It was the army led by Pang Huan, deputy general of the Second Northern Army, who ascended Tianmen Pass from the south side of Taihang Mountain.
I remember that early this morning, Pang Huan led the 20,000 North Korean Army to leave Qinyang early, preparing to attack Tianmen Pass. Who would have expected that he would be surrounded by nearly 30,000 to 40,000 Korean troops in a forest on the way.
At that time, even Pang Huan was inevitably a little flustered. He couldn't figure out why the whereabouts of his own army were discovered by the Korean army at Tianmen Pass. As a result, the army was caught by the cavalry of the Korean army at Tianmen Pass before it reached Tianmen Pass.
But the strange thing is that the Korean cavalry did not attack the Second North Army led by Pang Huan from the beginning to the end. The troops on both sides stared at each other for more than a mile, and they spent most of the day like this.
As dusk approached, the group of Korean cavalry left.
Through various signs, Pang Huan concluded that the Korean army at Tianmen Pass was probably planning to retreat from Shannan.
After careful consideration, Pang Huan couldn't help but praise the Korean generals on the opposite side even though he was on both sides of the enemy. He wisely chose to conserve his troops, regardless of the gains and losses of one city or one place, knowing that the situation was over.
Evacuate in time. A general without courage would not be able to make such a judgment.
The timid Han will choose to continue to defend Tianmen Pass, because they are afraid that if they take the initiative to retreat, even if they successfully retreat with their troops and horses, they will be punished by the King of Han. In fact, this choice is very stupid, not only Tianmen
Attention will not be saved, and even the tens of thousands of troops in the pass who had a slim chance of survival will not be able to escape the outcome of annihilation.
At that time, there were two choices before Pang Huan. One was to take Tianmen Pass. After all, when the Korean army took the initiative to abandon the pass and evacuate, Tianmen Pass was completely empty. This achievement could be said to be in vain.
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The second is to pursue the retreating Korean troops at Tianmen Pass.
Pang Huan could guess the evacuation route of the Korean army from Tianmen Pass without even thinking about it. They must be heading towards "Shanyang" because the Shanyang army of King Yan Zhao Hongjiang was about to launch an attack on Mengmen Pass. Mengmen Pass
The situation is the same as Tianmenguan.
When the Korean troops at Tianmen Pass were evacuating, they must have thought of grabbing a handful of soldiers to help the Korean troops at Mengmen Pass evacuate together.
To pursue or not to pursue, when this question was posed in front of Pang Huan, the Wei general hesitated for a while.
But in the end, Pang Huan decided to give up pursuing the Korean army at Tianmen Pass.
This is due to two considerations.
First, it was approaching dusk, and the troops under Pang Huan's command were all infantry. If they pursued the Korean army at Tianmen Pass, they would most likely be attacked by the cavalry of the Korean army at Tianmen Pass at night.
Without any defensive means, once the infantry is attacked by the cavalry, it will be completely defeated and there will be no chance of a comeback.
Secondly, the Northern Second Army and the Wei Army were not the only ones in the Tianmen Pass area. According to Pang Huan's judgment, the reason why the Korean army evacuated in such a hurry at Tianmen Pass was probably because they had a premonition of the threat from King Su's army.
To put it simply, if Pang Huan does not take Tianmen Pass, then Tianmen Pass will definitely fall into the hands of King Su Zhao Hongrun.
Recovering Tianmen Pass was a wasted effort. Why did Pang Huan give up the easily obtained military exploits and pursue the Korean army at Tianmen Pass in a thankless manner? The opponent still retained at least 30,000 to 40,000 cavalry, and he would not let go.
The other party will definitely turn around and bite you back.
Therefore, Pang Huan sent several cavalrymen to Shanyang, hoping to inform King of Yan Zhao Hongjiang in time about the movements of the Korean army at Tianmen Pass. After all, King Zhao Hongjiang of Yan did not know at this moment that the Korean army at Tianmen Pass had abandoned the pass and evacuated from Shannan.
It is possible that when attacking Mengmen Pass, the Korean army will take the back route and suffer a defeat.
To be fair, Pang Huan has nothing to do with whether the Shanyang Army is defeated or not in ordinary times. However, in this situation, if King Zhao Hongjiang of Yan is successfully attacked by the Korean army at Tianmen Pass, the Second Army of the North will bear certain joint and several responsibilities.
After all, it was the Korean army at Tianmen Pass that attacked King Yan Zhao Hongjiang, and the Second Northern Army was responsible for the main attack at Tianmen Pass.
After sending out the liaison cavalry, Pang Huan led his troops towards Tianmen Pass. What he didn't expect was that when he led his troops to the Taihang Mountains in the Tianmen Pass area, he was still braving the blazing fire at Tianmen Pass at first.
, the fire actually gradually weakened.
At that time, Pang Huan realized: It's broken, King Su's army has taken the lead.
Sure enough, when Pang Huan led his army up the Taihang Mountain pass and came to the Tianmen Pass area, he saw from a distance that the pass was still billowing black smoke, and flags with the word "Wei" had been planted all over it.
There are some military flags such as "Shang Shui Army" and "Bei Yi Army".
At that time, Pang Huan felt a little uncomfortable. After all, at the end of the First Battle of Northern Xinjiang, the Second Northern Army had already garrisoned in Qinyang and tried to attack the Tianmen Pass. But in August and September last year, when Wei and South Korea
When the Second Battle of Northern Xinjiang started, the Second Northern Army spared no effort to attack the Tianmen Pass, making the ground very difficult.
Especially in September last year, the Second North Army almost never retreated for repairs.
