In the north of Yewang County, Hanoi County, there is Taihang Gorge, one of the famous Taihang Eight Gorges. This canyon is about 40 miles long and has always been called the first of the Taihang Eight Gorges. It is also called Yangchang Ban and is the link between Shangdang and Hanoi. It is an important passage. The Tianjing Pass established in the Western Han Dynasty is located at the highest point of Taihang County. It is said to be famous all over the world. Tianjing Pass is even more difficult for one man to open. As long as there are 3,000 elite soldiers guarding it, even if a million people can't open it, Even the army is difficult to defeat!
A year ago, Dong Zhuo exchanged the entire Shangdang County for 5,000 sets of armor in order to gain the support of Thunder Lord, and Tianjing Pass was also handed over to Thunder Lord by Dong Zhuo at that time!
Although Dong Zhuo also knew at that time that handing Tianjing Pass to Lei Gong would completely expose Hanoi County to the soldiers of Tengjia Army, and at the same time let Lei Gong aim his sharp knife at Luoyang City. If the Han army wanted to retake this pass, they would have to sacrifice countless lives to do so. It cannot be piled up.
But at that time, Dong Zhuo didn't even know whether he could continue to stay in Luoyang City, and he also wanted to use Lei Gong to threaten the noble families in the company, so he happily handed over such a dangerous pass to Lei Gong.
The effect was also very significant. Compared with Dong Zhuo, the nobles of Sili were more afraid of Lei Gong. When the entire Sili was threatened, the Kansai clan headed by Yang Biao stood closely on Dong Zhuo's side and taught him a harsh lesson. The split power led by Yuan Shao!
But after Dong Zhuo consolidated his power as the Prime Minister of the Han Dynasty, the Tengjia Army in Shangdang County became like a choke point for Dong Zhuo, making it difficult for him to sleep and eat well!
After the Tengjia Army attacked Youzhou, Dong Zhuo immediately ordered Li Jue to lead 20,000 Xiliang troops to attack Tianjingguan. Li Jue was not required to conquer Shangdang County. Even if he conquered Tianjingguan, it would be good. At least it would increase the number of troops in Hanoi County. A layer of protection!
Although Li Jue came to Tianjing Pass with full confidence, he wanted to conquer this pass and let Dong Guoxiang know his ability!
It's a pity that he led his Flying Bear Army to attack the pass, but was repeatedly repelled by the Tianjing Pass defenders with crossbows. Tianjing Pass was already dangerous, and the Tengjia Army had many defensive equipment and 8,000 armored defenders. One can imagine how strong the defense is.
Li Jue's fierce attack lasted less than three days, and the Flying Bear Army suffered more than a thousand casualties. You must know that these were his elite confidants, not just soldiers and civilians recruited casually. Li Jue could not bear such heavy casualties. He He could only give the opportunity to attack to his deputy general Hua Xiong.
Hua Xiong learned Li Jue's lesson and used some civilians and soldiers to attack the city every day. He wanted to consume the crossbow arrows, sleepers and boulders on the patio. As a result, he attacked like this for 10 days, and the army even closed the patio once. None of them climbed up, but more than 3,000 soldiers died under the crossbow arrows. The crossbow arrows like a heavy rain caused Hua Xiong's men heavy casualties!
When the forceful attack failed, Hua Xiong thought of the trebuchets in the Luoyang arsenal and wanted to use the trebuchets to break Tianjing Pass. So he asked Dong Zhuo for help and wanted the trebuchets in the Luoyang arsenal.
After Dong Zhuo learned of their difficulties, he gave them the trebuchet from the Luoyang arsenal, hoping to see if they could really break through Tianjing Pass.
After having 30 trebuchets, Hua Xiong confidently appeared under the Tianjing Pass again. Unfortunately, the stone bullets he fired had not hit the pass yet, but hundreds of clay bombs flew out of the Tianjing Pass, which was destroyed on the spot. Several trebuchets!
Not to be outdone, Hua Xiong attacked with trebuchets, only to find that the trebuchets on the closed patio were not only numerous in number, high in position, and accurate in delivering bombs, but most importantly, had a farther range than his trebuchet!
The trebuchets in Hua Xiong's hands could hit him, but the trebuchets in his hands were difficult to fight back. This stone artillery battle lasted for less than three days, and all the trebuchets in Hua Xiong's hands were smashed, and they were still like that.
It was not repaired well. After this battle, Hua Xiong completely gave up the idea of conquering Tianjing Pass!
Li Jue and Hua Xiong realized that even if all their armies were used, it would be impossible to capture this pass, so they gave up their desire to make great achievements at this pass, and instead led the army and the Tengjia Army
Confront each other and complete their mission of containing the Tengjia Army!
