The two strongest troops in Chinese history are one Han army and the other Tang army!

However, if we really want to talk about combat effectiveness, the Tang army is actually above the Han army. It is not a matter of morale, but a matter of development of the times. After all, in the Tang Dynasty, no matter in smelting, tactics, and cavalry applications, they were even more advanced than the Han Dynasty.

Wang Hou's current troops have reached the peak of the early Tang Dynasty, and even some of the Ming army's equipment level, even the infantry had war horses, and the Xianbei cavalry was recruited like the Tang army recruited the Turks to fight with the army, and the armor rate was particularly high.

In addition, the Tang soldiers had broken horses. Here, Wang Hou was replaced by axe gunmen with a big axe. The three-meter-long and highly trained elite infantry were arranged in a row and were neatly chopped and killed, and they could also be extremely majestic as Mo Dao's hands.

The marching speed of the entire cavalry legion was not comparable to that of the Liaodong army and infantry in the past. Moreover, Wang Hou also prepared for the war for more than three months, heading south to Jiuyuan, passing through Bingzhou, and then following the marching road of Xiahou Yuan and Xu Huang's troops out of Hedong.

Along the way, Wuqiu Jian, who was sent to the station for a long time to prepare the food, had already prepared the straw for the horses when he arrived at the place, and he had already been fed the horses in winter. He bought the military rations in advance and ate them. After eating, he left a lot of horse manure and left. The average marching speed could reach more than a hundred miles a day. He crossed Bingzhou vertically and walked eastward to Hanoi County. It took thousands of miles, but it took less than a month.

However, when we arrived at the Hedong County Capital and the former capital of the Wei Dynasty in the Warring States Period, new news came from the front line.

Sure enough, it’s not that Wang Hou has urinated! Ma Chao and Han Sui and others are not uneducated. After reading "Spring and Autumn", they know what it means to destroy Guo. They watched General Cao make great efforts to kill from his territory and go to Hanzhong to fight Zhang Lu. Dong Zhuo died and the Guanzhong group of people who quietly came down were once again collectively. Ma Chao and Han Sui were the main ones. All the ten generals of Guanzhong rebelled, and they pulled the flag and rebelled and did not follow you to play with the old Cao thief!

This incident made Wang Hou very happy and stepped up the urgency of the army to move forward faster, not much slower than Xiahou Yuanxu. In early April, he also led the army to Tongguan.

Here we have to talk about the difference between Tongguan and Hangu Pass. One is west of Taihang and the other is east of Taihang. The distance between the two is about 200 miles. The reason why Hangu Pass gradually declined after Qin, and Tongguan really rose after Qin was indeed related to the strategic form of attack on the head in Guanzhong, Shaanxi.

During the Qin Kingdom, they had to go out to compete with the six countries for power, so the Qin people must grasp the mouth of Taihang Mountain! Otherwise, the six countries were controlled by them and blocked, and the Bai Er Qin Pass would become Bai Er Wei Pass or Zhao Pass. No matter how fierce and good the old Qin people were, they would be blocked in Taihang Mountain and could not be beaten out.

However, after the establishment of the Han Dynasty, Guanzhong ruled the world and was mainly defensive. As long as the foreign thieves who were prepared for rebellion did not enter Guanzhong, the geographical location was enough to rely on the advantage of Tongguan on this side of Guanzhong. The enemy's attack, the supply line had to be pulled over 200 miles from the Taihang Valley Road. It was particularly difficult to transport grain along the way. However, Tongguan could replenish supplies nearby the Guanzhong Plain, and defend it with ease.

To be honest, although Wang Hou never visited Tongguan in his later years, he looked down on Tongguan at first, because in history, several major battles in Tongguan seemed to have no effect. He was famous. Sun Chuanting, who resisted Li Zicheng's army's defeat in the late Ming Dynasty, was also dead on the battlefield.

Immediately afterwards, Li Zicheng also used Tongguan to try to resist the Qing army, but was still beaten to cry and cry. During the Anshi Rebellion, 200,000 Tang troops still failed to defend Tongguan. OK.

However! But when I really arrived at the place, I looked at it with a telescope and found that Wang Hou almost vomited blood.

Tongguan in later generations is not the same as Hantongguan in today. The water system of the Yellow River has changed, and a large riverbed has been vacant on the south bank, so Tongguan from the Tang to Qing Dynasty was all on this riverbed. However, now, the agricultural population in the Central Plains is far from so explosive, and there is no ability to make the Yellow River shallow without knowing it. The Yellow River is still turbulent, directly washing the Taihang Mountains on both sides. From here to Guanzhong, there is only an extremely narrow and dazzling mountain road to walk!

And now the 60,000 Cao troops are actually not even seen in Tongguan! Because it is just a small path on the side of the mountain. From here, the direction to Guanzhong is still a cliff. You need to turn south to climb the second section of Huangpuban Valley. How dangerous is this place? Going up the mountain is four or five hundred meters high, and the middle is narrow, and you can pass a carriage, and then there are high platforms on both sides. No wonder there is a saying that Wang Hou is asking for help and put a few regiments of crossbow soldiers. I really don’t care whether you have tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands of people.

But now, it is Wang Hou who is blocked here.

After passing through this Huangpu board, I had to walk a few miles to Tongguan Valley. This small pass was embedded among the cliffs and came into view. Wang Hou didn't see it here, but I heard that some people passing by said that it was also particularly striking. I had to climb up for dozens of meters. The pass was also at a gap in a mountain peak that was washed away by the river. If I broke here, I could reach the Guanzhong Plain.

No wonder before the Tang Dynasty, Guanzhong had to be the capital here for all dynasties, but after the Tang Dynasty, Guanzhong's political status gradually decreased.

When he came, Wang Hou thought it was quite beautiful. He had a dangerous pass in the mountains. He had a cannon in his hand and blasted it over. If ten thousand pigs were not enough, he could be pulled by 100,000 pigs. No matter how dangerous the pass was, he could be knocked open. But now, he deeply realized the famous saying that the time was not as good as the place. Want to use the cannon to hit the pass? First, under the dense archers of the enemy, break through the Huangpu board and transport the cannons up!

"Hahahaha! General Wang has been missing for a long time!"

The two commanders of the Cao army really called the old and young men unaware of their grudges. Just when Wang Hougang arrived, holding a telescope and watching the horses on the hills, Han and other families were worried about flags, the bearded Xiahou Yuan and the old were willing to learn from the Qiang people, and they made a piece of white cloth on their foreheads and did not wear helmets to show that they were brave. Xu Huang and Xu were riding over together.

Looking at Wang Hou's frowning, Xiahou Yuan bowed indifferently.

"The thief does occupy the dangerous places of the mountain, but General Wang doesn't have to worry too much! The Prime Minister ordered several of us to camp here, and there was no need to forcefully attack Guancheng. When his old man arrived, the Prime Minister would have many tricks. At that time, he would have his own way!"

I have my own way? What should I do if my cannon and heavy chariots are done? Now I have a deep understanding of the importance of lightweight war equipment. With a bitter face, Wang Hou followed them sadly and continued to flatter them.

"That's what it should be!"

What a fuck!
Chapter completed!