During the Three Kingdoms period, everyone's attention was focused on the battle of wits and courage between Wei, Shu, and Wu, and often ignored some marginalized people and things, in fact, their strength could not be ignored. For example, Cao Wei's Tian Yu and Zhang Jie, who once made outstanding contributions to maintaining the stability of the frontier, their stories are also very brilliant and should not be forgotten. Let's tell the story of Zhang Pingding Liangzhou, and things have to start from 220 years.
Location in Liangzhou
In this year, Cao Cao died of illness, Cao Pi came to power, and he immediately restored the Liangzhou Assassination History Department after he came to power, so the question is, where did the previous Liangzhou go? That was because in 213, Cao Cao restored ancient Jiuzhou and removed Liangzhou from yongzhou. That is to say, from the east of the western region to the Sanfu region, which stretches for more than 3,000 miles, belongs to Yongzhou, and the state capital is located in Chang'an.
After Cao Pi restored Liangzhou, he appointed Zou Qi as the Assassin of Liangzhou, with the capital at Wuwei. Zou Qi had not yet arrived, but Liangzhou Haoqiang and Hu people were very unhappy.
This is to say that the former Emperor of Heaven was far away, and few people cared what they did, and they were relatively free. Now that the imperial court had arranged for a feudal governor to administer Liangzhou, the powerful and Hu people thought that their good days were over, so they embarked on the road of rebellion. For a time, Wuwei County, Zhangye County, Jiuquan County, and Xiping County fell one after another, and Liangzhou fell into a storm.
Of course, before Zou Qi arrived, Liangzhou still belonged to Yongzhou's territory. At this time, the Yongzhou Assassin was Zhang Jie, who did not sit idly by and immediately led his army to Liangzhou. Because Chang'an was far from the Hexi Corridor, Zhang Could not catch up for a while and a half, and the situation was precarious.
At this time, The Qiang Lieutenant Su stepped forward and led his troops to quickly quell the rebellion. Why is Sue so powerful? That's because Zhang is on the way to march, which is equivalent to a powerful support regiment, and Gives Su a role in strengthening the momentum. Therefore, Su was full of courage and decisiveness to send troops. Because of this, Cao Pi made Zhang the Marquis of Duxiang.
If Zhang Has put on an attitude of not caring about himself and hanging high, then Su may not be able to quell the rebellion, but will make the situation in Liangzhou more complicated. In fact, Zhang also had reasons to refuse, it was a rebellion in Liangzhou, and what did it have to do with Yongzhou? From this incident, it can be seen that Zhang has both blood and a sense of family and country.
Zou Qi, as mentioned earlier, happily became the Assassin of Liangzhou. But this Zou Qi was too mediocre to stop Liangzhou at all, and only a year later, the Hu people came out to do things again. This time, no small feat, there were more than 7,000 light cavalry troops.
The enemy was very strong, Cao Pi was very worried, so he recalled Zou Qi and made Zhang Both the Assassin of Liangzhou. Zhang was in danger of being ordered, and the military situation could not be delayed for a moment, and before the assembly was completed, he immediately led the vanguard of more than 1,000 cavalry to take the lead. He also ordered the defender Xiahou Ru and the general Fei Yao to gather their troops before setting out.
Come to see this Hu leader, his brain is very bright, at the Duyin Ferry that Zhang Jie must pass through, he laid down all his belongings of more than 7,000 cavalry, in order to prepare to block Zhang Jie and catch him off guard. The Hu people's strategy is indeed powerful, but if you want to successfully block Zhang Jie, there are prerequisites, and you have to be sure that Zhang Jie will definitely pass through the Guyin Ferry. In present-day Jingyuan County, Baiyin City, Gansu, it was an important Yellow River ferry port in ancient times.
Looking at Zhang Jie's side again, he rushed all the way to Jincheng (present-day Lanzhou) and prepared to cross the Yellow River from here. Zhang Jie's generals complained and raised objections, unanimously believing that if the soldiers were few and dangerous, it was not to find death if they went deep into the enemy's hinterland!
In fact, the general's objection is very reasonable, if you march from Jincheng to Wuwei (Liangzhou Prefecture Capital), you must cross the narrow Wuzi Ridge, if the Hu people set up an ambush there, it is a meat bun to beat the dog and never return!
The red line is the only way to cross the Wusheling Ridge
Zhang Jie came out to comfort everyone and said: "Although the road ahead is steep, it is not as narrow as Jingxing, and these rabble-rousers do not understand the art of war, so how can they have the same schemes as Li Zuoche?" Now Wuwei City is in danger, and we should get there quickly." After saying this, Zhang Jie categorically ordered the crossing of the river.
