Chapter 806 Ending
When the valley closes, the panicked horn sounds "woo woo".
On the Guan City, inside the garrison wall, the Yuan soldiers who had stayed behind poured out of the military tents in a chaotic manner, looking around blankly, and then were driven to the top of the city by the military officials.
Inside the pass, a dozen riders had just climbed onto their horses, and some of the companions were randomly stuffing some food into their sacks.
Before long, at the urging of the military officials, these dozen knights ran out of the gate. They wanted to go to the north to scout the situation and see how many enemy troops were coming.
From inside the South Gate, a group of conscripts had just transferred a batch of military rations here. As soon as they entered the gate with their front feet, the door closed tightly with their back feet.
This frightened the already frightened soldiers to the point of losing their minds. They were not fools. As long as they saw the appearance of the Yuan soldiers in the pass, they knew that a war was coming.
Some of them, who had been with the army for a long time, thought even more when they saw this scene.
After all, Daguguan is located at the rear of the army. Now that there are enemy troops outside, does that mean that the army to the north is in danger?
They didn't dare to think about this kind of thing, but they couldn't help but think about it.
The customs were in chaos, and the conscripts didn't know where they were going. They just wanted to put the grain into the warehouse for delivery.
But at this time, a warrior wearing two crotch armors ran over, directly identified himself, and said that they were being recruited as soldiers.
None of the conquerors were willing to do so. After all, although the transfer was tiring, safety could still be guaranteed as long as they did not encounter Taishan troops and thieves.
But if you take a knife and a gun and go to the top of the city, your life or death will really be up to you.
But when the military officer drew his sword, their wishes no longer mattered.
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There are only 800 Yuan Jun defenders in Dagu Pass.
Precisely because it is located at the rear of the army, this pass is mostly used as a food platform for the army. In fact, there is not much protection.
But this morning, there were waves of defeated troops outside the pass. Although they came from different guards, they were all soldiers from the Yishui camp without exception.
As the transshipment envoy of the grain platform, Zao Zhi continuously interrogated several military officials who had fled back. They all said that the front line was defeated.
Such unanimous voices made Zao Zhi have to accept this fact.
That is, Yuan Shao went north with 100,000 elite troops, but was wiped out in a single battle.
But there is also good news, that is, none of these defeated troops have encountered Yuan Shao, and they have not heard any bad news about Chen Gong.
At this time, no news is good news.
Therefore, Zao Zhi calmed down his panic and began to prepare for the consequences of defeat ahead.
Zao Zhi knew very well that because all the troops were supported at the Yishui camp, the defensive power of Daguguan was very weak.
But Zao Zhi had to defend this place.
Not to mention that he has the responsibility of guarding the pass, he only has to guard the hundreds of thousands of stones and grain in the pass. Not to mention, the current external defense of Yingchuan, that is, Daguguan, is somewhat powerful.
After all, Daguguan still has the responsibility of the grain station. No matter how small the military defense force is, there are still 800 people who dare to fight. The Guangcheng Pass at the back is basically a decoration, and the pass has long been empty.
Therefore, Zao Zhi understood that if he did not guard Dagong Pass, Yingchuan would definitely be in danger. Zao Zhi himself was from Yingchuan, and his family's children and family property were all in Yingchuan.
If he cannot hold the Dagong Pass and allows the Taishan Army to go south to Yingchuan, then Zao Zhi will really lose his family.
Who knows that the Zao family is also a wealthy family in Yingchuan? They are the targets of the Taishan Army's purge.
In fact, in addition to this selfishness, there is another reason why Zao Zhi wants to hold on to Dagoguan, that is, he hopes to hold on until Yuan Shao withdraws.
He and Yuan Shao had been together for more than ten years, and the relationship between the monarch and his subjects was still very deep. Zao Zhi's own morality could not allow him to betray his lord.
Therefore, Zao Zhi quickly conveyed the will of resistance to several generals in the pass, and asked them to prepare an elite cavalry team to leave the pass and go northward, to detect news on the one hand, and to respond to Yuan Shao on the other.
In addition, Zao Zhi also asked them to replenish their troops as much as possible, and quickly organized into a city defense force of three to four thousand people with eight hundred elite soldiers as the core.
Originally, according to Zao Zhi's idea, expansion should not be difficult, because troops from the north continued to retreat back to the pass.
Although Zao Zhi was not very proficient in warfare, he still understood that Yuan's army had tens of thousands of troops, and it was not possible to wipe them all out in one decisive battle.
As long as you choose brave warriors from the defeated troops, it is not difficult to expand the team.
But it's a pity that Zao Zhi is just talking on paper this time.
The name of the defeated soldiers is to lead a soldier, but these people don't look like soldiers. They retreated from the Yiluo battlefield and walked for a whole day and night.
Not for the commotion behind them, these defeated troops would have been lying in the middle of the road for a long time, but even so, by the time they retreated to Dagu Pass, these people would have run out of gas and light.
