Chapter 318 King vs King

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The Taihang Mountains are located to the east of the Loess Plateau. The overall terrain is gentle on the northwest side, and the North China Plain is on the southwest side. The vertical and horizontal differences are obvious.

Jinpo Pass happens to be under such geographical conditions. The terrain that needs to be defended in the north is gentle, and there is a small Huailai Basin in the distance, which can be used as a rest and service area for incoming enemies. However, to the south of Guancheng, the strategic direction is The gap is obvious and the terrain is steep, making it difficult to supply food and grass.

There have been more than a hundred battles at Jinpo Pass in history, and the defenders were defeated many times. Every time the iron horse Xi Feng, who came from the desert grassland, wanted to invade Yanjing, he had to try to attack Juyong Pass first, but Juyong Pass failed. The natural danger has never been lost. As a result, if we can't defeat Juyong Pass, we attack Jinpo Pass. If we can't defeat Juyong Pass, we attack Jinpo Pass.

And what about Jinpoguan? He is simply the illegitimate son of a landlord's maid, a natural doormat.

Historically, it was not until the Qing Dynasty that the inside and outside of the Great Wall were unified, and Jinpo Pass no longer suffered from such cowardice.

In other words, the city at Juyong Pass has always been destroyed when the pass is broken, so no matter who takes Yanjing, they will heavily defend Juyong Pass.

Jinpoguan is often overlooked.

This is especially true for Shuibo Liangshan, a new force that has just entered the Yan region.

The Jin people had already found out that the Liangshan Army only deployed an infantry army at Jinpo Pass. The general guarding the pass was named Cao Zheng, who used to be a butcher.

The Jin people had already discovered that Jinpo Pass was not built in a dangerous pass in the mountains and rivers. It was not strong enough. In addition, the defensive surface was too large and there were too many trails, making it easy to be pierced.

Also, because Shuibo Liangshan had just taken over Yan territory, it had not bothered to reinforce Jinpo Pass, so the urn city of Jinpo Pass had not been built yet.

All in all, the current Jinpo Pass is not a great pass that "one man can pass but ten thousand men can't open it", but is very cowardly and one of the "cowardly pass".

In the words of Yu Qian, a minister of the Ming Dynasty: "Dangers have their severity, and defenses have their priorities. Juyong and Zijing are both Jifu and keep silent. Commentators often enter Yongguan first and then Zijingguan, but they don't know that only three of them can enter Juyongguan. , the bandits who peek into Zijin Pass will be able to get in. "

This means: the probability of success in attacking Juyong Pass is very low, only three out of ten, but the success rate in attacking Zijing Pass is seven out of ten.

Do you think Jinpo Guan is a coward?

Unfortunately, the Ming Dynasty had not yet reached the Ming Dynasty, and Yu Qian's remarks had not yet been made, and the time when Shuibo Liangshan occupied Yanjing was too short, and he could not care about the problems here at Jinpo Pass.

Even Jiang Hongfei thought that there would be no problem if Jinpo Pass was handed over to the strategic Cao Zhenglai to guard it.

That's right.

After Cao Zheng took over Jinpo Pass, he worked hard to set up defenses and repair the pass, which had been abandoned for more than 200 years.

The key point is that although the Jin army came to check the pass at night, Cao Zheng had already arranged a lot of haystacks under the pass. When he felt something was wrong, he ordered people to shoot the hay to kill the Jin army who was trying to break the pass. After taking a photo, he immediately organized a defense.

Moreover, although Cao Zheng was shocked by the sneak attack on Jinpo Pass, Cao Zheng still did not forget to send people to light the beacon tower as soon as possible.

It can be said that Cao Zheng has done a good enough job.

But Cao Zheng's Bu San Army still has a very big shortcoming - there are no strong generals.

Bu Sanjun's number one qi refining master is Jiao Ting.

But even Jiao Ting is only a third-rate Qi practitioner.

Wanyan Xieye's team includes four great masters: Wanyan Yinshuke, Wanyan Zongfu, Wanyan Wushu, and Wanyan Salihe, as well as many others who are very powerful and can fight head-on with the monsters in the Changbai Mountains. Qigator.

Seeing that the sneak attack failed, under the command of Wanyan Xieye, taking advantage of the high and low spans of Jinpo Pass, Wanyan Yinshuke, Wanyan Wushu, and Wanyan Sali took the lead, leading the Qi refining masters in the Jin Army, from Jump from high to the Guancheng of Jinpo Pass.

