The fire in Hanshan burned for three days and three nights, and the Qin army's camp for more than ten miles was destroyed, but the Wei army could not take advantage of the victory to pursue, and waited for three days in vain outside Hangu. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

However, during this period, the news of Zhao Hongrun, the king of Su, had been transmitted by the two green crows to the ears of General Sima An, who was sitting in the Nan Basin Valley: "...... General Sima (An), His Royal Highness King Su orders you to immediately reorganize your troops and horses, try to cross the Qin Mountains, and attack the territory of Qin! His Royal Highness also ordered that all affairs during this period should be decided by the general independently. ”

Hearing this, Sima An's eyes bloomed with a glimmer of light, because Zhao Hongrun's words gave him the highest degree of authorization.

After thinking about it, Sima An asked the two green crows: "Is the progress of His Royal Highness King Su unfavorable?" ”

The two green crows did not mean to hide it, so they told Sima An everything about 'the Qin army refusing to go out of battle and retreating in a cowardly battle', and the latter sometimes nodded and sometimes frowned.

Although he had expected it for a long time, Sima An really didn't expect that the tactics of the Qin army this time were so "ugly" that the military strategy of a certain King Su and his elite soldiers were useless.

However, he did not despise the commander of the Qin army, Wuxin Hou Gongsun Qi, but paid more attention to this person, after all, he also understood that as a general commander, the most important thing is to win, and as for whether the victory is beautiful or ugly, it is not too important - the so-called success or defeat of the king.

Of course, the consciousness of His Royal Highness King Su, Sima An also saw it in his eyes.

In his eyes, King Su Zhao Hongrun is a very principled person, which can be seen from the fact that King Su has never harmed civilians of other countries in the previous foreign wars, but this time, His Royal Highness King Su violated his principles against his will for the sake of national interests, which made Sima An, who was more and more optimistic about His Royal Highness, feel angry, as if he was holding back a wave of anger in his heart.

Because he knew that His Royal Highness King Su had made a compromise for the sake of the country.

"His Royal Highness King Su is a well-deserved hero of my Great Wei, Qin people...... Heroes should not be insulted with their ugly tactics.'"

A trace of murderous intent flashed in his eyes, Sima An hugged his fists at the two green crows, and said in a deep voice: "Please return to His Royal Highness King Su, Sima An will take the order." ”

The two crows nodded and saluted, then took their leave.

After waiting for the two crows to leave, Sima An summoned his subordinates to the commander's tent and discussed with them about counterattacking the territory of Qin.

I have to say that when Sima An proposed to counterattack the territory of Qin, even the generals of the Qiangjiao Army such as Bo Xile showed surprise on their faces.

You must know that Qin is a big country that is not much inferior to Wei, if they make the war spread to Qin proper, does this mean that Wei and Qin will start a full-scale war?

"General, should this matter be reported to Daliang?" Ji Yan, the general of the Dangshan Army Hunting Camp, couldn't help but ask.

As Sima An's confidant, Ji Yan rarely opposed Sima An so tactfully, but this matter was too relevant and could not be advocated by the front-line generals, especially when the main general of the counterattack on Qin was still Sima An.

"That's something His Royal Highness King Su should consider, not us." Sima An glanced around at the generals in the tent and said in a deep voice: "We only need to accept the orders issued by His Royal Highness King Su. ”

In fact, Sima An also knew very well how much pressure Zhao Hongrun, the king of Su, would be under in the matter of "counterattacking the Qin country".

After all, the fundamental purpose of the "Wei Western Battlefield" is to hurt the Qin State, so that the latter can withdraw from the "Five Directions Attack Wei Camp" after considering the interests and disadvantages, instead of completely forming a mortal enmity with the Qin State, which will not benefit the Wei State at all.

The Qin State, as a large country whose national strength is not much inferior to the Wei State, when it launches a full-scale war at all costs, can it really only requisition two or three hundred thousand troops?

You must know that even the Wei State, without considering the future at all, can raise an army of nearly one million - of course, the result of this is that even if the Wei State can escape this national disaster, it will also suffer huge economic losses, due to the large number of young and middle-aged people thrown into the battlefield, resulting in the complete collapse of the entire country's economic system; If the war damage is severe, it may not be able to recover for twenty or thirty years.

In general, all the Wei army needed to do was to hurt Qin, not to become an undying enemy with Qin and start an all-out war. Because if Wei and Qin fall into the quagmire of all-out war because of this, then the Qin State will certainly decline because of this, and the Wei State may not have the strength to escape this catastrophe.

Therefore, if the Wei army provoked the Qin state too much, it would be like letting the Han and Chu countries reap the benefits, which was not a wise move.

Therefore, Sima An was also secretly worried about Zhao Hongrun, the king of Su, in the bottom of his heart, after all, if the Qin State was completely provoked, then it was very likely that his Wei State would be overthrown, and His Royal Highness would also become a sinner of the country.

However, as Sima An said, that is a problem that Zhao Hongrun, the king of Su, as the commander, should consider, as the deputy general who assisted His Royal Highness, he Sima An only needs to fulfill the orders given by the former.

“…… In short, you guys are ready, and when the two infantry battalions of our Dangshan Army arrive here, we will start the 'Qintu Strategy'. ”

Sima An said as if in conclusion.

Since the Dangshan Army was the army under the command of Sima An, and the Qiangjiao Army was now headed by Zhao Hongrun, the king of Su, the generals of the two armies had no intention of objecting, even if there were small doubts and worries during the period, but in the end, it was still unanimously approved.

In mid-October, two infantry battalions of the Dangshan Army passed through Lushi, Hengjian and more than 100 miles of narrow valleys of sheep intestines, and came to the Yunan Basin Valley.

