The general of Cao Cao's army in front of the Tiger Prison Pass was Lu Qian.

Lu Qian, the word Zike, is a native of Yanzhou.

Historically, the following accounts have been made of his people:

Lu Qian, with courage, when Cao Cao was in Yanzhou, entrusted to engage in it, and led his troops to guard the lake and land. moved Taishan Taishou and suppressed the Yellow Turban Army in Jinan and other places with Xiahou Yuan. Later, he showed his talents, added the captain of the cavalry, and still led Taishan County. Emperor Wen is the throne, the general, and the marquis of Yishou Pavilion; Moved to Xuzhou Thorn History, General Jia Weilu. With the Lang evil man Wang Chan as a don't drive, the civil commission is entrusted, and the world praises him for being virtuous. Emperor Ming ascended the throne, migrated to the 10,000-year-old pavilion, and ate 600 households.

It can be said that Lü Qian was also one of the first generals to follow Cao Cao when Cao Cao raised his army, and won Cao Cao's trust. Before, in order to seize Jingzhou, Cao Cao transferred all the generals under his account to Xiangcheng, such as Xiahou Yuan, Xiahou Yuan, Zhang Liao, Xu Huang, Zhang He, Li Dian, etc., all of the generals were transferred to the Jingzhou battlefield, but only Lu Qian was left to lead the army in Chenliu, and led Cao Cao's military horses in front of the Tiger Prison Pass and Bishui Pass.

The geographical location here is so important, but Cao Cao dared to let Lu Qian and his generals lead the army to defend it, which can be seen that Cao Cao's trust in Lu Qian, as well as Lu Qian's own skills. If he himself was just a mediocre talent, it would be impossible to get Cao Cao's attention.

Lu Qian has always paid close attention to the situation in Hujiao Pass and Bishui Pass, and is always vigilant whether the New Han Army will attack them. Even though Cao Cao had already signed a non-aggression pact with Liu Yi, he himself did not take it lightly.

To be honest, if it weren't for Cao Cao's order. Let their sergeants avoid conflicts with the New Han Army as much as possible, and try to have as few disputes as possible. Otherwise. Xu Zhu was afraid that he would not be able to capture several Yellow River crossings in a row so lightly.

In the past, in the Cao Cao military camp in front of the Tiger Prison Pass, there were generally more than 30,000 Cao troops, among which the cavalry army generally had tens of thousands of horses. In addition, there will be thousands to tens of thousands of military horses stationed at the ferry.

They are based on favorable terrain. Block Xu Zhu's 50,000 cavalry.

You must know that Lu Qian was under Cao Cao's tent and was known for his courage and strategy. On the march to fight, he has his own set. The New Han Army took the initiative to attack, and under normal circumstances, even if it could capture the ferry. I am afraid that there will be a certain price to be paid for casualties.

The Yellow River crossing more than 20 miles away from the Tiger Pass. Called Feiliudu, this ferry, the terrain is dangerous, leaning on the mountain and facing the river, after the ferry, there are several connected mountains, on it, there are many walled walls built by Cao Cao's army. If Cao Cao's army had enough troops, it would also make it difficult for the New Han army to capture for a while.

But. It doesn't make much sense for this Feiliu ferry port to be occupied by the New Han Army. Because, on the other side of the ferry, there is no ferry port for boats to berth. This Feiliudu is only a ferry for a ferry called Qingshidu, about ten miles upstream on the other side of the Yellow River, to float down from the upstream and cross the river. In the turbulent course of the Yellow River, it is very difficult to go upstream from Feiliudu, but it is very difficult to reach the ferry on the other side of the river about ten miles upstream. Therefore, this ferry port is only for people from the south bank of the Yellow River to board a ferry a few miles downstream from the other bank.

The cliffs on the opposite bank, coupled with the turbulence of the Yellow River, are not able to cross the Yellow River directly.

Cao Cao's army probably deliberately gave up this ferry, so that only hundreds of military horses were left to defend it, so that Xu Zhu could take it without much effort.

However, when he swung his army downstream from Feiliudu to attack, he could only take two more ferries and advance more than ten or twenty miles.

Now, Lu Qian has led a large army to attack Xu Zhu's way, and it is already dark, Xu Zhu can only temporarily camp in the village and camp according to a ferry.

