Huanglongpo Post is located on the west bank of the Fen River. Because the upper reaches of the Fen River have been in disrepair for many years, and there are heavy rains in autumn and summer, the valley areas in the depressed areas are often flooded. Therefore, the post road to Ningwu from the north is built in the low ridge at the eastern foot of Guanluo Mountain.
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It intersects with the post road that crosses the northeastern section of Guanjuan Mountain and goes to Lan Valley on a gentle slope, which is Huanglongpo.
Huanglongpo is only more than twenty miles away from Lanzhou City, and the straight-line distance is even shorter. There is no need to build a separate military stronghold. There is only one post station to control this important place.
However, Guanxun Mountain as a whole is much lower and gentler than Luliang Mountain and Yanmen Mountain, and the terrain at the eastern foot of Guanxun Mountain is even gentler.
Huanglongpo is said to be a key point, but there are no other roads to Ningwu, Langu and other places.
However, these roads are all wild trails in the mountains. When there is snow in the mountains, a single person or horse can walk on the wild trails. Large groups of soldiers and horses, especially infantry wearing armor and holding weapons, can
Climbing uphill and over ridges, I was almost exhausted and could not walk more than a few miles.
After winter, the weather and geographical environment in Lanzhou will become increasingly severe. Seizing Huanglongpo can effectively cut off the Qingshun army, which originally had an absolute advantage in military strength.
Of course, Xu Huai had previously ordered Yang Qiye to lead his troops to arrive at Black Wild Goose Station within two days. The journey involved a long journey through barren mountains and wild slopes, which was also a very arduous task.
Fortunately, in the afternoon, Tang Pan escorted Cao Shixiong's two sons to Taohua Chong Village. He first opened the gate of Taohua Chong Village, and then arrived at Wang Xian's headquarters in time and successfully annihilated the defenders of Taohua Chong Village and captured Taohua Chong Village.
This is equivalent to directly opening the channel from Taohuachong to the east of Caochengzhai (Lanzhou Stone Field) and connecting to the Kelan-Langu Post Road.
From Taohuachong Village to the outpost on the south side of Shengjun Fort, there is only seven or eight miles of wild slopes with no roads opened, which greatly reduces the difficulty of marching from Shengjun Fort to Huanglongpo Station.
In Tangpan, Wang Xian's troops experienced a fierce battle and needed to temporarily stay in Taohua Chong Village to rest.
Yang Qiye, Pan Chenghu, Yin Peng and other troops quickly marched eastward through Taohua Chongzhai, and arrived at Huanglongpo Yi Lanzhou City before dark. The enemy troops stationed in Loufan and others did not move. Taking advantage of the wind and snow to stop, Yang Qiye led his troops
Then he rushed to Fenshui, preparing to cross Fenshui at night, and arrived at Heiyanyi at noon tomorrow to meet up with Xu Xin'an.
Pan Chenghu and Yin Peng led a thousand cavalry to stay in Huanglongpo to meet Xu Huai, which was one night earlier than originally planned.
Guo Junpan and Tang Qing led their cavalry to bypass Caocheng Village and go straight to Luming Village in the north of Langu City, preparing to bring the captured soldiers of Tianxiong Army led by Xiao Yanhan and Chen Zixiao into Langu County.
"There's still no movement in Lanzhou City? This grandson is really calm. He's really not afraid of losing his descendants!"
When Pan Chenghu and Yin Peng led their troops to Huanglongpo, the wind and snow had stopped. Although the dusk was getting darker, the sky and the earth were clear. Standing on the hill, they could see Lanzhou City, which was only about twelve or three miles away in a straight line, and
The Fenshui River is not yet frozen at this time and flows quietly between the valleys.
The city gates of Lanzhou were closed tightly, and all the Chu army's elite cavalry were wandering around outside the city gates.
Pan Chenghu and Yin Peng were quite surprised. They received detailed battle reports and were convinced that Cao Shixiong should have known about the death of Cao Shili and the capture of his second son in Lanzhou City. They thought that Cao Shixiong would be unable to restrain himself and send troops to attack Huanglongpo.
