In Baocheng County, Wuxiuguan is also called Hutou Pass. This pass was the great city in the Tang Dynasty mentioned by Zhe De.
Wuxiuguan is located at the most dangerous point at the foot of Wuguan Mountain, surrounded by water on three sides to the northwest and south.
The rushing Bao River bypassed these three sides and then headed south rapidly. Although the river was not wide, the current was so strong that it was impossible to wade across it, and it was also very difficult to build a pontoon bridge.
And even if the water flow is slower, there is actually no way to build a floating bridge.
Because Wuxiuguan is not just surrounded by water on three sides. The three sides surrounded by water are completely cliffs. Even if a pontoon bridge is built, there is still a hundred-foot-high cliff facing Wuxiuguan, which makes it impossible to pass through Wuxiuguan.
Therefore, the only place in Wuxiuguan that could be attacked was the east side where Baoxie Road and Yunqiao Plank Road were blocked. After Li Cunhui arrived with three thousand elites, he couldn't help but take a breath of cold air.
The Yunqiao Plank Road is dug halfway up the mountain and can only accommodate four people passing side by side. Moreover, because the plank road is built with wooden sticks inserted into the mountain, its carrying capacity is limited, so it is impossible for many people to come up at one time.
Wuxiuguan, built against mountains and rivers, is like a mountain god, overlooking the Yunqiao plank road, completely blocking this path.
Li Cunhui did not launch an attack immediately, nor did he make a tentative attack. If his three thousand men attacked, he could only pass over a hundred of them at once, and basically sent them away.
The news quickly spread to Luo Yu'er of the Chinese Army. Luo Yu'er reported to the head coach Cai Guogong Yin Zhengqi and convened the generals for discussion.
After reading the sketch drawn by Li Cunhui, Zhe Deke said with a toothache: "There are two passes on the Baoxie Road, and the Wuxiuguan Pass is even more dangerous than the Baoguchou Pass.
In the twelfth year of Jian'an in the Later Han Dynasty, Emperor Wu of the Wei Dynasty came out of Xiegu to visit Hanzhong, but failed to attack Wu Xiuguan, so he had to retreat with his troops. "
In other dynasties, it would have been enough to call Cao Cao Cao Mengde, and maybe he would have to call Cao Amo twice, but Zhang Zhou couldn't do that.
Who is Queen Cao Yanxi's Shazhou Cao family, who claims to be a descendant of Qiaojun Cao, a descendant of Cao Cao.
Historically, Wuxiuguan, as a natural barrier on the Baoxie Road, has experienced dozens of wars, large and small, most frequently during the Southern Song Dynasty. There were several fierce battles around Wuxiuguan between Song, Jin, and Song and Mongolia.
The most famous one should be the Battle of Song-Jin-Hanzhong in the third year of Shaoxing in the Southern Song Dynasty (1133). The Jin army first captured Wuxiuguan with a sneak attack, and then broke through Xingyuan Mansion (Hanzhong).
But Liu Ziyu, the prefect of Hanzhong, took the lead and burned down Xingyuan Mansion and other large and small cities, and moved all the residents away.
After the Jin army captured Xingyuan Mansion, they had no food and grass. They attacked Xianren Pass to the west and entered Shu but were blocked by Wu Jie. They had no choice but to return via Wuxiuguan Pass.
But at this time, Liu Ziyu, the prefect of Xingyuan Prefecture who was familiar with the geography, led more than a thousand elite troops to cross the mountains and seize Wuxiuguan, blocking the 60,000 Jin army.
In order to return to the north, the Jin army stormed Wuxiuguan, but lost more than half of it before escaping back to Guanzhong. The Bao River was blocked by the corpses and baggage of the Jin army, causing a dam.
It can be seen from this that the location of Wuxiuguan is so terrible. It is said that if they return to the army, they should not be stopped, but Liu Ziyu dared to use Wuxiuguan to block the plank road and block the return of the Jin army.
