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Chapter 847 Three Plans
Pujin Pass, which Tang Jun relied on as an important town, fell to Zhao Jun's offensive and did not last long before declaring its fall.

Although tens of thousands of Tang army defenders made the most resolute resistance, they still could not reach the strong attack of Zhao Jun's 20 elite soldiers in the end. After holding on for five days, Pujin Pass fell.

Generals Cheng Yaojin and Gao Zengsheng of the Tang Army led a hundred Tang troops across the Yellow River the night before they fell, and fled back to Guanzhong, saving their lives, but all the Tang troops at Pujin Pass surrendered to Zhao Jun.

Although it took a lot of time here, Li Chongjiu was in a good mood at the moment.Looking far away at Xi'an on the Yellow River in front of Pujin Pass, he seemed to have vaguely seen the majestic city wall of Chang'an City.

Holding a map in his hand, Ji Chuan analyzed to Li Chongjiu: "Your Majesty, since ancient times, Pujin Pass has had two roads, the north and the south. The north road runs north from Chang'an, passes Zhongwei Bridge to Yingdong Station in Jingyang County, and then travels forty miles to Sanyuan County. Another [-] miles to Fuping, another [-] miles to Liangtianpi, another [-] miles to Fengxian County, another [-] miles to Gankengdian, another [-] miles to Fengyi County, the government of Tongzhou, and finally Pujin."

"The south road takes Baqiao post, although the journey is farther than the north road, but it also passes through Fengyi County of Tongzhou to Pujin."

Yu Shinan also said: "That's right, since ancient times when Qin and Jin clashed and attacked Guanzhong, most of them took the Pujin Pass road."

Hearing what Ji Chuan and Yu Shinan said, Li Chongjiu nodded. In fact, due to the fact that Tongguan is easy to defend and difficult to attack, and the transportation of troops and food is inconvenient, there have been far more battles to attack Guanzhong through Pujin Pass in history than Tongguan and Wuguan.

This is the most important pass in Chang'an. Otherwise, how could Xu Huang advise Cao Cao, Ma Chao and Han Sui, who only guard Tongguan instead of Pujin, knowing that they have no plans.

Even in later generations when Jin soldiers and Mongolian soldiers attacked Guanzhong, they mostly crossed the Yellow River from Longmen or Pujin, and entered Guanzhong along the Pujin Pass Road.In the Kingdom of Jin, Wanyan Loushi, Muhuali in Mongolia, and Wokuotai Khan all crossed the Yellow River and attacked Guanzhong, and all achieved impressive results.

However, after the Tang army retreated, they burned the pontoon bridge on Pujin Road. Li Chongjiu did not have the ability to let the Yellow River freeze to the bottom overnight, and the troops crossed the Yellow River with their wings.Even if there is, it is still July, and the Yellow River is not likely to freeze.

Therefore, the only way to cross Pujin Ferry is to build a pontoon bridge.

Li Chongjiu looked at the rolling Yellow River, and immediately asked: "He Chou, how is the construction of the pontoon bridge going?"

When He Chou heard Li Chongjiu's question, he stepped forward and said, "Reporting to Your Majesty, this matter is in progress. We changed the small boat of the upstream navy into a pontoon bridge and ordered the civil servants to build it, which is enough to pass the Pujin ferry." There are as many as five roads, so it will be very convenient for the army to pass through."

Li Chongjiu trusted He Chou's ability very much.If you talk about Zhao Guo's military enterprises, who can speak for themselves, one is He Chou, and the other is the people from Youjing Grand Craftsmanship.

Chinese history has always praised the emperors and generals who emerged during the change of dynasties, but for people like Yu Wenkai and He Chou, it is a simple summary.For example, Li Chun, the builder of Zhaozhou Bridge in this era, is such a great craftsman that he has no place in Sui history.After Li Chongjiu crossed, he also asked He Chou to ask Li Chun, and learned that this great craftsman died of hunger and cold during the great turmoil at the end of the Sui Dynasty.

