In the Prime Minister's Mansion, Cao Cao faced the sand table in the Luoyang area alone and remained silent for a long time.
The new sand table was also learned from Chang'an, where Hussar was from.
If the steed had a tail, it would probably be bald now.
After all, Lao Cao is not the only one doing the plucking.
"Luoyang..."
Lao Cao is actually very familiar with Luoyang, but looking down from outside the sand table, it looks completely different.
The Han Dynasty believed that Luoyang was among the best in the world.
In fact, for a long period of time, ordinary people believed that geocentrism was correct.
In the land of Luoyang, three rivers converge and are surrounded by five ridges. Although the terrain is not as thick and solid as Guanzhong, there are also dangers in the mountains and rivers inside and outside. Only then can we control the Central Plains and become an ancient capital for thousands of years.
The so-called Sanchuan 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 in the north of Luoshui River that it is called Luoyang.
The five mountains are Songgao, Xiong'er, Funiu, Zhongtiao and Weishan.
In the land of Heluo, there were originally eight levels of guards...
Cao Cao's eyes wandered on the sand table. When He Jin was the general, he stationed five battalions of soldiers in Duting Pavilion, leaving eight generals. "Hangu...Mengjin..." Cao Cao whispered.
This pass, once crossed, is the most important part of Heluo.
At this moment, Chenggao, that is, Hulao Pass, can no longer be an obstacle.
When Dong Zhuo burned down Luoyang and evacuated Chenggao, like Xingyang, both were destroyed in the war.
Sun Jian once stationed in Xingyang for a period of time. 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, repairing Luoyang City had already consumed most of the Yang family's manpower and material resources.
Therefore, in the Heluo area, although they are called the Eight Passes for Guards, they are actually all caves.
Luoyang City is now in the hands of the Yang family, but this does not mean that this important place in Heluo also belongs to the Yang family, but that part of it is in the hands of the Qiao riders, and the other part is in the hands of Cao Cao.
Those who can hinder Cao's army's advance are Hangu and Mengjin.
Qinhan Valley, Hanhan Valley.
They are all called Han Valley, and they are all in Fei Qian's hands.
Qin Hangu can only be regarded as a military stronghold now. After all, after the Qin Dynasty's Hangu Pass was abandoned, it also lost the value of restoration. The focus is still on Hanhan Valley.
It's just that because the Hussars built the Tongguan Pass in recent years, they gradually relaxed a little about these Heluo Pass.
But it's still not something that can be easily conquered.
If you want to conquer Tongguan, you must first conquer Hangu. There is no doubt about this.
If you want to defeat Hangu, you must first get through Mengjin.
Otherwise, not only will it be cumbersome to transport 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 hand and was silent.
Taishi Ci was transferred to Guanzhong to prepare for the westward expedition with the Hussars. Therefore, the pass river crossings of Heluo are no longer heavily guarded, and there are no generals stationed for defense. However, it is still difficult to capture them in one go.
The battle to siege a city is different from a battle in the field. If you don't have a good plan, you will have no choice but to attack with ants and take human lives to fill it...
If the Hussars only had the land of Heluo, they might be able to spare these few lives, but there are Tongguan and Chang'an Sanfu behind them. If the elite soldiers trained with these years of painstaking efforts were wasted before this pass, it would be a bit awkward.
Unwillingness and heartache.
"Yang..." Cao Cao squinted 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 the Yang family and let the Yang family serve as a force for cooperation within and outside the Heluo land. However, the Yang family was cunning by nature, so he would eat the bait without hesitation, but he really wanted to let him
To do things, you just push away and be slow. You have neither the ability nor the will to accomplish anything. The only thing holding you back is that your talent and skill points are full. It’s really abominable!
According to relevant intelligence, a lot of military equipment for hussars has been deployed at Hangu Pass, including not only crossbows but also slingshots. If they were to attack with flesh and blood...
"Hiss..." Cao Cao's hand trembled slightly and he pulled out a beard. He had already foreseen the scene of blood and flesh flying everywhere, and he couldn't help but have a headache.
If it were a few months later, there would be no chance of easily conquering Hangu Pass, but now...
This is not that Cao Cao is bragging, but that Cao Cao has really been secretly planning for a long time.
