After thinking about it, I called Niu Er and Zhou Xiu, and asked the two of them to prepare some gifts and go to Julu Tianfeng to visit, so it should be regarded as a New Year's greeting! In the end, I had an idea, and found Chen Rong to ask for an aged angelica, which was packed in a wooden box. When Wang Bo was free, he instructed the carpenter to imitate the tables and chairs of his previous life and gave them to Tian Feng. After receiving the order, the two of them went on the road in a sound of instructions.

Speaking of carpenter, Wang Bo stomped his feet: "Why did you forget about this matter?" Immediately summoned Yang Feng and instructed him: order the whole army to find all the craftsmen they can see and find, as long as they have a skill, they will find a way to bring the whole family with a family in the cottage.

Especially those who can strike iron, those who can make armor, and those who know medical skills, if they can't do it, they will rob hard, but after coming to the cottage, they should treat each other with courtesy, and the food should be compared with the auxiliary soldiers. He also built some simple sedan chairs, which were specially prepared for the old, weak, sick, and disabled women and children among the craftsmen when they went north. The high level of treatment made Yang Feng stunned.

Wang Bo patted Yang Feng's shoulder mysteriously and said, "This is about the foundation of the Wuxing Han army!" When the time comes, it will be of great use, brother, don't take it lightly! ”

After the big holiday, everyone in "Xinghanzhai" was busy again. Countless supplies were packed to facilitate the march, and the tools needed for the mountain trek were produced in full force. The whole "Xinghan Village" is like an assembly line that is constantly running in the previous life, busy but not chaotic.

Wang Bo is also very satisfied with the performance of Yang Feng and other Yellow Turban generals, it seems that the main reason why the Yellow Turban Rebellion failed in history was not because of the lack of execution, but because of the lack of close organization and talent to lead the overall situation! To use a simple analogy, just like a reckless man with well-developed limbs but a simple mind, he can't do such technical work as pulling flags and rebelling.

Since the three of Liao Hua came back from Du Yuan and brought the news of the safety of the "Holy Maiden", after getting the knot, they were even more alive like dead trees in spring, swept away the occasional decadent state in the past, worked hard, and took the initiative to discuss with Yang Feng to improve and perfect the shortcomings of the cottage, focusing on the army, which made Wang Bo happy at the same time, but also felt that he was superficial in this regard.

A few days later, Niu Er and Zhou Xiu came back and brought bad news: Tian Feng had been appointed as an official by the Julu County Shou, and he would soon go out of the mountain to take up his post.

Wang Bo felt a lot of regret when he found out, and he couldn't help but feel a trace of anger in his heart. But although Tian Feng was noncommittal about the gift given by Wang Bo, he just accepted them all, and only when he saw the angelica contained in the wooden box, he thought for a while, and then shook his head and smiled. The gifts in return are what Wang Bo needs, and some can be said to be impossible to exchange for money. Wang Bo felt a lot more balanced after watching it!

This is a geographical map of the three states of Merge, Hebei and Youzhou made of silk silk, which can also be called a strategic map. The geography, humanities and various forces of the three states are involved and introduced. In particular, the destinations of the "Xinghan Army" to the north: Yanmen County, Taiyuan County, Yunzhong County, Dingxiang County, Shuofang County in Bingzhou, and Changshan County, Zhongshan Country in Jizhou, Zhuo County, Shanggu County, and Dai County in Youzhou are introduced in great detail, and the distribution of strength, geographical characteristics, and Guanshan Pass are clear at a glance. It's just that there is less information about the Hu ethnic groups such as the Southern Xiongnu, Xianbei, Karasuma, and Wuhuan, and there is only a general summary. And the small remarks next to the picture are dotted and dense, which shows that Tian Laoer has also worked hard and put a lot of effort.

In addition, Tian Feng also asked Niu Er to bring back more than a dozen letters of recommendation written by himself, all of which were written to Wang Bo's old acquaintances in the counties and counties along the way. Two of them made Wang Bo overjoyed and moved in his heart. One is for Yanmen County, and the other is for the acting county magistrate, and these two counties are all necessary to deal with in the future "Xinghan Army". Tian Feng is really well-intentioned!

