Three Kingdoms: The ghost plotter taught Liu Bei to seize Jingzhou first

Liu Bei understood what Deng Mu meant.

Cao Cao's main force was gathered at Tongguan, and we could not break through it.

Then we changed our mindset and marched northward into Hedong County, then crossed the river from Pubanjin, and unexpectedly captured Puguan on the opposite bank.

In this way, wouldn't the army be able to bypass Tongguan and enter Guanzhong from Puguan?

When Cao Cao heard the news, he would surely lead his army northward to Puban to block it.

As long as we could defeat Cao Cao's blocking troops at Puguan, we could force Cao Cao to abandon Tongguan and withdraw his troops to Chang'an.

In this way, Tongguan would fall without a fight.

The main force of the Han army could march all the way into Guanzhong along the Tongguan Avenue.

Moreover.

After capturing Puban, it would be equivalent to cutting off the connection between Bingzhou and Guanzhong, and Xiahou Yuan's troops in Bingzhou would become an isolated army.

At that time, we can not only capture Guanzhong, but also Bingzhou.

This is Deng Mu's overall plan.

"Puguan!"

"Why didn't I think of it? We can cross the river from Puguan and bypass the main force of Cao's bandits in Tongguan!"

"Good, Prime Minister, this is a great plan!"

Liu Bei slammed the table and stood up, extremely excited.

All the generals in the tent were excited at once, as if they saw a ray of hope.

"Your Majesty, entering Guanzhong from Puyang is indeed a clever plan to attack from the east while making a feint to the east."

"However, if you want to pass Puyang, you must first enter Hedong."

"Hedong County is still controlled by Wei State. Cao Cao seems to be on guard against us crossing the river to attack Hedong. He has also deployed troops to prevent us from crossing the river and attacking Hedong."

"If we cross the river in large numbers, Cao Cao will definitely notice and send more troops to these crossings."

"I am afraid that it will be very difficult to successfully capture Hedong."

Guo Jia pointed to the map and expressed his concerns.

The smile and excitement on Liu Bei's face disappeared in an instant, and was shrouded in dark clouds again.

"Prime Minister, Feng Xiao's reminder is reasonable."

"Cao has indeed left troops on the north bank for defense."

"How to capture Hedong County is still a difficult problem."

Liu Bei stroked his long beard and looked at Deng Mu.

Deng Mu smiled and said mysteriously:

"Your Majesty, I have thought of this."

"But if we want to break Hedong, why do we have to cross the Yellow River from here to the north?" (To read the novel, go to Fulu Novel Network!)

"Can't we go somewhere else?"

Somewhere else?

Liu Bei's eyes were blank, and he obviously didn't understand the hidden meaning of Deng Mu..

"Prime Minister, are you talking about Jiguan?"

Guo Jia's eyes lit up and he was the first to understand the hidden meaning of Deng Mu.

The word Jiguan immediately shocked Liu Bei.

"Zi Yu's intention is to send a group of troops from Henei County, then attack Jiguan to the west, and attack Hedong unexpectedly?"

LiuBei jumped up and pointed to the seemingly inconspicuous small pass on the map.

Jiguan!

A pass located west of Henei County, on the eastern bank of Zhongtiao Mountain, connecting to the remnant of Taihang Mountain.

This pass is also the narrow pass connecting Henei and Hedong counties.

Back then, Deng Mu had sent an envoy to order Taishi Ci to lead his army to attack Jiguan, cutting off Cao Cao's way to Hebei from the east.

After the strategic goal was achieved 2.5 years later, because Taishi Ci had few soldiers, he abandoned Jiguan and it was occupied by Cao Cao again.

Now, Deng Mu wants to repeat the old trick and attack this inconspicuous small pass again, and enter Hedong County from this pass.

Of course. []

This time, it is not to stop Cao Cao from advancing eastward, but to make the Han army advance westward unexpectedly and take Hedong County in one fell swoop.

After that, they crossed the river from Pujin, broke through Puguan in one fell swoop, and entered Guanzhong! .