Kannai.

Inside the house.

In an ordinary-sized bedroom, on both sides of the desk, Guan Ping, who was wearing armor, and Huang Chong, a young man in a green shirt, knelt opposite each other.

"Brother Chong, what do you think of the current situation, what are your calculations?"

After Huang Chong took a slight look at the silk book, Guan Ping's eyebrows and Yujin couldn't hide their worries, and asked softly.

After saying that, Huang Chong did not answer immediately, but threw himself on the screen hanging the map on the side and observed carefully, without saying a word.

After a long time, he closed his eyes and thought about it for a while, and then he slowly said, "General, according to Chong, this time the Cao army and the Qiang people invaded the territory, and our army can divide it into four roads!" ”

"And of these four roads, two of them are feints, our army doesn't have to worry, but there are two places where the strength has to be ......"

"Brother Chong, please wait a minute......"

Just as Huang Chong was halfway through his analysis, Guan Ping couldn't help but show doubts and waved his hand.

Although he was interrupted, he was not annoyed, and said with a smile, "General!" ”

"Actually, it's nothing, it's just that the general is a little curious, according to the detective report, the Cao Qiang coalition army only has three ways at most, where is there a fourth way?"

Speaking of this, Guan Ping's puzzled eyes stared at him tightly, and continued to narrate: "The first road is that the Qianghu soldiers are divided into two roads, with Yue Ji as the general, leading tens of thousands of people to go south from Tianshui along the way, go to the Wolf Valley, and directly take Wuxing and Fuxian soldiers Linyang Pingguan, and look at Hanzhong. ”

"The second is to use the Qiang King Cheriji's pro-command to live in Qiangdao, take care of the horses and armaments, and I don't know what it means!"

"Third, the Guanzhong Army led by the Anxi general Xiahou Nan sat west to guard Chencang and waited for the opportunity, ready to seize the land north of Yangping Pass along the old road and capture Nanzheng."

After the words fell, Guan Ping looked directly at Huang Chong again, and his suspicious gaze did not decrease in the slightest.

"The general's suspicions come from this fourth enemy army, right?"

Seeing that his expression was calm, he pointed a little with a smile on his face, and lightly pointed to the top of the map.

At this glance, Guan Ping's pupils shrank, and the next moment he seemed to suddenly react, and his face was suddenly revealed.

"Brother Chong, are you saying that it is possible for Cao Jun to surprise my Hanzhong from Meridian Valley?"

"Highly likely!"

After hearing this, Huang Chong's face was serious and affirmative.

Seeing that his expression was so resolute, Guan Ping was also skeptical at this time, so he muttered, "This shouldn't be enough, right?" ”

"Although the Meridian Valley can reach the east of Hanzhong from Chang'an, how can we get out of the danger of the meridian and the difficulty of the road, even if we barely get out, it must be a light army, and it is exhausted and sluggish."

"Thinking about it this way, does Cao Jun really dare to make dangerous moves?"

In response to this, Guan Ping still felt a little unbelievable in his heart.

After all, he came from the afterlife, and he knew the hardships of the Meridian Valley.

It's not easy to get through!

The Qinling Mountains in the middle of Hanzhong and Guanzhong are high and densely forested, and there are mainly six plank roads that can be passed during this period, namely Chencang Road, Bao Slope Road, Fu Luo Road, Meridian Road, Kugu Road, Wuguan Road.

The remaining five of these six have been in the long river of history, and all of them have been conscripted and marched and made surprise attacks, but only Meridian Valley, although many of them planned surprise attacks for the commanders of the army in history, but they all ended in failure without exception!

In the Three Kingdoms era, Cao Zhen, the governor of Wei, wanted to use this plank road to conquer Hanzhong, but he retreated due to heavy rain and the collapse of the plank road.

It is worth mentioning that Cao Zhen led the crowd through the Meridian Valley for more than a month, but only walked nearly half of the distance.

This shows the difficulty of the Meridian Valley.

Later generations also proved the difficulty of the Meridian Valley.

The Eastern Jin Dynasty's ministers Hengwen and the late Ming Dynasty King Gao Yingxiang broke the Meridian Valley one after another.

