"But General Zhonglang, Gaodu in the south, and Sima Division's headquarters. If the general leads the army north to the eldest son, what should we do if Sima Division comes?"
Guarding Gaoping Pass was Wang Han's entrustment by Wei Chang in an emergency.
Although Gaopingguan had been taken over by Shi Bao at this time, he still raised this question subconsciously.
"It doesn't matter," Shi Bao said confidently, "The Central Protector also sent me a message, saying that Jiang Fujun, the governor of Hedong, will come to help in the near future."
"At the introduction, I will lead Chen's army and the engineering battalion to go there, while the Jiang Mansion will lead the officers and men of the Hedong Dudu Mansion to stay at Gaoping Pass. In this way, there is no need to worry."
The life and death of Wei Yan, the governor of the Hedong Dudu Mansion, is now unknown, and his son Wei Chang escorted his father back to Chang'an.
In addition, Guo Xun joined the army in the Dudu Mansion and surrendered to the enemy.
Wei Yan has been a loner for so many years, has always been at odds with others, and has no close friends. He is considered a lonely minister.
But he is still considered a veteran in the army and is good at raising soldiers.
After leading troops for so many years, he still has prestige in the army.
Especially the officers and soldiers of the Hedong Dudufu, many of whom had been with Wei Yan for a long time.
Under the current circumstances, sending an outsider over rashly would inevitably make the officers and soldiers of the Governor's Mansion suspicious.
Once someone with ulterior motives takes advantage of them and deliberately spreads rumors, the soldiers of the Hedong Governor's Mansion who have just stabilized their military morale may not be shaken again.
Jiang Bin, the governor of Hedong, is now the only remaining senior official in the governor's office of Hedong.
Jiang Bin temporarily took control of the remaining soldiers on the front line of the Hedong Dudu Mansion, which was considered a relatively appropriate arrangement.
In terms of reason, there is a great sense of justice in the appointment of the Central Protectorate.
Because of Qing, the governor of Hedong can be regarded as a member of the governor's mansion of Hedong.
With Jiang's status and title as Grand Administrator, if he had some ability, he could avoid the military morale of the officers and soldiers of the Hedong Dudu Mansion to be shaken again to the greatest extent possible.
As for Governor Jiang’s abilities...
Not to mention the people in the tent, even the whole Han Dynasty, who doesn’t know that the Central Protector knows how to recognize people?
After all, all the people recommended by Feng Duhu over the years were by no means mediocre.
As for the people promoted by Feng Duhu himself, they are even more outstanding among them.
The only person who was valued by Feng Duhu and didn't have a great record was Wang Ping.
However, Wang Ping was the first old man to follow Feng Duhu. Over the years, he had never made any mistakes in guarding important passes.
This alone is enough for most people to find no fault with it.
"General Hu, in the previous battle, I saw that your son was brave enough to fight against the traitors and was quite capable of generalship. This time I am leading the army to the eldest son, and I need a bold and careful person as the vanguard."
Shi Bao looked at Hu Zun, "I don't know General Hu..."
Before he finished speaking, Hu Zun already knew what Shi Bao was referring to.
But Hu Zun smiled heartily:
"In the past, I had rebelled against you and committed evil, and the Mongolian and Central Governments protected me. Only then was I able to abandon evil and do good. Your Majesty later treated you as a national scholar, allowing Zun Neng to lead the Chen army."
"I am going to war with my dog because I want to repay my country's favor. The Commander-in-Chief has orders, but please just give them!"
Leading forward can be somewhat dangerous indeed.
But on the battlefield, where is there no danger?
Besides, there are more opportunities to make meritorious deeds when there is danger.
One of the important reasons why the Anding Hu family was valued by the Wei thieves was that they were a large local family, and another important reason was that they were familiar with all the Hu people on the frontier.
But in the Han Dynasty, don't say that the children of aristocratic families are superior to others.
After the reform of the imperial examination system, it is nothing new for children from poor families to become officials instead of children from aristocratic families.
As for the barbarian tribe...
Is there anyone in the world who understands the barbarians better than the Xinghan Society?
Do you know what a Liu family man is?
Do you know what the Shi family lover is?
Do you know what it means that once wool comes out, desert horse thieves would rather snatch wool than cattle and horses?
The world is turbulent, and even if you are as powerful as a wealthy family, you are just sitting there.
If we don't try to save ourselves, how can we have long-term peace?
Besides, Anding has long been the territory of the Han Dynasty, so it’s no good if we don’t save ourselves!
"Okay! It is precisely because of General Hu and other unfaithful soldiers that the Han Dynasty has won every victory."
Shi Bao said approvingly.
After confirming the vanguard, and then arranging the marching arrangements, we can set off directly just waiting for Jiang Bin to arrive to take over Gaoping Pass.
Hu Zun returned to the army and told his son Hu Fen the news.
When Hu Fen heard this, he was excited and excited.
