In this campaign, Wenyuan took away Qianzhao, and Zhang Nan, Jiao Chu, and Su You accompanied him. However, these four soldiers did not participate in the Battle of Black Mountain a year ago.
The total number of sergeants in the four divisions is 7,000. Together with Wenyuan's 3,000 new troops, 1,000 Qingqi, and 300 Xuanying guards, the total is 11,300. Zhang Nan, Jiao Chu, and Su You each have 2,000.
Soldiers, and because Qianzhao had recently commanded the army, Wen Yuan only allocated him a thousand soldiers.
Among the 11,000 people, veterans account for about half, and the other half are auxiliary soldiers who have just been transferred from various places. These auxiliary soldiers farm when they are busy and train in their spare time. Although they are not as elite as the veterans, they still have two or three months of training every year.
Time to practice so that they can quickly integrate into the team.
Before setting off for the expedition, they first slaughtered pigs and sheep, set up a table of wine, food and incense to offer sacrifices to heaven and earth, and then sacrificed blood to the flag. After going through these rituals, Wen Yuan stepped onto the stage, raised his right hand high, the rumbling drums suddenly stopped, and the school grounds fell silent.
The needle can be heard.
"Brothers!" Wen Yuan first asked in a deep voice: "Can any of you tell me who you are?"
The soldiers on and off the stage couldn't help but be stunned. The Lord asked such a simple yet profound question at the beginning today? Many recruits couldn't help but look at me and me at you!
"Stop whispering!" he shouted with his jaw open. The military judge looked indifferent and stepped forward to cover his head with a blow of military sticks!
Wen Yuan's face did not change and he continued: "Since no one has said it, let me tell you! We are Han people! We are the descendants of the Han people who have inherited China for thousands of years!"
The expressions of the soldiers suddenly became solemn. Since Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, the Han Dynasty has continuously won victories in wars against foreign nations. As a Han people, this strong national pride has been deeply integrated into the blood of the Han people.
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Wen Yuan said again: "Then let me ask you again, who are we going to attack this time?"
Many soldiers suddenly showed strong fighting spirit in their eyes and shouted loudly: "Huns!"
Wen Yuan nodded with satisfaction, raised his hand to stop the shouts of the sergeants in the audience, and said: "Very good, since you know, I don't need to waste any more words to boost morale, but I still have to say one more thing, the Huns
We have been at war with the Han for more than four hundred years, and thousands of our Han compatriots died tragically at the hands of the Xiongnu, a blood feud! You must keep it in your heart!"
The soldiers' anger had been aroused by Wen Yuan's two understatement words, and they all raised their arms and shouted, "Kill all the Huns! Kill all the Huns!"
Wen Yuan waited for the voices in the school grounds to gradually become silent, and stopped talking nonsense. He waved his hand and pointed to the west, shouting: "Very good! The army is setting off!"
Each army and horse formed a line out of the camp and headed west slowly.
Yufuluo's troops who are on this crusade are currently stationed in Gaodu, Xuushi and Yang'a counties. Because the Taihang Mountains will merge Hebei and the two states for attack, if you want to go there to attack, you can only take three roads. The first is to go straight to
Traveling westward, Changshan Mountain, passing the Great Wall, approaching Jinyang, and then going south from there, the journey took nearly a thousand miles.
Not to mention the long journey, the terrain is steep and the march is difficult. Although Sun Jin has expressed his humility to him before, he still has to pass through Changshan Zhang Yan and Bingzhou Governor, and pass through the territory of Liao General Geng Zhi.
It's not easy for the two of them.
Geng Zhi was a new border official appointed by Dong Zhuo after the death of Ding Yuan, the governor of Bingzhou. He was absolutely loyal to Dong Zhuo. Today, he controls most of Bingzhou and has more than 20,000 soldiers.
Wen Yuan belonged to the Guandong camp that was fighting against Dong. If he traveled a long distance from the land under his jurisdiction to transfer supplies, he would definitely be blocked by him, which would be tantamount to setting himself up for death!
As for Zhang Yan, let alone Zhang Yan, this force is entrenched in the Taihang Mountains, with millions of people under his jurisdiction and more than 100,000 troops. He hopes to merge the two states within his scope of activities. What's more, recently, Changshan and Zhongshan counties have faintly turned to Julu.
Trend, I'm afraid Zhang Yan won't be too polite to Wen Yuan.
Therefore, if the army passes through this place, it will definitely die without a burial place!
The second route was for Wen Cong to go south along the Taihang Mountains, pass Zhaojun, enter Hanoi, and then go around to the south of Shangdang to attack Gaodu, Xuushi, and Yang'a. Originally, this road was the smoothest and was extremely suitable for marching.
How can we take a detour and directly attack the Yuvluo army stationed in three places?
But on the way forward, we must pass through the territory of Yuan Shao, Yu Du and other Black Mountain bandits. Not to mention whether Yuan Shao will take action, Yu Du and the others are plundering Weijun and Dongjun at this time. If they hear that there are a large number of officials in their hometown,
When the army passes by, they will inevitably lead troops to rescue them. Even if they don't fight Wenyuan and let the army pass by, as long as they cut off the food road, Wenyuan will always have the power to save the defeat!
Neither of these two paths could be chosen, so Wen Yuan had no choice but to choose the safest but possibly worst marching route.
Passed Zhaojun, broke through Huguan, and then crossed the Taihang Mountains to attack Yufuluo directly!
The reason why it is said to be the safest is that Zhao County borders Julu, and the distance from Julu to Huguan is only more than 300 miles. It is convenient to replenish food, grass and baggage, and it is not easy to be intercepted. (There is no way, it is too difficult, there are too many people around.
The forces of the enemy and ourselves are intertwined.)
As long as Huguan is broken, Wenyuan can use Huguan as a breakthrough to enter the territory of Bingzhou, use Huguan as a stronghold, go south to attack Yu Fuluo, and go north to attack Geng Zhi's army pro-Dong Zhuo. By then, Wenyuan can completely control the battlefield.
opportunity.
However, although this road is not difficult, the only difficulty is very likely to be fatal!
That is Huguan! One of the most famous passes in the world since ancient times!
Huguan, in the first year of Han Dynasty Liu Bang (206 BC), Huguan County was first established, which belongs to Shangdang County. It has Baigu Mountain (today's Laoding Mountain) in the north and Shuanglong Mountain in the south. The two mountains are facing each other, with an empty space in the middle.
The mountain is shaped like a pot, and the mouth of the pot is used as a pass, so it is named Huguan. During the Three Kingdoms period, Cao Cao went north to Taihang, leaving behind the eternal sad chant of "the sheep's intestines were bent, and the wheels were destroyed...". From this, we know that the pot
The pass is so steep that it is one of the main thoroughfares across the Taihang Mountains.
According to the previous detailed investigation, there are a thousand Geng Zhi guards here. Although there are few people, the one in charge is one man who is in charge of the pass. Ten thousand men cannot open the majestic pass in the world. Although Wenyuan has several times the number of guards, he is not sure whether he can break the Hu Pass.
I feel unsure.
So along the way, Wen Yuan refused to listen and asked Guo Jia and Tian Feng for advice.
However, without seeing it on the ground, the two military advisors had no idea. Wen Yuan could only be patient and lead the army towards Huguan.
After marching for several days, the terrain gradually became steeper and the roads became rugged and difficult to navigate. Even though the Julu Army was in command of the march, they could only walk twenty miles in one day. After going dozens of miles deep into the Taihang Mountains, they finally sent out troops on the third day.
On the same day, the army caught up with the former army who had built bridges and opened roads along the way.
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