Three Kingdoms

  Chapter 2868 Someone has an idea

  In the Prime Minister's Mansion, Cao Cao faced the sand table in Luoyang area alone, and remained silent for a long time.

  The new thing of the sand table is also learned from the Huqi place, Chang'an.

  If the hussars had tails, they would probably have been bald by now.

  After all, Lao Cao is not the only one who is pulling.

  『Luo Yang…』

   Lao Cao is actually very familiar with Luo Yang, but standing outside the sand table and looking down, it is another look.

  The great Han believes that Luoyang is the center of the world.

   In fact, for a long time, ordinary people think that geocentricity is right.

  In the land of Luoyang, there are three rivers converging, and there are also five mountains. Although the terrain is not as solid as Guanzhong, there are also dangers of mountains and rivers inside and outside, so that it can control the Central Plains and become the ancient capital of thousands of years.

  The so-called three rivers mean that the river is in the north, and the Yi and Luo rivers are in the south.

   It is precisely because the city is in the north of Luoshui, Fang called it Luoyang.

  Wuling is Songgao, Xionger, Funiu, Zhongtiao and Xiaoshan.

  In the land of Heluo, there were originally eight guards...

  Cao Cao's eyes are cruising on the sand table. When He Jin was a general, he once commanded the soldiers of the Fifth Battalion to settle in the capital pavilion, and set aside the captain of the Eight Passes. "Hangu...Mengjin..." Cao Cao whispered.

   This pass, once crossed, is the most important of Heluo.

  At this moment, Chenggao, that is, Hulao Pass, can no longer be an obstacle.

   When Dong Zhuo burned Luoyang and retreated, Chenggao, like Xingyang, was destroyed in the flames of war.

  Sun Jian once stationed in Xingyang for a period of time. Xingyang at that time was almost in ruins.

  Until the Yang family took over Luoyang later, they did not have the intention to rebuild Chenggao and Xingyang. After all, repairing Luoyang City had already consumed most of the manpower and material resources of the Yang family.

   Therefore, in the Heluo area, although it is called the Eight Pass Guards, they are actually holes.

  Luoyang City is now under the hands of the Yang family, but this does not mean that the important location of Heluo also belongs to the Yang family, but part of it is in the hands of the hussars, and the other part is in the hands of Cao Cao.

   Those who can hinder Cao Jun's advance are Hangu and Mengjin.

  Qin Han Valley, Han Han Valley.

   They are all called Hangu, and they are all in Feiqian's hands.

  Qin Hangu can only be regarded as a military stronghold now. After all, after the Hangu Pass of the Qin Dynasty was abandoned, it also has no value for restoration. The focus is still on Hanhangu.

  It's just because Huqi has built Tongguan over the years, so he gradually relaxed a little bit about these Heluo passes.

   But it is still not easy to overcome.

  If you want to conquer Tongguan, you must first conquer Hangu, there is no doubt about it.

   If you want to conquer Hangu, you must first get through Mengjin.

  Otherwise, not only is it cumbersome to transfer grain and grass by land, but there is also the risk of being attacked from behind at any time.

  Cao Cao held his beard in his hands, and fell silent.

  Tai Shici was transferred to Guanzhong, preparing to march west with the hussars, so now the Heluo passes and river crossings are no longer guarded by heavy troops, and there are no generals stationed for defense, but it is still difficult to take them down in one go.

  The battle of siege and fortification is different from field battles. If there is no good plan, then the ants will have to attach themselves and take human lives to fill...

If the hussars were only in the land of Heluo, these lives might be worth giving up, but there are still Tongguan and Chang'an Sanfu behind. Unwilling and heartbroken.

  『Yang Shi...』 Cao Cao narrowed his eyes and spat out two words. There is a lot of dissatisfaction in the tone.

  What was the original plan? Cao Cao wanted to win over the Yang family and let the Yang family serve as a force for internal and external cooperation in the land of Heluo. It's just that Yang's young and old are cunning by nature, so they eat the bait unceremoniously, but if they really want to make them do things, they just push left and right slowly. With neither the ability to accomplish anything, nor the will to accomplish anything, it's a hindrance that the talent and skills are full, it's really abominable!

  According to relevant information, a lot of hussars' military equipment were deployed on Hangu Pass, not only ballistas, but also catapults. If you attack with flesh and blood...

