A stronghold is a place used by the army for combat operations, generally referring to an important town, village, high ground or transportation hub that has strong fortifications, reserves war materials, and can be defended independently.

Hulu River is as its name, the mouth of the river is narrow, only 20 zhang wide, the two sides are cliffs, there are ten miles deep, there is a stream in the middle of the valley, there are a large number of springs beside the stream, the winter and summer are endless, the grass and trees by the stream are flourishing. The valley is divided into two sections by a natural pass, and there is a narrow and winding mountain road in the middle that can only be connected by two cars in parallel. The front section of the valley is slightly narrower, can also be stationed thousands of soldiers, the rear end of the terrain is flat, the valley bottom is cut off by the cliff, the people and horses are difficult to walk, the other end of the valley is sealed, it is an excellent place to store grain.

This place was once used as the summer retreat of the Liao Emperor, so it built a complete defense system, and the narrow mountain pass made it impossible to deploy heavy troops, and it was also a walled gate, and only a small number of soldiers were needed to guard it to block the impact of the enemy. What Zhao Ta is facing now is such a well-fortified, easy-to-defend and difficult-to-attack stronghold, it is by no means a simple hard village as preconceived, and the problem cannot be solved with a large number of people...

"Boss, since we can't get in, then we can't get out of the valley mouth, trap them!" Zhang Ting said.

"Your head is in the water, and it's frozen in the cold!" Zhang Pu chewed the straw and squinted at Zhang Ting and teased, "What kind of place is this, it is the place where the Jurchens store grain, and the grain in it can be eaten by 100,000 people for three months, enough for them to eat for two years, and then they will not starve to death, let's go hungry first!" ”

"Hehe, put my fur hat on you, save it and freeze it again!" Li Lei put his hat on Zhang Ting's face and said with a smile, "When Jin Jun learns that this place is surrounded, he has no choice but to come to the rescue, and when the time comes, he will block us in the mountains." Two pinch-attack counterattacks trapped us to death! ”

"Their reinforcements have already departed, three days away. It's not impossible to get here in five days. Time is running out! Zhao Yong said with a wry smile.

"Then we can only attack, break the gate of the wall, and kill in!" Zhang Ting said again.

"I don't think your brain has melted yet!" Zhao Yong slapped his hat on his head again, "The valley mouth is so narrow, the Jin army has prepared a large number of rolling logs on the mountains on both sides, as long as we break the door, they will put down the rolling logs, and the valley mouth will be sealed again, let's still stare dryly!" ”

"Then surround the point and send reinforcements. We use their granaries as bait to lure the Jin army to help, and if we encircle and annihilate them again, and if we engage them a few times, we will kill all their people, and keep the grain for them to eat! Zhang Ting struggled to sit up, pulled off the hat on his face and put it under his buttocks and said.

"Well, this method is quite reliable!" Everyone nodded, and looked at the prince in unison. Wait for him to come up with an idea.

"Zhang Ting's idea is good, but have you ever thought about whether Yuanzhou can support it for so long. Moreover, if they break through Wonju, they can go straight to Xijing. There was a large amount of grain and grass stored there, enough for them to use, and if a strong man broke his wrist. What if you abandon this place and don't send reinforcements? Zhao Ta said leisurely.

Their plan is based on quick hits and quick gains. It is to let the enemy attack the next target without relieving himself, which plays a role in mobilizing the enemy. If you encircle the point to send reinforcements. Annihilate one batch, and then wait for the next batch of enemies, is there a radio station at this time, and when Aguta learns that the reinforcements are also in trouble, more than ten days have passed, and Wonju may be taken.

"Boss, what should we do, we can't get here and go back for nothing, right?" Zhang Pu said with some regret, he can't eat the meat in his mouth now, he is really unwilling.

"Why don't we eat what we feed to our mouths, not only do we have to eat, but we also want to have both fish and bear's paws, that is, we have to rob them of their grain and grass, and we have to keep Yuanzhou, so we must take Huluchuan tomorrow!" Zhao said.

"The boss has an idea!" Several people immediately leaned towards the prince, stretching their necks to listen quietly.

"Zhang Kui, come here!" Zhao Ta didn't say, but called Zhang Kui, who was standing guard more than a dozen feet away.

"Second master, you look for me!" Zhang Kui heard the shouting and ran over.

"Zhang Kui, let me ask you, have you ever been to Sichuan!" Zhao asked.

"Ahh I've been in, and I want to know where they are hiding their food! Zhang Kui said in wonder, but his mind was turning sharply, and the prince asked what he was doing here.

"How did you get in and not be discovered by the Jurchens, didn't you look inside on the edge of the cliff and fool me!" Zhao Ta said in a questioning tone.

"Absolutely not, the Jurchens in the valley are all concentrated in the front, and there are few people in the back except for those who are responsible for managing the grain and grass!" Zhang Kui was most afraid that others would say that he was deceitful and bragging, so he waved his hand again and again and said, "I went down from the mountain pass, where the place is narrow, and there is no one except the lookout post!" ”

"How did you get down to a cliff that is more than ten feet high?" Zhao asked again.

"Second master, the cliff looks quite high, but there is a path taken by wild goats on the cliff, you can go down, that's me, others think!" Zhang Kui said.

"Zhang Kui, don't you want to be an official, you just need to bring me two hundred people, and I will be promoted to your official when I go back!" Zhao Ta pointed at him and said.

"It depends on whom, not everyone can get down!" Zhang Kui looked at the few people sitting here and whispered, in fact, he didn't care about being an official or not, but he was not convinced, the sand pile that entered the special combat team with him was the deputy captain, but he was a team leader, and he was temporary, so he was not angry in his heart, and he always wanted to be an official to surpass him.

"Damn, this kid still doesn't look down on us, when we climbed the cliff, you didn't know where to play!" Looking at Zhang Kui's eyes, he knew that this kid looked down on them, Li Lei grabbed the dry grass and threw it at him and said.

"That's not what I mean, I mean this person has to be picked, of course a senior like Brigadier Li is fine!" Zhang Kui dodged for a moment and said with a smile.

"Okay, you can pick any of the people from the three brigades of our Kryu Army, whether it is the brigade commander or a soldier, you can just take a fancy to it!" Zhao Yong said, he kind of understood what the prince meant...

At dawn the next day, after Yan Chang got a report, there was an enemy into the valley, approaching the mouth of the river, he hurriedly put on neatly, led the troops to the gate of the wall, and saw that the enemy army outside the mouth of the river had been lined up, the fluttering military flag showed that they were the Texas army, although he did not understand how the Texas army could find here, but he was not afraid, he believed that with his more than 3,000 people guarding here, 100,000 people could not be attacked.

The people on both sides talked for a while according to the rules, and they were going to start fighting without speculation, and the Texas military gate flag flashed away, and a few thick trees were pushed out from the rear team, aiming at the Zhaimen! (To be continued.) )