South Sanxing among the Eighth Routes of Taihang is also called Hanoi Sanxing, including Zhiguanxing, Taihangxing and Baixing. The three mountain roads passing through Wangwu Mountain and Taihang all connect Hedong and Hanoi. If troops are sent from Hedong to Hanoi, then everyone agrees that
Taking Taihangxing is the most convenient way and its transportation location is also the most important.
It’s not that Taihangxing is easier to walk than the other two. Taihangxing is equally dangerous and difficult, and Tianjingguan is better known as the most dangerous place in the world.
However, the most difficult and dangerous sections are all in Hedong, controlled by the Jin army, while the areas controlled by Zhu Si's army are much flatter, so when attacking Hanoi from Hedong, they will definitely go through Taihangxing. On the contrary, if they go north from Hanoi
Attacking Hedong and Taihangxing would be extremely difficult and dangerous.
In the early morning, an army of 10,000 people passed through the extremely dangerous Tianjing Pass, climbed down the cliff, and marched along the Qinshui River Valley toward Hanoi County, a hundred miles away.
Even after conquering three passes, they encountered no effective resistance, and the enemy troops guarding the passes fled.
The commander-in-chief of the Jin army was Pei Xin, known as Xiao Li Guang. He had grown up rapidly and was able to lead the army on his own. Guo Song was worried that he would make mistakes, so he sent Hu Tong, the left commander of the intelligence battalion, as his army staff.
In a river valley, Pei Xin ordered the army to rest on the spot. He had some doubts in his heart and asked Hu Tongtang, the army staff officer: "Excuse me, Hu Sima, we conquered three passes in a row and basically encountered no resistance. It seems that the enemy's troops are too stationed."
Because of the lack of troops, I can’t figure out why the enemy’s defense is just a show of force.”
Hu Tong is a native of Dengzhou. He once served as the chief registrar of Neixiang County. He helped Yao Jin capture Wuguan two years ago. Later he became a soldier under Yao Jin and participated in the military affairs. He followed Yao Jin in the east and west campaigns. He was very capable and very capable.
He was intelligent and highly valued by Yao Jin, who recommended him to Guo Song, who then appointed him as Zuo Sima of the Intelligence Battalion, responsible for intelligence analysis.
Hu Tong was about thirty-five or sixteen years old. He was a civil servant and had a flexible mind. He was very shrewd. He smiled and said to Pei Xin: "In fact, it is easy to understand. The three passes just now are not dangerous passes. We can all go around the enemy's back."
, I think they are more like tax cards or observation posts. Calling them passes is a bit flattering."
Pei Xin smiled and said: "Sima is right, they really can't defend us. If I send an army, we can go behind them from the mountains and forests. They don't have any terrain advantages. So Hu Sima thinks the enemy's defense point should be at
where?"
Hu Tong ordered someone to get a map. He placed the map on a flat rock, pointed at the three Taihang Mountain passes and said to Pei Xin: "General Pei, please see, we can enter Huaiyin by taking any of the three roads in the south."
Prefecture, Zhiguan Pass, Tianjing Pass and other dangerous places are all under the control of our army. If we send 10,000 troops to go south, the other side will have to deploy 30,000 troops to guard against it. The cost is too high, and it is impossible to guard against it.
Therefore, it is meaningless for Zhu Si to guard against us in the Taihang Mountains. There is no need for the enemy to waste his troops guarding the pass along the way. Moreover, General Pei has not noticed that once we capture Huaizhou, in winter, the Yellow River freezes, and our army directly crosses the Yellow River and goes south.
If we capture Mengjin Pass or Xiaopingjin, we can fight all the way to Luoyang, but Hulao Pass, Hangu Pass, etc. are meaningless to us."
Pei Xin became even more confused, "In this case, Zhu Si should station a large number of troops in Huaizhou to prevent us from crossing the Yellow River through Huaizhou."
Hu Tong said with a smile: "Zhu Si occupied Huaizhou not because he was targeting us, but because he wanted to use Huaizhou as a springboard to march into Hebei. Therefore, his troop deployment should be aimed at Hebei. As for Luoyang after we occupy Huaizhou,
The threat, I think the lord is using Zhu Si more now and has no intention of attacking him. Zhu Si also understands this, so he dares to put his main force in Jianghuai."
Pei Xin nodded silently. He had also heard Yao Jin say that the lord's biggest enemy was not Zhu Si, but the Chengdu court. He could understand why the lord was reluctant to attack Zhu Si and even let him leave Guanzhong.
Hu Tong added: "Although Zhu Si does not have many troops in Huaizhou, he should have stationed heavy troops in Mengjin and Xiaopingjin."
He pointed at the map and continued: "In order to conquer Hebei, Zhu Si deployed all the five thousand troops in Huaizhou in Xiuwu County and Huojia County in the east of Huaizhou. Once he has the opportunity, he will immediately capture Weizhou and Xiangzhou.
