To the north of Tongguan, south of Puban, and west of Hedong, Fenglingdu, the ferry of the Yellow River, is located here.
Fenglingdu has been the largest ferry of the Yellow River since ancient times. It is located on the bank of the Yellow River, across the river from Tongguan, and at the big bend of the Yellow River turning eastward.
As the saying goes, the Yellow River has nine twists and turns. The Nine-Meander Yellow River was blocked by the Qinling Mountains at Fenglingdu, and its mighty momentum suddenly turned from south to east, rushing into the sea. However, Fenglingdu became the intersection of the Yellow River, Weihe River and Luohe River.
Fenglingdu has been the chokepoint between Hedong, Henan and Guanzhong since ancient times, and has always been a battleground for military strategists.
The ancient battlefield between Wei and Qin was here. Cao Cao's campaigns against Han Sui and Ma Chao in the Eastern Han Dynasty all took place at Fenglingdu.
At this moment, an endless army in the east was marching towards here. In the hot summer, the sergeants were lightly dressed and spent seven days walking 500 miles and finally arrived at Fenglingdu!
"The whole army is here, stop and rest!" In front of a birch forest, the orderly soldiers galloped in front of and behind the team carrying military flags, issuing orders.
"worn out!"
"It's so hot! It's so hot, it's so dry, and the water bag doesn't even have enough water to drink."
"No. Our Tianshu Camp is not the Suzaku Camp. We have no war horses and can only march on foot."
Several fellow sergeants put down their troops and fell on the sparse grass aside, gasping for air.
"Okay! I didn't hear you being so verbose when I captured Anyi and made military exploits! What? I think Zhuque Camp is good, why don't you go to Suzaku Camp?" The marching Sima tied up the horses and just wanted to rest for a while. I heard some grumbling from the sergeants.
The thin sergeant lying under the white birch pouted his head: "Sima, what you said, I didn't say that our Tianshu camp is not good. It's just that it's too hot today. Can't we travel at night and rest during the day?"
"Do you know the art of war, or does the general know the art of war?" The military orderer Sima put aside the long sword he wore and frowned, obviously unhappy.
The military commander Sima saw that the thin sergeant stopped talking and continued: "Each battalion of the Xiaoqi Army has different establishments and functions. If you feel tired, you can apply to go to the Suzaku Camp. It just depends on whether they like you or not. You have to say something else. We all They are General Tian's men. Some of them have been following our lord since Xuzhou like us. We haven't fought any tough battles in the past year or so? Where are we now? Just bear with me the hardship you feel. Don't shake the morale of the army. Otherwise, don’t blame me for being unreasonable and engaging in military law!”
"I don't dare!" When the sergeants saw that the usually lenient military commander Sima had a straight face, they stood up one after another and did not dare to talk about military operations any more.
The military commander ordered Sima to pour half of his water bag to the thin sergeant just now: "At most, we can see the big river when it gets dark. As long as we can see the big river, we will reach the foot of Fenglingdu. Save more energy. There will be many battles next. There is plenty of military merit for us to earn!"
"Thank you Sima!" The thin sergeant took the water bag with gratitude and said guiltily: "Brothers, I was wrong. We will definitely be able to go to Fenglingdu, break into Guanzhong, and drive away the Qin people!"
"Okay!" Military Commander Sima praised, and at the same time drank more than half of the last bit of water. He wiped his mouth, looked at the poisonous sun hanging in the sky, and covered it with his arms.
Not long after, thousands of soldiers from Tianshu Camp began to walk out of the birch forest and began a long march...
On horseback, Tian Luo asked Zhao Lunzhi for advice: "Zhu Zhao, this is not far from Fenglingdu, but our scouts and detective horses have not yet found out the detailed military information of the enemy, which is very detrimental to us. Ah! I wonder if Mr. Zhao has a way to deal with this?"
Zhao Lunzhi was riding a horse, his body was shaky, but he had become accustomed to the bumps on the march after a month of deployment. He looked at the barren beach in front of him and took a breath of hot air: "General, I suspect that the enemy is in Fengling. There were no troops stationed at Dudu, but Puban and Tongguan must have been heavily guarded."
"Why does Zhao Zhuji think that the enemy has not deployed men and horses to defend Fenglingdu? That is the largest crossing of the Jiuqu Yellow River and the only way from the east of the river to Guanzhong. How could the enemy be unprepared?" Tian Luo was puzzled. He tied the riding whip to the iron ring of the saddle, pulled open the water bag on the side and poured it into his throat.
After Zhao Lunzhi drank the water, General Tian Luo explained slowly: "General, just imagine what the situation is like in Guanzhong today? After the death of King Fu Jian of Qin, Fu Pi proclaimed himself emperor in Jinyang, and Fu Deng ran to Anding again. , the land of Sanfu is occupied by Murong Chong, but there are still Qin soldiers stationed east of Huayin, plus Yao Chang has been active, isn't this situation a confusing situation? "
"Having said that, are the guards at Puban and Tongguan all pig-headed? Don't they know how to deploy troops to defend the river?" Tian Luo is not as optimistic as Zhao Lunzhi. If tens of thousands of enemy troops are ambushed in Fenglingdu, what will he do? Didn't Qian Tianshu Camp come to die?
"The general is really too suspicious!" Seeing that Tian Luo still didn't believe it, Zhao Lunzhi said in detail: "The man stationed at Huayin is Murong Xian, who is Murong Chong's confidant, but the guard at Tongguan is Li Bian. He was a guard of King Fu Jian of Qin, and he would never make peace with Murong Chong and surrender. The one guarding Pu Ban was Yang Bi. Although this man was also a Qin general, he had been frustrated for a long time and his will was not strong. Our army only needs to promise heavy profits. It is very likely that he will surrender, so no matter whether Li Bian and Yang Bi are stationing troops in Fenglingdu, we can defeat them one by one and proceed step by step..."
In the past few days, Fenglingdu has not received any accurate military information, so Zhao Lunzhi could only ask the scouts to strengthen the collection of military information on Tongguan, the middle gate of the pass, and Puban, the Yellow River pass. Only then did the battalion get this military information.
After hearing Zhao Lunzhi's analysis, Tian Luo immediately ordered someone to go to Pu Ban with gold and silver jewelry to activate relations with Yang Bi, and take the opportunity to persuade Yang Bi to surrender. If Yang Bi could surrender, he could cross the river from Pu Ban and avoid this. Fenglingdu is a place where reality is difficult to distinguish.
Two days later, a lieutenant general from Tianshu camp brought ten boxes of jewelry to the general of Urabaka, Yang Bi. However, Yang Bi's attitude was ambiguous and he seemed to want to raise the price. When Tian Luo heard the news, he was so angry that he started to explore. After understanding that there was indeed no Qin army stationed at Fenglingdu, he personally led his men and horses to cross the river on the built wooden bridge.
By the time Uraban guard Yang Bi reacted, Tian Luo's army had already surrounded Uraban City. In desperation, Yang Bi had no choice but to leave the city and surrender.
In this way, the eight thousand Urasaka garrison formally surrendered to the Xiaoqi Army, and two of the three passes in Hedong fell into Tian Luo's hands easily.
As everyone knows, when Tian Luo secretly captured Fenglingdu and Pu Ban, Zheng Lue's Zhaozhao Battalion also broke through Shangluo from Hongnong, and the army reached Tongguan!
Soon after, 30,000 troops from the Tianshu and Zhaoyao Second Battalions came to Tongguan City...
