You Yijun was quite lucky before.
Zhou Zhi personally led a small number of elite troops to sneak attack Jindou Pass at night. With great luck, he captured Jindou Pass in one go and directly attacked Tongguan.
But even this failed to win Tongguan.
But Zhou Zhi is still capable.
Before retreating, he was cautious and ordered the army to destroy Jindou Pass with all their strength, and then used the last bit of gunpowder to blow up the foundation of the Jindou Pass city wall.
He thought that he would definitely have to fight back in the future. If he destroyed Jindou Pass now, he would not have to face two passes again when he fought back in the future. Instead, he could attack Tongguan Pass directly in one go.
After that, he did not relax his vigilance, and continued to send small groups of troops to harass and attack the Jindou Pass area, and continuously destroyed the Jin Army's attempts to rebuild Jindou Pass, so that the Jin Army spent more than half a year failing to rebuild Jindou Pass. Line of defense.
Now that the army was approaching, the Jinduuguan defense line had not been successfully established, so Zhou Zhi ordered the ejection troops to launch a large number of thunderbolts to attack the Jin army's hastily established defense line, blowing it to pieces.
The Jin Army responsible for the defense relied on simple defense facilities and could not withstand the indiscriminate bombing of the Liberation Army, so they could only retreat to the solid Guancheng for defense.
So Zhou Zhi easily captured the Jin Douguan area.
However, this was only the first step in attacking Tongguan. Zhou Zhi also easily captured Jindou Pass before, but failed miserably under Tongguan City and suffered a bloody head injury.
So this time Zhou Zhi also learned the lesson, giving full play to the advantages of the Liberation Army's strength and long-range attack weapons, and prepared to use a large number of increasingly powerful thunders to launch a fierce attack on the Jin army on the Tongguan Pass.
No matter what, let's blow it up first. If it doesn't rain, we'll blow it up. If it rains, we'll change it to rocks and smash it. In short, give him ten and a half days, don't be in a hurry.
Zhou Zhi planned to use this method to slowly conquer Tongguan, and felt that Tongguan could be conquered in this way.
However, Zhou Zhixue, the secretary of Youyi Army, felt that this was very inefficient, a waste of war resources, and not conducive to the long-term maintenance of the army.
"The Tongguan city wall is so tall, wide and deep that it may not be possible for the thunderous thunder to fall down with a single blow. In the end, the army will have to attack the city with ants. I don't think this is the best strategy."
Zhou Zhixue put forward his opinion to Zhou Zhi.
Zhou Zhi had always respected Zhou Zhixue, who strictly abided by the law and cared about the soldiers in the army. Seeing him say this, he could only sigh helplessly.
"I know it is not good to do this, but after thinking about it, there is no other way. It is normal that Tongguan is so easy to defend and difficult to attack. If it were not so easy to defend and difficult to attack, why did the ancients set up a pass here? Woolen cloth?"
"But Tongguan has not been breached before, and we can always find a way."
Zhou Zhixue said: "Before, I was in Luoyang looking for merchants traveling between Luoyang and Chang'an, and asked them how to enter Guanzhong without passing through Tongguan. Most of the merchants said that they could only pass through Tongguan, and there was no other way, but One businessman told me that he had heard from others that there was another way to go."
"What way?"
Zhou Zhi hurriedly asked.
Zhou Zhixue said: "He also heard from the locals many years ago that in the pre-Tang Dynasty, there was an old road to Guanzhong through Tongguan. Tongguan at that time and Tongguan now were not the same thing. That road was The locals call it Forbidden ditch.”
"I know about the change of address in Tongguan...but where is the forbidden ditch? Why have I never heard of it?"
Zhou Zhi looked confused.
"Actually, I haven't heard of it, but the Tang Dynasty was three hundred years ago. There may be a lot of things that I haven't heard of. Although I am not sure, I am willing to lead my troops to investigate in person to see if there is such a thing. Road, if there is one, it would be much better than us attacking Guancheng here, what do you think?"
"You are the secretary of the First Army. It is better to leave such threats to professional detectives."
Zhou Zhi didn't want to agree.
Zhou Zhixue shook his head.
"The secretary is not a pampered gentleman. I have also received military training. I am not a useless person with no strength. During the war, there are only soldiers and no secretary."
"This... okay, take a few more people with you and pay attention to safety. The mountains and roads here are high and dangerous, so don't be reckless."
Zhou Zhi could not persuade Zhou Zhixue, so he had to appoint Zhou Zhixue to lead people to investigate the matter about the forbidden ditch. At the same time, he assigned 20 of his personal guards to Zhou Zhixue to protect his safety.
