Chapter 676 Triumph
The absurdity of the world often appears in front of you unexpectedly, giving you an unexpected surprise.
Zhang Dan couldn't understand why he was standing here.
At this time, he and the civil and military officials were accepting the surrender of Heyang Pass. A civil servant named Lu Kang, coerced by a group of Han army officials with ulterior motives, left the city and begged for surrender with bare shoulders.
He was still a little confused at the moment. He had just received the news from Hei Fu that the navy had set off, and the Heyang City that had blocked him for many days was opened in front of him.
Even he himself did not agree to the surrender of the other side, so the Han army in the pass couldn't wait to leave the city and abandon their weapons.
Is this the enemy's plan?
Despite his inner hesitation, Zhang Dan decided to take the gamble.
Because the king's army has already passed Yewang, and is only two days away from Heyang. He wanted to capture the important pass of Heyang for the king before he arrived.
After that, Zhang Dan prepared a variety of plans, but the last one was useless. It was so smooth from beginning to end.
Even now, Zhang Dan still can't believe it. When he saw the old man named Lu Kang trembling with his upper body naked, he put his cloak on him.
It was precisely this move that made Lu Kang sadly talk about the scene that happened in Heyang City before.
In fact, Lu Kang himself fell asleep, and what he said was relayed to him by others.
Just the simple description from someone who has not experienced it has already shocked Zhang Dan.
For a while, Zhang Dan sighed that the Han family still knew how to play. At the same time, he realized that compared with the decay of the Han family, the Taishan Army was really righteous and in full swing.
Together with the Taishan Army, we can conquer the world.
While thinking this, Zhang Dan couldn't help but be curious about the ranger named Yang Feng.
At first, he was angry that Yang Feng killed his beloved general, but when he learned that this man did it just for money, he became even more contemptuous.
When he heard that this man killed He Rong in anger and then disappeared, Zhang Dan couldn't help but sigh in his heart, this is a strange person.
After changing his head, Zhang Dan had people take over the three cities of Heyang. There was also an unexpected surprise. A cavalry of 500 people was also coerced into surrender by the Han soldiers in the pass.
When Heyin City on the south bank was planted with the apricot-yellow flag of the Taishan Army, there was no longer any obstacle from here to Kyoto.
Now we only need to wait for the king's army to arrive, and then we can go straight to Shangluo.
Once the Han Dynasty Kyoto is captured, this dirty world can be cleaned up.
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On March 18, Zhang Chong finally arrived outside Heyang City with an army of 50,000 men.
The entire plain of Hanoi was filled with the chariots and cavalry of the Taishan Army. The army was as majestic as a prison.
It was against this background that Zhang Chong drove into Heyang and viewed the newly built fortress of the Han family.
Then he started performing martial arts on the north bank of Heyang.
Thousands of years ago, King Wu of Zhou met with allied princes on the other side of the river to perform martial arts exercises, and then crossed the Yellow River from here with great force and entered Chaoge.
Now, a thousand years later, Zhang Chong led the Taishan Army from Hebei and arrived here again. Zhang Chong's martial arts performance has a deeper meaning in this historical background.
Therefore, all the armies are roused, using the moral to defeat the unruly, using the virtuous to defeat the unvirtuous, and using the wise to defeat the unworthy. The revolution in the world will begin today.
The army rested in Hanoi for two days. On March 20th, Zhang Chong's carriage took the lead in entering the south of the river. After the war, the army entered Henan.
According to Zhang Chong's pre-war strategy, before attacking Luoyang, he first cut off the defenses on all sides and blocked possible reinforcements on the periphery.
So, the army began to divide into three branches here.
One of them turned eastward from here to Hulao Pass, preparing to capture the east gate of Luoyang. The other army headed south, preparing to capture Zhiyuan Pass, one of the eight passes. The last army attacked Yique Pass along the northern foot of Songshan Mountain, cutting off the southern passage together.
At the same time, Pan Zhang's tribe who stayed in Hanoi also led his army westward, preparing to cross the river from the southern plateau of Wangwu Mountain and enter Hongnong, so as to block the westward road from Luoyang through the Weihan Passage.
It can be said that Zhang Chong wanted to set up a big net and trap Luoyang in the middle.
This time, Kyoto is doomed.
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Once the military strategy was decided, the Taishan Army showed its strong execution ability.
The general in charge of the Hangu Pass direction is Le Jin.
After Le Jin was transferred back to the Central Guards by Zhang Chong, he quickly restored a complete army organization and was given the military title "Pengri".
Although it is a new formation, all the veterans showed great maneuverability to the Japanese army.
They entered the south bank with Zhang Chong's carriage on March 20th, and arrived at Yanshi City on March 22nd, marching an average of thirty miles a day.
As soon as Le Jin's army arrived in Yanshi, counterattacks composed of the city's powerful forces and county soldiers followed one after another.
