Farmer of Shu Han

Feng Yong, who was far away in Tongguan, naturally did not feel Lu Xun's gaze.

It was even more impossible to hear Lu Xun's inner call.

At this time, he was sitting on the Taishi chair, with his hands resting on the armrests on both sides of the chair.

The man and the chair leaned against the wall, hiding in the shadows, silent.

From his position, he can see the situation of the combat staff room just one door away.

People in the combat staff room could vaguely see the outline of Zhongduhu when they looked up, but no one could clearly see the expression on his face.

The big room where the staff was busy all night was filled with big candles that could only be used by the royal family and top wealthy families in Wei.

The entire combat staff room was illuminated like daylight.

After receiving the military order from Zhongduhu, the staff headquarters of the Zhongduhu Mansion did not delay for a moment. Starting from Chang'an, they arrived at Tongguan just one day later than Feng Duhu.

The arrival of the staff group finally brought the latest situation of the entire battle situation that Feng Duhu needed most - of course it could not be the frontline battle report of the day, but it was the latest news that the rear could grasp.

After arriving, they don't have any rest time, so they must immediately make a battle plan based on the current battle situation.

Various partially enlarged maps, hastily made sand tables, and messy files...

Some of the combat staff officers were arguing red-faced, some took their notebooks to write and draw pictures against the map from time to time, and some thought it was too hot, so they were shirtless and only wore a vest...

Jiang Wei and Liu Yin were also involved, and they were conducting war chess deduction on the sand table.

I don't know if it's too hot or too nervous, but the foreheads of the two of them are already densely covered with sweat.

There are people around them who are making suggestions, or checking for omissions and filling in vacancies, pointing out possible omissions.

Making a battle plan is not just randomly drawing on the map, just waving your big hand and telling the army how to go.

Instead, it should be based on the actual situation of both the enemy and ourselves, such as military strength, food and grass, and so on.

Then, based on the geographical situation you have, you need to consider where the possible battle locations will be, what you will encounter on the march, how to deal with it, and how to deal with it...

The world is impermanent, and wars are even more impermanent. No matter how good the plan is, it is impossible to take all accidents into account.

But as the saying goes, "If a husband has not fought and the temple counts as a winner, he must count it as more; if he has not fought and the temple is counted as invincible, he must count it as a small number. More counts as victory, less counts as victory, and nothing counts!"

The more you think about it, the more certain you will be.

The battle situation ahead is not optimistic—whether judging from the information currently available or the deduced prognosis.

The staff group must not only deduce the most likely battle situation in the shortest time.

At the same time, according to these battle situations, corresponding plans should be formulated.

Time is tight and tasks are heavy.

Many people's eyes were already bloodshot, and they hadn't closed their eyes for a day and a night.

But almost everyone drank strong tea, no one wanted to sleep at this time, and they all acted very excited.

the reason is simple.

The Battle of Gaodu, which was originally insignificant from the beginning, has now evolved into a big battle.

Judging from the battle situation of the deduction, the decisive battle between the big Han and the army of Wei thieves in Luoyang and Hanoi may have arrived ahead of schedule.

Unknowingly, the window is already white.

Gongsun Zheng took a document and hurriedly walked through the door and from the combat staff room to Feng Duhu:

"Central Guardian?"

Feng Duhu lowered his head subconsciously when he heard the sound.

At the same time, he closed his eyes vigorously, and shook his head again, as if trying to get rid of the fatigue:

"how?"

"Zhongduhu, this is the plan that everyone sorted out."

Gongsun Zheng was from Longxi.

Gongsun Zheng has been the chief of staff since the prime minister's first Northern Expedition, when Longyou was captured and Feng Duhu formally established the staff group.

Over the years, the staff members have changed wave after wave.

Most of them entered the army and served as the backbone of officers in the army.

But Gongsun Zheng never moved the nest.

When he was in Longyou, he was the Chief of Staff of the Huqiang School Lieutenant's Mansion, when he was in Liangzhou, he was the Chief of Staff of the Liangzhou Governor's Mansion, and now he is the Chief of Staff of the Zhongdu Hufu.

Although both are chief of staff, the gold content is definitely different.

On weekdays, Feng Duhu was in charge of the general direction, and General Guan was in charge of the main affairs of the army.

