Three Kingdoms

  Chapter 648 Can't take it up and can't put it down

   Zhang Yang returned from inspecting soldiers in the former battalion, sitting in the big tent feeling a little depressed.

  Being unable to attack Huguan for a long time, he could only retreat here with his soldiers and confront Wen Hao who had closed Huguan.

   There are not enough soldiers, if there is a strong attack, I am afraid it will fall into Wen Hao's hands.

  Although Huguan is not as majestic as Hangu Pass and Hulao Pass, it is not something Zhang Yang's three or four thousand soldiers can conquer.

  Zhang Yang glanced at the account books sent by the rear battalion on the table, and then sighed slightly, and put the bamboo slips recording the grain and grass back on the table.

  What is sitting and eating, Zhang Yang has a deep understanding now.

Some time ago, I searched the area south of Huguan and north of Hanoi, and managed to collect some military rations. But now Huguan is broken, and the mouths of the soldiers can’t be said to be closed. I still have to eat, so the food and grass are gradually consumed...

  According to the current speed, Zhang Yang calculated that, at most, he would support it for another month or so...

   And within a month, can I win the Huguan?

   Be cheeky and ask Yuan Cheqi for some food?

   Or take the troops and go to the south to find some rural nobles and ask them to support them?

   Zhang Yang thought about it left and right, a little undecided.

  In the early years of Zhongping, Zhang Yang went to Wuyuan. Before that, he was just a wanderer in the family. He is idle, but because the living conditions are not bad, he is physically strong and has a lot of strength.

  In Bingzhou, martial arts are particularly strong, and many times when reasoning does not make sense, it will make sense if you hold your fist and talk about it. I am used to using my hands and feet, and sometimes I am too lazy to use my brain if I am not careful. Zhang Yang accidentally got a little stronger in his hands and feet during a reasoning process, so he had to run to the edge of the field.

  In the fourth year of Zhongping, Zhang Yang met the governor Ding Yuan, and officially became a military follower of Bingzhou.

  Because he had read some books, it was easier to handle some affairs. Soon, Zhang Yang got Ding Yuan's attention, and he started to do some more critical tasks.

  In the sixth year of Zhongping, Zhang Yang followed Ding Yuan back from Bingzhou to the Heluo area.

  General He Jin hesitated, and the original plan to deal with eunuchs was postponed. He Jin felt that most of the troops in Luoyang City were inextricably linked with the eunuchs, and he was going to form an army that was completely loyal to him, so he sent Bao Xin and Zhang Yang to recruit troops separately.

  But he didn't expect that after leaving Luoyang, Zhang Yang would never be able to go back, until now.

   Zhang Yang believes that Ding Yuan is a good person, so Dong Zhuo and Lu Bu who killed Ding Yuan are bad people, and Yuan Shao who used the banner to fight against Dong Zhuo is naturally a good person.

   Therefore, Zhang Yang took the initiative to contact Yuan Shao, and when he was assigned by Yuan Shao to attack Shangdang, he did not hesitate to carry it out...

  However, Shangdang was not so easy for Zhang Yang to succeed.

  Huguan, also known as Naokou, is named after its two peaks, which stand upright and empty in the middle, and are as strong as a Hukou.

  In the Huguan area, the mountains are hard rocks, and they are all huge, straight up and down, and cannot be climbed at all, so they can only pass through the mouth of the Huguan, which is an important reason why Zhang Yang can't attack for a long time.

It is not impossible to make a detour, but go out from Hukou, then detour around the Taihang Mountain Trail, and finally come back from the well trail. This is a mountainous trek, and it will never be completed within three or four months. Better to stay here.

   What's more, after passing the Hukou Pass, there are no important passes, and you can directly enter the Shangdang area.

  Shangdang is known as the spine of Jindi. Since ancient times, it has been a battleground for military strategists. During the Warring States Period, Shangdang was famous all over the world because of Bai Qilian and Zhao Kuo. At the earliest time, Shangdang belonged to a tentacles extended by South Korea, but when Qin conquered Shangdang, Feng Ting, the governor of South Korea’s Shangdang, was unwilling to surrender to Qin, and took the initiative to dedicate the history of Shangdang to Zhao State, and was named Hua Yang Jun. Lian Po, the famous general of Zhao State, stationed troops in Shangdang, built a fortress, guarded the three main passes, and held a stalemate with the Qin army for three years.

  Qin was unable to attack for a long time, so it had to touch the strategy outside the battlefield. Fan Ju used countermeasures to lure King Zhao Xiaocheng to replace Zhao Kuo, who didn't know how to fight at all, as a general. The arrogant Zhao Kuo changed Lian Po's tactics and led the army to attack blindly. As a result, he was hit by Bai Qi's tactic of luring the enemy, and Bai Qi sent cavalry to copy the back road, cutting off the army's food supply. Zhao Kuo organized several breakout operations, but They were all defeated, and even themselves were killed under the crossbow of the Qin army, which caused Zhao Guo to be devastated because of the battle, and he no longer had the strength to compete with Qin State.

   It can be seen from this that Huguan is very important.

   Now Zhang Yang is stuck here, unable to move forward, and retreating without knowing where to retreat, it is indeed a bit embarrassing.

   But it's not a big problem.

Zhang Yang knew that Wen Hao, the prefect of Shangdang, was old and in poor health. Recently, he heard that his food intake had dropped sharply, and his life was not long. Therefore, many gentry of Shangdang secretly sent people to contact him, and secretly Yueyue indicated that she is now hostile to Zhang Yang, but she was coerced by Shangdang prefect Wen Hao, so she had to do it as a last resort. As long as Wen Hao dies, she will definitely welcome Zhang Yang and will not disobey Yuan Cheqi's actions.

   Therefore, Shangdang belongs to itself after all, but sooner or later.

   This is also the reason why Zhang Yang is stationed here.

   It's just that, having said that, if that old thing has been dragging on, wouldn't it be possible for me to waste it here?

  If I had more soldiers...

  God **** it, **** Lu Bu! Thinking of this, Zhang Yang couldn't help scolding.

  If it weren't for Lu Bu, Dong Zhuo wouldn't have killed Ding Yuan so easily, and he wouldn't have fallen into the situation he is now.

  If it weren't for Lu Bu, the soldiers sent to support the Hedong Wei clan would not have been completely lost, resulting in such an embarrassing number of soldiers under him now!

  However, Zhang Yang could only grit his teeth fiercely. If he wanted to confront Lu Bu directly, Zhang Yang still didn't have the guts. In Bingzhou, is there anyone who doesn't know how powerful the flying general Lu Bu is? The guy who can lead cavalry to kill and plunder among Hu cavalry like no man's land is not so easy to deal with...

  Besides, I don't have enough troops now, and I don't have many horses. Even if I want to fight, I can't do anything with the windy cavalry.

  Suddenly a small soldier came to report, saying that he found a group of soldiers and horses coming from the west, most of them were cavalry, the number of people is not clear...

"Cavalry?! Come from the west?" Zhang Yang led the scouts to inquire again, while thinking, "The west is Hedong County, who will come from Hedong County? Are they all cavalry? Could it be that **** Lu Bu came again? Already?!"

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   "Hu people?" Zhang Yang was slightly relieved when he heard that it was not Lu Bu, but the Southern Huns were in the Northland, why did they suddenly appear here?

   Zhang Yang, a typical character trying to survive in the cracks...

   Sometimes looking at Zhang Yang is like looking at the author himself...

   Can’t get anything, can’t let go of anything…

  (end of this chapter)