"If you go north around the Yellow River from here to attack Luoyang, you must pass through the Mengjin Pass. This pass is built along the mountains and rivers. It is easy to defend but difficult to attack. It will not be easy to capture!"
"To the west along the Yiluo River from here is Yanshi. The Tatars station an elite force of thousands of people between Yanshi and the Yiluo River!"
"Moreover, the Tatars have built a dike in Yanshi. There has been a lot of rain this year, and the water in the dike has already been filled by the Tatars. If we attack Yanshi rashly, the Tatars may dig out the water in the dike, and our army will suffer heavy losses.
We have lost, so taking Luoyang along the Yiluo River is probably not the best idea!"
"To the southwest, there is Songshan Mountain. Between Taishi Mountain and Shaoshi Mountain, the main peaks of Songshan Mountain, there is Xuanyuan Pass. Although it is a shortcut to Luoyang, there are also Tatar guards there, and there are also dangers in the Jiuqu.
Suitable for attack!"
"If you go further south and go west along the south side of Songshan Mountain, you will reach Taigu Pass. Although Taigu Pass is easier to capture than other passes, there is Yique Pass in the direction of Luoyang from Taigu Pass. This pass is even easier to defend.
It’s difficult to attack. If you want to win it, it’s no less difficult than Meng Jinguan!”
"So we are attacking Henan Prefecture this time. Commander, what do you think we will do?"
Xu Xiangang had just led his soldiers to pay a visit to the late Song Emperor's mausoleum nearby when he met generals such as Yue Lin and Han Yanzhi who came to inquire.
"According to the analysis of several generals, it is not feasible if we want to capture Henan Prefecture directly along the Yiluo River?"
Xu Xian asked the generals.
"Yes!"
"It doesn't work!"
"It doesn't work!"
The generals responded together.
"But now we go back south to capture what you call Xuanyuan Pass, Dagong Pass, and even Yique Pass. Not only will it take too long, but it will only increase the hardship!"
"If we go north to attack Mengjing Pass, we have to cross the Yellow River twice. In the end, we have to face Mengjing Pass which is easy to defend but difficult to attack. The risk is not small!"
"Okay, let's go straight through Beimang Mountain. What do you think?"
Xu Xian expressed his opinion.
"But our army has a large number of people, and there are a large number of vehicles transporting property behind us. It may not be easy to cross Beimang, a mountainous area!"
"Commander, I don't think this strategy is feasible!"
Han Yanzhi was the first to object.
"When I said crossing Beiman Mountain, I didn't mean all of them together...!"
"Do you understand?"
Xu Xian explained in detail the strategies he had carefully prepared.
"This...this is okay!"
"Okay, I, Yue Lin, am willing to lead troops through Beimang!"
"I, Han Yanzhi, am willing to go and attack Yanshi!"
"I, Lu You, can help you, Commander, to attack Dagonguan!"
"I, Yang Polu, can attack Xuanyuan Pass for the commander!"
After listening to Xu Xian's plan, all the generals began to obey his orders.
Henan Prefecture, Luoyang City.
"Report to General Hebielie!"
"Xu Xian has now divided his troops into three groups to attack our Luoyang!"
A general came in a hurry to report the news to the Jinbing general Hebielie.
"good!"
"The Song people are really here!"
"They are the ones I and I are waiting for!"
"Give me a detailed report on the Song army's offensive deployment!"
Hebielie seemed to be very excited as if he was waiting for a fish to fall into the net.
"This army of the Song Army comes from Zhitian along the Yiluo River...!"
"This army is taking a roundabout way...!"
"This army...!"
The general reported them one by one.
"well!"
"The Song army divided into three groups to attack our army, but they did not attack Mengjinguan!"
"It seems that Song Jun is cheating!"
"You tell me to go down and ask the troops from Jingzhao Mansion to come to support me and guard Mengjinguan closely!"
"Everyone else is following the previous arrangements and must not act rashly!"
"If you encounter the Song Army, report the situation immediately!"
Hebelie ordered.
Southeast of Yanshi City, on the banks of the Yiluo River.
"General Haji!"
"The Song Army has reached the east bank of the Yiluo River. Should we prepare to dig up the Luo River embankment and flood them?"
"No hurries?"
"Although the Song army was divided into three groups to attack us this time, there was no movement of the Song army to the north of Mengjin, so General Hebielie believed that the Song army was just a soldier out of suspicion!"
"Even if the Song army arrives on the east bank of the Yiluo River, there is no need to panic. Let's see how many of them there are!"
"But according to the spies, the Song army has less than a thousand men. It seems that they are deliberately bluffing!"
"Then I'll let people continue to stare at it!"
"Okay, just go and keep a close eye on it!"
"Otherwise, if something happens to Yanshi, do you know that you will be the first to blame?"
"Why am I the first sinner?"
"Isn't it you, the general, who is responsible for commanding the troops to guard Yanshi?"
"Because you were born as a Song dog, and I was born from the Bohai Jurchen clan of the Tang and Tang Dynasties, so you are not worthy to compare with me!"
"do you understand?"
"Why don't you go and keep an eye on you Song dogs?"
At this time, an official was having a conversation with a Jin general and then went out in despair.
"What...?"
"You think you are powerful because you are a Tatar. When the emperor Wanyan Dan, he was already admiring Jurchens and Han people to marry each other!"
"Now you actually call me Song Dog, and I'm going to call you dead... where's the Tatar!"
"A, dead...Tatar!"
"What kind of chaos is your land in Henan now? You are still so arrogant!"
"Death... to the Tatars!"
The official walked angrily, muttering incessantly.
Suddenly, the officer felt like he was hit.
Looking up, he found that he had bumped into the spy who had reported the news before.
"what are you doing!"
"What are you going to do?"
The official immediately questioned the spies.
"Grandpa Guan!"
"I...of course I went to report to General Ha Ci!"
"A new situation has been discovered ahead!"
As the spy spoke, he prepared to leave.
"Stop for me...stop!"
"Shouldn't you report this to me?"
"Why did you run away to follow the death... Tartar... Ha... General Assassin reported the news!"
After the official stopped the spy, he wanted to scold the Tatar general, but he held back.
"Because... because General Haci has said that if you report to him, you can get ten guans, but if you report the message to Grandpa Guan, you will only give me five guan, so of course I chose to report to General Haci!"
After the spy finished speaking, he was ready to go immediately.
"Stop... stop!"
"I'll give you twenty strings!"
"Twenty strings, is that enough?"
The official took out his money belt and stopped the spy again.