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Chapter 529 Battle at Yanmen Pass

After the battle outside Yanmen Pass, Yantou trusted Huang Shaohong more and more. Although he still had no approval from the court for recommending Huang Shaohong as his deputy, he had already handed over many matters to the latter.

For example, Yantou finds it troublesome to lead the Yanmen soldiers to practice and build the city, so Huang Shaohong will do it all for him.

Huang Shaohong lived up to the entrustment. Not only did he train troops well, but he also developed a new method of building the city from the Romans, which improved the progress of the project.

Huang Shaohong took over the responsibility of military training, which was exactly what he wanted, because he knew that when Lucius and others arrived at Yanmen Pass, it meant that the army of the great Roman prince Tibes was about to arrive.

This matter cannot be solved by handing over Luckis and the little prince. In the original plot, the eldest prince Tibes used this as an excuse to actually control the Silk Road, a trade route connecting the East and the West. Otherwise, why use an army of [-] to chase hundreds of people!
So, in the end, I still have to knock.

Huang Shaohong took over the responsibility of military training, first of all he passed on the training method of Ming Jing Zhuang Gong in Chinese martial arts, if the Zhuang Gong is well practiced, it is very effective in improving a person's strength and endurance in a short period of time.

In addition to pile skills, Huang Shaohong also increased riding and shooting training.

Later generations of Mongolian cavalry were invincible across Europe. Jebe and Subotai led an expedition of 5000 men to Europe, killed 17 European soldiers, and surrendered more than a dozen countries, relying on the flexibility and mobility of cavalry and shooting.

Therefore, Huang Shaohong felt that if a similar team could be trained in a short period of time, the [-] Roman army would be nothing.

In any era, it would be unrealistic for Huang Shaohong to dare to think this way, but in the Western Han Dynasty, this is definitely a hopeful thing, because in this era, the Han Dynasty had the most powerful cavalry in Chinese history .

It is so powerful that it is even worse than the Mongolian iron cavalry of later generations!

Decades ago, under the leadership of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty Liu Che, the Han Dynasty established the most powerful elite cavalry regiment in the world at that time. They rode Dawan horses and used the best weapons. Led by Huo Qubing and Wei Qing, they fought many times. Attacked the Huns, fought three cavalry battles successively, and won all victories!
Killed, captured, and surrendered more than 30 Huns, accounting for one-third of the Huns' population.

The Xiongnu Empire, which had dominated Mobei for a hundred years, collapsed across the board, and finally had to move westward under the continuous attack of the Han Dynasty.

It has been just a few decades now, the military training here is still using the training methods of Wei Qing and Champion Hou, the cavalry is still riding the best Dawan horses, and the best weapons and equipment in the world are still used .

In Huang Shaohong's eyes, the difference between these Yanmen frontier fortress cavalry and the later Mongolian iron cavalry is nothing more than the guerrilla tactics of "when the enemy advances, we retreat, when the enemy retreats, we advance, and when the enemy camps, we harass".

Therefore, when Huang Shaohong practiced cavalry every day, in addition to training the accuracy of cavalry and shooting, he also focused on training the cavalry's mobility to advance and retreat like the wind.

Although Yantou didn't know what Huang Shaohong was doing every day, he didn't bother to ask out of trust. He just said to the mouse: "Let him toss around!"

In addition to military training, Huang Shaohong also bought a large amount of sulfur, saltpeter, and charcoal from merchants of various ethnic groups. He relied on his memories to learn the formula of black powder when he started studying chemistry in high school.

He didn't have money to buy these things, but he made a lot of windfall by capturing Lucuis and the little prince who fell into the horse. So I moved my mind to study gunpowder.

Seven days later, the imperial court's commendation arrived at Yanmen Pass. Yantou was promoted to "General Zhonglang" for his meritorious service and transferred to Chang'an Yulin as a deputy. Huang Shaohong captured the enemy's leader. Supervise the construction of the city.

In fact, Huang Shaohong was reluctant to be promoted to deputy captain according to his merits, and he was directly promoted to captain, which is even more impossible in normal times.

But building the city is hard work, if you can't finish the work on time, you will be accused and sent to prison. Yantou was sent to build the city because he offended someone.