They hurried slowly and hurriedly, not daring to take a break on the way. Many generals slipped on their horses on the thinly icy mountain roads. They were placed directly in the mountain col where they could shelter from the wind, waiting for the follow-up people to come and treat them immediately. They just wanted to rush.
There will be a fierce battle waiting for them when they arrive at Huanglongpo.
They did not expect that Cao Shixiong made no movement in Lanzhou City.
"Cao Shixiong was very calm. Not only did the garrison in Lanzhou City remain silent, but soldiers and horses from Langu, Ningwu and other cities did not come out," Wang Ju said.
"How to fight this?" Pan Chenghu asked, smacking his lips.
Lanzhou is their passage in and out, so before officially entering Taiyuan, they must attack as much as possible to weaken the Qing Shun army, so as to prevent them from rushing into Taiyuan and the Qing Shun army blocking their retreat.
This was the established battle plan, but the Qing Shun army was huddled in various fortified cities and could not come out, so they had nothing to do.
Today, we borrowed Cao Shixiong's two sons to successfully raid Taohua Chong Village. It can be said to be an unexpected blessing, but we cannot repeat the old trick in Kelan, Langu, Ningwu and other cities.
It was obvious that they had no way to attack these strong fortresses at this time. The captured soldiers of the Tianxiong Army led by Xiao Yanhan and Chen Zixiao also needed to send cavalry to meet them, bypass Minglu Village through the narrow road, and then break through the side wall to enter. Within Arashi Valley.
"There's no rush, let's set up camp overnight first!" Xu Huai said.
When the Huanglongpo Post was first built, it was considered that some soldiers and horses would be stationed. The area was much wider than that of an ordinary post. There were also many and densely built houses in the post. However, at present, a thousand people have gathered at Huanglongpo. Three thousand generals, one man and two horses, were still far beyond the capacity of Huanglongpo Station.
What's more, there will be two thousand captured soldiers from Tianxiong's army and one thousand Chushan cavalry coming later.
The Chushan cavalry only stayed in Lanzhou for a short period of time, but the captured soldiers of Tianxiong Army were not equipped with war horses, and there were very few good riders in the ice and snow. They could not go to attack Taiyuan together, and would stay in Lanzhou to fight with them. The Qing Shun army was circling.
Heiyanyi, Huanglongpo, and now Taohuachong Village are their main bases for dealing with the Qing Shun Army. Therefore, Pan Chenghu, Yin Peng and others led their soldiers to Huanglongpo despite the wind and snow. Xu Huai They cannot simply set up camp and rest on the spot immediately. Now they have to arrange for people to go into the mountains overnight to cut trees and build a camp based on Huanglongpo Station.
This tests the will of the generals more than fighting on the battlefield.
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At noon the next day, Xiao Yanhan, Chen Zixiao, Zhang Xiongshan, Wu Sanrong and others led more than 2,000 captured soldiers of Tianxiong Army and arrived at Caocheng Village at the west entrance of Kelan-Langu Post Road.
Caochengzhai is located on the north side of the Lanzhou stone field where Wang Xunliu was demoted to Lanzhou as a procurator. Chen Zixiao, Pan Chenghu, and Guo Junpan once served as inspectors of Caochengzhai and also bit Xu in Caochengzhai. With the hook in his arms, he got on the pirate ship and has not been able to jump off yet.
After Cao Shixiong took over the entire territory of Lanzhou, he served as the military envoy of the Qing Shun Army and the assassin of Lanzhou. His power mainly consisted of four cities and five villages (villages).
The four cities are Loufan County, Kelan County (prefecture, also known as Lanzhou City), Ningwu County, and Langu County. The five villages are Taohuachong Village, Minglu Village, Guangwu Village, Yangtian Village and Caocheng ( village) village.
Before Taohua Chong Village was built, Caocheng Village was an important connection point between Lan Valley and Kelan City. It was also responsible for monitoring the mountainous area in the middle and southern section of Guanlui Mountain and had many troops stationed there. However, after Taohua Chong Village was built, Caocheng Village was The status of the walled city quickly dropped to a level worse than that of Huanglongpo Station.
Therefore, when the Zhufeng Gorge ambush took place, there were only a hundred troops stationed in Caocheng Village.
