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Chapter 573 Submission

The eleven armies that entered the Tang Dynasty went very smoothly.

Except for a few people or for some reason, they bit the bullet and went out of the city to attack the supplies brought back by the blood camp, most of the soldiers were very sensible.In other words, their generals are very knowledgeable, staying inside the city wall one by one, not coming out.

But it doesn't mean that the blood camp can only move in the countryside, and also attack cities and checkpoints.Especially some important checkpoints, such as Luziguan in Yanzhou, Gong was one of the 26 checkpoints in the Tang Dynasty.Du Fu wrote a poem "Sailuzi":
How far away are the five cities, how far apart the river is.The frontier soldiers marched eastward, and the city was empty of Jing Qi.Siming cut Huaiwei, Xiuyan West is not finished.Going back to the Great Wilderness, Wei wrote to cover Xuer.Qin Beihu in Yanzhou, Guan Fang can still rely on.
How can we get 1 people to drive the reeds?There is Doctor Xue in Qi, who controls the bandits from the side; I heard that the Kunrong disciples retreated three hundred miles.This is the deep meaning of Luguan's chokehold on the two bandits.Who can call Di Yan, Hu Xing is as fast as a ghost!
Yanzhou is the gateway to Chang'an, but if you want to defend Yanzhou, you must immediately send troops to guard Luziguan.Liang Shidu lured the Turkic people to go south from this pass, and Chai Shao exterminated Liang Shidu also went north from this pass.

It can be seen that the geographical position of this grand pass in the north is important.

In addition to Luzi Pass, Heling Pass and Weiping Pass in Suizhou, the main road leading to Shengzhou in the northeast of Yanzhou, although these two passes are not listed in the 26 passes of Tang Dynasty, they are still very important.There is also the Dazhen Pass in Longzhou. If troops are sent to Chang'an, the Qizhou San Pass in Fengxiang Prefecture will be a stumbling block. Longshan Pass is one of the six major passes in the Tang Dynasty, and it is more difficult to attack than ordinary cities.When the Blood Battalion took Longshan Pass back then, they did not conquer it by force, but used the way of entering Lanzhou to disintegrate and break through from the inside.Otherwise, it will be a Longshan pass, and it will be blocked in Yuanzhou like a tiger.

If you want to achieve better results, set aside more space, and cut off the roads in Hanzhong, you must also capture the Ziwu Pass, Luogu Pass, and Kugu Pass of the thirteen Zhongguan Passes of the Tang Dynasty.

And some other, like Heling Pass and Weiping Pass, which are not listed in the 26th pass, but are very important.

The sacrifice of the Blood Camp this time was mainly due to attacking these checkpoints, especially the Great Zhenguan Pass in Longzhou. From the bow to the ordinary ladder shield, more than 800 soldiers died and more than 600 soldiers were injured before it was taken down.

After taking it down, he counted the casualties. Zhang Shougui's face was dark for a long time. If it wasn't for Wang Hua's repeated orders, he himself was a Han, and he might have killed all the more than 2000 Tang soldiers who were still alive in the checkpoint.

Other checkpoints also paid more or less sacrifices. Wu Keli sacrificed more than 200 men at Weiping Pass, and Li Kailuo sacrificed more than 300 men at Heling Pass. Ziguan sacrificed more than 400 men and injured even more.

In a fit of rage, Wu Keli and Li Kailuo dragged nearly [-] living Tang soldiers in the three passes to the city of Yanzhou, beheading them alive.

But the sacrifices on both sides were just that. There were not many Tang troops who left the city, and the result was very miserable. Although they had longbows in their hands, their morale was low and their flexibility was poor. As long as they left the protection of the city wall, they would never return. .

In the final analysis, people's hearts are scattered, and they don't know why they are fighting.

There is another point, the blood battalion is very generous to the Tang soldiers, and they will not kill them if they can.Although some prisoners of war were used as cannon fodder, especially in the battle between Yanzhou and Triangle City, a large number of Tang troops were sacrificed.However, the rewards are generous, rewards for meritorious service, and generous pensions for those who sacrificed, even more generous than the court's pensions.

This does not count as cruelty to prisoners of war.

Therefore, soldiers are unwilling to go to battle. If there is a disadvantage in the battle, they will yell to surrender but not to kill, and they will kneel down and raise their hands to surrender.On the contrary, the blood battalion fought for their own life and death, and under several victories at the same time, their morale was excited and tragic.Stronger combat effectiveness and rich combat experience are the main reasons why the generals hide in the city.

The checkpoint paid the most sacrifices, and it was the only place where soldiers were guarded.

