MTL - Farmer of Shu Han-Chapter 1221 three ways

  Chapter 1221 Three roads go hand in hand

   Feng Yong, who was far away in Tongguan, naturally did not feel Lu Xun's gaze.

   It is even more impossible to hear Lu Xun's inner call.

  At this time, he was sitting on the Taishi chair, with his hands resting on the armrests on both sides of the chair.

   Leaning against the wall with a chair, hiding in the shadows, silent.

  From his position, he can see the situation of the combat staff room just one door away.

  People in the combat staff room could vaguely see the outline of Zhongduhu when they looked up, but no one could clearly see the expression on his face.

  The big room of the staff group was busy all night, and it was full of big candles that could only be used by the royal family and top wealthy families in Wei State.

  The entire combat staff room was illuminated like daylight.

   After receiving the military order from Zhongduhu, the staff headquarters of the Zhongduhu Mansion did not delay for a moment. Starting from Chang'an, they arrived at Tongguan just one day later than Feng Duhu.

  The arrival of the staff group finally brought the latest situation of the entire battle situation that Feng Duhu needed most—of course it could not be the frontline battle report of the day, but it was the latest news that the rear could grasp.

  After they arrived, they didn't have any rest time, so they had to immediately make a battle plan based on the current battle situation.

   Various partially enlarged maps, hastily made sand tables, and messy files...

   Some of the combat staff officers were arguing red-faced, some took their notebooks to write and draw pictures against the map from time to time, and some thought it was too hot, so they were shirtless and only wore a vest...

  Jiang Wei and Liu Yin are also involved, they are conducting war chess deduction on the sand table.

   I don't know if it was too hot or too nervous, but the foreheads of the two of them were already densely covered with sweat.

  There are people around them who are making suggestions, or checking for omissions and filling in vacancies, pointing out possible omissions.

  Formulating a battle plan is not just randomly drawing on the map and waving your big hand to tell the army how to go.

   Instead, it should be based on the actual situation of both the enemy and the enemy, such as military strength, food and grass, and so on.

  According to the geographical situation you have, you must consider where the possible battle locations will be, what you will encounter on the march, how to deal with it, how to deal with it...

  The world is impermanent, and wars are even more impermanent. No matter how good the plan is, it is impossible to take all accidents into account.

  But as the saying goes, "Winners who have not fought and temples are counted as more must be counted; those who have not fought but temples are counted as invincibles have to be counted as few. More counts as victory, less counts as victory, let alone nothing!"

  The more you think about it, the more sure you will be.

  The battle situation ahead is not optimistic—whether judging from the current news or the deduced prognosis.

  The staff group must not only deduce the most likely battle situation in the shortest time.

   At the same time, according to these battle situations, corresponding plans should be formulated.

   Time is tight and tasks are heavy.

  Many people's eyes were bloodshot, and they hadn't closed their eyes for a day and a night.

  But almost everyone drank strong tea, no one wanted to sleep at this time, and they all acted very excited.

the reason is simple.

   Originally an insignificant battle in Gaodu, it has now evolved into a major battle.

   Judging from the battle situation of the deduction, the decisive battle between the Han Dynasty and the army of Wei thieves in Luoyang and Hanoi may have arrived ahead of schedule.

  Unknowingly, the window is already white.

  Gongsun Zheng took a document, hurriedly walked through the door, from the combat staff room to Feng Duhu:

   "Zhongduhu?"

  Feng Duhu's drooping head subconsciously lifted up when he heard the sound.

   At the same time, he closed his eyes vigorously, and shook his head again, as if he wanted to shake off the fatigue:

"how?"

   "Chuhu, this is the plan that everyone sorted out."

  Gongsun Zheng is from Longxi.

  From the prime minister's first Northern Expedition, when Longyou was captured and Feng Duhu formally established the staff group, Gongsun Zheng has been the chief of staff.

   Over the years, the staff members have changed wave after wave.

  Most of them entered the army and served as the backbone of military officers.

  But Gongsun Zheng never moved his nest.

  When he was in Longyou, he was the Chief of Staff of the Huqiang School Captain's Mansion, when he arrived in Liangzhou, he was the Chief of Staff of the Liangzhou Governor's Mansion, and now he is the Chief of Staff of the Zhongdu Hufu.

  Although they are both chiefs of staff, their gold content is definitely different.

