Wuruan Pass is located in the west of Zhuo County next to Laishui, when the Fubo general Ma Yuan led 3,000 horsemen from this pass to the west to inspect Dai County, Yanmen and other places, the nomadic cavalry has fled to hide.

Wuruan Pass is located on the steep and towering Bauhinia Ridge, and has a very loud name in later generations, called Bauhinia Pass, which is one of the top ten Xiongguan in China, and is also an important pass on the Great Wall of Zhao. Wuruan Pass is facing the Puyin of the seventh of the eight Taihang Passes, and there is the risk of "one husband is the pass, and ten thousand people are not in front". From Wuruan Pass to the west, you can enter the Taihang Mountains, and then connect with the Flying Fox Road, which is nearly 100 miles long, until it leads to Taiyuan County in Bingzhou.

Liu Yu's subordinate Zhang Zan has been leading the army to guard this pass to prevent the nomads in Bingzhou from flowing from the Flying Fox Road to Youzhou to cause chaos. Later, Yuan Shao sent troops to control Taiyuan, Yanmen, Shangdang and other counties in Bingzhou, and Liu Yu still appointed Zhang Zan to guard this pass, but it was to prevent Yuan Shao from sending troops to attack Youzhou.

Although the Ngu Nguyen Pass is easy to defend and difficult to attack, it is located in the middle of the mountainous area, and the main defense is from the western side of Youzhou. Gongsun Chan went against the norm this time, and after occupying Zhuo County as quickly as possible, he sent troops to block the road to Wuruan Pass, so that Zhang Zan and his 3,000 soldiers were blocked in the mountains.

After Gongsun Zan sent troops to block Zhang Zan in Wuruan Pass, he immediately led his army to cross the river from the Laishui bend and advanced all the way to Daixian.

On this day, Gongsun Zhanjun came to a place seventy miles away from Dai County, set up a camp, began to bury pots and cook, and rested overnight.

Accompanying Gongsun Zhan on the expedition were Changshi Guan Jing, deputy generals Wang Men, Shan Jing and Ji Yong, as well as his fourth brother Le Hedang. Ji Yong received Gongsun Zhan's order, and now he led the army to guard east of Wuruan Pass and watched Zhang Zhan, so he did not appear in Gongsun Zhan's marching tent at this time.

Although it was only a temporary tent, it was luxuriously and comfortably furnished, not only with animal skin blankets on the ground, but also with high-quality wine and meat filled with long tables.

Gongsun Chan sat in the center, biting a large piece of beef that had just been served. His generals were divided into two rows according to their positions, and sat on either side in turn.

Wang Men wiped the oil flowers on his mouth with his hand indiscriminately, and said with emotion: "I didn't expect Shanggu and Daijun to be so rich, we can eat such delicious yellow beef just by passing through the southwest corner of Shanggu County!" ”

Shan Jing made fun of Wang Men and said, "Do you know where the oxen that Lu Dao eats today come from? If Liu Yu knows it, I don't know how distressed it will be! ”

Wang Men replied grinningly, "Aren't they just a few ploughing oxen forcibly requisitioned from a nearby village?" In the future, the entire Youzhou will be in the hands of the general, what do we have to eat a few cows now? ”

Everyone laughed heartily, feeling that what they were eating was not beef, but like Liu Yu's meat.

Le He interjected and came in: "The two generals ate half a cow today, and when they attack Daixian the day after tomorrow." But you have to do your best! ”

Wang Men said with a disdainful face: ", a small Dai County, where can we use our two to make a move, it is estimated that before our army arrives in the city, the county order will already flee with the officials!" ”

When everyone heard this, there was another big laugh.

Gongsun Zhan put down the wine bottle in his hand and asked Le Hedang: "The weather is getting colder, has the fourth brother prepared the food and grass needed by the army this winter?" ”

"Big brother, rest assured, since the army captured Zhuo County. I requisitioned grain and grass from the counties, and now I have prepared sixty percent of the military resources needed, and the rest will only need to be raised after the occupation of Daijun. I heard that the grain harvest in the county in the past two years was even more abundant than that of Zhuo County! ”

Gongsun Chan asked in disbelief, "Although the territory of Daijun is larger than that of Zhuojun. But after all, it is a barren land, how can the grain harvest be more abundant than Zhuo County, the richest county in Youzhou? ”

Le Hedang explained: "Liu Yu assigned Daijun and Shanggu to Liu and managed, and Liu He handed over the internal affairs to Liu Hui, who was originally the ruler of Jizhou Mu Han Fu. The ability is outstanding, not only to manage the internal affairs of the two counties in an orderly manner, but also to receive and resettle a large number of displaced people. The people were organized to open up the land and cultivate the fields, so the grain production in the county increased a lot in the past two years. ”

Gongsun Chan nodded: "I see." When I take Daijun, I want to detain this Liu Hui, such a talent must be used by me! ”

The generals in the tent were full of wine and food, and one by one they touched their bellies and returned to their respective camps to rest, while Gongsun Zhan and Guan Jing continued to drink slowly and discuss matters related to taking charge of Youzhou in the future.

Seventy miles away, Daixian was already shrouded in thick night at this time, and a hurried army had just arrived at the city, and was now entering the city in an orderly manner.

Dai County Ling Ma Tai had received Liu Hui's secret letter a few days earlier, and was at the gate of the city to welcome Xu Rong's arrival.

"General Xu has traveled all the way, and please follow the subordinate officials into the city to rest."

"I don't know if the Ma County Order has prepared the grain and grass needed by our army?"

"There is Liu Changshi's handwritten letter, and the subordinate officials dare not slack off, and they have already raised enough food and grass for the army in front of the house today, just waiting for the general to come and receive it."

