Chapter 35 The trapped beast still fights
Ming Dynasty, Hongwu Years.

Zhu Yuanzhang followed Li Shimin's layout and put up a map on the sky curtain, and shouted to his sons: "Watch and learn. This is a top-notch layout. It is the best learning goal!" Seeing that his sons were serious and watching and pondering carefully, he withdrew his gaze with satisfaction.

After all, the allocation of these four troops by Li Shimin is still a grasp of the overall situation, and it is also a method that everyone can understand and learn from.

There are many outstanding generals in history, such as Huo Qubing of the Han Dynasty, but Zhu Yuanzhang would not expect his sons to be able to travel thousands of miles outside the domestic area. Therefore, this method of sitting in the central tent, planning and dispatching, and advancing steadily is a more suitable object to learn.

Although it is indeed difficult to divide troops on multiple fronts, this is not the Northern Expedition of Emperor Taizong of Song.

As for the fact that Li Shimin likes to take the lead in charging into battle, there is no need to learn from him.

[Soon, Li Shimin's deployment achieved results.

On August 14, Huang Junhan sent Lieutenant Zhang Yacha to lead the fleet to attack Huiluo City at night and successfully conquered it. At this time, Wang Shichong's crown prince Wang Xuan, who received the news, hurriedly led his elite soldiers to attack Zhang Yacha. After all, Huiluo City was still a very important place. Through here, the Tang army would affect Wang Shichong's communication channel to the north.

But Zhang Yacha and his 70-odd people fought to the death and held out until Li Shimin sent troops to help. Wang Xuanying had no choice but to retreat.

In the end, Huang Junhan led his men to capture Huiluo City, cut off the Heyang South Bridge, and recaptured more than 20 nearby fortresses and strongholds.

On August 25, Liu Dewei besieged Hanoi from Taihang Mountain, entered its outer city, and took down its fortress. 】

Han Dynasty, during the Yuan Dynasty.

Emperor Wen of Han, Liu Heng, watched with a gentle smile as Li Shimin's various arrangements gradually took effect.

"Step by step, gradually nibbling away, it's really very clever." Although he was not good at military affairs, he was still able to understand the generals' layout. Looking at Li Shimin's several battles, he was able to charge into the battle with elite cavalry, calm down, and advance layer by layer, which also reflected his personal character.

Liu Heng's thoughts turned to politics and governance, which he had always been good at. What was the style of Emperor Taizong of Tang in governing the country? How did he deal with political problems?
Song Dynasty, the fourth year of Yongxi.

Zhao Guangyi watched Li Shimin divide his troops into four groups, mobilize them separately, and each group had its own goals. While he admired them, he also felt a little envious and unhappy: "I divided my troops into three groups to attack Yanyun in the north. Isn't it to achieve the same effect? ​​I also specifically explained to the generals of the three groups the goals of the battle and why I took this approach. I hope they can achieve the results I want!"

If all three armies go as planned, Yanyun will be in my hands!
You generals have misled me.

[As Li Shimin led the main force to press forward step by step and Shi Wanbao captured Yique Pass, the situation around began to change dramatically.

The nearby counties and prefectures that were originally waiting to see the situation surrendered to the Tang Dynasty one after another. The local nobles of Dengzhou captured the governor appointed by Wang Shichong and surrendered. Weizhou and Gongzhou also surrendered one after another. Even Xianzhou, which had previously rebelled against the Tang Dynasty and surrendered to Wang Shichong, saw that the Tang army was now in a very good situation.

This situation, on the one hand, aggravated Wang Shichong's instability, and on the other hand, cut off Wang Shichong's connection with Xiangyang in the south, further compressing his living space.

On September 17, Wang Junkuo captured Huanyuan Pass in Songshan Mountain, occupied the Luochuan mountain exit, and sank thirty rice ships of Wang Shichong in Gaoshi Town.

