Xiaoguan is located in Gaoping County, Anding County (not Gaoping in later generations), two hundred miles away from Yuezhi City.
It is not an independent pass, but refers to the nearly 30-mile-long defensive zone in the Wating Gorge area.
There are two peaks confronting each other on both sides of the canyon, and the Jingshui flows. It is possible to use the vertical and horizontal terrain to build large and small forts and forts, forming a three-dimensional defense system.
Xiaoguan stands on a high place and takes pictures of dangerous places.
However, since Emperor Guangwu re-established the Han Dynasty, there were no forces in the north or west that could threaten Guanzhong.
Even in the Tanshihuai era, most of the invasions were from Youzhou, Bingzhou, and at most Liangzhou.
Few people mention the southbound route of Xiaoguan, Anding County, between Bingzhou and Liangzhou.
During the Liangzhou Rebellion in the Later Han Dynasty, most of the Qiang and Hu also took the Guanlong Avenue, passed Longguan, crossed Longshan, and entered Guanzhong.
It has to be said that compared to the previous Han Dynasty, the importance of Xiao Guan has dropped a lot.
In addition, the recent large-scale Qiang rebellion in Liangzhou ended at the hands of Cao Cao. By the time Cao Pi usurped the Han Dynasty, Liangzhou, Longyou, and Guanzhong were all under the control of Wei.
To the north of Xiaoguan are scattered Qiang and Hu, which do not pose any threat at all.
As a result, Xiaoguan's status further declined and it was basically in a semi-abandoned state.
That's why Zhao Guang was able to easily capture Xiao Pass while Anding County was responding to the Han Dynasty's Northern Expedition.
Under the protection of his own soldiers, Yang Tiao ran westward all night and arrived at Xiaoguan City in the afternoon of the next day.
Zhao Guang, who was cooking hot pot, heard that Yang Tiao and his tribe came to Xiaoguan and was so frightened that the mutton on the chopsticks fell to the table.
"Why is Yang Tiao here at this time? Could it be that something happened to Yuezhi City?"
As the guard general of Xiaoguan, Zhao Guang naturally does not cook hot pot and eat mutton all day long, but he still has some reflexes.
Thinking of this, he quickly stood up, picked up the mutton that fell on the table, and stuffed it into his mouth.
Then he rushed to the city gate in a hurry and saw more than a hundred people at the gate. The leader was Yang Tiao.
Seeing Zhao Guang sticking his head out, Yang Tiao, who was so tired that he stuck out his tongue, perked up and said, "General Zhao, the Wei thieves are chasing after them in a hurry. Please open the city gate!"
The sound of footsteps came from beside him. Zhao Guang turned around and saw Yang Wanwan coming over in a hurry, "General, there are no Wei troops outside the canyon."
The original main purpose of Xiaoguan was to defend the west and north, and did not pay much attention to the east.
Therefore, the location chosen to build Xiaoguan was towards the east.
Compared with the west, the canyon in the east is much shorter and the terrain is not so dangerous, so the role of Guancheng is even more important.
Although Zhao Guang is not good in other aspects, he is still qualified in leadership.
At the same time, he has an advantage, that is, he is obedient and listens to Feng Yong.
Feng Yong asked him to stick to Xiaoguan and never leave lightly, and he always remembered it.
Hearing Yang Wanwan's words, Zhao Guang groaned, "This only means that Wei Jun is not outside the canyon. We still have to be careful. Wei Ran, take the people down personally."
"Remember to disarm all the weapons of those outside the city before letting them in. Be careful. Also, after bringing them in, they must be under centralized supervision and are not allowed to move around at will."
Yang Wanwan cupped his fists and said, "No!"
After a while, Yang Wanwan led Yang Tiao to Zhao Guang.
"what happened?"
Before Yang Tiao could salute, Zhao Guang asked.
Yang Tiao's face was full of shame, "Go back to the general, Yuezhi City is lost."
Zhao Guang's heart sank and he took a deep breath, "How did you lose it?"
"Cao's thieves are so rampant that they attack at night. The villain is unprepared for a moment and is captured..."
The more Yang Tiao spoke, the more ashamed and angry he became.
After hearing his words, Zhao Guang's face immediately turned livid.
He had asked Yang Tiao to move to the west, so he didn't attach too much importance to Yuezhi City. What he valued was that the rebel army led by Yang Tiao could echo Xiaoguan.
