Chapter 20 Wanting to Take Bashu, Xianke Hanzhong (3)
In order to strengthen the connection between Guanzhong and Hanzhong, the Qin people dug a plank road in the northeast and southwest direction in the eastern part of the Qinling Mountains, with a total length of 660 miles.
Compared with the previous three plank roads, the Meridian Valley plank road is much more convenient, because its north entrance is only sixty miles away from Chang'an, and the south entrance leads directly to the heart of Hanzhong. (Hanzhong County Office)
According to the reason, such a convenient plank road should be fully utilized to become a traffic artery, the fact is just the opposite, the Meridian Valley plank road did not take long to penetrate, it was quickly abandoned, for two reasons:
One is the weather, the environment of the Meridian Valley is complex, the climate is also fickle, often cloudless at the last moment, and the next moment on the storm, so that pedestrians can not be guarded against, the plank road is often damaged by lightning, torrents, and rockfalls!
The second is weird, walking in the Meridian Valley, often encountering strange things, such as the iron tools that you carry with you, suddenly flying out, the originally obedient and docile horses, silently will go crazy, as if frightened by something......
All of the above are countless, so that the mortality rate of people walking in the Meridian Valley is far higher than that of several other plank roads, and the death rate is extremely weird, so people would rather take a detour than dare to cross the Meridian Valley easily.
No one walked, and no one repaired, and the Meridian Valley plank road quickly declined, the wooden decayed, collapsed in many places, and finally no one dared to walk, and it became a death valley!
"The last general is not talented, I am willing to lead a group of men and horses to go south in the valley, attract the main force of the enemy to resist, and then entangle them to the death!
Please lead the main army of Da Sima to the west to walk the street pavilion and Tianshui, and go south through the Qishan plank road, so that the two sides will be able to take Hanzhong in one fell swoop, and capture the thief Shou Zhang Lu! ”
Ma Liu put forward a plan, and he was quite dedicated, and it was easy to entangle the enemy army, which was like a sheep in the mouth of a tiger, once trapped in the valley, there was no chance to escape.
However, the terrain of Hanzhong is treacherous, and if you don't use troops like this, it is really difficult to have any hope of winning, and among the generals seated, Ma Liu is the most familiar with the geography of Hanzhong.
In addition, although the matter of subordinates not obeying orders before has been resolved, Ma Liu still feels guilty in his heart, so he takes the initiative to take on dangerous tasks to prove his loyalty!
"It's too risky to use soldiers like this, our brothers are never afraid of death, but we can't die in vain, I have my own clever plan to attack Hanzhong, and I must use the least price in exchange for the greatest victory!"
Xiao Yi patted Ma Liu's shoulder, with such a loyal brother, why worry about the great cause, but while comforting, his eyes swept over the sand table several times-Meridian Valley!
As a time-traveler and pseudo-military fan, Xiao Yi knows very well about the affairs of Meridian Valley, and even knows that the later generations have debated for thousands of years, but no one has given an answer: the Meridian Valley conspiracy!
There are four roads through the Qinling Mountains, from west to east: Qishan Road, Chencang Road, Baochuan Road, Meridian Road, the first three roads are also dangerous, but in the wars of the past and present, they have been successfully broken through many times!
Meridian Valley is an exception, although it has been plotted and smuggled many times, but it has never succeeded once, so that countless heroes and heroes hate it, so there is a famous saying in later generations: Qinling Four Roads, Meridian is king!
However, the best thing for the crossing clan is to change history and create history, if you want to prove that you are comparable to a 'soldier immortal', this is a great opportunity, but this plan is very dangerous, and it is difficult for ordinary people to bear the heavy responsibility......
"Da Niu and Jiang Qi listened to the order and led the Modao soldiers and Hebei soldiers to take the Bao ramp to the south and attack the north of Hanzhong County!"
"Gao Shun, Song Xian, and Wei Xu listened to the order, and led the trapped camp and Xiliang soldiers to take the Chencang Road and attack the northwest of Hanzhong County!"
"Ma Liu led the people and horses in Guanzhong, bypassed the street pavilion, the first line of Tianshui, and after crossing Qishan, attacked the west of Hanzhong County!"
"The digging army is divided into three, following the three-way advance, opening roads in the mountains, building bridges in the water, repairing the damaged plank road, and ensuring that it is unimpeded!"
"This great Sima commands the rest of the departments, sits in Chang'an, and supports ............ in three ways"
The secret of arranging the troops is to use their own strengths and defeat the enemy's shortcomings, although the Cao army does not occupy the advantage, it can not stand the strength of the crowd, since there are three roads to enter the army, then all come in handy!
Anyway, Cao had a large number of soldiers and horses, and they were still strong when they were divided into three roads, while Zhang Lu only had 100,000 horses, so he had to stay in the south of Zhengcheng in the old nest, and he had to divide into three ways to face the battle, and his strength was completely dispersed.
