However, it was said that Liu Bei was in Yijing, and led the generals to surround the Yuan army, because Zhang Fei and Zhao Yun went to the state, fearing that the Yuan army would notice the emptiness of the camp, so he planted straw men all over the camp, erected more flags, and made the generals take turns to go out of the camp every day, shouting and scolding in front of the battle. Yuan Jun took the main force on his side, leaving only Yan Liang and Wen Chou. The second general was afraid that Liu Bei would attack, so he hung up the war-free card and closed the door. Both sides are weak and tight.

It wasn't until the Jiashi who followed Zhang Liao to Niuyin Mountain waded all the way back to report the news that Liu Bei knew that he was counting Yuan Shao, and Yuan Shao was also counting himself. When Zhang Fei and Zhao Yun led their troops to the north, Yuan Shao also led a large army out of Feihu Road and went to rescue Gao Gan.

Liu Bei was afraid that Zhang Fei and Zhao Yun would lose, so he sent Tai Shici and Duan Xuan to Yijing together in the starry night, but he led Lu Bu and Liu Ke to Bingzhou.

Liu Yu got Liu Bei's battle report and didn't dare to slack off, and his Youzhou was saved thanks to Liu Bei's strength. Although he could not fight with Liu Bei, the grain and grass began to supply Liu Bei's army in a steady stream under his personal inquiry.

The scouts of the Qingzhou army desperately fought their horses forward, chasing all the way, wanting to report the shocking news from the rear to Zhang Fei and Zhao Yun, so as not to be caught off guard by Yuan Shao when they were unprepared.

Here, Yuan Shao also led a large army and began to cross this winding mountain road. How difficult is Taihang Mountain? In history, Cao Cao once led the army to walk, and when he attacked Gaogan, he walked through the Taihang Mountain Gorge. left the famous "Bitter Cold Travel": going north to Taihang Mountain, it is difficult He Weiwei. The sheep intestines are bent, and the wheels are destroyed...... The road is twisted and turned, high and low, and sometimes it is so narrow that it is impossible to even do two horses in parallel, so you can only dismount and lead the war horse slowly. Rao is Yuan Shao gave up a lot of dispensable baggage, marching on the Flying Fox Road, and in many places he still had to carry his hand on his shoulders so that the materials could be transferred. After all, the Great Han Dynasty has been peaceful for a long time, and there has been no march here for a long time, only some medicine pickers or caravans are walking here. Some places have even been destroyed by flash floods. Along the way, the Jizhou army tinkered and was tired enough.

Although Yuan Shao was also tired, his mood was excited. The steep and majestic Taihang Mountain made his heart fluctuate and his mind was broad. The magnificent mountains and rivers are in full view, although Yuan Shao does not have Cao Cao's literary brilliance and can't chant moving poetry, it doesn't mean that he doesn't know how to appreciate it. At this time, Yuan Shaozhuang was fierce and full of ambition. I can't wait to imagine that he is going to defeat Huang Zhong and Yan Rou, and then destroy Liu Yu and annex Youzhou.

The road taken by Zhang Fei and Zhao Yun was basically in the territory of Dai County, not to mention a smooth road, and there were Youzhou officials who received orders along the way to answer all the way, preparing hot water and horse feed for them in advance, compared to Yuan Shao's army, I don't know where to be comfortable. Although the road is farther than Yuan Shao, the speed is faster than Yuan Shao. When Yuan Shao led the army around the Flying Fox Road, Zhang Fei and Zhao Yun had already led the department, passed Dai County, and arrived in Dong'anyang.

When they arrived in Dong'anyang, Zhang Fei and Zhao Yun slowed down the speed of their march, and while resting here, they scattered the scouts by the way, crossed the river in front, and went a little further to enter Gaoliu. Approaching the border, you have to be careful.

That is, when he stopped in Dong'anyang, the scouts sent by Liu Bei finally caught up with Zhang Fei's army. Zhang Fei and Zhao Yun listened to the scout's report and couldn't help but look at each other. The two of them thought that they had brought troops here, and they attacked together with Huang Zhong and Yan Rou, and the high cadres could be destroyed by turning their palms. Who would have thought that Yuan Shao would actually make a golden cicada out of his shell, hide from Yi Jing's own army, and run to Bingzhou with a large army on the Flying Fox Road. If it weren't for Zhang Liao and Cui Yan, who were inadvertently sent to the envoy, they would have to suffer a dumb loss.