And he only had a thousand soldiers, but the Jin army had 60,000 people who desperately attacked, but still failed to capture it.
The reason why half of the people were able to escape in the end should be that the Song army who was locked up was almost exhausted and couldn't kill anymore, so the Jin army was able to escape smoothly.
Of course, it is impossible for these people to know about this battle at present, but the difficulty of fighting Wuxiuguan is somewhat beyond their expectations.
After Zhe Deyi talked about Cao Cao's attack on Wuxiuguan, He Fujin mentioned Zhong Hui's attack on Shu.
The reason why Zhong Hui conquered Shu is mentioned is because it is very similar to the current situation.
At that time, Wei State also attacked Shu first before Jiangnan was settled, and its troops were also divided into two groups. Zhong Hui's main force took the Baoxie Road to attack Hanzhong, while Deng Ai led a partial force to take the Yinping Road.
It is exactly the same as today's large army marching to Hanzhong and Gao Huaide leading a small number of elites to march on the Qishan Road.
He Fujin pointed to the sketch and said: "Zhong Hui's attack on Shu was able to break Wuxiuguan because the Baoxie Road was severely damaged and the Shu army did not hold on to Wuxiuguan. It is different from today.
Therefore, if we want to attack by force, it will be very difficult. It is better to send an elite force to the east and bypass Wenchuan Road to attack from both front and rear. "
The so-called Wenchuan Road is a passage built along the Wenchuan River, a tributary of the Han River, east of Wuxiuguan.
It was built in the third year of Dazhong reign of Emperor Xuanzong of Tang Dynasty (849). It can also lead to Hanzhong, generally along the Wenchuan River in Chenggu County, Shaanxi Province.
Luo Yu'er also looked very solemn, "Although Wenchuan Road exists, it was basically out of use after four years in Dazhong. It was used for less than a year. It is said that the river is full of rocks and it is impossible for people to walk on it."
Wenchuan Road is not a plank road, or the plank road only accounts for a small part. Most of the roads are gravel roads built along the Wenchuan River.
The advantage is that it can travel 200 miles shorter than Wuxiuguan, and by following the river, you can borrow some water transportation.
However, it was later discovered that the Wenchuan River changes greatly between flood and drought seasons. There is abundant water in the wet season, and the post roads along the river are often washed away.
During the dry season, the water volume decreased, and many sections of the road could be passed by just rolling up the trousers, but it was impossible to sail at all, so it was basically abandoned after only one year.
Luo Yu'er was still hesitating, but Jiao Jixun next to him had already made up his mind. After the Right Divine Weiwei had caused such a big disaster, how could he have the dignity to hang out with the pro-army if he didn't do something that would lead to a near-death escape?
So Jiao Jixun raised his hand and said, "Sima, according to the merchants from the Hexi Chamber of Commerce, although Wenchuan Road cannot be used by large armies, there are many merchants walking there because the road is closer than Wuxiuguan.
Please allow the last general to select 800 elite troops and take them by surprise from the south of Wenchuan Road. They will definitely cause chaos to the Shu army in Xingyuan Prefecture. Maybe they can also pick up Li Rong of Zhaoyi Town who is taking the Tangluo Road. "
Luo Yu'er looked at Jiao Jixun in surprise, "You mean not to go over the mountains to attack Wu Xiuguan, but to go directly south to Xingyuan Mansion on Wenchuan Road.
If this is the case, the Wenchuan Road is in ruins and full of rocks, making it impossible to carry heavy supplies. Eight hundred people can't carry much at all. What's the use of being able to enter Xingyuan Mansion? "
Wenchuan Road was built along the Wenchuan River. It has been abandoned for nearly a hundred years. Only merchants are still using it, and they walk like three mules of food and one mule of goods.
In other words, two merchants usually brought four mules and horses, three mules were used to carry food and other necessary supplies, and only one mule could carry the goods out.
