It’s mid-spring, and azaleas are blooming all over the hillside. The Qinling Mountains are lush and green, and there are flocks of orioles.
After surviving a winter, wild oranges and wild persimmons are still hanging on the branches, as bright as fire. The trees are surrounded by small animals such as pigs and foxes, vying to eat the wild fruits blown down by the wind. p>
Suddenly there was a breeze, like rain, and with a scream, the beasts fled away.
After leaning a little, they gathered under the tree again.
Under the hillside, a huge gate like a sharp arrow stands in the valley.
This is the famous Dashan Pass. It is the key road from Guanzhong to Shu and a battleground for military strategists of all ages.
When Han Xin made a surprise attack on Xiang Yu, he "built the plank road openly and secretly visited Chencang", which happened here.
Zhuge Liang sent troops from here every time during his five campaigns against Cao Wei.
Today, it is the key point for the Northern Wei Dynasty to guard the Southern Army, and it is also the bridgehead for the Wei Army's southern expedition from time to time.
In the past, there would have been a lot of armored soldiers standing on the gate. But today, there are only a few sparse ones. They are not wearing armor. They just spread their leather robes in the pass, lazily leaning against the battlements to bask in the sun.
While I was enjoying the sun, I heard a burst of bird chirping from the distant mountains and forests. Shi Chang raised his head and looked south.
A group of wild birds rushed out like a black cloud, obviously they were frightened.
Is someone coming?
It’s really strange...
The commander stood up with his gun in his hand and kicked his subordinates beside him: "Go and report to Zhuang Shuai Bing that a fast horse is coming from Guannan..."
As he spoke, the sound of galloping horse hooves could already be heard in his ears. When the soldiers stood up, they saw that several horses had crossed the mountains and were heading north.
The captain of the team guarding the city has not yet arrived, but the knights have already rushed to the pass.
"I am the personal commander of His Royal Highness King Guangping (Yuan Huai). I have given the order of King Guangping and sent an order to King Jiyin (Yuan Li) to open the door quickly!"
"Okay...Okay, let's start..."
The commander kept responding, but his feet didn't even move. He was just waiting for the superior officer to deal with it.
Not long after, the leader of the team rushed over, checked the person's order, and let him in.
Seeing his fast horse heading north, Shi Chang asked in a low voice: "Is it time the reinforcements from the Southern Dynasty are coming?"
"Eight and nine are inseparable from ten..."
Just after half a sentence, the team leader reacted suddenly and slapped Shi Chang on the head gently: "Talk too much... Guard your city. Whatever the superior officer says, I will do whatever I want."
..."
"Yes...yes..."
Shi Chang nodded and bowed in response, but he was muttering in his heart: Grandpa turned into a traitor despite being so good?
Enter your great mother...
……
It was almost dusk when the emergency report arrived in Qianyuan County. It was as bright as day in the government office. Yuan Li sat in the auditorium and read the emergency report several times to make sure not to miss a word or misread any information. Suddenly
A toothy smile.
God will not destroy me!
Li Chengzhi, let me see how arrogant you can be?
I thought that Yuan Huai and Yu Zhong had not been heard from in the past three months. Even if they were not killed by the Southern Emperor, they were probably imprisoned. The reinforcements were nonsense. I had even made plans to abandon the city and flee.
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Who wants to take a sudden turn of events when everything is in danger?
It turns out that more than a month ago, Yuan Huai, Yu Zhong, and the special envoys of the Southern Dynasty went to Shudun City (the capital of Tuyuhun) to meet with Murong Fulianchao, the king of Tuyuhun.
I don’t know how many benefits Yufulian had arranged, but Hu’er actually agreed to send troops?
Half a month ago, Fu Lian dispatched 30,000 elite cavalry out of Jishi Mountain to Longmen Pass in Qinzhou (the border between Yuan, Wei and Tuyuhun).
After that, Yu Zhong rushed back to Wei Xing, an important town in the Liang Dynasty (today's Dazhou, Sichuan), and divided the 100,000 Nan Liang army into four groups. They would arrive at the southern foot of the Qinling Mountains in three to five days at most and enter Guanzhong.