This was also when Huang Chong said that Cao Jun was very likely to pass through the Meridian Valley, Guan Pinghui hesitated.

"If it is replaced by someone else, it will not be, but there is a Zhang He in Guanzhong."

"This person has always been eclectic and flexible in the use of troops, never sticking to conventional combat methods, and is good at changing the policy of employing troops with the changes of war."

Speaking of this, Huang Chong's face that was still smiling suddenly sank, and he said in a deep voice, "General, but once the garrison situation in our army is suddenly weak?" ”

"Will Zhang He still be indifferent?"

"It's hard to guarantee that he won't take risks, attack Meridian Valley, and surprise attack Hanzhong."

The more he thought about it, the clearer his thinking became, and he continued to analyze aloud, "No, according to Chong, the surprise attack on Hanzhong is probably the true intention of the Cao army in this battle." ”

"Why?"

"General, think about it, the elite of Guanzhong was completely destroyed as early as the battle of Hanzhong last year, and the current strength has not yet recovered, and most of the new recruits are new troops, how dare Cao Jun attack with his own strength?"

"Not to mention that now that Cao Thief has personally mentioned the elite expedition to Hu Kou, the Guanzhong Army can be said to be like a rootless duckweed, and there is no backer behind it, which is also the key to Cao Jun's pulling Qiang Hu to attack my Shu land together."

As soon as the words came out, Huang Chong looked at Guan Ping slowly again, and chuckled, "But the general thinks that only a battle-hardened general like Zhang He would believe that he could attack Hanzhong with the strength of the Qiang people alone?" ”

"As we all know, the Qiang people are located in Liangzhou, and the endless wilderness of Xiliangduo is an excellent place for knights to fight, but the terrain of Shu is completely different.

"Presumably, Zhang He didn't expect the Qiang people to do anything at all, and it may be his purpose to hold back the main force of our army and attract momentum, right?"

"Then the question is, since Cao Jun didn't rely on the Qiang people to attack our army, what was the purpose of what he did this, and what was his next move?"

After thinking about it slowly, Huang Chong was open and honest, and said slowly, "At present, Chong Neng can only think of a surprise attack. ”

"When the Hanzhong War is in full swing, the Qiang people will definitely storm the Yangping Pass line, and at that time, the pressure on our Hanzhong army will also increase sharply, and the main general General Wei will definitely do his best to go to reinforcements!"

"There's no doubt about it."

"After that, the convenience of Hanzhong is empty, and at this time, once Zhang He successfully walks out of the Meridian Valley, the consequences will be unimaginable, and I am afraid that the good situation of our army will be ruined because of this."

As soon as he spoke, Guan Ping sat down and listened carefully without interrupting.

This analysis makes perfect sense!

What Huang Chong said is indeed unguarded!

Although according to historical records, since the opening of the Meridian Valley Plank Road, no one in the whole history has been able to succeed except Liu Bang and Han Xin.

But there are exceptions.

What if this time Zhang He's surprise attack was favored by God and succeeded?

There is no room for so many assumptions in the military, but Guan Ping, as the chief general, has to prevent the seriousness of the matter.

"Brother Chong, what you said is indeed extremely reasonable, our army really needs to make plans early, otherwise at that time, the Cao army will really attack, and if our army is defenseless, I am afraid that there will be danger!"

Hanzhong, located south of the Qinling Mountains, is not only an outpost of the Northern Expedition, but also an important town to resist the Cao army and prevent Shu from being exposed to the enemy's troops.

Of course, this is only one aspect.

On the other hand, it is also related to the strategy planned by Guan Ping.

Once Hanzhong is lost, it will affect the land of Jingxiang.

In the Xiangfan War last year, Xiangyang has fallen, and the major tributaries such as the water have been completely integrated with the Han River.

If Hanzhong is lost, the mediocrity sandwiched between it will be in danger!

If there is a loss, it will be difficult to protect Xiangyang!

"I should quickly repair a letter and send it to Nanzheng to inform General Wei, so that he can pay attention to the movement in the direction of the noon road."

Guan Ping said slowly.

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