"Sure enough, it's coming?" Yang Jun said in a deep voice with a serious face.

"Yes, it's within a hundred miles...... scout bowed his head and reported. He saw with his own eyes the battle flag of General Zhengxi, and also saw Zhang Liao camping at the edge of the forest with his men and horses, and even saw them hunting animals in the woodland, lighting a fire and cooking food, and it seemed that he could smell the fragrance of those foods with the wind.

It's just that what the scout didn't know was that when he was lying on the hillside staring at Zhang Liao's camp, Zhang Liao's scout was also looking at him from the grass and in the grass......

When it comes to bionic and camouflage, the old scout under the command of General Zhengxi, who has learned some of the fur of the future generations from Fei Qian, will definitely not stand on the hillside and swagger, because although he can see far away, he will also expose his figure. The best way to do this is to stick some grass or branches on your body and squat in the grass or climb up the treetops, so that you may not be able to spot it even if you walk in front of you.

"Is there any contact?" Yang Jun asked.

The scout arched his hand and said, "No contact, no sight of the scouts they sent......"

"No scouts?" Yang Jun frowned, then waved his hand, letting the scout go down first.

Yang Jun couldn't help but stand up, frowning, and pacing back and forth in the big tent with his hands behind his back.

Maybe it's because you're overconfident?

Maybe it's because I'm afraid that the scouts sent will alarm Tongguan here?

Yang Jun slowly stopped, stroked his beard, and smiled slightly at the corner of his mouth. Zhang Liao came quickly and was also very hidden, but to no avail. After Shaanxi County, it is a relatively large county seat, which is Zheng County in the southwest, that is, the most important base of Yang Jiahongnong, although it is said that it was destroyed by Dong Zhuo, but after all, it is still a bit of a foundation, so after Zhang Liao's whereabouts were noticed by the locals, he quickly reported to Yang Jun......

"It's good to be here."

Yang Jun slowly rubbed his hands, and the smile slowly climbed to his face.

If Zhang Liao's traces were not discovered in advance, then when he was attacking Tongguan, his back was suddenly attacked, and naturally even if he could resist, it would be a fiasmal victory, not to mention that if one was not well controlled......

However, now that he is prepared, he has Zhang Liao's troops......

Yang Jun has already sent people to ambush on the high slope leading to Tongguan in the northwest of Zheng County, no matter who comes, to Tongguan, there must only be one way, even if the general of Zhengxi comes in person, it can only attack the slope from the bottom up, so that Zhang Liao's cavalry advantage will be reduced to the minimum.

If you are not willing to attack, you can only confront. The confrontation is certainly unacceptable for a small force like Zhang Liao, because the number of troops is small, although it is flexible, but it also means that the baggage is limited, which is conducive to a quick battle and cannot be fought for a long time. Another important point is that the longer it is delayed, the more likely it is that Zhang Liao's troops will be surrounded and sandwiched by the Yang reinforcements who rushed from Heluo!

Such a risk, no matter who you are, must not be willing to bear.

Zheng County, in the southwest of Shaanxi County, although it was also within the range of Zhang Liao's attack, Yang Jun did not think that Zhang Liao had the courage to take a heavily guarded county town with a thousand horsemen.

You must know that Zheng County is also a big county, there are 1,200 soldiers, 1,800 auxiliary soldiers, and there are five or six dock forts of all sizes around, even if they do not belong to the Yang family, they also have some kinship with the Yang family.

Therefore, Zhang Liao's troops, since they have come here, can only pass through the high slope in the northwest direction of Zheng County, and then rush to Tongguan!

The distance of more than 100 miles, if it is slow, it will be two days at most, and if it is fast, it will be there in one day. Therefore, Zhang Liao repaired a hundred miles away, which also meets the requirements of the Art of War, and it is estimated that he is still calculating a surprise attack on Tongguan tomorrow, right?

Who would have thought that they were already prepared?

Thinking of the smugness, Yang Jun almost laughed, he coughed slightly twice, hiding his emotions, and then said in a deep voice: "Someone!" Herald! Collect your troops early today! Rectify the defense! In addition, send people to Gaopi in Zheng County, so that they can prepare for the future enemy and defeat them in one fell swoop! ”

Since Zhang Liao is coming, let him come!

I recuperated myself, and I just used Zhang Liao's head to hit the morale of the Tongguan soldiers!

"Yui!" The herald standing outside the tent answered loudly, and then hurriedly ran to give the order.

Yang Jun was a little excited, after all, this was not the same as the step-by-step siege of the city, there were some elements of scheming and calculation, which made him feel a little strangely excited. Although he ordered the soldiers to rest earlier, Yang Jun thought about his plan repeatedly, and the more he thought about it, the more excited he became, the more he couldn't sleep, and it was not until the second half of the night that he barely squinted and lay down for a while. Early the next morning, Yang Jun got up, and then thought about it again and again, making the best preparations for the upcoming battle, and waited for Zhang Liao to appear......

As time passed, the tension before the battle became more and more intense, and even Ma Yan above Tongguan sensed that something was wrong.

