Languan County is not close to Tongguan, a full 200 miles, but Guan Yi has already asked the 20,000 soldiers of his headquarters to set off to Tongguan in advance, which is enough to arrive in one day.

This distance is nothing to him, and after agreeing with Zongpre, Guan Yi galloped to Tongguan with his personal guards.

The commander of this East Road is naturally Guan Yi, Zong Pre is the commander of the rear army, and Jiang Bin is in the three counties, among the generals, there are generals such as Wei Qiu, Ning Yi, Zhang Wei, Zong Fang, etc., as well as many captains and military generals who are outstanding because of their merits or bravery.

On the way, Guan Yi caught up with the army, and then did not stop, and went straight to Tongguan.

Tongguan, Guan Yi and the generals sat in front of the map, and Wei Qiu was marking on the map at this time: "Dashuai, time is pressing, just a simple repair, only repairing one side, can prevent the Wei army's light cavalry from slackening." ”

Hongnong County, which changed in Tongguan, is still the territory of the Wei people, and the materials of the army are also very urgent, although this time there are preparations, but they only carry seven days of reserves, and fortunately, they have attacked the materials of the Wei people living here, and now they have almost enough reserves for the army for fifteen to twenty days.

In this way, there is no need to consider resisting and delaying the enemy's movements, but directly blocking the attack at Tongguan, then it is necessary to consider building fortifications, but there is not much time, and the construction period can only be accelerated, and it must be completed within two days.

Tap where the big camp is: "If the Wei army leads all the troops to attack, the camp of our department must be strong, and when His Majesty personally leads the army to come, the enemy army will definitely collapse." ”

Tongguan is in a dangerous position, the width of the battlefield is limited, as long as you have strong fortifications, the situation is not too bad.

Now I am afraid that the Wei army will also attack from Hongnongfa's army, and it will be attacked from both sides, and this will be a rush for time.

At present, it can only be strictly guarded, especially the reserves are the most important, eat well, and have sufficient ordnance, then you can carry it, so we must beware that the Wei army may have arson scattered cavalry attacks to take reserves.

Hearing the report of the Tancai that most of the Wei army was approaching, Guan Yi personally led dozens of horsemen to the north bank of the Wei River to watch the Wei army's camp up close.

Coincidentally, at this time, Yanghu also went around Weishui to observe the surrounding terrain, and even the two sides were only separated by a water about two zhang wide at this time, and the depth of the small river that submerged the horse's knee looked at each other.

At this time, both sides were dressed as ordinary cavalrymen, one side was dressed in yellow clothes, and their faces were gray after being contaminated with dust; The other party is dressed in crimson clothes, and the dust covers his face, which is also gray.

Just looking at the mounts on both sides, they are all extraordinary, and the horses ridden by Yanghu and his party are all more than six and a half feet high at the shoulder, which are rare horses and are very conspicuous; And the horse under Guan Yi's seat is seven feet high at the shoulders and muscular, which makes Yanghu and his party feel hot in their hearts, looking back and forth at Guan Yi who is carrying a glaive knife.

Although Yanghu is not capable of muscles and bones, but his left and right military officials and personal soldiers are all red-eyed, not to mention anything else, the BMW in front of him alone is worth a thousand gold.

Especially now Liu Yuan, the commander of the Xiongnu of the Coalition Army, although he is only eighteen or nineteen years old, Shan Yong's strength is extraordinary, and he has been recognized by the Xiongnu tribes, and he is basically scheduled to be the next Xiongnu king.

Liu Yuan is a descendant of the Xiongnu leader Mao Dun Shan Yu in the Western Han Dynasty, when Liu Bang, the ancestor of the Han Dynasty, married a daughter of a clan as a princess to Mao Dun Shan Yu, and Mao Dun Shan Yu was about a brother, so the descendants of Mao Dun Shan Yu are surnamed Liu.

In the early years of the establishment of the martial arts of the Zhong Han Dynasty, the son of Wuzhu Liuruo Shan Yu called himself Nandan Yu by the king, and entered the Meiji of Xihe to settle down.

