Every move of the Qiang people fell into Zhang Bu's calculations, even Liu Zhang and Zhang Lu fell into the trap step by step, although this is not inevitable, but the two of them do not want to forge ahead, so they can only struggle in the net of heaven and earth under Zhang Bubu, and they just flutter twice. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

On the first day of the fifth month of the fifth year of Zhongxing, King Li ordered Zhao Yun, the general of Zhengdong, to lead 30,000 troops, cross the Yangtze River in the south, and clear the Guandu people, but Cao Cao was already vigilant and withdrew the soldiers and horses of Guandu in advance.

Zhao Yun's seizure of Guandu is equivalent to directly announcing the outbreak of the Tiger Prison War, in which Li Jing, who regained the power of Hedong, was not idle, and collected military power within three days, including many key roads including Jiguan Wenxi, and entered a defensive state in an all-round way, and the army was pressed forward, and the soldiers and horses were trained in the Yellow River.

Almost in this month, the news of King Li's appearance outside Tongque Terrace spread, and set off a wave in Jiyou, the so-called Great Qing Suppression, including the newly promoted Taishou in some places, all of which were affected, and many of the surviving children of the scholar clan were also killed.

Although it was not as cruel as the last catastrophe launched against the Shi clan, the scale was even larger, after all, some of the children of the Han family were also affected.

However, these things are in charge of Zhang Juzheng, and King Li did not ask too much, so at present, dealing with Si Li is the first priority.

Riding a horse to Guandu, dozens of miles away is where the Tiger Prison Pass is, and the traces of the city wall can be vaguely seen, but I don't know if it is real.

"No. 1 in the world, it is also a pleasure to conquer."

King Li murmured to himself, after all, he still came to this point, although he claimed to be 300,000 soldiers and horses, but the real people and horses were less than 200,000, and Cao Cao's preliminary observation was at least about 100,000 people, which still does not include the soldiers and horses of the Acropolis such as Xingyang, so that King Li's chances of winning are at most five or five.

As soon as I thought about it, how many heroes died here, it was time to make a decision.

He turned around and said: "Zilong, farewell today, please take care of yourself, the matter of Xuzhou can be negotiated with Gongjin, and avoiding casualties is the first priority." ”

Zhao Yun hugged his fists and said: "Big brother, don't worry, Zilong will definitely take care of himself, the situation in Xuzhou is not complicated, there is nothing wrong with opening the bow left and right, and with Gong Jin on the side, there must be no big problem." ”

King Li nodded: "Okay, you go down and hand over the military power to Wang Shouren, and lead a team of soldiers and horses to leave, and I have already taken care of the grain and grass baggage, and it will be distributed by Tai Shici of Wuchao." ”

"Big brother, farewell."

didn't speak again, watching Zhao Yun leave, the back of the sky, the spirit of the world, the heroic man should be like this.

In his previous life, many people said that Zhao Yun was born at the wrong time, and in the end a handsome man became Liu Bei's guard, and Beiwang also agreed, after all, when Zhao Yun came out, it was to conquer foreign races and expand his territory, and the civil war in Shenzhou was not what he wanted, if he was born in the chaos of foreign races, maybe he would become a hero like Yue Fei.

However, the sigh is a sigh after all, and the reality will continue, now Xuzhou is stable, but there is an undercurrent surging behind the scenes, and the south is chaotic like a hemp, just to seize the opportunity and seek turf, so Zhao Yun's expedition is the trend of the times, not anyone's wish.

Turning his head to stare ahead, he said, "Berwyn, has the battle letter been issued?" ”

Liu Ji hugged his fists and said: "It has been sent to the Tiger Prison Pass, but I heard that Cao Cao has not entered the customs and is still in Sili, I am afraid it has not been handed over to him." ”

King Li was surprised: "The big war is imminent, Brother Meng De is so atmospheric, sitting firmly on the high platform? ”

Liu Ji said with a smile: "That's not the case, there is news from the dark line, the imperial court heard that His Royal Highness's army knocked on the pass, and many people were scared half to death, and Shuangzhao (Zhao Qian and Zhao Wen) didn't know what to think, and actually advised Emperor Xian to seize Cao Cao's military power and drive the expedition in person, but Emperor Xian did not do this, but believed in Cao Cao, and even named him a general, and ordered him to command the power of soldiers and horses. ”

Li Wang was stunned and said: "I thought that the Tiger Prison Pass was a good show, but I didn't expect that there were twists and turns in the rear, isn't this cheap for me?" ”

Liu Ji looked at King Li funny, and sighed in his heart, if others could take down the Tiger Prison Pass without spending a single soldier, it would not be thankful, but King Li was good, but he regretted it.

Hugging his fists and said: "Your Highness doesn't have to worry too much, if Cao Mengde mobilizes troops and horses to suppress Shuangzhao, it means that he has the determination to fight, if Cao Mengde does not want to make progress within half a month, it will be profitable for us to wait, and then we can wait for his reinforcements to return to Luoyang, and we can also take the tiger prison directly, but we have to prepare for the aftermath." ”

King Li looked at his eyes and knew what Liu Ji was thinking, it was nothing more than taking Luoyang, how to face the emperor, whether to replace him, or to welcome him, it was really difficult to say.

But don't panic about this matter, at least wait until you understand the intention of the emperor before you do it, after all, he still occupies the name of orthodoxy.

Shaking his head, he said: "Cao Mengde's heroic nature, how can he be swayed by Shuangzhao, Emperor Xian should be soft, but after making this trouble, Brother Mengde's already unreliable loyalty will probably be shattered." ”

Liu Ji is noncommittal, King Li is too emotional, I'm afraid that for now, King Li is also regretting that he can't have a big battle with Cao Cao.

As a person, you should share your worries for the Lord, there is no need to say more at this time, just wait for the subsequent handover of military power, and discuss with Wang Shouren how to go next, after all, King Li is unwilling to do it, then I am a courtier, even if I am burdened with a thousand infamy, we should also lead by example.

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Three days later, King Li's army slowly marched to the Tiger Prison Pass, and nearly 200,000 men and horses spent a whole day just setting up camp, until sunset in the western mountains, and they were able to rest.

"Your Highness, the commander of the Tiger Prison Pass is jointly served by Xiahou Yuan and Cao Ren, in charge of the army inside and outside the city, judging from the 70,000 horses outside the city, I am afraid that there are no less than 50,000 soldiers and horses in the city."

King Li opened the letter, these are all news that the dark line and the probe horse heard together, most of them are useless, but some of the soldiers and horses are arranged quite accurately, and they can effectively understand the enemy lineup.

"Our army claims to be 300,000, but in fact there are only 200,000 horses, except for the miscellaneous work to guard grain and grass and fight the battlefield, there are only 150,000 or 60,000.

Wang Shouren hugged his fists and said: "Your Highness doesn't have to be careful, Cao Mengde is still in Luoyang, and the enemy army will not provoke at will, why not recuperate and wait for the enemy army to show its flaws." ”

King Li snorted: "That's okay, Cao Mengde and Luoyang didn't have a clear relationship, even if we couldn't see the puzzle clearly, we committed the crime and waited for them to sort out." (To be continued.) )