Chapter 55 Take Tongguan lightly
The mountain peaks in the east of Tongguan are connected, the cliffs and valleys are deep, and there is only one trail leading to Guò, and people walk in between.
It can be seen that the Yellow River is coming from afar, splitting the reckless mountains between Qin and Jin, and heading south to Huayue. As a military stronghold, Tongguan began in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period.
Tongguan is named after water, "the river flows south in the Guan, Tongjiguan Mountain, because it is called Tongguan." "Tong waves are turbulent, so take the name of Tongguan, also known as Chongguan. Here there is the Qinling barrier in the south, there is the Yellow River moat in the north, there is the year in the east that is originally condescending, there is the natural defense line of the forbidden ditch, the original Wanggou, the Manluo River, etc., and the Fenglingdu is opposite across the river, the key point is controlled, the east and west thoroughfares are forbidden, and it is bound to become "close the door and strangle Kyushu, and the birds can not pass", so there is the saying that "Tongguan is solid and the whole Qin is solid".
Tongguan is the first gateway to Chang'an, and the person who guards it is naturally impossible to wait for an idle person, but Wei Wentong, a famous general in Guanzhong, who is known as the "flower knife general".
This person served as the general soldier of Tongguan when he opened the emperor for ten years, at that time he was only more than 20 years old, after a few years of conquest, he was just in his early thirties and was promoted to the "general general" (military position, general of the three products), because of his high martial arts, proficient in the way of using soldiers, he won the weight of Yang Su, the prince of Chu State, and gave the title of "Dashuai" at a banquet, so this title spread far and wide.
As for the internal strength of Tongguan, there are about 20,000 people, which is on par with Zhang Xiao.
But the soldiers in Tongguan are all the elite of the Sui army, not comparable to the rabble under Zhang Xiao, not to mention the siege battle, even if it is a field battle, Zhang Xiao is more victorious and less defeated.
Looking at the towering Tongguan, Zhang Xiao couldn't help but swallow his saliva, and asked Bai Wenyuan, who was standing beside him, "Wenyuan, can you beat it down?"
Bai Wenyuan was very honest and said directly to Zhang Xiao, "You can't beat it without ten times the number of troops." ”
Zhang Xiao also knew that he couldn't beat it, and even if he could, Zhang Xiao didn't have that time.
Because it is estimated that it will only be a month before Yang Xuangan's defeat is now, Zhang Xiao must take Tongguan within ten days, otherwise, Zhang Xiao will face the dilemma of being attacked by the enemy.
Zhang Xiao couldn't help but have a headache and didn't know what to do.
It's just that Zhang Xiao didn't expect that at this time, the city gate was wide open, and about 5,000 elite soldiers rushed out, in order to be a general who looked very much like Guan Gong, born with a red face and beautiful hair, phoenix eyes and silkworm eyebrows, a white Luo scarf on his head, a big red hairpin pressed on his forehead, and was pressing a side of Lantian Meiyu, wearing stainless steel chain mail, a heart protection mirror as a chest, a slanted white Luo robe, a barbarian lion swallowing a treasure belt around his waist, and a pair of cloud combat shoes on his feet, stepping off the BMW purple electric spray cloud beast, holding a string moon treasure knife.
Then, Zhang Xiao saw a somewhat ridiculous scene, the general suddenly dismounted, and then said to Zhang Xiao, "Wei Wentong, please surrender." ”
In this way, Zhang Xiao took Tongguan bloodlessly.
Then, Zhang Xiao knew the truth of the matter.
Wei Wentong surrendered not to himself, but to Yang Xuangan.
The reason why Wei Wentong surrendered is very simple, not that he thought that Yang Xuangan had any domineering spirit, but that he had a good old man.
