Juyongguan connects the Taihang Mountains and the Yanshan Mountains. The terrain is dangerous and the strategic significance is very important.

When the northern border suffered a war in the early Eastern Han Dynasty, the Han government migrated the residents of Shanggu County and Dai County to Juyong Guandong to avoid disaster.

Guo Peng led his army toward Juyongguan. At the same time, he quickly reported to the prefect of Shanggu Gao Yan, and asked him to immediately send county soldiers to seize Juyongguan to set up defenses to prevent the rebels from breaking Juyongguan and slaughtering Shanggu County.

Gao Yan, the prefect of Shanggu, received the emergency from the clan's clan a few days ago. In a shock, he immediately recruited 500 county soldiers to seize Juyong Pass for defense, and then recruited military soldiers on the spot.

In a few days, Gao Yanqiang recruited a thousand county soldiers to prepare for defense. When he felt that there were few soldiers and horses, he asked Guo Peng for help. Guo Peng warned him that the fast horse that seized Juyong Pass was also here. Gao Yan was very calm and immediately mobilized all the resources in his hands to prepare to guard the pass.

From Juyong Pass to Ji County, an extremely fragile line of defense was formed for the Han army. For the rebels, taking Juyong Pass could not only curb Guo Peng's journey south to join the clan members, but also completely eliminate the cavalry of Guo Peng's troops.

They believe that the most combative force in Youzhou is the Wuwan Camp under Guo Peng.

So the rebels advanced in two groups, while the Han army resisted under the leadership of Zongzi and Guo Peng, and a war was about to break out.

The Han army had a great disadvantage from the beginning in this battle.

Zhang Ju and Zhang Chun opened the arsenals in various places and gave the weapons and equipment of the Han army to the Wuyan cavalry. Not only that, he also gave armor, bows and crossbows and siege equipment.

Therefore, the Wuwan cavalry not only had the power to operate, but also had the ability to attack the city. They broke through several cities that were not prepared in time, and received more military supplies. Their strength increased greatly. Only then did they dare to attack Juyongguan and drove directly to Shanggu County to find trouble for Guo Peng.

Zhang Chun led an absolute superior force of more than 50,000 troops to attack Jixian County, shocking the more than 10,000 people who were hurrying to prepare for the clan.

Before his troops arrived in Jixian to attack, deserters appeared in the prefectures and counties under the clan commander and fled towards Zhuo County and Jizhou. Fortunately, the cavalry led by Uncle arrived in time and stabilized the situation.

Qiu Liju and Zhang Ju also met. The two sides held an alliance and signed an alliance treaty. With Fei Ru as the base, the reputation was even greater.

Seeing that the situation was getting better, Zhang Ju's initial panic disappeared invisibly, and was full of complacent and immediately began to prepare for the throne to become the emperor.

He decided to be the emperor himself, and appointed Zhang Chun as the great general of Mitian, King Anding, and formally broke with the Han court to confront him.

It was the first day of May of the fourth year of Zhongping.

It was on this day that Guo Peng led 10,000 troops to Juyang County and met Gao Yan, the prefect of Shanggu.

Seeing that Guo Peng led his troops to support him, Gao Yan breathed a sigh of relief and immediately handed over the military command. He returned to Juyang County to mobilize materials for Guo Peng to ensure logistics.

Guo Peng took over the command of more than 1,500 county soldiers and took the lead in Juyongguan to inspect defense. He also observed the terrain around Juyongguan and determined that this battle would be dominated by infantry confrontation. The Wuwan people would definitely push the siege equipment to dismount in the battlefield to fight Juyongguan.

On the second day of the fifth month, the pioneer of Wuhuan arrived more than ten miles east of Juyongguan, and advanced several miles, choosing to camp at a place five miles away from Juyongguan.

Immediately afterwards, a large number of Wuhuan people arrived. As Guo Peng guessed, they pushed the siege equipment, held the weapons of the Han army, and wore the armor of the Han army, completely like a fierce Han army.

