The Jagged Cavalry of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 202 Chapter 201
Tai Shici led the troops to garrison Hangu Pass for more than two months. At the beginning, Li Jue, Guo Si, and Zhang Ji tried to attack several times, but Tai Shici repelled them all.

Li Jue, Guo Si, and Zhang Ji saw that the general situation was over, so they led their troops back to Guanzhong.

When they arrived at Hongnong, Li Jue and Guo Si suddenly had evil intentions, thinking that it was Zhang Ji's fault that the emperor could return to the east, so they conspired to kill Zhang Ji, and led the crowd to attack Zhang Ji's troops.

After Zhang Ji's death, the army suddenly fell into a leaderless situation. Zhang Ji's nephew Zhang Xiu took over Zhang Ji's army and fought against Li Jue and Guo Si.But Li Jue and Guo Si were powerful, and Zhang Xiu was unable to defeat him. In desperation, he had to lead his people to flee to Nanyang.

Li Jue and Guo Si annexed Zhang Ji's soldiers and horses. The two reunited and led the army to continue westward, passing through Huayin and entering Guanzhong. They took Chang'an as the boundary, returned to Guo Si from the west, and returned to Li Jue from the east.

Guo Si first settled in Huaili, then moved his troops to Mei County, assigned his subordinates to copy everywhere, and hoarded all the property in Meicheng.

But Li Jue still stayed in Chang'an City, and also sent his subordinates to burn, kill and loot in various counties.

For a time, in order to avoid the persecution of Li Jue and Guo Si, the people in Guanzhong fled one after another and migrated to Yizhou and Jingzhou respectively. Some of the people were forcibly moved from Luoyang by Dong Zhuo back then. The journey home.

Today, outside Hangu Pass, people who fled from the Guanzhong area often come. Tai Shici asked soldiers to check them one by one, and then put them into the pass, and sent someone to convey to Zhang Hong, hoping that Zhang Hong could properly arrange these people.

At the same time, Tai Shici received an order from the scouts, and Zhang Yan ordered him to lead his army north to Shangdang to rescue Zhang Yang.

As soon as the order arrived here, an army came from the east gate of Guancheng, and the leader was Wei Xu.Wei Xu was ordered to lead the army to replace Taishi Ci to guard the pass. After Taishici ordered all the soldiers and horses, it was convenient for Wei Xu to make a handover. Only then did he know that Zhang Yan also sent Zhang Liao and Gao Shun to be his guards. General.

Tai Shici took away all the cavalry and handed over Hangu Pass to Wei Xu for guarding. He then led his troops to Henan City to join Zhang Hong, Zhang Liao and Gao Shun.

Half a day later, Tai Shici arrived in Henan City with [-] cavalry, and successfully joined Zhang Hong, Zhang Liao, and Gao Shun.

Zhang Yan's order was that the former general Tai Shici was the main general, Zhang Hong was the military adviser, Zhang Liao and Gao Shun were the deputy generals, and led five thousand elite soldiers to cross the river from Mengjin. party.

Taihang Xing is one of the eight Taihang Xings. It is 35 miles northwest of Yewang. It is three steps wide and more than forty miles long.Going north along Xingxing to Taihang, you can go directly to Tianjingguan in Gaodu County, Shangdang County. As long as you pass through Tianjingguan, you will be on a relatively flat official road. If you drive fast in one day, you can reach Shangdang, which is the fastest road. .

According to the itinerary, starting from Henan City, it will take three days to arrive at Shangdang.

Now there are only [-] cavalry in the entire Luoyang area, and the rest are infantry. Therefore, after discussing with Zhang Hong, Zhang Liao, and Gao Shun, Tai Shici made a decision, and Tai Shici led Zhang Hong, Zhang Liao and [-] cavalry. Go first, followed by Gao Shun with [-] infantry.

After the discussion has been made, everyone ordered five thousand elite soldiers, made some preparations that day, and each carried seven days of dry food, and set off immediately at dawn tomorrow.

For this reason, Zhang Hong also specially sent people to Mengjin to prepare boats at the ferry for crossing the river tomorrow.

At the same time, Yu Jin in Puyang also received orders from Zhang Yan.Let him lead Mi Fang, Li Dian, Bao Shao, Mao Jie and other 1 people to cross the Yellow River to the north and enter the boundary of Hanoi, and then enter the boundary of Jizhou by land.

In fact, Yu Jin's main task was to bluff in order to attract Yuan Shao's army and confuse the public, making Yuan Shao think that Yu Jin's army was going to attack Jizhou, which made him worry.

After Yu Jin received the order, he secretly mobilized the army and stationed troops in Suanzao, preparing to cross the river.

The next day, Tai Shici, together with Zhang Hong and Zhang Liao, left Henan City with [-] cavalry. After arriving in Mengjin, they successfully crossed the Yellow River.

The Taihang Mountains stretch for thousands of miles, with hundreds of mountains interconnected, thousands of peaks towering, and thousands of ravines deep.But among them, there are eight throat passages that communicate with each other and intersect among the mountains, which are also strategic military sites in ancient times.

Taihang Xing is the second of the Taihang Eight Xings. There is a pass on the Xing, which is called Tianjingguan. It is named because there are three unfathomable Tianjing Springs in the south of the Guan.Tianjingguan extends fifty miles southward, and there are many pass cities, ancient roads, and fortresses along the way.

Today's Taihang Mountain has almost been reduced to the territory of the Black Bandits, who are active in the valleys of the Taihang Mountains in Zhongshan, Changshan, Zhaojun, Shangdang, Hanoi and other places.Because its commander Zhang Yan lives in Heishan, all his troops are called the Heishan Army, but the government calls it the Heishan Bandit.

