There are not many roads in Zhongtiao Mountain. There is only one serious road in Dahan.
Of course, Cao Jun's camp was built on the road and blocked the road tightly.
Cao's army is not short of manpower, so camping on the road is inevitable. At the same time, camping on the road has some additional benefits, that is, it will be more convenient to collect water and transport.
This official road in Zhongtiao Mountain was not built in the Han Dynasty, but was the Qin Chi Road back then.
After Qin Shihuang unified the six countries, he ordered the construction of Chidao with Xianyang as the center to connect various places.
Since it is called a "horse road", it naturally must not only be able to run horses, but also vehicles. The size of the vehicle depends to some extent on the size of the horse's butt. If the vehicle is too big, it will be loose, and if it is too small, the horse will feel uncomfortable.
It is easy to roll over, so in fact, the road standard of Qin Chi Road is determined by the horse's butt. Maybe it is another kind of butt that determines the head.
Of course, after so many years of exchanges, especially after Fei Qian opened up the Yinshan Mountains, the trade between the south and the north of the Hebei River has made this nearly deserted Chi Road not only repaired, but also expanded, but Fei Qian only
It is to expand such a main road, and there is no intention to build a second passage in Zhongtiao Mountain. On the one hand, one passage is enough, and on the other hand, under the current technical level, we want to open up this kind of official road.
, the manpower and material resources consumed are not ordinary amounts...
Of course, it was impossible for Sima Yi and Hao Zhao to take this path.
So is there only one road on Zhongtiao Mountain?
No, there are some "unorthodox" trails and medicine-gathering trails in Zhongtiao Mountain.
Zhongtiao Mountain is a flat mountain range that extends from the southwestern river to the northeast and is not too high in altitude.
Sima Yi, Hao Zhao, and the hussar soldiers they led did not have any fear of such a high mountain at first, but after they actually walked in, they found that it was not as easy as they thought.
Underneath the dense vegetation, woods filled with birdsong and fragrant flowers, and beautiful natural scenery, there are dangers lurking.
There is no positioning instrument or so-called detailed map. All we can rely on is the general sense of direction brought by the sun and stars...
Fortunately, Sima Yi brought the Qiang people with him.
The Qiang people of indigenous origin performed better than the average hussar soldiers in this environment. They were the first to discover a medicinal road.
The path of herbal medicine collection is just a general term, and it does not mean that only people who collect herbs follow it.
The difference between a small road and a medicine-gathering road is that you can still roughly see the outline of a road on a small road, while the so-called medicine-gathering road is basically covered by weeds and vegetation, and only people who are familiar with the terrain will know it.
The herb collecting trail is basically a straight line, so some climbing is unavoidable.
It's okay for people, but it's a little difficult to move a horse.
In many places, it was like lying on a cliff and moving. People could pass, but it was difficult for horses to move. In order to ensure a certain degree of mobility, the horses could not be completely abandoned. So Sima Yi and Hao Zhao had to divide their troops again and move some horses.
He and his soldiers stayed in the mountains, carrying only common items and dry food, as well as those stronger horses that obeyed orders, and continued to move forward.
That's right, Hao Zhao and Sima Yi, who were slowly groping forward, were planning to bypass Zhongtiao Mountain's defense system on the northern line through the medicinal road, and attack Cao Jun's Zhongtiao Mountain camp from the south, giving Cao Jun a surprise.
Sometimes they had to take a detour. In order to avoid being seen by Cao Jun's sentries who were watching from high places, Sima Yi and Hao Zhao always had to be more cautious and more cautious every time they wanted to pass through the sunny side of the mountain, and sent scouts to detect them.
After making sure there was no danger, proceed quietly.
They walked relatively slowly, but they also avoided Cao Jun's surveillance posts. After they entered the interior of Zhongtiao Mountain, the lookout posts set up by Cao Jun near the Zhongtiao Mountain camp found it difficult to detect them due to limited field of vision.
Even so, Sima Yi and Hao Zhao still seek stability rather than speed. In some areas where the rocks are sharp and there are many gravel fragments, people lead the horses to walk carefully, lest the sharp stones cut them.
Wound the horse's feet.
