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Chapter 96 Crowned Prince Shaobao

Taking Hangu Pass is not just talking, the difficulty of Hangu Pass is that he is not an independent pass, but because the valley of one hundred and forty miles long is full of places that can be ambushed.

Since Qin Xiaogong established Hangu Pass, Hangu Pass has only been breached once.

In the third year of King Min of Qi (298 B.C.), Meng Weijun Tianwen returned to Qi as the prime minister, launched a joint attack on Qin by Qi, Wei and Han, and the coalition army commanded by Kuang Zhang, before and after three years, first attacked the Hangu Pass of Qin, stationed in the Tun army, and blockaded, and then Zhao and Song also participated, and finally finally attacked the Hangu Pass, forcing Qin to sue for peace.

Since the establishment of Tongguan after the Three Kingdoms, the status of Hangu Pass began to decline. Between Tongguan and Hangu Pass, it is a narrow passage, one hundred and forty miles long, winding between the mountains, deep and dangerous like Han, so it is called Hangu. The east end of Hangu is called Hangu Pass, and the west end is Tongguan.

For simple defense, holding Tongguan or Hangu Pass has the same effect, both of which can cut off the passage for the enemy to invade Chang'an from the east. Tongguan is closer to Chang'an, convenient for supply, and easy to defend, while to defend Hangu Pass, supplies from the direction of Chang'an need to cross Hangu. Therefore, after the Eastern Han Dynasty, Tongguan replaced Hangu Pass.

In fact, because Tang Zheng belonged to two camps, the Tang army attacked Wang Shichong in Luoyang, Hangu Pass was not the only passage, in history, Qin king Li Shimin led the main force to attract the attention of Wang Shichong's army, Yinzhou (now Xiuwu) governor Shi Wanbao led his troops from Xuanyang along Luoshui from west to east to attack Wang Shichong.

Liu Dewei, the general of Zuo Wuhou, attacked Luoyang from the east of the river to the north of the Yellow River through Huaizhou (now Jiaozuo), and attacked Luoyang from the northeast to the southwest. Huang Junhan, the governor of Huaizhou, crossed the river from Heyang (now Mengzhou) and attacked Luoyang from due north to south. And the right military guard general Wang Junlang attacked Luokou.

In fact, this battle was the head of Li Shimin's eight elements, and the troops were divided into five routes, respectively from Yinzhou, Hongnong Xin'an, Huaizhou, Heyang, and Luokou in the northwest. The battle of Hangu Pass is not recorded in detail in history, and it is likely that Li Shimin did not storm Hangu Pass, but Wang Shichong retreated without a fight.

Now history has found a change, once Chen Ying becomes the deputy marshal of the marching army and assists Li Shimin in attacking Wang Shichong in Luoyang, then it is very likely that Li Shimin will also hand over this arduous task to Chen Ying.

Chen Ying sighed and said, "Hangu Pass is not easy to fight!" ”

A dangerous pass like Hangu Pass, before approaching the gate, there are canyons as long as one hundred and forty miles, and there are mountains on both sides, and you can throw stones from above to the bottom, and most of them are dead before they approach the gate, and the city gate is impregnable, how to break through the gate? It must be filled with human life.

Even in later generations, during the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression (1944), the Japanese invading army formulated an operational plan under the command of Okamura Ninji, commander of the North China Front. The main force of the Japanese army preparing to participate in the battle was about 30,000 people from the 63rd Division of the First Army and the Inagaki Brigade of the 110th Division attached to it. Okamura also dispatched the Third Tank Division and two tank squadrons under the command of the First Army, which were equipped with more than 90 combat vehicles, more than 250 armored vehicles, more than 300 artillery pieces of various types, and more than 160 aircraft. From the dawn of June 5, the Japanese army launched an attack, which lasted seven days, and the battle of Hangu Pass ended with the retreat of the Japanese army, which killed more than 10,000 Japanese soldiers, more than 20 combat vehicles, and more than 80 armored vehicles.

At that time, the Japanese army not only had a much higher fighting quality than the Chinese defenders, but also was not at the same level of equipment, especially because the defenders did not have anti-tank guns and anti-tank mines to deal with tanks, they could only use cluster grenade shells to launch a counterattack against the Japanese army with flesh and blood.

Let Chen Ying go to capture Hangu Pass, unless the defenders of Zheng Guo in Hangu Pass retreat without a fight, otherwise it will be a road of flesh and blood.

Seeing that Chen Yingliang was silent for a long time, Li Jiancheng did not understand military affairs, he knew that he was a little strong. Li Jiancheng was silent for a long time, and then sighed slowly and said: "If you can't seize Hangu Pass and Hongnong County before Erlang makes a move, I'm afraid that Yuanshui won't be able to solve the thirst of the near ......."

