On September 26, while Babuhe fled to the Yunan Basin Valley with more than 200 survivors of the Wusu tribe, the Wei general Sima An had already led his men and horses to the western end of the "Lushi Plain", a river called "Hengjian" by the locals. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Crossing this horizontal stream, there is the long and narrow valley road that connects the Lushi Plain and the Yunan Basin Valley, which is said to be more than 200 miles in winding.

On the same day, Sima An ordered his slaves to start building a military camp on the north side of Hengjian - let's call it the "Luyuanjian Northern Wei Camp".

In the makeshift tent in the barracks, Sima An gathered his generals to discuss the next strategy.

During this period, Bosil asked Sima An: "The general plans to set up a camp here?" Waiting for the order of His Royal Highness? ”

Sima An shook his head.

In fact, Zhao Hongrun, the king of Su, gave Sima An a fairly high authority in this battle, so Sima An could refuse the surrender of the Wusu tribe without any scruples, and completely annihilate the Wusu tribe who had lost the will to resist on his own initiative.

It's not that Sima An really has a murderous personality, it's just that he thinks that the Wusu tribe is the royal court of the Qiang people, and if he can take the opportunity to eradicate it, it is better to eradicate it as soon as possible, so as not to affect the intention of a certain His Royal Highness King Su to accept Sanchuan County.

Yes, when he learned that His Royal Highness King Su planned to use the "two flags" to force the tribes in Sanchuan to determine their respective positions, Sima An guessed that His Royal Highness King Su was going to collect Sanchuan - take this opportunity to officially incorporate Sanchuan into the territory of Wei and become a veritable "Sanchuan County".

In the case of the name, how could Sima An accept the surrender of the Wusu tribe?

Other tribes aside, the Wusu tribe must be destroyed! Because of the existence of the Wusu tribe, many of the Zong tribes in Sanchuan may not be willing to accept submission to the Wei State.

This was a tacit understanding - Sima An knew very well what His Royal Highness King Su, who had appointed him as the vanguard officer, needed him to do.

"Next, it's the Karma tribe......

As the commander of the Qin army, Marquis Wuxin Gongsun Qi, expected, after Sima An had destroyed the Wuxu tribe, he set his sights on the Qian tribe located in the basin valley of the southern part of the country—as long as the Wei army chose to attack quickly, then this was an inevitable result.

However, when Sima An came to the Hengjian area and learned from Bo Xile that the Lushi Plain and the Luonan Basin Valley were actually separated by lofty mountains and mountains, and only a narrow valley road more than 200 miles long could be passed, Sima Anxin would inevitably mutter.

After all, cavalry is not suitable for fighting in that kind of valley terrain - to be exact, cavalry is not unable to fight in valley terrain, but it is not possible to fight here to play the advantages of cavalry.

What is the advantage of cavalry? It was about mobility, but in that narrow and winding canyon, the mobility of the cavalry was greatly reduced, and only the attack method of charging in formation was left, and the threat level was greatly reduced.

Therefore, Sima An had a hunch that his attack on the Karma tribe this time might not be so smooth, after all, the Karma tribe occupies a favorable terrain.

In this case, it is necessary to build a military camp near the cross stream outside the canyon that can be retreated, in order to deal with this war, which will not last long.

"Is there only this narrow road from the Lu clan to the south of the country? Is there any other way? Sima An asked Bosile.

Bosil shook his head regretfully and replied, "As far as I know, this is the only way to get to Nam. …… There may be other shortcuts, but I'm not from this area, so I don't know. ”

Thinking about it, Bosil has lived in the north of Sanchuan since he was a child, and the farthest place he once set foot in was the Lu family, so he didn't know anything about Luonan, how could he know about the situation here?

Even the narrow valley road came out of the mouths of those slaves.

Hearing such an answer, even though Sima Anxin was a little displeased, he had no choice but to order Bosil to send someone to the canyon to investigate the road conditions.

On September 29, the cavalry sent out by Bosil returned to the Wei camp in Jianbei and reported to Sima An what they had discovered.

According to the horsemen, they traveled about 140 miles along the narrow valley road, where they saw the warriors of the Karma tribe building a pass in the gorge, and in order not to alarm the people of the Karma tribe, the Karma cavalry returned the same way.

During this period, some other Horned Cavalry, who were responsible for investigating whether there were forks or shortcuts in the canyon, also shook their heads and said that the canyon only had two exits.

Of course, the phrase "there are only two exits before and after" here refers to the canyon itself, in fact, the mountains on both sides of the canyon can be climbed, but the mountains are densely wooded, there are many poisonous insects and beasts, and the mountain roads are bumpy and difficult, which is not conducive to marching.

"Looks like the only way to go is to go through that canyon......

Frowning, Sima An finally made up his mind.

However, he did not order the march, and he was still waiting for news from Zhao Hongrun, the king of Su.

The reason is very simple, I remember that when the 50,000 cavalry under his command scattered and swept across Sanchuan a while ago, there was no need for food and grass logistics, because from those tribes who were unwilling to submit to the Wei State, the cavalry under his command could loot enough sheep for food.

But now, the tribes around the Luo Ning and Lu clans have either been wiped out by the cavalry, or they have surrendered to the Wei State early, which makes Sima An no longer able to continue to adopt the strategy of "feeding war with war", not to mention that he has also accepted tens of thousands of slaves of the Wusu tribe as cannon fodder, so the restoration of grain and grass transportation lines has become a must be completed before entering the army of the Qian tribe.