But no one was willing to take over the city repair supervisor, so it fell on Huang Shaohong, who was recommended by Yantou as the deputy captain. Maybe the higher-ups felt sorry for him to take over such drudgery after his meritorious deeds, so they simply gave him the job. Promoted to another level, removed the adverb, and became a full-time captain.

Yantou was overjoyed and felt sorry for Huang Shaohong. He originally wanted to take credit for him, but he turned out to be a backlash. After drinking a meal of farewell wine and exhorting and exhorting him, he left Yanmen Pass with his soldiers in tears. , to work in Chang'an.

Yantou didn't know that being in charge of Yanmen was in line with Huang Shaohong's original intention, so that he could let him do whatever he wanted.

A few days after Yantou left, someone sent an order from the prefect of Bingzhou, ordering the school lieutenant Huang Shaohong to repair the city wall within fifteen days, otherwise all the slaves who built the city would be executed, and the supervisors would also be arrested and questioned.

When Huang Shaohong saw this and recalled the plot, he knew that the prince of Rome was coming soon.

He wasn't worried about building the city. With the participation of the Romans, the city was almost finished. Not to mention fifteen days, it could be completely completed within two or three days.

At this time, his trouble is not to repair the city, but to finally face Rome's [-] troops.

'banging'

When Huang Shaohong was adjusting the ratio of gunpowder that day, the door was pushed open by someone outside, and Huo An rushed in.

The mouse was on the sidelines, wondering: "Shaohong, I can't stop him!"

"It's okay, Uncle Mouse, go get busy, I'll talk to him!"

Huang Shaohong waved his hand with a smile, let the mouse go down, and then called Huo An to sit on the opposite stool.

"Master Captain, I want to talk to you about Lucius. That kid is a little Roman prince. Because he was murdered by his elder brother, he wanted to go to Parthia to rescue soldiers. Our big man always pays attention to turning enemies into friends and maintaining peace." Coexist, I think we."

Huang Shaohong frowned, and interrupted him directly: "Do you think this Captain Yanmen should let you, Huo An, do it?"

After he finished speaking, Huo An was embarrassed: "That's not what I meant!"

"Then what do you mean? Now that the court knows that I have [-] Roman captives under my command, what do you mean by asking me to let them go? Besides, you didn't ask, why are they attacking Yanmen Pass instead of going to Parthia? What do you mean?"

Huo An was at a loss and said, "They are here to save the child, Captain Captain. If you do this, you will destroy the great situation of peaceful coexistence in the Western Regions!"

"Without strong deterrent force, how can there be peacekeeping and coexistence?" Huang Shaohong slapped the table:
"Huo An, let me tell you, the reason why the Western Regions have peaceful coexistence today is because I, General Weiqing and General Huo Qubing, led the troops to fight down with one sword and one gun. You think peace depends on your mouth!"

Huo An's face turned red, and his blood vessels protruded, because he was a Hun.

Huang Shaohong's next words made Huo An explode completely, only to hear the former say: "Huo An, you have a preparation, I have already sent someone to bring your wife to Yanmen!"

Huo An stood up suddenly, punched Huang Shaohong condescendingly: "What do you want?"

Huang Shaohong sat on the stool without blinking. He just stretched out one hand and grabbed Huo An's fist, and then pressed down. No.

Huo An was taken aback. He had never fought against Huang Shaohong before, but he also knew that the other party was powerful, but he never thought that his well-trained martial arts would be invincible in front of others. In despair, he cried out: "The family is not as good as the disaster."

Huang Shaohong laughed and said: "Who wants to hurt your family, I'm here to save her, please sit down and let me start from the beginning!"

After he finished speaking, Huo An took two steps back, his feet softened, and he sat on the wooden stool again.

Huang Shaohong didn't have any scruples at this time, and directly revealed that Huo An's subordinate "Yin Po" colluded with the Roman prince Tibes to occupy the Silk Road, conquered Bingzhou, and became the prefect of Bingzhou.

After hearing this, Huo An didn't believe it at all: "I can't, my country is strong now."

Huang Shaohong stretched out his hand to interrupt him: "Because of this, the frontier fortress is peaceful, and the garrison troops are extremely limited. Take Yanmen Pass as an example, and those prisoners of war are no more than [-] troops."

"If Rome sends troops to attack and take down Yanmen in such a swift manner, it will be ten and a half months before the imperial court sends troops. Even if we don't die in battle, losing Yanmen will be a death penalty!"

