Le Jin ignored the guard's complaint just now and changed the subject.

The guard seemed to breathe a sigh of relief, answered, and then left the cave and went to check. After a while, the guard came back, "Master, the situation is not very good...it is mainly because it is too difficult to collect wood...

Le Jin nodded slightly.

In this kind of weather, it is already inconvenient to just walk, let alone have to cut down from the mountain?

Moreover, most of the surroundings of the plank roads are without any wood. If you want to get the wood, you have to go further. There are no hands-on tools. You can only process the wet wood with knives and axes...

"Ah!" Le Jin let out a long sigh, "Let everyone who built the plank roads come back... squeeze here tonight... tomorrow... let's change to the hunting road!"

"Hunting Trail?" The guard whispered, "Master...why should I take a few people to check first?"

Le Jin patted the guard's arm, "No need... life or death... not this time... go find more dry firewood, set up more bonfires, so that everyone can have a good rest..."

The guard answered and retreated.

Le Jin sat down again, lowered his head, and hid his face in the shadows. He didn't want the guards or other soldiers to see his frustrated and disappointed expression.

Some things, he didn't know, just...

Pretend not to know.

...

...

A war often determines life and death.

Perhaps there is only a thread of separation, which is both ends of life and death.

Tactical arrangements may be complicated, but they are often very simple in strategy.

Especially for large legion combat, there are actually two options: fighting or not.

Without fighting, it means deep ditches and high barriers to destroy the enemy's aura.

War means choosing the right time to force the enemy to fight in unfavorable situations and gain more advantages for one side.

At Tongguan, whether it was Pang Tong or Zhang Liao, they knew that the war in front of them was at its last moment, and they also knew that this war was no longer just a simple military issue, but would also change the entire Han Dynasty. Therefore, in this case, being cautious and cautious, preparing and preparing became the top priority before military operations.

The mountain wind came with the wetness of the river. Zhang Liao gently patted the war horse's neck to calm the war horse's temper.

The war horse shook its head, sniffed, and stopped shaking its hooves.

The horse's feet were covered with linen cloth wrapped in horse's hooves. After all, it was not so comfortable. Moreover, after passing through the wet road, it would be stained with more mud, which would of course make the horse a little irritated.

The personal guards and cavalry around Zhang Liao were also sneaking out equipment and wrapped in the horse's hooves like Zhang Liao...

This is a former investigation.

Zhang Liao could not have used it, but he found Fei Qian and took the initiative to lead the team to conduct this reconnaissance.

As the front-line commander general who is about to attack Heluo, Zhang Liao felt that he must know the terrain of Heluo very well.

This kind of "knowledge is not just about looking at the map, but really needs to have a more intuitive understanding of the terrain in the Heluo area.

It is of course dangerous to do this. After all, Zhang Liao brought not many troops, but Zhang Liao felt it was necessary to take the risk this time.

Zhang Liao was not very familiar with Heluo area, but Zhang Liao knew that this was once a prosperous place for the Han Dynasty.

He has been here once...

Zhang Liao's eyes patrolled the surroundings, trying to merge the impression in his memory with the Heluo scene in front of him.

Zhang Liao held the war horse and the dust stained on the bronze horse leash fell.

The thirty cavalrymen who came out were scattered in the night like ink dots, vaguely pulling out a net-shaped structure.

And around Zhang Liao, there were twenty other guards.

More than ten miles ahead is Yique Pass.

The Yishui and Luoshui flow into the river near Luoyang.

Yique Pass is a pass and a military city on the Yi River.

During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, there was a great war here, which was to fight for Heluo. It can be said that in the Heluo area, there were many battles of life and death at every pass.

So Zhang Liao did not go straight to Luoyang City, but walked along the mountain road and earthen plateau to Yique Pass.

One of the eight passes of Luoyang.

On the mountain east of Yiqueguan, there are Ogu Pass and Yuyuan Pass.

In the north of Luoyang City, there are Xiaopingjin, Mengjin and other places, which are equally important.

It’s just that Xiaopingjin and Mengjin are both by the water, and it is obviously difficult to do something under the surveillance of the Chang'an naval army...

And it's different here.

Yique Pass is located about twenty-five miles southwest of Luoyang City, and the distance is very subtle.

It stands between Longmen Mountain and Xiangshan Mountain. The Yi River flows through and forms a natural canyon gate. The two mountains are towering and form a barrier. Yique Pass is located on it. The mountains on the east side are high, while the mountains on the west side are slightly lower. The mountains are steep, the rock walls are as sharp as the Yi River, and the Yi River is turbulent, forming a dangerous terrain of "the two mountains confront each other, and it looks like a que", which also makes this an important channel for the Heluo Basin to exit the south.

Of course, this Yique Pass can only be used to defend against the route of marching north along the Yishui River from the south, blocking the military forces in this direction into Heluo, and cannot play any decisive defensive role in the cavalry that has already controlled Hangu Pass.

However, we should not be careless because of this. After all, there is only one cart in the narrow canyon here, and ambush can be set up on the cliffs on both sides, forming a situation where one man is at the pass and ten thousand men cannot open.

In addition, because it is surrounded by mountains and rivers, it is also a Feng Shui treasure land that dignitaries like. It is the second choice outside of Beimang Mountain. Even the ten regular attendants of that year were buried here.

Under the moonlight and starlight, Yishui is filled with iron-gray waves.

The vegetation on the mountain is still very rich, with pine and cypress trees endlessly spreading. From a distance, it looks like black moss, attached to the mountain.

Zhang Liao looked at the two mountains of Yique, and his heart moved slightly.

If Cao's army relied on the Luoyang Basin to connect Yique Pass, Beimang Mountain, and Dahe Ferry...

"Is this Yishui?" The guard next to him whispered, "It seems to be normal..."

『Overall?』 Zhang Liao smiled, 『I defeated 240,000 soldiers here back then!』

"What?" The guard was stunned for a moment, "Twenty-four thousand? So many? Who fought? Is it the cavalry?"

Zhang Liao laughed, "Tell you to read more books... and send orders to spread them a little, carefully check the surrounding situation, report any findings immediately!"

The fifty elite cavalrymen brought by Zhang Liao suddenly dispersed under the command, like a big net, heading towards Yiqueguan.

『There is a stone here!』

A cavalry found half of the stone sank on the ground in the silt near the river beach.

Zhang Liao rushed over and frowned.

Shijie is a legendary divine beast that symbolizes auspicious evil. It is like a lion with wings. It is said that it can drive away evil and eliminate evil, and most of it is used in tombs. The head of the beast should have some gems inlaid as eyeballs, but now it has been taken away. Only half of the mud is filled with mud, which seems to be looking at the world in a turbid manner, and it seems to be defiled by this bloody and dirty world...

"How could this thing be here?" Zhang Liao raised his head and looked at Yique in the distance. "Is it flowing from there?"

Zhang Liao looked around and saw that the unusual earth color on the ground attracted his attention.

Zhang Liao stepped forward, bent his knees and looked down. His black armor was almost integrated with the night color, and only the ring-headed knife on his waist occasionally reflected a few cold stars.

Zhang Liao stretched out his hand and crushed the dirt in front of him.

He seemed to think that this kind of soil looked familiar, but he couldn't remember where he had seen it for a while.

"Come on, put this earth..."

Zhang Liao ordered the guards beside him, clapped his hands and stood up.

"What about this stone?"

A guard asked.

Zhang Liao smiled, "Just throw it here, this thing is too heavy... Let's go to other places to find out if there are any new discoveries..."
Chapter completed!