rushed towards Chang Shan to kill the open jaw that came over, and there was no chance to show him. After a period of frustration, he joined up with Zhao Yun's army, leaving only two cavalry teams of 1,000 people to monitor Changshan, and the army slaughtered Jinyang, the core of Bingzhou, that is, Taiyuan in later generations.

Now Zhang Jaw has held back his strength to compete with Zhang Yan and Pan Feng in the north.

From Changshan to Taiyuan, must cross the Taihang Mountain, Taihang is majestic, from the north to the south, the mountains and mountains are stacked on top of each other, almost without interruption, to the well, to the mountain is higher here. Because Taihang Mountain is a folded fault block mountain, there is a large fault cut at the eastern foothills, so the eastern slope is particularly steep, just like the northern slope of the Qinling Mountains, it is difficult to climb, and it has become a big obstacle to the traffic between Shanxi and Hebei.

Fortunately, there are also many fault zones in the Taihang Mountains, and some rivers developed along the fault valleys flow from west to east, through the ridges, and into the North China Plain, which provide natural channels for the exchange between the east and west of the Taihang Mountains. The famous "Jingcheng" is one such tunnel. There is a tributary of the Hutuo River, the Mianhe River (also known as the Tao River), which flows out across the fault valley, and its pass along the river is called "Jingcheng".

Jingcheng is the only way to enter the Bingzhou Plain (that is, the Taiyuan Plain of later generations), this Jingcheng road, the car can not be square, can not ride into a column, and the Jingcheng Pass (the Niangzi Pass of the later generations) is the difficulty of flying birds, it is indeed the difficult way to walk in the world.

A person who looks like a businessman, mixed in the meeting of the senior generals of the Lu family's army, is like a group of horses, mixed with a donkey, a little nondescript, but he was specially invited, because he is most familiar with this Jingcheng Pass.

Zhang Jaw frowned and felt anxious, now he must seize the first merit of breaking through the Taiyuan Prefecture in order to repay the lord for his kindness.

And although Zhao Yun is the fourth brother of the lord, he is a cavalryman, so he can only be an infantry with open jaws to break through the Jingcheng Road and Jingcheng Pass.

"Who is the guard of Jingcheng Pass?" Zhang Jaw looked at the map and asked carefully.

"Brother Gao Gan, Gao Rou." Jin Yiwei immediately stepped forward to report.

Everyone's hearts couldn't help but tighten.

Gao Rou is the younger brother of Gao Gan, this person's ability is hundreds of times stronger than that of executives, and he is known for being good at governing the law. From the beginning of the small official, in the later generations of Cao Wei court officials to Jiuqing. After serving as Tingwei for twenty-three years, he was promoted to Taichang. At the age of seventy-two, he was appointed as Sikong, and then his career was promoted, and he supported Sima Yi during the Gaopingling Change. A few years later, he was promoted to the rank of lieutenant and became the marquis of Anguo. Jing Yuan died in the fourth year at the age of ninety, and was nicknamed Yuanhou. Gao Roushi and the five emperors of Cao Cao and Cao spanned almost the entire history of Cao Wei and witnessed the rise and fall of Cao Wei's regime.

You can't accept such talents.

Of course, this is all an afterthought, Zhang Jaw and Zhao Yun faced Gao Rou, who was definitely Yuan Shao's hardcore, and there was no way to buy and discord against him, and the only way was to storm Niangzi Pass.

"If you attack strongly, you will attack strongly, whether it is Yuan Shao's nephew or Yuan Shao's father, you must not let him stop the advance of the army under this small pass." Jaw slammed his fist into the map.

Tian Feng thought about it carefully, but he was at a loss, and he could only follow the way of thinking with Zhang Jaw.

"General Zhang attacked in front, the Jingcheng road was narrow and dangerous, and the cavalry couldn't use it at all, so the four generals turned around and went north." Then he said to the merchant: "Please also ask Mr. Zhang to join other colleagues to ensure that our army has food, grass and military supplies." ”

That Zhang Shangjia immediately replied with a smile: "Sir, don't worry, even if you hit the ground, our colleagues will definitely ensure that the army eats and drinks well." This is his sincere words, the longer the war is fought, the better, and everyone can continue to make war money.

The plan was decided, and the army set off at once.

After a few days of marching, the army entered Taihang and began to enter the Jingcheng Post Road.

As soon as you enter the Jingcheng Post Road, everyone really knows what is a line of heaven and what is a car that cannot be square.

A winding road, through the cracks in the mountain system, the road twists and turns, from time to time there are collapsed rocks to block it, the narrow road, looking up, the cliffs are hideous, straight up and down, it seems that it can collapse at any time, the whistling and circling wind is like a ghost crying wolf, making people frightened, occasionally a terrible eagle call, more people feel thrilled.

The original four-wheeled carriages could not pass at all, and the supplies accompanying the army and the catapults necessary for the siege could only be carried by soldiers on their shoulders.

Fortunately, the catapults in Youzhou Savage Valley are all modular, which can barely allow people to share the transportation, but even so, every day, everyone only walks more than ten miles.

"What's going on in front of you, why did you stop?" The team stopped again, jumping to their feet with open jaws.

The soldiers who came over close to the cliff reported: "General Qiyu, the plank road on the cliff in front of it has decayed and collapsed, and several brothers have fallen into the deep valley. ”

"Immediately send the brothers of the baggage battalion to repair it, and I demand that they must repair it within half a day." Jaw opened and firmly ordered.

The craftsmen in the baggage camp immediately stepped forward to repair the plank road.

The army could only stop, just to let the soldiers carrying the supplies take a breather and recuperate.

Tai Shi Ci looked at the sky above his head, and said worriedly: "It has been four days since we entered the well path, if Gao Rou gets the news and sends troops to sneak attack, we can only be beaten, and the consequences will be unimaginable at that time." ”

Yes, in this terrain, as long as the enemy stands on the top of a high cliff and throws even a small stone down, it will make the heads of the soldiers below bleed, and once the enemy blocks a section in front, even if the whole army is used to dredge the massive rockfall, it does not know the time of the year of the monkey.

And once the army stays in this pass, the greater the danger, and it really can't afford to delay.

Zhang Jaw looked at the front painfully, and then saw that the light above his head was slowly darkening, and he pondered for a while, the current situation of the army is no longer to seize Niangzi Pass, and rush into the Taiyuan Plain in front of Zhang Yan for the first time. It is no longer realistic to win the first merit of merging the state, and now his purpose has changed. "No matter what, even if we face the sea of swords, mountains and fires, we must rush out of the well and rush to the Niangzi Pass." Then he said to Tai Shici: "We just want Gao Rou to know about our attack, and then contain him, for the brother general Zhang Yan, to contain the enemy." ”

This is a kind of selfless spirit. In his opinion, such a thing of sacrificing himself and taking care of the overall situation can only be realized by himself and the old people in Youzhou, and the newly joined Zhang Jaw can do this, which really makes Tai Shici feel extremely gratified.

It's just that in this way, maybe his own team of centaurs will be ambushed by Gao Rou, and he and Zhang Jaw will be buried in this well. For the sake of the great cause of the Lord, let the burial be buried here.

(End of chapter)