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    Chapter 100: Surrender (Part 1) The eleven armies entering the Tang Dynasty went very smoothly.  Except for a few people who, for some reason, went out of the city to attack the supplies brought back by the blood camp, most of the soldiers were very knowledgeable.  In other words, their generals were very knowledgeable and stayed inside the city wall and did not come out.  But that doesn¡¯t mean that Blood Camp can only roam around the countryside, and also attack cities and checkpoints.  Especially some important passes, such as Luzi Pass in Yanzhou, which was regarded as one of the twenty-six passes in the Tang Dynasty.  Du Fu wrote a poem "Sai Luzi": "How far away are the five cities? They are so far apart across the river."  The frontier troops were all exhausted and the city was empty of Jingqi trees.  Siming cuts off the guard, and the beautiful rock is still in the west.  Returning to the Great Wilderness, Wei Han Gaixuer.  Qinbeihu in Yanzhou can still rely on the customs defense.  How can we get 10,000 people to drive them away and stuff them with reeds?  There is Doctor Xue in Qi, who is standing by to stop the mountain bandits from rising. Recently, I heard that Kun Rong disciples are retreating three hundred miles.  Lu Guan suppresses the two bandits, this is the profound meaning.  Who can be called Emperor Yan? Hu moves as fast as a ghost. Yanzhou is the gateway to Chang'an, but if you want to defend Yanzhou, you must immediately send troops to defend Luziguan.  Liang Shidu lured the Turks south through this pass, and Chai Shao also went north through this pass to destroy Liang Shidu.  It can be seen that the location of this pass is important in the northern geography.  In addition to Luzi Pass, there are Heling Pass and Suizhou Weiping Pass on the Shengzhou Trunk Road in the northeast of Yanzhou. Although these two passes are not listed among the 26 passes of the Tang Dynasty, they are still very important.  There is also the Dazhenguan Pass in Longzhou. If the troops are sent to Chang'an, Qizhou Sanguan Pass in Fengxiang Prefecture will be a stumbling block. Among them, Dazhenguan Pass and Sanguan Pass, as well as Chang'an Lantian Pass, Huazhou Tongguan, Tongzhou Pujin Pass, Yuanzhou Pass, etc.  Longshan Pass was one of the six major passes of the Tang Dynasty and was more difficult to attack than ordinary cities.  When the Blood Camp captured Longshan Pass, it was not a forcible capture, but a breakthrough from the inside by using the method of entering Lanzhou.  Otherwise, it would be a Longshan Pass and it would be like a tiger blocking Yuanzhou.  If you want to achieve better results, open up more space, and cut off the road to Hanzhong, you must also capture the Ziwu Pass, Luogu Pass, and Kugu Pass of the Thirteenth Middle Pass of the Tang Dynasty. ? and other, like Heling Pass and Wei Ping Pass, are not listed among the twenty-six passes, but are very important.  The sacrifices of the blood camp this time were mainly due to the attack on these levels, especially the Great Shock Pass in Longzhou. Although it was commanded by Zhang Shougui personally, and from the new trebuchets, explosives, to gliders, hot air balloons, and long-range flying in the sky,  From the bow to the ordinary ladder shield, it still cost more than 800 soldiers' lives and more than 600 soldiers were injured to take it down.  After taking it down, the casualties were counted. Zhang Shougui's face was gloomy for a long time. If Wang Hua hadn't repeatedly ordered him, he himself, a Han, would have killed all the more than 2,000 Tang soldiers still alive in the level.  Other checkpoints also required more or less sacrifices. Wu Keli sacrificed more than 200 of his men at Weiping Pass, and Li Kailuo sacrificed more than 300 of his men at Heling Pass. Together, the two armies became more powerful.  More than 400 men were killed at Luziguan, and many more were injured.  In a rage, Wu Keli and Li Kailuo dragged nearly 2,000 Tang soldiers alive in the three passes to Yanzhou City and killed them alive.  But the sacrifices of both sides were just that. Not many Tang troops left the city, and the results were very miserable. Although they had longbows in their hands, their morale was low and their flexibility was poor. As long as they left the protection of the city wall, they would never return.  .  ¡°In the final analysis, people¡¯s hearts are broken and they don¡¯t know why they are fighting.  