The "cowardice" of Zijingguan is mainly caused by its geographical location. In the "Zhi of Four Towns and Three Passes", a Ming Dynasty official (Yizhou Military Preparatory Inspector) commented on Zijingguan: "Among the floating maps and Baoding of Zijingguan, The mountain is not dangerous, and the river is not deep. If we rely on the three general bureaus of Futu, Wulong and Jingjing, we will be able to defeat the redbuds. "

In other words, there is no very reliable natural barrier at Zijing Pass and there is no danger to defend it. If you want to hold Zijingguan, you have to move your position forward and guard the surrounding pass such as the Pagoda. Otherwise, if the outside is lost, Zijingguan will basically be finished.

It's not that Cao Zheng didn't see this, but he only had 5,000 troops. The key was that he took over Jinpo Pass for too short a time and had no time to build and operate peripheral passes such as pagodas. He could only defend the city.

As a result, the Jin people broke into Guancheng without much effort.

What made Cao Zheng even more difficult to resist was that Wanyan Xie also sent Wanyan Zongfu to lead a Jin army to sneak past Jinpo Pass along the path, go around to the south of the pass, destroy the defensive restrictions on the Great Wall, and break down the side wall.

When they learned that the Jin Army had entered the pass, the soldiers of the Bu San Army couldn't help but panic!

Seeing this, Cao Zheng loudly encouraged the soldiers of the three armies: "The golden dog must have pierced a trail somewhere. There will never be too many of his soldiers, so there is nothing to be afraid of. His large army, especially his spirit horses and baggage, if you want to make a big move If we pass the pass, we will inevitably capture my city. As long as we hold the city, we can hold off his army. Reinforcements will arrive before long. "

Encouraged by Cao Zheng, the soldiers of the Bu and San armies pressed down the Jin army with bows and crossbows in stages.

The Guancheng of Jinpoguan is a large city within a small city, which can also be understood as a plum blossom shape, which can effectively delay the enemy's attack.

Cao Zheng took advantage of the crossbows and the geographical advantages of Guancheng to fight against the Jin army bit by bit, and did not engage in contact battles with the Jin army at all.

As a result, even if there were three masters in the golden army, Wanyan Yinshuke, Wanyan Wushu, and Wanyan Salihe, their advancement speed was not very fast.

After Wanyan Zongfu led part of the Jin army through the Great Wall, he hurried to Jinpo Pass, hoping to attack Jinpo Pass from behind and let the army led by Wanyan Xieye enter Jinpo Pass.

Just before Wanyan Zongfu led 2,000 men to Jinpo Pass, Zhao Li personally led a thousand horse troops to reinforce Jinpo Pass.

Wanyan Zongfu was worthy of being one of the most experienced generals in the Jin Kingdom. Seeing that Zhao Li's men were all horsemen, he immediately occupied the favorable terrain on the hillside and shot at Zhao Li and the others.

Seeing this, Zhao Li took the lead and led the thousand men and horses to shoot at the Jin army and charge against the Jin army's arrows.

Zhao Li was different from those who were reluctant to go to Liangshan.

Before going to Liangshan, Zhao Li was recruited as a soldier just because of his bravery.

When Jiang Hongfei arrived, Jiang Hongfei vigorously promoted Zhao Li, and he soon became a commander in charge of 10,000 horses.

It is no exaggeration to say that Jiang Hongfei was very grateful to Zhao Li.

After becoming a general, Zhao Li disliked money and wealth. Able to share joys and sorrows with soldiers. In every battle, he always rushes to the front, and he always punishes those who retreat before the battle. It can be said that he ran the army extremely strictly.

It is precisely because of this that Zhao Li's troops have strong combat effectiveness.

In this battle, Jiang Hongfei did not arrange for Zhao Li to meet Jinpo Pass. He arranged for Zhao Li to meet Juyong Pass.

——Jiang Hongfei received the news that the Jin Army only sent three armies to attack Juyong Pass, Gubeikou and Nan'an Pass respectively. I wonder if there was also a surprise attack on Jinpo Pass.

Zhao Li saw that Wang Zhen was guarding Juyong Pass like a metal barrel, and there was no need for his support at all. He also vaguely felt that the Jin army could sweep across the Liao Empire, and this should not be enough.

So Zhao Li took out the map of Yandi and looked at it carefully.

Zhao Li put himself in his shoes and felt that if he were a Jin man, he would not fight here at Juyong Pass. He would definitely take a detour to Jinpo Pass and enter Yandi from Jinpo Pass.

After thinking this way, Zhao Li took the initiative to request Jiang Hongfei to leave 5,000 troops to support Juyong Pass. He personally led 5,000 troops to support Jinpo Pass.