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"So there are not many troops stationed in Hanoi County." Pei Xin said with a smile.
Hu Tong also smiled and said: "In the past few years, our army has been deployed very little in Zezhou, which has formed an impression on Zhu Si. We will not attack Huaizhou, and he will not expect that we will suddenly attack. This is our
Chance."
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In the afternoon, the 10,000-strong army walked out of the mountainous area and entered the central plain area. From here all the way to the south and east, there is an endless plain.
Ten thousand troops marched towards Hanoi County fifty miles away. They were all infantry and carried no baggage. They marched lightly with dry food on their backs. Fortunately, the Huaizhou Plain was vast and rich in food. They were not worried about supply problems. The key was that they
Hanoi County must be captured as soon as possible as an important logistics supply area.
In fact, they had received intelligence before. There were not many defenders in Hanoi County, only a thousand people. Pei Xin was very excited about this opportunity. He was afraid that the enemy would be the first to increase troops in Hanoi, so he led the army to rush all the way, at night
Arrive in Hanoi County at 1st watch.
Today is a cloudy day, with dark clouds, and the stars and moon are not visible. Only a faint outline can be seen from a dozen steps away, and it is completely invisible after thirty steps, and it is pitch black.
The 10,000-strong army stopped a mile outside the West City. Here were endless wheat fields. The wheat was about to be harvested. There were waves of wheat everywhere. The soldiers could hide perfectly if they squatted in the wheat fields.
The team kept moving forward, and finally ambushed in a wheat field about 150 steps away from the city. Pei Xin turned around and waved to deputy general Yang Xuanying. Yang Xuanying understood and immediately ordered in a low voice: "Follow me!"
Five hundred soldiers behind him followed him towards the city wall. The soldiers carried a dozen bamboo ladders up to three feet and five feet high. This was the siege weapon they prepared. If the ladder failed, they could only use iron.
Fire and thunder.
Hanoi County is a large city with a circumference of more than thirty miles. It is relatively square. The entire west wall is about nine miles long. There are only a thousand defenders in the city. In the absence of any threat, there can be no patrol soldiers on the city.
Of course, there is also a possibility that the soldiers at the previous pass fled back to Hanoi County, making the Hanoi County defenders aware of their arrival.
However, Pei Xin didn't care very much. If the opponent was prepared and the sneak attack failed, then they would just blow up the city gate and the army would rush into the city.
Hundreds of soldiers gradually approached the city wall. There was a moat in front of the city wall. The moat was very wide, about ten feet or so. Cities across the Central Plains generally had this width, but it would narrow near the city gate. The main consideration was the length of the suspension bridge. The moat was too wide.
, the suspension bridge is not lowered enough, so it can only be narrowed at the city gate. However, in this way, the entrance to the city will become narrower, which will affect shipping. There is no way.
The main function of the moat is actually not for military use, but for shipping. Especially in Jianghuai and Jiangnan, water shipping is extremely important, far exceeding land transportation.
Although the moat was very wide, it was not difficult for the five hundred soldiers who attacked the city. They took off their armor and swam directly across the moat. The sound of swimming could be heard from the moat, but there was still no movement on the top of the city.
A series of bamboo ladders were set up at the top of the city. The soaked soldiers hastily put on their armor and swarmed up. They held their swords in their teeth, carried shields on their backs, and grabbed the long ladder with both arms and climbed towards the top of the city. When they reached the top of the city,
There is not a single soldier visible on the city wall, but this does not mean that there is no ambush at the top of the city. It is just that the ambush soldiers usually hide under the battlements and cannot be seen by the siege soldiers.
The soldiers were extremely nervous. Holding a sword in their right hand and a shield in their left hand, they jumped up to the top of the city, protected their vital parts with their shields, and rolled forward...
The city wall was still very cold, there were no ambushed soldiers, and the empty wall could not be seen to the end in the darkness.
At this time, Yang Xuanying, the general in charge of attacking the city, also went up to the city. He held the Panlong Golden Gun in his hand and looked around the city wall. He only felt a cold feeling, like the unique feeling of emptiness of an empty city.
But this couldn't be an empty city. It was a large city with a population of more than 100,000. Two skilled spies rushed to the west tower to inquire about the enemy's situation first.
When all five hundred soldiers entered the city, Yang Xuanying waved his spear and said, "Go to the city tower!"
He led hundreds of soldiers and ran towards the West Tower. When he was approaching the West Tower, the two scouts just now ran towards him. They looked strange and whispered to Yang Xuanying: "There are no soldiers in the tower, not a single one. There are no soldiers in the corridor."
There are no soldiers either."
Yang Xuanying was stunned. What kind of plot was this playing? The lack of soldiers on the city could be interpreted as a lack of troops, but the fact that there were no soldiers on the city tower was strange and hard to understand.