We don’t need Xiao Yanzhen to be so generous, as long as there are 50,000. In addition to Tuyuhun’s 30,000 elite cavalry and the 20,000 strong soldiers under Yuan Li’s account, this is a veritable army of 100,000.
That's not all.
The emergency report stated that when Yu Zhong returned to Shu, Yuan Huai had already gone north. From Shudun City, he crossed Hexi and went to Harhelin (Rouran Khan Court).
If we can persuade the ugly slave of Yujiulu (Rouran Khan) to send troops together, the overthrow of the Yuan and Wei Dynasties will be just around the corner. At the worst, Li Chengzhi will never come back.
As far as he knew, Li Chengzhi only had 50,000 or 60,000 soldiers. If he faced the enemy on three sides, how many days could he survive?
Yuan Li swept away the decadence of the day and walked excitedly in the hall. After turning twice, he suddenly paused and asked abruptly: "That enemy group that went around the city in the morning and traveled south to explore."
Where are you riding?"
The lieutenant general was a little confused: Didn't I follow your order and ordered Chen Cang to dispatch two battalions of armored cavalry and drive them back to Qianyin?
"Governor Bing, according to the scouts' report: shortly after noon, the enemy cavalry, perhaps dozens of groups, or one or two hundred and one groups, returned from the south to the enemy camp in the north of the city..."
After hearing this, Yuan Li secretly regretted: It's too hasty, no matter how small the mosquito is, it's just meat...
If we had known that the Confederate army was coming so quickly, we should have feigned ignorance, let them go deep, and then closed the door and beaten the dogs.
But it’s not all without its benefits.
Yuan Li chanted deeply for a moment: "I will write a letter in handwriting later, and you can send it to Hanzhong as soon as possible. Please lead the army and discuss with Nan Shuai. Before the troops arrive in Lingnan, it is best to block all the roads in Lingnan to prevent the news from leaking. <
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I also sent an order to Chen Cang and ordered Xianhe (Yuanli’s eldest son Yuan Xianhe) to send all the armor and cavalry to isolate me from Lingbei..."
He wanted to catch Li Chengzhi off guard.
The deputy general took the order and left. Yuan Li was silent for a while, and then suddenly burst into a strange "Jie Jie" laughter.
Yuan Li, Yuan Li, it’s in vain that you have been fighting in the north and south for decades, and you have such a vicious reputation. Today, in the city, you are frightened to death by a little boy?
Now that a strong army is coming to help, no matter what, it relieves the bad breath in my chest...
……
Yuan Li was full of ambition and arrogant. But in Li Chengzhi's tent, he was gloomy and uneasy.
We don’t know whether or when the Southern Army will come, but Tuyuhun came first?
In the afternoon, Diao Zheng sent a messenger to report urgently that Tuyuhun cavalry had suddenly appeared in the three counties on the West Road, and there were many of them, thousands in number.
Judging from their equipment, military appearance, and horses, they are undoubtedly elite.
On the first day, there were thousands of elites, but what happened after that?
There should be tens of thousands anyway...
The generals were worried, but Li Chengzhi was unusually calm.
Not to mention Tuyuhun, he would not be surprised at all if the Rouran army suddenly moved northward.
These three families have long been life-and-death enemies with the Yuan and Wei Dynasties. If there is an advantage to be taken and an opportunity for revenge, how can they let it go so easily?
In addition, the Jingzhou Rebellion last year had already happened. Yuan Ke was only interested in stabilizing the country, and only sent envoys to have a few verbal exchanges with Rouran, Tuyuhun, Nanliang, etc., without any substantial revenge, which further encouraged this incident.
The arrogance of the three families.
Today's Yuan and Wei Dynasties are more than twice as chaotic as last year, and the young emperor is succeeding at a time when their foothold is not stable. Nanliang and Tuguhun will not miss this opportunity.
Li Chengzhi felt that there was a saying from later generations that was very appropriate: As the saying goes, when you are sick, I will kill you...