Due to the passage of water and soil, Hangu Pass in the Han Dynasty is no longer as steep and difficult to attack as Hangu Pass in the Qin Dynasty.
Especially to the north of Hanhangu Pass, the chrysanthemum that was supposed to be a perfect connection to the river has become a little loose. Anyway, it was originally a standard pass, but now there are more riverbanks below the pass.
A beach.
It's like an extra hemorrhoid outside the chrysanthemum.
When you have constipation, um, that’s wrong, it’s the dry season, it will gradually become more prominent...
Cao Cao's original plan was that if he had to attack Hangu Pass as a last resort, he would use soldiers to contain the front of Hangu Pass during the dry season, and then send Hanoi soldiers and horses to attack Mengjin.
, secretly flew up a foot, directly passed the hemorrhoids, reached the back of Hangu, beat the chrysanthemum of Hangu Pass, which will inevitably cause him to lose a lot of blood, and he can overcome the pass in a short time!
Referred to as the Duck Enemy Bolt Plan.
But the problem is that it's summer now...
If you really have to wait for the dry season, it will take at least five or six months.
Five or six months is neither long nor short.
If the Hussars are unable to attack the Western Regions for a long time, then of course they can wait. But if the Hussars go to the Western Regions and win consecutive battles, and the Western Regions are quickly restored, and they have to wait another five or six months to pass, then nothing will really happen.
It's cold.
Wait?
Don’t wait?
It's so difficult...
……╭(╯^╰)╮……
Le Jin and Xia Houyuan were stationed in Hanoi for training, and they had a tacit understanding. They had the same characteristic, that is, they didn't like other generals, who would have wine and party when they had some free time, and some even used prostitutes to sing and dance.
…
Le Jin is not very good, and Xia Houyuan is not handsome either.
In addition, the most important thing is that neither Xia Houyuan nor Le Jin have high cultural literacy. When they attend any cultural gatherings, they are often reduced to supporting roles for other talents.
Those talented people from Jizhou and Yuzhou grew taller.
And handsome.
In addition, he can also recite some poems and songs angrily...
Coupled with the fragrant smell of rouge and gouache, it was really hard for Le Jin and Xia Houyuan to urinate together.
Anyway, these two people really have no interest in kabuki. Aren't there people who don't spend money at home? They spend money to watch the faces of the singers and make the actors happy. What are they if they are not cheap?
Therefore, both Xia Houyuan and Le Jin focused their main efforts on military affairs.
As a man, what matters is iron and blood.
I don’t know when those descendants of the Jizhou and Yuzhou gentry started to make the same mistake and thought that applying makeup and powder to compete with women would make them more romantic?
Neither Le Jin nor Xia Houyuan could understand it, so they simply didn't understand it.
Both of them also pretended to be scouts on many occasions, escorted by dozens of elite cavalry, to survey the terrain around Heluo.
Because both of them knew very well that maps of this era were unreliable.
Especially the official map of Shandong, it is simply...
Hard to describe in one word.
Logically speaking, the official media... bah, it's an official map. It should be very instructive. At least it should allow the frontline generals to understand how to conduct operations, how to set up camps, etc., and it should accurately depict the actual topography.
It's a pity that those who drew official maps only wanted to draw maps that their superiors needed, or they themselves thought the generals needed.
Every time Xia Houyuan and Le Jin see these official maps, they want to greet the officials who drew the official maps, starting from their female elders to their female juniors. Mainly because Le Jin and Xia Houyuan are not good men.
Otherwise, you will have to greet the male relatives of these officials.
What a military and national event!
How could it be such a child's play?
Even for scouts who lived and grew up in a certain place, it is difficult to describe the terrain accurately. In many places, the generals have to go there in person to see with their eyes and measure with their feet. How can they use a one-foot map to draw and cut it at will?
?
Therefore, when they heard that the Hussars were about to march into the Western Regions to attack Kushan, Xia Houyuan and Le Jin went to the river together, looking at Mengjin not far away and Hangu Pass in the distance across the river.
"If the Heluo Yang family refuses to surrender, they will 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...Although Hangu Mengjin guard general is not a talented person, he is also
He is a veteran general. He is currently forming his formation by mountains and rivers. It is easy to defend but difficult to attack..."
