In the Prime Minister's Mansion, Cao Cao faced the sand table in Luoyang alone and said nothing for a long time.
The new thing in the sand table was also learned from the place where the cavalry was, and from Chang'an.
If the cavalry had a tail, they would probably have been snatched a little bit of hair now.
After all, it’s not just Lao Cao who is pulling it out.
『Luoyang…』
Lao Cao is actually very familiar with Luoyang, but standing outside the sand table and looking down, it looks different.
The Han Dynasty believed that Luoyang was the center of the world.
In fact, it is just like for a long time that ordinary people think that geocentric studies are the right one.
In Luoyang, there are three rivers gathering and five ridges joining each other. Although the terrain is not as thick as Guanzhong, it also has the dangers of mountains and rivers on the outside, so that it can control the Central Plains and become the ancient capital for thousands of years.
The so-called Three Rivers means that the river is in the north and the Yin and Luo Rivers are in the south.
It is precisely because the city is located north of the Luo River that it is called Luoyang.
On the five ridges, there are Songgao, Xiong'er, Funiu, Zhongzhao and Gushan.
In the Heluo Land, there were originally eight guards...
Cao Cao's eyes were parading on the sand table. When He Jin was the general, he had once stationed the soldiers of the fifth camp in Duting and set up the eight gate commander. "Hangu... Mengjin..." Cao Cao whispered.
This level, once you cross, it will be the most important thing in Heluo.
And at this moment, Chenggao, that is, Hulao Pass, can no longer be an obstacle.
When Dong Zhuo burned Luoyang and withdrew, Chenggao was destroyed in the war, just like Xingyang.
Sun Jian once stationed in Xingyang for a while. At that time, Xingyang was almost in ruins.
Until the Yang family took over Luoyang later, they had no intention of rebuilding Chenggao and Xingyang. After all, restoring Luoyang City had already consumed most of the manpower and material resources of Yang family.
Therefore, in the Heluo area, although it is known as the Baguan Guard, it is actually all holes.
Luoyang City is now under the Yang family, but this does not mean that the Heluo area is also under the Yang family, but part of it is in the hands of the cavalry, while the other part is in the hands of Cao Cao.
Those who can block Cao's army's advance were Hangu and Meng Jin.
Qin Hangu, Han Hangu.
They are all called Hangu, and they are all in Fei Qian's hands.
Qin Hangu can only be regarded as a military camp now. After all, after the abandonment of the Hangu Pass of the Qin Dynasty, it also had no value for restoration. The focus was on Hanhangu.
However, because the Cavalry has built a new Tongguan over the years, he has gradually relaxed a little about these Heluo Passes.
But it is still not easy to conquer.
If you want to fight Tongguan, you must first overcome Hangu. There is no doubt about this.
If you want to overcome Hangu, you must first open up Mengjin.
Otherwise, not only will the land transfer of food and grass be cumbersome, but there will also be a risk of being attacked from behind at any time.
Cao Cao picked up his beard and pondered without saying a word.
Taishici was transferred to Guanzhong and was preparing to fight with the cavalry in the west, so now there are no heavy troops to guard the Heluo and other passes, nor do they have any generals to defend themselves, but it is still difficult to take them down in one breath.
The battle of siege and blockade is different from field battles. If you have no good plans, you have to join the ants and fill in the lives of people...
If the cavalry only had the land of Heluo, these people might be willing to live, but there were Tongguan and the three servants of Chang'an. If they trained the elite troops over the years and threw them in front of this pass, they would be a little unwilling and heartbroken.
"Yang Family..." Cao Cao narrowed his eyes and spit out two words. There was a lot of dissatisfaction in his tone.
The original plan was that Cao Cao wanted to win over Yang and let Yang be the power to cooperate with the inside and outside of Heluo. However, Yang's elders and young men were cunning and savage, and the fragrant bait was polite. However, if they really wanted to do things, they would urge them to do things, and they would be slow to do things. Since they had no ability to do things, they would have no intention of doing things. They would have the talent skills to pull them back, which was really hateful!
According to relevant information, a lot of military equipment of the cavalry were also arranged at Hangu Pass, not only with crossbows, but also with stones. If you attack with your flesh and blood...
