Cao Cao led an army of 70,000 and the news of entering Hanoi had already reached the ears of the Tiger Wing General Xu Huang, who had just arrived in Xingyang with the Second Army.

After getting this news, Xu Huang immediately made a decision and immediately made a decision, let Xingyang Taishou Han Ji lead the militia in the county to guard Xingyang, he sent the captain He Yi to lead a regiment of troops to garrison Aocang, and ordered the deputy general Yang Lie to lead a regiment of troops to garrison on Guangwu Mountain in the northwest of Aocang, and he led Liu Pi, He Man and other troops totaling 5,000 people to go to the Tiger Prison Pass in Bishui Town, Chenggao County, and Guangwu Mountain as horns.

Guangwu Mountain is steep from the riverside, from north to south, continuous, the peaks and peaks are sharp, the steep pull is dozens of zhang, the morning glow and twilight smoke, the metamorphosis is ten thousand.

To the north, the Yellow River clings to the foot of the mountain; In the southwest, thousands of mountains are wrong, and the peaks are towering.

Here, not only the valley is deep and steep, the cliff is uneven, and there is the danger of Chenggao Tiger Prison Pass in the west, there is the millet of Aocang in the east, and there is the important town of Xingyang in the south, which is the throat of the ancient traffic and the place where the soldiers must fight.

There is a huge ravine on Guangwu Mountain, which is called "Guangwu Stream" in history, and here is the ancient battlefield where Chu and Han fought each other.

And the Tiger Prison Pass is connected with Songyue in the south, bordering the Yellow River in the north, the mountains are staggered, it becomes a natural danger, there is a husband when the pass is not open, and it is a place where the soldiers of all dynasties must fight. In peacetime, there is no need to leave troops to guard it, but in wartime, it is a battleground.

Therefore, when Xu Huang received the news of Cao Cao's occupation of Hanoi, he immediately changed his original strategy, and the top priority was not to think about how to rescue Hanoi, but how to do a good job of defense, seize the dangerous passes and terrain, and completely block Ao Cang. Be optimistic about the grain in Aocang. That's all that matters.

When Xu Huang did all this. Only then did he relax a little, and it didn't take long for him to encounter a group of soldiers guarding the river from Pinggao, and then he learned that Xiahou Yuan had occupied Pinggao, but because the soldiers guarding the river set fire to all the boats parked at the ferry when they left, blocking Xiahou Yuan's advance, so that Xu Huang could make defensive arrangements in the fastest time.

Xu Huang put the soldiers into the gate. Let them go to Xingyang for refuge. And he left Liu Pi to defend the Tiger Pass, and he took He Man and a regiment of troops to the bank of the Yellow River, wanting to see where it was suitable for an ambush, and then snipe Xiahou Yuan, and give the other party a dismount first.

At the same time, Xu Huang also wrote a letter to inform Zhang Yan, who was far away in Pengcheng, informing him that Cao Cao had led an army of 70,000 to the south and had occupied Hanoi.

Xu Huang led his army to the banks of the Yellow River, and on the way met some civilians who had fled from Henan City. Knowing that Cao Hong had occupied Henan City, Henan Yin Zhang Hongbing returned to Guguan.

After hearing the news. Xu Huang immediately asked the army to stop advancing, he thought quietly in place for a long time, and finally decided to turn around and return to the Tiger Prison Pass, not because of a moment of righteousness, and a big thing could be ruined.

Xu Huang led his army back to Tiger Prison Pass, worried that when he went to snipe Xiahou Yuan ashore, Cao Hong would lead his army to kill him from behind, and at that time, he would be attacked by the enemy on his back, and it would be bad if he was surrounded by Cao's army.

So, Xu Huang still took a conservative approach, retreated to the Tiger Prison Pass, and insisted on not fighting, after all, Ao Cang is the top priority.

At this moment, Xiahou Yuan, who is located at the crossing of the Yellow River in Pinggao County, finally succeeded in tying 500 huge wooden rafts after two days of hard work, and found many people from the local area who relied on ferries to live, and under coercion and temptation, let them drive the wooden rafts to transport the army across the river.

At this time, Cao Cao led an army of 30,000 people to arrive here, and after learning that Xiahou Yuan failed to cross the river as scheduled, he did not blame, the situation on the battlefield is changing rapidly, and he also took this into account when formulating the battle, but he didn't expect it to be really guessed by him.

