Peek at my diary, Cao Cao dominates the Three Kingdoms Chapter Three Hundred and Thirty The same people who are fallen from the end of the world, can I send troops to help?
Chapter Three Hundred and Thirty The same people who are fallen from the end of the world, can I send troops to help?
After the camp was set up, Cao Jun completed a round of rest and began to prepare for the next siege of Huguan County.
After the Ma Chao incident, Zhong Yao's Xiliang army was completely stabilized.
Pang De was a man of fierce temperament, always taking the lead in battles, and extremely brave. Moreover, he was loyal to Ma Teng. The Xiliang army led by him was more stable than Ma Chao.
Ma Chao's previous behavior caused Cao Jun to lose the support of the people, and the soldiers and civilians in Huguan County were united... If he wanted to capture Huguan City with 40,000 defenders by force, considering Lu Yan's current situation of more than 40,000 infantry, I am afraid that
It's harder than climbing to the sky.
"Sun Tzu's Art of War: Planning and Attack Chapter" says: If you are ten, you are to surround it, if you are five, you are to attack it, if you double it, you are divided...
Now, excluding the cavalry, everyone has a 50-50 strength, and the opponent also has the advantage of a city wall, so it is not wise to attack by force.
Early the next morning,
Xu Huang repeated his old trick and once again ordered the soldiers to put the surrender letter into a wooden barrel with a trebuchet and threw it into the city.
However, this time, there was no movement in Huguan City.
After trying to persuade them to surrender to no avail, Lu Yan and others had to start thinking about how to capture the city.
Huguan City is indeed very important.
Huguan belongs to Shangdang County in Bingzhou. In the first year of the Han Dynasty (206 BC), Huguan County was first established.
Its geographical location is very special. There is Baigu Mountain to the north and Shuanglong Mountain to the south. The two mountains are facing each other, with an empty space in the middle. The mountain is shaped like a pot, with the mouth of the pot as a pass, hence the name Huguan.
Huguan is the strategic route from Jizhou to Bingzhou, and the entrance of Huguan is so steep that it is one of only a handful of places in the entire Han Dynasty.
If Cao Jun wants to capture Bingzhou, then Huguan is the territory that must be in his hands, and Huguan is the seat of Shangdang County. If he captures it, he will almost capture Shangdang County.
Previously, senior officials learned that the armies of Lu Yan and Zhong Yao were approaching Hu Pass.
Facing Zhong Yao, the troops led by Ma Teng and others were defeated in a row and were finally driven out of Hedong County. Now Zhong Yao's original team has added a more powerful Lu Yan. The senior officials simply do not think that just
You can defend the Hu Pass on your own.
Since there are only about 40,000 soldiers and horses in Bingzhou, and almost all of them are in Huguan City, if they defend Huguan City without reinforcements, there will be only a dead end. Gao Gan and others thought that instead of sitting back and waiting for death, it is better to fight and ask for reinforcements.
The army is coming.
After discussion, they felt that the reinforcements they were most likely to invite were the Southern Xiongnu Chanyu Huchuquan who was still active in Pingyang, Hedong.
Huchuquan, together with Gao Gan and Guo Yuan, launched the Battle of Hedong before, but were beaten by Zhong Yao and Ma Chao and fled in embarrassment. After Guo Yuan died, Huchuquan and Gao Gan were directly driven out of Hedong.
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Gao Gan was like a lost dog, running back to his territory in Bingzhou in panic; Huchuquan was like a stray dog, still wandering around without knowing where to stay.
They both fell into exile at the end of the world. At the critical moment, the senior officials immediately thought of the Chanyu of the Southern Huns who was also in trouble.
Although the Xiongnu soldiers in Huchuquan also suffered a lot of losses, there were still 3,000 nails left in the broken ship. If he could get the assistance of the Xiongnu cavalry, Gao Gan believed that he had a good chance of repelling Cao's army or even annihilating it in the Shangdang Basin.