Le Jin was more worried. If these two passes could not be broken through quickly, then the blitz battle might turn into a long-term confrontation, which would not be a good thing for both sides. Although Cao Cao has more manpower on this side,
, but the Hussar side also has more war horses. If the Hussar can really quickly pacify the Western Regions and come back again, this will be quite disadvantageous for Shandong.
Xia Houyuan nodded to express his approval, and then he was thinking about his strategy.
Both of them felt this was an opportunity.
If you have a chance, fight.
Moreover, both of them happened to have suffered losses in front of the Hussars, and both of them had hatred in their hearts.
"If we 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 that I heard that this wolf is not a brave and foolhardy general..." Le Jin shook his head and said, "Otherwise, we can design to lure him. Even if we use weak soldiers to show him, most of the time he will not be able to come out, so there is nothing we can do."
The defender responsible for defending Hangu and Mengjin is Zhu Ling.
Seduction? Of course, it must be able to be lured. Otherwise, if the other party does not move, no matter how much the temptation is, it will have no effect.
Zhu Ling is not the kind of reckless and greedy person, so most of his seduction strategies will not work.
Xia Houyuan nodded and said: "If this is the case, the only way is to pull the left and right and look for opportunities to defeat the enemy. Hangu and Mengjin are separated. One army attacks Hangu and the other attacks Mengjin, so that the head and tail cannot be taken care of, so we can break it."
Mengjin is the dividing point between the middle and lower reaches of the river.
In the middle reaches of the Yellow River, the water flow is very fast. After eternal flow and erosion, the river water is like a sharp sword, cutting hard into the plateau. As a result, the two banks are high and steep, and there are few places for crossing. And below Mengjin, the Yellow River water finally pours into the plateau.
In the North China Plain, the flow gradually slowed down and the river banks on both sides were relatively low, thus forming a series of famous Jindu.
On the side of Mengjin, there is also a ferry called Xiaopingjin.
Xiaopingjin is east of Mengjin, and together with Mengjin, it becomes the northern pass to defend Luoyang. However, because its convenience is not as convenient as Mengjin, and the terrain is not as dangerous as Mengjin, its importance is far less than that of Mengjin.
The terrain near Mengjin is high in the west and low in the east, and is gentle in the north and south. To the west of the central uplift is the remnant of Beimang Mountain, which is quite steep. The military forts on both sides were set up on it, facing each other across the river.
The terrain on the south bank of Xiaopingjin is flat, which is not conducive to defense, and the old barriers are all abandoned. But Mengjin is different. There are permanent soldiers guarding the military stronghold. If it cannot be opened, don't even think about connecting to Heluo from Hanoi.
Xia Houyuan looked at the terrain, and suddenly his eyes lit up, "If someone left the flag here, he actually led the cavalry to cross the river at Xiaopingjin, and then made a surprise attack behind... Under two pincer attacks, Mengjin will definitely be able to break it!"
Le Jin clapped his hands and said, "Sure! This is a brilliant plan!"
The two of them burst into laughter immediately.
But after laughing for a moment, the two fell silent again.
Mengjin is easy to attack, but Hangu is difficult to attack.
If the Hangu Pass guard leaves the pass to rescue Meng Jin, there is a real possibility that Xia Houyuan will attack and block his way back, and he will be defeated from both sides...
But what if the guard doesn't come out?
Le Jin stared.
Xia Houyuan also stared.
After a while, the two of them sighed in a low voice and looked side by side towards the mountains in the distance, towards Han Valley.
……(`Pan′)(`Pan′)……
Almost everyone knows that Hangu is difficult to fight, so among Chang'an's three assistants, there is not much concern about the threat from Cao's army.
If Cao Jun really wants to fight, how hard will it be?
First we have to cross Heluo, we have to attack Mengjin, we have to attack Hangu, we have to attack Tongguan again, and then we can enter Chang'an...
Therefore, the mentality of people in Chang'an is relatively stable.
For the people in Sanfu, Chang'an, the war seems to be relatively far away, and the daily life of eating, drinking and sleeping is the nearest thing.
