Chapter 14 Yanmen is closed

At first glance, Huchuquan is a typical Xiongnu. He is extremely strong, with a tiger's back and a bear's waist. He is nine feet tall. His muscles are strong and outrageous. His gray eyes are deep, his eagle's nose is like a hook, his cheeks are full of beard, and his face is fierce and violent. Generally honest and timid, he can be scared three points just by looking at his appearance.

Hu Chuquan looked at the armored weapons of the Bingzhou Army, his eyes were shining, his mouth was running, and he almost wanted to order a looting.

"Hehe, Right Sage King, as long as you can kill the enemy bravely on the battlefield, you will be indispensable in the future." On one side, He Chen began to follow the inducement again, throwing out countless meat cakes with poison, and smiled with a spring smile on his face.

"Is this true?" Hu Chuquan reluctantly withdrew his eyes and looked at He Chen with a surprised face. How could he feel that this guy's dark and ugly armor was not as durable as that of ordinary soldiers. Huchuquan thought in a daze, but held an extremely precious and luxurious full moon machete in his hand. This was a treasure given to him by He Chen, and its sharpness was by no means lower than that of a sword such as fish intestines.

"Of course. A man has never said anything, but he has never kept his word. He Chen didn't think about whether it could be achieved at all. He was full of words and panicked.

"Wonderful, Zhou Mu is the most cheerful Han people that Ben Xianwang has made friends with for so many years. I recognize you as a brother." Hu Chuquan shouted loudly.

"Haha. The cavalry of the virtuous king is indeed extremely tough. He is not embarrassed to be an eagle in the desert and a man in the grassland. He Chen looked at the sick war horse. After riding the thin Xiongnu, he said with a smile on his face.

Xiao is a kitchen spring with an intestine to the end, and he also listened to He Chen's words. He couldn't help blushing like soy sauce, and he was ashamed. Fortunately, his face was already black, but he couldn't see anything. When he spoke, he was obviously a little lack of confidence and said, "Zhou Mu boasted that this is not hungry. You should know that the Xiongnu cavalry in their heyday galloped thousands of miles on the grassland and were invincible." Speaking of the back, this guy's face was full of glory and pale.

"Bah" still turned over the old account book, He Chen despised it extremely. After the division of the Xiongnu, after many attacks by the Eastern Han Dynasty, the power of the Northern Xiongnu has long declined. In 151 A.D., the Han general Simada led the Han army to attack Pu Lihai (now Barikun Lake in Xinjiang Province) and defeated the new Huyan King of the Northern Xiongnu. King Huyan led the Northern Xiongnu to retreat to the west, opening the prelude to the second west escape. Since then, it has disappeared in the eyes of the Han people for hundreds of years. The Southern Xiongnu existed for a shorter time. By 216, it was completely incorporated by Cao Wei.

He Chen was not ashamed. On the surface, he nodded and agreed with him.

Intentionally, He Chen quickly had a certain good impression of the kitchen spring. In this way, the two of them were in a harmonious atmosphere all the way to Yanmen Pass.

In fact, Yanmen Pass was not called this name in the Han Dynasty, but Xijing Pass. Because of its majestic terrain, it has reached the three passes and the throat of the Jin Dynasty. It has always been a strategic fortress of the Han Dynasty's attack on the Xiongnu, the Tang Dynasty's defense of the Turks, the Song Yuqidan, the Ming Dynasty and other dynasties. It is regarded as an important place to defend Kyoto and protect the Central Plains. It is famous for its fortress, steepness and many wars in history, and is listed as one of the nine famous customs in China.

Yanmen has a long history. At the end of the Warring States Period, it was already "nine plugs in the world, and Yanmen is the first". Its majestic pass is close to the mountain, and it is high on the mountain. The east and west wings and the mountains rise and fall. The ridge of the Great Wall is winding. It takes the Pingguan Pass, Zijing Pass and the Inverted Horse Pass in the east, and goes straight to the Youyan and connects to the Hanhai Sea; to Xuangangkou, Ningwu Pass and the Yellow River in the west. There are two gates in the east and west, all of which are stacked with huge bricks. The geese pass through the clouds, and the spirit is magnificent. It is praised as the three gates to rush to the unparalleled land, and the nine passes respect the first pass.

Bingzhou's top mountains and rivers, with complex terrain and horizontal distribution of mountains and rivers, is also a strategic place that can affect the whole situation in the customs. It has always been regarded as a springboard for alien attacks on the Central Plains and a fortress for the Central Plains to resist external invasion. Hengshan in the north of the Jin Dynasty is the fence of the North China, and the Taihang of the west of the Jin Dynasty is the backbone of the world. Yanmen, on the other hand, chokes the throat of the whole China, so there is another saying that those who get Yanmen get Bingzhou, and those who get Bingzhou get the world.

Yanmen Pass is the largest in-depth military defense system in the Central Plains. It is a military defense system composed of four gates and eighteen passes, three cities and six fortresses, twelve consecutive cities and thirty-nine castles, and the Great Wall. It can be called the largest, most complete, strict and complex military city defense system in ancient China. It is a defense project in the era of cold weapons. The best work.

