On the pontoon, people shouted horses neighing.
Group after group of Hu and Han people supported the old and the young from east to west, arriving behind Guancheng on the west bank of the Yellow River.
A temporary camp was built here, with thatched huts and wooden houses densely packed, and all cooking utensils and bedding provided.
The camp was established not long ago, only two or three months. It was Liu Can's act of kindness and was intended to gain the hearts and minds of the soldiers and civilians who were crossing west.
The location of Guancheng originally belonged to Feng Yi Linjin County.
At the end of the Han Dynasty, Cao Cao conquered Ma Chao in the west, and Han Sui crossed Pubanjin at night, which was here.
But at that time, Linjin Pass on the bank of the Yellow River had long been abandoned.
The soldiers from Guanzhong left the pass and crossed the river to Bingzhou. They crossed as they pleased and no one cared about them.
The Kwantung soldiers crossed the river to invade Guanzhong. They crossed as they pleased and no one cared about them.
But in the Eastern and Western Wei dynasties, things were different.
At the latest in the eighth year of Datong, Zhongli City was built on the sandbank in the river.
In the ninth year, the east and west gates were rebuilt on both sides of the strait, taking advantage of the danger as a place of heavy defense.
At this point, it is not so easy for Pubanjin to cross the river. Unlike Xu Huang, Gao Huan and others who could cross the river casually before - in general, the war is getting more and more involved, the more involved it is, the tighter the defense, and the closer the barrier.
Cities also sprung up like mushrooms after a rain.
There are defenders in Guancheng.
There are more than 4,000 infantry and 1,000 cavalry in the east city.
The west city is slightly larger, with 5,000 infantry and 2,000 cavalry.
Zhongli City is the smallest, with only 1,500 infantry.
Those who are being evacuated here are mainly the family members of the sergeants in the three cities of Pujin Pass.
Feng Yi and Di Qiang rebelled twice in a few years. After being suppressed, they were dispersed and settled. In addition, Feng Yi and Di Qiang were sent to fight in the east for many years, resulting in many casualties. Therefore, Feng Yi vacated a lot of land. According to Liu Cong, Liu
All the arrangements made by Can and his son were given to the families of the defenders of the three cities.
The guardian of the three cities of Pujin will be Liu Chang, a clan member of Liu Han who was promoted to the title of Duke of Henan. He also serves as the magistrate of Hexi and Puban counties.
Puban belongs to Hedong County.
Hexi County was newly established and belonged to Fengyi County. It was located on the west bank of the Yellow River in Linjin County.
It can be seen that Liu Chang's main task is to guard Pujing Pass, and serving as the magistrate of the two counties is purely to fully mobilize resources. After all, it is more convenient to seize the military and political affairs, and the efficiency is more than one level higher than the separation of military and political affairs.
After inspecting the camp, Liu Chang received a military report. After reading it, his expression changed drastically, so he led his soldiers to the pontoon.
The pontoon bridge was crowded with people, vehicles, and livestock, making it extremely chaotic.
Liu Chang grabbed the soldiers who were about to step forward to whip the soldiers and civilians moving westward and clear the passage. He walked to the ferry outside Xiguan City, collected several ferries, and rowed eastward.
After arriving on the river, it seems that we can see the whole picture of the east bank more clearly.
The people stranded outside Dongguan City were so densely packed. At a glance, there were probably tens of thousands of them!
On the pontoon, there is an endless stream of people, livestock, and vehicles.
In the Yellow River, ferries, fishing boats and even wooden rafts come and go, also full of people, property and livestock.
"The situation is over!" Liu Chang sighed silently, feeling very sad.
After the ferry docked, Liu Chang looked up at Dongguan City.
The garrison at the top of the city stood ready and showed no sign of relaxation.
This is the old army he has led for many years. In the past few years, I don’t know how much effort has been spent, how much wealth has been scattered, and I don’t know how many times I have confided in my subordinates. Now it seems that everything is
Worth it.
In the event of a major defeat, the soldiers may be a little shaken, but they will not lose their fighting spirit and soldiers' morale.
That's good.
After landing, guard Liu Guan came over and reported the new news in a low voice: "The news is relatively mixed. What can be confirmed at present is that the chaos in the east of the river is in chaos, the county and city have fallen, and the retreat of the Zhiguan army has been cut off."
"Xue family, where is Liu family?" Liu Chang asked.
