Chapter 3168 I thought there was no choice

Xiaopingjin and Mengjin are both very important ferries of the river.

At this moment, I don’t know how many civil servants work hard, coming and going at the ferry entrance, busy and busy.

The Yellow River is different from the Yangtze River.

The Yellow River has never been like the Yangtze River, and has become an obstacle to military operations.

On the one hand, it is because in winter, multiple areas of the Yellow River are prone to freezing and can pass by ice. On the other hand, it is because the Yellow River water often floods and diverts, resulting in uncertainty in the riverbed of the Yellow River, and the depth and flow rate may change.

In ancient times, it was basically not known that the Yellow River could block the army for a long time, after all, the enemy could eventually find a way to break through.

For example, the current Cao army.

Teams of Cao's soldiers lined up on the pontoon bridge to cross the river.

After the upstream freezing, the water level of the river dropped a lot. The originally wide river surface has not only shrunk, but also exposed Nizhou in the center of the river, which quickly broke out under the wind and snow.

This gave Cao army convenient conditions to quickly build a floating bridge.

As long as you can sacrifice your life and wood.

The surrounding hills are full of Cao's troops.

Further away, there are rows of chariots surrounded by baggage trucks, ready to set off at any time.

Cao Cao's side finally came to an end...

In the face of Guanzhong, especially when Tongguan was unable to overcome it quickly, Cao Cao finally adopted Guo Jia's strategy and turned to Hedong.

From Fengling Du to Shaanxi, Xiaoping, and Mengjin, it is difficult to cross the river directly when the water level of the big river is high, but it is different now...

There was a large amount of flowing ice at Fenglingdu, and the ice surface on the shore gradually extended to the center of the river.

Although it is not clear whether it will freeze in the end, and even if the ice surface of Fengling Du is condensed, it can support people to trample on it, one thing is certain that the Longmen Duke in Hedong and the surrounding river surface must be frozen.

So if we can take over Hedong, it will undoubtedly be equivalent to opening a wider channel.

So since that's the case, why didn't we attack Hedong in an all-round way before?

Isn't this a very simple question?

It was not winter before, how to fight?

『Go forward quickly!』

Cao Xiu was on the side of the road and urged the soldiers to move forward.

After crossing the river, Cao Cao's order was passed to Cao Xiu. He must take down the Zhuo Pass as soon as possible and open up this important passage from the various ferries of the river to the east of the river through Zhongtiao Mountain.

Cao Xiu felt heavy in his heart.

Because the one who originally executed this command should be Xiahou Yuan.

But now...

Since Cao Cao handed over the order to him, it means that Cao Cao himself actually understood that Xiahou Yuan might be in danger.

Although everyone who goes to the battlefield understands in their hearts that their heads are hung on the belt and they fall off as soon as they say, no matter who it is, they will think that they can live for a few more days, months, years, decades...

No one wants to die.

Cao Xiu put aside these complicated emotions and focused his attention on the current tasks.

He is the pioneer.

You must first open the Zang Pass and then capture the entire Zang Pass path.

Then occupy a favorable position in Wangwu Mountain and cooperate with Cao Hong's actions.

In order to ensure the rapid action, the Cao army not only prepared a large amount of supplies, food, and clothes to protect the cold, but also equipped each Cao army soldier with one more labor service, so that the Cao army soldiers could exert their greatest strength during battles.

The extra ration represents additional expectations and naturally there is additional pressure.

From time to time on the way, there were whistle riders returning from the front, and Cao Xiu no longer hid his whereabouts.

They must quickly rush to the combat zone and strive to open up the Zhiguan Road as soon as possible, and prepare for the capture of Hedong and the next attack on Guanzhong. In order to cooperate with this military operation, Cao Cao ordered almost all the people in Henoi and Heluo to issue them to provide convenience for Cao Xiu and other Cao troops to cross the river.

Of course, thanks to Cao Cao's move, Hanoi and Heluo will be very "good-looking" next year. Oh, no, this year's harvest will definitely be very "good-looking"...

The scouts in front rushed back to report that there were about 800 defenders at the gates, not more than 1,000. But he suspected that there might be reinforcements. If Cao's army did not act quickly, then the ones they would face might not be just one thousand.

Cao Xiu nodded and said he knew.

Just as the scouts of Cao's army continued to grow in the confrontation with the scouts of the cavalry, Cao Xiu also became a more cautious general in the war.

In history, when Cao Xiu faced Zhang Sanye, who was famous in the battlefield, he not only did not fear, but instead grabbed Zhang Sanye's flaws and pinched the third master's balls in one fell swoop. If Liu hadn't personally taken the battle, Zhang Sanye would have become a stepping stone to Cao Xiu's reputation. He could almost be regarded as a highlight. Among the second generation of the Cao family, he was the leader. However, a high starting point may not be a good thing. Cao Xiu was more stubborn in the later stages and eventually died of arrogance.

