The Jagged Cavalry of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 278 Chapter 277
Cao Cao led an army of [-], and the news of entering Hanoi had already reached the ears of Tiger Wing General Xu Huang. At this moment, Xu Huang was leading the second army and had just arrived in Xingyang.

After getting this news, Xu Huang made a prompt decision and immediately made a decision. He asked Han Ji, the prefect of Xingyang, to lead the county militia to guard Xingyang. The troops of the regiment were stationed on Guangwu Mountain in the northwest of Aocang. He led a total of 5000 people including Liu Pi and He Man to Hulao Pass in Sishui Town, Chenggao County, where they formed horns with Guangwu Mountain.

Guangwu Mountain rises steeply from the river, stretching continuously from north to south. The peaks and ridges are sharp and steep, tens of feet steep, and the morning glow and evening smoke are all abnormal.

In the north, the rolling Yellow River passes close to the foot of the mountain; in the southwest, there are thousands of mountains and towering peaks.

Here, not only are the valleys deep and steep, and the cliffs are uneven, but also the danger of Chenggao Hulao Pass in the west, the millet of Ao Cang in the east, and the important town of Xingyang in the south.

There is a huge gully on Guangwu Mountain, which was called "Guangwu Jian" in history. This is the ancient battlefield where Chu and Han fought.

And Hulaoguan is connected to Songyue Mountain in the south and the Yellow River in the north. The mountains and ridges are criss-crossed.In peacetime, there is no need to stay here to guard, but in wartime, this is a place that must be contested.

Therefore, when Xu Huang received the news that Cao Cao occupied Hanoi, he immediately changed his original strategy. The top priority is not how to rescue Hanoi, but how to do a good job of defense, seize the dangerous pass and terrain, and completely block it Live in Ao Cang, be optimistic about the grain in Ao Cang, this is the most important thing.

After Xu Huang finished all this, he felt relieved a little. Not long after, he encountered a group of soldiers guarding the river from Pinggao. Only then did he learn that Xiahouyuan had occupied Pinggao, but because of the guard Before leaving, the soldiers of the river set fire to all the boats parked at the ferry, blocking Xia Houyuan's progress, and only then allowed Xu Huang to make defensive arrangements in the fastest time.

Xu Huang put those soldiers into the pass and asked them to take shelter in Xingyang.And he left Liu Pi to defend Hulao Pass, and he took He Man and a regiment of troops to the bank of the Yellow River, wanting to see where an ambush was suitable, and then sniped Xia Houyuan, giving the opponent a blow first.

At the same time, Xu Huang also wrote a letter, sending someone to notify Zhang Yan who was far away in Pengcheng, informing him that Cao Cao had led an army of [-] to go south and had occupied Hanoi.

Xu Huang led his army to rush to the bank of the Yellow River. On the way, he met some people who had fled from Henan City. He learned that Cao Hong had occupied Henan City and that Henan Yin and Zhang Hong's soldiers had retreated to Hangu Pass.

After hearing the news, Xu Huang immediately ordered the army to stop advancing. He thought about it quietly for a long time, and finally decided that he should return to Hulao Pass by a detour.

Xu Huang led his army back to Hulao Pass, worried that when he went to attack Xia Houyuan as he came ashore, Cao Hong would lead his army to attack him from behind.

Therefore, Xu Huang still adopted a conservative approach, retreated to Hulao Pass, and insisted not to fight. After all, Ao Cang is the most important thing.

At this moment, Xia Houyuan, who is located at the Yellow River Ferry in Pinggao County, after two days of hard work, finally succeeded in building five hundred huge wooden rafts. Next, let them drive the wooden raft to transport the army across the river.

At this time, Cao Cao had already arrived here with an army of [-]. After learning that Xia Houyuan failed to cross the river as scheduled, he did not blame him. The situation on the battlefield is changing rapidly. When he made the battle plan, he also took this into consideration. , I didn't expect to be guessed by him.

But no matter what, Hanoi has been occupied by him, and Cao Hong has also entered Henan City, which is at least a good start.

