Two hundred miles of Luoyang to the northeast of Gongxian, Chenggao area, the originally flat terrain suddenly rugged, Luoshui and the Yellow River meet here, Songshan and Pishan gather here. Pen fun and pavilion www.biquge.info

This is the east gate of Luoyang, 70 years ago, the talented woman Ban Zhao of the Later Han Dynasty followed her son Cao Cheng from Luoyang to Chenliu in her later years, on the way through Gongxian County, Chenggao, left a sigh of "Li Qiyi and watch Xi, suffer from Gongxian County, look at the exchange of Heluo, see the revolving door of Gao".

Gong County is rugged, the position of Chenggao County is even more high, it is a prominent mountain on the south bank of the Yellow River, the surging Yellow River flows eastward, stops here, detours to the north, surrounds the Chenggao Heights, and goes back to the south, all the way to the east.

On the top of Chenggao, there is a city built, here was the fief of the younger brother of King Wu of Zhou, called the country of Dongyu, and later King Ji of Zhou Mu was full of "Shenghu" here, so Chenggao has the name of "Tiger Prison" again!

Qin set up a pass here, called the Tiger Prison Pass, but after several destruction, to the first year of Emperor Ling's Zhongping, that is, six years ago, the general He Jin set up a revolving gate pass here, take Ban Zhao "see the revolving door of Gao" meaning, but the people nearby still call this pass the Tiger Prison Pass.

At this time, the sun had just risen in the east, and the sky was not yet fully bright, Zhang Liao stood on top of the Tiger Prison Xiongguan, observing the terrain, and couldn't help but sigh.

It is no wonder that the Tiger Prison Pass is famous, this Xiongguan, Songyue in the south, the Yellow River in the north, the mountains and ridges under the pass are staggered, the valley road is rugged, it becomes a natural danger, a husband is a pass, ten thousand people are not open, only three thousand soldiers and horses are here, you can control and guard the east gate of Luoyang, and prevent the enemy of Yan and Yu from the east.

Dozens of miles to the east from the Tiger Prison Pass, it is Bishui, the southeast is Xingyang, the northwest is Aocang, and then dozens of miles to the east and crosses Bianshui, it is a smooth road, through three or four hundred miles of Juan County, Yuanwu, Yangwu, Zhongmu, until the sour date county on the border of Yuzhou, that is, the place where the 100,000 troops of the East Road of the Guandong Princes are stationed.

However, the princes of all walks of life only set wine there every day, and they had no intention of coming west, and the 100,000 army consumed grain and grass and harmed the counties.

Damn, these princes have left their oath behind them in a blink of an eye since the generous oath of Sour Zao, and the 100,000 army is stranded in Suozao County, fighting and not fighting, retreating and not retreating, separated from the tiger prison for three or four hundred miles, and even a confrontation is not counted, it is really speechless, simply the army came west, a big battle, a victory or defeat, it is better than such a scene.

As for the legend of the famous Three Heroes Battle of Lu Bu in the Tiger Prison in later generations, I am afraid it is also a lie. Now Gongsun Chan is still fighting with Liu Yuming in Youzhou, and he did not participate in the battle against Dong Zhuo at all, and Liu Bei should still be running around, not going to Gongsun Zhan, as for Lu Bu, he is still working hard to dig the emperor's tomb in the mountains.

"What is Wen Yuan thinking?" A middle-aged man beside Zhang Liao asked.

This person is Xu Rong, the general of Zhonglang.

After the Kwantung princes raised their troops, Dong Zhuo ordered Lang to lead Xu Rong with 10,000 cavalry and 5,000 foot soldiers to defend Chenggao and refuse the Kwantung princes to stay outside the tiger prison. After Xu Rong arrived, he divided 15,000 soldiers into three groups, 5,000 to guard the Tiger Prison, the remaining 10,000 to the Tiger Prison, 5,000 to the southeast to guard Xingyang, and 5,000 to the northwest to guard Aocang.

Hearing Xu Rong's inquiry, Zhang Liao looked at Xu Rong: "Brother Xu, the younger brother is wondering if he should arrange his troops forward, cross the Bianshui, garrison the ancient city of the overlord of Guangwu Mountain, and even gallop forward between Juan County and Yuanwu." Otherwise, once the Kwantung thieves occupy the overlord's old city and confront us across the water, Ao Cang will be in danger, and it will become the situation of confrontation between Gaozu and the overlord four hundred years ago, and it will be difficult for us to go east to Yuzhou. ”

Four hundred years ago, when Chu and Han were vying for power, Gaozu Liu Bang and the overlord Xiang Yu were here around Chenggao, Xingyang, Aocang and Guangwu Mountain, the two of them each occupied half of Guangwu Mountain, across the chasm that is, Bianshui, for two and a half years of confrontation and see-saw, although in the end Liu Bang relied on the geographical advantage of Guanzhong, attacked from the north and south, attacked Xiang Yu's rear in a roundabout way and gained the upper hand, forcing Xiang Yu to sign the alliance of the chasm, but this confrontation was fought very hard.

Therefore, Zhang Liao thought that Xu Rong could cross the Bianshui and garrison the other half of Guangwu Mountain, so that he would completely occupy the geographical advantage to the east.