The Gyeonggi area is densely populated, and the Yanshi side mobilized and formed a large army. But everyone knows that the people of Gyeonggi are not good at fighting, so the so-called army is also of low quality and has no combat effectiveness at all.
His army was originally stationed at Wuliting outside Yanshi City. As soon as they saw the smoke and dust of Taishan's army, they retreated into the countryside without even moving their horns.
The county magistrate did not dare to return to the city and fled directly to Gongyi in the east.
As a result, the Japanese army took Yanshi, the outer fortress of Kyoto, almost without firing a single shot.
After defeating Yanshi, the Taishan Army broke out of the prison and imprisoned the powerful forces in the territory. After leaving a battalion of 500 old soldiers to garrison, Le Jin decided to select brave soldiers from each battalion and obtained 1,500 men to form the first march. , the rest of the people followed.
On March 23, Le Jinqin took the lead in marching,
Each battalion was ordered to select brave soldiers, and a total of 2,400 soldiers were obtained. They did not carry pots and tents, were lightly armed and simple, and pursued them day and night towards Gongyi to the east of Yanshi.
On March 24, Le Jin led his army to pursue him to the gate of Gong County.
Gongxian County was the key point from Chenggao to Kyoto, and there was originally a thousand troops stationed there. However, these people thought that Le Jin's team would not arrive until the next day, so they were caught off guard and were attacked by Le Jin into the city.
In this way, when Le Jin appeared behind Hulao Pass with the Japanese army, he actually defeated Yanshi and Gongxian in just three days, and directly penetrated the east road.
It was only after arriving outside Hulao Pass that Le Jin encountered a real battle.
Hulao Pass, as a clear geographical dividing line between Guandong and the capital, has always been a battleground for military strategists.
Moreover, there is another special feature of Hulao Pass, that is, the pass is defended on the east and west sides. Therefore, when Le Jin arrived at Hulao Pass, the Han army was waiting in full formation on Xiguan City.
Originally, when the Yuan family and other Henan families were in charge of Kyoto, the defense of Hulao Pass was tight but not tense.
Because the Chenliu area outside Hulao Pass is on the Han side, the Taishan Army only has troops in the Heji area, and the line of confrontation between the two sides is in the Suanzao area. But after He Jin came to power, the relationship between Kyoto and the counties in the Central Plains became increasingly tense, especially under the background that Yuan Shao and his allies almost carved up Guandong, and Hulao Pass began to be closed.
However, although He Jin ordered Hulao Pass to be strictly guarded several times, after all, it was difficult for a clever woman to make a meal without rice. When the pressure from the Northeast and the Northeast increased day by day, a large number of Hulao Pass defenders were also mobilized.
By now, when Le Jin arrived at Hulao Pass, there were only two thousand guards left in the pass.
Judging from the number, the defenders of Hulao Pass at this time were much larger than the Lejin Division outside the pass, and they also controlled Hulao Pass and were condescending.
But that's not how the battle was fought. At this time, Hulao Pass was unable to build a deep ditch and high fortifications to defend the camp, and it was also unable to set up stakes on the river to the north and block the river. Therefore, the defense at this time was very loose. of.
Therefore, Le Jin was almost unstoppable and went straight to the Hulao Gate, and formed an offensive posture towards the gate.
At the same time, Wei Lan, the naval general in the Heji base area and Heifu's right-hand man, was leading the Dahe Navy to Dahe outside Hulao Pass.
As a result, the Taishan Army formed a pincer attack on Hulao Pass from both land and water sides.
March 25th, night.
Le Jin once again selected 200 troops to enter the formation, crossed the undefended outer defense line of Hulao Pass, and approached the nearest grain station to the west of Hulao Pass.
There were only a hundred Han troops in the post, and they could only hear the sound of killing in the dark night. They did not dare to resist at all, and fled when they heard the news.
At the same time, the Wei Lan tribe on the river also took advantage of the night to swim across the river and lurked to the east of Hulao Pass.
When the Yuejin tribe in the west was clamoring to attack the key points, Wei Lan led eight hundred soldiers from Heji to attack. The Han army at Dongguan Pass was caught off guard and was killed by Wei Lan.
Half an hour later, Taishan's army fell into Hulao Pass and completed its eastward goal.
Not two hours after Hulao Pass was captured, the sky brightened, and a group of Han soldiers marched out from Chenliu in the east, holding a flag with the word "Zhang". They should be the reinforcements of the two brothers Zhang Miao and Zhang Chao.
They may have wanted to take advantage, or simply wanted to support the Kwantung imperial court, but when they arrived at Hulao Pass and saw the apricot-yellow flag flying at the critical moment, it was already too late.
At this point, the route into Kyoto from the East Road was firmly occupied by the Taishan Army.
While Yue Jin was singing a triumphant song, Zhu Ling and Hu Wuqiu, who were attacking the four passes of Yique, Dugu, Guangcheng and Sheyuan in the south, also had a smooth journey.
