Chapter 805: Du Ruhui, Du Ruhui of Fang's Plan
Chapter 805 Du Ruhui, Fang’s plan and Du Duan
Chapter 803: Du Ruhui of Fang’s Plan
After Li Shimin led an army of 150,000 to Sizhou, the first thing he did was to take over the military power of Sizhou's 150,000 troops. At this point, Yang Jian, the governor of Sizhou, also became Li Shimin's subordinate.
At the military and political meeting, Li Shimin looked at Yang Jian and asked with a serious face: "Uncle Yang, how are Sizhou's troops currently deployed?"
Li Yuan and Yang Jian are good friends in this life, and Li Shimin and Yang Guang are also good friends. It is natural for Li Shimin to call Yang Jian uncle.
Li Shimin, his son and nephew, in turn controlled himself. Although Yang Jian was extremely dissatisfied, he did not show it. After pondering for a while, he replied: "Currently, there are 60,000 in Hulao Pass, Yique Pass, Xuanyuan Pass, Guangcheng Pass, and Mengjin Pass." 20,000 each in Guan and 10,000 in Luoyang.”
Actually, there is another pass after Hulao Pass, called Dagu Pass.
Although Dagu Pass is not as good as Hulao Pass, it is also one of the famous passes in the world.
During the Yellow Turban Rebellion, Bai Qi relied on the steepness of Dagu Pass to force the surrender of hundreds of thousands of Yellow Turban troops under Chen Youliang, and finally became famous in one battle.
In the prisoner-of-war defection incident, Daguguan was taken away by Yellow Turban prisoners of war, and later Li Yuanba actually hammered down a section of the city wall.
After this moment, Dong Zhuo also realized that in the continuous high-intensity offensive and defensive battles, the foundation of Dagong Pass had been very seriously damaged, and it could no longer bear the heavy responsibility of Sizhou Gate.
Hulao Pass was destroyed in the second battle of Hulao Pass before it was rebuilt.
The two gates to the east of Sizhou were all destroyed in the war. For Sizhou, the burden of rebuilding two gates at one time was too great, but as a gateway, it was really impossible not to rebuild them.
After struggling for a long time, Yang Jian decided to temporarily abandon Dagu Pass and build a Hulao Pass that was even more defensive than before. After the construction was completed, he would concentrate manpower and material resources to rebuild Dagu Pass.
But who would have thought that after Hulao Pass was rebuilt, Qin Hao organized an alliance to fight over Dugu Pass just after it was completed.
At this time, Hulao was the only pass left between Sizhou and Yanzhou.
The reason why the coalition forces attacking Dong concentrated on Suanzao was not only because Suanzao was the closest to Hulao Pass, but also because they only needed to break through Hulao to directly attack Luoyang.
If you attack Sizhou from the south, you will need to break through at least two great passes in succession before you can attack Luoyang. This will definitely increase casualties greatly, so of course you have to take the Eastern Hulao Pass route.
“Is there only 60,000 troops at Hulao Pass?”
A strange color flashed in Li Shimin's eyes, and he said to himself in surprise: "The coalition forces of the princes have as many as 550,000 troops. Such a force may not be able to capture Hulao by force. Why didn't Qin Hao attack Hulao by force before my reinforcements arrived? "
“The coalition composed of thirty-six princes is too disorganized to form an effective combat force without integration.”
Yang Jian thought for a while and then said as he should: "Qin Hao may want to have stronger combat power after integration and minimize the losses in the attack on Hulao."
"But after my 150,000 reinforcements arrived, it became more difficult for the coalition of princes to capture Hulao? It is impossible for Qin Hao to not understand such an obvious truth." Li Shimin said solemnly.
"this…"
Yang Jian was immediately speechless when asked, and at the same time he also realized that something was indeed wrong.
Qin Hao's fourteenth army was victorious in every battle. It is impossible not to sit down and wait for the arrival of 150,000 Liang troops. This is an act that wastes combat power.
At this time, a middle-aged scholar below smiled at Li Shimin and said: "Master, if my subordinates guessed correctly, Qin Hao should have a deeper purpose for doing this."
