The revival of Shu Han

Chapter 419 Feint at Tongguan

On the tenth day of the fifth lunar month in AD 272, Ji Han's Eastern Expedition started.

Of course, for such a big battle, 23 people will definitely not be dispatched together.The first to be dispatched was only 3 people led by Zhang Zun to attack Tongguan.

Zhang Zun, the former general of Ji Han, was 38 years old this year.In the early years, he was the number one general under Guan Yi's command. In Guan Yi's army, if there is no division of troops, let Zhang Zun lead the army first.However, after Ji Han captured Chang'an more than three years ago, Guan Yi had no choice but to send Zhang Zun to Huayin, the most important Guancheng, for the safety of Chang'an.This sitting is a full three years.

This time, Zhang Lingxing, who had been trapped for three years, was finally able to move his muscles.

"Your task along the way is to feint."

"Feint attack? Brother, do you underestimate me too? Why can't you take Tongguan down?"

"Hehehe, Ling Xing, you have been in Huayin for three years, and Tongguan is just under your nostrils. Don't you know what happened to Tongguan all these years? Brother, I will give you 3 people. Where do you have the confidence to build up?" Tongguan?"

"Hey, brother, it is because I know the situation of Tongguan very well that I have the confidence to take it down. I can't say, if there is a fighter opportunity, you have to support me."

"Huh? Hahahaha, Shan, then it's a deal!"

Huayin and Tongguan are only more than forty miles apart, and it only takes a day for the large army to march slowly.It is an exaggeration to say that the sound of chickens and dogs is a little bit exaggerated, but because the distance between the two places is too close, it is certain that they are very familiar with each other.

Zhang Zun has been in Huayin for the past three years, and he has been making reports to find Jian Jian and ask for cement.Then continue to strengthen Huayin City.Now the entire Huayin City has slowly stretched from the foot of Huashan Mountain to the edge of the Yellow River. There is only one city wall on the side of the entire checkpoint facing Chang'an, while on the side facing Tongguan, there are three concrete walls up to ten meters high.Not only that, all kinds of grotesque bastions also embellished the long city walls in an extremely strange way.

It was all the same on his side, and Ma Long was not idle in Tongguan: the original three city walls facing Guanzhong in Tongguan were repeatedly reinforced, and a fourth city wall was built in the direction of Luoyang.After that, Malone also tried to build the fifth city wall towards Huayin.This Zhang Zun quit, so the two sides fought a small-scale field battle.

After that, Zhang Zun and Ma Long calmed down in a tacit understanding with each other, because both of them were talented but had to go to jail in this checkpoint.So after being neighbors for a long time, they actually developed a good impression of each other.Among other things, all kinds of alcohol, toothpaste, toothbrush, soap, candles, etc. at Ma Long's place were all given by Zhang Zun.

And Ma Long is also a wonderful person: Zhang Zun accepted all the personal things that Zhang Zun gave him, and even wrote a letter to express his gratitude.But if that businessman wants to smuggle from Tongguan, I'm sorry, I still take it as ordered: all the seized parts are given to the soldiers.While making Zhang Zun's teeth itch with hatred, Tongguan's military spirit is getting closer to Ma Long day by day.

That's why Guan Yi said, it's not that you don't know the situation in Tongguan, how could it be possible to win it with 3 people.

Even so, Guan Yi still gave Zhang Zun an order to send troops: feign an attack, make the momentum bigger, and try to make the king and ministers of Jin misjudge our main attack direction as much as possible.Even if there is no misjudgment, as long as they hesitate to drive the main force to Bingzhou, it will buy time for me to gain a foothold in Bingzhou.Your task will be successfully completed.

As Zhang Zun, who has inherited the merits of Zhang Sanye, he spent a lot of thought in order to complete Guan Yi's order and make his momentum as loud as possible.

Not to mention him with 3 soldiers, at this time Ji Han's other two armies have not yet been launched, and the entire civilian population still seems to be very abundant.Zhang Zun went directly to Jian Jian and asked for 3 civilian husbands: Recently, the army has just completed a partial refit, and many of the original armors have been replaced and have not been disposed of yet.So Zhang Zun put on the old equipment for [-] civilian husbands among them: I am not [-], but [-]!

"Report~~Report to the governor. The Shu thieves have moved. According to our observations, the Shu thieves who came out of Huayin this time are about [-] soldiers and [-] civilian husbands. The forward banner is 'Former General Zhang', and the team behind Its banner is 'Great Sima Pass'".

Tongguan and Huayin were too close together. Zhang Zun's troops set off here. In less than half a day, Ma Long in Tongguan Pass received a very detailed report.