Now that they knew, Zhang Fei and Zhao Yun were surprised, and immediately changed their strategy. A team of scouts was sent in advance, and they rode to Pingcheng to report the situation to Huang Zhong. Then he scattered scouts in the southwest, hiding the news of his army, and then quietly led his army across the river. Originally, Zhang Fei and Zhao Yun also planned to attack the Bingzhou army that stayed in the Ban clan first, but now that the time is calculated, Yuan Shao is almost about to walk out of the Flying Fox Road. In order not to be discovered by Yuan Shao, it is better to bypass Ban's.

and several counties in the northern part of the state, with Yanmen being the most important. Like Shuofang, Wuyuan, and Yunzhong counties, they are basically grasslands, and there is no danger to defend except for the fortified city. And Yanmen is different, the mountains in the territory are vertical and horizontal, there are countless dangerous passes, like the famous Yanmen Pass and Pingxing Pass in later generations, all in the territory of Yanmen. As soon as the Yanmen Gate was opened, the gates of Taiyuan County and Shangdang County were opened. If both Taiyuan and Shangdang fall, the entire annexed state will almost be able to fall from the wind.

Therefore, although Gao Gan was ambushed by Huang Zhong and Yan Rou, he still held on to Pingcheng. The intention is to repel the enemy from this, and not to make the enemy's army move south.

Gaogan fought locally, and reinforcements and baggage were endless. And there is a white mountain as a horn. However, Huang Zhong and Yan Rou came from afar, and the materials were quite scarce, and under the rise of one and the other, the senior cadres actually resisted the offensive of Huang Zhong and Yan Rou. If it weren't for Youzhou's support and continuous sending, Huang Zhong would have wanted to withdraw from the army a long time ago.

On this day, Huang Zhong and Yan Rou were sitting opposite each other in the camp, and suddenly, Yamen came to report that a messenger had arrived. Huang Zhong summoned him in, because he asked. The messenger bowed and said, "General Huang, my general's letter is here." Then he handed Zhang Fei's handwritten letter with both hands.

Huang Zhong took it, took a cursory look, couldn't help but be shocked, and hurriedly gave the letter to Yan Rou. Yan Rou looked at it, snorted, and said, "Brother Han Sheng, our army and Yuan Shaojun are both here, I don't know who comes first and who comes later, so you need to make plans in advance." ”

Huang Zhong said: "Our army arrived first, and the soldiers were united, and they first dialed Baideng City; Yuan Shao arrived first, and we set the camp back to avoid his front. And they had made up their minds, and rewarded the scout, and ordered him to go back and report the news.

The cow drinks the mountain, looking at it from afar, the shape is like an old cow poking its head, lying in the river to drink. Hence the name. Cui Yan and Zhang Fei trekked all the way and finally arrived here.

Cui Yan looked around, only to see that the surrounding green mountains were majestic, and there was a small river in the middle of the valley, the waves were rushing happily, and on the side of the riverbank, there was a small road, winding forward until the depths of the valley. On the other side of the riverbank, there are fields reclaimed at the foot of the mountain. At the entrance of the corner of the valley, there is a small village built along the mountain, and there are high-rise buildings in the middle of the wall, and there are faint sergeants walking back and forth. Probably seeing Cui Yan and his party, a bell suddenly rang, and after a while, a group of people poured out at the entrance of the valley.

In front of the head, wearing a scarf and holding a sharp blade, he led the part and shouted. When he was near, the man sat down on his horse and asked, "Who are you, and why are you coming?" ”

Cui Yan took a step forward immediately, Zhang Liao took the weapon from his waist and held it in his hand, faintly guarding his side. Cui Yan bowed and said with a smile: "The envoy under the command of Qingzhou Liu Envoy, Qinghe Cui Yan, came to visit General Zhang. I hope this general will be introduced. ”

The man heard that it was a visitor from Qingzhou, and he couldn't help but hesitate, how did the people on Liu Bei's side find it here, so they didn't interfere with the well water of their own army? But he didn't dare to slack off, so he stayed here to watch Cui Yan and his party, but he sent people into the valley to report to the big leader Zhang Yan.