The First Military Division of the Three Kingdoms

Although Cao Cao's army is everywhere, and Luoyang and other places are empty, there are quite a lot of defenders in all places. If they are concentrated in one place, Chen Ziming's little army can be exhausted in a few battles.

"The general can send troops out of the city to investigate the reality of Chen Ziming's camp. If Chen Ziming leads his troops to the direction of Hangu Pass, the general can follow behind and take back Hangu Pass. He can mobilize troops from all over Sili Prefecture to encircle and wipe out Chen Ziming. If Chen Ziming doesn't move, Then the general will not move." Mao Jie took into account Chen Ziming's weakness of having few troops.

Moreover, Chen Ziming should be the one who is in a hurry now, there is no need for Cao Hong to be in a hurry, as long as he firmly blocks the Shangdang, Liu Bei's army will not even think about going to Jingyang for reinforcements.

"Send someone to report to the prime minister quickly, and ask the prime minister to give the general the right to mobilize troops and horses from all over Sili Prefecture." Although Hangu Pass is the best way to hold it, Mao Jie thinks that it is unlikely that Hangu Pass can be held by Chen Ziming. It's better to give Cao Cao a sigh of relief first, so that Cao Cao will not settle accounts in the future.

Chapter 436 Goal of Shouyang Mountain

"Report!"

"Report to the prime minister, the Hangu Pass victory report."

On the evening of the third day, Chen Ziming finally waited for the good news from Ma Chao and Zhang Liao, and hurriedly called all the generals to discuss.

"General Meng Qi and General Wen Yuan attacked Hangu Pass together. They first cheated to open the gate of Hangu Pass at night, and then threw the army into Hangu Pass. Zhang Tai and Su Fei, the guards of Hangu Pass, resisted desperately, but they were all defeated by General Meng Qi. Beheaded, Hangu Pass was captured by Ma Mengqi and Zhang Wenyuan."

When Chen Ziming read out this good news, the generals were boiling for a while, Hangu Pass is a famous dangerous pass in the world, and it is also Cao Cao's reliance on resisting Liu Bei's attack.

For a long time, General Cao Cao has guarded Hangu Pass, especially Cao Hong, who guarded Hangu Pass all the year round. Zhang Liao also attacked Hangu Pass once, but unfortunately he never succeeded.

Unexpectedly, being taken down easily by Ma Chao and Zhang Liao now means that the door to Cao Cao's stronghold has been opened, and they can go straight to Cao Cao's lair.

"Immediately open the wind formation, and the army will come out quietly, and go to Hangu Pass to join the two generals Ma and Zhang."

Chen Ziming didn't want to delay for a moment, he had already spent five days outside Shangdang City, and now Jingyang didn't know what to do.

"Prime Minister, I'll wait for the army to come out, and Cao Hong will definitely notice it. Why not lay in wait and take the opportunity to wipe out Cao Hong's troops."

The general candidates hurriedly offered advice, thinking that this is a good opportunity. If Cao Hong is destroyed, they will have no worries and can concentrate on the following plan.

"Cao Hong is a veteran general, and he doesn't know how to use troops. It's useless and time-consuming." Chen Ziming vetoed the candidate's strategy. Candidates can think of it, not to mention a famous general like Cao Hong, and there are even more powerful advisers around Cao Hong. The low-level strategy of ambush cannot help Cao Hong at all.

It may even be used by Cao Hong, but it will consume troops. There is no absolute certainty that Chen Ziming will not fight Cao Hong head-on, otherwise his little troops will not be enough to consume.

Not long after Chen Ziming led the army to set off, Cao Hong received an urgent report from scouts: "Although the sound of war drums can be heard in the enemy camp, it has no momentum and is irregular. There are faint sounds of horses crowing in the dark night."

"It must be Hangu Pass that has been captured, and Chen Ziming should go to Hangu Pass." Mao Jie said firmly, "If so, the enemy camp should be suspicious, and immediately send people to investigate, and order scouts to investigate Chen Ziming's army. trend."

Although Mao Jie had confirmed that Chen Ziming led the troops to Hangu Pass, there was still a possibility that he would deliberately lure Cao Hong to lead the troops out of the city and then ambush him. That's why Mao Jie asked people to investigate first.

Anyway, they were not in a hurry. If Hangu Pass was really lost, it would be useless for Cao Hong to be anxious. As long as Chen Ziming's army was still at Hangu Pass, Cao Hong would not even try to take it back.

Anxiety would easily fall into Chen Ziming's ambush, so neither the military adviser Mao Jie nor the general Cao Hong led troops to chase Chen Ziming in a hurry.

It took another half a day before Cao Hong got the confirmed news that Hangu Pass was really lost, guards Zhang Tai and Su Fei died in battle, and it was Ma Chao and Zhang Liao who captured the pass.

