Changfeng Thousands of Miles End Han Song

Chapter 565 Is this plan feasible?
"Many of the generals present here have heard of the dangers of Hangu and Tongguan, but if they have a deep understanding of it, there is probably not one out of ten."

Spring is March, which is a good time, and Lu Qian has already gathered troops in Jeju.

This time in the battle against Guanzhong, many famous generals in the Liangshan Army will take it with them.Lin Chong didn't mention it, and Lu Da didn't need to say much, Qin Ming, Suo Chao, Hu Yanzhuo from Hebei, Zhe Yanzhi from the Zhe family, Yang Keshi, Yang Keshi, Wang Yuan, etc. People with various complex relationships in the army are effective measures to recruit the Western Army when necessary!

This time when Lu Qian held a military meeting, they all arrived.

To exert the latter's influence in the Western Army, a prerequisite is to win the Western Army, first of all, to enter Guanzhong.

And in this battle, Tongguan is a dangerous place that cannot be avoided.And it can be said that many people know that Tongguan is dangerous, but there are seven or eight out of ten who can't tell where it is.And among the remaining three or two people, there must be many who can only speak roughly.

How can the few descriptions in the military book show the danger of Tongguan?That also depends on the sand table.

There are naturally many people in the Liangshan Army who have a certain understanding of Tongguan, but if you want to say that you know it best, it must be Xu Guanzhong who walked through Weihan Road in person and drew a map of this place.It's just that he gave up this opportunity to Zhu Wu.

"In the early years, Tongguan was located on a loess plateau named Linzhiyuan. Like the Chousangyuan where Hanguguan is located, Linzhiyuan is also flat on the top and extends straight down from the Qinling Mountains to the bank of the Yellow River. The difference is that, Hangu Pass is located in the Chou Sang Plain, while Tongguan is located on the Linzhi Plain, which is more than [-] feet high." Zhu Wu pointed to the northward one of the two models of the pass city signs on a high ground in the Tongguan area on the sand table.Here is Hantong Pass.

"On the east side of Linzhiyuan is a deep ditch named Yuanwanggou, and on the west side is a deep ditch called Forbidden Valley. There is water in both ditches, and the walls are cut like a knife under the repeated washing of water and rain. When Tongguan was first built, people who came from the east of the Guandong wanted to pass Linzhiyuan. They had to climb to the top of the plateau, then go down the forbidden ditch on the west side, and then follow Tongshui to the confluence of Tongshui, Weishui and the Yellow River. Therefore, Hantong Pass was built on the only way to Xiayuan.” In the Sui Dynasty, about four miles south of Hantong Pass, due to the long-term erosion of rainwater and water flow in the ditch, the east side of Linzhiyuan There is a ditch in the Yuanwang ditch, which goes up to the forbidden ditch and down to the plateau body. The local people call it "the valley of the pit animal threshold".In order to control this new channel, the Sui Dynasty built Xintongguan on the north side of the upper mouth of the channel.Therefore, Han Tongguan was called Tongguan North City, and Sui Tongguan was called Tongguan South City.

"Yuanwanggou doesn't need to say much. Forbidden ditch is the key. It starts from the intersection of Jingou and Tonghe in the north, and reaches Qinling in the south. It is about [-] miles long from north to south. The bottom of the forbidden ditch has been washed by long-term rain, forming a pact of ten. The ramp with a width of ten feet has become an important military road leading to the back road of Tongguan City. Since the forbidden ditch can reach the Qinling Mountains in the south and lead to the direction of Wuguan, if the enemy comes from the direction of Wuguan, they will bypass Tongguan and enter directly. Guanzhong, so the defense of the Forbidden Valley is the most important thing in the defense of Tongguan. As a supporting package for the defense of Tongguan, there are twelve passes built on both sides of the Forbidden Valley Valley, called Twelve Links. Because pedestrians were prohibited from passing through in the Tang Dynasty, it was named It's called "Forbidden Ditch"." Zhu Wu said, pointing to the sand table, on which the twelve checkpoints had been marked one by one.

