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Volume 3 Taihang Mountain Chapter 846 Three Plans

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    Pujinguan, which the Tang army relied on as an important town, faced the Zhao army's offensive and did not hold out for long before it fell.

    Although the tens of thousands of Tang army defenders put up the most determined resistance, they were still unable to withstand the strong attack of 200,000 elite soldiers of the Zhao army. After holding on for five days, Pujin Pass fell.

    The night before the fall, Generals Cheng Yaojin and Gao Zhengsheng of the Tang Army secretly crossed the Yellow River and escaped back to Guanzhong with hundreds of Tang troops. They survived, but all the Tang troops at Pujing Pass surrendered to Zhao Jun.

    Although he was wasted a lot of time here, Li Chongjiu was in a good mood at the moment.  He looked at the Yellow River in Xi'an from a distance in front of Pujin Pass, and seemed to have vaguely seen the magnificent city wall of Chang'an City.

    Ji Chuan analyzed Li Chongjiu with a map in his hand: "Your Majesty, since ancient times, Pujin Pass has been divided into two roads, the north and the south. The north road runs from Chang'an to the north, passes through the Zhongwei Bridge to Jingyang County Yingyingyi, and then travels forty miles to Sanyuan County.  Another 40 miles to Fuping, another 60 miles to Liangtianpi, another 30 miles to Fengxian County, another 60 miles to Qiankengdian, another 40 miles to Fengyi County, Tongzhou Prefecture, and finally to Pujin."

    "As for the South Road, taking Baqiaoyi, although the journey is farther than the North Road, it still has to pass through Fengyi County in Tongzhou and reach Pujin."

    Yu Shinan also said: "Yes, since ancient times when Qin and Jin fought against each other and attacked Guanzhong, they usually took the Pujin Pass Road."

    After listening to the words of Ji Chuan and Yu Shinan, Li Chongjiu nodded. In fact, because Tongguan is easy to defend but difficult to attack, and the transportation of troops and food is inconvenient, there have been far more battles to attack Guanzhong through Pujin Pass than Tongguan and Wuguan in history.

    This is the most important pass in Chang'an. Otherwise, how could Xu Huang advise Cao Cao, Ma Chao, and Han Sui?  Only guard Tongguan, not Pujin.  But you know it's pointless.

    Even in later generations when Jin soldiers and Mongolian soldiers attacked Guanzhong, they mostly crossed the Yellow River through Longmen or Pujin.  Enter Zhiguanzhong along the Pujin Pass Road.  During the Jin Dynasty, 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, the pontoon bridge on Pujin Road was burned down. Li Chongjiu did not have the ability of a famous general in history to let his troops cross the Yellow River after the Yellow River froze overnight.  Even if there is.  It was also July at this time, and the Yellow River might freeze.

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

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

    After hearing Li Chongjiu's inquiry, He Chou stepped forward and said: "Reporting to your Majesty, this matter is in progress. We changed the boat of the navy upstream to build a pontoon bridge, and ordered the civilian labor to lay it, which is enough to cross Pujin in one breath.  Build as many as five roads. It will be very convenient for the army to pass through."

    Li Chongjiu has great trust in He Chou's ability.  If we talk about the military enterprises of Zhao State.  Who can speak, one is He Chou, and the other is the people from Youjing Dazhuo Workshop.

    Chinese history has always admired the emperors and generals who emerged when dynasties changed, but for Yu Wenkai.  For people like He Chou, this is a simple summary.  For example, Li Chun, the founder of Zhaozhou Bridge in this era, was a great craftsman.  There is no place for him in the history of Sui Dynasty.  After Li Chongjiu traveled through time, he also asked He Chou about Li Chun.  I learned that this great craftsman had died of hunger and cold during the great turmoil at the end of the Sui Dynasty.

    After Li Chongjiu found out.  It was a pity that in the end Li Chun's apprentices could only be hired to work under the Ministry of Works.

    Now, these disciples of Li Chun, under the command of He Chou, began to build the pontoon bridge.  More than 60,000 civilian workers transported grain and grass to the front line to perform this important task of building bridges.