The attitude towards Yuezhi City is that it is best to defend it. In that case, it can put more pressure on Guanzhong.
It doesn't matter if you can't defend it. As long as Xiao Guan is in hand, you can go south at any time.
As for Yang Tiao, his symbolic meaning is more important than Yuezhi City, and we must try our best to protect him from death.
Now seeing that Yang Tiao was able to run to Xiaoguan safely on his own, it was a blessing among misfortunes.
I just thought that Yuezhi City was attacked and lost, but I didn't even know when the Wei army went north. It was simply extremely careless!
If Wei Jun came to Xiaoguan this time, wouldn't he suffer a big loss?
Thinking of this, Zhao Guang asked about the situation of the Wei army that attacked Yuezhi City. Unexpectedly, Yang Tiao could not explain clearly. He only said that the Wei army had at least ten thousand people.
Zhao Guang had no choice but to send someone to take him down to rest.
When he returned to the general's mansion in Guancheng and sent everyone away except Yang Wanwan, Zhao Guang gritted his teeth and cursed: "Trash!"
"We lost the city in a daze. Not to mention how many people there were on the other side, even the other side's general didn't know who it was!"
"I shouldn't have expected anything like this from them in the first place!"
Yang Wanwan said: "Didn't Yang Tiao say that there are at least ten thousand Cao thieves?"
Zhao Guang sneered: "More than 10,000 people? If there are more than 10,000 people, how about a night attack? Will it still give him a chance to take his wife and children to Xiaoguan?"
Recalling that he had persuaded Yang Tiao to move to the west several times, he insisted on defending Yuezhi City.
Now, like a bereaved dog, he came to look for him, but he couldn't even bring him any useful information about Cao Cao. Zhao Guang became even more angry.
"Wei Ran, in the past few days, you have sent sentries to find out carefully what is going on in Yuezhi City."
Yang Wanwan nodded: "Okay."
"After all, our vision is still not as good as my brother's." Zhao Guang sighed, "My brother decided to train the troops in winter to adapt the soldiers to fighting in the cold winter. It turned out to be a foresight."
When Yang Wanwan heard what Zhao Guang said, he said with a little worry: "Yiwen also wants to learn from my brother to train in the winter? I'm afraid something is wrong."
"How could I not know?" Zhao Guang smiled bitterly.
Not to mention myself, even my own lord, who is the governor of Longyou, is not as capable as his brother and dares to carry out a large-scale military training plan in winter.
In the past, whether in Nanxiang, Southern Expedition, or even stationed in Ju County, my brother would arrange the rear. I only had to lead the army, and I didn't have to worry about so many things. I felt that leading the army was very easy.
Now he leads a large army to guard Xiaoguan and is under the jurisdiction of the Longyou Governor's Mansion. Although the Governor is his own lord, he always feels a little uncomfortable.
There are so many things to consider, and I always feel like my hands are tied, which is far less smooth than when I have the full support of my brother behind me.
"Until we find out clearly the true and false status of the Wei army, we must be extremely careful during these days."
Zhao Guang thought for a moment and said, "Let's do this. The two of us will take turns to inspect various forts outside the pass every day to avoid repeating the mistakes of Yuezhi City."
The two discussed how to strengthen the defense, and at the same time sent someone to quickly inform the Governor of Longyou about the loss of Yuezhi City.
By the time Feng Yong received the news from the Longyou Governor's Mansion, it was already December, entering the coldest season.
There was an engineering team in Pingxiang who built a yard and dug pits for themselves in advance.
Shouyang does not have this condition. The usual way to keep warm is to sit by the fire and warm yourself up.
"Xiahou Bahan attacked Yuezhi City at night?" Feng Yong took the official document and threw it away casually, "Even if Erlang was dragged down by Yang Tiao this time, if he is really sitting at home, disaster will come from the sky."
Although the fall of Yuezhi City was not Zhao Guang's fault, who told Xiaoguan to be closest to Yuezhi City?
Moreover, Yuezhi City is still under the protection of the Xiaoguan garrison.
The fall of Yuezhi City is not a big problem.
But I don’t know how Yuezhi City was lost. It was really a big loss.
Now we can only find out that the defender of Yuezhi City is Xiahou Ba. Isn't this funny?
If he were the governor of Longyou, he would be angry too.
Yang Tiao is a man of great righteousness, how can he be punished?
So the blame will definitely fall on Zhao Guang.
