(This chapter is a bit short, I will add another one tonight.//:Read novels//)

Taihang Mountain stretches from north to south, like a giant green dragon, entrenched in the vast land of Henan, Shanxi, and Hebei provinces. Its mountain range stretches for thousands of miles, with hundreds of interconnected ridges, thousands of towering peaks, and thousands of deep ravines. It is a dangerous place for military strategists.

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Since ancient times, Taihang Bajing has been the main way for people to cross the Taihang Mountains. "The five months call each other to cross the Taihang Mountains, destroying the wheel but not the sheep's intestines." Li Bai's famous poem describes the ancient people's journey through the "Taihang Mountains"

Disaster.

These post roads called "Xing" are nothing more than winding trails. Some trails wind around the mountainside and wind up in the clouds. The ancients dug rocks to build roads and paved them suspended on the cliffs. They are more than ten meters wide at some places and narrow at some places.

It can only carry one horse, so it is difficult to walk on foot, and it will be even more difficult if the troops and horses are heavier than Taihang.

Jingxing is the fifth pass of Taihang, and is the nearest main road from Hebei to Hedong. Because the pass is high and flat on all sides, and the middle part is as low as a well, it is named after the well. During the Han Dynasty, a pass was built at this entrance, called Shiyan Pass, and later renamed Tu

Menguan was called Jingxing Pass after the Tang Dynasty.

Jingxing Pass, as the choke point between the east and the west, was originally garrisoned by a large army. Before September of the first year of Jingkang, the pass was stationed by Zhongshi Min from the Zhongjia Army and his 8,000 troops (of which only three regular soldiers were stationed).

Thousands, the rest are auxiliary military servicemen). This man is the cousin of Xiaozhong (among the Zhongshi), and he can be regarded as a somewhat talented general, but unfortunately he met Zongwang, and after seven days and nights, all of them were defeated.

The army was completely defeated, and Zhongshi Min died.

Guan Zhongyong and others were defeated in this battle. They then fled to Tianping Village and were taken in by Liu Tieshuan, who became the second leader of Tianping Village.

After the Jin Army captured Jingxing Pass, they opened up the passage to Taiyuan Prefecture and formed a line with the Jinxi Route Army that besieged Taiyuan. However, because it was difficult to transport soldiers, horses and supplies in the Taihang Mountains, Jingxing Pass had strategic significance for the Jin Army.

Not very big. Therefore, after removing the threat from the Song Army to the flanks of the Jin Army at Jingxing Pass, the Jin Army did not station many troops here. Subsequently, this pass was occupied by bandits.

When Yang Zhechong led a large army into Taihang, he used Guan Zhongyong and Gao Liang as internal responders and coordinated internal responses and external responses. He conquered this dangerous pass in one fell swoop. Then, he transferred the population and materials to Tianping Village.

Tianping Village (formerly the Chengtian Army Village of the Song Army) is not far from Jingxing Pass, only more than 80 miles away. If it is on the plain, it can be reached in one day's journey by fast horse and two baggage, or three days' journey. But as mentioned before

Yes, it’s too difficult to walk along the Taihang Mountains. It’s okay to go empty-handed, and it’s barely possible to carry a small amount of items on a horse. But transporting a huge amount of luggage is difficult. Of course, if you use the ant method of moving, it will be difficult to move up to the sky.

With tens of thousands of people working together, it is estimated that it will be enough to move within two months.

But who will give you two months? If you delay for so long, either the population and supplies will be robbed by those Taihang rebels, or they will be plundered by the golden soldiers in Zhending City. Anyway, there is no hope of success.

Fortunately, Guan Zhongyong thought of this problem very early and came up with an idea: water transportation.

On the west side of Taihang, there is a large river originating from the depths of the Taihang Mountains, called Mianmanshui (now called Taohe). The surging river flows from west to east, all the way through Shouyang, Pingding (today's Yangquan City), and from Tianping

It winds past the foot of Zhaishan Mountain, and when it flows into the well diameter, it is renamed Yeshui, and finally flows into the famous Hutuo River.

If you enter Tianping Village through this waterway, the distance can be shortened by half. Although you have to go upstream, it is much better than taking that terrible long road. Especially now that it is summer, the water level is high, making boating more convenient.

So Yang Zhechong gave an order, and the craftsmen began to make rafts, and at the same time rented boats from people near Jingxing. Although most of them were small boats for fishing and carrying people, they could still be used after all, right?