Cao Cao asked the army to station here and rest temporarily. After crossing the river, there will be a series of battles waiting for him ahead. It is better than anything else to keep the soldiers strong.Moreover, Cao Cao did not urge Xia Houyuan, and gave him room to play freely in everything.

Xia Houyuan also considered that the other side already knew the news of Cao's invasion, and was worried that the other side would be defensive, so he carefully selected [-] archers who were good at archery as the first batch of troops to cross the river, and the remaining [-] soldiers continued to cross the river. Stay on the North Shore and wait for the good news.

At dawn, there was heavy fog on the Yellow River. Logically speaking, one should not travel in such bad weather, because there are too many uncertain factors.

But Xia Houyuan saw an opportunity, gave up yesterday's thoughts, and ordered the whole army to cross the river, and drove towards the south bank of the Yellow River under the cover of thick fog.

At about noon, five hundred wooden rafts full of soldiers slowly sailed to the south bank of the Yellow River. At this time, the fog on the river had gradually dissipated, and at least they could see far away.

But the scene on the south bank of the Yellow River was beyond Xia Houyuan's expectations. His army successfully landed here without encountering any resistance, and everything was calm.

But the more this is the case, the less Xia Houyuan will let down his vigilance. Often places that seem to be safe are lurking with great danger.

As soon as Cao Jun landed, Xia Houyuan immediately sent [-] scouts to investigate nearby to see if there was any ambush.

After a stick of incense, the scout team came back and found nothing suspicious, not even human footprints, everything was covered in snow, there was no sign of life around, there were few people here, not even birds and beasts None were found.

At this time, Xia Houyuan was really relieved, and reorganized the team on the shore, leaving 1000 people to take charge of the ferry, and the rest followed him, and hurried to Aocang.

At the same time, Xia Houyuan once again sent scout troops to the front to inquire about news.

Half an hour later, the scout troop came back again and reported the news to Xia Houyuan. The road leading to Aocang had been completely sealed off by Zhang Yan's Tiger Wing General Xu Huang, and Xu Huang himself led [-] soldiers. The soldiers were stationed at Hulao Pass, which was easy to defend but difficult to attack.

In addition, Yang Lie, Xu Huang's subordinate, also occupied Guangwu Mountain and completely sealed off the only road in the mountain, forming a corner with Hulao Pass.

After Xia Houyuan heard the news, he ordered the army to stop. He was very familiar with the terrain in this area. He had also traveled through this dangerous road in order to attack Dong Zhuo.He knew that if he wanted to enter Aocang, he had to go through Hulao first, then Guangwu Mountain, and then arrive. This was the fastest and only way.

Because Ao Cang is located in Taohua Valley of Guangwu Mountain, and other places are steep mountain roads, horses are definitely not allowed to walk, even if people climb rocks, it is very dangerous.

In this way, if Xia Houyuan wanted to enter Aocang, he would have to go through Hulao Pass.But Hulao Pass is a dangerous pass, easy to defend and difficult to attack. If you want to pass it, you must defeat Xu Huang.

Xia Houyuan stopped and thought for a long time, and felt that he should report this matter to Cao Cao, and Cao Cao would make a decision on whether he wanted to attack Hulao Pass by force.

So Xia Houyuan sent a scout to the north bank of the Yellow River to report the matter, while his army stayed where it was, waiting for news.

After Cao Cao received Xiahouyuan's report, he immediately gave instructions to let Xiahouyuan go to Hulao first, but not to launch an attack. He will make plans after he arrives with the army.

Xia Houyuan received Cao Cao's order and rushed forward. In the evening of the same day, the soldiers came to Hulao to pass, and then began to set up camp, but did not attack.

On the tower of Hulao Pass, Xu Huang saw that Cao Jun was setting up camp and had no intention of attacking. He was not in a hurry to leave the pass. Anyway, he was hiding inside the pass.

Therefore, Xu Huang ordered the defensive soldiers to work in three shifts to closely monitor the movements of Cao's army outside the city, and asked people to move stones from the mountains behind the pass and pile them all on the towers, just in case.

