In March, the weather starts to get warmer.

After a drizzle, to the vast land to add a bit of vitality, in front of the tiger prison, a dry yellow, faint green, although there is still a bit of cold in the air left over from the winter, but there is no such cold air to the bone.

Can be called the world's Xiongguan, the tiger prison pass alone is the city wall has nearly five zhang, in the later generations of the era of industrial development, such a height of the building in the city belongs to the kind to be demolished, but in front of this basic manpower-based era, such a high building, has been regarded as the world's top.

The width of the city wall alone, there are two zhang, Ye Zhao has been in the north, and he has also fought in the north and south during the Yellow Turban Rebellion, and has seen various cities, the Tiger Prison Pass is so far, in addition to Luoyang, the tallest building, although it is not as exquisite as Luoyang, but when it comes to the majestic place, it has exceeded.

If you count the towers on the city wall, this height can be raised by more than one zhang, ordinary soldiers, it is a little difficult to shoot the arrow cluster, Ye Zhao once let people test, although the strong bow used by ordinary soldiers can shoot on the city wall, but the power is sharply reduced, it is not an exaggeration to say that it is weak and powerless, the lethality is limited, only some generals or soldiers who are specially trained to be able to pull the two-stone bow can use a strong bow such as an iron tire bow to shoot the arrow cluster up at the same time, but also maintain sufficient lethality.

It's a pity that he is not ready to stay in Luoyang for a long time, if he can also have a big rear like Dong Zhuo, this pass alone, only one general with three thousand elites, even if there are many people and horses are difficult to overcome, it is really a well-deserved Xiongguan.

Standing on the top of the tower of the Tiger Prison Pass, looking down and looking down, the scenery within ten miles before the Tiger Prison Pass can be seen in full view.

"Why does the lord always like to be here?" Xi Zhicai cautiously walked up and stood side by side with Ye Zhao.

"Afraid of heights?" Ye Zhao turned his head, glanced at Xi Zhicai, whose face was obviously a little unnatural, and asked with a smile.

"Aren't you afraid?" Xi Zhicai asked rhetorically, standing beside Ye Zhao, although there was a female wall, but as soon as he lowered his head, he felt that the two strands were trembling, and his words were a little unfavorable, and Xi Zhicai was very curious about how Ye Zhao could stand here so calmly and indifferently.

"I'm afraid." Ye Zhao put his hands on the female wall, looked at the scenery below and said with a smile: "At this height, once I fall, I am afraid that I will be crushed immediately, but just like me now, since I have stood here, what I should think about is not what will happen if I fall, the height of people is different, and the idea of this world is not the same." ”

Xi Zhicai smiled bitterly, Ye Zhao stretched out his hand quickly, and had enough confidence to control his body, he was a weak man of humanity, and when he was blown by this high and cold wind, there were signs of falling down, how could he still have the heart to discuss any philosophy of life.

"But Zhicai's body bones are much tougher than before." Ye Zhao suddenly turned around, looked at Xi Zhicai with a smile and said, "If it was in the past, Zhicai would probably be dizzy at this moment." ”

Feelings, you know I'm not suitable for staying here, huh?

Xi Zhicai was disgusted by Ye Zhao's bad taste, shook his head and said: "With Dian Wei's barbarian by his side, he takes tonic every day, and destroys all the cold food, and the minister does feel that his body is much stronger than before, whether the lord will let Dian Wei return to the lord to serve." ”

Dian Wei has made him miserable during this time, and when he gets up together every day, the first thing he wants to think about is not to plan for Ye Zhao, but to think about how to hide from Dian Wei, don't look at Dian Wei as a reckless man, but really finding someone makes Xi Zhicai feel that his brain is not enough, plus the white tiger has a keen sense of smell, which really makes him have nowhere to hide.

"Sometimes, smart people lack self-discipline, and they can always find enough excuses for themselves." Ye Zhao patted Zhicai's shoulder and said with a smile: "The days are still long, and after a long time, you will find that Dian Wei is still good." ”

"Newspaper~"

A long shout came from under the city gate, interrupting the conversation between the two, and then saw a scout rushing from the downstairs of the city, and saw Ye Zhao and Xi Zhicai here, and came up directly, and when he knelt down in front of the two, the sound stopped.

Scouts in the army, not everyone can do it, this lung capacity alone is not something ordinary people can do, but also to be superb in martial arts, flexible mind, fast running, fast hands and eyes, immediately under the horse can fight with people, but also understand the flag language, can roughly judge the number of enemy troops in a very short period of time, not necessarily the top, but must be all-round, generally can serve as scouts in the army, can be regarded as elite people.

In Ye Zhao's army, there are strict requirements for scouts, imagine if the two armies are fighting, the scouts report that the enemy army has 5,000, thinking that they can fight, but they run over and come to 50,000, then it's a fart.

Limited to resources, it is impossible for Ye Zhao to train all soldiers and horses as special forces, so that just the daily supply of meat can make Ye Zhao's underwear gone, but the scouts in the army are selected and trained according to the highest standards, not only martial arts, equestrianism, flag language, but also to teach literacy, some simple math and formation knowledge, these scouts, when needed, can immediately take up the position of military general, and therefore, the military information explored in Ye Zhao's army will be much more accurate than that of ordinary armies, and the margin of error will not be too large.

"What?"

Ye Zhao lowered his head and looked at the scout kneeling under the city tower and asked.

"Lord Qi, a soldier and horse came from the direction of Aocang, without a clear banner, is approaching here, there are about 3,000 cavalry, 8,000 foot soldiers, the military appearance is quite neat, it is elite, according to the itinerary, after half an hour, when it can reach the pass." The scout finished the information in one breath.

