The First Military Division of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 425 Fight to the death

"Shouyang Mountain has a dangerous terrain, easy to defend and difficult to attack. It is connected to Feng Ling in the north and Jinyang in the south, both of which are guarded by Cao Jun." Chen Ziming pointed to the map and began to describe the geographical location of Shouyang Mountain and the importance of Shouyang Mountain.

"Luoyang, Hongnong, Jinyang, Shouyang Mountain, Feng Ling, and Jingyang are connected in a line. Cao Cao attacked Jingyang, which is the way to go. Needless to say, Luoyang, Cao Cao's base camp is heavily defended. Now there are [-] elite guards. We It is impossible to take this place by waiting for soldiers and horses."

Chen Ziming pointed to Hongnong again and said: "Hongnong is the northeastern gateway of Luoyang, but there is no danger to defend, and there are important places such as Hangu Pass outside it. capture."

"Jinyang is a strong city, easy to defend and difficult to attack. The gate of Shouyang Mountain is the main route of Cao Cao's retreat. There are [-] Cao troops defending. They cannot be attacked by force. They should be taken out of their wits." Chen Ziming will talk about Jinyang's defense situation and the generals. clear.

"To win Jinyang, you must be surprised. If you can't attack for a long time, don't be surrounded by Cao's regiments from four places in Sili Prefecture. At that time, we will be in danger." Chen Ziming didn't think they could kill them. Once the action started, They had no way out, because neither Cao Hong nor Xun Yu would give Chen Ziming a chance to rush out.

"Feng Ling was taken by Cao Cao some time ago to block the road between Bingzhou and Liangzhou. There are also [-] Cao troops defending. If they attack Yangshan, they will dare to come to support." Originally Feng Ling was Bingzhou and l Liangzhou's connecting arteries, but since the Qiang people in the west took refuge in Liu Bei, a large number of Feng Ling's northern territories were merged into Liu Bei's rule, and Feng Ling's role was not that great. At most, it could only be a shortcut between Bingzhou and Liangzhou, and Feng Ling Ling belonged to Sili Prefecture, which was too close to Cao Cao's territory and had little effect, so he did not send a large army to garrison it, and was easily taken away by Cao Cao.

Now that Cao Cao is attacking Jingyang, Feng Ling has become the main route of Cao Cao's expedition, so he is valued by Cao Cao and sent a large army to guard it. Now Liu Bei wants to send a large army to Jingyang, he needs to go to the Shangdang, and just go through the original Qiang territory.

But now most of the Qiang territory has been occupied by troops sent by Cao Cao, and some are also occupied by Xianbei soldiers from the grassland. If Liu Bei wants to reinforce Jingyang, he has to go to Shangdang and fight all the way there.

Although there were not many defenders along the way, when they fought slowly, Cao Cao had already reacted and sent a large army to intercept. Liu Bei did not want to quickly reinforce Jingyang. This is another reason why Chen Ziming did not go directly to Jingyang after passing Shangdang.

Moreover, Chen Ziming only had [-] cavalry, although they were all elites, they would not be of much use in the face of Cao Cao and Qiu Liju's hundreds of thousands of troops.

Moreover, Feng Ling is very important to Cao Cao, but it is not necessary to pass Feng Ling. For example, if you bypass Chang'an and exit from Tongguan, you can also reach Jingyang, but you have to go around and increase the distance by nearly half, which is very troublesome.

"The reason why Shouyang Mountain was attacked was because this place is the lifeblood of Cao Cao's army." Chen Ziming finally explained the reason: "According to the secret report sent by the hidden guards, Cao Cao built four granaries for this campaign, and Shouyang The mountain is the northern granary built by Cao Cao."

