Qiming 1158

Chapter 571 In Wartime, Only Soldiers, No Secretaries
The previous You Yijun was lucky.

Zhou Zhi personally led a small number of capable troops to sneak attack on Jindouguan at night, took great luck and took Jindouguan in one breath, and attacked Tongguan directly.

But it was not able to win Tongguan.

However, Zhou Zhi still has the ability.

Before he retreated, he had a mind and ordered the army to destroy the Jindouguan with all his strength, and then used the last bit of gunpowder to blow up the foundation of the Jindouguan city wall.

He thought that he would definitely fight back in the future. Now that Jindouguan was destroyed, when he fought back again in the future, he would not have to face the two passes again, but could directly attack Tongguan Pass in one go.

After that, he did not relax his vigilance, and continued to send a small group of troops to harass and attack the Jindouguan area, and smashed the Jinjun operations that were trying to rebuild Jindouguan. line of defense.

Now that the army is approaching, the Jindouguan defense line has not been successfully established, so Zhou Zhi ordered the projectile troops to project a large number of thunderbolts to attack the line of defense hastily established by the Jin army, blowing the defense line to pieces.

The Jin army, who was in charge of the defense, could not stand the indiscriminate bombardment of the Restoration Army by relying on the simple defense facilities, and could only retreat to the strong gate for defense.

So Zhou Zhi easily captured the Jindouguan area.

However, this is only the first step in attacking Tongguan. Zhouzhi also easily won Jindouguan before, but he failed miserably under Tongguan, and his head was broken.

So this time, Zhou Zhi also learned to behave, giving full play to the advantages of the Restoration Army's troops and long-range attack weapons, and preparing to use a large number of increasingly powerful Zhentian Lei to launch a fierce attack on the Jin Army on Tongguan Pass.

No matter what, blow it up first, if it doesn't rain, then replace it with rocks and then smash it. All in all, give him ten days and a half months, don't worry.

Zhou Zhi planned to use this method to slowly conquer Tongguan, feeling that he could conquer Tongguan after all.

However, Zhou Zhixue, secretary of You Yijun, felt that this was inefficient, wasting war resources, and was not conducive to the long-term maintenance of the army.

"Tongguan City Wall is tall, wide and deep, and I'm afraid that it is not the thunder that can come down in one go. In the end, the army must be attached to the city to capture it. I don't think this is the best policy."

Zhou Zhixue put forward his views to Zhou Zhi.

Zhou Zhi always respected Zhou Zhixue, who strictly followed the law and cared about the soldiers of the army. Seeing him say this, he could only sigh helplessly.

"I know it's not good to do this, but after thinking about it, there is no other way. Tongguan is so easy to defend and difficult to attack, which is normal. If it is not so easy to defend and difficult to attack, why did the ancients set up a pass here? Woolen cloth?"

"But it's not that Tongguan has not been breached, there is always a way to do it."

Zhou Zhixue said: "Before, I was looking for merchants in Luoyang to travel between Luoyang and Chang'an, and asked them how to enter Guanzhong without going through Tongguan. Most of the merchants said that they could only pass through Tongguan and there was no other way, but A merchant told me that he had heard people say that there is still a way to go."

"What way?"

Zhou Zhi hurriedly asked.

Zhou Zhixue opened his mouth and said: "He also heard from the locals many years ago that in the former Tang Dynasty, there was a road that went through Tongguan to Guanzhong in the old days. The locals call it forbidden ditch."

"I do know about the change of address in Tongguan... But where is the forbidden ditch? Why have I never heard of it?"

Zhou Zhi looked puzzled.

"Actually, I haven't heard of it, but the former Tang Dynasty is 300 years away. There may be many things that I haven't heard of. Although I am not sure, I am willing to lead the army to investigate and see if there is such a way. Well, if there is, it is much better than us attacking the key city here, what do you think?"

"You are the secretary of the First Army. It is better to leave such threats to professional sentries."

Zhou Zhi did not want to agree.

Zhou Zhixue shook his head.

"The secretary is not a pampered high-ranking person. I have also received military training, and I am not a cripple who is helpless. In wartime, there are only soldiers and no secretaries."

"This... well, you bring a few more people, pay attention to safety, the mountains and roads are dangerous here, don't be reckless."

Zhou Zhi couldn't persuade Zhou Zhixue, so he had no choice but to appoint Zhou Zhixue to lead someone to investigate the forbidden ditch. By the way, he assigned 20 of his personal guards to Zhou Zhixue to protect his safety.