This is the fundamental reason why it was difficult for ancient marches to escape from the main passage. It was too difficult to walk. Especially for large troops, if the baggage vehicles were added, it would be a nightmare...
Classmate Deng Ai was forced to have no other choice, so he gritted his teeth and gave it a try. But if there was a second option, he would not go to Yinping.
Sima Yi and Hao Zhao, from a certain perspective, were also forced.
Forced by Guo Jia.
Obviously, it is impossible to penetrate from the north of Zhongtiao Mountain and shoot near the Zhongtiao Mountain camp.
Cao Jun built several tight lines of defense, with patrolling troops, and guard towers that kept watch from high altitudes twelve hours a day. They also had the ability to identify friend or foe that Hao Zhao and Sima Yi couldn't figure out at first.
, so much so that they couldn’t get through even if they tried to pretend to be Cao Jun.
Later, Sima Yi designed a small trap and caught two or three tongues, and finally understood the mechanism of identifying friend and foe in Zhongtiao Mountain Camp...
But the problem is that even if Sima Yi finally understands Guo Jia's recognition pattern, he still can't crack it.
It is indeed quite simple to say, one is the Yin symbol and the other is the password.
Because the two core elements are random, Sima Yi has no way of knowing in advance, unless Sima Yi and others have a way to figure out what the two elements are at the same time within one day, and they also have to seize the "Yin Talisman" from a certain team.
』, and then you can sneak in without alerting the other party.
This is simply an impossible task.
The word "Yin Talisman" sounds very awesome, but it is actually a marked and broken arrow, a piece of wood, or a branch, because every "Yin Talisman" is broken randomly.
Yes, the texture is broken randomly. In this era of Han Dynasty, if it is not the original match, it will definitely not match.
When Cao Jun's team leaves the camp, the guard at the gate of Cao Jun's camp will randomly take out a stick of something from the bag, then make a few random lines on it with pen and ink, snap it in half, keep half for himself, and give the other half to the camp team.
as evidence.
Plus the passwords change every day...
If anything goes wrong, the archers on both sides of the camp entrance will immediately fire thousands of arrows!
Guo Jia's arrangement was such that even if Sima Yi figured it out, he still couldn't get in.
Therefore, Sima Yi and Hao Zhao could only try to sneak attack from the south.
After all, if the defense in the north is so tight, then the south side of Zhongtiao Mountain will be somewhat lax.
Originally, Hao Zhao wanted Sima Yi to show off on the northern front, and then Hao Zhao led his men to invade the camp south of Zhongtiao Mountain for a sneak attack, but Sima Yi disagreed. He felt that it would be safer to follow him.
Facts have proved that Sima Yi was right to follow, because Hao Zhao and his troops had just crossed the mountain when Sima Yi discovered that the side of Zhongtiao Mountain was as difficult to fight as the chrysanthemum.
Guo Jia set up many warning watchtowers on the peaks surrounding the Zhongtiao Mountain camp.
Although there are not many in number, they cover the entire flanks and chrysanthemums of Zhongtiao Mountain, and they are very visible...
It's also difficult to get in.
Hao Zhao couldn't help but feel a little depressed. He even wanted to attack the lookout posts, but was stopped by Sima Yi. He thought that a guy with such a tight defense would inevitably set up traps. If he was not careful, there might be big problems, so it was better to continue south.
Go straight to Cao Jun's Tongguan camp to see if you can find some new opportunities there.
According to Sima Yi, since everyone has come...
So they continued southward.
On this day, Hao Zhao was sitting on a large rock. Although there was a tree shade above his head to block the increasingly hot summer sun, there was no wind and he was wearing a heavy armor uniform, so he was still dripping with sweat.
In this kind of weather, the most critical issue is to replenish water sources.
Hao Zhao and others finally found a mountain spring area, where they stopped to rest and replenish the water they had consumed.
Don't even think about cleaning and bathing. Not only that, the dust and dirt collected along the way are mixed with sweat and fermented, and the smell...
The temperature at noon gradually increased, and the heat wave was still rolling in the mountains. Fine beads of sweat flowed from Hao Zhao's forehead, crawling along his eyebrows and onto his cheeks. There was some itching, but Hao Zhao did not scratch it distractedly.
