Sima Yi guarded this mountain road, which was not a small mountain slip. This was the only way to march from Jinzhong to the North China Plain and could be approached by 200,000 troops. Jingxing, the widest of the eight passes in Taihang!

More than three hundred years ago, the Jingxing Battle between Han Xin and Zhao State took place here. It was only after defeating King Xie of Zhao that Han Xin was able to attack Shandong and finally took the position of King Qi.

But that time, Han Xin led only more than 10,000 troops, less than 20,000, and the Zhao army only had only 50,000 or 60,000. However, this time, the Eastern Army gathered at least 370,000, and Wang Hou's Guanxi Army also had more than 100,000 troops, nearly 200,000. The fate of the entire Central Plains was blocked in the vast Taihang Mountains.

Knowing his weakness, the Battle of Quwo just now proved that the Central Plains infantry in the field could not defeat Liangzhou or Liaodong horsemen, so after sending his disobedient teammates away, Sima Yi hid all his troops in the mountains, and each pass was stationed with heavy troops, garrisoning the narrow Taihang Mountain Road for dozens of miles.

Sima Yi still implemented his own strategy, drag it out!

In terms of war resources, the Eastern Wei was stronger than the Western Wei, and the households under Sima Yi and Cao Rui were five times higher than those under Wang Hou. Even if Sili and Bingzhou were occupied, the gentry under his subordinates did not obey Wang Hou's rule. More importantly, even if the materials were abundant, Wang Hou established his country through business. The huge Central Plains was his big market. War blocked business. If it was a moment, from Liaodong to Chang'an, each large merchant group would support Wang Hou's hegemony. But if the war lasted for three years and five years and lacked a commercial market, how long could the loyalty of these large merchant groups last?

However, the feudal manors of the gentry that remained unchanged since time immemorial could give Sima Yi a steady stream of support and send new recruits to the front line.

Faced with such a situation, all the civil officials and military generals of the Western Wei Dynasty were gathered in Jinzhong by Wang Hou.

"Big Travel Platform!"

Although the battle situation was not very good, the military strategic level of the Western Wei was still quite outstanding. A long time ago, the Military Statistics and Investigation Bureau had secretly drawn the contour map of Taihang Xing in Deng Lan's hands. In addition, the special mountain troops under Sun Shangxiang's command, a decent strategic sand table was clearly placed on the table spliced ​​together by wood.

"Everyone, this road is Jingxing! This road leads to Handan in the north and Qinyang in the south. It is the only way our army must pass to enter the Central Plains. It is also the last line of defense for the old thief Sima to guard against the Central Plains and Hebei. Opening Taihang Xing is the only way to control the world!"

He held the coaching stick with one hand on the other, and pointed out the country on the map. The famous general who almost destroyed Goguryeo in history was also Wu Qiu Jian, who was commanding the two Liaodong corps this time, and guided leisurely. However, among the civil officials, Jia Xu, Xu Shu, Zhen Yao and others, Zhao Yun, who was experienced among military generals, did not die at the hands of Guan Yu. Pang De, who had become increasingly capable, and Jiang Xu, Guo Huai, Zhang Yi and other new and old generals of the Western Wei army, looked at the map, but all frowned.

It’s easy to say, but if you could pass Jingxing so easily, the battle between Han Xin and Jingxing would not have become so famous all over the world!

Moreover, it was a little harder than what Wang Hou faced by Han Xin, because the Dai Kingdom in Bingzhou was destroyed by Han Xin at that time, and the Zhao State had only 50,000 or 60,000 troops, and only controlled the near Jingxing Pass at the Taihang Mountains entrance near Handan. However, Sima Yi had an army of nearly 400,000 troops. This was the battlefield he had already set up. From the entrance to the Taihang Mountains in Jinzhong and to the exit of Jingxing Pass, the narrow mountain roads of more than 300 miles were almost all under his control.

Along the way, along the narrow mountain road, he set up three key defense lines. The front army was stationed at the entrance of Qizhoushan and set up formations along the mountain. The central army was heavily in the Duanyangquan and the rear army stationed at Jingxing Pass. When he was watching the battlefield two days ago, he could even see the gables set up by the Eastern Wei on the ridge. It was really not easy to break in from these three passes.

Especially now that I have seen the dense Eastern Wei army camps, Zhao Yun, who has followed Wang Hou for the longest time, was the first to shake his head.

"Lord, this battle... is too difficult!"

"Let's not mention that our cavalry is difficult to move on the mountain road. Just the Sima thieves set up formations along the mountain and set up checkpoints layer by layer, and the thieves are all over our army. If they continue to grind through the Taihang Mountains, our army will probably suffer heavy damage even if they break through the Taihang Mountains!"

"In my opinion, the lord left his young troops to station in Jinzhong, and the army headed north. Relying on the benefits of our army's train, he went from southeast Liaodong. At the end, the generals were willing to lead a division of cavalry and landed in Qingzhou. They attacked the Central Plains from the east and went to Ye, and were kind to him!"

“How long does it take?”

Without a word of nonsense, Wang Hou asked this question just to make Zhao Yun choke. After a moment, he was so hard that he came out.

"If it goes well, it's enough for a year and a half!"

This has been arguing with most of China, and it seems to be easier to walk than Jingxing in front of you, but there are also many variables and you have to open up Youzhou. Moreover, although the Three Kingdoms have destroyed one country, there is still an Eastern Wu here! It is said that it is the beginning and the tail of Shu. The Southern Dynasties that lost Shu in history have not lasted for a long time, and Sun Quan was also eyeing Xichuan.

Moreover, the discontinuation of the Central Plains trade route has already made Wang Hou feel the pressure, so he doesn’t want to delay any more, even if he forced himself to break through Jingxing Road!

"Everyone, the other party has 370,000, and it is said to be 500,000, but who are most of them? They are the soldiers who have been stationed for the government and the tenant farmers who have been stationed for the gentry. The soldiers who have followed Taizu to fight against Hefei in recent years are still behind us. Sima Yi does not have many elite soldiers!"

"Who are you? The elite troops who eat military pay and kill people, the warriors fighting against savages in the big valleys of Liaodong, even the Liangzhou cavalry and the Sanfu knights in Guanxi, are you even worse than the farmers after you get off the horse?"

Listening to Wang Hou's order, dozens of generals present were silent. After a moment, Pang De, the commander-in-chief who was responsible for the recruitment of 50,000 troops in Liangzhou, was the first to hold his fist and respond.

"Please give an order!"

With his voice, the remaining generals and young generals also held their fists and saluted with one kneel, and shouted with a roar.

"Please give an order!"

It is a good thing to brainstorm most of the time, but sometimes it requires some people to act arbitrarily. This time, Wang Hou did not want to discuss this pre-war meeting. He already had a plan in his mind. All he wanted was to stabilize the morale of the generals and follow him to the death!

Pang De took the lead and temporarily suppressed all objections. Wang Hou was also unwilling to let him down and immediately knocked on the table.

"My intention has been decided. I will leave Jinzhong at the 1st of tomorrow, and the army will attack Zhoushikou directly! At all costs, we will forcefully attack in!"

"I will obey the order!"
Chapter completed!