Thus, a major relocation on the water began that lasted for ten days.

When Di Lie arrived at Jingxing Ferry with more than 20,000 Song people who had narrowly escaped death and a baggage load no less than the previous batch of huge supplies, the newly expanded ferry was still busy - the previous batch of goods escorted by Yang Zhechong

The transportation was finished, but then the last batch of materials escorted by Yang Fen and Zuo Kai from Wurenshan had just arrived. The ferry, which had just been quiet for a few days, became busy again.

Di Lie and Yang Zhechong stopped on the edge of the ferry, looking at the river water that was muddy by the boats and rafts coming and going. They felt happy and had a headache at the same time. What was happy was that they had such countless supplies.

, enough to provide more than 30,000 people with no worries about food, clothing, and development in one or two years; the trouble is, I'm afraid it will take another ten days to transport...

In the afternoon of that day, Di Lie, Empress Zhu and his entourage, as well as A Shu, Aji, Yang Zaixing, He Yuanqing, Zhang Rong and other Liangshan brothers set off in advance in a small boat for Tianping Village.

The name Mianmanshui sounds soft, but the rushing water makes it impossible to associate it with this name. Empress Zhu and other girls vomited in less than a quarter of an hour after sailing, and Ashu

Both Zaixing and Aji have earth-colored faces, and although they haven’t vomited, they are not far away. ☆ Zaixing and He Yuanqing are both Jianghuai people. They have been on the boat a lot. Although they are a little uncomfortable, they can still endure it.

The water dragon that went in was of course nothing to worry about. As for Di Lie...as a Marine, this little bump in the sea can only be regarded as a minor incident.

However, it is possible to transport people and goods on such a fast river, but it is difficult to transport cattle, horses and livestock. Once those livestock get frightened, they may end up with a shipwreck and death. Therefore, those war horses and livestock can only be transported.

Able to walk on mountain roads. According to Yang Zhechong, because the Xingdao Road is really difficult and dangerous, more than 300 people, horses and livestock have fallen off the cliff in the past ten days. You can imagine how dangerous this Taihang Mountain Road is.

After sailing for nearly an hour, we didn't see Tianping Village yet, but we first saw a majestic pass built on the left bank of the river, standing high on the lofty mountains.

The disciple of Tianping Village who was leading the way said: "So that the leader of the village can know that it is Weize Pass (today's Niangzi Pass), a Xiongguan Pass in the east of Jin Dynasty."

It turns out that this is Weize Pass (Niangzi Pass)!

This pass, known as Niangzi Pass in later generations, is known as the "Gateway of the Three Jins" and the ninth pass of the Great Wall. It was a battleground for military strategists of all ages and was one of the passes of the Great Wall built by the Zhongshan Kingdom during the Warring States Period. It is said that Emperor Gaozu of the Tang Dynasty

His third daughter, Princess Pingyang, sister of Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty, once led the women's army to set up defenses and garrison here, hence the name Niangzi Pass.

Di Lie's impression of Weize Pass (Niangzi Pass) comes from military history. During the famous Battle of Xinkou during the Anti-Japanese War, the Jin Army and the Eighth Route Army jointly resisted the Japanese invasion of Shanxi and ultimately failed because of the loss of this pass.

The significance of such an important pass to the defense of Tianping Village is self-evident. Di Lie immediately asked the disciples of Tianping Village: "Is this pass in our hands now?"

That day, the disciples of Pingzhai Village laughed and said: "Don't worry, village master, this magnificent pass is the southeastern barrier of our Tianping Village, how can we not hold it in our hands? If others take it, no matter how strong our village is, sooner or later we will not be able to protect our position.

, there are still some village masters."

Di Lie felt deeply that Liu Tieshuan was really lucky. He took advantage of the retreat of the Song army stationed at this pass and seized such a good place first. However, the Jin army had no time to pay attention to it for the time being.

Otherwise, given the huge disparity in combat power between the two sides, no matter how difficult and dangerous the level is, it cannot stop a truly strong force.

As dusk approached, Di Lie and his party finally arrived at the foot of Tianpingzhai Mountain.

The first thing that appeared in front of everyone was the piles of various materials, which filled the entire river beach. Countless people and livestock were like ants moving, going back and forth, constantly loading the materials onto the cart, and then pulling the carts.

The cattle and horses were transported along the winding mountain road into a giant stone fort built with large and small stones halfway up the mountain.

This is Tianping Village. (To be continued...

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Chapter completed!