"Shouyangshan granary hoards a large amount of grain and grass, which is enough for Cao Cao's Northern Expedition. According to secret reports from secret guards, Shouyang Mountain granary not only provides grain and grass for Cao Cao's army, but also provides grain and grass for Xianbei army. Because of the existence of Shouyang Mountain granary, Cao Cao can Win Qiu Liju." After Chen Ziming pointed out the importance of Shouyang Mountain, he continued: "If Shouyang Mountain is lost, Cao Cao's army will lose the supply of food and grass here, and they can only transport food from Chang'an and Tongguan. There won't be enough."

"What's more important." Chen Ziming said with sparkle in his eyes: "With the loss of Shouyang Mountain, Cao Cao will not have enough food and grass to supply Qiu Liju. You must know that Qiu Liju brought 20 soldiers and horses, which consume a lot every day. If there is no supply of food and grass, we will definitely break up with Cao Cao, stop obeying Cao Cao's orders, and divide our troops to plunder food everywhere, so Qiu Liju's army will collapse without a fight."

After Chen Ziming finished speaking, the generals were silent for a while, even Zhang Fei could tell that the difficulty of this battle, according to what Chen Ziming said, was surrounded by Cao Cao's soldiers and horses on all sides of Shouyang Mountain, and it was very difficult to rush in.

"Prime Minister, the general is willing to take his troops to Shouyang Mountain quietly, without burning down the granary in Shouyang Mountain, and come to see him." Zhang Liao knelt down in front of Chen Ziming and issued a military order.

Chen Ziming glanced at Zhang Liao, shook his head slightly, and said, "The terrain of Shouyang Mountain is dangerous, and you need to go through Hongnong, Jinyang and other important places to go. How can you defeat the enemy with only five thousand troops?"

After rejecting Zhang Liao, Chen Ziming looked at the generals and said, "This battle is about the life and death of the big man, and I will fight to the death."

Zhang Liao asked for a fight. He actually saw the danger. If he was not careful in this battle, he would be doomed. After all, this is already Cao Cao's territory, surrounded by Cao Cao's troops. If Cao Cao knew Chen Ziming's goal, he would definitely mobilize his army on the road Waiting for Chen Ziming to die.

From Hangu Pass to Shouyang Mountain, there are many places along the way where Chen Ziming's 2 troops can be surrounded and wiped out. For example, Jinyang City, once it cannot be attacked for a long time, Cao's troops from all directions will come and surround them. Lose.

Similarly, Shouyang Mountain is also a dangerous place that is easy to defend and difficult to attack. If it is a strong attack, Chen Ziming's troops are far from enough.

The most important thing is that even if they successfully capture Shouyang Mountain and burn all the food and grass, the consequence is that they have nowhere to escape, because Cao Cao is likely to mobilize the surrounding army to surround and kill Shouyang Mountain. Will be wiped out.

That's why Zhang Liao asked for a fight, but he didn't want Chen Ziming to take risks. He wanted to use his own power to burn down the food and grass in Shouyang Mountain and die in the battle.

It's a pity that Chen Ziming didn't want to. It wasn't that Chen Ziming was not afraid of death, but that Chen Ziming knew that with Zhang Liao's soldiers and horses, it was impossible to capture Shouyang Mountain. If he couldn't even see Shouyang Mountain, he would be wiped out. Chen Ziming had to take it with him. All take the risk.

"Tomorrow morning, the army will set off." Chen Ziming began to arrange combat tasks: "Ma Chao is the vanguard, and he will directly attack the capital of Hongnong. Wherever he goes, if he does not surrender, he will be destroyed."

"Zhang Liao is the army on the right. If Cao's army approaches, you don't need to report it, just fight back."

"Zhang Fei is the left army. He also repels the invading enemy, but he is not allowed to pursue him. He needs to keep a distance from all the troops."

"I will take the imperial guards and cavalry as the rear army to stop Cao Hong's pursuit. If each army encounters a strong enemy, they must not fight hard and report quickly."

"Remember, you are all cavalrymen, so you should be quick. Within five days, I want to see the Luoyang City Tower!"

(End of this chapter)