Chapter 252: The First World War That Changed History
Chapter 252 The battle that changed history
In mid-October of the first year of Chuping of the Han Dynasty (AD 190), deep in Hengshan Mountain.
Unknowingly, the 28,000 Han troops led by Pang De had been fighting in Hengshan for almost five months. They were surrounded by hills and mountains except for mountains. They walked on the mountain roads every day, gathering and driving away the mountain people. Fighting broke out from time to time.
The life is extremely monotonous and boring, enough to drive a normal person crazy.
Not to mention that the soldiers were full of complaints, and even the eager-to-do commander Pang De was a little tired of this kind of life. Perhaps Ma Chao was the only one among tens of thousands of people who still had energy. This boy was addicted to fighting. If he didn't fight for a day, his whole body would be itchy.
After nearly five months of repeated raids by tens of thousands of Han troops, 10% to 70% of the people in Hengshan were gone. The remaining two or three became the ones to fight against the invasion of the Han army and gathered in Heishan such as Yudu, Bairao, and Suigu.
The Black Mountain Alliance was formed under Commander Qu, with Yu Du as the leader.
Yu Du made some achievements at the beginning. Due to the difficult roads in Hengshan and the large number of people, the Han troops dispersed and gathered together since entering the mountain. Yu Du relied on his familiarity with the geography and sent out Black Mountain bandits to attack small groups of Han troops, harass the supply lines, and even kill the surrendered Black Mountain troops.
They used all possible means to fight against the people. However, as the army composed of 20,000 Han troops and 20,000 Black Mountain elites continued to approach the base of the Montenegrin coalition like the top of Mount Tai, Yu's poisonous actions gradually subsided until they disappeared.
If the Black Mountain bandits relied on their geographical advantages, they could easily escape the pursuit of the Han army. The latter would have no choice but to follow behind and eat ashes. However, the Black Mountain bandits had no intention of escaping, but were preparing to make a final struggle.
This is because the Black Mountain bandits are fundamentally different from the homeless refugees who have nothing. They cultivate the valleys, open up fields, raise cattle and herd sheep. Their foundation is here and they cannot leave even if they want to.
The last battle. As expected, this was the last battle of the Han army at Hengshan. When they thought about going home soon, the soldiers' originally gloomy mood suddenly brightened. Their usual complaints disappeared, and those who were free even started to hum.
A folk song from Jin Dynasty.
Beside the long dragon formation of the Han army, Pang De's prancing horse rushed up a low hill, followed closely by hundreds of people.
Pang De reached the highest point and looked up into the distance. Unfortunately, there were still mountains in the distance, making it difficult to see clearly. He turned around and asked, "Bai Qi, how far is it?"
Zhang Baiqi looked around and said: "This is the Qishan area, about three hundred miles away from Yu Du's lair."
Pang De said "hmm" and asked again: "Do you think Yu Du dares to come out and fight with us?"
Zhang Baiqi shook his head and said: "Probably not. It's the transition from autumn to winter, and the weather is getting colder every day. I think Yu Du must have a stubborn mentality. After all, as long as he keeps it for a month, it will be cold winter."
Already."
Pang De looked solemn. It was still early summer when he led the army into the mountains. He never expected that the war would continue until winter. He did not prepare winter clothes for the soldiers. In other words, the Han army would not be able to defeat the Black Mountain Alliance headed by Yu Du within a month.
, we have to withdraw from Hengshan. In fact, this is not easy. Yu Du has at least 60,000 to 70,000 strong men under his command.
Pound was about to speak when he suddenly heard several clear and sharp cries that echoed through the empty valley and lingered. He looked startled and looked up into the sky. He saw several large eagles soaring in the clouds, competing with each other, and then swooping down.
Down.
A flash of light flashed in Pang De's eyes, and he shouted "Drive", and the white horse that was connected to its master's heart jumped out. Pang De immediately pulled the bow, set an arrow, and aimed the arrow cluster at an eagle, only to hear a "boom" sound from the string.