There is another thing. The Blood Camp treats Tang Bings very well, and they will not kill them if they can.  Although some prisoners of war were used as cannon fodder, especially in the battle between Yanzhou and Triangle City, a large number of Tang troops were sacrificed.  However, the rewards are very generous, and those who have made great contributions are rewarded generously, and those who sacrifice are equally generous, even more generous than the imperial pension.  This is not considered abusing prisoners of war.  Therefore, soldiers are unwilling to go to war. If there is any disadvantage during the battle, they will shout "surrender without killing", kneel down with a roar, and raise their hands to surrender.  On the contrary, the blood camp fought for its own life and death, and at the same time, after several great victories, its morale was high and tragic.  Stronger combat effectiveness and rich combat experience are the main reasons why the generals hide in the city.  The level requires the greatest sacrifice, and it is also the only place where soldiers are guarded.  But this does not mean that the city will not be attacked. After all, the Tang Dynasty troops have not yet arrived, and more troops are guarding Chang'an. Therefore, the cities in various states are the top priority for defense.  However, the defense forces in various counties have also relaxed.  So they concentrated their forces and attacked the empty county towns. In fact, when a large number of trebuchets were launched, stones rolled down, explosives fell from the air, and there were very few troops. Many county soldiers voluntarily gave up resistance.  But after these county towns were captured and supplies were obtained, the Blood Camp gave up again.  This made the soldiers in other cities wonder whether they should continue to divide their troops and go to take them back.  Not only were many county towns lost, but Danzhou and Minzhou were also besieged by Wang Hua.?, there is another Wuzhou, and because the blood camp extended a helping hand, no one else came to help now, and all three states from the state city to the county seat fell.  But after a period of offensive, the Blood Camp slowed down and began to focus on purchasing supplies.  The word acquisition was indeed used. Although it was in the nature of a forced purchase, it was indeed purchased at market price.  Except for some families who were found to be hostile to Wang Hua and reported to Mo Chuo, the properties of these families were confiscated, and the tenant farmers were forcibly moved to the north.  The next step was to encourage the people, but the effect was not very great.  Just when Mo Chuo started to launch an offensive, the armies of Wu Keli and Li Kaigu also entered Danzhou and Yanzhou. In addition to a few important and tall cities, Guo Qianguan, Zhang Shougui, and Wang Jun also almost occupied the three states of Jing, Long, and Qing.  The whole territory.  Guo Zhiyun did not attack Weizhou, or he did not attack at all. He was frightened and continued to lead his army, detouring eastwards and heading towards Qinzhou.  Zhang Xiaosong did a great job and captured all of Minzhou, but the harvest was not great. Minzhou had been plundered by the Tubo people, and Zhang Xiaosong was too embarrassed to do it. On the contrary, after obtaining Wang Hua's consent, he also took out part of it.  The excess supplies from the eight states subsidized the people.  The captured official rolled his eyes at his move, and thought to himself, could it be that the King's Army has really arrived?  But this time, time was delayed a little. On the third day after Guo Zhiyun arrived in Qinzhou, Zhang Xiaosong arrived late with his army.  The two armies joined together and received a batch of supplies. At this time, the news about Wang Hua's men was released. In addition to guarding the two checkpoints and street pavilions, the two armies roared southwest and rushed towards Minzhou again.  Wang Junchuo and Liu Tong also captured the two prefectures of Dangwu, and almost every county in the prefecture except Chengzhou City.  They then joined forces with Guo and Zhang who were heading south, and gathered in the southeast of Chengzhou City, pointing their sword at Hanzhong.  ¡°But this series of actions are all illusions.  The four armies gathered in Chengzhou, which panicked the imperial court. While closely watching the movements of this army, the generals of Chang'an hurriedly separated from the old road, Xiegu Road, Ziwu Road, Luogu Road, and Kugu Road.  Heavy troops rushed to Hanzhong to support Liangzhou, Xingzhou and Yangzhou.  