Sweep the World

When Huan Wen arrived at the first pass, Liu Rui’s forward force had already captured four consecutive passes, and Liu Rui’s subordinate who had captured the fourth pass was forced to take a break due to loss and fatigue. The brigade converted to a forward and continued to play the channel forward.

When Li Chenghan learned that the Han army had invading intentions, they were desperate to build fortifications on any easy-to-defend and difficult-to-attack terrain, generally building a Guancheng cut off the road, and building on the mountain near Guancheng Copycat.

The Han army didn’t know how many fortifications Li Chenghan built. They spent eleven days continuously conquering the four gates. Naturally, there were some fortifications along the way, Liu Rui. In the end, the four thousand men under their troops only had 800 combat power left. In addition to occupying the ground, the number of enemy troops killed should be more than 6,000 and more than 20,000 captured.

"So, Li Shi, the lord of the nation, mobilized young and capable young men to join the war?" Huan Wen looked at the report, and the enemy forces along the way became more complicated as they went backwards, and his fingers beat the stone of the female wall rhythmically. Block, asked: "The barbarians are on Chengguo's side?"

Nanban did not establish a country, it was scattered in a relatively primitive tribal form. There was once a tribal alliance that unified the mountain (that is, the era of Menghuo). After the division, there was no strong figure to integrate Nanban again.

Because they are tribes that do not belong to each other, the vendetta within Nanban is actually very serious. It is like a headhunting activity in the adult ceremonies of various tribes that has never stopped. The result is that the overall number of Nanbans does not increase together.

Nanban had tribes that opposed the Li's Chenghan, and naturally there were also tribes that belonged to the Li's Chenghan. When Li Shi faced the invasion of the Han army, he indeed sent out conquests against some of the attached Nanban tribes. It is normal for the Han army to encounter the Shang Nanban. .

In fact, the Han country has regarded the Li family as a dead bone in the mound. Before the Li family had become a Han, it had already had a corresponding solution to Nanban. It had a very clear national tendency, that is, it is not sparing or paying attention to benevolent encounters. Kill one as soon as he reaches one, and kill Nanman with trembling and fear, so that Nanman has a deep enough impression of the Han army, and then he can take other measures.

"We have spent nearly two months." Yuan Qiao would still cough as he talked, and his face looked a little pale. It is because the recent weather is very strange. Heavy rain and light rain come in turns, come and go fast, in the mountains. The temperature contrast between day and night is high and it is extremely humid, giving it a wind chill. He wiped his nose with a silk scarf before continuing: "There are many mosquitoes in the mountains in summer. We don't know where the miasma is distributed."

After the start of the Han army’s invasion, the advancement has never stopped. The Han army from Chen Cang has been attacking the city after entering the territory of Li Chenghan, but because Li Chenghan has arranged too many defensive nodes. , The advancing speed is really not fast.

"The casualties of the troops are huge." Huan Wen was standing on the stone wall of Guancheng and watching the surroundings. The valley was sandwiched by two mountains. You can clearly see the cottages on both sides and half of the mountain: "There are too many similar fortifications along the way. Up."

Yuan Qiao has detailed data. As of now, the Han army has killed two thousand two hundred in battle. The number of deaths has been increasing because of the severely wounded dead. They only moved forward 15 miles, and the distance was over. There are still nearly twenty miles in the mountains.

"Uncle Yan, we can only conquer the past one by one." Huan Wen did not give the striker the right to surrender and be sentenced. He wanted a **** attack to defeat Li Chenghan's confidence. Only the Han army showed enough toughness. Only with fighting power can the resistance of Li's Chenghan be minimized. He unwaveringly said: "The ruling class of a nation has decayed, and dismantling the resistance will of the grassroots is the best way to fundamentally destroy this country."

Yuan Qiao had studied Li Chenghan more than once. He knew that what Huan Wen said was completely correct, and he was distressed about the loss of the troops. He needs to know what Huan Wen is going to do.

"Nanzheng!" Huan Wen raised his hand and clenched it into a fist shape, and said forcefully, "After the conquering Nanzheng is a turning point."

Yuan Qiao secretly calculated that at the current level of casualties, there would be at least 5,000 people killed in the Nanzheng Han Army, and they only had 30,000 soldiers on their way, that is, one-sixth of the people were killed. The injuries and injuries that will occur are not counted.

The Han army from Guanzhong southward attacked the city with difficulty and resolutely. There was too much bad news in Zan Jianshou in Nanzheng.