In fact, Li Jiancheng is also very reasonable, although Chen Ying and Li Daozhen have an inexplicable ambiguous relationship, but Li Daozong is Li Daozhen's own brother, the relationship between the two is very close, Li Daozhen will sell face to Chen Ying, and will also sell face to Li Daozong, at most to do business and make a lot of money.

Li Jiancheng could not count on Lingzhou's financial resources and materials for the time being, but he preferred to obtain the resources of Hongnong County, especially the gold mines in Taolin County.

In the later generations, the gold mine output of Lingbao City was an annual output of 20 tons (Lao Cheng did not find out the gold output of Taolin in the early Tang Dynasty, and took one percent of the value of later generations, that is, 400 catties)

Li Jiancheng knew that the gold mine in Taolin had an annual output of 400 catties. This is a very large fortune, once it falls into the hands of the imperial court, this can undoubtedly greatly alleviate the almost depleted financial resources of the imperial court. But once this gold mine falls into the hands of Li Shimin, it will definitely be a meat bun beating a dog, and there will be no return.

With Li Shimin's character, he will definitely reward the soldiers under his command with the gold he has obtained without hesitation, so as to invite people to buy people's hearts, and when the time comes, it will be impossible for the court to pull down his face and deduct the money from the bitter soldiers.

Wang Jue asked without giving up: "Is there really no way?" ”

Chen Ying groaned: "The method is not without ......"

When Li Jiancheng heard this, he was immediately overjoyed: "What way?" ”

Wei Zheng also looked at Chen Ying expectantly.

Chen Ying groaned and did not answer immediately.

Li Jiancheng said: "All of them are the heart of the palace, and they are all worthy of entrustment." ”

Chen Ying took the teacup on the desk table, stretched out his fingers to dip it in water, and drew a sketch on the desk, while explaining to Li Jiancheng and others: "Based on the terrain alone, it is not impossible to storm Hangu Pass, but it will suffer heavy losses, and it is absolutely undesirable. ”

Li Jiancheng thought for a while, and already understood what Chen Ying meant, but he still said very modestly: "I want to hear it in detail." ”

Chen Ying said confidently: "From Tongguan along the Hangu all the way to the east to attack Hangu Pass, it is difficult to ambush the ambushes on the canyons on both sides. As long as you successfully cross the 140-mile-long Hangu Valley, the Hangu Pass is not enough to worry about! ”

Li Jiancheng nodded and said: "This plan is very good, with Chen Qing's plan, how many troops do you need to capture Hangu Pass?" ”

"There are not many soldiers, but the most expensive is fine!" Chen Ying was very nostalgic for the old Dingyuan Army he had formed, if he used the six Zhichong Mansions of the old Dingyuan Army, one of which was responsible for attacking along the ridge on the left and right wings, and the two Zhichong Mansions escorted supplies to advance from the bottom of the valley, he should be able to smoothly transport the soldiers and horses to the city of Hangu Pass.

Li Jiancheng nodded and said: "The prince's left and right guard rate, the prince's left and right Si Yu rate, and the prince's left and right Qingdao rate have a total of six rates and twenty-four folds to Chongfu 30,000 horses, what people and horses you need, all of them will be transferred to you in this palace!" ”

"In addition to His Royal Highness the Prince's left and right divisions, the left and right guard rates, and the left and right Qingdao rates, a total of eighteen prefectures, all of which are transferred to his subordinates!" Chen Yinghao said dryly: "If there is such an eighteen fold Chongfu people in hand, the minister can barely give it a try." ”

Li Jiancheng said almost without thinking: "This palace will go down to the palace, ask my father for an order, and take Chen Qing as the crown prince to lead the four rates of the expedition!" ”

Hearing this, Chen Ying was inexplicably surprised.

By the Tang Dynasty, although the three divisions and three young men had become an honorary official position. Chen Ying's grandfather, Hou Mo and Chen Chong, had the highest official positions of General Zhuguo, Dasikong, and Prince Taibao. Now Chen Ying has not been crowned, and he has been promoted to the crown prince, which is almost the pinnacle of the people.

Chen Ying thought about it, and finally gritted his teeth and refused: "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is very kind, Chen Ying is grateful, however, how can Chen Ying He De add the position of the crown prince!" Please ask His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to take back his order, and the ministers can hold the festival, hang the four rates, and capture Hangu Pass! ”

Hearing this, Wei Zheng breathed a sigh of relief.

He is really afraid that Chen Ying will accept it calmly, this East Palace Three Divisions and Three Youths, although they are high, but they are really a fire, Chen Ying becomes one of the Three Youths, I am afraid that he will become the target of everyone. For Chen Ying, it's really not a good thing.

Anyway, Chen Ying is young at this time, and he has a lot of opportunities, so why rush for a while?

In fact, Chen Ying also wants this flashy position of the prince Shaobao, and he wants to have the power to open the government and build his own shogunate, so that Chen Ying can open the middle door wide, recruit staff, and fill in the gaps for him.