"The Book of the Flying Pigeon." Cheng Yu looked dazed,

Liu Xin didn't answer, but looked up at the sky, the generals really had no arrows, but unfortunately there was no tacit understanding between each other, several pigeons were hit by two or three arrows, but there was a pigeon that flapped its wings and flew high, and gradually became a small black dot, I don't know where to go, there were already soldiers running over to pick up the pigeons that fell, Liu Xin suddenly remembered something, and said loudly: "Quick, grab all the people in the yard, remember, you have to live." ”

There is no need for special assignment, there are already soldiers rushing to the courtyard, and some soldiers have already presented the white pigeon they picked up to Liu Xin, Liu Xin picked one up casually, only to see that the white pigeon's thin leg was really tied with a strip of cloth, tear off the strip of cloth and look, there are five words written crookedly on it, Jia Mengguan has been lost,

Liu Xin replaced the cloth strip with Cheng Yu and said lightly: "This is the flying pigeon biography." ”

Cheng Yu looked down carefully, the ink on the cloth had not dried, and the words had to be very scribbled, and he frowned and said: "It seems that this person wrote in a hurry, and he must have just gotten the news." ”

Liu Xin's face was expressionless, but his heart was excited, he understood the truth of flying pigeons, but he couldn't find anyone to help him domesticate carrier pigeons, if he also had the ability to fly pigeons, he didn't need to spend so much Zhou Zhang, let Song shopkeeper report to the special forces soldiers lurking in Jiameng Pass, and when the time came, as long as one or two carrier pigeons were released, everything could be done,

Zhang Fei couldn't wait, looking at the pigeon in Liu Xin's hand, his saliva was dripping, and he shouted loudly: "Big brother, you said to invite everyone to breakfast, why are you still in a daze here, my stomach has long been growling." ”

Liu Xin came back to his senses and laughed: "Okay, let's go to dinner first, and we'll talk about other things later." ”

Breakfast is actually very simple, nothing more than soy milk, eggs and steamed buns, and there is no need for a special cook, the Huotou Army began to prepare when they entered the city, and now Jia Meng has set up tables and chairs on the close, just waiting for their arrival,

Everyone is not polite, as soon as they sat down, they began to gobble up, after all, they got up early in the morning today, and rushed more than 20 miles of road, who was a little hungry, swallowed a steamed bun, Liu Xin then looked up, looked at this Jiameng Pass, he already knew that there was a road here, and then related, and finally built a city according to the pass, both sides of the city are lofty mountains, each has a small road around the city, the team of people and horses do not pass through the city, it is impossible to pass at all,

Chen Gong saw that Liu Xin was looking at Guan Cheng silently, and said with a smile: "This pass has the city as a support, it is easy to defend and difficult to attack, if it is not for the lord's public plan like a god, I don't know how much it will cost to win this pass." ”

Liu Xin also smiled and said: "For this Jiameng Pass, it took half a year to prepare for today's results, and the next battle for each city will be a tough battle, so let's hurry up and rest, and send troops to Hanzhong in five days." ”

Kuai Yue asked puzzledly: "Lord, the soldiers are very fast, our army has taken the Jiameng Pass with lightning speed, and it is just right to take Hanzhong in one go, why wait for five days." ”

Liu Xin shook his head and said: "The soldiers and nobles rely on the speed of winning by Qi, but the enemy has a flying pigeon to pass the book, Zhang Lu should have known at this time that Jiameng Pass was taken by me, he must have been prepared, the army has not moved, the grain and grass go first, there is not much food in Jiameng Pass, the people's lives do not seem to be too rich, can not meet the needs of the army, although there are only more than 20 miles from Jianmen Pass to Jiameng Pass, but the road is dilapidated, the vehicle is difficult to pass, and it will take some time for the grain and grass equipment in the rear to be transported, and the task of these days is to seize the time to repair the roadto ensure the smooth flow between the sword gate and Jia Meng. ”

Chen Gong arched his hand and said: "What the lord said is true, Jiameng Pass is the main road connecting Hanzhong and Chengdu, the people here mainly rely on the merchants who come and go from the south to the north, the door is closed for nearly two years, the people's lives are naturally miserable, and the subordinates have ordered someone to issue a notice to the people, I believe that in another year and a half, here will resume the prosperity of the past." ”

While he was talking, a soldier walked to the city, knelt down on one knee, and said loudly: "Enlighten the lord, the person who released the pigeon has been caught, please send it down." ”

Liu Xin waved his hand and said, "Bring it here, I will interrogate it personally." ”

Soon, a man with a lot of flowers was escorted, this man was in his thirties, beardless under his chin, his face was white, and his face was full of horror.

Liu Xin glanced at the man and asked pleasantly: "What is your name, where is the person, these pigeons are all raised by you." ”

The man saw that Liu Xin's face was not vicious, and the tone of his speech was relatively peaceful, and he was a little bolder, knelt on the ground, and said softly: "Back to the adult, the villain's surname is Li Mingyang, he is the inner servant in the Luoyang Palace, specially raising pigeons for the emperor to eat, and the villain often takes pleasure in training pigeons, and later, Luoyang is in chaos, the villain lives on the streets, and has no way to make a living. ”

Liu Xin muttered: "You can not only train pigeons to fly long distances, but it is indeed a great skill, presumably the training of pigeons is not easy, but why do you want to release so many birds at a time." ”

