"Good! All right! It's finally time for this day. But I don't know when the ferry on the river will be able to reach Pinglu? Is there any news for the lord? Li Jing asked Wang De in surprise.

"Don't worry, general, the lower official has sent his capable subordinates to send the information to the lord of Wagang Mountain. If the judgment is good, the lord will definitely order the big ship of Liyang City to rush to Pinglu within two days. ”

"Okay, just wait for two more days, and in two days the boat will be able to board the boat and cross the river when our army arrives." Li Jing listened to the hammer table case and said sharply.

A small building on the top of Wagang Mountain.

At this time, Yang Er was looking at the secret letter sent by Wang De, and a smile gradually appeared on his face.

"Huh! All right! Finally waited until all the sheep entered the circle, Zhong Jian called Yang Yang over. ”

"Master, your name is me?" Yang Yang hurried to the house under the guidance of Zhong Jian and saw Yang Er.

"How many days of rest, do you have any problems with your physical strength?"

"Master, it's just some small work to deliver letters, and I can't get tired, if the master sends it, just tell the villain."

"Good! Immediately went down the mountain and hurried to Liyang City to meet Lord Yuwen, and asked him to immediately board a boat and cross the river south to attack Puyang City. At the same time, half of the big ships were set aside and led by General Lu Xingxing immediately rushed to the Pinglu ferry. You don't want to come back, go to Pinglu with General Lu Xingxing on the same boat, after seeing General Li Jing, let him not delay for a moment, the boat arrived and immediately rushed to cross the Yellow River, and let Luo become the vanguard, Luo Shixin as the deputy vanguard led the White Horse Battalion straight to Hangu Pass, and tied his pockets tightly for this king. Do you hear me? ”

"Remember, master. The villain hurried to Liyang City. "Then he will go out after giving the salute.

"Wait a minute, well--- after crossing Li Jing's army, you are rushing to the ferry of Wenxian County, Zezhou with General Lu, crossing the river with my Pei Yun's Taihang army, and capturing Luokou City."

"Yes, the little one understands." After Yang Yang saluted again, he turned around and left.

Yang Er turned his head and looked at the map on the table again, and suddenly saw that the three-way army on the map was marching from north to south, crossing the Yellow River that stretched for thousands of miles, rushing to the Central Plains, and even in a trance, he could hear the noisy shouting and killing.

"Bang" Yang Er smashed his fist on the table, and laughed indulgently: "Chase the deer in the Central Plains, and its deer will die at my hands!" Hehe---"

Chuchen, who was meditating and practicing on the side, was suddenly shocked and opened his eyes, and looked at the wild and unruly Yang Er stupidly.

Under the city of Tongguan.

The Central Plains rebels, under the command of Wang Shichong and Xu Maogong, failed to succeed in three successive waves of counterattacks. The narrow hillside road was extremely unfavorable for men and horses, and the soldiers who often attacked upwards were always stoned to death by a series of thick rolling logs laid down on the mountain, and the ramp was paved with the corpses of the soldiers, and the blood flowed down the ramp like a small river.

In three successive waves of attacks, the three anti-kings each wounded more than 3,000 soldiers and then retreated.

Xu Maogong saw that the strong attack could not work, so he shouted to stop the fourth anti-king who wanted to continue the attack.

"Alliance leader, this pass is too dangerous, our army can't use it, it's really useless to increase casualties by attacking like this, you should think of other ways to break the pass." Xu Maogong said softly to Wang Shichong beside him.

"Yes! Alliance leader, it's not that our army is not effective, but the ramp is narrow and not conducive to the use of troops! Shen Faxing, the king of Ruyang, who was the first to attack and defeated, said with a crying voice.

"Hmmm! Three times in a row without results, it's not your fault, and please call off the troops and return to the camp, and then think about a good strategy. After Wang Shichong finished speaking, he turned his horse and walked back, and all the anti-kings also turned around and returned to Dazhai.