When Liu Yi learned of the situation, as soon as it was dark, he left the Tiger Prison Pass and led the remaining 100,000 New Han troops to join Xu Zhu.

Liu Yi observed all the way from Feiliudu and noticed that the ferries on both sides of the Yellow River were all diagonal, and there were no ferries directly to the crossing. In this way, if the New Han army wanted to cross the river to attack, as soon as their own army left the ferry, the defenders on the opposite bank would be able to find out which ferry they were going to land on the other side according to the ferry from which their army was ferrying. This is especially unfavorable to the New Han Army.

In this way, it is necessary for the Xinhan military to control more crossings of the Yellow River, so that Yuan Shaojun on the other side can not easily estimate which ferry on the north bank of the Yellow River he wants to cross.

After Liu Yi arrived to join Xu Zhu, Xu Zhu's 50,000 cavalry army was unable to expand the results of the battle for the time being, and was blocked by Cao Cao's military horses.

Liu Yi saw that among Cao Cao's army, there was a Lu character written on his flag. Under Cao Cao's account, there were many generals surnamed Lu, but for a while, Liu Yi didn't know who the chief general of the Cao army was.

Looking around, the Cao army formed a formation in the mountains, blocking the way of Xu Zhujun, in fact, the formation stretched all the way to the middle of the mountain, it is estimated that the Cao army's men and horses will not be less than 100,000 military horses.

The New Han Army suddenly sent troops, and this Cao army had already driven to block Xu Zhu's way when it was dark last night. It can be seen that Cao Cao's army seems to be a little more low-key recently, but they still have a high degree of vigilance against the New Han Army. Thinking about it, Xu Zhu's dispatch of troops from the Tiger Prison Pass was only two or three hours, and Cao Cao's army was able to gather an army of nearly 100,000 at once.

Now, the Cao army of 100,000 troops and horses are blocking the way, and the New Han army will either only occupy these three or two ferries, or they can only start a dialogue with the Cao army to avoid a big battle between the two armies and horses.

Earlier, Liu Yi ordered Xu Zhu to seize the Yellow River crossing, this, one is just to test the attitude of the Cao army, and the other is to see that the three or so Yellow River crossings that attacked Cao Cao will not cause a big battle with the Cao army. Therefore, now, Cao Cao's military horses, since they have gathered so many military horses here, Liu Yi feels that there is no need to forcibly attack this Cao army again. Alternatively, you can ask Cao Jun to retreat and give the Yellow River crossing to himself for the time being.

Liu Yi was under the escort of a group of personal generals. The horse slapped between the military formations of the two sides, and then rushed in the direction where the general flag of the Cao army in front of the formation was, and said loudly: "Cao Jun on the other side." I don't know who General Lu will be? I, Liu Yi, want to talk to General Lu. ”

Cao Cao's military array, neat and solemn, looked like a sense of solidity, and there was a faint heavy momentum like a mountain.

This Cao army must be Cao Cao's elite division. Otherwise, it is unlikely that this army will be able to guard the front line of the confrontation with the New Han army.

Liu Yi observed Cao Jun's military appearance, and couldn't help nodding secretly in his heart. Knowing the Cao army, they may be inferior to the New Han Army in other aspects, but in terms of the appearance of this army array. It is indeed comparable to the New Han Army.

A gust of mountain wind blew.

The commander of the Cao army moved the banner. Then a general Pegasus went into battle, followed closely by a cavalry army.

"Phew!"

Cao Jiang Pegasus came out of the battle and came to a place dozens of steps ahead of Liu Yi, and suddenly reined in the horse, and a piece of sand and dust rose with the horse's hooves.

The sand and dust drifted away with the wind, and a member of the Chinese character face, thick eyebrows and big eyes, and his face was like copper. He has a short beard on his lips and a red tasseled helmet. Wearing bronze armor, carrying feather arrows, and carrying a spear, General Cao, who looked a little majestic, appeared in front of Liu Yi's eyes.

"It turned out that Taifu Liu Yi arrived in person, and the prime minister's account rode the capital captain Lu Qian to meet Taifu!"

Although Lu Hu said politely, his expression was cold, and when he said to Liu Yi to say goodbye, he only raised his hand symbolically, so that he could be regarded as a courtesy.