"It's not clear yet, it's too chaotic." Liu Guan said: "The Xue family in Fenyin has rebelled. Now they have occupied Fenyin County and sent troops north to attack the Pi family. The Wang family in Taiyuan sent troops from Pi family, across the river from the Xue family
Looking at each other. The Xue family did not attack by force, but turned around and went south to collect the remaining soldiers, men, property, and food."
"The Liu family in Jie County also rebelled, and Yi County surrendered for them. In the entire Hedong, probably only Puban, Dayang, and Hebei counties are still in the hands of the imperial court."
"Many officials fled with their families from Pingyang just now. I sent people to inquire about it. They all said that the King of Bohai killed 10,000 Silver Spear Army in Chihong River and successfully retreated south to Chihongling. The general is a little suspicious. After all, the King of Bohai killed
Still defeated."
Liu Chang smiled bitterly upon hearing this.
There must have been a lot of Silver Spear soldiers killed and injured, but killing 10,000 people? It’s not credible.
Moreover, after the Chihongshui Village was breached, could it really be defended by retreating to Chihongling Mountains with a bunch of defeated soldiers?
Of the four thousand forbidden troops in King Bohai's hands, how many are left at this time?
Alas, I don't want to think about that much anymore. Liu Chang calmed down and said: "Send all the cavalry out and monitor them closely. If there is any movement of thieves, report them immediately. In addition, collect more ships and try to ferry more people and goods.
Grain and livestock cross the river."
"Aren't you going to send troops to quell the chaos?" Liu Guan asked.
"I only have more than 10,000 soldiers and horses, what kind of chaos can I fight?" Liu Chang said angrily: "Go and do the work quickly."
The guard general took the order and left.
Liu Chang looked at the endless fleeing army again and strengthened his determination: Defending the three cities of Pujin Pass was a great achievement. Not only was it justified by the emperor, but it was also justified by the prince of Chang'an.
As for everyone else, wish yourself well.
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The north wind blew and the chill was deep.
Zhao Lu led two thousand light cavalry to Hankou.
Half a day later, Shi Sheng hurriedly arrived with thousands of infantry and looked at the mountain pass in the distance.
Fierce killing sounds could be heard on the mountain.
Shi Sheng raised his eyes and was startled.
Zhao Lu is cruel enough!
After the two thousand cavalry dismounted, they attacked directly along the mountain road and fought with the defenders.
It just doesn’t seem good!
How can two thousand light cavalry dismount and fight on foot? Unless the defenders are terrible, have no morale at all, and are instantly defeated by a charge, then you'd better not have the dream of cavalry dismounting and defeating infantry on foot.
But does the garrison suck? No!
Pei's carefully trained iron-armored warriors took the lead and charged down the mountain road, pushing Zhao Lu's men back halfway up the mountain in an instant.
On the top of the mountain, there are all kinds of villagers and serfs, holding spears, daggers, walking bows and even hunting bows, waving flags and shouting to boost morale.
Alas, it would be better if the dealers were guarding Hankou. It would not be impossible for the more elite cavalry to dismount and fight on foot, but it would be difficult if there were armored warriors with them.
After thinking about it, Shi Sheng immediately made a decision and sent two thousand men and horses to go up the mountain through the mountains and forests on the left and right sides.
There were also guards in the mountains, and they were quickly discovered. With shouts and shouts, more and more bankers came over, led by even hundreds of soldiers.
The dark mountain forest is rugged and difficult to navigate. There is no road, so you can only climb hard.
The defenders were condescending and had some time to rest. Arrows fell on their heads and spears stabbed their chests. For a while, they were unable to attack and suffered heavy casualties.
Shi Sheng became anxious and sent two thousand more men to reinforce him.
The screams in the dense forest became more and more intensive, but the battle line still remained motionless, which made Shi Sheng worried.
"General Zhao has been hit by an arrow." There was a cry of surprise on the mountain road.
Shi Sheng looked up and saw hundreds of defeated soldiers rushing down the mountain surrounded by the Cavalry Governor Zhao Lu.
The defenders rushed down the mountain road like fierce tigers.
Shi Sheng gritted his teeth and sent out the last thousand men to meet the retreating cavalry.
The golden crow hung in the west, and the mountains slowly dimmed.
Shi Sheng was extremely frightened.
