Three months have passed since the Battle of Zhongren Pavilion, and the time has come to the end of the year.

In the past three months, the Taishan army has pursued the victory from Zhongren Pavilion.

Then Dong Wan was the left route army, Yang Mao was the middle route army, and Zhang Dan was the right route army. Dong Wan and Yang Mao were responsible for going north to Youzhou, while Zhang Dan was in the Zhongshan area and went east along the Hutuo River, slightly determining the three counties of Zhongshan, Hejian and Bohai.

Along the way, the three armies passed, and the counties along the road looked at the wind and fell. It has successively trapped Tang County, Fanyang and other big cities in the north.

After Dong Wan and Yang Mao's army entered Youzhou, they did not encounter resistance from the Han army until they were in the Yishui area.

There is a city name by the water, and it is the capital set up by the Yan State in that year. Although the city is small, it has the ambition to be a car.

Youzhou Gu'an Ling, with the support of some of the Northern Army of the Northern Defeat Town, camped on the bank of Yishui, preparing to resist Yang Mao's invasion of Youzhou.

It can't be said that this Gu'an Ling is really Yelang's arrogance, in fact, this Gu'an also said, in the future, this place will be renamed Yijing by Gongsun Zhan, and the Gongsun Group still survived tenaciously for three years after the defeat of Jieqiao.

You can see the benefits of this place.

And the reason why this peace is easy to keep is because of the easy water river in the south of the city. This is the Yishui where Prince Yan Dan sent Jing Ke's delegation to Qin in the past.

It was on the bank of this Yishui that the Jing Ke delegation entered the Bingzhou area along the Yishui through the Taihang Mountains through Puyin, then crossed the big river, waded through the Weishui, and finally arrived in Xianyang.

From here, you can see the importance of Yishui, which is an important waterway from the land of Youzhou to Puyincheng in Bingzhou.

But more importantly, since the Spring and Autumn Period, whether the Yan State in this place resisted the Zhongshan State in the south or the Zhao State later, it has used Yishui as the line of defense.

It can be said that this old An Ling's intention to rely on Yi Shui to resist Yang Mao's army into Youzhou cannot be said to be arrogant.

But this old An Ling doesn't really know the history of Yan Kingdom, at least not all.

In fact, the Yan State did not completely rely on Yishui in resisting the invasion of the Zhao State, because after this was the Youzhou Plain of Yima Pingchuan, and the ancient capital Jicheng was only a hundred miles away, which was too dangerous.

Therefore, the Yan people are actually in Xushui, south of Yishui, so it is also called Nanyishui, and they established a defense line. On this river, the Yan people relied on the river defense to build a series of river Great Walls, which still exist today.

However, Fan Yuting and Beixincheng, which are the hubs of this Yan Great Wall, surrendered without resistance.

Therefore, even if there is this awareness, it can only be helpless.

In fact, this is also the current difficulty of Youzhou after the Battle of Zhongrenting, that is, Youzhou is not without a defensive line.

The Yan and Zhao states had fought against each other for hundreds of years, and in fact had already built a perfect north-south defense line.

The western section of this plain is the two river defenses just mentioned, which are jointly constructed by the South Yi Water and the North Yi Shui. In the eastern part of the defensive line, the lower reaches of the Juma River are used as the defensive line.

It can be said that Youzhou still has this line of defense at this time.

But the problem is that at this time, Youzhou is fighting separately, lacking unified dispatch and command, and it is impossible to coordinate at all.

So these lines of defense are actually empty.

Sure enough.

After learning that the old security order went out of the city and refused to defend Yishui, the Dong Visit Department to the west of Yang Mao directly cooperated with Yang Mao.

Dong visited Lu Xiang as a light soldier, crossed at night from the upper reaches of Yishui, and then went straight to the rear of the Yixian soldiers.

The Han soldiers, who were already small, were worried that the rear road would be intercepted, so they abandoned the Yishui defense line and broke through to the north.