Huanyuan Pass, together with Yique Pass previously captured by Shi Wanbao, meant that the Tang army had captured two of the eight passes in Luoyang. Yique Pass was the gateway to the south of Luoyang, while Huanyuan Pass allowed the Tang army to extend its tentacles to the east of Luoyang. 】 Early Han Dynasty.

"Hanyuan Pass?" Liu Bang was quite familiar with this majestic pass. After he and Zhang Liang defeated the remnants of Yang Xiong's Qin army in Yingchuan area, he marched westward all the way to Pingyin through the Huanyuan Pass. Oh, by the way, not only Huanyuan Pass, but also Goushi Town, which was also a place he passed by.

"There is Taishi in the east and Shaoshi in the south. Huanyuan Pass is steep and dangerous, and is of vital importance to Luoyang." He recalled what he saw and thought when he passed through Huanyuan Pass that year, and made such an assessment.

Huanyuan Pass was lost, and Yique Pass also fell into the hands of the Tang army. To the west was the main force of the Tang Dynasty, to the north were Huang Junhan's Huiluo City and Heyang, and in the distance was Liu Dewei who was surrounding from Taihang. Wang Shichong's situation was already somewhat critical.

Qin Dynasty.

Compared with Huanyuan Pass, Yique Pass has a greater significance in the history of the Qin Dynasty, and the person who wrote this passage was Bai Qi, the Marquis of Wu'an.

In the 14th year of King Zhao of Qin, Bai Qi led his troops and defeated the 240,000-strong coalition force of Han, Wei and Dongzhou, led by Wei general Gongsun Xi, at Yique Pass. At that time, the number of Qin troops under Bai Qi was less than half of that of the coalition forces.

What's more, it was Bai Qi's first time to serve as a chief general. It is not an exaggeration to say that this battle was the famous battle of Wu'an Jun, who later became famous.

Similarly, this battle also brought huge benefits to the State of Qin. From then on, the door to the east for the State of Qin was completely opened. This was also one of the key nodes for the State of Qin's subsequent prosperity.

Song Dynasty, the third year of Dazhong Xiangfu.

Although Song Zhenzong Zhao Heng could understand every step of the Tang army and the significance of each step through the explanation of the miracles, after the appearance of Yique Pass and Huanyuan Pass, his thoughts still drifted to literature and art.

"He left Yique, crossed Huanyuan Pass, passed Tonggu, and reached Jingshan." He recited softly, "What was Cao Zijian thinking when he left Yique and left from Huanyuan Pass all the way to his fiefdom?"

It is as graceful as a startled swan, as gentle as a flying dragon. It is as glorious as the autumn chrysanthemum, as flourishing as the spring pine. It is like a light cloud covering the moon, and it is like snowflakes blown by the wind.

"That song, The Goddess of Luo River, has attracted countless people's attention, and I am no exception."

[After losing Huanyuan Pass, Wang Shichong became somewhat confused.

Because he found that in this way, not only would his Luoyang be further surrounded, but also a large number of prefectures and counties located to the east of Luoyang and on the plain of eastern Henan that had promised to be loyal to him surrendered to the Tang Dynasty one after another.

When Weizhou Governor Shi Derui surrendered to the Tang Dynasty with his seven states of Qi, Xia, Chen, Wei, Xu, Ying and Wei; while Puzhou Governor Du Caigan first killed Huazhou Governor Bing Yuanzhen, and then surrendered Puzhou to the Tang Dynasty.

Judging from the fact that Wang Shichong had previously appointed Wang's relatives as guards of important locations, it was obvious that there was some reason for him to distrust these people. However, Wang Shichong probably did not expect that these fence-sitters would fall so quickly.

Of course, some people may not just be fence-sitters, for example, Du Caigan, the governor of Puzhou, was a loyal subordinate of Li Mi of Wagangzhai before he surrendered to Wang Shichong. He probably surrendered to the Tang Dynasty to "repay" Wang Shichong.

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