Tu Qi finally successfully completed the task assigned by Li Xin and returned to Zheng County to resume his life. And Li Xin, who had received Xue Zhenwen's exact reply, began to plan in detail at this time, and for this reason, he specially summoned Wang Meng, who had just returned from Tongguan.

"I haven't been to that place in Chang'an, and the same is true for Erhei, there are not many people in our army who have been there, let alone people who know more clearly. Jingluo, you should know something about this matter, right? "Within the county office, Li Xin called Zhou Tong and several of them over to discuss important matters together.

"I've been to Chang'an City many times, and I do know a little bit about it. Today's Chang'an City is basically repaired on the basis of the Han Dynasty. You see, the outermost part of this Chang'an city is a tall city wall, made of rammed loess, which is extremely strong. The north of the city is close to Weishui, the city is surrounded by the king canal, and there are canals passing through the west and south of the city. There are twelve palace gates outside Chang'an City, and there are three on all sides, and there is no other way to enter! ”

The terrain of Chang'an City is high in the south and low in the north, and the highest place is on the dragon's head in the southwest corner, where is the Han Weiyang Palace, where it was renamed the Taiji Palace in the Wei Dynasty. At the same time, the small city of Chang'an, where Fu Jian is located, actually refers to the palace wall of Weiyang Palace. If we want to attack this place, I'm afraid it won't be easy, and the terrain will be congenitally controlled by people. There are only four gates to enter this small city, Xi'an Gate in the south, Zhangcheng Gate in the west, Beique Palace Gate in the north, and Dongque Palace Gate in the east. ”

"Originally, if we wanted to attack the small city of Chang'an, we could directly cross the city wall and enter the palace wall directly through the air compound road from the Jianzhang Palace outside Chang'an City, but unfortunately, this Jianzhang Palace had been destroyed as early as the end of the Han Dynasty! In this way, we can only honestly enter the city wall first, then enter the palace wall, and finally attack the palace in the small city, in order to catch Fu Jian! Wang Meng introduced it in detail, especially drawing pictures on paper while talking, so that Li Xin, a person who had never been there at all, also had an intuitive impression.

"I knew you were going to have to do this, otherwise, I would have to do it myself, but it would be a lot more troublesome. Now that you've drawn the general layout of the city, let's talk about the official course of action! Li Xin asked Wang Meng to add some more, and basically drew all the buildings in Chang'an City, especially those palaces.

"Chang'an City is so big, it's no wonder that Fu Jian wants to shrink his troops back into Chang'an City. After all, it is simply impossible to defend the entire Chang'an City with 6,000 weak soldiers, but I am afraid that 60,000 is about the same. After seeing this picture, Li Erhei couldn't help but say.

As the capital of the Han Dynasty, Chang'an City has been built and restored by the emperors of the Han Dynasty, and this scale is naturally impossible to be small. Although today's Chang'an City has been continuously repaired by Liu Ji and Shi Hu, it is still far from the scale of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty. Rao is so, this is also the Xiongcheng that belongs to the two subordinates today!

Fu Jian is not only thinking about the problem of troops, but, as Jing Luo just said, the place where this small city of Chang'an is located is the highest in the city, and if he defends the city, he will take advantage of the location. At the same time, the Xi'an Gate in the south and the Zhangcheng Gate in the west are actually only ten miles away from the army in the south of the city, and once Chang'an City is alarmed, reinforcements can arrive immediately. This is not a good thing for us, with the number of the enemy's army, even if Huan Wen can hold off most of them, as long as a few thousand reinforcements come back, it will be a great threat to us! Hearing this, Li Xin shook his head lightly and said.

"With the combined strength of our three families, there are almost 15,000 people, and in the case of non-subordination, the combat effectiveness may not be able to be fully exerted! The small city of Chang'an is more than four miles long and wide, and the other side is garrisoned with 6,000 troops, if it is not possible to quickly break through the small city, the other party's reinforcements will soon arrive! At this point, we must consider everything before we can act, otherwise, it is nothing if we do not succeed, and we are afraid that we will lose ourselves! Zhou Tong also looked a little worried.

"Fu Qin's army is stationed in the south of the city, if according to the plan that Han Tang said, once we start to act, Huan Wen's side will almost react quickly. At the very least, a big battle would start before the Fu Qin army got the news that the small city had been attacked. Under this situation, Fu Chang and the others did not dare to withdraw their troops, even if it was only a part, in that situation, they were afraid that they would be caught by Huan Wen. Therefore, the real most worrying thing was Fu Xiong's 7,000 cavalry. Wang Meng thought for a moment and analyzed.