The plan they made was to continue to go north and take refuge in Qi Zhou, the governor of Zhuo County.

There, Qi Zhou was gathering the last strength of the heroes of Youzhou to continue to resist stubbornly.

Everyone can see the thoughts of these heroes in the secluded land, which is to defend and exchange space for time. When Titai Mountain's army is exhausted, can you still not leave?

But by the end of September, the situation in Youzhou had changed dramatically.

Because the two consecutive years of war have depleted the people's food reserves, even the Chinese family has eaten up the food that was left as seeds.

In September of this year, the autumn harvest in Youzhou was once again delayed due to the rout of the Zhenbei army. The rebels who retreated to Youzhou robbed and plundered the rural people's fields.

This time, the people of Youzhou could no longer live, so inside and outside the city, hunger and cold arose, and countless unsettled Qiantou, and even the bankrupt small townsmen and landowners, all raised their banners to rebel, echoing the Taishan army.

The war situation in Youzhou suddenly accelerated.

Dong Wan of the Left Route Army suddenly accelerated his march speed after he had a local guide as his guide. After cooperating with Yang Mao to take the old peace, Dong Wan continued to divide the army and went straight to Zhuo County.

After this, Yang Mao turned his army to the east and went to Baji County.

Don't ask why Dong Wan cooperated with Yang Mao to take Gu'an, and gave Yang Mao the task of attacking Jixian County, the city of Youzhou Prefecture. Asking is the sophistication of human feelings.

And this division of the army, in fact, Dong Wan and Yang Mao tacitly reached a consensus. That is, the area along the Taihang Mountain to the east of Zhuo County was assigned to Dong Wan, and the Ji County, Yuyang County, and Youbeiping County in Guangyang were assigned to Yang Mao.

After such a division, the battle was fought happily.

Subsequently, Dong Wan led the army along the eastern foothills of Taihang Mountain and began to attack the city all the way.

By the end of September, Dong visited the army and besieged Zhuo County.

At that time, Shi Qi, the magistrate of Zhuo County in the city, was in a difficult situation during the week, and he wanted to give up Zhuo County, but outside the city was already besieged by Dong Wan.

It is very difficult to collect wood and water in the city, and the hearts of the army and the people are not in harmony.

Even the families in the same boat as Ben and Qi Zhou were not dead, and first the Sun family and the Xu family in the city connected and ran out. But outside the city, he was captured by the Tarzan army.

Then the rangers in the city are first-class, such as Zhao Qian, Huo Nu, etc., all have different intentions, ready to fight back at any time and fight for great wealth.

This person's heart is always buying up and not buying down, seeing that this Han family has no way out, and no one wants to be buried with him. And those who are willing to accompany the burial have already died in the Zhongren Pavilion.

And why didn't the Xu clan in the city die? You must know that the evidence of the heroic sacrifice in Dingting came from this family.

But the reason is also very reasonable, that is:

We have all shed blood and been loyal to the Han family, and we are already worthy of the kindness of the Han family, and the rest of the clansmen are seeking a way to survive for themselves and the family, can't we?

Okay, that's great.

It is precisely because this statement is so reasonable that those children who sacrificed in the Zhongren Pavilion are worthy of the heart of the Han family. There is no pressure to run away or surrender.

So just a few days after the end of September, the heroes in Zhuoxian County lured the rangers Zhao Qian and Huo Nu to kill Qi Zhou behind their backs and surrender to the city.

That's it, Zhuoxian County.

Dong Zhao, who entered Zhuo County, visited the four people, everything was the same, and it seemed that he did not intend to clean up the stubborn and lawless Haoqiang in accordance with the past policy of the Taishan Army to enter the city.

Could it be that Dong Wan made another mistake in his Heji period and began to appease?

No, Dong Yu, who made a mistake once, was more radical than the other four marshal ministers. If he can prove his loyalty, how can he Dong Wan pity that the knife in his hand is stained with blood.

And this time it was the king's arrangement.

