You Shilu silently retired, Sun Chuanting fell into deep thought, how to deal with He Renlong's problem?

He Renlong is a Mizhi person, of course he knows, he also knows that there are many people in Mizhi who rebelled with the peasant army, like Li Zicheng, the number one general under Gao Yingxiang, the leader of the 72nd Battalion of the Peasant Army, is a Mizhi person.

The folks in this township care about each other and help each other, which is nothing originally, but when they are in the hostile camp, exchanging news, this matter is a bit excessive.

He Renlong, Sun Chuanting, still knows better, it is impossible to say that he himself fornicated with thieves, but his personality is a bit extreme, if he sounds good, he is fierce, and if he doesn't sound good, he is a fierce general, if he is provoked, he is a scourge!

As a commander, you can't ask all of your subordinates to be perfect, they are all generals without any shortcomings, there are shortcomings, it is normal, what a commander should do is to try to let his generals give full play to their strengths, and avoid making mistakes because of their shortcomings.

This He Renlong, you can't make it clear that you suspect him, and even send someone to check on his subordinates, if you want to do this, he will definitely blow up!

What to do?

Sun Chuanting frowned and pondered, his eyes unconsciously drifted to the map in front of him.

At this time, he suddenly remembered the sentence that Zhang Bin reminded him in his mind: "You must have heard of the Meridian Valley conspiracy, Wuhou didn't listen to Wei Yan at the beginning, but the thief is likely to take a risk and go north from the Meridian Valley!" ”

He had naturally heard of the conspiracy of Meridian Valley, Zhuge Liang came out of Qishan Mountain, and Wei Yan suggested many times that he should lead his elite troops to go to Meridian Valley to quickly reach Chang'an City and take Chang'an in one fell swoop.

However, Zhuge Liang never took Wei Yan's suggestion, because the Meridian Valley was too dangerous, and it was easy to be ambushed if he walked inside, and if he was not careful, the whole army would be wiped out.

Will the thief go to Meridian Valley?

It's really hard to say this, because there are too many roads from Hanzhong to reach Guanzhong through the Qinling Mountains, among them, there are six main roads, namely: Chencang Road, Baochuan Road, Fu Luo Road, Meridian Road, Kugu Road, Wuguan Road.

These six main roads are usually walked, and the common people are of course close to the road when they go to business or travel, because they don't have to think about whether they will be ambushed at all, but marching and fighting is different, safety is the most important, and Meridian Valley is the most dangerous one, there is an ancient saying: Qinling Six Roads, Meridian is the king.

This does not mean that the Meridian Valley is the best to go, but the Meridian Valley is the most dangerous, in all dynasties, there are countless cases of attacking the pass from the six roads of the Qinling Mountains, and there are also countless examples of crossing the Qinling Mountains from the other five roads, only the Meridian Valley, and no one has ever led a large army to successfully cross.

Although most of the anti-thieves have not read any books, it is unlikely that they don't know this allusion, why did Zhang Bin say that it is possible for the anti-thieves to go to the Meridian Valley?

Because the Meridian Valley is the shortest of the six roads in the Qinling Mountains, and the exit is also the closest to Xi'an, if you want to sneak attack Xi'an, it is the fastest to take the Meridian Valley.

Sun Chuanting looked at the map, and then thought about Zhang Bin's words, and gradually had an illusion in his mind: Zhang Bin was reminding him and asking him to find a way to lure the thief to Meridian Valley!

How to lure the thief to the Meridian Valley?

Sun Chuanting looked at the map and fell into deep thought again.

To lure the thief to Meridian Valley, you must first make the thief think that Xi'an can succeed in a sneak attack, otherwise, the thief has no need to take this risk.

Now that he is leading 50,000 Qin troops to garrison Xi'an, the thieves will definitely not dare to attack, so the first step must be to transfer most of the Qin troops away, so as to lure the thieves to attack, and then think of the spies under He Renlong, Sun Chuanting suddenly had a clever plan in his mind, he thought about the map for a while, and a light slowly appeared in his eyes.

Early the next morning, at midnight, after receiving Sun Chuanting's order, all the generals of the Qin army gathered in the tent, and everyone didn't know what the governor was doing at this time, only You Shilu showed a thoughtful look in his eyes, and glanced at He Renlong opposite from time to time.

When the generals arrived, Sun Chuanting immediately coughed, and then said loudly: "Everyone, I'm afraid I won't be able to pass this year, according to the report, the thieves intend to capture Hanzhong, and then take Guanzhong directly." ”

When the generals heard this, instead of panic in their eyes, they faintly showed excitement, and finally there was a big battle, which was great!

The generals here are all from Yulin Town, because of the many wars at the border, the people of Yulin Town basically do not farm much, and they have only one job, that is, to be a soldier and get paid, kill the enemy and make money.

