West of Wuxia.

White Emperor City.

Just when Cao Cao, the king of Wei, led the people to the north to conquer Kebineng, and the situation in northern Xinjiang was confusing and weak, Guan Ping and his entourage at this moment finally crossed the Wuxia Gorge with difficulty after a long journey of more than ten days and arrived at the White Emperor City on the north bank.

White Emperor City, formerly known as Ziyang, was the end of the Western Han Dynasty when Wang Mang usurped the throne, his general Gongsun Shu rebelled from him and established himself as the emperor, and found that the terrain around Wuxia was precipitous, and built the capital here, and then changed its name to White Emperor City.

This city stands on the top of the White Emperor Mountain in Qutang Gorge, the Yangtze River water on the south bank in front, and the kui gate in the east.

Merely.

Before the Han Dynasty, the White Emperor was also not well-known.

It was in the Three Kingdoms era that the White Emperor City really shined and became well-known to the world.

Because, there was a great event here that can be famous for eternity.

Yongan Tolone!

The protagonist is naturally the male lord Liu Bei and the virtuous minister Zhuge Liang, because of the unreserved mutual trust between the monarch and the minister, which led to the incident of "Yong'an Tuogu" that has been sung through the ages until later generations.

The White Emperor City also naturally became famous.

Of course, after the loss of Jingzhou in the original history, this city also undertook the first front line of Shu Han to resist the Wu army, and with its unique geographical advantages, it has always maintained the tranquility of eastern Bashu.

In the period of the Later Three Kingdoms, until Liu Chan surrendered, Jiangdong did not set foot in Bashu, and the famous Jiangdong general Lu Kang once led tens of thousands of troops into Shu to the west to take advantage of the destruction of Shu Han to expand the territory in a big way, so as to form a situation of confrontation with the Sima family and the north and south.

But who would have thought that the Wu army, which had an army of tens of thousands, would be turned away by the small White Emperor City!

As a result, it also achieved the prestige of Luo Xian's land resistance.

The top of the White Emperor Mountain.

At this time, Guan Ping stood tightly on a towering mountain peak, and beside him were more than a dozen expressionless but powerful eight-foot soldiers with sharp blades in their hands.

"Alas, Wuxia really deserves to be dangerous!"

"This is indeed the most important line of defense in eastern Bashu."

At this moment, Guan Ping, who had personally experienced the natural danger of Wuxia, couldn't help but be extremely dignified, and sighed softly.

Wuxia is divided into waterways and land routes, but the actual geography is that the terrain is treacherous, and the towering rocks make the roads rugged and uneven.

This kind of road is not even an ordinary pass, not to mention a march!

The passage of the waterway is also very dangerous, in the dozens of miles of Wuxia through the White Emperor, the water is almost everywhere covered with reefs, the slightest carelessness will cause the ship to capsize.

If you hadn't experienced it yourself, I'm afraid no one in the world would have thought that there was such a steep road in this world.

As described in the poem of Mr. Li Bai, a great writer of the Tang Dynasty, "Shu is difficult, and it is difficult to go to the blue sky." ”

Now that Guan Ping has experienced it himself, he suddenly feels that this poem does not have the slightest exaggeration, but the actual situation is still excessive!

Guan Ping was a native of Qiqi County (now Guizhou) in his previous life, and he was also fortunate to travel to the Three Gorges of the Yangtze River, saw the local topography and landforms, and was deeply shocked by the unique geographical advantages.

"Major General, what are you?"

After hearing the seemingly unheard news, Pound on the side couldn't help but show doubts on his face, and his eyes were fixed on him.

The foundation of Shu Han is the land of Bashu, and the White Emperor City, as an important town in the east, stands to reason that the stronger the better, but he faintly doesn't understand why Guan Ping still sighs.

Of course, this is also because he doesn't know why Guan Ping sighed!

After a deep groan, he didn't dwell too much on this matter, and after half a sound, he couldn't help but turn to the prime minister and ask: "General Pang, have the guards who went to meet General Li Yan, the guard of the White Emperor, returned?" ”

Hearing this, Pang De's face suddenly turned pale, and he arched his hand and said sharply: "Major General Qiyu, you have returned." ”

"Now General Li Yan has set up a banquet in the mansion and is waiting for the young general to go."

"Oh?"

"Then let's go quickly, although we are from afar, don't let General Li wait for a long time!"

After saying that, Guan Ping smiled and lightly made a joke to the crowd, before leading the crowd straight to the north gate of the White Emperor City.

Half ringing.

Standing outside the White Emperor City, looking at the "mountain" city that was built by the mountains and rivers as if it was towering into the clouds, Guan Ping couldn't help but be shocked again.

Slowly entering the city, he ordered Liu Jia to lead the guards to the nearest pavilion to rest and recuperate, and led Pang De from the side through the street and walked in the direction of the military mansion.

Military government.

Outer hall.

"General, Major General Guan has arrived outside the mansion."

At this time, this old servant who was about fifty years old, with a faint rickety back and gray hair on his sideburns, received Guan Ping's report at the gate of the mansion, and then quickly rushed into the mansion and asked Li Yan for instructions.

"Oh?"

"Guan Ping has arrived?"

After that, Li Yan was dressed in a military uniform, eight feet long, and a forty-year-old man with a frosty face suddenly stood up and said tightly.

"Hurry up and get him in!"

"No."

An order, this young old servant did not hesitate at all, and retired.

In fact, as a courtier who is now in the court, Li Yan does not have to be so courteous to Guan Ping.

Although the relationship between Guan Yu and Liu Bei is extraordinary!