Today, the day finally came for Li Jue to escape from the sea of misery. He found Hua Xiong and said with a smile: "The Prime Minister has given me an order to lead the Flying Bear Army to Yong'an County, Hedong County. The battle at Tianjing Pass will be left to you Zilie."
Then he patted Hua Xiong on the shoulder and said, "Zi Lie, you have to work hard and don't let the Prime Minister down!"
Hua Xiong was unconvinced and said: "Why didn't I go? The Tianjingguan defenders are quite strong. If your Flying Bear Army is not here, I'm afraid I won't be able to defend against their attack."
Li Jue smiled and said: "Don't worry, Zi Lie, the Prime Minister is worried about this and has appointed you as the governor of Hanoi County, allowing you to recruit soldiers from Hanoi County to strengthen defense."
"Besides, Zilie, don't worry, you are really waiting for us to attack Taiyuan County. The defenders at Tianjingguan are unlikely to be in the mood to attack Hanoi County again. Zilie, just wait for the news of my achievements."
"Guard you, sir!" Hua Xiong cursed secretly. None of the others had made any achievements, and he was the only one left in Hanoi County!
Li Jue led his Flying Bear Army all the way to Yong'an County, Hedong County!
At the same time, Dong Zhuo appointed his confidant general Yang Ding as the governor of Hedong County, and ordered Yang Ding to recruit 50,000 troops in Hedong County to deal with the upcoming war!
Dong Zhuo himself led a 100,000-strong army headed by the main forces from the north and south toward Hedong County. It can be said that as Dong Zhuo led an army of 100,000 people to set off, the battle between the Han Dynasty and the Tengjia Army entered a full climax. Millions of troops from both sides were fighting in these thousands.
Fighting on the front lines here, the winner will determine the fate of the Han Dynasty in the next few decades or even hundreds of years!
Dong Zhuo's army had just set out from Luoyang City, and dozens of homing pigeons flew into the sky, flying towards Taiyuan County!
In Taiyuan County, Wang Ge and Zhang Baiqi received the message from the flying pigeon and immediately received the news that Dong Zhuo led an army of 100,000 to attack Taiyuan County!
Zhang Baiqi asked nervously: "How many soldiers are there in Huoshanwu Fort? How many days can it be defended?"
Wang Ge said: "Huoshan Wubao has 3,000 defenders, because that is not the direction of our Tengjia Army's attack. Most of the defenders use ceramic armor and their combat power is average. Although we have the record of Pingcheng Wubao,
But Dong Zhuo's army is the central army of the Han Dynasty, and there will be no shortage of various equipment. The siege should be more powerful than that of the Xianbei people. The terrain of Huoshan Wubao is more dangerous than that of Pingcheng Wubao. After comprehensive consideration, even if Dong Zhuo's army sieges the city more powerfully,
But there should be no problem if you keep it for half a month.
Zhang Bai rode on horseback and said: "Soldiers from the first battalion of the Support Source will go to Huoshan Wubao immediately. At the same time, the first level of combat readiness will be issued in the entire Taiyuan County. The entire Taiyuan County will mobilize 100,000 troops. We cannot let Dong Zhuo enter Taiyuan County!"
Wang Ge said: "There are now 50 10-jin cannons in Taiyuan County (the power of the artillery here in the Tengjia Army is not expressed by caliber, but by the weight of the cannon shells. The shells of the 10-jin cannon weigh 10 jins, which is equivalent to modern
5 kilograms, can fire a shell a little bigger than an adult hand!) Should we lure Dong Zhuo into Taiyuan County, reunite and annihilate him! I believe that even if Dong Zhuo has an army of 100,000, he cannot be a match for the artillery in our hands.
, Commander Qu once said that artillery will be the god of war in the future!"
After seeing the power of artillery, Wang Ge believed that the various dense phalanxes now were looking for death in front of artillery. Even heavy cavalry was not as powerful as artillery in breaking up the formation. As long as artillery was used to pry open the enemy's military formations one by one, the enemy would be able to break through the formations.
You can only become a lamb to be slaughtered in front of Army A!
"This is too risky. After all, Dong Zhuo is a veteran general who has experienced hundreds of battles, and the army in his hands is the most elite Central Army of the Han Dynasty. Over the years, they have fought in the north and south, and they have suppressed many brothers who rebelled. They
Their combat effectiveness should not be underestimated. If we underestimate them and Dong Zhuo captures Taiyuan County, our Tengjia Army will be in danger!"
Zhang Baiqi did not dare to take the risk and put Dong Zhuo's 100,000 troops into Taiyuan City. After all, the artillery had no experience. He did not know how powerful these 50 artillery pieces would be in the face of such a battle of hundreds of thousands of people.