Suddenly, there was a whine in the air. Pound quickly nocked an arrow, raised his hand and fired again. The other big eagle quickly fell to the ground accompanied by his companion.
When Pound was about to shoot again, the eagle was so frightened that it flew back into the clouds, so he had to stop with regret.
The coach missed two goals in a row, and the army cheered deafeningly...
A bodyguard had already taken back the eagle on horseback and presented it to him. Zhang Baiqi couldn't help but praise: "The captain is a really good shot."
While Pang De picked up the eagle and admired it, he waved his hand and said: "Speaking of magic shooting, how can this mere general be as good as my general? When the general was the governor of the north, he led thousands of cavalry to the Qiang land alone. He was indomitable and frightened everyone.
There were hundreds of thousands of fierce Qiang. All the powerful Qiang chiefs gathered in a certain mountain and shot two eagles with one arrow. The Qiang all threw themselves to the ground and called them "The Fallen Eagle".
Xu Huang said: "Who in the world knows the deeds of General Hussar who shot a tiger and felled an eagle? Even though I am a few years older than General, I spent my youth listening to his stories. There is no one as good as the General Hussar in the world in shooting."
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Xu Huang's words caused everyone to nod their heads, including Pang De. During the Yellow Turban Rebellion, Gai Jun raised his arms and the land of Liangzhou immediately became turbulent, with countless followers. These people were all influenced by Gai Jun's deeds in their youth.
of people..
Pang De said with a smile: "After Gongming comes out of the mountain, that line can be removed." Xu Huang's current title is Sima, Xingzhechong Xiaowei.
Pound, as the commander-in-chief of the Han army, was really impressed by Xu Huang. He originally thought that Xu Huang was a bandit from the east of the river, and his level was at best the same as that of the Black Mountain bandit leader, perhaps not as outstanding as Zhang Baiqi, Tao Sheng, and Liu Shi. However,
The fact was completely opposite to his guess.
The 5,000 Hedong soldiers led by Xu Huang were not very elite at first, similar to the elite troops of Heishan. However, after entering the mountains, their level improved sharply. After nearly five months, they were no longer on par with Pang De's Bingzhou and County soldiers.
up and down.
What's even more rare is that Xu Huang was extremely strict in his military management. After the Han army entered the mountains, their life was monotonous and boring, and they felt very depressed. Sometimes they would kill indiscriminately during battles, and there were also cases of hiding property and raping women. It is said that when the water is clear, there will be no fish. For
Pound knew he couldn't force these things. As long as he didn't go too far, he would turn a blind eye most of the time.
Xu Huang was completely different. In his army, no matter who dared to do such a thing, he would never escape the sword. Therefore, there was a strange phenomenon of the Han army having both leniency and severity at the same time, which made the commander Pang Pang
De was very embarrassed. Naturally, he couldn't persuade Xu Huang to relax military discipline, but he couldn't let his soldiers spit out the benefits. Fortunately, most of the time, the Han army acted separately, which avoided a lot of trouble.
"It's all thanks to the captain's guidance." Xu Huang thanked him with clasped fists. He was promoted to captain because he commanded an army of 5,000 people. He was granted the temporary title by General Gai Jun of the Hussars. If he became a full-time officer immediately after leaving the army, as a reduced general, it would be considered a relatively good treatment.
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Pang De nodded and said to Zhang Baiqi: "Baiqi too."
"Thank you Captain."
The Han army entered the enemy's lair for hundreds of miles, deliberately slowed down, and finally stopped in a hilly area with a water source ten miles away. Pang De ordered Xu Huang to be responsible for setting up camp, and together with Hu Che'er and Zhang Baiqi, he led dozens of cavalry to drive directly towards the enemy.
Nest to investigate the enemy's situation. There were dozens or hundreds of Black Mountain cavalry on the road. The number was about the same, but the difference between the two sides was too big. Not to mention Pang De, Hu Che'er and other brave generals who were champions of the three armies, Zhang Baiqi was also famous for his bravery.