"oh?"
Li Shimin's eyes suddenly lit up, and he said quickly: "Military advisor, please come quickly."
Yang Jian was suddenly shocked, military advisor? This person is actually Li Shimin's military advisor? How dare Li Shimin set up a military adviser? The military advisor is also the planner, who thinks and plans for the monarch.
In this era, the official position of military advisor may not be the highest, but it means that one person is inferior to ten thousand people.
Dong Zhuo has Li Ru and Jia Xu, Qin Wen has drama Zhicai, Qin Hao has Liu Bowen, Fang Xuanling, etc...
Generally, except for the princes, small warlords are not qualified to set up military advisers. Although Li Shimin was a prince, he was still under Dong Zhuo's command, so how could he openly set up a military adviser?
To this, Yang Jian just wants to say one thing: You are so courageous.
Yang Jian didn't dare to do this anyway, and if this aroused Dong Zhuo's fear, he would definitely shed his skin even if he didn't die.
Yang Jian felt relieved when he thought that Li Shimin was Dong Zhuo's son-in-law.
Dong Zhuo's only son, Dong Li, died tragically at the hands of Xiang Yu during the first battle of Hulao Pass. Dong Zhuo is now sowing seeds everywhere but without harvesting anything.
Dong Zhuo is already quite old, so someone must inherit this huge foundation. Currently, the only people who are qualified to inherit Dong Zhuo's foundation are his sons-in-law and nephews, and the most likely among them is Li Shimin.
By giving Li Shimin such great power, Dong Zhuo was probably cultivating Li Shimin as his successor, so why would he care about the trivial matter of Li Shimin establishing a military advisor?
At the thought of this, Yang Jian felt extremely unwilling. He also wanted Yang Guanglai to inherit Dong Zhuo's legacy, so he did not hesitate to shamelessly propose marriage to Dong Zhuo.
As long as Yang Guang also becomes Dong Zhuo's son-in-law, he will have a fair chance to compete with Li Shimin.
Unexpectedly, Dong Zhuo's young daughter, Dong Xiaowan, disliked Yang Guang for being too philandering and would rather die than marry Yang Guang. Dong Zhuo was eager to love his daughter, so he declined Yang Jian.
Back to business, Yang Jian looked at the other party carefully and asked: "Who is this gentleman?"
“I am Du Ruhui.”
“It turns out to be Mr. Du. I have admired him for a long time. I have admired him for a long time.” Yang Jian smiled, but there was a hint of jealousy in his heart.
Because Yang Jian had heard of this name and was very famous in the land of Guanxi, he even refused Dong Zhuo's conquest. Unexpectedly, he turned to Li Shimin.
Facing the enthusiastic Yang Jian, a strange look flashed in Du Ruhui's eyes, and then he turned to Li Shimin and said in a deep voice: "My lord, if my subordinate's expectations are correct, Qin Hao should have waited for my lord to come here on purpose."
“But why is this?” Li Shimin asked doubtfully.
Du Ruhui sneered and said lightly: "If our reinforcements have not arrived, our army's strength will be far inferior to that of the enemy. Even if Qin Hao is the leader of the alliance, they can only let the coalition attack Luoyang through Hulao. After all, the casualties of such an attack will be minimal.
And if our reinforcements arrive, the attack on Hulao Pass will fall into a war of attrition. The casualties of a forced attack will be too high, and Qin Hao can divide his forces openly and drive the coalition forces to attack other passes. "
Li Shimin's own intelligence is also very high. Du Ruhui gave him a little reminder and he immediately figured out the key.
"So to say…"
Li Shimin's face turned gloomy, and he said in a deep voice: "Qin Hao wants to use the power of the princes to capture the eight passes of Luoyang, and then completely occupy the four counties of Sizhou."
On the way to Jinan by high-speed train, Liu Xiang watched an episode of the TV version of Dou Po and almost got **** off. She really didn’t know what to say. Hey, let’s wait and see the next season of the anime version of Dou Po.
(End of this chapter)
