In the Prime Minister's Mansion, Cao Cao faced the sand table in Luoyang alone and said nothing for a long time.

The new thing in the sand table was also learned from the place where the cavalry was, and from Chang'an.

If the cavalry had a tail, they would probably have been bald now.

After all, it’s not just Lao Cao who is pulling it out.

『Luoyang…』

Lao Cao is actually very familiar with Luoyang, but standing outside the sand table and looking down, it looks different.

The Han Dynasty believed that Luoyang was the center of the world.

In fact, it is just like for a long time that ordinary people think that geocentric studies are the right one.

In Luoyang, there are three rivers gathering and five ridges joining each other. Although the terrain is not as thick as Guanzhong, it also has the dangers of mountains and rivers on the outside, inside and outside, so that it can control the Central Plains and become the ancient capital for thousands of years.

The so-called Three Rivers means that the river is in the north and the Yin and Luo Rivers are in the south.

It is precisely because the city is located north of the Luo River that it is called Luoyang.

On the five ridges, there are Songgao, Xionger, Funiu, Zhongzhao and Gushan.

In the Heluo Land, there were originally eight guards...

Cao Cao's eyes were parading on the sand table. When He Jin was the general, he had once stationed the soldiers of the fifth camp in Duting and set up the eight gate commander. "Hangu... Mengjin..." Cao Cao whispered.

This level, once you cross, will be the most important thing in Heluo.

And at this moment, Chenggao, that is, Hulao Pass, can no longer be an obstacle.

When Dong Zhuo burned Luoyang and withdrew, Chenggao was destroyed in the war, just like Xingyang.

Sun Jian once stationed in Xingyang for a while. At that time, Xingyang was almost in ruins.

Until the Yang family took over Luoyang later, they had no intention of rebuilding Chenggao and Xingyang. After all, restoring Luoyang City had already consumed most of the manpower and material resources of Yang family.

Therefore, in the Heluo area, although it is known as the Baguan Guard, it is actually all holes.

Luoyang City is now under the Yang family, but this does not mean that the Heluo area is also under the Yang family, but part of it is in the hands of the cavalry, while the other part is in the hands of Cao Cao.

Those who can block Cao's army's advance were Hangu and Meng Jin.

Qin Hangu, Han Hangu.

They are all called Hangu, and they are all in Fei Qian's hands.

Qin Hangu can only be regarded as a military camp now. After all, after the abandonment of the Hangu Pass of the Qin Dynasty, it also had no value for restoration. The focus was on Hanhangu.

However, because the Cavalry has built a new Tongguan over the years, he has gradually relaxed a little about these Heluo Passes.

But it is still not easy to conquer.

If you want to fight Tongguan, you must first overcome Hangu. There is no doubt about this.

If you want to overcome Hangu, you must first open up Mengjin.

Otherwise, not only will the land transfer of food and grass be cumbersome, but there will also be a risk of being attacked from behind at any time.

Cao Cao picked up his beard and pondered without saying a word.

Taishici was transferred to Guanzhong and was preparing to fight with the cavalry in the west, so now there are no heavy troops to guard the Heluo and other passes, nor do they have any generals to defend themselves, but it is still difficult to take them down in one breath.

The battle of siege and brigade is different from field battles. If you have no good plans, you have to join the ants and fill in the lives of people...

If the cavalry only had the land of Heluo, these people might be willing to live, but there were Tongguan and the three servants of Chang'an. If they trained the elite troops over the years and threw them in front of this pass, they would be a little unwilling and heartbroken.

"Yang Family..." Cao Cao narrowed his eyes and spit out two words. There was a lot of dissatisfaction in his tone.

The original plan was that Cao Cao wanted to win over Yang and let Yang be the power to cooperate with the inside and outside of Heluo. However, Yang's elders and young men were cunning and savored the fragrant bait without hesitation, but if they really wanted to do things, they would urge them to do things with their left and right and slow. Since they had no ability to do things, they would have no intention of doing things, and they would have the talent skills to pull them back, which was really hateful!

According to relevant information, a lot of military equipment of the cavalry were also arranged at Hangu Pass, not only with crossbows, but also with stones. If you attack with your flesh and blood...

"Hiss..." Cao Cao's hand trembled slightly, and he pulled out a beard. He had already foresawed the scene of flesh and blood flying, and couldn't help but feel a little headache.

If there are a few more months, I would have no chance to conquer Hangu Pass easily, but now...

This is not that Cao Cao is bragging, but that Cao Cao has really been planning secretly for a long time.

Because of the passage of water and soil, Hangu Pass in the Han Dynasty was no longer as steep and difficult to attack than Hangu Pass in the Qin Dynasty.

Especially on the north side of Hanhangu Pass, the chrysanthemums that were supposed to be perfectly connected to the river have also become a little loose from the slit. Anyway, it is the originally very standard pass, but now there is a mudflat on the side of the river bank below the pass.

It's like an extra piece of hemorrhoid outside the chrysanthemum.

When you are constipated, well, it is wrong. It is during the dry season, and it gradually becomes prominent and highlights...

