Since ancient times, Xiaoguan has been an important pass for the Central Plains Dynasty to resist the northern nomads!

Wang Li naturally knows this.

However, as soon as the army arrived at Xiao Pass, Wang immediately regretted it!

Look at the map in your hand, and then look at the surrounding terrain, and scold your mother!

Who drew the map?

Do you want to trap me?

Standing on top of the "Guoer Mountain" fortress, overlooking the "Xiao Pass" full of loopholes, Wang Li wanted to die!

I can't believe it, this can also be called "off"?

But on the map, this is indeed Xiao Pass!

Several general soldiers have also confirmed, this is Xiao Guan!

I want to cry without tears!

Due to the topography, Xiaoguan is completely different from Tongguan, Wuguan or Dasanguan!

On the Loess Plateau, which is crisscrossed by ravines, there is a gap more than ten kilometers wide, and the terrain is slightly flat!

Xiao Guan, located on the middle of the mound;

On the mound around it, there are Guoer Mountain, Jade Emperor Mountain, Chengdong Plateau, Chengzigang, Shenjiatai, Chengdong Goukou and other fortresses;

Taken together, these scattered fortifications are collectively referred to as "Xiao Pass"!

On a few rugged paths under the fort, the cavalry of both sides could not be deployed!

Here, both sides can only rush to kill on a small scale, and both sides can only use refueling tactics!

However, this kind of terrain is more favorable to the Ming army that holds on - as long as the main road is blocked first, it will be difficult for the thieves' brigade to pass!

Thankfully, on the mounds on both sides of the trail, the Ming army preemptively occupied the fortress and could attack from a high position!

In general, although Xiao Pass is full of loopholes, it is difficult for the thieves' cavalry and brigade to pass!

Even so, there is still a lack of security!

That's it, if it comes, it will be safe!

I only hope that the Ming troops in each fort and village will not take a nap, and don't let the thieves slip out from under their noses!

In order to block the thieves in Gansu, Wang Li and Hong Chengchou inspected the terrain everywhere, personally deployed defensive measures, and were busy all day!

What he didn't know, however, was ......

"Chief Soldier Zuo, Governor Wang is not a fool, let's lie to him like this, it's really inappropriate, right?"

"What's wrong?" Zuo Liangyu glanced at Ai Wannian, and smiled nonchalantly: "He has been busy with Governor Hong all day, which just shows that he didn't see through our strategy!" ”

"Alas!"

Ai Wan sighed young, but Zuo Liangyu didn't care: "He uses people as relatives, although Governor Hong and General Lu are dissatisfied, they dare not speak out!"

Now, the army has moved to Xiaoguan, the mounds are criss-crossed, the terrain is narrow, and the cavalry is useless!

Cao Wenzhao's cavalry can only be reduced to a grain and grass transport team!

Hey!

From today on, the good deeds of killing the enemy and receiving rewards can only fall on our foot soldiers!

This time, it was his turn to stare at Cao Wenzhao! ”

"But...... Such a calculation of Governor Wang and General Cao is a bit unrighteous after all!

Moreover, Governor Wang treats us well......"

"Fart!"

Zuo Liangyu scolded sharply, interrupting Ai Wannian's words: "Calculation? What calculation? Don't be so ugly!

The army moved to Xiaoguan, although we were the first to propose it, but there is a sufficient reason!

Moreover, Governor Hong, General Lu and Governor Wang, after weighing the pros and cons of all parties, all agreed to move to Xiaoguan!

How can this be said to be a calculation?

Besides, the terrain here is really not suitable for cavalry combat!

By our foot soldiers to kill the enemy and make meritorious contributions, we are neither sorry for the court nor sorry for the governor of Wang, where is the "injustice"?

You, you're a good hand at fighting, but you can't turn your head!

Needless to say, let's just wait to kill the enemy and receive the reward! ”

After that, Zuo Liangyu ignored Ai Wannian's dissatisfaction, and returned to the fortress with a smile.

……

Grain and grass, grain and grass!

Before the move, Cao Wenzhao's cavalry had already transported a batch of grain and grass!

It's just that this batch of grain and grass is only enough for the needs of 70,000 troops for half a month!

The Ming army is stationed in Xiaoguan, and the thieves can't get food in Gansu, so they will return to Guanzhong through Xiaoguan!