Because Yang Jun was unusually today, he did not send troops to continue to attack the city at all, but most of them repaired around the camp, and even sent some troops to the east.

Would Yang Jun be so kind-hearted and willing to let the defenders of Tongguan take a breath?

Ma Yan didn't think so, and for the side with the superior number of troops, if he wanted to attack the city, he could only use the tactics of crowds and waves, and exhaust all the strength of the defenders, and naturally win.

So, what happened to the east?

Whatever, Ma Yan didn't dare to rashly open the door and go out of Tongguan without battlefield information, but since Yang Jun didn't attack the city, he would take this opportunity to take a good rest......

The entire battlefield in Tongguan suddenly fell silent, as if they were waiting for something.

However, no one expected that after noon, Zhang Liao's people did not appear, and they suffered until the sun was westward, and there was still no figure.

Yang Jun really couldn't sit still, and risked being found out by Zhang Liao that he was ambushed, and once again sent out a large number of scouts, but the scouts were surprised when they came back......

Zhang Liao's troops were gone.

If it weren't for the sight of some camp wreckage at the edge of the forest, even the scouts would have wondered if what they had seen before was real or fake......

Zhang Liao did not come to Tongguan, nor did he stay in his original position, so he disappeared outside Yang Jun's perception range.

Where did Zhang Liao's troops go?

Yang Jun circled around the big tent, pondering for a long time, but he didn't figure out what was going on.

Hidden?

But what's the use of hiding it?

Went back?

But if you go back, won't you lose the meaning of understanding the Waitong Pass?

Yang Jun fidgeted, anxiously waiting for the scout's follow-up detailed investigation, and before the news of the update arrived, he could only wait.

There is no better way for Yang Jun than to wait......

After another night, at dawn the next day, Yang Jun finally waited for the scouts to deliver the latest news, and Zhang Liao's troops did not go to the Tongguan defense line, but returned the same way, turned around and went east.

Yang Jun was puzzled, he couldn't understand why Zhang Liao would go back with his troops.

Isn't Zhang Liao ready to relieve the siege of Tongguan?

This phenomenon is contrary to the common sense of the art of war, and even makes Yang Jun wonder if the scout was wrong and was deceived by Zhang Liao. It wasn't until noon that a new scout rushed back, and said in a conclusive manner that Zhang Liao had indeed gone east, and Yang Jun accepted the result with suspicion.

But Yang Jun still didn't know, since Zhang Liao was not going to raid him, what was he leading his troops here for?

Although Yang Jun couldn't figure it out, since this was the case, the army that was originally sent out to ambush was useless, so he could only withdraw first, and he couldn't let the soldiers of the ambush let him lie on his stomach in the field every day and sleep in the nest every day in order to prevent Zhang Liao from discovering it, right?

If that were the case, Zhang Liao would not have to attack in person, as long as he waited for two or three days, these ambushed troops would be sick and all of them would be destroyed.

So the ambush for a day or two is more or less okay, but after a long time, it will not be done, and it must be withdrawn to repair. And these soldiers were set up to ambush Zhang Liao's troops, but Zhang Liao didn't come, so it would be meaningless to let the soldiers' hard work be in vain.

Do you want to send someone further afield?

Yang Jun was a little hesitant, if it was more than a hundred miles, if the army was not on the march, then it would mean that the return journey of the scouts could not shorten the distance, that is, it would take two or three days to go back and forth, so not only would the scouts be exhausted, but the loss of the war horses would also be very large, and the flexible and mobile scout manpower under his command was somewhat unworthy......

Yang Jun thought about it for a long time, and finally decided to give up the reconnaissance beyond the distance, and just maintain the scout at a distance of one hundred miles, even if Zhang Liao returned with the soldiers and horses, he could detect it in the first time and have time to fully react.

But Zhang Liao's whereabouts are uncertain, and even when Yang Jun was commanding his soldiers to attack Tongguan again, he felt a little uncomfortable in his heart, and even looked back to the east involuntarily from time to time. Such emotions also seem to have infected Yang Jun's soldiers, and they have a somewhat weak appearance since attacking Tongguan, and the perfunctory atmosphere is also spreading.

On the third day, early in the morning, there was still no news of Zhang Liao's troops.

Yang Jun thinks that this is Zhang Liao's bluff, after all, the siege of Tongguan is indeed here, and it is also Zhang Liao's ultimate goal, but why not come?

At this time, Yang Jun suddenly longed from the bottom of his heart that he could have a cavalry unit, not more, two or three thousand, so that he would not be like now, pinching the only two hundred cavalry, like a golden pimple, reluctant to use it, and did not dare to use it indiscriminately.

Cavalry......

At the end of this battle, it must be recommended that Yang Gong form a large enough cavalry team!

Build it no matter what, even if it's expensive!

At least three thousand!

Even if all the cavalry in the pass is transferred, it will not hesitate!

If you really can't do it, you can ask for war horses from those nobles in the Guanzhong, these people must still have some horses, and they can form an army if they get together!