The northbound route has been determined: that is, along the eastern foothills of Pangu Mountain in western Hebei to the north, passing through Zhongqiu of Zhao State, Changshan State's house, Yuanshi, Jingcheng, Lingshou, southbound Tang, Zhongshan Kingdom's Shangquyang, Tang County, Guangchang, until reaching the vicinity of Daijun's Ji (this word is really hard to find, so I have to replace it). After a short rest, we crossed a large flat valley in the south of Pingcheng, entered the Guji Mountains, and finally arrived at the ancient city of Zhisho Shanwu in Dingxiang County.

It is separated by more than a dozen counties, and the route is inverted "L" shape, the distance is thousands of miles, and most of them are mountain roads and trails, and the travel is difficult. This is a huge test of the physical strength and will of the soldiers and civilians of "Xinghan Village", which is no less than the life-and-death struggle on the battlefield.

It's not that Wang Bo doesn't want to walk in a straight line, but he has to climb over the inaccessible Pangu Mountain, where birds can't cross, and he has no bottom in his heart. You can't discard all the war horses that you have collected with great difficulty, and even if you can climb over the past, if you want to reach your destination, you must pass through the fortress of Yanmen on the way, and the Xinghan army, which is exhausted by then, is afraid that it will become the appetizer of Wenhou Lu Bu.

The cavalry marched along the foot of the mountain, and the rest of the people, except for some heavy donkeys and mules, followed the cavalry, and all marched along the mountain road on foot, trying not to go out of the mountains and forests, so as to avoid the officers and soldiers of the counties and counties along the way, so as not to cause unnecessary trouble.

From Tian Feng's guidance, Wang Bo learned that Lu Bu was also quite famous among the Hu people in the north of Bingzhou at this time. And at the beginning, under Ding Yuan's account, he stood out by killing Hu Zhangong, and now he is the commander of Ding Yuan's personal guard, and he is the personal bodyguard.

Wang Bo, who knew this situation, was also a lot more at ease, as long as there was a common hatred for the Hu people, he would not have much conflict with Lu Killing God before Ding Yuan went to King Qin in Luoyang. Besides, now Lu Bu is just a small retinue of Ding Yuan's military attaché, and now the civil officials of the Eastern Han Dynasty generally look down on the urine nature of the military attaché, and they will definitely not let him stand alone, so as long as we walk around, the possibility of a head-on conflict is very small. As for the other unknown Taishou and generals, they have almost been defeated repeatedly against the Hu people who are still in a barbaric state, and now it is not a piece of cake to face the "Xinghan Army"? Easy to deal with tight!

Moreover, Wang Bo firmly believed that after this long and difficult march, as long as the losses of the Xinghan army were not too serious, it would surely be sharpened into an invincible and invincible iron army.

Once the route of the march has been determined, it is time to assign the tasks of each army and determine the leading generals. Nearly six thousand soldiers and civilians were divided into four teams.

The pioneer battalion was led by Liao Hua, Huang Long was the deputy commander, and Niu Da was the marching Sima. He led the Niu brothers, an archery team and a hunting team, consisting of a total of 500 people. Go ahead of the army, be responsible for opening the way ahead, and choose the daily camp.

Wang Bo led the Chinese army by himself, and led the generals and all the old, weak, sick, disabled women and children, a total of 4,000 people walked in the middle. Specially draw out most of the young and strong people they brought with them, widen the entire parallel army mountain road, and clear the obstacles for the rapid passage of the baggage team behind.

Yang Feng was the commander of the rear army, leading Zhou Cang and Liu Shi's shield soldiers and most of the baggage team, a total of more than 1,300 people.

Pinghan and Zhang Bai cavalry led the weight-bearing team, scout team, and cavalry team to form a cavalry army, and more than 300 people followed the foot of the mountain, echoing and parallel with the Chinese army. Niu Feihu's scout team is responsible for investigating the movements of officers and soldiers in the counties and counties through which the station passes, and notifying them in time to avoid conflicts.

