If you compare the rich and the poor, one is on the ground and the other is in the sky.
If the poor and the lowly are compared to a chariot and a horse, he has to drive and I have nothing to do.
Others laugh at me because I'm too cool, but I laugh at others because they can't see through it.
There are no tombs of heroes from the Five Tombs, and there are no flowers or wine to cultivate the fields.
——Excerpt from "Song of Peach Blossom Temple" by Tang Yin (Ming Dynasty)
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Sun Tzu said: "He rolls up his armor and rushes forward, staying at home day and night, marching twice as long as he does. If he fights for a profit for a hundred miles, he will capture the three generals. The strong one will go first, and the tired one will follow. The method will be eleven. If he fights for a profit of fifty miles, he will be defeated.
General, half of his methods will be achieved; if he fights for advantage within thirty miles, two-thirds of his methods will be achieved."
Just when the rebels launched a general offensive at Yanmen Pass, 50,000 Blackwater Mohe cavalry, led by General Wanyan Manggutai, marched south from Bozhou (now Khabarovsk region, Russia) and quickly captured Huaiyuan Prefecture in Bohai County.
, two important places in Tieli Mansion, the military front was directed at Longquan Mansion, the capital of Bohai County.
As long as the Blackwater Mohe army continues southward along the Huhan River, with the strength of the Blackwater Mohe cavalry, they can reach Longquan Mansion in Shangjing in one day.
Since Bohai County is far away in the Baishan and Heishui areas, it has hardly encountered wars since the founding of the country. The city of Longquan Prefecture in Shangjing is not even as tall and solid as the city of Yalu Prefecture and Fuyu Prefecture in Xijing adjacent to the Tang Dynasty, and the city of Nanhai Prefecture in Nanjing adjacent to Silla
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The long-term peace and prosperity have made the more than 20,000 defenders of Longquan Mansion in Shangjing no longer have the courage of the Mohe forest hunters.
When the Blackwater Mohe army invaded brazenly, one can imagine the panic of Longquan Mansion in Shangjing.
Da Qinmao, the king of Bohai County, was greatly frightened and sent ten urgent royal orders to his son Da Honglin, ordering him to withdraw his troops from Yanmen Pass and rush to Longquan Mansion in Beijing to help him at night.
At this time, Yanmen Pass was full of ruins and corpses. As long as there were one or two more violent attacks, Yanmen Pass would surely fall.
When the tenth royal order from Bohai Commandery King Da Qinmao arrived, Da Honglin finally couldn't sit still and his heart collapsed.
The king's father spoke sincerely, and all the brothers looked at him eagerly.
If he continues to disobey his orders and refuses to return, if Longquan Mansion in Shangjing really falls, even if he captures Yanmen Pass and captures the Hedong Road, after returning to the court, at least his position as crown prince will not be guaranteed, and at worst, he will not be able to escape death.
Looking at the smoke-filled Yanmenguan city tower, Da Honglin's face turned livid. Regardless of the Yunzhou rebel generals, the Xi tribe and the remaining Khitan chiefs' efforts to persuade him to stay, he threw the golden arrow into the ground and roared: "Pass my general's order."
, the three armies quickly set off to return to Beijing for reinforcements!"
In a moment, only more than 5,000 people were left in Bohai County to guard the flags, ox carts, tents and other equipment, while the remaining 100,000 cavalry rushed forward lightly.
In the vast wilderness, the cavalry of Bohai County marched through the starry night, advancing towards Yingzhou like lightning. Wherever the army passed, smoke and dust billowed.
Along the way, Da Honglin was furious.
Heishui Mohe is so shameless that he usually hides in the forests and ice fields to make a living, so he doesn't pay God's favor. Today he actually took advantage of the situation and invaded the Bohai County. Such a low-key man will really make people angry.
Once Shangjing is rescued this time, he will definitely request the king's orders, hold high the black flag, personally lead 100,000 cavalry, and conquer Bozhou!
After several days and nights of galloping, 100,000 troops finally arrived at Bailangshui. By this time, they were exhausted and exhausted. The officers and soldiers cheered up. In two or three hours, the entire army would be able to enter Yingzhou to replenish food and rest the troops and horses.
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The road to withdraw troops and return to reinforcements is about eight to nine hundred miles, from Yanmen Pass, across the Luanhe River, to Bailangshui. There are no mountains on this road, it is all endless prairie.