Seeing his son like this, Hu Zun had a somewhat complicated look in his eyes.
He knew that his son had little talent for martial arts and had always been a strategist, and now he had to show off his skills. It was not surprising that he reacted like this.
It's just that as a father, his son is being used as a pioneer. To say that he is not worried at all would be a lie.
"As the vanguard, the leader goes to the eldest son. He not only has to open a road and build a bridge, but also checks the situation of the thief in time."
Hu Zun warned with some worry:
"According to the investigation these days, there are bandits stationed on the Danshui line. It seems that they mostly want to use the Danshui to prevent the army from crossing the water."
"After you arrive at Danshui, you must focus on understanding where the rebels are setting up defenses and where they can cross the water. Without military orders, you must not cross the water rashly."
Hu Fen smiled and said:
"Why should you worry, sir? From Chang'an to Hedong and even Gaoping Pass, this is not the first time that the child has opened a way for the army. He knows the rules."
Hu Zun wanted to say that this time was different, he was the vanguard of the entire army.
If there is a mistake, it will be subject to military law.
It's just that he knows that his son has always had his own opinions and talks too much. If he can't say anything, it will only increase the burden.
In the end, it can only be reduced to one sentence: "Be careful in everything."
"The child knows."
"Go get ready."
"Here!"
In the fourth year of Yanxi, Han and Wu agreed to attack Wei. Ji Han's troops were divided into two groups, and Sun Wu's troops were divided into three groups.
In the first half of the year, looking at the land of China, the five armies of Han and Wu were like five ropes, trying to strangle Wei from the west and south.
By the second half of the year, the situation had already changed drastically.
The two Wu forces returned without success, but made extraordinary achievements along the way, and finally broke through Xiangyang, one of the fulcrums that Wei State had used to suppress Wu State for a long time.
This battle can be said to be the only time since Sun Quan became emperor that he achieved a very meaningful result in opening up territory and expanding territory against the Wei thieves.
On the other hand, Ji Han was much miserable.
Wei Yan accidentally lost the party, which put the two important counties of Hedong and Taiyuan under serious threat from Wei thieves.
Feng Yong failed to attack Caoqiao, so he was urgently transferred back to fight the fire.
Now the war between Wu and Wei in the south has been extinguished, and the war situation is almost settled.
Although Guanqiu Jian, Hu Zhi and others in Fancheng were unwilling to give up, they had insufficient naval forces and had no way to deal with the Wu army relying on Xiangyang and using the Han River as a line of defense.
Ji Han, who lost Shangdang, had to continue to dispatch troops and generals.
Because the battle between Ji Han and Wei Guo ended in the second half.
If you look down from the sky above China at this time, you can see that Ji Han has mobilized several armies.
One of them was fighting fiercely with the Wei army at the pass, trying to break through Hangu Pass.
The other two groups are constantly advancing on Shangdang.
And Ji Han's army gathered in Hedong finally had a direction.
It can be said that although Ji Han lost Shangdang, it caused certain turmoil in Guanzhong and even Bingzhou.
But after the Central Protectorate took over the entire battle, it has now begun to stabilize its footing.
Especially when the notorious Feng Thief came to Hedong, and at the same time a large number of Han troops continued to gather at the northern end of Zhiguan Road.
The pressure even began to gradually shift to the Wei army in Zhiguan Road.
It is different from Feng who brought huge disaster when he first came to Hedong.
With the arrival of Protector Feng Zhong, people in Hedong immediately stabilized.
Many people even touched their foreheads and let out a long breath: "Sleep well!"
"General, it's not good! Thief Feng is leading the army. There is movement. It seems that they are heading towards Zhiguan!"
The movements of the Han army in Hedong were quickly carefully monitored by the Wei army, who reported back to Jiang Ji as quickly as possible.
When Jiang Ji, who had been staying in Zhi Pass these days, heard the news, even though he had already expected this possibility, his expression still couldn't help but change slightly:
"Thief Feng, are you really coming here?"
After Taifu captured Shangdang, no news came from him.
A few days earlier, the news of Sima Division's defeat at Gaoping Pass was also delivered to him.
From these two points alone, Jiang Ji had already judged that the Taifu was most likely no longer in Shangdang, but had continued his march north to capture Taiyuan.
Because if the Taifu was still on the party, the battle at Gaopingguan would not have ended like that.
The Taifu was not in Shangdang, and Feng Thief was in Hedong again.
Jiang Ji, who was originally just to contain the Han army in Hedong, did not expect to collide head-on with the Western bandits, and the Western bandit army led by Feng bandit.
Do you think it would be less stressful?
"If we send more people to investigate, we must confirm whether Thief Feng is really leading the army here!"
"Here!"
After ordering more scouts to be sent out to find out Feng Thief's movements as soon as possible, Jiang Ji took a deep breath and then let it out for a long time to calm down his mood.
