After conquering Hangu Pass, Sun Jian went without stopping and immediately held a military meeting with his generals. Everyone said that the capture of Hangu Pass at such a speed must have been unimaginable for the rebel army. This was a great opportunity to seize the victory and pursue the attack.
Attack Xin'an in advance. Once Xin'an is defeated, Dong Zhuo will be trapped in Mianchi County, and the overall situation will be decided.
Sun Jian also held this opinion. Hangu Pass has been broken, but Dayang has not yet been broken. The overall initiative has returned to his side again. After discussing with Chen Chong, he decided to lead the army forward first, while Chen Chong transferred supplies at Hangu Pass.
, and escorted the prisoners in the city back to Luoyang. Only Dong Zhonglang, General Dong Yue, wanted to take him to the front line.
Beforehand, he brought Dong Yue, who had bound himself, to the military tent, and asked with a smile: "Brother Bochao, did you say before that if you had not died, our army would never be able to capture Guancheng? Why is Guancheng already here now?"
Damn, sir, is he still here?"
There was a burst of ridicule from the generals in the camp, causing Dong Yue's face to turn red. Fortunately, his hair was disheveled and he was lying on the ground exhausted. No one could see his face. It took him a long time to speak, but he could only say reluctantly: "
I am blind, thinking that Hangu is extremely dangerous, and that no mortal can defeat it. I don’t know that the general is so powerful, like a god, that I just made such crazy remarks."
Everyone laughed loudly after hearing this, and Sun Jian was also happy, but he did not say anything, saving some face for Dong Yue. He stepped forward, untied Dong Yue, and helped him up. Dong Yue still did not dare to peek.
I only heard Sun Jian say: "I want Brother Bochao to be my vanguard, show my righteousness to the princes of Xiliang, and help me support the country. I don't know what Brother Bochao thinks?"
Dong Yue quickly prostrated himself and said in a trembling voice: "General, if you have a mission, how dare Dong Bochao disobey him?"
The army on the middle route continued westward on the 26th of the first lunar month. After walking for nearly 20 miles along the winding mountain path, in the afternoon, they saw two mountains dispersing to the north and south. Suddenly, their eyes opened up. The forward saw a mountain at the foot of the mountain.
At the camp, a flag of King Qin was fluttering, which was obviously a new one set up by Zu Mao's tribe. On the hills far to the northwest, they could also see flags fluttering like a forest, but the flags were different. They were flying the banner of rebellion. Obviously
There is the camp of the Liang people.
The two armies faced each other across a stream.
Sun Jian was at the forefront of the vanguard. When he saw this, he immediately ordered the entire army to stop advancing in the mountain road and hide their bodies. Then he sent a messenger to quickly go to Zu Mao's camp to find out the news. Half an hour later, the messenger
They rode back to report, just as Chen Chong had planned. After they entered Hangu Pass along the trail from Yiyang, the defenders of Xin'an discovered that Hu Zhen, who was guarding Xin'an, sent 10,000 cavalry to intercept them. Wei Yan ambushed them in the middle, and Zu Mao took the opportunity.
They were defeated on the south bank of Jianshui River. After losing more than 3,000 people, the Liang people had to camp on the north bank.
Hu Zhen heard that the war was not going well and knew that Hangu Pass was critical, so he hurriedly sent 6,000 additional cavalry. In the past few days, the Liang people tried to cross the river and attack Zu Mao several times, but to no avail.
Sun Jian was overjoyed when he heard this and said to the accompanying generals: "I was originally worried about how to break the city, but I didn't expect that all the defenders of Xin'an are here. Please encourage me. If we win this battle, we can go straight to Mianchi!"
The general agreed loudly, and then Sun Jian smiled at Dong Yue and said: "Brother Bochao, after I win, I will leave the matter of recruiting Xin'an to surrender." Dong Yue smiled bitterly and bowed.
