Cao Liang was waiting for this opportunity, and he ordered the infantry battalion, which had already been waiting for him, to set off immediately, cross the Flying Fox Trail, and take Guangchang City directly.

The reason why Yanghu's infantry battalion was chosen as the vanguard was that this was a mountainous area, and the cavalry could not be used at all, so if you want to fight Guangchang, you can only be played by the infantry who are familiar with mountain operations, and among the infantry battalions, Yanghu's infantry battalion is the first to arrive at Lingqiu, relatively speaking, it is relatively familiar with the terrain here, and Yanghu's ability is also Cao Liang's most trusted, although Guangchang's defenders are not too many, but it is not so easy to take it by refusing to defend with danger, and fight the first battle. It is of extraordinary significance to this expedition to Youzhou, so Cao Liang chose to lead the army led by Yanghu more safely.

The infantry battalion was the first to come to Lingqiu, and the preparation was also the most sufficient, as soon as Cao Liang's military order was reached, Yanghu led the army to set off around the fourth watch.

On a February day, it was still relatively late, especially in the valley, the thick snow had not yet melted, the cold wind blew like a knife from the valley, and all the soldiers of the Yanghu and the infantry battalion did not flinch half a step, their firm steps stepped on the thick snow, making a creaking sound, and other than that, the whole army was silent, without a trace of noise.

Although it was still late to Guangchang City, Yanghu asked the infantry battalion to keep a silent state when marching, especially to prohibit the use of torches, which was also to prevent encountering enemy patrols on the way.

Yanghu arrived at Lingqiu two months ahead of schedule, and he didn't rest at all during these two months, but personally led troops to investigate the site and had a detailed understanding of the Flying Fox and the surrounding terrain.

There are not too many defenders in Guangchang, and they are not completely concentrated in Guangchang City, at the east end of the Flying Fox Trail, there is a Flying Fox Pass, which is the throat fortress of the Flying Fox Trail, and the Jizhou Army is stationed here with 500 people, so if the Bingzhou Army wants to enter Guangchang eastward, it must first take the Flying Fox Pass.

Don't look at the defenders of Flying Fox Pass, there are only 500 defenders, but the terrain of Flying Fox Pass is dangerous, there is a husband as a pass, and it is backed by Guangchang City, once attacked, the defenders of Guangchang will soon come to the rescue, so Yanghu decided to use a sneak attack on Flying Fox Pass, taking advantage of its defenselessness, taking it down in one fell swoop, and not giving the defenders a chance to ask for help from Guangchang City.

Therefore, Yanghu deliberately arranged a death squad of 1,000 people, and the selected ones were all elite soldiers, led by former military captain Wang Jin, all of whom traveled lightly and rushed straight to the Flying Fox Pass.

The speed of the death squad was much faster than that of the army, and they had already rushed to the Flying Fox Pass at dawn.

Although the Flying Fox Pass is also called the Guancheng, it is not comparable to the Xiongguan like the Yanmen Pass of the Reed Ze Pass, it is just a dirt city built on the steep pass, and because of the disrepair, the Flying Fox Pass looks very dilapidated, and even a corner of the Guancheng is collapsed.

In fact, the Flying Fox Pass was originally not garrisoned by soldiers and horses, it was desolate and remote, uninhabited, and the Flying Fox Trail was not the preferred passage between Jin and Hebei, so pedestrians and business travelers rarely took this road.

It's just that after Cao Liang divided and annexed the state, the situation between Jin and Hebei changed, and Lu Zhao deployed two or three thousand men and horses in Guangchang to guard this exit in order to prevent the state army from entering Jizhou from the Flying Fox Trail.

Although Lu Zhao has realized the importance of the Flying Fox Path, but the people and horses he can send are only a little, after all, Jizhou is a vast area, and Lu Zhao has limited soldiers and horses in his hands, even if it is a defense, he has to pick the key points to defend, so the army assigned to Guangchang can only be so little, and the people who guard the Flying Fox Pass are only five hundred poor people.

The guard general of Guangchang City is named Lin Li, and the person who guards the Flying Fox Pass is his brother-in-law Ma Yuan, who holds the position of military commander. Lin Li is Lu Zhao's confidant, before sending him to garrison Guangchang, Lu Zhao repeatedly told him to be careful and not to slack off.

After Lin Li arrived, he didn't dare to be careless, and deliberately arranged for his brother-in-law Ma Yuan to guard the Flying Fox Pass, and naturally told Ma Yuan what Lu Zhao reprimanded him, asking him to be strict and not negligent.

When Ma Yuan first arrived at Flying Fox Pass, he was also very diligent, dividing the five hundred soldiers into two shifts and patrolling day and night, but after a long time, he couldn't see a single figure, so it was inevitable that he would be a little lax, not to mention that this barren mountain and wilderness guarded such a dilapidated gate every day, which was boring and boring, and Ma Yuan was a little impatient.

Originally, their army was stationed in Yecheng, Yecheng is the largest city in Jizhou, in terms of prosperity, it is only slightly inferior to Luoyang, there are really few cities in the world that can be compared with Yecheng, from the big city with green lights to the barren mountains and mountains where birds do not pee, there is still some fresh feeling at the beginning, but after staying for a few months, the more they stay, the more depressed they are, and the more they stay, the more they miss the days in Yecheng, so these defenders can't help but complain.

"Will the state army really come from here?" Ma Yuan muttered secretly, when he was first stationed at Flying Fox Pass, he had indeed made serious defensive preparations, but for several months in a row, he hadn't even seen a single shadow of the Bingzhou Army, so he was deeply skeptical of the deployment arrangements above.

Due to the long distance and the difficulty of transporting military food, what they can eat every day is only some dry food distributed by the quota, and they can't even eat vegetables, let alone meat, which is the difference between eating and drinking spicy food in Yecheng, which is fundamentally the difference between the world and the underground, and I don't know when this kind of hard life will end.

The winter in the mountain is particularly cold, although it is Guancheng, but the houses in Guancheng have already collapsed, they can only be stationed in the tent, the mountain pass is particularly windy, and some of the cold winds can overturn the tent, and they sleep until they are frozen awake in the middle of the night, only to find that they are asleep in the open air.

But fortunately, winter is about to pass, and it is already February, although the spring in the mountains will come later, but there is less biting cold wind, and the days are better.

Originally, it was Ma Yuan's turn to be on duty today, but he didn't bother to get up, so he just ordered his two uncles to go out on patrol on his behalf, while Ma Yuan was in the hot quilt, ready to sleep in the cage.

As for whether something will happen today, Ma Yuan didn't care, he has been to the Flying Fox Pass for a few months, and he has been guarding this breakthrough every day, and he hasn't seen a single ghost, could it be said that he is a little lazy for such a day, and the state army can kill it?