At this moment, Cen Peng's hand also pointed to a particularly conspicuous location on the sand table: Ziwu Valley.
"At the end of the day, I am not talented, so I would like to lead a force of troops from Ziwu Valley to the south to surprise Hanzhong Administrative Office Nanzheng, attract the main force of the enemy to resist, and then entangle them to death!"
Please ask the Governor to lead the main army to Chencang and Qishan, and we will surely capture Hanzhong and conquer Bashu in one fell swoop!"
This plan put forward by Cen Peng is quite dedicated. It is easy to entangle the enemy, but it is like a sheep entering a tiger's mouth. Once trapped in the valley, there is no chance to escape.
Moreover, when walking through Ziwu Valley, the number of people is destined not to be large and must be less than 10,000. If we really face the main force of the enemy, the final outcome will definitely not be much better!
As for the surprise attack on Nanzheng, the Hanzhong Administrative Office, the place is not made of clay. If people pass by, whether it can be captured is even more of a question!
"It's too risky to use troops like this!" Li Jing said in a deep voice.
To be honest, Li Jing doesn't support this strategy very much, and to be fair, Li Jing doesn't think this strategy has much success rate?
It’s okay to give it a try, but you can’t pin all your hopes on it. It’s naturally a good thing if it works, but if it doesn’t work, you need to be more prepared.
Regarding the Ziwu Valley, there is something that later generations have been arguing about for thousands of years, but no one has given an answer: The Ziwu Valley Conspiracy!
Several roads through the Qinling Mountains, Qishan Road, Chencang Road, and Baoxie Road, are also dangerous, but they have been successfully broken through many times in wars throughout the ages!
Ziwu Valley is an exception. Although it has been planned to attack and sneak across many times, it has never been successful. This has made countless heroes hate it. Therefore, there is a famous saying in later generations: The way of Qinling Mountains, Ziwu is the king!
The Ziwu Valley conspiracy proposed by Wei Yan has not been implemented in detail. In the end, whether it will succeed or not is still unknown!
However, to be fair, this strategy actually has a greater chance of failure, and it is even said that there is almost no chance of success.
Both Tangluo Road and Ziwu Valley are difficult to walk. In addition to the steep and narrow roads, the roads are often interrupted by heavy rains, making it difficult to conduct large-scale military operations.
Not to mention the roads along the way, just say that 5,000 people went deep alone, with no reinforcements from outside, and no logistics inside. As long as Chang'an City held on for a period of time, his entire army would be annihilated.
Therefore, the Ziwu Valley Strategy is a dangerous strategy for military operations.
With Ji Han's national power at that time, it was obviously a bit extravagant to send another five thousand people to Chang'an City to escape death.
To put it simply, Zhuge Liang during the Ji Han period did not have the capital to try. He made a huge gamble and lost it, which was a disaster. This resulted in his cautious character throughout his life.
The real history is not that of casually pulling out hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses to fight in the novel. In real history, if five thousand soldiers and horses were lost like that, Ji Han's situation at that time would definitely have been damaged.
The muscles are shaking.
With such a risky move, why would Zhuge Liang take the gamble for him this time?
At the same time, Cao Zhen also went to Ziwu Valley. After fully referring to the geographical location of Hanzhong, Cao Zhen ordered Sima Yi to go upstream via the Han River. Guo Huai, Fei Yao and other troops either entered from Xie Valley or Wuwei. Zhuge Liang was not
Did he ever give himself a false and true trick? Cao Zhen also gave Zhuge Liang a trick this time. The confidence is that Cao Zhen is true every step of the way.
Your military strength in Hanzhong is all in the north, and Sima Yi will sneak into your rear. You set up an ambush by the river, and my people from Wuwei in Xiegu can contain you, and finally I will attack you directly in Ziwu Valley.
However, Cao Zhen's main force also encountered heavy rain. Moreover, the rain Cao Zhen encountered was a bit outrageous. It rained for more than a month, although it might not rain for a few days during that period.
However, the roads in Ziwu Valley had been damaged by rain, and many plank roads could no longer be used. Most importantly, Cao Zhen's army encountered flash floods. In a whole month, Cao Zhen's army only traveled half of the distance.
It was originally a road that had been abandoned for many years. Cao Zhen saw that the soldiers who had shared the joys and sorrows with him were unable to move forward, and many even fell to their death on the dead wood while walking on the plank road.
In this expedition to Shu, except for Sima Yi's record of some achievements, Cao Zhen probably did not see any enemies. Guo Huai was repulsed in the Yangxi area. This expedition to Shu was full of successes and wasted losses.
Later Huan Wen's Northern Expedition and King Chuang's Northern Expedition both carried out the Ziwu Valley Conspiracy. However, the results of these two times were more miserable than the last.
The former progressed slowly, and was found to have no surprising effect at all, so it was eventually eliminated.
The latter Gao Yingxiang's Ziwu Valley plan was discovered by Sun Chuanting. He had already set up an ambush in the Heishui Valley of the Ziwu Valley and waited for Gao Yingxiang to fall into the trap, but Gao Yingxiang was unaware of it. After half a month of hard walking on the Ziwu Road, the army led by Sun Chuanting arrived at Heishui.
When he was in Yu, he was ambushed and defeated by the Chuanting army of the Ming Dynasty who had been ambushing here for a long time. He was captured and escorted to Beijing where he was killed by Ling Chi.
"Wei Qing, lead 150,000 troops, bypass Jieting, Tianshui Line, cross Qishan Mountain, march towards Baishui Pass, and attack the west of Hanzhong County!" Although Li Jing did not object to Cen Peng's plan on the spot, he did
He didn't mean to agree, but instead gave an order.
Baishui Pass, from Liangzhou to Shu along the Qishan Road, is an obstacle that we have to face now. Baishui Pass is located on the ancient transportation line, connecting Qinlong in the north by land and Jiameng in the south; it can be reached by going up the Bailong River by water.
Gannan, which can reach Bayu and even Jingxiang, is an important military pass.
"Three Kingdoms·Fa Zhengzhuan" also says that Fa Zheng mentioned Baishui Pass when he analyzed the situation at that time for Liu Bei. He said: "The fish belly (Fengjie) and the pass (i.e. Baishui Pass) are actually the gate of disaster and fortune in Yizhou."
Fazheng believed that there were only two ways to enter Shu at that time. One was to take the fish belly (Fengjie) along the Yangtze River in the east to enter Shu, and the other was to enter Shu by taking the Baishui Pass by land from the north. Therefore, holding on to the fish belly was a blessing at the critical moment, and losing the fish was
In the abdomen, there will be misfortune at this critical moment.
Zhang Hui from Jin Dynasty recorded in "Records of the Southern Han Dynasty": "Shu has three passes, Yangping, Jiangguan and Baishui".
As the governor of Liangzhou, Wei Qing should have been located in Liangzhou at this time. However, most of the 500,000 new soldiers recruited and trained in the past few years were located in Bing, Si, and Yongzhou. At this time, the troops were also sent to Yongzhou first.
After gathering, some troops and horses headed to Liangzhou.
Wei Qing simply came to Yongzhou to lie down, firstly to communicate with other generals in this battle, and secondly, to mobilize the required troops.
If a large army goes back and forth to Yongliang, it will be very troublesome and it will take a long time. However, if a single general leads a team of light cavalry, the speed will be much faster.
"Feng Yi, I order you to lead an army of 120,000 people, go south along the Baoxie Road, and attack the north of Hanzhong County!"
"The governor personally led an army of 150,000 people, took Chencang Road, and attacked the northwest of Hanzhong County!"
