Outside the Shuzhou Sword Pavilion, in a large tent of the Chinese army guarded by heavy soldiers, the charcoal fire was burning, blocking all the chill of early winter outside the tent. Among the more than 20 people in the tent, most of them were wearing the armor of military generals above the command of the Northwest Army, and the rest of the civilian officials were also in scarlet official robes. At this time, the army had already broken through into Shuzhou out of Hanoi. After entering Shuzhou, the army was divided into two roads, one was the 60,000 army led by Xiao Yu, located in the middle line, approaching the sword pavilion at the gateway of Shuzhou, which was less than 100 miles away from the Jianmen Pass at this time, and the other was the 40,000 army led by Min Xing, taking Langzhong in the north. As the governor of Sanzhou, Lan Yu commanded an army of 50,000 and stayed in Hanzhong.

In the big tent as wide as the palace, there is a huge map of Shuzhou that is ten zhang long and five zhang wide, on such a huge map, not only the passes, cities, rivers, and mountains, but also the fortresses and villages are clearly marked, Xiao Yu is standing in front of this map, and the high-level generals of the Middle Route Army are seated on both sides of him, he looked at the group of warriors in front of him, picked up a long pole, pointed to the map behind him, and said: " Shuzhou, the ancient name Yizhou, surrounded by mountains, since ancient times it is often said that Shu Road is difficult to go to the blue sky, but it is not a lie, there are only two roads into Shu, the east is from the river upstream, the north is from Hanzhong into Shu, after entering Shu, there are two roads, one is the Golden Bull Road, you can cross the Jianmen Pass to take Jincheng, it is the road to enter Shu, and it is the road under our feet. The other is the Micang Road, that is, the road that Min walks, but the south chin takes Langzhong, and then threatens Shuzhong. These two paths are to use the Sword Pavilion as a gateway. ”

The long pole in Xiao Yu's hand pointed to the Sword Pavilion, and drew a circle heavily, "There is Jianmen Mountain in the north of the Sword Pavilion, also known as the Great Sword Mountain, and there is a small Sword Mountain in the east thirty miles, the two mountains are connected, the mountain is extremely dangerous, and the Flying Pavilion is a thoroughfare, which is called the Sword Pavilion." The big and small sword mountains stretch for more than 200 miles, stretch like a city, and there is a pass road under it, which is called the sword pass. Because it is sandwiched between the two mountains, such as the door of the open, such as the sword of the plant, so it is called the sword gate. Jianmen Pass is in Lizhou in the north, Mianzhu in the south, and Mianzhu is an important gateway to the north of Jincheng. Whether it is from the Jianmen Golden Bull Road, or from the ridge on the Yinping, if you want to go from the north to Jincheng, you must pass through Mianzhu, so if you want to take Jincheng, you must take Mianzhu, if you take Mianzhu, you must take Jianmen. If you get the sword gate, half of Shuzhou will be in my hands. Wei Ban, I heard that you are most familiar with Shuzhou, tell me your opinion. ”

Wei Ban, who is already the commander of the three products, got up and said: "The danger of Jianmen Pass, one husband is the pass, ten thousand people are not open, there is no shortage of generals in the previous dynasties to cut down Shu, nothing more than two situations, conquer Jianmen Pass, then you can occupy Shuzhou, if you can't conquer Jianmen Pass, then stop at Sword Pavilion, you can only look at Shu and sigh." Therefore, if you lose a pass, you will not be able to do so. ”

When Xiao Yu spoke, no one dared to interject for half a sentence, but it was different after replacing it with Wei Ban, who was young and young, and Han Xiong, who was the boss of Wei Ban, couldn't help but roll his eyes and said: "These princes have said it once, and you are still using you to repeat it?" Everyone knows that Jianmen Pass is the top priority in Shu, and the defenders of Shuzhou naturally know that the key is how to capture Jianmen Pass and reduce the number of deaths. ”

Xiao Yu glanced at Han Xiong, who was open-mouthed, then turned his gaze back to the map, and said flatly: "Go on." ”

Han Xiong shrunk his neck, not daring to say anything more.