But in any case, Hanoi has been occupied by him, and Cao Hong has also entered the city of Henan, at least a haode start.

Cao Cao asked the army to be stationed here to rest for a while, and when he crossed the river, there would be a series of battles waiting for him ahead, so that the soldiers could maintain their full physical strength, which was better than anything else. Moreover, Cao Cao did not urge Xiahou Yuan, everything gave him room to play freely.

Xiahou Yuan also took into account that the other side already knew the news of the invasion of the Cao army, and was worried that the other side would have some defense, so he carefully selected 2,000 archers who were good at archery as the first batch of troops to cross the river, and the remaining 8,000 soldiers continued to stay on the north bank and wait for good news.

On weekdays, there is a heavy fog on the Yellow River, and it stands to reason that this kind of bad weather should not be traveled, because there are too many uncertain factors.

But Xiahou Yuan saw an opportunity and dispelled yesterday's thoughts, and instead ordered the whole army to cross the river and, under the cover of heavy fog, sail towards the south bank of the Yellow River.

By about noon, five hundred wooden platoons loaded with soldiers had slowly sailed to the south bank of the Yellow River, and by this time the fog had gradually cleared from the river, and at least far away could be seen.

But the scene on the south bank of the Yellow River was beyond Xiahou Yuan's expectations, his army successfully landed here, but did not encounter a single person's resistance, and everything was calm.

But the more this is the case, the more Xiahou Yuan will not let down his vigilance, often what seems to be a safe place, but there is great danger hidden.

As soon as Cao's army landed, Xiahou Yuan immediately sent 500 scouts to reconnoiter nearby to see if there was any ambush.

After a stick of incense, the scout team returned, and found nothing suspicious, not even human footprints, everything was covered with snow, there was no sign of life around, there were few people here, not even birds and beasts were found.

At this time, Xiahou Yuan was really relieved, reorganized the team on the shore, left a thousand people in charge of the ferry, and the rest followed him and hurried to Aocang.

At the same time, Xiahou Yuan once again sent scout troops to the front to inquire about the news.

Half an hour later, the scout troops came back again and reported the news to Xiahou Yuan that the road to Ao Cang had been completely blocked by Xu Huang, the tiger wing general under Zhang Yan, and Xu Huang himself led 5,000 soldiers to garrison the Tiger Prison Pass, which was easy to defend and difficult to attack.

In addition, Xu Huang's subordinate Yang Lie also occupied Guangwu Mountain, completely blocking the only road in the mountain, and the Tiger Prison Pass became a horn to each other.

After Xiahou Yuan heard the news. Then he ordered the army to stop. He was familiar with the terrain of the area. In order to crusade against Dong Zhuo, he also walked this dangerous road. He knew that if he wanted to enter Aocang, he had to pass through the Tiger Prison first, then pass through Guangwu Mountain, and then arrive, which was the fastest and the only way to go.

Because. Aocang is located in the Taohuayu of Guangwu Mountain, and other places are steep mountain roads, horses are definitely not allowed to walk, even if people climb the rock, it is also very dangerous.

In this way, if Xiahou Yuan wants to enter Aocang, he must pass through the Tiger Pass. But the Tiger Prison Pass is another dangerous terrain, easy to defend and difficult to attack, if you want to pass, unless you defeat Xu Huang.

Xiahou Yuan stopped and thought for a long time. felt that this matter should be reported to Cao Cao, and Cao Cao would make a decision. Whether you want to storm the tiger prison.

So Xiahou Yuan sent a scout to the north bank of the Yellow River to report the incident, while his army stayed where it was, waiting for news.

After Cao Cao received Xiahou Yuan's report, he immediately gave instructions to let Xiahou Yuan take the lead in the Tiger Prison, but not to attack, and to make plans after he arrived with a large army.

Xiahou Yuan received Cao Cao's order, quickly advanced, and in the evening of the same day, his troops came to the Tiger Prison, and then began to set up camp, but did not attack.

On the tower of the Tiger Prison Pass, Xu Huang saw that Cao Jun was camping and had no intention of attacking, and he was not in a hurry to get out of the pass, anyway, hiding in the pass, you can't attack it, even if you attack it, you may not be able to capture it.

Therefore, Xu Huang ordered the defending soldiers to work in three shifts, closely monitor the movements of Cao's army outside the city, and let people carry stones from the mountains behind the pass, and pile them all on the city tower, just in case.