"Well, everything has a Rauma county order! When the enemy army is wiped out this time, I will ask the school captain's office for credit for you. ”

"The matter of asking for merit will not bother the general, although the lower official can't get on the horse to kill the enemy, but it is also cultivated by the son himself, if the county is lost, teach me what face to live in the world again."

Xu Rong was very satisfied with Ma Tai's attitude and went to the city with him to rest.

Thirty miles south of Dai County, Xia Houlan led a force to quietly ambush him, although the general direction of his march this time was Dai County, but he would not directly join forces with Xu Rong, but ambushed in the hilly area south of Dai County, and when Gongsun Zhan's army broke up in the future, cut off the road for Gongsun Zhan to escape to Feihukou from here.

Sixty miles northeast of Dai County, is a small town of Dang, this place belongs to the jurisdiction of Shanggu County, close to the city of Dai County, and is named after producing a kind of brown chicken with delicious meat.

Han Heng led his army to the city yesterday, he didn't have time to taste the delicious brown chicken, and immediately organized the soldiers to start strengthening the city defenses, and it seemed that there would be a big battle here soon.

The army led by Han Heng had a similar mission to Xiahoulan, except that one set up an ambush in the south of Dai County, and the other was defending the city in the north of Dai County.

In short, Xu Rong, Xiahou Lan and Han Heng had already set up a half-moon-shaped blocking circle in front of Gongsun Zhan's march, once Gongsun Zhan's retreat behind him was blocked, this time he would be in a catastrophe!

However, it was said that a big battle was about to break out near Dai County, and Liu He, who had just rushed back to Jicheng, only stayed in the city for one night, and led 8,000 cavalry and 7,000 infantry out of the city early the next morning.

Liu He brought back 5,000 cavalry, and there were still 3,000 cavalry left in Jicheng, and they were all taken away by Liu He this time. In addition to the 3,000 cavalry, Liu He also took 7,000 infantry from Jicheng, so that the number of troops left behind in Jicheng was sharply reduced from 20,000 to 10,000.

Liu He appointed Zhang He as the commander of the cavalry, led 8,000 cavalry to take the lead, and hurried to the direction of Daixian to cut off Gongsun Zhan's grain route, and at the same time blocked Gongsun Zhan's retreat from Zhuo County.

After a day's march, Liu He arrived in Guangyang, where he met the young general Sun Li and his "Propaganda Minister" Xu Miao.

After Xu Miao saw Liu He, he shouted excitedly, if it weren't for the coming of the big war, he would have to pull Liu He to drink 300 cups to satisfy his hunger.

Guangyang City has always been the gateway of Jicheng to Zhuo County, Liu Yu originally deployed Sun Li and Xu Miao here, and allocated 5,000 infantry to them to defend the city, the purpose was to prevent Gongsun Zan from suddenly going north from Zhuo County and directly attacking Jicheng, but it turned out to be a useless waste chess.

Liu He couldn't catch up with Sun Li and Xu Miao, and immediately asked them to lead their army south to attack Zhuo County, which was occupied by Gongsun Zhan's army.

Xu Miao had spent some time in Zhuoxian County before, and had set a record that no one else could break so far, that is, he only relied on empty white teeth to influence thousands of Gongsun Zan soldiers to switch to the camp, and later Tai Shici went south to Jizhou to rescue Han Fu.

Now that Liu He asked Xu Miao to assist Sun Li to recover Zhuo County, which was occupied by Gongsun Zhan's army, Xu Miao was very happy and felt that his life was about to usher in a new challenge.

After Liu He led the army to leave Guangyang, he did not rush to Dai County with Zhang He's cavalry, but went straight to Wuruan Pass, he wanted to solve Gongsun Zhan's dog leg Ji Yong as quickly as possible, liberate the trapped Zhang Zan from Wuruan Pass, and then catch up along the route of Gongsun Zan into Dai County, and completely destroy all the logistics supply points set up by Gongsun Zan along the road.

Two days later, Gongsun Chan led 20,000 infantry to the outside of Dai County.

Contrary to the expectations of Gongsun Chan and his generals, the defenders of Daixian County did not flee from the wind, but put on a posture of vowing to live and die with Daixian, and directly shot the messenger sent by Gongsun Chan to persuade him to surrender with random arrows, and shouted in unison that Gongsun Chan was a dog thief, and the eighteen generations of the ancestors of the Zhigongsun clan were "greeted" again, and they did not leave half a cent for themselves.

Gongsun Chan was furious, thinking that hundreds of defenders dared to ignore themselves like this, it was really rampant. He ordered the army to attack the city immediately, and after the city was broken, he must be killed, and he must wash away the humiliation he has suffered outside the city.

Daixian looked like there were only a few hundred defenders, but after the war began, a steady stream of soldiers suddenly poured into the city, they were the veterans of Xiliang under Xu Rong who had experienced brutal and bloody battles and the veterans of a hundred battles cultivated by the Youzhou Training Regiment.

Gongsun Zhan also brought his lineage elite this time, who had fought several times with the Yellow Turban refugees on both sides of the Yellow River, and also opened up territory for him in Qingzhou, but compared with the Xu Rong soldiers who defended the city, he still lacked a ruthless and confident spirit that was not afraid of death.

At the beginning, 5,000 Tongguan Xiliang troops were taken to Youzhou by Xu Rong, first before entering the territory of Youzhou, they were brainwashed and reformed by Xu Miao, and then went to Yuyang with Xu Rong to fight against the rebellious Wuhuan people, and later Liu Yu was transferred to the western front of Youzhou to fight with Yuan Shao's Yan Liangjun and Wen Chou's army.

In the past two years, although the 5,000 Xiliang soldiers have lost nearly 2,000 people, what remains is the same elite as the Youzhou infantry who were selected for the training regiment at the beginning. (To be continued......)