Chapter 201 Eight Passes to Guard Luoyang
Chapter 200: Eight Passes to Guard Luoyang
The million-dollar army is a combat force that can destroy the Han Dynasty, and it is not allowed to be ignored by all parties. The Yellow Turbans'' actions in Yanzhou have also successfully concentrated the attention of countless forces here. All major forces are fully supervising the Yellow Turbans'' every move, and this naturally includes the Great One.
Although Dashe has been paralyzed by the joint infiltration of Taipingwei and Black Ice Platform, it is unlikely that the Yellow Turban Army will be able to reverse the infiltration of the Yellow Turban Army, it is still more than enough to just inquire about the exact news.
Within more than two months, the Yellow Turban Army in Yanzhou only transported grain and trained, and there was no way he wanted to fight.
As November approaches, the colder the climate becomes, the less likely it is for the Yellow Turban to launch a decisive battle, but the court still strictly ordered the soldiers on the front line to guard against each other. After all, no one knows whether Zhang Jiao will play according to the routine.
Unfortunately, there are policies from the top and countermeasures from the bottom!
Although the imperial court ordered the soldiers on the front line not to slack off, they only had to be thieves for a thousand days, so how could they guard against thieves the day before yesterday?
The Han soldiers on the front line never expected that the Yellow Turban Army, who had been training honestly for more than two months without any sign of attack, had been confusing them.
In November, a heavy snow swept across the Central Plains. In the cold weather, no one expected that Xiang Yu would lead the Yellow Turban elite and launch a raid.
This raid plan was naturally planned by Guo Jia and then proposed by Xiang Yu. The specific situation was very simple. He used the weather to paralyze the Han army and would definitely win the battle by surprise.
Of course, Guo Jia''s move has another deep meaning, that is, to improve Xiang Yu''s position in Zhang Jiao''s heart.
This raid is not a decisive battle, it is just a preparation for a decisive battle next year, and completely pushing the front line to the front line of Hulao Pass. Of course, it is naturally the best to win Hulao Pass.
Although Lu Zhi retreated to Hulao Pass, he did not give up several cities between Hulao Pass and Chenliu. In addition, Lu Zhi also set up more than ten dangerous villages along the way, preparing to use this as a defense line to fight step by step and consume the forces of the Yellow Turban Army.
Zhang Jiao ordered people to estimate that if the Han army relied on these defense lines to defend themselves, the attack of the Yellow Turban City and Village would have to be filled with at least 100,000 lives when it hits the Hulao Pass.
Now Guo Jia''s surprise attack strategy directly disintegrated all the preparations of the Han army before Hulao Pass and also reduced the damage of the Yellow Turban Army by 100,000 troops. Zhang Jiao naturally would not refuse.
The raid caught the Han army off guard, and all the strong Yellow Turban soldiers and powerful generals were released, and Xiang Yu personally led the army, so naturally there was no fortress that could not be captured.
Then Xiang Yu launched a blitzkrieg, and several strong cities and more than ten dangerous villages were pulled out by Xiang Yu within a month. Fortunately, Lu Zhi reacted quickly, otherwise Hulao Pass might have been captured by Xiang Yu.
Since then, between Luoyang and Chenliu, there are only two dangerous passes, Hulao Pass and Dagu Pass, and of course the two most difficult dangerous passes to be captured.
Xiang Yu, who made great contributions, has a great reputation among the Yellow Turban Army. With his identity as Zhang Jiao''s son-in-law and Xiang Yan''s support, Xiang Yu became the person with the most popular successor to Zhang Jiao. Zhang Jiao also made some subtle changes in his heart because of the plan of "Xiang Yu".
Zhang Jiao is also a mortal, and he always has some selfishness. If Xiang Yu is suitable, he will naturally not hand over the Yellow Turban Army to outsiders.
But what Zhang Jiao didn''t know was that it was his indecision that made the Yellow Turbans form three factions, and there were endless struggles in secret.
Luoyang, the land of heaven, is located in the center of the Heluo Plain. It has fertile land and rich resources. It is surrounded by mountains on three sides and water on one side. It has eight gates in the southeast, west and north. It has four gates in the south, west and north. It has many majestic gates. The situation is dangerous and solid, easy to defend and difficult to attack.
In March of the first year of Zhongping, the Yellow Turban Rebellion, and within a few months, most of Kanto fell, and all officials in the court and the country were shocked.
