The Three Kingdoms become stronger when they get treasures

Chapter 517 Attacking Qingxu
Before the attack on Xuzhou and Qingzhou, Zhang Wu called Mi Heng.

"Old man, you see that Yuan Zhi, Shi Yuan, Kong Ming and others who came later than you have already been enshrined as marquises. You, the earliest follower of me, have not been enshrined as marquises yet. Why don't you go to Xingba this time? With some military merits, I can also give you the title of Marquis?"

Because of the surrender of Sun Guan and Zang Ba, taking Xuzhou and Qingzhou this time can be said to be very safe, and there is not much danger. Therefore, Zhang Wu wants Ni Heng to come to Gan Ning to serve as a military adviser temporarily, so that he can make him a marquis with some military merits. .This time, he won the territory of two states at once. Even if he didn't have to go to the front line to kill the enemy himself, this credit is enough.

But Mi Heng said: "My lord, I was young and frivolous in my early years, and I was proud of my talents. If I hadn't met my lord, I would have died long ago. How would I still have my current status and reputation? I am very satisfied with everything I have now. Being a marquis has no effect on me, so I won’t go. Besides, civil servants should do their own thing well, don’t keep thinking about being a marquis, let me set an example!”

Zhang Wu lamented that he was indeed the number one angry youth and troll in the Three Kingdoms, and he still has the same character when he gets old.Anyway, since he doesn't want to, let him go.

In fact, civil servants have been granted the title of marquis since ancient times. Chen Ping, Xiao He, Zhang Liang and others who assisted Liu Bang, the founder of the Han Dynasty, in conquering the world were all granted the title of marquis.

Mi Heng is a eccentric person, and his sons follow his father quite a bit. Some like to study and learn, some like to practice martial arts and join the army, some like to do business to make money, and some like to eat and wait to die!
So Zhang Wu specially transferred one of Mi Heng's sons to Gan Ning's command. Since you are old and you don't want to be a Marquis, I will give your son a Marquis.

Cao Ren, who was stationed in Runan, heard from scouts that Guan Yu was gathering troops, horses, food and grass in Wancheng. General Zhao Yun had led [-] cavalry to Xiangcheng, and it seemed that he had plans to send troops to attack Runan or Changchang.

Cao Ren quickly arranged for the defense, and at the same time sent someone to notify Cao Hong who was guarding Xuchang.Runan and Xuchang, one south and one north, can echo each other. If the Chu army attacks Runan, Cao Hong can attack the Chu army from Xuchang; if the Chu army attacks Xuchang, Cao Hong can send troops from Runan to attack the Chu army's queen.

As a result, after waiting for a month, both Cao Ren and Cao Hong gathered their troops to prepare for the big battle, but Guan Yu's 20 troops were always on the road, and only Zhao Yun's cavalry went deep into Yanzhou and Yuzhou from time to time.

This matter is very strange!

"Could it be that Guan Yu's attack on Runan might be false, but he wanted to sneak attack on Luoyang?" Jiang Ji said.

Hearing this, Cao Ren became a little anxious. Wancheng is not far from Luoyang, and the straight-line distance is only 180 kilometers, which is about the same as the distance from Wancheng to Xuchang or Runan.

Man Chong looked at the map, thought for a while and said: "General, don't be anxious. My subordinates think that Guan Yu is unlikely to attack Luoyang."

"Why did Berning say that?"

"General, please see that although Wancheng is close to Luoyang, there are several mountains between the two places. The Chu army's hundreds of thousands of troops will definitely not be able to cross it. If a small group of troops sneak attack, it is even more impossible to take down Luoyang."

The reason why Luoyang has always been one of the first choices of the ancient capitals of large dynasties is because of its geographical environment.Luoyang is located in the Central Plains, on the transition zone between the western mountainous area and the eastern plain, with the Yellow River to the north, Luoshui flows through the south of the city, and Yishui is also very close to Luoyang, so the water source problem can be solved.

Luoyang has Mang Mountain in the north, Song Mountain in the east, Wei Mountain and Xiong'er Mountain in the southwest, and Waifang Mountain in the south. It can be said that it is surrounded by mountains on all sides, controlling mountains and rivers, and the world is beautiful.

