It is naturally much better to be able to pass through Taihang Mountain at the lowest cost than to risk being attacked from both sides and pass through Fanyang to enter Dai County, the key is whether it can be done? Towering Taihang, the terrain is steep, if you want to survive safely, it is really difficult to climb to the sky!

"General Xianyong, will Ji An come out?" Koji Yi rubbed the scar on his face, and was skeptical of Yuan Mai's words.

"My plan is on the solid, whether it succeeds or not, it all depends on the solidity! The generals just do what I tell you to do, and maybe you can really get through the Taihang Mountain without much effort. Then along the official post avenue of the state, the soldiers pointed directly at the county! Yuan Mai put his hands behind his back, showed a mysterious smile, and said with great ambition.

Lu Yi nodded: "Okay, since General Xianyong said so, I will temporarily give you the dispatch power to see how you use the troops?" ”

"Everyone should rest in the camp for the time being, recuperate and recharge, and then listen to my orders when it gets dark."

Yuan Mai gave an order, and then beckoned his descendants to follow him out on horseback and go to the front line to observe the terrain. So Wang Shuang, Hao Zhao, and Tian Chou led three hundred light cavalry to follow Yuan out of the camp and observe the military situation forward. Stay at home and be in charge of military affairs.

Yinguan City is about eighty miles away from the caliber of Taihang Fu, the narrowest place of the caliber of that Fu is only three or five zhang, can only accommodate four horses to pass at the same time, the mountains on both sides are steep, if the enemy ambushes both sides, if you want to pass it is bound to pay a heavy price.

The journey from Yinguan City to the eighty-mile caliber of Fu is not a flat river. If you want to reach the "Fu Caliber", there are three valleys to walk, all of which are east-west valleys, forming a "river" character, and each one is about fifteen or sixteen miles apart. The widest one is about 200 zhang, and the narrowest is estimated to be about 100 zhang. It is also a good place for ambushes, but it can't be compared with the caliber of "one husband is a key and ten thousand people can't be opened".

Yuan Mai has been rewarded by the spies, and the garrison of the Montenegrin army is arranged as follows: each of the three valleys is garrisoned by five or six thousand Montenegrin thieves, each with a commander in charge of commanding, the southernmost valley is guarded by "Wulu", the middle valley is defended by Zhenggu, and the northernmost valley is defended by Bai Huan.

At the beginning, Yuan Mai had a headache about the strange name of the black mountain thief Qu Shuai, and couldn't understand why these people made a "four dislike" name? In the past, Bai Huan's surname Bai also said, how did these five deer come from? Could it be that there is still a surname five in this world?

After inquiring in private, Yuan Mai knew the name of the Black Mountain thief Qu Shuai. It turned out that it was not their name, but their "nickname".

These people also knew that rebellion was a great crime to exterminate the Manmen, especially after the death of Zhang Jiao and Zhang Bao brothers one after another, and the remnants of the Yellow Turban also knew that it was impossible to overthrow the rule of the Han Dynasty. So they all went incognito, from the soldiers to the commanders, they all used nicknames......

For example, Zhang Baiqi, because he rides a white horse every day, he got the nickname of "White Horse", and "Wulu", because he saw five deer when shooting, but unfortunately he didn't hunt one, and later it was rumored that he simply called himself "Wulu"!

Others such as Qingniujiao, Dahong, Yu Poison, Bai Huan, Si Li, Li Damu...... Wait, the origin of all Qu Shuai is strange, and people can't imagine that this is the title of Qu Shuai. After a long time, no one asked for their real names!

In addition to the three commanders each guarding a valley pass, Zhang Yan himself led 20,000 people to ambush around the caliber, waiting for Yuan's army to attack when he crossed the valley. In addition, Zhang Yan also sent his generals Wang Dang and Sun Qing to lead 20,000 horses, as well as more than 10,000 Montenegrin thieves who were fifty miles away from the camp of Liyi, and hung far behind, waiting for an opportunity to sneak attack.

Yuan Mai took his troops to the front line and walked around, and recently he had approached the valley in the middle, and vaguely saw the banner of Zhenggu, and the word "眭" in Douda fluttered in the wind.

"Looking at Zhang Yan's posture, she is desperately trying to contribute to Gongsun Zhan! Whether we cross the mountains or go north, he will not give up! Yuan Mailema looked at the valley in the middle and muttered to himself.

"Childe, Zhang Yan has fifty or sixty thousand troops, and this is only half of it, and there are at least fifty or sixty thousand thieves entrenched in Taihang Mountain. Zhang Yan has already arranged the pockets for us to drill, and it is really difficult to forcibly cross the caliber! In my opinion, it is better to go north along the post road and take Fanyang to enter the county side as the best policy! ”

Hao Zhao followed behind Yuan Mai, and when he saw Zhang Yan's strict layout, he couldn't help but have a headache. He felt that forcibly crossing the Taihang Mountain was a lower policy, so he wanted to persuade Yuan to buy Fanyang City and enter Dai County.