In fact, before the Taishan Army appeared at Heyin Pass, the garrison at Sheyuan Pass was originally ordered to be mobilized to Heyin, because this pass had the least pressure and could have excess troops to dispatch other tight spots.
However, when his army heard that the Three Passes of Heyang had been defeated and that the Taishan Army had already set foot on Henan, they were frightened and dared no longer advance, so they hurriedly withdrew to Shenyuan Pass.
But it happened that Hu Wuqiu went ahead with 500 cavalry and ran into this army directly. After a rout, Hu Wuqiu took the defeated army and captured Shenyuan Pass.
As the southeastern gateway of Kyoto, Fuyuan Pass is located on Fuyuan Mountain in Yanshi. It has twelve winding ileums and is winding and winding. It can be said that it is easy to defend but difficult to attack.
Originally, Hu Wuqiu was a little resentful about being assigned the task of Shenyuan Pass, but he didn't expect that he won it so easily. It was really a great contribution from heaven to the Hu Wu family.
It seems that the Hu Wu family is going to become the new rich in the new dynasty again, and they are still the masters!
The real hard work is Zhu Ling's part.
His mission was to capture Otani Pass, the southern gateway to Kyoto, and Yique Pass, the southwest gateway.
Daguguan is an important passage from Kyoto into Yingchuan. It is located at the mouth of the huge valley of Wan'an Mountain in the south of Kyoto. It has 2,000 soldiers.
Zhu Ling walked from Heyin Pass for three days to get here, and by this time Hu Wuqiu next door had already captured Shenyuan Pass.
But it was just as hard as walking. In fact, Zhu Ling won Dagonguan without much effort.
When Zhu Ling's tribe appeared at the foot of Dagu Pass, the defenders in the pass felt that Kyoto must have been captured by the Taishan Army, and their morale dropped and they dispersed.
Zhu Ling's Youyi only had a dozen people, so he was able to successfully take over Taigu Pass. At this time, the grain, fodder, and equipment in the pass were well sealed and had not been dismantled.
This shows how lax the military preparedness of the Kanto court has been.
But luck only favored Zhu Ling here.
After leaving his team to take over Taigu Pass, he took three thousand central guards and set off towards Yique Pass in the southeast.
Zhu Ling was quite optimistic at the beginning. From the good news coming from the surrounding friendly forces, he was already sure that the Kanto court at this time was in a state of despair. There was no one loyal to the cause, and the road was running out at the end of the day.
But first a heavy rain made Zhu Lingbu miserable.
And when they arrived at Yique Pass on muddy roads and slippery rain, they looked at the Yuan-character banner hanging on the wall, and their hearts were suddenly poured with cold water.
Too bad.
Yique Pass is no different than other passes. It is located on the Yishui River. With the help of the Yishui River, the enemy forces from Nanyang can dispatch supplies here on a large scale. Its actual carrying capacity is the highest among all passes.
Zhu Ling estimated that Yuan Shu was entrenched in Nanyang inside the pass. Although he knew that Yuan Shu's troops were not as vulnerable as the Han army, he still decided to fight first.
But the result is obvious. The Yuan army in the pass is several times larger than Zhu Ling in terms of numbers alone, and their fighting spirit is high. Taishan's army attacked the city several times but was repelled by Yuan's army.
With no choice but to take a step back, Zhu Ling first built a barrier downstream of the Yishui River to block the waterway.
If the Yique Pass is not captured, points will already be lost. If the Yuan army in the pass is allowed to follow the Yishui to Kyoto and interfere with the king's plan to conquer Kyoto, then it will really be a dead end.
At this time, as Yique Guan looked at the retreating Taishan Army, Yuan Shu's general Ji Ling burst into laughter.
The attack on Yique Pass was exactly his work.
He believed that Nanyang was a narrow territory and was surrounded by four sides. Liu Biao was in a hostile state in the south. Although Yuan Shao in the east was an ally, Yuan Shu did not trust him very much. The Kwantung troops in the west were strong and he could not afford to offend him.
So Yuan Shu put his mind on Kyoto in the north, preparing to unload some valuables from this broken ship.
Therefore, Ji Ling suggested attacking Yique Pass.
He believes that Yique Pass is the throat of Nanyang. If it is abandoned, Nanyang will have no danger to defend, and if it is held, the north will be safe.
So, while the Kwantung court was busy dealing with the Taishan Army, Yu Ji Ling led more than ten thousand Nanyang soldiers along the Yishui River to attack Yique Pass.
The Han army in the pass had long been infiltrated by Yuan's army. After Ji Ling arrived, he opened the door.
At this time, Ji Lingzhi was so proud that he wrote a military report and sent it to Xiao Yuan in the rear.
At the same time, the apology form written by Zhu Ling himself was also sent to Beimang Mountain.
That's where Zhang Chong's base camp for the general attack on Luoyang was located.
In short, the failure to win Yiqueguan as originally planned added some variables to this battle in Kyoto.
(End of chapter)