This is still a trader. If the army wants to go out from Wenchuan Road, they will have to carry a large amount of weapons, armor, food, etc., which is far heavier than the burden of the trader. I am afraid that one person will need four mules and horses.
But one person can't take care of four mules and horses. Even if he can, such a big movement will definitely alert the Shu army's scouts.
At that time, the Shu army only needs to set up an ambush according to the danger and wait for the work, while Jiao Jixun and others will have no choice but to wait for death.
Jiao Jixun looked at Luo Yu'er, with a cruel look on his face for the first time.
He is forty-six years old this year. Although he has achieved the position of general in the army, he does not have a title yet, and the right guard has such a big problem.
If you don't take a serious gamble, when will you be able to become a martial artist, and when will you be qualified to draw a picture of a hero.
“There are fish, shrimps and crabs in the water of Wenchuan, and there is no shortage of water. One person only needs to bring two kilograms of mutton oil and dried rice.
If we use mules and horses for the two hundred miles, they are not as fast as human legs and feet. The final general will lead eight hundred warriors to march all the way day and night. They will surely reach the boundary of Xingyuan Mansion within two days, and the Shu army will not be able to react at all. "
Although mules and horses carry heavy loads and are fast, it is only a short distance. They can throw people ten blocks away within fifty miles. But if they have to travel two hundred miles across mountains and rivers, a well-trained ruthless person will definitely be able to defeat the mules and horses.
The title of King of Endurance of the terrifying erectus is not given for nothing.
What a ruthless person! Luo Yu'er was in awe. Jiao Jixun wanted to walk the entire Wenchuan Road as quickly as possible without food, only with weapons and armor.
It was all about risking their lives. As long as there was a slight mistake, even if the Shu army was undefended, as long as Jiao Jixun and others could not find food supplies, they would starve to death.
Seeing Luo Yuer's slight hesitation, Jiao Jixun knelt down on one knee and shouted: "Please Sima Chengquan!"
Seeing that Jiao Jixun was determined, Luo Yu'er no longer hesitated. He looked at Jiao Jixun and said: "Select five hundred warriors from the Shenwei Guards on the right, and the rest will be close to the military guards. The Forbidden Army will send out three hundred warriors. Please ask the Military Justice Department to measure it with a ruler." In other words, anyone with a waist and abdomen less than three feet will not be allowed!"
Jiao Jixun was overjoyed and thanked her profusely. Luo Yuer didn't know whether her decision was right or wrong.
The military magistrate in the army immediately began to measure the waist circumference of the soldiers and generals.
The reason why he did this was because Jiao Jixun's method was to quickly pass through Wenchuan Road by eating only half or even half full, and carrying as little food as possible and more weapons and armor.
In this kind of march, if there are no three kilograms of oil in the waist and abdomen, it will not be possible to fight beyond Wenchuan Road.
Only a macho man with a big belly and a lot of food in his belly can still fight after walking two hundred miles of bad road in a semi-starved state, relying on the fat stored in his daily life.
Jiao Jixun set off immediately, and Luo Yu'er also got angry. Jiao Jixun chose to take Wenchuan Road directly into Xingyuan Mansion, so someone had to take the Wenchuan Road path and cross Wuguan Mountain to attack from both front and back.
He looked at Wucheng Hou Wang Tongxin behind him. In the past, when he followed Zhang Xian on his westward journey in Hanshandu and fought hundreds of thousands of people, Wang Tongxin had a higher status than him.
In fact, they are not lower than him at the moment. Man Xiong, Dunzhu, Qiongre Duojin, and Wang Tong have always been the four dogs around Zhang Hao. When fighting, they are all side by side with Zhang Hao.
But Wang Tongtong was unwilling to read, and the general could only lead three to five hundred men, so Luo Yu'er came from behind and became the general of one side. Wang Tongtong still served as Zhang Gao's personal general in the capital of Hanshan.
