Although the west entrance of Jingcheng is in Taiyuan County, it is a Jingcheng in a broad sense, and almost all of the really narrow Jingcheng are located in Changshan Country, starting from Shangai County until Jingcheng County, which is more than 100 miles long. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

However, although Shangai County is divided into Changshan Country, its actual location is in the west of the central part of Taihang Mountain, close to the north of Shangdang County.

For Jingcheng, Zhang Liao has walked through in later generations, winding out of Shangai County for more than 20 miles, it is a section of the ancient Great Wall of Yanzhao, there is an old pass on the Great Wall, but it has long been abandoned, Zhang Liao has not repaired it for the time being, this ancient pass is the famous Niangzi Pass in later generations.

When Zhang Liao left Changshan, he handed over the Jingcheng Road to Gao Ran and the Montenegrin Army to guard, Gao Ran was in charge of the West Exit, and the Montenegrin Army was in charge of the Niangzi Pass.

After the soldiers dined from Guguan, all the way to the east, the road was narrower, the sky was still drifting with snowflakes, although it was not big, but it was not suitable for traveling, but the news from Changshan was more urgent, Zhang Liao was afraid that something would happen to Gao Lan, so he marched in the snow.

There is a lot of snow along the way, it is not easy to march, and the hooves of the war horses are wrapped in thick and rough linen cloth to prevent slipping, there are skis and snowboards, and the guards will use them, but they dare not use them, because some sections of the road are deep ravines and valleys on one side, and once they slide down, there are no bones.

It wasn't until noon that they were halfway there, and this time there was Guo Jia who followed Zhang Liao's march, and on the other side was Huya, and Zhang Liao had a golden eagle Xiaojin on his shoulder.

Seeing that Guo Jia seemed to be thinking about something all the way, Zhang Liao rubbed his hands and said with a smile: "Fengxiao, what are you thinking?" ”

Guo Jia wore a fur hat, shrunk in a thick fur coat, and said: "Jia is thinking about why General Gao's letter was sent by a fast horse, rather than through a flying pigeon. ”

"Huh?" Zhang Liao couldn't help but be stunned: "I haven't thought about this." ”

Guo Jia sighed and said: "Now Yuan Shao sent his eldest son Yuan Tan and Gongsun Zan to fight for Tian Kai in Qingzhou, Jizhou is temporarily stable, and Yuan Shao has controlled all the counties except Zhongshan and Changshan, he will do his best to seek these two counties, so Jia is thinking, what will Yuan Shao do?" ”

Zhang Liao frowned: "There are still black mountain thieves such as Yu Poison south of Taihang Mountain, Yuan Shao may not try his best to seize the second county, right?" ”

Guo Jia shook his head and said, "The lord and the Black Mountain Army, who will Yuan Shao choose to deal with first?" ”

Zhang Liao was stunned for a moment, and then grinned: "I'm afraid it's me, that guy's heart is not big." ”

Not to mention that he defeated Yuan Shao several times and exposed Yuan Shao's shortcomings, he alone took advantage of the fire to rob and robbed Yuan Shao of nearly half of the grain and grass in Jizhou and the land of the two counties, which was enough to make Yuan Shao gnash his teeth against him, maybe Yuan Shao's hatred for him exceeded his hatred of Gongsun Zhan.

"In this way, will Yuan Shao let the Lord Public Security arrive in the second county safely?" Guo Jia said with a solemn face.

Zhang Liao's complexion changed slightly, and he instantly thought of a lot: "Could it be Gao Yan......"

Several of his major generals, Dian Wei, Zhao Yun, Gao Shun, and Xu Rong all belong to the kind of die-hard loyalty, while Zhang He and Gao Ran have betrayed their masters in history, and the rebellion of the two in the Battle of Guandu was a big blow to Yuan Shao. Now that Zhang He has been under him for many years, there is no need to doubt his loyalty, and Gao Ran has always been outside, so it is difficult to say.

Zhang Liao does not doubt Gao Lan's quality, the key is that Yuan Shao is completely a tall master from the outside, born in the fourth generation and three princes, with a lofty spirit, love the virtuous, and treat people kindly, not to mention that he is now a Jizhou pastor, and Gao Ran is a Jizhou person, which is easy to recruit.

Guo Jia said: "No matter whether the captain has changed or not, but in terms of resourcefulness, he is probably slightly worse than a few resourceful men under Yuan Shao, Yuan Shao will definitely expect him to invite the lord to go east, so will Yuan Shao be ambushed on the way?" ”

Zhang Liao's complexion changed greatly, he immediately looked around left and right, at this time they were in the narrow well passage, if they were ambushed, the consequences would be unimaginable!

This time he was really careless, just as Guo Jia had just suspected, why didn't Gao Ran's letter use flying pigeons, but let people send it? What's the hint in this? Or has something happened?

He didn't suspect Gao Ran at this time, if Gao Ran rebelled and set a trap to lure him forward, the message must have been sent with flying pigeons, not unusually sent people to deliver it in person!