  On weekdays, Feng Duhu is in charge of the general direction, and General Guan is in charge of the main affairs of the army.

  But when it comes to specific matters in the army, such as the allocation of food and grass, recording rewards and punishments, cleaning up military discipline, camp arrangements, etc., you still have to instruct Gongsun Zheng to arrange manpower.

   It can be said that if General Guan is Feng Duhu's commander-in-chief, then Zhang Xiaosi is the commander-in-chief of Liufu.

  But General Guan has to lead the army from time to time, so Gongsun Zheng is Chang Shi's substitute when General Guan is away.

  The heavy document was pressed on my hand, it was a very thick one.

  Feng Duhu flipped through it casually. The words on it were rather scribbled, probably because he was too hasty and didn't have time to re-copy it.

   After taking a few glances, Feng Duhu felt his eyes become even more dry.

   "That's right, let the cook cook some delicious food, let everyone eat to replenish their bodies, and then go to sleep well."

  Feng Duhu closed the plan in his hand and gave an order.

  As the coach, he has to go through all the plans they have made, at least to be mentally prepared for the most likely situation.

   Time is very tight, and Feng Duhu is also in a hurry.

   But no matter how anxious he is, it is difficult for a clever woman to cook without rice, because there are not enough troops in hand.

  The troops transferred back from Caoqiao Pass are still on the way.

   Another important reason is that Changan is hurrying up to deliver a batch of grain and grass to Tongguan.

  But I think it shouldn't take too long, at most five or six days.

   This is thanks to Emperor Xiaowu.

  Because when Emperor Xiaowu conquered the Xiongnu, because of the insufficient transport capacity of the Wei River, another artificial canal was dug next to the Wei River.

  This Guanzhong Canal starts from the Kunming Pond in Chang’an in the west, runs parallel to the Wei River for more than 300 miles, and at the end, flows into the Wei River in the east.

   (This canal has been used until the late Tang Dynasty. It has disappeared now, but it was discovered by archaeology. If you are interested, you can watch the third episode of "Chanba Long Song")

  Whether it is the Weishui River or the Guanzhong Canal, although those big ships and even huge ships in the big rivers cannot be used.

   But the advantage is that the water flow is more stable than the big rivers.

  The ships for transporting food and soldiers are not going out to fight, and the carrying capacity of the small ships is not enough, so use the quantity to make up.

  No matter what, it is much better than pure land transportation.

  So in the past few days, you must be ready to go out at any time.

   "Boyo, Hugh, you two stay here, I have something to say."

  It was dawn, and the shadows of the lamps and candles seemed a little lighter.

   In addition, there was no one blocking the candlelight, and Chugoku, who had been hiding in the shadows for a long time, was finally able to see clearly.

  Chuhu, who seldom spoke all night, also looked tired.

  After everyone retreated, Jiang Liu stepped forward and saluted, "Chuhu?"

   "The food and grass brought from Chang'an in two days is estimated to be almost the same. You two, take a good rest today, organize the army tomorrow, and set off the day after tomorrow."

   Jiang Wan has always been a trustworthy teammate in terms of raising food and grass for the frontline army in the rear.

   Instead of being a pig teammate like Wei Yan.

"Set off?"

   Liu Yin was taken aback.

   "Where to?"

  Jiang Wei's eyes lit up.

  Feng Duhu rubbed his forehead, his tone was tired and weak: "Go to Hangu Pass."

   "Hangu Pass!?"

"right."

  Feng Duhu nodded.

   I was really too lazy to get up and point to the map. Anyway, I have been staring at the map for the past few days, and the two of them should have roughly memorized it.

  The Hangu Pass mentioned by Feng Duhu naturally refers to Qin Hangu Pass, not Han Hangu Pass.

  Han Hangu Pass is because Emperor Xiaowu wanted to expand the Guanzhong territory, so he moved Hangu Pass eastward to the gate of Luoyang.

  So Hanhangu Pass can be regarded as a pass, but in a more sense, it is a concept of administrative geography.

  Compared to Han Hangu Pass, Qin Hangu Pass, which is closer to Tongguan, is the real military dangerous pass.

   Of course, this is for the past.

  The former Qin Hangu Pass was located on the plateau in the west, Juejian in the east, Qinling in the south, and the Yellow River in the north.

  There are dense forests on the plateau, which are difficult for apes to climb.

