Chapter 421 The troops approach Qingni Pass and ambush Liang Lin and Liang Fang!
All the generals gathered in Liu Bang's tent, and saw Liu Bang sitting high in the hall with a heavy heart, while the military advisor Chen Ping beside him frowned slightly and read through the intelligence gathered by the scouts.
"The scouts have found out the situation of the guards at Lantian and Qingni Pass. Generals, please take a look!"
A trace of worry flashed in Chen Ping's eyes. He handed the information in his hand to General Huli who was closest to him, and asked Huli to pass it on to other generals present after reading the information!
After the generals in the field circulated the information, they finally handed the information back to Chen Ping, and they all held their breath and waited for the military advisor to speak.
"All the generals have also seen that the person responsible for guarding Lantian is Fan Chou, a famous general from Xiliang. He also has two generals under his command, Liang Lin and Liang Fang, who can defeat ten thousand enemies! If we want to conquer Lantian, we may have to pay a lot of effort.
A relatively painful price. What do you generals think?"
Military Advisor Chen Ping paused for a moment. Seeing that everyone present was silent, he continued to analyze the defensive strength of Qingni Pass!
"Let's not mention Lantian for the moment. If we abandon Lantian and move to Qingni Pass, we will definitely face the defender there, Dong Ping, Dong Zhuo's nephew, the 'Double Spear General'! Dong Ping was active in the Yellow Turban War and the Qiang Expedition.
In terms of battle, in terms of force, hearing, and strategy, he can be considered a good player, at least better than those above.
Just now the scouts came to report that Dong Ping was mainly responsible for guarding the Qingni Pass, and he had two powerful generals under his command, namely Cui Yong and Yang Ding. (Compared with Liang Fang and Liang Lin, they are simply the same person on the ground.
, the same heaven cannot be compared at all)”
After Chen Ping roughly analyzed the situation at Lantian and Qingni Pass, the next step was to listen to the opinions of everyone present, as well as the opinions of his lord Liu Bang. After everyone unified their opinions, he launched a formal attack on the enemy!
"My lord, strategist! The general proposes to directly lead the army to attack Qingni Pass. In this way, on the one hand, unnecessary casualties can be reduced, and on the other hand, the place can be captured relatively quickly, and then the attack on Wuguan can be started.
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Even though Fan Kuai looks tall and thick, he is quite smart in terms of strategy. At least he can tell at a glance that attacking Qingni Pass is simpler and more significant than attacking Lantian!
"What General Fan Kuai said is absolutely true, but the general feels that we should also lay an ambush on the only road from Lantian to Qingni Pass to prevent Liang Lin and Liang Fang from leading their troops to support."
A flash of surprise flashed in the eyes of military advisor Chen Ping, but he saw him looking up in the direction of the general who made the suggestion. That general was none other than Liu Bang's confidant, Peng Yue.
"What General Peng Yue said is true, and it coincides with Ping's idea!"
In the idea of military counselor Chen Ping, Fan Kuai and Leng Bao can be directly assigned to lead the army to attack the Qingni Pass. On the road between Lantian and Qingni Pass, Hu Li, Lu Li and Yang Li can be ordered to lead an army.
The branch division was ambushed among them. When the defenders on the Lantian side learned about the enemy attack at Qingni Pass and sent troops to support, Huli and the others could surprise them with a surprise attack and severely damage the supporting troops on the Lantian side!
"What do you generals think? If you all agree on the strategy of attacking Qingni Pass, you can directly start to prepare your troops and set off on a different day!"
Chen Ping finally turned his attention to Liu Bang, who was sitting firmly in the high hall. After all, the final decision still needed to be made by his lord.
After listening to Chen Ping's strategic analysis of Qingni Pass and Lantian, Liu Bang's originally frowning brows relaxed. He directly recognized Chen Ping, Peng Yue, and Fan Kuai's proposals, and agreed to accept them.
Come down and launch the main attack on Qingni Pass.
Without further ado, start strategic preparations quickly!
The generals in the tent ordered them to retreat and prepare for the next expedition.
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Three days later!
Ziwu Valley Village's troops were divided into two groups. Among them, three fierce generals, Hu Li, Lu Li and Yang Li, led 15,000 soldiers northward towards Lantian. They chose a hidden area on the road between Lantian and Qingni Pass.
An ambush was set up in the place. On the other hand, Liu Bang personally led the army to the expedition. He ordered Fan Kuai as the vanguard officer, Peng Yue, Yong Chi, Guan Ying, and Leng Bao as adjutants, leading 10,000 warriors to attack Qingni Pass!
Liu Bang, Chen Ping, Lei Tong, Deng Xian, and Wu Ban led the army to support the rear. Once something happened to Fan Kuai's vanguard, Liu Bang and others would rush over to provide support as soon as possible.
The two armies set off quickly!
About three days later, the three Huli brothers had already led their team to ambush, while Fan Kuai and the others were about to arrive at Qingni Pass before sunset.
"The Qingni Pass is ahead. Let's stop and rest for the night, and then launch the attack on the Qingni Pass early tomorrow morning!"
Fan Kuai saw that the army was still quite far away from Qingni Pass, so he kindly arranged for his soldiers to rest in place for one night and continue their journey at dawn. However, he never expected that a grain transport unit would arrive at Qingni Pass that night.
Dong Ping's order was to go to support Ziwu Valley. After leaving the city, this grain transport unit noticed traces of a large number of unknown troops, so they hurriedly returned the same way and informed Dong Ping of the matter!
After Dong Ping learned the news, he summoned the generals in the army to discuss the matter that night and sent scouts to find out the specific information about the army outside the city.
"An unknown army suddenly appeared near Qingni Pass. What does this mean? Either Hu Feng rebelled and surrendered to the enemy, or the Ziwu Valley he was guarding has fallen and he himself was killed by the enemy?"
According to Dong Ping's inference, the probability of the latter is higher. After all, Hu Feng was a general born in Xiliang, and his whole family was still in Xiliang, so it was absolutely impossible for him to rebel and surrender to the enemy.
"If nothing else goes wrong, Ziwu Valley has fallen. The next goal of this army is to attack our Qingni Pass. Where is General Yang Ding? I order you to lead more than a hundred soldiers to Lantian and ask for help from General Fan Chou.
Let him send two generals, Liang Lin and Liang Fang, to support him!"
Yang Ding immediately stepped out of the queue, took the token given by Dong Ping, immediately turned around and left the tent, ordered more than a hundred soldiers, and rushed towards Lantian.
After Dong Ping saw Yang Ding away, he immediately arranged for the other generals to perform their respective duties. Before the enemy troops came to the city, he prepared the materials to defend the city and reinforced the city walls to prevent any unexpected events!
At the Qingni Pass, under the unified deployment of Dong Ping, the generals of the Xiliang Army performed their respective duties and were fully prepared to defend the city. At the same time, the setting sun slowly climbed up the mountain, and Fan Kuai and the others had also arrived.
Beyond Qingni Pass!
"What's going on? Why are the Xiliang soldiers standing on the city wall? How do they know we are coming to attack the city?"
Although Fan Kuai was a little confused at this time, the matter was at this point and he could not continue to worry about why the enemy had made defensive preparations in advance.
The war was about to break out. Fan Kuai took the lead and rode his horse to the front of the pass to scold the formation...