Because of this, he had to wait for news from Zhao Hongrun, the king of Su, who would tell him when the latest shipment of grain and grass would arrive, and only after setting a date for the transportation of grain and grass could Sima An lead his army towards the narrow gorge without any worries.

The letter from Zhao Hongrun, the king of Su, came quickly, and on the afternoon of the same day, that is, on the afternoon of September 29, the Qing Crows sent the letter to the Wei camp in Jianbei and to Sima An's hands.

At that time, Sima An was discussing one thing with the generals in the tent, that is, the rectification of the tens of thousands of slaves - he was going to form these slaves in an army-like way, and let them be responsible for some logistical chores, such as cutting trees, cooking, transporting grain, killing sheep, salting meat, and so on.

Although Sima An really can't look down on the combat effectiveness of these slave soldiers, in the final analysis, it is also tens of thousands of laborers, and there is no problem with dry sundries.

During the discussion of this matter, the green crows sent a handwritten letter from Zhao Hongrun, the king of Su.

Unlike Ji Yan and Le Qian, the two cavalry generals of the Dangshan Army, who were a little apprehensive, Sima An was not worried that His Royal Highness King Su would accuse him of killing too much in a letter.

Sure enough, in this letter, Zhao Hongrun, the king of Su, did not mention Sima An's massacre of the Sichuan people at all, he only asked Sima An to clean up the battlefield after the war, bury the corpses or burn the corpses, so as not to cause epidemics, as for the destruction of the Wuxu tribe, His Royal Highness the King of Su did not even mention it.

In addition, Zhao Hongrun also clearly stated the route of grain and grass transportation in the letter, and told Sima An the exact date when the first batch of grain and grass arrived.

To put it simply, Sima An's previous actions were all tacitly approved by His Royal Highness King Su.

This made Ji Yan and Le Qian, the two Dangshan army cavalry generals, really relieved, after all, on the way to the army, they left a lot of "traces" used to intimidate the Sichuan people, such as the corpse forest, Jingguan and so on.

Handing the letter to Ji Yan and Le Qian, who were poking their heads out and watching curiously, Sima An asked the green crow who called himself 'Crow Forty-Six': "Where is Your Highness's current garrison?" ”

Crow Forty-six clasped his fists and replied: "Your Highness and the Shang Shui Army, etc., garrisoned the Lu clan, and ordered the Yanling Army to garrison Luo Ning to attack the Ling tribe in Yichuan. ”

Sima An nodded and marked the map.

The Lingling tribe entrenched in the Yichuan area is said to be no less powerful than the Qianshui tribe, but Sima An is not worried about the battle situation of the Yanling army, after all, the strength of the Yanling army is no less than that of the Shangshui army, and even, the command ability of the general level in the army is also above the Shangshui army.

However, there is one thing Sima An feels quite puzzled, that is, the number of troops of the garrison of King Zhao Hongrun in the Lu clan, after all, according to the description of the forty-sixth crow, in addition to the Yan Ling army that is in charge of attacking Yichuan, the king of Su Zhao Hongrun still has more than 100,000 troops stationed in the Lu clan, and it seems that this kind of bunching and deployment is really a bit abnormal.

"Could it be ...... Oh, Your Highness's heart is very big.'"

Sima An said secretly.

After thinking about it, he instructed several generals in the tent in front of Raven Forty-six: "Bosil, tomorrow you and I will lead 20,000 soldiers slowly forward, and the rest of the men and horses will stay in the barracks." …… Ji Yan and Le Qian, after a certain person leaves the camp, the two of you will restrain the slaves so that they will not cause trouble. ”

"Order!" The generals whose names were called in the tent clenched their fists and received their orders.

From the side, Crow Forty-six kept Sima An's arrangement in mind, and retired at this time, he wanted to rush back to the Lu clan and return Sima An's arrangement to Zhao Hongrun, the king of Su.

At the same time, in the area of Hangu, Wang Jian, the deputy general of the Qin army, led thousands of "Iron Eagle Army" to march along the river in the direction of Yucheng.

Different from the Black Mask Army, the Iron Eagle Army was an elite regular army called "Ruishi" by the Qin Army, and it was a cavalry, which was the absolute main force of the Qin State when it fought with Xiqiang.

Watching this fully armed cavalry pass under their noses, the green crows who were lurking in the nearby mountains and forests to spy on the movements of the Qin army stared at it with twelve points of spirit.

"Keep an eye on it......

At the front of the Qin army, although the Qin general Wang Jian did not squint, he often glanced at the distant mountains and forests next to him from the corner of his eye.

Although he didn't see any watchers in that mountain forest, his instincts honed on the battlefield told him that there were countless pairs of eyes staring at him in that mountain forest, as well as the Iron Eagle Army he led.

"General, do you want to ......" A general stepped forward and glanced meaningfully at the mountain forest.

As if he had seen through the thoughts of his subordinates, Wang Jian shook his head.

He guessed that there must be scouts from the Wei army nearby, but at present, it was not the time to get rid of these Wei scouts.

"It's going to rain......"

Wang Jian glanced up at the sky, and saw that the sky was full of dark clouds, he thought for a moment, and then he had an idea in his heart.

"Let the soldiers hurry up, and be sure to arrive at Chang Hao Mountain before it rains."

"Yes!"