"Hiss..." Cao Cao's hand trembled slightly and pulled out a beard. He had already foresawed the scene of flesh and blood flying, and couldn't help but feel a little headache.
If there are a few more months, I would have no chance to conquer Hangu Pass easily, but now...
This is not that Cao Cao is bragging, but that Cao Cao has really been planning secretly for a long time.
Because of the passage of water and soil, Hangu Pass in the Han Dynasty was no longer as steep and difficult to attack than Hangu Pass in the Qin Dynasty.
Especially on the north side of Hanhangu Pass, the chrysanthemums that were supposed to be perfectly connected to the river have also become a little loose from the slit. Anyway, it is the originally very standard pass, but now there is a mudflat on the side of the river bank below the pass.
It's like an extra piece of hemorrhoid outside the chrysanthemum.
When you are constipated, well, it is wrong. It is during the dry season, and it gradually becomes prominent and highlights...
Cao Cao's original plan was that if he had no choice but to really fight Hangu Pass, then in the dry season, he would use soldiers to restrain the front of Hangu Pass, and then send Hanoi troops to attack Mengjin. When he grabbed both hands, he secretly flew up one foot and went directly through the hemorrhoids to the back of Hangu Pass. He beat the chrysanthemums at Hangu Pass, which would inevitably cause a lot of blood to be lost, and he could overcome the pass!
It is referred to as the Dak enemy bolt plan.
But the problem is that it's summer now...
It will take another five or six months to wait for the dry season.
Five or six months, it is not long or short.
If the cavalry cannot conquer the Western Regions for a long time, then you can naturally wait. But if the cavalry goes to the Western Regions, they will win consecutive battles and the Western Regions will be quickly settled. If you wait for another five or six months before passing, then everything will be really cold.
Wait?
Don't wait?
It's really difficult...
…╭(╯^╰)╮…
Le Jin and Xiahou Yuan were trained in Hanoi, and they had a tacit understanding. They had a similar characteristic, that is, they didn't like to be like other generals, and they would drink wine when they were free, and some even sang and dance with prostitutes...
Le Jin is not tall, and Xiahou Yuan is not handsome either.
In addition, the most important thing is that no matter Xiahou Yuan or Le Jin, his cultural literacy is not high. When he reaches any literary gathering, he often becomes a supporting role for other talents.
Those talented men from Jizhou and Yuzhou grew taller.
He is also pretty.
In addition, he can also recite some poems and songs with a slut...
In addition, there is also a fragrant smell of rouge and water powder, so I really can't pee with Le Jin and Xiahou Yuan.
Anyway, these two people are really not interested in Kabuki. Don’t they all spend money at home? They even spend money outside to see the faces of the singers and make those actors happy. What if they are not a naughty person?
Therefore, Xiahou Yuan and Le Jin both focused their main energy on the military.
Men, what is important is iron and blood.
I don’t know when the gentry children of Jizhou, Yuzhou started, and they were wrong again. They actually thought that applying makeup and competing with women would make them more romantic?
Neither Le Jin nor Xiahou Yuan could understand, so he simply didn't understand.
Both of them also used to pretend to be escorted by dozens of elite cavalrymen to survey the terrain around Heluo many times.
Because both of them knew very well that the map of the year and month was unreliable.
Especially the official map of Shandong, it is simply...
It's hard to describe in one word.
Logically speaking, the official media... is an official map, which should be very guiding, at least to enable the generals on the front line to understand how to fight, how to set up camps, etc., and to correctly describe the actual terrain and landform.
Unfortunately, these people who paint the official map only want to draw maps that their superiors need, or that they themselves think the generals need.
Every time Xiahou Yuan and Le Jin see these official maps, they want to greet these official officials, starting from their female elders to their female juniors. The main reason is that Le Jin and Xiahou Yuan are not as good as men's style, otherwise they will have to greet the male relatives of these officials again.
A military and national event!
How could it be such a joke?
Even scouts who live and grow up in a certain place are difficult to describe the terrain accurately. Many places still have to go there and see with their eyes and measure with their feet. How can they use a foot of map to depict and cut them randomly?