Yu Hengshan said that among the dozens of personal guards Pound had with him, none of them were elite soldiers who crawled out of the sea of blood from the corpse mountain. Once the two sides fought, it was almost a one-sided massacre.
Pang De and his party successfully reached the foot of the North Mountain. Yu Du's lair is within this mountain range. There are only two places that can accommodate the large group. The so-called large group can only accommodate a few hundred people. One is halfway up the mountain, and the other is
One is on a lower hill, and there are simple fortresses in both places.
Pang De looked at the complex terrain, easy-to-defend and difficult-to-attack fortress, frowned and asked: "Is there any other entrance?"
Zhang Baiqi said: "Of course there are, not to mention the small ones. There are three big ones, one in the west and two in the east. From here to the west, you need to walk five hundred miles of mountain roads, and to go around to the east, you need to walk six hundred miles.
And Yu Du must have sent troops to guard it."
Pound nodded and explored for a long time before returning to the camp.
That night, Pound sent 5,000 troops from Heishan to the east, and sent 5,000 soldiers from Xu Huang to garrison in the west mountain. The combat power of the two was as great as the difference between heaven and earth. The mission of the former was to pretend to be a strong army, blurring the poisonous sight. Xu Huang's troops were just the opposite.
It deliberately pretends to be a mob, so that its opponent can relax its vigilance, and then reveal its fangs and deliver a fatal blow.
When the Han army came from far away, Pang De didn't want to fight directly. He didn't send troops until the army rested for three full days. At present, he had 30,000 men, half of them were Han soldiers and half of them were Black Mountain soldiers.
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Pang De asked Zhang Baiqi to lead the Montenegrin tribe to attack the two fortresses in turn. Zhang Baiqi was always on the front line, but Montenegro was strong and could not bear to fight hard, and repeatedly collapsed in front of the fortress. After five or six days, more than 5,000 people died in the battle.
The two forts showed no tendency to fall and remained motionless.
The Black Mountain thieves were quite surprised. The Han army did not seem to be consistent with the rumors. Just as they thought that the Han army was nothing more than that, Pang De launched another round of attacks. He first made the Black Mountain soldiers attack for half a day, and then suddenly exerted force before sunset.
He personally went into battle and led five thousand Han troops to storm the Aishan fortress.
The weakness of their opponents in the past few days has made the Black Mountain bandits extremely relaxed. It is very difficult to think about it now. They were beaten dizzy by the Han army for a while, and the fortress was declared to have been lost. The two sides started fighting in close quarters on the fortress, every moment.
Some people fell down, and it was not until just before dark that a large number of reinforcements from the Black Mountain bandits arrived to support them, and they were able to barely drive the Han army down.
"Damn it!" Pound spat a mouthful of bloody phlegm towards the fortress above. Against the backdrop of the dim evening, his blood-stained face looked extremely frightening, but it was nothing serious, except that the tip of his left eyebrow was scratched by a stray arrow.
Hu Che'er's arrow injury was much more serious than Pound's. The arrow almost penetrated his thigh. Without a few months of rest, it would be difficult to recover. He lay on a wooden board and cursed loudly: "What the hell are these?"
, I know how to hide in the fort and be a tortoise. If it is a field battle, I can lead the troops to charge and kill them all." Gai Jun's army was unparalleled in the field, sweeping across the northwest, regardless of Han or Hu, but rarely had the opportunity to attack fortified battles.
There is no doubt that they don't like the way of fighting in front of them.
Interestingly, the Han army's commander-in-chief Pang De and his deputy commander-in-chief Hu Che'er were both injured, but Ma Chao, who was only fifteen years old, was intact and alive. Not only in this battle, he had repeatedly killed the enemy first in the past five months.
There is not even a place where the skin is broken, it can be called a blessing.
