Chapter 1226: Soldiers take Xuanyuan Pass without blood

There are 98 counties in the two counties of Yuzhou and four countries, and the first county of Runan alone accounts for 37 counties, and Runan is the base camp of the Yuan family.

During the Battle of Hanshui, Qin Hao dug up the Hanshui Seventh Army in order to deal with Xiang Yu's hundreds of thousands of Yellow Turban Army, and as a result, Runan downstream also suffered, and hundreds of thousands of refugees were displaced, which also became one of Qin Hao's few black spots.

Several years have passed, and under the vigorous development and resource tilt of the Yuan family, as well as Zhao Kuangyin's wholehearted governance, Runan has gradually recovered.

Today's Runan County is much worse than before the Yellow Turban Uprising, but it is still the richest county today, and it is not a problem to raise hundreds of thousands of soldiers.

After owning more than 30 counties in Runan, Zhao Kuangyin also initially had the capital to fight against Yuan Shu, even if Yuan Shu sent Lian Po to lead an army of 150,000 to fight, Zhao Kuangyin still had the confidence to fight with it.

There are four main reasons why Zhao Kuangyin was able to occupy more than 30 county towns in Runan in such a short period of time:

1, in order to support Yuan Shu's unification of Yuzhou, the Yuan family's heritage has also been consumed a lot, and most of the personnel have moved to Chen County with Yuan Shu, which greatly reduces the Yuan family's control over Runan;

2, Zhao Kuangyin has made sufficient preparations for the day of self-reliance, many county orders and guards are his people, and Zhao Kuangyin himself is the Taishou of Runan, and it is extremely convenient to act.

3, the preparation of the Yuzhou army in Runan was insufficient, and he did not expect that his own people would come to fight him.

It is under the simultaneous operation of these three points that even the rock-solid Runan County for the Yuan family has been digging the foot of the wall day and night and quietly, and cracks have appeared little by little and finally collapsed completely.

In addition, Zhao Kuangyin's luck is not bad, and there are no accidents and variables in the middle, so Zhao Kuangyin can have such a good start.

Zhao Kuangyin and Lian Po have a very good personal relationship, before Lian Po led the army alone, he was even jealous of Yuan Shu because of his relationship with Zhao Kuangyin, and as a result, he missed a lot of good opportunities to lead the army and make meritorious contributions, but now the two are going to face off on the battlefield.

Zhao Kuangyin knows Lian Po, he knows that although the personal relationship between the two is good, Lian Po will never show mercy to his subordinates because of this, and it is even more impossible to subdue Lian Po by personal affection.

Lian Po is a truly loyal person, even if he knows that Yuan Shu is a mediocre master, he will never vote for another master.

Unless Yuan Shu took the initiative to do something to kill him, making Lian Po completely desperate for him, Lian Po would never have any possibility of betrayal.

Since there is no way to persuade him to surrender, he can only fight with all his might.

Zhao Kuangyin was not afraid of fighting with Lian Po, but he was afraid that when he fought with Lian Po, the Qin army would suddenly kill from behind, and once he faced a two-sided attack, even he might not be able to return to the sky.

"The lord doesn't have to worry too much, the current managers of the Qin army are Qin Jian and Tan Daoji on the surface, but in fact they are Jia Xu's old fox.

Jia Xu is the most cunning person, he wishes that our army and the Yuzhou army would fight for two defeats and be injured, and he will definitely not help the Yuzhou army at this time. Zhao Pu said calmly.

Zhao Kuangyin shook his head and said, "At this time and that time, I am not afraid that the Qin army will join forces with the Yuzhou army, but I am only afraid that Jia Xu's old man will fall into the well."

Although our army has now withdrawn from Guangcheng Pass, Xuanyuan Pass is still in the hands of our army.

Xuanyuan is related to the safety of the entire Sizhou, Jia Xu will never give up, but Xuanyuan Pass is also a barrier for our army to resist the Qin army, and Benhou does not want to give up.

