There is a watchtower in the camp, and the top of the watchtower is a beacon tower. There is also a watchtower and beacon tower on Beimang Mountain. At this time, the beacon fire has been lit in the camp. Soon, the beacon tower on Beimang Mountain will also be lit. Notice
Luoyang City.
A pass was also built before Mengjin Crossing, that is, Mengjing Pass. Of course, it cannot be compared with Hulao Pass, it is just an ordinary pass.
Zhao Wensheng supported the city battlements and looked towards the water of the Yellow River. He saw an overwhelming number of large ships appearing on the surface of the Yellow River several miles away. The momentum was very spectacular.
"General, what's going on?"
The soldier pointed at the mountain and asked curiously: "The beacon fire on the mountain has not been lit yet. Could something have happened?"
Zhao Wensheng looked at the top of the mountain and felt something bad in his heart. They had rehearsed many times. As long as the beacon fire was lit below, the soldiers above would soon light the beacon fire. There would never be a delay. There would never be such a long period of silence as now. Besides, there is still no movement.
If it's not night, could it be that the sentry tower above has been taken down by the Jin army?
The more I thought about it, the more likely it became that the sentry tower on the top of the mountain was not a secret. Since the Jin army wanted to cross the river, they would definitely take down the sentry tower first.
A soldier next to him reminded him: "General, we still have thorns!"
Zhao Wensheng suddenly woke up and immediately shouted loudly: "Go to the river beach and spread thorns!"
There is a very open river beach in front of Guancheng, and they have no defensive terrain. Zhu Si gave them 200,000 iron thorns, which were not usually sown. The thorns were locked in the warehouse. Once the enemy attacked, they would quickly attack them.
Carry out sowing.
Several captains and hundreds of soldiers rushed towards the warehouse, but after opening the warehouse, everyone searched for a long time but found nothing. Twenty large wooden boxes containing caltrops were missing.
Everyone looked at each other, wondering what happened?
Liang Yue came over and said: "No need to look for it, the thorns have been taken away by General Li Ji!"
At this moment, Zhao Wensheng came running like a gust of wind and shouted: "What's going on? Why don't you go and spread the thorns?"
"General, the thorns are gone!" Everyone said to him helplessly.
Zhao Wensheng was stunned. He suddenly turned to Liang Yue and said angrily: "You are responsible for keeping this, explain it to me!"
Liang Yue said calmly: "I told them just now that the thorns have been taken away by General Li Ji!"
"Fuck your motherfucker!"
Zhao Wensheng stepped forward and grabbed Liang Yue's collar, and said fiercely: "Without my consent, Li Ji will take away the things? Don't fool me, I think you secretly sold the caltrops."
Liang Yue sneered and said: "That's true. I sold them. I was afraid that you would scatter them on the beach and ruin my surrender plan."
When he said this, he suddenly stabbed Zhao Wensheng in the abdomen with the dagger in his hand. The severe pain made Zhao Wensheng couldn't help but scream. Liang Yue stabbed him more than a dozen times, hitting the vital part. Zhao Wensheng had no time to resist.
He fell to the ground and died.
Liang Yue stepped on his body and muttered to himself: "You have indeed committed many evil deeds and cannot surrender, but don't block my future!"
Liang Yue was well prepared. His five hundred soldiers surrounded and killed Zhao Wensheng's twenty soldiers. He immediately summoned the generals.
Six captains were summoned, and Liang Yue said to the generals: "Tens of thousands of Jin troops are attacking. It is impossible for us to withstand it. I have decided to surrender at the pass. Those who want to surrender should follow me. Those who do not want to surrender can leave now."
Go, if you want to resist, you can only follow Zhao Wensheng to Huangquan. What do you think? Please express your stance!"
The six captains all knew that Zhao Wensheng had been killed by Liang Yue. They were not as evil as Zhao Wensheng, so naturally they had nothing to fear. They all bowed together and said: "I am willing to follow the general!"
Liang Yue was overjoyed and immediately ordered: "Plant the white flag and open the city to welcome the arrival of the army!"
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The beacon on the top of Beimang Mountain was indeed removed by Jin army scouts this morning, cutting off the connection between Mengjinguan and Luoyang City. The scouts also blocked the only official road to Luoyang to prevent the enemy general from sending people to Luoyang to report.
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Yao Jin was also preparing to storm Mengjing Pass. Unexpectedly, the enemy troops came out of the city and surrendered, allowing them to capture Mengjing Pass without any blood.
This is of course a good thing. First of all, it avoids the casualties of soldiers, which is the most important. It also buys him time.
A general brought the leader Liang Yue forward. Liang Yue knelt down on one knee and said: "Liang Yue, deputy general of Mengjinguan, comes to see General Yao!"
Yao Jin nodded, "I heard that you killed the general Zhao Wensheng?"
"Reporting to the general, Zhao Wensheng has committed many evil deeds and refuses to surrender. He even wants to sow 200,000 thorns on the river beach. I have no choice but to eradicate him!"
