Anling County is separated from the mountains in the west and intersects with Xiyi, faces the Han River in the north and Qingjun in Wuzhou in the northwest, connects Guangjun in the northeast, and borders Yongchang County in the southeast. The overall layout is like a heart pointing to the east.
The tip of the heart is Sichuan City, which is the junction point between Anling County and Guang County and Yongchang County.
The upper part of Taoxin has relatively fertile land and a relatively concentrated population. It is a pattern of small and medium-sized towns surrounding Roucheng, the capital of Anling County.
The lower part of Taoxin has a relatively high terrain, and there is no super big city as the core. Instead, it is mostly a pattern of small military towns surrounding medium-sized cities. These military towns not only provide troops for most of the western defense line of Anling County, but also shoulder the responsibility of Regarding the defense mission facing Yongchang County, although Anling County was rich in the north and poor in the south, the right to speak in the court was always controlled by ministers from warlord families in the south or west, which was also related to this.
The border between Anling County and Yongchang County is basically the Ganshan Mountain. This long and narrow mountain range is towering, dense and difficult to climb. It lies between the two counties, but leaves two huge gaps at both ends of the mountain range.
Anling County built a large city, Sichuan City, in the gap northeast of Ganshan Mountain, and built a series of military towns based on the terrain with Ganshuiguan as the core in the gap southwest of Ganshan Mountain!
Ganshuiguan was built against Ganshan Mountain, facing the gap plain south of Ganshan Mountain, and close to the source of Ganshui. It is an easy-to-defend but difficult-to-attack place with an excellent geographical location. The city walls here are thick and towering, and the defenders are condescending, regardless of trebuchets. Or bows, crossbows and arrows can exert power beyond imagination. If you want to attack head-on, it will be difficult to reach the sky.
But if the invading enemy wants to bypass Ganshui Pass and go to the hinterland of Anling County, it will be even more impossible. This mountainous terrain is not open. If the army goes deep, once it is blocked by the military towns in front of each other, the only way The retreat must be within the direct coverage of Ganshuiguan's army. Therefore, Ganshuiguan can be said to be a battleground.
With Ganshuiguan as the core, there are three sizable military towns built around Ganshuiguan like stars over the moon. They are Xiningguan to the west of Ganshuiguan, Nanshanguan to the south and Dongxuguan to the east. .
The two military towns of Xining Pass and Nanshanguan are tens of miles away from Ganshuiguan. Dongxu Pass is the closest to Ganshuiguan, only ten miles away. It is the one with the closest connection with Ganshuiguan and the fastest support among the three military towns.
But this nearest first checkpoint was easily broken through by a sudden attack of elite cavalry from Yongchang County. The military town changed hands. It was originally a military town built to defend Yongchang County, but in turn became Yongchang County. Best former army camp.
At this moment, two men who looked like generals in armor were standing on the city wall of Ganshuiguan.
The leader was a fat man, not tall, with a round body. A set of huge armor that was probably specially made still looked compact on his body. The helmet was slightly tapered, and he could squeeze the huge face into it, so that His facial features seemed crowded, "Have all the cavalry from Yongchang County entered Dongxu Pass?"
Standing next to the fat man is a burly man. A heavy armor is draped on his body as if it is weightless. Every move seems relaxed and freehand. His facial features are even more angular, especially a pair of beautiful eyebrows, which are even trimmed. "Of course they have all gone in. The Dongxuguan city wall is towering and the defense facilities are complete. Knowing that we must counterattack, how could they still camp in the wilderness outside the city? Even fools know that they must defend the city." ."
The fat man just glanced at the burly man with an expressionless expression, making the latter tremble.
"Brother... don't look at me like that," the burly man muttered as he looked out of the city with some trepidation, "I'm so scared."
The fat man snorted coldly and scolded, "I always tell you to read more and study more, but you just don't listen. You only care about soaking in women's bellies. When it comes time to meet on the battlefield with real swords and guns, those women Can what I teach you be useful?" He turned to look east, "Remember, cavalry, those who can fight in the wild are called cavalry, and those who get off their horses and mount the city wall on their backs, can they still be called cavalry?"
