Qinglong Three Kingdoms

Chapter 698 The Battle of Hulao Pass
For Zhu Wei, Luoyang is definitely a good battlefield that is easy to defend but difficult to attack.

Of course, Zhu Wei is by no means the type who just takes a beating without fighting back. Therefore, Zhu Wei's Luoyang defense battle this time made a strategic arrangement of defending against Yuan Shao and waiting for an opportunity to counterattack Cao Cao.

It's just a counterattack against Cao Cao, so it still depends on the effect of the clothes and belts.

For a while, after Cao Cao and Yuan Shao issued a call to crusade against Zhu Wei, the situation in the world became a little tense again, and the strongest three-party forces in the world today are finally about to go to war.

Everyone knows that after this battle, the situation in the Han Dynasty will definitely change significantly.

Probably in June of 199 AD, Cao Cao personally led [-] troops to attack Zhu Wei in Xudu. For a while, Cao Jun did not take the route of Xudu to Luoyang, which was somewhat beyond Zhu Wei's expectations. Passed in the direction of Xingyang.

It seems that Cao Cao is really planning to join Yuan Shao's army by the Yellow River, and then attack Luoyang from the direction of Hulao Pass.

And Yuan Shao also responded to Cao Cao's dispatch of troops, and sent Yan Liang's vanguard army of [-] from Hanoi to Mengjin Pass on the Yellow River, as if he was going to cross the Yellow River here to threaten the north of Luoyang.

In addition, Yuan Shao sent [-] cavalry vanguard troops led by Wen Chou to cross the Yellow River through the Yanjin Ferry of the Yellow River. They really joined Cao Cao's army in the Guandu area, and then headed towards Hulao Pass together.

As for Yuan Shao himself, he seemed to have made an excuse and did not personally participate in the battle. However, in order to prevent the army led by Wen Chou from being used as cannon fodder by Cao Cao, Yuan Shao sent Ju Shou as the supervisor of the army in Wen Chou's army. lieutenant general.

Now among Yuan Shao's military advisers and advisers, Jushou and Guo Tu are the most valued by Yuan Shao. The two of them, together with Chunyu Qiong, often serve as the governor under Yuan Shao's account, and the following are Yan Liang, Wen Chou, Zhang He, etc. general.

As for Tian Feng, Shen Pei, Feng Ji, and Xu You, they were the members of the advisers around Yuan Shao. Except for occasional temporary positions, they were usually idle positions.

Now Yuan Shao trusted Yan Liang's ability to lead the army alone, or Yan Liang was on the Yellow River Mengjin Pass, Yuan Shao did not give too many military requirements, so it was enough to send only Yan Liang as a general.

On Wen Chou's side, Yuan Shao was still worried that Wen Chou would be sold by Cao Cao and pay for it, so he sent a wise man like Ju Shou as the superintendent of the army, so he was not afraid of being played by Cao Cao.

Of course, although Yuan Shao sent [-] soldiers and horses to fight against Zhu Wei with Cao Cao, he obviously still retained a lot of strength.

But in any case, the war against Zhu Wei by the Cao Cao and Yuan Shao coalition forces finally broke out, and after Zhu Wei found out the movements of Cao Cao and Yuan Shao's two armies, he sent Zhou Tai and Jiang Qin from the Xiongba camp to lead an army of [-] to Mengjin. , Xiaopingjin and other Yellow River crossings in the north of Luoyang to resist Yan Liang's army.

Then Pang Yan led Shi Yiji, commander of the Xiongba Battalion, and his generals Xing Daorong, Hao Meng, and Cheng Lian to lead [-] troops from the Xiongba Battalion, plus [-] troops from the left of the Central Army under Zhuge Liang's command, to Hulao Guan defense to face the main force of the coalition forces of Cao Cao and Yuan Shao.

Zhu Wei asked Zhuge Liang to go to Hulao Pass to prevent Pang Yan from being deceived by Cao Cao's tricks. Although Zhuge Liang has not fully grown up yet, his natural intelligence should still be able to see through many conspiracies.