"It turned out to be General Lu Qian, who has been admired for a long time." Liu Yi didn't care about Lu Qian's expression, and hugged his fists and said, "General Lu, have there been some misunderstandings between our two armies?" Should we talk about it, there is no need for our two armies to be so pitted against each other, costing people and money, and if one is not good, it will cause indifferent sacrifices? ”

"Haha, misunderstanding? Taifu, it seems inappropriate to say this, right? When Lu Qian heard this, he laughed, looked a little annoyed, and said to Liu Yi: "Taifu, Lu came to see you just to ask Taifu, why did your Xinhan army go out of the tiger prison for no reason and attack several ferries within more than 20 miles of our Feiliudu?" Killing our soldiers for no reason? Could it be that Taifu is now going to unilaterally tear up the non-aggression pact signed with Prime Minister Cao Cheng earlier? That's right, in terms of military strength, our court is inferior to your New Han Dynasty. Now, seeing that Taifu is menacing, leading an army of 100,000 or 200,000 to invade my border. If Taifu really wants to fight with the prime minister of my family, Lu is willing to fight Taifu to the end with the life of this 100,000 sons! ”

"Haha, General Lu, you seem to be too extreme." Liu Yiyi laughed and said: "In this, I'm afraid there is indeed a misunderstanding." ”

Liu Yi paused and said: "Actually, my Xinhan army sent troops from the Tiger Prison Pass not to target you, and we have no intention of attacking your power territory. Our army just wanted to take advantage of the Yellow River and wave its army north to attack Yuan Shao. Please rest assured that our army only needs to borrow the Yellow River crossing one hundred or ten miles downstream before the Tiger Pass. After our New Han Army destroys Yuan Shao, we will return all the Yellow River crossings to Prime Minister Cao Cheng. This is also afraid of Liu, and he did not send someone to explain the reason to Prime Minister Cao Cheng in advance. However, this soldier is very fast, and our army has no choice but to do it, and I also asked General Lu to explain clearly and ask General Lu to give way. ”

"Hehe, Taifu, are you coaxing a three-year-old child? You must know that on the bank of the Yellow River, if you occupy the bank of the Yellow River for more than 100 miles, then the Erxin Han army can directly wave the army to attack our Chenliu, and even force Xu Du. Lu was ordered by Prime Minister Cao Cheng to defend the border between China and the DPRK here, how could he say that he would let go? Lu Qian looked sarcastic, turned his head to look at Cao Jun behind him, raised his hand and said, "What's more, even if Lu Mou says that he wants to get out of the way, I'm afraid that my 100,000 sons will not agree." Soldiers, do you say no? ”

"Defend our land to the death!"

Cao Jun, who was behind Lu Qian, let out a loud shout and spoke to Lu Qian.

Seeing this, Liu Yi's face sank, and he said, "General Lu, does this mean that there is no discussion?" You must know that if our two armies raise troops, with your current 100,000 military horses, I am afraid that they may not be able to withstand the attack of our army. What's more, if such a war really started, I wonder if General Lu can afford to provoke the consequences of provoking a fight between our two armies? I, Liu Yi, put my words here, and since then I have been to the lower reaches of the Yellow River, which is just a ferry on the bank of the Yellow River, and I will borrow it for a period of time in the New Han Dynasty. If General Lu Qian is obsessed, you have to stop it. Then, the two of us will have to go to war. ”

If the ferries on the banks of the Yellow River in the middle of the more than 100 miles were not completely controlled, it was impossible for Liu Yi to cross the river with his army to attack Yuan Shao. Because. Who knows what agreement Cao Cao reached with Guo Tu, the envoy sent by Yuan Shao? His own military horses only occupy the crossing of the Yellow River, which in itself is equivalent to putting his back in front of Cao Jun's eyes, which is not very safe, and if Cao Cao's army wants to attack his own military horse, it can also bring great trauma to himself. Therefore, Liu Yi must fully control the Yellow River crossing. Moreover, it is necessary to beware of whether Cao Cao's army will attack Yuan Shao from behind when his army attacks Yuan Shao.