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Hedong, Anyi.

Cao Cao led an army of 70,000 and swept through Hanoi, Tai Shi Ci immediately gathered all the soldiers and horses, and rushed to Hanoi, but was blocked at Kei Pass, Cao Xiu led the army to occupy the pass, and Tai Shi Ci could not cross.

So, Tai Shi Ci changed to take the waterway, retreated to Dongyuan County, and came to the Huqiu Pavilion located on the bank of the Yellow River, although the Yellow River flows from here, but there is no ferry here, let alone a boat, Tai Shi Ci can not cross.

Tai Shi Ci was reluctant to move to another place, so he ordered the ferry to be dug and boats built, and invited the local people to work together. Get ready to take a boat down the river to rescue Hanoi.

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Jizhou, Yecheng.

Gao Rou returned to Yecheng with hundreds of remnants, and Gao Rou herself was also received by Yuan Shao, and told Yuan Shao about the killing of Gao Gan, the news of Guo Yuan, Zhang Sheng and others being at odds with each other, and the angry Yuan Shao blew his beard and stared.

Gao Gan is Yuan Shao's nephew, and he is a well-rounded scholar and military talent, and he can imagine his mood when he loses this nephew he likes very much.

After Gao Rou finished reporting here, the scouts over there came in to report, saying that Guo Yuan, Zhang Sheng and others had been wiped out, and 6,000 people including Wei Gu and Zhang Yan had surrendered.

Immediately afterwards, another scout ran in, and this scout told Yuan Shao that Cao Cao had led an army of 70,000 and had occupied Hanoi, and that his troops had crossed the Yellow River and entered the south bank of the Yellow River, preparing to attack Ao Cang.

When Yuan Shao heard the good news, he became happy, he was ready to launch a full-scale war, and set the main battlefield in Puyang. Since he destroyed Gongsun Zhan, after five years of development, the number of troops has reached 400,000, he has been plotting to start a war, this year's Spring Festival just ended, Yuan Shao issued an order to the ministry, launched a general attack on Zhang Yan.

However, Yuan Shao's troops marched in three ways, the Western Route Army was led by Gao Gan, and Cao Cao joined the army, leading an army of 100,000 to the south from Bingzhou to attack Zhang Yan's land in Henan. The East Route Army was led by the eldest son Yuan Tan, with Xu You, Guo Tu, and Xiao Ji as staff officers, leading an army of 100,000 to cross the Yellow River from the plain to the south and attack Qingzhou.

The Middle Route Army, led by him personally, Tian Feng and Fu Zhi joined the army, Yan Liang and Wen Chou were the vanguard, raised an army of 150,000, crossed the Yellow River in the south, and attacked Yanzhou.

In addition, Yuan Shao sent people to contact Ma Teng and Han Sui in Liangzhou, so that they could launch an attack together, and secretly reached an agreement with Zhang Yan of the Montenegrin army, as long as the Montenegrin army did not help each other, after he occupied the Central Plains and eliminated Zhang Yan, he would make Zhang Yan a hussar general and a marquis of Wanhu.

"Hurry up and send Chen Lin!" Yuan Shao was excited when he heard the news that Cao Cao had invaded Henan, and immediately shouted loudly.

After a while, Chen Lin, the chief bookkeeper, walked in from outside, and as soon as he entered the hall, he bowed and said, "What does the lord command?" ”

After all, Yuan Shao was still worried that the teacher would be unknown, so he was ready to issue an edict early in the morning to tell the world that he was ordered to crusade.

"You quickly wrote me a document on a crusade against Zhang Yan, and then copied tens of thousands of copies and sent people to all parts of the Central Plains."

Yuan Shao is the father-in-law of today's son, and this relationship cannot be changed, and whether the people in the world will believe it in the end, he doesn't care about this. This crusade against the text is just a formality, without the text, in fact, there is nothing, but if there is no text, I always feel that something is missing, it seems that there is something wrong, and the words are not good.

Regardless of whether the text is true or not, after it is released, it can at least block the mouths of people all over the world.

After becoming a king or defeating a coward, after becoming the Yuan family in the world, even if it is fake, it will become true.

"Whoa!" Chen Lin answered, turned around and went out.

Yuan Shao immediately found the herald again, and said loudly: "Order all armies to march into the Central Plains!" (To be continued......)