Later, after the senior cadre discussed with his generals, he took all the Bingzhou cavalry alone and headed towards Pingyang in Hedong, seeking help from Huchuquan, the Shanyu of the Southern Huns. In the end, only the generals were left in Huguan.
Xia Zhao, Deng Sheng and more than 40,000 infantry continued to defend the city.
Gaogan went all the way south from Shangdang Basin to Zezhou Basin, then westward into Yize County in Hedong, then passed through Linfen Basin, and finally reached the border of Pingyang.
After going through untold hardships, Gao Gan finally found Huchuquan, which was wandering around, and explained his purpose.
"Khanyu, I, Bingzhou, are in great danger now, and I urgently need your help. Please also ask Shanyu, for the sake of us fighting side by side for so many years, to send troops to help me survive this disaster!" Gao Gan spoke sincerely, with earnest eyes shining in his eyes.
look forward to.
However, to the senior official's surprise, his old friend Hu Chuquan had completely given in after being defeated by Cao Jun twice.
"Um...brother Gao, it's not that I don't want to help you, it's actually that the warriors of our tribe have experienced too many wars and everyone is tired of war."
Gao Gan looked stunned. Before he came, he had heard a lot of news about the Huns plundering Pingyang in the east of Hedong. Now you tell me that they are tired of war. Who the hell will believe it?
After thinking about it for a moment, Gao Gan realized that Hu Chuquan was unwilling to go against Cao Jun and was deliberately trying to evade himself.
But now apart from Hu Chuquan, senior officials really can't think of anyone else who has the strength to support him.
what to do?
The senior officials were unwilling to give up their foundation to others, so they repeatedly asked Huchuquan to send troops to help.
In order to ask for reinforcements, he even promised to set aside part of the territory in Taiyuan County for Huchuquan as territory. However, even though Gao Gan offered such generous terms, he was flatly rejected by Huchuquan.
After Huchuquan's defeat, he had actually been thinking about it.
Nowadays, Cao Cao's power in the whole world is overwhelming. With Cao Cao's strength, Bingzhou will be annexed by him sooner or later. And not only Bingzhou, but Youzhou is also in danger.
If you, a high-ranking official, defend Bingzhou, even if you can block it for a while, can you still block it for the rest of your life?
Huchuquan was also a shrewd man, and he did not object to serving the Han people. This can be seen from the time when he agreed to Yang Feng's request and sent troops to help Emperor Xian return to Luoyang.
Now that Cao Cao had defeated Yuan Shao and then defeated Yuan Shang and Yuan Tan, even a blind man could see who was the most promising prince to unify the world.
Since Huchuquan could help Emperor Xian in the beginning, why can't he join Cao Cao now?
Huchuquan, who had already made a plan in his mind, refused to help the senior officials even to death, thereby offending Lao Cao.
So no matter what tempting conditions the high-ranking officials promised, Huchuquan would not let go...
Gao Gan was so drooled that he was helplessly sent out of his camp by Hu Chuquanli.
The senior cadres standing outside the camp and looking around blankly suddenly didn't know what to do next...
Seeing Gao Gan standing in front without saying anything for a long time, the deputy general not far behind him couldn't help but stepped forward and asked: "General, what should we do now?"
"What should I do?" Gao Gan lowered his head slightly, he didn't know what to do...
But there are thousands of cavalry brothers behind him. He, a senior officer, must show enough tenacity and decisiveness, otherwise it will be difficult to lead the team if people's hearts are scattered.
After thinking for a moment, Gao Gan said to his guards: "We don't have much food and grass. Let's go back to Yize for a while to rest."
After hearing what the senior officer said, the deputy general responded: "Here!" and then went to organize the soldiers to prepare to go south to Yize.
When Gao Gan's army first entered Yize, they saw many refugees fleeing from the west along the way.
Now the entire territory of Hedong is under the control of Cao Jun, and the new governor has just taken office not long ago.
"What happened in Hedong that caused another refugee to flee?"
Looking at these refugees, the senior officials couldn't help but suddenly become curious.