Then he murmured:
"Thief Feng neither led the army to Shangdang nor took advantage of the victory to seize Gaodu City. Instead, he went to Zhiguan. What is his intention?"
If Feng Thief really wants to take advantage of Taifu's absence to capture Hanoi, then no matter how you look at it, attacking Taihangxing is far easier than attacking Zhiguanxing.
After all, Sima Division was leading troops for the first time and suffered a new defeat.
It can't be said that in Feng Thief's eyes, he is easier to deal with than Master Sima?
Thinking of this, Jiang Ji frowned.
This is totally unreasonable!
Damn Thief Feng, what is his real purpose?
Jiang Ji couldn't help but feel a little irritated because he couldn't figure out Feng Thief's intentions.
Just when Feng Du was leading the Hedong army and was preparing to attack Zhi Pass, on the south bank of the river, at Hangu Pass, the most important dangerous pass in the former Qin Dynasty, the soldiers on both sides were furious.
To the north of Hangu Pass, there used to be a raging river as a natural hazard. Now, because of the incision of the river, a large river bed is exposed, and Tongguan can be bypassed directly.
The focus of the Wei army's defense was precisely on the riverbed north of Hangu Pass.
Not only did they dig a deep artificial trench there, they even managed to divert river water into the trench.
At the same time, a large number of deer antlers were arranged behind the deep trench, and a thick barrier was built behind the deer antlers.
Such a tight defense was naturally not made temporarily, but was continuously constructed by Sima Yi over the past few years.
It can be said that Sima Yi seemed to be trapped in Hanoi, Henan these years, but in fact he had already secretly made sufficient preparations for this battle.
Although today's Hangu Pass is no longer what it used to be, it is still extremely difficult to capture the well-prepared Wei army camp on such a narrow ancient Xiaohan Road.
Fortunately, the Han army had the advantage of bows and crossbows, especially the Tiger Infantry Army led by Jiang Wei. Many soldiers came from the former Prime Minister's Army trained by the Prime Minister.
The Yuan Rong crossbowmen in the former Xiangfu army once forced Sima Yi away through martial arts. They were rare elites among crossbowmen.
It was under the cover of elite crossbowmen that the Han army was able to fill in the trench.
Even so, the Han army still paid a lot of price.
These days, the water flowing back from the ditch to the river is mixed with thick or light blood.
In addition to blood and water, there are also broken arrows, broken blades, even certain pieces of armor, and floating corpses...
The rushing river dispersed the blood, wrapped around the objects that could not be dispersed, and continued to rush eastward endlessly.
They will settle down somewhere, be buried in sand, and never see the light of day again.
Or it will be washed up on the shore in a certain river section, and then be discovered at a certain time.
Liu Yin stood on the filled trench, looking at the densely packed antlers in front of him, his face was livid, and he almost cursed in his heart:
Enter his mother's!
Wei Thief's defense was more careful than when he was guarding the street pavilion and guarding Tongguan.
What the hell!
Even before Hangu Pass was captured, the Tiger Infantry Army suffered so much.
If they really want to continue the offensive, even if the Tiger Infantry can capture Hangu Pass, they may not be able to continue to advance.
"As Zhongduhu said, if we want to take this road to attack Luoyang, unless we mobilize the strength of the whole country, it is almost impossible with the troops we have on hand."
Jiang Wei, who was standing next to Liu Yin, nodded and agreed:
"That's right, we can't continue fighting like this."
However, if we don’t fight like this, then how should we fight?
"Come, Xiuran, come and see."
Jiang Wei pointed to the antlers formation in front of him, and then pointed to the high plateau stretching to the south, with a thoughtful look on his face:
"Hangu Pass is originally focused on defending against the east rather than the west. No matter how prepared the thieves are, there will always be omissions."
Liu Yin followed what Jiang Wei pointed out, and subconsciously lowered his voice:
"Then what does the general want?"
"This is the direction where the thieves are heavily defending," Jiang Wei pointed to the high plateau to the south of the Antler Formation, "and the thieves have a favorable location and are condescending, echoing each other with the thieves below."
"Even if we can break through the antlers, once we advance to the barrier, the bandits on the high plateau will attack us from high altitudes, and the casualties will only be more."
It has to be said that the bandits at Hangu Pass are indeed well-defended.
Liu Yin sighed: "If the engineering camp is here, what should we fear?"
such a pity!
Leaving a good engineering camp in the hands of Wei Yan was really a waste of natural resources.
"If an engineering battalion is needed to attack a city, what else do we need to do to lead the troops?"
Jiang Wei stared into the distance, "Don't worry, you stay here to reorganize your army and continue to attack the Antler Formation. I will divide one part and find another way."
The Weihan Ancient Road has a large river in the north, the Qinling Mountains in the south, and undulating plateaus in the middle.
He didn't believe that in such a long plateau, the Wei thieves could cover everything and guard everything!
(End of chapter)
