Xingyang, by the history of Dongyu, Beijing, Xingyang, Chenggao, Bishui, Xingze, Wutai, Heyin, Guangwu and other counties and regions and the evolution of the region, its jurisdiction of the area, in the west of Zhengzhou urban area, the east of the Hugao Pass in Bishui, the east of the Songshan Mountains north of the Fuxi Mountain, the middle and lower reaches of the Yellow River boundary of the south of the Guangwu Mountain.

In this vast area, the land is fertile, the products are abundant, the people are outstanding, the mountains and rivers are beautiful, and there are dangerous passes such as Xingyang Pass and Tiger Prison Pass, and there are famous mountains and valleys such as Guangwu Mountain and Gap.

Xingyang has a long history and splendid culture, and has a history of more than 2,200 years, and has been an important political area and military town in the past dynasties.

Xingyang is a political important place in history, there is a chasm in the east of Xingyang to connect the Huai River and Surabaya, the north is adjacent to the Yellow River in the north of the Pishan Mountain, the south is adjacent to the Suohe River and the Songshan Mountain, and the west passes the Tiger Prison to connect Luoyang and Chang'an, the terrain is dangerous, the transportation is convenient, and it was an important place for county governance in history: in 221 BC, after Qin Shi Huang unified the whole country and established the Qin Dynasty, Sanchuan County was set up, and Xingyang, Gong, Beijing and other counties were governed;

Xingyang is an important military town in history, in the history of recorded history, Xingyang is the place where the soldiers of all dynasties must fight: in the Spring and Autumn Period, Jin and Chu fought for hegemony, and fought here;

In 230 B.C., after Qin destroyed Korea, in order to strengthen its control over the Central Plains, it built Aocang at the foot of Guangwu Mountain in Xingyang, stored a large amount of grain and stationed heavy troops, making Xingyang a famous military town.

During the Chu-Han War, Xingyang was the center of contention, where Liu Bang and Xiang Yu confronted each other for a long time and fought repeatedly, and finally divided the world with the chasm as the boundary.

During the Three Kingdoms, Liu Bei, Guan Yu, Zhang Fei and Lu Bu fought in Xingyang's Tiger Prison Pass, which is the famous "Three Heroes Battle of Lu Bu" in history.

At the beginning of the Tang Dynasty, Li Shimin, the king of Qin, fought a decisive battle with the separatist force Dou Jiande in the area of Xingyang Tiger Prison Pass and Niukouyu, defeated the enemy's 100,000 army with 3,000 iron cavalry, and forced Wang Shichong, who was entrenched in Luoyang, to surrender to the Tang Dynasty, laying the foundation for the Tang Dynasty to unify the world, which is the famous "Battle of Tiger Prison" in history.

In the eighth year of Chongzhen at the end of the Ming Dynasty (1635), Gao Yingxiang, Zhang Xianzhong and other thirteen families and seventy-two battalions of peasant rebels gathered in Xingyang Dahai Temple.

Xingyang is a water transport hub in history, a grain storage center, and Dayu divides the big river into a ditch in Xingze, leading to the southeast.

King Wei Hui opened the gap, opened the mouth in the north of Xingyang (Xingkou), and led the yellow water into the girder through the garden.

Qin Shi Huang dredged the gap to pass Huai and Si, and transported grain from the north and south of the Huai River to Aocang in Xingyang.

Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty repaired the Luo, Huang and Bianhe rivers on a large scale, called the Tongji Canal, which communicated the north and south, connected the east and west, and was the water transportation hub at that time.

In the Tang Dynasty, the grain of the world was transported to Wujiao Cang and Heyin Cang, and then transported to Chang'an.

The Northern Song Dynasty regarded the Bianhe River as the lifeblood of the country, and transported grain from all directions to Bianliang, and the people of Xingyang called it the grain river.

At that time, Xingyang had a developed economy and a prosperous market.

In 360 B.C., the Wei State during the Warring States Period dug a chasm in Xingyang, diverted the Yellow River water from Xingyang to the southeast, and converged with Huaishui, Surabaya, Jishui, Rushui, etc., connecting Xingyang with Chen (now Huaiyang), Dingtao in Shandong and other famous cities and Jianghuai to form a commercial trade network.

