Tang Dynasty Mingyue Song Dynasty Pass

Chapter 466 The Terrible Guess
There are [-] Shu troops stationed in Jiameng Pass, and food, grass and soldiers are continuously transported from the area around Lizhou City, which is very abundant.

In the battle between the two countries, if the strength of the soldiers is equal, then the final battle is the national power.

However, there has been no war in the Kingdom of Shu for 40 years, the imperial treasury is rich, and the people live and work in peace and contentment. It can be said that the national strength is not weak.

It's just that 40 years of ease has led to no military training and low combat effectiveness of the army. Even though the court is rich and has sufficient food and grass, it cannot fight tough battles.

Meng Xuanyu realized this, so she prepared to adopt a conservative style of play.

While strengthening military training, the defense of the city walls was continuously thickened.

Prepared more arrows, rolling logs, stones, etc., to guard against the Song army's attack.

Relying on the geographical advantage of the city and the steepness of Xiongguan, as long as they don't leave the pass, there is a chance to stop the Song army.

Of course, in the confrontation, you must also use elite soldiers, and dare to fight head-on with the Song army.Otherwise, they will be defeated as soon as they fight, and the Song army will directly attack the city, which will easily cause the city to miss and directly break the city.

In the middle of the night, with a bright moon and few stars, in the study of the General's Mansion.

Meng Xuanyu stared at the sand table in a daze, thinking about the Song army's attack next.

"Brother Chen, how do you think the Song Army will dispatch troops next?"

Meng Xuanyu couldn't make up her mind, and wanted to hear Su Chen's analysis first.

After all, since the Song Army started to attack the Shu Kingdom, Su Chen always predicted the enemy's opportunity first and made accurate guesses, which made Meng Xuanyu admire and completely admire him.

Su Chen and Peng Qingqing are here, and there is another person, Wei Ying, the bodyguard.

The four of them were very familiar, so in the dead of night, only the four of them talked.

Su Chen hesitated for a moment, and then said: "There are [-] elite soldiers on Song Jun North Road. Commanders Wang Quanbin and Cui Yanjin traveled southward along the Jialing River Valley from Fengzhou. They took Chencang Road and Jinniu Road along the way. Now Song Jun has taken Jinniu Road to the south. Halfway through, there are only three places in front of them, Jiameng Pass, Lizhou City, and Jianmen Pass."

"On the southeast side between Lizhou and Jianmen, there are checkpoints of Xiaotianmanzhai and Datianmanzhai. After Jianmen, there will be no dangerous fortresses. Once Jianmen falls, if there is no barrier in the rear of Shudu, It is easy to be besieged, and when the Song army approaches the capital of Shu, it will be the time of the fall of Shu."

Hearing this, Meng Xuanyu nodded slightly, agreeing with Su Chen's point of view.

You can't let the Song army pass, otherwise, the capital of Shu will be in danger.

"Should we burn down the plank road and destroy the canyon so that the Song army can't get close to Jiameng Pass, so that we can wait for work at leisure and drag the Song army outside Jiameng Pass."

Meng Xuanyu asked tentatively.

This is the strategy that the counselors around him kept giving him, burning the plank road and destroying the mountain road, making the Song army tired of building roads and plank roads, unable to get close to Jiameng Pass, and delaying the time for the Song army to attack Shu.

Historically, the Shu army did this.

Su Chen shook his head, and continued: "In front of Jiameng Pass, there is a rugged Shu road. The main force of the Song army came to attack, but they couldn't bring large siege equipment, which made the siege more difficult. With only [-] soldiers and horses, the Song army It is very difficult to directly defeat Xiongguan with [-] defenders. Therefore, if I were the commander-in-chief of the Song Army, Wang Quanbin, I would definitely not send all my troops here to attack the city from the front!"

Calm and composed, Su Chen expressed his guess.

Rather than guessing, it is better to say that it is the record he read from the history book.

Wang Quanbin in the history books did not go straight to Jiameng Pass, he chose a roundabout strategy.