Seeing the defeat of the anti-king, a burst of cheers broke out in Tongguan City.

"Lord Wang, you see that the rebels have retreated." Xin Wenli shouted, at this time, he was watching the battle with Yang Lin and Shang Shifu on the Guan Tower.

"Hmmm! This level is different from the flat city, if you want to break my Xiong Pass, you must first attack the ramp in front of the pass, this break is steep, just release the rolling log to block the enemy uphill. Although the rebels were numerous, they could not be deployed. Hehe! Let's see how Wang Shichong fights again. Yang Lin stroked his beard and smiled.

"Lord Wang, it's useless to have more powerful weapons in the hands of the last general!" Master Shang leaned into Yang Lin's ear and whispered.

"Huh! General Shang is saying that you got the firearms from the Luzhou arsenal? ”

"Exactly, my lord. The crossbow fire and thunder arrows were extremely powerful, but the distance away from the rebels was too far to be used. It will come in handy once it has broken through the hill ramp. There are also sky-blasting grenades that are also a weapon for melee combat in defending the city. ”

"Then be prepared first, and if it's not too late to use it in an emergency, go home."

Yang Lin and the others decided that the rebels would not attack again today, so they went down to the Guanlou and went to the Shuaifu.

After returning to the Chinese army Dazhai, the exhausted kings sat down separately, and the quarrel never stopped. Xu Maogong frowned and didn't bother to stop the kings from arguing, so he just sat on his seat, Wang Shichong also sat on the main seat with a stern face, and on the other side sat the deputy military advisor Li Mi. When Li Mi tackled the key problems, he didn't say a word, just watched the battle silently behind Wang Shichong, not knowing what he was thinking.

"All the princes are quiet, the leader of this alliance has something to say." After Wang Shichong sat down, he beckoned the kings to be quiet, and when the anti-kings saw it, they stopped talking and only looked at Wang Shichong.

"Today, the three kings led their troops to tackle the fortifications, and although they were in vain, they did not suffer much losses. This steep slope in front of the pass is extremely difficult to attack, when you want to tackle the key problems, Xu Junshi can have a good plan? ”

When Xu Maogong saw the question, he didn't answer in a hurry, but first shook the feather fan and fanned it a few times, and said: "Poor Dao has asked the people in the mountains outside the pass these days, and the only way to go to the capital is to break through the pass, and there is no other way. Watching the battle today, I saw that there were a lot of rolling stones on his slope, and our army's formation was clustered and could not be displayed. Although there is a plan today, I need to delay for some time, I don't know if I should talk about it? ”

"Strategist, let's talk about the staff and staff first, if you can't think about other methods, just don't think about other methods."

"Hmmm! To deal with the rolling stones on the slope, the first thing to do is to fill in the ramp in front of you. Our army is here hundreds of thousands of people, each of whom can carry a cloth bag filled with soil, and put the bag on the ramp, so that in only 5 days, the ramp in front of the pass will naturally fill up and widen, and the rolling stone and saki of the defenders on the mountain will lose its effect. ”

After Xu Maogong finished speaking, there was a discussion in the tent. Most of the anti-kings nodded in approval, while some shook their heads and laughed.

Seeing this, Wang Shichong couldn't make up his mind, so he turned his head to Li Mi on the side and asked, "Mr. Xuansui thinks that the plan of the military advisor is feasible?" Seeing Wang Shichong speak, the account was quiet again, and everyone looked at Li Mi.

Li Mi saw that he asked himself, and he had to say: "Although Xu Junshi's strategy has been slowed down, it is a good way to crack it. I have more than 50 people and horses in Tongguan Dazhai, and I should be able to fill in a smooth road within 5 days. But ---"

"But what, it's okay for the military advisor to talk about it." Seeing that Li Mi had sold the pass, Wang Shichong asked eagerly.