Zhang Chong understands very well that Youzhou is now in a vacuum, and if he can't recover Diding as soon as possible, then the foreign tribes will enter the customs and entrench themselves, and then he may be stuck in the quagmire of border defense in northern Xinjiang.

So, this time the action is to be fast.

For this reason, Zhang Chong secretly talked to the three marshals about this operation, not to torture the strong, as long as he handed over the grain blade, everything was lost.

After Youzhou calms down, you can cook calmly.

This is to fry it first with a fast heat, and then simmer it slowly, this meat, it is rotten.

So, with the support of Zhuo County, Dong visited Zhuo County with 3,000 troops and began to continue north.

Judging from the map, the north of Zhuo County is Dai County and Shanggu County, and it seems that they can be reached at any time.

But in reality, there are mountains between Zhuo-gun, Gwangyang-gun, Dai-gun, and Sanggu-gun. On the west side is the Taihang Mountain, and on the north side is the east-west Yan Mountain.

In short, don't look at Dai County and Shanggu County are on the edge of Zhuo County, but they are actually far away.

But no matter how far he goes, Dong Wan has to continue to go north, because his end point this time is Juyong Pass.

This pass is located at the mouth of the Yanshan Mountains and the Taihang Mountains, and is the only passage to the upper valley. To defend Juyong Pass is to guard the vast plains of secluded Hebei.

At this time, the guard of Juyong Pass was Kou Kun, from the Kou clan of the Shanggu Hao clan.

And coincidentally, he is the younger brother of Sima Kouhuai, the former part of the Youzhou Assault Cavalry, who died outside Xingyang.

He and his brother were very different in age, but they were greatly favored by his brother.

The Kou clan had already declined in their generation, until there was a Kou Huai in the family. He used his youth and blood to fight for his life in the northern Xinjiang, not only won a prize of more than 2,000 stones, but also sheltered his family.

The system of the Han family, where there are 2,000 stones, can shade the children of the clan into the lang.

And Kou Huai gave this place to his younger brother Kou Kun.

Therefore, his resume is very beautiful, first less shade into Chong Yulang, and a little move to Zhonglang. After the chaos, he was used as the southern lieutenant, and then the ribbon seal of the captain of the military guard returned to his hometown to form a department.

Originally, Kou Kun was only the deputy general of Juyong Pass, but after his commander revealed that he wanted to surrender to the Taishan army, he was killed by him with ten soldiers that night.

After calling himself Kamiya Taishou, he vowed to make the Taishan army pay the price of blood.

Dong Wan led the officials of the Marshal Department of the 8,000 Army to the Jundu Pass south of the Jundu Mountain.

This pass and Juyong Pass are divided into north and south, sandwiched between both sides of Jundu Mountain.

When Dong Wan arrived, this pass had been given up by Kou Kun, in order to let the Taishan army enter the military capital in the north, and he was fortunate to wait for work at Juyong Pass.

When Dong Yu crossed the Jundu Mountain, he let out a breath and wiped the sweat on his forehead.

This Jundu Mountain can really be said to be steep, the mountains are stacked, the terrain is steep, and it is the key to the northwest throat of Youzhou.

Fortunately, the enemy troops did not ambush them here.

In fact, Dong Wan didn't know that after thousands of years, this place is no longer called Jundu Mountain, it has a resounding name, called Badaling Great Wall, which is the most important gate of Beijing.

When he arrived at the city pass of Juyong Pass, Dong Wan knew that it was not easy to fight, so he tried to persuade Kou Kun to surrender.

Kou Kun's heart to defend the city was naturally resolute, but he didn't kill Dong Wan's envoy, but asked him to bring Dong Wan a sentence:

"I have a strong pass here, do you dare to attack?"

To be honest, Dong Yu didn't dare.

As soon as he walked in front of the battle, he saw the ridge that was lofty and difficult to attack, not to mention that he only had 8,000, even if he came to attack hard, he would suffer heavy casualties.

