The generals gathered in Liu Bang's tent, and saw Liu Bang seated in the hall with a heavy heart. The military advisor Chen Ping beside him was frowning slightly as he read through the intelligence gathered by the scouts.
"The scouts have found out the situation of the guards at Lantian and Qingni Pass. Generals, please take a look!"
A trace of worry flashed in Chen Ping's eyes. He handed the information in his hand to General Huli who was closest to him, and asked Huli to pass it on to other generals present after reading the information!
After the generals in the field circulated the information, they finally handed the information back to Chen Ping. They all held their breath and waited for the military advisor to speak.
"All the generals have also seen that the person responsible for guarding Lantian is the famous general Fan Chou from Xiliang. He also has two generals under his command who can defeat ten thousand enemies, Liang Lin and Liang Fang! If we want to capture Lantian, we will have to pay a lot of effort. A relatively painful price. What do you generals think?"
Military Advisor Chen Ping paused for a moment. Seeing that everyone present was silent, he continued to analyze the defensive strength of Qingni Pass!
"Let's not mention Lantian for the moment. If we abandon Lantian and move to the Qingni Pass, we will definitely face the defender there, Dong Ping, Dong Zhuo's nephew, the "Two-Gunner"! Dong Ping was active in the Yellow Turban Campaign and the Qiang Conquest Campaign. In terms of force, hearing, and strategy, he was considered a good player, at least better than those above.
Just now the scouts came to report that Dong Ping was mainly responsible for guarding the Qingni Pass, and he had two powerful generals under his command, namely Cui Yong and Yang Ding. (Comparing the two of them with Liang Fang and Liang Lin, they are on the same level as on the ground and in the sky. There is no comparison at all.) "
After Chen Ping roughly analyzed the situation at Lantian and Qingni Pass, the next step was to listen to the opinions of everyone present, as well as the opinions of his lord Liu Bang. After everyone has unified their opinions, they will launch a formal attack on the enemy!
"My lord, your strategist! The general proposes to lead the army directly to attack Qingni Pass. In this way, on the one hand, unnecessary casualties can be reduced, and on the other hand, the place can be captured relatively quickly, and then the attack on Wuguan can be launched. "
Even though Fan Kuai looks tall and thick, he is quite smart in terms of strategy. At least he can tell at a glance that attacking Qingni Pass is simpler and more significant than attacking Lantian!
"What General Fan Kuai said is very true, but the general feels that we should also set up an ambush on the only road from Lantian to Qingni Pass to prevent Liang Lin and Liang Fang from leading their troops to support."
A flash of surprise flashed in the eyes of military advisor Chen Ping, but he saw him looking up in the direction of the general who made the suggestion. That general was none other than Liu Bang's confidant general Peng Yue.
"What General Peng Yue said is true, and it coincides with Ping's ideas!"
In the idea of military counselor Chen Ping, Fan Kuai and Leng Bao can be directly assigned to lead the army to attack the Qingni Pass, and Hu Li, Lu Li and Yang Li can be ordered to lead an army on the road between Lantian and Qingni Pass. The branch division was ambushed among them. When the defenders on the Lantian side learned that Qingni Pass was attacked by the enemy and sent troops to support, Huli and the others could attack with a surprise attack and severely damage the supporting troops on the Lantian side!
"What do you generals think? If you all agree on the strategy of attacking Qingni Pass, you can immediately start to prepare your troops and set off on a different day!"
Chen Ping finally turned his attention to Liu Bang, who was sitting firmly in the high hall. After all, the final decision still needed to be made by the lord.
After listening to Chen Ping's strategic analysis of Qingni Pass and Lantian, Liu Bang's originally frowning brows relaxed. He directly recognized the proposals of Chen Ping, Peng Yue, and Fan Kuai, and agreed to accept them. Come down and launch the main attack on Qingni Pass.
Without further ado, start strategic preparations quickly!
The generals in the tent ordered them to retreat and prepare for the next expedition.
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Three days later!
The troops in Ziwu Valley Village were divided into two groups. Among them, three fierce generals, Hu Li, Lu Li and Yang Li, led 15,000 soldiers northward towards Lantian. They chose a hidden place on the road between Lantian and Qingni Pass. The place was ambushed. On the other hand, Liu Bang personally led the army to the expedition. He ordered Fan Kuai to be the vanguard officer, Peng Yue, Yong Chi, Guan Ying, and Leng Bao.
As an adjutant, he led 10,000 warriors to attack Qingni Pass!
Liu Bang, Chen Ping, Lei Tong, Deng Xian, and Wu Ban led the army to support the rear. Once something happened to Fan Kuai's vanguard, Liu Bang and the others would rush over to provide support as soon as possible.
The two armies set out quickly!
About three days later, the three Huli brothers had already led their team to ambush, while Fan Kuai and the others were about to arrive at Qingni Pass before sunset.
"The Qingni Pass is ahead of us. Let's stop and rest for the night. We will launch an attack on the Qingni Pass early tomorrow morning!"
Fan Kuai saw that the army was still a little far away from Qingni Pass, so he kindly arranged for his soldiers to rest where they were for the night and continue on their way until dawn. But they never expected that a grain transport unit at Qingni Pass would go to support Ziwu Valley on Dong Ping's order that night. After leaving the city, this grain transport unit noticed traces of a large number of unknown troops, so they hurriedly found out. Lu returned and informed Dong Ping of the matter!
After Dong Ping learned the news, he summoned all the generals in the army to discuss the matter that night and sent scouts to find out the specific information about the army outside the city.
"An unknown army suddenly appeared near Qingni Pass. What does this mean? Either Hu Feng rebelled and surrendered to the enemy, or the Ziwu Valley he was guarding has fallen and he himself was killed by the enemy?"
According to Dong Ping's inference, the probability of the latter is higher. After all, Hu Feng was a general born in Xiliang, and his whole family was still in Xiliang, so it was absolutely impossible for him to rebel and surrender to the enemy.
"If nothing else goes wrong, the Ziwu Valley has fallen. The next goal of this army is to attack our Qingni Pass. Where is General Yang Ding? I order you to lead more than a hundred soldiers to Lantian and ask for help from General Fan Chou. Let him send Generals Liang Lin and Liang Fang to support him!"
Yang Ding immediately stepped out of the queue, took the token given by Dong Ping, immediately turned around and left the tent, ordered more than a hundred soldiers, and rushed towards Lantian.
After Dong Ping saw Yang Ding away, he immediately arranged for the remaining generals to perform their respective duties. Before the enemy troops came to the city, he prepared the city defense supplies and reinforced the city walls to prevent any unexpected events!
As for Qingni Pass, under the unified deployment of Dong Ping, the generals of the Xiliang Army performed their respective duties and were fully prepared to defend the city. At the same time, the setting sun slowly climbed up the mountain, and Fan Kuai and the others had arrived outside Qingni Pass!
"What's going on? Why are the Xiliang soldiers standing on the city wall? How did they know we were coming to attack the city?"
Although Fan Kuai was a little confused at this time, the matter was at this point and he could not continue to worry about why the enemy had made defensive preparations in advance.
The war was about to break out. Fan Kuai took the lead and rode his horse to the front of the pass to scold the formation...