This army did not leave Chengzhou immediately. On the contrary, it began to concentrate its forces to attack Chengzhou City.  Chengzhou City is not a very big state city, but it is not very small either. In comparison, it is much larger than Wuzhou City. In addition, there is no connection with the Blood Camp. There are many longbows in the city, although there are many sharp weapons in the hands.  , however, he was afraid of casualties, so he attacked for several days and failed to capture it.  Of course, if we attack Hanzhong, Chengzhou City must be captured.  Therefore, this time the blood camp fell into a strange circle.  When the ministers in the capital heard the news, their eyes lit up, and the trick came out.  The south is attacking Chengzhou, and the north is continuing to transport supplies and mobilize to assist the people.  But in the constant movement, the blood camp changed a trick. Wu Keli and Li Kailuo merged their troops into one place, and then separated their troops again. During the combination and separation, Li Kailuo quietly left with five thousand soldiers.  He arrived at Yanzhou and joined forces with Wang Jun's troops who were operating near Yanzhou and Qingzhou.  At this time, the news of the bloody camp¡¯s defeat gradually spread, and the limelight was unprecedented.  Even Xue Ne was "afraid of irritating" Xueying after hearing the news of Xueying's victory, and immediately led his army back to Youzhou from Shanyu's Protectorate.  Of course, not many people can see through this trick. After the most delicious silent sip returned to the tent, Xue Ne and Feng Changqing collapsed, and it took them a whole month of serious illness to get up.  Therefore, the Tang troops in various prefectures and counties were even more afraid to come out. Even if they knew that Li Kailuo and Wang Jun's forces were combined, no one would bother them.  Do whatever you like, as long as you don't attack the city I'm guarding.  After a series of dizzying maneuvers, the troops gradually rolled to the junction of Longzhou and Jingzhou in the south.  Until now, those who are attacking Chengzhou are still attacking Chengzhou, and those who are buying supplies are still buying supplies, everything is normal.  However, when several armies seemed to separate and join together intentionally or unintentionally, the last time, the four armies of Li Kailuo, Guo Qianguan, Zhang Shougui, and Wang Jun came together and finally showed their fierce fangs.  Guo Qianguan, Zhang Shougui, and Wang Jun led an army of 18,000 people. However, in successive battles, they were sacrificed or seriously injured, resulting in more than 2,000 people losing their combat effectiveness.  In addition to the more than 2,000 troops left to guard the checkpoint, only 13,000 people could be drawn out.  But the rear area is now safe.  After Feng Changqing's victory over Mochu, he did not dare to continue the pursuit. Due to changes in plans in the Eight Prefectures, troops had to be deployed for defense, and Tuyuhun also had to deploy troops again to assist.  Ten thousand soldiers were left to guard the north.  This force cannot be reduced. In fact, it is already very small. If Mochui is reduced, he may regain his idea of ????Fengzhou.    The other soldiers returned with Feng Changqing, but they did not leave from the desert, but really left from Lingzhou City.  Six thousand soldiers were left again to defend Yuanzhou, Yanzhou and Yinzhou. There were thousands of soldiers from Wukeli in front, and more than 2,000 soldiers left by Guo Qianguan, Zhang Shougui and Wang Jun to protect the safety of several states.  Although it was small, plus the militia, it was enough.  After arriving at Huizhou, he again left behind 3,000 soldiers, who were defending Lintao Prefecture.  In addition to the nearly 3,000 soldiers who died and were seriously injured in this battle, in fact, there are only 4,000 real Blood Camp soldiers in Ge Shuhan's hands now.  However, because they brought more than 14,000 prisoners of war, the total number of soldiers reached more than 18,000, and they looked very powerful. Regardless of their combat effectiveness, let's scare the Tuyuhun people first.  More than 10,000 people marched from Huizhou to Tuyuhun again.  But with the return of this army, the territory of the Eight Prefectures was no longer empty, and it was finally time to implement the plan.  The strength of the four men combined together reached 18,000 men again. At this time, a big change occurred.  