"No! Wechen knows! Wei Yan had no choice but to accept the order, but Liu Chan looked at him with a slight unwillingness on his face.

However, no matter how unwilling Wei Yan was, Liu Chan would not let him joke with the lives of the soldiers. Although Yan Han's strength is strong now, 5,000 soldiers and horses is still a huge amount, and if there is any loss, it will also hurt the muscles and bones.

If the 5,000 soldiers and horses are destroyed in one fell swoop, Yizhou does not know how many families will be separated.

And Liu Chan, as the emperor, needs to be more responsible for his people, although the Meridian Valley plot is strange, but it is too dangerous, many places are all based on speculation, and the strange in the art of war does not match, Liu Chan naturally will not agree.

"You guys have been marching hard during this time, so go down and rest early."

"Wait for the resignation!"

In the early morning of the next day, Lin Yuan left Yangping Pass, went out of Qishan again, and went directly to the street pavilion, preparing to assist Deng Ai to guard the street pavilion.

said that on the other side, Deng Ai also led his troops to arrive at the street pavilion.

Street Pavilion is not a county, but a place name, it is located in Luoyang County, known as Street Spring County in ancient times, according to legend, Street Pavilion has a year-round vigorous spring water and got its name.

Liupan Mountain spans Anding, Guangwei two counties, connects with Qinchuan to the south, Jieting is located at the southwest foot of Liupan Mountain, the terrain is dangerous, it is a place where soldiers must fight since ancient times.

Advance can be tackled in the attack, and retreat can defend Longright.

After Deng Ai led his troops to arrive at the street pavilion, he intensively inspected the terrain and prepared to find a suitable place to set up camp.

Deng Ai and Wang Ping led the lieutenant colonels of the army, riding on tall horses, walking slowly on the mountain road, looking for a suitable place to camp.

As they walked, the faces of Deng Ai and Wang Ping became more and more solemn.

Although the mountain is high and the valley is deep, it is located in the open area of the river valley, and the road is not narrow, on the contrary, it is very wide, and the narrowest place is also a mile wide.

As we all know, the narrower the road, the easier it is to defend, and with a ten-meter-wide mountain road, I set up a camp gate for soldiers to fire arrows from a high place, as long as the firepower is sufficient, even if there are only a few thousand soldiers and horses, they can block a hundred thousand troops.

Because of the narrow terrain, no matter how large the number of the enemy, it cannot be used, and due to the terrain restrictions, only a small number of soldiers and horses can be used to attack at a time.

This is called a husband and a wife, and ten thousand people are not open.

However, this is not the kind of terrain, and the road is very wide, so even if you camp on the road, it is no different from the plain, except that the enemy cannot attack from all directions.

However, in such an open terrain, the enemy's troops and horses can be used, and if the enemy has a large number of troops and horses and launches a fierce attack, it will be difficult to hold it for a long time if the troops are too small.

Therefore, in history, before Ma Tan set out on the expedition, he promised Zhuge Liang's instructions well, but after arriving at the street pavilion, because of the unsatisfactory terrain, he violated Zhuge Liang's order, gave up the order to go down to the village, and chose to go up the mountain to station.

Deng Ai, Wang Ping traveled more than 30 miles along the mountain road, but found that the narrowest road was also a mile wide, Wang Ping couldn't help but sigh and said: "General Deng, this street pavilion is not easy to guard!" ”

"It's not easy to keep, but you have to keep it!" Deng Ai took a deep breath and muttered: "If we can't hold the street pavilion and let the soldiers and horses of Guanzhong enter Longyou, then this Northern Expedition will end in failure, and even the tens of thousands of soldiers and horses in the rear are worried about their lives!" Therefore, we must hold on to this until Your Majesty's reinforcements arrive! ”

"General!" An adjutant general suddenly pointed to a mountain in the distance and said: "General, look at that mountain, it is not connected to the mountains, it is completely in the middle, and it is very steep, it is better to give up the strategy of going down to the village and choose to go up the mountain to station, so that the Wei army is coming, and there is nothing to do with us!" ”

When everyone heard this, they looked towards the mountain, and saw that the mountain seemed to rise from the ground, but it was a lonely mountain, surrounded by cliffs, very steep, high and steep, still on top of the Qishan Fort encountered when they came out of Qishan.

The generals looked at the mountain, and they were all a little moved, this road is so wide that it is difficult to garrison, if you go up the mountain, it is a clever plan.

Deng Ai shook his head and said: "This mountain rises from the ground, not connected to the mountains, although it is steep, but I expect that there will be no water source on the mountain, even if there is, it is also a small spring in the mountain, which is not enough for my army." At that time, the Wei army will attack, and only need to surround the mountain, but in three or five days, our army will die of thirst. ”

The general didn't believe what Deng Ai said, you haven't even gone up the mountain to see it, how do you know that there is no water source on the mountain? The general said: "The last general has sent someone up the mountain to investigate, and there will be news later." ”

Deng Ai shook his head and said: "For generals, you should know astronomy and geography, the trees on the mountain are mostly deciduous shrubs, many miscellaneous trees, no tall pine cedars, and the surrounding mountains are all towering pines and cypresses, which are completely different from this mountain." The greenery of this mountain is also a little lighter than that of other mountain ranges.

It can be seen that there is no water source in this mountain, and the trees survive by rainfall. ”

As soon as Deng Ai finished speaking, a cavalryman came on horseback and said to the general who proposed to go up the mountain and station: "General Qiyu, we have searched all over Nanshan, but we have not found a water source, the soil is all sand and gravel, and there is no water, not even a spring. ”

Originally, this mountain was called Nanshan, and it was the peak where Ma Tan led his troops to station in history.

When the general heard this, his face turned red, and he couldn't help but admire Deng Ai so much: "The general is like a god, just looking at the mountain from a distance, you can know that there is no water source on the mountain." ”

Deng Ai shook his head and said to the generals with a solemn face: "Brothers, even if the water source of this Nanshan Mountain is sufficient, this general will not lead his troops into the mountain.

Street Pavilion is in and out of the pass, Longyou's throat artery, when Wei learned that Longyou is lost, must lead a large army to seize the Street Pavilion, conservative estimates, there are 50,000 horses.

Our task is to block the Wei reinforcements and not give them the opportunity to enter Longyou, even if there is a single soldier, we can't let them in.

Although it can be better defended by going up the mountain, the soldiers and horses of the Wei State only need to send 20,000 people to watch us, and the remaining soldiers and horses can still march to Longyou, so what's the point of us stationing in the street pavilion?

Before leaving, Da Sima kept emphasizing that when he went down to the village, he wanted us to keep Wei reinforcements out of the street pavilion. I know that the street pavilion road is wide and difficult to garrison, but it is not easy to guard, and we must defend it.

We are favored by the imperial court, and now it is time to be loyal to the imperial court, even if we fight to the death of a soldier, we must not let the soldiers and horses of the Wei State enter Longyou! ”

"Be loyal to the court and fight until every soldier!"

"Be loyal to the court and fight until every soldier!"

The crowd was infected by Deng Ai's words and drank loudly.

Deng Ai nodded with satisfaction, pointed to the mountain road ahead and said: "We have walked more than 30 miles, the mountain pass in front is the narrowest, there are high mountains on both sides, and there are rivers behind to use as a water source, so we can camp in the village. Let the brothers quickly unload their baggage, cut down trees, search for stones, and prepare to set up camp. ”