"However, even if our army can attack the wall head-on, the terrain is not conducive to the deployment of the army, and we can send up to 3,000 men and horses at a time, and our army's numerical advantage will not be used at all. It may not be possible to capture Tongguan. ”

"Mr. Xuansui, is there a good way to break the barrier?" The White Emperor asked. Today's tackling, his subordinates lost a general, and he was depressed in his heart, and hated the Tongguan defenders.

"Xia Guan thought that on the surface, it could be implemented according to Xu Junshi's plan, and secretly he could find a big boat to go directly to Tongguan from the river on the right side. It's just that I don't know if this big ship can be found. ”

"Huh! Mr. Xuansui is so calculating! It is worthy of today's celebrities, and it is a good strategy to repair the plank road and darken. Xu Maogong shook his feather fan and applauded, and couldn't help but glance at Li Mi.

"Mr. Xuansui, there are a few wharves on the river from Luoyang to this Tongguan, but most of them are passing merchant ships and unusable riverside fishing boats, where can I find a big ship that can transport troops!" Wang Shichong said.

"Yes! Our kings are all soldiers on land, and they have no water divisions! Only the king of Jinan has some large merchant ships in his hands, I don't know if they can be mobilized? Shen Faxing shouted.

"General Tang Jin, your Jinan Mansion has long occupied shipping in the lower reaches of the Yellow River, can you have a big ship?" Wang Shichong turned his head and asked Tang Jin, who represented the Tang Bi Alliance.

"Alas! Since Yang Guang occupied the wharf of Liyang City, my master has used less big ships, but there are some ships, which are usually berthed in Dengzhou Port, if the big ships are mobilized from Dengzhou to here, it will take more than a month. Moreover, the wharves along the way were occupied by the Jin army, and it is hard to say whether they can get by. Tang Jin replied.

After listening to Tang Jin's words, there was another discussion in the account, and most people were shaking their heads and saying nothing.

"In this case, this strategy will not work, alas." Wang Shichong shook his head and sighed.

"Then first pile up the soil and level the slope according to the strategy of Xu Junshi, and after I wait for the kings to return to the camp, I will order my soldiers to move, and first prepare for a frontal attack." The distraught Gao Tan Saint shouted loudly.

"Good! According to this plan, prepare in advance. That's it for today, and the brothers will go back to the account and rest first. After Wang Shichong finished speaking, he got up and bowed to the kings, and the kings got up and went back to the village.

Xu Maogong, Wei Zheng, Shan Xiongxi, Qin Qiong and others walked to their tent together, speechless all the way. When they returned to the tent, they sat down again to take counsel.

"Gong Mao, poor Taoist temple, your brows furrowed after hearing Li Mi's plan, you seem to have something on your mind, can you talk about it?" Wei Zheng grabbed Xu Maogong and asked in a low voice, and Shan Xiongxin, Qin Qiong and other generals were also listening.

"Alas! Although Li Mi's plan is good, it is not realistic. It reminded the poor Dao that now I have more than ten anti-king advantages in land strength, which is enough to fight with the Sui Court and the Hedong forces of the Jin Dynasty. But this is all the way up the river, but this waterway is the Jin King Yang Guang has an absolute advantage. I have long heard that Yang Guang has built two military ports and several large shipyards in Donglai County, and it is said that there are thousands of warships that can be used to go to sea. Nowadays, unlike the use of troops in winter, the ice of the Yellow River estuary cannot make ships, if this waterway is used by Yang Guang, the king of Jin, it will be extremely unfavorable to our army! Therefore, I am worried. Xu Maogong shook his head again and again and said helplessly.

"Brother Dao Chang is right, my Changye Ridge is close to the Yellow River, and it is not far from Liyang City. The section of the river below Liyang City originally belonged to Tang Bi, but now it belongs to the King of Jin. In the past, his big ships often sailed from the sea into the river to Liyang. Cheng Yanjin said.

