garrison is insufficient, has been Wu Zhao and other people to capture, Wu Zhao opened a warehouse in Guanzhong to release grain, our army grain and grass distributed to the people of Guanzhong, now tens of thousands of young and strong people in Guanzhong are armed with weapons, to our side.
Zhao Zhongxiang collapsed to the ground after listening to this, and it took half a pillar of incense to return to normal, so he said: "My lord, I can't attack Wu Zhao with you here, only gather the rest of Zhao Long and Xu Sheng to recapture Yangping Pass, otherwise I will kill Wu Zhao, and I will be beheaded when I am in the court."
Ji Xiang was speechless, so he had to say: Congratulations to the general, may the general succeed, so he sent Jinyiwei to escort Zhao Zhongxiang to Xu Sheng's department on the 30th. Ji Xiang shook his head and said to himself: It's not that Wu Zhao is invincible, but that your Xiliang army is incompetent, and you Zhao Zhongxiang are insatiable, and you Zhao Zhongxiang are insatiable, and you will die without a place to be buried.
After Zhao Zhongxiang left, Ji Xiang led 20,000 Jinyi Guards to fight with Wu Zhao and others, Xu Sheng's side, Zhao Zhongxiang suddenly came, Xu Sheng bowed and said: The last general will participate in the general, I don't know if the general suddenly came here, what advice.
Zhao Zhongxiang wiped his sweat and said weakly: General Xu, the big thing is not good, I will wait for a rest, so he sat down. Only the adjutant general's cronies said to Xu Sheng: My Yangping Guan army poured out, Guanzhong garrison is insufficient, has been Wu Zhao and others sent people to capture, Wu Zhao opened a warehouse in Guanzhong to release grain, our army grain and grass distributed to the people of Guanzhong, and now tens of thousands of young and strong people in Guanzhong are holding weapons and killing us.
Zhao Zhongxiang said at this time: Now that Li Xin has died in battle, only General Xu and Ben Shuai can work together to recapture Yangping Pass, otherwise even if we kill Wu Zhao, we will be exterminated by His Majesty Nine Clans.
Xu Sheng was shocked, sighed, and said slowly: "That's it, General, you need to inform Zhao Long quickly, we will each lead our troops to retreat, assemble on the East Mountain twenty miles away, and attack Yangping Pass after resting for half a day, and recapture Yangping in one fell swoop. So Xu Sheng and Zhao Zhongxiang led their troops to retreat.
Wugong captured Yangping Pass, opened a warehouse to release grain, won the welcome of the people of Yangping Pass, and then led 20,000 people and 20,000 young people in Guanzhong to support Wu Zhao.
Wu Zhao said: Third brother, you came too timely, like a tiger with wings, our brothers will work together, we will be able to kill Jixiang and others, and avenge our father and mother.
Wu Gong said: This is all the fourth brother, you are resourceful and strategic, you are so happy.
Wu Zhao said: Four ladies, hurry up and prepare a meal to celebrate the third brother, and after eating and drinking, we will destroy the auspiciousness in one fell swoop. Wang Fang, Zhu Qiqi, Du Sisi, and the white peacock were ordered to go.
Wu Gong said: I have been in accordance with the fourth brother's intentions, open a warehouse of grain, after helping the people, will take all the people and money and grain of Yangping Pass out of the Guan, only these 20,000 young and strong people want to kill the dog officials of Yangping Pass with us, you can rest assured, more than 100,000 people have moved out of Xiliang, and the rest will be with me, there will be no danger, after I wait for Jixiang and Zhao Zhongxiang, I can go north, meet with 100,000 people outside the Guan, and march to Dadu together, but the rations of these 100,000 people have to be solved by the fourth brother.
Wu Zhao was overjoyed and said: It seems that the third brother is no longer the third brother of the past, he is no longer reckless, but can be civil and martial, and take care of the overall situation. After saying that, everyone laughed.
Wu Zhao continued: You left an empty city for Zhao Zhongxiang, Xu Sheng, and Zhao Long, and the 20,000 troops will be starved to death if they are not killed. After the meal, everyone was in good spirits.
Wu Zhao said loudly: Now the army led by Wu Zhao has 56,000 people, 30,000 more than that auspicious, this Zhao Zhongxiang, Zhao Long, and Xu Sheng just entered Yangping Pass half a day ago, and it is already an empty city. Now the lord has ordered 25,000 people from the Wu Power Institute to surround Yangping Pass and not give Zhao Zhongxiang a chance to breathe. The father-in-law led an army of 30,000 to fight a decisive battle with Jixiang and other Jinyi guards and set off.
After Zhao Zhongxiang led his troops to recapture Yangping Pass, before he had time to be happy, his subordinates reported: General, the people of Guanzhong have moved away, with all the grain, grass and money, and now Yangpingguan is an empty city, I am waiting for the grain and grass to run out, please make a decision. In a hurry, Zhao Zhongxiang was furious, drew his sword and killed the person he reported, and Xu Sheng and Zhao Long on the side turned pale with fright.