After being reminded by Zhao Li, Jiang Hongfei realized that Juyong Pass had always been easy to defend but difficult to attack. It was as strong as Temujin and was invincible, but there was nothing he could do about Juyong Pass.

There is a saying in the Ming Dynasty: "If you are mediocre, you will be on my back; if you are on a golden slope, you will be on my throat; if you are in a hurry, you will grab my throat and stick to my back."

Jiang Hongfei looked at Yandi's map carefully and found that only the Jinpoguan area along the Inner Great Wall belonged to a valley basin with rivers running through it, which was conducive to transportation.

Liu Huiniang reminded Jiang Hongfei that since the Warring States Period, Jinpoguan had been captured many times.

So Jiang Hongfei agreed to Zhao Li's request.

Zhao Li then left 5,000 men and horses to continue to meet Juyongguan, and personally led 1,000 horse troops and 4,000 infantry troops to Yizhou.

Before arriving in Yizhou, Zhao Li saw the beacon lighted by Cao Zheng.

Zhao Li made a prompt decision and ordered the infantry to march behind. He personally led the cavalry to advance to reinforce Jinpo Pass.

Facing the fierce shooting of the Jin army, Zhao Li was not afraid and charged bravely.

During the charge, Zhao Li was hit by six arrows, but he became more courageous as he fought.

One of the arrows shot through both cheeks of Zhao Li, rendering him unable to speak, so he could only direct with his hands.

But this did not affect Zhao Li's charge at all.

When Zhao Li's soldiers saw this, they were greatly encouraged and charged with all their might.

Under the leadership of Zhao Li, a thousand men and horses rushed up the hillside at the expense of less than 300 men and horses.

There is no suspense next. One side is the cavalry army and the other is the infantry army. Although the Jin army has more people, it is no match for the cavalry army.

But it has to be said that the Jin people were indeed brave, and they were not willing to fail. Under the leadership of Wanyan Zongfu, they all wielded scimitars to fight against the cavalry army led by Zhao Li.

The two sides fought for a meal, and Zhao Li defeated the Jin army. Even Wanyan Zongfu was wounded by Zhao Li.

In the end, Wanyan Zongfu led five to seven hundred defeated soldiers to climb up the mountain. Zhao Li and other Liangshan Army soldiers who were dismounted and pursued were driven back to the north of the Great Wall.

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Even so, Wanyanxie still has a chance to win.

You should know that although Wanyan Yinshuke, Wanyan Wushu, and Wanyan Salihe advanced slowly, they soon pushed Bu San's army into a desperate situation.

However, just when the Jin army was about to break through the Jinpo Pass, an auspicious cloud flew over.

Above this auspicious cloud is Jiang Hongfei and his women.

Seeing the beacon lighted by Cao Zheng, Jiang Hongfei also realized that he had fewer troops deployed at Jinpo Pass. Jinpo Pass might be the winner in the fight between himself and Wanyan Agu.

Therefore, Jiang Hongfei immediately dispatched troops and generals to reinforce Jinpo Pass.

However, Yanjing City is more than 300 miles away from Zijingguan. If we expect reinforcements from Yanjing City to reinforce Zijingguan, even the cavalry army will have to walk at least a day.

Fortunately, Jiang Hongfei knew that Zhao Li had already sent reinforcements.

After thinking about it, Jiang Hong flew up into an auspicious cloud, carrying Gao Liang, Chen Liqing, Hua Baoyan, Hu Sanniang, Qiongying, Su Jinniang, Pang Qiuxia, Liang Hongyu, Yan Zhengu, Yelu Dalibao and other girls to Jinpo Pass. Liu Huiniang and Zhu Wu followed with an army of 100,000 people.

What a coincidence.

When Jiang Hongfei and his party arrived at Jinpo Pass, the four thousand infantry troops brought by Zhao Li also arrived at Jinpo Pass.

Jiang Hongfei immediately put Gao Liang and other women aside and let them lead the 4,000 infantry to counterattack.

As soon as these tigresses entered the battlefield, they immediately reversed the situation that Cao Zheng had no Qi-refining masters. The previously brave Wanyan Yinshuke, Wanyan Wushu, and Wanyan Salihe were beaten back by the women.

What made Wanyan Yinshuke, Wanyan Wushu, and Wanyan Salihe speechless was that many of the women were long-range attackers. If they were not careful, an arrow would fly at them, or a flying knife, flying stone, or flying fork would hit their vital points, which was quite scary.

Not long after, the Jin army was beaten out of Jinpo Pass by the Liangshan army.