But it does not mean not to attack the city. After all, the Tang Dynasty army has not yet arrived, and more troops are guarding around Chang'an, so the defense of the prefectures is the most important.However, the defensive forces in each county were also relaxed.

So they concentrated their forces and attacked counties that were empty of troops. In fact, when a large number of trebuchets were released, stones rolled down, explosives fell from the sky, and there were very few troops.

However, after these counties were captured and supplies were obtained, the blood camp gave up again.It made the soldiers in other cities wonder if they should continue to divide their troops to take them back.

Not only are many counties lost, because Dangzhou and Minzhou have received the favor of Wang Hua, there is also a Wuzhou, because the blood camp extended a helping hand, and now no one else comes to help, the three states are from the state to the county, All fall.

But after a period of attack, the speed of the blood camp slowed down and began to focus on purchasing supplies.The word acquisition was indeed used. Although it had the nature of a forced purchase, it was indeed purchased at the market price.Except for some families that were found to be hostile to Wang Hua and had informed Mo Chuan, all of these family properties were confiscated, and the tenant farmers were forced to move to the north together.The next step is to agitate the people, but the effect is not very great.

Just when Mochuo started to attack, Wukeli and Li Kaigu's armies also entered Danzhou and Fuzhou. Guo Qianguan, Zhang Shougui, and Wang Jun also almost occupied the three states of Jinglong and Qing, except for a few important and tall cities. The whole territory.Guo Zhiyun didn't attack Weizhou, or didn't attack at all. He was frightened and continued to lead the army, detoured eastward, and rushed to Qinzhou.Zhang Xiaosong made a great contribution by capturing all of Minzhou, but the harvest was not great. Minzhou had already been plundered by the Tubo people, and Zhang Xiaosong was too embarrassed to do it. On the contrary, after obtaining Wang Hua's consent, he also took part of it. The surplus materials in Bazhou subsidized the common people.

The captive official made him roll his eyes because of this move, thinking to himself, is it really the arrival of the king's teacher?

But this time, the time was slightly delayed, Guo Zhiyun arrived in Qinzhou on the third day, and Zhang Xiaosong came with the army belatedly.The two armies got together and got a batch of supplies. At this time, the news of the Wang Hua faction was released. In addition to guarding the two checkpoints and street pavilions, the two armies roared down the southwest and rushed to Minzhou again.

Wang Junchuo and Liu Tong also captured the two prefectures of Dangwu, and almost all counties in the prefecture except Chengzhou City.

They then merged with the second army of Guo and Zhang who were going south, gathered in the southeast of Chengzhou City, and pointed their swords at Hanzhong.

But these series of actions are all illusions.

The four-way army gathered in Chengzhou, which made the imperial court very panicked. While closely watching the movement of this army, the generals in Chang'an hurriedly separated from the old road, Xiegu Road, Ziwu Road, Luogu Road, and Kugu Road. Heavy troops rushed to Hanzhong to support Liangzhou, Xingzhou and Yangzhou.

This army did not leave Chengzhou immediately. On the contrary, it began to concentrate its forces to attack Chengzhou City.

Chengzhou City is not a very big state city, but it is not very small either. In comparison, it is much larger than Wuzhou City. In addition, it has no handover with the Blood Camp, and there are many longbows in the city. Although there are many sharp weapons in hand However, he was afraid of casualties, so he attacked for several days, but he didn't take it.

Of course, if Hanzhong is attacked, Chengzhou City must be captured.Therefore, this time the blood camp fell into a strange circle.

Just when the ministers of the court in the capital heard the news, their eyes lit up, and the trick came out.

The south is attacking Chengzhou, and the north is still moving supplies to help the people.However, during the continuous movement, the blood camp turned into a trick. Ukeli and Li Kailuo joined forces, and then joined forces again. During the combination, Li Kailuo led [-] soldiers and left quietly. He left Fuzhou and joined Wang Jun's army who was operating near Fuzhou and Gyeongju.

At this time, the news of the blood battalion's defeat was gradually spreading, and the limelight was even worse for a while.Even Xue Na was "afraid of angering" the blood camp when he heard the news of the blood camp's victory, and immediately led the army to withdraw from Shanyu's Protectorate's Mansion to Youzhou.

Of course, there are not many people who can see through this trick. After returning to the dental tent, Xue Na and Feng Changqing were overwhelmed by the most delicious silent sip, and they had been seriously ill for a whole month before getting back up.

Therefore, the Tang troops in various states and counties were even more afraid to come out. Even if they knew that Li Kailuo and Wang Jun's forces were combined, no one would ask.You can do whatever you like, as long as you don't attack the city I'm guarding.

