The opportunity must not be missed, and no more will come. Cao Liang was waiting for this opportunity. He ordered the infantry battalion, which had already been waiting for, set off immediately, cross the flying fox path, and headed straight to Guangchang City.

The reason why he chose Yang Hu's infantry battalion as the vanguard was that it was in a mountainous area and the cavalry could not be used at all. Therefore, if you want to fight Guangchang, you can only be responsible for the infantry who are familiar with mountain combat. Among the infantry camps, Yang Hu's infantry battalion was the first to arrive in Lingqiu. Relatively speaking, he is more familiar with the terrain here, and Yang Hu's ability is also the one that Cao Liang trusts the most. Although Guangchang does not have too many defenders, it is not easy to take it off by risking the defense. Fighting and starting the first battle is of extraordinary significance to this expedition to Youzhou, so Cao Liang chose to lead the army to take the lead.

The infantry battalion first arrived in Lingqiu and had the most preparations. As soon as Cao Liang's military order was issued, Yang Hu led his army to set off around the fourth hour.

It was still late in February, especially in the valley. The thick snow had not melted, and the cold wind blew from the valley like a knife. Yang Hu and all the soldiers of the infantry battalion did not retreat a step. They stepped on the thick snow with firm steps and made a squeaking sound. In addition, the entire army was silent, without a trace of noise.

Although it is still late here to Guangchang City, Yang Hu asked the infantry battalion to remain silent when marching, especially torches are prohibited. This is also to prevent the enemy from being patrolled by the enemy on the way. Since it is a sneak attack, it is necessary to catch the enemy off guard.

Yang Hu arrived in Lingqiu two months early. In the past two months, he did not rest at all. Instead, he personally led his troops to conduct on-site investigations and gained a detailed understanding of the terrain of Feihu Xing and the surrounding areas.

There were not many defenders in Guangchang, and they were not completely concentrated in Guangchang City. At the eastern end of Feihu Path, there was a Feihu Pass, which was the throat fortress that guarded Feihu Path. The Jizhou Army stationed 500 people here, so if the Bingzhou Army wanted to advance eastward to Guangchang, it must first take Feihu Pass.

Although there are only 500 defenders in Feihu Pass, the terrain of Feihu Pass is dangerous, and there is a momentum of one man as a pass, and ten thousand men cannot open it. Moreover, it is against Guangchang City. Once it is attacked, Guangchang's defenders will come to rescue soon. Therefore, Yang Hu decided to use sneak attacks on Feihu Pass and take it down when it is not prepared, and not give the defenders the opportunity to ask for help from Guangchang City.

So Yang Hu specially arranged a suicide squad of 1,000 people, and selected all elite soldiers and generals, led by former military captain Wang Jin, all of whom were light and simple to travel, and rushed straight to Feihu Pass.

The suicide squad was much faster than the army. When it was dawn, they had already arrived at Feihu Pass.

Although Feihu Pass is also called Guancheng, it is incomparable to a majestic pass like Weize Pass and Yanmen Pass. It is just a dirt city built on a steep pass. Moreover, due to disrepair, Feihu Pass looks very broken, and even a corner of Guancheng collapsed.

In fact, there were no soldiers and horses in Feihu Pass, and it was desolate and remote, and there was no one in the world. In addition, Feihu Pass was not the first choice between Shanxi and Hebei, so pedestrians and business travelers rarely take this path.

However, after Cao Liang seized Bingzhou, the situation between Shanxi and Hebei changed. In order to prevent the Bingzhou army from entering Jizhou from Feihu, Lu Zhao deployed two or three thousand troops in Guangchang to guard this exit.

Although Lu Zhao had realized the importance of the Flying Fox Trail, he could send only one person. After all, Jizhou was vast and Lu Zhao had limited troops. Even if it was for defense, he had to choose key points to defend. Therefore, the army assigned to Guangchang could only be this one, and there were only 500 poor people guarding Feihu Pass.

The guard of Guangchang City was named Lin Li, and the person guarding Feihu Pass was his brother-in-law Ma Yuan, who held the position of military Sima. Lin Li was Lu Zhao's confidant. Before he was sent to guard Guangchang, Lu Zhao repeatedly told him to be careful and never slacken. If there was any mistake in Guangchang, he would only ask.

After Lin Li took office, he did not dare to be careless and specially arranged his brother-in-law Ma Yuan to guard Feihu Pass. Naturally, he also said to Ma Yuan the words Lu Zhao scolded him, asking him to be cautious and not neglected.

When Ma Yuan first arrived at Feihu Pass, he was very diligent. He divided the 500 soldiers into two shifts and patrolled day and night. However, after a long time, he could not see his figure, so he naturally became a little relaxed. What's more, in this wilderness, guarding such a dilapidated city every day, Ma Yuan was a little impatient.

It turned out that their army was stationed in Yecheng. Yecheng was the largest city in Jizhou. In terms of prosperity, it was only slightly inferior to Luoyang. There were really few cities in the world that could be compared with Yecheng. From the big city with green lights and wine to the wilderness where birds could not urinate, there was a little fresh at first, but after staying for several months, the more I stayed, the more I missed my days in Yecheng, so these defenders couldn't help but complain.

"Will the Bingzhou Army really come from here?" Ma Yuan muttered secretly. When he was stationed in Feihu Pass, he was indeed seriously prepared for defense, but for several consecutive months, he didn't even see a shadow of the Bingzhou Army, so he was deeply suspicious of the arrangements above.

The Bingzhou army did not fight, and their lives were hard. Due to the long journey and the difficulty of transporting military food, what they could eat every day was only some dry food allocated by a fixed quota, and they could not even eat vegetables, let alone meat. This was the difference between this popular and spicy life in Yecheng, which was the world and the underground. I don’t know when this bitter life would end.

The winter in the mountains is particularly cold. Although it is Guancheng, the houses in Guancheng have long collapsed. They can only stay in tents. The mountain pass is particularly windy, and some of the bitter cold winds can overturn the tents. They slept until they were awakened by the cold in the middle of the night, and found that they were asleep under the open air.

Fortunately, winter is about to pass, and it is already February. Although spring in the mountains is coming later, life is easier with less biting cold wind.

It was Ma Yuan's turn today, but he was too lazy to get up and just ordered his two subordinates to patrol him. Ma Yuan was sleeping in the hot bed and preparing to sleep back.

As for whether something will happen today, Ma Yuan didn't care. He has been in Feihu Pass for several months, and he is bored every day and has not seen any ghost shadow. Could it be that if he is a little lazy to do this day, Bingzhou Army can kill him?
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