As the battle situation in Youzhou stabilized, the next focus of the Han army's plan would naturally become to attack Jinyang. For the Fenwu Army, the focus of the attack would naturally shift from Youzhou to Yanmen Pass.
Although Han Qinhu did not receive a clear order for him to lead his army to conquer Yanmen - with the strength of the Fenwu Army, everyone knew that this was somewhat unrealistic, but of course Han Qinhu himself still hoped to conquer Yanmen.
Achieving great achievements.
So when Youzhou won't launch an attack in a short time, Han Qinhu gradually mobilized Pingcheng's army southward, hoping to cooperate with Yang Su and others in the south. People always have to have dreams, just in case
We have taken down Yanmen Pass.
Especially since Youzhou now has the navy's guarantee of transporting supplies by sea, there is no need to transport them all the way from Guanzhong to Hetao, then to Pingcheng, and finally to Juyong. The amount of manpower and material resources consumed along the way is unknown.
The savings now naturally gave Han Qinhu the confidence to attack Yanmen.
"General, it is easy to attack Yanmen Pass from south to north, but it is really difficult to attack from north to south." A general lying next to Han Qinhu couldn't help but sigh.
Han Qinhu nodded. The gate city of Yanmen Pass was actually built on the saddle of the mountain. It may look like a flat land from a distance, but in fact, in order to get up and down the gate city from the north and south, you need to pass through a steep slope.
The ones on the north side circle around the mountain wall and are relatively gentle. The ones on the north side extend directly from the hillside to the pass and are very steep. If ordinary vehicles want to pass through, they will have to be pulled by many people to go up the slope, let alone
Attacked the city.
After people rush up, there is still a tall city wall, so they have to find a way to pull up large siege equipment such as ladder trucks and ram trucks. This is almost impossible. But if you only carry a simple ladder to attack the city, even if you are carrying a simple ladder,
Even if you are lucky enough to be able to go up, I'm afraid it will be difficult to climb over the city wall, and then you will just give the enemy heads in vain.
Therefore, it is no wonder that enemies in the northern grasslands who wanted to go south to Jinyang would march along the Kelan River Valley instead of attacking Yanmen from the front.
Han Qinhu had also thought about entering Jinyang via a detour from other places before, but he still did not dare to take the risk. Mainly now that the Fenwu Army has been divided into two parts, one part is in Youzhou, and the other part is under his command, here
Under the cover of two parts of soldiers and horses, although Pingcheng has almost become an empty city, it is at least still safe.
The Xue Yantuo tribe on the grassland was also roaming north of Youzhou at this time, and would not rush to trouble Han Qinhu for a while - the Xue Yantuo tribe had previously intended to attack Youzhou, but was taught a lesson by Dugu Yongye.
Now that they see that even Dugu Yongye is unable to defeat the big Han, they naturally do not dare to compete with the big Han. They have already sent envoys to show their goodwill to Han Qinhu before, and also proposed to send envoys to meet with His Majesty, but now the big Han
His Majesty is on a personal expedition, and even if the envoy is sent, he does not know where to go, so he has no choice but to give up, but his surrender is self-evident.
Otherwise, Han Qinhu wouldn't be so bold as to leave Pingcheng behind.
The reason why he did not take a detour was that he was afraid that Yu Wenchun would attack Pingcheng in turn after getting the news. After passing Pingcheng and then entering the grassland, Han Qinhu would be guilty of a grave sin.
Now the strategy of the Han Dynasty has been very clear, which is to encircle the Northern Zhou Dynasty from all directions, and finally trap the Northern Zhou Dynasty around the two big cities of Jinyang and Yecheng, and cut off the connection between them, and finally force the Zhou people to fight on their own, and then cooperate with the psychological
With the propaganda on the Internet, it is even possible to win without a fight.
The Taiwei Mansion clearly pointed out that the Han army did not need to take the initiative to attack the city, but it must ensure that the current encirclement was unbreakable.
For the Fenwu Army, taking Yanmen Pass would be equivalent to completely taking away control of the battlefield in northern Jinyang and cutting off the possibility of the enemy moving north from the main road. This was more effective than any fancy attack.
But having said that, is this Yanmen so easy to win?
"General, there are men in white robes who secretly crossed the Great Wall and came with documents from the governor of Hedong." A school captain climbed up from the bottom of the mountain.
"Huh?" Han Qinhu was a little strange and led the people down the mountain.
The white robe was dressed like a mountain man, and when he saw Han Qinhu, he hurriedly handed over his hand.
"Thank you for your hard work." Han Qinhu returned the favor. You can imagine the difficulties faced by these white-robed men who wanted to cross the enemy's tight blockade to deliver information.
"General, please sign it personally!" Bai Pao took out the sealed document from his arms, "I was ordered by the governor to set off from the south of Jinyang City. It will take less than two days in total."
"Take this brother down and have a good rest." Han Qinhu ordered, opened the letter, glanced at it, and a smile appeared on his face.
"General, what are the governor's plans?" The generals who came to inquire immediately came over.
Han Qinhu said with a smile: "The governor will first lead his troops across Jinyang and attack Yanmen from the north. Then the two armies will attack from the north and the south and break through Yanmen first!"
The generals all looked happy.
Having been blocked by Yanmen Pass for such a long time, everyone felt uncomfortable, but there was nothing they could do. Now if they can break through Yanmen Pass, it would naturally mean that they can also get a share of the battle in Jinyang, which is of course a great thing.
"The attack on Yanmen will also show the strength of our Fenwu Army. At that time, the two armies will advance together. Although the north road is more steep, we have been at Yanmen for a long time without any success. We should break the city first, otherwise Fenwu
If the army is showing off, I will be ridiculed by the people in the world!" Han Qinhu's expression was much more solemn, giving a warning to the guys around him.
From the time it left Hetao in the north to the time it marched into Pingcheng, the Fenwu Army has been fighting alone in the north. However, it is also the only army that has the opportunity to take charge of a battlefield alone. Other armies must cooperate with other armies on any battlefield.
, only by competing for credit, and naturally no one can compete with Fenwu Army.
Attacking Yanmen now is the time to test the Fenwu Army. If Yang Su can defeat the enemy with his troops and horses, then the face of their Fenwu Army will be thrown directly into the water. The rest will
Don't all the leaders of the army say that their Fenwu Army is just superficial. It seems that they have conquered a large territory in the north, but in fact it is mainly because the enemy is too weak or there are no enemies at all.
When Han Qinhu said this, the generals of course cheered up and agreed with a bang.
"From now on, we will bombard Guancheng day and night. In addition, each ministry will select elites and prepare to explore the road first." Han Qinhu said sternly, "The hills on both sides are all equipped with artillery, debugged and calibrated. As long as we can hit Guancheng
If you go, give him credit first! In addition, all enemy sentries are not allowed to appear outside the wall. Even if we disperse all the musketeers, we can't let the enemy find out our details!"
The generals hurriedly divided up to do it.
Just when Han Qinhu was about to take his guards up the mountain to find out what was going on, a scout came quickly: "Report, general, urgent report from Hetao!"