One kick to the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 313

Qin Yi, Xi Zhicai, and Pei Ji had a meal in Gaodu County, after which Qin Yi proposed to go to Tianjingguan to have a look.

Sima Su immediately arranged chariots and horses to accompany Qin Yi and others to Tianjing Pass.

Leave Gaodu County and go south for about thirty miles to Tianjingguan.From a distance, Tianjingguan stands between the cliffs on both sides, like a tall city gate.

When everyone climbed up to Tianjing Pass and looked south, they saw steep cliffs on both sides of Tianjing Pass, making it difficult to climb.To the south of Tianjingguan, there are winding mountains. There is only a winding path less than five or six meters wide, submerged among the mountains.

Seeing this scene, Qin Yi immediately thought that Sima Su's words were true. With such terrain, Sima Su's statement that at most three or four hundred troops could be deployed on the front was already a very broad statement.These three or four hundred soldiers and horses are also deployed in depth. If we only take the number of people deployed horizontally, the front of Tianjingguan can accommodate more than ten people.

Natural danger, it really is a natural danger, this is a natural danger that one man is in charge of, and ten thousand people cannot open it!
Qin Yi looked far away, his eyesight was excellent, and he found that there seemed to be a pass between the mountains about three or four miles to the south.

"That location, but there is still a pass?" Qin Yi pointed to the south and said.

"Your Majesty has good eyesight!" Sima Su said, "Tianjing Pass is not an independent pass. From Tianjin Pass to the south, until Hanoi County, there are also Xingzhen Station, Hengwang Pass, Xiaokou Pass, Wanzi City, and Shuinan Pass. Among them, the three passes of Xingjiyi, Hengwang Pass and Xiaokou Pass are located in Gaodu County, while Wanzi City and Shuinan Pass are located in Yewang County of Hanoi County."

"Why are there so many passes?" Qin Yi asked in surprise.

Xi Zhicai said: "This is the purpose of the imperial court to guard against the Huns. Bingzhou is bordered by the Huns. Once the Huns go south, they will enter the territory of Bingzhou after breaking through the Yanmen Pass. Gaodu County and Yewang County have become the second dangerous places to stop the Huns. At the same time, it is also the outer line of defense of Luoyang, the capital."

"Juncheng is right." Sima Su echoed, "Bingzhou is often harassed by the Huns, but the capital Luoyang, which is only one county away from Bingzhou, is not easily approached by the Huns. It is our Gaodu County and Yewang County. These gates played a big role."

Speaking of this, Sima Su raised his hand and pointed south, and said: "Master Fu, please see, from Tianjingguan to the south, there is only this ancient Yangchang Road that can enter Hanoi County. Within a few dozen miles, there are many roads including Six large and small passes, including Tianjing Pass, can block the Huns soldiers at every level. It is enough to protect Hanoi County from being invaded by the Huns soldiers. As long as Hanoi County is not lost, there will be no threat to Luoyang, the capital."

"Unfortunately, Dong Zhuo insisted on going his own way, abandoning Luoyang and moving his capital to Chang'an." Xi Zhicai sighed suddenly, "These passes have lost their role in protecting the capital."

Qin Yi smiled: "Now, these passes have become a fortress for us to stop Niu Fu's army." Speaking of this, he changed his tone and said: "However, there are so many dangerous passes here, I am afraid that Niu Fu is not will go this route.”

Xi Zhicai said: "The reason why I inferred that Niu Fu was very likely to go to the west was also because I had walked the road of Tianjing Pass and learned that Tianjing Pass is easy to defend and difficult to attack, so I made this inference. However, We can't take it lightly, in case Niu Fu wants to go this way."

Qin Yi nodded: "With Cao Ren and Dian Wei leading 1000 Yanzhou soldiers to sit here, plus more than [-] soldiers from Gaodu County, we can be safe."

At this moment, Qin Yi suddenly saw three men on horseback appearing on the southern mountain road.The three of them were all wearing military uniforms, but not the military uniforms of Gaodu County soldiers.

"Hey, whose sergeants are those three people?" Qin Yi asked in surprise.

When Xi Zhicai and Sima Su heard this, they both looked south carefully.

