On the occasion of rebirth Zhou Sui

Chapter 425 Stationed in Mang Mountain

Cheng Yaojin was caught off guard and attacked Zhongtan City. He didn't have time to take a breath and continued to lead the soldiers towards the south city.

The defenders of Nancheng were already on the defensive, but there were not enough defenders in the city. In addition, Cheng Yaojin and his generals were inspired by Shen Guang's battle at Sishui. Everyone fought bravely to be the first and fought to the death.

With these generals leading by example, the army sergeants followed them and advanced rapidly. Finally, before the reinforcements arrived in Luoyang City, they captured the last of the three cities in Heyang. The flag of the Eastern Sui Dynasty slowly rose in the southern city.

When Cui Che led one hundred thousand cavalry to Nancheng, he couldn't help but feel regretful.

God was not in his favor, the Yellow River was swollen, and it was not an ice age, so he had to pass through the three cities of Heyang.

If Er Zhuzhao was lucky, the men and horses could cross the river, bypass the three cities of Heyang, and attack Luoyang at night. I am afraid that I would have already entered Luoyang city by this time.

It's a pity that the battle just now alerted the Luoyang defenders. The opponent was on guard, and the army from the east could return to support at any time. It was already impossible to attack Luoyang by surprise.

Cui Che sighed sadly, but Yu Zhongwen was almost blinded by anger.

Since Cui Che led his troops south, everything that has happened has made Yu Zhongwen feel that he is a fool and is being led by Cui Che.

Cui Che attacked Beizhong City, making him think that the opponent was going south via the river bridge, so he sent heavy troops to guard it and even set up small boats. Just waiting for Cui Che to capture the river bridge, he burned the bridge with fire boats to weaken the enemy's spirit.

Unexpectedly, Cui Che suddenly abandoned the river bridge with his main force, crossed the river on the east side, and attacked Zhengzhou.

When he arranged the soldiers in the eastern part of Luozhou, Cui Che's real purpose was actually the three cities of Heyang.

Yu Zhongwen finally understood why Cui Che only sent a partial force to the east after occupying Zhengzhou, while the main force remained stationary in Zhengzhou.

It turned out that he was waiting for him to mobilize the garrison garrisoned at the Yellow River Bridge.

In this round, Yu Zhongwen was convinced that he lost, but the humiliation of being teased made Yu Zhongwen's mentality explode.

Although Yu Zhongwen is a veteran general who has been on the battlefield for a long time, he is brave and resourceful, but he has one flaw, that is, he is particularly easy to get fooled.

During Yang Guang's first eastward expedition to Goguryeo, he mobilized an army of 1.13 million and divided the elite Sui armies in nine routes, totaling 305,000, to meet on the west bank of the Yalu River to control the generals with Zhongwen.

But it was Yu Zhongwen who took the lead at the critical moment, regardless of logistical pressure and the dissuasion of Yu Wenshu and others, and insisted on pursuing Ulji Wende to the gates of Pyongyang, causing the Sui army to be defeated due to lack of food. The army fled westward for a day and night. Four hundred and fifty miles.

Of the 305,000 people who crossed the Yalu River, only 2,700 finally escaped, resulting in the loss of 300,000 elite Sui troops.

Now that Yu Zhongwen was fooled by Cui Che, his mind became hot again. He actually didn't want to stick to Luoyang, but planned a decisive battle with Cui Che in Mang Mountain in order to avenge his previous shame.

Of course, Yu Zhongwen was not fooling around. Faced with Yang Yichen and Duan Wenzhen’s persuasion, he said impassionedly:

“The defeat of our army in the Hedong War was not due to the strength of the enemy, but because our army was cut off from its retreat.

"Now that we have Luoyang as our back, we have good food and grass, and our army has more than 200,000 troops, why can we only be trapped in Luoyang and let the Cui thieves come and go as they please?

"Gong Xu Guo (Yu Wenshu) and Duke Yongning (Lai Huer) are building troops in the east, preparing to regain the lost territory.

"If we can't catch Cui, Cui can leave a partial force to bluff on the west during the battle in the east, secretly lead the main force through the river bridge, return to the north of the Yellow River, and secretly advance eastward.