During the Zhongping period, Qiangqu Shan Yu sent his son Yu Fuluo to lead troops to aid the Eastern Han Dynasty and pacify the Yellow Turban Army. When he encountered Qiangqu Shan Yu was killed by the countrymen, Yu Fuluo left the soldiers led by him in the Eastern Han Dynasty and called himself Shan Yu.

Immediately after Dong Zhuo's rebellion, Yu Fuluo led troops to plunder Taiyuan and Hedong, and then stationed in Hanoi. After the death of Yu Fuluo, his younger brother Hu Chuquan succeeded to the throne and appointed Liu Bao, the son of Yu Fuluo, as the king of Zuoxian, Liu Bao was Liu Yuan's father, and later, Cao Cao divided the soldiers of Hu Chuquan into five divisions, and appointed Liu Bao as the left commander, and the rest of the commanders were also served by the surname Liu.

During the Taikang period, the old system was changed, and the Duwei was set up, and among the Xiongnu tribes, the left lived in Zishi in Taiyuan, the right lived in Qidi, the south lived in Puzi, the north lived in Xinxing, and the middle lived in Daling.

Although they live separately in the five departments, from a large scale, they all live in the Fenshui and Jianshui areas of Jinyang.

When Liu Yuan was young, he was very intelligent, when Liu Yuan was seven years old, his mother Huyan died, he was so sad that he beat his chest and cried, others were moved by his sadness, and the people of the clan and tribe appreciated his filial piety.

At that time, Cao Wei, Sikong, Wang Chang and others also praised Liu Yuan very much after hearing about it, and sent people to mourn.

Liu Yuan loves to learn since he was a child, worships the party Cui You as a teacher, and learns "Mao's Poems", "Jing's Yi" and "Ma's Shangshu", he especially loves the "Spring and Autumn Zuo's Biography" and "Sun Wu's Art of War" These two books, which can be read by general, and "Historical Records", "Han Shu" and the works of Zhuzi, there is no one who does not read.

Liu Yuan once said to his classmates Zhu Ji and Fan Long, who studied together: "Every time I read a book, I often can't help but despise Sui He and Lu Jia's lack of martial arts, and Zhou Bo and Guan Ying's lack of literary talent.

The Tao is carried forward by people, and if you don't understand one aspect of knowledge, you will be despised by a gentleman.

Sui He and Lu Jia met Han Gaozu and were unable to establish the feudal, and Zhou Bo and Guan Ying followed Emperor Wen of Han and could not create the great cause of education, but it was a pity! ”

So Liu Yuan began to learn martial arts knowledge and skills, exquisite and outstanding, he had long arms and was good at archery, and his physical strength exceeded that of ordinary people.

Posture, appearance burly, eight feet four inches tall, at that time, Cui Yizhi, a native of Tunliu, Gongshi Yu, etc., were good at showing people, and when they saw Liu Yuan, they were very surprised, and told each other: "This person's shape and appearance are not ordinary, I have never seen them." ”

As a result, they all had great respect for Liu Yuan, and established affection with each other according to their reputations, and Wang Hun of Taiyuan treated him as if he were a friend, and asked his son Wang Ji to visit him.

During the reign of Cao Wei Xianxi, Liu Yuan lived in Luoyang as a hostage and was treated favorably by Sima Zhao, a powerful minister of Cao Wei at that time.

Since Sima Zhao asked Sima Yan to take over as the king of Jin and prepare to attack the Han Dynasty, Wang Hun recommended him in front of Sima Yan many times, so Sima Yan summoned Liu Yuan and talked with him, and he appreciated him very much.

Sima Yan once said to Wang Ji: "Liu Yuan's appearance and appearance, even You Yu of the Spring and Autumn Period and Jin Riyan of the Han Dynasty cannot be higher than him." ”

Wang Ji continued: "Liu Yuan's appearance and appearance are really as you said, but his civil and military talents are far beyond You Yu and Jin Riyan. ”

Sima Yan happily praised, Liu Yuan begged his father for help, and envoys to various departments, recruited 50,000 troops, and helped Sima Yan in the battle of the Han Dynasty, and was praised by Sima Yan, who intended to annex the northern part of the state to Liu Yuan.

