Chapter 159: The Form of Yanmen Pass
The autumn wind is bleak, there is no trace of greenery outside Yanmen Pass, Gao Shun stood on the city wall, looking at the mountain road in the southwest, he has been standing here for several hours, although the battle for several days, and a night of rapid marching, the body has long been exhausted, but did not see the arrival of those wounded soldiers, Gao Shun's heart has never been able to let go.
"Captain Gaodu, let's go and rest first, and when the brothers who are trapped in the camp come back, I will send someone to inform you"
Zhang Liao walked up to the city wall, looked at Gao Shun who was motionless, covered with thirsty blood, and couldn't bear it, and wanted to persuade Gao Shun to go down and rest first.
"Thank you Zhang Taishou for your kindness, but I really can't rest assured"
"I've already sent a soldier to answer it, I think I should be able to get to the gate before dark" Zhang Liao stretched out his hand and patted Gao Shun's shoulder, comforting and said.
"Why did Zhang Taishou come to Yanmen Pass" Gao Shun asked suspiciously, as if he had just thought of this question.
"A few days ago, my brother sent Mr. Fan to bring 5,000 soldiers through Dai County, and I followed," Zhang Liao said and looked left and right, and said in a low voice.
"My brother is also rich, he sent three thousand last time, and this one sent another five thousand"
Gao Shun was also taken aback when he heard it, and he didn't dare to ask more.
"Zhang Taishou is here, what about the government affairs of Yanmen County" Gao Shun asked with some puzzlement.
"The government affairs have been handed over to the county, and most of the people have moved to Taiyuan, and there are not many things to deal with, I still yearn for the battle on the battlefield, and when my brother comes back, he will definitely let him get me into the army."
The two chatted a few more words, and the sun on the horizon gradually turned westward, disappearing into the mountains, sprinkling a cloud of clouds. On the mountain road in the distance, a few black spots appeared full, gradually connecting the city in a long line.
"They're back, they're back," Gao Shun muttered a few times and ran towards the city wall.
When Hou Wu and they evacuated from Dingxiang County, they were also chased and killed by the Hutu army for a while, but fortunately, the road was rugged, and there were not many people who came to chase and kill them, only a few dozen, and Hou Wu left a few brothers with minor injuries to block, and most of them got rid of the pursuit.
This time, Hou Wu brought back more than 100 wounded soldiers, and two of the more seriously injured died halfway through. Gao Shun settled the wounded soldiers before falling asleep.
That's three days of sleep.
Gao Shun was woken up by a noisy sound, faintly heard the sound of shouting and killing outside the pass, hurriedly put on his armor, picked up a short gun and ran towards the city wall.
There was a team of Hun cavalry outside the city wall, about fifty people, and there were a few corpses in front, hiding a hundred steps away, constantly scolding, Zhang Liao was already standing at the head of the city, and a middle-aged scribe was standing next to him, looking at the Hun soldiers outside the city.
"Zhang Taishou, what happened, did the Huns come to attack Yanmen Pass" Gao Shun hurriedly stepped forward and asked.
Zhang Liao turned around and said.
"It's not that I'm here to attack the city, but I want to surrender, or if I don't surrender and kill everyone," he said, handing a cloth to Gao Shun.
Gao Shun looked at it again and said disdainfully.
"I've received more than 20 copies of this cloth, don't worry about him, concentrate on preparing for battle."
"What Gao Duwei said is very true, when Fan Chong first arrived in Yanmen, he also asked Gao Duwei to explain the situation of the Xiongnu in detail," Fan Chong said to Gao Shun.
"Gao Shun has seen Mr. Fan, the Xiongnu are divided into three routes, one route is led by Liu Bao, the king of Zuoxian, to attack Yunzhong, and now Yunzhong County has been occupied by the Huns, Liu Bao led 30,000 cavalry with 20,000 Hutu people to fight Shuofang and Wuyuan County, leaving Zuo General Hu Yanzhuo, leading 10,000 cavalry, stationed in Yuanyang County. And a few days ago, when the handsome soldiers attacked Dingxiang, there was a thousand commanders named Amir, this person was very cunning, and every time he let Hugh Tu people attack the city, and the Huns hid behind"
Gao Shun glanced at Zhang Liao and said.