The chasm can be used for water transportation and irrigation of farmland, and has played a great role in promoting the economic development of Zhengzhou in the long-term historical development from the Warring States period to the Qin, Han, Wei and Jin dynasties.

Xingyang at the confluence of the chasm and the Yellow River, due to the convenient water and land transportation, the status of the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period is rising, from the Western Han Dynasty to the Western Jin Dynasty and the Northern Wei Dynasty, Xingyang has always been the place of county governance, and has jurisdiction over most of the areas of Zhengzhou and Kaifeng.

At this time, Xingyang, within a hundred miles, the fertile scorched earth, the embers of the war were still burning, the corpses were all over the ground, and some Zhang Chujun soldiers in tattered clothes dragged their tired bodies, looking for the corpses of their comrades in the battlefield.

The war had lasted for nearly half a year at this time, from the hot summer to the spring, and the casualties on both sides were innumerable, especially Zhang Chujun, who attacked Xingyang many times, but in vain.

Moreover, Li You wandered with his troops, he would often go out of the city to attack Zhang Chujun, which made Zhang Chujun tired, and when Zhang Chu's army attacked the city, Li You would have a variety of rare tactics to resist Zhang Chujun's attack, and Zhang Chu's army attacked Xingyang, which was very difficult.

At this time, Wu Guang surrounded Xingyang with more than 100,000 Zhang Chu troops by separate routes, and each village was strictly guarded.

Li You saw that Zhang Chu's army continued to reinforce the army, so he had to retreat to Xingyang City, fortify the city, urge Aocang to deliver military rations, confront Zhang Chu's army for a long time, and ask Xianyang for help again.

At this time, at the head of Xingyang City, the people were conscripted into the army, they carried the rolling wood thunder stone, transported to the city, a hanging rope tied to the boulder, Dading, pulled to the city, the beacon fire that had just been extinguished was still smoking, Li Si and the partial general Pang Delong walked on the head of the city, watching the soldiers embarrassed, and some of the wounded soldiers were still moaning in pain at the head of the city, Li You couldn't help but sigh lightly.

He came to the head of the city, holding the wall with both hands, looking into the distance with his eyes, and under the city tower, it was vaguely visible that the soldiers of Zhang Chujun were also busy searching for wounded soldiers and bringing them back to the camp.

This battle has been half a year, and both sides have fought extremely embarrassed, but Zhang Chujun has a steady stream of reinforcements, and he has been holding out here for half a year, and every time he sends out a letter for help, there is no news, if this stalemate continues, Li You doesn't know how long he can hold out.

But the only thing Li was proud of at that time was that he had Ao Cang and a steady stream of supplies, but as the wars became more frequent and more tragic, Li You himself didn't know how long he could hold out.

Extremely depressed in his heart, Li You had no intention of inspecting the city defense again, he slapped the wall battlements hard, and turned to leave.

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On the other hand, Zhang Chu's army camp, at this time Wu Guang was also convening the generals to discuss how to capture Xingyang's meeting, this battle was so difficult, Wu Guang had already begun to retreat, but Chen Sheng did not allow him to withdraw at this time, Wu Guang had to continue to attack the city.

Before and after, Chen Sheng has sent four reinforcements, with a total of 60,000, and now, although Zhang Chu's army has lost troops, he still has 100,000 available troops under his command, which is why Wu Guang dares to continue to besiege Xingyang.

But such a stalemate is not a way after all, so Wu Guang gathered everyone today to discuss countermeasures, if it doesn't work, he can only take the method of attacking.

At this time, the tent was extremely quiet, everyone bowed their heads and said nothing, Wu Guang was also holding a wine bowl, drinking quietly, I don't know how long it took, Tian Zang got up and said: "If the general refuses to retreat, I have a top, middle and bottom strategy, which can be chosen by the general." ”

After Wu Guang heard this, his eyes lit up, he put down the wine glass in his right hand, and asked loudly: "Tell me quickly, what is the plan?" ”

Tian Zang gave Wu Guangxing a salute, then paced in the tent, and said with a smile: "The best policy, we will immediately return to the army, march to Dangjun, seize Chen Liu, raise the army there, plant in spring and harvest in autumn, as long as the army food is sufficient, we can kill back in the autumn, at that time, Li You thought that our army would retreat in a cowardly battle, and it would not be defended, and then we would attack the city in a big way, and this battle would be won." ”