In the next few days, Pound used the Han army and the Black Mountains to fight in a mixed manner, sometimes fast and sometimes slow, sometimes heavy and sometimes light. Until the tenth day, Pound calculated that the two partial armies had almost reached the designated location, and changed the main force to the Han army and the Black Mountains.
To assist, launch a crazy and violent attack.
"Kill me..." Pound held a shield in one hand and a knife in the other, and rushed towards the top of the mountain. Thousands of Han soldiers carrying heavy armor followed their commander without hesitation, rolling up like a black wave. Above their heads, several
Thousands of shouting long arrows were like dark clouds, overwhelming the sky and the earth, covering every corner of the fortress so densely that the Black Mountain bandits could not even lift their heads.
The Han army was well-equipped, brave and good at fighting, and the Black Mountain bandits were numerous and occupied a favorable location. The two sides launched a bloody and fierce battle on the fortress. Every time the Han army moved forward, it suffered huge casualties, and the Black Mountain bandits wanted to push it back a foot.
It also consumes countless fresh lives.
The Montenegrin side added reinforcements three times in a row and finally defeated the Han army. However, before they could breathe a sigh of relief, Pang De immediately organized another attack, which was even more ferocious than before, like waves crashing on the shore, one wave after another.
, continuously. Since entering Hengshan, Pang De has cared about the lives of the Han troops and attacked the most difficult points until the most difficult points. He often ordered the Black Mountain troops to advance. This time, he did not care so much and did not consider casualties at all.
The Han army attacked wildly for four days, killing nearly 5,000 people. Correspondingly, the Black Mountain bandits died in excess of 10,000 and were killed countless times. The leader of the Black Mountain Alliance, General Yu Du, had 80% of his troops piled into the Beishan Fortress.
Keep it intact.
Pang De knew that his opponent was about to be defeated, so he squandered money in the army at night and recruited five hundred dead men. Ma Chao joined in cunningly, telling his colleagues on the left and right that he didn't want money, he just wanted to fight happily. Everyone was speechless for a while, thinking: You
This is because you don’t know how expensive firewood and rice are. Your father is the commander-in-chief of the north, General Du Liao. Of course you are not short of money.
In the early morning of the next day, Pang De made five hundred dead soldiers stay in the camp to recharge their batteries, and led the army to attack again. From sunrise to sunset, the attack lasted four hours without even a quarter of an hour. The Black Mountain bandits were tortured.
The suffering is unspeakable.
Finally, the five hundred dead soldiers who were full of energy were dispatched, carrying double armors, swords and shields. As soon as they rushed to the fortress, they were firmly nailed to the spot. The Han army used them as a barrier to rely on and poured forward in a steady stream.
"Kill them quickly, quickly..." Yu Du yelled hysterically.
The Black Mountain bandits swarmed forward, but their opponents were brave men selected from tens of thousands of Han troops. Everyone was determined to die and full of energy. The Black Mountain bandits were no match for them. They were defeated in a single counterattack.
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Yu Du was furious, stabbed three or four defeated soldiers head-on, and cursed: "Mom, turn around and continue to kill..."
The Black Mountain bandits looked at Yu Du in fear, turned around tremblingly, and then returned again after a short engagement.
Yu Du was so angry that he almost vomited blood. He personally went out and led hundreds of guards and Black Mountain thieves to fight against the dead Han soldiers. Yu Du had previously felt that his men were useless, but now he felt how powerful the opponent was. Within a few seconds, he was slashed.
He ran away in panic.
I saw the disdainful looks in everyone's eyes, as if to say, you are not much better.
Old Yu Du's face flushed red, but he couldn't get into an attack. Since the fortress couldn't be defended, he had to retreat to the second line of defense. Just as he was about to give the order, a man hurriedly came behind him and said softly and tremblingly: "Commander, Xishan has been lost.
Already."
Yu Du twisted his stiff neck and looked at the man, his eyes were dull and his face was numb, and he said for a long time: "What did you say?"
"Xishan was lost and Bai Shuai died in battle."