Luoyang, whose terrain is similar to the Guanzhong Plain, also has four dangerous passes around it.The east pass is called Chenggao Pass, also known as Sishui Pass and Hulao Pass.Hulao Pass can be said to be the most famous pass in the Three Kingdoms, because the story of the eighteen princes' crusade against Dong Zhuo and the Sanying battle against Lu Bu happened here.

In the west is Hangu Pass, which is actually more famous than Hulao Pass in history. It has always been the iron wall of Qin against the Six Kingdoms.There is a ferry on the south bank of the Yellow River more than ten kilometers northeast, called Mengjindu, which is a "water pass". In order to prevent the cavalry of the northern nomads from going south, Cao Cao will send heavy troops to guard this place at any time.

The mountains between Luoyang and Nanyang are mainly Funiu Mountain, Waifang Mountain and Songshan Mountain. Among them, the mountains between Funiu Mountain and Waifang Mountain are connected, and the army cannot march.There is a relatively flat road between Waifang Mountain and Songshan Mountain, but before entering the Luoyang Basin, there is a canyon. This canyon is the connection point between Xionger Mountain and Songshan Mountain. There is a checkpoint here called Yique Pass.

Yique also has a name called Longmen. Later, the Northern Wei and Tang dynasties excavated many grottoes here, called Longmen Grottoes.The reason why it is called Longmen is that this place is too narrow.

If the troops from Nanyang or the Central Plains wanted to attack the Luoyang Basin from Yique, they had to go over the difficult mountain road first, and then came to the narrow Longmen.The most important thing is that there is only a waterway between the Longmen, and there is no landway. It is very difficult to pass here.

Therefore, Man Chong felt that it was impossible for the main force of the Chu army to attack Luoyang directly from Nanyang, because not only the army could not get through, but also the transportation of food and grass was even more difficult.If a small number of troops were sent for a sneak attack, it would be even less likely to succeed, because Luoyang was the capital of Wei State after all, and there were still tens of thousands of defenders in the city.

"It's not about attacking Luoyang, and it's not about attacking Runan or Changchang. What is Guan Yu going to do?" Cao Ren was even more puzzled. It's not a joke to dispatch an army of more than 20 people, and he consumes countless food and grass every day. No matter how rich you Zhang Wu is, you don't spend it like this.

Just when Cao Ren and Cao Hong were puzzled, the scouts brought another shocking news.

General Gan Ning of the Chu Army suddenly led the navy to land on a large scale from Haizhou Bay near Donghai County, Qingzhou, and then marched all the way to Xiapi.Zhang Liao, who was originally stationed in Pengcheng, immediately led his cavalry to support Xiapi, leaving Zangba to guard Pengcheng.

When Zhang Liao was fighting Gan Ning in Xiapi, General Ding Feng of the Chu Army sent troops across the Huaihe River from Shouchun, and the striker Lei Xu quickly rushed to Pengcheng.

This time Zhang Liao's retreat was cut off, and the morale of the army was unstable. He did not dare to defend Xiapi anymore, so he had to give up Xiapi and retreat temporarily.Originally Zhang Liao was going to retreat to Qingzhou, but then he thought about the relationship between Zang Ba and Sun Guan. Now that Zang Ba had defected to the enemy, Sun Guan was not safe either.

So Zhang Liao changed his route to the northwest along Weishan Lake and came to Rencheng County. He wanted to repair it here and then cross the Si River to Yanzhou.However, all of Zhang Liao's actions were calculated by Lu Xun. Sun Guan had also arrived in Rencheng County in advance and set up traps with Lu Xun.

Although Zhang Liao was worried about Sun Guan, he didn't expect that he had already taken refuge in Zhang Wu, and his actions were calculated by Lu Xun, and then he plunged headlong into Rencheng County to ambush him.

Although Zhang Liao was extremely brave, he was ambushed and the gates on all sides were closed tightly, so he couldn't escape.The Chu army surrounded him, using bows and crossbows to continuously consume Zhang Liao's troops, and there were also super-class generals like Zhou Tai who came to deal with Zhang Liao.

In the end, Zhang Liao's horse was shot to death. Although Zhang Liao resisted desperately, he was captured with all his might.

(End of this chapter)