Here Sun Jian was full of ambition and walked away from Kong Ling's army, and the only Kong Ling who was left was so angry that he was smoking, but the wood had been completed and the grain had been transported away, and he was helpless, standing on the road, looking at Sun Jian's distant figure, only a little more ashamed and angry.

Sun Jian did not return to the camp, but went directly to the Wenchou camp.

When he arrived at the camp of Dewen Chou, Sun Jianxing rushed to the big tent of Wen Chou, and before the person entered the tent, the voice had already come in first, and he could only be heard saying: "Zixiao, I have borrowed 50,000 stone of grain from Kong Yuzhou. As he spoke, he stepped into the tent, his face was not gone, and when he looked up, he saw several familiar faces in the tent. The familiar faces of Sun Jian in the tent were all leading generals from various counties in the Yuzhou army.

Although Sun Jian is not familiar with them, he also knows their respective origins, and knows that these people are all people under Kong Ling, and the number of soldiers under the command of these people has reached nearly 10,000, which is half of the county soldiers recruited by Kong Ling - of the more than 40,000 soldiers under Kong Ling, the state soldiers account for about half, that is to say, excluding the state soldiers, there are about 20,000 county soldiers.

Seeing Sun Jian's mighty appearance, these lieutenants thought in their hearts: "I have heard for a long time that the civil and military forces are fierce and heroic, and I have also heard that Sun Wucheng is fierce, and there is no vain warrior under the fame!" That Dong Zhuo's soldiers are strong and brave, and the fierce reputation is outside, and now the Kanto region has raised troops, the five states have gathered, and the heroes are full of heroes, but so far there is no way to dare to take the initiative to attack, don't say anything, just say that I am waiting for Yingchuan this way, Kong Yuzhou has more than 40,000 people, and Yang Zhai is high, and there is no mention of entering the army, and Wen and Sun have met for the first time, and they have made the decision to attack Dong Zhuo, and the two of them are really two masters! ”

These people are the main battle faction among the many generals and colonels of the Yuzhou Army, otherwise they would not have been recruited by Tian Feng, Tian Chou, Xun Yu and others. Wen Chou laughed again. Please take a seat.

Grain and soldiers were borrowed, 50,000 stone grains, not only enough for Wen Chou and Sun Jian, but also more than enough, 8,000 county soldiers, although only less than a quarter of the Yuzhou army. But the more than 20,000 state soldiers are impossible to borrow, as for the remaining more than 10,000 county soldiers, they dare not fight, and it is useless to find their generals and colonels, these 8,000 people plus Wen, Sunbu, plus Yingchuan county soldiers, a total of more than 40,000 people, and although most of them are new soldiers, there are also many elite soldiers, such as Chen Guo's 2,000 people There is a crossbow battalion. The battalion is full of sloppy soldiers, strong bows and crossbows, and their combat power is quite strong, and if they are used properly, they can increase the combat effectiveness of the whole army by one or two percent.

With both things in place, it's time to get down to business and discuss the battle.

Wen Chou said to Sun Jian: "Wentai, before Qing comes." I am discussing the battle plan with the lieutenants from the morning until now. It's a little rudimentary. Qing has been conquered for a long time, and he is wise and strategic, and he has a prejudice against Dong Ding, so I will wait for Qing to come, and I am eager to hear and see. ”

"Captains" refers to these captains who were ordered by the county to lead troops from Kong Ling, before leaving the county. Each of them was given the position of "lieutenant" by the county, and it can be regarded as a famous division.

Sun Jian said: "I don't know what the prototype is that Qing discussed with the captains? ”

There is a map hanging in the tent, and the topographic map of Sili, Yuzhou, Yanzhou and other places is drawn on the map.

Wen Chou stood up, walked around the case, and came to the front of the picture. Pointing to the location of Yingchuan and Suojube on the map, he said: "This time the troops are sent out by us in Yingchuan and the generals Zhang, Cao and Bao of Suojube. What do you think? ”

Sun Jian also got up from the table, came to the map, and after checking it, nodded and said, "I see it the same way." ”

Wen Chou, Sun Jian's Yingchuan and Sour Zao Zhang, Cao Zhimeng said that there are a lot of new soldiers, but the two roads have 80,000 people,——, it is true that Cao Cao's headquarters is not much, only 5,000 people, but Bao Xin has a lot of people under his account, as early as before the army, he raised more than 10,000 people in Mount Tai, when he started the army, the army and horses under his account reached more than 20,000 people, he and Cao Cao joined forces, there are also 20,000 or 30,000 people, plus Zhang Miao's 20,000 soldiers, also reached 40,000, and Wen Chou's side is not much different, so Yingchuan, The total number of soldiers and horses has reached 80,000, and it is difficult for so many people and horses to attack all the way under the constraints of terrain and situation.

First of all, from the situation.

