Hangu Old Pass, in the big tent of the Chinese army, the atmosphere is a little solemn.

The main general, Xie Yi, was dressed in a military uniform, sitting upright with a sword, his face was serious and revealing a sense of indifference, looking at the person sitting in the next seat, and said in a deep voice: "Why are you here? ”

The person at the next table looked much more relaxed, dressed in a brocade robe, and his sitting posture revealed a laziness, seeing Xie Yi's appearance of rejecting people thousands of miles away, he smiled and said: "Friends come from afar, aren't you happy?" I have my own comrades' deep affection with Wuyi, and I have worked tirelessly to visit him in front of the battle, don't you welcome Wuyi? ”

"Xiao ......"

When Xie Yi heard this, his face suddenly darkened. As soon as he uttered a word in his mouth, the man at the table stood up suddenly, and said solemnly: "Call me Sanyuan, don't be commensurate with your position, it will only increase your embarrassment!" You and I are good, the white body has been discussed, since the appointment, although there are high and low with each other, but it is only a chance, the talent is poor, if you insist on this, it will damage the old friendship. ”

Damn it!

When Xie Yi heard this, he couldn't help but slap his palm on the case, he had obviously been reminded a few times and was ready for this, but he didn't expect to be told this sentence by this disgusting person without noticing it for a while!

Seeing that Xie Yi had been completely enraged, the person at the next table suddenly showed a pleasant smile on his face, Shi Shiran sat down, and looked at Xie Yi with a gloomy face with a smug face. This person is Xiao Yuandong, no, it should be the male of Sanyuan County, the governor of Huainan, and the general of Guangwu Xiao Yuandong.

"Have you forgotten that I am now the Governor of Dadu!"

After a while, Xie Yi regained some composure, and then said with a sneer.

"Overseer? Oh, yes. ”

Xiao Yuandong laughed inexplicably after hearing this, and then sighed again: "I have already said that you and I have a deep old relationship, why bother to judge the level by ministry and hurt feelings." Call me Sanyuan, and Sanyuan will do. ”

After Xie Yi heard this, he really hated to give himself a backhand slap, he knew that this disgusting thing had swaggered all the way from the lower reaches of the Yellow River because of his knighthood, but he still wanted to give the other party a chance to show off!

If you can say that friends can also make nine decisions, there is no doubt that Xiao Yuandong is the most inferior class, this person is very lucky, and he has won many great achievements, but he is still so publicized that he does not know how to restrain, and he is especially keen on showing off in front of people.

Although the king division has won many battles, and all the generals in Huainan have also accumulated their own merits, who can have the good luck of this fang, and can actually be promoted all the way to the second class!

If this is all there is to it, the armies have their own defense areas, especially as the results of the battle become more and more brilliant, the distance between the various garrison defense areas has also increased. No matter how keen this guy is to show off, it's only the surrounding friends who suffer.

But this guy was named by the Metropolitan Governor and ordered him to build an army of his own, so he was able to move between the armies to select elite soldiers. This is simply a tiger entering the mountain, a dragon entering the sea, and Shen Mu drilling into a pile of fat powder! Although Xie Yi is far away from Hangu's hometown, in the past few months, Xiao Sanyuan's notoriety has been unstoppable again and again.

In the big battle last year, Xie Yi was ordered to rush to Nanyang with Shen Yun, and then attack Yique, although he also accumulated more merits, but because he did not follow the main force to fight, he naturally lacked the glory of the Central Plains victory, not to mention the special feats of capturing Shikan.

Therefore, in hindsight, he only got a township, and even the current position of superintendent is a little reluctant, and a considerable part of the reason is that he is qualified.

He has been friends with Xiao Yuandong for many years, so naturally he will not be estranged because of this, but the problem is that this disgust is really unbearable.

"Sanyuan, forgive me for being lonely and unheard, but I want to ask Yuandong where your fiefdom is? Also, I don't know what instructions are there for entering the battle on this trip? Do you want to bring people here to help me defeat the enemy? If so, I really want to thank Yuan Dong, your great achievements in the old years moved the north and the south, and our old acquaintances are also proud, and I look forward to seeing the heroic posture of the thief. ”

It is not without benefit that the villain came to the door late, that is, he would not be unprepared to be shown off, so after a moment of silence, Xie Yi said the ridicule that he had been thinking about all this time.

When Xiao Yuandong heard this, his old face immediately turned red, he hadn't even looked at his hometown Lanling, and how did he know what the hell Sanyuan was! At least at present, the area controlled by Wang Shi, including the prefectures in Jiangdong, does not have this Sanyuan County, in other words, his so-called Sanyuan County man is just a good name, and there is no benefit of an inch of land at all!

And what Xie Yi said about helping to break the enemy is even more of a joke. Although he has been promoted to the position of lord, the old department has already been merged into the garrison of various departments in Hebei, and there is no soldier under him, and he needs to visit various garrisons to select elite soldiers to form a new army. Because there are not enough soldiers, and there is not even a specific defense area stationed, an out-and-out empty general!

"Xie Er, you are disgusting, you killed a Hu Protector in the early years, I can't wait for the whole army to show off for you, I am now two steps ahead, no, four or five steps ahead! It's just to make you disgusted with the pain of jealousy and irritability! ”

was poked by Xie Yi to expose his hypocrisy, Xiao Yuandong was also embarrassed for a while, and when he opened his mouth, he was involved in Xie Yi's bad deeds in his early years.