Wei Wentong is the father of Yang Xuangan, and the right-hand man promoted by Yang Su, the Duke of Chu, can be said to be the descendant of Yang Su's lineage. Moreover, after Yang Xuangan raised the army this time, more than 40 people such as the children of nobles and bureaucrats such as Guan Wang Yang Xiongzi Gongdao and Han Baohu Zi Shige came to the army, and Zhao Yuanshu, a doctor of Guanglu, and Hu Sizheng, a soldier of the military department, also conspired with him, and the Wei family, who was born in Wei Wentong, was also an accomplice of Yang Xuangan.
Of course, the most important point is that Yang Xuangan is now at his peak, and it seems that he has the potential to sweep the world.
Wei Wentong's news is very "well-informed", knowing that this time Yang Xuangan rebelled, in fact, there are shadows of Li Valve and Song Valve, while Dugu Valve and Yuwen Valve are neutral, and the big and small families in the world, heroes from all walks of life have expressed their support, Yang Xuangan can be said to be "has won the hearts of the people in the world".
Yang Xuangan's elite soldiers are as many as perfect. It is to divide 5,000 troops to occupy Citong Road and 5,000 people to guard Yique Road (send Han Shixu, the son of the founding father Han Baohu, to lead 3,000 people to surround Xingyang, Gu Jue led 5,000 people to capture the tiger prison, Yang Xuangan personally led the main force to attack the eastern capital Luoyang, at this time there was no one in Luoyang City, there was only one Pei Hongce, who was beaten by Yang Xuangan in five battles and five defeats, and it was still not a climate.
No matter how Wei Wentong looks at it, this seems to be the climate of a change of dynasty.
Wei Wentong was originally thinking about whether to raise troops to support Yang Xuangan, but out of "cautious" considerations, he did not raise troops, but just made up his mind, if Yang Xuangan hit Tongguan, then he didn't say a word and surrendered directly.
Then, as soon as Zhang Xiao's army arrived, Wei Wentong "set things right".
Although Zhang Xiao didn't know these things, Bi Tai, an official oilman, naturally knew the relationship between Yang Su and Wei Wentong, so he directly explained the general reason to Zhang Xiao in a low voice.
After listening to Tai's description, Zhang Xiao knew what to expect.
Although Wei Wentong is a strong martial artist, familiar with the art of war, and has excellent ability, his character is despicable.
Zhang Xiao immediately figured out how to deal with this "chameleon".
"Wei Shuai, how dare the juniors, who doesn't know that your old man is the confidant and favorite general of Chu Guogong? Zhang Xiao hurriedly helped Wei Wentong up, and then preached to Wei Wentong in a junior tone, and Zhang Xiao's voice even carried a little humility.
After some greetings, Zhang Xiao finally saw the dagger.
Zhang Xiao proposed that he would attack Chang'an tomorrow, and Wei Wentong showed a look of understanding on his face - nonsense, if he didn't attack Chang'an or Luoyang, who would be idle to attack Tongguan?
Then, Zhang Xiao proposed two ways for Wei Wentong to go, one was to attack Chang'an by himself, and then Wei Wentong took his soldiers and horses to support Yang Xuangan, and the other was that Wei Wentong led his troops to attack Chang'an, and he led his troops to support Yang Xuangan.
For Wei Wentong, an "official fan" and "chameleon", the choice has already been decided, so naturally he will lead troops to support Yang Xuangan and show his face in front of the future leaders.
Hearing this, Zhang Xiao was naturally overjoyed, but he didn't show it on his face, and then euphemistically said that he was not really fighting to attack Chang'an, but just "encircling Wei to save Zhao" and transferring the soldiers and horses near Luoyang City.
Then after some bargaining, Wei Wentong decided to take only 10,000 horses to Luoyang City to support Yang Xuangan, leaving 10,000 horses to leave Zhang Xiaole for the time being.
Seeing Wei Wentong embark on a road of no return in high spirits, Zhang Xiao took Tongguan without blood, and had 10,000 more elite soldiers.
Now that Tongguan is in hand, even if the agreement with Yang Xuangan is completed, Zhang Xiao is ready to start the Yang Gong Treasure House, or the idea of the Evil Emperor's relics.
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