"The situation on the right side of the Huns, Zhang Taishou is more clear"
Zhang Liao nodded and said.
"Last month, the Xiongnu right valley Liwang went to Bei, once sent two thousand cavalry to attack Yanmen County, was discovered by General Xu Huang, killed hundreds of cavalry and bypassed Yandang Mountain, to the east, now Dai County and Shangdang County. As for the Xiongnu Youxian King to lead 40,000 cavalry, he is still in Wuzhou County, and I don't know much about the specific situation."
Although Wuzhou County is only more than 100 miles away from the county seat of Mayi in Yanmen County, it is blocked by mountains, so that the county seat, which originally belonged to Yanmen County, has been occupied by the Huns. In addition to Wuzhou County, there are four county towns north of the Hanshan Mountains: Qiangyin, Zuoyun and Pingcheng. Chen Ping's Baideng plan is in Baideng Town, Pingcheng County.
Zhang Liao paused and continued.
"A few days ago, the county town of Xiangping in Yunzhong County was conquered by the Huns, I was worried that Ningwu Pass would be lost, so I asked Xu Huang to lead three thousand soldiers to guard the town, Ningwu Pass is the southwest gateway of Yanmen County, if the Huns take Ningwu Pass, you can go directly to the hinterland of Yanmen County, the geographical location is particularly important"
Fan Chong nodded and said.
"Zhang Taishou's arrangement is very correct, now as long as we hold Yanmen Pass, even if there is a small force of Xiongnu through Yinshan, we can also exterminate it in time."
Zhang Liao was a little speechless and stopped, and after thinking for a while, he still spoke.
"I'm worried about the Xiyang County seat, Xiyang County is adjacent to Dai County, and the partial pass has always been the defense of Dai County, if Dai County is captured by the Huns, will it enter Yanmen County from the side pass?"
Fan Chong's brows suddenly rose after hearing this, he had just come to Yanmen County, and he was not very clear about some things, and when he heard Zhang Liao say this, he felt that this matter was very serious.
"What do you think you think?"
"I originally wanted to personally lead the troops to Juyang, but now the Huns on this side of Yanmen are ready to move, and the messenger of the Huns who sent the letter today is killed, and they will definitely be annoyed and angry, and the handsome soldiers will attack Yanmen Pass, and I am leaving now, and there are some people who can't rest assured." Speaking of this, remembering the messenger who Fan Chong ordered to shoot the Huns just now, Zhang Liao was a little puzzled, this move was nothing more than to anger the Huns, and some of the gains outweighed the losses.
"Zhang Taishou rest assured, there will be no problem at Yanmen Pass, there will be labor on the side of the pass, without further ado, Taishou should set off as soon as possible"
Fan Chong knew Zhang Liao's thoughts, but he also had his own ideas, since the war was inevitable, it was better to simply provoke the bear people, rely on the high and deep walls of Yanmen Pass, and consume some of the strength of the Huns.
"Okay, I'll leave two thousand soldiers to die in Mr. Fan"
Zhang Liao came this time and brought 4,000 soldiers, wanting to leave 2,000 to assist Fan Chong in guarding the pass.
Fan Chong waved his hand and said.
"The general doesn't have to leave the soldiers, this time he came to bring 2,000 pikemen, and 3,000 archers, plus the original 2,000 guards of Yanmen Pass, which will definitely ensure that Yanmen Pass is worry-free."
This is also Fan Chong's plan, he doesn't want to use the county soldiers of Yanmen for the time being, he just wants to use the soldiers exchanged by Wang Gang, so that some things can be done more satisfactorily.
Zhang Liao saw that Fan Chong's attitude was resolute, and he didn't say more, after all, there are now 7,000 defenders in Yanmen, which is very elite, and his county soldiers are slightly inferior.
"Gao Taiwei is injured, so let's go back to Mayi County with Zhang Taishou to rest"
Gao Shun clasped his fists and saluted, and followed Zhang Liao towards the pass, where the army had already assembled and drove along the official road in the direction of Mayi County.