Now, Cao Xiu has been trained and guided by Fei Qian in turn. For this already intelligent general, Cao's general, it is undoubtedly a practice at the edge of the knife. He is learning with his life, so how can he not grow?

Cao Xiu actually liked the combat strategy this time.

Because there is no need to wait, no need to hide, and there is no bad thing, just a wholehearted attack and combat.

Simple and direct.

Life or death.

The same is true for Cao's soldiers.

They had been in the Heluo Land for too long, and felt powerlessness and pain under Tongguan. Now they found a way again. The Cao army soldiers did not understand those complicated strategies, they just obeyed orders, so for these Cao army soldiers, the simpler the orders, the easier it was, the more mistakes they made.

In the Han Dynasty, not all local princes had the leisurely intentions like Fei Qian, allowing ordinary soldiers to study, literacy, and even improve themselves...

Cao's army quickly crossed the river and advanced towards the Zhuang Pass.

This road was originally passed by Xiahou Yuan, so he was basically not attacked by Hussein soldiers along the way. However, Cao Xiu suspected that there might be scouts from the cavalry around him, but these scouts did not show up, but just observed from a distance and then passed the information back.

Cao Xiu is now a little numb about some of the "magical" abilities of the Cavalry Scouts. Therefore, Cao Xiu basically decided that his actions would be discovered by the Cavalry Scouts to make arrangements.

It takes time to discover, pass, and then arrange soldiers, and Cao's army also takes time to march. Now it depends on who can take a step faster in terms of time.

Cao Xiu understood the importance of speed very well. He kept urging the march team, and at the same time, he arranged the soldiers to walk and rest time based on his own experience to avoid excessive physical exhaustion and inability to achieve haste.

Even so, there are always unexpected situations during the march.

Cao Xiu suddenly found that the front was suddenly congested, so he rushed forward and saw a vehicle carrying supplies tilted aside due to damaged spokes, and the axle under the vehicle was also disconnected. Several soldiers were busy repairing it in an emergency.

It's like a road where traffic flows through. Suddenly an accident occurred in one of the lanes. Then, the other lanes can still be smoothly moved, but there will be congestion.

『Discard the vehicle!』

Cao Xiu endured his anger. He knew that under normal circumstances, it was normal for vehicles to be damaged, and the behavior of Cao's soldiers to repair vehicles was also correct, but this time, it was different. He had to speed up, and any behavior that delayed the speed of the march was prohibited. Although this ban was repeatedly urged before Cao Xiu set off, it was obvious that Cao's soldiers might not be able to understand it.

Cao Xiu pointed to the car and said, "People come, push the vehicle to the side of the road! Send the order, no circumstances are allowed to delay the march!"

The road quickly returned to normal.

The vehicle that could have been "rescued" was discarded.

Cao's soldiers walked past the vehicle.

On this road, there may be more things that will be abandoned...

Maybe active or passive.

...

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There are also soldiers coming and going in the road of Zhuguan.

However, these soldiers were not soldiers of the Cao army or elite cavalry, but only soldiers of Hedong County.

On the road of Zhuguan, people came and went, and new people arrived here constantly, and then they began to repair the earth under the command.

The originally good passage was quickly dug up and full of holes.

The ability to quickly dig ravines on frozen land is due to the large number of shovels and pickaxes provided by Pingyang.

The frozen land is as hard as stones.

But it is just like a stone, not a real stone.

What's more, the hardness of steel is far greater than that of ordinary stones, so these "frost soils like stones can only cause some trouble.

With the technology of steel and large-scale assembly line production, there are ways to provide more tools to deal with stones.

This is the objective law of this world.

As for some magical countries, even if they do not have a large amount of iron technology, they can use stones to smash stones and then build a huge and magnificent stone building. That can only be called "magic" or "alien technology". As for whether they believe it or not, it is a matter of opinion...

Liu Fu from Hedong is the main person in charge of this civil engineering project.

During this Hedong clearance process, more than half of the people died in Liu's family, but Liu Fu did not have much resentment. In other words, even if there was a little resentment, he would not dare to reveal it. After all, Liu's family made more blame, especially after Cui was hung up and mounted on the wall, what Liu's so-called "merits" or "fame" was even more worth mentioning.

If you want to gain status, you must do things honestly.

Two long trenches soon appeared on the ground, and on the other side of the trenches were short walls made of dug soil. These Hedong County soldiers from farmers had no problem doing such work, and they did not think that this job was boring.

I'm afraid of comparison in everything.

Are you willing to face the repair of the earth that will not be too dangerous, or face the repair of the Cao army with higher dangers, these Hedong County soldiers wisely chose the first item.
To be continued...