At The Beginning of The Game, The Five Tiger Generals Were Intercepted

"Kyoko, what's wrong?"

Liu Zhang was taken aback by Fazheng's sudden shout. He thought that the enemy was coming, so he hurriedly searched around.

But the surroundings are still very calm, and there are more than 30,000 troops around the two of them, even if there is an enemy attack, they will not panic like this.

"My lord, if you were Han Sui, facing this situation, what would you do...?"

Fazheng did not answer directly, but instead asked Liu Zhang a question.

Liu Zhang knew that Fazheng would not be aimless, so he thought carefully in his heart.

"Xiao Zhi, right now Han Sui is fighting like a trapped beast, and it's only a matter of time before he perishes. Even if I face this situation, I'm afraid it will be difficult for me to achieve anything."

It's not that Liu Zhang belittled himself. The destruction of the 40,000 Liangzhou cavalry had already heralded Han Sui's downfall.

With no soldiers and no generals in his hands, how can he change his fate against the sky?

Hearing Liu Zhang's answer, Fazheng's expression became even more nervous.

"My lord, if there is a choice, it may make yourself infamous. But it can block the enemy, or even destroy the enemy, what would you choose?"

"this…"

Liu Zhang didn't answer right away, he needed to think from Han Sui's perspective.

In his early years, Han Sui served in the governor's office of Liangzhou. Whether it is reputation or ability, there is no doubt in Liangzhou.

It was also because of his status as a celebrity in Liangzhou that he was able to get in touch with He Jin, who was then a general.

But with these excellent labels, Han Sui still chose to join Beigong Boyu's rebel army.

Regardless of whether he was forced or not in the early stage, in general, when Han Sui faced life and death choices, he would definitely put his own life first.

After all, if you die, you have nothing!

Based on Liu Zhang's understanding of Han Sui, he is in a desperate situation at this moment. If he can eliminate himself, not to mention infamy, he will not hesitate for thousands of years.

Liu Zhang racked his brains, but still couldn't think of any other killer moves for Han Sui.

"Xiaozhi, I think Han Sui will use any means to deal with us. But what else can he do?"

"Could it be that the land of Liangzhou was dedicated to the Qiang people to trigger a war between the Qiang people and the Yizhou army?"

Even if it was as Liu Zhang expected, Han Sui could not save the crisis.

In fact, the situation of the Qiang people is similar to that of the barbarians, their number is no less than that of the barbarians, but there are more tribes than the barbarians.

There are very few barbarians who can pull out tens of thousands of troops alone.

If the Qiang people want to fight against Liu Zhang, they must gather the strength of many tribes.

With Han Sui's ability, he may be able to win over some Qiang people, but it is difficult to win over too many Qiang people.

After all, there are also great conflicts among the Qiang people, and they also break out wars every year for their own reasons.

The Qiang tribe is still in chaos, which tribe's patriarch is still willing to help Han Sui and Liu Zhang fight to the death!

"Not the Qiang people."

Fazheng shook his head, then spit out two words lightly.

"Xiao Guan!"

Liu Zhang was taken aback for a moment, the name of this checkpoint seemed unfamiliar.

"Xiao Guan?"

It's no wonder that Liu Zhang didn't react. Xiao Guan's sense of existence was too low from the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty to the Three Kingdoms period.

Hangu in the east, Xiaowu in the south, Sanguan in the west, and Xiaoguan in the north are the four major passes in Guanzhong.

East Hangu is the Hangu Pass in the Qin and Han Dynasties.

Hangu Pass is the main pass guarding Sili and Guanzhong. However, due to the diversion of the Yellow River, it is now abandoned.

Nanweiwu is the Wuguan that guards Nanyang and Guanzhong.

Surrounded by mountains and rivers, Wuguan has a reputation of being dangerous and natural. If you want to enter Guanzhong from the land of Jingzhou, there is only one way to Wuguan.

Even at this moment, Wuguan is still very important and cannot be replaced.

Whoever holds Wuguan has the initiative to attack.

In Liu Zhang's early plan, the first task after occupying Guanzhong was to control Wuguan in his hands.

Xisan Pass is now often referred to as Dasan Pass, a dangerous pass guarding the Chencang Road.

At the beginning of the establishment of Sanguan, it was also to guard the throat of Hanzhong and Guanzhong.

However, with the development of time, there is not only Chencang Road in Guanzhong and Hanzhong, so the role of Sanguan has become more embarrassing.

Fortunately, Chencang Road is still the most suitable road among the four roads in Guanzhong, and Sanguan still plays a big role.

Liu Zhang sent Zhang Ren to attack Chencang. The first thing to conquer was Sanguan.

Beixiao Pass, as the name suggests, is a pass in the northern part of Guanzhong.

The passage from Longshang to Guanzhong is mainly the valley lowland cut by the Weihe River, Jinghe River and other rivers.

The mountains in the direction of the Weihe River are steeper, while the mountains in the direction of the Jinghe River are relatively easy.

Xiaoguan is the channel that guards the entrance to Guanzhong from the direction of Jinghe River.

Xiaoguan stands dangerously at the pass of Longshan Mountain, and is the most important barrier in the northwest of Guanzhong.

Xiaoguan is closely related to the strategic position of the Great Wall, forming a complete defense system with the towns and forts built along the Great Wall in Huan County.

As long as Xiao Guan is firmly in his hands, the northern gate of Guan Zhong will be completely closed.

Liu Zhang's unfamiliarity with Xiao Guan is entirely because the object of Xiao Guan's defense is not the princes inside the Han Dynasty.

The main target of Xiaoguan's defense is the nomadic people in the northwest of Guanzhong.

During the period of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, it was against the Xiongnu.

It's just that later the Huns split into two parts. The northern Huns fled far away, and the southern Huns surrendered. The Huns were considered to have completely declined.

The Xianbei, a new force on the desert, replaced the Xiongnu.

Therefore, in Liu Zhang's era, Xiaoguan's main role was to counter Xianbei's aggression against Guanzhong.

As for Liu Zhang who has no impression of Xiao Guan, it is mainly because Xiao Guan has never experienced a war since the Yellow Turban Rebellion.

Today's Xianbei is no longer the most prosperous period, the reason can be traced back to the first two years of the Yellow Turban Rebellion.

The hero Tan Shihuai who was born in Xianbei passed away at the age of forty-five.

In 156 A.D., Tan Shihuai unified all the ministries of Xianbei and established a royal court in Danhan Mountain.

Xianbei plundered the Eastern Han Dynasty in the south, resisted Dingling in the north, repelled Fuyu in the east, and attacked Wusun in the west.

Not only did they completely occupy the homeland of the Huns, but they also once attacked the country of Japan!

The land occupied by Xianbei is more than 14,000 miles from east to west, and more than 7,000 miles from north to south!

If only in terms of the area occupied, the strength of Xianbei is not weaker than that of the Eastern Han Dynasty.

Facts have also proved that Xianbei once crushed the Eastern Han Dynasty in terms of military strength.

Since Tan Shihuai ruled Xianbei, the harassment and invasion of the border of the Eastern Han Dynasty have been very frequent, even several times a year at most.

At that time, Emperor Huan Liu Zhi of the Han Dynasty had a great headache for Xianbei, and the entire court was helpless against Xianbei.

In desperation, Emperor Huan had no choice but to send an envoy with a seal, canonize Tanshihuai as king, and take the initiative to make peace with him.

Unexpectedly, Tan Shihuai rejected Emperor Huan's kindness without hesitation. Instead, he believed that the power of the Eastern Han Dynasty was weak, which intensified his plunder and invasion of the Eastern Han border!

(end of this chapter)