"These thieves, but they run very ......quickly," Guan Yu looked at it, and looked back at the familiar Chiliu.

The ground shook, the rumbling sound of horses' hooves swept in, the cavalry came in, spreading to the depth, only to hear an officer raising a flag and shouting along the street: "On the order of the Empress Dowager and Liu Yuanjun to crusade against the Dong thief, the people retreated to their own homes, and those who disturbed the street were beheaded ......."

A part of the cavalry broke into the county office, and the county commander on duty dismissed the government as soon as possible, ordered his wife and daughter to close the backyard, untied the crown belt himself, and surrendered with a seal ribbon.

Guan Yu glanced at it, and saw that the county commander was short and inconspicuous, so he ordered: "Since you are a Chengcheng, and you are here, I will send someone to protect your safety." ”

As he spoke, he set aside twenty soldiers, half supervising and half protecting, and he himself did not enter the government, and rushed directly to the barracks.

The barracks were built of stone and wood, with fences and arrow towers, and gathered a full 2,000 soldiers, who stood in the barracks and resisted, and arrows poured out like rain.

Seeing this, Guan Yu didn't need to attack with light cavalry, he only ordered people to block and surround it, and said: "The army of this county is too elite, it's a bit weird, let's go back and take a look."

"Also, you lead a team to clear out the rebellious soldiers who have jumped into the people's houses" casually ordered an officer, Guan Yu said, he turned back again, and personally went to the grain depot and arsenal of the Yahou to inspect - Gongxian County is a transit station between Luoyang and Hugao Pass, there is a lot of grain and grass, and there should be some military resources.

Guan Yu went back, and when he saw that the county order was still waiting at the foot of the steps, he nodded slightly, his tone became softer, and he paced and ordered: "You take me to the county arsenal."

"Yes" This county order did not dare to disobey, and immediately led the way in front.

The soldiers with swords strode to the left and right, solemnly obeyed the order, marched in unison, and arrived at the arsenal.

The moment the warehouse was opened, everyone's breath stagnated for a moment, and what caught their eyes was a massive number of crossbows, boxes and boxes of crossbow arrows

"This is the library book. "The county order of Gong County came up.

There were 31,340 crossbows and 600,957 crossbows...... The total number on the bamboo skewers is unbelievably detailed, but this is the information on the number of crossbows in the catalog of weapons in the arsenal, and the armor grain and grass are also in the records, and the number is in the thousands.

"Why are there so many?" Guan Yu knew that there were crossbow workshops at the county level in all counties, but most of them were sent to the imperial court every year, and they were concentrated in Luoyang, and there should not be so many local arsenals except for the first line - after all, ordnance is not consumed as fast as grain and grass, and it is a waste not to keep it on the front line.

This county is short, and his voice is very angry, and then he responded: "Dong Thief ordered to establish a second defense line in this city, and after preparing to retreat at Tiger Prison Pass, he continued to stop it in this city, so that in addition to grain and grass, all military resources should be prepared, and even the crossbow is nearly half a rhubarb and ten stones, which is the mandate of heaven to grant Liu Zhijun."

Guan Yu secretly scolded this civil official for slipping his head...... Isn't it that the lord attacked after capturing the Yuan Ying Water Division, will he catch up with this trip?

The mysterious intelligence line of the lord has confirmed from Luoyang that the Luoyang arsenal contains 537,707 crossbows, and 11,458,427 crossbow arrows (the unearthed Yin Wan Han Jian's arsenal in the Western Han Dynasty, embezzlement data), a dazzling number, according to the lord This is the deep strength of an empire, even if it is divided by several princes, it is a huge inheritance, and if it can be monopolized, it is a real inheritance.

"When fighting against the Dong army, this is a great trouble, it would be nice if you could get rid of it......" The commander of the advance army stroked his hair and thought for a while, and immediately ordered the generals: "The armor and ordnance are blocked, choose ten of the big yellow crossbows, and follow me to the thief camp with all the crossbow arrows."

The county magistrate of Gongxian County immediately understood the meaning, lowered his voice and said: "General Guan, the minister can go to persuade him to surrender, or he can succeed."

Guan Yu remembered the evil things he had heard about on the road, and his eyes were cold: "Don't accept surrender." ”

"Uh...... There have been a lot of evil things in these recently, and some Qiang soldiers even ...... "Gongxian County Commander has no embarrassment of being dismissed, and he has a mustache." The tone is a change: "There is still a new arrival from last night in the arsenal, ready to be sent to the Tiger Prison Pass today's 'rhubarb twenty stones, twenty frames,' rhubarb thirty stones, seven frames,' 'rhubarb forty stones, three, has not yet been registered, do the generals want to use it?"

"Use" Guan Yu nodded, this is a single-bow bed crossbow orally designated by the lord, with a strong wood as a crossbow arm, a spear as a feather arrow, and a crossbow of forty stones in the verification record costs 2,400 catties

Guan Yu's heart gradually became comfortable at this time, and seeing that he was happy, he glanced at the county order again: "You have a meritorious crossbow, and the main guild knows about this matter." ”

"Ah...... This is the duty of the lower officials. Gongxian County Ling Huanxi said, in fact, whether to reward or not, is still secondary, at least it means that he will not liquidate himself, and put a heart into his stomach.

Besides, in these years, it is not easy to surrender, and it depends on the fact that Gongxian County is located in the middle of Luoyang and Tiger Prison.