Cao Cao's original plan was that if he had no choice but to really fight Hangu Pass, then in the dry season, he would use soldiers to restrain the front of Hangu Pass, and then send Hanoi troops to attack Mengjin. When he grabbed both hands, he secretly flew up one foot and went directly through the hemorrhoids to the back of Hangu Pass. He beat the chrysanthemums at Hangu Pass, which would inevitably cause a lot of blood to be lost, and he could overcome the pass!

It is referred to as the Dak enemy bolt plan.

But the problem is that it's summer now...

It will take another five or six months to wait for the dry season.

Five or six months, it is not long or short.

If the cavalry cannot conquer the Western Regions for a long time, then they can naturally wait. But if the cavalry goes to the Western Regions, they will win consecutive battles and the Western Regions will be quickly settled. If you wait for another five or six months before passing, then everything will be really cold.

Wait?

Don't wait?

It's really difficult...

…╭(╯^╰)╮…

Le Jin and Xiahou Yuan were trained in Hanoi, and they had a tacit understanding. They had a similar characteristic, that is, they didn't like to be like other generals, and they would drink wine when they were free, and some even sang and dance with prostitutes...

Le Jin is not tall, and Xiahou Yuan is not handsome either.

In addition, the most important thing is that no matter Xiahou Yuan or Le Jin, his cultural literacy is not high. When he reaches any literary gathering, he often becomes a supporting role for other talents.

Those talented men from Jizhou and Yuzhou grew taller.

He is also pretty.

In addition, he can recite some poems and songs with a slut...

In addition, there is also a fragrant smell of rouge and water powder, so I really can't pee with Le Jin and Xiahou Yuan.

Anyway, these two people are really not interested in Kabuki. Don’t they all spend money at home? They even spend money outside to see the faces of the singers and make those actors happy. What if they are not a naughty person?

Therefore, Xiahou Yuan and Le Jin both focused their main energy on the military.

Men, what is important is iron and blood.

I don’t know when the gentry children of Jizhou, Yuzhou started, and they got into a wrong mind. They actually thought that applying makeup and competing with women would make them more romantic?

Neither Le Jin nor Xiahou Yuan could understand, so he simply didn't understand.

Both of them also used to pretend to be escorted by dozens of elite cavalrymen to survey the terrain around Heluo many times.

Because both of them knew very well that the map of the year and month was unreliable.

Especially the official map of Shandong, it is simply...

It's hard to describe in one word.

Logically speaking, the official media... is an official map, which should be very guiding, at least to enable the generals on the front line to understand how to fight, how to set up camps, etc., and to correctly describe the actual terrain and landform.

Unfortunately, these people who paint the official map only want to draw maps that their superiors need, or that they themselves think the generals need.

Every time Xiahou Yuan and Le Jin saw these official maps, they wanted to greet these official officials, starting from their female elders to their female juniors. The main reason is that Le Jin and Xiahou Yuan are not as good as men's style, otherwise they would like to greet the male relatives of these officials again.

A military and national event!

How could it be such a joke?

Even scouts who live and grow up in a certain place are difficult to describe the terrain accurately. Many places still have to go there and see with their eyes and measure with their feet. How can they use a foot of map to depict and cut them randomly?

Therefore, when he heard that the Cavalry was about to march to the Western Regions and face the Kushan area, Xiahou Yuan and Le Jin went to the river together, looking at Mengjin not far away and Hangu Pass far away across the river.

"If the Yang family of Heluo refuses to surrender, they will have to attack one way." Le Jin said, "This Yang family... Forget it, we only need to manage military affairs... Although this Hangu Mengjin guard is not a talented person, he is also a long-time general. Now he is based on the mountains and rivers. It is easy to attack and difficult to defend..."

Le Jin was more worried. If we could not quickly break through these two passes, it would be possible to change from blitzkrieg to a long-term confrontation, which would not be a good thing for both sides. Although Cao Cao had more manpower in this aspect, the Cavalry also had more war horses. If the Cavalry could really quickly pacify the Western Regions and rush back again, this would be quite unfavorable for Shandong.

Xiahou Yuan nodded, expressed his approval, and then he also thought about the strategy.

Both of them felt this was an opportunity.

If you have the chance, you have to fight.

Moreover, both of them happened to have suffered losses in front of the Cavalry Army, and they all had hatred in their hearts.

『If you can lure his troops out..." Xiahou Yuan said, 『It will be easy to destroy it. Can Wen Qian have a wonderful plan?』

"It's a pity that I heard that this guy is not a brave and unscheming general..." Le Jin shook his head and said, "Otherwise, he could design to lure him. Even if he showed him weak troops, he would probably not be able to keep it strictly, so what should he do?"

The defender responsible for defending Hangu and Mengjin is Zhu Ling.

Is it temptation? Of course, it must be tempting to be able to be induced. Otherwise, no matter how temptation is, it will be useless if the other party does not move.

Zhu Ling is not the kind of reckless and greedy person, so the temptation strategy is mostly not easy to use.
To be continued...