He concentrated on the map of Cao Jun's camp that the scouts gradually produced.
Hao Zhao, Sima Yi and others have been hiding in Zhongtiao Mountain for three or four days. Except for the scouts who must be sent out, no one is allowed to leave the hidden sheds and caves where they are hiding without permission.
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Through the efforts of the scouts, Cao Jun's arrangements along the way were gradually revealed on the map.
On the map, there is not only a part of Cao Jun’s camp in Zhongtiao Mountain, but also Cao Jun’s camp in Tongguan on the other side of the river...
The convenience of telescopes is fully demonstrated at this time.
If there were no telescopes, Sima Yi might not have come up with the idea of making a double yolk.
Hao Zhao was pondering on the map when he suddenly heard the guard beside him whisper, "Sima Zeng is back."
Hao Zhao looked up and saw Sima Yi, dressed like a soldier, emerging from behind the rock.
After Sima Yi failed once, he became more and more cautious, especially before making the final decision, he also had to go to the front line to take a look in person.
The most important thing for Hao Zhao now is to rest, recover his physical strength, and enter the battle in the fullest state.
They have a clear division of labor, one is responsible for making suggestions, and the other is responsible for turning them into reality.
They are waiting for an opportunity.
An opportunity for Cao Jun to relax.
An opportunity that could cause Cao Jun to suffer a heavy blow.
After all, the Cao Jun camp at Tongguan on the other side is also heavily defended, and a lot of manpower and material resources were spent early on to set up the camp. If you just use the big yellow crossbow to fire two rounds on the outside, it will be like scratching an itch.
Sima Yi's patience is very strong.
Although we have exhausted all the food and grass along the way, if we don't attack and continue to wait, we may not even have enough food to go back.
Fortunately, I have enough salt.
People want to eat, and horses want to eat too.
In hot weather like this, without salt supplementation, even with water, your hands and feet will become weak.
"Cao Jun is preparing to transport grain..." Sima Yi sat under the shade of a tree, took a water bag and took a sip. Even in the shadow, his eyes seemed to glow with excitement, "The opportunity has finally come!"
Military rations are not just grain and grass, various sundries are also an indispensable part of a large army.
Especially salt.
Sima Yi discovered that Cao Jun was preparing to transport grain and salt!
In the past two days, Cao's army at the Tongguan camp has been continuously accumulating supplies and moving to the pontoon bridge at the ferry. Those laborers who don't know where they are are also reinforcing the pontoon bridge on the river beach. All these signs point to a comparison.
Large-scale transfers will begin.
Today, Sima Yi personally went to the front line to check carefully, and found that the supplies Cao Jun wanted to transport contained a large amount of salt and salt products, such as salted meat and fish...
These things may have been transported all the way from Yanzhou, or from further places, and are now concentrated here. If Sima Yi and others do not take any action, these things will be transported across the river within a few days, and then transferred to Cao Jun
Go to the front line.
Obviously, the hussar troops in Linfen put great pressure on Cao Jun. They were mobilizing all their forces to fight against the hussar troops in the best possible posture.
Under the planning of Fei Qian and other counselors, Cao Cao's ancestors' strategy was used to prevent Cao Cao's army from capturing Guanzhong in one go. It also destroyed and delayed Cao Jun's attempt to invade Tongguan's rear line through the frozen Pubanjin and Longmendu, and finally forced
Cao Jun had to fight with Qiaoqi in the Yuncheng Basin under the three drums...
But for centipede insects, even if two legs are cut off, it will still not be fatal.
Cao Jun still has a lot of manpower...
But again, more people means more consumption.
Sima Yi had been insisting on waiting these days because he believed that even if the Zhongtiao Mountain camp had stockpiled grain, grass and miscellaneous materials, it would still consume a lot of food and grass, and the grain and grass materials still needed to be transported from the rear.
This is the best opportunity right now.
Of course, this is also closely related to Sima Yi's previous defeat of Cao Hong's advance. If Sima Yi had been stupid and really fought with Cao Hong before, and only knew how to kill, then Pubanjin would have been occupied by Cao's army long ago, and he would have been passive.
It was not Cao Jun but Fei Qian.
Cao Jun was not afraid of the consumption of manpower, but was afraid of the shortage of materials.
