After trying a few more times, Li Hongyun finally acquired the talent of "Proficiency in Archery and Horsemanship".
This is a D-level golden enhanced talent, and it is currently the talent that can best make up for Li Hongyun's lack of personal combat power.
Of course, the saying of high EQ is "tried a few times", and the saying of low EQ is that he was beaten by the King of Qin a few times.
Li Hongyun wanted to make a fuss about the fact that the King of Qin liked to personally explore with a small number of cavalry, and tried to ambush or send some brave generals to pursue and intercept, but all ended in failure.
because……
Naturally, all the enemies of King Qin in history have thought of the methods he could think of.
Especially for the behemoth Eastern Turks, their cavalry could not get any advantage when encountering King Qin's cavalry troops, not to mention that Dou Jiande's cavalry was far inferior to the Eastern Turks.
In history, many people felt sorry for Dou Jiande, thinking that if he had not been born in the early years of the Liang Dynasty, but in the late Liang Dynasty or other chaotic times, he might have become a hero.
The journey of sending people to death at Hulao Pass also changed Dou Jiande's historical image from a hero who started out as a reckless, polite and virtuous corporal, and had certain achievements in politics and economy, to a typical figure who played a good hand of cards but failed.
But in fact, Dou Jiande was not unjust.
Because when it comes to injustice, there is another East Turk Jieli Khan who is even more unfair than him.
In short, Li Hongyun's attempt failed.
The King of Qin dared to lead dozens of cavalry into the battle, not because he was blindly reckless or taking risks, but because he had calculated all the risks.
In fact, there were many people who imitated King Qin. For example, his nephew Prince Huaiyang often imitated his behavior of leading dozens of cavalry to charge into battle.
In the battle of Hulao Pass, the Huaiyang County Prince made great contributions in defeating Dou Jiande. He rushed back and forth in the military formation several times, and in the end he was even shot into a hedgehog and survived.
However, if you play too much, you will lose it.
During the crusade against Liu Heitai, the young Huaiyang County Prince tried to charge into the battle again, but he died in the process.
When the King of Qin heard about it, he was very sad and said: "He often follows me on expeditions here and there. Every time he sees me charging into battle, he is very envious and wants to imitate me. That's why we are in trouble today!"
It can be seen that King Qin clearly saw the risks of his charging into battle. He was not a brainless man, he made such a decision precisely when he was sure that he could escape unscathed.
An important part of this is insight.
The King of Qin took dozens of cavalry to see the opponent's situation and could accurately judge the opponent's strength. He would fight when it was time to fight and retreat when the time was right. Only when the two sides were in a stalemate would he rush out and fight for his life regardless of his own safety.
Therefore, Li Hongyun laid ambushes several times, but they were basically seen through. King Qin had already turned around and left before the ambush was surrounded.
But when Li Hongyun chases after him, something will happen if he is not careful.
After realizing this, Li Hongyun decided to change direction.
First of all, stick to the camp and strictly order the soldiers not to pursue them if they are provoked by the King of Qin.
Of course, this caused a lot of opposition in the army, but it didn't matter, because Dou Jiande had a high prestige at this time and could still suppress his group of people.
If the King of Qin brings dozens of cavalry to explore the terrain, it is better to let him explore the terrain than to send thousands of cavalry out.
After ensuring safety, Li Hongyun immediately summoned the generals to discuss matters.
"What do you think of the recent war? Feel free to speak freely."
Li Hongyun glanced at the many generals under his command.
Especially Liu Heitai, whom he had already paid attention to before, stayed for a while longer.
Soon, the generals began to express their thoughts.
Some generals were impatient at first glance and suggested that they immediately attack Hulao Pass in a large-scale attack, break the city in one go, and relieve the siege of Luoyang.
Some generals believe that there should be a stalemate for the time being, and they should ascertain the reality before taking action.
Li Hongyun, after each general proposed a plan, would question him from the perspective of King Qin, but the result was that the other general was often speechless.
Obviously, neither of these methods works.
A massive attack on Hulao Pass?
Hulao Pass is a majestic pass with a very important terrain. It is located at the gap between two high loess slopes, but Liang Jun cannot stand and is very powerful in combat.
It's very difficult to chew hard.
If he could really bite it off, then Dou Jiande wouldn't have hesitated for so long before taking action.
And a long-term stalemate is obviously not feasible.
Because judging from the current situation, Dou Jiande's side is more logistically tight. If it continues to be consumed, it will be beneficial to Liang Jun.
