Chapter 3643 Under Yanling Pass
Li Ji led hundreds of thousands of troops outside, which was an unparalleled deterrent to all parties in Guanlong. Whether it was the East Palace or Guanlong, just think about how Li Ji could break through the border at any time and anywhere, but he didn't know what his position was. I'm afraid I'll have to toss and turn every night, and it's inevitable to be frightened.
From this point of view, no matter what Li Ji's ultimate goal is, no matter which side he prefers, the strategic goal has been perfectly achieved. Any party that wants to win over Li Ji must give the most sincere conditions.
Li Ji is indeed a cunning person...
The scout added: "The distance is too far to hear clearly what the two sides are saying, but Lu Guogong and Changsun Anye have already divided their forces. The latter led the army directly to Nanxiao Road and returned to Chang'an for his own purposes. Lu Guogong stationed troops on the spot and settled east of Sanxiangkou. We will probably camp here and return tomorrow morning.”
Fang Jun was sure that the eldest son Anye had come to try to persuade Li Ji, and it seemed that he had arrived one step ahead of him. He had already negotiated with Li Ji and was now on his way back.
There are many roads from Guanzhong to Luoyang. The easiest way is to take a boat south along the Yellow River. However, the Yellow River is frozen at this time, and the water in the Sanmenxia section is turbulent and frozen. The river is full of ice, making it impossible to sail. Then the shortest road is to go out of Tongguan and go straight down the Yellow River. After passing Hangu Pass, you can go around the north and south sides of Xiaoshan Mountain to Luoyang. The road to the south of Xiaoshan Mountain is called "South Xiaodao Road", and the north side is naturally "Northern Xiaodao Road". Among them, the "Bei Xiao Road" is short, but the hilly area between the banks of the Yellow River and the Xiao Mountain is difficult to navigate due to dense ravines. It passes through Shengchi, Xinjiang and other places. In places such as An, Shengchi is the venue for the famous "Shengchi Meeting". "Xin'an" is also legendary. Xiang Yu, the overlord of Western Chu, killed 200,000 Qin troops here; although "Nanxiao Road" The road is a bit longer, but it passes between the Yaoshan Mountains, Xiong'er Mountains and the Qinling Mountains. Most of them are valleys washed by the rivers originating from the Yaoshan Mountains. The terrain is gentle and easy to travel.
These two roads are the main transportation routes connecting Guanzhong to Luoyang. They have been excavated as early as the Xia and Shang Dynasties...
Obviously, Changsun Anye plans to take the "Nanxiao Road".
What was the outcome of the negotiation between Changsun Anye and Li Ji? If I go to ask Cheng Yaojin now, the other party may want to tell him about his past relationship, but what can he do even if he knows? Li Ji's refusal to win over Guan Long would naturally be beneficial to the East Palace, but if Li Ji agreed to Guan Long's offer, could he persuade him with his sharp tongue?
Fang Jun found it difficult.
Even though he considers himself to be a good eloquent person, when faced with a prominent figure in the world like Li Ji, it is impossible to convince him with his pure eloquence. The only thing he can rely on is profit.
But can Donggong provide more generous benefits than Guan Long? not necessarily.
Therefore, even if he knew at this moment that Li Ji had promised Guan Long to depose the East Palace together, he would not be able to persuade Li Ji to change his mind. However, hundreds of thousands of troops returned in neat order, and the mutiny did not occur until Mengjin Ferry, and they were wiped out and quelled in a snap. This shows that Li Ji's control over the army was absolutely impossible for him to divide and incite Cheng Yaojin and Xue Wanche. The others left the army and returned to Chang'an to support the East Palace.
After pondering for a long time, Fang Jun stood up suddenly, looked towards the direction of Mount Xiao in the night, and ordered: "The whole army sets off, follow me to kill the enemy!"
"Here!"
Three hundred people responded to the order with a bang, followed Fang Jun, mounted their horses, and bypassed the county seat on the north side of Yongning County. They reined in their horses and drove slowly, far away from where Cheng Yaojin led his army to camp, so as not to disturb them, and then walked through the river valley. Plunge into Mount Kooshan and head towards the "South Koso Road".
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Yanling Pass is located in the Kooshan Mountains, winding on the "South Koao Road", tightly strangling the throat of people coming and going. Above the city gate, flags are flying, and hunting sounds are heard in the night.
Below the city gate, a camp was stationed in the lee of the hills on both sides of the road. They were lined up in a row. They did not adopt the "internal and external" formation like military camps. There were sentries in twos and threes, yawning and holding horizontal knives, standing Taking a nap on the sentry post.
Ever since Changsun Wuji called on various families in Guanlong to rebel, in order to prevent the garrison troops from Hedong, Central Plains and other places from entering Guanzhong, he sent troops to occupy various passes on the "North and South Xiao Road" and stationed heavy troops to guard them. Although as the war in Chang'an became more intense, the garrisons stationed at various passes were gradually transferred to Chang'an to participate in the war, but sufficient troops were still retained to defend the passes.
