The Jianguan area belongs to the hilly area. Peaks like Juhualing, which are about 100 meters high are already an amazing mountain. Most of the places are hilly areas that are dozens of meters high. After passing Jianguan, they enter the richest basin in Yizhou. If you defend Yizhou, you must guard Jianguan. Wang Haogu takes Jianguan Juhualing as the central defense area, extends two long arms forward, and sets up a herringbone defensive formation. He uses Jishan and Cypress Slope, which are about ten miles away from Juhualing, to form three defensive areas. Juhualing is the core and is also the location of Wang Haogu's command. Elite troops with more than 10,000 people can set up defenses here and support Jishan and Cypress Slope at any time.

"Zhenting, be careful when you are on the cypress slope!" Wang Haogu said to a middle-aged general who was over thirty years old beside him: "The rocks are rugged and the slope is very steep. The construction of the village is built of stone. Although it is still very simple now, as time goes by, the defense line of Jishan will become more and more stable, but Jishan is different. The cypress slope is slow and the cavalry can attack. This is why I placed 6,000 soldiers on the cypress slope and only arranged 4,000 people in Jishan. If the Meng people want to fight, they may choose to make a breakthrough."

Huo Zhenting had a faint smile on his lips, "Although the cypress slope is gentle, it is long, and the cavalry has no advantage in attacking upwards. Moreover, there are many cypress trees and huge trees. It is easy to use local materials to prevent them. Please rest assured. I have not been idle these days. I have dug dozens of tunnels on the gentle slope that is about a few miles long, each one is about two meters deep and three meters wide. Each trench is about a hundred meters long. Moreover, the wood is easy to obtain. I have made a lot of things like horses. At the same time, I have made dozens of simple thunder cannons using the cypress trees there. If the Mongolian army does not come, it will be a good idea. Tathagata can make them suffer."

Wang Haogu laughed, "It's done well, but the thunderbolt cannon made of freshly cut cypress trees is afraid that it won't take long to break up, so I'm not afraid of spending time."

Huo Zhenting touched his nose. "This is why I searched all the carpenters around me before setting off. Anyway, the trees on the cypress slopes are inexhaustible. These thunderbolt cannons can only hold on to a battle. After one battle, I will make a new one."

"Be careful of the opponent's fire attack." Wang Haogu reminded.

"General, don't worry, I will pile all the soil in the tunnel in the forest, in order to prevent the opponent from attacking fire. If the fire comes, I will flood the earth." Huo Zhenting joked.

"Changkun, what good dishes have you prepared for the Mongolian army?" He turned to look at another general under his command, Yao Changkun.

Yao Changkun is in his early forties and comes from the same village as Wang Haogu. The two of them have served in the army together. After decades, they have been friends who share life and death. When they heard Wang Haogu ask him about him, Yao Changkun touched his short moustache and said, "Zhenting prepared a big meal for the Meng people. Naturally, I am unwilling to let the people down. Although Jishan is not high, it is steep. As the way up the mountain, I am naturally mainly stones. If the Mongolian army comes to fight Jishan, the cavalry will not play any role. They can only get off the horse and fight. Except for stones, crossbows, and longbows, the more they are, and the more they are, they will use stones to break the shields. I want to see. How many pounds are the Meng people who beat Tanzhou soldiers to the point of losing their armor?"

Wang Haogu sneered, "Mr. Pan has been sharpening his sword for ten years, and 100,000 elite elites in Yizhou are waiting for the game. He has the ambition to compete for the world. If even the Meng people can't handle it, how can we fight for the world? In the eyes of the court, it is naturally a big problem, but in our eyes it is an opportunity. In the troubled times, heroes, Zhenting and Changkun are also our starting point. If we fight Yizhou, we will have a broader stage!"

Huo Zhenting and Yao Changkun are both Wang Haogu's hardcore confidants and brothers. When they talk in front of them, Wang Haogu would naturally not hide it. Of course, they also knew the preparations of Yizhou over the years. When they heard Wang Haogu's words, they all smiled.

"We have to wait for Taizhou to achieve a result. The Mongolian army was in a dilemma, but it was still unmoved. I don't know what the idea was. Yizhou has been known as the country of Tianfu since ancient times. It has produced rich products and rich people in the basin. If the Mongolian people take Yizhou, it will be like a tiger. I believe Wuda can see it. But now Barutu is lukewarm, and Aslan fights Feng Congyi in Taizhou, which is really strange." Yao Changkun shook his head and said.

"No matter what they are fighting, we are all watching the tiger fight. Whether Feng Congyi wins or Aslan wins, as long as Taizhou gets the result, it is time for us to attack. Pan Yue's Shence Army has begun to gather and will station in Tianmen County behind us. Of course, it is a second line of defense in name, but in fact, after waiting for the two sides to decide the outcome, we immediately split up with our troops. When I attack Tanzhou, he went straight south to attack Taizhou."

"Both sides act at the same time?" Huo Zhenting was startled.

