Three Kingdoms: Ancestors of the Han Dynasty

Chapter 125 Renhe Valley Road
After hearing this, Zhuge Liang frowned slightly, rolled up his cuffs, pointed to the location of the west city on the map, and seemed to be thinking about how the big man would lead his troops to rescue if Mengda raised his troops.

After pondering for a while, Zhuge Liang tapped on Shangyong County, and said: "Shangyong city wall is strong, surrounded by water on three sides, the terrain is dangerous, easy to defend and difficult to attack, Meng Da has tens of thousands of people under his command, and Cao Wei is difficult to break under the strong defense. It is enough to treat me The big Han soldiers marched out of the Hanshui River in the west, and went to the rescue."

Speaking of this, Zhuge Liang said with a faint smile: "Besides, Meng Da is capricious, so what's the use of saving him. It's just that the three eastern counties have always been a problem under the armpit of Hanzhong County. If Xicheng County can be captured, Hanzhong can be sheltered."

Liu Chan understood Zhuge Liang's meaning. Although Hanzhong is known as "National Treasure Tianfu, Land of Fish and Rice", because it is located on the border of Han and Wei Dynasties, it cannot concentrate on developing agriculture and needs to invest limited resources in the construction of military facilities.

Therefore, in the future, Hanzhong County will repair a large number of defensive castles, such as Jinjin, Xingshi and other cities. However, if the eastern defense can be moved forward to Xicheng County, it can rely on Xicheng County as a defensive stronghold. If Cao Wei attacks, reinforcements can be sent. Resisting downstream can defend the enemy outside the Hanzhong Basin.

Liu Chan pondered for a while, and said slowly: "Meng Da is a man with two heads and two ends. Even if we plan to force him back, if we have Cao Wei's kind words to caress him, he will still be hesitant and undecided. At this time If Cao Wei takes advantage of Meng Da's unpreparedness and secretly dispatches generals to rush to attack, fearing that Meng Da will be rescued, we will not be able to take advantage of the three eastern counties."

The two fell silent for a moment. According to Zhuge Liang's strategic intention, he wanted to capture Longyou and West Commanderies, and Meng Dan could save them if he could.

Liu Chan's eyes were scattered, looking at the map, trying to get inspiration, his eyes moved down, and suddenly he saw Seoul, and then looked at the Daba Mountains.

Liu Chan broke the tranquility of the hall, walked quickly into the hall, and suddenly shouted: "Come here, urgently declare that all the princes and generals should enter the palace."

Huang Hao, who had been serving at the side all the time, flashed out from the gate, promised, and ordered his attendants to leave the palace in a hurry.

During Wang Ping's tenure as the captain of the west, he made great contributions in pacifying Yuexi County, and at the same time planned the Northern Expedition.

Zhuge Liang didn't understand why Liu Chan called Wang Ping into the palace. He looked confused and asked, "Why is this country?"

Liu Chan walked back to the same place again, looked at the map on the wall, put his hands behind his back, and smiled lightly: "I have gained something, but I'm not sure, that's why I ordered all the sons of Xuan to enter the palace, and the father can wait for now. "

Zhuge Liang stopped talking when he heard the words, but thought about Meng Da's affairs, and suddenly thought that Meng Da had attacked the three eastern counties before, and he went north from Yong'an (Zigui). Could it be that the country has this intention.

At this time, Wang Ping was sleeping with He's arms in his arms, and the guard outside knocked on the door and shouted: "General, Your Majesty summoned you late at night to discuss something important."

He was woken up, pushed and pulled Wang Ping, who was sleeping soundly, with sleepy eyes, and muttered, "Zijun."

Wang Ping narrowed his eyes slightly, looked at the door, breathed out and asked, "What's the matter?"

"General, Your Majesty has something important to discuss, please enter the palace as soon as possible." Qin Wei said.

As soon as this remark came out, Wang Ping was instantly full of energy and did not dare to slack off. He lifted the quilt, got up quickly, and put on his clothes.

Holding the brocade quilt in her arms, showing her white and tender collarbone, looking at the busy Wang Ping, she asked curiously, "Zijun, what happened?"

Looking at himself in the bronze mirror, Wang Ping straightened his collar and said, "I don't know either, just sleep peacefully and don't wait for me."