"In this way, the Yellow River, which is regarded as a natural danger in the eyes of you and me, has no effect on the King of Jin. If he crosses the river to attack Luoyang, won't my army here be in chaos? Wei Zheng exclaimed, and his face changed suddenly. Everyone couldn't help but be shocked and looked at Xu Maogong.

"Huh! Don't panic, Wang Shichong is now staying in Luoyang and Luokou City, and there are still as many as 200,000 people, even if Yang Guang crosses the river to attack, it is enough to resist. Xu Maogong smiled and explained everyone, and suddenly, the feather fan shaking in his hand stopped, held it in the air, and his face suddenly turned pale.

"Strategist ---"

"Brother Dao Chang---"

"Mao Gong, why are you doing this? Whatever you have to say, let it be spoken. Wei Zheng and the others saw that Xu Maogong's face changed greatly as he spoke, and they suddenly felt bad, and hurriedly shouted.

"Oops! More than 500,000 people here are all dead! Xu Maogong poured it out in one breath for a long time, and finally blurted out a sentence.

"Brother Junshi, how do you say this?" Shan Xiongxin hurriedly asked.

"If I am Yang Guang's soldiers, I will order the sea ships to enter the inland river and go up, carry the Jizhou Jin army from Liyang City to the ship to bypass Luoyang City and cut off the back road of our army, the back road is broken, the grain and grass are not enough, if we can't attack Tongguan, our army will be defeated by the turtle in the urn." After Xu Maogong finished speaking, he hurriedly walked to the table and looked at the map. Everyone also gathered at the edge of the table, watching Xu Maogong's fingers keep gesturing on the map.

Suddenly, Xu Maogong's finger pointed at one place, and kept poking, as if he wanted to pierce this silk map.

"It must be here, Shaanxi County."

"Mao Gong, are you saying that the Jin army will land in Shaanxi County, and then seize the old Hangu to cut off the back road of our army?" Wei Zheng couldn't help but be shocked.

"It must be like this, maybe the troop carrier is already on its way." Xu Maogong said, anxiously walking back and forth on the side of the table, thinking about countermeasures.

"Military advisor, why don't you quickly inform the alliance leader Wang Shichong and ask him to send troops to garrison Hangu Pass or occupy the retreating troops in Shaanxi County." Qin Qiong was quite sensible and said urgently.

"Nope! Don't say that the kings don't believe it, but if it is a mistake in the judgment of the poor road, the Jin army will not land in Shaanxi County. Then the morale of our army will be shaken, and the kings will be defeated in a panic. Besides, if he boarded the ship from Liyang, how could Tang Bi, the king of Jinan, not know? I didn't see any news from him. Think of a perfect solution. Xu Maogong then walked around with his hands behind his back, and all the generals were speechless.

After a while, Xu Maogong stopped, looked at the map again, and then slapped the feather fan in his hand on the map, and said fiercely: "No matter what the battle situation is, first ensure the safety of these 80,000 horses in my Lu country." ”

Then he looked up at everyone and said: "Second Brother Shan, Brother Shubao, Brother Xuanchengdao, you three brothers will lead the brothers tonight with the people of the village to lend the name of digging and filling bags, and the whole army will retreat to Hangu Pass, if the mouth of Hangu Pass does not see the Jin army, they will retreat to the direction of Luoyang." It is enough for one person to stay here. ”

"Strategist, I'll wait for my brother to go, if Wang Shichong asks about the whereabouts of our army tomorrow, how will the strategist respond?" Shan Xiongxin hurriedly asked, with the intention of letting Xu Maogong withdraw from the army together.

"Huh! The poor road has its own words to deal with. Don't worry. ”

"Brother Dao Chief, if we escape with our lives, but this place is surrounded, won't we die?" Cheng Yanjin asked worriedly.

"If you are surrounded, you are just a poor person, it is not enough, you wait to go."

Seeing that Xu Maogong's mind had been decided, all the brothers in the tent bowed goodbye together, slowly withdrew from the big tent, and went to their respective tents to order the headquarters to move.