What's more, the city of Luoyang is already in danger. The people in the city have been starving for a long time and may fall at any time. If you wait and see, Luoyang falls, wouldn't Dou Jiande's trip be in vain?
Not to mention that at this time, everyone in Dou Jiande's army believed that it was impossible for Feilongqi to lose when an army of 100,000 people fought against thousands of people. He came all the way to have a decisive battle, not to see the scenery at Hulao Pass.
Such a negative strategy may be difficult to convince the public.
At this moment, a man who looked like a counselor spoke.
"I believe that our army should lead the army across the Yellow River and capture Heyang in Huaizhou, then cross the Taihang Mountains and enter Shangdang, and then take the Hukou and Pujin crossings to take over the land east of the river.
"This is the best strategy and has three benefits: firstly, entering an uninhabited territory and having a complete division; secondly, expanding the territory and gaining troops; thirdly, the siege of Luoyang will be relieved."
This time, Li Hongyun did not respond immediately.
Because he knew that a very important IF line in history was before him at this time.
This counselor-looking man was called Ling Jing, and his words were indeed recorded in history books.
At that time, Dou Jiande's army arrived at Hulao Pass. They saw that Hulao Pass was in a dangerous terrain, easy to defend and difficult to attack, and difficult to capture in a hurry, so Ling Jing proposed such a strategy.
This strategy, to put it simply, is to abandon Hulao Pass and instead go to Zhiguanxing, one of the eight passes in Taihang, to attack Hedong.
Then, use Hedong as a springboard to attack Guanzhong, and even approach Chang'an.
This style of play is quite similar to encircling Wei and rescuing Zhao.
Many people in later generations lamented this, thinking that Dou Jiande lost the possibility of fighting for hegemony because he did not listen to Ling Jing's strategy.
But if you think about it carefully, you will find that this method... actually has many problems.
If Li Hongyun had not understood the relevant content, he might directly agree with what Ling Jing said at this time and resolutely implement this method.
In history, Dou Jiande did want to follow this method, but two of Wang Shichong's envoys were also in the army at that time. They went to Dou Jiande to cry day and night, and bribed Dou Jiande's generals to ask them to fight unanimously. It created an illusion for Dou Jiande that "the morale of our army is at its peak", which made him not adopt Ling Jing's method.
At this time, based on many analyzes by later generations, Li Hongyun cleared away the layers of fog and finally saw things more clearly than Dou Jiande did back then.
He looked at Ling Jing and asked: "This is a very good plan. But I have three questions. Please answer them, sir."
Ling Jing hurriedly said: "Of course."
Li Hongyun continued to ask: "First, if you want to cross Taihang and join the Shangdang, you must go through Zhiguanxing. Zhiguanxing is named because it is extremely narrow and can only accommodate one military vehicle at most.
“In other words, the terrain at Zhiguanxing is much more dangerous than Hulao Pass.
“If our army cannot conquer Hulao Pass, how can we conquer Zhi Pass?
"Second, Liang Jun has taken Hanoi from Taihang first, including Heyang and Huaizhou. It shows that the King of Qin has thought of this a long time ago. Therefore, the Liang Jun defenders in Hedong must be on guard and cannot be defenseless.
"With our 100,000-strong army, it is impossible to hide our traces. Therefore, Liang Jun can also reinforce Hedong in time.
“So the question remains, if our army can’t conquer Hulao Pass, why can we conquer Zhi Pass?
"Third, this road has to go around the Taihang Mountains. The distance is much further than the Weihan Ancient Road, and it also passes through Zhiguanxing. How can we ensure the logistics of the army? Even if it goes well, I am afraid that by the time we arrive at Shangdang, Luoyang will have already was captured.
"And once Wang Shichong dies, the Liang army will have all the land around Luoyang. If at this time they go east to cut off our food routes or send troops to Hebei, how should we respond?"
Ling Jing was stunned for a moment: "This..."
He hesitated for a moment, and then said: "I believe that the only one who is really difficult to deal with Liang Jun is the King of Qin. Although Zhi Guanxing is in a more dangerous terrain, it is not the King of Qin who is guarding it after all.
"As for Wang Shichong... if we hold on to the fortified city of Luoyang for more than a month, there will be no problem."
Li Hongyun looked at Ling Jing, and Ling Jing also looked at Li Hongyun.
Obviously, Ling Jing's plan at this time hid some information. This information could not be stated clearly in front of everyone, but Ling Jing believed that Dou Jiande should understand.
Li Hongyun looked at Liu Heitai among the generals: "General Liu, what do you think?"