  『Hiss...』 Cao Cao's hands trembled slightly, and he pulled out a beard. He had already foreseen the scene of blood and flesh flying everywhere, so he couldn't help feeling a little headache.

   If it is a few months later, there is no chance of easily conquering Hangu Pass, but now...

   This is not Cao Cao bragging, but Cao Cao has really been secretly planning for a long time.

  Because of the passage of water and soil, Hangu Pass in Han Dynasty is no longer as steep and difficult to attack as Hangu Pass in Qin Dynasty.

  Especially in the north of the Hanhangu Pass, the chrysanthemums that should have been perfectly connected to the river have also changed from being seamless to a little loose. Anyway, it was originally a very standard pass, but now there is an extra tidal flat on the side of the river bank below the pass.

   It's like an extra hemorrhoid outside the chrysanthemum.

   When constipation, um, wrong, during the dry season, it gradually becomes prominent and prominent...

Cao Cao's original plan was that if he really wanted to attack Hangu Pass as a last resort, then during the dry season, on the one hand, he would use soldiers to contain the front of Hangu Pass, and then send Hanoi soldiers and horses to attack Mengjin. , secretly flew a foot, directly through the hemorrhoids, directly to the rear of Hangu, and beat the chrysanthemum of Hangu Pass, which will inevitably cause a lot of blood loss, and the pass can be overcome by spinning!

  Referred to as the Dak Enemy Barrier Project.

   But the problem is that it's summer now...

   If we really have to wait for the dry season, it will take another five or six months.

  Five or six months, whether it is long or short.

  If the hussars are unable to attack the Western Regions for a long time, then naturally they can wait. But if the hussars go to the Western Regions, they will win consecutive battles and the Western Regions will recover quickly. If we wait another five or six months to pass here, then everything will be really cold.

   Wait?

   Don't you wait?

  It's so difficult...

  …╭(╯^╰)╮…

   Le Jin and Xia Houyuan had a tacit understanding of each other in Hanoi. They have one characteristic in common, that is, they don't like to have drinks and high parties when they have a little free time like other generals, and some even coerce prostitutes to sing and dance...

   Le Jin is not high, and Xia Houyuan is not handsome.

  In addition, the most important thing is that both Xia Houyuan and Le Jin are not well-educated, and when they go to some cultural conferences, they are often reduced to supporting roles for other talents.

   Those talents in Jizhou and Yuzhou grow tall.

   is handsome again.

  In addition, I can recite some poems and songs in a fit of anger...

  In addition to the fragrance, there is also the smell of rouge and gouache. It is really impossible for Le Jin and Xia Houyuan to urinate together.

  Anyway, these two people really don’t have any interest in kabuki, don’t they have people who don’t spend money at home, and spend money to go outside to see the faces of those divas and make those actors happy.

  So Xia Houyuan and Le Jin both put their main energy on the military.

   Men, what matters is iron and blood.

   I don’t know when those Jizhou and Yuzhou gentry children started to make a mistake again, thinking that it would be more coquettish to put on makeup and compete with women?

   Neither Le Jin nor Xia Houyuan could understand, so they simply refused to understand.

  The two of them, under the **** of dozens of elite cavalry, pretended to be sentry cavalry to survey the surrounding terrain of Heluo.

  Because both of them knew very well that the maps of this year and month are unreliable.

  Especially the official Shandong map, that’s just…

   It's hard to say.

  According to the theory, the official media... Bah, it is an official map, and it should be very instructive. At least the generals on the front line must be able to understand how to fight, how to set up camp, etc., and accurately describe the actual terrain.

  It's a pity that these people who draw official maps only want to draw what the higher-ups need, or what they think the generals need.

  Every time Xia Houyuan and Le Jin saw these official maps, they wanted to greet the officials who made these official maps, from their female elders to their female juniors. The main reason is that Le Jin and Xia Houyuan are not good at masculinity, otherwise they would have to greet the male relatives of these officials again.

  A major military event!

  How could it be such a child's play?

Even scouts who lived and grew up in a certain place can hardly describe the terrain accurately. In many places, the generals have to go there to see with their own eyes and measure with their feet. How can they use a one-foot map to draw and cut at will ?

  So when it was heard that the hussars were about to march into the Western Regions to meet Guishuang, Xia Houyuan and Le Jin went to the Dahe together, looking at Mengjin not far away, and Hangu Pass far away across the river.

