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- On the Tang Army¡¯s eastern battlefield, the greatest threat was not Tongguan, Tongzhou, or Lantian, but the inconspicuous Longmen Pass.
At the exit of the Yellow River Gorge where the northwest of Hejin City in Shanxi Province meets Hancheng City in Shaanxi Province in later generations, there is the famous Yellow River Dragon Gate. Legend has it that this is where Dayu controlled floods, so it is also called Yumen. What people call "carp jumping over the dragon's gate" refers to this place.
The Yellow River flows through this place, breaking through the mountains and flowing out, flowing thousands of miles eastward. There are cliffs on both sides of the bank, which go straight down for thousands of meters. The water waves are undulating like mountains and boiling. Only the "dragon" can cross them.
The land of Longmen, on the Shanxi side is Longmen County, on the Shaanxi side is Longmen Pass, and the mountains on both sides of the river are called Longmen Mountains.
The land of Longmen has been an important communication point between Shanxi and Shaanxi since ancient times, and it is a battleground for military strategists.
When Li Yuan went south, he was blocked by Qu Tutong's main force at Puban. He crossed the river from Longmen and entered Guanzhong.
Li Yuan naturally knew the importance of Longmen when he crossed the river from here. Therefore, after Dingding Guanzhong, he sent his cousin Li Shenfu to lead eight thousand elite troops to garrison here.
The Tang army has the natural danger of Longmen and is supported by Longmen Pass. With eight thousand elite troops, it can withstand an army of one hundred thousand.
Li Shenfu is the younger brother of Li Shentong, who has always been cautious. After Li Tang entered Guanzhong, he was granted the title of Duke of Anji County, and he was also a member of the Li family's important general. After he came to Longmen, he relied on Longmen Mountain, Longmen Pass and Hancheng County in the south to build a defense line in order to keep the Sui army east of the Yellow River.
After Huang Mingyuan made the decision to march to Guanzhong, he ordered Liu Yunfang, the general manager of Huwei Guard, to go west to Longmen and choose an opportunity to cross the river.
The first battle when the Sui army entered Guanzhong started at Longmen.
Liu Yunfang often lives in Hedong and knows the terrain of Longmen very well.
At Longmen Ferry, the water of the river spans dozens of feet. Moreover, the current season is the flood season, with rolling yellow waves and rapid water flow. You can't cross the river without a big boat.
This is not a problem for Liu Yunfang.
The Fen River flows into the Yellow River from Longmen County. For more than half a year, Liu Yunfang has been building ships in Longmen, building hundreds of large ships that can ferry tens of thousands of people at a time. An army of 30,000 can cross the river in one day.
Liu Yunfang is very confident that once the Hu Weiwei successfully crosses the river, the Tang army on the opposite side will be unstoppable.
But it is difficult to cross the river.
Although the Yellow River is very long, due to its characteristics, the water is fast, there are many whirlpools, and the river banks are silted. There are not many places suitable for large-scale crossings. 牺如 pddxsw.com 牺如
At these locations, Li Shenfu sent troops to defend on the spot, and built a large number of tidal flats and river bank positions to guard them day and night. On the river banks, crossbows and slings were widely deployed to act as barriers.
Li Shenfu built three camps behind the river bank, each with more than a thousand troops. Once Sui troops cross the river at any position, these troops will rush to the nearest place to support them.
With such a tight defense, if the Sui army forced a crossing, it would definitely cause huge casualties.
In fact, if Li Tang had not taken advantage of winter and crossed the river on ice, he might not have been able to enter Guanzhong so smoothly.
Of course, Liu Yunfang could also take a detour from the north, but whether it was western Shanxi or northern Shaanxi, transportation was inconvenient, and the transportation of materials was also extremely difficult. For the Sui army, which was interested in a quick battle, this was not a good idea.
So Liu Yunfang thought of a good idea.
Since the Tang army has fewer soldiers and the Sui army has more soldiers, the advantage of the Sui army should be maximized.
