Under the Wuruan Pass, the autumn wind next to the sheep's intestines is sluggish, and there are still human prints and horses' hooves brought by the heavy rain at the end of this summer on the loess official road.

Lu Yi dragged the seven-foot-high Xianbei horse on his shoulders, climbed up the mountainside with great difficulty, and looked at the majestic city pass with bitter feelings. Although there are few defenders on the gate, the flag is strictly organized and well guarded, and I am afraid that it will be difficult to achieve results in the short term...... At present, the defenders are less than 1,000 people but they hold the Xiongguan, if they add reinforcements from Jizhou after the storm, then the southern gateway of Youzhou will be captured by the Gongsun clan.

This winter will not be peaceful.

On the contrary, if the Wuruan Pass is captured, when the war will start in the spring of the next year is the final word of Youzhou, and even if the Gongsun clan has the heart to seize Youzhou, it can only look at the Wuruan Pass and be deterred, and there are 3,000 defenders here, hoarding grain and grass to rely on the terrain, which is enough to garrison the army of thousands of people.

In addition to Wuruan Pass in the west of Zhuo County, another major road in the south of Youzhou is the first line of Beixincheng blocked by Juma Water, and the first line of Yangxiang and Fangcheng blocked by Yishui. But those two sides are things that need to be worried about after the river freezes in winter, otherwise there is only a gap in Wuruan Pass in Youzhou.

Then under the cover of the dense branches and leaves in the forest, Lu Yi stared at the outline of Wuruan Pass in the distance and slowly disappeared, and viciously bit a dry steamed cake in the little clearing cleared out of the forest, mixed with bitter and salty dried meat and swallowed two bites, like chewing stones, the taste made him want to spit on the ground, his throat squirmed twice and finally stopped his thoughts, and scolded with some annoyance: "Damn, Jiang Ajin, this bastard, since he transferred Chen Zuo away, see what kind of dry food this is made by the kitchen in the army, do you want to eat Lao Tzu's brother?" ”

A subordinate whose sleeves were scraped by branches and leaves appeared in the forest, holding a water bladder, and only then wiped the fine sweat on his forehead and said: "General, is there a way to break the enemy?" ”

"Nope." Lu Yi shook his head very boldly, coughed lightly, the old forest didn't dare to light hot steamed cakes, he ate like a savage eating stones, and he wanted to or something to break the enemy, did he eat all the city bricks in Wuruan Pass? Gulping down two large sips of the water bladder, Koji Yi showed surprise on his face and said, "Sweet? ”

The soldier himself had never drunk this water, but when he saw the joy on his face, he replied: "There is a village in the north, everyone has run away, and every household has not packed up anything, only the mouth of the well is covered with big stones, and I don't want it to be a sweet well." ”

Koji Yi nodded, there was sweet water to drink, barely enough to make him feel that eating dry steamed cakes and dried meat was not so pessimistic, in fact, he also knew that the dry food that he hated now would become an incomparable luxury for the soldiers in a few days...... The dry food they carried was only five days' ready, which was specially collected by Lu Yi in Shanggu County after receiving Yanbei's order, and he only had two days of food left after using this meal now.

Fortunately, Lu Yi had been worried that it would be difficult to capture Wuruan Pass, so he ordered the people of Zhulu County to deliver grain to the pavilions along the way behind them...... Although it may not be able to catch up with the hunger for one or two meals, after this kind of eventuality, there will be another batch of baggage.

But these burdens will not last another three days at most.

They did not take the official road, crossed the mountains and mountains, and it was inconvenient to transport their baggage. And when Wuruan Pass became a battlefield nearby, it was impossible for the people to transport grain over.

Unless...... Quickly set the five Nguyen Pass.

After eating dry food and drinking enough sweet water, he felt that his mind was working again, but the soldier who delivered him the water bladder had been gone for a long time. At this time, the anxious Lu Yi patted his forehead and asked someone to call the subordinate again, and asked: "You said that the people in the nearby villages have been driven away by Gongsun Zhan's soldiers, and nothing has been taken away...... Is there any food in the house? ”

Hearing this, the soldier said with a bitter face: "The general said that he laughed, if there is food, can General Gongsun's army leave us behind?" The brothers turned over all the vats in the village, and there was no noodles left! ”

"Then you said you didn't take anything...... Got clothes? As if his head had been knocked suddenly, Lu Yi asked eagerly, "Are there any leftover clothes in the countryside that have not been taken away?" ”

"Broken clothes, rotten clay pots, and some chariots and farm tools are left there, useful to the general?"

"That's right! Koji is also very clever when he looks at you, and he has a ton of people under him? Lu Yi's face was still anxious, and with the soldier's answer, he stretched out his hand and dragged the banner on the soldier's armor, knowing that it was a general, and said: "Give you a dangerous job, if you don't do it, you will lose your life, do you dare?" ”

"The subordinate Houqutun General Baifu, the general has an order, but please command!" Bai Fu knocked his chest loudly, for fear of missing this opportunity, he used to be just a tenant of a large family in Liaodong, more tired than mules and horses, but he has never eaten meat, now although he is a pawn of the Yanbei Army, the knife comes and goes, but he is a good mix, and he has the courage to have a knife in his hand, and he said: "My subordinates are not afraid of death, but they are afraid of any danger!" ”

"Well said, you come with Koji." Lu Yi looked left and right, waved his hand to order the soldiers to be on guard in, walked to a place where no one was and asked Bai Fu, "Liaodong people?" ”

"General Hui, the next tun under him was all recruited from the left side of Xiangping in Liaodong, and he fought Goguryeo and Yongnu with the general." Mentioning his resume made Bai Fu's eyebrows flutter, he was an old pawn of Lu Yi's subordinates, for fear of being looked down upon by the partial general, so he hurriedly said: "Beat Goguryeo's subordinates to shoot four Goguryeo people under the city, and Poyongnu is the third to enter the city!" ”

"Good man! Will you pretend to be a citizen? Lu Yi didn't care about Bai Fu's boastful bravery, pointed at him and asked, "Do you dare to let you pretend to be a common man and blend in with the people driven by the enemy army in the dark night?" ”

Bai Fu was stunned, and after a moment he understood, he said, "The general wants his subordinates to mix in with the people and kill people?" Rest assured, general, subordinates will ......"

"It's not that you mix in the people to kill people, it's that you are the first to enter Wuruan Pass, open the city gate, and hold on until Koji leads the army to attack the city." Lu Yi's face did not have the relaxed look of Bai Fu, and he said very worriedly: "This is a matter of nine deaths and a lifetime, you can't bring a strong crossbow and a ring knife, you can only hide a short knife and spearhead close to your body." There was no iron armor, and at most half of the people had thin clothing, and some of them carried some farm tools and wooden poles. Now Koji asks you, do you dare to respond? It doesn't matter if you don't dare, it's a matter of life......"

Bai Fu obviously showed a look of fear on his face, without armor or weapons, not everyone has the physique of General Yan's Dianjun, and he can crush people's heads with his bare hands. In the heavy breathing, Bai Fu's hand was clenched tightly, and his arm shook slowly, but he still interrupted Lu Yi's words with his neck stalked, and said fiercely: "The general doesn't need to say much, a certain dare!" ”

"Hahaha! is worthy of being a good subordinate of Koji, Bai Fu, Koji remembers you. If you can open the Wuruan Pass alive, you will be promoted to be a military marquis! ”

As soon as the words fell, Lu Yi turned his gaze to the direction of Wuruan Pass again, although there was only a lush forest in sight, it seemed that the chances of capturing Wuruan Pass were greater.