This silent group climbed along the rolling hills, the two wings of which were steep and rugged, except for a section in the middle that was low enough for people to walk on. But the lower narrow road alone is located at a much higher altitude than the plains.

A team of more than 40,000 people, like a huge long snake, walked through the mountains, looking into the distance, the snake's head had entered the clouds, looking back, the snake's tail was still hovering at the foot of the mountain. There is no way, whoever calls the mountain road narrow, can only stretch the line to such a long way to barely march.

After climbing a ridge, Cao Zhen jumped off the horse and stood on the horse, and then sat on the grass on the top of the mountain, panting and looking into the distance, only to see the northwest direction, between the two mountains faintly visible a Guancheng looming, that is Jiguan, and the majestic and steep mountain they climbed is called Wangwu Mountain.

This Wangwu Mountain is east of Taihang Mountain, west of Zhongtiao Mountain, north of Taiyue Mountain, south of the Yellow River, known as the world's nine famous mountains, Yugong moved the mountain to refer to the mountain, is this Wangwu Mountain. It is said that it is the place where the Xuanyuan Yellow Emperor sacrifices to the sky, "the Yellow Emperor sued the sky here, and then felt that the Nine Heavens Xuannu and the Queen Mother of the West gave the "Jiuding Shendan Sutra" and "Yin Fu Policy", and then it was the party of Kefu Chiyou, and since then the beginning of the Temple of Heaven." Therefore, it is also called the Temple of Heaven Mountain.

Located in the extreme west of Hanoi County, Wangwu Mountain is the natural boundary between the county and Hadong County in the west, and the only connecting passage between the two counties is Kei Pass, which is located in the central lowlands of Wangwu Mountain.

As for Hedong County in the west, the strategic significance is extremely significant, its county is bordered by the Yellow River in the south, across the river from Hongnong County, Pingyang in the north, and Guanzhong in the west, Pubanjin is located in this county, it can be said that Hedong County is the hub of connecting the Kansai prefectures and the Hebei prefectures. This is already the Sili area of the Eastern Han Dynasty, and the three rivers of the Eastern Han Dynasty are like the three auxiliaries of the Western Han Dynasty. Guarding Luoyang, Sanfu has Sanfu chariots and horses, and Sanhe also has Sanhe knight battalion, but now there is not a single soldier of the Wei army in Hedong.

After Wang Ping forcibly crossed the Yellow River and attacked Pujin, Xu Shu sent another 5,000 soldiers under Wang Ping's command, and Wang Ping got this reinforcement to attack in a big way, capturing Guan Yu's hometown Xie County and Xu Huang's hometown Yang County in a row. Because Hedong was in the heart of Cao Wei, and the camp of the Three Rivers Knights was transferred to the northern part of Bingzhou to defend Xianbei, which was about to move, Wang Ping could directly point to Hedong's administrative office, but only directly. Wang Ping didn't dare to attack Anyi. It is close to Hanoi and Bingzhou, there are a large number of Cao Wei knight camps, and the power of wolf riding in Bingzhou, even if Lu Bu's late Wang Ping does not dare to try, and as Xu Shu's henchman. Wang Ping would not be stupid enough to fight a place heavily defended by the Wei State.

Therefore, ten days ago, after solving Liu Yan's Wei army and forcibly crossing the Yellow River. Wang Ping gave up the Pujin ferry. He reduced his forces to Xie County to the north, and let the 40,000 Wei troops who were barely breathing go straight to Hanoi. However, Cao Zhen did not take care of Hedong Anyi, but along the banks of the Yellow River all the way through Dayang and Donghuan to Wangwu Mountain, wanting to escape back to Hanoi and defend the Kei Pass.

At this time, the silent army on Wangwu Mountain was the remnant army led by Cao Zhen. Cao Wei's entire battle of Yongliang. Not only did he lose the land and cities of more than ten counties in the two states, but he also lost 50,000 troops. The most important thing is that their capital, Luoyang, was completely exposed to the Han and Wu forces.

Of course, there are Bishui Pass and Tiger Prison Pass in the east of Luoyang, and there is Hangu Pass in the west. It was enough to resist the Han and Wu armies, but it didn't seem suitable as a capital city that was in constant danger of being attacked by the enemy. Therefore, Cao Rui left 5,000 soldiers to hand over to Fei Yaozhen to Shouhan Valley and after he returned to Luoyang, many ministers asked to move the capital to Yecheng. But they were all suppressed by Cao Rui, and the ministers couldn't believe it, and Cao Rui still needed Cao Zhen's opinion.

Cao Zhen lost more land than Cao Xiu, but he couldn't blame him. When Shu Han attacked, Cao Zhen was still recuperating in Chang'an, it was the Wei minister of the Manchu Dynasty who fell into Xu Shu's strategy and was led by the Han army.