But that's just Guan Yu, not Guan Ping.

An important minister like him, Guan Ping invited him to see him, and he didn't have to pay so much attention to it at all.

However, the reason why this is the case is also due to the Jingzhou Guard Battle last year, which made Li Yan see Guan Ping's unlimited potential.

It must be known that it was tens of thousands of Wu troops in Jiangdong, and the commander was also the famous Jianghuai governor Lu Meng.

With such strength, even if it is a head-on confrontation with the Jingzhou army on the river, it may not be able to be at a disadvantage.

But the actual situation is that Guan Ping only relied on thousands of elite soldiers to hurriedly return to the defense, and in the process of Guan Yu's main army being intercepted in Hanjin Port, he first went out of the city to kill the Wu army.

Later, he was wounded and forced to go out of the city to fight!

It was in this battle that Guan Ping completely shattered Lü Meng's hope of finally capturing Jiangling, so that he was forced to lead his people across the river to defend the public security.

Then, he was not satisfied with this, and boldly led the people to take the opportunity to attack Lukou, Baqiu and other important towns, and finally inflicted heavy losses on the Wu army with the tired army of several months of the Northern Expedition, forcing Sun Quan to negotiate peace, so that he had no choice but to cede land and sue for peace.

"Guan Ping can make friends!"

"Now that Shang Shufa is already facing a critical illness, and the lord is also dying, it must be that the young lord will be able to take the throne in a few years."

"At that time, according to the lord's dependence on the military general Zhuge Kongming, he will inevitably rank first among the hundred officials, and we will have to succumb to the bottom, if I want to compete with him, I am afraid I can only find foreign aid to fight together."

At this time, Li Yan was standing in the hall waiting, but on the other hand, he was quietly thinking about the Jingzhou Guard Battle last year and Guan Ping's outstanding performance, and couldn't help but groan secretly.

He knows very well that Zhuge Liang, who Liu Bei relies on the most, after Fazheng dies of illness, he must be above the hundred officials, if Liu Bei has any accidents, then Liu Chan will succeed to the throne, I am afraid his position will be more stable!

Therefore, Li Yan's vision is not weak, and he can naturally think that if he wants to compete with him for power, it must be to make friends with foreign aid, especially the generals who are outside the army, and unite them into a common camp, so as to have a chance of winning against Zhuge Liang.

And Guan Ping is now Li Yan's psychological candidate.

It must be known that with the close relationship between Liu Bei and Guan Yu, a hundred years later, Li Yan is convinced that as long as Guan Yu advises Liu Bei to let his son succeed him in guarding Jingxiang.

Coupled with the outstanding ability that Guan Ping has shown now, the possibility of Liu Bei refusing will be extremely low!

Because, the strategic importance of Jingzhou is self-evident!

Those who are not talented are enough to defend one side.

Otherwise, Jing Xiang would not be able to resist the double blow of Cao Wu's hands.

What Li Yan thought was that as long as Guan Ping was married, once Guan Ping succeeded Guan Yu as the new governor of Jingxiang in the future, then the two of them could form a strong alliance inside and outside.

"General Qiyu, the major general has arrived!"

Just when Li Yan was thinking about it, the fifty-year-old servant also quickly rushed into the hall and said goodbye.

After the words fell, without waiting for Li Yan to wake up, Guan Ping took a few steps forward, then smiled, and said: "Senior Guan Ping visited General Li, and at the same time congratulated the general on going out of the town, governing the state and county for my Han Dynasty, and keeping the peace of the people." ”

The voice settled.

At this time, Li Yan woke up in an instant, listened to these words, and was slightly stunned for a moment, he was worthy of being an old fox who had been in the officialdom for a long time, and his face became extremely fast, and he suddenly changed to a smiling face, and hurriedly said modestly: "Haha, the young general is too famous!" ”

"What kind of merit is Li."

"It seems that your father has been in charge of Jingzhou for many years, frequently resisting the strong soldiers of the Cao thief, and last year he personally led the northern expedition to the Xiangfan generation to break Cao Ren, and the reinforcements sent by the Cao thief were submerged in the forbidden and other seven armies."

"This kind of meritorious party is what people in our generation of martial arts admire."

Speaking of this, he couldn't help but continue to praise: "Not only that, the so-called tiger father has no dog son, and General Guan Shao also does not fall into the name of his father, and he can also stabilize the battle situation in an extremely difficult situation, control the army's morale and hold Jingzhou, so that the Wu army's sneak attack strategy finally went bankrupt." ”

"After that, you can fight back against the Wu thief, how can this kind of honor be compared to Li Mou's rear?"

As soon as he spoke, Li Yan couldn't help laughing at himself.

"Huh!"

After hearing this, Guan Ping laughed and did not speak!

However, he suddenly became vigilant, Li Yan was so polite to himself today, it was unrealistic.

It must be known that according to historical records, Li Yan is not a humble gentleman, but a far-sighted and utilitarian politician.

He didn't believe that Li Yan, an important minister in the court, would treat him with such courtesy regardless of return.

Unless it's Guan Yu's visit, it's almost the same!

Since he thought of this, Guan Pingsui didn't want to delve too deeply, so he smiled and said slowly: "I don't know General Li, can we talk in the mansion?" ”

After that, Li Yan knew that Guan Ping was quietly changing the topic, but he also quickly withdrew from the servant, and stretched out his hand to guide with a smile: "Major General Guan, please come to the table!" ”

As soon as the word came out, Guan Ping did not shirk, except for ordering Pang De to stay outside the mansion and prohibit anyone from entering, and then went to the banquet.