"Brother, how about I leave this job of crossing Wuguan Mountain to you?" Luo Yu'er pondered for a moment, and then spoke in a more attentive tone.
Unexpectedly, Wang Tongtong didn't care at all that Luo Yu'er assigned him this hard work. The guy grinned.
"If anything doesn't work, Sima Qie will keep an eye on it. A certain family will be able to send magic soldiers from the sky to defeat the bandit army.
A certain family has a lot of expenses, and the title of Marquis of Wucheng is still a little short of lumi. He should have become a county prince long ago! "
. . . .
On the other side, Li Rong, who was taking the Tangluo Road, had an even bigger headache, because the Baoxie Road was once repaired by Meng Shu to transport grain, and the Baoshi River was still barely navigable in some areas.
But the Tangluo Road is different. As the main passage from Guanzhong to Shuzhong in the Tang Dynasty, it was destroyed on a large scale by the two regimes of Wang Shu and Meng Shu. Therefore, now the Tangluo Road only has a name, and the plank road is almost completely destroyed.
Li Rong could only cut trees and build a plank road while passing through. Although there was no one to defend him, the difficulty along the way was truly as difficult as climbing to the sky.
. . . .
Xingyuan Mansion, Shannan West Road Jiedushi Office, Sun Hanshao has been actively making various preparations since the news came that Zhou Jun was about to attack Shu.
As the first general of Meng Shu, Sun Hanshao exchanged Jiezhen with Zhang Qianzhao after returning from Guanzhong.
Although he only guarded Xingyuan Mansion for three or four years, he managed the entire Xingyuan Mansion well. Most of his soldiers came with him to the Meng Shu Imperial Army Wu Yijun, and he could command all soldiers and generals like an arm.
Sun Hanshao did not engage in passive defense like the Shu Han did in the past. Instead, he sent troops to occupy and rush to repair Wuxiuguan and other passes a few years ago.
But just when he thought he was about to face a crusade from the Zhou army coming from Guanzhong, the first warning came from the Wuding army in Yuanzhou east of Xingyuan Mansion.
Yuanzhou was later known as Yangxian County in Shaanxi Province, where a festival town was established in the Tang Dynasty, and Sun Hanshao was originally the military governor of Yuanzhou Wuding Army in the later Tang Dynasty.
After surrendering to Meng Zhixiang, he has been guarding Yuanzhou most of the time. In recent years, he was transferred to Shannan West Road Jiedu Envoy.
The current military governor of Wuding in Yuanzhou is Wang Huan, who is from Zhengding, Hebei Province. He is half of Meng Zhixiang's hometown. He was born in Meng Zhixiang's personal guard. He is good at running the army. If he hadn't really encountered a big problem, he wouldn't have Asking him for help.
When Wu Dingjun's messenger arrived, Sun Hanshao learned that as early as the first day of March, Zhang Zhouping, the deputy general of the Shu camp, the Yin of Xiangyang Prefecture, the military supervisor of Xiangyang Prefecture, and the commander-in-chief Er Zhujing of Feng'an Town led 200 warships. Thirty thousand men on foot and cavalry sailed upstream from Jinzhou (Ankang, Shaanxi Province) and began to storm the territory under the jurisdiction of Wuding Army in Yuanzhou.
Of course Er Zhujing did not have 30,000 soldiers and horses. In fact, he only had 8,000 infantry and cavalry, as well as more than 10,000 sailors and civilians.
However, Feng'an Town and the Xiangyang Guards, composed of Shannan Dongdao Yabing and Dengzhou Weisheng Army Yabing, had a high combat effectiveness.
All Xiangyang Prefectures have completed land equalization, and every family has benefited greatly from the new dynasty, and there is a visible path for upward growth.
The key is that with the new dynasty and the new atmosphere, everyone feels that there is a way forward, so everyone works hard. Although they are swimming against the current, they are not slow in action.
