The entire pass was smashed into ruins by the falling rocks, and all the defenders inside were buried and killed.

The sudden scene shocked Ma Chao's entire army, Zhuge Xuan looked at the roaring and bombarded rocks, his eyes trembled, and he muttered to himself: "This, how is this possible?" ”

It is indeed impossible, the site selection of the pass is very strict, and it is absolutely impossible to rely on the fragile mountain to build, otherwise, let alone resist the enemy, it is already good to be able to keep the mountain from falling.

Therefore, Zhuge Xuan was frightened, and the falling rocks not only bombarded the pass, but also caused them to be unable to move forward.

Ma Chao narrowed his eyes, stood in place, looking at the sky, for him, what was really strange was why a fire suddenly fell from the sky?

"General Ma."

Half an hour later, Xu Shu returned to his own camp with the remnants of the ranger troops, they attacked the pass, killing and wounding dozens of people, and the remaining survivors were all wounded, and there was no one intact ranger.

Ma Chao knew that this ranger army was crippled.

The march has been hit back, what next?

The pass fell, crushed by huge rocks, and the army could not pass through it at all.

When everyone was worried, Zhuge Liang and Pang Tong suddenly stood up and said: "General Ma, I have a plan for the two of us, I don't know, is the general willing to adopt it?" ”

Zhuge Xuan hurriedly reprimanded: "You two yellow-mouthed children, what can you do?" Stand down! ”

Zhuge Xuan did this because Ma Chaojun's morale was low, and at this moment, the two melon babies suddenly jumped out and said that they had a plan, which was just messing around.

If he annoys Ma Chao, it will be a bad luck, and he can't help but be in a hurry.

"Oh? Let's hear it. ”

However, Ma Chao smiled slightly, Zhuge Xuan didn't know how powerful the two melon babies were, but Ma Chao knew very well, he waved his hand and signaled that it was okay: "But it doesn't hurt to say it." ”

"Good!"

Zhuge Liang and Pang Tong glanced at each other and said, "The entire Yanshi county, including the military camp, is designed to defend Luoyang. ”

Zhuge Liang pointed to the seven passes between Yanshi and Luoyang on the map, which is a route to the end.

Pang Tong continued: "On this trip, the road to the pass has been cut off by falling rocks, and it is no longer possible to walk. ”

"Therefore, our army should retreat to the Yanshi and take another path."

Listening to Pang Tong's words, Xu Shu frowned slightly: "Yanshi leads to Luoyang, is there any other way?" ”

Pang Tong grinned: "That's, that's!" ”

He pointed to a long river outside Yanshi County on the map and said, "This river, which runs between Luoyang and Yanshi, is called Luohe. ”

"Both sides of Luoyang are plains, and our cavalry can pass quickly, at most, just a little detour."

Ma Chao stared at the Luohe River on the map and found that the river was indeed long, like a straight line, connecting Yanshi and Luoyang.

Luohe River, known as Luoshui in ancient times, and the Yellow River area together called "Heluo area", there is a soup canal built in the Western Zhou Dynasty, and most of the farmland here is irrigated.

The cavalry walked along the banks of the Luohe River, and indeed approached Luoyang quickly, but the problem was that when they were about to reach Luoyang, they would be blocked by the Qinling Mountains.

At this time, it was still the Eastern Han Dynasty, not the Sui Dynasty, during the Sui Dynasty, Emperor Yang Guang of the Sui Dynasty mobilized the power of the whole country to build the Grand Canal, connecting the north and south, and all the rivers in the world were included in Luoyang.

The current Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal is built on the basis of the Grand Canal of the Sui Dynasty.

The Grand Canal of the Sui Dynasty is divided into two main branches, the Yongji Canal in the north and the Tongji Canal in the south.

If the Luo River wants to flow through Luoyang, it must dig a mountain and intercept the river.

Therefore, the Luo River in the Eastern Han Dynasty could not directly connect Luoyang, but was blocked by the Qinling Mountains.

Although Zhuge Liang and Pang Tong's suggestions were good, they only made Ma Chaojun extremely close to Luoyang, and in the end they could only garrison the troops outside, looking at the mountains and sighing.

Xu Shu also discovered the problem and asked: "As you said, even if our army marches along the Luohe River, it can only be blocked by the Qinling Mountains in the end, how can we enter Luoyang?" ”

Speaking of this, Zhuge Liang and Pang Tong glanced at each other and smiled secretly, Ma Chao looked at it sincerely, and said curiously: "Could it be that you have a way for our army to cross the Qinling Mountains and enter Luoyang?" ”

Zhuge Liang smiled: "That's natural, otherwise, wouldn't we be fools?" ”

"Hahahaha!"

Pang Tong laughed out loud: "Yanshi to Luoyang Trail, there are a total of 7 passes, which can indeed prevent the enemy from raiding Luoyang. ”

"But!"

Pang Tong laughed: "The person who designs the pass is just a mediocre ear!" ”

"If I am asked to use troops, I will cross the Luo River River, go up the river, cross the north of the Qinling Mountains, go from the Wei River, and go south to Luoyang!"

"This! This..."

Everyone was full of thoughts, if you go from the north of the Qinling Mountains, and then go south to Luoyang from the Wei River, this circle is not a little bit bigger, at least it will take 5 days to walk!

Gao Shun felt: "If there is a 5-day journey, it is better for our army to think of a way to forcibly cross the pass." ”

"No."

Ma Chao's face was pale, and he said: "Blocking our army is the fourth pass, and there are three more behind, judging from the current strength of our army, if we attack one by one, the best result is that when we rush out of the pass, our army has almost been wiped out!" ”

Pang Tong smiled and said: "What's more, turning over the passes in front of you and then going to lay down the next three passes, the time it takes, in my opinion, is more than 5 days~"

This is the most important reason why Zhuge Liang and Pang Tong joined forces to set the plan for the north of the Qinling Mountains and the south of the Weihe River.

Time, everything is a matter of time.

Moreover, Zhuge Liang was very careful, Ma Chao took them all the way from the north of Jingzhou, through Yuzhou, and then to Yanshi County in Sizhou.

Although it did not completely penetrate the land of the three states, this long distance only took a few days.

Why is it so fast?

In Zhuge Liang's calculations, even a cavalry would never be able to run so fast.

Then, there is only one possibility left, and that is Ma Chao's talent, which can give great marching speed.

Unlike Pang Tong, who likes to make dangerous schemes, Zhuge Liang is better at planning and then acting, and after he synthesizes all the conditions, he chooses a relatively stable route.

And Ma Chao's talent for speeding up the march made Zhuge Liang decide to hit it off with Pang Tong and jointly set up a march route north of the Qinling Mountains and south of the Wei River.

"Huh?"

Sensing a strange gaze, Ma Chao raised his head and looked at Zhuge Liang who was staring at him, thought about it for a while, and smiled quietly in his heart: "It seems that speeding up the march all the way has made Zhuge Kongming discover that one of my talents is the rapid march." ”

Ma Chao finally made a decision and implemented the strategy of Zhuge Liang and Pang Tong, and the army quickly rushed back to the Yanshi barracks, dismissed the old, weak, sick and disabled, and reorganized the army, leaving only 2,000 cavalry in total.

Each cavalry is equipped with two war horses, one war horse is used to ride and the other is used to carry grain and grass and other materials.

Ma Chao's talent, Rapid March, can increase the marching speed by 100%, but the consumption rate of grain and grass will also increase by 50%, and the rapid march consumes the horse's physical strength.

Therefore, one cavalryman with two war horses is the standard.