Double Pass means that the Yanmen Pass is composed of Dongxing Pass and Xixing Pass. The puns coexist and rely on each other. Before the Song Dynasty, Xixing Pass was the main defense, and Dongxing Pass was the main defense. After the Song Dynasty, especially the Ming Dynasty, Dongxing Pass was the main defense, and the Xixing Pass was relied on defense. The four outlets refer to the Nankou and Guangwukou connecting Dongxingguan, and the Taihe Lingkou and Baicaokou connecting the Xixingguan. These are two important strategic channels to overcome the Tianhan of Yanmen. As for the three cities and six villages, and the thirty-nine castles at the 18th gate, I will talk about it in detail later.

When Zhang Liao saw that He Chen's brigade finally came up, he was relieved of these worries and anxiety. To be honest, after the spring, Xianbei launched a continuous attack, like a rough spring offensive. Zhang Liao was almost overwhelmed. I don't know how many white hairs he had. It was in this situation that his military ability The force, almost like boiling oil, is completely stimulated. The whole person grew up quickly and began to move closer to a generation of famous generals.

Under the closure of Yanmen, the whole fortress is like a hedgehog bunker inlaid in the mountains. There are various fortifications, sentry towers, ravines and arrow towers, and every place is full of suppressed blood. Almost everyone felt a strong atmosphere of war when they stepped into the customs. The arrows, weapons and materials on one side of the customs, and the wounded who were lying on one side for dressing, etc., and everyone's spirits began to become heavy.

As if to welcome the arrival of He Chen, before the dust was washed away, the loud and dull horns of the wild geese gate had resounded through the sky. The guard of Yanmen Pass reacted quickly almost at the same time, and the sound of footsteps sounded from all directions. From the side barracks, an army of about 1,000 people rushed out of the army, flying to the tower under the leadership of a middle-aged general with a strong and beard in about 30 years old.

The careful He Chen saw that each soldier's face was more or less tired, and even a few of them were slightly injured. But even under such circumstances, the soldiers still had no complaints and no expressions on their faces. Under the leadership of the generals, they quickly and resolutely climbed the tower. The fierce breath on their bodies was not comparable to those new recruits in the state.

Seeing that He Chen and the generals behind him were a little surprised, Zhang Liao began to explain, "This is the routine of Xianbei every day, and it won't take long to retreat."

He Chen said with a gloomy face, "Why are there injured soldiers on the front line?"

Zhang Liao also said helplessly: "There are enough fresh and humble soldiers. Every day, they harass in batches, at least two or three times. Most of them organize five or six attacks, and Yanmen has two gates and four mouths, almost every day. In order to keep the soldiers maintain their physical strength, they can only change their defenses in batches. Suffering from insufficient troops, they can only be slightly injured and not off the line of fire, so as to maintain a certain number of people fighting. Fighting power. You should know that in less than two months, our army has killed thousands of soldiers and disabled nearly 10,000 people. If it hadn't been for the Yanmen Guanxiong fortress, it would have been easier to defend and difficult to attack, I'm afraid that this number would have been magnified countless times. Of course, Xianbei people are also having a hard time. Based on my subordinates, at least tens of thousands of people have been killed.

Everyone's faces were moved.

I have always known that the Yanmen Pass battlefield was urgent, but I didn't expect that the battle would be so tragic. No wonder He Chen would pay so much attention to this matter, and even discuss it again, and personally lead and support the north. Obviously, he expected that the Yanmen defense front would be tight earlier. Ma Yu behind him couldn't help asking, "Xianbei is a trick to disturb our army, but why are the casualties so heavy?"

Zhang Liao, who has completely transformed from a handsome young man to a Confucian general, looked back at Ma Yu and sneered, "It is said to disturb the offensive, but there are more than 10,000 people every day. In addition, Xianbei is a nomad. He grew up in the cold land. Almost all the soldiers are not afraid of death and brave. If our army is really It's a little careless. I'm afraid that Xiongguan will be easy to do.

Ma Yu was silent and had nothing to say.

Under the sign of He Chen, Zhang Liao led the crowd, closed the mountain and lowered the mountain gate, and looked down. The eye-catching scene shocked everyone again.

Outside the Yanmen Pass, the endless grassland desert extends to the end of the distant horizontal line. In addition to the roaring yellow sand and a piece of green grass, there is nothing in sight, except for the dense cavalry under the Yanmen Pass.

At this time, the scene was extremely beautiful, with iron hooves rolling, yellow sand, and the wind roaring and horses. In the shock of He Chen and the generals who could not recover for a long time, countless tall and brave soldiers, under the urging of the horn of the ox, carried a simple ladder, pushed the building car, rush car and other equipment, and shouted the deafening slogan, almost as if they were killed by the crazy impact of death.

The Han army seemed to regard all this as normal, and faintly heard a general command loudly and respond calmly. Countless arrows poured down from the gate like a storm, fiercely suppressing the enemy's pace of the charge. The falling stones, boiling oil and boiling water kept pouring down from the closure, with bursts of screams. Even the people watching the battle in the rear were horrifying.

It was only at this moment that Li Yan and Guo Jia understood why Zhang Liao sent people to the upper party to urgently ask for arrows and other materials. If there were no such things, they were afraid that the defense force of Yanmenguan would be reduced by at least half.

And the generals are even more heavy-hearted, heavy and helpless. Such a tragic battle is just a disturbing war in Zhang Liao's mouth, and it happens several times almost every day, which makes them almost dare not imagine how the situation will change when Xianbei launches the real power.

"How can Xianbei have the siege equipment of the big man?" Xu Huang behind He Chen shouted in horror when he saw so many siege equipment.

(to be continued)