Who is the sun? Who is the moon?

There is only one sun in the sky, and there is only one moon in the sky.

If it could really shine on the earth like the sun and the moon, it would be great.

Unfortunately, it's not possible.

Han Xin shook his head regretfully.

He has always been a straightforward minister, and he suffered a lot of losses because of his straightforward speech. At that time, he was appointed as the prefect of Hanoi County by Emperor Gengshi Liu Xuan, a famous scholar in Nanyang. When Liu Xiu entered Hanoi, Han Xin did not listen to the persuasion of his subordinate Cen Peng and prepared to resist stubbornly in the city.

The moment he saw Liu Xiu's army, Han Xin immediately realized the huge gap in strength between the two sides. He knew that the situation was hopeless and all resistance was futile. Han Xin had no choice but to open the city and surrender.

When Liu Xiu learned that Han Xin had wanted to lead troops to fight stubbornly, he suddenly became furious and asked someone to tie Han Xin up and press it under the drum outside the door to prepare to behead him. For some reason, Liu Xiu, who has always treated surrendered generals well, would be so harsh on Han Xin, perhaps because he heard that he was still thinking about the goodness of Emperor Gengshi Liu Xuan and the guilt of not guarding Hanoi for him.

Thanks to Cen Peng's plea, Han Xin was pardoned. As a military advisor, he fought with Deng Yu for several years. He had no contribution, but instead had a guilty conspiracy.

Deng Yu is Liu Xiu's confidant, and even if he was defeated, he would be in a vain. But Han Xin was not good. Although he was from Nanyang, he was from Liu Xuan and was born with Liu Xiu's suspicion. This is probably an important reason why Liu Xiu could not tolerate his blunt words and repeatedly criticized him.

"The cattle-herding emperor would not be like this." Han Xin suddenly thought, not feeling that there was anything wrong with it. Although he did not agree with Liu Yu's lack of etiquette, he believed that he was a generous person.

However, although Liu Xiu could not stand Han Xin's straightforwardness, he recognized his ability. After Han Xin returned from his envoy, he was appointed as the prefect of Pei County. Release of the outside mission might be better for him. Not only could he manage a large county and display his talents, but he would not be always by the emperor's side. He would be punished for his words if he didn't say anything well.

Huan Tan was appointed as Taile Ling, which was a completely idle position. Since he angered the emperor with the "Repression of Prophecy and Reward Memorial", Huan Tan felt much more sad when he wanted to do things. Now he can be a idle person and concentrate on playing his folk tunes. Don't worry about being scolded by the emperor. Huan Tan is already very content.

The two envoys should feel glad that they had returned in time, because shortly after they returned, a great war between the two Han Dynasties broke out. The war was first ignited on the line of Taihang Mountain.

The Taihang Mountain is the border between the Han Dynasty today, which separates Hebei and Taiyuan, Shangdang, Hedong and other places in the Jianshihan period. To the west of the mountain is a plateau full of loess, and to the east is a prosperous place with flat and flat land. The Taihang Mountain runs across the north and south, with hundreds of ridges connected, with thousands of peaks standing, and thousands of ravines and troughs deep. Among them, the dangerous situation of destroying cars on the sheep intestines and sakuras was called the ancients a difficult road to travel.

To cross the Taihang Mountains east-west, you have to pass through the eight passes, that is, the narrow valleys between the mountains that pass through the eight mountains, all of which are deep ditches and dangerous ravines, passing through the throat of the Taihang Mountains, and also the military pass between the mountains.

The eight Taihang passes are from north to south, namely Jundu Xing, Feihu Xing, Puyin Xing, Jingxing, Fukou Xing, Baixing, Taihang Xing and Zhuguan Xing. There are several famous passes, such as Juyong Pass, Jingxing Pass, Tianjing Pass, Zhuguan, etc.

"This TMD is really not a way for people to take!" Jian Wuhan Kangfuhou Hou and the general Liu Long cursed while walking.

He was walking in Taihang Xing, which was the most dangerous section of the road, called Yangchanban. It was difficult to walk by the name. Sure enough, the road was curved and coiled, and it looked like Yangchan.

Liu Long looked up at the top and saw the mountain peaks on both sides standing with a blue sky in the middle. He sighed in his heart, no wonder Liu Yan was defeated here five years ago.

Liu Yan was also a relative of the Liu clan in Nanyang. Liu Xiu sent him to attack Tianjing Pass and was repelled by Tian Yi, the prefect of Shangdang in the Gengshi regime at that time. Later, Tian Yi joined the Chang'an court. Because Tian Yi had great prestige in Shangdang and was engaged in military affairs, Liu Yu ordered him to remain the prefect of Shangdang to assist in seizing Hedong and being granted the title of marquis.

Before Liu Long went to the expedition, he went to Liu Yan's house to ask him for advice and knew some of the geography here. This section of the most dangerous Yangchan Ban is about ten miles long, all of which are like this mountain road that only allows one person to pass. At the end of Yangchan Ban, it is the first pass city in Taihangxing - Wanzi City.

Behind Wanzi City, there are many passes as dense as stars. Then, the stars arched like moons, and the courtyard gate stood tall and looked down at the mountains.

Tianjing Pass is a famous pass in the world, and is known as "the world is famous for its appearance, and the dangerous pass is suppressing Taihang." Since ancient times, it has been a place that must be fought for by military strategists. After passing Tianjing Pass, it is a mountain basin, belonging to Shangdang County, Jianshi Han Dynasty. Entering this basin, it is considered to break through the Taihang natural danger between the Han Dynasty.

Liu Long jumped off the horse, and he no longer wanted to move forward. On such a narrow mountain road, horses were burdensome, and the one suitable for combat was the infantry officer.