After a series of dizzying mobilizations, the troops gradually rolled to the junction of Longzhou and Jingzhou in the south.

So far, those who attacked Chengzhou are still attacking Chengzhou, and those who bought supplies are still buying supplies, everything is normal.

However, when several kinds of armies seemed to separate and combine intentionally or unintentionally, for the last time, the four armies of Li Kailuo, Guo Qianguan, Zhang Shougui, and Wang Jun joined together, and finally showed their fierce fangs.

Guo Qianguan, Zhang Shougui, and Wang Jun led 3000 troops, but successive battles, sacrifices or serious injuries caused more than [-] people to lose their combat effectiveness.Coupled with the more than [-] troops left at the checkpoint, only [-] people can be drawn.But the rear is safe now.

After Feng Changqing's victory over Mochuu, he did not dare to continue the pursuit. Due to the change of plan in the eight prefectures, troops had to be deployed to defend, and Tuyuhun had to send troops to assist again.

Ten thousand soldiers were left to guard the north.This force cannot be reduced. In fact, it is already very small. If it is less silent, it may resume the idea of ​​​​against Toyosu.

The other soldiers returned together with Feng Changqing, but they did not leave from the desert, they actually left from Lingzhou City.Another 2000 soldiers were left to defend Yuanzhou, Yanzhou, and Yinzhou. There were thousands of Ukeli soldiers ahead, as well as more than [-] soldiers left by Guo Qianguan, Zhang Shougui, and Wang Jun. Very little, plus the militia, but enough.After arriving in Huizhou, three thousand soldiers were left behind to defend the second state of Lintao.

In addition to the nearly 4000 soldiers who died and were seriously injured in this battle, in fact, there are only 4000 real Blood Battalion soldiers in Ge Shuhan's hands.However, because they brought more than 8000 prisoners of war, the total number of soldiers reached more than [-].

More than 1 people marched from Huizhou to Tuyuhun.

But with the return of this army, the territory of Eight States is no longer empty, and it is finally time to implement the plan.

The strength of the four people combined in one place reached 8000 again. At this time, a big change came.

It was originally for supplies, but now suddenly there is no need for supplies, and the army rushed towards Qizhou.

This change of face shocked the officials of Qizhou and Binzhou.If you cross Qizhou, you will be in the territory of Chang'an, and then you will be Xianyang, the important gateway of Hebei in Chang'an.

Officials from the two states hurriedly organized [-] troops to carry out a sniper attack.

Feng Changqing tried out the net formation in the north, and the four generals also tried another formation in Qizhou, the Taiji formation, which is a replica of the circular strangulation formation outside Linzhou City.It is also a very reasonable and uniform formation of troops, because the inner diameter is small, so after running, the soldiers with the inner diameter gradually run in front, and as they run, they gradually turn to the outside, but they run down in a circle, because of the combat distance Long, also gradually turned inside out again.In this way, life is endless, there is war and interest.

But this formation has a shortcoming. The balance is very balanced, and the combat effectiveness of elite soldiers and brave generals is not brought out.

So it later evolved into a Tai Chi formation.

The flowing circle is still the same, but instead of flowing as a whole, it is divided into two parts, an arrow composed of a small group of elite soldiers, with an increasingly thick tail behind it.Along with running, when the arrow connects to the opponent's thick tail, it still uses the small diameter of the inner ring to flip. This time, the small arrow in the front becomes thicker again, and continues to run. Another group of elite soldiers squeezes in from the middle circle. Periphery, squeezed into a new arrow.Complete a cycle.

Of course, the soldiers with the two arrows are the most elite soldiers, and the horses are also the best horses.

If you look down from the sky, it looks like a constantly flowing Tai Chi pattern, but two Tai Chi fish eyes are missing.

In this way, not only can the cycle go on endlessly, keeping taking turns to rest and fight, but also bring out the combat power of elite soldiers.However, this kind of coordination requires more stringent requirements. Although it is not as strict as the drag net formation, it is much stricter than the original rough circular formation.

In fact, in the final analysis, it is the quality of soldiers.Not to mention these formations, the original Modao formation in the Tang Dynasty also required high-quality soldiers, otherwise no formations would be discussed.

The three big Tai Chi rolled over, dazzled the generals of the Tang army, is this a show, or what are they doing.

However, as soon as the three Tai Chi rolled into their army, they were no longer Tai Chi, and turned into three death vortexes.

After rolling for less than an hour, 2 people collapsed.

Seeing them fleeing, the four of them didn't chase after them, so what could they do if they chased them, capture prisoners?The captured captives have to be sent back, and they have to be kept. Now there are enough captives in Bazhou, and the only advantage is that many roads have been built.Repair again?Will fertile land also build roads?