Wang Haogu laughed, "The two guards under the jurisdiction of the Mongolian army and Feng Congyi are not good at it. They really decide the outcome. Hehe, killing one thousand enemies and losing eight hundred will not be better than anyone. We attacked Tanzhou just to block the Mongolian army, and Pan Yue attacked Taizhou as the main target. He killed all the troops of our fourth princes in one fell swoop, and we approached Tanzhou. In this way, we connected Yitai as one. At that time, a brief description of the army with Lord Pan was coming out, sweeping the northern states, laying a solid foundation for fighting for dominance of the world."

"At that time, weren't we both sides attacking?"

"What does it matter? The Wuwei and the Xiaowei are destroyed, and the northern prefectures will have no more troops to fight. Our main enemy was Mongol at that time. As for the court, hehehe, the rebellion in Shanzhou is enough for them to bear. The twelve guards of Dayue and the two guards were destroyed, and their strength was greatly damaged. Is it possible for the court to transfer the guards from thousands of miles to enter the north? I am afraid that the court will become a defensive at that time. Lord Pan is not without allies among the northern prefectures."

"Besides, if you don't even have this courage, how can you fight to dominate the world? Only by daring to be the enemy of the world can you achieve hegemony. Even if you lose, you will have to do it once. Our name will be left on the history books. If you can't keep your wealth for a hundred years, then you will be infamous for thousands of years. It's better than being a local rich man in Yizhou!" Wang Haogu said with great enthusiasm, "A real man, be a commander of Fang You, and only by trampling on the world can you live up to this life!"

"We are willing to follow the general to conquer the world!" Huo Zhenting and Yao Changkun were also excited.

"We are brothers, and we should live and die together, share blessings and misfortunes, and then we will naturally block them together. I and my friends are nothing to be polite." Wang Haogu stretched out his palm as big as a palm fan, and Huo Zhenting and Yao Changkun also stretched out their hands, holding their three big hands tightly together.

"After each return to the defense zone, wait and see the changes in the current situation!" Wang Hao Gudao.

Barutu naturally knew that Jian Pass was not easy to fight. Not only was the terrain of Jian Pass not suitable for the assault of Mongolian cavalry, but also because judging from the contact between the two armies these days, the elite level of the opponent's army was probably far greater than that of the Tanzhou soldiers. Large-scale conflicts between the two sides did not occur, but in the blank area between the two armies, the wandering posts of both sides were constantly fighting. The opponent's whistle and cavalry were more, and more whistle and probes were infantry, either in teams of three or five, or in groups of more than ten, lying in ambush in the hills and troughs, and even digging holes, like waiting for a rabbit, quietly setting traps for the Meng Cavalry.

Over the past few months, Barutu failed to fight in a single battle, but he lost more than a hundred whistle cavalry. The soldiers who could be used as whistle cavalry were naturally the elite in the army. He lost so many tribal warriors at once, even though Barutu's family had great achievements, he felt a little distressed.

Barutu is a veteran and had a confrontation with the Dayue people decades ago. The last crushing defeat gave their generation a new understanding of the Dayue people. They never thought that cavalry had a natural advantage against infantry. In addition to being more mobility, the two armies were seriously confronting each other. Well-equipped infantry was not inferior to cavalry. The cavalry consumed more and they depended more on logistics. If they were to take one and leave, then there would be no problem with the speed of the cavalry. But now they had to conquer cities and plunder the land, so they had to compete with their opponents on cities and land, and the consumption became increasingly greater.

From the opponent's defensive layout, choice of defensive terrain, and the coordination between the armies, Barutu has already had a deeper understanding of the generals on the opposite side. He couldn't help but sigh that there are too many talents in Dayue. Wang Haogu has never heard of it, but now facing the opponent, he actually feels like he has a dog's chewing and has nowhere to whisper.

Just when Balutu and Wang Haogu were in conflict, Heshuote's 30,000 cavalry led by the patriarch Wu Liqi to Jian Pass. This made the Meng cavalry at Jian Pass exceed 60,000, and far exceeded Wang Haogu's Yizhou Army in number.

"Balutu, I am really old. Facing the army of a mere state, I can't move forward!" Wu Liqi sat cross-legged in the tent at the beginning of getting off the car, mocking Barutu.

Barutu Fu Fu smiled. At his age, he was basically immune to the attacks above these words. Wu Liqi was still too young and had no less knowledge of the people of Da Yue. The victory of the Mongolian army in the early stage made Wu Liqi look down on the Da Yue Town Army.

Wu Liqi was in his early forties, and was at the age of being ambitious and trying to make a big move and make achievements. During the first batch of attacks, the Mongolian army used Zarchiwuti and Tatar, but left Turgut and his Zhishuote behind. In the early victory, the two major tribes did not even find the edge, so naturally there was no trophy. This made Wu Liqi very unhappy. Living in the desert, even most of the people like Heshuote were short of money!

He and Barutu belong to one of the five kings. Although Barutu is considered a character of his father's life, Wu Liqi did not have much awe of him.

They are all old, and the future of the Meng people lies in their generation, and among this group, who can compare with him? Jamuha, Tienig? They are all too young.
Chapter completed!