"Once the Cui thieves take the opportunity to attack the troops of Duke Xu Guo and Duke Yongning, eastern Henan will definitely fall. I have more than 200,000 troops watching a show in Luoyang. How can I have the face to see the emperor again!"

Yang Yichen and Duan Wenzhen were silent. Based on their understanding of Cui Che, what Yu Zhongwen said was not impossible.

When the time comes, Cui Che will secretly transfer the main force to participate in the Eastern War, causing all of eastern Henan to be captured by him. Not only Yu Zhongwen, the commander-in-chief of the march in Henan Province, but also these generals will be nailed to the pillar of shame.

More than 200,000 troops remained motionless in the city of Luoyang, sitting back and watching their friendly forces being outflanked and annihilated. They could not afford such a crime and did not dare to bear it.

In the end, the two agreed to Yu Zhongwen's plan and left some troops to guard Luoyang. Yu Zhongwen personally led an army of 200,000 out of the city and set up camp south of Mang Mountain.

At this time, Mang Mountain had been occupied by the Eastern Sui army. Cui Che stood on a high place and looked at the Western Sui camp in the distance. He couldn't help but feel happy. What he was worried about was that Yu Zhongwen would not be able to hold on and would force himself to use this weapon.

An elite field army went to attack a city with more than 200,000 troops.

Luoyang is not a fortified city. Since Emperor Xiaowu of the Northern Wei Dynasty fled and Gao Huan moved the capital to Yecheng, he demolished the city of Luoyang in the Northern Wei Dynasty and moved all its people to Yecheng. Luoyang has been in a semi-abandoned state.

In the battles between the Eastern and Western Wei, Luoyang was on the front line. For example, the Battle of Heqiao and the Battle of Mangshan took place here.

Luoyang was almost reduced to ruins.

After the fall of the Northern Qi Dynasty, Emperor Zhou Xuan, the son of Emperor Wu of Zhou, originally planned to move the capital to Luoyang, but Luoyang only lasted a year and died suddenly. As Yang Su came to power, in order to win over Guanlong Xungui, he immediately stopped the construction of the eastern capital.

The plan has been delayed until now.

The generals of the Eastern Sui Army were all optimistic about the Western Sui Army leaving the city and preparing for a decisive battle at the foot of Mang Mountain.

The two most famous Mangshan battles before this were one between the powerful minister Gao Huan of the Eastern Wei Dynasty and the powerful minister Yu Wentai of the Western Wei Dynasty. In this battle, the Eastern Wei Dynasty won a great victory, and the Western Wei Dynasty lost more than 400 generals, and more than 60,000 sergeants were captured and killed.

Yu Wentai managed to escape with his life on the battlefield by bribing Gao Huan's general Peng Le.

The second Mangshan War took place between the Northern Zhou Dynasty and the Northern Qi Dynasty. The Northern Zhou Dynasty united with the Turks to conquer Qi. However, with the cooperation of the three heroes of the Northern Qi Dynasty Duan Shao, Hu Luguang and Gao Huan's grandson Lanling King Gao Changgong, the powerful ministers of the Northern Zhou Dynasty

Yuwen Hu was defeated, and the Zhou army suffered numerous casualties.

The two battles that broke out between the Kanto Group and the Kansai Group in Mangshan undoubtedly ended with a great victory for the Kanto Group.

The ancients were all superstitious. How could the so-called prophecies be so destructive? At least after Cui Che released the prophecy in advance that "in the fourth year of Renshou, the son will kill his father, and the mountain will collapse", the people of Hebei became more concerned about Yang Guang's murder.

My father believed everything.

In the eyes of the generals of the Eastern Sui Dynasty, the battle at Mangshan was nothing short of good luck, and the morale of the army was even higher.

Facing the 200,000 troops who followed Yu Zhongwen out of the city, they were not intimidated. Except for the troops who stayed in Nancheng, although Cui Che only deployed 100,000 infantry and cavalry in Mang Mountain, they were all off-duty soldiers.

In the Western Sui Dynasty, the 200,000 troops were mixed, good and bad. Although there were elite soldiers among them, they were difficult to compare with Cui Che's 100,000 elite troops in the Lianghe area in terms of quantity and quality.

(End of chapter)