Xu Rong sighed: "However, there are not enough troops, and we have to guard against Yingchuan." ”

Zhang Liao nodded, although Xu Rong's defense was a little conservative, but it could not be described as impertinent, after getting out of the tiger prison, it was divided into two roads from Xingyang, Yuzhou to the east and Yingchuan to the south. The 20,000 troops of Yingchuan Taishou Li Min and Yuzhou Thorn Shi Kong Ling were in the south of Xingyang, and they had to be guarded.

Xu Rong exclaimed: "Wenyuan's method of training is really convincing. ”

Zhang Liao said with a smile: "Brother Xu is too famous, and the elite iron cavalry under Brother Xu's command makes the last general salivate." ”

Xu Rong couldn't help laughing.

It is said that Zhang Liao was transferred to Chenggao to assist Xu Rong in guarding the Tiger Prison Pass, but he is now the captain of the Tiger Guard, and he is only half a level away from Zhonglang General Xu Rong, and he is not directly subordinate to him, but only controlled by him, so he can also let go in front of Xu Rong.

And Xu Rong is a native of Liaodong, following Dong Zhuo for many years to conquer the south and the north, with outstanding achievements, in addition to the later Lu Bu, he is the only non-descendant general under Dong Zhuo, which shows his ability, but because of this, he was quite excluded by the people of Liangzhou under Dong Zhuo, and developed a cold and reticent character, and the soldiers under his command were also quite in awe of him on weekdays.

However, Xu Rong hit Zhang Liao at first sight, perhaps the two had the same situation under Dong Zhuo, after a few days of getting along, Zhang Liao's personality was also very similar to him, and the two talked and laughed freely, which surprised the soldiers under Xu Rong.

The two talked a few words, and the sky was already bright.

Zhang Liao said with a smile: "Brother Xu, it's time to train soldiers and horses." ”

Xu Rong laughed and said, "Yes, let's go!" ”

Although the elite soldiers are fought, they must also practice unremittingly on weekdays, and they must not be slack off for a day, and both of them obviously understand this truth.

When he went down to the Tiger Prison City Pass, Zhang Liao couldn't help but glance at the southeast.

A few days ago, after he arrived at the Tiger Prison, he met Xu Rong first, and then personally escorted Tang Wan out of the Tiger Prison, through Xingyang, and until Yingchuan.

Yingchuan has 20,000 soldiers and horses stationed in Yuzhou Thorn Shi Kong Ling and Yingchuan Taishou, but he can't go, but he begged Gu Caiying, Zuo Ci and Su Wu father and daughter, plus Zhang Jian brought hundreds of personal guards to escort Tang Wan home.

He didn't want Tang Wan to leave, but Tang Wan's mother was seriously ill, and he couldn't oppose it for his own selfishness, but he also knew in his heart that Tang Wan would not be able to come back easily, or even never come back.

This is the troubled times, he doesn't have a territory yet, and even he is fighting for himself, how can he protect Tang Wan, maybe she can be more stable when she goes home. As for the Yin family, he entrusted it to the care of his wife Zhang, and when he left Xiaopingjin, under the reminder of Zuo Ci, he sent Shi A to assassinate the sneaky Pingxian Ling Ding Ping, who was Dong Huang's lackey, and he couldn't leave a disaster there. As for Su Wan, she followed Zuo Ci eastward to protect Tang Wan, and Zhang Liao also hoped that she could always follow Tang Wan's side to protect her.

After settling everything, Zhang Liao suddenly understood the meaning of Huo Quai's sentence "The Huns have not been destroyed, why should they be at home", he said this sentence when he first met Dong Zhuo last year, but it was just to ease the atmosphere, but now he feels another meaning.

The Huns have not been destroyed, why should they be at home. This is of course a kind of pride and ambition, but it is also a kind of responsibility, as a general, he has been fighting abroad for many years, even if he has a family, he has no time to take care of it, and he is worried about his wife and children.

Touching the clothes that Tang Wan had sewn for himself, the figure of Tang Wan crying when he left was thrown in his mind, and he strode back to Chenggao.

All the more than 4,000 soldiers under his command were brought, and the west of Chenggao was already a scorched earth, which was suitable for large-scale training, with the cooperation of infantry and cavalry, galloping vertically and horizontally.

Now that we are concentrating on training, only by having the strength as soon as possible can we protect everything we have.

And if he remembers correctly, the princes of the East Road stationed in Suozao County in history were not all without action, and there was one person who led his troops westward, and this person was Cao Cao.

Cao Cao is different from other Kwantung princes, he, like Sun Jian, has led troops many times, and has rich experience in using troops, which should not be underestimated.

Zhang Liao is looking forward to fighting with Cao Cao, since war is inevitable in this troubled world, then he will take the initiative to catch up, and the heroes of the world for a long time, but also in the blood and fire to experience his own elite soldiers, quickly increase strength, in order to display the ambition in the chest.

As early as when he escorted Tang Wan away, he sent Yang Han and two hundred scouts to find out all the information within a radius of three or four hundred miles.

Zhang Liao always attached the most importance to pre-war intelligence, Zuo Ci had to leave sooner or later, so he had to quickly train and make good use of these scouts. Fortunately, many of these scouts were originally rangers from the surrounding counties, and they were quite familiar, and it was easy to find out the news.

Three days later, the scouts reported that a group of 20,000 soldiers and horses set off from Suozao County and traveled all the way west, with the banners of Cao and Bao. (To be continued.) )