Therefore, Zao Zhi had no choice but to recruit those conscripts as soldiers. Although these people had no fighting experience, they were already stronger than those defeated soldiers if they could walk on the city wall.
As a result, after crying for father and mother, Zheng Fu in Guan Nei was forcibly driven up the city wall. Some of them were even driven outside the city, forced by swords and sticks to dig ravines.
When waves of dust were rising in Dagu Pass, a rush of horse hooves suddenly came from the north.
An army appeared on the official road outside Dagu Pass.
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Gao Yan learned the news of Yuan Shao's defeat earlier than Zao Zhi. After all, the garrison he was stationed in was located to the north of Dagu Pass.
Last night, when several defeated cavalry were intercepted by Gao Yan's men, he learned the specific details of the decisive battle in Yiluo.
Gao Yan, like Zao Zhi, was shocked speechless after hearing the news.
Gao Yan was from the Bohai Gao family. He and Gao Lan went south to join Yuan Shao. Before that, they had been under Yuan Shao's Shangwu Army.
However, Gao Lan later defected. His relationship with Gao Lan was too close, so he was transferred from the Shangwu Army and demoted to a local garrison.
After learning that Yuan Shao was not only defeated but also disappeared without a trace, Gao Yan thought about it all night in the big tent, and finally came out of the tent with red eyes in the early morning of the next day.
What he said:
"Gather troops and go south."
Gao Yan's garrison was a large garrison, responsible for protecting the supply line on the Dagu Road, so it had thousands of soldiers.
And Gao Yan is also a man who knows soldiers. Since he became a garrison general, he has deliberately won over these soldiers.
Originally, their garrison was on the supply line, and the amount of supplies and grain that passed through Gao Yan's hands every day was huge.
So even if Gao Yan is not greedy, you will still take away a lot of money from him, not to mention that Gao Yan is still a big greedy person.
Gao Yan knew very well that with Gao Lan's rebellion, Yuan Shao had already doubted these Gao soldiers, which could be seen from the previous split between them.
When Yuan Shao wanted to fight in a decisive battle before, his methods were relatively restrained, but if he really wanted to win, he would definitely have to spare his hands to deal with himself.
Therefore, Gao Yan had already thought out a way out for himself.
This is one way to win over the garrison, and another way to go to Yuan Shu.
He had already heard that Gao Lan was doing very well with Yuan Shu, and was the third-ranking general after Ji Ling and Wenpin. When he got there, with Gao Lan taking care of him, he would be able to get along well.
Whether it is to win over his subordinates for his own use or to defect to Yuan Shu, a huge amount of money is needed.
And guarding this supply line, Gao Yan was naturally greedy for ink.
Nowadays, thousands of people in the whole garrison have been fed by Gao Yan for a long time, and only he, Gao Yan, is in their eyes. So when Gao Yan ordered the march south, none of the generals present had any doubts or objections, and they set off directly.
Half an hour later, Gao Yan led his troops all the way south and attacked Dagong Pass behind.
He, Gao Yan, was definitely going to rebel. Not only did Yuan Shaorong not tolerate him, but he himself was also worried that he was so greedy that the incident would eventually come to light.
So it is better to raise the flag of rebellion and give it a try.
Of course, the idea of taking refuge with Yuan Shu must change. When the time comes, it will not be possible to use Dagu Pass as a gift to the Taishan Army?
After they came down from the journey, they soon saw the Dagon Pass between the two mountains.
At this time, the dust outside the pass was already flying, and people were digging ravines everywhere.
It seems that Zao Zhi is determined to defend!
Thinking of this, Gao Yan secretly hated:
"Zao Jun, I originally wanted to be rich and powerful with you, but I didn't expect you to be so loyal and brave. But unfortunately you are in our way, so I'll trouble you to die."
Afterwards, Gao Yan took the lead and rushed to the pass, shouting:
"Switch, switch."
But Gao Yan may not have thought that what was being locked up now was a group of captured Zhengfu. He was already very nervous, and seeing him leaping on his horse and shouting, he couldn't hold his hand even more.
Many of the archers shot down a wave of arrows in a panic.
Fortunately, these arrows were not accurate and weak, but they only made Gao Yan sweat.
The people thought that their plot to cause rebellion had been carried out, and they no longer dared to stay under the city, so they hurriedly rushed into the army.
After Gao Yan returned, Zao Zhi, who got the news, went to the top of the city. When he saw "Zheng Fu"'s recklessness, he cursed him.
He hurriedly lay on the top of the city and shouted to the people below:
"Gao Jun, it's all a misunderstanding."
But no matter what Zao Zhi said, Gao Yan didn't believe it.
Do you really think Gao Yan is a fool?
It seems that this Zao Zhi really has something, and he can actually detect his own objections. It seems that his greed for ink has been exposed before, and this Zao Zhi has seen something.
But since it couldn't be taken skillfully, Gao Yan didn't dare to attack by force. After all, Dagu Pass was a famous pass in the outside world of Gyeonggi Province, so there was no way that he, with a thousand men, could conquer it.