"At that time, if you want to climb the original body that Tongguan refused to guard, you had to pass through the first gate of Tongguan—Jindouguan. Even if you broke through Jindouguan, there was still a narrow road called Huangxiangban in front. If you want to climb Linzhiyuan can only pass through Huangxiangban. This road is the same as Hangu Road. The south is close to the plateau, and there is a high bank uplift between the north and the Yellow River. It is only a few meters wide and can only accommodate bicycles. It can also be filled with pills and mud. The locals also call it "Wuli Secret Gate". Therefore, it can be called Tongguan's natural barrier."

"The Han and Sui Dynasties are far away, so there is no need to mention it. Let's say that during the Wu, Zhou and Tang Dynasties, the water level of the Yellow River was cut. The Tongguan of Liu, Han, Yang and Sui, because the Yellow River flows close to the plateau, if you want to pass through Tongguan, you can only go to Linzhiyuan. As the Yellow River scoured and deepened, the river bed continued to drop. The original river bed was exposed when it reached Wu Zhou, forming a river bank. Then you can pass directly from the river beach. For example, the Hantong Pass and Sui Tongguan Pass on the Linzhi Plateau have become decorations. Li Tang moved Tongguan from the plateau to the river beach. The newly built Tangtong Pass is a few meters south of the Yellow River valley. On a low platform ten feet high, it is about four miles south of Hantong Pass in Linzhiyuan.” That is to say, from the perspective of traffic value, Tongguan in the Han and Sui Dynasties can no longer be used as a reference, and the current Tongguan was built in the Li and Tang Dynasties New Tongguan.Only stuck on the bed of the Yellow River earlier, the traffic is much easier than before.But from the perspective of military value, the two old Tongguan and Twelve City are still very important.

While Zhu Wu was speaking these words, on the sand table in the middle of the hall, a scaled Tongguan terrain sand table was placed there.The changes in Tongguan over the past thousand years, and its danger, have been seen by everyone following Zhu Wu's explanation.

Today's Tongguan seems to be more convenient for 'passing', and the exposure of the riverbed makes Jindouguan and Huangxiangban useless, but even so, it is not easy to break through their checkpoints head-on.As long as the Song army garrisoned more troops on the top of Linzhi Yuan, and arranged some stone cannons and bed crossbows, and stationed troops and horses at Hantongguan and Suitongguan, and the Twelve Company City was also mobilized, it would not require much force to give Liang Shanjun caused great trouble.

Blindly attacking fiercely, I don't know how many soldiers and horses will be consumed by the Liangshan Army, and it may not be able to make meritorious deeds.

"I think that instead of storming Tongguan, we should focus on Tongzhou. The water around Pujin Bridge is calm and calm. As long as you are willing to pay a certain price and make perfect preparations, you will be able to defeat the Song army on the other side in one fell swoop." At that time, the people of Qin If they attack the land of the east of the river from here, then the Liangshan army can also attack the land of the west of the river from here.

Zhu Wu disapproved of fighting fiercely at Tongguan, the reason being that the place was too dangerous.

Lu Qian sighed when he heard this. Looking at the people in the account, there are not many people who want to fight Tongguan to the death.One must know that Liu Fa is currently sitting in Guanzhong, and he does not have any elite soldiers in his hands, and he is relying on Xiongguan, so it is really not easy to please him.

It was the first time for Xiao Jiasui to attend such a meeting as a non-voting delegate. He is now a member of the Chinese Army's Governor's Mansion and joins the army, but he no longer serves in the Ministry of War.

Seeing that everyone seemed to be abandoning Tongguan and going straight to Tongzhou, Xiao Jiasui no longer held back, stood up and said, "I think it is impossible to do things in Tongzhou. It has always been famous there, and it has long been known as the thoroughfare of Sanqin and the important town of Sanfu. How could the Song Army turn a blind eye? The Western Army Liu Fa, with a prudent character, will definitely guard this place with a heavy army, how can he ignore Tongzhou?"