After Li Chongjiu found out, he couldn't help but regret it, and in the end he had to recruit several of Li Chun's apprentices to work under the Ministry of Industry.

Now these apprentices of Li Chun, under the command of He Chou, began to build the pontoon bridge. More than 6 civilians who transported grain and grass to the front line performed this important task of building bridges.

The climate in July is as hot as fire.

These civilian servants were covered with inflated animal urine foam, and they jumped into the muddy Yellow River water with wooden boards, bamboo poles and short stakes.

With the aid of battleships, the first pontoon bridge was built quickly, and then relying on the first pontoon bridge, the second and third bridges were also quickly built.

Several of Li Chun's apprentices were really amazing. Under He Chou's command, the pontoon bridge was erected immediately.
The Tang army on the other side saw Zhao Jun building a pontoon bridge and wanted to come up to harass him, but at this time Xue Wanjun, who had crossed the river from Longmenguan and detoured to the flank, had already arrived with 5000 troops, and Zhao Jun on the east bank was also carried by warships. Landing on the west bank, the two armies guarded the beachhead together. This made Tang Jun's sabotage plan impossible and had no choice but to retreat.

Soon five pontoon bridges were built.The soldiers of Zhao Jun on the bank all cheered and began to cross the river.

And Li Chongjiu no longer took the carriage, but rode with the soldiers and crossed the Pujin pontoon bridge.Further downstream, there are sixth, seventh, and eighth pontoon bridges being erected.

Although the five pontoon bridges are enough to cross the river, for the 20 Zhao troops who are gathering momentum on the river bank, if they can cross the river one step faster, the risk is less.

Surrounded by the three armies, Li Chongjiu crossed the Yellow River on horseback, when the horse's hooves stepped on the land beside the river bank.Li Chongjiu knew that at this moment, he had already set foot on the land of Guanzhong.

Eight hundred miles of Qinchuan unfolded in front of his eyes.

After crossing the Yellow River, how to advance next is also a top priority.

Zhang Xuansu analyzed to Li Chongjiu that there are three roads that Li Chongjiu can choose from.

The first is to lead the army to the east, bypass Chang'an, and open the road to Tongguan in Guanzhong.This route can be said to be very safe. Opening up Tongguan is equivalent to opening up the supply line. The army can go straight to Luoyang.

The second is to move the army westward, reach Weibei, and join Wang Junkuo's 20 West Route Army. This route is the most suitable for the use of troops.Dividing into and attacking together was originally the usual method of the Zhao army. After joining up with the West Route Army, more than 40 people from the Zhao Kingdom in Guanzhong were conquered by the Mahui Division.

There is also the third one, go directly south and attack Chang'an. It is the first person who enters Guanzhong to be king, break through Chang'an, directly deter Li Tang, dig out the resistance will of Li Tang's army and people, and force Li Shimin to flee or surrender.It's a one-and-done deal.

Zhang Xuansu's three plans were discussed, and all the soldiers of Zhao Jun chose the second one.

Joining forces is the kingly way, and more than 40 horses can run rampant in the world, not to mention Guanzhong, which is a mere place.Even living in a different place, from the perspective of Li Yuan and Li Shimin, they should be most afraid of this.

Because from the time when Li Yuan raised troops in Jinyang and seized the route of Guanzhong.He also led an army of [-] from Hedong to attack all the way to Guanzhong. After crossing the Yellow River in Pujin, he did not rush to go straight to Chang'an, which was still heavily guarded in front of him. , Then go back and attack Chang'an.

Of course, there are not many generals who choose the third option optimistically. They think that the three battles of Jiangzhou, Pujin, and Zhongtiao have wiped out nearly [-] effective forces of the Tang army.Right now, the Tang army has little spare power, so they think that it is easy to attack Chang'an, so there is no need to bother the West Route Army, or else they will have to give them a share of the credit for breaking Chang'an.

During the meeting, Li Chongjiu couldn't help but frowned as he watched Zhao Jun generals' overly optimistic discussions.

PS: The backstage of the starting point is too big, and I can't upload it. Sorry for the lateness.There are two updates tomorrow.

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