Under such circumstances, a domestic friendly force suddenly appeared and captured Tianmen Pass, which our own army had worked hard to attack for a long time. Of course, Pang Huan's mood would not be much better.
But at this point, he had no choice but to lead his troops and continue to advance towards Tianmen Pass.
Unexpectedly, when he led his army to reach Tianmen Pass, he and his troops were stopped by the First Army of the North - the First Army of the North refused to allow the Second Army of the North to enter Tianmen Pass.
What does this mean?
Pang Huan's brows suddenly knitted together, and the soldiers and generals of the Second Northern Army under his command also looked excited.
They are all armies of the Wei State, so why should our Second Northern Army be denied entry into the Pass? Is it possible that King Su’s Army and the First Northern Army want to monopolize the credit?
At that time, there was a general next to Pang Huan who pointed at the general who had closed the door and ordered him to open the door. Because when the general of the North Army looked at the armor, he knew that the military level was not high and he would die.
It's just a partial general (two thousand generals).
They guessed correctly. The general of the Northern First Army was called "Ma Jian". He was really a partial general who had just been promoted from the army by King Huan Zhao Hongxuan and general Zhou Min. He had not yet adapted to the position of a partial general.
, so that after being shouted at by the general next to Pang Huan, he was confused and completely lost.
In fact, it was not that he simply refused to allow the Second Northern Army to enter the pass, but because this was an order from a certain King Huan. How could he dare not obey it?
But unfortunately, Ma Jian was unable to calm down the situation at all, so when he was scolded and scolded by the generals of the Second North Army in Guanxia, he was sweating profusely and at a loss.
There was also Lu Zhan, a general of three thousand men from the Shang Navy who was present at the time. He couldn't stand it, so he said, "Why are they all cramming into such a big place? Let me tell you, three thousand men
Those who are above the level can enter the pass, and the rest can all go down the mountain."
As soon as he finished speaking, he heard a general from the Second North Army shouting and asking: "Who do you think you are? How dare you speak nonsense here?"
Lu Zhan was an old man from the Pingyang Army. He had been in the Shangshui Army for four full years and had made many military exploits. How could he be afraid of the generals of the Second Northern Army?
He immediately revealed his identity and said calmly: "Three thousand generals of the Shang Shui Army, Lu Zhan... The person who just humiliated Lu, please report your title and name, so that in the future Lu will be able to pursue the case with the Ministry of War and the General's Office. Committed the above crime."
In Lu Zhan's eyes, the Beiyi Army was the younger brother of His Royal Highness King Su, and the army under the command of King Huan Hongxuan. In addition, the Beiyi Army had rushed thousands of miles to support them. It would not be an exaggeration to call them brothers and friendly armies. In this case, Lu Zhan Of course Zhan chose to side with Ma Jian without hesitation.
But having said that, when Lu Zhan declared himself "three thousand generals", the generals of the Northern Second Army who had just asked him stopped talking. There seems to be only one level difference between two thousand generals and three thousand generals, but in fact there is a watershed between the two. Some people spend their whole lives unable to rise from two thousand generals to three thousand generals.
Of course, the generals at the same level as Lu Zhan still showed an indifferent attitude.
But no matter what, after Lu Zhan came forward, the only people present who could stabilize the three thousand generals of the Shang Shui Army were Pang Huan and other generals. To be precise, they were Pang Huan, Meng Luo, and Yang Yu. Zongwei of Zhao Yuanzuo, King of Southern Liang, and general of the Second Northern Army.
Among them, Meng Luo had the most violent temper. He immediately pointed at Lu Zhan and mocked: "Hey, three thousand generals, so majestic... Lu Zhan, right? You said you would go to the Ministry of War and the General's Mansion to pursue the case. Are we going to commit the above crime? Okay, I, Meng Luo, have the rank of general, and I just said that to you, you are just a deputy general, what do you want to do?...Today, no matter what, I have to enter this Tianmen Pass!"
Hearing this, Lu Zhan snorted coldly, folded his hands and said lightly: "His Royal Highnesses King Su and King Huan are both in the pass. I would like to see if you, with the rank of general, dare to collide with these two highnesses!"
As soon as he finished speaking, a voice suddenly emerged from behind Lu Zhan: "General Lu Zhan is right, I want to see it too!"
Lu Zhan was stunned for a moment, then glanced back, only to find that King Huan Zhao Hongxuan and his general Zhou Min had walked up to the gate at some unknown time, and hurriedly clasped their fists and saluted: "Your Highness, King Huan."
"Well." Zhao Hongxuan nodded kindly towards Lu Zhan, then approached the pass wall, looked down at the soldiers and generals of the Second Army of the North outside the pass, and said lightly: "I am King Huan Zhao Xuan. This Tianmen Pass has been discussed by me. The navy is occupied by the First North Army, and it won't be a problem without you, the Second North Army, so just go down the mountain."
Next to him, Zhou Min, the military division general of the First North Army, smiled bitterly to himself and shook his head.
There was no way, Huan Wang Zhao Hongxuan was such a person who could not rub dirt out of his eyes. Since the Northern Second Army was indifferent to the fact that his brother Su Wang Zhao Hongrun's troops were trapped in Shangdang, Zhao Hongxuan would definitely not give the Northern Second Army a good look.
His Highness has always been very stubborn in this kind of matter. Just like when he initially believed that Zhao Hongli, the former Prince of the East Palace, was sincere to him, he was very dissatisfied with Zhao Hongyu, the King of Yong who used conspiracy and tricks. Even his brother Zhao Hongrun never persuaded him. Draw a clear line with the original East Palace.
Obviously, after King Yong Hongyu, King Zhao Yuanzuo of Nanliang has become the second object of disgust for King Huan Zhao Hongxuan.