They were obviously only a mountain ridge away from the hinterland of Hedong, but they just couldn't get across.
If you can't cross this mountain, will you be regarded as a turtle in a urn?
There is food and grass in Wangwu City, but it is only enough for one month. The east of the river is in chaos, the mouth is blocked, and there is no more food to be sent, so we are sitting on nothing?
"Where is Hou Fu?" Shi Sheng turned around and asked with an ugly face, "Why aren't you here yet?"
Hou Fuhou was the chief of the Jie people who was originally stationed in Anyi, and he had many people. This time he came out with 7,000 cavalry and arrived at the king's house.
After the sudden change in Hedong, news came quickly. Liu Xian did not dare to neglect, so he dispatched Zhao Lu, Shi Sheng, and Zhi Fuhou to lead an army to fight back at Hankou, trying to open up a retreat to Hedong and Pingyang.
Zhao Lu's two thousand light cavalry were the first to arrive. They charged and fought fiercely, and most of them were destroyed.
Shi Sheng led 5,000 Xiongnu and Han soldiers - mostly tribesmen and refugees who had withdrawn from Hanoi to the west - followed closely and rushed, but it seemed that there would be no results.
Hou Fuhou was the most cunning and slow to send out troops, as if he had different intentions.
Shi Sheng couldn't figure it out. You still have more than 40,000 tribesmen in Anyi. Aren't you worried about them? Don't you want to go back and save them quickly?
"General." A lieutenant stammered: "Just now news came that Fuhou was planning to send troops, but he encountered the envoy of Liu Quan, the general of Heqing Town. Everyone in the army said that they would go south to surrender to 'Mrs. Liu'."
"Mrs. Liu?" Shi Sheng was stunned for a moment, then realized, isn't that his aunt?
My aunt Liu Yena is already the wife of Shao Thief. Whenever she encounters Jie people, she comes forward to surrender and gets twice the result with half the effort.
After hearing about Youzhou and Jizhou, many Jie people took refuge there. The Jie people in Wuxiang who were not under the control of Liu Runzhong also took refuge there. Although Tong Fuhou moved from Qinzhou a few years ago, it is not necessarily possible that he would go there.
It's impossible. After all, the customs, language, and appearance are all the same...
My maidservant! Shi Sheng threw the riding whip heavily to the ground and looked up to the sky with a long sigh.
It’s over! It’s all over!
Nearly 20,000 troops were trapped in Wangwu Mountain.
Well, the facts are pretty much what Shi Sheng thought.
On the fifth day of November, as a show of sincerity, Liu Quan personally led more than a thousand people on a forty-mile mountain road and arrived at Wangwu.
Wangwu City experienced a lot of fighting.
Hundreds of bloody heads were piled outside the city, and more than 200 prisoners were tied to the ground, constantly begging for mercy.
When Fuhou rode out alone, he met Liu Quan from a distance.
Liu Quan dismounted his horse and said loudly: "We have sent an envoy to Anyi. The general and his people will be fine."
Hou Fuhou nodded and looked at Liu Quan with a complicated expression.
The language Liu Quan used just now was Jie language, which was a little different from what he said every day. The main reason was that some words were hard to understand and the pronunciation was also different, but after guessing, he generally understood it.
This made him feel a little emotional.
Obviously they are all followers of Hu Tianshen. They originally grew up in the same place, but there is a big difference between those who came early and those who came later.
Liu Quan's group came a hundred years ago, and now they are dressed like Jin people, and their names have been changed according to Jin people's habits.
They have been here for less than thirty years and have been active in Qinzhou. They have only arrived in the hinterland of the Central Plains in recent years. The customs and habits have not changed significantly, and there are not many people in the tribe who can speak Jin language. I am afraid they will have to rely on them a lot in the future.
The Dang Liu family is here.
"You tell me, I'll listen to you." After Fu Hou also got off his horse, he said concisely and concisely.
"Bring these heads to Zhiguan." Liu Quan didn't waste any words.
Wait until Hou Fu understands.
This is to tell the Zhiguan garrison, stop trying your best, their hometown has been raided.
If you are trapped in an isolated city, not a single reinforcement or a grain of food will come. Even if they don't fight, they will surround you to death. What's the point of continuing to resist?
The Art of War in the Central Plains: "Advance troops to defeat the enemy, attack the heart first, and conquer the enemy without fighting."
Chapter completed!