Chapter 119: The Tiger Prison is Closed
Tiger Prison Pass, for the east of Luoyang gateway and important pass, south of Songyue, north of the Yellow River, mountains staggered, self-prolific risk.
There is a trend of "one husband is the pass, ten thousand people are not open", and it is a place for soldiers of all dynasties.
There are not a few battles in the Tiger Prison Pass, but what really makes the Tiger Prison Pass famous is the Tiger Prison Pass Battle that occurred in the late Eastern Han Dynasty, especially after the interpretation of the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, the Tiger Prison Pass is even more famous all over the world, and the story of the three British battles against Lu Bu has made countless latecomers admire it!
At the end of the ninth year of Yuanyasu, the sound of horses' hooves on the wide and straight official road was bursting, an army was hurrying to the road, and pedestrians were watching from afar, discussing with each other who was so well-trained and whose men and horses it was.
That's right, this army is the headquarters of the King of Hejian who is rushing to the Tiger Prison Pass.
I saw the king of Hejian leading Bi Heng, Fang Yang, and Zhang Fang to ride a high-headed horse, showing off their might, and walking in the team. As Zhang Fang expected, he went all the way up and did not encounter a single attack. On the contrary, there are many local heroes who openly raise their banners to support the king of Hejian against the crown prince.
Due to the long distance of the King of Hejian, when the King of Chengdu was still fighting in Mengjin, the King of Hejian was still playing in the mountains and rivers on the road. Finally, after some hurry, the king of Hejian finally led a large army to reach the Tiger Prison Pass.
"King, the Tiger Prison is dangerous, and now there is a large army guarding it, I'm afraid it will not be easy to attack!" The chief bookkeeper Fang Yang followed behind Sima Yan, staring at the Xiongguan Tiger Prison not far away, and couldn't help but feel emotional.
The danger of the Tiger Prison Pass is still above the Yanmen Pass and the Kei Pass.
The king of Hejian bowed slightly, and put his hand on the pergola: "I heard that in order to guard the Tiger Prison Pass, the prince transferred the most elite Su Guards to this place, although our army is known as the elite, it is probably even lower than the Su Guards who have been through a hundred battles!" ”
"And the most difficult thing is this tiger prison! Although the defenders are only 6,000 people, as long as there is no accident, there is no pressure to block 100,000 people! ”
Today's Tiger Prison Pass can almost be said to be the first pass in the world, after all, this place is the gateway to Luoyang, the important surname of Beijing, there is no doubt in this era.
"Bi joined the army, did Wang Tingshi and them arrive?" Sima Yan stared around for a moment, then suddenly turned his head and asked.
Yanzhou Thorn Shi Wang Yan is the head snake, this time the problem of grain and grass for the Hejian Wang's army can be solved by Yanzhou, if Wang Yan can't fully support him, I'm afraid that the Hejian King's son will not be too good.
"Don't worry, presumably at this time, Wang Yanshi has already rushed to this side, as early as a few days ago, Wang Yan has already been stationed in the tiger prison, waiting for the arrival of the prince. Please think about it, if it weren't for our support, with the 10,000 people under the command of Wang Tingshi, he wouldn't be able to take the Tiger Prison Pass at all......"
"Lord Wang, Yanzhou Thorn Shi Wang Yan has arrived!" Just as the two were talking, the chief bookkeeper Fang Yang slowly walked over.
"Tell Wang Tingshi that our army is encamped ten miles away from Tiger Prison Pass!" Sima Yan waved his hand and ordered.
The Yanzhou army under Wang Yan set up camp five miles away from the Tiger Prison Pass, and the King of Hejian naturally would not let his army camp forward, in that case, wouldn't the King of Hejian face the Tiger Prison Pass? What if the enemy sneaks up on you?
Fang Yang knew what King Hejian thought, so he didn't say anything, nodded, and turned to leave.
At noon the next day, the tiger prison was closed. Yanzhou Assassin Shi Wang Yan and other generals stood in front of the Tiger Prison Pass, looking at the horizon in the distance.
I saw the wind and dust rolling on the horizon, and the crusading army led by the King of the River had arrived!
An hour later, the 50,000 Hejian army was reorganized and stood neatly under the Tiger Prison, murderous.
Wang Yan, the assassin of Yanzhou, came to Zhang Fang on a horse, and arched his hand: "General Zhang, how is the prince all the way?" The official has something to find the prince. ”
Zhang Fang looked at Wang Yan with a cold face, he had always had no good impression of officials from the family, so he replied angrily: "The prince is behind, please take care of yourself!" ”
Wang Yan frowned slightly, and despised Zhang Fang, who was not polite and came from a poor family, if it weren't for the fact that the other party was the henchman of the King of Hejian, he would not be kind to him as a famous person.
The king of Hejian, who was resting in the camp of the Chinese army, suddenly received a report from his subordinates, saying that Wang Yan, the assassin of Yanzhou, had come to visit. Sima Yan didn't dare to slack off, and led Fang Yang and Bi Heng to greet them at the camp gate in person.
"The widow is late, and I hope that the king will stab Shi Haihan! Please speak in the tent. The King of the River arched his hand towards Wang Yan and smiled.
"The prince is polite, the prince please!"
"Wang Thorn History, is there any news of the King of Chengdu?" The king of Hejian was most worried that the king of Chengdu would rush him to Luoyang first, so as soon as they met, he began to inquire about the news of the king of Chengdu.
"Back to the prince, the king of Chengdu has crossed the Yellow River at this time and is besieging Mengjin, and it seems to the minister that it will not be long before the king of Chengdu can come to Luoyang City." Wang Yan told the king of Hejian the latest news.
