The mountains and rivers are full of green mountains and green, and the spring scenery reflects a majestic pass.

Hangu Pass was named because it was in the valley and was as deep as a dangerous place as a Han. It was once an ancient battlefield where war horses neighed, guarding the throat of Huhan. The terrain was dangerous and the road was narrow. It was known as "one man should be a pass, but ten thousand men could not open". It has been a strategic fortress that must be fought for by military strategists since ancient times. It has always been a natural barrier for the Western Qin Dynasty. Only it attacked the six countries, but the six countries could not attack the Western Qin territory.

Hangu Pass was first built by the Qin State in the Spring and Autumn Period and Warring States Period. It was built from Wushan in the east to Tongjin in the west, and was commonly known as Hangu, which was known as natural danger. The pass was located in a deep and dangerous valley with a dangerous terrain. It could only accommodate a carriage in the narrow area. The so-called "cars do not have square tracks, and horses do not reinforcing each other"; and because of the undulating hills in this section of the Yellow River Basin, Zhongtiao Mountain, Wushan, etc., the bottom of Hangu Valley became the only east-west flat passage in the nearby area, and naturally became a military rush.

Two days later, Li Jing commanded the three armies, crossed the narrow road of Hangu, passed through this majestic pass, headed eastward, arrived outside Zhuyang City, and stationed.

Nearly 300,000 troops must stay here for a short time before dividing the troops.

Hou Junji came to Hu'er to take the left army and the right county, and separate them here, each with its own marching routes, and the task of sieging cities and plundering villages along the way, and pacifying the local area.

However, the ultimate goal is to sweep across several counties and counties outside Hangu Pass, restricting Dou Jiande in the north, Du Fuwei in the south, and Xiao Liang's troops to rescue Luoyang, giving Li Jing enough time to deal with Wang Shichong.

Although Wang Shichong was cunning and defeated Li Mi, he was not so easy to deal with when facing Li Jing, a master of military tactics.

As soon as Li Jing arrived in the city, he immediately mobilized the scout camp and sent more scouts and detailed works: "Let's check the military situation on the border between Hongnong County and Henan County, the generals of Zheng State, the forces, weapons, and supplies, and make a report in detail!

"Abide by the order!" The general who managed the scout camp immediately went to convey it.

"General Li, before leaving, do you have any other last general to give me advice?" Hou Junji respected Li Jing very much, because when he was in Hexi, he was Li Jing's deputy and had seen this man's military strategy. It was indeed something that ordinary people could not do, and it was beyond ordinary people, which made him admire him.

"Get all the ferry along the river, especially Mengjin Ferry, and others, don't let Li Yuan's Tang army and Dou Jiande's Xia army cross the Yellow River. In addition, secretly send people to Hebei and continue to increase troops. Don't just defend. Your Majesty speculates that when Luoyang is in danger, Dou Jiande will inevitably go south. Your Majesty will personally rush to ambush Dou Jiande. Therefore, you should prepare early, and don't wait for Your Majesty to make preparations again when you present the imperial edict, and you may miss the opportunity to fight." Li Jing reminded.

Hou Junji frowned, thought carefully, and felt that it made sense, so he bowed and said, "I will be taught."

Li Jing speculated like this and could guess His Majesty’s thoughts with some predictions and judgments, and he could see through the situation of Dou Jiande, Wang Shichong and others.

Among these princes, only Dou Jiande was most concerned about Wang Shichong's situation, because after Luoyang was taken down, his next target was Dou Jiande from Hebei. Because Xia Guocheng faced Liaodong, Zhuo County and the north-south attack with Luoyang, Henan, and the situation was not optimistic, so Dou Jiande would definitely not stand idly by in the end.

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The news that Dahua sent 300,000 troops to go east to Hangu Pass spread, and all the princes of the Central Plains were shocked.

Especially Luoyang Zheng State Emperor Shichong, who had a gloomy face at the court meeting, cursing Luo Cheng's wolfish ambitions and did not give the princes a way out.

Prince Wang Xuanying said: "Father, Your Majesty must defend the western boroughs, and Hongnong County can be abandoned, but Mianchi City and Yiyang City are the two checkpoints of the western and southwest routes of Luoyang. Generals must be sent to prevent the Dahua Legion from advancing eastward."

"Dahua's troops are said to be 500,000 this time. How many troops can we bid to stop them?" This question immediately made the civil and military officials in the court stunned. Without 100,000 troops, it was not enough to compete. However, if a hundred thousand troops were drawn away, Luoyang City would only have 70,000 or 80,000 troops, and it would be difficult to deal with the next crisis.

Many civil and military officials in the court were silent. There were very limited people who were truly willing to be loyal to Wang Shichong. Many old nobles in Luoyang City and old ministers in the previous dynasty were thinking in their hearts that it would be great if Dahua could conquer Luoyang, it would be much better than following Wang Shichong.

The Qigui, Duan Da and others in the past also had this idea. Although they were ministers of Zheng, they gradually lost power and were excluded by the Wang family. Zheng could truly control the area, with only two or three counties, and they had no ability or hope to unify the world. So they stayed, although they were nominally high-ranking officials, they actually knew that this vassal state really had no future.

The only one who can unify the world is Dahua at present.

Duan Da, Yuan Wendu, Lu Chu, Huangfu Wuyi and other ministers all had Xiao Jiujiu in their hearts, and did not give advice for Wang Shichong, and they were mostly watching coldly.

There are also some generals, so don’t rush to wait for this day.

Cheng Zhijie took the lead and said, "Your Majesty, I am willing to go to Mianchi City to block the Dahua army!"

Luo Shixin stood up and said, "Your Majesty, the last general is willing to fight with General Cheng, and he will definitely stop the enemy from invading."

Pei Renji stood up and said, "The veteran is willing to lead his troops to Yiyang and block the Chinese army!"

At the same time, Pei Xingyan, Bing Yuanzhen, Chen Zhiluo and others all stood up and requested to go to war.
Chapter completed!