At this time, Sima An had already built a military camp here, the 'Southern Wei Camp', as a rear fortress for him to lead his army to attack the territory of Qin.

Three days later, Sima An officially gave the order to cross the Qinling Mountains.

He selected some elites from the Dangshan Army and the Qiangjiao Army, assembled an army of about 10,000 people, and began his journey across the Qinling Mountains.

It is said that it crosses the Qinling Mountains, but in fact, what Sima Anbu wants to cross is actually only the main body of "Bears Ears Mountain". "Note: Bear's Ears Mountain also belongs to the Qinling Mountains in a broad sense, from a bird's eye view, the mountain direction looks like a long-tailed bear, the east is the head, the west is the tail, it is really quite similar."

However, even so, this journey is also a full 100 miles in a straight line, which is still the nearest two points of "Luonan" and "Lantian", and if you take other roads, not to mention that the mountain road is more bumpy, the distance is far more than 100 miles.

I have to say that this trip made the cavalry of the Qiangjiao Army complain, after all, in this kind of inaccessible deep mountains, it is extremely inconvenient for people to walk, and they have to find a way to let the war horses pass, which can be imagined how difficult it is.

Under these circumstances, Sima An ordered the two infantry battalions of the Dangshan Army, the "Zhanke Battalion" and the "Attack Battalion", to open roads and build bridges in the mountains and rivers, so as to create an easy road for the Qiangjiao cavalry as much as possible.

Seeing the infantry of the Dangshan Army walking on the bumpy mountain road, not afraid of jackals, tigers, leopards and poisonous insects in the mountains, the generals of the Horn Army such as Bo Xile were amazed.

After all, the Horned Cavalry had already suffered casualties as soon as they stepped into the main mountain area of Bears Ears Mountain - some were attacked by fierce beasts and injured, and some were killed on the spot by poisonous insects.

This way of death made the Horned Cavalry terrified, and secretly prayed in their hearts for the protection of the gods of the plateau.

This time, the Wei generals were able to understand the concept of the Qiangjiao cavalry that was different from that of the Wei State, after all, whether it was the soldiers of Sanchuan or the soldiers of the Central Plains, but any qualified soldier would rather die on the battlefield with glory than die due to the beasts and insects in the mountains.

On the other hand, in the area of Hangu, the fire on Hanshan has been extinguished, and Hanshan, which was once covered with mountain vegetation, is now gray, except for the ashes left after the burning of grass and trees, there is nothing left in the mountainous area that stretches for more than ten miles.

At this time, it was no longer a problem to take Hangu, because the Qin army had no intention of coming to obstruct it at all, allowing the Wei army to seize Hanshan, and then protecting the rest of the Wei army through the narrow Hanshan Gorge.

In all fairness, Hangu is the most precipitous place in the western part of Sanchuan, as long as you pass through here, you will be faced by a narrow plain terrain sandwiched between "Bears Ears Mountain" and "Great River", leading to "Huayin", a bit similar to the "Baili Plain Battlefield" at the junction of Wei and Han.

But Zhao Hongrun was not happy, because in Hangu, he wasted three days in vain, and although he took Hangu, he did not cause any casualties to the Qin army.

I have to say that the tactics of the Qin army's commander Wuxin Hou Gongsun Qi made Zhao Hongrun feel a sense of depression when he raised his fist on the cotton - because his purpose was not to recover how much Sanchuan land was not at all, but to hit the Qin army hard, unfortunately, Wuxin Hou Gongsun Qi was very aware of this, and never gave the Wei army a chance to fight head-on, although he retreated step by step, but Zhao Hongrun's "quick attack" became empty talk.

After passing through the Hanshan Gorge for more than ten miles, there is the "Peach Forest", where the Qin army built a fortress-like camp, and set up many barricades outside the camp to resist deer and strongholds as roadblocks, which does not look like an easy camp.

What made Zhao Hongrun feel indignant was that the Qin army cut down all the trees near the "Peach Forest Qin Camp", but left a large area of forests for the Wei army on the way through which the Wei army must pass.

This seems to be a signal of "goodwill": come, you build the barracks first, and then we will continue to fight when we are done.

After you're done, keep fighting?

How can it be!

After the Wei army built the camp, most of the Qin army immediately abandoned the "Taolin Qin Camp" and continued to retreat westward.

But the problem is that the Wei army must also build a camp, otherwise, wouldn't the tens of thousands of troops be exposed to the noses of the Qin army? Zhao Hongrun knew very well that Gongsun Qi, the Marquis of Wuxin, who adopted the tactics of "attacking and defending", would stare at the actions of their Wei army, and would not let go of any omissions and flaws in Zhao Hongrun.

In this case, even if Zhao Hongrun knew very well that Wuxin Hou Gongsun Qi planned to use a Qin camp in exchange for the Wei army's time to build a military camp, so as to delay the Wei army's itinerary, he had to obediently comply, after all, the Wei army really needed a military camp, and Wuxin Hou Gongsun Qi would never let Zhao Hongrun take their Qin camp as his own.

When Zhao Hongrun depressedly ordered the construction of a military camp, he received a war report.

I believe that no one would have thought that the tripartite battlefield of "Weixi", "Hejian", and "Songdi", which has the three commanders of Zhao Hongrun, Zhao Yuanzuo, and Zhao Yuantong, is still stuck in a stalemate war at the moment, but "Shen Yu", as the commander of the newcomer, has established an advantage in the "Shangshui Battlefield".

Of course, this is not entirely due to Shen Yu, there is a woman who has made a lot of efforts from it.

"Ginger ......"

Looking at the battle report, Zhao Hongrun muttered.