Li's Cheng Han built so many Guancheng and cottages. They were optimistic that they would block the Han army in the Guanzhong direction on the side of the plank road. Even if the Han army is really good at fighting, it should be able to persist for the last two or three years.

"Wrong, I guess wrong." Zan Jian slammed his right arm heavily on the case, with a hideous expression on his face: "Previous estimates were that a closed city could last for at least three months, but the Han army used eleventh. The sky has conquered four pass cities, and the cottages along the way have not played a big role!"

The development of war in the front For Zan Jian and others in the rear, they can only extend more imagination from some reports. It is impossible to have enough understanding of the process of war. The only thing that is clear is Han The army relies on strong offensives to achieve results. In this way, they already know the result, that is, the Han army is advancing in a destructive posture, and they will inevitably have a feeling that the Han army is far stronger than imagined.

Wang Gu was Li Shi's attendant, and he was sent to Nanzheng to supervise the battle.

Knowing that the Han army heading south from Guanzhong would walk on the plank road, in fact, there was a sound of burning plank roads inside Li Chenghan. It was Zan Jian who advocated to leave the plank road and build Guancheng and cottages in the direction of the Han army. This is also the main reason why the Han army's offensive was far stronger and faster than Zan Jian had imagined, which made Zan Jian angry and ashamed.

Zan Jian’s previous thoughts were very simple. The Han army was not only nestled in Guanzhong. Yuzhou and Jingzhou also had Han territory. So the Han army could not only come from Guanzhong if they wanted to attack the Li family.

Compared with Hanzhong’s attack on Li’s Chenghan, he can only use the plank road. Han has more choices to attack Li’s Chenghan in Jingzhou. Then why is Li Chenghan not in the more advantageous theater and Han? In military combat, do you go to places that do not have much terrain advantage?

"The former general is safe and restless." Wang Gu is a man who looks very gentle, not only looks gentle, but also speaks not hurriedly, and his voice is slightly magnetic: "The general chooses to fight in a place that is beneficial to us. Naturally it is correct."

There is really nothing wrong with it. Before, many people followed Zan Jian’s strategy, and even thought that even if the Han army did not take the plank road, they should do everything possible to attract it, because the terrain over there really is absolutely absolute for the Li family to become a Han. Advantage.

If there is anything wrong, then it can only be said that the defenders responsible for the defense are really useless. They occupy the time and geography. It can even be said that they have all-round advantages in people and above. That is, the Han army is far better than the Imagine more able to fight.

Everyone knows Wang Gu’s identity as a supervising army. He is not playing the role of a supervising army antagonizing the generals. He is more like a soothing envoy on behalf of the king to encourage the generals. He said with encouragement: “Also In the eight pass cities, there are also cottages and fortresses along the way, and there are also terrains that have absolute advantages in defense, and we can firmly resist the enemy."

The valley is very long and curved, and there is only a small basin when it exits the valley. Even if it is out of the basin, there is the Jitou Pass which is a stumbling block. There is a Jitou Pass even after the Jitou Pass. A Yangping Pass.

Zan Jian has studied the relevant terrain more than once, and there are so many barriers and dangerous places that can block the Han army. For Li Chenghan, there is really no more advantageous battlefield than there.

Even the fall over there is not absolutely fatal to Li's Cheng Han, and Nan Zheng can take a firm defense. If Nan Zheng also lost his defense, he would have to pass the Jiange Pass if he wanted to enter the Shu land.

Do you know what it means to be a man who is a man and a man who is a man? Jiange is such a terrain. Therefore, no matter whether the Han army is from Baoxie Road, Lianyun Plank Road, Tuogu Road, Zi Meridian Road or other roads, as long as it is from north to south, the existence of Jiange can never be ignored. Only by conquering Jiange can it be regarded as truly opening into Shu. The door to the ground.

Wang Ku is not only a gentleman, but also a very eloquent scholar. After a series of truths, not only Zan Jian calmed down, but also the many generals regained their confidence.

Zan Jian recovered his composure, but some things could not be reversed by his ideological stability. He had to tell one more bad news: "The battle report was sent back from the front, and it has been discovered that the Han army has attacked by crossbows, crossbows, drapers, etc. City equipment."

"Why?" Wang Gu was surprised and completely confused, and said in astonishment: "No matter where you go, unless the Han army can fly, otherwise the narrow plank road can't transport those siege equipment, right?"

