After the Tianqishan defense line was opened, the coalition forces immediately started to march into Henan Province. However, Wang Yu was not in a hurry. Instead, he immediately sent out 50,000 troops and captured Henan under the leadership of Hu Luguang. Weiguan, the gateway to the north.
Henan Road is on the northern defense line. Firstly, it relies on the danger of the river. Secondly, it naturally relies on Weiguan, a famous pass in the world.
Since the founding of the Da Cang Dynasty, the reason why the imperial capital was located in Henan Road was that it was located in the center of the entire Da Cang and could effectively rule all parts of the Da Cang. Another key factor is the natural defenses in all directions of Henan Road.
This Henan Road is like Luoyang or Chang'an in Chinese history, surrounded by various groups of guards.
After Huangfu Mingzhao dies, Henan Road will definitely become the center of competition among all parties, especially the three kings who aspire to the throne. Henan Road will definitely become their primary target in the future.
For the position of Henan Road, other forces may not be clear about it, but the three kings will definitely be beaten to a bloody head because of it.
However, Wang Yu did not want to get involved in this chaos easily when the time came. With golden horns and silver edges, this Henan Road is located in the center of the entire world, and it will inevitably cause trouble in the future.
In contrast, Wang Yu is more willing to be the fisherman after the jade clam fights with the clam. After all the forces competed for the first place and became exhausted, it was time for him to wipe out the whole world in one fell swoop.
What's more, compared to Henan Road, which will become the focus of all forces in the future, Wang Yu is actually more interested in the basics of the three kings.
His next step, if he wants to continue to expand, the best choice is the territory of the Three Kings. In addition to this option, expansion in any other direction will have certain hidden dangers.
Therefore, compared to the entire Henan Province, Weiguan is Wang Yu's first target at this time. Wang Yu now has the entire Hebei Province. As long as he waits until he takes Weiguan again, all directions will be naturally dangerous. At this time, Henan Road will completely open the door to Hebei Road. Wang Yu can take action against Henan Road whenever he wants.
If that time really comes, it seems like he really has no involvement in Henan Road. But in fact, as long as he is strong enough and makes himself strong, he can take this territory anytime he wants!
Therefore, after opening the Tianqishan defense line, Wang Yu's next step was not to follow the coalition forces to completely wipe out Henan Road, but to divide his troops and go straight to Weiguan.
In fact, in addition to breaking through the Tianqishan defense line from Guangyin and reaching Henan Road directly, the coalition forces at that time could also break through Weiguan from Hebei Road to the south and reach Henan Road directly.
However, if they choose the latter as their offensive line, in addition to being more convenient for Wang Yu, the logistics pressure on the two kings who occupy Qingbei Road and Qingnan Road and Xuanyuan Huang who occupies Dongkaido Road will double.
From a comprehensive perspective of the coalition forces, this offensive route is far inferior to Guangyin, where all coalition forces are relatively focused on attacking in the center.
At this stage, among the generals following Wang Yu, apart from Han Xin, the only one who can take on this important task is Hu Luguang.
Although Feng Yi, Wang Zhenyi, Tan Daoji and others also have great talents, their qualifications are still relatively low.
Therefore, the task this time fell on Hu Luguang.
There are 30,000 defenders in Weiguan. Only 50,000 troops want to capture such a majestic pass. In fact, it is definitely not enough.
However, this is already the strength that Wang Yu can send as much as possible at this stage. The 100,000 troops who followed him into battle suffered considerable losses after successive battles. Apart from the 50,000 troops sent out, there were not many men left around him.
Therefore, with the relative shortage of troops, all Wang Yu could make up for was the support of his generals.
Hu Luguang is the chief general, Wang Zhen'e is the deputy general, Zhang Kui is the vanguard, and the remaining generals are Zhao Yun, Taishi Ci, Ge Cunzhou, Nanfeng Buyu, Gao Lanying, Lu Zhishen, Hu Yanzhuo, Yue Sheng, Wu Song, Lin Chong, Guan Sheng, Qin and Ming were generals and together they led an army of 50,000 to capture Weiguan.
Zhao Yun, Taishi Ci, Ge Cunzhou, Nanfeng Buyu, and Gao Lanying are all heaven-level generals, especially Zhao Yun who has reached the peak of heaven-level generals, and Lu Zhishen, Hu Yanzhuo, Yue Sheng, Wu Song, Lin Chong, Guan Sheng and Qin Ming all have super-class strength.
Coupled with the god-level general Zhang Kui, Hu Luguang has such a talented lineup under his command, which is absolutely crushing the lineup of generals stationed in Weiguan.
In addition, although Zhuge Liang of Hebei Province cannot mobilize much fighting force at this time, they will still wait for the opportunity and do their best to cooperate with Hu Luguang to knock on the northern gate of Henan Province. .
After transferring so many generals at once, Wang Yu's men seemed a little empty compared to the previous prosperity.
At present, the only civil and military personnel still following him in the army are Han Xin, Feng Yi, Tan Daoji, and Zhang Han as commanders, Yao Guangxiao as counselors, and Xing Tian, Yang Jian, Li Yuanba, Ju Mac, and Dian as generals. Wei, Huang Zhong, Zhang Boli, Yao Gonglin, Nangong Shi, Pei Yuanqing, Dian Xiongwu, Meng Liang, Jiao Zan, Cheng Yaojin, An Xiuxiu, Xue Atan, Li Hanzhi, Fu Cunshen, Xue Tieshan, He Heihu, Pei Shiji , Pei Yuanshao, Zhuge Changmin, Xue Tong, Gao Jinzhi and a few local generals.
In fact, even though Hu Luguang transferred such a large number of generals, even the remaining people of Wang Yu still have the strongest talent lineup among the coalition forces. The strength of those god-level generals is already incomparable to that of the other forces combined.
On the side of Huangfu Mingzhao's court, Huangfu Yue successfully brought out most of the effective forces. Therefore, in Henan Road, their military strength is still quite sufficient.
Currently, there are 260,000 forbidden troops and 100,000 government troops in the entire Henan Province, a total of 360,000 troops.
However, although Huangfu Mingzhao's court seemed to still have so many troops, with enemies on all sides, it was already stretched thin.
Moreover, after some mobilization of the 360,000 troops by Huangfu Yue, 80,000 imperial troops were stationed at Liangguan in the west, 30,000 imperial troops were stationed at Weiguan in the north, and 20,000 imperial troops and 20,000 imperial troops were stationed at Liangguan in the west. It is stationed at Yangguan in the south, and what the coalition forces really need to face next is the remaining 210,000 forbidden troops.