"If we consider the overall situation, we must consider two aspects at the same time, one is the seven thousand cavalry, and the other is the infantry who have returned to help. Apart from these two, the enemy has no other way. What we need to do is to put out all the unfavorable things and think of countermeasures in advance. Judging from the situation of Chang'an City, whether the other party's reinforcements are cavalry or infantry, they must first pass through the Chang'an city wall before they can enter the city and support the small city of Chang'an. We're going to keep them out of the city and keep them out of the city!" Li Xin nodded, and then said what was in his heart.

"Do you want to defend Chang'an City with our five thousand soldiers and horses? It can't be, right? Hearing this, Li Erhei and Zhou Tong both widened their eyes and said in disbelief.

If this can be done, why did Fu Jian retreat back to Chang'an City, wouldn't it be best to directly defend the entire Chang'an City.

"Han Tang, tell me what you think!" Wang Meng didn't suspect it at the first time, but looked at Li Xin thoughtfully and said.

"Don't worry! I'm not talking nonsense! Think about it, what is the purpose of this operation for us? Seeing the appearance of everyone, Li Xin couldn't help but smile and asked.

"What else? Didn't you capture the small city and take Fu Jian? Li Erhei wondered.

"No, this is the purpose of Huyan Poison and Xue Zhenwen, for us, Fu Jian's life and death are not so important! Our purpose is just to eliminate Fu Qin's power as much as possible. Therefore, it makes no difference to us whether to eliminate the Fu Qin soldiers in the small city of Chang'an or to eliminate the Fu Qin soldiers and horses who came back to support! Li Xin shook his head lightly and said lightly.

"I see what you mean! Indeed, for us, the greater the loss of Fu Qin's troops, the less of a threat to us. In this way, we don't have to block Chang'an City completely, as long as we force the enemy's reinforcements to the place we set, and then destroy them, we will successfully achieve our goal! Hearing this, Wang Meng's eyes couldn't help but light up, and he took his words.

"That's what it means! You see, there are three gates in the south of Chang'an City, from east to west are Fu'ang Gate, Anmen and Xi'an Gate! If the enemy gets the news and wants to return to help, it is undoubtedly the most convenient and quick to enter Chang'an City from these three gates. Therefore, we must first guard these three gates. Li Xin had nothing to say about Wang Meng's wisdom, and sure enough, he understood it as soon as he heard it, and then continued to analyze.

"However, once these three gates are blocked, the enemy can still enter Chang'an through other gates! Although the speed of the infantry may be much slower because of this, the 7,000 cavalry will not be long. Zhou Tong looked at Chang'an City on the map, and after a deep groan, he wondered.

"If the enemy does that, it just happens to fall for Han Tang's plan!" Hearing this, Wang Meng laughed first, obviously, he had roughly guessed Li Xin's thoughts. Seeing this scene, Li Xin motioned for him to come and tell everyone!

"If the three southern gates of Chang'an City are blocked, under this situation, the enemy's reinforcements are nothing more than two roads to the east and west. To the east, that's where Huan Wen was fighting, do you think Huan Wen can let so many enemies pass by and don't care? In this way, Huan Wen is equivalent to blocking the enemy's eastward advance for us. Then the enemy had to go west, then north along the wall, and enter through the other gates! ”

"There are three gates in the west of Chang'an City, from south to north are Zhangcheng Gate, Zhicheng Gate and Yongmen! The city gate of Zhang is facing the Weiyang Palace, and the straight city gate is outside the palace wall in the northwest corner of the Weiyang Palace. When the enemy is anxious to rescue, these two gates will inevitably be the first choice, but I think that Han Tang will definitely send someone to seal these two gates. In this way, the enemy had to enter the Yongmen Gate further north or even the Sanmen Gate to the north. But in that case, the reinforcements are too slow, and they will not dare to use the infantry, so they can only mobilize the fastest cavalry to come into support! Wang Meng pointed to several places on the map and said one by one.

"Well, in that case, it's very clear! However, if the Yongmen Gate is not blocked, wouldn't it be allowed to let Fu Xiong's cavalry captain ~drive ~ straight ~ in? Li Erhei faintly understood in his heart, but he still had some doubts.

"Hehe, that's exactly what I was hoping for. Do you know what the place is over there in Yongmen? There are the West and East Markets, and these two cities are the places where the people of the city live, with many houses and narrow alleys. To the south of the two cities are the Gui Palace and the North Palace, and these two places also have palace walls, which just form a barrier, and we only need to block those palace gates. Once the enemy's cavalry entered such a place, it would not be of much use at all. All we need to do is arrange for someone to wait here in advance and destroy each of them. Otherwise, when we get to the south of the city, the road between the palaces is wide, and the cavalry can come and go freely, we will only have a dead end! Hearing this, Li Xin showed a smile and said. 166 Reading Network