After Tian Zang finished speaking, he stared at Wu Guang, but Wu Guang lowered his head and pondered at this time, his eyebrows were furrowed, and after a long time, Wu Guang sighed: "This plan is not possible." ”

Wu Guang picked up the wine glass, took another sip, and sighed: "The king let us besiege Xingyang, it is bound to win, and we have increased our troops four times to strengthen the army. ”

Tian Zang saw that Wu Guang was unwilling, and just wanted to open his mouth to dissuade him, but Wu Guang shook his hand and sighed: "Needless to say, this plan will definitely not work." ”

"Isn't there a middle way? Let's hear it. Wu Guang diverted the topic, Tian Zang had to shake his head, and said: "Zhongce, we pretend to besiege Xingyang, and quietly withdraw the army to attack Aocang. ”

Tian Zang laughed proudly, Wu Guang shook his head again and said: "This is not possible, if we divide the troops and continue to advance, once Li You sends troops to attack, the siege of Xingyang can be solved without a fight, at that time, take Ao Cang, but we have lost the best opportunity to besiege Li You, the gains outweigh the losses, no, no, no, no......!" ”

Wu Guang rejected Tian Zang again, Tian Zang was slightly displeased, and on the side, the former general Xu Wu got up and persuaded: "Ao Cang is lost, Li You will not dare to love Xingyang for a long time, at that time, the general divided his troops and continued to advance, and Xingyang can be broken." ”

Xu Wu's advice, Wu Guang didn't seem to listen, he still frowned, shook his head and sighed, Tian Zang on the side hurriedly said: "If this is the case, the general can only go down and attack Xingyang." ”

There was silence in the big tent, Tian Zang's best strategy was terrifying and clever, avoiding its edge, hibernating, with a stable military rations, why worry about Xingyang not breaking, but Wu Guang couldn't listen, but Tian Zang's middle strategy, divided troops to attack Xingyang, cut off Li You's foundation, as long as there was no food, Li You also couldn't hold Xingyang, but Wu Guang still couldn't listen.

Time seemed to stop at this moment, and in the end, Wu Guangmeng slapped the table case and ordered: "Order, assemble the three armies, don't give a reason to breathe, don't take Xingyang, and vow not to collect the army!" ”

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The war drums rumbled, around Xingyang City, Zhang Chujun was like ants, surrounded by groups, flags fluttering, cloud ladders stood up, soon, under Wu Guang's order, attacked on all sides, Zhang Chujun roared and launched a fierce attack on Xingyang City.

This time Wu Guang was afraid to fight to the death, he invested nearly 50,000 troops, besieged on all sides, and on the city tower, Li You was very anxious, he saw that the enemy army was gradually approaching, and suddenly ordered: "Archer, release the arrow!" ”

The archers at the south gate raised their bows and shot arrows at the city, and the other three city gates also entered the battle state one after another, shooting arrows, throwing stones, throwing rolling wood, and throwing boiling dung soup down the city tower, and the Qin army used all kinds of means to deal with the fierce attack of Zhang Chujun.

The war lasted from the afternoon to late at night, a wave of Zhang Chu's army attacked the city tower, but was killed by the spear and halberd of the Qin army, the screams were one after another, and people continued to fall from the city tower, the first wave of people died, and the second group of people substituted, continued to climb the ladder, and attacked the city tower.

Until the sun slowly rose, Zhang Chujun still failed to occupy a foothold on the city tower, at this time, Zhang Chujun suffered heavy casualties, the city tower was bleeding like a river, a messenger galloped over, reported to Wu Guang: "General, the east, west, and north three places have suffered heavy casualties, and nearly 30,000 casualties have been lost. ”

After Wu Guang heard this, he slammed his sword on the ground and said hatefully: "Order, increase troops to attack, before dark, you must take Xingyang!" ”

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Half a month passed, Xingyang was stable, Wu Guang was helpless, ordered Xu Wu, Deng said that the two divided their troops to attack the surrounding counties, and asked Chen Sheng for help, asking for more troops.