In the battle of the ditch on the waterside of the day, Chen Chuan led five or six hundred people to flank the Xuzhou army, but the result was a complete collapse before the battle, and Liu Dan ordered that the Di and Qiang cavalry chase and kill the defeated soldiers. Chen Chuan was extremely cunning, and when he saw that the situation was not good, he hurriedly returned to his camp on horseback, and found a grain stack to hide in it.

Chen Chuan hid until dark, and heard no more noise on the battlefield, so he carefully led his horse, and took advantage of the dim moonlight that night, turned back and fled to the east—just when Liu Guang had already returned to the camp and had not yet made another night attack, he jumped all the way back to Junyi without danger.

Chen Chuan has a lot of henchmen in the "begging work", and not only brought out the 1,000 people, but now through the rumors of his henchmen, he said that he was chased and killed by the Xuzhou army, and the whole army was annihilated, and he did not dare to return to the city. Chen Wu was shocked when he heard the news, and hurriedly led a few relatives out of Junyi, and met his uncle Chen Chuan in an abandoned village not far away.

Chen Chuan had inquired with his cronies in advance, and knew that he had escaped fast enough, and at this time, the news of the Battle of Gutter Water had not yet reached Junyi—of course, he naturally didn't know who would win or lose in the end—so when he saw Chen Wu's face, he began to make up lies with a handful of snot and tears.

He said that he was not far out of the city, and there was a Xuzhou army from Xiao Huang chasing the general, just crossed the Jishui, they came to invite each other to the banquet, obviously ill-intentioned...... Of course, he didn't mention his own beheading, only said that he shouldn't, and fled west in a hurry, but he was still chased by the Xuzhou army overnight and carried out a surprise attack. The enemy was outnumbered, and he was unwilling to fight with his allies, so the whole army collapsed in an instant, but fortunately the horse was fast and was able to escape alone......

"Ah Wu, I almost can't see your face again......" Chen Chuan howled and cried so much that this was a sad heart.

When Chen Wu heard this, he was shocked and angry: "How dare Xuzhou do this?!" ”

Chen Chuan said: "When will they let me wait in their eyes?" has always been like dust, contempt like insects, driving to come and go, like a servant...... If I hurt Pei Song in the past, Pei should want to kill me for a long time! Fight for your life, and you have no complaints, but it's a pity that those brothers who followed were all ghosts under the sabre of Xuzhou......"

Chen Wu said hatefully: "I will write and avenge my uncle to Zu Yuzhou!" ”

Chen Chuan smiled bitterly: "Unhelpful, useless, Xu Yu is one, and there is still Feng Pet there, every time he makes a statement to Zu Yuzhou, he wants to kill me to avenge Li Tou...... Even if in Junyi City, Feng Long is the same clan as Feng Pet, and his heart is unpredictable. I didn't dare to enter the city, so I could only call Ah Wu here...... Please save Uncle Wei's cheap life! ”

Chen Wu comforted Chen Chuan and said that I had already sent Feng Long to help Zu Li, and he was not in the city now-"Uncle can return to the city with a certain person with peace of mind." From now on, there is no need to go far to avoid trouble, my uncle will stay in the city, and I will see who dares to harm my uncle's life! After thinking about it, he said: "Pengguan is dangerous, easy to defend and difficult to attack, or uncle will go to Pengguan?" ”

Chen Chuan waved his hand again and again: "Junyi and Pengguan are just ear of the projectile, although our army is numerous, there are few elites." The combined forces of Xu and Henan will take Henan, if Hu Kou is defeated, then it will be stopped, if it can gain a firm foothold, that is, send a partial division, I am afraid that Junyi and Pengguan will not be able to defend it...... Uncle Wei didn't dare to survive in Yanzhou, so he changed his name and surname and fled elsewhere. I'm just thinking about it, should I go alone, or will Ah Wuken go with me? ”

Chen Wu asked, "If there is a place to stay, I will be at my uncle's side." I just don't know where my uncle is going? ”

Chen Chuan said cautiously: "The east road is blocked by Xuzhou, the south road is blocked by Yuzhou, and the west goes to Henan, which will be the battlefield, so there is only ...... to the north."

