Although nearly 1,000 people gathered on the field at this time, the sun had already risen, and everyone was already sweating under the scorching sun, but no one left. Hearing the emperor say that the four armies were the strange soldiers he had laid out, the generals present were all in good spirits, and those who sat straightened their waists, and those who stood also stood upright, listening quietly.

"Rude, get down. The armies can, and so can I! At this time, a guard held up a Luo umbrella to shade Zhao Hao, and he turned around and said in a deep voice.

"Yes!" The guard hesitated, but still removed the umbrella. And everyone on the field suddenly felt warm in their hearts, it is rumored in the army that His Majesty has always shared weal and woe with the sergeants, but some people don't believe it, but when I see it today, where is there the slightest doubt.

"You don't have to poke it all there, everyone has listened to it for a long time, it's hot and thirsty, go get some herbal tea, sour plum soup is the best!" Zhao Yu ordered the guards who accompanied him, turned his face and smiled at the army, "Actually, I am also thirsty, and I am also stained with everyone's light." ”

"Haha......" Listening to what His Majesty said was interesting, everyone laughed again, feeling that the emperor was not as unattainable as the rumored gods, and he wanted to drink water when he was thirsty, and suddenly felt much closer to His Majesty.

"Your Majesty's words are serious, this is all the negligence of his subordinates, how dare you work for Your Majesty's guards!" Sun Kai was really embarrassed when he heard this, where could he still sit still, and hurriedly got up to give a salute and ask for sin.

"They're idle, let's move on!" Zhao Yu pressed his hand to let him sit down and said, "Go south from Xinyang through the three passes, and then enter another important passage, following the southeast exit of Zao Road." ”

"The so-called Sui Zao Road is a passage sandwiched between the Tongbai Mountains in the north and the Dahong Mountains in the south, starting from Zaoyang on the east side of the Nanyang Basin, passing through Suizhou to Guangshui, and then going forward is Dawu. After passing the Dawu, follow the jujube passage and Dawu sticks to the east side of the Wuyue Mountain to the south for a few steps, which is Xiaogan. ”

"In the clearest vernacular, if you want to move around and contact between Hunan and Henan, especially between Xinyang and Xiaogan, you must go through three passes. As long as these three passes are blocked, the traffic will be decided, so the passage from Nanyang to Xiaogan is also faintly threatened by the three passes. If I am the southern army, fight to the north, and lay down the three passes is Xinyang, and if I take Xinyang, the middle section of the Huai River will belong to me. Even if I can't take it, Suizao Dao is also under control, and I can divide my troops to fight Xiangyang, and then flank Henan from the Fangcheng Pass. Along the way, you can also take advantage of the momentum of the Han River, and the logistics will not be lost. ”

"So the significance of these three levels is only to control the traffic between Xinyang and Xiaogan? Let's zoom in a little bit and look at the situation around us. Zhao Yu drew a large circle on the map and said.

"The southwest of Xiaogan is Hanchuan, the east is Huangpi, and then there is Macheng in the east. All three are important towns on the outskirts of Ezhou. In particular, the Hanchuan River, on the edge of the Han River, can attack Ezhou and go downstream. To the west, you can reach the Yangtze River, and across Xiantao and Qianjiang is Jingzhou. If the enemy crosses the Huai River from Xinyang, he will definitely hurry to conquer the three passes, and then go south to control Xiaogan. Take Xiaogan, and then take Hanchuan, and then choke the Han River and the Yangtze River. There is no natural danger on this road, and there are the benefits of water transportation in the Han River and the Yangtze River, so you can fight Ezhou and Jingzhou as you want. In other words, the three passes are not guaranteed, and the important towns in the central Yangtze River basin are all in danger. ”

In this battle, the four armies attacked all the way north at the fastest speed and occupied the three passes, which not only blocked the enemy's way to come to help, but also cut off the path of the northward escape in this area. Therefore, the enemy troops stationed here immediately fell into a desperate situation with no reinforcements from outside and no way to escape, and they surrendered one after another. As a result, our army was able to quickly recover this vast area at the lowest cost, and the Fourth Army made great contributions to this battle, while at the same time ensuring the security of the right flank of the Western Group and the left flank of the Eastern Group. ”

"Your Majesty, since our army has controlled Sanguan and has been able to consolidate it, why don't you go out of Sanguan to recover Tangzhou and Dengzhou and other prefectures and counties in western Henan, and form a joint encirclement of the enemy in Xiangyang?" By this time, the tea had been delivered, and some people had served it, and most people had to drink it with a scoop of water. Someone got up and asked.

"That's a good question!" Zhao Yu did not get angry because of being questioned, but was very happy, which shows that they did not follow the crowd, but used their brains, and drank all the tea in the cup, "The soldiers have always divided the north and south with the Jianghuai as the boundary, but there are not so many north-south passages. There is no natural danger in the easternmost part, but the waterway is vertical and horizontal, and it is easy to defend and difficult to attack. Further west to see the main several trunk roads connecting the north and south, Huai'an-Jiankang is one, Luzhou-Lu'an is one, and then come to the mall-Macheng, and then Xinyang to pass the three passes to Xiaogan, to the west there are Suizao Road, Xiangyang-Jingzhou, no, and then go west only from Sichuan down the river. ”

"Dabie Mountain lies between the Jianghuai River, Luzhou in the east, and Yiyang Sanguan in the west. The three-level channel is narrow, not as famous as other channels, but it is a node that no soldier dares to take lightly, and it may not win, and it will definitely lose without it. Zhao Yu pulled everyone's attention back to Sanguan Road, "Luzhou is close to Jiankang, Sanguan is close to Ezhou, the value of these two places is undoubted, both are the political and economic center and military town in the south of the Yangtze River, and they are related to the strategic plan of the northern and southern regimes." ”

Therefore, by observing how the opponent uses troops and how many troops are used in the three passes, we can estimate and judge the strategic layout of the other side, and then decide their own strategies and tactics. Do you understand why I let you get out of here? Zhao Yu asked.