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Hedong, Anyi.

When the news came that Cao Cao led an army of [-] and swept Hanoi, Tai Shici immediately summoned all the troops and rushed to Hanoi, but was blocked at Ji Pass. Cao Xiu led his army to occupy the pass, and Tai Shici was unable to cross it.

Therefore, Tai Shici changed his route by water, retreated from Dongyuan County, and came to Huqiu Pavilion on the bank of the Yellow River. Although the Yellow River flows from here, there is no ferry here, let alone a boat, and Tai Shici cannot cross it.

Tai Shici was unwilling to move to another place, so he ordered to dig a ferry, build a ship, and invite the local people to work together.Prepare to take a boat down the river to rescue Hanoi.

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Jizhou, Yecheng.

Gao Rou returned to Yecheng with hundreds of remnants, and Gao Rou herself was received by Yuan Shao, and told Yuan Shao the news that Gao Gan was killed, Guo Yuan, Zhang Sheng and others were at odds with each other, and Yuan Shao was furious. Beard stares.

Gao Gan is Yuan Shao's nephew, and he is versatile in both civil and military affairs. One can imagine how he feels when he loses this nephew he likes very much.

After Gaorou's report here, the scouts over there came in to report that Guo Yuan, Zhang Sheng and others had been wiped out, and 6000 people including Wei Gu and Zhang Yan had surrendered.

Immediately afterwards, another scout ran in. This scout reported to Yuan Shao that Cao Cao had led an army of [-] and occupied Hanoi.

When Yuan Shao heard the good news, he immediately became happy. He was ready to launch a full-scale war and set the main battlefield in Puyang.Since he destroyed Gongsun Zan, after five years of development, his army strength has reached 40. He has been plotting to launch a war. Just after the Spring Festival this year, Yuan Shao issued orders to all ministries to launch a general attack on Zhang Yan .

However, Yuan Shao's troops marched in three routes. The West Route Army was led by Gao Gan, and Cao Cao led an army of [-] to join the army. He went south from Bingzhou to attack Zhang Yan's land in Henan.The East Route Army was led by the eldest son Yuan Tan, with Xu You, Guo Tu, and Pang Ji as staff officers, leading an army of [-], crossing the Yellow River from the plain to the south, and mainly attacking Qingzhou.

The Central Route Army was led by him himself, Tian Feng and Jushou joined the army, Yan Liang and Wen Chou were the vanguards, and a large army of 15 crossed the Yellow River south to attack Yanzhou.

In addition, Yuan Shao even sent people to contact Ma Teng and Han Sui who were far away in Liangzhou, asking them to launch an attack together, and secretly reached an agreement with Zhang Yan of the Black Mountain Army. After destroying Zhang Yan, Zhang Yan was granted the title of General Hussars and Marquis of Wanhu.

"Send Chen Lin quickly!" Yuan Shao was so excited when he heard the news that Cao Cao had entered Henan, he immediately shouted loudly.

After a while, the master secretary Chen Lin came in from the outside, and as soon as she entered the hall, she bowed, "What's your order, my lord?"

After all, Yuan Shao was still worried that his teacher would be unknown, so he prepared to issue a corrective edict early in the morning, telling the world that he was attacking according to the order.

"You quickly write me a call to action against Zhang Yan, and then copy tens of thousands of copies, and send people to all parts of the Central Plains."

Yuan Shao is the father-in-law of today's son, this relationship cannot be changed, and he doesn't care whether people in the world will believe this coquettish edict.This call for crusade is just a formality, without the call to action, there is nothing in fact, but if there is no call to action, I always feel that something is missing, it seems that the name is not correct, and the words are not right.

Regardless of whether the call to action is true or not, after it is published, at least it can block the mouths of people all over the world.

Winners and losers, when the world becomes the Yuan family's, even if it is fake, it will become real.

"Here!" Chen Lin responded, turned around and left.

Yuan Shao immediately called for the herald and said loudly, "Order all the troops to march into the Central Plains!"

(End of this chapter)