But when it comes to specific matters in the army, such as the allocation of food and grass, recording rewards and punishments, cleaning up military discipline, camp arrangements, etc., you still have to order Gongsun Zheng to arrange manpower.

It can be said that if General Guan is Feng Duhu's commander-in-chief, then Zhang Xiaosi is the commander-in-chief of Liufu.

But General Guan has to lead the army from time to time, so Gongsun Zheng is Chang Shi's substitute when General Guan is away.

The heavy document was pressed on my hand, it was a very thick one.

Feng Duhu flipped through it casually. The words on it were rather scribbled, probably because he was too hasty and didn't have time to re-copy it.

After taking a few glances, Feng Duhu felt his eyes become even more dry.

"That's right, let the cook cook some delicious food, let everyone eat to nourish their bodies, and then go to sleep."

Feng Duhu closed the plan in his hand and gave an order.

As the coach, he has to go through all the plans they have made, at least to be mentally prepared for the most likely situation.

Time was short, and Feng Duhu was also in a hurry.

But no matter how anxious he is, it is difficult for a clever woman to cook without rice, because the troops in his hand are not enough.

The troops transferred back from Caoqiao Pass are still on the way.

Another important reason is that Chang'an is hurrying up to deliver a batch of grain and grass to Tongguan.

But I think it shouldn't take too long, at most five or six days.

This is thanks to Emperor Xiaowu.

Because when Emperor Xiaowu conquered the Xiongnu, due to the lack of transportation capacity of the Wei River, another artificial canal was dug beside the Wei River.

This Canal in Guanzhong starts from the Kunming Pond in Chang'an in the west, runs parallel to the Wei River for more than 300 miles, and at the end, joins the Wei River in the east.

(This canal has been used until the late Tang Dynasty. It has disappeared now, but it was discovered by archaeology. If you are interested, you can watch the third episode of "Chanba Long Song")

Whether it is the Weishui River or the Caoqu Canal in Guanzhong, although those big ships and even huge ships in the big rivers cannot be sailed.

But the advantage is that the water flow is more stable than the big rivers.

Ships for transporting food and soldiers are not going out to fight, and the carrying capacity of the small ships is not enough, so use the quantity to make up.

No matter what, it is much better than pure land transportation.

So in these few days, we must be ready to go out at any time.

"Bo Yue, Huo Ran, you two stay here, I have something to say."

When it was dawn, the shadows of the candles seemed a little lighter.

In addition, there was no one blocking the candlelight, and Zhongduhu, who had been hiding in the shadows, could barely see clearly at last.

The Central Guard, who seldom spoke all night, also looked tired.

After everyone retreated, Jiang and Liu stepped forward, saluted and said, "Guardian of Zhongdu?"

"In two days, the food and grass brought from Chang'an will probably be almost enough. You two, take a good rest today, organize the army tomorrow, and set off the day after tomorrow."

Jiang Wan has always been a trustworthy teammate in terms of raising food and grass for the frontline army in the rear.

Instead of being a pig teammate like Wei Yan.

"Set off?"

Liu Yin was taken aback.

"Where are you going?"

Jiang Wei's eyes lit up.

Feng Duhu rubbed his forehead, his tone was tired and weak: "Go to Hangu Pass."

"Hangu Pass!?"

"right."

Feng Duhu nodded.

It was really too lazy to get up and point to the map. Anyway, they have been staring at the map for the past few days, and the two of them should have roughly memorized it.

The Hangu Pass mentioned by Feng Duhu naturally refers to Qin Hangu Pass, not Han Hangu Pass.

Han Hangu Pass is the Emperor Xiaowu who wanted to expand the Guanzhong territory, so he moved Hangu Pass eastward to the gate of Luoyang.

Therefore, although the Hanhangu Pass can be regarded as a pass, it is more a concept of administrative geography.

Compared with Han Hangu Pass, Qin Hangu Pass, which is closer to Tongguan, is the real military dangerous pass.

Of course, this is for the past.

The former Qinhangu Pass was based on the plateau in the west, Juejian in the east, Qinling Mountains in the south, and the Yellow River in the north.

There are also dense forests on the plateau, which are difficult for apes to climb.