Li Yang saw that Liu Xin could understand the difficulties of domesticating pigeons, and his heart was moved, and he said with tears: "Back to my lord, from Jiamengguan to Chang'an, the road is far away, there are often birds of prey and hunters in the middle, and it is not easy to fly back two or three of the ten, if you only release one or two, if you lose it halfway, then there is no role in transmitting the news. ”

Liu Xin didn't answer his words, but asked rhetorically: "What did you just say, this news was not sent to Hanzhong, but to Chang'an." ”

Li Yang said blankly: "Yes, the villain was taken in by Lang Zhong Ling Li Daren, and has nothing to do with Hanzhong, the villain has lived in Jiamengguan for more than a year, and the money and materials needed to domesticate pigeons are all provided by Li. ”

Liu Xin slapped his thigh and said anxiously: "It's not good, I made a mistake just now, hurry up and assemble the team, I want to lecture." ”

He turned to Li Yang and said, "Li Yang, you have a good ability to domesticate pigeons, but you are willing to work for me." ”

Li Yang only wants to live now, and if he refuses to agree, he hurriedly kowtowed: "The villain is willing to serve the adult, go to the soup and fight the fire, and never give up." ”

Liu Xin said with a smile: "Serve me, but you don't need to take risks in person, so let's do it, I will arrange someone to send you to Xiangyang, and you will temporarily be a director in the military department, with the rank of six, specially for me to domesticate pigeons, well, and in the future, the pigeons you domesticate will be called carrier pigeons, which will be used exclusively for the communication of the three armies." ”

Although Li Yang still didn't know what the head of the military department was and what the sixth rank meant, it was not a bad thing, and he even said thank you, but a soldier had already come over to untie him and lead him down.

Liu Xin's five major legions are well-trained elite soldiers, one after another into the Jiameng Pass is mainly the soldiers of the first legion, about 40,000 people, with Liu Xin's order, in addition to the soldiers who defend the four gates, the remaining 35,000 people have been assembled outside the east gate, many soldiers in the team have participated in the lurking outside the west gate last night, all night long, many people just lay down and received the order to assemble, but no one issued a word of complaint,

The generals also hurriedly ate breakfast, and as Liu Xin came to the east city gate, there was a black crowd under the city, and there was no one in the team of more than 30,000 people who spoke, only the war horses in the formation occasionally neighed one or two,

Liu Xin looked at the tens of thousands of troops gathered under the city, cleared his throat, and said loudly: "Soldiers, Dong Zhuo is brutal and unkind, Liu Xie's murder of his brother usurped the throne, so that my Han Dynasty is facing fragmentation, and the people are deeply affected by the war. Shangyong, Fangling and Yangping Pass, I hope that the soldiers will give full play to the spirit of not being afraid of death and not being afraid of the second, move forward bravely, and raise the prestige of our Han army. ”

A young general in the army, dressed in black and black armor, wielding a spear, shouted loudly: "Brothers, for the revival of the Han family, kill, kill, kill." ”

The three armies followed, shouting in unison: "Kill, kill, kill." The sound surrounds the Jiameng Close, and it has not dispersed for a long time,

Liu Xin looked at it and recognized that the young general was Sun Ce, and couldn't help but show a knowing smile on his face, and turned back to the generals and said: "Order the Second Army Corps to go to meet the problem at night, the engineering team will step up the repair of the road, and the Fifth Army will then transport grain and grass baggage, there must be no mistake." ”

When the generals heard this, they took orders to go, and Xu Huang also took Shi Jian and others, galloped down the city, stepped on the war horse, and led the army to the north.

There are cavalry in the first legion, but the number is not much, about 5,000, Xu Huang knew Sun Ce's bravery, so he handed over all this cavalry to him, led by him to Yangping Pass, Yangping Pass is located in the northernmost part of Hanzhong County, is the gateway to the north of the entire Yizhou, out of Yangping Pass, along the Shu Road to the northeast more than 100 miles away is one of the four passes, as long as the Sanguan is conquered, Chang'an City is at your fingertips,

Hanzhong County has nine counties under its jurisdiction, and the governance office is located in Nanzheng County, Zhang Lu does not trust Yang Huai and Gao Pei who came over, just to buy people's hearts, so they can continue to guard Jiameng Pass, but half of their original subordinate soldiers are withdrawn, this more than a year, Zhang Lu's pressure in Hanzhong is still relatively large, Liu Yan was his strong backing in the past, and now it has become Liu Xin's territory, and after Dong Zhuo moved Liu Xie to Chang'an, the threat from the north has also increased sharply,

According to the information that Liu Xin has heard for many years, Zhang Lu has a total of 60,000 soldiers and horses, and the focus of his defense is not Liu Xin in the south, but Dong Zhuo in the north, there are as many as 30,000 heavy troops stationed in Yangping Pass, and there are more than 10,000 men and horses stationed in the valley mouth north of the Qinling Mountains, and South Zheng is Zhang Lu's governing place, where there are also 10,000 elite soldiers, and the 5,000 garrisons in Jiameng Pass are now Liu Xin's prisoners.

However, there is also a big village fifteen miles east of Jiameng Pass, which is guarded by 5,000 people led by Zhang Lu's henchman Yang Ren, the Han people are not used to getting up early, Yang Ren is still asleep, faintly hearing the sound of shouts from the direction of Jiameng Pass, can't help but turn over, pricked up his ears to listen, but there is no sound, can't help muttering, tilt his head, and fall asleep again,

Spring sleepy, autumn and summer napping, can't wake up in winter and March, at this time is still early spring, the early morning back to sleep is the most comfortable, Yang Ren just fell down and snored again, and had a strange dream,