"This is just the simplest siege equipment, because of the geographical relationship, coupled with the Xianbei horseback people, their manufacturing capacity for these precision equipment is far behind the Han Dynasty, no technology, no skilled craftsmen, and they can make such a simple rushing car, building car, mainly due to the chaos in the Central Plains, they took the opportunity to plunder a large number of people and craftsmen, which made them make some progress in all aspects." He Chen didn't wait for everyone to speak, and then explained out loud.

Xu Huang actually blurted out that after he thought of the key, and then heard He Chen's explanation, he nodded again and again.

"In fact, although Xianbei seems to be powerful, there are still traces to be found, as long as we firmly control and catch their weaknesses, it is not difficult to defeat them." He Chen saw that all his subordinates had heavy faces and were a little depressed, so he couldn't help but laugh twice. Although everyone will not be frightened, they don't want to weaken their own momentum so much, so they have this saying.

"Oh? Does the lord have a good plan to break the enemy? Sure enough, everyone's spirits were lifted, especially Zhang Liao, Xu Huang and other Wenchen military generals who started with He Chen, all of them were full of anticipation, you must know that He Chen has almost been the spokesperson of victory since he started the army, and there are few defeats in the battlefield. Even if you really suffer a partial defeat, you can still change the situation on the entire battlefield, and the Battle of Huiluocang is a clear example.

"Hehe, a few days ago, before leaving, the Honshu Mu discussed with Fengxiao and Gongda several times. Yizhi believes that Xianbei has two great shortcomings and loopholes, as long as we can firmly grasp it, it is the key to victory. ”

"What are the two points?" Zhang Liao said a little impatiently, he was overwhelmed in Yanmen, and almost every day he was thinking about how to improve the defense, how to allocate troops more properly, how to withstand the waves of Xianbei's fierce attacks, and he had no time to care about how to change the strategic situation and how to turn defense into offense.

He Chen finally looked at the black pressure under the pass, and still tirelessly attacked the West Path Pass, then he snorted softly, flicked his cloak, don't look over, and walked down the level in a chic manner, and everyone followed closely.

While carefully paying attention to the rugged mountain roads, He Chen said: "Xianbei is known as an army of 300,000, but most of them are composed of various tribes of the grassland, and most of them are tens of thousands, and the few are thousands. As long as the time drags on a little longer, it will inevitably be carried inward because of the shortage of grain and grass. You must know that the weather on the grassland was extremely bad last year, and the cattle and sheep that froze to death were in patches, and Xianbei has not yet eased up. ”

"Yes, what the lord said is very true. The subordinates also expected this problem, so since entering the customs, they have only defended and not attacked. There's a big reason for that. Zhang Liao nodded in agreement, but he had some doubts in his heart and didn't ask in front of everyone.

Second, since the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, Tanshihuai unified the Xianbei tribes and established a military tribal alliance of the eastern, central and western parts in the vast area north of the Great Wall. But soon after the delay, Xianbei fell into a state of dispersion of various departments. Xianbei in the west rebelled, and Monan split into three groups from the east of Yunzhong: one is the Budugen tribe, which has Yunzhong and Yanmen, the second is the Kebineng tribe, which is distributed in Daijun, Shanggu and other places, and the third is a number of small tribes under the leadership of the original alliance "Eastern Lord", scattered outside Liaoxi, Youbeiping and Yuyangsai. Among them, the power of the Kebineng tribe is strong, and the number of steps is invincible, so the target is transferred to my big man. Although it is claimed to be 300,000 iron hooves, Budugen can really command and move, and can come up at a critical moment, so far there is a big question mark. ”

"What does the lord mean is that as long as our army can win a few battles, Budugen's Xianbei army may be torn apart due to internal problems?" The generals could understand the meaning of He Chen's words, and their eyes flashed. If you don't understand, it's like a fog in the clouds, and you don't understand why He Chen suddenly pulled out the history of Xianbei.

"Hahaha, if you want to be humble, it is not a one-time effort, we still need to wait for a good opportunity." He Chen let out a long laugh and didn't say anything.

But the people who stretched their necks and straightened their ears scratched the ground like cats, and their hearts were itching. But He Chen said a word to the left and a word to the right, and asked about the precautions, so that the appetite of the generals was hung in the air, but they could only be helpless, who made the family the boss?

At this moment, Zhang Liao suddenly thought of something, looked at the sky in confusion, listened carefully, and suddenly changed his face, and shouted loudly: "Zhang Xun, can the information come from the various passes today?" ”

Although Zhang Liao was born unremarkable, and his family also changed his surname after the defeat of the famous "Battle of Mayi", he still had a good reputation in the Yanmen Mayi area. Zhang Liao took over the Yanmen guard at the beginning of the year, and launched the first recruitment, and in just three days, thousands of warriors came to answer the call, including many of Zhang Liao's clansmen, and Zhang Xun was Zhang Liao's own brother.

Although he does not avoid his relatives, in the barracks, Zhang Liao governs the army very strictly, even if he is his brother, he must listen to military regulations and orders on the battlefield. Fortunately, Zhang Xun also knows the general situation, and he never regards himself as superior because he is the elder brother of the commander of Yanmen, but he is more conscientious in doing things, and he is deeply admired and loved by the soldiers.

