Hao Zhao's setback in the first battle under Jiguan does not seem to be too serious. The battle had just begun, and the Hanoi soldiers guarding the pass were able to thwart the small offensive of Yuan's army.

Wen Chou trusted Hao Zhao, and did not say a word to scold, not even mention it, but only encouraged Hao Zhao to find a way to conquer Jiguan as soon as possible.

Hao Zhao tried to attack on the first day to no avail, temporarily stopped attacking Keiguan, he carefully observed and analyzed the terrain of Keiguan, and was a little disappointed to find that the location of Keiguan, whether it was fire attack or flooding, could not be realized, as for digging the earth and digging tunnels, it was also not feasible, because Keiguan was located in the middle of the mountainside, and the foundation was solid mountain rock, which could not be dug at all.

What makes Hao Zhao feel the most difficult is that Jiguan is not alone, behind it is Hanoi County, and the transportation is much stronger than Yiguan, as long as Jiguan is not lost, Hanoi can continue to send grain, grass and soldiers to Jiguan. This is like an ordinary person standing behind a solid iron door, and outside the iron door are hundreds of strong men, although the strong men are all strong in martial arts, but there is no way to smash the iron door, as long as the ordinary person hiding behind the door does not lift the bolt from the inside, the people outside will never be able to enter the door.

Hao Zhao wanted to take the Kei Pass at a relatively small cost, but he couldn't find a suitable way, he imagined himself as the guard of the Kei Pass, and then considered how to do it to defend the Kei Pass, but the result was very simple, that is, to strictly defend it, no matter how to toss outside, just command the soldiers in the pass to counterattack with the help of the cover of the wall.

After some careful consideration, Hao Zhao came to see Wen Chou and suggested: "General, my subordinates think that Jiguan is strong and not easy to attack, so they can only outwit it. ”

Wen Chou asked Hao Zhao: "How to outwit?" ”

Hao Zhao replied: "One is to divide the world, the second is to divert the tiger from the mountain, and the third is to lead the water to the east." ”

"How?"

"The attack on Mimonoseki can be suspended. Some soldiers were sent to shout outside the pass day and night, telling the soldiers in the pass that the east and north of Hanoi had been lost, and now there were only a few counties left, and it would not be long before Zhang Yang would surrender. In addition, it is necessary to tell the soldiers in the pass that the Luoyang side has long given up on them, so they have not sent troops to reinforce Hanoi until now, and their holding on to the Kei Pass is just being used in vain, which is meaningless to the whole situation. ”

"Well, this can shake the morale of the soldiers guarding the gates. can also separate their relationship with Zhang Yang, you can give it a try. What should I do to turn the tiger away from the mountain? ”

"Based on the observations of his subordinates in the past few days, although Dian Wei, the general of the Kei Gate, is not famous, he is not easy to deal with. The general's martial arts are the best in Hebei, and he can fight outside the pass, and he will fight the general of the Guan, if he can capture this person alive in front of the battle, then the Jiguan can be easily lowered. ”

Wen Chou's martial arts are indeed strong, even stronger than his brother Yan Liang. Before the appearance of Zhao Yun, a fierce man in Changshan, Jizhou, he was really invincible in Hebei, and Hao Zhao suggested that Wen Chou personally go into battle and provoke the guard Dian Wei out to fight alone. It's a good idea.

"The matter of the fighting general, Bodao can arrange it according to the situation, and the general also wants to move his muscles. What's going on with the misfortune you are talking about? ”

"General, what your subordinates say next may be a bit unpleasant. If you make the general angry, ask the general for forgiveness. ”

"Bo Dao doesn't have to be so careful, Wen can have today's status. It is inseparable from Bo Dao's support, no matter what you say, I will not offend you for what you say. ”

"Do you remember the frustration of the general after being transferred from Takayanagi to Jinyang?"

"That was when I was most disappointed, ridiculed, despised and ostracized, and I will never forget it in my life."

"Do you remember how the general made a comeback?"

"We went to Hexi, where we fought with the Qiang people in Hexi, and gradually grew our ranks, and after Kebi was defeated by Liu He, we took advantage of the situation to recover Wuyuan, so our position was restored." Wen Chou recalled the past and seemed to remember it vividly.

"General, to put it mildly, the reason why we were able to successfully recover the Five Plains when Fengji was defeated was not because of the meritorious service in battle, but because Youzhou deliberately lost this credit to us. In my observation, whether it is a general or a General Yan, it seems that they have never had the upper hand in fighting with Youzhou over the years? ”

Hao Zhao's words are indeed a bit excessive, which is equivalent to slapping Wen Chou in the face in the red fruit land, if it weren't for his close relationship with Wen Chou, he was afraid that Wen Chou would pull out a knife and cut people on the spot.

Wen Chou smiled bitterly, did not get angry, nodded slowly and said: "As Bo Dao said, since the battle against Youzhou, a certain has never won a victory, but he has been captured twice. To be honest, I don't want to play against Youzhou again in my life, because I don't have any confidence at all. ”

"The general's mood, his subordinates understand it very well, and when they meet difficult opponents like Zhao Yun and Zhang He in Youzhou, no one dares to speak lightly. It's just that the situation in the world is not controlled by you and me, the general of the Che Cavalry intends to cross Hebei, but Liu Shiren of Youzhou is also a tiger and wolf, and the two parties can never be reconciled, so it may be difficult for the general to think about the old opponent. Although Hanoi Zhang Yang is weak, because Hanoi is the barrier of Luoyang, Liu Shiren will definitely not sit back and watch Hanoi be occupied by the general of the chariot cavalry, so even if the general can successfully capture the Kei Pass and enter Hanoi, there must be more dangerous battles waiting ahead, in case the general is rude again......"