Prior to this, Zhu Wei had also sent Ling Cao, the deputy general of the Xiongba Battalion, with Lei Bo and Chen Lan, and led [-] troops from the Xiongba Battalion to garrison at Yuyuanguan. About [-] troops were stationed in the area of ​​Dagu Pass and Guangcheng Pass.

Although Cao Cao did not use troops from this side now, Zhu Wei did not take back their intentions for the time being. After all, Zhu Wei's troops stationed in Luoyang included the three thousand white feather guards, eight thousand knife shield guards and the Chinese army's personal guards. The remaining nearly [-] troops are enough to deal with various possible changes.

In fact, if there is a crisis, the garrisons at Zhiyuan Pass, Dagu Pass, and Guangcheng Pass can also be reduced, and the troops can be allocated for other use.

However, judging from the current battle situation, the Hulao Pass where Pang Yan and Zhuge Liang are located may become the main battlefield of this battle. As for the Yellow River Ferry at Mengjin and Xiaopingjin, Yan Liang may not be able to find a chance to cross the river. .

Sure enough, with the passage of time, around mid-June of 199 AD, Yuan Shao's troops from Yan Liang temporarily stopped five miles away from the camp on the north bank of the Yellow River where Mengjin Pass was located, but the attack on Mengjin Pass was obviously in no hurry. .

Before Hulao Pass, the more than 7 coalition forces of Cao Cao and Yuan Shao finally arrived.

As mentioned in the previous article, Hulao Pass is also called Sishui Pass, or it can also be called Xuanmen Pass. The construction of the pass city is also a military fortress formed by the surrounding mountains and mountains with the help of natural mountain passes. Town, thus cutting off the only official road leading to Luoyang from the states and counties in the Central Plains.

In fact, Hulao Pass was officially built in the Qin Dynasty, and earlier in the Western Zhou Dynasty, King Mu of Zhou used to raise fierce tigers in captivity where Hulao Pass was located, so this pass town was named Hulao.

At the time of Emperor Ling of the Eastern Han Dynasty, Hulao Pass was officially renamed as Xuanmen Pass, so the current Hulao Pass should indeed be called Xuanmen Pass, but it is still called Hulao Pass by habit.

Although there was no Romance of the Sanying War against Lu Bu before this Hulao Pass, it also has the momentum of one man guarding the gate and ten thousand men not letting go.

Although Zhu Wei didn't strengthen the city walls at Hulao Pass before, the walls of Hulao Pass are as high as five or six floors, which is comparable to the height of the walls of a large city. .

At the same time, because Hulao Pass was built in a pass within the mountains, the mountains on both sides of Hulao Pass are also steep and difficult to climb. Therefore, the enemy troops attacking Hulao Pass cannot pass through the mountains The method is to climb up the mountains on both sides to attack or break through Hulao Pass, and you can only attack Hulao Pass from the front.

In addition, Hulao Pass is located on a hillside, so the defenders on Hulao Pass not only have the condescending power of the city wall, but also the condescending advantage of the entire mountain.

About [-] steps ahead of Hulao Pass is a relatively narrow mountain canyon road, with mountains spreading on both sides, so that foreign enemies who attack Hulao Pass can only spread a thousand miles before Hulao Pass. The troops can launch an attack, which increases the difficulty of attacking Hulao Pass.

Of course, this kind of pass-type military town fortress cannot be surrounded by the attacking enemy, so the soldiers and horses guarding Hulao Pass do not have to worry about the enemy's siege tactics, nor do they have to think that the defenders in Hulao Pass will be attacked because of Cutting off water and food will destroy itself without attacking.

Originally, three or four thousand troops were stationed here at Hulao Pass, which was actually enough to withstand the attack of tens of thousands of enemy troops. Now Zhu Wei has stationed nearly 7 troops here, which can even fight against the incoming [-] Cao Cao. , Yuan Shao's allied forces will fight...

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