[This chapter is a repeated chapter. Liu Xiang also knows how fucked up it feels to repeat this chapter in the next chapter after reading one chapter. However, Liu Xiang repeats chapters not to prevent piracy, but just for the meager perfect attendance award. This book Subscription is not very good, so Liuxiang can't give up perfect attendance. Liuxiang's coding speed is not fast enough, so he can only take advantage of it. I hope everyone understands that it is not easy! 】
Chapter 200: Surrounded by a group of passes, the eight passes of Luoyang
An army of one million people is a fighting force that can destroy the Han Dynasty, so all parties cannot help but pay attention to it. What the Yellow Turbans did in Yanzhou also successfully focused the attention of countless forces here. All major forces are fully supervising the Yellow Turbans. Every move, and this naturally includes Da Shehe. ?
Although Da Hehe is currently mostly paralyzed due to the joint infiltration of Taipingwei and Heibingtai, it is impossible to counter-infiltrate the Yellow Turban Army, but it is more than enough to just find out the exact information.
For more than two months, the Yellow Turban Army in Yanzhou was only transporting food and training, and showed no signs of going to war.
As November approaches, the weather gets colder and the possibility of a decisive battle for the Yellow Turbans becomes smaller. However, the imperial court still strictly orders the frontline soldiers to be on guard. After all, no one knows whether Zhang Jiao will follow the routine.
It’s a pity that there are policies from above and countermeasures from below!
Although the imperial court ordered the soldiers on the front line not to slack off, but if you only commit a thief for a thousand days, how can you prevent a thief the day before yesterday?
The Han soldiers on the front line never expected that the Yellow Turban Army, which had been training honestly for more than two months and showed no signs of attack, had been confusing them.
In November, a heavy snow swept across the Central Plains. In the cold weather, no one expected that Xiang Yu would lead the Yellow Turban elite in a brazen surprise attack.
This raid plan was naturally planned by Guo Jia, and then proposed by Xiang Yu. The specific situation was also very simple. The weather was used to paralyze the Han army, and they were sure to win in one battle by surprise.
Of course, Guo Jia's move had another profound meaning, which was to improve Xiang Yu's status in Zhang Jiao's heart.
This raid is not a decisive battle, it is just preparation for the decisive battle in the coming year. It will completely push the front line to Hulao Pass. Of course, it is best to win Hulao Pass.
Although Lu Zhi retreated to Hulao Pass, he did not abandon several cities between Hulao Pass and Chenliu. Moreover, Lu Zhi also set up more than ten dangerous fortresses along the way, preparing to use them as a line of defense to fight every step of the way. Consume the strength of the Yellow Turban Army.
Zhang Jiao ordered his men to estimate that if the Han army relied on these defense lines to defend tightly, the Yellow Turbans' attack on each city and village would cost at least 100,000 lives by the time they reached Hulao Pass.
And now Guo Jia's surprise attack strategy has directly destroyed all the preparations of the Han army in front of Hulao Pass, and also allowed the Yellow Turban Army to reduce the damage of one hundred thousand troops. Zhang Jiao will naturally not refuse.
The surprise attack caught the Han army by surprise, and with the Yellow Turban elite troops coming out and Xiang Yu personally leading the army, there was no fortress that could not be captured.
Then Xiang Yu launched a blitzkrieg. Several fortified cities and more than a dozen dangerous strongholds were completely destroyed by Xiang Yu within a month. Fortunately, Lu Zhi responded quickly, otherwise Hulao Pass might have been captured by Xiang Yu.
Since then, there are only two dangerous passes between Luoyang and Chenliu: Hulao Pass and Dagu Pass. Of course, they are also the two most difficult passes to conquer.
Xiang Yu, who had made great achievements, had a great reputation among the Yellow Turban Army. Coupled with his status as Zhang Jiao's son-in-law and Xiang Yan's support, Xiang Yu became the person with the loudest voice as Zhang Jiao's successor. Zhang Jiao also became the successor of "Xiang Yu" because of this. Planning, there were some subtle changes in my mind.
Zhang Jiao is also a mortal and will always have some selfish motives. If Xiang Yu is suitable, he will naturally not hand over the Yellow Turban Army to outsiders.
But what Zhang Jiao didn't know was that it was his lack of firmness that caused the Yellow Turbans to form three factions, and they were fighting endlessly secretly.
Luoyang, the land of heaven, is located in the center of the Heluo Plain. It has fertile land and rich products. It is surrounded by mountains on three sides and faces water on one side. It is surrounded by eight passes in the southeast, northwest and four fortresses. There are many great passes. The situation is dangerous and solid, easy to defend but difficult to attack.
