Return to the Three Kingdoms with the Empire System

Chapter 189 Sneak Attack on Tongguan
Tongguan is an important gateway connecting Xiliang to Sili. If Yuan Shao wants to enter Sili from Xiliang, he must capture Hangu Pass.Similarly, if the people of the court want to pacify Xiliang, they must also take Tongguan.

Duan Yan and Hu Zhen, with an army of [-], acted according to Li Ru's plan, but they didn't want to suffer a big defeat.Duan Yan failed to feign defeat and became a real defeat, but Hu Zhen failed to correctly analyze the situation.If Hu Zhen could see that Duan Yan was really defeated, and took the lead in ambushing and killing Xia Mou, he said that he had to meet such a disastrous defeat, and the two of them would die and the other would surrender.

Yuan Shao's plan to take Hangu Pass failed, but he lost troops and lost generals, so he could only stick to Tongguan temporarily, waiting for good news from Han Fu and Yuan Shu.According to the information from soldiers who have fled back, there are tens of thousands of defenders at Hangu Pass, not the 6000 as originally thought.

The army was defeated by intelligence, so Yuan Shao could not blame Li Ru for his bad strategy.Moreover, the two sides are now in a state of change in offense and defense, and there are tens of thousands of imperial troops stationed at Hangu Pass.The Xiliang army in Tongguan only has more than 6 people, and it is the entire force of Xiliang.Now the pressure is on Yuan Shao's side. If the imperial army seizes Tongguan again like Hangu Pass, Yuan Shao doesn't know whether Tongguan can be held.

Li Ru was also very curious about how the imperial army captured Hangu Pass back then, but no one knew about those who guarded Hangu Pass back then.This is also true. All the Xiliang troops stationed on the pass wall were killed. How can anyone know how the imperial army attacked the pass wall?
"Fa Xiaozhi, you are familiar with Hangu Pass, you may have guessed how the imperial army attacked the pass wall?" Sitting in the room, Li Ru asked Fazheng as he was tinkering with his tea set. Afterwards, he handed a cup to Fazheng.

Fazheng took the tea soup that Li Ru handed over, and placed it in front of him. After thinking for a while, he said, "My lord, the defense of Hangu Pass was arranged by Zheng himself. Guguan was taken away that day, and I don’t know how General Duan Yao deployed his defenses afterwards.”

Li Ru held the tea soup, took a sip slowly, and then said to Fazheng, "Fa Xiaozhi, can you draw the defense map of Hangu Pass at the beginning?" Li Ru put down the tea bowl, walked to his desk, and tinkered After a while, I found a map of Hangu Pass.

Looking at the map of Hangu Pass, Fazheng explained how he defended Hangu Pass in the first place, and made an emphatic arrangement for a place that might be missed.Li Ru looked at Fazheng pointing on the map, and also expressed his recognition of Fazheng's ability.According to Fazheng's defense, there is indeed no omission in this. If Duan Yan hadn't changed this defense at the beginning, then the imperial army would be too scary.

"My lord, what's wrong?" After Fazheng finished speaking, he found that Li Ru just kept silent. Fazheng thought that there was something wrong with his defense, so he asked immediately.

After Li Ru was awakened by Fazheng, he said to Fazheng, "Xiaozhi's arrangement is indeed watertight. If General Duan Yan hadn't changed Xiaozhi's defense, then the imperial army would have been terrible."

Fazheng didn't take it seriously, and said with a smile: "My lord, at the beginning, General Duan Yan thought he was collaborating with the enemy, so how could he not change the defense of Hangu Pass? If General Duan Yan did not change the defense of Hangu Pass, the imperial army How could there be a chance to attack Hangu Pass? Could it be that the imperial army fell from the sky?"

"Dropped from the sky?" Hearing what Fazheng said, Li Ru suddenly thought of something, quickly took out the map, and after looking at it for a while, he said to himself: "Understood, I understand. The imperial army is indeed Good strategy, good courage!"