"For Taifu's unreasonable demands. I, Lu Qian, was speechless. In this way, please don't be bored for a while, and when Lu immediately sends a fast horse back to Xu Zhu to explain the situation to Prime Minister Cao Cheng, let's say. Prime Minister Cao Cheng promised to temporarily lend the Yellow River ferry to Taifu. I, Lu Qian, said that I had nothing to say and would withdraw immediately, but if there was no order from Prime Minister Cao Cheng, Lu would rashly give up the Yellow River crossing to Taifu, which would be tantamount to violating military discipline. It's better to swear to fight with Taifu than to be to death, right? Lu Qian pushed Cao Cao. Refusing to budge.

Lu Qian received Cao Cao's order, just asking him not to clash with the New Han army as much as possible, but now that the New Han army is attacking, even if Liu Yi said that he was just borrowing the Yellow River crossing, but who can guarantee that after Liu Yi captured the Yellow River crossing, he would attack them Zhongmu, Chen Liu and other places? This, once the New Han Army seized Chenliu and other places, would inevitably shake the entire Xu Zhu court. When the time comes, it will not be so easy for them to drive away the Xinhan army.

Therefore, without Cao Cao's order, Lu Qian really didn't dare to make a mistake.

Liu Yi thought about it and felt that it was unlikely that the New Han Army would be able to attack the north bank of the Yellow River unknowingly. This, if we launch an attack on the north bank of the Yellow River a little later, it will not have much impact on the overall situation.

If an attack was launched against Lu Qian's Cao army now, it would definitely trigger a major battle with Cao's army.

Liu Yi pondered for a moment and said, "From now on, I will go back and forth to Xudu, and the fast horse will have enough one day, right?" I will give you a day, and immediately send someone to Xu Du to explain the situation to Cao Cao, tomorrow morning, if you have not received an accurate answer, then don't blame me Liu Yi for attacking the army. Even if there is a war with Cao Cao on this, I, Liu Yi, will not hesitate to do it! ”

The New Han Army sent troops to the Tiger Pass, and controlled all the way to the place within a radius of dozens of miles in front of the Tiger Pass. Now Lu Qian should have gathered all the defenders in front of the Tiger Prison Pass. Give some time for Lu Qian to ask Cao Cao for instructions, if Cao Cao refuses to make concessions on this, then it means that Cao Cao has reached an agreement with Yuan Shao. In this way, even if a war is waged against Cao Cao now, it is nothing.

Lu Qian is naturally not the kind of brave and unscrupulous general, he is so strong on the surface of Liu Yi, mainly because he doesn't want to weaken Cao Jun's prestige. Moreover, it was true that without Cao Cao's order, he really did not dare to let the New Han army take away the territory of hundreds of miles on the bank of the Yellow River. This is easy to give to the New Han Army, if the New Han Army refuses to return it to them at that time, I am afraid it will not be so easy for them to take it back. Lu Qian also had to be cautious.

Now that Leo Yi offered to give him a day, he naturally had no opinion. Because in the end, it was Cao Cao's order that made a qiē. Cao Cao wanted to fight, he fought, Cao Cao said that he could borrow the Yellow River to cross the goods to Liu Yi, then he Lu Qian had nothing to say, and he could no longer insist on blocking the army of the New Han Army.

What's more, if the New Han Army really wanted to attack them, Lu Qian asked himself, it was difficult to say whether he would be able to resist them.

Liu Yi said this, so that Lu Qian had a step to go down.

He agreed, "That's very good." And after Lu reported to Prime Minister Cao Cheng, if Prime Minister Cao agreed to borrow the Yellow River ferry to Taifu, then Lu would have nothing to say. ”

"Okay, then ask General Lu to go back and restrain your soldiers well, so that the officers and men of our two armies will not be impatient and have unnecessary conflicts." Liu Yi waved his hand and rode back to his home.

"Lord, then Lu Qian is really too bad, why do you want to tell him so much? Wait for my old lord to directly wave his army to kill him, and decide to take the head of the Lu Qian person and sacrifice it to the lord! Xu Zhu also heard Lu Qian's words, and felt that Liu Yi didn't need to say so much to Lu Qian, especially he couldn't get used to Lu Qian's appearance of saying that he would resist the New Han Army to the end.