Although there is a natural danger to the east of Luoyang, the Yellow Turban also has a million powerful soldiers. The civil and military officials in the court did not think that just one pass can resist a million powerful troops. In order to protect the safety of the capital, Emperor Liu Hong of Han appointed Henan Yin He Jin as the general, and led the left and right Yulin Army and the Five Cunsmen to set up the capital to defend the capital.
Later, the eight pass commanders were set up around Luoyang to control the military and political affairs of the eight passes and guard the security of Kyoto. These eight passes were: Hangu, Hulao, Yique, Guangcheng, Dagu, Yu, Mengjin, and Xiaopingjin.
Hangu Pass is located west of Luoyang, and is the fortress leading to the west of Luoyang. It refers to Luodu in the east, Chang''an in the west, Jianhe in the south, and Mangshan in the north. It has the danger of "one man should be the pass, ten thousand men cannot open", and is the first of the eight passes of Luoyang.
Hulao Pass is located in the area southwest of the Sishui River in Xingyang. It is known as Hulao due to rumors that King Mu of Zhou once kept the tigers he presented here, also known as Sishui Pass, Huguan, Wulao Pass, Chenggao Pass and Gugu Pass.
Hulao Pass is connected to Songyue in the south and to the north, and the Yellow River in the north. The mountains and rivers are intertwined, making it a natural danger. There is a great momentum of one man as a pass, and ten thousand mankinds cannot open up. It is a place that military strategists in all dynasties must fight for. The Eastern Han Dynasty used Hulao Pass as the first pass in the east of Luoyang in the capital.
Ban Zhao''s "Eastern Expedition" says: "Looking at the exchanges between He and Luo, looking at the Arc descent of Chenggao", which refers to this pass. Luoyang passes eastward, and there is no blockage to be guarded.
Yique Pass is located south of Luoyang, at the Quekou of Longmen Mountain and Xiangshan Mountain. The two mountains stand together, and the Yi River flows through it. It is an important pass to the south of Kyoto and the only way to go south of Luoyang and Jingxiang to the north.
Guangcheng Pass is located on the south side of Guangchengyuan, in the area of ??Linru Town. It is known as "two mountains and one river". It has Changchong Mountain, Niangniang Mountain, Monk Mountain, Baiyun Mountain, Panlong Mountain in the northeast, and Dama Mountain and Dahuling in the southwest. It has been a fortress leading to Ruying since ancient times.
Near Guangcheng Pass, there is Guangchengze, which is surrounded by 400 miles. The water comes out of Langgao Mountain and flows into Rushui in the southeast. From the Ruying area to Jingluo, this is a must-pass place.
Taigu Pass Construction on the Yugu between Songshan and Longmen Mountains, Luoyang Records says: "Taigu, fifty miles south of Luocheng, was formerly known as Tonggu." During the war, heavy troops could be ambushed here, cut off traffic between the north and the south, and was an ancient battlefield where soldiers fought for the generals in all dynasties.
The junction of Yanshi and Dengfeng is the key shortcut to Xu and Chen in Luoyang. The pass is Elingban, between Taishi Mountain and Shaoshi Mountain. The road is dangerous and narrow, with twelve bends, and it circles around and returns, so it is called Zhuyuan Pass.
There is another pass to Elingkou to the south of Yuyuan Pass, which was dug by Ma Zhongfu, the magistrate of Yanshi County during the Song Dynasty. The road is open and convenient for people. The locals call Elingkou, also known as Xinyuyuan Pass.
Mengjin Pass is also known as Heyang Pass. It is located in the north of Luoyang, five miles from Mengjin to Mama, and eighteen miles south of Mengxian. It is an important ferry crossing on the Yellow River in ancient times. This is where King Wu of Zhou met with the princes to cross the river when he attacked Zhou, also known as Mengjin, also known as Fupingjin.
Du Yu, the Marquis of Fengleting in the Western Jin Dynasty, once built the first floating bridge on the Yellow River here, called the "river bridge".
The Northern Wei Dynasty also established three cities of Heyang on both sides of the north and south and on the sandbank in the middle of the river. It has been the key gate in the north of Luoyang for all dynasties and is a place that military strategists must fight for.
Xiaopingjin Pass is located in the northwest of Mengjin’s old city. It is also a ferry on the Yellow River. Its status is second only to Mengjin Pass, so it is called Xiaopingjin.
In addition, there is Tongguan to the west of Luoyang (the pass has not been established at this time), and there are Tianjing Pass and Zhuguan in the north.
These passes are both gateways of Luoyang, with defensive guards, making Luoyang a key military place where you can attack and retreat.
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