After speaking, Wang Ping hurried out to meet Liu Chan in the palace.

"Your Majesty, General Kou is seeking an audience outside." Huang Hao lowered his head and reported.

"Xuan!"

Wang Ping thanked Huang Hao, walked slowly into the hall, and was about to salute Liu Chan and Zhuge Liang.

But Liu Chan supported Wang Ping with one hand and said, "There is no need to be formal."

After speaking, Liu Chan took Wang Ping to the map on the wall, pointed to Seoul, stared at Wang Ping's eyes, and asked solemnly: "Zijun, is there a way to get to the west city from Seoul?"

As soon as Liu Chan's words came out, Zhuge Liang cheered up, looked towards De Seoul, and instantly understood Liu Chan's meaning.

To the northeast of Brazil County is Xicheng County, but it is separated by the Daba Mountains, making it inconvenient to pass.And Seoul is located in the northeast of Brazil County, along the "Yangba Road" (Note ①).

A few years ago, Liu Chan set up three guards, of which Baijiawei was stationed in De Seoul.

Liu Chan asked for this purpose, hoping to cross Daba Mountain from here and go straight to Xicheng County.

Wang Ping was lost in thought, and his fingers moved slowly from Brazil County to Xicheng County.After a while, Wang Ping bowed slightly to Liu Chan and the two, shook his head and said: "If you win Hancheng, you may not have the road to go directly to the west city. If you win Hancheng, it is on Yangba Road, which leads to Hanzhong and goes down to Jiangzhou, but there is no direct way to go to the west city." West Side Road."

After a pause, Wang Ping added: "However, if you travel south to Xuanhan County, there is a river valley trail leading to the west city in the county, so you don't know what the country is for?"

Hearing this, Liu Chan and Zhuge Liang were very excited, and they looked at each other and smiled.

Liu Chan also directly told the inside story: "Meng Da raised his troops to fight against Cao Wei, and the prime minister and I were worried that Shen Yi would block reinforcements according to the Han River, so we asked each other for that reason."

After pondering for a while, Wang Ping pointed to the area from Basil County to Xicheng, and said slowly: "This road is not a great road, but a small road. This road is called Rengu Road/Rengu Road, because there is a river in Basil County named Ren River. The valley between the rivers is called Ren Valley, and the Ren River starts from Hanxuan County, flows through Daba Mountain, and ends in Xicheng County."

Zhuge Liang stroked his beard and asked, "Zijun, is this way convenient?"

Wang Ping shook his head and said: "The canyons and beaches are dangerous, accompanied by the steep peaks and mountains, the road is steep, and the population is sparsely populated. The unconvinced Wang Huarong people occupy the deep mountains. If you have a large army, you can't do it, but if you send thousands of soldiers, you can do it." pass."

"However, if Your Majesty wants to seize the West City, I think that you can send a large army to the south of the Han River, and you will send brave men, with more than a thousand and a hundred armored guards, along the Ren River Valley, to go straight into the West City, and cut off Shenyi's back road. , both front and rear are enemies, and they will inevitably surrender in panic." Wang Ping looked at the map and thought, then cupped his hands and offered advice.

Liu Chan deduced on the map according to Wang Ping's thinking, and after finding out that the strategy was feasible, he asked Zhuge Liang, "I don't know if Xiangfu thinks this strategy is feasible for both sons?"

Zhuge Liang pondered for a while, then looked at the city of Dehan on the map, and said: "There are many people in Renhe Valley, and there are many mountain roads. If the Han soldiers go out, there may be accidents, but if you send white armor guards, I think it is feasible."
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①Yangba Road is the predecessor of Litchi Road. Litchi Road in Tang Dynasty was expanded from Ziwu Valley Road and Yangba Road in Qin and Han Dynasties.

The north of Litchi Road is Ziwu Ancient Road (Chang'an-Hanzhong), and the south is Yangba Road (Hanzhong-Fuling)
② "Shui Jing Zhu" contains: "The Han River flows eastward to the mouth of Yufu Valley, the old Xicheng, and the two counties of Guangcheng, which refer to this valley and divide it." The place where the Banmao people live together.

(End of this chapter)