Cao Liang sent scouts to investigate in many ways, and soon tracked down the whereabouts of Wei Qian and Wang Qi, and after they fled east to Linyu Pass, they stopped there, obviously to use the dangerous Linyu Pass as a defensive place to defend Liaodong.

Generally speaking, the title of Liaodong and Liaoxi is bounded by the Liaohe River, the east of the Liaohe River is called Liaodong, and the west of the Liaohe River is called Liaoxi, but from a geopolitical point of view, Changli County west of the Liaohe River is also considered to belong to Liaodong, and Linyu Pass is the dividing line between Liaodong and Liaoxi.

When Wang Qi was appointed as Xuansu, he was ordered to act in charge of the military of Liaodong Counties, this Changli County is his sphere of influence, Wang Qi can give up Jixian County, can give up the entire Liaoxi, but can not give up the base camp of Liaodong, and if you want to hold Liaodong, you must first hold the natural danger of Linyu Pass, Linyu Pass is the throat road leading to Liaodong in Liaoxi, and it is also the top priority of the defense of Liaodong.

If the name of Linyu Pass is relatively unfamiliar, then change the name, everyone will be like thunder, that is, Shanhaiguan, known as the world's first Xiongguan. The name of Shanhaiguan is only in the Ming Dynasty, before that, this pass has existed for thousands of years, the ancient name is Yuguan, Linlu Pass, also called Linyu Pass, but the name of the past dynasties is slightly different, but this pass, is the throat of the connection between Liaoxi and Liaodong, since ancient times it is the place where soldiers must fight.

Wang Ji has been guarding Liaodong for many years, and he knows better than anyone where the emergency is, so at the beginning of the retreat from Jixian County, he had already thought about where to retreat.

From Liaoxi to Liaodong, there is only one way to go, that is to go out of Linyu Pass to the north, through the white wolf along the Daling River Valley to the east, through Liucheng, Changli through the Yiwu Lu Mountain, you can reach Liaoyang, this road winds and turns, coiled between the mountains and mountains, if this road is compared to a long snake, then Linyu Pass is an out-and-out snake head, so if you want to keep Liaodong, the gains and losses of Linyu Pass are extremely important.

When Cao Cao's Northern Expedition to Wuhuan pursued and killed the remnants of the Yuan family, he walked to Linyu Pass, and wrote the famous poem "Watching the Sea" on the Jieshi near Linyu Pass: "The east is adjacent to the Jieshi to watch the sea." ”

Therefore, Wang Qi led the army from Jixian all the way to rush to Linyu Pass, then stopped his horse and did not leave, and stationed the troops and horses he led in Linyu Pass, and at the same time sent another army to garrison Liucheng, so that one after the other, echoing each other, and building a complete line of defense to ensure that the Bingzhou army could not cross Liaodong half a step.

Although Wei Qian lacks some military command ability, but he is familiar with the military book, that is not in vain, the first time he came to Linyu Pass, he was deeply impressed by the danger of Linyu Pass, Linyu Pass back to the mountains and the sea, the danger is natural, such a pass, even if the state cavalry is fierce, want to overcome, but also try to climb to the sky, Wang Ji will Linyu Pass as a defensive point, its vision is really unique.

"It's a good place, with the mountains and the sea at its back, choking the throat of Liaodong and Liaoxi, even if there are millions of soldiers, it is difficult to cross." Wei Qian exclaimed repeatedly.

Wang Qi said quite complacently: "A town has guarded Liaodong for many years, and is naturally well versed in the geography here, as long as it guards the Linyu Pass, the land of Liaodong will be worry-free, don't look at the fortification of the Guancheng here is not as strong as Jixian County, but there is the danger of this mountain and sea, but it is far better than Jixian County ten times." Once Jixian County is surrounded, if you want to get out, it is difficult, and the two sides of Linyu Pass are dangerous, no one can overcome, you can attack, you can retreat, you can defend, it is really a defensive place, if Cao Liang comes, he will return with a feather. ”

Wang Ji knows Linyu Pass well, but also full of confidence, when he was in Youzhou City, Wang Ji always felt unsteady, back to the land he was familiar with, his confidence was rekindled, relying on the natural danger of Linyu Pass, he was fully qualified to call the state army.

There were not many troops stationed in Linyu Pass, only 500 people, but this time Wang Ji brought more than 40,000 people at once, and the entire Guancheng and outside were immediately overcrowded.

The scale of Linyu Pass is not too large, it is built by the mountain, just embedded in the valley road, whether it is people from the south to the north, must pass through Linyu Pass, this is a pass city that can not be defeated no matter what.

Wang Ji divided his forces into two parts, one part was stationed at Linyu Pass, and the other part was stationed at Liucheng, to ensure that the Youzhou army could hold the two ports in the north and south, and even if one of them made a mistake, the other could make amends.

Of course, Wang Ji would never think that Linyu Pass could be easily lost, and the cavalry of the state army was indeed strong, which Wang Qi had already understood, but in the final analysis, the cavalry was only suitable for fighting in the plains, and there was no place for cavalry at all in such a dangerous pass as Linyu Pass.

And Linyu Pass is not afraid of the catapult of the state army, because the entire Linyu Pass wall, all of which are built of stones, is extremely strong, even if the power of the catapult is great, it is just a small pit on the wall, and it can't shake the solid wall at all.

Most of the city walls in this era were built of rammed earth, not that the craftsmen of this era did not know how to build bricks and stones, but the bricks and stones were too bulky, the demand was too large, and there were no good transportation conditions.

However, the construction of Linyu Pass does not have this problem, because all the stones can be made of local materials, which greatly reduces the labor of the people and makes the construction of the wall much easier.

In terms of solidity, the rammed earth city wall can not be compared with the stone masonry, once the rammed earth city wall faces the catapult, it is almost insoluble, and the catapult often does not need to spend much effort to smash a hole in the rammed earth city wall or even collapse the entire wall.

The stone city wall, but can ignore the attack of the stone bullet, no matter how far the range of the powerful stone bullet attack the city wall, it is also useless, because of this, Wang Qi dared to rest assured and bold to guard the Linyu Pass, hold this pass, and the state army did not want to step into Liaodong half a step.

Youzhou news Wei Qian and Wang Qi have jointly played Sima Shi, I believe that Sima Shi can not be indifferent, sit back and watch the loss of Youzhou, he will inevitably send troops to come to the rescue, Wang Ji now has to do is to hold on to Linyu Pass, waiting for Sima Shi's reinforcements.

As long as the reinforcements arrive, Wang Ji believes that the situation in the entire Youzhou will definitely improve, and the situation of the Hezhou army may not be better than that of attacking them, and it is only a matter of time before they counterattack them.

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