In August of the first year of Taining, Beigong Chun was ordered to sit in Chang'an and be responsible for the actions of the Left Route Army. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

According to the Privy Council's arrangement, the task of the Left Route Army was to attract enemy troops, cover the movements of the Central and Right Route Armies, and especially cover the Central Route Army to seize Yangping Pass by land and water.

When he first arrived in Guanzhong, Beigong Chun had concentrated the elite of the four compartments to launch a tentative attack on Hanzhong along the meridian road.

As expected, the enemy army in Hanzhong was well defended, and the Xiang army could only lose troops in vain after attacking for a long time.

Seeing that there was no progress in the battle, Beigong Jun ordered the attack to be stopped and summoned his subordinates to discuss countermeasures.

"Yangping Pass guards Chencang Road, leans on Jigong Mountain in the south, and borders the old Daoshui (now Jialing River) in the north, and the terrain is extremely dangerous. The south can enter Shu, the north passes Luoyang, the west reaches Longnan, the east reaches Hanzhong, it is an important military town, and Cheng Han has a large army stationed in the pass. ”

"The Privy Council ordered our Right Route Army to storm the three plank roads in the east, including Baoxie Road, Meridian Road, and Fu Luo Road, in order to attract the attention of the Hanzhong garrison and create an opportunity for the Central Route Army to seize Yangping Pass from Longnan along the old road."

"Now the enemy in charge of the military command of Hanzhong is Li Shou, a certain has dealt with him for a short time, don't look at him as a son of Li Xiong's family, but he is by no means mediocre, he has led troops to conquer places many times, and has made great contributions to the expansion of territory for the Cheng Han Dynasty, and is a famous general of the Cheng Han Dynasty."

"In addition, in order to ensure that Hanzhong is not lost, Li Xiong sent Kui'an to lead the elite of Qianhu to Nanzheng, thinking that Li Shou was the backup."

"Ladies and gentlemen, at present, Li Shou, the chief general of the enemy army, personally sits in Nanzheng, guarding the gates of various places in Hanzhong, and dividing troops to guard the important strongholds and key passes of the southern section of the plank road such as Yangping Pass, Baochuan Road, Fu Luo Road, Chen Cang Road, etc., and our army has almost no chance to overcome the dangerous pass and enter Hanzhong from the front."

"What should I do next to lure the enemy into falling for it? Fulfill the Privy Council's mandate to feint the Right Army? ”

After listening to Beigong Chun's words, everyone present frowned. After the previous temptation, everyone knew that in the face of the Cheng Han army who was bent on defense, it was not easy for the right army to lure the enemy into being deceived. Unless the next large army launches a strong attack from the front, regardless of casualties, it will be difficult to mobilize the enemy.

"Governor, Li Shou is a famous general in Shu, and he will never be easily fooled. He thought that if he wanted to attract the attention of the enemy army in Hanzhong, he must mobilize the main force of our army to launch a strong attack on Hanzhong. However, in this way, even if our army completes the task of feint, the main force of the army will suffer heavy losses, and I am afraid that it will not be able to take advantage of the situation to launch a counteroffensive at that time. ”

"What Zihong said is very true! There are natural dangers in Hanzhong that can be defended, and it is really not appropriate to rely on launching a strong attack, and you have to find another plan. ”

Beigong Chun nodded and looked at Jia Jian, wanting to hear Jia Jian's opinion.

Jia Jian saw Beigong Chun looking at him, so he got up and said: "Governor, the loss of Yangping Pass is related to the safety of Hanzhong, unless Nanzheng, the governor of Hanzhong County, faces life and death, otherwise Li Shou will never dare to transfer the Yangping Pass garrison." As long as the Yangpingguan garrison does not move, the Middle Route Army will not have the opportunity to carry out a surprise attack. ”

"In this way, it seems that only by making Nan Zheng threatened, can we hope to mobilize the enemy army!"

"And Nanzheng is the Hanzhong governance office, the strategic location is very important, Yangping Pass, Chenggu, Baogu three important passes in the west, east and north directions."

"And to mobilize the defenders of Yangping Pass, it is necessary to form a threat in both the east and north directions. Therefore, the last general thought that at present, he should divide his troops and act in three ways: all the way from the Bao Slope Road to the south, straight to the Bao Valley, and threaten Nanzheng from the north; the other way is Fu Luo Road southward Chenggu, approaching the eastern gateway of Nanzheng; The third road is to go south along the meridian road, seize Ankang, and then find an opportunity to detour southeast to attack Chenggu. ”

"Shigu, Cheng Han has stationed heavy troops in Baogu, Chenggu, Ankang and other places, how can we break the deadlock as soon as possible?"

"Back to the capital, the first two armies are suspicious armies to attract the enemy army in Hanzhong, and the real killing move is the third route army."

"The Third Army? Let's take it into detail. ”

"No, according to the medicine farmers who collect medicine in the Qinling Mountains all the year round, in addition to the original plank road, there is also a hidden path hidden in the Qinling Mountains along the meridian road, which can go deep into the hinterland of Hanzhong, but this road is very narrow and almost unsuitable for marching."