"It's easy to fight, this time, theoretically, it seems that we are indeed at the loss, you have captured several Yellow River crossings in a row, and the Cao army killed is only a few, this, it will not cause Cao Cao to rebound too much, but if we destroy their nearly 100,000 military horses, then Cao Cao will definitely not do it." Especially Lu Qian, he is also a general under Cao Cao who is trusted by Cao Cao, if we kill him, it is very likely that we will really have a big battle with Cao Cao. Now, our target is Yuan Shao, although he is not afraid of starting a war with Cao Cao at the same time, but if he can avoid it, let's avoid it for the time being. It is always easier to destroy the princes of the world one by one than to destroy several at the same time. ”

"Oh, then, stay one more day. Alas, I, I'm worried, Zilong and Ziyi have already broken through Yuan Shao's defense line, and they can destroy Yuan Shao without the help of our army......" Xu Zhu muttered.

This guy, he is not afraid of anything, he is afraid that there will be no war, for fear that Jizhou will have nothing to do with him, and the war will be over.

The horses on both sides retreated a little farther away, trying to restrain themselves as much as possible, and there was no further conflict.

A day passed.

Early this morning, Liu Yi, accompanied by Xu Zhu and Yan Liang, Wen Chou and other generals who came from the Tiger Prison Pass, once again patted his horse in front of the two armies.

Lü Qian did not show up, but only sent a general to ask Liu Yi to wait a little longer, because the person he sent to report to Cao Cao had not yet returned.

Liu Yi naturally didn't believe it, because it was said that he gave Lu Qian a day, but in fact it was a day and a night.

Seeing Cao Jun like this, Liu Yi's heart couldn't help but be annoyed, this is called being shameless, do you have to make some trouble with yourself?

Immediately ordered, Xu Zhu, Yan Liang, and Wen Chou, three generals, immediately led an army, out of the camp to set up a formation, and prepared to launch an attack on Cao's army's camp.

War drums beat, trumpets blow.

For a time, the New Han army poured out of the barracks like a tide and set up a formation outside the camp.

However, at this moment, a guy dressed as a literati stumbled out of Lu Qian's army.

When Liu Yi saw it, he was Hua Xin again.

Not long ago, Cao Cao sent him to sign a non-aggression pact with him, but he didn't expect to meet him again now.

"Taifu...... Taifu ......"

Before the people arrived, Hua Xin looked a little panting, and shouted from afar: "Taifu, don't raise troops, don't forget the non-aggression treaty between our two families, there is something to discuss." ”

"Mr. Hua, when we signed the non-aggression pact, you also said that Cao Cao would not ask about our army's attack on Yuan Shao, but what does it mean to hear that Cao Cao warmly received Yuan Shao's envoy Guo Tu? Now, our army is just borrowing the way, and you will block the road with a large army, refusing to make it convenient with others, do you really think that I, Liu Yi, dare not attack your lord Cao Cao? Liu Yi was angry at Hua Xin.

"Taifu, misunderstanding and misunderstanding......" Hua Xin shook his head again and again: "General Lu Qian, on the order of the prime minister to guard this area, he will also have to block the Taifu's way, now, Prime Minister Cao Cheng has understood the reason, so he specially asked Hua to come to inform the Taifu, clearly said, our army can try to give Taifu convenience, don't hurt the harmony of our two families because of some unnecessary trivial things, as for Lu Qian, he may have collided with Taifu, and now, he has been transferred back to Xu Zhu, and a general has been replaced to lead these Cao troops. That's why you didn't get to see Lu Qian, Taifu. ”

"Well, so Cao Cao has agreed to give me the Yellow River crossing more than a hundred miles downstream for the time being?"

"Exactly, Taifu, please wait a moment, Hua immediately ordered our army to retreat and make way for Taifu's military horses, and Hua has also withdrawn the military horses of more than ten Yellow River crossings downstream, and now, all of them are empty cities, and Taifu only needs to lead the army to station."

"Oh? In this way, there is Prime Minister Lao Cao. This time I have been given the convenience of the New Han Army, and in the coming days, I will definitely repay it. Liu Yi saw that the matter had been resolved, so it was not good to order the army and horses to attack the Cao army.

What's more, if you can not fight, there is naturally no need to start a war with Cao Jun immediately.

But to Liu Yi's surprise, Hua Xin did not leave, but followed Liu Yi's side, saying that he wanted to lead the way for Liu Yi.

This, but it made Liu Yi feel a little weird, and he always felt that the truth was so smooth, I don't know if there would be any conspiracy in it. (To be continued......)