Today, Jianmen Pass also welcomed a very important person.
The top general of the Shu army, Chen Fukuan.
As mentioned before, Shang Yunxian is a Confucian general and his own martial arts is not very strong.
Therefore, when he went on an expedition, Li Ke would also assign him a general with strong martial arts skills to charge into battle for him.
Chen Fukuan has partnered with Shang Yunxian the most.
Because both of them were promoted by Li Ke from the grassroots level, and they fought side by side many times, the relationship between the two is also very good.
When Chen Fukuan arrived at Jianmen Pass, Shang Yunxian personally opened the city gate to greet him.
"General Chen, you are fine."
Shang Yunxian smiled and said: "What's the matter? You have defeated all those people in the south?"
"Not to mention subduing, that's pretty much it."
"At least there are not many people who dare to stand up and cause trouble."
Chen Fukuan glanced at Shang Yunxian and said: "But I heard that the progress on your side is not going well. Even the coach of the second battalion was captured alive?"
"well……"
Speaking of this matter, Shang Yunxian also felt embarrassed.
"It's all my fault for underestimating the enemy. I didn't expect that Li Chengqian could climb over Jianshan Mountain to launch a sneak attack."
Shang Yunxian shook his head and sighed: "But it doesn't matter. As long as Jianmen Pass is still in our hands, they can't do anything to us."
After hearing this, Chen Fukuan could also guess how unsatisfactory the war was.
He stepped forward and patted Shang Yunxian on the shoulder, saying: "It doesn't matter, I'm here now, let's just rebuild the glory of our Southern Xinjiang Army."
"And I think there is no difference between this Liangzhou army and those southern barbarians."
"At most, they are better equipped and speak the same Tang dialect as us."
Chen Fukuan said: "When we find an opportunity, we will beat them away in one fell swoop."
Knowing that Chen Fukuan was trying to reassure himself, Shang Yunxian didn't say much.
Then he took Chen Fukuan to the Chinese military tent. He first introduced the current situation to Chen Fukuan.
Moreover, he also emphasized: "Now, Li Chengqian has led people over Jianshan Mountain and established a stronghold to the east of us."
"Um."
"I heard about this."
Chen Fukuan nodded and said, "I went to take a look when I came here."
"I have to say that our prince has some real talents and knowledge. At least the camp is quite decent."
"Not only is it easy to defend but difficult to attack, it is comparable to a city, but it is also an extremely strong fortress."
"If our army wants to fight them back, I'm afraid we will have to pay a high price."
Speaking of this, Chen Fukuan suddenly paused.
He turned to look at Shang Yunxian and said, "Old Shang, what are you going to do? Are you planning to let him do something under your nose?"
Hearing these words, Shang Yunxian sighed.
"I don't want to watch, but what can I do?"
"I only have more than 20,000 people under my command, and I still have to garrison Jianmen Pass."
"It would be fine if we can win in one battle. If we can't win, the losses will be huge, and the people behind will definitely make irresponsible remarks."
"And more importantly, our reduction in personnel is equivalent to adding some advantages to the Liangzhou Army."
He said: "So, I am not going to send people to attack the mountain. I will just let them stand there."
"ah?"
Chen Fukuan said with a puzzled face: "You are not planning to attack the mountain, but you are just watching. This is not your personality, Lao Shang."
"hehe."
"That's for sure."
Shang Yunxian smiled mysteriously and then said: "I am actually prepared, but I haven't decided yet."
"Look."
"I just said that you are a monkey, how could you not let them go?"
What does it matter?"
Chen Fukuan rolled his eyes, leaned forward, and asked, "Tell me, how are you going to deal with them?"
Hearing this, Shang Yunxian hesitated slightly.
Then, he walked to the sand table.
"Li Chengqian did this simply to lure us into taking the initiative."
"And I have already made a strategy of refusing to fight, so his strategy has failed."
"If he still wants to continue walking, he just wants to join forces with Beilu's army, one from the south and the other from the north, to attack Jianmen Pass."
While making gestures on the sand table, he said: "And Li Chengqian is here now, and we are here."
"If Li Chengqian wants to attack directly at the rear of our army, he can only come through this canyon."
"Similarly, if our army wants to attack them, it will also have to take this route."
"There is a shelf ditch in the center of this road. I plan to advance the rear army's garrison here..."
After hearing these words, Chen Fukuan rubbed his chin, nodded and said, "This is a good strategy."
"While the team is stationed in place, it can also build defensive fortifications."
"In this way, no matter whether they come to attack or not, they have to break through our defense first."
"With fewer people coming, naturally we won't be able to fight them."
"If too many people come, their rear will be empty."
"At that time..."
You can hit their weak spots directly.
Once the army loses food and supplies, it will definitely have to withdraw.
When the time comes, they can even seal off Li Chengqian's escape route.
It can even be said that Li Chengqian never came back and died in Shu.
Chen Fukuan rubbed his chin and said with a bad smile: "If this battle can succeed, everything on the battlefield will be under our control."
"That's right."
Shang Yunxian nodded, and then said: "It's just that, judging from the previous battles, Li Chengqian is also a A handsome man and a talented man.”
"What we can see, he can also see."
"So, if we want to occupy this area, we should do it sooner rather than later."
"The reason why I hesitated before was because there was no one to help me keep an eye on it."
"You came here today, which can be regarded as solving my urgent need."
Shang Yunxian looked up at Chen Fukuan.
His intention was very obvious, he wanted Chen Fukuan to be the defender and block Li Chengqian's offensive route.
Naturally, Chen Fukuan would not refuse.
He came to this place just to beat up Li Chengqian.
How could you miss this great opportunity?
Chen Fukuan immediately responded: "This matter will be taken care of by me."
"I promise that when you are defending the city, no Liangzhou dog will appear at Jianmen Pass."
Chen Fukuan is also very confident.
Of course, you can't blame others for this.
After all, these people have real skills.
It is not an exaggeration to say that he has the capital to be arrogant.
But these guys always ignore one problem.
That's Li Chengqian's brain circuit, which is really different from people of this era.
Until now, the issue they have struggled with is the importance of Jianmen Pass.
But they completely ignored what would be the consequences if Li Chengqian didn't attack Jianmen Pass.
All the questions Li Chengqian thought of revolved around offense.
But all they think about is defense.
So, this is the difference between them.
But there was one thing they thought of together.
That is the canyon between where Li Chengqian was stationed and Jianmen Pass.
Under the initiative of two military commanders, this place has become a battleground for military strategists.
It has also become the main battlefield where the two armies will face off for the first time...