The Jagged Cavalry of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 205 Chapter 204
In the city of Shiling Pass, Tai Shici was also at a loss. He had led his troops here for three days, but the scouts could not find any clues about Cao Cao. Cao Cao seemed to have disappeared out of thin air.

According to Hao Zhao's previous narration, Cao Cao did lead his army to the front of the pass, and shot an arrow letter, which was the letter that wanted to use Jinyang to attack Shangdang.

However, for three consecutive days, there was no news from here, which made Tai Shici a little restless.

This was his first time leading an army alone, so Tai Shici regarded this battle as very important, only allowing victory, never allowing defeat.

"General, the military advisor is here and said he has something important to discuss with the general!" Tai Shici's personal companion walked into the room and said with a bow.

"Please!"

After a while, Zhang Hong walked in from the outside.

Tai Shici hurriedly said: "The military adviser came at the right time. I was worrying about Cao Cao's affairs. You said that we have been here for three days, but we haven't seen any movement of Cao Jun. I don't know why, but I have an ominous feeling." Premonition, my heart is always up and down..."

Zhang Hong said: "I came here this time precisely for this purpose. I always feel that Cao Cao is no longer here, and it is very possible that he has already detoured elsewhere..."

"Detour somewhere else?" Tai Shici asked suspiciously.

Zhang Hong nodded, immediately took out a map from his bosom, spread it directly on the table, and then said kindly to Taishi: "The three passes of Taiyuan are easy to defend and difficult to attack. If you take this way to attack Taiyuan, you will definitely be defeated." It will consume a lot of troops. Cao Cao has few troops, so he will definitely not take the risk of taking this road. I thought that Cao Cao would definitely take a detour..."

Speaking of this, Zhang Hong said to Tai Shici: "Zhang Liao and Hao Zhao are both from Bingzhou, and they should know the terrain of Bingzhou the most. The general might as well call them here and ask if there is any other way to Taiyuan. "

Tai Shici nodded, and immediately sent someone to look for Zhang Liao and Hao Zhao to come into the room.

After a while, Zhang Liao and Hao Zhao entered the room one after another, and bowed to Tai Shici in unison: "See you, General!"

"You don't need to be too polite. You are all from Bingzhou. You should know the terrain here very well. If you are Cao Cao and don't want to attack the third pass of Taiyuan without losing your troops, but you really want to enter Jinyang, is there any other way to go?"

When Zhang Liao and Hao Zhao heard what Tai Shici said, they looked at each other, and immediately said in unison: "Let's go to Luliang Mountain!"

Both Tai Shici and Zhang Hong hurriedly asked, "Mount Luliang?"

Hao Zhao is a local, and he is far more familiar with the terrain in this area than Zhang Liao. He immediately said: "Lvliang Mountain is located in the west of Taiyuan, with a total length of several hundred miles. The two sides are low, and this continuous mountain is like a spine, running through the entire Taiyuan County. If you go around from Yanmen County to the west side of Luliang Mountain, and go all the way south, you can reach Lishi in Xihe County, and then enter Lishi from Lishi to the east. You can follow Pingtao and Daling directly to the city of Jinyang. Although there are many bumps in the road, it is much flatter and wider than the three passes in Taiyuan, and it is very suitable for marching."

"Damn it!" Zhang Hong yelled immediately after hearing this, "Cao Cao must have led his army around to the west side of Luliang Mountain, and took this road to Jinyang City."

Tai Shici frowned, and hurriedly asked: "Military Master, what should we do now?"

"It's been three days. I don't know if Cao Cao has arrived at Jinyang City. Our army should gather troops and return to Jinyang immediately. Otherwise, Cao Cao will capture Jinyang City." Zhang Hong said.

Tai Shici immediately ordered Zhang Liao to gather all the cavalry and return to Jinyang immediately.

Before leaving, Hao Zhao left 200 people to guard the pass. He led [-] soldiers and returned to Jinyang City with Tai Shici's army.

……

In Jinyang City, Wang Ling was still recruiting soldiers, opened the arsenal, and distributed spears, bows and arrows, and some armor to them.

Within a few days, Wang Ling had already recruited [-] soldiers.But most of these people have not been trained, so they are just a group of aggressive mobs.

For this reason, Wang Ling brought these five thousand soldiers to the school field and trained them personally.

One day, Wang Ling was training their formation and discipline on the school grounds, when suddenly a scout hurried over, walked up to Wang Ling, and immediately called out: "Master Chang Shi, the prefect, please go to the prefect's mansion quickly, Say something positive and important!"

Wang Ling asked his subordinates to continue supervising the training of recruits, while he hurried to the prefect's mansion.

Arriving at the Prefect's Mansion, Wang Ling directly entered the hall, but saw Wang Hui in the hall with an anxious expression on his face, with his hands behind his back, pacing up and down there.

"My lord, are you looking for me?" Wang Ling cupped his hands as soon as he entered the hall.

Seeing Wang Ling's arrival, Wang Hui hurriedly handed a secret report to Wang Ling, and quickly said, "Yan Yun, quickly read this secret report!"

