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

South of Fen Pass.

150,000 Han troops are marching northwards, heading straight for the heart of Bingzhou.

Fenshui Pass is the border between Pingyang County under Bingzhou and Hedong County under Sizhou.

Originally, Hedong was under the jurisdiction of Bingzhou officials from a geographical point of view.

However, Hedong has a special geographical location, connecting Luoyang to the east and Guanzhong to the west, which is extremely important.

Therefore, the Han Dynasty assigned Hedong County to the Sili Administration.

But Hedong County is actually more closely connected with Bingzhou.

Fenshui is the mother river of Bingzhou, coming from north to south, passing through Hedong and joining the Yellow River.

This Fenshui Pass is located at the junction of Hedong and Pingyang, between a valley with a rather dangerous terrain.

The west is protected by the Fenshui River, and the east is blocked by high mountains.

This pass is the gateway to the north.

If this pass is broken, Pingyang County will have no defenses, and the Han army can go north unimpeded, pass through Pingyang County, and enter Taiping County.

Afterwards, the troops will head directly to Jinyang, the seat of Bingzhou.

This is the route of the Han army.

And obviously.

This gave Xiahou Yuan an unexpected surprise.

Originally, Xiahou Yuan thought that the goal of the Han army was to cross the Yellow River to the west to capture Puguan, and then attack Guanzhong.

It has nothing to do with his Bingzhou.

Who would have expected it.

Liu Bei actually changed his strategy, leaving Puguan alone and attacking his Bingzhou instead.

Therefore, at this time, there were only less than 10,000 Wei troops in Fenshui Pass.

Xiahou Yuan was in a hurry and had no time to mobilize troops. He had to recruit young and strong men near Pingyang County to defend Fenshui Pass.

Han Camp.

At dusk.

The 150,000 Han troops had set up camp and high buildings had been built.

Liu Bei and Deng Mu stood on the high building and looked at the situation of Fenshui Pass from afar.

"Your Majesty, in my opinion, this Fenshui Pass is far less dangerous than Yangping Jiange and other strategic points, and it is not even one-tenth as dangerous as Tongguan."

"How can such a pass stop the front of our Han army?"

"I think we don't need to wait any longer, just let the army attack!"

Deng Ai looked down on the enemy and arrogantly advised Liu Bei.

Liu Bei nodded slightly, and looked back at Deng Mu with a confident look.

How to fight still needs Deng Mu's approval.

Deng Mu sneered:

"Shi Zai's words make sense. How can this small Fenshui Pass stop my great Han Tianshi?"

"However, if we want to attack, we must use some tricks and not sacrifice the lives of soldiers in vain."

"Your Majesty, please bring up our Xiangyang Cannon 0..."

"After so many years, the Xiangyang Cannon should be able to destroy another enemy city."

Hearing what Deng Mu said, Liu Bei's eyes lit up.

Xiangyang Cannon.

That was the siege weapon built by Deng Mu for him.

OnceFor a long time, it was a beautiful place without danger.

But since this cannon became well-known to the world, Cao Wei has specially reinforced the dangerous pass.

This has caused the Xiangyang cannon to be useless from then on.

It just so happened that the Fenshui Pass in front of us had not been specially reinforced.

Obviously, Xiahou Yuan did not expect that the Han army would one day be able to attack his Hedong hinterland, so he neglected to take precautions and make plans early.

In this case, this also gave Liu Bei the opportunity to show the power of the Xiangyang cannon again.

"3.3 OK, let's follow the Prime Minister's opinion."

"We will build the Xiangyang Cannon right away and give Xiahou Yuan a surprise!"

Deng Ai was also surprised and said:

"Thanks to the Prime Minister's reminder, we almost forgot that we still have such a powerful weapon as the Xiangyang Cannon."

"Your Majesty, what are we waiting for, let's build the Xiangyang Cannon."

So Liu Bei gave an order, and nearly a thousand artillerymen in the army started working immediately.

They began to cut wood and built the Xiangyang Cannon day and night.