Like this, being led by the nose by a thousand cavalry, wanting to be unable to fight, and wanting to catch the feeling of not being able to catch it, is really uncomfortable, and there is no initiative on the battlefield at all......

Just when Yang Jun was planning the future, the latest news was delivered to Yang Jun.

"What? Heading in the direction of Luoyang? Yang Jun could hardly believe his ears.

The scout nodded and said, "Yes, I can already see the black smoke of the beacon fire burning above the direction of Heluo, it should be in the direction of Luoyang, there is no doubt ......"

Yang Jun sat still, blinking vigorously.

I didn't come to Tongguan here, but I went to the direction of Luoyang, what do you want to do?

Not good!

Hangu Seki!

It must be Hangu Pass!

Because Yang Jun passed through Hangu when he led the troops over, he also knew the situation in Hangu Pass, because it was already a pass within Hongnong, so Hangu Pass did not garrison too many troops, with 400 soldiers and 600 auxiliary soldiers, that is, the appearance of 1,000 people......

And there are still a lot of grain and grass in Hangu Pass!

Zhang Liao's cavalry is only a thousand, as long as the defenders of Hangu Pass wake up a little, and after seeing the beacon fire, they will make some preparations and close the city gate, presumably even if Zhang Liao wants to attack, it may not be an easy thing.

Thinking of this, Yang Jun sat down slowly, exhaled a breath, and calmed down.

In the camp, it was the time of the evening, and the big soldiers gathered around the fire, setting up a kettle, and cooking vegetable porridge. The army is gathered, the grain and grass are consumed faster than anything else, and the grain bales that were piled up in a mountain a few days ago are now a big circle smaller. Some of the wild vegetables in the surrounding area have been almost plucked and eaten, and if you want to get more wild vegetables, you have to go further away to pick them.

Oops!

Yang Jun looked at the rising smoke, and suddenly his heart jumped, and his mind was a little dizzy.

Grain and grass......

Grain and grass!

Yang Junteng stood up and slapped his forehead with his hand, and suddenly his forehead was a little red, damn it, why did he neglect it!

Negligent!

I only thought that Zhang Liao would come to raid the camp, but I didn't think that Zhang Liao would turn around and go to Hangu......

The terrain from Luoyang to Tongguan is too special, like a long pipe, thick in the middle and thin at the end, and these two ends are Tongguan and Hangu. Then there is another section to the east of Hangu Pass, some of which are like sausages that have been tied up.

And such a sausage terrain is cut off at the joints......

It's like the general of Zhengxi seized Tongguan, and immediately cut off the connection between Hongnong and Guanzhong. Of course, there are no other routes, such as detouring to Hedong and then going to Guanzhong, or turning to Yuzhou and then taking Wuguan, you can also enter Guanzhong, but these other routes are not as convenient as going directly to Tongguan.

The same is true for Hanya.

Let's not talk about whether Hangu Pass can be captured by Zhang Liao, but as long as Zhang Liao is still hanging around Hangu Pass, then the grain and grass in Hangu will not be able to be transported!

What to do?

Yang Jun let out a long sigh, there was no other way but to requisition grain and grass from Zheng County again.

It's not that Yang Jun doesn't have the awareness of protecting the grain road, it's just that when he came to Tongguan before, for convenience, he had already transferred grain and grass from Zheng County once, and originally planned to transport the second batch of grain and grass from the east of Hangu and the area of Michi, but he didn't expect that at such a critical moment, he was stuck in it by Zhang Liao, so that the second batch of grain and grass is likely to be temporarily unable to be transported.

Although it is said that it can be requisitioned from Zheng County again, it will inevitably harm these people of the Yang clan in Zheng County, after all, as a member of the Yang family, he is also aware of the current situation, in order to support Yang Biao in Luoyang, Hongnong's area, whether it is Zheng County or Shaanxi County, can be said to have tightened his belt, and when he transferred grain and grass to himself before, Zheng County can be said to have scavenged out the old foundation......

And now, as a last resort, I still need to take another handful, which is really unbearable.

And yet it had to be done.

Alas, it can only be after breaking through the Tong Pass, and then use the materials in the pass to compensate for one or two!

"Someone! Order the rear army to move to Shaanxi County! This thief must be slain! Yang Jun gritted his teeth and ordered, his own grain from Zheng County can only be an emergency, and he must clear the threat of Zhang Liao in order to truly attack Tongguan wholeheartedly!

Almost at the same time, Yang Biao, who was in Luoyang and had been warned by the beacon fire, also said almost the same words, dispatched the only cavalry troops in the early 1,000s at hand, and hurried to Hangu Pass.

Yang Biao also thought that it would be impossible for these cavalry of these generals to conquer Hangu to capture Hangu, but it would bring great pressure to Yang Jun in Tongguan, and even cause Yang Jun who attacked Tongguan to be unable to take care of it, so whether it was defeated or repulsed, such an army must be cleared out of the Hongnong realm anyway, otherwise the land of Hongnong will not want to live in peace!