On the north side of the big river, the water is turbulent, and the boats are impassable.

Only the rugged and dangerous road in the middle is feasible.

Hidden in front of the pass in the valley, there is a deep precipitous stream, which serves as a natural moat.

It can be said that one husband is in charge of the gate, and ten thousand husbands cannot open it.

It's just that in the late middle and late Han Dynasty, the dense forests on the plateau were almost cut down, and the effect of blocking the army was greatly reduced.

The most terrible thing is that in the late middle and late Han Dynasty, it began to enter the Little Ice Age, and the climate gradually became abnormal.

On the north side of Hangu Pass, the water level of the originally dangerous river has been cut, exposing a large area of ​​the riverbed.

The army can bypass the pass directly from the flat river bed.

So Hangu Pass lost its effect.

Today's Tongguan is basically a shrunken version of Qinhangu Pass before the river was cut down.

The reason why it is a shortened version is that the north of Tongguan is the same as Qinhangu Pass, although there is a big river as a natural barrier.

But the south is not an unclimbable cliff, but a continuous strip plateau.

In this way, if you want to defend Tongguan, you need to deploy a lot of troops on the plateau to prevent the enemy from sneaking up from different positions.

It is slightly inferior to Hangu Pass in Qin Dynasty.

However, although Qin Hangu Pass has lost its role as a dangerous pass, it can still be used as a frontier for garrisoning troops.

Wei Guo, or Sima Yi, used it as a line of defense to prevent the great Han from advancing from Guanzhong to Guandong.

On weekdays, the Wei army was stationed in Hangu Pass, and when the Han army came over, they set up camp on the exposed river bed in advance to prevent the Han army from continuing to advance.

The exposed riverbed is wide enough for caravan travelers.

But as a battlefield, it's a bit narrow.

When attacking frontally, the troops cannot be fully deployed.

I don't expect to be able to stop the advance of the Han army to the east, but as long as it can be delayed for some time to make Luoyang ready, it will be considered a success.

As the guards of Tongguan, Jiang Liu, who was far away from Hangu Pass, naturally knew the situation of Hangu Pass on purpose.

Hearing Feng Duhu's order, the two couldn't help being a little surprised.

Jiang Wei couldn't help but said:

"Guardian of Zhongdu, the bandits of Wei are at Hangu Pass, I'm afraid they have been prepared for a long time, even if the two of us are able to take down Hangu Pass, I'm afraid they won't be able to go straight to Luoyang."

Hearing this, Feng Duhu couldn't help showing a somewhat surprised expression on his face. He looked at Jiang Wei:

Go straight to Luoyang, how dare you think!

Who is Sima Yi?

How could such a big gap be left behind?

Not to mention the section from Qin Hangu Pass to Han Hangu Pass, there are still Shanxian County, Strider Chi, Xin'an and other city gates where troops can be stationed.

Sima Yi is an old tortoise, as can be seen from the hedgehog-like defense he arranged in the pass.

If it weren't for the Liangzhou iron cavalry led by Feng Duhu, it would be a cavalry that crossed the era. It could bypass Liangzhou from Liangzhou to Bingzhou, and go straight into Sima Yi's back.

It is still unknown how long the battle in Guanzhong will last and how many soldiers will be sacrificed.

The road from Tongguan to Luoyang from Chang'an is mostly rugged and dangerous. How could Sima Yi let the big man drive straight in?

If you really want to fight all the way, don't say how long it will take, but with the current strength of the big man, I am afraid that it will take the power of the whole country to get through the ancient Weihan road.

The big river waterway between Tongguan and Luoyang does not mean that it cannot be used.

Emperor Xiaowu of the former Han Dynasty dug the Cao Canal in Guanzhong in order to conquer the Xiongnu, and a considerable part of the grain transported by the Canal was transported from the Guandong.

It's just that the efficiency is extremely low, and it will consume a lot of human and material resources.

Especially the section from Hongnong to Shan County (that is, from Lingbao to Sanmenxia) is the most dangerous.

It is necessary to dig plank roads on the cliffs on both sides of the big river first, and then let the trackers pull the boats on the plank road with difficulty.

Otherwise, the boat would not be able to travel on the big river at all, and would either be swallowed by the raging river water, or hit a dark rock in the river and capsize.