  『If the Yang family of Heluo refuses to surrender, they have no choice but to attack by force. Le Jin said, "This Yang family... Forget it, we only need to take care of the military... This Hangu Mengjin defender, although not a talented man, is also a veteran general. Now he is fighting against mountains and rivers. It is easy to defend and difficult to attack... 』

   Le Jin is more worried. If the two barriers cannot be broken through quickly, then the blitzkrieg may turn into a long-term confrontation, which is not a good thing for both parties. Although Cao Cao has more manpower on this side, the hussars also have more horses. If the hussars can really quickly pacify the Western Regions and come back again, this is quite unfavorable for Shandong. .

  Xia Houyuan nodded to express his approval, and then he was also thinking about the strategy.

  Both of them felt that this was an opportunity.

  If you have a chance, you will fight.

  Besides, both of them happened to have suffered in front of the Hussars, and they both felt resentment in their hearts.

   "If you can lure his troops out..." Xia Houyuan said, "It will be easy to break it. Does Wen Qian have a clever plan? 』

   "It's a pity to hear that this man is not a brave and unscrupulous general..." Le Jin shook his head and said, "Otherwise, we can design to lure him. Even if it is shown by a weak soldier, most of them will not be able to guard it strictly, so there is nothing to do. 』

  The guard responsible for defending Hangu and Mengjin is Zhu Ling.

  Seduction, of course, it is called seduction only if it can be lured out, otherwise if the other party does not move, no matter how much you try to seduce, it will have no effect.

  Zhu Ling is not the kind of reckless and greedy person, so most of the seduction strategies are not easy to use.

  Xia Houyuan nodded and said: "If so, then we can only pull around and look for opportunities to defeat the enemy." Hangu, Mengjin are separated from each other, and one army attacks Hangu and the other attacks Mengjin, so that the head and tail cannot be taken care of, and it can be broken. 』

  Mengjin is the dividing point of the middle and lower reaches of the river.

  The middle reaches of the Yellow River are turbulent. After flowing and scouring since ancient times, the river cuts fiercely into the plateau like a sharp sword, resulting in high and steep banks with few crossing places. Below Mengjin, the water of the Yellow River finally flows into the North China Plain, the flow gradually slows down, and the banks on both sides are relatively low, which formed a series of famous Jindu.

  Beside Mengjin, there is another ferry called Xiaopingjin.

  Xiaopingjin is located east of Mengjin, and together with Mengjin, became the northern pass to defend Luoyang, but because it is not as convenient as Mengjin, and the terrain is not as dangerous as Mengjin, it is far less important than Mengjin.

  The terrain near Mengjin is high in the west and low in the east, with gentle north and south. The central uplift and the west are the remaining veins of Beiman Mountain, which is quite steep. The military villages of both sides are set up on it, facing each other across the river.

  The south bank of Xiaopingjin is flat, which is not conducive to defense. The old barriers are also abandoned. But Mengjin is different. There are permanent soldiers guarding the military stronghold. If you can't get through, don't even think about connecting Heluo from Hanoi.

  Xia Houyuan looked at the terrain, and suddenly his eyes lit up, "If someone left the flag here, actually led the cavalry to Xiaopingjin to cross the river, and then made a surprise attack... under two pincers, Mengjin will definitely be able to break it!" 』

   Le Jin clapped his hands, "Good! This is a clever plan! 』

  The two suddenly burst into laughter.

   But after laughing for a while, the two fell silent again.

   Mengjin is easy to attack, but Hangu is difficult to attack.

  If the guard of Hangu Pass goes out to rescue Meng Jin, there is a real possibility that Xia Houyuan's attack will block his way back, and he will be defeated by the left and right attacks...

   But what if the guard doesn't come out?

   Le Jin stared.

  Xia Houyuan also stared.

   A moment later, the two sighed in unison, and looked side by side at the distant mountains, in the direction of Hangu.

  …(`dish)(`dish)…

  Almost everyone knows that Hangu is not easy to fight, so in Changan Sanfu, there is not much worry about the threat of Cao Jun.

   Cao Jun really wants to fight, how hard is it?

  First you have to cross Heluo, then you have to go to Mengjin, you have to go to Hangu, you have to go to Tongguan, and then you can enter Chang'an...

   Therefore, the mentality of the people in Chang'an is relatively stable.