When Sima Yi turned around and attacked Cao Hong's base, it was equivalent to abolishing all Cao Hong's subsequent abilities. It was like a magician who cut off the blue bottle. Even if he still had the red bottle, it was of no use.
Now Sima Yi is eyeing Lao Cao's "big blue bottle" again.
Sima Yi and the others created this opportunity.
And Sima Yi also found this opportunity, but whether they can seize this opportunity depends on whether they can successfully attack...
After the battle goal is determined, all battle arrangements are launched.
Although these hussars led by Sima Yi and Hao Zhao are not specially trained mountain soldiers or special forces, the training of hussars has always been famous for their hard work, and there are more beef and mutton than in Shandong.
Due to the high intake of fat and protein, these soldiers are stronger and have higher endurance and combat effectiveness than ordinary soldiers.
Especially combat effectiveness at night.
Sima Yi led the Qiang and a small number of hussar soldiers to stay on the north bank, while Hao Zhao led most of the hussar soldiers and quietly descended Zhongtiao Mountain under the cover of night and ran towards Cao Jun's pontoon bridge.
go.
The Cao army in the Tongguan camp originally had watchtowers up and down the river, one every few miles.
It's a pity that such long-term facilities often have a drawback, that is, things are indeed done in accordance with the regulations at the beginning. For example, such-and-such priority service window may be really for better service at first, but it will soon disappear later.
It has become an inspection service for superior leaders, or a service for some foreign master. As for the original priority...
Because Wei Yan has already gone to Jizhou, Cao Jun has basically occupied the ferry crossings from Tongguan Ferry to Shaanxi and Jin. Therefore, the threat on the water is almost gone, which means that the superior leaders will not come to check these checkpoints at all.
Coupled with the strict defense of Zhongtiao Mountain, the checkpoints here are becoming increasingly lax.
Just like some disadvantaged groups, although there are still so many windows, there are no one left.
Don't ask, if you ask, it means it's time to get off work and we are short of manpower.
You have to wait for the superior leaders or foreigners to come, and the window that was originally empty will be filled with people again in an instant!
The river surges day and night.
Cao Jun was actually very careful, but no matter how careful he was, he couldn't maintain the high standard of caution for more than half a year.
The key is that Zhongtiao Mountain is blocked by Cao Jun's camp.
In a sense, the route from Tongguan Camp to Zhongtiao Mountain Camp should be safe, as it is "inside" Cao Jun's sphere of influence.
For Tongguan Camp, what they need to worry about more is the floating bridges.
The ice floe some time ago destroyed many pontoon bridges and had to be repaired.
At the same time, the defense focus of the Tongguan camp was still in the direction of Tongguan. They were afraid that the defenders inside Tongguan would rush out and attack, especially destroying the few remaining pontoon bridges, so Cao Jun's soldiers focused their defense on the direction of Tongguan.
Above, heavy troops were deployed for defense.
Basically, there is no big problem with Cao Jun's arrangement. The problem lies in Sima Yi and Hao Zhao who did not take the usual path.
Indeed, normally speaking, both ends are our own people and are tightly defended, so there is no possibility of any enemy troops appearing in the middle section.
But Sima Yi happened to bring some Qiang people with him...
These Qiang people are more familiar with the mountains and landscapes of Hedong than the Hussars, because in the early years they traveled around with their cattle and sheep.
Moreover, if Sima Yi and Hao Zhao choose to directly attack the camp at Tongguan or Zhongtiao Mountain, even if Sima Yi and Hao Zhao double the number of soldiers, they will not be able to successfully attack as they wish. In Zhuling, they bombarded Cao Jun's camp with large yellow crossbows.
After that, Cao Jun's camp had already prepared for this kind of sneak attack, and all flammable and explosive items were transported to the rear. If it weren't for the purpose of concentrating a batch of materials and transporting them to the other side, Sima Yi would not have appeared at all.
In front of Hao Zhao and others!
It is the accident that inevitably occurs that makes it difficult for everyone to guard against.
Cao Jun's attention was focused on the north and south ends, and the defensive force also focused on defending these two ends. Therefore, at this point in the middle, Sima Yi and Hao Zhao were left with an excellent chrysanthemum...
