The First Military Division of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 424 Target Shouyang Mountain

"Report!"

"Report to the prime minister, the Hangu Pass victory report."

On the evening of the third day, Chen Ziming finally waited for the good news from Ma Chao and Zhang Liao, and hurriedly called all the generals to discuss.

"General Meng Qi and General Wen Yuan attacked Hangu Pass together. They first cheated to open the gate of Hangu Pass at night, and then threw the army into Hangu Pass. Zhang Tai and Su Fei, the guards of Hangu Pass, resisted desperately, but they were all defeated by General Meng Qi. Beheaded, Hangu Pass was captured by Ma Mengqi and Zhang Wenyuan."

When Chen Ziming read out this good news, the generals were boiling for a while, Hangu Pass is a famous dangerous pass in the world, and it is also Cao Cao's reliance on resisting Liu Bei's attack.

For a long time, General Cao Cao has guarded Hangu Pass, especially Cao Hong, who guarded Hangu Pass all the year round. Zhang Liao also attacked Hangu Pass once, but unfortunately he never succeeded.

Unexpectedly, being taken down easily by Ma Chao and Zhang Liao now means that the door to Cao Cao's stronghold has been opened, and they can go straight to Cao Cao's lair.

"Immediately open the wind formation, and the army will come out quietly, and go to Hangu Pass to join the two generals Ma and Zhang."

Chen Ziming didn't want to delay for a moment, he had already spent five days outside Shangdang City, and now Jingyang didn't know what to do.

"Prime Minister, I'll wait for the army to come out, and Cao Hong will definitely notice it. Why not lay in wait and take the opportunity to wipe out Cao Hong's troops."

The general candidates hurriedly offered advice, thinking that this is a good opportunity. If Cao Hong is destroyed, they will have no worries and can concentrate on the following plan.

"Cao Hong is a veteran general, and he doesn't know how to use troops. It's useless and time-consuming." Chen Ziming vetoed the candidate's strategy. Candidates can think of it, not to mention a famous general like Cao Hong, and there are even more powerful advisers around Cao Hong. The low-level strategy of ambush cannot help Cao Hong at all.

It may even be used by Cao Hong, but it will consume troops. There is no absolute certainty that Chen Ziming will not fight Cao Hong head-on, otherwise his little troops will not be enough to consume.

Not long after Chen Ziming led the army to set off, Cao Hong received an urgent report from scouts: "Although the sound of war drums can be heard in the enemy camp, it has no momentum and is irregular. There are faint sounds of horses crowing in the dark night."

"It must be Hangu Pass that has been captured, and Chen Ziming should go to Hangu Pass." Mao Jie said firmly, "If so, the enemy camp should be suspicious, and immediately send people to investigate, and order scouts to investigate Chen Ziming's army. trend."

Although Mao Jie had confirmed that Chen Ziming led the troops to Hangu Pass, there was still a possibility that he would deliberately lure Cao Hong to lead the troops out of the city and then ambush him. That's why Mao Jie asked people to investigate first.

Anyway, they were not in a hurry. If Hangu Pass was really lost, it would be useless for Cao Hong to be anxious. As long as Chen Ziming's army was still at Hangu Pass, Cao Hong would not even try to take it back.

Anxiety would easily fall into Chen Ziming's ambush, so neither the military adviser Mao Jie nor the general Cao Hong led troops to chase Chen Ziming in a hurry.

It took another half a day before Cao Hong got the confirmed news that Hangu Pass was really lost, guards Zhang Tai and Su Fei died in battle, and it was Ma Chao and Zhang Liao who captured the pass.

"The general can lead the army slowly. When Chen Ziming captures Hangu Pass, he must lead the army to Luoyang. In this way, the general can take the opportunity to take back Hangu Pass, and then mobilize troops from all over the country to besiege Chen Ziming."

Everything is as Mao Jie thought, then Chen Ziming will abandon Hangu Pass and go to Luoyang next time, if so, they can take this opportunity to get rid of Chen Ziming, the great enemy.

