Qinglong Three Kingdoms

Chapter 688 The Unsuspecting Dagu Pass
Just as Zhu Wei knew the old example of Sun Jian sending troops from Nanyang to attack Luoyang, there is actually a link between Wancheng in Nanyang and Daguguan.

Luoyang, as the confidant of the entire Han Dynasty, was originally the core of the world's officialdom, just like the heart of the human body that runs through the blood of all parts of the body. It can be said that all roads lead to the capital of the emperor.

As for Nanyang, it was an important hub connecting the southern land of the Han Dynasty to Luoyang, the heart of the Han Dynasty. Therefore, there was a direct official road from Nanyang to the imperial capital Luoyang, and the official road was also quite wide.

It's just that although Luoyang and Nanyang were originally the most densely populated places in the Han Dynasty, but now this road is already a barren land with ten rooms and nine empty spaces, whether it is in the north of Nanyang County or in many counties and townships in the south of Luoyang. Most of the population either fled voluntarily because of the war, or was relocated by official means.

In today's era, population can be regarded as the most important resource, so most local separatist forces concentrated the population in the core area of ​​their rule, and completely abandoned the peripheral areas into no man's land.

Just like what Zhu Wei did in Yuzhang County at the beginning, the population was concentrated near Yuzhang City, and the outlying areas were turned into vacant areas for the population to be able to control Yuzhang more easily.

Now that Jingzhou and Luoyang are located in the land of Sili, they are under the control of Zhu Wei and Cao Cao respectively, so it is naturally impossible to leave a large population in the northern part of Nanyang County at the junction of the two forces, and Luoyang is located in the southern part of Henan Yin, giving each other a chance Looted.

It's not worth garrisoning troops here. If there are fewer troops, they can only send meat to others. If there are more troops, supplies will also be a problem, so we simply gave up and turned this area into a completely blank area of ​​​​power.

Therefore, except for a few people who are unwilling to leave their hometowns, these areas are also places where bandits and bandits are entrenched. Because the intersection of several forces is often a border area where no one cares, it has become a place for lawless people. paradise.

In this way, Wei Yan led his army to quickly go to Daguguan with the help of official roads, and naturally the road was smooth, which was faster than Sun Jian's speed from Nanyang to Luoyang.

After all, the rogue and bandit forces entrenched here dare not provoke a regular army like Wei Yan, and Cao Cao's troops are basically stationed here in Yingchuan County, but there are no troops stationed at Guangcheng Pass in Luyang and Liang County. These areas where Dong Zhuojun used to be stationed.

Perhaps Cao Cao's scouts and spies still exist here. After all, Cao Cao needs to be prepared for a surprise attack by Zhu Wei's army, so placing the scouts and spies here can give Cao Cao an early warning.

But Wei Yan's goal was Luoyang. Even if Cao Cao's scouts found out, by the time they passed the news back and the upper-level analysis judged Wei Yan's purpose, Wei Yan had already reached Dagu Pass.

At this time, the Daguguan side, as Zhu Wei knew before, was controlled by the Xiliang Army under Wu Xi's troops stationed in Luoyang.

Wu Xi was originally a general of Guo Si. He once burned the schoolhouse under Guo Si's order to intimidate Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty. After that, he followed Guo Si and stationed in Chang'an Kai County, which is the Wubao Army Town originally set up by Dong Zhuo outside Chang'an City.

But later, I don't know what he was thinking. He suddenly led the army to betray Guo Si, and led the army to attack and kill Guo Si. Then he used Guo Si's head to ask the emperor for merit, but Cao Cao used the name of the emperor to kill him. He took the title of General Prisoner, and then led his troops under the name of the Son of Heaven.

Originally Wu Xi was stationed in Chang'an, but later because Ma Teng and Han Sui's Liangzhou army came to Chang'an, he couldn't stay in Chang'an anymore.

Just at this time, Cao Cao appointed Zhong Yao as the captain of Sili, and he supervised all the people in Guanzhong with festivals. As a result, Zhong Yao went to Chang'an to persuade Ma Teng and Han Sui to submit to the name of Emperor Xu Du, but he also handed over Chang'an. Liangzhou troops such as Ma Teng and Han Sui were stationed.

Then Zhong Yao returned to Luoyang with Wu Xi's army, so Wu Xi's army became the Luoyang garrison, directly under the command of Sili Xiaowei Zhong Yao.

Although Wu Xi's army still has the nature of a small warlord, it is temporarily in a state of listening to the tune and not listening to the propaganda. In the original history, after Cao Cao defeated Yuan Shao to unify the Central Plains, Wu Xi, a small force, was naturally defeated by Cao Cao's army. The army was completely incorporated.

Of course, Wu Xi did not actually control many troops. When he originally betrayed Guo Bang, he only had about a thousand soldiers in his headquarters. Guo Si's forces were still annexed by Li Jue.

Therefore, Wu Xi later took control of more than 2000 old soldiers from Xiliang, and also recruited some young and strong people into the new army. It probably had a strength of 2000 to [-] soldiers, but the ones with actual combat effectiveness were still the more than [-] soldiers from Xiliang. old soldier.

Now Wu Xi sent troops on the Dagu Pass side, consisting of [-] old soldiers from Xiliang plus about [-] new recruits, and they didn't pay much attention to the defense of Dagu Pass.

After all, in Wu Xi's view, Luoyang is now a very safe rear, and he should not encounter any foreign enemies.

Besides, Luoyang is so dilapidated now. Although there are some people who have returned to their hometown, it is still an abandoned imperial capital with little oil and water, and it is not worth being attacked at all.

Although Wu Xi is only 24 years old, he is still very young, but after experiencing the previous Chang'an incident, Wu Xi is actually a little less self-motivated.

Wu Xi is not a son of a scholar family, but an ordinary Xiliang commoner who grew up as a soldier after joining Dong Zhuo's Xiliang Army. Even though Wu Xi has a general-level qualification, no one would take him seriously in this day and age. he.

In addition, Wu Xi did many bad things with Guo Si back then, especially the old incident of burning the schoolhouse and threatening Han Xiandi, which became a stain on his life.

Wu Xi knew that there was no possibility for him to develop upwards. Now that he was able to obtain the official position of a miscellaneous general with the help of Guo Bang's head, it was already the pinnacle of his life development.

Therefore, Wu Xi just robbed some land in Luoyang, and then forcibly coerced the population to become his own households, planning to become a powerful and wealthy local household in Luoyang.

Perhaps this is why in the later period, at such a young age as Wu Xi, Cao Cao had no achievements and no historical records. Obviously, he basically retired in the later period.

Of course, as a small Xiliang warlord who has experienced the turmoil in Guanzhong, Wu Xi still knows the truth that only soldiers under his command can save his life and money, so he mainly stationed his troops in Luoyang. side.

Originally, Wu Xi's idea was correct. After Cao Wei took control of the Central Plains in the future and Luoyang was used as the imperial capital, then Wu Xi could really live his life in peace.

However, Wu Xi would never have imagined that Luoyang, which in his opinion was just an abandoned capital, had now become Zhu Wei's target, so his current attitude gave Wei Yan the opportunity.

Wei Yan hurriedly marched half a day away from Dagu Pass, and stopped to let the army rest for a day. At the same time, he also sent scouts to detect the situation at Dagu Pass.

When Wei Yan found out that Daguguan was unguarded, he was naturally overjoyed, and then Wei Yan thought of a sneak attack strategy. On the second day, Wei Yan selected five hundred elites from the army to pretend to be a merchant team, and led them personally. The team went to Dagu Pass...

(End of this chapter)