Wei Ban continued: "Looking at Shuzhou as a whole, if you want to hold on to it foolproof, you must base Hanzhong in the north and Jiangling in the east. Because Hanzhong is sandwiched between Shaanzhou and Shuzhou, Hanzhong has a geographical advantage over Shuzhou, while Shaanzhou only shares the risk of the Qinling Mountains. It is more difficult to advance north from Hanzhong to the Qinling Mountains, while it is relatively easy to advance south from Yuedabashan. Now Hanzhong belongs to my Shaanzhou, and the geographical advantage is already in my hands. Whether it is advancing or retreating, whether it is fighting or making peace, it all depends on the meaning of the prince, and the defenders of Shuzhou can only shrink in the Jianmen Pass. ”

Speaking of this, Wei Ban looked around the tent for a week, then waved his hand violently, and said, "So according to the foolish opinion of the last general, at this time, we can not attack the Sword Gate Pass, but directly bypass this Xiongguan." ”

As soon as Wei Ban's words fell, a noisy sound sounded in the tent, and a veteran from the northwest sneered directly: "Bypass? How to bypass? Jianmen Mountain stretches for dozens of miles, do you expect the soldiers under your command to fly over directly like cultivators?"

Xiao Yu frowned, slapped on the bronze table in front of him, and the noise in the big tent stopped abruptly.

He looked around, noncommittal to Wei Ban's words, and said: "A few days ago, Mr. Xie sent someone to bring a letter to this king, in which Mr. Xie told this king that he had persuaded the major families in Shuzhou that they agreed to cooperate with this king to take the Jianmen Pass. This king didn't reply to Mr. Xie, I don't know what you think?"

Hearing the news, everyone in the tent looked at each other.

After a long time, Bonu, who was the oldest and the first to submit to Xiao Yu, got up tremblingly, put his hands on crutches, and slowly asked, "Is the prince worried about the princes of Shuzhou?"

Xiao Yu put down the long pole in his hand, sat on the big chair behind the desk, shook his head slightly, and said, "It's not that you can't believe it, it's not cost-effective." If we can take the Jianmen Pass with the help of these Shuzhou families, then after we conquer the entire Shuzhou in the future, how should we face these Shuzhou families? Cross the river and tear down the bridge? Then we will not be able to face the Jiangnan family in the future, and let them continue to hold the power of Shuzhou? This king will not agree, and I am afraid that all of you and the soldiers in the northwest will not agree. ”

Xiao Yu flexed his index finger and lightly tapped the bronze table, making a crisp sound, and continued: "This king doesn't want to wipe out the family, but he also doesn't want to see a group of high-ranking lords who can stir up the wind and rain, so this king doesn't plan to rely on these families to seize the Shuzhou portal, so as not to be coerced by them with their merits." ”

Speaking of this, Xiao Yu's gaze looked at Wei Ban, "Commander Wei, tell me what you think." ”

Wei Ban replied and continued: "If the Governor of Min directly enters Langzhong from the east of Jianmen and takes the southeast of Shudi, he can make a detour to attack Jincheng, but there are two disadvantages in this way: one is deep and roundabout, and the rear is empty. Once Luo Zongxian, the White Lotus Sect guarding the two lakes, reacted and sent reinforcements from Jiangling to enter Shu, then the whole situation would be complicated, and if our army was mired in the quagmire of Shuzhou, the grain and grass would be unsustainable, and then affect the situation in the entire northwest and grassland. There is another sentence that Wei Ban did not say, that is, Minxing itself has ambitions and wants to preserve his troops as much as possible. So he may not give it his all.

Wei Ban's words caused another whisper.

After Xiao Yu raised his hand, he returned to the previous silence.

Xiao Yu asked, "Since Langzhong is not passable, how can this king's army bypass the Sword Gate Pass?"

