The bottle-shaped village is named after the surrounding terrain, which is like a bottle. Hengshan Mountain is as high as a screen. Wutai Mountain stands majestically in the south, with an altitude of more than 1,500 meters. There is only a narrow, graben-like lowland between the two mountains. The Pingxing Ridge where Pingxingzhai is located is the raised part of this belt-shaped lowland. The situation is extremely dangerous. The ancient road leading from northwest Shanxi to Youzhou is Passing through the city from Pingxingzhai, it has been an important border town since the early Han Dynasty. During the Yellow Turban Rebellion, Pingxingzhai fell under the control of Agulu, the king of the Wuheng tribe, but Agulu Gu Lu didn't attach much importance to this fort, and only regarded it as a tax collection gate. Not to mention repairing the dilapidated gate wall, he didn't even send many guards. The root cause was that the world was in chaos. Trade between states has been basically cut off, and business travel is pitifully sparse. Without receiving much tax, Agulu will naturally not care about the gains and losses of Pingxingzhai.
It is undoubtedly an extremely sad thing for the important border town to end up with a low tax rate. This situation actually lasted for more than ten years, first when Gongsun Ming suddenly rose to power in Youzhou and started smuggling salt to the surrounding areas. , the importance of Pingxiang Village was immediately highlighted again. In order to ensure his own interests, Agulu not only reinforced the city, but also mobilized a large number of soldiers and horses from the tribe to guard the village. Unfortunately, his efforts failed. Obtained rewards - the adjacent Southern Xiongnu Khanate also took aim at the astonishing benefits of salt smuggling. Huchuquan Shanyu sent his right virtuous king Li Tingdun to lead an army of 20,000 to launch a sudden attack, defeating the Wuheng tribe who were guarding the gate. The army brought Pingxingzhai under the control of the Southern Xiongnu Khan Court. There were three thousand soldiers and horses stationed in the village all year round, and Ru Aqi, the commander of ten thousand men, was stationed in the village and was responsible for the salt trade with Youzhou. , the annual profits amount to hundreds of thousands of dollars.
It is not surprising that a small military stronghold could achieve such a huge profit. To ensure safety, Lu Aqi did not dare to take it lightly when it came to defense. Not only was it heavily guarded day and night, but the door was also closed. Since it has been closed all year round, it will only be opened when the Zheng family caravan from the direction of Youzhou arrives. As for other people waiting, let alone clearing the customs, if they dare to approach the direction of Guancheng, they will definitely be killed.
"Woo, woo, woo..."
On the fifth day of July, at three o'clock in the morning, a burst of horn sounds suddenly sounded from the wall of Pingxingzhai. However, the defenders not only did not panic, but were excited and excited. What was flying in the large convoy of horses and carriages was clearly the flag of the Zheng family business. Even though the arrival of the Zheng family caravan was a few days earlier than the scheduled delivery date, the Huns soldiers did not care at all. All this is because the Zheng family caravan has always been generous. Every time it delivers the goods, it always rewards the guarding officers. It’s just money. It doesn’t matter if you have it or not. But the wine that the Zheng family caravan gives away every time is not. It is the favorite of the guards who are extremely reluctant to part with it. They have nowhere to buy it. They can only taste it once every two months. How can this alcoholic prairie man not be extremely excited?
"Open the door!"
Not only the soldiers below were extremely excited, but Lu Aqi was also beaming with joy. He raised his hand and shouted loudly. After the soldiers below him agreed in a loud voice, he quickly pushed the closed door open. Come on.
"Hoo ho, ho ho..."
The door had just been opened, and before Ruachi could lead the crowd to greet the Zheng family's caravan, a burst of smoke and dust suddenly rose in the valley road in the distance, and a loud whistling sound arose. The clan's cavalry army has come rushing in.
"Don't worry about the goods. Evacuate. Evacuate quickly."
Seeing something strange happening behind them, everyone in the Zheng family's caravan was obviously frightened. No one dared to turn around to fight, so they all dropped their horses and horses and fled towards Guancheng in a panic.
"Damn Wu Heng dog thief, come here, blow the trumpet, the whole army will attack!"
There were not many Wu Heng cavalry, just over 1,200, but the charging speed was extremely fast. In an instant, they had arrived at the large number of abandoned carriages and horses of the Zheng family's caravan, but they did not pursue them. Instead of annihilating the Zheng family's caravan and others, they got off their horses in a chaotic manner, pushed the more than 300 carts and fled out of the valley. When he saw this, Ruachi became angry and roared. , rushed down Guancheng with a meteoric stride, and led his three thousand soldiers to rush towards Wu Heng's cavalry like thunder.
In the face of a large amount of goods, although the Wuheng cavalry army was small in strength, they were all cavalry, so they naturally refused to give in. When they saw the Guanzhong defenders charging towards them, they rushed forward without showing any weakness. , a hand-to-hand bloody battle began. The two sides fought hard to separate each other, but no one noticed that the more than three hundred members of the Zheng family's caravan took the opportunity to rush into Guancheng.
"Do it!"
The main force in the bottle-shaped stronghold had already followed Lu Aqi to attack, and there were only a few dozens of soldiers scattered around the gate and the top of the city. Even though they saw the Zheng family's caravan and others escaping, they didn't take it to heart. On the way, he didn’t have the slightest sense of vigilance, but he never thought that the Zheng family’s caravan and others had just rushed into Guancheng when they heard a loud roar, and all the caravans and others suddenly drew out their waist knives and spoke unceremoniously. Then all the soldiers guarding the door were chopped down to the ground.
The attack by the Zheng family's caravan and others was too sudden. In addition, the caravan and others were all elite men carefully selected by the Military Intelligence Bureau. The unprepared Southern Huns soldiers were unable to resist at all, and were quickly defeated. Everyone in the Zheng family's caravan was killed. As the door was closed tightly, Pingxiangzhai fell into the control of the Zheng family's caravan. At this time, they were fighting an inextricable battle with Wu Heng's cavalry. The divided Southern Huns soldiers did not realize that Guancheng had changed hands.
"Woo, woo, woo..."
Wu Heng's cavalry was not very powerful in combat. Even though they were all cavalry, they were killed by Ru Aqi's troops not long after the battle. When they saw that they were at the end of their strength, they heard a shrill scream. As the horn sounded violently, smoke and dust billowed in the valley to the east. Under a banner of iron and blood, Zhao Yun suddenly came with thousands of cavalry.
"Retreat, retreat quickly!"
Although he had not yet seen the true face of the incoming enemy, just by looking at the size of the smoke and dust, Lu Aqi knew that the incoming enemy was definitely beyond his own ability to withstand, and how could he dare to fight again? He roared and led his troops towards Guancheng. Ran away wildly.
"Open the city gate quickly!"
"Open the door, open the door quickly!"
As soon as the Southern Xiongnu army fled like this, Wu Heng's cavalry army, which had been killed in embarrassment before, immediately became energetic. They chased after them and killed the Southern Xiongnu Army with heavy casualties. It was pitiful for the defeated Southern Xiongnu troops. It was easy to escape back to Guancheng, but when they saw that the city gate had been closed, everyone's eyes suddenly turned red, and there was a loud roar...