The sour jujube army is prosperous, in addition to the three people who have the intention to attack Dong Zhuo, there are also Qiao Mao, Liu Dai and other military forces, it is because Zhang, Cao, and Bao can lead the army to leave the sour jujube and come to meet Wen Chou and others, but Yingchuan only has Wen Chou and others and Kong Ling, once Wen Chou and others leave Yingchuan, there will be only more than 30,000 Yuzhou troops left in the county, so Dong Zhuo is very likely to take advantage of the gap to invade the territory, making Wen Chou and others lose ground, that is to say, Zhang, Cao, Bao can come to Yingchuan, Wen Chou and others are difficult to go to Sour Zao.

Secondly, in terms of terrain.

Yingchuan is in the southeast direction of Luoyang, although there is a direct connection between the two places, but there is a Yuyuan Pass on this road, this is one of the eight passes of Gyeonggi that guards Luoyang, and the guard in the pass is Dong Zhuo's subordinates, if you want to pass from here, you have to attack the fortification, with more of the new troops to attack this strong pass, the enemy is a fierce general, it is conceivable that the battle must be very difficult to fight, maybe a month or two can not be defeated, that is, it can be captured, and the battle damage must be very large, this is not what Wen Chou wants, it can be said that this road is impassable.

Since the road from Yingchuan to the northwest to Luoyang is blocked by checkpoints and difficult to pass, if you want to go to Luoyang, you can only go down and detour to the southwest.

There are no avenues near the southwest, the roads are not too wide, and you have to cross several rivers to enter the division. If Zhang Miao, Cao Cao, and Bao Xin come to Yingchuan, there are 80,000 troops on both sides, so many people and horses can only go around this narrow road, and they also need to cross the river one after another, just like thousands of troops and horses fighting for a single-plank bridge, too crowded, not to mention, once the front road is blocked, maybe it will be difficult to advance an inch, and then it is more serious, in case the front is defeated, Dong Zhuo's cavalry, once the trend rushes down, the retreat is narrow, and there is a river to block it, and the 80,000 people are afraid that the whole army will be wiped out!

Of course, in addition to finding a breakthrough in the southwest direction, you can also go up to find the direction of attack, you can go north first, and then turn west, but if you choose this road, the sour jujube is in the north, and Zhang Miao, Cao Cao, and Bao Xin send troops from the sour jujube.

Because of these two reasons. Wen Chou, Tian Feng, Xun Yu and Zhao Yun, Yan Liang and the captains who came to help the fist all thought that the best strategy should be to go their separate ways.

The reason for dividing the route and advancing and dividing is limited to the situation and terrain, and from the perspective of the overall strategic situation, it also has more advantages than combining troops all the way.

For example, if a person is combined, they only have one fist. Although the momentum is strong, but if you go straight, Dong Zhuo will be able to deal with them, you only need to send a strong army, point a few fierce generals, and attack them head-on, with Dong Zhuo's soldiers strong generals, this kind of fancy, hard-fought battle, their chances of winning are still not big. And if it is divided into two ways, it is like having two fists, you can cooperate with each other, and the virtual and the real will change, although it will not make Dong Zhuo deal with it at a loss, but at least it can make him pay a little attention.

Take a step back and say, if one side is defeated, as long as the other side is not defeated. It can still make a comeback.

Sun Jian and Wen Chou and others agreed on the same opinion, so it was tentatively decided to divide the troops into two ways to attack.

The overall strategic direction is set. Then there's the specific tactics.

Sun Jian said: "Generals, Zhang, Cao, and Bao San will attack separately from me, Zixiao, you can choose the direction of my attack on Yingchuan?" ”

Wen Chou nodded at the Yuyuan Pass on the official road from Yingchuan to Luoyang, and said: "This road is not passable, and the three generals Zhang, Cao, and Bao are in the north, and the direction of our troops can only be selected in the southwest." ”

"Where's the Southwest?"

"What do you think is the best place?"

Sun Jian's fingers followed Yang Zhai on the map all the way to the southwest. After crossing the Ru River, they stopped at Liang County, which was 200 miles away from Yangzhai.

Wen Chou saw Sun Jian's finger, laughed, and said, "The hero sees the same thing. ”

However, he, Tian Feng and others agreed with Sun Jian, and they all believed that Liang County was the best way to enter Gyeonggi.

Liang County said that it was in the southwest direction of Yangzhai. In fact, it is more like in the west of Yang Zhai, it is almost on the same line as Yang Zhai, but it is slightly more than Yang Zhai to the south, this county does not belong to Yingchuan County, it is already in the territory of Henan Yin, it is the southernmost county of Henan Yin, the county seat is adjacent to the south bank of Rushui, very close to Yingchuan, less than forty miles away from the county boundary of Yingchuan County, not far from Nanyang County in Jingzhou, fifty miles south is Nanyang County, not very far from Luoyang, to the northwest, one hundred and fifty miles away is Luoyang.

As mentioned above, there are eight passes around Luoyang, called Baguan Duyi, which are distributed on all sides of Luoyang.