  For the people of Sanfu in Chang'an, the war seems to be far away, and the food, drink and laxity of life are the closest.

  But there are also some things that affect the people of Changan Sanfu.

   For example, there is a long queue at the point of recruiting soldiers. Everyone in the queue has hope on their faces...

  For another example, there is also a recruiting office in the mansion of the Great Han Hushi General.

   But this recruitment office is aimed at officials.

   Chi Ganping, oh, my name is Xue Ping now, and I am a little troubled now.

  The Hussar General's Mansion issued an official document to internally recruit officials who were willing to go to the Western Regions with the army and support the construction of the Western Regions.

  Officials who go to the Western Regions, in principle, will be appointed with one or two levels, and in some places, three levels will be added, but the term of office is required to be at least two terms, that is, six years, and those with three levels need three terms.

  To be honest, Xue Ping was a little moved.

Although it is said that the land of Guanzhong was caused by Lu Bu's rebellion, others said that it was invaded by Guishuang, and there were even rumors that the states of the Western Regions jointly rebelled, etc., but one thing is certain, that is, there was chaos in the Western Regions. , There may be many reasons for the chaos, but it may also be that the reasons are not the rumors on the surface.

   Hussars are preparing to march west, which means that the situation is a little bad, but it is not too bad.

   At least in Xue Ping's understanding.

   After all, if the Western Regions are really bad, then blocking the enemy at Yumen Pass and Longxi would be the best choice. No one can take Yumen Pass without risk or damage. The Qiang people in Longyou are basically pacified, so if the Hu people attack Yumen Pass, the long supply line, that is, the grain road, will become a fatal weakness.

  You must know that it is easy to supply Yumenguan from Longyou, but the food roads for the Hu army in the Western Regions are very long. So if the hussars just want to defend, the difficulty is not high, but now that they are going to conquer the Western Regions, it shows that the hussars do not want to give up the Western Regions, and they are unwilling to stop at Yumen Pass.

From another perspective, if you want to fight the Guishuang Hu army in the Western Regions, sword against sword, gun against gun, and win or lose, you must focus on cavalry. If you just want to defend, then for the city As for the guard, it is natural that the infantry is the most important thing. But now the hussars gather mainly cavalry, not infantry, so it can generally prove the hussars' confidence in the Western Regions.

  If Guishuang’s main force can be defeated in the Western Regions, then not only can the various parts of the Western Regions be successfully recovered, but also the states of the Western Regions can be directly pacified, and all the scattered powers of the Western Regions can be taken into their arms. Of course, if you can't break Guishuang's main force, then even if you win the Western Regions, it doesn't make much sense, just like Lu Bu defeated Guishuang's garrison in the Western Regions before, but Guishuang still made a comeback.

  So, after defeating Guishuang Hu Jun, the entire Western Regions will be revitalized.

   After revitalization, it will naturally require a large number of Han officials to quickly infiltrate into various states, and then completely turn the originally scattered states of the Western Regions into Han counties. Those kings and princes of the Western Regions, or Kun Mikun, this Kun and that, at most, they all became local tyrants, and then they were gradually banned and withered away.

  It’s like Xue Ping’s previous tribe...

  Xue Ping felt that the tribes he belonged to had actually died out earlier.

  Xue Ping really doesn’t miss the so-called tribal life at all.

   Those who like the model of the old tribe must be the "nobles" of the old tribe.

  Like Xue Ping, who lost his title of nobleman early on, and needs to work hard for food and clothing. Instead, the model of the Han family, or the model promoted by the hussars in Guanzhong is better. Otherwise, Xue Ping would have no chance to become an official at all. He would have to herd sheep for the nobles in the tribe until he died. .

  Maybe some people like being minions very much.

   It’s just that Xue Ping doesn’t like it, he doesn’t like it at all, so he thinks he can use his personal experience to drive more Hu people from Western Region states who don’t want to be slaves of tribal nobles…

  So, after Xue Ping was busy with the matters in his hand, before leaving get off work, he abducted to the recruitment office of officials from the Western Regions, and wrote his name on the roster.

  He is going to the Western Regions with the hussars.

  When the pen falls, the mind is settled.

  At the beginning, my hands were still shaking a little, but by the time I wrote the last stroke, the pen was sharp, and the center was straight.

  (end of this chapter)