Wei Ban said in a deep voice: "Please borrow a map from the prince." ”

Xiao Yu waved his sleeves and moved his desk and chair aside.

Wei Ban strode forward, picked up the long pole and put it a little heavier on the detailed map of Shuzhou, and said, "This is the key to breaking through the Sword Pavilion. ”

The word Yin Ping is particularly eye-catching on the map.

Lin Han, who was the left governor of Xiao Yu's army, did not speak, at this time he sat on the first chair on Xiao Yu's left, frowned, and said: "Although Yinping Dao is inaccessible and there is no Shu army to defend it, there is no feasible way at all, let alone the passage of the army?"

Wei Ban Chengzhu said in his chest: "When I was young, I traveled to Shu with my uncle, and my uncle once said that Yinping Road is more than 700 miles of no man's land, which is an evil path, but as long as 5,000 soldiers, digging mountain passages, making bridges and pavilions, soldiers are climbing the wood edge cliffs, and the fish is entering, and after walking through this 700 miles of no man's land, you can go out of the Sword Pavilion and go to Jincheng for more than 300 miles. ”

Lin Han was unmoved, his eyes were as sharp as an eagle's falcon, and he continued to ask: "Even if you have traveled 700 miles of Yinping, what can you do? 5,000 soldiers are sleepy and lacking, there are no reinforcements, no food and grass, and they are almost trapped in death, how can they enter Jincheng?"

Wei Ban replied calmly: "If you sneak through Yinping and go straight to Fucheng, the defenders of the Sword Pavilion will definitely return to rescue Fucheng, and the prince's army can take advantage of the situation to advance." If the defenders of the Sword Pavilion do not withdraw, the Fucheng is empty, with the combat strength of my northwest armor soldiers, they will be able to attack and fall, with the Fucheng City as the support, they can directly approach the Jincheng gateway Mianzhu, and if they retreat, they can cut off the retreat of the defenders of the Sword Pavilion, and the dead land will become a living land. ”

Lin Han was about to speak, but Xiao Yu raised his hand to interrupt him, and then said slowly: "The matter of soldiers is not only about grain and grass, soldiers, and generals, but also depends on people's hearts, and the defenders of Fucheng are very important to both the enemy and us. Because, once Fucheng City is lost, the five thousand armor soldiers who secretly crossed the Yinping Road will have a place to breathe, and then they can directly take Jincheng. But if Fucheng City is held to the ground, then these thousands of tired teachers will become a joke of the world. ”

Xiao Yu paused and asked, "Qu Cang, you are in charge of military intelligence, who is the defender of Fucheng?"

Qu Cang replied: "Hui Wang, it is Tang Yong, this person is a son of the Tang clan in Shuzhong, he is not familiar with military affairs, but he is very good at power, and because he is a descendant of the Tang family, he was appointed as the general of Fucheng." ”

Xiao Yu laughed and said: "Insiders in the civil war, outsiders in the foreign war?"

Qu Cang was stunned for a moment, and then said with a smile: "The prince is high." ”

Xiao Yu laughed, and then said: "Surprise it, attack it unprepared." Wei Ban, you transfer 5,000 armor soldiers from the army of the prince and the prince, and sneak through the Yinping Road tomorrow. ”

"Pass on the order of the king of the army, and march to the Sword Pavilion tomorrow. ”

Everyone in the tent got up, knelt down on one knee and said, "No!"

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Lost in love.

Attach an essay that you wrote yourself.

I miss the long talk when I am bored in my leisure time, and the whispers in my busy leisure.

I miss the sweetness and sourness of the dawn, the bitterness of sleepless nights.

I miss the beauty of the past and the loss of what I once had.

Now that the road is split in front of me into two lines that are getting farther and farther apart, I have a choice.

Parting is approaching, and I will learn to let go from today.

I will bless, bless what was, but what was lost.

I will mourn, mourn what is gone, and what is lost.

So it is now, and it will be so in the future.