"General Hui, except for Guangwu Pass, there is no news yet." Zhang Xun's appearance is five or six points similar to Zhang Liao, but he looks more mature and sophisticated, less elegant and more fierce.

Zhang Liao's blazing pupils suddenly burst out, and his face was as black as the bottom of a pot.

He Chen sensed that something was wrong from the few words of the two, coupled with Zhang Liao's obscure expression, as well as Zhang Xun's suspicious look, a bad feeling surged in his heart, and he was about to ask, when suddenly a guard on the side shouted and said, "General, look, there is wolf smoke." ”

Everyone's hearts sank, and almost at the same time, they looked at the southeast, rolling mountains, winding like a dragon, the Great Wall of ten miles and one sentry post, and a stream of black and black smoke that gathered but did not disperse rose in the distant sky.

Before everyone could react, a succession of wolf smoke from far or near kept rising into the air.

"It's not good, Xianbei launched an attack on a large area, Fanzhi, Yuanping, Guangwu, Guancheng and other passes were attacked, looking at the wolf smoke situation, each attacked pass at least more than 10,000 enemy troops." Zhang Liao's tone was short, and his voice was a little anxious, what he was most worried about finally happened.

"Let's go down the mountain first." He Chen's face remained unchanged, and he said calmly.

Everyone hurriedly followed He Chen down the checkpoint, and listened to Zhang Liao: "Because when the lord's army entered the state, the Yanmen defense line has lost the important outer pass Baicaokou, if Guangwukou is lost again, the entire northern periphery of the Great Wall defense line will completely fall into the hands of Xianbei, and it will be extremely difficult for our army to recapture it." Therefore, the subordinates divided 40,000 troops, and 20,000 soldiers were re-tun Guangwu to block the right valley Liwang all the way; 10,000 guards the Dongcheng Pass, sharing the task of supporting Guangwu and Guancheng at any time; There are also 10,000 in the middle of Longling and Yanmen Mountain, on the basis of the original city, strengthen the fortifications and fortresses, build a strong city that communicates the two passes back and forth, and form a calf horn with Yanmen, cutting off the passage from the direction of Yanmen to the east to advance Guangwu. It's just that in this way, although the Dongcheng Pass is blocked, the Yanmen-Guancheng-Guangwu line is under great pressure. Guangwu and Yanmen are okay, the subordinates are not particularly worried, only the city, although there are 10,000 soldiers, the city is high and solid, and the weapons, food and grass should be sufficient, but this is the choke point, and the guard Ma Yan is also quite capable, but the subordinates are worried that once the two ends are attacked, there is no time to scruple, and the pressure on the city will become heavy. ”

He Chen's face was also gloomy, and from Zhang Liao's slightly anxious voice, he could hear that Guan Cheng should be under great pressure at this time. The loss of Guancheng may not have a special impact on the Yanmen defense line, but for the entire north, the stakes are too great. Due to the loss of the White Grass Pass, Guangwu has completely become a colander, and he has to worry about the situation of being attacked on the flank at any time. If there is no flank from Guancheng to help block the attack from Xianbei in the west, I am afraid that under the attack from both ends, it will not take a few days to lose the pass. Losing Guancheng, is losing Guangwukou, from then on, inside and outside the Great Wall is completely Xianbei world, if you want to get it back, I don't know how much energy it will take.

Gao Shun, who was behind He Chen, also heard Zhang Liao's words, and suddenly asked in a somewhat hoarse voice: "General Zhang's meaning, is it that Guancheng is now under a particularly urgent attack by Xianbei?" ”

Zhang Liao paused, looked back at Gao Shun, and saw that this person was very angry, with an unsmiling expression on his face, showing solemnity and seriousness, not angry and arrogant, secretly surprised in his heart, and couldn't help nodding and saying: "This general is right, according to the wolf smoke situation just now, there are at least about 50,000 Xianbei soldiers besieging the fortified city. ”

"General Zhang, from Yanmen to Guancheng, there shouldn't be only one way out of the pass, right?" In Gao Shun's faint voice, he pointed out the crux of the problem.

Zhang Liao was stunned in his heart, when will the state pastor dig up a character like No. 1 again? is just two sentences, but every sentence is straight to the point, if it is not that he is familiar with the environment here, then this person's tactical vision is extremely spicy. Zhang Liao Zhengrong said: "Yes, Yanmen Mountain is also called Gouzhu Mountain, the checkpoint is staggered, the mountain is divided into two, there are two forts in the east and west, from the West Taihe Fort out of Longling, there is a road to go directly to Guancheng." ”

Gao Shun nodded, lowered his head and pondered, not speaking.

"So it seems that it is urgent to support Guancheng?"

Zhang Liao said solemnly: "Exactly." After thinking about it, he frowned again, and said as if talking to himself: "Strange, the situation is a little abnormal today." Xianbei attacked for more than 40 days, but suddenly changed his tactics, could there be something wrong with it? ”

He Chen couldn't help but laugh and scolded: "It is estimated that the herd of Benzhou is here, and he wants to give a certain one a horse." ”

"No, there must be a problem." Zhang Liao shook his head categorically.

(To be continued)