"The general can lead the army slowly. When Chen Ziming captures Hangu Pass, he must lead the army to Luoyang. In this way, the general can take the opportunity to take back Hangu Pass, and then mobilize troops from all over the country to besiege Chen Ziming."

Everything is as Mao Jie thought, then Chen Ziming will abandon Hangu Pass and go to Luoyang next time, if so, they can take this opportunity to get rid of Chen Ziming, the great enemy.

Not to mention that Cao Hong came slowly towards Hangu Pass with his army, rode out all the way, scouted countless, and advanced cautiously. When Chen Ziming arrived at Hangu Pass, he was anxious for all the generals to discuss matters immediately.

"Now that Hangu Pass has fallen, Cao Hong's troops will come later. Cao Cao will receive the news soon and will definitely mobilize troops from all over Sili Prefecture to besiege us. It is not suitable to stay here for a long time. All the ministries will take a short rest and set off immediately."

Chen Ziming began to issue tasks. He had to open up the situation and break the crisis before Cao Cao reacted.

"I'll be the vanguard, and I'll go directly to Cao A's lair." Zhang Liao jumped up excitedly to challenge. Cao Cao was going to fight his elder brother for the world. He had wanted to kill Cao Cao for a long time, and now such a good opportunity was in front of him, of course he couldn't let it go.

"Who said we are going to attack Luoyang?" Chen Ziming's voice caught the generals by surprise, and they all looked at Chen Ziming in doubt.

"Conquer Hangu Pass, what else can you do if you don't go to Luoyang?" Only Zhang Fei dared to question Chen Ziming so blatantly. The other generals actually thought so in their hearts, but they didn't say it out loud.

"To attack Luoyang?" Chen Ziming shook his head with a wry smile and said, "That's seeking death. You have to know that Luoyang is Cao Cao's stronghold. Although Cao Cao sent out his army, you should know that there are heavy guards around Luoyang."

"Going to Luoyang, I can guarantee that before we saw Luoyang City, we were besieged by Cao Cao's soldiers and horses, and the whole army was wiped out."

Chen Ziming also wanted to capture Luoyang. Once Luoyang was captured, Cao Cao's territory would be divided, and Runan, Jingzhou, Yuzhou, and Yanzhou could not communicate with Cao Cao.

Moreover, after Luoyang, Cao Cao's morale will be greatly hit. At that time, as long as Liu Bei calms down and mobilizes troops from all over the country, he will be able to swallow all Cao Cao's territories.

Don't look at Cao Cao's confidant generals guarding various places, but the county-level town guards may not be so loyal. Once they can't contact Cao Cao directly, they are likely to surrender directly to Liu Bei's army.

It's a pity that there is no such opportunity. Although Sili Prefecture is empty, it is not something that Chen Ziming's [-] soldiers can threaten. Among other things, there are still [-] soldiers in Luoyang City who are absolutely guarded by Cao Cao's elite guards.

The guards and counselors in Luoyang City should not be underestimated. Now Chen Ziming not only has to face Cao Jun from all over the world, but also faces the talented Wang Zuozhi Xun Yu in Luoyang City.

Chen Ziming's capture of Hangu Pass was equivalent to stabbing a hornet's nest. As Cao Cao's logistics officer, Xun Yu seldom took action, but now he must start planning, waiting for Chen Ziming to get in.

Chen Ziming wanted to take down Luoyang, but Cao Cao never wanted to take down Chen Ziming. If Chen Ziming was killed or killed by Cao Cao, it would be a huge blow to Liu Bei.

"If we don't go to Luoyang, why should we go to Hangu Pass?" Zhang Fei asked all the generals' doubts. Hangu Pass is the gateway to Luoyang. Although there is Hongnong County in the middle, Hongnong County has no danger to defend. From Hangu Pass to Luoyang, it is a flat river.

"When I wait for the army to capture Hangu Pass, Cao Cao will definitely mobilize the army to attack and go to Luoyang, and he will surely die." Mao Jie and others can think of things, how can Chen Ziming not think of them, let alone Chen Ziming who is so afraid of death How would you go on an adventure yourself.

"Cao Cao's army is going out everywhere, trying to seize Liangzhou, Hanzhong and other places. The only way to break it is to withdraw Cao Cao's troops, and the only place to make Cao Cao withdraw his troops is Shouyang Mountain!!!" Chen Ziming finally said that he spent so much Mind, just for this.

Chapter 436 A Desperate Fight

"Shouyang Mountain has a dangerous terrain, easy to defend and difficult to attack. It is connected to Feng Ling in the north and Jinyang in the south, both of which are guarded by Cao Jun." Chen Ziming pointed to the map and began to describe the geographical location of Shouyang Mountain and the importance of Shouyang Mountain.