Therefore, when he heard that the Cavalry was about to march to the Western Regions and face the Kushan area, Xiahou Yuan and Le Jin went to the river 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 will have to attack one way." Le Jin said, "This Yang family... Forget it, we only need to manage military affairs... This Hangu Mengjin guard general, although he is not a talented man, is also a long-time general. Now he is based on the mountains and rivers. It is easy to attack and difficult to defend..."
Le Jin was more worried. If we could not quickly break through these two passes, it would be possible to change from blitzkrieg to a long-term confrontation, which would not be a good thing for both sides. Although Cao Cao had more manpower in this aspect, the Cavalry also had more war horses. If the Cavalry could really quickly pacify the Western Regions and rush back again, this would be quite unfavorable for Shandong.
夏侯渊点头,表示认可,然后也是琢磨着策略.
Both of them felt this was an opportunity.
If you have the chance, you have to fight.
Moreover, both of them happened to have suffered losses in front of the Cavalry Army, and they all had hatred in their hearts.
『若是可以诱其兵出……』夏侯渊说道,『破之则易也.文谦可有妙策?』
『可惜听闻此獠非勇勐无谋之将……』乐进摇头说道,『否则便可设计以诱之.即便是以弱兵示之,多半也是严守不出,为之奈何.』
The defender responsible for defending Hangu and Mengjin is Zhu Ling.
引诱么,当然要能引得出来才叫做引诱,否则对方不动的话,再怎样的引诱也是没有效果.
朱灵并不是那种莽撞贪婪的人,所以引诱的计策多半不好用.
夏侯渊点头说道:『若是如此,便是只有拉扯左右,寻机破敌了.函谷孟津两地分隔,一军攻函谷一军攻孟津,使其首尾而不能顾,当可破之.』
Mengjin is the dividing point between the middle and lower reaches of the river.
In the middle reaches of the Yellow River, the water flows rapidly. After the flow of eternal times and erosion, the river water cuts into the plateau like a sharp sword, causing the two sides to be high and steep, and there are very few places to cross. As far as Mengjin, the Yellow River water finally pours into the North China Plain, the flow gradually slows down, and the river banks on both sides are relatively low, which forms a series of famous ferries.
孟津之侧,还有一个渡口,称之为小平津.
小平津在孟津以东,与孟津一起,成为拱卫雒阳的北方要隘,但因为其便利性不如孟津,地势也不如孟津之处险要,所以重要性远不如孟津.
孟津附近地势西高而东低,南北平缓,中央隆起西部是北邙山的余脉,颇为陡峻,双方的军寨都是设立在其上,隔着大河遥遥相对.
小平津南岸地势平坦,不利于防守,旧有壁垒,也皆废弃.但孟津就不同了,有常驻兵卒,扼守军寨,若是不能打通,就别想着从河内勾连河洛.
夏侯渊看着地形,忽然眼中一亮,『若是某虚留将旗于此,实际上领骑兵走小平津渡河,然后奇袭于后……两下夹击之下,孟津定然可破之!』
Le Jin slapped his hands, "Good! This is a wonderful plan!"
The two of them immediately burst into laughter.
但是笑了片刻之后,两个人又分别沉默下来.
Mengjin is easy to fight, but Hangu is difficult to attack.
要是函谷关守将出关救援孟津,还有真有可能被夏侯渊奔袭堵住归途,左右夹击之下败落……
But what if the guards don’t come out?
Le Jin stared at him.
Xiahou Yuan also stared at him.
片刻之后,两人齐齐低声叹息一声,并排望向远处的山间,望向函谷的方向.
…(`dish′)(`dish′)…
几乎所有人都知道,函谷不好打,所以长安三辅之内,对于曹军的威胁其实并没有多少的担忧.
How hard is Cao's army really going to fight?
First, you have to cross Heluo, attack Mengjin, Hangu, and Tongguan, before you can enter Chang'an...
Therefore, people in Chang'an have a relatively stable mentality.
For the people of Sanfu in Chang'an, war seems to be far away, and the food, drinking, defecation and sensation of life are the closest.
