When the subsequent army advanced to Xingyang one after another, my elder brother and I had already begun to summon Lu Xun and other generals who arrived in advance to carry out the next step of military discussion.

Up to now, the implementation of the strategic plan has been smooth, but there must be no slack. It is only a matter of time for Cao Cao to realize the actual intentions of our army. With his ability, I believe there will be a solution soon.

If we cannot arrange everything before his countermeasures come, our strategy will still be in danger of failure.

Our army... must compete with time.

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"The news of Xingyang's change of hands should have been investigated by Luoyang. According to the scout's return, the defense at Hulao Pass has been significantly strengthened, and at the same time, Luoyang's side has shown signs of increasing troops towards Hulao Pass.

"Lu Xun pointed to the sand table and introduced the latest situation to everyone.

"There were originally garrisons of Hulao Pass. After the increase in troops, it would probably reach about 20,000!" Pang Tong held a small copper heating stove to keep his body warm, and his nasal sound seemed a little heavy, "It is probably not easy to attack Hulao forcing him.

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Although it was early spring, the temperature still did not rise significantly. In addition, the Xingyang area is relatively northerly, and Pang Tong, who is not very strong, still cannot get used to it.

After Pang Tong's head, Sima Yi had already taken off the thick fur robe and changed into a brocade cloth suited for spring, which made the two look sharply.

"It is not easy to attack, but it is probably unlikely to take the plan..." Sima Yi said in a pondering manner, "Cao Hong, the chief general of the Cao army in Sili, is a very irritating person. In the past, it is a very easy opportunity to use. He can try to inspire him to fight and then find an opportunity to attack the pass.

But at present, facing the Lord's tens of thousands of Northern Expedition troops, Cao's army was fully forced. Any omission may cause the entire line of defense to collapse.

Cao Cao knew this, and he would also remind Cao Hong to pay attention to this. If he was not sure, Cao Hong would probably not take the initiative to go out of seclusion and fight."

"It's a pity that the Yellow River has not completely thawed, and the navy cannot pass. If Brother Gan can get here, it will not be so difficult to attack Hulao Pass..." Ling Tong sighed lightly and said with regret.

Ling Tong's words are not without reason——Hulao Pass can hold the key points of land, but it cannot control the Yellow River to the north. The Yellow River to the west from Xingyang is rushing and rushing.

Without solid boats and skilled boatmen, it is extremely dangerous to ferry boats. In the north, few people dare to take such risks.

However, this is not a problem for the Jinfan Navy, who crossed the boat for 365 days a year, even the extremely dangerous Three Gorges of the Yangtze River are nothing in Gan Ning's eyes.

In recent years, with the continuous construction and equipment of new warships, Ganning has even tried to patrol far away from the near sea and into the wider ocean. Although it has failed several times.

Dozens of large and medium-sized warships were lost, but Ganning was already very sure of conducting ocean-going voyages.

But as Ling Tong said, there are several sections of the middle and lower reaches of the Yellow River that have large areas of freezing, and the main force of the Jinfan Navy wants to participate in the war, but it is not effective. In addition, Cao Cao also made considerable precautions against the Jinfan Navy.

"Since I can't figure it out, I'll just not spend this effort..." I patted my thighs and said distractedly, "If you attack strongly, you will attack strongly. Anyway, I have already prepared for attacking Hulao earlier. And.

Hulao Pass has not been broken..."

The eldest brother Zhan Yan smiled slightly, and a look of memories of the past appeared on his face.

In fact, when the 18 princes attacked Dong Zhuo twenty-two years ago, we were the three brothers who were the first to enter Hulao Pass. (Don't pursue the borrowed Romance of the Legend, haha)

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When the subsequent army basically arrived in Xingyang, Xizuo also sent two messages - first, the Cao army of Xu Huang's troops stationed in Yingshui seemed to have been reduced by nearly half.

In addition, a large group of Cao troops were rushing towards Xingyang. The force may be less than 30,000.

Obviously, this is exactly what Cao Cao responded to our army's actions, and his work was quite good.

The situation was already quite urgent, so I immediately led a large army into Hulao Pass with my elder brother and headed directly to Luoyang. At the same time, Lu Xun was arranged to lead 20,000 partial troops to be responsible for entanglement with Cao Cao.

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After a day and a half, our main army of more than 60,000 people arrived at Hulao Pass.

There was no rest. I immediately went to the front of the gate with my elder brother to observe the military situation.

The name of the tiger pole began in the Zhou Dynasty. It is said that King Mu of Zhou shot and hunted in the garden and raised the hunted tigers here. Hence the name.

"Control the throats of the east and west, and hold the bridges of the north and south." Hulao is the key to the throats of Qi and Lu to Qin and Long in the east. It has been a place that military strategists must fight for since ancient times. Passes have been set up here in all dynasties, with Xu soldiers defending, merchants traveling, and passers-by shuttles.