If Jia Xu comes to take Xuanyuan Pass at this time, he doesn't need to attack the city, he just needs to lead the army over, and he will contain tens of thousands of troops in our army. ”

In front of Zhao Pu, Zhao Kuangyin said what he was most worried about, but Zhao Pu laughed after hearing it.

"My lord, now Xuanyuan Pass is not only not a barrier for our Runan, but also a life-saving talisman.

Have you forgotten that Xuanyuan Guan can only block the Qin army in the two directions of Yique Pass and Guangcheng Pass, but the Qin army can still go around Lingjun to the back of Xuanyuan Pass. ”

Zhao Kuangyin slapped his head suddenly, how could he give me such an important matter, he only cared about the Qin army in Sizhou, but forgot that Zhangling County, one of the five counties in Jingbei, actually borders Runan County, and taking the Zhangling line can completely detour to the back of Xuanyuan Pass.

"If our army has sufficient troops, it will naturally be able to block this strange army that is bypassing, but one Lian Po has already contained most of our army's strength, and there is no extra force to stop the Qin army.

And if the Qin army really sent troops to recapture Xuanyuan Pass, then Xuanyuan Pass would definitely face a situation of being flanked from front to back, and it would undoubtedly be unrealistic for the defenders in the pass to hold it.

Since it is destined to be undefended, then why divide troops to protect a Xuanyuan Pass, which is dispensable for our army? ”

Speaking of this, Zhao Pu looked at Zhao Kuangyin with a serious face, and said in a deep voice: "Lord, for our army, the top priority is to stabilize the situation and defeat Yuan Shu, not to make enemies everywhere.

Zhao Pu believes that the Qin army is the only ally that our army can win over at present, so it should be friendly with the Qin army at all costs, even if it is to take the initiative to give up Xuanyuan Pass. ”

Zhao Pu's words made Zhao Kuangyin suddenly brightened, because he had just started a war with the former army, he subconsciously regarded the Qin army as an opponent, but ignored that the relationship between the two sides had changed.

"What the military advisor said is reasonable, Xuanyuan Pass is indeed a good thing for our army, and now our army is indeed not suitable for a two-front war."

After saying a deep word, Zhao Kuangyin said again: "Since Xuanyuan Pass is useless to our army, and the Qin army is determined to win Xuanyuan Pass, it is not impossible to use Xuanyuan Pass to win over the Qin army."

Military advisor, send the Qin army to return the matter of Xuanyuan Pass, and leave it to you. ”

"No." Zhao Pu replied in a deep voice.

Yique Pass.

Qin Qiong led the generals and asked Jia Xu for orders: "Military Division, now that Lian Po and Zhao Kuangyin are at war, most of Zhao Kuangyin's troops are contained by Lian Po, it is the best time for our army to recapture Xuanyuan Pass." ”

"Yes, military division, once the Xuanyuan Pass is recaptured, and all the eight passes in Luoyang are in hand, the defense line of the eastern front of Sizhou will be completely perfected."

Guan Sheng said, and then the rest of the generals also spoke, and what they said was nothing more than some remarks about asking for war.

Seeing this, Jia Xu laughed and said, "Don't worry, fighting is the best policy, and surrendering without a fight is the best policy."

Don't worry, in the next ten days, Zhao Kuangyin will definitely take the initiative to return Xuanyuan Pass. ”

All the generals showed disbelief when they heard this, after all, the location of Xuanyuan Pass is too important, and on the issue of the ownership of Xuanyuan Pass, there have been no less than ten negotiations between the Qin army and the Yuzhou army, and in the end, each time it is over, so how can Zhao Kuangyin take the initiative to return it.

Seeing that the generals didn't believe it, Jia Xu didn't explain too much, for the superiors, if they explained everything clearly to their subordinates, it would inevitably seem that the subordinates were too incompetent, in short, time will prove everything.

What Jia Xu said was the tenth day, but just after the fifth day, Zhao Kuangyin's envoy Zhao Pu arrived at Yique Pass, and what he did was to return Xuanyuan Pass, and now the Qin army generals were completely convinced by Jia Xu.

At this point, the Qin army regained Xuanyuan Pass bloodlessly, and the defense of the eastern front of Sizhou was also completely perfected.