There are a thousand troops stationed at Yanlingguan. On this narrow and winding "Nanxiao Road", it can be said that one man can guard the pass and no one can open it. Changsun Anye returned from Luoyang. It was already late at night when he entered Yanling Pass. He was really exhausted, so he camped on the spot to rest.
Yanling Pass crosses the "Nanxiao Road", and the side facing Chang'an is full of soldiers and horses, so it is safe; the side facing Luoyang has Yanling Pass across the road, and one man is in charge of the pass, even if the enemy himself pursues it, it is impossible The city was captured without anyone noticing, so the hundreds of soldiers under Changsun Anye's command could not help but relax a little.
Before dawn, the wind roared and howled in the ancient road. Fang Jun led his army to the Yanling Pass. Looking at the dotted lanterns on the gate in the distance, soldiers in twos and threes were on duty under the halo. Fang Jun waved his hand and ordered the entire army to dismount, including men and horses. Avoid the foot of the mountain on the north side and slowly approach the city gate.
When he reached the mountain forest less than a hundred feet away from the city gate, a bird on a branch flew away in fright. Fang Jun quickly stopped the entire army and hid his whereabouts.
After a while, no soldiers from the city came to investigate, so I breathed a sigh of relief.
Yanling Pass is not considered a dangerous pass. It is just because the "Nanxiao Road" is narrow and winding, and this pass guards the main road, so it is difficult to overcome. However, if Li Ji sent his troops to enter the pass and take this "Nanxiao Road", he would only need to send more than 10,000 men and horses to rush through the pass and break through the pass in less than an hour.
Fang Jun only has 300 soldiers and horses under his command, so a strong attack is impossible. However, for the capture of the city, under the powerful firearms, even the city gates are useless...
In the darkness, several soldiers crawled forward, hiding themselves in the bushes in twos and threes in the snow, and slowly approached the city gate. The soldiers on the city were on defense, and they never thought that someone could storm the city gate at this time. They were still unaware until the enemy sneaked into the city.
Several soldiers lurked in the city gate, took off the gunpowder packets from their backs, placed them under the city gate, blew the fire sticks to light the fuse, quickly exited the city gate, and hid behind one side of the city wall.
A few breaths later, there was a muffled "boom" in the silent night. The gunpowder packet blew the wooden city gate into pieces, but the power was not enough to collapse the city gate hole. Broken wood chips and smoke sprayed out from both sides of the city gate hole. For a time, gunpowder smoke filled the air and the earth shook.
Fang Jun was already well prepared. As soon as the city gate was blown open, a hundred soldiers rushed out from their hiding places, went straight to the city, lit thunderbolts and threw them onto the city. A series of "boom, boom, boom" explosions shook the entire tower. They were all blown up to the sky. Then, a hundred soldiers in heavy armor rushed into the city from the smoke-filled city gate with messy masonry, and launched a frenzied attack on the barracks on both sides of the city gate.
The remaining one hundred people, led by Fang Jun himself, rode into the city gate, ignoring the killings in the barracks on both sides, and galloped along the road to chase Changsun Anye.
However, just after running out less than a hundred feet, I saw a dark military camp lined up in the lee of the north side of the road. The soldiers in the camp were awakened by the explosion, and they were confused and confused.
Fang Jun was shocked that the eldest grandson Anye did not rush back to Chang'an to resume his life, but stayed in Yanling Pass... This saved a lot of time.
He galloped on his horse, raised the sword high in his hand, and shouted: "Kill!"
Herod, the war horse on his hip, neighed loudly, tumbling with four hooves and rushed straight into the camp. With the horizontal knife in his hand flat, he easily cut off the head of an enemy soldier with the help of the force of the forward charge of the war horse. The soldiers behind them swept forward like a whirlwind. Dozens of thunderbolts were ignited and thrown into the military camp. There was a "boom, boom, boom" explosion. In the light of the fire, the enemy fled in panic, without any resistance at all.
The enemy barracks were lined up along the foot of the mountain, with no depth. Fang Junce took the lead on horseback, wielding a horizontal knife in his hand and blood splashed, fighting all the way from beginning to end, chasing a small group of defeated soldiers and killing them all, then turned around and killed There was a back and forth.
In just a few seconds, the entire camp was littered with corpses and blood. Countless seriously injured enemy soldiers were rolling around on the ground and wailing. The soldiers jumped off their horses one after another and struck one by one. Fang Jun rode to the largest tent. Without searching inside, he saw a man lying on the snow. The blood flowing from his body had melted the snow beneath him.
Fang Jun got off his horse and went forward to search the body. Although he did not recognize Changsun Anye, he found the Changsun family's keepsake from his body and confirmed that it was Changsun Anye. This sneak attack became hasty, and it was absolutely impossible for Changsun Anye to prepare a substitute in advance. At this time, the entire army was killed and no one escaped, so there was no need to doubt his identity. (End of chapter)