However, after that, Kong Sui and Yang Jue said: "According to the observation of the minister, I am afraid that no one can compare with Liu Yuan's talent now, and if the king does not reuse him, he will not be able to become a big climate."

If power is granted to him, and if he is given prestige, then I am afraid that he will have a different heart, and now we are worried about you, the king, if we want to give him a place of natural danger, I am afraid that it will not work. ”

Sima's family started in the east of the river and belonged to the land of the Three Jin Dynasty, which was a land of mountains and rivers on the surface, and now it has been invaded by the Xiongnu, Xianbei and Wuhuan people, but the Wei State was busy fighting with the Han and Wu countries, and could not take care of it for the time being.

Because of the persuasion of the ministers, Sima Yan decided to give Liu Yuan a chance to perform, if he made a great contribution in this battle of the Han Dynasty, then he would be rewarded with the northern counties of the state to cultivate and herd for generations. I read books

Liu Yuan also wanted to perform, and he could also abandon his horse to attack the city, in a vain attempt to win the first place, and because of this, their coalition army dismounted, otherwise with the 30,000 cavalry of General Da Luo and Xiao Luo, how could they lose a little and achieve immortal achievements.

Now, Liu Yuan has been trying to make up for this mistake and win Sima Yan's favor, and when he saw the horse ridden by the person led by this group, his eyes were hot.

Those tribes on the steppe often fight for a horse with tens of thousands of horsemen.

A divine steed, a fertile horse, is a cash cow for the tribe on the grassland, and it is a sign of the strength of the tribe.

Yanghu forcibly let these people hold back, and asked loudly at this time: "Is the person who came Xiaoguanhou?" ”

Guan Hou naturally refers to the Hanshou Pavilion Marquis of that year, Guan Yi has been supervising the three counties over the years, and he has also had a lot of confrontations with the Wei people, so he has the title of Little Guan Hou.

Guan Yi stroked the mane of his mount, and seemed to see the horse opposite, and his mount became arrogant, after all, it was an uncastrated stallion, and it was in this season of abundant water and grass.

Looking up at the person who asked the question, he saw that there were several riders behind this person, but Guan Yi didn't care about these people, his skills were improving day by day, and today's martial arts were put decades ago, when the stars were shining, it was enough to win a name, holding the glaive knife in his hand, Guan Yi couldn't help but smile: "It's Guan, who are you?" ”

"A certain Great Wei Zhongjun general Yanghu, who has heard the prestige of Guanhou for a long time, can't wait to see it, but today I can see it, and I want to make friends with the prince."

Yang Hu said and jumped off the horse, raised his hand and waved back, the people on the left and right hesitated slightly, and dismounted and retreated, leaving only Yang Hu standing by the river with a sword.

At this time, Guan Yi asked his subordinates to stay in place, crossed the river alone, jumped off the horse, and saw that Yanghu had a clear and strict bearing, his eyes were bright, although he looked thin, but his expression was resolute, at this time he could take this person's head with a knife, but after thinking about it, he gave up this idea.

Retracting his thoughts, Guan Yi smiled and said, "Although I don't see that the martial arts are very good, my courage is very human. ”

Saying that, Guan Yi took out a famous thorn from his waist and handed it out: "If the general wants to abandon the darkness and turn to the light, he can use this thing to find Guan." ”

If this person turned his horse to leave just now, Guan Yi would have to catch up with him and cut it down, and in the past few days, he has cut down a few more people.

Yanghu solemnly caught it, looked down at the regular script on it, and bowed his head slightly: "The prince and the marquis are all virtuous, and they can set an example for today." ”

Guan Yi just smiled, and listened to Yang Hu say: "Guan Hou's bravery, the world knows, Yang is not talented, and there is also a sword, please wait for you to taste one or two, I am willing to give the sword in my hand." ”

Seeing Yang Hu pull out his sword at this time, Guan Yi's expression was slightly cold, and he pressed it on the ring head knife on his waist, although it looked like an ordinary standard weapon, but it was a hundred refining divine soldiers, and Han Shaofu provided it for positions above the general.