"The Wuhuan people took our great man's weapons and came to attack Juyongguan. The opponent has many people and few people. They must think they have the advantage, but we have the advantage of Juyongguan, so we can first defeat the enemy's spirit and then wait for an opportunity to counterattack."

Guo Peng summoned all the generals to discuss tactical strategies and strategies. He first decided to defend the city and observe how strong the combat power of this Wuhuan man was, and then looked for opportunities to defeat the enemy in one fell swoop.

Guo Peng was not prepared for the early rebellion of the Wuwan people without any preparation. He also made a lot of preparations, such as preparing a lot of thunder.

The last time he used the thunder to defeat the enemy, he found that the thunder to the sky was indeed very useful and was more efficient in dealing with the uncivilized Hu people. The so-called "If you want to do a good job, you must first sharpen your tools, and the same is true for marching and fighting.

The development and use of new weapons will always be something that a country and nation must do.

It's a pity that he can only do this now.

On the evening of the second day of May, Wuyan led the main force of the rebels to the camp and began to rest.

Early in the morning of the third day of the fifth month, Wuyan ordered the rebels to prepare for war. He wore the Han army's armor and the Han army's weapons and began to attack Juyongguan by the Han army's method.

Wu Yan was confident than ever before. When he learned that Guo Peng led his army to guard Juyongguan, he felt that he could definitely defeat Guo Peng, who was extremely shocked at Juyongguan, kill him, and completely eliminate his threat.

Although he was very awe of ordinary Wuhuan people, Guo Peng was also an extremely terrifying deterrent to these Wuhuan people.

The Han people's Huwuwan Captain was so powerful that it was not a good thing for the high-level nobles of Wuwan.

Guo Peng ordered the army to take turns to defend the city and exercise combat effectiveness.

The first group of people who went up to defend the city were Cao Ren and Cao Hong, the second wave was Xiahou Yuan and Xiahou Dun, the third wave was Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, and the fourth wave was himself, who brought Guo Lie and Zhao Yun.

The bows and arrows shot each other, and the wooden and stones were rolling, and Cao Ren and Cao Hong commanded the army and the rebels to launch a fierce offensive and defensive battle on the city of Guancheng.

There were also Han officers in the rebels who wanted to set up a Tucheng outside the city to suppress the Han army. Cao Hong immediately went down to the city to rectify the troops and fight out of the city, destroying several Tuchengs of the rebels, and thwarting their aura.

The rebels increased their troops several times, and Guo Peng also replaced them to defend the city several times, maintaining the strong combat power and physical strength of the army, which made Wuyan unable to gain any advantage for two consecutive days, and even the city walls of Guancheng could not be approached, but instead suffered more than 2,000 soldiers and generals.

At this time, east of Juyongguan and Jixian, the rebels were rampant wildly, sweeping across several counties in Yuyang, Youbeiping, and Liaodong and western Liaoning.

Because they did not have time to prepare in advance, the Han army either lost or surrendered wherever they went. Zhang Ju and Qiu Liju plundered the troops, causing huge harm to the people of Youzhou.

Guo Peng and Zongzi fought to curb the rebel army's further westward and southward to Bingzhou and Jizhou and Qingzhou further southward.

Not long after, Guo Peng and the clan learned that Zhang Ju claimed to be the emperor, announced his breakup with the Han court, and demanded that Emperor Ling abdicate and give way to the wise.

The clan was shocked and immediately informed the court of the matter and asked the court to send troops to rescue him immediately.

Guo Peng sneered secretly, thinking that the more people there are, the better. The more people there are, the more they can attack the prestige of the Han Dynasty. The weaker the prestige of the Han Dynasty, the more people there will be dissatisfaction in the world.

The first ones who raised flags to make trouble in trouble in troubled times were all to make the way for the real dragon, and the first ones who made trouble often failed. So later Zhu Yuanzhang adopted the strategic idea of ​​"building high walls, accumulating grain, and slowing down the king."
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