That's all, it seems that joining the Taishan Army is not possible, so we can only find another way.
Just when he was thinking about whether to go to Nanyang or Chenliu, he suddenly realized that Dagong Pass was open and closed.
Haha, what does it mean to open the door and greet the thief? This is it.
Then, Gao Yan waved his hand, and his already anxious subordinates rushed towards Dagong Pass like tigers and wolves.
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When Zao Zhi was twisted and brought to Gao Yan, he had been beaten until his nose was black and his face was swollen.
After seeing Gao Yan, he even cursed:
"What a great man, a beautiful lady, how can he become a thief?"
Gao Yan stood up and laughed:
"Being a thief? Do you still need me to tell you what it means to become a king or lose a bandit? In the Battle of Yiluo, Yuan Shao lost one hundred thousand of his elite troops, and now he doesn't know whether he is alive or dead. Who do you think will be a thief in the future?"< br>
As he spoke, he bent down and pointed at Zao Zhi:
"Are you the one who opened the door and bowed to me, or am I the one who surrendered? Haha!"
Zao Zhi was so angry that he couldn't speak. He could only argue:
"Right and wrong are in the heart of the people. You betray the enemy for glory, and future generations will say it through the ages!"
Gao Yan just shrugged and didn't care about Zao Zhi's barking.
After all, no matter how fierce the scolding was, he would still have a piece of meat left. He still has some tolerance for a dead man.
So after shrugging his shoulders, Gao Yan ordered:
"Hang our Zaojun on the north gate and let him watch us welcome Master Wang."
Everyone laughed and almost dragged the limp Zao Zhi away. A moment later, he was already swaying in the wind on the north gate.
After solving Zao Zhi, Gao Yan immediately ordered his subordinates to seal the sword, especially the grain depot, to wait for the arrival of the Taishan Army.
The hundreds of thousands of stones of military rations in the pass were his entry into the ranks of Gao Yan.
Mr. Yuan, you are really a kind person!
……
At the same time, Zhang Chong saw Yuan Shao's head in the New Palace in Luoyang.
On the day of the war, he had already returned to Luoyang with his army and asked Yousi to allocate supplies to prepare for a grand reward banquet.
With the end of the Yiluo War, the fighting career of these Taishan troops will temporarily come to an end.
These people will be assigned to garrison and rest in various parts of Gyeonggi and establish new settlements.
After several years of war consumption, the Gyeonggi area has been completely depleted. Many places are deserted, and civilians are moving in groups to the more peaceful Nanyang and Jingzhou areas.
And Zhang Chong has decided to build a palace in Luoyang to be responsible for presiding over the subsequent war in the Central Plains. It would be too wasteful to let Hebei, Taiyuan, Hanoi and other places transfer grain and crops by then.
Therefore, after Zhang Chong discussed with several subordinates, he decided to set up a settlement in Gyeonggi Province so as to build it into the advanced base of Taishan Army.
From the current point of view, the result of this Yiluo War was very successful. It not only stabilized the fruits of victory in the Gyeonggi region, but also cleared the obstacles for the southward march to the Central Plains.
However, the continuous wars also caused a lot of casualties to the Taishan Army, and even some old men such as Ma Wu who followed him died in the battle.
It can be said that this is the most brutal battle the Taishan Army has fought so far. It is inevitable for the Taishan Army to recuperate in the next stage.
However, the conquest of the Central Plains would not stop. Zhang Chong decided to mobilize new troops from the rear, intending to use a small group of elite troops to march directly to various parts of the Central Plains, and then join forces with Hei Fu of Heji and Guan Yu of Zhongnan Lu.
So as soon as Zhang Chong came back, he started discussing with Xun You, Tian Feng and others about the candidates for generals.
At this time, Ma Chao returned with Yuan Shao's head.
In fact, Zhang Chong had a very complicated view of Yuan Shao. At first, he only thought that Yuan Shao was a dispensable enemy. His real enemies should be heroes like Cao Cao and Liu Bei.
But in the end, it was Yuan Shao who gave him the hardest and longest fight. The truth behind this often makes Zhang Chong sigh.
Now, the enemy has been crowned, and this decisive battle has finally come to an end.
It seemed that everything had come to a perfect end, but for some reason, Zhang Chong looked at Yuan Shao in the box and felt uncomfortable in his heart.
He put the box on the table and thought for a long time before he vaguely understood the origin of this emotion.
Perhaps with the demise of each heroic figure, this big drama is finally coming to its final ending.
And when the time comes, will Zhang Chong continue to stay on this stage and interpret new stories with new people, or will he disappear into the darkness under the wave of the times?
Who can know this?
This volume of the Yiluo Decisive Battle has finally come to an end. In the following stories, the Taishan Army will cultivate more, consolidate its internal affairs, and adopt different battle formation strategies for the west and east.
Thank you all for accompanying me in writing this story. With your support, the future will be even more exciting.