Montenegro is located at the southern end of the Taihang Mountains, and the Taihang Mountains have many peaks, most of which are above [-] meters above sea level.The southeast of the mountains is the Hebei Plain, and the northwest is the Shanxi Plateau. The roads from the Hebei Plain to the Shanxi Plateau are mostly distributed between the Taihang Mountains.The terrain characteristics of the Taihang Mountains provided relatively convenient conditions for the various departments of the Black Mountain Army distributed in the valleys of the Taihang Mountains to communicate with each other and cooperate with each other strategically.

That's why the Black Mountain Army was more rampant in Jizhou and Bingzhou.

However, in the final analysis, these members of the Black Mountain Army were not real bandits, but ordinary people who were forced to rebel because they could not bear the oppression of the government.

After the Yellow Turban Bandits, there were Heishan, Huanglong, Baibo, Zuoxiao, Guo Daxian, Yu Digen, Qingniujiao, Zhang Baiqi, Liu Shi, Zuo Miaozhangba, Ping Han, Daji, Sili, Yuzai, Lei Gong, Floating clouds, flying swallows, white sparrows, Yang Feng, Yudu, Wulu, Li Damu, Bairao, Qigu, Kuyi, Luoshi disciples, and the valleys are innumerable.The big one is two to thirty thousand, and the small one is six to seven thousand.

However, because the people were too scattered to coordinate operations, many places were pacified by the government.But Zhang Yan's army is getting more and more powerful, so the rest of them follow Zhang Yan's lead, so they are collectively called the Black Mountain Army.

Because Zhang Yang is good at governing the local area in Shangdang, he has no crimes against Minqiu, and has a good reputation, and he often sends people to contact Zhang Yan to make a promise not to invade each other, so Zhang Yang is very respected by Zhang Yan.On the contrary, Yuan Shao in Jizhou has been fighting against the Black Mountain Army in recent years, trying to destroy the Black Mountain Army, so he is Zhang Yan's enemy.

This time Yuan Shao sent troops to merge the state, and Zhang Yang was attacked. After Zhang Yan heard about it, he took the initiative to lead the army to help.

Tianjingguan is the place Tai Shici must pass through, but Tianjingguan has been occupied by Zhang Yan's Black Mountain Army, so Taishici, on Zhang Hong's suggestion, took the lead in sending a person to Tianjingguan to make a report. In order to avoid conflicts between the two sides.

The person in charge of guarding Tianjing Pass is Zhang Yan's general named Sun Qing.

Tai Shici's envoy came to Tianjingguan and explained his purpose, and the guards went to inform Sun Qing.

The Black Mountain Army has nothing to do with Zhang Yan, and there is no festival at all. Sun Qing was very happy to learn that Zhang Yan sent Tai Shici to lead the army to Shangdang to help Zhang Yang. He immediately received the envoy and told the envoy that Zhang Yan's army can be free. Pass patio off.

In addition, Sun Qing sent people to the valley in front to inform all the villages and passes that any army that encountered Zhang Yan would not be an enemy to him.

It is also because of this that Tai Shici led the cavalry and quickly crossed the Tianjing Pass, and went out of Taihang Xing smoothly. From Gaodu County, along the flat official road, he went north all the way, and arrived at Shangdang on the second day. In the territory, the time is much faster than expected.

At the same time, Gao Shun led [-] infantry and had already arrived at Tianjing Pass. Taishi Ci had told Sun Qing that there were troops behind him, so Sun Qing let him go.

Tai Shici led two thousand cavalry to appear outside Shangdang City suddenly, so that Zhang Yangjun in Shangdang City was very surprised.The person in charge of guarding Shangdang City was a general named Sui Gu under Zhang Yang's tent.

Sui Gu was originally a member of the Black Mountain Army. He was as famous as Yu Du and Bai Rao. He conspired with Yuan Shu to attack Dongjun, but was defeated by Cao Cao.Cao Cao sent people to chase and kill Suigu, who fled to Hanoi and was rescued by Zhang Yang, who was stationed in Yewang at that time.In order to repay Zhang Yang's life-saving grace, Xi Gu joined Zhang Yan's account, and has since become a confidant of Zhang Yang.

Because of his stubbornness, Zhang Yang had made an agreement with the Black Mountain Army in three chapters. As long as the Black Mountain Army did not act illegally in Shangdang territory, he allowed the Black Mountain Army to come and go freely in Shangdang territory.

Zhang Yan, the leader of the Black Mountain Army, and Xing Gu were old acquaintances. When Zhang Yang was attacked, Xing Gu sent someone to contact Zhang Yan and asked Zhang Yan to send troops to rescue.

Zhang Yan felt that his lips were dead and his teeth were cold, so he led an army to Huguan to help Zhang Yang resist Yuan Shao.

When the soldiers guarding the city informed that there were [-] cavalry outside the city, Xigu was very shocked, thinking that Yuan Shao's army had broken through Huguan.

Gao Gu went up to the city and looked out, but saw Tai Shici leading a very elite cavalry galloping gallantly.

Seeing this scene, Xun Gu's originally frowning brows suddenly eased, and a moment later, there was a smile on his face.

When Zhang Yang sent troops to King Qin, Xi Gu was also in Zhang Yang's army. He had seen Tai Shici and knew that this was Zhang Yan's army.

However, Xie Gu didn't understand what Tai Shici's intention was when he led his army here suddenly.

Out of caution, Gu Gu still asked the soldiers to get ready and draw their bowstrings.

Tai Shici led his army to the foot of Shangdang City, but saw that swords were on the top of the tower. In order to dispel the hostility of the defenders, Tai Shici stopped the army far away, and he rode his horse to the bottom of the city alone, and shouted loudly to the tower: " I am the former general Tai Shici, under the command of the great general, I will lead five thousand elite troops to help you!"

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