However, this time may be three or five days, or it may be a month, or even longer!

Therefore, the supply of grain and grass for Xiao Guanming's army has become a big problem!

A big problem indeed!

Because......

After the main force of the Ming army moved to Xiaoguan, Sun Chuanting's new army grain transportation team broke through from Wuguan to Lantian Fort!

Even so, transporting grain from Lantian Fort to Xiaoguan requires crossing the entire Guanzhong Plain, a journey of more than 700 miles!

From Lantian Fort to Nanyang, the starting point of grain transportation, it is a rugged mountain road of more than 700 miles!

More than 1,400 miles of grain road, I shudder to think about it!

Even if Sun Chuanting is exhausted, he can't guarantee the supply of grain and grass!

Even if Yang Sichang's recruits are added, there are only more than 40,000 people in total, and there is still no guarantee for the consumption of Xiao Guanming's army!

Moreover, there are more than 20,000 war horses!

These big-bellied guys, each horse, every day of bean cake consumption, is equivalent to twenty young and strong foot soldiers!

In addition to the Ming army, there are more than a million hungry people!

What a terrible need for food and grass!

Therefore, the most reasonable way to transport grain can only be Sun Chuanting from Nanyang, passing through Wuguan, and transporting grain and grass to Lantian Fort;

At the same time, Yang Sichang of the northern route set off from Luoyang, passed through Tongguan, and transported grain and grass to the Yellow River crossing;

Finally, Cao Wenzhao's cavalry crossed the entire Guanzhong Plain and transported grain and grass to Xiaoguan!

From the main force of the front-line operation to the grain transportation team, Cao Wenzhao is really a little depressed!

Using cavalry to transport grain, Wang Li was even more depressed!

"Mr. Cao, I can only work hard for you to run again!"

"Factory, this is not a question of "one more trip"!

If the thieves don't come, won't they keep carrying grain?

Even if the thieves arrive at Xiaoguan, don't they have to keep transporting grain? ”

"Oh, you have also seen the terrain of Xiaoguan, it is indeed not suitable for cavalry combat......"

"Who's to say it's not suitable?" Cao Wenzhao was anxious and interrupted Wang Li's words: "Two hundred and fifty miles north of Xiaoguan, it is the activity area of the thieves!"

Those places were not only the activity area of the Western Xia cavalry back then, but also the activity area of the Hun cavalry back then!

The army is stationed in Xiao Pass to wait for the rabbits, doesn't it give the thieves a chance to breathe?

Wouldn't it be more appropriate for me to take the initiative to go deep into Gansu to clean up? ”

Cao Wenzhao was high-spirited, Wang Li didn't want to hit his morale, so he comforted him with kind words: "I have also thought about going deep into Gansu!"

However, if the cavalry penetrates deep into Gansu, the grain route will increase by more than 300 li!

More than 1,700 miles of grain road, what a danger this is!

If you run out of food, who will support you? ”

"Factory father, you are growing the morale of others and destroying your own prestige!

He Gao Yingxiang is not afraid of running out of food, why should I be afraid?

Besides, I went deep into Horqin twice, and the distance was more than 1,000 miles, so why did you worry about food and grass? ”

"Well...... That's true, but it's a very different story!

You go north out of the Great Wall and enter the Mongolian territory, the war horse has green grass to fill the hunger, and you can grab food from the Mongolian tribes, without the logistics of grain and grass!

In Gansu in the northwest of Xiaoguan, and the Guanzhong Plain in the east, all of them are thousands of miles of red land, and it is difficult to grow an inch of grass!

In addition to logistical supplies, where else can you get food and grass? ”

Speaking of this, Wang Li patted Cao Wenzhao's shoulder and smiled confidently: "I'll let you run again, that's the real one more run!" Just one run! ”

Cao Wenzhao was puzzled, and when he saw the note handed by Wang Li, he quickly took it!

After taking a closer look, my face was overjoyed!

thanked him repeatedly, led the soldiers and horses, and went happily!

……

Just three days after Cao Wenzhao left, the thieves slaughtered to Xiao Guan!

There's no end in sight!

It is impossible to judge the number of them!

Here, all tactics are in vain!

I can't play any tricks!

The thieves rushed over, closed their eyes and threw arrows and stones!