Lu Qian's eyes lit up, Xiao Jiasui, the famous 'outsider' in the original novel of Water Margin.Thinking of Xu Guanzhong and Wen Huanzhang, Lu Qian had high hopes for Xiao Jiasui in his heart.Otherwise, he would not have been pulled from the Ministry of War into the Chinese military governor's mansion, and a post of joining the army would have been established in the governor's mansion.

"Xiao Jiasui?!"

"It's Weichen." Xiao Jiasui heard a trace of uncertainty in Lu Qian's tone, but thought it was normal.After all, he was only a Yuanwailang [the doctor's deputy] in the Ministry of War, and even if he was transferred to the Chinese Army's Governor's Mansion, he only joined the army for a small amount.There may be more than one soldier in a Dudu's mansion.He is only a fourth grade now, and it is already a happy event for his name to be remembered by Lu Qian.

"Huainan Chao Gai once mentioned you more than once in a letter. He is proficient in military affairs and can make good decisions. You have made great achievements in killing you in Huainan. Today, if you speak boldly, I will listen to you." Lu Qian said that he not only remembered Remembered his name and remembered more.

This identity is different, and the weight of the words spoken is completely different. With Xiao Jiasui's disposition, at this moment, excitement is welling up.

"Thank you, Your Majesty, for your kindness. I just love to read some military books on weekdays, and I have some shallow insights. The fight in Huainan, the meritorious service is all sent to the soldiers. I just stopped talking and dared not show my merits." Xiao Jiasui said so, it can be said It made all the generals here happy, and they gave him a high look.

"My minister thinks that Tongguan and Tongzhou are difficult, so why not use the old strategy of breaking the east? My army came out of Linzhou, broke the party and the bandit's left wing heroic army commander, and captured Yinzhou, and then went all the way south. Straight to Yan'an Mansion."

Lu Qian's gaze was fixed on the map, and as Xiao Jiasui spoke, his eyes burst into light.He looked at the position of the Brave Army Commander in the left wing, looking at Yulin who seemed to be a future generation.That place can lead all the way to Yan'an.As for Xixia, he is not afraid of Xixia at all.

Regardless of the hundreds of thousands of Xixia troops, in this day and age, he already has a comprehensive understanding of Xixia's military system. Everyone in Xixia is a soldier.

In the so-called 50 army, can there be 10 people who have real experience in fighting and are fully equipped with armor?
Don't forget that they have just fought fiercely with the Northern Song and Western Army. It is only a respite for two or three years. How can they really recover their strength?

As far as Lu Qian knew, after the Western Xia in the official history was beaten up by the Western Army, the Western Xia state was already weak. After the Song and Jin wars, they just took the opportunity to recapture Hengshan, and they wanted to take advantage of the Jin and Song confrontation to expand their territory. , failed in the end.It was a situation that was unwilling to be surrounded by the forces of the Jin Dynasty, but unable to change the situation of being controlled by others.The Jurchen assisted the establishment of Fanfu twice in the Central Plains, and returned Henan and Shaanxi to the Song Dynasty once, but Xixia never got any benefits. Of course, the party members were dissatisfied with the Jurchen.However, they have been strictly fulfilling their obligations to the Jin Dynasty.In Lu Qian's view, that is the weakening of Xixia's national power.

Will Lu Qian be afraid to start a war with this small country that is only short of kicking a big hole with the last kick?

Since all the people of Xixia are soldiers, it is not bad to send Dangxiang, a nation that has disappeared in the long river of history, to the place where they should go, isn't it?

"Zhao Song has not been eliminated, and he provoked Dangxiang first, so it is not too much..." All the generals stood up one after another and asked whether it was too strong to do so?
"I am not afraid of Liao people, how can I be afraid of Dangxiang?" It's just that I didn't think of this clever strategy earlier. "The land occupied by the Dangxiang thieves is also our old territory of China. In the future, the king will restore it." Lu Qian's words made Zhe Yanzhi's eyes shine brightly.

"Don't all the generals take the party as their intentions, and speak frankly, is this strategy feasible?"

(End of this chapter)