In addition, Zhou Xiu and Wang Qi were ordered to organize the original guard team of more than 70 people into five messenger teams, which were specially responsible for the transmission of information between various armies, and went back and forth twice a day to ensure that all other armies knew and provided support in time when they encountered the enemy.

After soliciting Du Yuan's opinion, Wang Bo left Du Yuan in the cottage, led 200 people and some prisoners to form a left-behind camp, continued to contact the rest of the Yellow Turbans, and was responsible for listening to the movements of the remaining Yellow Turbans in Qing, Yan, Jing and other places. After the Xinghan army went north to lay a good foundation, it would make plans. He also specially told Du Yuan that after the "Black Mountain Army" incident, he immediately sent people to the vicinity of Tian Feng's residence, and secretly lurked, specifically responsible for protecting Tian Feng's safety. It is necessary to go in person, and Tian Feng must not be allowed to make any mistakes.

Everything is ready, just waiting for the "Montenegrin Army" to start an incident. Time passed slowly day by day, and finally came the news that the "Black Mountain Army" had come out of the mountains and attacked northern Hebei.

In February of the second year of Emperor Zhongping of the Han Dynasty, the remnants of the Yellow Turban, which had been hidden for several months, under the leadership of Zhang Niujiao, more than ten departments such as Chu Feiyan, Yu Poison, and Zhenggu rose up in the western mountainous area of Jizhou, calling themselves the "Black Mountain Army", and the momentum was huge. Along the mountainous area to the east, he attacked the counties of Zhao and Changshan in Jizhou, and from the mountain trail in Pangu Mountain, he flowed to the south of Bingzhou, and gathered crowds to attack Shangdang County, Hanoi County and other counties.

The remnants of the Yellow Turbans who were originally surrounded and suppressed by the officials and soldiers and fled in panic also responded, and the erosion was about to overshadow the early days of the Yellow Turban Uprising. For a time, the north of the Han Dynasty changed greatly. The military situation and the letter for help were sent to Luoyang, the capital of the Han Dynasty, just now in the moth thief was killed, the three brothers of the Zhang family were headed, the world was peaceful in the song and dance, and the Han Ling Emperor, who was complacent and drunk and dreamed of death, was so shocked that he was so angry that he couldn't hang up, and the dragon case was shocked, and he didn't find the emperor Fu Song who was in Pingqiang, Liangzhou, so he had to point to Zhu Jun's nose and scold.

If it weren't for Zhang Rang, who usually has countless means to accumulate money, and Yuan Kui, who quoted scriptures and talked loudly, at this time, like other ministers, they were helpless, and the pleas of the ministers would have pulled Zhu Jun down and cut him down!

In the end, when there were no soldiers to send and money and food were insufficient, Zhu Jun was sent to Hanoi County to recruit sergeants to exterminate the Montenegrin army.

Since then, it has opened the prelude to the combination of the great Han dynasty and the princes, so that the Han Dynasty, which has lasted for hundreds of years, slowly lost its control over the local area and went to complete decay

The revival of the "Montenegrin Army" also created a favorable opportunity for the "Xinghan Army" to move north. Both armies were active in the Pangu Mountains, but they had nothing to do with each other and went their own way.

Wang Bo gave an order, the army set off, and the difficult trek began, but everyone had no complaints, believing that their leader and their lord were sent by God to save them, and they would be able to lead everyone to live better. With great faith, I walked towards the paradise in my heart.

The Han soldiers of the counties along the way, under the disturbance of the huge Black Mountain Army, were like frightened birds, and as soon as they saw a large group of soldiers walking by, they immediately closed the city gates, cowered on the city wall, and saluted, not to mention taking the initiative to go to the mountains to encircle and suppress!

This made the march of the Xinghan army along the way extremely smooth, and even sent troops to pretend to be the Montenegrin army and blackmailed some grain and grass weapons. made Wang Bo smile all day long.