Chen Wuyi frowned: "Uncle wants to cross the river to vote for Liu Bingzhou?" However, the thieves have already won Hanoi and Ki County, and the roads are impassable, so it may be difficult to get there...... "You run alone, the danger factor is too great; If I lead the troops with you...... How could it not be discovered by Hu Jun?

Chen Chuan snorted: "In this way, there is only ......"

Chen Wu suddenly understood what he meant, and immediately raised his eyebrows: "Uncle, I have already spoken first, and you can't surrender!" Even if my uncle wants to lower his beard, he doesn't have to be surnamed Chen anymore, and I will break off my uncle's grace and never see each other! ”

Chen Chuan hurriedly waved his hand and argued: "Ah Wu misunderstood as an uncle, how could I be willing to surrender to Hu?" The mountains are high and the water is long, and the road is bumpy, if Ah Wu is unwilling to go with me, please allocate another army and horses...... No, dozens of guards, to make sure I get there and go to the state. ”

When Chen Wu heard this, his face softened slightly: "Wu Shi doesn't want my uncle to stay away from danger...... However, for the sake of today's plan, it has to be like this. I'll go back to the city and select dozens of brave men to protect my uncle. ”

Chen Chuan smiled miserably: "So, thank you Ah Wu, please accept it as an uncle!" As he spoke, his knees bent and he bowed his head.

Chen Wu was shocked, and hurriedly stretched out his hand to help: "How can my uncle be like this?" But he couldn't pull Chen Chuan, so he had to bow down to the other side: "Uncle, this is going to kill ......" Before the words were finished, he suddenly felt a sharp pain in his chest and abdomen, and couldn't help but open his eyes, and when he looked down, he saw that Chen Chuan was holding a short knife in his hand, which was slowly pulling out of his body......

Chen Chuan knelt down, this was a signal, he immediately stabbed Chen Wu to death, and his cronies hiding nearby immediately rushed out and cut down the entourage brought by Chen Wu to the ground one by one - with mental calculations and unintentional, the action was fast and smooth, and he never escaped a single one.

Chen Chuan held the blood-dripping short knife in his hand, slowly stood up, and couldn't help but burst into tears in his eyes: "Ah Wu, this is what you forced me ...... If they followed me and returned to the Han Kingdom, why did my uncle and nephew come to this point...... Don't worry, I will raise Chite well, and I will never let him suffer like you and be unsettled. ”

Immediately, Chen Chuan and his entourage infiltrated Junyi City, first successfully controlled Chen Chite, and then summoned the generals, saying that Chen Wu was attacked by the Xuzhou army outside the city, and unfortunately died, and asked everyone to serve Chite as the master from now on. Chen Wu was known for his prestige in "begging", and now that he was dead, everyone naturally transferred their loyalty to his widow without any doubt, and helped Chen Chite ascend to the throne of the leader - in fact, the power was in the hands of his uncle Chen Chuan. And since Feng Long, who despised Chen Chuan the most, had left, the rest of the people, even if they still had doubts in their hearts, or even if they were dissatisfied, they didn't dare to question Chen Chuan in person, so they had to obey the order for the time being.

Immediately, Chen Chuan summoned Pengguan's battleable soldiers to Junyi, saying that they would march east to avenge Chen Wu. Of course, he didn't dare to really find and touch the main force of the Xuzhou Army, and he didn't even dare to attack Xiaohuang, the plan was to bypass Xiaohuang and go to the Bianshui Valley to intercept and kill the ships transporting grain in Xuzhou. If the grain route is cut off, it is believed that the Xuzhou army on the front line will inevitably be in chaos, and he will be regarded as avenging being chased and killed for hundreds of miles.