Usually, the neighbors in Yulin City chat, and they don't talk about how much grain they have received this year, but how many heads have been cut, because the war is rewarded according to the head!

These people don't need to mobilize at all to fight, they are more active than harvesting crops, the crops can't run in the field, and the enemy will run away, so the soldiers in Yulin Town are all lifeless masters when they fight, as long as the lord roars, they will rush forward without their lives, as if they are afraid that the heads will run away!

Seeing the expressions of the generals, Sun Chuanting nodded with satisfaction, and then analyzed: "From Hanzhong to Guanzhong, you must pass through the Qinling Mountains, and there are six ancient roads in the Qinling Mountains, Chencang Road, Baochuan Road, Fu Luo Road, Meridian Road, Kugu Road, and Wuguan Road. There are many anti-thieves, and if you want to cross the Qinling Mountains, you must take these six main roads, and among these six main roads, they are most likely to take Chencang Road, Bao Slope Road, and Fu Luo Road, because these three roads are relatively wide and not easy to be ambushed. As for the other three, Kugu Road and Wuguan Road are also a bit possible, and Meridian Road is not to be bothered, because Meridian Road is too dangerous and easy to be ambushed, and no one has successfully led the army through Meridian Road to capture Guanzhong since ancient times. ”

When the generals heard this, they all showed their approval, they are all generals in Guanzhong, and they are naturally no strangers to the six roads of Qinling, and they have also heard the story of Zhuge Liang's six out of Qishan, Sun Chuanting is very right, the most likely anti-thief is to take Chen Cang Road, Bao Chuan Road and Fu Luo Road.

Sun Chuanting then analyzed: "This Chencang Road, Bao Shute Road and Fu Luo Road are far away from Xi'an, we must set off to resist in advance in order to stop the thieves, otherwise, let them run out, and the people of Guanzhong will suffer again." Therefore, I decided to send troops now to defend against the thieves, so that they could not escape from the Qinling Mountains and plague the people of Guanzhong. ”

To ensure the peace of one side, this is what it should be, and all the generals took it for granted, and no one raised a different opinion.

Sun Chuanting glanced around majestically, and then ordered: "Wang Shiqin, order you to lead 5,000 men and horses to garrison Xi'an." ”

When Wang Shiqin heard this, he hurriedly arched his hand and said, "The last general will obey the order." ”

Sun Chuanting then ordered: "He Renlong, order you to lead 5,000 men and horses into Lantian, pay close attention to the situation in Kugu Road and Wuguan Road, once the thieves take these two roads, you lead the army to stop them first, and at the same time order people to quickly whip the horses to inform me." ”

When He Renlong heard this, he did not hesitate to bow his hand and said, "The last general will obey the order." ”

Sun Chuanting then hurriedly ordered: "You Shilu, order you to lead 10,000 horses into Baoji and guard Chencang Road; Hou Gongji, ordered you to lead 10,000 horses into Zhouzhi to guard Fu Luo Road; The rest of the generals will go to Meixian County with me and guard the slope valley of the Bao Slope Road. ”

When the generals heard this, they agreed with a bang, and after a while, the entire Qin army camp sounded a dense order, and the Qin army stationed in Xi'an rose up.

It is not for nothing that He Renlong is called He Maniac, Lantian is more than 100 miles away from Xi'an, and the thief is still in Hanzhong at this time, so there is no need to worry at all, but he ordered his 5,000 men and horses to hurry up, and they rushed to Lantian in the afternoon.

The soldiers of the Qin army are all from professional military families, marching and fighting for them is simply like a commonplace, a day to drive more than 100 miles, it is nothing at all, they are even very energetic, when the whole army is set up in the camp, it is not yet time, soon, bursts of cooking smoke will rise in the camp, and they are also very numb when they bury the pot to cook.

Just as He Renlong was sitting alone in the big tent holding a wine glass and drinking, a small flag came in with a wine jug and a roast chicken.

This person is He Renlong's brother He Zhigao, who is famous for his addiction to alcohol, and usually comes to He Renlong to drink when he has nothing to do, so the guards outside the big tent didn't say a word, and directly let him in.

He Renlong looked up and saw that it was this guy, and couldn't help but laugh and scolded: "You kid, you don't eat chicken or drink to earn some money, and I don't know how to send some money back to honor the third uncle!" ”

When He Zhigao heard this, he smiled awkwardly, and then walked to the opposite side of He Renlong without hesitation, knelt down, put the wine jug in his hand on the table, and then tore open the oil paper wrapped in the roast chicken, pulled a chicken leg, handed it to He Renlong, and said with a smile: "Is it the same to honor Brother Long, come, Brother Long, eat chicken legs, eat chicken legs." ”

He Renlong took the chicken leg and took a bite hard, then said with a smile: "Don't think that Brother Long will bend the law to promote you by eating some wine and food." ”

He Zhigao took out a wine glass from his arms again, then picked up the wine jug, filled it for He Renlong and himself, and then raised his glass and said: "Brother Long, don't you chill me, can I be that kind of person, who wants you to be promoted, if I want to be promoted, I will go to kill the enemy and make meritorious contributions, don't say this, don't say this, come, Brother Long, drink, drink." ”

He Renlong nodded, smiled and picked up the wine glass and touched it with him, and then took a sip.