If Gao Ran didn't rebel, then who sent this letter, after all, he is not so familiar with Gao Ran, who can imitate it, he couldn't help but think of Zhao Fu and Cheng Huan under Gao Ran, could it be that they defected?

At this time, Guo Jia said again: "The lord handed over the Jingcheng Road to the high school lieutenant and Montenegro Chu Ding, if Yuan Shao really plotted against the lord, and the Montenegrin army did not send news, then the Montenegrin army may ......."

Zhang Liao couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat on his forehead, if Montenegro Chu Ding rebelled, then they might be really dangerous this time!

Chu Ding is most familiar with the terrain on all sides of Jingcheng, and there are 5,000 troops, if you add the soldiers and horses sent by Yuan Shao, then I am afraid there will be 10,000, and he only brought more than 1,000 people.

Zhang Liao immediately asked the guards to slow down, he took out the telescope in his arms, and looked forward and backward, but he only saw the vast snowflakes and couldn't see anything clearly.

"Fengxiao, what should I do now?"

A keen intuition told Zhang Liao that Guo Jia's guess was right, and their current situation was extremely dangerous.

Guo Jia said urgently: "The top priority is to investigate the enemy's situation to see if there is an ambush and where to ambush?" ”

Zhang Liao frowned and said: "The vast snowfall, there are highlands on both sides, there are always valleys, and there is also a piece of snow, and it is not easy for scouts to investigate, I am afraid that there will be mistakes and omissions, which will cause a big disaster." ”

Guo Jia shook his head and said: "On such a snowy day, the enemy will not hide in the left near Guyu, otherwise he will be hidden and not moving, he will already be frozen, how to fight, so I guess that it may be on high ground, and in the place where we can't see, we can relax our hands and feet, just attack with boulders and rolling logs, or outflank the front and rear, and wait for the opportunity." ”

He said and looked at the golden eagle on Zhang Liao's shoulder: "Lord, what can this carving do?" He looked at Zhang Liao's other side again: "Can this tiger be used?" ”

Zhang Liao patted his head, on such a snowy day, people can't see things clearly, but tigers can, tigers not only have a keen sense of smell, but also are good at lurking, and it is easy to find out the ambush place. Not to mention the golden eagle, although it is not yet an adult, but its vision is sharp, and it is completely possible to detect the crowd below when flying in the air, Zhang Liao also specially asked Hu Ren to train the golden eagle to detect the enemy, otherwise it would be too wasteful.

Without saying a word, he released the golden eagle and the tiger tooth.

The golden eagle is fast, flying in the air, first backwards, Zhang Liao observed with a telescope, and saw that the golden eagle was about a dozen miles behind and sent out a sharp chirping, drawing a circle in the air, he couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat on his forehead, and there was indeed an enemy following behind, and the number was not less than five thousand.

Immediately after the golden eagle circled forward, in the same ten miles ahead, it again sent out a sharp chirping, followed by the right and left sides of the front.

I really fell into a siege!

He didn't know if the information conveyed by the golden eagle was accurate, but if it was, there would be no less than 10,000 enemy soldiers who ambushed and outflanked them this time! Yuan Shao really made a lot of money!

Also, if you change to yourself, I'm afraid you will do your best, and the 10,000 troops may still be your own conservative estimate.

And judging from the news from both sides, there are troops on both sides, and they must be ambushed on the high ground on both sides of the road, I am afraid that as Guo Jia said, the boulders and rolling logs have already been prepared.

This time it's not good, and my life is going to be lost here. The combat effectiveness of the guard battalion is good, and the weapons are excellent, but the terrain is unfavorable, and it has fallen into a trap, and it is really difficult to counterattack.

At this time, Huya circled around and came back and waved his tail to indicate that there was no enemy ambush nearby.

Finally, there was still a little respite, but fortunately, Guo Jia sensed that the situation was wrong, otherwise he would have fallen into the trap and would have been wiped out.

However, even if there is no danger for a while, they will not be able to go to the village in front of them, and they will not be able to find a store in the back, and they will be stuck in the middle, and sooner or later it will be a desperate situation.

Zhang Liao frowned and said: "Fengxiao, this time it is dangerous, there are ambushes in the front and rear, and I am afraid there are more ambushes in the rear." ”

Guo Jia said: "My lord, it is imperative to find a place to rest and hold on. ”

Zhang Liao looked at the nearby terrain, there were many springs and streams on both sides, his heart moved, and said: "Four or five miles ahead, there is a river that crosses the road from north to south, and it is a continuous water. ”

Guo Jia's eyes lit up: "But where Han Xin fought against the water?" ”

"Yes, really, I passed by when I returned to Taiyuan from Changshan last time, and there are reeds and woods on both sides of the Mianmanshui, or you can rest and hold on."

Guo Jia said: "This is just right, the enemy will inevitably have ambushes in the upper and lower reaches of the river, but will not get close to the road, we should quickly find a suitable place to hold on, do a good job of defense, and then release the carrier pigeon, waiting for reinforcements!" ”