What's more, the Governor of Longyou is still the old man Zhao who beat Zhao Guang from childhood to adulthood?
Feng Yong first observed a second of silence for Zhao Guang.
Guan Ji picked up the official document and was about to read it carefully when she heard Feng Yong murmur again: "Has this Xiahou Ba finally appeared?"
"Alang knows this Xiahou Ba?" Guan Ji asked curiously.
"I don't know him, but I've heard of him." Feng Yong shook his head, "His lord, Mr. Xi, should know that he is Xia Houyuan who was killed by General Huang."
Xiahou Yuan was killed by Huang Zhong, and his son Xiahou Ba seemed likely to confront Zhao Guang in the near future.
And Zhao Guang is most likely the son-in-law of the Huang family.
Thinking of this, Feng Yongyong couldn't help but smile strangely. This fate is really wonderful.
Guan Ji, on the other hand, saw Feng Yong's look and kicked him: "Xia Houyuan is the uncle of the old lady of the Marquis House in Xixiang."
"I heard that Xia Houyuan would rather starve his youngest son to death in order to support the old lady. He is more dear to her than his own daughter."
"Later, Xia Houyuan died in battle at Dingjun Mountain. It was the old lady who asked the late emperor to collect Xia Houyuan's bones and give him a grand burial."
Zhang Xiahou is actually not too old, just over forty.
Just seeing the firelight reflected Guan Ji's face red, making her look even more beautiful, Zhang Xiahou... that was a proper old lady.
The only thing that Feng Yongyong couldn't understand was that Xijun's reaction seemed a little too big, so he muttered: "Even if the old lady is Xia Houyuan's biological daughter, what does that have to do with me?"
Guan Ji had a half-smile on her face: "In that case, isn't Xiahouba Siniang's cousin? No wonder Alang is so familiar with him."
Feng Yongdeng was suddenly sweating.
Xijun, your imagination is so rich!
But how should I explain why I know Xiahou Ba?
Feng Junhou began to think hard.
After a long time, his eyes fell on Guan Ji and he said, "Xijun, have you noticed that your body has become more and more rounded since you became pregnant?"
Guan Ji:......
At this time, the maid standing outside rescued Feng Yong: "Junhou, Madam Mu has arrived in Shouyang and is entering the city."
"Oh, so fast?"
Feng Yong was overjoyed.
Although you can take the Western Han River from Hanzhong to Qishan, and you can go west along the Wei River from Jicheng to Xiangwu.
But after all, in such a cold weather, Li Mu was able to arrive so quickly. His movements were really fast.
"Mrs. Mu has been traveling back and forth for the past two months, worrying about Alang's affairs and for my concubine. It must be hard work. Alang needs to thank me."
Guan Ji reminded from the side.
"I know." Feng Yong nodded and stood up, "Xijun, just sit here and I'll go out to pick you up."
Isn't it enough for a noble prince to go out to greet a lady who admires her?
When Li Mu, who had just come from the city gate, saw Feng Yong standing at the gate of the Commander's Mansion, his expression changed. He quickly stepped forward, knelt and saluted, "I have met the Lord."
"Get up quickly, no need to be polite." Feng Yong motioned for her to get up, "It's been a hard journey all the way from Hanzhong."
When Li Mu heard Feng Yong's words, he stood up and looked around, opened his mouth, but didn't dare to ask.
Although she didn't say it explicitly, Feng Yong still saw in her bright eyes the questions she didn't dare to ask.
Then he smiled and said, "I came out specially to greet you. Please come inside."
After saying these words, not only did Li Mu's face show a look of sincerity and fear, but even the entourage following her also showed a look of horror.
"A concubine would not dare to accept such a great gift from a king."
The famous Lady Mu's face suddenly turned pale with fright, she took a few steps back and stood in solemn silence.
"Others can't do it, but you can." Feng Yongyong smiled nonchalantly, "It's cold outside, let's go in first."
Li Mu pursed his lips and did not dare to take a step forward.
"This is what Mr. Xi means. It's too hard for you to travel back and forth between Longyou and Hanzhong. Let me thank you."
Feng Yong explained again.
Li Mu didn't hear the rest of this sentence clearly, and only remembered the first half of it.
Hearing that this was what Mrs. Junhou meant, she dared to say, "Your Majesty, please go first."
Feng Yong:......
Why do I feel like something is slightly wrong?
