Chapter 696

On October 10, the Sizhou army arrived in Hanoi. After landing, the army didn't stop there much. General Zhao Yun led the camp with 30000 soldiers as the vanguard. All the way, he rushed to Jiguan. Pingdong general Huangfu Chaobo led 70000 troops as the central army, followed by him. Unfortunately, the governor of Hedong, Jiang Pei, is ready. Jiguan has been closed, and 30000 troops of Hedong are guarding it.

Seeing this, Zhao Yun was not in a hurry to fight. He asked people to pay back quickly and watch the movements of Jiguan while waiting for the army to arrive. Huaixian county was about 200 li away from Jiguan. After receiving Zhao Yunfei's report, Huangfu Chaobo knew that Jiguan was not easy to get down, so he didn't drive the army. Four days later, the army arrived outside the city.

By this time, the cities of Hanoi had gathered 16000 troops, led by Sima Lang, to join the Chinese army of Huangfu Chaobo. The army was accompanied by nearly ten thousand stones of grain and grass. Huangfu Chaobo was also very happy to see the Hanoi family so knowledgeable. In particular, the Sima family is led by the adult Sima lang. it can be seen that although the Sima family has not yet become an official, it is also an indirect sign of bowing down.

After discussing with Zhao Yun and pangtong, Huangfu Chaobo was very generous to hand over the 16000 troops of his family to Sima Lang.

Panguan, also known as Jiguan and Qiguan, is a famous pass on panguanxing, one of the eight Xings of Taihang in ancient China. Where we are now, we have lost the examination in ancient times. According to the records of Jiyuan County in the Qing Dynasty, there is a doubt about today's Dadian. That is, today's Jiyuan City Wangwushan Township Wangwushan peak east side of the Dadian River Dadian village. It is only 1.5 km east of Fuguan (fengmenkou Village). According to the records of Fang Yu's summary of history reading in the Qing Dynasty, "the Guan pass is seen in Yuanqu County, Shanxi Province.". According to some people who study historical geography and local chronicles of Jiyuan City today, luoguan is near Xiaodian village on the East Bank of Dadian River, about 2 kilometers northwest of it.

However, in the game, Nu Wa placed Jiguan at the entrance of Wangwu mountain, a hundred miles northwest of Chi county. From Jiguan to panguanxing, it is Hedong boundary, and 150 miles west, it is Dongyuan County of Hedong county.

At this time, there were already 5000 troops in Hedong on top of Jiguan, and nearly 30000 troops in the camp after the pass. Although it was far inferior to Huangfu's Chaobo army, Hedong army had the advantage of terrain. So when Zhao Yun arrived at guanxia, he immediately led the army to retreat five li and go down to camp, waiting for the army to arrive.

After the troops were settled down, Huangfu Chaobo ordered the assembly of generals for discussion.

When the crowd arrived, Huangfu Chaobo did not say much. He said directly, "General Zhao, explain the situation of Jiguan to the generals in detail."

"Will not take orders." Zhao Yun went out and saluted Huangfu Chao. Then he said, "according to my observation, the terrain of Jiguan is dangerous, and the mountains on both sides are steep. Although it's only a medium-sized pass, the wall is three feet high. It's all made of huge stones and is extremely strong. There are about 5000 troops stationed in the pass, but a few days ago, the governor of Hedong, Jiang Pei, sent his general Jiang Jian to lead 25000 troops to defend. "

After listening to Zhao Yun's words, everyone is quiet. Although everyone has considered the strong attack, at this time, everyone doesn't want to face it.

"It seems that there is no other way but to attack by force?" Huangfu Chaobo looks at Zhao Yun, takes another look at Pang Tong, and then sighs with a sigh;

Zhao Yun nods his head. Just as he is about to speak, he sees Sima Lang come out and say, "general, Hanoi army is willing to fight for him!"

Huang Fu was just about to open his mouth when he saw Pang Tong saying, "it's so good. I've heard of the elite soldiers of Hanoi family. It's just time for us to see them."

"Well, that's right. Since Boda has a heart, the first round of attack will be carried out by the Hanoi armies. I would like to wish Boda a a successful start here!"

"General Xie!" Sima Lang bowed to accept the order, and then returned to his position.

Later, Huangfu Chaobo discussed with the generals about the preparation of equipment. Because he was still in Hanoi, and had received the news that Zhao Yun's Jiguan had increased troops, Huangfu Chaobo still carried some equipment from Huai County, plus hundreds of craftsmen with him. It's still afternoon now, so auxiliary soldiers and craftsmen can still make some equipment.

After arranging these things, Huangfu Chaobo ordered the generals to go down and prepare for each other.

When Sima Lang returned to his camp, he immediately gathered the leaders of all the families for discussion. According to his younger brother's arrangement, the troops were basically important figures of all families, and their purpose was to confuse Huangfu Chaobo. As for the two thousand soldiers dispatched, except for the two or three hundred elite soldiers around each person who were used to protect each other, the remaining 1780 were ordinary county soldiers who were used for consumption.

This is true not only for the soldiers of Hanoi aristocratic family, but also for those in Jiguan. Nearly half of the soldiers sent by Jiang Pei are prepared to be consumed here. One of them is to consume the troops of those counties that don't deal with Jiang Pei. The other is to kill the morale of Huangfu's Chaobo army.

On October 15, when the first ray of sunshine came to the Taihang Mountains in the morning, a bleak bugle sounded in the Sizhou army camp in front of Jiguan.

Then, in the morning light, a series of taxi soldiers came out of the camp and formed a formation outside the camp. These were more than 14000 Hanoi aristocratic soldiers under Sima Lang's command. After them, there was a high-level Jinglan, on which were Yuanrong crossbow soldiers of Huangfu Chaobo's own guards. They would provide cover for the infantry attack. Then there are dozens of high-grade catapults, which are large-scale equipment transported from huaixian county.As the catapult reached the attack distance, the order of attack came from the Chinese army.

With the Chinese Army's orders coming, there were bursts of "buzzing" sound from the catapult position, followed by a piece of stone bombs flying to Jiguan, and then a roar sounded. Close the door, scream one after another, dust everywhere.

Under the cover of the catapult, Hanoi army, which had been ready for a long time, rushed towards the wall. Of course, it is not Sima Lang who leads the attack, but the general in the ordinary army.

Seeing that the siege soldiers are approaching a hundred steps, the catapult can only stop at this time, because soon the siege soldiers are forced under the wall. In order to avoid accidental injury, the catapult can only stop. Fortunately, Jinglan has slowly entered the attack distance.

At this time, the archers at the head of the city also began to attack the city. The sky full of arrows flew down the city. At this time, the casualties of the siege soldiers also appeared.

As the soldiers get closer to the wall, the archers on the well appendix can only stop shooting. Only a few soldiers with excellent archery skills can shoot accurately on the wall.