Many people even touched their foreheads and let out a long breath: "Sleep well!"

"General, it's not good! Thief Feng is leading the army. There is movement. It seems that they are heading towards Zhiguan!"

The movements of the Han army in Hedong were quickly carefully monitored by the Wei army, who reported back to Jiang Ji as quickly as possible.

When Jiang Ji, who had been staying in Zhi Pass these days, heard the news, even though he had already expected this possibility, his expression still couldn't help but change slightly:

"Thief Feng, are you really coming here?"

After Taifu captured Shangdang, no news came from him.

A few days earlier, the news of Sima Division's defeat at Gaoping Pass was also sent to him.

From these two points alone, Jiang Ji had already judged that the Taifu was most likely no longer in Shangdang, but had continued his march north to capture Taiyuan.

Because if the Tutor was still in the Party, the battle at Gaopingguan would not have been fought like that.

The Tutor was not in Shangdang, and Feng was in Hedong again.

Jiang Ji, who was originally just to contain the Han army in the east of Hedong, did not expect to collide head-on with the Western bandits, and the Western bandit army led by Feng bandit.

Do you think it would be less stressful?

"If we send more people to investigate, we must confirm whether Thief Feng is really leading the army here!"

"Here!"

After ordering more scouts to be sent out to find out Feng Thief's movements as soon as possible, Jiang Ji took a deep breath and then let it out for a long time to calm down his mood.

Then he muttered to himself:

"Thief Feng neither led the army to Shangdang nor took advantage of the victory to seize Gaodu City. Instead, he went to Zhiguan. What was his intention?"

If Feng Tie really wanted to take advantage of Taifu's absence to capture Hanoi, then no matter how you look at it, attacking Taihangxing would be far easier than attacking Zhiguanxing.

After all, Sima Division was leading troops for the first time and suffered a new defeat.

It can’t be said that in Feng Thief’s eyes, he is easier to deal with than Master Sima?

Thinking of this, Jiang Ji frowned.

This is totally unreasonable!

Damn Thief Feng, what is his real purpose?

Jiang Ji couldn't help but feel a little irritated because he couldn't figure out Feng Thief's intentions.

Just when Feng Du was leading the Hedong army and was preparing to attack Zhi Pass, on the south bank of the river, at Hangu Pass, the most important dangerous pass in the former Qin Dynasty, the soldiers on both sides were fighting furiously.

To the north of Hangu Pass, there used to be a raging river as a natural hazard. Now, because of the incision of the river, a large river bed is exposed, and Tongguan can be bypassed directly.

The focus of the Wei army's defense was also on the riverbed north of Hangu Pass.

Not only did they dig a deep artificial trench there, they even managed to divert river water into the trench.

At the same time, a large number of deer antlers were arranged behind the deep trench, and a thick barrier was built behind the deer antlers.

Such a tight defense was naturally not made temporarily, but was continuously constructed by Sima Yi over the past few years.

It can be said that Sima Yi seemed to be trapped in Hanoi, Henan these years, but in fact he had already secretly made sufficient preparations for this battle.

Although today's Hangu Pass is no longer what it used to be, it is still extremely difficult to capture the well-prepared Wei army camp on such a narrow ancient Xiaohan Road.

Fortunately, the Han army had the advantage of bows and crossbows, especially the Tiger Infantry Army led by Jiang Wei. Many of the soldiers came from the former Prime Minister's Army trained by the Prime Minister.

The Yuan Rong crossbowmen in the former Prime Minister's Mansion army once forced Sima Yi away through martial arts skills. They were rare elites among crossbowmen.

It was under the cover of elite archers and crossbowmen that the Han army was able to fill in the trench.

Even so, the Han army still paid a heavy price.

Over the past few days, the water flowing back from the ditch to the river has been mixed with thick or light blood.

In addition to blood and water, there are also broken arrows, broken blades, even certain pieces of armor, and floating corpses...

The rushing river dispersed the blood, wrapped around the objects that could not be dispersed, and continued to rush eastward endlessly.

They will settle somewhere, or they will settle down, be buried by the sand, and never see the light of day again.

Or it may be washed up on the shore in a certain river section, and then be discovered by someone at a certain time.

Liu Yin stood on the filled trench, looking at the dense antlers in front of him, his face was livid, and he almost cursed in his heart:

Enter his mother's!

The Wei thieves were more diligent in their defense than when they were guarding the street pavilions and guarding Tongguan.

What the hell!

Even before Hangu Pass was captured, the Tiger Infantry Army suffered so much.

If they really want to continue the offensive, even if the Tiger Infantry can capture Hangu Pass, they may not be able to continue to advance.

"As Zhongduhu said, if we want to take this road to attack Luoyang, unless we mobilize the strength of the whole country, it is almost impossible with the troops we have on hand."

Jiang Wei, who was standing next to Liu Yin, nodded and agreed:

"That's right, we can't continue fighting like this."

However, if we don’t fight like this, then how should we fight?

"Come, Xiuran, come and see."

Jiang Wei pointed to the antlers array in front of him, and then pointed to the high plateau stretching to the south, with a thoughtful look on his face:

"Hangu Pass is originally focused on defending against the east rather than the west. No matter how prepared the thieves are, there will always be omissions."

Liu Yin followed what Jiang Wei pointed out, and subconsciously lowered his voice:

"Then what does the general want?"

"This is the direction where the thieves are heavily defending," Jiang Wei pointed to the high plateau to the south of the Antler Formation, "and the thieves have a favorable location and are condescending, echoing each other with the thieves below."

"Even if we can break through the antlers, once we advance to the barrier, the bandits on the high plateau will attack us from high altitudes, and the casualties will only be more."

It has to be said that the bandits at Hangu Pass are indeed well-defended.

Liu Yin sighed: "If the engineering camp is here, why should we be afraid?"

such a pity!

Leaving a good engineering camp in the hands of Wei Yan was really a waste of natural resources.

"If an engineering battalion is needed to attack a city, what else do we need to do to lead the troops?"

Jiang Wei stared into the distance, "Don't worry, you stay here to reorganize the army and continue to attack the Antler Formation. I will divide one part and find another way."

The Weihan Ancient Road has a large river in the north, the Qinling Mountains in the south, and undulating plateaus in the middle.
Chapter completed!