Liu Heitai was a little surprised, as if he didn't expect Dou Jiande to ask his opinion.
After all, his status in the Xia army at this time was not high.
However, now that he has this opportunity, he will naturally not let it go.
"The general believes that this plan is feasible. However, it may not be appropriate for a hundred thousand troops to march to Zhiguanxing.
"It's better to divide our forces."
As soon as he finished speaking, some generals immediately objected.
"Split the troops? This is a taboo for military strategists!
"My army of 100,000 has been assembled. It's time to fight Liang Jun to decide the outcome. How can we divide our troops?"
Li Hongyun fell into thinking.
At first glance, Liu Heitai's idea of dividing the troops is indeed not very feasible.
A hundred thousand troops have been cut down by King Qin. If we divide some of them, wouldn't we only lose even more miserably?
But after comprehensive consideration, perhaps dividing the troops is the best choice.
After all, Liu Heitai is not an ignorant person, and his suggestions must be reasonable.
Speaking of Liu Heitai, he is also quite legendary.
When he was young, he was a gangster, doing nothing but doing business, and Dou Jiande helped him a lot. As a result, the two of them became inseparable from each other.
Later, the world was in chaos, and Liu Heitai and Dou Jiande were displaced, each attached to different forces. Later, when Dou Jiande launched his army, Liu Heitai was serving under Wang Shichong. He felt that Wang Shichong had no future, so he ran away with his men and took refuge with Dou Jiande.
In several subsequent battles, Liu Heitai showed good military talents, which made Dou Jiande think highly of him.
But this kind of respect is obviously not enough to be regarded as his right-hand man.
After all, Liu Heitai did not have many opportunities to lead troops to fight independently at that time. Although he had military talents, he had not yet fully demonstrated them.
In the battle at Hulao Pass, Dou Jiande was penetrated by a wave, captured alive, and then beheaded in a busy city.
The beheading of Dou Jiande was definitely one of the stupidest decisions Liang Gaozu made. In fact, Dou Jiande wanted to be killed, but he shouldn't kill him immediately, let alone kill him so blatantly while making trouble.
At least they should send people to appease the entire Hebei area, and then kill them secretly.
As a result, Dou Jiande's death made everyone in his old tribe in Hebei feel in danger and rebelled again.
It stands to reason that Dou Jiande's 100,000 troops have been sent away and the world has been basically pacified. These old troops should not be able to make any trouble.
However, they were very lucky to meet Liu Heitai - an almost unrivaled military genius under King Qin in this troubled world.
The process of Liu Heitai's promotion was also outrageous. At that time, Dou Jiande's former ministers planned to raise troops to rebel, but they couldn't think of anyone to take the lead, and they probably didn't want to take on this hot potato. After all, the success rate of the rebellion at this time is very low. Once it fails, the ringleader will definitely die, but the rest of the people may have room for survival.
So, they asked an old Taoist priest to tell their fortune, and the fortune-telling result was that Mrs. Liu was in good luck.
This group of people searched for a long time, and first found Liu Ya, Dou Jiande's old subordinate. As a result, Liu Ya was determined not to rebel with them, so the group of people killed Liu Ya, continued to search, and found Liu Heitai.
It can be seen from this that although Liu Heitai and Dou Jiande were fellow villagers before, they did not have a high status in Dou Jiande's army, otherwise they would not have been approached for fortune telling.
Then, Liu Heitai was very happy and raised troops.
Just over two months after the Battle of Hulao Pass, Liu Heitai raised troops with only more than a hundred people, and in just over a month they successively captured Zhangnan, Weizhou and other places. Dou Jiande's old troops all joined him.
Seeing Liu Heitai's rebellion intensifying, the Liang Dynasty certainly couldn't sit still.
The king of Huaiyang, who had followed the King of Qin to defeat Dou Jiande at Hulao Pass, led 50,000 troops and joined forces with Li Yi, the general manager of Youzhou, to attack.
Then, with the flying dragon riding on the face, he lost.
So Liang Gaozu mobilized Li Xiaochang, Li Shiji and others to continue besieging Liu Heita.
Then, he was beaten again.
Especially this Li Shiji, he was Li Ji, a famous general at that time. He made significant contributions to the wars that destroyed the Eastern Turks, Xue Yantuo, and Goguryeo.
As a result, he was beaten by Liu Heitai and "only escaped with his own body".
Of course, Li Shiji is still in his infancy at this time, and Liu Heitai has the home field advantage in Hebei after all. But no matter what, Liu Heitai's strength is evident.
As for where King Qin is...