Tudan Hexi also made a lot of preparations in order to prevent the Restoration Army from attacking Tongguan, such as moving all the population of Tongguan to the west, turning this area into a completely no-man’s land, so that the Restoration Army could not find a guide even if it wanted to find a guide. , can only rely on oneself to grope forward little by little.

Fortunately, Zhou Zhixue had done a lot of homework in order to capture Tongguan before, and asked a lot of businessmen about Tongguan's past, and he did not know everything about Tongguan.

"Do you know? In the old days, Tongguan was not the current Tongguan. I heard people say that hundreds of years ago, Tongguan was on the top of this plateau. After passing Huangxiangban, you didn't go directly to the tidal flat. The stone climbs to the top of the plateau, and then you can see the Tongguan Pass on the top of the plateau."

On the way to the top of the Nanyuan Plateau, Zhou Zhixue climbed with the help of his guards, and he did not forget to give them supplementary lessons.

"In that case, isn't Tongguan in the past more dangerous than Tongguan now?"

Zhou Zhixue's personal guard captain Chen Liao asked.

Zhou Zhixue nodded.

"It can be said like this."

"Then why did Tongguan become what it is now?"

"Because of the Yellow River, the Yellow River waterway flows through here and continues to cut down, and the water level continues to drop, exposing the part that was previously submerged by water. I heard that this southern plateau was close to the Yellow River waterway hundreds of years ago. The road on the side doesn't exist.

At that time, it was of course more suitable to set Tongguan on the top of the plateau, but later this part of the shoal was exposed, and more and more exposed. After years and months, people can leave, and many people can even pass the army. That Tongguan will continue to be set up. Isn't it pointless here? "

The guards understood the reason for the relocation of Tongguan.

"So what's the way we're looking for?"

"It is the road that people took to pass through Tongguan to enter Guanzhong. I heard that people in those days took this road to Tongguan, then passed through Tongguan, and then passed through a ditch and passed the so-called Twelve Passes. Enter the gate."

Zhou Zhixue said this, and the guards took a deep breath.

"Oh my god, how difficult is that? We can't win the Tongguan just now. If this becomes the past, how will this battle be fought?"

Chen Liao looked at Zhou Zhixue.

Zhou Zhixue took a few breaths and laughed for a while.

"Then I have to ask Cao Mengde. I know a story about Cao Mengde conquering the old Tongguan Pass, but he didn't attack from the front. He made a sneak attack at the rear of Tongguan Pass by bypassing the Yellow River Ferry, and only then defeated Ma Chao, who was guarding Tongguan Pass."

Chen Liao said quickly.

"Then we can also cross the Yellow River!"

"Well, aren't we crossing the Yellow River by force? Qilu Corps is doing this, but now, the ferry used by Cao Cao also has a pass called Daqing Pass."

Chen Liao immediately shut up.

Good guy, the loopholes in the relationship have been plugged in this year, and they have no shortcuts to go...

But think about it, the Yellow River has a large water flow, wide and deep channels, and there are countless undercurrents surging. It is easy for boats to be destroyed and people to die. Finally, there is a usable channel, which must be used forever. Everyone knows the road, how can it be? Without heavy guards?

But saying this...

"Secretary, in this way, isn't the road we are looking for now also the road that our predecessors traveled?"

"Yes."

"Will there be precautions?"

"do not know."

Zhou Zhixue shook his head: "Then I really don't know."

"But Daqing Pass is not..."

"There are not many ferry crossings on the Yellow River. That waterway has been in use until now, and it has never been abandoned. However, the old Tongguan Road has been abandoned since the Tang Dynasty, and no one has used it. There are very few people who even know the news. Ferry is different.

And I heard that the reason why this place is called Jingou is because this road was banned by the imperial court a long time ago, and people were not allowed to walk, so even fewer people knew about it. To the legend, do not know whether it is true or not. "

Chen Liao understood what Zhou Zhixue meant, so he stopped asking questions and concentrated on protecting and supporting Zhou Zhixue through the rough road.

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PS: 648+328, double the first charge and blessing, the Thor pool is not crooked, one shot into the soul, but the weapon pool gave me numbness, set the track for rice light, as a result, I was crooked twice in a row without work, and finally my face got bigger. I almost smashed my mobile phone, and I wanted to use the remaining stones to buy Bakujixing, but now they are all big, Mi Huyou can do it.

PPS: id is the legendary Suvi.

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