If the power of the artillery was not as good as they expected and Taiyuan County was captured by the Han army, it would be difficult for him to atone for his sins by dying!
Wang Ge thought about Xu Wei's usual teachings, innately must be invincible.
Although he had seen the power of the artillery, he could not guarantee the actual combat situation. If Taiyuan County was lost, the Tengjia Army's confidants would be hollowed out by Dong Zhuo. Shangdang County and Hexi County would be affected, and even
If conquered by Dong Zhuo, half of the Tengjia Army's territory will be affected, and the development momentum of the entire Tengjia Army will be severely damaged. The Tengjia Army cannot afford to lose such a battle!
The next day, the people of Taiyuan County woke up to the sound of military drums, and then the district chiefs of each community in the city quickly announced to them: "My fellow tribesmen, Dong Zhuo, a thief, led an army of 100,000 to attack our Taiyuan County. Zhang Bai
The cavalry commander issued a mobilization order for Taiyuan, calling on everyone to take up arms and drive away the Han army. If everyone does not continue to live a life of hunger and does not want their wives and daughters to be defiled by Dong Zhuo and the others, everyone must take up arms.
To protect our homeland, anyone who wants to join the army can come to me and sign up now!"
Most of the people in Taiyuan County were driven here by the Han. They were full of hatred for the Han. Now that they heard that Dong Zhuo was going to destroy their good life, they were all furious and wanted to fight with Dong Zhuo to die together!
Isn't there a saying that if you have been in darkness all the time, you will not understand the light and can endure the dark life, but after seeing the light, it will be difficult to accept the darkness again, and the tribesmen of Taiyuan County came out of the darkness.
Yes, they live in a place of light now and will not allow anyone to lead them into a place of darkness.
"Kill Dong Zhuo and defend our homeland!" one of the tribesmen shouted.
"Kill Dong Zhuo and defend our homeland!" These words resonated with all the people present, and they all shouted and shouted to defend their homes and country!
Every community in Taiyuan County is filled with people who want to become soldiers.
Arsenals across Taiyuan County were also opened, and soldiers carried countless weapons and armor stored inside.
Bundles of crossbows, swords, guns, swords and halberds and other war weapons were loaded onto the carriage.
On the outskirts of Taiyuan County, dozens of camps were quickly built, and all the weapons transported from the arsenal entered these camps!
The standing army who stayed in Taiyuan County entered these camps, and each of them became the instructors of the new recruits. They will briefly train the new recruits here, and these new recruits have actually been trained by the Tengjia Army for 2-3 years.
Time, every year after the autumn harvest is the time for the winter training of the Tengjia Army. Every year, millions of people receive training from the Tengjia Army. Although the entire Tengjia Army is young and strong, they are all soldiers with certain military experience, and now they are training again.
They just let them become familiar with the various military orders of the Tengjia Army again!
After the mobilization order was issued, the entire Taiyuan County was full of wives who silently packed their husbands' luggage, and mothers who prepared dry food for their sons for the long journey. Although they were afraid that their husbands and sons would die on the battlefield, they knew better about letting the Han army invade.
Taiyuan County, their newly built home will be destroyed.
So they endured the grief and silently sent their relatives into the military camp!
The entire Taiyuan County was mobilized. Even if they did not become soldiers, everyone was still busy helping the 100,000-strong army prepare various logistical supplies. Workers in the steel factory began to take the initiative to stay in the steel factory and work overtime to build various weapons. Workers in the textile factory
Female workers are even more busy helping the soldiers who are about to go on the expedition, sewing various clothes, and Taiyuan rail carriages are also constantly transporting grain and grass supplies to Xiujie County to ensure that the 100,000-strong army can go on the expedition!
But there is a group of people in Taiyuan County standing on high-rise buildings, looking at the lively scene around them, feeling a sense of isolation, as if they are not in the same world as the rest of Taiyuan County, and everything in the outside world is different from them.
It doesn’t matter anymore!
These people are the original aristocratic families in Bingzhou. There are too many aristocratic families in Taiyuan County, and because the Hu and Han people live together, the situation in Bingzhou is actually more complicated than in other states and counties, so that the aristocratic families here are almost a little powerful. Each of their families
They all have forts, countless fields, and soldiers, because only in this way can they survive in the chaotic world of Bingzhou.
But the arrival of Thunder King changed everything. He was like a sickle, cutting all the weeds on the Bingzhou land, and then planted the wheat he liked.
Now the life of the people in Bingzhou is more than 10 times better than before, but the life of the wealthy nobles in Bingzhou is more than a hundred times worse than before.
For example, the Guo family in Yangqu, the Wang family in Qixian, the Linghu family in Yangyi, the Wen family in Qixian, and the famous Jun Wang, or the Wang family in Taiyuan, which is said to have been inherited from the Warring States period, and are the descendants of Wang Jian.