Every day, he was left with two full meals, and every other hour in between, he rested for at least two quarters of an hour, and marched for six or seven hours a day. Thanks to the high-intensity training in Xinghanzhai for four or five months, he was able to reach the speed of marching more than 60 miles a day in the first half of the month, and this was still under the condition that Wang Bo kept limiting the speed of marching.

In order to maintain physical strength and facilitate a long march, Wang Bo ordered on the 16th that the daily march should not exceed 40 li, and after 15 days, it would be reduced to 30 li, and then if there were no special reasons, the speed of the march should be maintained.

The elderly, the weak, the women and children, as well as the craftsmen who collect the scrapes, receive special care, and each line is an hour, and after resting, the logistics young people take turns to carry them on the "sedan chairs" specially built before the trip, and get a full rest. And Wang Bo did not put on the leader's stand, and walked on foot with the generals, so that all the soldiers and civilians suddenly felt Wang Bo's benevolent heart and the pro-people style of leading by example, and gave birth to infinite worship, while there was almost no desertion in the whole army.

After more than 20 days of marching, the Xinghan army passed smoothly under the Jingcheng Pass, which relaxed Wang Bo's hanging heart.

Jingcheng Road, located on the east side of the central part of Pangu Mountain, is one of the main passages connecting Hebei and Erzhou. From west to east, through the endless Pangu Mountain, is the flat river, rich and rich Jizhou Plain. In the era of farming, a flat and fertile land represents a lot of food, and food means countless fresh lives! Therefore, the land of Jizhou has become the object of competition between various forces of the Han people since ancient times, as well as the main destination for foreign raids. The dangerous Jingcheng Pass came into being.

The mountain is steep, the strange rocks are abrupt, and the occasional small tree in the mountain is also a countless tree root deep into the cracks of the mountain rock, and it seems that there are more branches and leaves growing on it. The undulating mountain beams converge in a place that is only a few tens of zhang wide, and a stone wall made of manpower cuts off the road, and the stone walls several zhang high are all composed of bluestone of different sizes, with arrows stacking on it, and occasionally you can see the figures of soldiers behind it, and below are several arched passages with closed gates.

Wang Bo led Xu Chu and others and five hundred soldiers to stop at the pass, and looked at this ancient pass from afar under the eyes of the soldiers guarding the pass, and sighed at the danger here. This is still from the east, if the west is the main defensive direction, I am afraid that it will be more precipitous, and if you force the attack, no matter how fierce the army is, it will shed a layer of skin.

Fortunately, the Xinghan army did not have to pass through the pass, but only passed through the pass. And dozens of miles down the mountain is Zhending City, if it weren't for the help of the Black Mountain Army, Wang Bo would really not be able to pass?

After the scout report: Zhending County has been closed the city gate, a few days ago there was a big battle with the Montenegrin army, these two days of martial law, the Xinghan army just took the time to pass. After watching Yang Feng lead the rear army through safely, after a brief chat, he walked towards the Chinese army several miles away.

When everyone quickened their pace and caught up with the Chinese army, they found that the Chinese army had just deviated from the road and was leaning towards a big mountain. Who gave the order? Could it be that something has happened in the Chinese army?

Two heralds rushed to Wang Bo, and hurriedly rushed to Wang Bo's side, but before they could salute, they shouted: "Report to the lord!" General Liao sent a message: The pioneer battalion has encountered the enemy! Please send reinforcements quickly! ”

"Huh? What about the hostile situation? ”

After a few breaths of relief, the herald told what he had seen.

Liao Huashuai had already passed the forward camp of Jingcheng Pass, and was in a relatively open place next to the leafy mountain trail, opening up a camp for the Chinese army behind. The scouts who went to inquire returned to report that a few miles away from this place, two groups of men and horses were fighting, and it looked like a small group of Montenegrin troops, who were being pursued by the villagers after looting their property.

After Liao Hua learned that there were not many people, he didn't care too much, after all, he encountered a lot of situations along the way. Except for sending people to keep an eye on them, others should hunt and camp.

Unexpectedly, the sound of horses' hooves sounded from far and near, mixed with shouts. The experienced Liao Hua immediately realized that something was wrong! Immediately beckoned Huang Long and the others to organize a defense.