But there are also some things that affect the people of Chang'an Sanfu.
For example, when recruiting soldiers, there was a long queue again. Every citizen in the queue had a light of hope on their face...
Another example is that there is also a recruiting office in the palace of the Han Hussar General.
However, this recruiting office is specifically targeted at officials.
Chi Qianping, oh, now my name is Xue Ping, I am a little troubled now.
The Palace of the Hussars General issued an official document to internally recruit officials who were willing to accompany 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 appointed at one or two levels, and in some places, a third level will be added. However, the term requirement is at least two terms, that is, six years. Those who add a third level will need three terms.
To be honest, Xue Ping was a little moved.
Although the Guanzhong area is said to be caused by Lu Bu's rebellion, others said it was invaded by Kushan, and there are even rumors that the Western Regions countries joined forces to rebel, etc., etc., one thing is certain, that is, there is chaos in the Western Regions
, there may be many reasons for the chaos, but it may also be that the reasons are not the ones rumored on the surface.
The Hussars are preparing to march westward, which shows that the situation is a bit bad, but not too bad.
At least that's how Xue Ping understands it.
After all, if the Western Region is really in bad shape, then blocking the enemy at Yumen Pass and Longxi becomes the best choice. No one can take Yumen Pass without risk and damage. The Qiang people in Longyou have basically been pacified, so
If the barbarians attack Yumen Pass, the long supply line, that is, the food road, will become a fatal weakness.
You must know that it is easy to supply Yumen Pass from Longyou, but the Hu army's food route in the Western Region is very long. Once a confrontation occurs, over time, even if the Hu army is larger in number, it will be stretched. So if the Hussars just want to defend
, the difficulty is not high, and now that they are going to conquer the Western Regions, it shows that the Hussars actually do not want to give up the Western Regions and are unwilling to stop at Yumen Pass.
From another point of view, if you want to fight the Kushan Hu army in the Western Regions, sword against sword, spear against spear, and a winner or loser, you must focus on cavalry. If you just want to defend, then for the city
As for the guards, it is natural that the main force is infantry. And now the hussars are mainly cavalry, not infantry, so it can generally prove the confidence of the hussars in the Western Regions.
If we can defeat the main force of Kushan in the Western Region, we will not only be able to successfully recover all parts of the Western Region, but also directly pacify the Western Region countries and take all the scattered power of the Western Region countries into our arms. Of course, if we cannot defeat the main force of Kushan, then even if we take
It doesn't make much sense to conquer the Western Regions, just like Lu Bu defeated the Kushan garrison in the Western Regions before, but the Kushans still made a comeback.
Therefore, after the Kushan Hu army was defeated, the entire Western Region was revitalized.
After revitalization, it will naturally be necessary for a large number of Han officials to quickly infiltrate into various states, and then completely turn the originally scattered Western Region states into the counties of the Han Dynasty. Those kings and princes of the Western Region states, or
What is it about Kun, Mi, Kun, Kun, that? The most they can do is become powerful in one place, and then gradually be banned and extinct.
Just like the tribe before Xue Ping...
Xue Ping felt that the tribes he belonged to before had actually died out earlier.
Xue Ping really doesn't care about the so-called tribal life at all.
Those who like the model of the old tribe must be the "nobles" of the old tribe.
For people like Xue Ping who lost their noble title early and had to work hard for food and clothing, the Han family's model, or the model implemented by Qiusi in Guanzhong is better. Otherwise, Xue Ping would have no chance to become a nobleman.
An official will have to herd sheep for the nobles in the tribe until his death, and will become a small steward at most, while Xue Ping's children will become the slaves of the nobles for the next generation, generation after generation.
Maybe some people like to be slaves.
It's just that Xue Ping doesn't like it, not at all, so he thinks he can use his personal experience to inspire more Hu people from the Western Regions who are unwilling to become slaves of tribal nobles...
So, after Xue Ping finished his share of matters, before getting off work, he went to the Western Region Officials Recruitment Office and wrote his name on the roster.
He wants to go to the Western Regions with Hussar.
When the pen is written, the mind is settled.
At the beginning, my hand was still shaking a little, but by the time I wrote the last stroke, my pen was sharp and straight.
