Pujin Pass, which was still an important town in the Tang army, did not hold on for long before it was declared to be destroyed.

Although tens of thousands of Tang army defenders made the most resolute resistance, they still could not reach the strong attack of the Zhao army's 200,000 elite troops. After five days of persistence, Pujin Pass was lost.

The Tang army general Cheng Yaojin and Gao Zengsheng led a hundred Tang troops to secretly cross the Yellow River and fled back to Guanzhong, saving their lives, but the Tang troops in Pujin Pass all surrendered to the Zhao army.

Although it took a lot of time here, Li Chongjiu was in a good mood at this moment. He looked at Xi'an, the Yellow River from afar in front of Pujin Pass, and seemed to have vaguely seen the magnificent walls of Chang'an City.

Ji Chuan held the map in his hand and analyzed to Li Chongjiu: "Your Majesty, since ancient times, there have been two roads in Pujin Pass. The north road travels north from Chang'an, passes through Zhongwei Bridge to Yingdongyi, Jingyang County, and travels forty miles to Sanyuan County, and another forty miles to Fuping, another forty miles to Liangtianpi, another forty miles to Fengxian County, another forty miles to Gankengdian, another forty miles to Fengyi County, and finally Pujin."

"Although the journey to Baqiaoyi on the south road is farther than the north road, it also takes you to pass through Fengyi County, Tongzhou to Pujin."

Yu Shinan also said: "Yes, since ancient times, Qin and Jin clashed and attacked Guanzhong, and they mostly took the Pujin Guan Road."

After hearing what Ji Chuan and Yu Shinan said, Li Chongjiu nodded. In fact, because Tongguan is easy to defend and difficult to attack, and the inconvenient transportation of troops and food, the battles that attacked Guanzhong through Pujin Pass Road in history were far more than Tongguan and Wuguan.

This is the most important gateway in Chang'an, otherwise how could Xu Huang make suggestions to Cao Cao? Ma Chao and Han Sui only guarded Tongguan, but not Pujin. He knew that he had no plans.

Even in later generations, the Jin and Mongolian soldiers attacked Guanzhong, and they mostly crossed the Yellow River from Longmen or Pujin. They followed the Pujin Pass Road to Guanzhong. During the Jin Dynasty, Wanyan Loushi, Mongolia had Muhuali and Ogedei Khan all crossed the Yellow River, attacked Guanzhong, and all achieved remarkable results.

However, after the Tang army retreated, they burned the floating bridge on Pujin Road. Li Chongjiu did not have the famous generals in history, so he let the Yellow River freeze overnight, and the troops could cross the Yellow River. Even if there was, it was July at this time, so where could the Yellow River freeze?

Therefore, to pass Pujin Ferry, you can only build a floating bridge.

Li Chongjiu looked at the rolling Yellow River and asked immediately: "He Chou, how is the construction of the floating bridge going?"

He Chou heard Li Chongjiu ask and went forward and said, "Report to your Majesty, this matter is in progress. We will change the boat of the navy upstream to build a floating bridge and order the civil servants to build it, so that five roads can be built at one breath on Pujin Ferry. This will be very convenient for the army to pass."

Li Chongjiu trusted He Chou's ability very much. If we talk about the military meritorious enterprises of Zhao State, who can speak? One is He Chou, and the other people from Youjing's masterpiece craftsmanship shop.

Chinese history has always praised the emperors, generals and ministers who emerged during the change of dynasties, but for the likes of Yuwen Kai and He Chou, it is a brief summary. For example, Li Chun, the founder of Zhaozhou Bridge in this era, was such a great craftsman. He had no place to make any contribution in the history of the Sui Dynasty. After Li Chongjiu traveled through time, he also asked He Chou to ask Li Chun. He learned that this great craftsman had passed away in the great turmoil at the end of the Sui Dynasty.

After Li Chongjiu found out, he couldn't help but feel sorry for him, and finally he could only take Li Chun's several apprentices to work under the Ministry of Works.