"Your Majesty, I only saw three black dots." Xi Zhicai said.

Sima Su also said: "It seems to be three people, but I can't see clearly."

"Oh, those are three sergeants on horseback." Qin Yi then remembered that he wore contact lenses with farsightedness, and his vision was much better than others.

"Your Majesty really has good eyesight!" Sima Su praised.

After closing the room where the three people were talking, the three people on the mountain road got closer again.This time, Xi Zhicai and Sima Su also saw things more clearly.

"That's right, it's three people on horseback." Xi Zhicai said.

After waiting for a while, the three of them were almost at the gate, Sima Su said: "Looking at their uniforms, they seem to be sergeants from Hanoi County."

"Hanoi County?!" Qin Yi was taken aback for a moment, and then his eyes lit up: "Isn't it here to deliver a letter to Qin?"

Xi Zhicai also immediately said: "Could it be...Yuan Taiwei has ordered Hanoi County to send troops?"

At this time, the three people had already reached the gate, and the soldiers guarding the gate stepped forward to stop them and exchanged a few words with them.

Not too long ago, a soldier went up to the wall, clasped his fists at Qin Yi, and reported: "Reporting to the Lord, there is a messenger sent by Wang Xu, the governor of Hanoi County, who wants to see the Lord."

"Have you ever seen a waist card?" Qin Yi asked.

"It's been verified and it's correct."

"Please come up," Qin Yi ordered.

"promise!"

The soldier was ordered to retreat.

After a while, the three people from Hanoi County went up to the wall under the leadership of a soldier.The soldier from Gaodu County pointed at Qin Yi, and said to the three of them, "You are lucky, my family's lord happens to be here to inspect, and it saves you from going to Changzi County."

When the three people heard this, they immediately looked at Qin Yi.

Qin Yi said: "This is Qin Yi, why did you three meet so and so?"

One of the three people cupped his hands towards Qin Yi, and said: "A certain is Ji Xing, the military marquis under the command of the Prince of Hanoi, and under the order of the Prime Minister of my family, he specially sent a letter to Lord Qin."

"Where is the letter?" Qin Yi asked.

The man untied a bamboo tube from his body, stepped forward a few steps and presented it to Qin Yi with both hands, saying: "The letter is in the bamboo tube, please read it."

Qin Yi took the bamboo tube, checked the paint, then handed the bamboo tube to Pei Ji and said, "Open it."

Pei Ji took out a halberd from his waist, picked up the fire paint, poured out a roll of cloth from the bamboo tube, and then handed the roll to Qin Yi.

Qin Yi unfolded the cloth scroll and carefully read the contents of the letter.

The letter was written by Wang Xu, in which he affectionately called Qin Yi a good brother.The general content is that he has received orders from Yuan Taiwei and his father Wang Kuang to help Qin Yi repel Niu Fu.Then, Wang Xu said that since Yuan Taiwei and his father were ordered, Xu dared not refuse.However, the number of major generals in Hanoi County was too small to send troops to Shangdang County for reinforcements.He could only send troops to the border of Hanoi County to contain Niu Fu's troops on the flanks and relieve Qin Yi's pressure.

After reading the letter, Qin Yi handed the letter to Xi Zhicai, and said in a low voice, "Yuan Shao really didn't sit idly by. However, things are as we expected, Wang Xu did not work hard."

Xi Zhicai read the contents of the letter hastily, and said with a slight smile, "With Hanoi County's gesture, Niu Fu will be afraid. This is a big help for us."

"Qin Fujun, my county magistrate said, please write him a reply letter and order me to bring it back." Seeing that Qin Yi and Xi Zhicai had finished reading the letter, Ji Xing cupped his hands at Qin Yi and said.

Qin Yi nodded and said: "Ji Junhou, go back and tell your county magistrate, and say that Qin Yi thanked him for his kindness, and there will be rewards in the future."

"Someone wrote it down."

Qin Yi turned to look at Xi Zhicai and said, "I really can't write a letter for so-and-so, so I'll let you, sir, consider your words and write a reply for so-and-so."

"promise!"

Xi Zhicai agreed, and borrowed paper and pen from Sima Su.Sima Su took Xi Zhicai down the wall.

(End of this chapter)