Huo An was confused: "Speak slowly. What about the bell?"

Huang Shaohong bald, and immediately changed the topic: "If you don't believe me, ask Lucius if they let the eldest prince Tibes chase them all the way with the army!"

After hearing this, Huo An also felt that the matter was important, got up and hurried out, and the mouse who was guarding the door came in after a while: "Shaohong, are you okay?"

"It's okay, it's just that Huo An has to come over later, don't stop him this time!"

Sure enough, in less than a meal, Huo An pulled Lu Kuis in and said to Huang Shaohong: "Master Captain, you are right, Lu Kuis and the others came here, it is likely that their enemies deliberately For it!"

Huang Shaohong didn't talk nonsense with him, and directly said to Lucuis: "If Tibes comes to attack, I want to fight him to the death, and I need your help. If I defeat Tibes, I will heal your little prince's eyes and help him. See the light again!"

Even without Huang Shaohong's promise, Lucuis would agree to this matter. Tibes is also his and the little prince's mortal enemy. Now that there is such a moat-like Yanmen Pass guarding him, how can he not do it.

After confirming the alliance with Lucius, he said to Huo An on the side: "I heard that you have a lover from the Southern Huns, and I need her help!"

"You misunderstood. We are innocent. Well, I know what to do!"

Under Huang Shaohong's scorching gaze, Huo An couldn't explain anymore, he could only nod his head, and agreed to ask the Southern Huns for help.

Huang Shaohong explained again: "There is another matter, that is, if the people of other ethnic groups in the city fear that their hearts will be unstable when the war breaks out, I will leave it to you to handle it!"

Huo An nodded and agreed without even thinking about it. This was his job in the first place.

In the following days, Huang Shaohong continued to drill the soldiers, the difference was that this time there were [-] Roman soldiers led by Lucius to cooperate with the drill.

Huang Shaohong used the guerrilla tactics of cavalry and shooting, and randomly sent a hundred cavalry to fight against [-] Roman soldiers. The weapons used by both sides were wooden weapons stained with paint, and as long as they hit the enemy, they would leave color.

At the beginning, both Lu Kuis and Huo An, who was watching the fun, shook their heads and laughed, thinking that Huang Shaohong was just joking around, but when the fight started, both of them were shocked beyond measure, and only then did they realize that just playing around can kill them!

The one hundred cavalry selected by Huang Shaohong each carried a few pots of arrows, and then divided into two teams to attack the eight hundred Roman soldiers from both sides.

One team rode their horses up first, ran into the place where the arrows were shot, and left after shooting arrows. When the Roman soldiers started to chase, the second team chased up and harassed them with arrows from behind.

This front and back made the Roman soldiers unbearable, and Lucius immediately divided his troops into two groups. As a result, the horses of the Romans were not as fast as Dawan's horses, and they couldn't catch up. They really experienced the classic guerrilla warfare of later generations. sharp.

When Huang Shaohong announced to stop, all the cavalry on Lukuis' side were wiped out, and the infantry became a living target. The large shield and armor were all covered with small ink-color dye spots shot out by arrows.

After the First World War, both Lucius and Huo An were convinced, but they still had some concerns. Although this tactic was good, when manpower was limited, the number of arrows they could carry and the number of bows they could draw were limited.

These cavalry may be able to "one against ten" with this set of tactics, but if the enemy is attacked by an army of tens of thousands, it may be difficult to defeat.

Huang Shaohong smiled and said, "Don't worry, I still have a secret weapon!"

Huo An asked with black lines: "Don't tell me, it's those bottles and cans that you let people collect?"

"What to ask, you will know when the time comes!"

In fact, what Huo An said was right. Huang Shaohong had already researched the ratio of black powder and exploded a soil mine. He asked people to buy bottles and cans in large quantities, just to make soil bombs.

In addition, he also exercised the power of the guarding captain, opened the arsenal, and ordered people to remove all the barbed wire used for defending the city, and prepared to add it to the earth bomb to increase the explosive power.

Don't doubt that there is no barbed wire in this era. According to records, it already existed in the Spring and Autumn and Warring States Periods, so Huang Shaohong used it when he took it out.