Even so, in the best case, there are still only three or four out of ten boats transporting food, and more than half of them are fed to the fish and shrimp in the big river.

This kind of transportation method is difficult to last for a long time even in the period of national strength.

Otherwise, in the later period of Emperor Xiaowu, how could it have caused the tragic situation of "the city and warehouses are empty, and the people are in exile" and "the world is wasted, and people eat each other again".

In the sparsely populated Three Kingdoms era, it was impossible to do such a thing unless it was absolutely necessary.

This is also the reason why Cao Rui wanted to transport the bronze figures and Chenglu plate from Chang'an to Luoyang, but he couldn't use the big river to transport them.

Because at that time, Wei Guo was already struggling to support it under the strong pressure of Ji Han, so how could there be any extra people's power?

Even if they have the power of the people, there is more than half the probability that they will capsize in the big river, and they will use the big river to transport them if they are crazy.

Although the logistical pressure of Ji Han's army may be easier than that of the Wei and Wu countries of the same period.

But if you want to ensure unimpeded logistics, it is definitely impossible to rely solely on the rugged and dangerous Weihan Ancient Road.

After all, it is still necessary to enlist civilian husbands to rebuild the plank road and work as trackers to pull boats.

If you really want to do that, it's okay to be able to unify the world.

In case Ji Han exhausted his people's strength and collapsed before he unified the world, then Adou would definitely be Emperor Yang of the Han Dynasty.

It is very likely that Sima Yi also saw this, so he tried his best to attack Shangdang and then control Bingzhou.

He just wanted to prevent Ji Han from imitating the story of Qin's destruction of the six kingdoms.

During the Warring States Period, the State of Qin repeatedly dispatched troops from the Hangu Pass to the east of the Guandong, but none of them succeeded.

But in the era of the Qin Dynasty, the Qin army did not take the ancient Weihan road, but went south from Bingzhou to swallow Korea, or went east to destroy Zhao, and then unified the world.

So Sima Yi wants to force the big man to take the most difficult path!

But seeing Feng Duhu shook his head:

"Bo Yue has the ambition to go to Luoyang, this is very good. Only this time, I don't force you to go straight to Luoyang or something, as long as you go to Hangu Pass."

"Of course, even if you can't beat..."

Feng Duhu groaned for a while, but finally did not say the second half of the sentence, but instead said:

"No matter what, you can fight as far as you can. You can fight however you want. The bigger the momentum, the better. I won't interfere."

Having said that, he sat up straight and emphasized his tone:

"If Sima Yi only cared about acquiring Bingzhou and leaving Luoyang empty, it would be best for you to attack all the way there and take the opportunity to reach the city of Luoyang."

However, in Feng Duhu's view, this situation was taken for granted.

Seeing the happy faces of the two, he reminded:

"It's just that Sima Yi is quite good at leading an army, and he is extremely cautious in his actions. In my opinion, he might not be so careless."

"So you must remember: do what you can, and don't be too forceful. If there is any disagreement, immediately retreat to Tongguan, understand?"

Feng Duhu's eyes fell on the two of them:

"Shangdang has a problem, and it can still be saved, but if there is a problem in Tongguan, then the situation will really collapse."

"Wei Yan's matter can never be repeated once, understand?"

Zhongduhu is reminding himself of Wei Yan's matter!

Jiang Wei and Liu Yin were shocked, and they quickly and solemnly agreed.

When the two were about to leave, Jiang Wei finally couldn't hold back:

"The Central Guard intends to go to Hedong?"

Feng Duhu yawned and raised the plan document in his hand to cover his face. After yawning, he put down the document and said:

"That's right, when Li Xinhou (that is, Li Qiu) and the others arrive, I plan to go to Hedong and meet Sima Yi and his son."

General Guan went to Taiyuan, in the north.

Jiang Wei Liuyin went to Hangu, in the south.

Feng Duhu went to Hedong and sat in the center.

Three ways go hand in hand.

Feng Duhu narrowed his eyes while talking, he didn't know if he was tired and wanted to doze off, or he was thinking about something.

Sima Yi, I'd like to see which direction you plan to focus on.

As long as Taiyuan is not lost, everything will be in time.

Wang Ping, don't let me down...