    The climate in July is as hot as fire.

    ¡°These civil servants, with inflated animal urine soaked on their bodies, jumped into the turbid Yellow River carrying wooden boards, bamboo poles and short stakes.

    Because there were battleships as supplements, the first pontoon bridge was quickly built, and then relying on the first pontoon bridge, the second and third pontoon bridges were also quickly built.

    Li Chun¡¯s several apprentices were indeed very impressive. Under He Chou¡¯s command, the pontoon bridge was immediately built.

    The Tang soldiers and horses on the other side saw Zhao Jun setting up a pontoon bridge and wanted to come up to harass them. However, at this time, Xue Wanjun, who had crossed the river from Longmen Pass and flanked the flank, had already arrived with 5,000 troops, and Zhao Jun on the east bank was also being carried by warships.  After landing on the west bank, the two armies guarded the beachhead. This made the Tang army unable to carry out its sabotage plan and had no choice but to retreat.

    Soon the five pontoon bridges were built.  Soldiers Zhao and others on the bank cheered and began to cross the river.

    Li Chongjiu no longer rode in a carriage, but rode horses with the soldiers and crossed the Pujin Floating Bridge.  Further downstream, the sixth, seventh and eighth pontoon bridges are being built.

    Although the five pontoon bridges are enough to cross the river, for the 200,000 Zhao troops gathering momentum on the river bank, if they can cross the river quickly, the risk will be less.

    Surrounded by the three armies, LiHe crossed the Yellow River on horseback, and when the horses' hooves stepped on the land beside the river bank.  Li Chongjiu knew in his heart that at this moment he had stepped onto the land of Guanzhong.

    Eight hundred miles of Qinchuan spread out in front of you.

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

    Zhang Xuansu analyzed to Li Chongjiu that there were three paths to choose from before Li Chongjiu.

    The first one is to lead the army eastward, bypass Chang'an, and open a road through Tongguan Pass.  This route can be said to be very safe. Opening up Tongguan is equivalent to opening up the supply line. The army can reach Luoyang directly. If the attack on Tang Dynasty is unfavorable, it can return to Guanzhong at any time.

    The second option is to send the army westward, arrive at Weibei, and join Wang Junkuo's 200,000 West Route Army. This route is the most suitable for using troops.  Separate advance and combined attack are the usual tactics of Zhao army. After joining up with the West Route Army, the more than 400,000 Zhao soldiers who conquered Guanzhong met at one place, and the attack and defense below were able to advance and retreat freely.

    There is also a third item, go directly south and attack Chang'an. The first one to enter Guanzhong will be the king. Breaking Chang'an will directly deter Li Tang, tap the resistance will of Li Tang's soldiers and civilians, and force Li Shimin to flee or surrender.  This is once and for all.

    Zhang Xuansu came up with three plans for discussion, and all the soldiers of the Zhao army chose the second one.

    "Joining forces is the way to go. More than 400,000 troops can roam the world, not to mention a mere place like Guanzhong."  Even if they are in different places, from the perspective of Li Yuan and Li Shimin, they should be afraid of this the most.

    Because from the original route of Li Yuan raising troops in Jinyang to seize Guanzhong.  He also led an army of 30,000 people from Hedong to attack Guanzhong. After crossing the Yellow River at Pujin, he did not rush to take Chang'an, which was still heavily guarded, but went west to Weibei to join forces with his daughter Li Zhiwan's 70,000-strong army.  , and then turned back to attack Chang'an.

    Of course, there are not many generals who choose the third option optimistically. They believe that the three battles of Jiangzhou, Pujin, and Zhongtiao have annihilated nearly 30,000 Tang troops.  At present, the Tang army does not have much spare strength, so it thinks that attacking Chang'an will be easy, so there is no need to trouble the West Route Army, otherwise they will have to share the credit for breaking Chang'an.

    During the meeting, Li Chongjiu frowned as he watched the overly optimistic discussion of General Zhao Jun.

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