In March of the first year of Zhongping, the Yellow Turbans uprising occurred. Within a few months, most of Kantung fell, and officials in both the government and the public were shocked.
To the east of Luoyang, although there is a natural barrier of Hulao, the Yellow Turbans also have millions of troops. The civil and military officials of the entire dynasty did not think that just one powerful pass could withstand a million-strong army.
In order to protect the safety of the capital, Emperor Liu Hong of the Han Dynasty appointed Yin Hejin of Henan as his general, led the left and right Yulin troops and the five lieutenants to camp in Duting to suppress the capital.
Later, eight pass captains were set up around Luoyang to oversee the military and political affairs of the eight passes and guard the safety of Kyoto. These eight passes are: Hangu, Yique, Guangcheng, Dugu, Fuyuan, Xuanmen, Mengjin, Xiao Pingjin eight passes.
Hangu Pass is located to the west of Luoyang. It is the fortress from Luoyang to the west. It points to Luodu in the east, Chang'an in the west, Jianhe River in the south, and Mang Mountain in the north. There is a danger that "one man can guard the pass, but ten thousand people cannot open it". It is one of the eight passes of Luoyang.
Yique Pass is located in the south of Luoyang, at the entrance of Longmen Mountain and Xiangshan Mountain. The two mountains are facing each other, and the Yi River flows through it. It is an important pass in the south of Kyoto and is the only way to go south from Luoyang and north to Jingxiang.
Guangchengguan is located in the south of Guangcheng Garden, near Ru Town, and is known as "two mountains sandwiching a river". There are Changchong Mountain, Niangniang Mountain, Heshang Mountain, Baiyun Mountain, and Panlong Mountain in the northeast, and Dama Mountain and Dama Mountain in the southwest. Huling has been the fortress leading to Ruying since ancient times.
And near Guangchengguan, there is Guangcheng Ze, which is four hundred miles around. The water flows out of Langgao Mountain and flows into Ru River from the southeast. It is a must-pass point from Ruying area to Beijing and Luo.
Taigu Pass Construction Regarding the valley between Songshan Mountain and Longmen Mountain, "Luoyang Records" says: "Taigu Pass, fifty miles south of Luocheng, was formerly known as Tonggu." During wartime, heavy troops could be ambushed here, cutting off traffic between the north and the south, and providing a place for soldiers of all ages to fight for generals. of ancient battlefields.
Sheyuan is located at the junction of Yanshi and Dengfeng. It is the key point of the shortcut from Luoyang to Xu and Chen. The pass is at Eling Ban, between Taishi Mountain and Shaoshi Mountain. The road is dangerous and narrow, with twelve twists and turns. After leaving and returning, it was called Shenyuan Pass.
To the south of Elingkou of Shenyuan Pass, there is another pass, which was built by Ma Zhongfu, the magistrate of Yanshi County in the Song Dynasty. The road is wide and open, making it convenient for people. The locals call it Elingkou, and it is also called New Shenyuan Pass.
The Xuanmen Pass is located in the Shilipu area southwest of Sishui in Xingyang. In the Eastern Han Dynasty, Chenggao Xuanmen Pass was the first pass in the southeast of Luoyang, the capital.
Ban Zhao's "Ode to the Eastern Expedition" says: "Look at the exchanges between Heluo and Chenggao, and see the revolving door of Chenggao", which refers to this pass. If Luoyang passes eastward, there will be no obstruction and can be defended.
Mengjin Pass, also known as Heyang Pass, is located in the middle of the Yellow River, five miles north of Luoyang, eighteen miles south of Meng County, and was an important ferry on the Yellow River in ancient times. This is the place where King Wu of Zhou met with the princes to cross the river when he was conquering Zhou. It was also called Mengjin and Fupingjin.
Du Yu, Marquis of Fengleting in the Western Jin Dynasty, built the first floating bridge on the Yellow River here, which was called "River Bridge".
In the Northern Wei Dynasty, the three cities of Heyang were placed on the north and south banks and on the sandbanks in the river. They were the key points to the north of Luoyang in the past dynasties and were battlegrounds for military strategists.
Xiaopingjinguan is located in the northwest of the old city of Mengjin, in the middle of the Yellow River. It is also a ferry on the Yellow River. Its status is second only to Mengjinguan, so it is named Xiaopingjin.
In addition, there is Tongguan to the west of Luoyang (the pass has not been built yet), Hulao Pass to the east, Tianjing Pass and Zhiguan to the north.
These passes are both the gateway to Luoyang and are fortified with defenses, making Luoyang an important military location that can be attacked when advancing and defended when retreating. 8