He likes people like He Zhigao, he never asks him for anything, every time he comes, he just drinks and chats with him, and some relatives always come to him for help and let him show favoritism, and he is disgusted when he sees it.

The two of them drank a cup of wine like this, and drank a lot of joy, half a pot of wine was in their stomachs, and they were a little drunk, He Zhigao suddenly asked with great interest: "Brother Long, are you going to fight?" ”

He Renlong nodded and said: "Yes, Lord Sun received a report that the thieves are preparing to capture Hanzhong and then take Guanzhong directly, I am afraid that this year will not be able to pass." ”

He Zhigao said indifferently: "What's so good about this year, as long as there is wine to drink and chicken to eat, when is it not the New Year, when can I start fighting, I can hold back my strength and want to cut a few heads for wine money." ”

When He Renlong heard this, he couldn't help but shake his head and sighed: "I'm afraid there is no hope for us along the way, and it is unlikely that the thieves will take the Kugu Road and Wuguan Road." ”

He Zhigao pretended to be regretful, sighed for a while, and then asked, "Brother Long, which way do you think is the most promising?" ”

He Renlong said without any scheming: "If you want me to say, You Shilu and Hou Gongji have no hope, because Chen Cang Road is too far away, and Fu Luo Road is too difficult to walk." However, You Zhaiwen, You Dai and You Yangkun were lucky, and followed Master Sun to guard the slope valley, and the thieves were likely to take the slope. ”

He Zhigao's eyes rolled, and he pretended to be curious: "What about the Meridian Valley, is it the old general Wang Shiqin who guards it?" ”

He Renlong shook his head again and again and said: "What is there to guard in the Meridian Valley, it is notoriously dangerous, if you are not careful, the whole army will be wiped out, and the head of the thief will only go to the Meridian Valley, the old general Wang Shiqin wants to guard Xi'an, why do you go to the Meridian Valley." ”

He Zhigao toasted another glass of wine, and asked indiscriminately: "I don't think there are many people and horses brought by the old general Wang Shiqin, can his men and horses hold Xi'an?" ”

He Renlong nodded, and said lightly: "Yes, it is indeed a bit small for 5,000 people to guard Xi'an, but the road from Hanzhong to Guanzhong is basically blocked by us, and the thieves can't get to Xi'an at all, so don't worry about this problem." ”

Hearing this, He Zhigao nodded, no longer entangled in this question, and talked about other things, until the two pots of wine were drunk, he staggered away.

Within two days, Gao Yingxiang and Li Zicheng received the news, and at this time, they had already taken Ankang and were marching to Hanzhong.

They didn't encounter much resistance along the way, because there were no officers and soldiers stationed on the front line from Yunyang to Hanzhong, that is, some local officials organized some village warriors to defend the city, and in the face of the main force of hundreds of thousands of peasant armies, many cities surrendered without even fighting.

Sun Chuanting didn't send people to garrison the Meridian Valley, and Xi'an only left 5,000 people to garrison, and he had already led the main force of the Qin army to Baoji and Meixian hundreds of miles away, so what was there to hesitate about, go to the Meridian Valley to attack Xi'an!

The mouth of the Meridian Valley is only more than 50 miles away from Xi'an, and it is a matter of time to lead the army to Xi'an, Xi'an is such a big city, how can 5,000 people defend it, as long as it is surrounded by regiments, and it is attacked in all directions, it will definitely be able to take it in one day, when the time comes, Sun Chuanting will definitely lead the army back in a hurry, and the other peasant armies can swarm out through Chencang Road, Bao Shue Road, Fu Luo Road, and Meridian Valley, and then give the Qin army a two-sided attack to defeat it, and the entire Guanzhong will not be the world of the righteous army!

So, Gao Yingxiang led the main force of the peasant army and rushed to Hanyin, preparing to take Hanyin, and then led the army into the Meridian Valley to attack Xi'an, as for Hanzhong, it was left to Li Zicheng and the fifth battalion of Gezuo to attack.

Will Sun Chuanting really lead the army to Meixian?

This is naturally impossible, he led 40,000 Qin troops to the vicinity of Huxian, suddenly turned south, directly came to a valley near the Meridian Valley, set up a large camp, and ordered You Shilu to lead his cronies to guard the exit and various mountains, strictly prohibiting anyone from communicating with the outside world, so the cat did not move there.

At this time, Wang Er had already led the elite of his special operations battalion to hide near the passages of the Qinling Mountains, waiting for the peasant army to take the bait!