"Got it, probe again!" Hearing this, Ye Zhao raised his eyebrows and waved his hand.

"Whoa!" The scout bowed in agreement, turned and left.

Ye Zhao looked back at Xi Zhicai, frowned, and said: "More than 10,000 soldiers and horses, near Luoyang, I can't find anyone who can raise so many people, and it sounds like an elite person." ”

"The Yuan family is powerless to compete with He Jin in Luoyang, and it is not difficult to understand that it attracts foreign soldiers." Xi Zhicai said with a smile: "It's not Jizhou, it's Bingzhou." ”

If Yuan Shu is recruited, he can directly enter Luoyang from Yique Pass, then the Yique Pass guard will be a protégé of the Yuan family, and he will never stop him, there is no reason to detour to the Tiger Prison Pass, unless he wants to conflict with Ye Zhao at this time.

Jizhou ...... and state ......

"Ding Yuan?" Ye Zhao suddenly remembered something, and said firmly: "It must be him!" ”

"When Ding Jianyang was down in the past, he was favored by Yuan Kui, and later moved to the history of the state assassin, quite brave, and the soldiers and horses under the account also fought with Xianbei and the Huns all the year round, all of them were brave men, and Yuan Kui would indeed invite him to come." Xi Zhicai didn't know what Ye Zhao was thinking, and after thinking for a while, he nodded.

Jizhou because of the matter of Muye, Liu Hong was very strict with Jizhou before his death, and in a short period of time, it is difficult to gather so many elite soldiers and horses, and it is unlikely that Jizhou is very likely.

How about Ding Yuan, Ye Zhao actually doesn't care, after all, Ding Yuan is now nearly half a hundred years old, he is already an old man, maybe more sophisticated than when he was younger, but when it comes to threats, Ye Zhao really doesn't care much, what really makes Ye Zhao care is the people under Ding Yuan's command.

Lu Bu and Zhang Liao, one of these two is brave in the world, Ye Zhao often heard his name when he was in Youzhou, and the other has the qualifications of a famous general, even in the Three Kingdoms period when the stars are shining, the names of these two people are dazzling enough.

Afraid, not to be, but Ye Zhao is curious about what the skills of these two people are?

Coming to this era, Ye Zhao has seen too many celebrities, Cao Cao, Yuan Shao, Liu Bei, Sun Jian, Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, these monarchs and fierce generals who were active in the middle and late stages of the Three Kingdoms, and now they are only Lu Bu and Zhang Liao, so it is naturally difficult to give Ye Zhao too much surprise and even horror, after all, he is a real famous general today.

But when he met these two generals who were famous for their battles, Ye Zhao couldn't help but feel a little itchy, and wanted to weigh these two people.

"Close the gates and disperse the people!" Ye Zhao ordered to the city.

Since it was the rescuer invited by the Yuan family, before Dong Zhuo entered Beijing, Ye Zhao was not prepared to let them pass, otherwise how would the scholars and Dong Zhuo fight?

"Why is the lord so cautious?" Xi Zhicai looked at Ye Zhao with some surprise, in the past, Ye Zhao paid attention to mental skills against the enemy, destroying the enemy's psychological defense line step by step, and then driving the troops to break it, destroying the withering and decaying, and deeply fitting the way of the soldiers to attack the heart.

"The soldiers and horses of this state are not as weak as those armies in the Central Plains that have not been in war for a long time." Ye Zhao shook his head: "When I was on the border of Youzhou, I often heard the name of the brave man of the state, so that Xianbei and the Huns did not dare to go south, but it was the elite of my Han Dynasty, this is the elite of the blood, if you have to do it, try to avoid fighting with it." ”

Now that Ye Zhao has become famous, he is just waiting to retire, at this moment, he doesn't want the soldiers and horses under his command to be damaged.

Xi Zhicai nodded when he heard this, looked into the distance and frowned: "It's just that since the resumption of this state pastor, the imperial court's restrictions on various states and counties have become weaker and weaker, and the state is a bitter cold place, and it is close to the border, and the people's livelihood is tired. ”

You must know that Ye Zhao was on the edge of the military capital back then, and there were only three colonels under his account, so he was already most of Youzhou's troops, and the ten counties of Youzhou added up to only 10,000 soldiers and horses, and at that time, the history of Youzhou assassination had no right to mobilize Ye Zhao's soldiers and horses, and the conditions of Youzhou were almost the same, or even inferior, but now Ding Yuan can easily transfer so many soldiers and horses from Youzhou, which shows how weak the imperial court's control over each state and county is.

"Bingzhou is often in trouble, everyone on the border is a soldier, it is not difficult to recruit troops, it is rare that he has the ability to raise so many soldiers and horses?" Ye Zhao sighed and said, "The background of the family is really difficult to guess. ”

Dong Zhuo is self-reliant in Xiliang, does not pay tribute to the imperial court, and is only known as a 100,000 army, and many of these 100,000 troops are Qianghu soldiers and horses, which belong to the kind of temporary signs in wartime, it is good to have half of the permanent soldiers and horses, if you want to come to Luoyang, you have to leave the soldiers and horses to garrison the old nest, it is good to bring 8,000, this is still the case that Dong Zhuo has absolute autonomy over Xiliang.

Like Ding Yuan, who can't grasp the financial power of the state, can transfer more than 10,000 elites so easily, if there is no one behind him, Ye Zhao won't even believe a punctuation mark.