Tu Dan Hexi also made a lot of preparations to prevent the Liberation Army from attacking Tongguan, such as moving all the population in Tongguan area westward, turning this area into a complete no man's land, so that the Liberation Army could not find a guide even if they wanted to. , I can only rely on myself to explore and move forward bit by bit.
Fortunately, Zhou Zhixue had done a lot of homework in order to capture Tongguan before. He asked many merchants about Tongguan's past and knew nothing about Tongguan.
"Do you know? Tongguan in the old days was not Tongguan today. I heard people say that hundreds of years ago, Tongguan was on the top of this plateau. After crossing Huangxiangsaka, you did not go directly to the tidal flat, but you had to carry a rolling wooden raft. Climb the stone to the top of the plateau, and then you can see Tongguan City on the top of the plateau."
On the way to the top of the southern plateau, Zhou Zhixue climbed with the support of his guards, while not forgetting to give them extra lessons.
"Then based on this, wasn't Tongguan in the past more dangerous than Tongguan now?"
Zhou Zhixue's personal guard captain Chen Liao asked.
Zhou Zhixue nodded.
"It can be said like this."
"Then why did Tongguan become like this?"
"Because of the Yellow River, the water channel of the Yellow River continues to cut down here, and the water level continues to decrease, exposing the parts that were originally submerged by water. I heard that hundreds of years ago, this southern plateau was close to the water channel of the Yellow River. The southern plateau The road over there doesn't exist.
At that time, it was of course more appropriate to set up Tongguan on the top of the plateau, but later this part of the shoal was exposed, and more and more people were exposed. Over the years, people could leave, and many people could leave, and even the army could pass. So Tongguan continued to be set up. Isn't it pointless here? "
The guards finally understood the reason for the relocation of Tongguan.
"Then what is the path we are looking for?"
"It was the road that people had to walk in those days in order to enter Guanzhong through Tongguan. I heard that people in those days took this road to Tongguan, then crossed Tongguan, and then passed through a ditch and passed the so-called Twelve Connected Passes before they could really Enter Guanzhong.”
When Zhou Zhixue said this, the guards took a breath of air.
"Oh my God, how difficult is that? We can't win Tongguan just now. If this becomes what it used to be, how will we fight this battle?"
Chen Liao looked at Zhou Zhixue.
Zhou Zhixue took a few breaths and laughed for a while.
"Then you have to ask Cao Mengde. I know a story about Cao Mengde conquering the old Tongguan. However, he did not attack from the front. He detoured to the Yellow River ferry and attacked the rear of Tongguan. Only then did he defeat Ma Chao who was defending Tongguan."
Chen Liao said quickly.
"Then we can also cross the Yellow River!"
"Well, aren't we forcibly crossing the Yellow River? The Qilu Corps is doing this. But now, the ferry used by Cao Cao also has a pass called Daqing Pass."
Chen Liao immediately shut up.
Good guys, the loopholes in their relationship have been plugged. There is no shortcut for them...
But think about it, the Yellow River has a large water flow, the river is wide and deep, and there are countless undercurrents. It is easy for ships to be destroyed and people to die. It is not easy to have a usable channel. It must have been in use. Everyone knows the road. How could it happen? Not heavily guarded?
But put it this way...
"Secretary, in this case, isn't the path we are looking for now also the path taken by our predecessors?"
"yes."
"Would it also be defensive?"
"have no idea."
Zhou Zhixue shook his head: "Then I really don't know."
"But Daqingguan isn't..."
"There are not many usable ferries on the Yellow River. That channel has been in use to this day and has never been abandoned. However, the old route to Tongguan has been abandoned since the Tang Dynasty. No one uses it anymore. Very few people even know the news, and the Yellow River The ferry is different.
And I heard that the reason why this place is called Jinggou is because this road was banned by the court a long time ago and no one is allowed to walk on it, so there are even fewer people who know about it. I also found out about it from a merchant after asking for a long time. I don’t know whether the legend is true or false. "
Chen Liao understood what Zhou Zhixue meant, so he stopped asking and concentrated on protecting and supporting Zhou Zhixue through the rough road.
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ps: 648+328, double the first charge blessing, the Thunder God pool is not crooked, one shot into the soul, but the weapon pool gave me numbness, and the track was fixed for Dao Guang, but it was crooked twice in a row, and finally I got a big face. I almost smashed my phone for Daoguang, which was released just after it was guaranteed to be on track. I originally wanted to use the remaining stones to buy Baoji Travel, but now it’s all too big, so I can swindle it.
pps: ID is the legendary Su Wei.