Not to mention that Cao Hong came slowly towards Hangu Pass with his army, rode out all the way, scouted countless, and advanced cautiously. When Chen Ziming arrived at Hangu Pass, he was anxious for all the generals to discuss matters immediately.

"Now that Hangu Pass has fallen, Cao Hong's troops will come later. Cao Cao will receive the news soon and will definitely mobilize troops from all over Sili Prefecture to besiege us. It is not suitable to stay here for a long time. All the ministries will take a short rest and set off immediately."

Chen Ziming began to issue tasks. He had to open up the situation and break the crisis before Cao Cao reacted.

"I'll be the vanguard, and I'll go directly to Cao A's lair." Zhang Liao jumped up excitedly to challenge. Cao Cao was going to fight his elder brother for the world. He had wanted to kill Cao Cao for a long time, and now such a good opportunity was in front of him, of course he couldn't let it go.

"Who said we are going to attack Luoyang?" Chen Ziming's voice caught the generals by surprise, and they all looked at Chen Ziming in doubt.

"Conquer Hangu Pass, what else can you do if you don't go to Luoyang?" Only Zhang Fei dared to question Chen Ziming so blatantly. The other generals actually thought so in their hearts, but they didn't say it out loud.

"To attack Luoyang?" Chen Ziming shook his head with a wry smile and said, "That's seeking death. You have to know that Luoyang is Cao Cao's stronghold. Although Cao Cao sent out his army, you should know that there are heavy guards around Luoyang."

"Going to Luoyang, I can guarantee that before we saw Luoyang City, we were besieged by Cao Cao's soldiers and horses, and the whole army was wiped out."

Chen Ziming also wanted to capture Luoyang. Once Luoyang was captured, Cao Cao's territory would be divided, and Runan, Jingzhou, Yuzhou, and Yanzhou could not communicate with Cao Cao.

Moreover, after Luoyang, Cao Cao's morale will be greatly hit. At that time, as long as Liu Bei calms down and mobilizes troops from all over the country, he will be able to swallow all Cao Cao's territories.

Don't look at Cao Cao's confidant generals guarding various places, but the county-level town guards may not be so loyal. Once they can't contact Cao Cao directly, they are likely to surrender directly to Liu Bei's army.

It's a pity that there is no such opportunity. Although Sili Prefecture is empty, it is not something that Chen Ziming's [-] soldiers can threaten. Among other things, there are still [-] soldiers in Luoyang City who are absolutely guarded by Cao Cao's elite guards.

The guards and counselors in Luoyang City should not be underestimated. Now Chen Ziming not only has to face Cao Jun from all over the world, but also faces the talented Wang Zuozhi Xun Yu in Luoyang City.

Chen Ziming's capture of Hangu Pass was equivalent to stabbing a hornet's nest. As Cao Cao's logistics officer, Xun Yu seldom took action, but now he must start planning, waiting for Chen Ziming to get in.

Chen Ziming wanted to take down Luoyang, but Cao Cao never wanted to take down Chen Ziming. If Chen Ziming was killed or killed by Cao Cao, it would be a huge blow to Liu Bei.

"If we don't go to Luoyang, why should we go to Hangu Pass?" Zhang Fei asked all the generals' doubts. Hangu Pass is the gateway to Luoyang. Although there is Hongnong County in the middle, Hongnong County has no danger to defend. From Hangu Pass to Luoyang, it is a flat river.

"When I wait for the army to capture Hangu Pass, Cao Cao will definitely mobilize the army to attack and go to Luoyang, and he will surely die." Mao Jie and others can think of things, how can Chen Ziming not think of them, let alone Chen Ziming who is so afraid of death How would you go on an adventure yourself.

"Cao Cao's army is going out everywhere, trying to seize Liangzhou, Hanzhong and other places. The only way to break it is for Cao Cao to withdraw his troops, and to make Cao Cao withdraw his troops, the only place is Shouyang Mountain!!!" Chen Ziming finally said that he spent so much Mind, just for this.

(End of this chapter)