Not only that, because Gao Liang and other women were strong enough, and because the Liangshan army had enough troops, Cao Zheng and his men also recovered the outer dangerous places of Jinpo Pass, such as Futu, Wulong, and Ningjing, and rebuilt simple defensive fortifications...

Although the Jin army was repelled by the Liangshan army, they did not retreat, but gathered in the distant Huailai Basin to rest.

The next day at dawn, the front army of the Jin army led by Wanyan Aguda also came to the Huailai Basin under the leadership of Wanyan Wulu.

What a coincidence.

At this time, Wang Yan led 20,000 cavalry to Jinpo Pass.

Slowly, the armies of both sides gathered more and more.

On the morning of the third day, Wanyan Aguda, wearing armor and riding a fierce horse, was majestic, with a large group of cavalry behind him, and came to the Huailai Basin in a mighty manner.

Both sides gathered more than 100,000 troops inside and outside Jinpo Pass.

On the eve of the bloody battle, although both sides drew their swords and drew their crossbows, the atmosphere was so tense that it was suffocating, but the commanders of both sides pretended to be relaxed.

One day, Jiang Hongfei and Wanyan Aguda met by chance in front of the battle.

Although they were far apart, both sides knew who the other was.

Wanyan Aguda sent someone to Jinpo Pass to pass on the message: "Jiang Yan, you and I could have lived in peace, why did we have to fight with swords and guns?"

Wanyan Aguda still hoped that Jiang Hongfei would give him the annual tribute obediently, and the two families would stop fighting.

Jiang Hongfei also sent someone to reply: "Okay, hand over the nine states of Yundi, and I will let you go back to your country."

But Jiang Hongfei only wanted the nine states of Yundi, but did not want to pay the annual tribute.

Wanyan Aguda did not reply again, because he would not argue about this meaningless matter. He had fought through the mountains of swords and the sea of ​​fire, and he advocated not to hesitate if he could take action, and he had already used courtesy before force.

Jiang Hongfei did the same.

Two days later, the fierce attack of the Jin army began.

Amid the heart-wrenching shouts, the Jin army swarmed in, braving the Liangshan army's rain of cannonballs and arrows, and launched a series of attacks on several dangerous places outside Jinpo Pass.

Jiang Hongfei did not personally command this battle, but asked Cao Zheng, Zhao Li, Wang Yan, Wu Lin, Zhang Xian and other generals to defend in sections, and Liu Hui Niang and Zhu Wu commanded this battle.

After more than 30 bloody battles between the two sides, the camp guarded by Liangshan Army Dong Kai was breached by the Jin army, and Dong Kai and his soldiers abandoned the camp and fled.

Zhao Li quickly arrived, waved his sword and beheaded Dong Kai for public display, stopping the retreat.

Wu Lin also arrived with his troops later, organized a counterattack, and recaptured Dong Kai's camp.

Wu Lin shouted to the soldiers: "The Jin army is out in full force. It's our chance to kill the enemy and serve our country!"

Wu Lin drew out his sword, drew a line under his feet, pointed the tip of the sword at the line on the ground and announced: "If you want to die, die in front of the line! Those who dare to retreat will be killed!"

The Liangshan army fought desperately and stabilized their position.

The Jin army launched an attack again, and deployed nearly 10,000 reserve troops to attack the left side of Zhu Wu's camp.

Wang Yan immediately deployed troops to support and defeated the Jin army.

A moment later, the furious Jin army launched another attack. Regardless of casualties, they rushed to the city wall in a dense formation, set up ladders, and forcibly climbed the city.

Liu Hui Niang was confident and ordered Zhang Xian to lead the swordsmen to suddenly open the door and go out of the city to kill the Jin army. The Jin army only focused on climbing the city, and did not expect the Liangshan army to launch a counterattack. They were defeated and fled in a panic.

It was dusk and the sky was getting dark, but the Jin army was still attacking frantically.

The Jin army took advantage of the strong mobility of the cavalry and changed the tactics of attacking the front. They were divided into two formations, the east and the west. Wanyan Xieye commanded the east formation and Wanyan Wulu commanded the west formation. They used the cavalry to gallop and constantly changed the deployment of troops on the east and west sides. Sometimes they concentrated their forces to attack the east, sometimes they concentrated their forces to attack the west, and sometimes they divided their forces to attack the east and west at the same time. The change in tactical rhythm made the Liangshan army run back and forth, sometimes they aided the east and sometimes they aided the west, and they were very tired.

Using such tactics, the Jin army once captured the pagoda.

But at night, Zhang Xian still took the pagoda back.

The Liangshan army and the Jin army launched a cruel and fierce tug-of-war here at Jinpo Pass...

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