"Luoyang, Hongnong, Jinyang, Shouyang Mountain, Feng Ling, and Jingyang are connected in a line. Cao Cao attacked Jingyang, which is the way to go. Needless to say, Luoyang, Cao Cao's base camp is heavily defended. Now there are [-] elite guards. We It is impossible to take this place by waiting for soldiers and horses."

Chen Ziming pointed to Hongnong again and said: "Hongnong is the northeastern gateway of Luoyang, but there is no danger to defend, and there are important places such as Hangu Pass outside it. capture."

"Jinyang is a strong city, easy to defend and difficult to attack. The gate of Shouyang Mountain is the main route of Cao Cao's retreat. There are [-] Cao troops defending. They cannot be attacked by force. They should be taken out of their wits." Chen Ziming will talk about Jinyang's defense situation and the generals. clear.

"To win Jinyang, you must be surprised. If you can't attack for a long time, don't be surrounded by Cao's regiments from four places in Sili Prefecture. At that time, we will be in danger." Chen Ziming didn't think they could kill them. Once the action started, They had no way out, because neither Cao Hong nor Xun Yu would give Chen Ziming a chance to rush out.

"Feng Ling was taken by Cao Cao some time ago to block the road between Bingzhou and Liangzhou. There are also [-] Cao troops defending. If they attack Yangshan, they will dare to come to support." Originally Feng Ling was Bingzhou and l Liangzhou's connecting arteries, but since the Qiang people in the west took refuge in Liu Bei, a large number of Feng Ling's northern territories were merged into Liu Bei's rule, and Feng Ling's role was not that great. At most, it could only be a shortcut between Bingzhou and Liangzhou, and Feng Ling Ling belonged to Sili Prefecture, which was too close to Cao Cao's territory and had little effect, so he did not send a large army to garrison it, and was easily taken away by Cao Cao.

Now that Cao Cao is attacking Jingyang, Feng Ling has become the main route of Cao Cao's expedition, so he is valued by Cao Cao and sent a large army to guard it. Now Liu Bei wants to send a large army to Jingyang, he needs to go to the Shangdang, and just go through the original Qiang territory.

But now most of the Qiang territory has been occupied by troops sent by Cao Cao, and some are also occupied by Xianbei soldiers from the grassland. If Liu Bei wants to reinforce Jingyang, he has to go to Shangdang and fight all the way there.

Although there were not many defenders along the way, when they fought slowly, Cao Cao had already reacted and sent a large army to intercept. Liu Bei did not want to quickly reinforce Jingyang. This is another reason why Chen Ziming did not go directly to Jingyang after passing Shangdang.

Moreover, Chen Ziming only had [-] cavalry, although they were all elites, they would not be of much use in the face of Cao Cao and Qiu Liju's hundreds of thousands of troops.

Moreover, Feng Ling is very important to Cao Cao, but it is not necessary to pass Feng Ling. For example, if you bypass Chang'an and exit from Tongguan, you can also reach Jingyang, but you have to go around and increase the distance by nearly half, which is very troublesome.

"The reason why Shouyang Mountain was attacked was because this place is the lifeblood of Cao Cao's army." Chen Ziming finally explained the reason: "According to the secret report sent by the hidden guards, Cao Cao built four granaries for this campaign, and Shouyang The mountain is the northern granary built by Cao Cao."

"Shouyangshan granary hoards a large amount of grain and grass, which is enough for Cao Cao's Northern Expedition. According to secret reports from secret guards, Shouyang Mountain granary not only provides grain and grass for Cao Cao's army, but also provides grain and grass for Xianbei army. Because of the existence of Shouyang Mountain granary, Cao Cao can Win Qiu Liju." After Chen Ziming pointed out the importance of Shouyang Mountain, he continued: "If Shouyang Mountain is lost, Cao Cao's army will lose the supply of food and grass here, and they can only transport food from Chang'an and Tongguan. There won't be enough."

"What's more important." Chen Ziming said with sparkle in his eyes: "With the loss of Shouyang Mountain, Cao Cao will not have enough food and grass to supply Qiu Liju. You must know that Qiu Liju brought 20 soldiers and horses, which consume a lot every day. If there is no supply of food and grass, we will definitely break up with Cao Cao, stop obeying Cao Cao's orders, and divide our troops to plunder food everywhere, so Qiu Liju's army will collapse without a fight."

After Chen Ziming finished speaking, the generals were silent for a while, even Zhang Fei could tell that the difficulty of this battle, according to what Chen Ziming said, was surrounded by Cao Cao's soldiers and horses on all sides of Shouyang Mountain, and it was very difficult to rush in.