And then what? As long as there is enough food and grass, he plans to lead his troops north, cross the Yellow River from Wenshijin, and go to the Hu Han regime - but this intention cannot be revealed to the people for the time being, and he must first win a few battles and stabilize his prestige, and then slowly confide in. If you dare to disobey, you will be killed!

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Under the guidance of Wei Gai, he led his troops into Xingyang City, and sent Liu Yetang to lead the "strong wind" camp to the north, occupy Aocang, and block this section of the Yellow River crossing. The sentinel reported that Liu Yi, Liu Dan and others had led the remnants of the army to the west and fled into Chenggao Pass in eastern Henan.

Luoyang is located in the middle of the world, the three rivers converge, the five mountains are sandwiched, although the terrain is not as thick as Guanzhong, there is also the risk of mountains and rivers in the surface, which can control the Central Plains and become the ancient capital of thousands of years. The so-called three rivers refer to the Yellow River in its north, Yi and Luo in its south - it is precisely because the city is on the north bank of Luoshui that it gets the name of "Luoyang". The so-called five ridges refer to Luoyang in the east of Songgao, in the south there are bear's ears, barberry, in the west there are Zhongtiao and Kunshan, three sides are closed, although the north is open, but the Yellow River is instilled, and it is not easy to overcome.

The Han Dynasty took advantage of the terrain to defend the Beijing Division with the Eight Passes Gong Wei Jing Division - He Jin as the general to crusade against the Yellow Turban, that is, the five battalions of soldiers were tun du pavilion, and the eight passes were not placed as the captain. These eight passes, clockwise from east to west, are: Revolving Gate, Yuyuan, Otani, Gwangseong, Yique, Hangu, Mengjin, and Xiaopingjin - among them, the East Revolving Gate, South Yique, West Hangu and North Mengjin are the most important.

Among them, the revolving door is closed in Chenggao County, so it is also called Chenggao Pass. In fact, the original name of Chenggao was "Tiger Prison", and legend has it that King Zhou Mu hunted a tiger a thousand years ago, and the animal was named after it. It originally belonged to the Dongyu Kingdom, and was later based on the Zheng State and established a city; The Qin Dynasty was renamed Chenggao, which belonged to Sanchuan County; The name of Hanyan County has belonged to Henan County and Henan Yin. In addition, Pei Gai also "predicted the prophet", knowing that after more than 300 years, Chenggao County will be renamed Bishui County, and Chenggao Pass will be renamed Bishui Pass; After entering the Tang Dynasty, the old name of Tiger Prison was restored, but in order to avoid the Tang Dynasty Taizu Li Hu (Gaozu Li Yuan's grandfather), it was renamed "Wugao Pass".

——Later, the legendary "Three Heroes Battle Lu Bu" was in front of this tiger prison.

During the meeting, Pei should ask Guo Mo: "Sidao has been in Sizhou for a long time, can you know the situation of Chenggaoguan?" ”

Guo Mo arched his hand and replied: "Chenggao Pass is in the northeast of the county, on the west bank of the river, built on the Daling Mountain, connecting Songyue in the south and the big river in the north, the only road can be climbed in the middle, and only two people can be allowed in the dangerous and narrow places, which is really a fortress that is easy to defend and difficult to attack...... "Carefully described the surrounding terrain, and finally said: "If it breaks into Chenggao, then it will be a flat river, and there is no danger to the east of Luoyang." ”

Pei Gai twisted his beard and muttered silently - he now has enough confidence in the field ability of his army, but the battle of siege is different from field warfare...... For other warlords of this era, perhaps human life is not expensive, but Pei Gai's idea is exactly the opposite. Besides, they are all elite soldiers who have been painstakingly trained for several years, who is willing to throw them in front of danger?