On a green slope, Cao Zhen took a group of generals, staff, and officials to sit on the grass to rest. It was July, and it was very physically demanding to walk the mountain road, and besides, it was already in Wangwu Mountain, relatively speaking, it was considered to have stepped into a safe area, so Cao Zhen was not in a hurry.

After drinking a few sips of cold water and chewing a few mouthfuls of dried meat, Cao Zhen's mind gradually calmed down, and he glanced at the soldiers around him who were like beggars, as well as the dejected generals and staff, Cao Zhen didn't feel good in his heart, and couldn't help but sigh.

Xin Bi, the military advisor beside him, said with relief: "Da Sima doesn't need to be discouraged, victory or defeat is just a common thing in soldiers, don't you think that the first emperor was also in Wancheng and Chibi in danger, and in the end, it was not the Jiangshan Sheji of my Great Wei State." As long as Your Majesty can cheer up his spirits and work hard, Da Sima can rectify his morale, and with the advantage of having a large number of people in Dawei, sooner or later he will be able to overcome today's shame. ”

Xin Bi's encouragement somewhat restored Cao Zhen's confidence, and he gritted his teeth and said: "The military advisor is reasonable, the Han State across Hanzhong is inconvenient, as long as we can recapture Hedong, our army can re-enter Guanzhong at any time." It's a pity that the two generals, Guo Huai and Xiahouba, did not escape. ”

Before the words fell, suddenly saw the dust and mist under the mountain rise again, Cao Zhen just cheered up, and immediately fell into a hideous situation, and after a while, there was a horse to return, saying that there was a large number of troops coming to them.

Cao Zhen was taken aback when he heard this, as far as he knew, there were only thousands of people in Wang Ping in Hedong County, how could he really think that he Cao Zhen was a water dog, and they all ran up to beat him. Cao Zhen hurriedly got on his horse at the moment, drew his sword and shouted loudly, and prepared to ask the thief to meet the enemy.

Cao Zhen expected that even if the Han army pursued according to Wang Ping's strength of about 8,000 at most, even if he poured out of the Wei army, it was not without the strength of a battle, although many days of escape and food and clothing made the Wei army's combat strength sharply reduced, but the Wuwei troops led by Xu Yi still had strong combat effectiveness.

"All the departments are ready, how can my dignified army of Wei be covered up and killed by a few thousand Han troops! Xu Yi obeyed the order, and you led the Wuwei Army as the vanguard to rush and kill first. Then the governor personally led the Chinese army to respond. ”

"!!" A general with a tiger's back and a bear's waist responded to the voice, and the three short whiskers under the jaw were like iron needles, although his face was mostly dusty, but it was difficult to hide his heroism.

Just when Xu Yi received the order to reorganize his troops and horses to attack, a veteran general roared and approached Cao Zhen with the help of several personal guards. "Da Sima is slow, and slow!!"

"General Zhang!!" Cao Zhen hurriedly took a stride, came to Zhang Jaw, and helped him slowly sit on a big rock. "Come, old general, why wait!!"

Zhang Jaw suffered several arrow wounds during the raid on Li Yan, and his recovery was not very fast due to his age, and it was a trek of more than ten days, and it was a forced crossing of the Yellow River and Wangwu Mountain. Zhang Jaw was afraid that he only had half a life left at this time, and although he really wanted to answer Cao Zhen's question, he also had to breathe for half a day. Okay, he also knew that this was a critical moment, so he endured the pain in his chest and said, "Ahem!" Wang Pingbu has few Han soldiers, how dare to come to pursue, the governor of the capital still sent scouts first to investigate. ”

Cao Zhen was slightly stunned when he heard this, and he also felt strange, so he sent a few scouts to inquire again. After less than a quarter of an hour of waiting, the scout not only returned, but also brought a Wei general.

This general of the Wei army, the bright light armor shines in the sun, his face is fair, and at first glance he is very different from Cao Zhenbu, and he knows with his little toes that he is the general of Wei in Bingzhou or Hedong.

"The last general and the commander of the state Liang envoy Jun led Jia to meet the big Sima!!" The young general bowed his hand to Cao Zhen.

Tie Jia? Cao Zhen, as the great Sima of Wei, is very familiar with the generals at all levels of the Great Wei, and the young general in front of him is a young captain and wears Mingguang armor that does not match his identity, he must be the son of a famous general, and there is only one surname among the famous generals of Wei. "But the captain of the Xianbei army is the son of the general!"

"It's !! the last general"

Cao Zhen was overjoyed when he heard this, and he was a famous general on the northern front of Wei, and he could do a lot of things with his new force. "Veteran Zhang, it's time for us to recapture Hedong!!" (To be continued......)