Report...... Report to the ......, report to the general, the big thing is not good, Wu Zhao's army has arrived, and the Yangping Pass has been surrounded by water, and we will wait. After that, Zhao Zhongxiang spit blood and scolded Wu Zhao Huangkou Xiaoer, you don't have to die well, my Xiliang army will kill all your generation, and he cried after speaking.
Xu Sheng said: The general can't be like this, as long as we can hold on for three days, we will think of a way, there is no endless road, I believe it is not the end of the day I wait. After a long time, Zhao Zhongxiang regained his calm.
Wu Zhao's side, 30,000 masters continued to wait for Jinyi Wei to kill, Wu Zhao Yu Wang Fang, Zhu Qiqi, Du Sisi, and Bai Peacock rushed to the front, all of them were martial arts masters, especially Wu Zhao, Zhu Qiqi, and Wang Fang, all of whom were first-class masters, and those Jinyi Guards naturally couldn't resist it, and after half a day's effort, Jinyiwei's head had been piled up, and Wu Zhao had countless casualties here.
The two sides continued to fight, Wu Zhao and others had the upper hand, and Ji Xiang saw that it was difficult to kill Wu Zhao for a while, so he led his cronies Jinyi Wei to fight out of the siege and wanted to escape. I didn't want to be touched by Zhu Qiqi, the two sides fought for 50 rounds without a win, Jixiang used a secret weapon to sneak attack Zhu Qiqi, and saw that he was about to die with a cold arrow, but he was blocked by the soldiers who flew in the hidden weapon, and he escaped a tragic death.
Zhu Qiqi was furious, looking at the wayward Jinyi Wei and the executioner Jixiang, and in anger he used the thirteen swords to kill him, the sword was fatal, and Jixiang couldn't resist it, so he fled with his life. Sun Deng took out his housekeeping skills, pulled out the longbow from 300 meters away, and shot through Jixiang's head with a sword, killing him on the spot after being hit by an arrow.
When the Jinyi guards saw that the commander and some of the leaders were killed, they were in chaos, some fled, some surrendered, and trampled on each other. Seeing this, Wu Zhao ordered the crowd to continue fighting, and in the midst of a burst of shouts and killings, most of the Jinyi guards were killed, 5,800 people surrendered, and 4,000 people were killed in the battle of Wu Zhao's department, and Wu Zhao won. After resting for half a day, Wu Zhao ordered everyone to march north, join Wu Gong and others, and besiege Yangping Pass with his troops in one fell swoop.
Report...... reported to the ......, reported to the general, Wu Zhao sent someone to send the head of the deputy commander of the Jinyi Wei of the Great Xia Dynasty, and said...... Also said .......
Or what, if you have something to say, if you have a fart, let it go, Zhao Zhongxiang said.
Someone said that the general had to cut off his head, otherwise the day of breaking the pass would be the time to slaughter the city.
Zhao Zhongxiang said: Talking nonsense, Wu Zhao'er deceived people too much, so he pulled out a knife and killed the reported subordinates. After that, Zhao Zhongxiang took Zhao Long, Xu Sheng and others to fight outside the city, only to see a forest of soldiers outside the city, all like wolves and tigers, only to hear shouting outside the city: Zhao Zhongxiang child, surrender quickly, surrender without killing...... Surrender without killing ......, bursts of shouts, hearing the soldiers defending the city frightened, plus the defenders have no food for two days, and they have no intention of fighting.
At this moment, Xu Sheng suddenly walked towards Zhao Zhongxiang, sealed his throat with a sword, killed Zhao Zhongxiang, and then slashed at Zhao Long with a knife, and suddenly his head fell to the ground, and Xu Sheng killed Zhao Zhongxiang and Zhao Long for a while. So he said loudly: Zhao Zhongxiang is unreasonable, treacherous, colluded with Daxia to rebel, and brutalized the people. Wu Zhao is loyal, loves the people like a son, is the master of the people who can be entrusted to the family, the good birds choose the wood and perch, the good ministers choose the lord and do things, I want to surrender to Wu Zhao and others, you who are interested in going with me, those who do not want to give money ten times, free to return to the hometown. Everyone knelt down and shouted: The general is sensible, understands the general situation, takes the overall situation into account, and plans for our life and death, and we are willing to swear to serve the death.
So Xu Sheng Kaicheng surrendered, Wu Zhao and others entered Yangping Pass, accepted the surrender of everyone, and incorporated Xu Sheng's 20,000 troops into various departments, proclaimed himself the governor of the capital, Xu Sheng, Sun Deng, Du Zhong, Zhou Zhou, and Xun Gang were the five tiger generals, and Key, Fang Neng, Li Yu, Du Qing, Zhou Chang, Zhou Hai, Dongfang Xing, Wei Desheng, Xuchang, and Xu Jun were hussar generals.
On the first day of June, Wu Zhao commanded an army of 76,000 people to leave Yangping Pass in the north, and camped with 120,000 people outside the pass in a place 300 miles north of Yangping Pass.