Moreover, the plank road is narrow, and it is difficult for the large army to pass, so the men and horses can be divided into three ways to advance, which can speed up the march, so as not to crowd into a ball, so that people can easily make dumplings!
"The plank road is difficult to walk, the mountains are dangerous, I also prepared some things, and immediately let the craftsmen build them overnight, which can help you - turn the danger into a disaster and attack the city!"
"Nuo--please sit firmly in Chang'an, we will definitely conquer Hanzhong, and capture Zhang Lu alive and sacrifice it to the tent!"
Knowing that it was difficult to attack Hanzhong, Xiao Yi also made a lot of preparations, took out a roll of drawings from his arms, and distributed them to the generals under his command, and the things on it were quite wonderful:
There is a wooden wheelbarrow trolley, which can bear two or three hundred catties of heavy loads, which can be pushed on the plank road and can be passed on rugged mountain roads, which is perfect for transporting grain and grass!
There is a special fabric, coated with thick tung oil inside and out, waterproof, moisture-proof and windproof, which can help soldiers to fight against bad weather, making raincoats during the day and bedding at night.
There are also dry food that can be kept for half a month, incense to prevent mosquitoes, realgar powder to repel poisonous snakes, tiger bone powder to frighten wild beasts, and marching loose ......
These various things, some of them were thought up by Xiao Yi, and some of them were new inventions of Zhengming Academy, don't look at things that are not very eye-catching, they are very practical during the march, which can ensure the combat effectiveness of the soldiers and reduce unnecessary casualties!
"Da Sima really has the wisdom of heaven and man, with the help of these things, crossing the Qinling Mountains is like walking on the ground!"
"Good things, all good things, our army has added a few more chances of winning!"
are all battle-hardened generals, so they naturally understand the value of these things, and they are all smiling, and their morale is a little more uplifted, only Ma Liu and Da Niu are suspicious, and they look like they want to speak and stop.
They have followed Xiao Yi for more than 20 years, and they know the boss's temper best, resourceful, black-hearted, and even more courageous than the sky.
This time to attack Hanzhong County, Xiao Yi divided his troops into three ways, but he sat in Chang'an, which is too abnormal, and one of the elite - Danyang soldiers, who are the best at mountain warfare, why didn't they go on the expedition?
Therefore, the two secretly guessed that the boss was going to take the sword sideways again, and did something shocking, nine times out of ten it was the Meridian Valley, which was a death canyon, and no one had passed through it for nearly two hundred years, and marching from this was tantamount to asking for his own death!
The two of them had the heart to advise, but they knew Xiao Yi's character, and his heart was like iron and stone, as long as he decided on something, the nine cows couldn't pull it back, so the two hesitated!
"Let's prepare well, two days later, the flag will be sacrificed, and the three-way army will come out together to conquer Hanzhong in one fell swoop!"
"No!"
After discussing it properly, Xiao Yi set the date of the expedition, and looked at Da Niu and Ma Liu, showing a knowing smile, the key to many things in the world is not whether you can do it, but whether you dare or not!
Xiang Yu didn't dare to break the cauldron and sink the boat, inspiring the courage of the soldiers of the Chu army, how to defeat hundreds of thousands of Qin troops, Han Xin didn't dare to line up against the water, how to defeat the 200,000 elite Zhao army with 10,000 old and weak remnants?
Similarly, Xiao Yi did not take a risk, how to quickly take Hanzhong, and then march to Chengdu, but Xiao Yi dared to do this, he was also a little sure, not a hot head to send him to death!
"Report - General Xiahou has arrived, clamoring to see Da Sima, and there is a lot of trouble outside the gate!"
"The kraft candy that can't be shaken off has chased here--please come in!"
"No!"
Hearing the report of the soldiers, Xiao Yi's face suddenly sank like water, and his palm touched the hilt of the sword, he has been fighting in the north and south for many years, and he has always been arbitrary, never using any deputy generals, let alone supervising the army!
Cao Cao sent Xiahou Yuan as his deputy general, nominally helping each other, but in fact, he monitored his every move, and even more meant to share the military power, and in recent years, his relationship with the clan generals has been stiff, and there have been several conflicts!
What's even more infuriating is that before the army set out for the expedition, Cao Cao added Xiahou Yuan as the pastor of Yizhou, doesn't it mean that after this battle is fought, all the benefits will go to others, which Xiao Yi must not accept!
Therefore, Xiao Yi didn't even say hello, he secretly left Xuchang and went directly to the base camp of Yiwu, just to get rid of Xiahou Yuan, and he could act alone, but he didn't think that this guy was very thick-skinned, and he chased him all the way!
"Brothers, get ready and greet General Xiahou well, this is our honored guest!"
"No!"
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