My older brother is Gao Huan.

Chapter 605 The Three Cities of Heyang
Hou Mochenrui neither had the courage nor the ability.

It's not like they haven't seen it before.

He's just a typical person who relies on his father's achievements and is completely ignorant. Where would he get such a meticulous mind?
The art of physiognomy and judging character is indeed a bit far-fetched, but these people are all shrewd. After a brief interaction, they can usually get a pretty good idea of ​​a naive young person.

Erzhu Rong heard the rest and, after thoroughly understanding the whole story, realized that...

When the two events are connected, the truth becomes clear.

"In other words, before the news of the fall of Beizhong City even spread, Moheduo had already sent a large army to attack the river bridge... What kind of coincidence is that?"

"Everyone says that Moheduo's military tactics emphasize speed, but that doesn't mean he's careless. Why would he go after the river bridge if he didn't take Beizhong City?"

The significance of building the North Central City was to drive a nail into the river next to the bridge, so that even if the enemy army reached the bridge, they could not directly seize it and cross the river.

This is similar to an army being blocked by a fortified city, unable to bypass the city and continue marching.

If they bypass the city, the city's garrison will cut off their supplies, and the army will collapse immediately.

The only possibility is that Gao Yu knew that Beizhong City would fall before it fell, so he gathered a large army by the river bridge in advance!
Why are you so certain?

It’s so hard to guess.

"I know, you go down first."

Erzhu Rong waved his hand expressionlessly, dismissing everyone else, and then looked up at Wang Xiang and Su Chuo.

What do you two think?

Su Chuo and Wang Xiang didn't speak. They had actually seen through the clues, but they couldn't just tell Er Zhu Rong that he had been deceived by Hou Mo Chen Yue, could they?

Even they couldn't quite grasp Erzhu Rong's current state of mind.

Beneath that calm exterior, a raging fire was raging within him.

Or have they really lost their temper due to the constant stream of bad news?
Seeing that the two remained silent, Erzhu Rong laughed, a somewhat miserable laugh, "Houmo Chenyue... what a skill, truly a skill! I was fooled by him."

It's obvious that Hou Mo and Chen Yue went through a long and complicated process, tricking everyone into falling into their trap.

It appears that Hou Mochenrui opened the city gates and carried out the plan, but the entire scheme was actually devised by Hou Mochenyue, and they were well aware of this.

But through this scheme, Hou Mochenyue managed to extricate himself from the situation, leaving himself completely innocent.

Wang Xiang braced himself and asked, "Prime Minister... what should we do now? The news can't be kept secret for long."

"How about I send someone to keep an eye on Houmo Chenyue's family right now?"

"Do not."

Erzhu Rong clenched his fist tightly, then relaxed it. "What's done is done, the city has been lost, what's the point of arguing now?"

Once Hou Mochenyue's family is captured, anyone with ulterior motives will connect the fall of Beizhong City with this incident.

It is easy to deduce a conclusion.

That means the fall of Beizhong City was intentional on the part of Houmo Chenyue.

Erzhu Rong was tricked and deceived by Houmo Chenyue.

It was Erzhu Rong's poor judgment of character that led him to be deceived by his own subordinates.

This will deal a huge blow to Erzhu Rong's personal prestige!
He absolutely could not accept such a situation.

"Block the news as much as possible..."

"Send another letter to Guanzhong, and urge them to send more men and troops over immediately."

"Also... Lingchuo, have the Pohu stationed in Mengjin quickly gather ships and set fires to see if they can destroy the river bridge, in order to slow down Moheduo's advance."

After giving all the instructions, Su Chuo and Wang Xiang left to handle the matter.

Erzhu Rong sat on the bed for a moment, then stood up and took out the precious sword that he had specially ordered the craftsmen to forge.

He gave the sword a very nice name.

Sword name: Tianxia (天下). A clang.

Erzhu Rong drew his sword and stared intently at it.

"Mohedo! I will not avoid this battle, nor will I retreat..."

"Is Heaven helping you or me?"

"It's time for you and me to settle the score regarding who will ultimately control this world!"

Erzhu Rong did not want to escape, nor did he want to continue retreating.

He had nowhere to retreat to.

If they were to retreat to Guanzhong in such a sorry state, would Guanzhong still have a place to stand?
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The sky was beginning to lighten with the first hint of dawn, but the darkness had not yet been completely dispelled.

The wind was strong on the bridge over the river.

Gao Yu stood on the river bridge, looking down at the rolling Yellow River.

He looked up and saw the siltation, and not far away he could see a sandbar in the middle of the Yellow River.

"This should be the location of Zhongtan City."

He looked towards the sandbar in the middle of the river and saw a protruding area on the south bank of the Yellow River, surrounded by the river on three sides.

If the city were built here, the enemy's army would be unable to deploy and would only be able to attack from the south.

Such terrain makes it seem like supply lines could be easily cut off.

Don't forget.

It is surrounded by rivers on three sides, and there is a sandbar in the middle of the river.

If a city were built on the sandbar, it could continuously supply soldiers, provisions, weapons, and all other necessities from the Yellow River!
Although there is currently no trace of Zhongtan City or Nancheng.

But Gao Yu only glanced at the terrain and he understood why Gao Huan had built the three cities of Heyang. This was essentially creating a 'Sanmenxia' in this section of the Yellow River!
The reason why the Eastern and Western Wei dynasties maintained a stalemate for a long period of time in history.

It's all a problem.

The critical supply route was blocked.

Gao Huan seemed to have two routes to reach Guanzhong, but the route Liu Bang had taken, namely the Yuxi route, was simply impossible.

Liu Bang didn't fight his way in; he accepted surrenders along the way.

How could we possibly break through strategically important passes like Tongguan, which have all the advantages of terrain?
Gao Huan could only try to invade Guanzhong from Hedong, but he was unpopular there, so there was only one route left. As a result, Wang Sizheng immediately saw the key to this route.

By building Yu Bi City, they blocked Gao Huan's grain supply lines, rendering Gao Huan powerless.

Yuwentai was actually facing the same situation.

After Gao Huan built the three cities of Heyang, Yuwen Tai's army came out from the western Henan passage. Despite having the natural waterway of the Yellow River, they were unable to utilize it.

The artificial 'Sanmenxia' by Gao Huan has completely blocked the three cities of Heyang.

The only option is to transport supplies by land, but the loss of supplies during land transport is too great. Guanzhong is already extremely poor, so where would Yuwentai get so much food to waste?
This resulted in both sides being unable to do anything to each other for a long time.

Later, the Northern Qi was overthrown due to internal conflicts and the emergence of an incompetent ruler.

Grain supply route, grain supply route.

Throughout history, countless people have been restricted by grain supply routes.

The biggest difference between Zhuge Liang and Marquis of Huaiyin was that an earthquake meant that by the time of Zhuge Liang, there were no more waterways available for the Northern Expeditions.

Gao Yu was thinking.

Should I build the three cities of Heyang?
(End of this chapter)