Now they have all become ordinary people under the rule of the Tengjia Army. Their disciples and old officials have all been driven out of officialdom by Lei Gong. All their lands have been distributed to ordinary people by Lei Gong. Their tribesmen, as long as they violate the laws of the Tengjia Army, they will be punished.
They were either captured or hanged. It can be said that the wealthy nobles who were originally in the clouds were brought down to earth by the Tengjia Army!
No! It should be said that it is worse than ordinary people. Ordinary people under the rule of the Tengjia Army can still join the army, and they can also attack the Tengjia Army and become officials after passing the assessment, and become rulers under the Tengjia Army. And such things
For them, they have no share, which makes the nobles in Bingzhou particularly frightened. If they cannot enter the officialdom, their land will be gone, and their disciples and old officials will be gone. How can their family heritage be preserved, and how can they be considered a noble family!
The families who couldn't bear all this have already fled here, but there are also many noble families who stayed in Taiyuan County. Firstly, they still can't give up their ancestral land. Secondly, other places in the Han Dynasty are extremely turbulent, even worse than Bingzhou.
Chaos, they are also worried about becoming the lambs of other noble families.
What happened later proved that their estimate was reasonable. After losing their land and private soldiers, the Bingzhou clan went to other places in the Han Dynasty, and basically destroyed their families and people in this complaint, because they were the ones who
The biggest fat sheep of the Han Dynasty, the numerous possessions in their hands became the most attractive treasures of the Xiliang army.
Only a small number of Bingzhou nobles fled back to Bingzhou, and the others were scattered in other parts of the Han Dynasty. These noble nobles had fallen down the class, and their descendants could only be regarded as poor families. Their descendants could only start over from scratch and move towards the status of the noble nobles.
The class has climbed.
What happened in other parts of the Han Dynasty made them feel chilled. The powerful nobles in Bingzhou could only be locked up in the huge birdcage of the Tengjia Army!
The news that Dong Zhuo passed through Taiyuan made many people excited. If Dong Zhuo could defeat the Tengjia Army and return Taiyuan County to the hands of the Han Dynasty, wouldn't they be able to return to their old days and they would still be the masters of Bingzhou.
So these people quickly gathered together to watch what the entire Taiyuan County discovered.
Some people were shocked, some were gnashing their teeth, and some were disapproving!
The head of the Wang family sighed: "I am happy when I hear about the battle. This reminds me of the former Qin. The former Qin only had 5-6 million people, but it could mobilize an army of 600,000 in the Battle of Changping, and now the Tengjia Army can only
There are tens of millions of people, but it can mobilize an army of more than 500,000.
This war between the Han Dynasty and the Tengjia Army was really fought by millions of troops. It was only during the Warring States Period that there was such a big war. I didn’t expect that we would see it today! Living in such a troubled world, we really don’t know how to be grateful that we are
You can see such an unprecedented war, but it’s unfortunate that your family has been implicated in the turmoil!”
The heads of the families in Bingzhou are no strangers to this kind of combat mobilization, because Bingzhou often needs such mobilization to keep a low profile of Xianbei or Huns rebellions, but they can mobilize tens of thousands at most, while the Tengjia Army can mobilize hundreds of thousands.
They have never experienced mobilization on this scale!
The head of the Guo family in Yangqu looked at the long line of soldiers and gritted his teeth and said: "They are just a group of ant thieves. When the Han Heavenly Soldiers arrive, they will be completely defeated! When the Han Dynasty captures Taiyuan County, I will wait for the day to come forward.
Let those common people know that we noble nobles are not to be trifled with, and if we dare to divide our fields, I will destroy them!"
The head of the Wang family shook his head and said: "You are really out of your mind. Haven't you discovered that on the main battlefield in Youzhou, Huangfu Song can no longer withstand Thunder God's attack? As long as he waits for spring to come, Huangfu Song will definitely be defeated."
In the hands of Thunder Lord.
Therefore, Dong Zhuo would not hastily dispatch 100,000 troops to attack Taiyuan County. He just wanted to support Huangfu Song. However, Taiyuan County was easy to defend and difficult to attack due to the mountains and rivers inside and outside. In addition, the Tengjia Army mobilized hundreds of thousands more troops.
, relying on Bingzhou’s terrain, do you think Dong Zhuo’s 100,000-strong army can invade Taiyuan County!”
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Now that various places are beginning to unblock, I have to start busy working every day. In the future, it may be difficult to write 10,000 words a day like now. Let me tell you in advance.
But that’s fine. Writing like this every day will make your head empty. If you fill it up with some words, you can come up with the plot of the story!