  The big river to the north was so turbulent that boats couldn't pass through it.

   Only the rugged and dangerous road in the middle is feasible.

   Hidden in front of the pass in the valley, there is also a deep cliff, which serves as a natural moat.

  It can be said that one man is in charge of the gate, and ten thousand husbands cannot open it.

  It was only in the middle and late period of the later Han Dynasty that the dense forests on the plateau had been cut down almost, and the effect of blocking the army was greatly reduced.

  The most terrible thing is that in the late middle and late Han Dynasty, it began to enter the Little Ice Age, and the climate gradually became abnormal.

  North of Hangu Pass, the river was originally a dangerous river, but the water level cut down, exposing a large area of ​​the riverbed.

  The army can bypass the pass directly from the flat river bed.

  So Hangu Pass lost its effect.

  The present Tongguan is basically a shrunken version of Qinhangu Pass before the river was cut down.

  The reason why it is a shortened version is because the north of Tongguan is the same as Qinhangu Pass, although there is a big river as a natural barrier.

  But the south is not an unclimbable cliff, but a continuous strip plateau.

  In this way, if you want to defend Tongguan, you need to deploy a lot of troops on the plateau to prevent the enemy from sneaking up from different positions.

  It is slightly inferior to Hangu Pass in Qin Dynasty.

  However, although Qin Hangu Pass has lost its role as a dangerous pass, it can still be used as a frontier for garrisoning troops.

  Wei Guo, or Sima Yi, used it as a line of defense to prevent the great Han from entering the Guandong from Guanzhong.

  On weekdays, the Wei army was stationed in Hangu Pass. When the Han army came over, they set up camp on the exposed river bed in advance, and used the barrier camp to prevent the Han army from continuing to advance.

  The exposed riverbed is wide enough for caravan travelers.

   But if it were to be used as a battlefield, it would be a bit narrow.

   When attacking from the front, the troops cannot be fully deployed.

   Don't expect to be able to stop the advance of the Han army to the east, but as long as it can be delayed for some time to make Luoyang ready, it will be considered a success.

  As guarding Tongguan and facing Hangu Pass from far away, Jiang and Liu, they naturally knew the situation of Hangu Pass deliberately.

  Hearing Feng Duhu's order, the two couldn't help being a little surprised.

  Jiang Wei couldn't help but said:

   "Zhongduhu, the Wei thief is at Hangu Pass, I'm afraid they have already prepared. Even if the troops of the two of us take down Hangu Pass, I'm afraid they won't be able to go straight to Luoyang."

  Feng Duhu couldn't help showing some surprise on his face when he heard the words, he looked at Jiang Wei:

  Go straight to Luoyang, how dare you think!

   Who is Sima Yi?

  How could such a big hole be left?

   Not to mention the section from Qinhangu Pass to Hanhangu Pass, there are still Shanxian County, Strider Chi, Xin'an and other city passes where troops can be stationed.

  Sima Yi is an old tortoise, as can be seen from the hedgehog-like defense he arranged in the pass.

  If it weren't for the Liangzhou iron cavalry led by Feng Duhu, it would be a cavalry that crossed the ages. It could detour from Liangzhou to Bingzhou and go straight into Sima Yi's back.

   How long the battle in Guanzhong will last and how many soldiers will be sacrificed are still unknown.

  The road from Tongguan to Luoyang from Chang'an is mostly rugged and dangerous. How could Sima Yi let the big man drive straight in?

   If you really want to fight all the way, don't say how long it will take, but with the current strength of the big man, I am afraid that it will take the power of the whole country to get through the ancient Weihan road.

   The large river waterway between Tongguan and Luoyang does not mean that it cannot be used.

  Emperor Xiaowu of the former Han Dynasty dug the Cao Canal in Guanzhong in order to conquer the Xiongnu. A considerable part of the grain transported by the Canal was transported from the Guandong.

   It's just extremely inefficient and consumes a lot of human and material resources.

  Especially the section from Hongnong to Shan County (that is, Lingbao to Sanmenxia) is the most dangerous.

   It is necessary to dig plank roads on the cliffs on both sides of the big river, and then let the trackers pull the boats on the plank roads.

   Otherwise, the boat would not be able to travel on the big river at all, either it would be swallowed by the raging river water, or it would hit a dark rock in the river and capsize.