The defense deployed by the Tang army was very tight and had almost no flaws. But the more this happens, the more it causes a problem. If you want to do everything properly, your military strength will be spread thin. Li Shenfu had to defend not only Longmen Pass and Hancheng, but also various ferries. He also set up three support camps. Evenly divided, there were not many Tang troops at each ferry.
The Tang army had to defend all seven crossings, but as long as the Sui army successfully crossed the river at one point, the battle would be won.
So Liu Yunfang divided the more than 100 large ships into seven and arranged them on seven tidal flats for ferry crossings. Of these hundreds of large ships, only a few half were equipped with soldiers crossing the river, and they were all behind the fleet. The ships in front were equipped with slingshots, crossbows and other sharp weapons.
When the battle began, Liu Yunfang gave an order, and seven fleets launched an attack on the Tang army on the other side at the same time. Sure enough, the Tang army was on guard on the other side and immediately launched a counterattack.
The Sui army had seven fleets, each with more than a dozen large ships and more than a dozen small ships. These large ships equipped with trebuchets and crossbows, when they reached the other side of the river, they did not organize a landing, but just fought with each other. After fighting for half an hour, the ships retreated. Half an hour later, they returned again. They went back and forth like this two or three times, causing the Tang army on the other side toHe was embarrassed and confused.
In the afternoon, the Sui army launched another attack. This time, soldiers crossing the river from three ferries followed.
Li Shenfu, who heard the news at this time, was shocked and finally understood the Sui army's intentions. The Sui army repeatedly attacked the Tang army's positions without landing on the beach, which was a waste of their troops and forced him to divide his troops equally among various places. In this way, there are less than a thousand soldiers in each position.
After they divided the army equally, the Sui army took the opportunity to land on the beach.
Li Shenfu knew that he could no longer divide his troops too thinly, otherwise he would set up defenses everywhere and be unable to defend himself everywhere. So he transferred some soldiers from the other four ferries where Sui troops had not crossed the river to concentrate their forces to deal with the Sui troops' beach landing.
The Sui army on the other side was really desperate.
The big ship was loaded with a large number of trebuchets and crossbows for cover, and these Sui troops used small boats to land.
The Yellow River was covered with flying rocks and arrows, and many small boats trying to cross the river were hit or even sunk. However, these Sui troops moved forward desperately without taking a step back.
In order to meet the enemy, Li Shenfu even mobilized the garrison in Hancheng and Longmen Pass to meet the enemy.
The way to use troops is to show them with softness and meet them with hardness, show them with weakness and take advantage of them with strength, use She to respond to them with tension, show them to the east when they want to be west.
In the evening, at a ferry where there had been little fighting before, Liu Yunfang had already gathered five thousand elite troops and were preparing to cross the river.
This is the advantage of having sufficient troops. Liu Yunfang's military strength is four times that of Li Shenfu, so he can easily compete with Li Shenfu.
Half of the Tang army on the other side was mobilized, only three to four hundred men.
The Sui army gave an order, and more than 20 large ships and dozens of small boats launched an attack on the other side of the river.
Today, both sides fought for a day, and both suffered heavy casualties and were exhausted. However, the five thousand soldiers of the Sui Army had already recuperated their strength and were ready for attack.
So everyone quickly crossed the river.
There were too many ships of the Sui army and they were too big for the Tang army to stop them. The attack launched by the Sui army was so sudden that the Tang army could not even ask for help. Si minus 75 zw.com Si
In fact, Li Shenfu was unable to support him.
The Sui army had crossed the river at three places before, and Li Shenfu had to take care of the other four crossings, Hancheng and Longmen Pass. No matter how they were allocated, each place only had more than a thousand people, so how could he mobilize more troops here.
The high Sui-character banner advanced all the way and broke through the Tang army's tidal flat position. More and more Sui troops landed along the path opened by the forward troops and advanced forward. Mi He Mi
Li Shenfu is finished!
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