But there are some things that influence the people of the Sanfu in Chang'an.
For example, the point where soldiers were recruiting was long lined up. Every people in the queue had the light of hope on their faces...
For example, there is also a recruitment office in the office of the General of the Great Han Dynasty.
However, this recruitment office is aimed at officials.
Chi Ganping, oh, now I’m called Xue Ping, and now I’m a little worried.
The General's Office of the Cavalry issued a document to recruit officials who were willing to follow the army to the Western Regions and support the construction of the Western Regions.
In principle, officials who go to the Western Regions will be given one to two levels of appointments, and some places will be given three levels, but the term of office is required to be at least two terms, that is, six years, and those who add three levels of appointments will be given three terms.
To be honest, Xue Ping was a little moved.
Although some say that the Guanzhong land was rebelled by Lu Bu, some say that it was invaded by Kushan, and there are even rumors that the Western Regions are rebelling together, etc., etc., there are different ones, but one thing is certain, that is, there are chaos in the Western Regions. There may be many reasons for the specific chaos, but it may also be that the reasons are not those rumored on the surface.
The cavalry was preparing for the Western Expedition, which means that the situation was a bit bad, but it was not too bad.
At least this is true in Xue Ping's understanding.
After all, if the Western Regions are really bad, then blocking the enemy in Yumen Pass and Longxi will become the best choice. No one can take Yumen Pass without risk and no damage. The Qiang people in Longyou have basically been pacified, so if the Hu people attack Yumen Pass, the long supply line, that is, the food route, will become a fatal weakness.
You should know that it is easy to supply Yumen Pass from Longyou, but the Hu army has a long food supply in the Western Regions. Once a confrontation occurs, the number of Hu people will be too short. Therefore, if the cavalry just wants to defend, it is not difficult. Now it is said that they want to conquer the Western Regions, which means that the cavalry does not want to give up the Western Regions and is unwilling to stop at Yumen Pass.
From another perspective, if you want to fight the Kushan Hu army in the Western Regions, knives against swords, guns against guns, and wins and losses, you must focus on cavalry. If you just want to defend, then for defending the city, infantry is naturally the key. Now the cavalry gathers mainly, not infantry, so it can generally prove the confidence of the cavalry in the Western Regions.
If the Kushan main force can be defeated in the Western Regions, it will not only be able to successfully recover all the Western Regions, but also directly pacify the Western Regions states and bring all the scattered powers of the Western Regions into your arms. Of course, if the Kushan main force cannot be defeated, then even if the Western Regions states are captured, it will not be of much significance. Just like although Lu Bu defeated the Kushan troops in the Western Regions before, the Kushan still made a comeback.
Therefore, after defeating the Kushan Hu army, the entire Western Regions were revitalized.
After revitalization, a large number of Han officials naturally needed to quickly penetrate into various countries, and then completely transform the originally scattered Western countries into counties of the Han Dynasty. Those kings and princes of Western countries, or Kunmikun, all of them became powerful people in the land, and then gradually banned and destroyed.
Just like the tribe before Xue Ping...
Xue Ping felt that the tribes he had belonged to had actually died earlier.
Xue Ping really didn't even think about the so-called tribal life.
Those who like the old tribe must be the "noble people" from the old tribe.
Like Xue Ping, who has lost the title of noble people early, and has to work hard on food, clothing and expenses. On the contrary, it is the Han model, or the model promoted by the cavalry in Guanzhong, is better. Otherwise, Xue Ping would not have the chance to become an official at all. He would have to herd sheep for the noble people in the tribe until his death, and at most he would become a small manager. Xue Ping's children would become the slaves of the noble people, generation after generation.
Perhaps some people like to be slaves very much.
But Xue Ping didn't like it, and didn't like it at all, so he felt that he could use his personal experience to drive more Hu people in the Western Regions who were unwilling to become slaves to noble people in the tribe...
So, after finishing the matter of share, Xue Ping turned to the recruitment office of Western Region officials before getting off work and wrote his name on the list.
He wants to go to the Western Regions with the Cavalry.
The pen falls and the mind is calm.
Chapter completed!