Yang Huai dreamed that he was back in his infancy, he was lying in a cradle and swaying, shaking higher and higher, and suddenly the whole cradle seemed to be about to turn over, Yang Huai woke up from the dream all of a sudden, opened his eyes, and saw that not only the bed was shaking, but even the whole big tent was shaking, and the earth seemed to tremble, he was also through the battle array, unless there was a legendary ground movement, there was only one possibility, that is, a large group of people were coming over here, Yang Huai got up from the bed with a bone, and was just about to open his mouth to call someone, Suddenly the whole tent collapsed in half,

When Yang Huai crawled out of the tent, he saw a team of black-clothed and black-armored cavalry floating past him like the wind, and just now I don't know who cut the rope tied to the tent, so that half of the big tent collapsed, and many soldiers who were awakened didn't even have time to put on their clothes, and watched with horror as these cavalrymen who didn't know where they came from passed through the camp, kicked up dust all the way, and went north,

Yang Huai, who was sleeping in a daze, touched his head, didn't understand what was going on, looked at his Dazhai, was hit by this team of cavalry into a mess, except for a few soldiers who were unfortunately injured, they didn't seem to have any special moves, a gust of north wind cut through, Yang Huai, who was only wearing a single coat, couldn't help but feel a chill through the bones, he cursed and muttered a sentence in his mouth, laboriously lifted the half-collapsed big tent, and re-drilled in, although there was no sleep, but the clothes had to find a few pieces to put on, Otherwise, this steep spring cold can make people unbearable,

Right here, there was a tremor from the earth, mixed with bursts of shouting and killing, and soon there was a miserable howl around, Yang Huai, who had just worn half of his armor, secretly screamed badly, hurriedly drilled out of the big tent, and saw a spear stabbed over, and a "poof" sound pierced his throat, he didn't even have time to shout, he looked at everything around him incredibly, opened his eyes, and slowly fell down,

Sun Ce took 5,000 cavalry, all the way to the gallop, it is still the first month, there are no people working in the fields, there are no merchants coming and going from the north to the south on the snow-covered road, the surroundings are a little scary, only when passing through the county seat and villages and towns, such a large group of horseback will cause a commotion, the people have stopped to watch, the local officials and soldiers are hurriedly preparing for defense, and even some county towns have been busy closing the city gates, but this group of cavalry did not stop for a moment, nor did it disturb the villagers, Just passing nearby, leaving a few rows of congealed middle hooves on the snow, raising flakes of snow,

In the evening, with this cavalry has bypassed the two county seats, came to a valley, the guide of the team is also a phantom secret spy, a few years ago has been mixed into the Hanzhong area, the surrounding terrain has long been well understood, he pointed to the north, said to Sun Ce: "General, out of the valley and then fifty miles north is Yangping Pass, but for so many years, the gate of Yangping Pass has never been opened, the general's command is all cavalry, and there is no siege equipment, I am afraid it will be difficult to take it in a hurry." ”

Sun Ce frowned, and said: "No matter how difficult it is, it must be captured, if the lord has Yangping Pass in hand, he can attack Dong Zhuo and retreat, and he will be invincible first. ”

In the era of cold weapons, the advantage of cavalry lies in the movement of the super mobile surname and the huge impact force when charging into battle, in order to ensure the mobile surname, but also in order to save horsepower, the cavalry in the march is impossible for the infantry to carry a large amount of food, it is impossible to bury the pot to cook, the history of the Mongolian cavalry will choose some mares after giving birth to take in the team, the use of mare's milk as the rations for the march, but in Liu Xin here the war horse is very scarce, he has no choice, fortunately Liu Xin has the memory of future generations, developed the dry food carried by the army, that is, fried noodles,

These cavalry dismounted, a mouthful of fried noodles and a mouthful of snow, hurriedly filled their bellies, and seized the time to rest, just like the famous army of later generations, they could still defeat a powerful enemy armed to the teeth, although these soldiers did not have the lofty faith and courage to sacrifice as the later generations, but the desire for meritorious service and the seal of their wives and sons also inspired them to face difficulties without regrets, Liu Xin formulated a series of policies to ensure that even if they died in battle, their families would have no worries. If they make great contributions, then their families will be even more proud from now on, as for fried noodles, it is an emergency food developed by Liu Xin according to the memories of later generations.

Sun Ce's mood is difficult to calm down, this is the first time he has been able to lead the army alone since he joined Liu Xin, he secretly warned himself, this time he must behave well, can not live up to Liu Xin's expectations of himself, although Sun Ce is brave and strong, but not a reckless man, he understands in his heart that no matter how strong the cavalry's mobile surname is, it is impossible to fly up to Yangping Pass, and attacking the city is not his forte, not to mention that the gate of Yangping Pass will not be opened without special circumstances, and it is impossible to rely on a surprise attack to rush into the pass, how to achieve a surprise victory, It is a huge problem in front of Sun Ce,

At the second watch, the cavalry after a short break continued to set off, heading straight to Yangping Pass, leading this cavalry with a total of five captains, Sun Ce was not one of these five, but Xu Huang was instructed by Liu Xin to let Sun Ce temporarily serve as their commander, in the position, Sun Ce and the five captains are the same, and even Sun Ce as an infantry captain, the status is still below the five of them, however, Liu Xin's army has always been a military order, since Sun Ce was appointed as the temporary commander of this cavalry, others in addition to obeying orders, There will be no objections, of course, this does not mean that the first merit of capturing Yangping Pass is Sun Ce's, if the other five captains can enter the pass before him, they can also make a great contribution that can be promoted to three levels in a row, so the positive surnames of the other five captains are not weaker than Sun Ce, and they even proposed to kill Benyang Pingguan directly without any rest,