After Xie Yi heard this, he couldn't help but blush, so it was the most annoying to say that he was hurting friends, and that kind of sudden mutual injury was simply impossible to defend.

After a while, he laughed dryly and said: "I am deeply ashamed of the old badness, so I persuade you, I can't bear to see you embarrassed by different thoughts, what are you doing with those things!" I also know what the capital will allow you to do, and the army will allow you to use it later, but now our army will make a big move. You will stay first, and only when our army is victorious, can we turn our heads to you. ”

Speaking of this, he couldn't help but smack his tongue and said: "Although your kid has a disgusting face, his good luck is really good, and if he stays in my army first, I can also benefit a little." ”

Hearing that Xie Yi regarded himself as the mascot of a town army, Xiao Yuandong couldn't bear it even more, and even glared at him: "You tell me the situation first, and then divide me into dozens of miscellaneous uses, I will go to do it for you, and let you see how worthy Xiao Sanyuan's prestige is!" ”

Although Xie Yi ridiculed Xiao Yuandong's good luck, in fact, military affairs are also inseparable from luck.

As the chief general of the Heluo West Line, he himself has been under a lot of pressure, and he has been planning for the next military operation for a long time.

Therefore, he did not hide it, invited the people who joined the army into the account, spread out the map and told his plan, which could be regarded as another deduction before the war.

The problem Xie Yi faced was not complicated, it was nothing more than that the old pass of Hangu was no longer to be feared, either to seize a pass that was enough to replace, or to launch a strange road to deter Xiaoxiao in Guanzhong. In the next military operation, the target is the previous one.

Coming out of the pass, until arriving at the Tiger Pass, the south bank of the Yellow River generally maintains the terrain of a dangerous river on one side and a high hill on the other, and the whole road between is a narrow strip, and the original Hangu Pass is a manifestation of this terrain to the extreme.

There are many plateaus in the Yellow River Basin, the previous peach forest is one, and there is a southern plateau to the west. The south plateau is six or seven hundred meters higher than the Yellow River, the river cuts directly into the plateau and flows to the east, and there is a deep ditch in the north-south direction on both sides of the plateau to block the way into the Yellow River, which can be said to be a relatively independent area that is easy to defend and difficult to attack.

There is also a pass on this slope, that is, Tongguan. Although Tongguan is far less famous than Hangu Pass, in the early years of Wei Wu Cao Cao also fought a big battle with Ma Chao here.

"Where Tongguan is located, there is a big river in the north and deep cut, there is the Qinling Mountains in the south, there is Tongshui in the west, and the deep ditch is a trench, and the east is also a strong ......."

Xie Yimei flew to talk about the dangers around Tongguan, and it was obvious that this place had been selected as an alternative to Hangu Pass.

Of course, this is not his original idea, as early as the Later Han Dynasty some people have recognized this and put forward many business ideas, but Wei Wu Cao Cao soon unified the north, and there was no strong need to operate here during the Wei and Jin dynasties. Therefore, many ideas about Tongguan only exist in the imagination, and the strategic value of Tongguan has not been fully explored.

Although Xiao Yuandong and Xie Yi chatted a little out of tune, their attitude was still very correct in the face of the actual military strategy, and through Xie Yi's description and the map in front of him, he had already learned that Tongguan was different from Hangu Pass. Hangu Pass is established relying on the ancient road of Cuihan, and it can be said that there is a Xiongguan to achieve the strategic significance of blocking the east and west.

Tongguan is not, although the surrounding is desperate, but it is also because of this that it is a lot worse, especially the Tongshui and deep ditch in the west, because it is not an east-west direction, in other words, it is not excluded that there will be multiple places for passage, once there is a negligence in a place and is broken, the entire defense line will collapse.

When Xiao Yuandong pointed out this, Xie Yi also nodded: "The topography of Tongguan is different from Hangu Pass, and it is precisely because of this that you can't ask for extravagant achievements......

Xie Yi's plan is not small, he plans to completely occupy the Yuan, and then use Wei Shitong Pass as the basis to build a city along the west side of the river ditch to plug all the loopholes.

Tongguan itself is difficult to rely on, not to mention the more ancient Three Kingdoms of the Later Han Dynasty, there have been many battles here since Yongjia alone, but the offensive and defensive victory is actually not certain. In particular, there is a fortified city of Pusaka on the other side, and once a strong enemy crosses the south from the north to the south, it will be even more precarious.

Therefore, Xie Yi's plan is to fully operate the Tongguan defense line, build a series of defenses based on the old Tongguan, and at the same time cooperate with Wang Shi's advantages on the waterway to open up along the river.

If it is done, most of Hongnong will be taken into the arms, and Hedong will be completely open under the front of Wang Shi's soldiers, and more importantly, a strong blockade will be formed in Guanzhong. This situation is successful, and the benefits are not only for now, but in the future, Wang Shi can even temporarily ignore the threat of Guanzhong and concentrate superior forces to carry out a comprehensive encirclement and suppression of Hebei Shizhao!

"If Tongguan can be a little successful, it will become a strong obstacle from the east to the west, it is a pioneering move to frame the general trend, whether it is to attack the west from the east or to plunder the east from the west, it will be very calm, and it is not a one-time achievement! Although the construction is inevitably huge, as long as you can get the southern plateau, connect the peach forest, and build it, the army of Luoxi can control this tiger peep into the pass, and Xiaoxiao will not dare to offend! ”

Obviously, Xie Yi's conception of Tongguan has long been not limited to the current war: "At present, there is no shortage of fangs in the Guanzhong, and there are attacks and denunciations from each other. ”