He sent orders to recruit five hundred death-death men with a large sum of money, and used a light blade and short sword to attack Wanzi City, and ordered three hundred archers to cover him for climbing the city.

His captain Li Xiong led his troops as a vanguard. Liu Long sat on the rock to rest, just waiting for the good news to be sent back.

Generally, due to the difficulty of supply, there are only a few dozen permanent soldiers in this kind of mountain pass, which probably can only serve as a warning and eliminate a small group of enemy troops. If you encounter a large group of people suddenly, it will generally not last long.

Wanzi City is just a checkpoint built on the Yangchan Sakura Road. Judging from the narrow road, you can know how big the city can be. Even if Tian Yi is careful and always beware of the attack from Hebei, this small city can accommodate at most more than 100 people.

Liu Long sent 800 people over and felt that he was enough to win. Tonight he would rest in Wanzi City, soak his feet in hot water to relieve the hard work of climbing the mountain.

After taking down Wanzi City, Liu Long will sweep away many small passes behind him. The final destination is the majestic patio pass, which is his primary target of this attack.

Liu Long waited from noon until the sun set, but before the news of victory, he waited for the defeated soldiers who fled back. The captain Li Xiong returned with great defeat and lost more than 80 soldiers. When asked for details, he said that there were many soldiers in Wanzi City, with strong bows and crossbows and extremely strict defenses, so he could not get close to them.

Liu Long was furious. If it weren't for the day, he would have wanted to lead troops to attack the city immediately.

After a night of hard work in the mountains, Liu Long personally led his troops to the bottom of Wanzi City.

The Wanzi City is built on a cliff, it is not large in scale. It is made of bluestone and looks like a round bowl, so it is called "Wanzi City". There is an arched gap in the middle of this round bowl, which is spread on the sakura road. If you want to pass through this road, you must crawl through the middle of the bowl.

Now the small city is full of people, and there are soldiers standing in front of the city holding crossbows, completely looking like they were preparing for war in an emergency. It seemed as if they had known they were going to attack the city and were waiting in the city early.

On this narrow mountain road, even if there are thousands of troops, they cannot be deployed, and the advantage of their troops cannot be exerted. Although Liu Long led a large army of 30,000, it is useless here.

Fortunately, there is a famous "Jizhou Power Crossbow" in Liu Long's army.

Jizhou strong crossbow was a powerful crossbow unit established by the Han Dynasty. Like the Youzhou Tuqi, it was always an elite soldier in the world. If there were any troubles in all directions, it would have been taken to the two states.

Speaking of which, Liu Xiu started from the two prefectures of Youji, and was able to sweep Kanto, it was not accidental. The soldiers of Youji each had their own characteristics. The common point was that they were strong and good at fighting. As long as they were unified under one banner, they could wipe out refugees from all directions.

This time, the attack on Taihang Mountain was mostly a battle of key attacks, and it was necessary to rely on the power of a powerful crossbow. Liu Xiu equipped Liu Long with 800 Jizhou strong crossbows. Don’t underestimate these 800 people. Ju Yi, later generations, once defeated more than 1000 cavalry of Gongsun Zan with 800 Jizhou strong crossbows, and buried the arrogant "white horse Yicong" into the dust of history.

It is already considered a slaughter to use the 800-strong crossbow to deal with such a small Guancheng.

With Liu Long's order, the powerful crossbows were fired at the same time, and a piece of Guancheng fell instantly. After a storm-like saturation attack, no one could be seen in Wanzi City.

Liu Long waved his hand with satisfaction, and the force crossbow stopped. Hundreds of short soldiers rushed up. As soon as they ran to the city city, they suddenly saw a head of people appearing on the city wall, and arrows were shot down and several shots. The city gate actually opened at this time. A team of soldiers came out and stood in a horizontal row, holding spears and halberds in their hands, and moved forward with the command.

On the narrow mountain road, the soldiers had nowhere to hide, and could only be forced to retreat, turn around and escape back in a panic.

When the crossbow attacks again, there will be no one on the top of the city. Once someone goes up to attack, the city gate will open wide, and soldiers will come out to drive away the killing and injury.

The soldiers in the city also suffered casualties. From the other side of the city, soldiers were constantly replenishing in, so that enough manpower was maintained in the city.

Liu Long had nothing but abandoned two hundred corpses from morning to night. He had just been dealt with because of the occupation of the land, and urgently needed military merit to save face and the emperor's holy family. However, such a small city of Wanzi stood upright and allowed him to attack without moving.

Not to mention attacking Tianjing Pass, if he continues to do so, he will not even see the appearance of Tianjing Pass. A small city of Wanzi is enough to resist him.

Liu Long attacked for several days, and suffered losses of his troops and generals, and could not break through the pass, so he was worried that he would be dealt with by the emperor.

A few days later, news came that General Jianwei, Geng Yan, who was attacking Jingxingkou, was blocked from Tumen Pass, and General Wang Ba, who was attacking Fangkou Pass, was defeated and returned.

Liu Long sighed relieved. It turned out that everyone was the same, and there were others who were worse than him. No one said to each other. Your Majesty would never deal with everyone. Especially Geng Yan, who has always been the favorite general of Emperor Jianwu, is an invincible god of war. Unexpectedly, he was also blocked this time.

Liu Xiu was shocked. This was a military operation he carefully planned. Several armies launched together. Suddenly, as long as one level was broken, a gap would be opened. Subsequent troops would pass through the Taihang Mountains and enter the Jianshihan area.

Unexpectedly, there was no place to achieve success.

How come Jianshihan Army made full preparations as if they had learned the news in advance? Is it that the people in Chang'an so powerful?

While Liu Xiu had no choice but to change the raid to a strong attack, he strengthened the clearance of the people in the intermediary.
Chapter completed!