"My lord..." Fazheng saw Li Ru talking to himself, but he didn't know what Li Ru understood, so he called out in a low voice.

When Li Ru heard Fazheng calling him, he turned to Fazheng and said, "Does Xiaozhi know how to walk in the Qinling Mountains?"

"Impossible? The Qinling Mountains are such a dangerous place, even the local hunters are only active on the outskirts, never entering the depths of the Qinling Mountains, how can they walk? Could it be that your lord is saying that the imperial army attacked Hangu Pass from the Qinling Mountains?" Fazheng listened When Li Ru asked the question, he immediately shouted that it was impossible.While talking, Fazheng was shocked. Li Ru suddenly asked this question. Could it be that the imperial army attacked Hangu Pass from the Qinling Mountains?

"Why not? The imperial army only needs to march in the Qinling Mountains to avoid our army's eyes and ears, and use ropes to descend from the cliff, and then they can attack the defenders of Hangu Pass suddenly. This is the only way our army will I don’t know how the imperial army captured Hangu Pass.” Li Ru immediately refuted it when he heard Fazheng say it was impossible.

Seeing that Li Ru was so convinced that the imperial army marched from the middle of the Qinling Mountains to the Hangu Pass, Fazheng explained: "The terrain of the Qinling Mountains is complicated and it is difficult to walk. At the same time, the mountains are full of fierce beasts and poisonous insects. The most important thing is that in the mountains If you don’t know the direction, how can you reach Hangu Pass accurately?”

Li Ru fell silent after hearing Fazheng's words.If it is true as Fazheng said, there is only one possibility, and that is that Duan Yan changed the defense of Hangu Pass.According to Fazheng's defense, Hangu Pass must be worry-free, but if changes are made, there will definitely be gaps.

While Li Ru and Fazheng were still discussing how the imperial court occupied Hangu Pass, the generals at Hangu Pass had already figured out how to sneak attack Tongguan.

"General Ye Hua, are you sure you don't need someone to trap you in the camp?" Qu Yi asked as he looked at the five thousand soldiers following Ye Hua.These [-] soldiers were nothing more than ordinary soldiers, but Qu Yi had traveled through the Qinling Mountains once, so he had a deep understanding of the dangers in the mountains.With just five thousand ordinary soldiers, Qu Yi was really worried that half of them would stumble and fall off the cliff.

Ye Hua only felt that Qu Yi was just worrying blindly. He was also a human being, so how could he not be able to make it through?Qu Yi can't do anything, doesn't mean Ye Hua can't do anything.What does Ye Hua do? He is very good at leading a group of mobs to take advantage of the terrain to defeat the enemy who is not so mob.

"General Qu Yi, don't worry, these [-] soldiers are enough. You can't take your guard lightly in the rear. Don't forget how the young master captured Hangu Pass back then." Ye Hua wasn't worried that something would happen to him, on the contrary. I'm a little worried about Koji.

Hearing what Ye Hua said, Qu Yi said, "Don't worry, General Ye Hua, how can the Xiliang Army have such a well-known strategy as the master." Qu Yi just said that he didn't take the Xiliang Army seriously, but in his heart he thought Pay attention to the movement in the direction of Qinling.

"In this case, Ye Hua will take his leave." With that said, Ye Hua led five thousand soldiers into the Qinling Mountains without looking back.Now that the spring snow in the Qinling Mountains has melted, it is really a time when everything is recovering, and the beasts will begin to come out to look for food. This journey is not as simple as Ye Hua said.

Everyone watched Ye Hua lead people into the Qinling Mountains, and Hu Zhen also said to Qu Yi, Xu Rong and the others: "Since General Ye has already left, I will also set off immediately."

"General Hu, take care." Hearing what Hu Zhen said, Xu Rong and Qu Yi clasped their fists together and said.

"Everyone take care, Hu is leaving now!" As he said, Hu Zhen led more than 5000 soldiers without any weapons and armor and headed towards Tongguan.

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