In fact, some generals were not very satisfied with Wang Hua's attitude.Of course, it would be another matter if real gold and silver could be exchanged from the Tang Dynasty.

After this battle, seeing the powerful combat power of the Blood Camp, he didn't dare to stop him anymore, and while urgently notifying Chang'an Luoyang, he closed his eyes and defended himself.

There was also movement in the south.

This time there was no pretentiousness, and all the firepower was concentrated to attack Chengzhou City. In just two hours, Chengzhou City was completely lost.

Guo Zhiyun arrested the leading officials and soldiers together.

However, he did not go to Hanzhong, and entered the Qinling Mountains, and the target became Fengzhou, the hinterland of the Qinling Mountains.

The four counties in this prefecture cover a large area, but because most of them are mountainous terrain, the population is not very large, similar to Minzhou, the population of the household department is only 2.But the terrain here is very important. It has been called the throat of Qin and Shu and the key of Hanbei since ancient times.Although the city is not big, most of the cities are built against the mountains, so they are easy to defend and difficult to attack.

So Guo Zhiyun pushed some people outside the gates of these cities, and sent people to shout, our blood camp came to Guibao to borrow a way, and promised not to take your stitches, if you don't agree, it will end like this.Then cut off these people in front of the soldiers on the top of the city.

In fact, only a few officials and generals with bad character were killed, which means that they should all be killed.

This scare really frightened half of the people, so they opened the city gate and let them pass through.It was really an excuse, the army passed by like a gust of wind, as if nothing happened.If it wasn't for a few corpses falling outside the city gate, I would have thought it was a dream.

However, very few city officials and generals were not frightened, and continued to resist, so they began to attack the city.

Countless weapons roared in, but they did not use their own soldiers to attack the city. Like Xin Nuoluo, they pushed the prisoners of Chengzhou out and let them rush to the front.The officials guarding the city did not have the courage of Sun Renxian to open the city gate and let the people go, so after a moment of hesitation, they began to shoot arrows.

Prisoners of war also want to survive, and it is impossible to retreat. If they want to survive, they have weapons and shields in their hands, so they have to attack.Instead, one by one was aroused fiercely by the defenders on the top of the city.So a group of prisoners of war and a small number of soldiers were sacrificed, and these cities fell again.

It is not so good for those who resist.All the officials and soldiers became new captives again, and by the way, the materials in the city were moved to their homes to become logistics supplies.

But it's not the most important thing, the most important thing is clearance.

This checkpoint can be said to rank among the top five in terms of important performance among all checkpoints in ancient Chinese history.There have been more than 70 battles here in history.It is said that Fengzhou is the throat of Qin and Shu, then Sanguan is the throat of the throat.

But this checkpoint is located on Dasanling, surrounded by steep mountains and layers of love.It is not too much to describe it as one man guarding the gate and ten thousand men not opening.When Zhang Shougui conquered the Great Earthquake Pass, casualties reached more than 1000 soldiers. However, the terrain of the Great Earthquake Master was far less dangerous than Sanguan Pass, even the stone castle's terrain was slightly inferior to Sanguan Pass. .

In order to attack this checkpoint, Guo Zhiyun, Zhang Xiaosong, and Wang Junchuo almost used all eighteen martial arts.

Not only did they fly in the sky, but the explosives and trebuchets were moved out together, and at the same time, people were sent to attack the city forcibly, not to be too big, and soldiers and prisoners of war were mixed together.

The attack lasted for two days and three nights all day and night, at the cost of 1000, 900 prisoners of war, [-] Tubo prisoners of war, and more than [-] blood camp soldiers. Down.These are all kinds of weird weapons, otherwise the losses will be doubled and the time will be dragged on for a long time.

After passing Sanguan, it is Baoji County, which is Chencang.

This route has been traveled by countless armies in history, the most famous of which is Han Xinming who built the plank road and crossed Chencang secretly. This is a successful example.This is also the place where Cao Cao conquered Zhang Lu. This is the second successful case.Zhuge Liang left Sanguan, surrounded Chencang, was rejected by Cao Zhen, and failed to withdraw his troops. This is an example of failure.

Therefore, then Baoji County became a stumbling block again and stood in front of it.

But even so, it also shocked the court.Taking Baoji, Chang'an is like a little girl who strips off her clothes, facing seven or eight big men who have been released from prison for more than ten years.What's safe?
Li Xian summoned Zhang Shuo into the palace and cursed loudly: "Didn't you say that the Blood Camp won't attack Chang'an?"

Raise the teacup and smash it.

PS: There is one more update, today's chapter is a bit cool, so let's make four updates.

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