When the White Grass Army appeared in Shangjin Fort, it caused a sensation in the fort.

At first, a war fire ignited in the fort and thought they were rebels from Huaixi, but soon Gao Yue revealed his identity.

Shangjin Fort spans the bridge over the Jiashui River. An official in green shirt hurriedly rode his horse to the west bank and brought his subordinates to welcome him. He reported his identity to Gao Yue and was the attendant of the palace censor and the official transferee of Shangjin Road. He was sent here by His Majesty in advance to ensure the post roads in Shangjin and the east and west.

The arrival of the three thousand white grass army made Wanqi feel inexplicably happy, and he said to Gao Yue:

"Shangjin Fort travels north along the Jiashui River, Manchuan Pass, and there are all places where the Huaixi rebel party is occupied. Li Xilie's general Feng Youlin colluded with Li Shuwen, the leader of the Shanpan in Shangzhou, and gathered thousands of bandits to show their power in Shanyang County, and declared that they would come to attack our Shangjin Fort and cut off the post road between the east and west roads in Shannan."

Gao Yue also knew why Wan Qizhu was frightened. He only had 300 united children in his hands, or the remnants of the former governor of Shangzhou Xie Liangfu, who was killed by Li Xilie. They were all scared to death by the Huaixi Mule Army. How could they talk about reliable combat effectiveness?

Wu Xianfu, a general under Jia Dan, led three thousand soldiers in Yunxiangcheng, Junzhou, southeast of Shangjin, claiming to protect the Transportation Courtyard here, and ignored Wanqizhu's hard request.

"Don't panic when the Censor Wanqi is here. Since my Baicao Army has arrived, Shangjin will be free of worries." Gao Yue said very straightforwardly.

Sure enough, the next day, Gao Yue ordered the entire army to cut down trees on the hills of Shangjin and Jiashui, raise flags and set up fences everywhere, and beat drums and horns. He also asked the three brothers Ming Huaiyi to lead all the cavalry and gallop back and forth on the plains sandwiched between the mountains, making the momentum extremely powerful.

The mountain sheds on the other side of Manchuan Pass were not sure how many soldiers and horses the Baicao Army had. They were so scared that they all retreated along the mountain road to the pass, but were afraid that Gao Yue would come to suppress them.

At the same time, Gao Yue wrote a letter in Shangjin Fort, giving it to Wu Xianfu, a military envoy from Shannan East Road in Yunxiangcheng, asking him to leave 500 people to guard the Transportation Institute, and bring his main force 2,500 people to Shangjin immediately to meet with him and fight the enemy together.

When Wu Xianfu heard that his idol Guo Zaizhen's boss Xingyuan Shaoyin had arrived at Shangjin Fort, he was so shocked that he dared not neglect it. He immediately did so and took two thousand,500 soldiers to rush to Shangjin for two days.

As a result, after arriving in Shangjin, Gao Yue asked General Wu to pull his troops to the mountains in front, back and left and right of the fortress, and build eight bases, which were arranged intertwined with the twelve bases he had built before, like chessboards around Shangjin, and each had its own roads. He beat drums during the day and bonfires at night, as if there were tens of thousands of soldiers.

A few days later, the Yunxiang Transportation Institute sent news that Han Huan 100,000 stones of rice were transported from Xiangyang City again by boat. In order to avoid the dangerous shoals, the Zhengshe ship was ashore and sent it to Shangjin Fort with mules and horses.

In addition, the situation changed: Cao Wanggao, the governor of Jingnan, sent general Wang E, to escort his 50,000 stone of rice and 100,000 stag of money and silk to come to Yunxiangcheng; and at the same time, a more massive transfer was arrived. Wang Shao, the judge of Bao Ji, the transferee of Biandong, brought 5,000 boxes of "light goods", most of which were silk, gold, silver, and jewelry, and also landed in Yunxiang.

These light goods were raised by Bao Ji from all over the southeast. Due to the heavy losses of millions of robbery, Bao Ji no longer dared to go through the grain transportation between the Jianghuai and the Bian and Song dynasties. He asked the judge Wang Shao to convert all of them into light goods, and also walked on the Jin Road and sent them to Fengtian City.