Xu Huai was eager to seize Huanglongpo Station yesterday and only deployed a team of cavalry in the direction of Caochengzhai to monitor.
The captured soldiers of the Tianxiong Army arrived at Caocheng Walled City. They themselves were the infantry responsible for attacking the city, defending the city wall, and forming formations. Of course, they took over the task of besieging Caocheng Walled without hesitation.
Of course, Xiao Yanhan would not take this matter to heart yet. With Wu Sanrong and Zhang Xiongjun staying behind to attack Caocheng Village, she and Chen Zixiao came to Huanglongpo to meet Xu Huai.
They didn't expect that Cao Shixiong could be so calm.
"If Cao Shixiong doesn't leave the city, what will happen yesterday?" Xiao Yanhan also asked worriedly, "Are you going to lead the troops directly to Taiyuan?"
Even if Zhou Jing could successfully block the trails on both sides of Yang Guang's old road and prevent Cao Shixiong from directly sending people to cross the Luliang Mountains to Taiyuan to report the news, the news that the Ningwu garrison would ambush troops into Lanzhou would only reach Taiyuan via Yanmen Pass, which would only take two more days. time.
The ambush of Cao Shili at the Zhufeng Gorge Road was the last quick maneuver of the Qing Shun Army in Lanzhou. Xu Huai had 3,000 cavalry and was not afraid of fighting with the Qing Shun Army's infantry outside the city, just like Chi Hu. The cavalry entered the Hehuai River and was invincible.
However, Xu Huai led the Chushan Cavalry to stay in Lanzhou for at most two days before they had to attack Taiyuan. In such a short time, there was no time for them to attack the city.
This is completely different from the fact that the Red Husband Cavalry can go south at once and stay in the Hehuai River for several months.
After Xu Huai led the Chushan cavalry to attack Taiyuan, they had no elite cavalry to cooperate with them in Lanzhou. When Cao Shixiong faced only more than 2,000 captured soldiers of Tianxiong's army, he would regain the absolute initiative in Lanzhou. When the time comes, the Qing Shun Army will set up defenses along the Fen River, or attack key nodes such as Heiyan Station and Huanglongpo Station to block the Chushan Cavalry's return route. They will be in trouble.
"If he doesn't send troops to fight us, we will fight them," Xu Huai stared solemnly at the direction of Lanzhou City and said, "Cao Shixiong does not have a cavalry and dare not come to fight Huanglongpo. The Chihu people will not say anything wrong with him. , and even praised him for being able to endure big plots, but I led the Chushan Cavalry to attack Lanzhou City. If he continues to huddle in Lanzhou City, except for the Chihu people, he will not be able to explain it, and the generals under his command will not explode. hair?"
"Cao Shixiong has five thousand infantry in Lanzhou City. If we fight against the city, we won't be able to get any benefits!" Chen Zixiao frowned and said, "You successfully captured Taohuachong Village yesterday, and the Gu family should have no reason not to do so again. Send troops directly to join the war, and maybe send someone to Fugu to have a good talk with Gu Jiqian!"
The battle between infantry and cavalry in the field in the ice and snow will be extremely difficult, but fighting against the city is a different situation.
The infantry array is backed by towering towers and walls. In addition to being supported by crossbows, catapults and other weapons deployed on the towers and walls, there is no risk of cavalry outflanking the rear and flanks. Wounded soldiers can be evacuated into the city through the gate openings in time. , you can drag out heavy Juma and other war equipment from the city to strengthen the defense on the flanks. After dark, you can also pay money to withdraw to the city to rest.
Basically, if the infantry fights against the city, and the morale and morale of the army are available, they will not suffer any loss against the cavalry of the same size.
Xu Huai defended Shuozhou, and he would never passively defend the city when faced with Xishan Fan soldiers.
"Even if the Gu family agrees to increase troops, it will only happen in three days. I will send someone to see Gu Jiqian, but right now, as long as Cao Shixiong's troops come out of the city, I will have a way to lure them away from the city wall!" Xu Huaitiao He glanced at the thin sun in the sky and said with a hint of murderous intent. He was not worried that Cao Shixiong would completely lean against the city wall and not be able to get out...
