Linyu Pass is Shanhaiguan known as the first pass in the world, the name is not casually sealed, Shanhaiguan is the starting point of the Great Wall, but also an important passage connecting the inside and outside of the pass, Linyu Pass is east of the sea, west of the mountains, the danger is natural, since ancient times it is the place where the soldiers must fight.

Wang Qi is quite strategic, although there is the danger of Yanshan in the north of Jixian County, but the south is an open plain, and the state army does not take the route of Juyongguan, but instead marches from Fanyang, so that the danger of Jixian County will be lost, and the state army can attack Jixian without much effort.

It is difficult to stop the state army with the city wall of Jixian alone, which Wang Qi is very self-aware, he took the initiative to give up Jixian County, and retreated east to Linyu Pass, although on the surface it lost the seven counties of Youzhou, but it preserved their strength to the greatest extent, so that they had the ability to resist at Linyu Pass, in order to prevent the eastward advance of the state army.

The strength of the state army lies in its cavalry, but the cavalry has a huge defect in combat, that is, it can only act in the plains or relatively flat areas, and when facing mountains or dangerous areas, the horses cannot walk, and the cavalry loses its role.

Therefore, Wang Qi took the initiative to retreat to Linyu, which was actually the wisest choice, rather than stubbornly defending Jixian County and fighting his soldiers and horses, it was better to retreat as soon as possible and make another plan.

Before the battle of Liangxiang, Wang Ji was full of confidence and had the intention of repelling the enemy in one fell swoop, but this battle was like a stick, and he woke him up at once, so that Wang Ji clearly realized that he was really just a frog at the bottom of the well, and the strength of the state cavalry was far beyond his expectations and imagination, if he wanted to avoid a greater defeat, he must retreat as an advance, first hold Liaodong, and then consider the counterattack.

If the Bingzhou army wants to attack Liaodong, then Linyu Pass is a hurdle that cannot be bypassed, and only by laying Linyu Pass can the road to Liaodong be opened.

Cao Liang did not put a lot of effort into spying on the intelligence of Linyu Pass, he sent a large number of scouts to Linyu Pass, drew a topographic map of Linyu Pass and a defense map, with the current Youzhou Army deployment, and the state army wanted to take Linyu Pass, which was quite difficult.

It's not that Cao Liang is not sure to take Linyu Pass, but the price paid may be very large, which Cao Liang is a little unacceptable, of course, it is impossible to avoid casualties on the march, but there must be a range of bearing, if the whole battalion of soldiers is exhausted in order to attack a city, Cao Liang is definitely unwilling.

So is there only one way to attack Liaodong through Linyuguan? That's certainly not the case, all roads lead to Rome in this world, as long as there are the right conditions, it will not be a joke to go north, the earth is round, and if you go north, you can still reach your destination in the end.

If you want to open up a second road into Liaodong, in fact, Cao Liang has a complete spectrum in his heart, that is, to go north out of Lulongsai, and then go straight to Liucheng, and cross Yiwulu Mountain, you can enter Liaodong.

Such a road can completely make Linyu Pass useless, and the state army can easily bypass it.

As a Taishou who has been running Liaodong for many years, it is impossible for Wang Ji not to know that such a road exists, but he still sticks to Linyu Pass, because Wang Ji knows very well that this road will not work, except that Cao Liang can defeat the Xianbei people who are in the area of the white wolf, otherwise he will not be able to reach Liucheng at all.

Cao Liang is not the first time to be an opponent with the Xianbei people, when he put down the Xiongnu rebellion in the state, he had fought with the Xianbei people in Yanmen Pass, the Xianbei people at that time under the leadership of their leader Tuoba Liwei, led 200,000 cavalry to the south, at that time Cao Liang's troops were limited, can only stick to Yanmen Pass, this battle was fought for more than three years, and finally Cao Liang sent light cavalry to sneak attack the Xianbei people's grain and grass in the clouds, forcing Tuoba Li Wei to retreat.

This battle was the first time Cao Liang fought against Xianbei, although he finally repelled the Xianbei people, but Tuoba Liwei's main force basically did not suffer much loss.

However, after that battle, Tuoba Liwei did not invade the state again, not that he didn't want to take revenge, but those tribes on the grassland took advantage of the defeat of Tuoba Liwei, and rebelled one after another, Tuoba Liwei had to turn his horse's head and go to crusade against these rebellious tribes, and he had no time to take care of the state.

A few years later, the situation in the Central Plains changed greatly, Sima Yi launched a coup d'état in Gaopingling and seized power, while Cao Liang established himself in the state and competed with the Sima clan, and at the same time, Tuoba Liwei also pacified the grassland tribes and unified the grassland desert.

Tuoba Liwei's ambition to expand to the Central Plains has never given up, and the first attack on the state is his first attempt, and the fertile land of the Central Plains has always been his dream. Although the grassland desert is vast, but the living conditions are extremely bad, especially in winter, thousands of miles of ice and snow, the whole grassland can not see a little green, this kind of cold and frozen season, Xianbei people can only be hard, until the spring will have hope.

The climate of the grassland is very arid, sometimes there is no rain all year round, large areas of grassland are dried up because of the drought, and the sheep and cattle of the Xianbei people often starve to death.

For the Xianbei people, they have long been accustomed to this way of life, if they have food and drink, then they will live in pursuit of water and grass, wandering and grazing.

But for Tuoba Liwei, he is not satisfied with the current life at all, even if he has now unified the prairie and the desert, but thinking about the Han city he once visited, the degree of prosperity and wealth left him an indelible memory, so he was thinking about when he would be able to come to the Central Plains again, so that the Xianbei people would live that kind of life of displacement and no fixed residence.

But in front of him are two mountains, Cao Liang of Bingzhou and Wuqiu Jian of Youzhou, which are not easy to deal with, Cao Liang of Bingzhou He has personally fought with him, and he knows that Cao Liang is powerful, so if he wants to attack the Central Plains again, he must bypass Cao Liang.

But Wuqiujian in Youzhou is not a soft persimmon that can be manipulated, although Tuoba Liwei has not personally fought with him, but other tribes of the Xianbei people, such as the Yuwen Department and the Duan Department in the east, have fought with Wuqiu Jian, they have harassed Youzhou many times, but they have never asked for any cheapness, often take advantage of the prosperity, and return in defeat, such a battle, repeatedly fought for several years, and has never been able to cross Yanshan.

However, this time when he heard that Wu Qiu Jian was dead, Tuoba Li was slightly overjoyed, thinking that his opportunity had finally come. Take a hundred plating to read the latest chapter of "The Last Three Kingdoms 2: Xingwei Claw Book House" for free for the first time.