"Oh? Is Chengdu King moving fast? The king of Hejian was stunned when he heard this, but he didn't expect the king of Chengdu to make progress very quickly, he had just arrived at the Tiger Prison Pass, and the king of Chengdu was about to break through Mengjin.
"Well, the king of Chengdu has the help of local families in Sizhou along the way, and he basically won the cities everywhere without bloodshed, and even the Yellow River natural danger has not stopped the footsteps of the king of Chengdu." Wang Yan couldn't help but sigh at the good luck of the king of Chengdu, and a heavy snow solved the problem of the king of Chengdu crossing the river.
"So, the king of Chengdu is going to take Luoyang soon?" When the king of Hejian heard that the king of Chengdu was proud, he was a little unhappy in his heart. He was also eyeing the throne, and seeing that his competitor had the upper hand, the King of Hejian was a little anxious.
"It's not that simple, the general stationed in Mengjin is the elite under the command of the prince, and the king of Chengdu may not be able to take it in a short time, and even if the king of Chengdu hits Luoyang City, if there is no help from us, the king of Chengdu will definitely not be able to defeat Luoyang, which is tall in the city and has strong troops!" Wang Yan shook his head and said that he was not optimistic about the prospects of Chengdu Wang.
"Whew, that's good, that's good......" Sima Yan quietly breathed a sigh of relief, "By the way, Wang Tingshi, is there any movement in the tiger prison?" ”
"Lord Qiqi, since the Weichen soldiers have been here, there has been no movement on the Tiger Prison Pass, and now the main general guarding the Tiger Prison Pass is called Zu Yue, who is the brother of the world's famous general Zu Li. Although this person is not as famous as his brother, the fact that the prince can hand over such an important tiger prison to him shows that this person is by no means simple. ”
"Shhh It seems that it is not easy to break through the Tiger Prison! ”
"Don't worry, the king is not in a hurry, the ancestor of the minister is only a native chicken and a dog, so there is no need to worry! There are 60,000 soldiers and horses under the command of the king, and there are only 6,000 soldiers in the Tiger Prison Pass. Bi Heng next to him shook his head and said flatteringly.
Soon after the war between Mengjin began, news came from the Tiger Prison Pass, Sima Yan, the king of Hejian, responded to the call of the King of Qi, wrote the world, counted the prince's crimes, pointed out that he was a traitor, and officially led the army to crusade against the prince Sima Shu, and now he has led the army to reach the Tiger Prison Pass.
Although Sima Shu looked down on the incompetent King of Hejian, he knew that his general Zhang Fang was not a simple person, Zhang Fang was cautious and wise, and he was definitely a first-class general.
In history, Zhang Fang helped the King of Hejian defeat his political enemies several times, becoming the biggest reliance of his command, and later if it was not for the King of Hejian who was killed by someone else's annihilation plan, he would never have ended up with a broken child. For this reason, the prince specially reminded Zu Yue, who was stationed at the Tiger Prison Pass, to beware of Zhang Fang's plots.
Tiger Prison Pass, still standing here as in previous years, cut off the only way from Yanzhou to Luoyang, the Eastern Han Dynasty in the late Eastern Han Dynasty Xiliang warlord Dong Zhuo once relied on the Tiger Prison Xiongguan to block the eighteenth road princes, Lu Bu achieved prestige here. If Dong Zhuo hadn't taken the initiative to retreat to Chang'an, it would still be unknown whether the skeptical princes of the Eighteen Roads would have been able to capture the Tiger Prison.
Now, the Tiger Prison Xiongguan once again assumes the responsibility of blocking the westward advance of the Hejian King rebels, and this time the person responsible for guarding the Tiger Prison Pass is the Zhaowu Zuo Captain Zu Yue under the command of the crown prince, as well as the 6,000 Xiang soldiers.
Looking at the gloomy sky, Zu Yue, who was full of seriousness, stood on the tiger prison with a horizontal knife in his hand, looking down at the black rebels below. Breathing in the cold winter air, exhaling white air in his mouth, Zu Yue's expression was solemn, just looking at the momentum shown by the army under the city, he knew that the leader was not a simple person.
Zu Yue's feeling is right, Zhang Fang is not an ordinary general, this person is a famous general under the command of the king of Hejian, and he is more good at fighting, but he is not strict in governing the army, and the military discipline under his command is corrupt.
"Zhang Fang!" This is the information of the rebel general found by the scouts, thinking of this person, Zu Yue's mind flashed back to the prince who had reminded him to be careful against Zhang Fang before coming to the Tiger Prison.
"Come on, Zhang Fang, let's see if it's the famous generals in Hejian who are powerful, or if my ancestor is more skilled!"
"My lord, the enemy is about to attack!" Looking at the constantly moving phalanx of the rebels, the defenders of Tiger Prison Pass exclaimed!
"Woo woo woo ......"
The fierce sound of war drums and desolate trumpets sounded in front of the Tiger Prison Pass, and the rebels marched in the direction of the Tiger Prison Pass with neat steps after the formation, the speed was not slow or hurried, giving people a feeling as thick as a mountain.
The defenders on the Tiger Prison felt the powerful momentum, and the hands holding the weapons involuntarily oozing sweat, and at the same time, their breathing also quietly accelerated, and the tense atmosphere enveloped the entire Tiger Prison.
At the same time, the suffocating murderous aura kept floating from the rebels under the gate, and kept converging in the sky in front of the tiger prison, and the killing intent surged, causing everyone in the rebels to show a fierce light, and the hands holding the weapons kept waving, and the weapons screamed when they clashed, as if they were about to fight at any time.
Zhang Fang, the general of the rebel army, showed a fierce light in his eyes, stared at the defenders of Guan, commanded the 'beast' army under his command, braved the rain of arrows in the sky, and launched the first wave of attacks on the Tiger Prison Pass! (To be continued.) )