After the arrangements were made, Sun Jian sent another messenger to ask Zu Mao to prepare for the attack across the river, and they made an appointment to attack together at dinner time. The signal was the smoke of the dinner. After the instructions were completed, Sun Jian personally rode his horse and went to the various tribes in the road to give orders.
, saying that after defeating the enemy today, he would immediately eat at the foot of the mountain.
At this time, Sun Jian was dressed in crimson attire, wearing a red turban, riding his iconic night-haired horse, running among the soldiers. Seeing the confident figure of the commander riding his horse and raising his whip, the soldiers all showed admiration.
They discussed privately: The so-called god of warriors is probably just like the general Polu.
The commander-in-chief of the Liang army on the other side was Fan Chou, the commander of the Shenyuan camp. After three consecutive failed attacks on the camp, he was planning a fourth offensive on the south bank. Several of his army commanders were unwilling to fight again and persuaded him: "Hangu Pass Shang
There is enough food in store for three months. There are only a few moss thieves in front of us, and there were no small setbacks before. It’s just that the sergeants are a little tired after fighting one after another. Why don’t you be so anxious as the captain should order the soldiers to rest for a few days? "<
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Fan Chou angrily refused, and replied: "The morale of the army is low. Although we have thousands of miles of mountain defense, can we really value it?" Even so, he thought about it again and again, and he knew that it was difficult to do what the public wanted, and he would only be able to force an attack.
This made the soldiers even more war-weary, and finally agreed to let the soldiers rest for two days, while he himself studied where to attack next time.
In the evening, when the sky became dark early, Huotouying brought a portion of cooked pig shoulder to the general. Fan Chou was chewing it while thinking about the war. Suddenly, a soldier came in and said: "Lieutenant, the thieves on the other side have moved!"
"When Fan Chou heard this, he hurriedly put on his armor and took a knife and went out of the camp. He stationed the camp on a high hill. After a few dozen steps from the camp, he could see the movements on the other side.
In the Jing people's camp, there are faint sparks and smoke rising in the dusk. It is obvious that dinner is being prepared in the camp. However, on the bank of Jianshui, it is clear that there are Jing people holding torches high and their troops divided into three columns.
They waded across the stream. Judging from the number of people, they must have turned out in full force.
Now in early spring, the stream has thawed, but the river has not opened yet, causing the water level to be low and shallow. The Jing people could wade through the stream on foot, but the weather was cold and the spring breeze was sharp. When Fan Chou crossed the river before, many soldiers reported
It is said that after wading in the water, the feet were cold, so they were unable to move, which led to repeated defeats. Now the Jing people are smaller than the Liang people, and they are actively wading across the river and assuming an offensive posture. It is obvious that something extraordinary has happened and they have another strange move.
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Fan Chou meditated for a moment and suddenly remembered that when he was blocking the Jing people, there were strange soldiers coming out from the mountains and forests on the flanks. They were wearing light clothes and did not hold bows and arrows. They only took poles and knives and then killed them, but they were on the hilly cliffs.
Walking through the space was like walking on flat ground, and the Liang people suffered a big loss for this. Fan Chou thought about the war, slowly smiled, and murmured: "If I want to repeat the same trick, will I fall into the trap a second time?"
He immediately ordered all his troops to go down the mountain to meet the enemy, but he was cautious and left three thousand people in the camp on the hill in case the Jing people raided from behind.
It soon entered the dark night, and the moon slowly rose from the Western Mountain. The cold moonlight made the vision slightly clearer. After crossing the river, the Jing people holding the fire slowly gathered into three larger squares, and then gradually approached the mountain.
The cool people on the south mountainside waited for them to get closer, and then they shot arrows down the mountain one after another. Unfortunately, the visibility was not good at night. Although they aimed at the torch, many people still misjudged the distance, and many of the arrows missed.
Many of them were nailed to the wooden posts of the people in the front row, and the sound of injury was like a few small stones thrown into the lake, without causing much waves.