Yao Jin was secretly surprised. If there were still two hundred thousand thorns deployed on the river beach, it would be troublesome. His tens of thousands of troops would not be able to disembark.
"Where is the thorn now?" Yao Jin asked quickly.
"He was hidden by his humble position and is still in the military camp."
Yao Jin was overjoyed and praised: "The general understands justice, I will definitely ask for credit for the general!"
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The 50,000-strong army immediately passed through Mengjin Pass and headed south. After going south for dozens of miles, Yao Jin received someone from Li Bing to report that Li Ji at Hulao Pass had surrendered and there was no need for them to go to Hulao Pass for support.
Yao Jin then turned around and headed towards the north gate of Luoyang...
Pei Xin led 30,000 cavalrymen to arrive at the Xin'an County camp just as it was getting dark. It happened to be the 28th. The 30,000 cavalrymen immediately entered the camp to rest. Yang Xuanying welcomed Pei Xin into the Chinese army's tent. The two held a simple handover ceremony.
Yang Xuanying was the commander-in-chief of the Xin'an County camp. Now after the two armies merged to form the new army, Pei Xin became the commander-in-chief and Yang Xuanying was the deputy general.
"How is the other party's condition now?" Pei Xin asked.
"Reporting back to the general, it's still as calm as usual and nothing unusual was found!"
It seems that all the armies sent out troops strictly according to the plan and did not alert the enemy. The enemy did not realize that the war was about to break out.
In fact, Pei Xin knew the deployment of Jin King Guo Song better than several other generals. Zhou Fei had led 500 scouts to enter Luoyang City in batches more than ten days ago. The plan to capture Luoyang was already clear, but His Highness King Jin
I hope the internal strife between Xiao Wanding and Xiang Fei will burn more intensely.
In fact, Pei Xin didn't know that Guo Song had a deeper intention for not attacking Luoyang immediately. It's just that the fewer people who know about this intention, the better.
"Is there any news about General Zhang Yun?" Pei Xin asked again.
Yang Xuanying nodded, "They arrived last night and are now in ambush at Longya Gang, thirty miles south of Luoyang. They can cooperate with us at any time."
Pei Xin looked at the distribution map of the enemy's camp on the table. The enemy's camp occupied a large area and spanned both sides of the valley. He could not guarantee the complete annihilation of the enemy army, especially the 6,000 troops on the south bank of the valley. Once the army was in chaos, the 30,000 soldiers
They will inevitably flee in all directions, and the army on the south bank will retreat as a whole. Zhang Yun's task is not easy. They must surround these six thousand troops before the enemy troops cross the Luoshui River.
If you want to follow Pei Xin's temperament, a fire attack on the camp at night will be most effective. A fire will burn the enemy camp to a white ground. However, His Highness the King of Jin does not agree to a fire attack. There will be too many casualties in that way. He does not want that to happen.
result.
Reluctantly, Pei Xin had no choice but to adopt the tactic of encirclement, suppression, and surrender, which was to frighten sleeping enemy soldiers away from the camp and then retreat and surrender on the periphery.
"If the enemy army flees in chaos, they must have three escape routes, due west, southeast and northeast. They can enter the city from the west, south and north. There is Zhang Yun's army in the south, so we don't need to worry about it. I guess Yao Jin's army in the north should also be there.
Once we arrive, we don’t need to worry about it. The key is the west city gate, so you lead 20,000 cavalry around the enemy’s back and cut off the enemy’s retreat to the west.”
"I understand the humble position!"
At this time, a soldier outside the tent reported, "General Yao sent someone to deliver a message!"
"Bring the letter in!"
After a while, the soldier walked into the tent and presented a text message to Pei Xin.
Pei Xin read Yao Jin's letter and smiled at Yang Xuanying: "The situation has changed. Li Ji has surrendered at Hulao Pass, so Yao Jin did not send troops to Hulao Pass. His 50,000 troops were already ambushing outside the North City Gate.
He said that we could divide 20,000 troops to intercept the enemy in the west."
"No need for him to bother!"
Yang Xuanying shook her head decisively and said: "It is my mission to intercept from the west. He just needs to do his job well."
Pei Xin deeply agreed. According to King Jin's deployment, four armies surrounded Luoyang City. The west was Pei Xin's territory, and Yao Jin was in charge of the north. He sent troops to the west, which was actually crossing the border.
Pei Xin immediately replied to Yao Jin with a letter, thanking him for his kindness, but he had enough troops and did not need Yao Jin's help for the time being.
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Time gradually came to the second watch, and Yang Xuanying led an army of 20,000 people to detour behind the enemy's army.
Pei Xin led 30,000 cavalry to the east along the Valley River. The enemy camp was thirty miles east of them, with Xin'an County in the middle.
The army did not move fast and did not light torches. The moonlight was not bad, allowing them to see the distance between each other clearly at night without using torches.
When it was almost three o'clock, Pei Xin led 30,000 cavalry to arrive one mile away from the enemy's camp. He raised his eyes and could clearly see the high wall of the enemy's camp.