   Even so, the boats transporting food, in the best case, are still only three or four out of ten, and more than half of them are fed to the fish and shrimp in the big river.

   Such a transportation method is difficult to last for a long time even in a period of strong national power.

   Otherwise, in the later period of Emperor Xiaowu, how could it have caused the tragic situation of "the city and warehouses are empty, and the people are in exile" and "the world is wasted, and people eat each other again".

  During the sparsely populated Three Kingdoms era, it was impossible to do such a thing unless absolutely necessary.

  This is also the reason why Cao Rui wanted to transport the bronze figures and dew plates from Chang'an to Luoyang, but he couldn't use the big river to transport them.

  Because Wei Guo at that time was already struggling to support it under the strong pressure of Ji Han, so how could there be any extra people's power?

  Even if people have the power, there is more than half of the probability that they will capsize in the big river, and they will only use the big river to transport if they are crazy.

  Although the logistical pressure of Ji Han's army may be easier than that of the Wei and Wu countries of the same period.

   But if you want to ensure unimpeded logistics, it is definitely impossible to rely solely on the rugged and dangerous Weihan Ancient Road.

   After all, it is still necessary to conscript civilians to rebuild the plank road and work as trackers to pull boats.

  If you really want to do that, it’s okay to be able to unify the world.

   In case Ji Han exhausts his people and collapses before he unifies the world, then A Dou will definitely be Emperor Yang of the Han Dynasty.

  Sima Yi most likely also saw this, so he tried his best to attack Shangdang and then control Bingzhou.

  He just wanted to prevent Ji Han from imitating the story of Qin's destruction of the six kingdoms.

  During the Warring States Period, the State of Qin sent troops from Hangu Pass to the east of the Guandong repeatedly, but none of them succeeded.

  In the era of Qin Wangzheng, the Qin army did not follow the ancient road of Weihan, but from the land of Bingzhou, or went south to swallow Korea, or went east to destroy Zhao, and then unified the world.

  So Sima Yi wants to force the big man to take the most difficult path!

  But seeing Feng Duhu shook his head:

   "Bo Yue has the ambition to go to Luoyang, this is very good. Only this time, I don't force you to go straight to Luoyang or something, as long as you go to Hangu Pass."

   "Of course, even if you can't beat..."

  Feng Duhu pondered for a while, but finally did not say the second half of the sentence, but instead said:

   "No matter what, you can fight as far as you can. You can fight however you want. The bigger the momentum, the better. I won't interfere."

   Having said that, he sat up straight and emphasized his tone:

   "If Sima Yi only cared about acquiring Bingzhou and leaving Luoyang empty, it would be best for you to attack all the way there and take the opportunity to reach the city of Luoyang."

  However, in Feng Duhu's view, this situation is taken for granted.

  Seeing the happy faces of the two, he reminded:

   "It's just that Sima Yi is a good leader, and he is extremely cautious in his actions. In my opinion, he might not be so careless."

   "So you must remember: do what you can, and don't be too forceful. If there is any disagreement, immediately retreat to Tongguan, understand?"

  Feng Duhu's eyes fell on the two of them:

   "Shangdang has a problem, and it can still be saved, but if there is a problem in Tongguan, then the situation will really collapse."

   "The matter of Wei Yan can never be repeated once, understand?"

  Chu Hu is using Wei Yan's matter to remind himself!

  Jiang Wei and Liu Yin were shocked, and hurriedly and solemnly agreed.

   When the two were about to leave, Jiang Wei finally couldn't hold back:

   "The Central Guard intends to go to Hedong?"

  Feng Duhu yawned, raised the plan document in his hand to cover his face, and after yawning, he put down the document and said:

   "That's right, when Li Xinhou (that is, Li Qiu) and the others arrive, I plan to go to Hedong and meet Sima Yi and his son for a while."

   General Guan went to Taiyuan, in the north.

  Jiang Wei Liu Yin went to Hangu, in the south.

  Feng Duhu went to Hedong and sat in the middle of the town.

  Three ways go hand in hand.

   Feng Duhu narrowed his eyes while talking, and he didn't know if he was tired and wanted to doze off, or he was thinking about something.

  Sima Yi, I want to see what direction you plan to focus on.

  As long as Taiyuan is not lost, everything will be in time.

  Wang Ping, don't let me down...

  (end of this chapter)