Tonight, the moon is bright and the stars are sparse, and a long black dragon on the white snow is quietly rushing towards Yangping Pass, except for the horse's hooves stepping on the snow lightly, no human voice can be heard, everyone's minds have already flown to Yangping Pass, with the phantom secret spy who has been lurking in the local area for many years as a guide, the speed of the team is much faster, nearly half an hour ahead of Sun Ce's scheduled time, and the city wall of Yangping Pass can be vaguely seen from a distance,

Sun Ce restrained the team and asked a lieutenant beside him, "General Li, how far is the range of our cavalry's bows and arrows?" ”

This captain's name is Li Sheng, he listened to Sun Ce's words, he couldn't help frowning, I don't understand what he meant by asking, when attacking the city, bows and arrows can only be used to suppress the defenders in the city, but it is impossible to knock down a city with bows and arrows alone, not to mention that there is still a majestic Xiongguan, however, when it comes to bows and arrows, Captain Li's heart is full of pride, these cavalry have been trained for a long time, the archers and horses are skilled, and the archery skills are no worse than those full-time crossbowmen, thinking of this, he couldn't help but straighten his chest, and said: "General Sun, The brethren were equipped with new bows, and it should not be a problem to shoot the soldiers in the city at a distance of 200 paces. ”

Sun Ce nodded and said, "That's good, all dismount, unsaddle, rest in place, and wait for dawn to start attacking the city." ”

Captain Zhang Biao was a little unconvinced by Xu Huang letting Sun Ce serve as their temporary commander, always thinking that Sun Ce was just a little hairy child who had not dried up, and now he heard that he would wait for dawn to start attacking the city, and looked down on him even more, and immediately spoke out against him: "General Sun, the so-called soldiers are fast and fast, now the defenders are still asleep, it is the best time to attack the city, and when the dawn comes, the enemy is prepared, then what is the use of our long-distance attack, the brothers' hard work this night is not in vain." ”

Along the way, from the time of departure, Sun Ce was thinking about how to attack Yangping Pass, the specialty of the cavalry lies in the field maneuvering, impacting the enemy formation, if you forcibly attack the city, it can be said that you can attack the enemy's strengths with your own shortcomings.

Sun Ce also considered using the cover of the night, taking advantage of its unpreparedness, the possibility of a sudden attack, but tonight the moonlight is bright, bright as day against the background of the snow, in the absence of internal response, it is almost impossible not to alarm the defenders when attacking the city, and Yangping Pass is different from Jiameng Pass, this is purely a checkpoint, and there is no city built according to the pass, outsiders want to lurk in the pass, it is tantamount to a fool's dream, even if you can take advantage of the enemy's unpreparedness, luckily climb the city wall, it will soon attract the siege of the enemy, leaving the cavalry of the war horse, In the face of the 40,000 troops in the city, with outnumbered enemies, the odds of victory are really not great.

Moreover, Sun Ce knew better that in the eyes of Liu Xin, who was short of war horses, these five thousand cavalry were the treasures of treasures, and now that they were in his hands, he couldn't just casually lead them to a dead end.

Sun Ce understood Zhang Biao and Li Sheng's urgent mood very well, why didn't he want to snatch this first merit and be promoted to three levels in a row, but he couldn't do this, however, he had always been arrogant, and he didn't want to explain much to Zhang Biao and them, so he just said coldly: "I have my own arrangements, carry out the order." ”

The light of the day gradually brightened, Sun Ce had made up his mind, attacking a city with cavalry is tantamount to seeking his own death, he attacked the heart first, to surrender the soldiers without a fight, with an order, the soldiers jumped on the horses, after a short rest, five thousand cavalry one by one, the horses that had just been fed seemed to feel that the war was coming, and they were particularly excited, and the horses' hooves kept shaving on the snow,

Sun Ce took the lead, and the soldiers shouted and followed him to Yangping Pass,

The soldiers guarding the pass found out about the movement here, and immediately made a noise, the general who led the army was Zhang Lu's younger brother Zhang Wei, and he was also a young man with strong blood, and he was assisted by the general Yang Ang, who got the soldier's report, and the two people who were still asleep hurriedly dressed neatly, and hurried to the city without even having time to eat breakfast, and until now they still haven't figured out which side of the people outside the city is sacred, where it came from,

About a stone's throw away from Guancheng, Sun Ce stopped his war horse and shouted: "Listen to the people on the gate, I am a subordinate of Lord Liu of Jingzhou, and I was ordered to take the pass, the entire Hanzhong is now under the control of Lord Liu, and whether your parents, wives and children will live or die in the future is all in your thoughts, and those who know the current affairs should quickly open the door and surrender, otherwise, when Lord Liu's army arrives, it will be too late to regret it." ”

The soldiers in the city listened to Sun Ce's words, and it really caused a panic, a captain saw that the situation was not good, and kept waving the spear in his hand, and tried his best to stop, but the soldiers were still whispering, everyone was worried, and the news that Hanzhong had fallen soon spread in the city, and at this time, the main generals Zhang Wei and Yang Ang who were guarding the pass had not yet arrived, and the captain had no choice, so he pointed to Sun Ce under the city, and ordered loudly: "Quickly, release the arrows, shoot him." ”