He had already prepared more than 1000 soil bombs at this time. Although there were not many, they would definitely surprise the Roman army coming from afar when used in conjunction with other defensive methods.

During this period, Huo An's wife and lover came to Yanmenguan. As for how this guy settled down, it is unknown. After all, this guy came around with two girls in his arms, and made thousands of single men in the city curse in small circles. he.

More than ten days later, scouts came to report that they found traces of alien troops ten miles outside the city, at least tens of thousands of enemy troops!

Huang Shaohong ordered people to ignite the beacon tower, and at the same time sent several scouts out of the city at the same time to poison nearby water sources.

Then he himself immediately led the cavalry to attack. At this time, he had already recruited the three or four hundred cavalry under Lucuis, and barely gathered more than two thousand cavalry.

Taking advantage of Tibes's unpreparedness, Huang Shaohong led the cavalry to charge up with two rounds of arrows, killing hundreds of opponents and then turned around and retreated.

Tibes was furious and immediately asked the Roman cavalry to pursue him, but it fell into Huang Shaohong's arms.

The Roman side had come all the way from afar, not to mention tired people and horses, and the horses were not as good as Dawan horses, so they had to follow the horseshoes of the Han army to eat ashes.

When the Roman cavalry couldn't catch up and turned back, Huang Shaohong led the cavalry to turn around and let off another burst of arrows.

After repeating this two or three times, the cavalry on Rome's side had suffered nearly 2000 casualties, while Huang Shaohong's side didn't even have a single wounded.

When the horses leaped into Yanmen Pass, all the cavalry cheered at the same time.

Huang Shaohong laughed loudly, and at the same time issued an order: "Close the city gate and prepare for defense!"

Tibes's army had just arrived at the city, and according to his plan, he was going to play some tricks and tricks, waiting for his ally 'Yin Po' to come to cheat the pass, and then offer Yanmen Pass with both hands.

As a result, spies came to report that the surrounding water sources were suspected of being poisoned. Don't ask how they knew, the fish floated up, and they were not blind!

The water carried by the Romans was barely enough to drink for two days, so Tibes decided to make a quick decision and began to attack the city.

But they came from a long distance without any large siege weapons, so they could only keep the large group of people out of the range of the arrows, and then let the tortoise armor formation of the infantry regiment protect the 'ramming wood' to slam into the city gate.

Such an offensive Huang Shaohong didn't even bother to use the rolling wood and beating the stone, he just made people pour hot golden juice down, what kind of tortoise armor array can defend against bows and arrows, and can also defend against dung soup.

Sure enough, Tibes's first wave of offensive failed, and hundreds of infantrymen were scalded by feces. With the medical level of this era, it is estimated that there is no way to save them.

Immediately afterwards, Tibes asked people to dig tunnels, and on the other hand, people used local materials to make ladders and prepare for a full-scale attack on the city.

In the early morning of the next day, the general offensive of the Romans began, and dozens of ladders were rushed towards the city wall by the infantry corps.

Huang Shaohong planned to let them climb for a while, so instead of using earth mines, he chose gentle rain of arrows, rolling wood and stones, and hot golden juice to entertain the guests.

In this way, the Roman side also suffered countless casualties.

But Rome had an army of [-], and the advantage was too obvious. When someone was about to climb to the top of the city, Huang Shaohong ignited a mine and threw it towards the bottom of the city.

With a loud bang, the barbed wire exploded, and the ten-meter radius below the ladder was cleared. There were broken arms and limbs everywhere, and the ladder was also broken.

Huang Shaohong saw that the density of Roman soldiers below was ready to start, and he greeted the stunned Huo An, Lucius and others: "Throw it away, and wait for your two wives to give birth to Rome!"

"Oh!" Huo An threw down a land mine, directly killing a Roman soldier.

"Light it on fire and throw it again!" Huang Shaohong was almost vomiting blood by this guy, and he personally demonstrated a "boom" and killed everyone.

Dozens of ladders collapsed in a blink of an eye, and the Romans left nearly tens of thousands of dead bodies this time.

The horn sounded, and the Roman soldiers began to retreat. Huang Shaohong immediately took his own cavalry and the cavalry of the Southern Huns together, went out to pick up bargains, and killed them all the way. In the end, the Romans left [-] dead bodies and retreated more than [-] miles to find a water source. up.

(End of this chapter)