Still holding the sword to see the red, Liang Ren put away his bow and arrow, then drew his sword and waited for the Jing Ren to approach. Time gradually passed. When the Jing Ren marched to a hundred steps away from Liang Ren, one group of forwards suddenly stopped, and the other two groups of forwards also
Then they stopped, and the two sides faced off across several bushes. You could vaguely see the fire in the enemy's eyes.
On the contrary, it was the Liang people who couldn't hold it back first. Someone shouted loudly in the dark night, and the Liang people responded accordingly. They held knives in hand and rushed down the mountain road to kill like mercury. The entire Jing people in the south of the hills were
The army was quickly surrounded by the Liang people, and the sound of fighting and the sound of gold and iron resounded throughout the valley.
Fan Chou looked down from the hill. In just two moments, the Liang people had the upper hand on the battlefield. This made him feel more gratified and confirmed his suspicion that the Jing people most likely had a backup plan.
, and it was most likely that the thousand people surrounded the back of the mountain. He ordered the remaining three thousand people to hide in the camp. When the enemy appeared, they would swarm forward. He himself held a knife in his hand and joined more than twenty relatives.
Hiding under the shade of a tree, he is always ready to risk his life.
Another three-quarters of an hour later, a few sounds came from the mountains and forests to the north. After a while, it gradually turned into a rustling sound of stepping on leaves. The sound got closer and closer, until Fan Chou saw several bending Jing people coming from the tree.
An outline appeared in the jungle, and he was overjoyed: he had finally arrived! He immediately stepped forward, raised his knife and said with a smile, "You are so ignorant, I have been waiting for a long time!"
The commander confidently went into battle, and the rest of the soldiers followed suit. However, contrary to their expectations, although the Jing people who saw them looked shocked, they only hesitated for a moment and immediately got entangled with the ambush troops. There was no fear on the Jing people's faces.
Once the battle started, there was no easy truce, and Fan Chou could only lead his troops into the formation. Only then did he realize what was different: there was a steady stream of Jing people, far more than his own!
When they finally woke up, many of them were in panic. The fighting spirit quickly drained away like a river. The Jing people easily occupied the Qiuyuan. Whenever they found any resistance from the Liang people, they concentrated several times their strength to surround and beat them hard.
.When Dong Yue's figure appeared in the Jing army, the Liang people in Qiuyuan completely collapsed and no longer wanted to fight.
The Liang people who were fighting on the mountainside also noticed something strange on the Qiuyuan. Looking back, they saw numerous figures swaying in the camp, and then the figures of the Jing people gradually appeared on the hillside. They reorganized on the Qiuyuan,
Soon, a burst of cheers came from the Qiuyuan and reached the edge of the Qiuyuan. Only then did the Liang people hear clearly. What they were saying was: "The enemy general is beheaded! The enemy general is beheaded!"
When Sun Jian appeared on the southern hillside carrying Fan Chou's head, the Liang people panicked. They stopped fighting, abandoned the trapped Jing people one after another, and fled towards Xin'an. The Jing people now lacked cavalry and could only
He followed and shot him on foot. The Liang people abandoned countless corpses and fled all the way to the west.
Sun Jian and his generals pursued the defeated troops to the gates of Xin'an City. Hu Zhen, unaware of the situation, opened the door to receive the defeated troops. Unexpectedly, the Jing people immediately rushed into the city. The Jing people were furious and the officers also lost control. They were in
They searched the entire city at night, killing everyone on the walls and under the walls. They also invaded the county house and openly set fire to it. The smoke of gunpowder rushed up to the sky. The county residents could only use beams and pillars to hold up the doors of their houses.
Hope and pray until the sun rises.
The city finally calmed down, and gradually some people boldly opened their doors and cautiously looked outside the courtyard. They saw blood coagulating on the waterway, corpses leaning on each other, and a few Jing people wandering on the streets like ghosts. They hurried again
I closed the courtyard door, as if these things had nothing to do with me.