In the remaining two hundred miles from Bailangshui to Yingzhou, there is only a hilly area, which is not considered desolate and remote, nor is it the best place to set up an ambush.
What's more, this area is far away from the Central Plains and is the territory of the Yan army and the Khitan people. Da Honglin led his army from Bohai County to Yanmen Pass and took this road.
In this hilly area, there are no deep canyons as steep as an axe. The southwest of the hills is a plain, passing through the hills, and the northwest is a vast grassland. The intermittent hills add up to only more than 20 miles. This kind of terrain,
For the prairie cavalry that comes and goes like the wind, it is really not a dangerous place for military strategists.
At this time, although the twilight was dim, there was still some time before sunset, and there was still enough light in the hilly area. If we could move quickly, the army should have left the valley by the time it got dark.
More than a dozen scouts took turns to report, but no abnormality was found in the valley.
However, as the commander-in-chief of the three armies, there can be no chance of any luck. During a thousand-mile march, any route should be prepared in advance and carefully investigated before proceeding until it is confirmed to be correct.
As a brave and skilled general, Da Honglin knew the terrain of the Bailangshui area very well, and was especially alert when walking through the valley at night. However, at this moment, he was furious, had lost his mind, and was completely enveloped in anger and hatred.
Dahong Linlue weighed it up and immediately ordered: "Two horses run parallel, gallop through, and enter the valley!"
The military order was issued, and one hundred thousand cavalry marched into the valley in an orderly manner, two by two.
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The setting sun is like blood, indicating that a war is coming.
A young general, wearing a lion helmet and silver armor, a mink fur scarf hanging down from his ears, and a snow-white cloak flying in the wind.
Bai Fu stood on the top of the mountain, looking at the smoke and dust entering the valley, and said with great ambition: "One hundred thousand cavalry finally entered my palace."
He turned his head and smiled at the lone wolf: "Old wolf, I remember you taught me a Khitan saying: No matter how many sheep there are, they are still feeding the wolves!"
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This hilly area is not really dangerous. But what Bai Fu likes is precisely its seemingly mediocre appearance.
Military strategists attach great importance to mountains and terrain. The military sage Sun Tzu devoted two chapters of "Topography" and "Nine Places" to discuss the classification of geographical environment and its impact on marching operations, offensive and defensive decisions.
A section of river, a section of mountain ridge, a section of valley, if used properly, can be enough to defeat an army of 100,000 people.
The hills selected by Bai Fuxing appear to be gentle and continuous, but in fact they are gentle on the outside and curved on the inside. The entrance is a round hill like a steamed bun, and the road is wide. Ten miles later, the rolling hills gradually rise from the ground. The mountains are more soil and less rocky.
The forest is dense.
What's more unique is that this road is like a huge snail shell. From Yingzhou to Yanmenguan, you walk from the bottom of the snail shell to the mouth of the shell. It becomes wider and wider as you go, without feeling cramped or steep at all. Conversely,
Walking from the shell mouth to the inside of the snail shell, the entrance is wide and becomes narrower and winding as you go inside.
By observing the hoof prints of the Bohai County cavalry, Bai Fu concluded that Da Honglin and other generals had not noticed this unique terrain.
Going back to the old road does not mean it is safe. The same road is both a door to life and a road to death!
Bai Fu wanted to take advantage of this terrain difference between the south and the north to give the Bohai cavalry a fatal blow.
In order to increase the chance of winning, Bai Fu deliberately interfered with the speed of the Bohai County King's fast horse messenger. By controlling the time when ten urgent royal orders were delivered to Dahonglin's tent, the time when the Bohai County Iron Cavalry entered the hills was squeezed into the evening.
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Once a night attack was launched, the Tang army was able to make full use of this unique terrain and exert extraordinary combat power.
After the Bohai Commandery's scouts completed their investigation, the five thousand cavalrymen from Anbeiting, who had disappeared for a long time, were all in place.
Hundreds of Tang soldiers started at the same time, swinging their iron axes and cutting off the nearly chopped giant trees in an instant. Dozens of towering trees on the hillside fell suddenly, blocking the exit to the north.
The 3,000 Tang Army cavalry and 1,000 heavily armored Modao troops blocking the mountain pass to the south have also been waiting in the dense forest for a long time.
Bai Fu carefully planned and planned to annihilate all the 100,000 Bohai cavalry in this unknown hill.
White Wolf Water, the point of no return, will use the thousands of corpses of the Bohai Cavalry to become famous on the altar, and become gods in one battle!