Between Yingchuan and Luoyang is the Yuyuan Pass, this pass is choked by Ying, Chen to Luoyang's key point, from this pass to the west, there are Dagu, Guangcheng, Yique, Hangu and other passes, wherein, Hangu Pass is the gate of the west of Luoyang, the east refers to Luodu, the west looks at Chang'an, it is the head of the eight passes, the three passes of Dagu, Guangcheng and Yique are all in the south of Luoyang, the three passes are connected, they are very close to each other, the guard is the south gate of Luoyang, it is good to go directly south from Jingzhou, it is good to enter Luoyang by Yingchuan and Runan, they all have to pass these three checkpoints.

In other words, that is to say, if you attack from Liang County, you will eventually need to pass the test.

In this case, why do they have to go southwest instead of going around the far and the south? Why don't you just knock into Gyeonggi and march to Luoyang?

This is because although the three passes of Otani, Guangcheng, and Yique are also dangerous, they are still not as good as the Yuyuan Pass.

Yuyuan Pass is between the two mountains of Shao Room and Tai Room, the mountain road is dangerous, the twelve winding roads, when it comes to difficult attack, it is far above the three passes such as Dagu.

Therefore, Wen Chou, Sun Jian and others all gave up the Yuyuan Pass and chose this place as the breakthrough point out of the county.

In fact, in the original history, Sun Jian was selected by Yuan Shu as the leader of Yuzhou Assassin History, and when he led the Yuzhou army to attack Luoyang, he chose this road, wanting to attack Luoyang from Dagu.

Regarding the matter of sending troops from Liang County, Wen Chou and Sun Jian coincided, and then it was time to talk about where Zhang Miao and Cao Cao marched from.

Zhang Miao and Wen Chou and Sun Jian are not all the way, he must have his own ideas about sending troops, Wen Chou and Sun Jian may not think the same as his plan, but no matter whether they are the same or not, since they want to go together, then Wen Chou and Sun Jian definitely need to take Zhang Miao and them into account, if the two sides agree in the end, they are all happy, if they are inconsistent, they can negotiate again.

Sun Jian asked: "We can attack Luoyang from Liangdong, what about the three generals Zhang, Cao, and Bao?" Yi Qing thinks, where should the two of them attack? ”

Wen Chou's gaze on the map went north from Liang County, looked at Chen Liu, and then from Chen Liu to the west, stretched out his finger, nodded a little on one of the places, and said, "How is this place?" ”

Everyone looked at it, where Xun Zhen's fingers fell, but it was a testicle. Testicle is into Gao, the ancient East of the country, the Spring and Autumn Period set up the city system, because it is said that King Mu of Zhou had raised a tiger in this place, so the tiger prison was ordered again, the former Han Dynasty placed Cheng Gao County here, entered the dynasty, changed the word "Gao" to "testicle".

Speaking of Chenggao, there may not be many people who know it, but if it is said that a Xiongguan here is known to everyone, it is the famous Tiger Prison Pass. The establishment of the Tiger Prison Pass can be traced back to the Jin Kingdom in the Spring and Autumn Period, and the Jin Mourning Gong built the big Tiger Prison City, and the troops were garrisoned; Entering the former Qin, and because of the Yellow River in the north and west, and the deep stream in the south and east, the name of the pass was changed to Cheng Gao, and the meaning of "Gao" was also the shore and the highland; On the occasion of Chu and Han, Gaozu and Xiang Yu had repeatedly fought here, the battle around this place lasted for nearly two and a half years, very fierce, the Han army lost the number of Cheng Gao, and several captured Cheng Gao, until finally firmly held the tiger firmly in their hands, only forced the Chu army to negotiate peace, the two sides took the chasm as the boundary, divided the world,—— only from this, you can see the strategic position of this pass.

In this dynasty, move the capital to Luoyang, this pass as a barrier to the east of Luoyang, the status is more and more important, the general Feng Yi went south to Henan Chenggao east of the thirteen counties, rebuilt the city, and sent heavy troops to guard, in the first year of Zhongping, Emperor Ling put eight passes to reject the yellow scarf, one of the eight passes is called "revolving door", in fact, this pass.

The reason why the testicles, or the tiger prison is so important, is a battleground for soldiers since ancient times, in the final analysis, it is mainly due to the terrain.

There is a county in the east of Chengqi, called Xingyang, from Xingyang to the east are all flat land, a horse Pingchuan, no danger to block, and since the beginning of the Chengqi area, the more west, the higher the terrain, the more numerous the mountains, the tiger prison, or the current spiral gate pass is located on one of the protruding mountains, overlooking the surrounding chaotic mountains and cliffs, there is only one passage winding in the steep bank and deep valley, there is a big husband when the pass, ten thousand people do not open the trend.

With this dangerous terrain, the importance of the formation of testicles in terms of strategic position is self-evident.

Sun Jian saw Wen Chou's finger, laughed, and said, "Qing Jian is in line with me!" ”

Wen Chou and Zhao Yun and other lieutenants discussed the military for most of the day, and Tian Feng, Guo Jia, Xun Yu and others were also present as his masterminds. (To be continued......)