Therefore, Dong visited Tian Feng, a staff member in the army. He is good at military strategy, and he soon thought of a strategy for Dong Wan.

On the night when Dong's army arrived at Juyong Pass, Xue Zhen, a newly promoted brave general in the army, led by a local guide, led a hundred people to quietly follow the dense forest road of Jundu Mountain and went around to the front of Juyong Pass.

This time he didn't use Lu Kuang, after all, no matter how good it is, he has to let the family rest and rest.

Kou Kun is conceited and has a strong grip, so he sleeps calmly. The following parts are not elite either, nor are they wary.

So Xue Zhen took a hundred people to quietly hide outside Juyong Pass and waited until the second half of the night.

In the second half of the night, Dong Wan suddenly set up torches and ordered the three armies to fire rockets at the Han army on the city pass.

The dense arrows literally lit up the sky east of the city.

But what does this do for Juyongguan?

The Han army, who was woken up in the second half of the night, saw the stupid behavior of the Taishan army below, and it was simply watching a play. When the play is over, he will sleep again.

As everyone knows, this rocket was not shown to the Han army at all, but to Xue Zhen's hundred-man team.

When they got the signal of their own army, they quietly came to the bottom of the hanging peak on the southwest side of Juyong Pass under the cover of night.

These warriors are all from Mount Tai, Taihang Mountain, Song Mountain and other places, and they quietly climbed the mountain peak on the side of Juyong Pass with iron drills and ropes.

Then they used ropes to pull on their armor equipment, and even for shade, these armors were painted black to prevent the armor from reflecting and revealing their whereabouts.

Then they did the same, descended from the mountain wall to the city of Juyong Pass, changed into armor, and killed the largest military tent in the pass.

Kou Kun, who was still asleep at the time, was killed on the couch without reacting at all.

After that, Xue Zhen held Kou Kun's head in his hand and shouted that the city pass was broken.

The sleeping Han army didn't know what was going on, and they were swept away in a daze.

In this way, Juyong Pass, the throat of Youji, was taken down by Dong Wan.

Compared with the slight twists and turns of Dong's visit, the Taishan army on the other two roads went very smoothly.

Not long after Dong Wan took Zhuo County, Yang Mao also won Ji County.

In this battle, Yang Mao's army general Jin Falcon climbed the city first and made the first contribution in this battle.

As soon as Jixian County was broken, Guangyang shook.

Relying on the seal of Guangyang Taishou, Yang Maobing took all the counties of Guangyang without blood. After that, Yang Mao led his army east to Yuyang.

First broke the clan soldiers in the Yongnu area, and then broke the last powerful soldiers of the northern subject country in Lu County.

This time, Yang Mao also has his own end.

It is Lulongsai, which is located in Beiping on the right.

This pass is located on the Lulong Road, a key passage from the north to the south.

In fact, the Lulong Road, the Pinggang Road in the west, and the Wuzhong Road in the east are the three Yanshan valley passages, which have been important places to defend the Xiongnu from the south since ancient times.

But since the Xiongnu were no longer and Xianbei was also divided, these three main roads had fallen into disrepair and could not be marched.

Of course, there is actually another passage, which is the Liaoning West Corridor, that is, the narrow passage between Yanshan and the sea. The later Shanhaiguan is located there.

However, in this life, because of the humid climate, this passage is submerged by the periodic rise of sea level, and can only pass through seasonally, so it is also called the Ponkai Road, and it has not been useful.

But now, the weather is getting colder and colder, and this seaside road is becoming more and more open, and a hundred years later, Murong Xianbei Energy, which developed from Liaodong, continues to go south to the Central Plains, which is the road to take.

It can be said that they are the result of a change in the environment.

And now, from the situation that Zhang Chong ordered Dong Wan to take Juyong Pass and Yang Mao to take Lu Longsai, we can know the strategy of the Taishan Army at this stage.

It's about closing the door, cleaning the house, and having a treat.

(End of chapter)