Therefore, relying on the favorable terrain, the Ming army easily repelled more than a dozen attacks by thieves!

Killed more than 2,000 enemies, but did not suffer any casualties!

In desperation, the thieves had no choice but to retreat a few miles away and set up camp.

In the days that followed, the thieves occasionally attacked in small numbers, and hastily withdrew before they could meet the enemy.

All the Ming troops tried to pursue, but they were stopped.

Wang Li doesn't know the art of war, he can only understand the basic terrain, but he is not a fool!

In this place where the ravines are vertical and horizontal, and the mounds are intertwined, troops can be stationed everywhere, and ambushes can be set up everywhere!

The thief's move is clearly a trick to lure the enemy!

If you catch up, it's easy to be ambushed!

Isn't it?

Since the thieves have retreated, it means that they cannot gain a foothold in Gansu!

Then, stick to Xiao Pass and wait for the rabbit, it will never be wrong!

Of course, if the thieves don't come, we can also play tricks to lure the enemy!

All in all, in short, a few general soldiers are stubbornly defending their own walled city, and the thieves will definitely not be able to attack it!

In less than two months, no matter how many thieves there are, they will only be starved to death, or killed!

Of course, they can also go west along the "Silk Road"!

If you are lucky, you may be able to go to West Asia and Europe to shake your majesty like the "Northern Huns" in the Han Dynasty!

As long as it doesn't threaten the Ming Dynasty, as long as it doesn't hinder me from making money, you can go wherever you want, and this governor will never stop you!

If you really want to scourge West Asia and Europe, I can send you some soldiers, horses, money, and food!

As for the musket cannons, as long as I make them, I can give them to you for free!

Hello, hello me, hello everyone!

Why kill you, right?

……

"I'll go!"

Seeing the mighty army of grain transporters, several general soldiers were all dumbfounded!

Because, the main force that transported grain and grass was not Cao Wenzhao's cavalry, but the ragged people of Guanzhong!

One by one, they are beaming and full of energy!

If you have a lot of strength, you can carry it on your shoulders!

The elderly, women or children with little strength, with the cooperation of the two, can also lift a dozen pounds!

The grain transport team is endless, and there is no end in sight!

This formation is estimated to be hundreds of thousands!

The general soldiers of all walks of life were all dumbfounded!

In this era, the original "military households" no longer exist!

The soldiers of the Ming army from all walks of life were "recruited" from the common people!

"Recruitment", all kinds of soldiers will not be strangers!

However, the recruitment of "grain transport teams", they have not heard of it!

Come to think of it, it's normal!

As long as there is silver, as long as you are willing to spend money, what can't you raise?

Several general soldiers were shocked and suspicious, but Wang Li smiled and said nothing!

The millions of hungry people in Guanzhong can't sit back and wait for the court's relief!

How much can Zhu Youzhen give with that little silver?

Let me pay for it myself, isn't that a fool's dream?

Therefore, give two meals a day, and then give a few copper plates casually, the hungry people in Guanzhong, as long as they can still walk, all become a grain transportation team!

Just a few cavalry patrols are needed to make sure the grain and grass are not secretly hidden, and that's enough!

What about the eight hundred miles of Qinchuan?

What about the more than 1,000-mile grain route?

In front of more than a million grains, everything is a floating cloud!

……

"Governor Wang! In the past few days, the thieves have not come to attack the city again, something is not right! ”

"What? Do you want to take the initiative again? ”

"No, it's not like a thief!"

Zuo Liangyu put down the binoculars and pointed to the thief camp tent a few miles away: "In the past few days, I haven't seen smoke rising from the tent, it's really strange!" ”

I'll go!

Wang Li's heart was shocked, and he quickly raised the telescope!

The sentry standing guard outside the tent is faintly visible!

But they're too straight!

The sentinels of the Ming army did not have such a standard standing posture!

There was no cooking smoke, Wang Li never noticed!

Normally, even if the thief runs out of food, at least he can kill the horse and cook the meat!

There was no smoke for several days in a row, which is really not normal!

"Report ...... Governor Wang: The thieves' tent has long been empty!

The sentinels at the tent door are all scarecrows! ”

Depend on!

Tricked by someone!

Wang Li was so angry that he gritted his teeth!

I wanted to send troops to chase after me, but after a little thought, I gave up!

Wrong!

Steady, steady!