"Fifty thousand? Close Zhang? Hmph~~~" After hearing the report, Ma Long sneered coldly: "The order is that Team A will go to the city, and Team B and C will leave the camp and soldiers will return."

"promise!"

Ma Long has lived in Tongguan for the past three years, and he is already familiar with all aspects of the entire checkpoint.The 3 people under his command are divided into three teams, A, B, and C. Every ten days, one team is on duty, the other is training, and the other is on vacation.The team that is on vacation can have some soldiers go out for entertainment every time they are on vacation-although business is not booming because of heavy tariffs, but this is an important transportation route, and there is such a large and heavy army group, so in Tongguan City, each This service industry is very prosperous.

In doing so, the morale was maintained very well, and it also made this army change from listening to General Ma's words three years ago to fighting for General Ma.

"Captain, the Shu thieves have sent troops, do you want to report to His Majesty?"

"Hehe, if you join the army, you must report, but you can't report in a hurry before the enemy comes under the city wall, right? Come, you and I will go to the west side of the city wall to watch that reckless Zhang Lingxing march."

"good."

Ma Long's current enlistment is Wang Tao, a veteran who followed Chen Tai to fight against Jiang Wei in Guanzhong. He was stationed in Tongguan much earlier than Ma Long.But after three years, he also admitted with great conviction that compared with Malone, he was really not suitable to be the leader - because he never had the calmness when major events came.

After the two climbed to the westernmost city of Tongguan, they raised their eyes and looked into the distance. About half an hour later, Ji Han's forward troops had already appeared in their sights.

After about a quarter of an hour, Zhang Zun's banner also appeared while the flags were flying.Then, Ji Han's soldiers began to dig trenches and set up camp about three miles away from the city wall of Tongguan.

"Well, the current military system of the Shu thieves seems to have improved again. After arriving at a certain place, they actually dig trenches first, and then directly use the soil in the trenches to build the wall. Yes, this is a good way. In this way, the maximum distance can be reached. Enemy."

"Captain, now is not the time to praise the enemy. The enemy army is setting up camp, should we take the opportunity to charge and kill them?"

"Hahaha, no need. We can't rush out, and the enemy can't get in. That's it."

Ma Long's words were not aimless. Tongguan was stuck at the junction of the Qinling Mountains and the Yellow River: the towering Qinling Mountains were close to the Yellow River, and the flat land between mountains and rivers was more than ten meters wide and less than ten meters at the narrowest.In such a place, a large-scale army cannot be moved at all-Cao Cao chose to build Tongguan here to guard against the enemies of Kansai.This vision is really worthy of a generation of masters in the art of war. (The Yellow River has too much sediment. As time goes by, the sediment deposits, and the flat land between the mountains and rivers is getting bigger and bigger. The location of the Tongguan checkpoint has to be shifted to the north. Of course, this is a later story. )
Therefore, Ma Long didn't pay attention to Zhang Zun's army: No matter how tens of thousands of people you have, how do you deploy it in such a narrow place?If the troops cannot be deployed, how do you take advantage of your strength?How do you attack a city without any superiority in troops?There are four city walls here, three of which are to guard against the enemies in the west.

The only thing that Ma Long regrets is that the Shu thief launched the Eastern Expedition too early: it's only May.It is the time when winter wheat is about to mature but not yet mature.At this time, Ji Han marched, regardless of whether it was a feint or not, Jin must start mobilizing the whole country.In this way, the harvest of this season must be greatly damaged.

On the [-]th, Zhang Zun's entire army arrived at the city of Tongguan.On the [-]th, dozens of trebuchets lined up and started projectile attacks.

Such an attack is not a big deal for Tongguan: there are also many trebuchets on the top of Tongguan City, and due to the height advantage, their range is farther than Ji Han's.Therefore, after some fighting, the losses of the Han army were slightly higher than those of the Jin army.

But that's all. Although the Han army continued to suffer small losses, they still continued to attack.Under such circumstances, Malone had to report to Luoyang.

"Your Majesty Ma Long Dunshou, on May [-]th, the Shu rebels came to Lintong Pass. Sima Guan Zifeng's flag, but it is not sure whether it is here. The Shu rebels have an army strength of about [-] to [-]. The two sides fought for two days, and the damage to each other was very small. In my humble opinion, this place is a feint. Your Majesty Concern. Only the direction of Bingzhou is actually a strategically important place. The main force of the enemy has not been seen so far. I hope that my emperor will order you to step up investigation and take precautions!"

　Tomorrow's chapter is mainly an introduction to geography, which is rather boring.But I have to write, because if I don’t clearly describe the geographical environment of Bingzhou and the northwest of Sizhou, it will be difficult to start the battle later, forgive me.

　　
　
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