In fact, Liang Gaozu did not want to send King Qin to fight again.
Because after the Battle of Hulao Pass, the King of Qin had already become a natural-strategic general by capturing two kings in one battle, and could not be sealed. If he performed meritorious service again, he would have posed a serious threat to the prince.
So Liang Gaozu was thinking about why this military merit should not be given to the King of Qin again.
As a result, Liu Heitai slapped him hard in the face with the facts.
Without King Qin, your huge Liang Kingdom would really have no one to fight against!
As a last resort, Liang Gaozu once again activated King Qin.
In the process of pacifying Liu Heita, King Qin never found a good way, and even lost his general Luo Shixin. In the end, the King of Qin fought steadily and pressed harder step by step, and relied on the strong national power of the Liang Dynasty to consume Liu Heitai to death.
Since more than two months later, Liu Heitai showed such a terrifying performance of "I am invincible under the King of Qin", then his military ability at this time must be higher than everyone present.
Back to Ling Jing’s proposal.
On the surface, this proposal was to encircle Wei and save Zhao, but it was not.
The three questions Li Hongyun asked are exactly the three Achilles’ heel of this proposal.
Ling Jing's route was not a new one. It was one of the three main routes into Guanzhong.
"I Have a Picture Book of Ghosts and Gods"
Since ancient times, there have been three main roads into Guanzhong: the first is the Henan Passage, which is the road that Ling Jing said took Zhiguanxing; the second is the Xiaohan Ancient Road, which is now from Hulao Pass to Luoyang, and then Enter from Luoyang via Hangu Pass and Tongguan; the third is Wuguan Road, which starts from Xiangyang and passes through Wuguan, Shangluo, Lantian and then to Chang'an.
Although there are other routes, they are too far.
Among these three roads, Wuguan Road is absolutely impossible to walk, because Wuguan Road is the most dangerous, and even two horses cannot run parallel at the narrowest point.
And Zhiguanxing is not that strong. The reason why it is called Zhiguan is because it can only accommodate one military chariot.
Comparatively speaking, Hulao Pass is already considered the best route to take. After all, it is much wider than Zhi Pass and Wuguan Pass.
If you can't defeat Hulao Pass, why should you attack Zhi Pass?
What's more, the road Ling Jing proposed would not reach Luoyang at all.
This road involves taking the Taihang Mountains to Shangdang, then gradually taking over half of Hedong from Shangdang, and finally taking Pujin to attack Chang'an.
Chang'an and Luoyang are separated by a very long distance such as Tongguan Pass and Hangu Pass. By the time Dou Jiande threatened Chang'an, the grass on Wang Shichong's grave was already ten feet high.
It's no wonder that Wang Shichong's envoys cried every day, because if Dou Jiande went to fight Hedong instead, it would mean that Wang Shichong would definitely die.
This is also an important reason why Dou Jiande did not choose this plan in the end.
So, wouldn’t Ling Jing understand this?
Of course he understands.
Therefore, on the surface, this is a plan to encircle Wei and rescue Zhao. It sounds like saying: "We can't take Hulao Pass, so we will take a detour to attack Chang'an and let Liang Jun go back to rescue, so the siege of Luoyang can be solved." "
But in fact, this is saying: "Don't worry about Wang Shichong, he is already dead! There is no point in spending time here at Hulao Pass. If we can't defeat him, our trip will be in vain. It's better to take advantage of Wang Shichong's trap now." Luoyang has attracted the main force of Liang Jun, let's go grab the territory in Hedong!"
As for whether Hedong can be taken down?
After analysis of this matter, although the success rate is not high, it does exist.
The success rate is not high because Liang Jun is already on guard and will definitely defend the Zhiguan route strictly. With the army unable to deploy, the prospect of capturing Zhiguan is not very optimistic.
Moreover, once Dou Jiande withdraws, Wang Shichong may soon surrender, and he may not be able to hold off Liang Jun for a long time.
However, after all, those guarding Hedong were not the main force of the Liang Army, let alone the invincible King of Qin. And Dou Jiande may have a certain possibility of success if he goes to fight Hedong.
Although this possibility is not high, but...
No matter how bad the outcome was, it could never be worse than the defeat of a hundred thousand troops by the King of Qin at Hulao Pass.
After comprehensive consideration, Li Hongyun said to Liu Heitai: "You personally select 30,000 elite soldiers as the commander-in-chief and go to Zhiguanxing to attack Hedong! If everything goes well, you can force Pujin to cross and frighten Chang'an.
"This king personally leads an army to confront the King of Qin at Hulao Pass!"