Hao Zhao said this and listened.

Obedient to listen to the sound, Wen Chou probably thought of what Hao Zhao was going to say next. "Bo Dao doesn't have to scruples, continue to speak."

"The subordinates thought that if they went through the separation and the tiger were two steps away from the mountain, it would still be difficult to get down the Kei Pass, and the general might as well retreat to Hedong and throw this hard bone to Lu Yi. Although this will damage the general's reputation, at least the general's troops and horses are still there, and there is no need to match the reinforcements in the direction of Luoyang. ”

Hao Zhao's words are already very clear, that is, Jiguan is a hard bone, and Hanoi is a place of right and wrong, whether you can win Jiguan this time, you must find a way to withdraw from it as soon as possible, so as not to suffer another heavy blow.

Wen Chou was silent, and after thinking for a long time, he said slowly: "In any case, we have to fight first, and then we will talk about it, and Bodao will arrange it first." ”

Hao Zhao knew that Wen Chou was still hesitating in his heart, so he didn't say more, left Wen Chou's military tent, and continued to deploy to attack Keiguan.

In the next few days, several groups of Yuan soldiers shouted at the defenders outside the pass every day, and the content of their shouts was extremely inflammatory, and after a while, they said that Zhang Yang was no longer good and was about to flee to Luoyang; After a while, it was said that the troops of the Yuan army's North Road and the East Road had taken Huai County, the place of Hanoi Zhi, and it would not be long before they would kill Huai Liang from Huai County, turning the defenders of Keiguan into turtles in the urn; After a while, he said that the defenders of Keiguan were all turtles with shrunken heads, and they would only hide in the pass and release cold arrows, and they would not dare to go out of the pass to fight in a dignified manner......

Facing the discord under the pass, Dian Wei was annoyed in his heart, he knew that this was Yuan Jun's morale in the discord of his own army, but he couldn't think of a good way to deal with it. If this situation continues, the next time Yuan's army launches an attack, I am afraid that it will be the day when the pass will fall.

Just when Dian Wei had a headache, a reinforcement army suddenly rushed over from Yi County.

The troops who came to reinforce were under the command of Deng Hai of the Shenxi Army, and were originally guarding Hangu Pass, but this time they came to Hanoi with Zhao Yun. Since the supporting troops have arrived, it means that Zhao Yun has arrived in Hanoi.

After Dian Wei learned that it was the Shenxi army that came to reinforce him, his confidence immediately increased, and he asked the Hanoi soldiers in the pass to temporarily retreat to their original hometown twenty miles east of the pass to rest, and then deployed all the reinforcements of the 2,000 Shenxi army soldiers on the Kei pass.

The change of guard inside the pass has been quietly completed, but Hao Zhao outside the pass can not grasp the situation, he continued to send his soldiers to shout under the pass, but he was a little helpless to find that the soldiers on the pass actually followed and scolded, and there was no sign of wavering.

Yuan Jun shouted that Zhang Yang had left Hanoi and fled to Luoyang, and the defenders on the gate shouted to let go of your mother's bullshit, Zhang Yang is in Huai County, there is no such thing at all; Yuan Jun shouted that Luoyang would not send troops to help, and the defenders on the pass laughed and said that we are here to reinforce Hanoi; Yuan Jun shouted that the army on the East Road and the North Road was about to fight, and the soldiers on the pass shouted that the Zhenwei Army of Jizhou was about to capture Yecheng......

In short, the original one-sided scolding battle turned into the upper hand of the guarding side, and Hao Zhao saw that his military morale was shaken, and hurriedly stopped this meaningless action.

Another day later, Hao Zhao personally came to the pass to shout, to talk to Dian Wei, who was guarding the pass.

"A certain Jinyang Hao Bodao, I don't know if the leader of the Guan Shangdian can dare to go out of the Guandou General!"

Dian Wei nestled in Keiguan for several months, and was trying to move his muscles and bones, so he replied: "Look at you as white and pure as a scholar, not an opponent at all, if you want to fight, you can choose someone who can fight, so as not to be unhelpful!" ”

As soon as Dian Wei's words fell, the defenders immediately laughed loudly, and shouted together: "Don't be noisy with the little white face in the city, hurry up and choose someone who can fight!" ”

Hao Zhao was not angry, and really retreated, and soon after, a neatly dressed Wen Chou appeared.

"Well, Hejian Wenchou is here, and someone will come to meet him!" Wen Chou shouted loudly, like a thunderbolt in mid-air, and clearly fell into the ears of the soldiers who closed it.

"Good guy, it's Hejian Wenchou!"

"Oh, Hao Zhao is really insidious, he deliberately lured the lieutenant to agree to the fight, but now he has brought out the killer of Wen Chou."

"I heard that this Wen Chou and Yan Liang are called the two heroes of the river, and their martial arts are very superb, I am afraid that Captain Dian will not dare to go out of the customs to meet the battle this time."

"Ah, if Captain Diandu doesn't go out to fight, wouldn't it be tantamount to breaking his promise?"

The soldiers talked about it for a while, and they were all a little unoptimistic about Dian Wei.

Dian Wei was originally a little lazy, but when he saw that it was actually Wen Chou, a general under Yuan Shao, who was in battle, he suddenly lifted his spirits, and immediately shouted to his own soldiers: "Quickly take the armor and weapons of a certain person, and wait for me to go out and split this guy!" ”

The next moment, the neatly dressed Dian Wei was like a whirlwind, roaring down from the Kei Pass, and rushed straight to Wen Chou outside the pass. (To be continued......)