Seeing the arrangement of the Black Mountain thieves, Wang Shuang also had a headache. If the two armies fought in formation, he would definitely not frown, whether he lived or died, resigned himself to fate, but these black mountain thieves are fucking hiding in the mountains and throwing stones, what kind of thing is this?

"Yuan Gong is really, just give us 10,000 soldiers, what can we do? I can't beat it, I can't get over it, I am afraid that Fan Yang will be copied from the back road, I am really anxious! Wang Shuang didn't hold his breath in the end and complained.

Yuan Mai pretended not to hear it, it was useless to explain this matter, and if he didn't get it right, he would have a dislike with his subordinates. And he is also secretly thinking in his heart, Old Man Yuan is really not doing a good job, let Zhang Yan have more than 100,000 horses entrenched in his heart, and it is strange that he can win the battle of Guandu in the future!

That's more than a hundred thousand horses, not a dozen, not hundreds, not tens of thousands, but a fucking hundreds! It's a headache to think about!

Their Montenegrin army is only two hundred miles away from Yecheng, and a rapid march of one day and one night can reach the city of Yecheng, and when the time comes, your army will go on the expedition, if Zhang Yan goes straight to the lair, this battle will be a fart!

Although the combat effectiveness of the Montenegrin army is not as good as that of the regular army, the large number of people is their advantage, and no one can ignore Zhang Yan's existence, why doesn't the old man think of a way to solve this Zhang Yan?

"If I am in the position of an old man now, even if I don't destroy my grandson, I will pull out Zhang Yan's thorn in the eye and flesh! If you go outside, you must first settle inside, these hundreds of thousands of thieves are entrenched under your nose, and he is still fighting everywhere, is this Yuan Benchu and his civil and military staff an idiot? Looking at the black mountain thieves waving flags in the valley, the more Yuan Mai thought about it, the more angry he became, and he couldn't help but curse in his heart.

Tian Chou, who originally insisted on walking the Fukou Sutra, was also a little shaken at the moment, and said with an embarrassed look: "If you want to go to Fanyang, you are likely to be attacked from both sides; It's not easy to get too far, it's really tricky! There are eight trails in Taihang, and the road to the north is the well path, can we take a trip north and pass through Taihang from Jingcheng? ”

"It is estimated that the 50,000 or 60,000 people that Zhang Yan did not dispatch have already set up an ambush in Jingcheng, right? There is no difference between going to Jingcheng and Fukou, and Jingcheng is closer to Zhang Yan's lair, where he has been operating for many years, the defense facilities are bound to be far better than Fukou, and it is better to go to Jingcheng than to directly break through the mouth! Yuan Mai Lema looked at the majestic Taihang in front of him and said thoughtfully.

Tian Chou listened, and was a little helpless: "If that's the case, it's really difficult to pass Taihang!" There's really no way, just follow General Koji and Hao Bodao to go to Fanyang. Maybe being attacked from the front and back can arouse the morale of the soldiers to fight to the death, General Koji is good at using troops, and it is not necessary to be able to break through Tian Yu's resistance. ”

"Follow my plan tonight, and if you can't get by, make another plan! Back to camp! "Yuan Mai turned the horse's head and returned first.

Wang Shuang, Hao Zhao, and Tian Chou followed, and more than 200 horsemen then swarmed around, rolled up smoke and dust all the way, and returned to the Yin Pavilion camp.

The sky gradually darkened, and the night shrouded the majestic mountains. Murder lurks in the silence, and a fierce battle is coming. After dinner, Yuan Jun was silent, the horses picked up the bells, and the whole army began to move.

According to Yuan Mai's dispatch, the troops were divided into three routes. The first route began with Hao Zhao's 2,000 men, followed by Wang Shuang's 1,200 cavalry, and at the end was Zhang Wu's 1,000 men escorting grain trucks, walking through the valley that was firmly defended in the middle.

On the second road, 3,000 people were allocated from the command of Koji Yi and handed over to Zhao Zhao to lead, and the valley to the south, followed by Tian Chou and his 2,000 men.

The remaining 3,000 men and horses were also divided into two routes, leaving 1,000 men to be in charge of the camp by Tian Feng, and the other 2,000 men were personally led by Ko Yi as reinforcements to receive the men and horses who crossed the valley on the two routes. Yuan Mai took the 500 guards battalion and Liyi out of the camp together, and lined up in the wilderness, ready to deal with sudden changes at any time.