"The Admiral understands!" Shi Li, the general of the army, said, "The purpose of Your Majesty's Northern Expedition this time is to seize Lianghuai and Xiangyang, so as to change the passive strategic situation of our dynasty and ensure the security of Jiangdong and Jinghu regions. Therefore, the troops attacked simultaneously on the eastern and western routes, and the eastern and western groups immediately broke through each other in turn, making it difficult for the enemy to help. The three customs are located between the two groups, which is the channel between the two ministries and the weak point of the entire strategy. ”

"Your Majesty ordered our army to seize Suizhou in the first stage, that is, to control the three passes, plug this strategic loophole, and prevent the enemy from breaking through from here to divide the two groups of our army, or taking advantage of the emptiness of our army's strength to go straight to the south of the Yangtze River and threaten our heart; However, when the Eastern Group of our army enters the second stage of the Northern Expedition after the Eastern Group has won a great victory in Jiangdong and the Western Group has crossed north to control the Jinghu area, the Fourth Army will be able to ensure the security of the two groups and two wings, and at the same time, it will be able to reinforce the two battlefields at any time. ”

"At this time, our army also poses a threat to the enemy, if the enemy concentrates his forces in the Central Plains, our army can quickly enter the Jingxiang battlefield and recover Xiangyang and even the Jianghan region first; If the enemy reinforces Jingxiang, then our army can capture western Henan, threaten Luoyang, and encircle the enemy in Jingxiang after our army breaks through Huaibei. However, at present, our army's eastern group broke through too quickly, not only captured Huaibei and recovered Yingtianfu, but Xiangyang could not be attacked for a long time, resulting in the exposure of the left flank of the eastern group, so that His Majesty did not dare to move our army lightly, so as not to be taken advantage of by the enemy, and at the same time, it could also contain the enemy of Shaanxi and Gansu, so that he never dared to pour all his troops south, thus reducing the pressure on the Jingxiang battlefield! ”

"Very good, it is very insightful, who is your surname and where is your position!" Zhao Yu nodded again and again after listening to his analysis, this person is really a talent, but he can see that his military rank is just a commander, but he not only understands his own intentions, but also can integrate and analyze the general trend. Although it is not necessarily the case, it can be judged by his low rank, and it is indeed a talent.

"Your Majesty, the last general Xu Wudifficult, the deputy commander of the third division and one regiment of the Fourth Army of the Forbidden Army!" The man saluted and reported in a loud voice.

"Deputy Commander Xu asked well, and answered well, if you don't know anything, you can talk freely!" Zhao praised again and encouraged the troops to discuss.

Everyone knew that Xu Wuyi had been praised by His Majesty, and he had re-entered the eyes of the emperor, and the future was promising, so he raised the questions in his heart. At first, everyone was still a little restrained, and some of the questions asked were very shallow, but His Majesty still took the trouble to give detailed answers, and his attitude was as calm as no matter how high or low his official position was.

In this way, everyone gradually let go, and the problem also shifted from the topic of the three passes to several major battles that took place on the battlefield of Lianghuai, and Zhao Yu also explained the strategic deployment and development process as much as possible, and analyzed the use of tactics and the coordination of arms. In the end, Zhao Yu was also tired of standing, so he simply sat on the ground and chatted with everyone else, and the questions raised by everyone were more general, which can be said to be all-encompassing.

Although Zhao Yu has more knowledge and a broader vision than people at this time, he is not a Du Niang, and he knows everything. And when he can't answer, he either asks others to answer, or bluntly says that he doesn't understand, and never is vague because of face. This did not make everyone feel inappropriate, but made everyone think that the emperor who stepped down from the altar was more cordial, and even like their partners who talked about everything.

Zhao Yu also didn't think it was a pestle, and took out his private money to add food to everyone at noon, laughing at himself that he also had to support his family, honor the elderly, and soon add people to import, it was really too expensive, and the pocket money given by the queen was deducted by thirty percent, which made him shy. So at the moment, he couldn't come up with more money to reward the three armies, so he could only add two meat dishes to everyone, and he also took the opportunity to satisfy his hunger.

Everyone laughed when they heard this, and joked that the emperor would also be afraid of his wife. And Zhao Yu started on this topic again, chatting with everyone, saying that he was fighting outside like the army, and he couldn't take care of the affairs of the family, and he relied on the queen to take care of the family affairs and honor the queen mother, and he couldn't even go back when his wife gave birth to a child, and he felt guilty. This also resonated, and everyone also began to talk about their own family affairs, and also said that they would treat their families well when they went back, and they would never beat their wives again.

The conversation was not over until the meal began, Zhao Yu and the army also ate on the playground, and the meal was the same, but there was one more table than everyone, after all, it was really indecent to let the emperor pout his ass and squat to eat. And after the meal, he also did not forget to ask Tan Fei Ji to settle the food expenses of his group, taking advantage of the army......

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