Wang Ling took the secret report, glanced at it quickly, and couldn't help frowning tightly. Surprised, he lost his voice: "Cao Cao actually led the army to the west side of Luliang Mountain, and marched from Lishi to Jinyang?"

Wang Hui said: "Cao Cao has conquered the Zi family now. Pingtao and Daling have few soldiers. They are definitely not Cao Cao's opponents. They will be conquered by Cao Cao sooner or later. In this way, Jinyang will be in danger!"

"Report-"

At this moment, a scout ran into the hall quickly, knelt down in front of Wang Hui, clasped his fists and said, "My lord, a group of soldiers and horses were found 3000 miles south of the city, about [-] People around!"

"It came so fast?" Wang Hui's face turned pale with fright when he heard the news, and his butt fell to the ground. If it wasn't for a layer of futons on the ground, his butt would have been broken in half!

After hearing this, Wang Ling frowned, but he didn't turn pale with fright like Wang Hui.Instead, he asked: "What is the banner of this army?"

"Reporting to my lord, this group of soldiers and horses did not fight any banners."

"Go and find out the origin of this army, and then report back to me!"

"Here!" The scout turned around and left the hall, never to return.

Wang Hui wept, sighed heavily, and said: "There is nothing to investigate, it must be the vanguard of Cao Cao..."

"Not necessarily! My lord, General Taishi once said when he left that he brought 3000 elite soldiers this time. [-] cavalry have arrived, but there are still [-] infantry who have yet to arrive. This army of troops came from the south again. , the number of troops is exactly [-], and I thought that this army might be General Taishi's subordinates."

"Why are you so sure?" Wang Hui asked.

"Cao Cao captured Zishi, Zishi is on the west side of Jinyang. Although there are not many soldiers in Pingtao and Daling, if they are attacked by Cao Cao, there will be news. And even if Cao Cao's army comes, It should also be killed from the west of Jinyang City, and should not appear thirty miles south of the city. Now there is no news from Pingtao and Daling, and an army of [-] soldiers came from the south. So I speculate that it is the infantry under Tai Shici's troops."

"If this is the case, then it would be the best. In this way, we may fight Cao Cao." Wang Hui said.

Wang Ling said: "My lord, you should immediately send someone to Shiling Pass to inform General Taishi that Cao Cao has bypassed Luliang Mountain and came from the west. General Taishi should hurry back to Jinyang City to help."

"Well, you're right, I'll send someone to Shiling Pass right now."

Even though Wang Ling deduced that the soldiers coming from the south were Tai Shici's subordinates, out of caution, he still ordered the gates of Jinyang City to be closed, and then let the soldiers climb up the towers one after another, ready for battle at any time.

Half an hour later, the scouts came back from outside the city again. At this time, Wang Ling was waiting anxiously on the tower. When the scouts returned, he immediately opened the city gate and let the scouts into the city.

The scout climbed up the tower with a happy expression, came to Wang Ling, and immediately clasped his fists and said, "My lord, I have already figured out the origin of the soldiers and horses. They are the subordinates of the former general Tai Shici, the leaders of the army." It's General Dingyuan Gao Shun."

Wang Ling was very happy when he heard the report, and said immediately, "I guessed right. How far are they from Jinyang now?"

"Less than ten miles!"

After Wang Ling heard this, he asked people to get ready to welcome him. Although he and Gao Shun knew each other, they were not very familiar, not as close as he was with Zhang Liao.But Wang Ling knew that Gao Shun was strict in governing the army, and had been serving as a general under Lu Bu's tent. At that time, Zhang Liao had not yet been reused.

Moreover, Gao Shun is very good at fighting. Now there are Tai Shici, Zhang Liao, Gao Shun in Jinyang City, and Zhang Hong as the military adviser. If the two armies unite and fight in unison, maybe they can beat Cao Cao back!

Two quarters of an hour later, Gao Shun led [-] infantrymen and finally entered Wang Ling's sight. Wang Ling, who was standing on the top of the city tower looking forward to seeing through, immediately shouted loudly when he saw Gao Shun appearing with the army: "Open the city gate! , to welcome General Gao!"

Gao Shun led the army and arrived at the foot of Jinyang City very quickly. When he saw that the person waiting at the gate of the city was Wang Ling, he was a little surprised, but after a while, he regained his composure.

After meeting each other twice, Wang Ling took a step forward, clasped his fists hastily and said, "Taiyuan Chief Shi Wang Ling, welcome to General Gao!"

Gao Shun cupped his hands and said: "Wang Changshi is welcome, you and I are old acquaintances, so these etiquettes can be avoided. I don't know if General Taishi is in the city?"

"General Taishi and General Zhang went to Shiling Pass together, and they are not in the city yet. However, I have sent someone to inform General Taishi, and General Taishi should be back tomorrow." Wang Ling said, "General Gao came from a long way. The pommel horse is exhausted, and the soldiers are also exhausted, let's go to the city to rest quickly!"

Gao Shun cupped his hands and said: "There is a long history of King Lao!"

Under Wang Ling's arrangement, Gao Shun led three thousand infantry into Taiyuan City.

At the same time, Tai Shici, Zhang Liao, Zhang Hong, Hao Zhao and [-] cavalry also entered the city from the east gate of Jinyang City.

(End of this chapter)