Wang Quanbin personally led the [-] main force to detour to the Luochuan Trail in the southeast of Jiachuan. They had no way to find a way, and went to Shendu, which is the ferry of Jialing River in the south of Xiaomantian Village.

The deputy commander Cui Yanjin, the vanguard of the Song Army and the Ma Jun all commanded Shi Yande's vanguard army, pretending to be the main force of the Song Army, building plank roads on the cliffs, pointing directly at Xiaomantianzhai on the southeast side of Jiameng Pass, and joining forces at Shendu.

This is a reprint of "clearly repairing the plank road and darkening the old warehouse".

Wang Quanbin's devious main force broke through Luo Chuan's defense line and appeared on the front line of Shendu.What's even more incredible is that Cui Yanjin, the deputy commander who pretended to be the main force, built a plank road between the cliffs, broke through Jinniu village and Xiaomantian village, and rushed to Shendukou to meet Wang Quanbin.

After the two armies converged, without exchanging pleasantries, they directly snatched the bridge on the river, rushed across the Jialing River, and then the three armies crashed into the Shu army's Damantian village together.

According to historical records, generals Wang Zhaoyuan and Zhao Chongtao saw the situation was not good and led their troops to fight. They were defeated in three battles and retreated to the north of Lizhou. Wang Zhaoyuan was injured and fled.

What about the role of Jiameng Pass?It was completely lost, because the Song army in history did not attack, but bypassed it, and cut directly to the rear of Jiameng Pass.

However, the Shu army at Jiamengguan was worried that they would be attacked by the enemy, and would be alone without supplies from the rear, so they were so frightened that they abandoned the city and fled.

This is what Su Chen has to worry about.

He expected that Wang Quanbin would definitely make a decision similar to that in history, and would not really come to attack Jiameng Pass.

"Don't burn down the plank road, let the Song army attack!"

With a serious face, Su Chen directly denied this seemingly "once and for all" strategy.

"Oh, why?" Meng Xuanyu was puzzled.

Not only him, but even Peng Qingqing and Wei Ying felt strange.

Su Chen met the eyes of several people, and calmly analyzed: "Because the Song army probably won't really attack Jiameng Pass by force, but will take a roundabout route, bypass Jiameng Pass, take a small road, cross Jialing River, directly When we reach the back of Lizhou City, then whether it is Jiameng Pass or Lizhou City, they will all be cut off."

When he said the answer, everyone was startled, not thinking of this at all.

Meng Xuanyu's face was full of surprise: "How, how is this possible? The road of Shu is difficult, and it is difficult to go to the blue sky. If they don't take the road of Jinniu, will they look for other mountain roads?"

Su Chen sighed: "Don't underestimate the strength of the elite Song army. Although they are few in number, they are all elite troops. It is easy to go over mountains and ridges, but it is a bad idea to attack the city head-on! Think about it, Your Highness, if an army of 2 The elite Song army with tens of thousands of people suddenly appeared outside the city of Lizhou, even bluffing, pretending to be tens of thousands of people, what will happen to the defenders in Lizhou, and what will happen to the mentality of the soldiers at Jiameng Pass?"

"If that happens, it is very likely that the mentality will collapse!"

Meng Xuanyu exclaimed, his expression changed drastically, and he finally realized the seriousness of the situation.

Peng Qingqing and Wei Ying also suddenly came to their senses. If the Song Army really did it, it would undoubtedly directly cut off the connection between the border soldiers of the Shu Army and the rear, and reduce the difficulty a lot. The Shu Army probably has no mentality to fight again.

"Then what should I do? Brother Chen please teach me!"

After Meng Xuanyu calmed down, she felt that although this possibility was small, once it happened, the Shu army would be hit hard.

He has to guard against it!

But how to do it, whether to simply send troops to strengthen the defense, or how to lay it out, Meng Xuanyu has no idea.

Peng Qingqing's eyes were bright at this time, seeing Su Chen's calm and strategizing appearance, he couldn't help being fascinated and intoxicated in his heart.

She felt that Su Chen at this time had a special charm!
For some reason, Peng Qingqing felt that she could no longer resist his attraction.

(End of this chapter)