Originally it was for supplies, but now they suddenly didn¡¯t need supplies anymore, and the army rushed towards Qizhou.  This change of attitude shocked the officials in Qizhou and Pizhou.  If you cross Qizhou, you will reach Chang'an, and further ahead is Xianyang, an important gateway to Hebei in Chang'an.  Officials from the two states immediately hurriedly organized 20,000 troops to carry out sniper attacks.  Feng Changqing tried the dragnet formation in the north, and the four generals also tried another formation in Qizhou, the Tai Chi formation, which was a replica of the circular strangulation formation outside Linzhou City.  It is also a very reasonable formation that utilizes troops evenly. Because the inner diameter is small, after running, the soldiers in the inner diameter gradually run in front. As they run, they gradually turn to the outside. However, when they run down in one circle, because of the combat distance  Long, and gradually turned inside again.  In this way, there is no end to life, there is war and there is rest.  But this formation has a shortcoming, the balance is very balanced, and it does not bring out the combat effectiveness of the elite soldiers and brave generals.  So it later evolved into a Tai Chi formation.  The flowing circle is still the same, but instead of flowing as a whole, it is divided into two parts. An arrow composed of a small group of elite soldiers has an increasingly thick tail behind it.  As he ran, when the arrow connected to the opponent's thick tail, he also took advantage of the small diameter of the inner circle to flip. This time, the small arrow in front became thicker again. As he continued running, another group of elite soldiers squeezed in from the middle circle.  Periphery, squeezed into a new arrow.  Complete a cycle.  Of course, the soldiers with two arrows are the most elite soldiers, and the war horses are also the best horses.  If you take a bird¡¯s eye view from above, it looks like a continuously flowing Tai Chi pattern, but there are two Tai Chi fish eyes missing.  In this way, not only can the cycle continue endlessly, taking turns to rest and fight, but also the combat power of elite soldiers can be brought into play.  However, this kind of coordination requires stricter requirements. Although it is not as strict as the dragnet formation, it is much stricter than the original rough circular formation.  In fact, in the final analysis, it is still the quality of soldiers.  Not to mention these formations, the original Modao Formation of the Tang Dynasty also required high-quality soldiers, otherwise there would be no need to discuss any formations.  The three Tai Chi rolled over, dazzling several generals of the Tang Army. Is this a performance or what are they doing?  However, as soon as the three Tai Chi rolled into their army, they were no longer Tai Chi and formed three death vortexes.  After only rolling for less than an hour, 20,000 people collapsed.  Watching them escape, the four of them did not pursue them. What could they do if they caught up, capture prisoners?  Captured prisoners have to be sent back, and they have to be raised. Now there are enough prisoners in the eight states. The only advantage is that many roads have been built.  Repair again?  Will the farmland be built with roads?  In fact, some generals were not very satisfied with Wang Hua's attitude.  Of course, it would be one thing if real money could be exchanged for real money from the Tang Dynasty.  After this battle, after witnessing the powerful fighting power of the Blood Camp, he did not dare to stop him any more. He notified Changan and Luoyang urgently while staying in seclusion.  There is also movement in the south.  This time there was no pretense, and all the firepower was concentrated to attack Chengzhou City. In just two hours, Chengzhou City was completely lost.  Guo Zhiyun arrested the leading officials and soldiers together.  But instead of going to Hanzhong, they entered the Qinling Mountains, and their target became Fengzhou, the hinterland of the Qinling Mountains.  The four counties in this state cover a large area, but because they are mostly mountainous, the population is not very large. It is similar to Minzhou, with a population of only 20,000.  But the terrain here is very important. It has been called the throat of Qin and Shu since ancient times and the key to the north of Han Dynasty.  Although the city is not big, most of the cities are built against the mountains, so they are easy to defend but difficult to attack.  