Sending Guan Yu out of the city, seeing the figure far away, the county order finally wiped his sweat, straightened his waist and shouted: "Someone is coming"

His official hat is still there, and he wants to restore the style of this "county respect".

Guan Yu rode and rushed to the barracks, and at the same time said to the general: "It is unknown when the Tiger Prison Pass will be broken, we are now alone in the depths, it is not difficult to seize standard ordnance materials with war, but it is difficult to replenish military strength...... Before the arrival of the lord's army, it is better to spend military money than to fill it with human lives. ”

"What the general said is very true" This sentence was very much in the minds of the generals below, and someone immediately responded to it.

Halfway through, a scout suddenly reported: "General, we went to the south to expand reconnaissance, and found that one of the enemy's beacons had been lit."

Guan Yu was startled, and he didn't care about attacking the remnants of the camp, and immediately climbed the city wall not far away to look, and saw that on the top of the distant mountain, a red black flame smoke rose into the sky, and the aura of killing was blowing in his face......

Most of the beacon towers are built on high mountains, and the flat land will also be dozens of feet high, which can be seen here, and the beacon tower responsible for relay ignition and alarm signals in the direction of Luoyang has long been seen clearly, and even can see the farther beacon fire that cannot be seen on their side......

Generally speaking, when you see a beacon fire, military law stipulates that within a moment, you must light your own beacon fire and pass it on one by one.

At this rate, it only takes an hour for this news to be delivered to Luoyang

"The action of the rapid attack is too big, is it still alarmed?" The generals looked at the smoke billowing and spreading one by one in the west, all with slight regret.

This trip to Luoyang is only seventy miles of flat land, which means that Dong Zhuo's 170,000 troops in Luoyang will soon come to retaliate......

I am not afraid of the tragic battle, I am afraid that I will not be able to complete the task of intercepting 100,000 remnants of the enemy in the tiger prison, so that Dong Zhuo will take it back, if he insists on defending it and relying on the massive military resources of the country's large arsenal, it will be very difficult to capture Luoyang, and he will have to suffer countless casualties.

Guan Yu asked people to carry the prefabricated sand table, and listened to the report, the specific location is a mountain ten miles to the south, a little far away from Guancheng, and it is blocked by a small mountain......

Guan Yu raised his eyebrows slightly, he was born in a state, and he was very interested in and understood the secrets of Beacon Fire.

The materials lit by each beacon tower are unified by the torch made of weeds and reed rods, a torch is a 'long endive, hundreds of thousands of long endive stacked twenty-four layers become three thousand catties of 'big salary, so the signal is divided into several kinds, see the ranger must 'lift a fire, such as the division to capture the city must burn the salary, if there is a large-scale invasion will burn three salaries,.

The three big accumulations were lit together, and there is now this smoke that has not dispersed into the sky...... Wrong

He immediately ordered the scouts: "Hurry to the main team, and ask the Taoist commander in charge of the interrogation with the army to report the contact situation at the Tiger Prison Pass."

"General, look to the east...", the sentry shouted in surprise: "The beacon fire coming from the direction of the Beacon Tiger Pass"

Everyone was shocked and looked back, and there was a striking beacon smoke, which was previously blocked by the mountains and the people on the plain could not be seen, and at this time it seemed that they had finally broken through the limit and risen to heaven.

Under the blue sky, the mountains passed, and one after another red black beacon smoke rose into the sky, and the clouds did not disperse

Like a long dragon rising in the mountains, it travels from the distant sky in the east to the bustling city in the west, and the aura of slaughter spreads infinitely between heaven and earth......

......At this time, a person rushed over, but it was a military magician, and he was ten steps away, so he shouted the good news: "The Tiger Prison Pass has been broken"

"The lord built a dam to divert water to irrigate the chasm, and the cavalry rushed from the pontoon bridge on the water, personally beheaded the thief and handsome Hu Zhen, and broke 100,000 Xiliang troops, and now they are chasing the remnants of the army."

Hearing the news, Guan Yu stared at the smoke in the distance with his face up, and didn't say a word.

The general thought that he was still thinking about this true and untrue thing, so he said: "Look at this situation, the news should be correct, if the city is broken, it must be so much smoke......"

Guan Yu listened, waved it, and said: "I don't doubt this news, I am emotional-back then, the lord was poor, selling shoes for a living, fortunately the ancestors were blessed, and the destiny of heaven was added, from the white body to the county order, from the county order to the Taishou, and from the Taishou to the envoy." ”

"A few days ago, the Cao army broke 100,000, and now it breaks 100,000 in Xiliang, who in the world can stop it - I see that the great cause will be accomplished."

As he spoke, he was overwhelmed with emotion, and when the surrounding generals heard it, some people secretly thought: "Selling shoes, now only you, the righteous brother of the Lord, dare to say it, and we don't dare to mention it." ”

But their faces were full of joy and morale were high, and they all said: "What the general said is true"

"The lord has broken the tiger prison, and half of the Dong thief's elite are here, so he has been greatly injured, and he can no longer stop the lord's general trend. ”

"Once Luoyang is obtained, even if the lord cannot be called the emperor, he can be called the king and inherit the Han dynasty. ”

"The general assists the Han family, and he will be able to list the land as a marquis. ”

When Guan Yu heard this, he first frowned, and then stretched his eyebrows: "Don't say these words first...... You will send someone to spread the news quickly throughout the county, so as to reassure the people."

"Yes" around the generals, all of them promised.