In Zhang Jie's heart, why not be worried! He also didn't know where the Hu people would fight the ambush, so instead of guessing like this, it was better to find a way to mobilize the Hu people. Zhang Jie had a clever move, thinking of a plan to move the tiger away from the mountain, and threatened to cross the Yellow River from the mouth of the Quail Yin. Then he led the army through the WusheLing Mountains, captured the empty City of Wuwei, and directly inserted himself into the rear of the Hu people, and came a "Ming Crossing Quail Yin, Secretly Capturing Wuwei".
Even if there was no plan to move the tiger away from the mountain, the Hu people would have already waited in a strict formation in the Tuoyin Crossing. This also heard that Zhang Jie crossed the Yellow River from the mouth of the Guyin, and his heart was beautiful, so he ordered everyone to tighten their nerves and wait to block the tired Zhang Jiejun. But the left can't wait for the right can't wait, and the Hu people are very depressed. Suddenly, news came that Zhang had occupied Wuwei City, and the Hu people were all stunned, thinking that they had encountered the immortals.
It is important to note that Zhang jie obviously knows more about geography than the Hu people. In fact, from Chang'an to Hexi Corridor, there are mainly two routes. Take the Xiaoguan Road to Gaoping (present-day Guyuan, Gansu), turn west through the Luyin Ferry, cross the Yellow River and continue westward to Wuwei.
The other crossed the Longshan Mountains to Tianshui, then went north through Jincheng, and then through wusheling to Wuwei.
If the Hu people knew a little bit of geographical knowledge, they would not just stick to the Quail Yin Ferry, and it was estimated that they would send them all the way to guard the Wu Sheath Ridge. This may overestimate the Hu people, and besides, where do they have the strength to divide the soldiers into two roads?
Zhang did not take the Duyin ferry, and the Hu people failed to resist the attack, so they had to order the withdrawal of their troops back to Xianmei County. Xianmei County is today's Wuwei Yongchang County, about 100 miles west of Wuwei City, and the enemy and we are facing each other in two places.
Soon, the general Fei Yao led more than 3,000 infantry to Wuwei City, and there were only four or five thousand soldiers and horses in one place. The Hu people have more than 10,000 soldiers and horses there, of which there are more than 7,000 light cavalry, which can be said to be a huge disparity in strength between the enemy and us.
As the saying goes, when the narrow road meets the brave, the brave win, and Zhang neither wants to wait for a moment, he finishes rewarding his subordinates and prepares to attack the Hu people. At this time, the generals came out against Zhang Jie and said: "Our soldiers are tired, the enemy still has a sharp spirit, and cannot fight with them. ”
Zhang Jie said: "If the enemy finds that our army is gathered, he will definitely be frightened and hide in the mountains to fight guerrillas." When the time comes to chase again, the mountain road is steep and rugged, the soldiers are tired and hungry, it is difficult to win, and if they retreat, they will be surrounded by the enemy. In this way, the soldiers will never be able to rest, and once they let go of the enemy, they will endanger the enemy for generations, so please do not say more." So Zhang Jie ordered to advance into Xianmei County and camp outside the city.
Soon after the Wei army set up camp, it encountered thousands of Hu cavalry and began to confront them. At this time, Tiangong was not beautiful, and a great northwest wind blew up, roaring towards the Wei army camp. If at this time the Hu people burned the Wei army camp, it would be finished! At the thought of this, the Wei generals inevitably inhaled a cool breath and felt very frightened. The Wei army had reached the most dangerous moment, and if he did not move, he might see the King of Yan.
In the night, Zhang Jie began the combat operation, personally ambushing more than 3,000 elite soldiers and waiting for the big fish to be hooked. Let the army cheng gongying as bait, lead more than 1,000 cavalry to challenge the Hu people, pretend to be defeated.
The Hu leaders saw that the Wei army was just like this, weak and vulnerable, so they scrambled to catch up, and the big fish was hooked. When the Hu people entered the ambush circle of the Wei army, they regretted it! At this time, the Wei army ambushed the soldiers shouted out of the sky, cut off the enemy's team, and attacked their ends and ends, so the enemies were chaotic, and the Result was a complete victory for the Wei army, killing and capturing more than 10,000 enemy troops.
Some people can't help but ask, is the scale of this beautiful battle a little smaller? A few thousand to 10,000 only, blown into the sky! A campaign of this scale, if compared with the war between Wei Shu and Wu, is obviously a little smaller in scale. But this is in the sparsely populated Liangzhou, the Hu tribe can come up with more than 7,000 cavalry is already his limit, you must know that these 7,000 cavalry in the Central Plains battlefield is also a considerable scale. It can be said that this battle has seriously injured the Hu people in Liangzhou, and they can no longer set off any storms.
Zhang was one of the marginalized figures of the Three Kingdoms period, and there were many more like this, who also made outstanding contributions to the country. On the surface, Zhang defeated the Hu people in Liangzhou to be happy, and the spirit of Shang Wu jumped out. But the biggest significance is to threaten the border, maintain the security of the Hexi Corridor, and make the Silk Road unimpeded.