"The whole road is rough and difficult to navigate, although there are people walking, but basically some vegetable and medicine farmers, if you enter from here, if the progress is not good, the army that is responsible for the raid will fall into the danger of fighting alone, so it is very dangerous."

"But once it succeeds, our generals will go south to Ankang without bloodshed, and then attack Chenggu from the southeast, forming a north-south flank attack with the Fu Luodao army. The cooperation between the two armies is still not successful? Chenggu is less than 50 miles away from Nanzheng, as long as Chenggu, the eastern gateway of Nanzheng, is captured, Nanzheng is in danger, and Li Shou, who is sitting in Nanzheng, is bound to be in a hurry, and he will definitely concentrate his forces to hold Nanzheng. ”

"At that time, the middle route army can take advantage of the situation to take Yangping Pass, recover Hanzhong, and take Hanzhong, so there is nothing to worry about in Shudi!

Listening carefully to Jia Jian's calm explanation of his plan, Beigong Chun did not rush to order the execution, but was worried. Jia Jianxian's strategy is too dangerous, especially the people in Meridian Valley, once there is the slightest mistake, then the overall plan will come to naught.

"According to the meaning of Shigu, the number of soldiers and horses entering the Meridian Road cannot be less than 6,000 people, and if there is a slight difference, the 6,000 elites will fall into the valley road, and all of them will die in danger."

The rest of the generals also had heavy faces, and they didn't dare to speak easily, after all, this battle was dangerous, and the slightest mistake would wipe out the entire army of 6,000 people.

I don't know how long it took, but I saw Xue Tao and said: "Dudu, since two suspicious soldiers have been arranged, why don't you arrange one more road?" ”

Beigong Chun hurriedly asked, "Huh?" I don't know what Zihong's plan is? ”

"Governor, if you want to ensure the success of the Shigu plan, the key lies in the Meridian Valley's sneak attack on the Ankang plan!"

Beigong Chun and Jia Jian nodded when they heard this, as Xue Tao said, the sneak attack on the Meridian Valley is the top priority in the whole plan, and only through the successful sneak attack on Ankang through the Meridian Dao can the deadlock be broken, and then they can cooperate with the Fu Luo Dao army to seize Chenggu, and then open the eastern portal of Nanzheng.

In order to further confuse the enemy, the army that entered the Meridian Valley might as well divide the troops into two ways, all the way along the original plank road to force Ankang, in order to attract the suspicious soldiers of the garrison; The other way continued to carry out the sneak attack mission as originally planned. ”

Listening to what Xue Tao said, Beigong Chun, Jia Jian, Ji Tang and other generals were all in the spotlight, although the division of troops into four ways would weaken the strength of the dispersed army, but because of this, the whole plan was interlocked, and the enemy army did not want to find out the true movements of the army. Even the generals thought that without the middle route army entering Hanzhong, their left route army would be able to complete the important task of occupying Hanzhong by itself.

"The art of war is cloudy: surprise it, attack it unprepared! Let's take a gamble on this battle! Beigong Jun finally said.

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In the first year of Taining, in September, the autumn rain in Luoyang was pouring.

Since the beginning of autumn, several heavy rains have fallen in the Central Plains, which has greatly alleviated the drought situation and drawn a successful end to the drought and locust control in the Central Plains.

In recent times, there have been many happy events in the Yan Kingdom, first winning the Battle of Mobei, and then successfully completing the drought and locust control, so that Wei Shuo, who has been busy, suddenly relaxes.

At present, Wei Shuo's entire mind is on the scientific expedition and the battle to destroy Chenghan, and the scientific expedition is staring at the officials, and it is being held under his nose, so he doesn't have to worry about anything at all.

Therefore, Wei Shuo focused most of his energy on the battle of conquering Shu, so much so that he had to run to the Privy Council at both ends of the three days, keeping an eye on the progress of the front-line army at any time.

Wei Shuo sat in the carriage and listened leisurely to the sound of rain outside the car, until Chen An reminded the car that it had come to the Privy Council. After the guards propped up the tarpaulin to shield him from the wind and rain, Wei Shuofang lifted the curtain, and a gust of wind poured in with raindrops, although he was surrounded by guards who were standing to protect him from the wind and rain, but he was still stained with rain.

"Ahh

Wei Shuo shuddered lightly, and couldn't help but think of the army of the southern expedition to Shu, and the soldiers had to cross the entire Qinling Mountains, and he knew very well the hardships. Before the war, the Yan State was very well prepared for war, and the reserves of various materials were very sufficient, and the key was to see whether the rear baggage soldiers could transport the materials to the front line in time.

Walking into the Privy Council Staff, the red flags on the first line of the Qinling Mountains were dense on the sand table, not only the left route army was circling in the north of the Qinling Mountains, but the middle route army also made no progress, and the right route army had long lost contact. The latest military information shows that it was five days ago, and the Privy Council has not yet received the news that the Left Route Army is heading south, after all, it will take five or six days for the news to come back from the front.

(To be continued.) )