Now these three routes have a total of more than 100,000 stones and 700,000 800,000 guan of money and silk goods, all of which are transported to Jinbao. This road has never been so lively!

"General Wu, the mountain shed in Manchuan Pass threatened me, Shangjin Fort. I must take the initiative to seize this pass. Not only will Shangjin turn danger into safety, but it can also facilitate the restoration of the entire Shangyu and Wuguan Road." Before the three routes of wealth and goods arrived at the fort, Gao Yue found Wu Xianfu, a military envoy from the east of Shannan, and was passionate about him. "Tomorrow, I will ask my subordinates to go to the mountain shed in Manchuan Pass to challenge the letter. You will take Shannan's children as the descendants."

Want to attack Manchuan Pass?

Seeing that Gao Shaoyin's eyes were bright, Wu Xianfu was not convenient to say anything strange and complaining, so he agreed.

Even more at this moment, Jia Dan also asked the entourage ship to send a letter from Xiangyang, asking Wu Xianfu to "listen to the control of Gao Shaoyin and strive to ensure that the Taoist path of the country is comprehensive, and not to bend or resist at any time. If a soldier disobeys, he will be beheaded; if a general disobeys, he will be beaten." His tone was very stern.

That night, the Xuan Run Army's shooting general Zhang Xi led the 200 powerful crossbowmen that Han Huan promised to send to the fort, and even strengthened their combat power.

Gao Yue then found Bao Ji's judge Wang Shao and Cao Wanggao's tooth general Wang E.

He borrowed money from them to reward the army and inspire fighting spirit.

Wang Shao made the decision to take out 30,000 guan from the light goods, and Wang E also agreed to give out 8,000 guan from Jingnan's wealth.

Gao Yue was overjoyed and immediately ordered the "meal money" of each of the Shangjin troops, and promised to break the capture of Manchuan Pass and give him another reward.

The whole army was happy and ready to go.

"War is about money and food, what should I do if I don't have money and food?" Gao Yue's belief in his heart became stronger.

On the day of the war, there was a patrol mountain shed, and I noticed the intensive mobilization of the Baicao Army and the Shannan Army. The twenty barriers around Shangjin Fort were filled with smoke. Then the men came out from each other, gathered together, formed several wing lines, and began to advance north one after another.

Gao Yue personally sat in the northern horse-faced battle shed in Jinbao, and Wan Qi, the transfer envoy of Shangjin, assisted and looked at the entire cloud-like battle formation.

On the central front, the vanguard was led by the Baicao Army cavalry led by the three brothers of Ming Huaiyi. There were about 600 cavalry, all of which were surrounded by Dangxiang City. Later, the 300 Yangzhou united children led by Hou Lan, holding long cards and horizontal swords.

The left wing was a 2,500 Shannan soldiers led by Wu Xianfu, and they stood up in the formation with a long archer behind them.

The right wing was the 2,400 White Grass Army infantry commanded by Gao Gu, who were also long wands and long swords, mixed with a small number of pack horses and crossbowmen.

At the city gate, Cai Fengyuan led thirty-year-old You Yi, all riding horses and holding flags, preparing to travel between Shangjin Fort and the battle formation, conveying messages and detecting the enemy's deployment.

As for the 200 Xuanrun crossbowmen, Gao Yue did not let them fight, but used them as a powerful reserve team and waited for an opportunity to use them.

After the troops left the basement, they advanced for several miles, cut off the passage from Manchuan Pass to Shangjin Fort, beat drums and demonstrated, and asked Li Shuwen, the leader of the mountain shed who was guarding the pass, to come out to fight the male and female.

Outside the tower of Manchuan Pass, Li Shuwen cursed and stood in the battlement. Looking at the rigorous formation of the government troops, he was afraid, so he asked the team of mountain sheds to come out of the east mountain of the pass under the leadership of the thief leader named Mo Liuhun to detect the facts of the government troops, and asked someone to cross Shanyang to ask for help from the general Feng Youlin of Huaixi.
Chapter completed!