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694. Xu Rong¡¯s disdain

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    "Okay, I will take you across the river and capture this place." Liu Zhe pointed to a place on the map and said to them.

    The two of them were surprised after hearing Liu Zhe's words. They were not surprised about the location of the attack, but were surprised that Liu Zhe actually wanted to set off with them.

    Zhao Yun was slightly surprised and asked: "Lord, do you also want to go into battle?"

    "That's right."

    "My lord, you must not do this."

    Zhang Liao glanced at Guo Jia and Jia Xu next to him, and thought to himself, why don't you dissuade the lord?

    Liu Zhe waved his hand and said: "No need to say more, I have made up my mind. I will take you to capture this place personally."

    Zhao Yun said anxiously: "My lord, just leave this matter to the two of us. If Zilong is willing to issue a military order and not to capture Tongguan, we will come to see him. My lord, you can rest assured."

    Zhao Yun thought Liu Zhe was worried about them.

    When Zhang Liao heard this, he also said: "Wen Yuan is also willing to issue a military order."

    "You two have misunderstood. It's not that I don't worry about you."

    Liu Zhe couldn't laugh or cry when he saw the two of them being so serious. He disliked military orders very much and had never asked his subordinates to issue military orders.

    Liu Zhe explained: "It's like this. After we capture this place, we have to hold it for a day or even two days before reinforcements can arrive."

    In order to prevent people at the checkpoint from being alert, Liu Zhe's army could not get too close and could only rely on a small number of soldiers and horses to make a sneak attack. After a successful sneak attack, they would inevitably be attacked by Cao's army.

    It will take more than a day for the supporting troops to reach the nearest checkpoint here, so once they capture this place, they will face great pressure.

    "As the lord, I cannot let you face danger alone." Liu Zhe's last words moved Zhao Yun and Zhang Liao deeply.

    "I swear to be loyal to my lord to the death." The two of them secretly vowed to protect Liu Zhe.

    The Yellow River flows from north to south, turns a corner in Hedong County, and then flows eastward into the sea.

    At the bend of the Yellow River, there is a ferry called Fenglingdu.

    Fenglingdu is located at the corner of the Yellow River turning eastward, at the intersection of Hedong County, Yongzhou County and Hongnong County.

    It has been an important chokepoint since ancient times and has always been a battleground for military strategists.

    During the Warring States Period, the ancient battlefield between Wei and Qin was here.

    About seventy miles to the north of Fenglingdu is the ferry port Pubanjin (later Yongji).

    After Liu Zhe captured Hedong, in order not to irritate Cao Cao and make Cao Cao nervous all day long, he did not deploy heavy troops at Fenglingdu, but only left a few troops to defend and prevent Cao Cao from crossing the river to make a sneak attack.

    After Cao Cao captured Hongnong County, he did not heavily defend Fenglingdu. Now Fenglingdu has begun to gradually decline. Most of the people crossing the river crossed the river from Pubanjin and entered Yongzhou.

    However, when Liu Zhe set off with an army of 200,000, the number of Cao's troops guarding Fenglingdu on the south bank of the Yellow River began to increase. About fifty miles away from Fenglingdu, there was an important pass, Tongguan, and another one hundred and forty miles to the east.  Xiongguan, Hangu Pass

    Between Tongguan and Hangu Pass, there is a narrow passage, winding through the mountains, as deep and dangerous as a letter, so it is called Hangu.  The east end of Hangu is called Hangu Pass, and the west end is Tongguan.

    Hangu Pass was built by the Qin State during the Warring States Period. The Qin army relied on the dangerous Hangu Pass to successfully resist the attack of the six-nation coalition and defeated them.

    At the beginning of the Western Han Dynasty, Liu Bang, the emperor of the Han Dynasty, decided to build his capital in Chang'an in the middle of the pass because of the danger of Hangu Pass.

    ??The Western Han Dynasty ended and the Eastern Han Dynasty was established. Emperor Guangwu Liu Xiu established the capital in Luoyang. The status of Hangu Pass further rose. It and Sishui Pass protected the capital of the Eastern Han Dynasty.

    After Dong Zhuo moved his capital to Chang'an, he began to strengthen Tongguan, hoping that the two powerful passes of Tongguan and Hangu Pass would resist the Kwantung Allied Forces and Liu Zhe.  Therefore, Tongguan's status is becoming more and more important.

    After Dong Zhuo's death, Chang'an fell into the hands of Cao Cao, because the east of the river belonged to Liu Zhe. In order to prevent Liu Zhe from crossing the river from Fenglingdu, Cao Cao further strengthened Tongguan, allowing Tongguan to surpass Hangu Pass for the first time. At the same time, Hangu Pass began to be gradually abandoned.

    Tongguan replaced Hangu Pass as the new gate of Yongzhou. Once Liu Zhe crossed the river from Fengling and captured Tongguan, the army could cross the river from Fengling and march straight in to Chang'an.

    If Tongguan is captured, Cao Cao's army will be blocked from Yongzhou. Unless he captures Tongguan again or takes a detour to Wuguan in the west, or grows wings and flies over Tongguan and enters Yongzhou, Cao Cao's army will not be able to enter Yongzhou at all.  There is no talk of support.

    After receiving the news from Cao Cao, Tongguan guard Xu Rong did not dare to delayAs soon as possible, they immediately sent troops to station at Fenglingdu to prevent people from the other side from crossing the river to make a sneak attack.

    As an old general of Dong Zhuo, Xu Rong surrendered to Cao Cao and was treated generously by Cao Cao, cultivating his loyalty to the fullest.

    Xu Rong did not dare to delay Cao Cao's orders, and he carried them out faithfully.  After dispatching a troop of soldiers and horses, he finally took people to watch in person and urged his subordinates to be careful and alert.

    "Prefect, please don't worry."

    The person Xu Rong sent to defend Fenglingdu Ferry was one of Xu Rong's lieutenants, which shows Xu Rong's concern for Fenglingdu.

    The lieutenant general's face was full of confidence. He patted his chest and said to Xu Rong: "Prefect, there are five thousand soldiers and horses here, all fortifications are in place, and all the ships on the river have been collected and guarded. Unless Liu Zhe's men have wings, otherwise he will  You can¡¯t fly across the river.¡±

    Xu Rong nodded. He knew everything the deputy general said. Whether it was fortifications or other aspects, many of them were made by him. Xu Rong was still confident in his arrangements.

    In fact, Xu Rong doesn't care much about Liu Zhe and is not afraid that he will cross the river. After all, he is separated by such a large Yellow River and his side is well-defended. If Liu Zhe dares to cross the river, the loss will definitely be great. He believes that Liu Zhe is not that  Stupid people.

    Xu Rong looked at the layout on his side with a sneer on his face. As an old general of Dong Zhuo, Xu Rong had fought with the Kwantung Allied Forces. His record was still very good. At least Cao Cao and Sun Jian were defeated by him.

    His old master was Dong Zhuo. Dong Zhuo was very afraid of Liu Zhe at that time and never dared to confront Liu Zhe. Xu Rong felt disdainful at the time. He didn't think Liu Zhe had anything to be afraid of. We were all human beings, so he didn't believe it.  Liu Zhe can fly into the sky.  (Remember the website address: www.hlnovel.com
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