Yu Du's facial features were twisted into a ball, and he lowered his voice and said: "Isn't Bai Luo equal in number to the other party? How could he die and lose ground? This waste, this incompetent waste..."
"The Han army is very elite, and I think it is the main force. Commander, leave quickly, we won't be able to leave any longer."
"..." Yu Du smiled bitterly. He had actually imagined staying until winter, and even imagined sneaking up on the Han army when they retreated. He was so arrogant that it was ridiculous to think about it. If he had known this, he would have
Choosing to surrender, Tao was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant of Two Thousand Stones. Depending on his own strength, he could become a lieutenant general. It was too late to surrender at this time. The Han army had been attacking fiercely for days, killing tens of thousands. The opponent would definitely not
I will spare myself...
"Commander..."
Suddenly, a horrified exclamation came from the fortress: "Dongshan is broken, and the Han army is coming from behind..."
Thousands of Black Mountain bandits collapsed suddenly, and surged towards the fortress behind them like a tide. The exit was so big that there was no room for everyone. In order to escape as quickly as possible, they did not hesitate to draw their swords and slash forward, and then they were hacked to death by the people behind them.
In order to free the coach, the poisonous guards joined in the fighting, but there were too many Black Mountain bandits and they could not be killed.
Facing the advancing Han army, Yu Du sighed and surrendered.
Pang De stared at Yu Du who was kneeling in front of him and asked coldly: "Why didn't you surrender earlier?"
"I didn't know it earlier."
"Kill"
In this battle, the Han army defeated the Black Mountain Alliance at the cost of more than 10,000 casualties, captured 200,000 people, and killed more than ten leaders under the alliance leader Yu Du. At this point, the so-called Black Mountain Bandits have completely become synonymous with history.
What Pang De didn't know was that although Yu Du he killed was just an inconspicuous figure in the history of the Three Kingdoms, he was an indispensable part of the rise of Cao Cao, Emperor Wu of Wei.
Currently, Cao Cao holds the title of General Fenwu, has no troops but no land, and is living in Yuan Shao's house in Hanoi. However, he seems to be in despair. Next year, he will serve as the governor of Dongjun, and then succeed Yanzhou Mu, officially embarking on the road to dominate the northern part of the Three Kingdoms.
The opportunity for Cao Cao to serve as the prefect of Dongjun was when Yu Du and others led more than 100,000 people from Heishan to invade Dongjun and plunder. The prefect Wang Hulian lost consecutive battles and could not resist. Cao Cao was ordered by Yuan Shao to lead troops into Dongjun to defeat Yu Du and others.
, was accepted and worshiped as the prefect of Dongjun by the latter.
After the Suanzao Alliance was disbanded, Liu Dai, the governor of Yanzhou, killed Qiao Mao, the prefect of Dongjun, but he appointed Wang Gong as the new prefect. He acted extremely tough and implicitly regarded Yanzhou as his own. The leader of the alliance, Yuan Shao, could only adopt a tacit and conniving attitude. Why did this happen?
Did Yuan Shao dare to intervene forcefully in Yanzhou affairs? It turned out that Yuan Shao successfully replaced Han Fu as the shepherd of Jizhou, and finally had the strength to match the leader of the Dongdong Alliance. It was natural for him to install trusted forces in Yanzhou, and Yu Du's invasion just gave him an excuse. Liu
No matter how domineering Dai is, he can only break his teeth and swallow blood.
The question is, if Yuan Shao wants to show his power, he needs someone to cooperate, right? Now that Yu Du is dead, Dongjun is worry-free, the prefect Wang Hu, Liu Dai's confidant, has no fault in his tenure, does he dare to remove him from his post and let Cao Cao take his place?
Doing this is tantamount to slapping Liu Dai hard in the face in court. You must know that he was standing on the wall between Yuan Shao and Gongsun Zan at that time, and the consequences are self-evident.
Can Cao Cao return to Yanzhou, the starting point of his rise?