"Please!"

Guan Yi put the glaive knife on the ground, and then pressed the head knife on his waist and said a word.

Yang Hu put the name thorn into the leather bag around his waist, and took two steps back, and slowly pulled out the sword: "This is the sword given by the King of Jin, the name is Yitian, it was the divine soldier used by Wei Wu back then, the sword is three feet seven inches long, and weighs three catties and seven taels." ”

Seeing this, Yanghu's riders also approached slightly, more than 20 steps apart, nervously concerned, and Guan Yi's guards also arrived on the bank of the river.

Guan Yi didn't say anything at this time, stepped forward and slashed backhand, and with a flash of sword light, he lifted the sword in his hand upside down and returned to the same place.

Yang Hu could barely see Guan Yi's sword swing clearly, and then with a sonorous sound, the Yitian Sword in his hand was split in two, and the blade fell into the mud and sand on one side.

He stared at the broken sword speechlessly, pursed his lips, and his face was not very good-looking.

After Guan Yi put away his sword, he said: "Since your Wei army has come here, then the ownership of Guanzhong has been decided, General Yang can turn around and tell your lord, this road is not passable, if you know the current affairs, I can let hundreds of people out of the customs, otherwise, you will turn into powder, don't say it is unpredictable!" ”

"You can send a letter to your lord, just say that my Han army's eastward expedition is unstoppable, it is inevitable, please don't hesitate, if you want to fight, send troops quickly, this Weishui confluence, he can camp on his own, I will not intrude."

Yang Hu put the broken sword into the sheath, his face was still gloomy, and he arched his hand: "What does the prince mean?" ”

"There is nothing else, it's just that the summer heat is scorching, and a long-term confrontation is not beneficial to each other, so if you decide the outcome of the battle early, you can reunite with your relatives and friends, and when the food is sufficient next year, I will order the soldiers and horses to go out to fight."

Guan Yi raised his head as he spoke, the sun was scorching, and he squinted: "The scorching summer heat kills people invisibly, and Your Majesty has an order: there will be no war in autumn and winter." ”

Seeing that Yanghu was silent, Guan Yi turned over his horse and led more than ten horsemen towards the south, where the outline of the Wei army's camp could already be seen.

The back road of the Wei army was cut off, and the armor, grain and grass were not replenished, not to mention ten days, that is, if the Tongguan could not be opened in three days, then they would all be lost here.

"Strategist?"

After Yanghu, Sima Yan, the real leader of their army and horses, came up, he reached out and picked up the broken blade two steps away, and frowned: "There is such a divine soldier? ”

The Heavenly Sword was originally a first-class divine weapon, and it was forged by a treasure outside the sky, but it was cut off by Guan Yi, which is really surprising!

Yanghu breathed a sigh of relief, and his voice was hoarse: "I thought that this person recognized us, especially the king." ”

It was already difficult, if Sima Yan was taken away by Guan Yi again, at this critical time, then everything would be over.

Personally inspecting the geographical situation is a matter that generals and colonels must experience, and this has a bearing not only on their own destiny but also on the lives of the officers and men of the whole army.

Therefore, Yanghu ordered Liu Yuan and other generals to be attendants, took Sima Yan to wear ordinary light riding leather armor, observed the reality of Tongguan, and heard the sound of soldiers and horses, so he made a little arrangement, and when he saw someone, he was shocked.

Liu Yuan stepped forward at this time and said: "This Guan Hou is really bold in using soldiers, the king, the military advisor, I thought that his subordinates were also with this human being, how arrogant and unprepared, easy to break. ”

"Not really."

Yanghu shook his head, but he had another opinion: "Although his people are arrogant, they are also eager to fight, and their fighting spirit is high. ”