So Guo Zhiyun pushed some people outside the gates of these cities, sent someone to say, we, the Blood Camp, have come to Guibao Land to borrow a passage, and we promise not to take any needle or thread from you. If you don't agree, this will be the result.  Then these people were chopped off in front of the soldiers on the city.  In fact, only a few officials and generals with bad character were killed, which means that they should all be killed.  This scare really frightened half of the people, so they opened the city gate and let them use the way.  It was a real excuse, and the army passed by like a gust of wind, as if nothing happened.  If it weren't for the fact that several corpses fell outside the city gate, I would have thought it was a dream.  However, a few city officials and generals were not frightened and continued to resist, so they began to attack the city.  Countless weapons roared towards the city, but they did not use their own soldiers when attacking the city. Like Xinuolo, they pushed out the prisoners in Chengzhou and let them rush to the front.  The officials guarding the city did not have the courage of Sun Renxian to open the city gates and let the people go, so after hesitating for a moment, they started to fire arrows.  The prisoners of war also wanted to survive, but retreating was impossible. If they wanted to survive, they also had weapons and shields in their hands, so they had no choice but to attack.  Instead, each one of them was aroused by the defenders on the city's head and became fierce.  As a result, a group of prisoners of war and a small number of soldiers were sacrificed, and these cities were again lost.  Those who take advantage of the situation are not willing to take advantage of it, but those who resist are not so good.  All the officials and soldiers became new prisoners again, and by the way, they moved the materials in the city to their homes and used them as logistics supplies.  But it is not the most important thing, the most important thing is to break up the customs.  This level can be said to be among the top five most important levels in ancient Chinese history.  There have been more than 70 battles here in history.  It is said that Fengzhou is the throat of Qin and Shu, then Sanguan is the throat of throats.  But this level is located on Dashan Ridge, surrounded by steep mountains and overlapping peaks.  It is not an exaggeration to say that one man is in charge and ten thousand men are at a loss.  When Zhang Shougui conquered the Great Shock Pass, he suffered more than a thousand casualties. However, the terrain of the Great Shock Pass was far less dangerous than that of San Pass. Even the terrain of the stone castle was slightly inferior to San Pass.  .  In order to attack this level, Guo Zhiyun, Zhang Xiaosong, and Wang Junchuo used almost all eighteen martial arts skills.  Not only were they flying from the sky, but explosive trebuchets were also brought out, and at the same time people were sent to forcibly attack the city. They did not dare to be too confident, and soldiers and prisoners of war were mixed together.  They attacked day and night for two days and three nights, and suffered heavy casualties of 1,200 prisoners of war, 1,600 Tibetan prisoners of war, and more than 900 blood camp soldiers, almost piled up with corpses.  Guan seizes it.  These are all kinds of weird weapons, otherwise the losses would be doubled and the time would be very long.  After passing Sanguan, we reach Baoji County, also known as Chencang.  This route has been traveled by countless armies in history. The most famous one is Han Xin's plank road built secretly to cross Chencang. This is a successful example.  This is also where Cao Cao conquered Zhang Lu. This was the second successful example.  Zhuge Liang left Sanguan and surrounded Chencang, but was rejected by Cao Zhen and failed to withdraw his troops. This was an example of failure.  Therefore, Baoji County once again became a stumbling block, blocking the way.  But even this shocked the court.  After capturing Baoji, Chang'an was like a little girl who took off her clothes facing seven or eight big men who had been in prison for more than ten years before being released.  What's the security?  Li Xian summoned Zhang Shuo into the palace and cursed loudly: "Didn't you say that the Blood Camp would not attack Chang'an?" He raised the teacup and smashed it.  PS: There is one more update. Today¡¯s chapter is a bit cool, so I will update it four times.  []
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