"The center of the sky lock, control the four customs of the earth"! Hulao Pass is surrounded by rushing and turbulent north, and the Yellow River flows thousands of miles away, and the south is winding and undulating. The ink splashes and darknesses are stained with the ground, the three mountains of Guangwu are stretched, the mountains are walls, the river is trenches, and a road winds among the mountains and valleys.

The great power of heaven's creation has created the power of the Hulao Niwan sealing the pass.

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Similar to the situation of making detailed reports, Cao's army stationed in Hulao Pass has entered a state of alertness.

Although it is difficult to confirm the exact number of Cao's army with a rough observation, I dare to conclude that at least half of the Luoyang defenders had arrived at Hulao Pass by Cao Hong himself.

Our army breaks through Hulao Pass, and Sizhou is within reach; Cao Hong defends Hulao Pass, and Sizhou can be protected without any worries.

However, the Hulao Pass in front of you really makes people feel like they are breathing.

This towering pass was like an iron gate locked between mountains and valleys, completely embracing the official road to the west. The bluestone city wall, which was more than eight feet high, made most of the ladders unable to reach it.

There are countless arrow towers standing on the shutter. With the advantage of height, the range of the crossbow should be maximized as much as possible...

"Cao Cao has increased at least two feet high..." The eldest brother looked at the pass in the distance, and sighed lightly in a slightly complicated tone, "I remember that in the past, Hulao Pass seemed to be no more than six feet high.

The eight-foot-high city wall is the only one I saw in my life…”

I nodded gently.

The pass is as strong as iron, as solid as gold... It is most appropriate to put these words on the Hulao Pass. If I hadn't been prepared enough, I would never have forcibly attacked this pass, otherwise it would be equivalent to hitting a stone with an egg.

The world's heroic pass is out of the tiger prison! That's true!

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Xiahou Yuan hated Lu Meng and Zhang Ren to the extreme.

Lu Meng was cunning and vicious (relative to Xiahou Yuan)———On the route to attack Chang'an, Lu Meng played Xiahou Yuan with a double plan to attack the east and west.

He instead used Xiahou Yuan to be familiar with the terrain of Yongzhou and made great efforts to enter Ziwu Road, which made Xiahou Yuan feel the illusion of "speaking east and attacking west".

In order to make it more realistic, Lu Meng even arranged half of the troops to stop and advance from Luotang Road, and made the momentum of Ziwu Road even bigger, but did not make substantial progress.

After successfully confusing his opponent, Lu Meng personally led the elite soldiers to advance rapidly, and suddenly appeared in front of the 2,000 elite soldiers arranged by Xiahou Yuan to guard the valley entrance at an unexpected time.

Although Cao's army did not collapse in chaos and even organized effective defense, Lu Meng's continuous attacks for three hours without hesitation, he finally failed.

However, Lu Meng's cunning and viciousness is not only reflected here. After breaking through Ziwu Road, he arranged for the main force to attack Chang'an to attract the attention of Xiahou Yuandi. At the same time, he personally led a few elite troops to advance more than 100 miles long under the guidance of the meticulous work. He caught the back of Luotang Road and launched a raid on the 4,000 Cao troops guarding the intersection with less than 2,000 troops.

After two hours of fierce battle, Lu Meng successfully defeated twice the enemy, opened up Luotang Road, and cleared obstacles for the other half of his troops.

After receiving the letter from Lu Meng, Lu Dai, who was leading the army from Luo Tangdao to act as a fake soldier, immediately forcibly marched forward.

Using the time difference between Chang'an's transmission of Xiahou Yuan and Xiahou Yuan's return to the army, Lu Meng even used the slaughter water to organize a line of defense to block the road to Xiahou Yuan's return to the army.

Faced with this series of changes, even Xiahou Yuan, who had been through many battles, felt unbelievable astonishment.

I just looked down on Lu Meng a little, but I just misjudged Lu Meng's march route. I just had a little bit of entanglement with Zhang Ren a little longer, and the situation of the battle actually changed such an amazing change.

It seemed that Xiahou Yuan completely lost his advantage overnight.

Zhang Ren's desperate pestering also made Xiahou Yuan extremely angry. If Zhang Ren was not so resilient and would never be lingered until his death, Xiahou Yuan could have returned to Chang'an quickly and decisively, leaving Lu Meng with no chance.

What's even more annoying is that the almost crippled Sichuan Army, led by Zhang Ren, was so bold that they followed Xiahou Yuan almost foolishly and chased him down.

The undead Zhang Ren, the undead Sichuan Army!

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Now, the cunning and vicious Lu Meng, the cunning and vicious Zhang Ren, who was pestering him, was in a stalemate with Xiahou Yuan.

Chang'an, which is so close to you, can only watch the upcoming bloody battle.
Chapter completed!