Chapter 879
Dasan Pass is a dangerous pass connecting Guanzhong and Hanzhong. It was the first pass of the Zhou Dynasty's scattered country. Later, the Southern Song Dynasty and the Jin Dynasty used this as the western border, and its geographical location was extremely important.
For thousands of years, the struggle between the north and the south cannot be avoided here. Dasan Pass has become a place where military strategists must fight, and has experienced countless wars.
Over the years, the north and the south have been united together, Dasanguan in the west, Xiangyang in the middle, and Huaihe in the east have been the key to the competition.
Just in terms of Dasan Pass, if the northern regime occupy Dasan Pass, he can see Hanzhong and Bashu, take the path of Yuan to destroy Song, and destroy the southern regime.
If the southern regime occupied Dasan Pass, it could protect Hanzhong and Bashu, and peek at Guanzhong, and the driver would fight north.
Whether the Western Army can capture Guanzhong this time is the top priority.
According to Li Dingguo's plan, he needed to control Dasan Pass first and then quickly seize Nan Zheng, so that the army could enter Guanzhong with lightning speed.
At that time, the Western Army's magical weapons came to the sky. Li Jiyu received news that it was too late to transfer troops from Tongguan and other places.
Over the years, because of the strong Ganchao, the Western Kingdom and the Tang Kingdom have a good relationship.
There has been no war between the two countries for five or six years, and the two sides have maintained peace and business and travel exchanges are peaceful.
The land in Guanzhong is poor, and many daily necessities need to be purchased from the Western countries. Goods and personnel exchanges between Sichuan and Guanzhong must be passed here.
Although Dasan Pass is a military important place, its defense is not tight because it is not on the front line.
There are endless caravans here every day, and people flow continuously, and the Tang soldiers guarding the pass also caught a lot of money.
At this time, Feng Shuangli led several subordinates to pretend to be businessmen, sat in the tea shed in front of the pass and rested, staring at Dasan Pass not far away.
After the defeat in Hedong, Li Jiyu suffered heavy losses and urgently needed to obtain materials from the outside.
At this time, the Tang Gan border had been blocked, and Li Jiyu could not buy supplies from Gan Chao, so he could only buy them from the Western Kingdom.
Feng Shuangli picked up a teacup and looked at the pass. He saw a group of caravans lined up in front of the pass. The defenders were just a simple check and then placed in Guanzhong.
"General, it seems that your highness is right. The Tang army is not prepared for us, and the defense of the pass is very relaxed." A Western general said: "We dress up as merchants, and suddenly become chaotic after entering the pass, and we will definitely be able to seize the pass."
Feng Shuangli nodded slightly, and had a decided plan in his heart, "Go! Go back and prepare!"
The group threw a few copper coins on the table and hurriedly got up and left.
At this time, Feng Shuangli returned to thirty miles away from the pass and summoned many subordinates to discuss.
"This time we are divided into two teams in front and back. After the front team passed the pass, they ambushed outside the Dasan Pass and prepared to intercept the escaped Tang army. The coach led the rear team to directly seize the pass!" Feng Shuangli took the branch and struck on the ground: "Do you understand?"
When many generals heard the words, they immediately nodded, "I'm sure the job is clear."
Feng Shuangli stood up and said, "Then let's go!"
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The guardian of Dasan Pass was called Ma Quan, who was the son of the eldest son of the Ma family.
Back then, Boss Ma led the Luoyang official army to conquer Gao Huan, but was killed by Gao Huan. Ma Quan was in Luoyang, so he escaped.
Over the years, he has followed Ma Laoer and worked for Li Jiyu, and is considered Li Jiyu's confidant.
Ma Laoer was caught by Gao Huan in order to save Li Jiyu, and died unyieldingly, which made Li Jiyu feel very guilty.
Although Ma Quan was not capable, Li Jiyu entrusted him with the responsibility of guarding Dasan Pass.
The Tang Kingdom had good friendship with the Western Kingdoms. Dasan Pass was not the front line. Ma Quan was not capable and was competent. Secondly, Dasan Pass was a must-pass for merchants to communicate. It was considered a fat man and Li Jiyu's compensation to the Ma family.
After Ma Quan was in charge of Dasan Pass, he did not disappoint Li Jiyu's kindness. He made a lot of money at Dasan Pass and accumulated a lot of money.
Ma Quan was less than 25 years old. Although he was young, he had experienced the Ming Dynasty, Shun Dynasty and Tang Dynasty. He had already seen through his heart when he saw his father die for the Ming Dynasty and his second uncle die for the Tang Dynasty.
This dynasty changes too quickly, so it is safest to make more money and work harder.
After all, judging from the current situation, the Tang Kingdom seemed to be no longer able to do so. It would be better to get more quickly so that we can rely on it in the future.
That afternoon, Ma Quan inspected the city. Looking at the caravans streaked before closing the door, he couldn't help but frown, "Why are there so few caravans these days?"
After Li Dingguo arrived at Yangping Pass, in order to avoid the leak of information, he blocked the pass and the caravans heading to Guanzhong were blocked in Yangping Pass.
"I don't know about military service. In the past two days, the caravans have been getting fewer and fewer than day by day!" a general explained.
Ma Quan frowned. Could it be that he was too cruel to exploit the caravans and did not go to Dasan Pass?
At this time, a general suddenly pointed outside the pass: "Military gate, a fat sheep is coming!"
Ma Quan looked up and saw a caravan coming over.
Ma Quan was excited and hurried down the pass. He came to the city gate and asked his soldiers to stop the caravan.
"This general, we are grain merchants from Chengdu. These are the grains that will be transported to Guanzhong. Please forgive me!" A short and fat businessman stepped forward to salute.
Ma Quan looked at the caravan and said, "When you came here, what happened on the road? Why haven't many caravans come here in recent days?"
"Report to the general, the plank road to the south was destroyed by falling rocks, and the caravans were blocked on the plank road, so no caravans came over!" The fat merchant replied.
When Ma Quan heard that the plank road was destroyed, his face changed, "Is it serious? Can it be restored?"
The plank road was destroyed and the caravan could not pass, which directly affected his own profits. Ma Quan became anxious when he heard this.
"General, don't worry, the problem is not serious, it has been repaired by various caravans." The fat merchant said: "The villain's convoy is in front, so we first go to Dasan Pass, and there are a large number of caravans behind us!"
Ma Quan breathed a sigh of relief, looked at the caravan with a total of 100 taels, and then smiled and said, "One car, one tael of silver, just pass the test after you hand it over!"
"So many!" the fat businessman exclaimed: "Why is it different from before?"
Ma Quan said coldly: "You can pass it, it's the price now!"
The fat businessman had no choice but to pay the money, and then took the convoy to pass the Dasan Pass.
Ma Quan looked at a small box of silver ingots, and a satisfied smile appeared on his face.
An hour later, a large number of convoys came over the official road to the south.
Ma Quan stood at the top of the city with a smile on his face, "A fat sheep is here again!"
Feng Shuangli disguised as a businessman and led a huge convoy towards Dasan Pass.
Ma Quan had preconceived ideas and felt that after the plank road was repaired, the blocked caravan came over together. He did not remind him of the huge caravan, but was happy and wanted to recover the losses in the past few days.
"Turn the horses and horses here!" Ma Quan walked to the gate and personally directed the soldiers to block the doors, preparing to plunder one by one, not letting a fat sheep goat go.
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