"You can split it first, and then assemble it by skilled craftsmen when you reach the ground." Zan Jian felt that he was a little smarter than Wang Gu, and said seriously: "The Han army is far more cunning than we thought, and it is enough to explain their will to attack. strong."

Wang Ling was stunned for a while: "..."

It is indeed a good idea to disassemble and transport it to the ground and reassemble it again, but because of Liu Yan's existence, the Han army has a more convenient method, that is, systematic farmers can build buildings for production, which is tantamount to cheating.

The number of Han troops who went south in Guanzhong was 30,000, and some of the auxiliary personnel accompanying them were only 7,000. After waiting for the relevant siege equipment to join, the speed of siege and removal suddenly accelerated. It took eleven days to conquer four gates before, and then it became A city can be removed in one day, and it took 13 days for the first Han army to arrive under the city of Jitou.

Jitou Pass was actually built during the perennial fierce battle between the Shu Han and Cao Wei during the Three Kingdoms period. It took place during the Second Qishan Battle. After the construction, it was used as a permanent pass between the Shu Han army and the Cao Wei army.

"His ancestor." Liu Rui couldn't help but scolded his mother: "Although the terrain is dangerous, there is still a critical river!"

The location of Jitou Pass is very special. It is not only the exit of Bao Chuan Road, but also connected to Lianyun Plank Road, which is equivalent to another junction of two plank roads.

Jitou Pass is located in the north of Baocheng Town. There are large stones at the pass that resemble chicken heads, hence the name Jitou Pass. There is a poem saying: "This throat of Qin and Shu, the land belongs to the Han family; the wind and clouds protect the ancestral hall, and the people of Lingzhao Pavilion Road".

During the Han Dynasty, the plank road was built under Jitouguan Pass in Baocheng City, Shaanxi Province. It passed through a stone wall standing on the south bank of Baohe River, called "Baoping". The 4-75-meter-high tunnel is the famous Shimen, with stone inscriptions of "Ode to Shimen" and "Shimen Inscription".

Baohe River (Heilongjiang in ancient times) is located below Jitou Pass, and Baoxian Plank Road is at Jitou Pass and passes along Baohe River through Shimen. Bao Si, the wife of Zhou You's Palace Luan in the princes of the beacon play, grew up at the edge of the chicken's head, beside the river.

Liu Rui and the others not only saw Baohe, but also Shimen. They also slapped their tongues at those towering cliffs. There will be no shortage of strange rocks on the mountain.

The arrival of the Han army caused the Jitouguan guards to blow their horns and beat the wooden drum lifelessly. The sound reverberated in the canyon. It may be because the sound was too loud. The stones were constantly rolling down from the mountain, and they plunged into the turbulence. There were waves of water in the swirling river.

After replenishing the source of troops, Liu Rui once again became the forward of the whole army, returning from four thousand to five thousand. The figures of the soldiers are located on the plank road and some places where they can stand, almost all looking at the abnormality in a dumbfounded manner. The steep terrain.

The direction of the Han army does not need to cross the turbulent Baohe River, they even have multiple roads to charge towards Jitouguan to choose, but except for the Shimen one, the other roads are very complicated. And all are exposed within the range of the arrows at the pass.

"The cliff is almost upright..." Liu Rui was swallowing subconsciously. They were smashed by the stones dropped from the mountain along the way. It was a miserable one. He squinted hard to observe, and said: "There are only a few strongholds that look like treating people..."

The cliffs near Jitou Pass are not easy to climb. This makes Jitou Pass have enough garrison value. Unless it is excavated with enough technology, it will also be difficult to make people stand firm. The Han army observed that there was Li on the cliff. The figure of Cheng Han Shizuo, but there are not many.

The sound of croissants and wooden drums were still being tinkered with, followed by the shouts of a large number of soldiers from Li Chenghan, but it was not clear what ghosts were shouting.

"Rest, rest..." Liu Rui didn't dare to launch an offensive this time. He called to the soldiers of the scout camp and ordered: "Explore the surrounding terrain first, and focus on investigating whether you can go to the road behind Jitouguan. How many enemy troops there are on the cliff, the number of stones collected is the top priority."

Junhou Linfeng nodded heavily, especially when he subconsciously shook his cheek when he heard the stone.

To be honest, this group of Han soldiers was really psychologically shadowed by the rock dropped from the mountain...