So the original plan was to let Zu Ti come here to meet hard, but Zu Shizhi set off late and walked slowly...... Those bastards in Jiangdong have no ability to achieve things, and they have no heart to achieve things, but they are natural skills to pull their hind legs, which are truly hateful! According to Guo Mo's description, Chenggao Pass was built on a mountain, and relatively large siege equipment - such as rushing cars, ladders, and even catapults - could not be pushed up, if he had gunpowder, he might be able to come in handy, but he had just given instructions to Peng Xiao before setting off, and even if he was a genius and could invent gunpowder, he would not have enough time to prepare it, let alone send it to the front line......

Pei Wei asked, "From the point of view of Sidao, is it possible for our army to conquer Chenggao Pass?" ”

Guo Mo smiled: "It's as easy as a palm." ”

He just said that the terrain of Chenggao Pass was so steep that the more the generals listened, the more frightened they became, and as a result, in a blink of an eye, they said that it was "as easy as a snap" to capture this pass, and all the big guys were stunned. Even Tao Kan, who has always been silent, couldn't help asking: "What do you see and think?" But is there any clever plan? ”

Guo Mo replied: "Even if the Xiongguan is dangerous, someone must guard it, otherwise what is the difference between it and the rubble?" As far as Mo knows, the thieves were not originally guarding the pass, even in Chenggao County, there were only a thousand guards. Now Liu Yi and others led the remnants of the army to retreat into the pass, and it is expected that there are only three or four thousand left, and the new is broken by the governor, the liver and gallbladder are lost, and the morale is depressed, there are hundreds of elites, and most of them are cavalry, and they may not be good at guarding the pass. What is there to be afraid of such an enemy?

"And the mountain road in front of the pass is dangerous and narrow, that is, there are thousands of troops and horses, it is difficult to cross, and it can only be captured by a small group of elites, and Cheng Gao has become a dangerous blockage in the world. However, under the command of the governor, are there still few brave soldiers? And silently heard, there are many people who are good at field warfare, if they touch the wall at night, they will definitely be able to go down with a drum! ”

When the generals heard that he was reasonable, they couldn't help nodding, and Zhen Sui habitually preemptively asked for his life, saying: "The last general is willing to lead the department to take Chenggao!" I'm a 'fire raider' who fights evil battles, and it will never be wrong for the governor to entrust us with heavy responsibilities! ”

Gao Le next to him glanced at him disapprenorovingly, which means: "The fire robbery camp" is good at fighting evil battles, that is, you talk about it, in fact, how many times have you encountered difficult bones to gnaw? But my "martial arts battalion" fought on the bank of the gutter before, so it was called a real "evil battle"!

Originally, Gao was happy to see Zhen Sui, like a mouse seeing a dog (at that time, domestic cats had just been introduced to China, and the number was very small, and catching mice was really the task of domestic dogs), but now he is not afraid. However, there were only half of the "martial arts battalions" left, so he didn't dare to compete with Zhen Sui - besides, if the vicious battles were all fought by the "martial arts battalion", would the other battalion leaders be happy?

"Strong Wind" and "Pengshan" are also ordered. Pei Wei also said: "Although there are tens of thousands of people led by Liu Yi and others this time, according to Xiong and Lu Erdu, the elite is only five or six thousand. If you can't take advantage of the thief's fear, rush down to Chenggao, and wait for his vitality to come, this battle will not be easy to win. Please make a decision quickly! ”

It's just that Pei Gai couldn't make a decision for a while, he was too painful to have these strong soldiers under him. After thinking for a while, he said, "It's not bad in this day or two." This goes to Chenggao, but it is a one-day journey, and when the army opens to the pass, I carefully survey the terrain, and then do the district - tomorrow morning to pull out the camp, leave the 'martial arts battalion' to guard Xingyang, and the main force refers to Chenggao Pass. ”

Before the words fell, I suddenly heard someone outside the door report: "Report to the governor, there is an urgent report from the governor of Xie Ying, East Road." ”