The burly man stared and looked to the east, "Brother, do you mean that you deliberately threw Dongxu Pass to the cavalry?" He looked at the fat man next to him with some horror, "But there are three thousand people in Dongxu Pass. Soldiers, but the truth is that they are here...!"
"Three thousand soldiers, or the three thousand new and weak soldiers I specially exchanged for the three thousand elite cavalry from Yongchang County. Isn't this a good deal?" The fat man pointed to the east and smiled, "Doyle, that's three thousand horses. I will not hesitate to throw another five thousand lives at Dongxu Pass, not to mention that if I want to take Dongxu Pass, I can do it overnight. I am just waiting for the reinforcements from Yongchang County to arrive. "
The burly man's eyes lit up, "Brother, do you want to gather around for reinforcements?!"
The fat man glanced at him again and said, "Why do you still know how to encircle a point and call for reinforcements, but you still think too little. If I want to encircle three thousand elite cavalry in an isolated city, how many soldiers must I throw at Dongxu Pass?" , you still have to invest troops to build a long siege without hesitation? Is that not a siege?
Reinforcement, that is an excellent opportunity to send internal and external reinforcements to the opponent's reinforcements! "
The burly man said oh and said nothing.
The fat man looked at the burly man, then sighed suddenly and reached out to pat him on the shoulder, "Doyle, in the past few years, I have never been so harsh on you. I just feel that the peaceful and prosperous times are the same as before, and you are as mother expected." I just wanted to be a wealthy general and live happily for the rest of my life. But now that peace is no longer there, Xiyi went crazy. They tried to attack Xigu Pass in Li County but failed. Now they have sent troops to the west of Anling County, saying, There may be a fight one day. Not only that, Yongchang County is very ambitious and has sent troops. How can Guang County not be involved in this? It can be said that misfortunes never come singly..."
Seeing that the burly man was a little depressed after what he said, he felt a little reluctant to blame him too much. He slapped the hand that was already on his shoulder and said, "Of course, where there are risks, there are opportunities. It is said that heroes emerge from troubled times. Who knows?" I don’t know what kind of opportunities our Han family will encounter in this troubled world.”
He pointed to the east with high spirits, "Aren't the three thousand war horses in Dongxu Pass our biggest opportunity? My Han family has been in the southern part of Anling County for hundreds of years and only managed to accumulate two thousand cavalry. Now if we have these three thousand war horses, we can have four or five thousand cavalry in an instant. Together with the tens of thousands of elite soldiers of our Han family, we can be regarded as a force that cannot be ignored in this troubled world. I can keep an eye on it. We can wait and see how the battle situation in northern Yongchang changes, or we can go back and seek Chunyang City and decide on our own, there is no need to look at Roucheng’s face..."
He saw the burly man's eyes getting wider and wider, and couldn't help but ask, "Why do you think the prefect of Rou City should not be insulted?" He shook his head and said slowly, "Of course I couldn't and didn't dare in the past, but now. .....The dead old man on the western defense line was trapped by the Western barbarians, and Sichuan City in the east was besieged and his life and death were uncertain. Our southern general Han Fengruo defeated the invading enemy from the front, and sent his troops north to help defend Chunyang City. As it should be?!”
"Brother, didn't you say you wanted to capture the grain and grass military town in the north of Yongchang County?" the burly man said in surprise.
"It's just something for people who care. If we really attack the northern military town of that crazy old man in Yongchang, we will be in huge trouble that we can't get rid of. You have to understand that compared to those tigers As far as leopards and jackals are concerned, the Han family is just a puppy at best," the fat man said coldly with a smile on his lips, "But it's not that we don't stop fighting in the northern part of Yongchang County, it's just... we have to let people from Li County get involved. That's right, in today's world, it's hard to fish if the water is not muddy...!"
