As soon as it entered Hebei, the Liaodong Army immediately changed from being detached from the situation in the Central Plains to becoming an insider.

At present, Hebei has completely become a big piece of fat. Previously, because the strategic decision of the Hebei Army was to focus on guarding against the Liaoxi Pass, the army was all in Linyu in the northeast corner. In most places, such as Zhuo County, there were nearly 100,000 soldiers from various Yingyang Prefectures responsible for defense. But now these people have been taken to Hedong by Pei Renji.

The southern part of Hebei is close to the Yellow River, and there was originally a general of the Zong clan, General Yang Yichen, to suppress the southern part of Hebei and most of Shandong. But now Yang Yichen also brought all the soldiers and horses to Hedong, and even the other soldiers and horses from Huainan, Shandong Province have been taken away by Lai Hu'er and Wang Shichong.

This caused that although there was still a large army in Hebei, all the troops were gathered in one place, and all of them were stationed to defend Linyu Pass. The whole Hebei is already extremely empty, and whoever enters Hebei first will be able to grab this piece of fat. However, the forces of the imperial court in Hedong have not yet decided on the general trend, and the Wagang army is bent on going west, aiming at the eastern capital Luoyang and the counties of Shannan, Henan. Although the Jiangnan Society has the intention to go north, there is still a Jiangdu in the throat, and tens of thousands of troops are blocking their passage to the north.

Although the peasant army in Hebei also has the intention of going north to seize territory, for the peasant army with three territories close together, the top priority at the moment is not to fight for territory, but to stabilize it. Everyone is worried that if they go out to fight for territory, the two nearby families will take the opportunity to swallow up their territory. So now the three are close together, but they have fallen into a stalemate for a while, and they are desperately digesting the results of the previous round, preparing for a decisive battle that will determine the future fate of the three.

At such a moment, no one thought that the Liaodong Army, which was still blocked outside the Liaodong Pass, would be able to go around in a big circle and kill from the grassland into Hebei. That's an opportunity. But it's also a dangerous move, and it's an action that moves the whole body.

There will only be three or five days at most, and after three or five days, the news of the Liaodong Army's entry into Hebei will spread to all places. At that time, the Liaodong Army will inevitably break the current balance between the various forces around Hebei. It is foreseeable that no one would want to see the Liaodong Army swallow the big cake of Hebei in one bite.

Chen Kefu's wooden stick pointed to the east, where it was Linyu Pass.

"Everyone, according to the distance, the Hebei Army at Linyu Pass is the closest to us. In three days at most, they will know that we have entered Hebei from the military capital. And it will take about three days for them to send troops to Zhuo County. That is, we have five days to prepare for the enemy in the east. ”

The generals all closed their eyes and pondered, these people in the east are not simple. Most of them are Hebei government soldiers, and they are all Hebei soldiers. Now the Liaodong Army is the attacker and does not have the advantage of fighting at home. Those Hebei soldiers who defend their hometown will definitely have very high combat effectiveness at that time. In addition, the generals who commanded the army were all famous generals of the Sui Dynasty, and the Linyuguan Hebei Army, which had an army of 210,000 troops, was the first opponent of the current Liaodong Army.

Deputy Marshal Luo Zhong said loudly, "Marshal, although there are 210,000 Hebei troops in Linyu Pass, I don't think it's our main opponent today. Although there are many soldiers in Linyu Pass, we also have 150,000 troops outside the pass. Even if Xue Shixiong and Li Jing knew about the situation in Hebei, they didn't dare to transfer too many troops and horses from Linyu to attack. As long as they transfer more than a certain number of troops and horses from Linyu Pass, then the strength of Linyu Pass is our advantage. ”

"At the moment we have 150,000 soldiers outside the gate, but we all know that this is not our full strength. According to the strength of our Liaodong Army today, in addition to the 150,000 soldiers and horses outside Linyu Pass, and the 90,000 allied troops in Hebei. In fact, we can at least send out 160,000 soldiers and horses in Liaodong, and the Khitan, Ya, Dahe, and Silla departments can also send another 50,000 allied troops to participate in the war. So we have at least 200,000 troops in reserve, and that's not counting our 100,000 water troops. Therefore, if the soldiers and horses of Linyu Pass are less than 100,000, we will be able to gather superior forces to storm Linyu Pass, and once the Linyu Pass is broken through, then the line of Liaoxi and Liaodong in Hebei will be completely opened, and the Hebei army will fall into a state of fighting on both sides and suffering the enemy on its back, and its defeat will not be long away. So I thought that even if Linyu Pass sent troops and horses to fight, it would not exceed 100,000. ”

Chen Kefu agreed with Old Man Luo's analysis very much, if it was only 100,000 Hebei troops to fight, he didn't have too many worries. When he came, he already had an order, and Liaodong was gathering troops and horses. Now that he has captured the military capital pass, according to the previous plan, Liaodong already has a force of 50,000 soldiers and horses who are rushing to Hebei through Xi State. At that time, he had more than 100,000 soldiers and horses in hand, and a city to defend, coupled with the sharp weapons of the Liaodong Army, he was really fighting, and he was not afraid of the Hebei Army. …,

Old man Luo Zhong took the wooden staff from Chen Kefu's hand and pointed to Taihang Mountain in the west.

"Great Marshal, the last general thinks that our real enemy should come from the west of Taihang Mountain, and the 600,000 imperial army there is really our opponent."