They set out from Xiangyang Prefecture on the first day of March and captured Shiquan County controlled by the Shu army on the seventh day of March.
On March 18th, they arrived at Raofeng Pass in the northwest of Shiquan County, and were surrounded and attacked fiercely. Wang Huan sent three thousand Wuding troops down the river to rescue, but they were defeated in all three battles.
On March 20, the defenders of Raofengguan saw the defeat of the reinforcements, so they simply opened the city and surrendered.
This time Yuanzhou is in danger, because further up Raofeng Pass is Zuxiguan. From Zuxiguan to Zhanlongya, which is only about twenty miles away, is Wukou Pass, the exit of Ziwu Road.
If Wukou Pass is captured by the Zhou army, then the Zhou army can calmly go south through Ziwu Road.
Even if the road is difficult, as long as the pass is controlled, there will be no danger. It will be much easier for the army to enter Xingyuan Mansion.
Sun Hanshao was very familiar with Yuanzhou. When he knew that Wang Huan had gone to Wukou Pass to guard it, he knew that something was wrong.
Because if Zuxiguan and Zhanlongya can still be defended, then Wang Huan will not lose Wukou Pass.
Although Wukou Pass is called a pass, it can actually only control Wukou of Ziwu Valley and cannot stop the enemy from the east.
At this time, an urgent report came from the guard of Wuxiu Pass, saying that the Zhou army was marching to attack Shu and Sima was marching. General Luo Yu'er of the Chinese Army led the army to storm Wuxiu Pass. Looking from the pass, the Zhou army's flags were fluttering and soldiers were all over the mountains. , river valley, I don’t know how many there are.
Sun Hanshao looked calm on the face, but he was still a little panicked in his heart. He was from Daibei-Hedong Wuxun, so of course he knew the power of the Central Plains soldiers. Although Wuxiuguan was dangerous, it was not impossible to capture.
It seems that the main force of the Zhou army went south from the Baoxie Road, and then moved upstream from Jinzhou. The troops on the Qishan Road should be empty.
"Is there any news from Tangluo Road?" Sun Hanshao asked quickly.
The military academy next to him unfolded the map and replied, "There is news. According to the general guarding the pass, some mountain people and hunters have seen the Zhou army's banner and traces of felled trees."
Natural danger is fair, and it will not benefit only one party. Although the Tangluo Road is difficult for the Zhou army to reach the sky, the Shu army cannot easily enter the Tangluo Road and can only use the mountain people to conduct rough reconnaissance.
Sun Hanshao nodded. He had known that Zhou Jun would not let go of Tangluo Road. While ordering the defenders to monitor closely, he thought about the matter in Yuanzhou.
Wu Ding's army was not large in number, because Yuanzhou was too small to raise many soldiers and horses, so he had to devote some troops to assist.
But if he mobilized the troops of Xingyuan Prefecture, then Xingyuan Prefecture's own troops would not be enough.
"Order Li Jin, the horse infantry envoy of Yanei, to immediately lead 4,000 men to assist Wang Jie Shuai of the Wuding Army, send an urgent envoy to the court to request reinforcements, and then ask Sun Shunchao to lead 1,000 men to support Wu Xiuguan."
Sun Hanshao quickly made arrangements. Li Jin was a fierce general in Xingyuan Prefecture, and he could rescue Wu Ding's army.
Sun Shunchao was his nephew. Although he was a little greedy for money, he had a reputation for bravery, so it was appropriate to stick to Wuxiuguan.
Since the Zhou army chose to attack Xingyuan Mansion, it was appropriate to mobilize some troops from other places.
Suddenly, Sun Hanshao's eyes passed over Wenchuan Road on the map. After a few breaths of silence, he shook his head.
It is absolutely difficult to pass through the army on Wenchuan Road. Even if you can, you can only choose to either bring no armor or no food.
Besides, he has arranged for 300 people to guard the end of the valley mouth, so there should be no problem.
(End of chapter)