Now, under the command of He Chou, these Li Chun's apprentices began to build a floating bridge. More than 60,000 civil servants who transported food and grass to the front line carried out this important task of building a bridge.

The climate in July is as hot as fire.

These civil servants had bloating blisters of livestock, carrying wooden boards, bamboo poles and short piles, jumped into the turbid Yellow River water.

With warships as a supplement, the first floating bridge was quickly built, and then the first floating bridge, the second and third roads were quickly built.

Li Chun's several apprentices were really amazing. Under He Chou's command, the floating bridge was immediately built.

The Tang army on the other side saw the Zhao army building a floating bridge and wanted to harass them. However, at this time, Xue Wanjun, who was detouring from Longmen Pass, had already arrived at the flanks of the flanks of the Longmen Pass, and the Zhao army on the east bank was also continuously carried by warships and landed on the west bank. The two armies guarded the beachhead positions together, which made the Tang army's destruction plan unable to start and had to retreat.

Soon five floating bridges were built. The Zhao soldiers on the shore all cheered and began to cross the river.

Li Chongjiu no longer rode a carriage, but rode his horse with his soldiers to cross the Pujin floating bridge. Deep downstream, there were also the sixth, seventh and eighth floating bridges being built.

Although the five floating bridges are enough to cross the river, for the 200,000 Zhao army who were accumulating momentum on the river bank, if they can cross the river one step faster, the risk will be less.

Surrounded by the three armies, Li Chongjiu rode a horse across the Yellow River. When the horse's hooves stepped on the land beside the river bank. Li Chongjiu knew that at this moment he had already stepped onto the land of Guanzhong.

The eight hundred miles of Qinchuan unfolded in front of you.

After crossing the Yellow River, how to advance below is also an urgent task.

Zhang Xuansu analyzed to Li Chongjiu that there are three roads in front of Li Chongjiu to choose.

The first is to lead the army eastward, bypass Chang'an, and open the road to Tongguan in Guanzhong. This route is very stable. Opening Tongguan is equivalent to opening up the supply line. The army can go straight to Luoyang. If the battle against Tang is unfavorable, it can retreat to Guanzhong at any time.

The second line is to head westward and arrive in Weibei to meet with Wang Junkuo's 200,000 Western Army. This route is most in line with the way of using troops. Dividing advances and attacks are originally the usual method of the Zhao army. After joining with the Western Army, more than 400,000 Zhao troops who fought against Guanzhong met together, and the attack and defense were both free to advance and retreat.

There is also the third article: Going south directly to attack Chang'an. It is the one who first entered Guanzhong to become kings, breaking Chang'an, directly deter Li Tang, dig out the resistance of Li Tang's military and civilians, and force Li Shimin to run or surrender. This is a one-time and for all.

Zhang Xuansu's three plans were discussed, and the Zhao army soldiers all chose the second one.

Joining troops is the kingly way. More than 400,000 people can dominate the world, let alone Guanzhong, a mere place in a different place. From the perspective of Li Yuan and Li Shimin, they should be most afraid of this.

Because in terms of the route of Li Yuan and Jinyang's rise to capture Guanzhong, he also led an army of 30,000 from Hedong to attack Guanzhong. After crossing the Yellow River in Pujindu, he did not rush to capture Chang'an, which was still heavily guarded by him. Instead, he went west to Weibei and met with his daughter Li Zhiwan's 70,000 troops, and then turned around to attack Chang'an.

Of course, there are not many generals who are optimistic about choosing the third one. They believe that the three battles of Jiangzhou, Pujin and Zhongzhao have wiped out nearly 30,000 living forces of the Tang army. At present, the Tang army has no more strength, so they think that attacking Chang'an is easy, so there is no need to trouble the Western Army, otherwise they will have to share a contribution to them if Chang'an is broken.

During the meeting, Li Chongjiu looked at the Zhao army generals' overly optimistic discussion, but couldn't help but frown.

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