Old Man Luo's words made many generals surprised, and at this time, around them, the Hebei Army in Linyu Pass was the closest. followed by the peasant army of the three counties of Hebei, followed by the Wagang army of Henan. The farthest away from the Liaodong Army is the Hedong soldiers and horses, they are thousands of miles away in Taiyuan, Hedong, and the whip is not in a hurry.

No, the old man is an old general, and he was a senior general of the Great Sui Dynasty in his early years. It's just that he retired early, and he received a marquis who has been at home for many years. A few years ago, when the old man's son was conquering Goguryeo, he was already a general from Sanpin Yiwei in the Twelve Guards. Now his grandson Luo Lin is also a senior general of the Liaodong Army, so the old man's words can still attract attention.

"Please explain carefully to the old general"

The old man took a wooden stick and dotted a few times on the Taihang Mountains on the sand table, "Taihang Mountain, the natural barrier between Hebei and Hedong since ancient times, the mountains are extremely high. There are only three passages for the army to enter Hedong from Hebei. That is, the three passages of the flying fox, Puyin and Jingcheng in the eight Taihang mountains. These three levels are the place where soldiers have fought since ancient times, and winning these three levels will choke the throat of Yan into Jin. ”

was said by the old man, but Chen Kefu immediately became clear in his mind. Speaking of the eight mountains of Taihang Mountain, there are four in the land of Hebei. The military capital pass they just won is the easternmost part of Taihang Mountain. Each of these eight passages is extremely important, just like the military capital, according to such an important pass, it is really offensive and retreatable.

At present, the 600,000 troops of the imperial court are in Taiyuan, although Taiyuan has not yet decided the winner. But Chen Kefu understands that the situation in the world is becoming more and more urgent, and it is impossible for these ministers in Taiyuan to remain indecisive. It won't be long before they decide the real winner. At that time, no matter who wins, it is impossible to turn a blind eye to the situation in Hebei. According to the old man, although Hedong and Hebei are adjacent to each other, there is a natural wall in the middle, and there are now three gates on this wall that can lead to Hebei. So at the moment, while all parties have not yet discovered them, their most important purpose is not to rob the counties of Hebei, nor to fight the Linyu Hebei Army. Their most important purpose should be to snatch the three iron gates that separated the 600,000 troops east of the river.

Only by controlling these three gates can they keep the 600,000 troops of the most powerful imperial court out of Hebei. Then there was a chance to turn around and compete with the Linyu Hebei Army and the Bohai Peasant Army for Hebei. As long as the imperial army in Hedong is cut off, then the imperial army can only go down from the southeast of the river, and then pass through the territory of the Wagang army in Henan, and then pass through the territory of the Bohai peasant army, before they can come north to fight their Liaodong army. In the current situation, this is simply impossible.

It's really an old family, if there is a treasure. The old man pointed out the soldiers and horses, which was really high-level, and he immediately saw the general trend of Hebei clearly. Originally, Chen Kefu also felt that although the old man had a lot of qualifications, he couldn't see any ability. After today's incident, he finally understood that the old man had already left the realm of generals and reached the level of handsome. Everyone looks at the sand table together, and most of the generals see the gains and losses of one city and one pool. But when the old man looked at the sand table, what he saw was the strategic level.

Chen Kefu happily high-fived him with his fist and shouted three times in a row.

"What the old man said is right, these three gates of Hebei and Hedong must be in our hands. As long as we have these three gates, we will occupy a strategic height in Hedong. Have the power to make strategic decisions. Enter, you can attack Hedong, go south to Taiyuan, Guanlong. Retreat, we can stick to the border of Hebei and keep the enemy out of the country. Now these three gates, among which the Flying Fox and Puyin, are in Shanggu County, to the west of Zhuo County. These two gates are Yanmen to the west, and Taiyuan is Taiyuan to the south, and the terrain is very important. This commander ordered that 30,000 troops led by Deputy Marshal Luo immediately marched westward, and took the Flying Fox Pass of Weixian County and Zhuangguan, the son of Puyincheng of Yi County, with the momentum of thunder. ”

Puyin and Flying Fox can be connected together, but Flying Fox is mainly the gateway to Yanmen. However, Puyin can directly go to the outer grassland, and from the outer grassland along the Puyin can go straight to the Zhuojun City. In later history, the Saiwai grassland has repeatedly penetrated the Hebei Plain through this canyon that was originally an ancient river channel. Now that Chen Kefu plans to move the political center of the Liaodong Army to Zhuo County, how can he let people have a shortcut to kill directly under the city.

Let the veteran Luo Zhong who weighs Lao Cheng guard these two passes, Chen Kefu has also thought about it for a long time, and there is no more suitable than him for the time being. Moreover, 30,000 soldiers and horses is also a large number, and it is still possible to defend the two dangerous passes. And even if the enemy comes to attack, as long as he holds on for a while, Chen Kefu's reinforcements can arrive quickly.

The most gateway Jingcheng is the southernmost part of Hengshan County, which is already in the south of Shanggu County, and it is already very far away from Zhuozhou County, at least nearly ten miles away. After Jingcheng, it is the center of the east of the river, Taiyuan. This is an important gateway, after thinking for a long time, Chen Kefu finally decided to send the deputy marshal Yu Qinming to lead 15,000 men, and then bring Zhang He and Liu Tiezhu to garrison the Jingcheng Tumen Pass .......