The towering Taihang Mountains are absolutely evident in the courtyard.

To the south of Shanxi and north of Henan, there is Taihang across. If there is a path that is connected, it is called Zhuguanxing in the west, and it is called Baizhi in the east, and it is called Taihangzhi in the middle.

This Taixing path is a strategic road connecting Henan and Shanxi. You can travel from Shanxi to Taihang from here, go directly to Huaiqing Prefecture, threatening Luoyang, and is the key path to compete for the Central Plains.

From Henan to Shanxi, you can attack Shangdang from now on. You can look at Hebei in the east, Hedong in the west, and Taiyuan in the north. This is the only way to compete for the world.

When Cao Mengde was a nephew of Yuan Shao's nephew, Bingzhou, who was passing by, he left a famous poem: Going north to Taihang Mountain, how difficult it is! The sheep intestines are bent, and the wheels are destroyed by it!

The so-called "Yang Yan Ban" is the first step to lead from Henan to Shanxi. As the name suggests, the road is rugged and winding among the mountains, and it looks like a sheep intestine. Sheang Yan Ban starts from Changping Village, Qinyang, Huaiqing Prefecture, Henan in the south, and reaches Wanzi City, Zezhou, Shanxi in the north, and is about seven or eight miles long. This is the most dangerous section of Taihangxing, which governs the throat of the ancient Jingluo road. The terrain is dangerous, easy to defend and difficult to attack. It has always been a place that military strategists must fight for and has an important strategic position.

Zhang Shun and his deployment of more than a thousand people went here. A few days ago, they were in Meng County, Henan Province, building weapons, buying horses and cloths, and then repairing them for a few days. When Zhao Lizi found out the movements of Huaiqing Prefecture's troops, they rushed westward to Wen County.

When the officers and soldiers of Huaiqing Vanguard rushed to Wen County, Zhang Shun and others immediately turned north and rushed all the way to Henei County. Henei County is the location of Huaiqing Prefecture, the location of Zheng Wangfu and the location of Huaiqing Vanguard. The officers and soldiers of Huaiqing Vanguard were afraid of losing the important place, but as soon as they arrived in Wen County, they had to stop eating and not drinking horses, and hurriedly followed.

Zhang Shun and others ignored the pursuit of the officers and soldiers, crossed the Qinshui River, then hid the flag, changed their names, and rushed into Taixing with the name of Chenzhou Prefecture as the officers and soldiers in Shanxi.

Regardless of whether the officers and soldiers of Huaiqing Guard arrived near Huaiqing Prefecture City, they lost their traces of Zhang Shun and others. They were shocked and frightened, and they released scouts everywhere to investigate and not mention them. Zhang Shun and others had already walked out of the Yangchan Sakura Road and arrived at Wanzi City.

This city was built by Guo Ziyi, a famous general of the Tang Dynasty. It was the place where soldiers stationed in Tianjing Pass in all dynasties, guarding the marsh and rushing to the main point. When everyone walked up to it, they saw that the four big characters "Go to the capital north" were written in the gate of this city. The area of ​​this city is not large, covering only about one acre of land, built on the cliff, built with bluestone, and it looks like a bowl, so it is called Wanzi City. Just when you hear its name, you will know its dangers and it really has the momentum of one man being able to pass through tens of thousands of men.

Since there has been no war in the mainland for 200 years, there have been not many garrisons in the city, and only some soldiers have investigated the people coming and going. When Zhang Shun and others arrived, the inspectors were immediately nervous.

Zhang Shun quickly asked Master Ma to lead Lu to deal with it. Master Ma traveled around the world, with rich experience in the martial arts world and good eloquence. He fooled Pan Cha soldiers in a few words and didn't know the importance of the north and south. But a young soldier didn't know the importance of the matter and shouted sternly: "Which family needs so many guards to lose food? Wait..."

Before he finished speaking, he was kicked to the ground by a leader who looked like an officer and scolded: "I haven't spoken yet, why dare you?"

Master Ma laughed and gave the leader five or six taels of silver. The leader happily took it and explained: "Young people don't understand the rules, so they laughed."

Master Ma didn't mind, but reported it to Zhang Shun, and everyone passed all the way. More than a thousand people and hundreds of grain trucks were added. After an hour, it was over. As the saying goes: Money can make the devil push the mill, but because Master Ma gave the personnel, everyone was not blocked or inspected at all. It turned out that this gate of the temple was under the jurisdiction of Zezhou Prefecture and was not in harmony with Huaiqing Prefecture. He didn't know that Huaiqing Prefecture was chasing Zhang Shun and others, but instead he was taken advantage of by Zhang Shun and others.

When everyone walked away, the young soldier asked aggrievedly: "Uncle, why are you so blind? These people are not good people when they see."

The leader was so angry that he wanted to kick him with his feet and scolded: "You are just blind. These people are holding knives and guns, and the team is neat. What kind of escort is there? It's either an officer or a thief, how can I not know?"

"Then are you still greedy for those taels of silver?" the young man questioned dissatisfied.

"What do you think that is? That is the money to buy life! Buy the money to buy life from more than ten of us. If you don't accept it, they will rush forward and chop us into meat paste. How can you stop it? If you are still so unsightly next time, go home as soon as possible to plow the fields so as not to miss our lives!" The head of the officer and soldier shouted sternly, contrary to the silly image just now.

Not to mention how the head of the official army taught his nephew a lesson, he only said that Zhang Shun and others passed through Wanzi City. Zhang Shun looked back and saw the four big words "Nantong Yiluo" written in the north gate of Wanzi City. He couldn't help but think that the so-called Tang Chicheng in Jincheng is also the key point. If a hundred people block it, tens of thousands of people will not be able to pass it. But he never wanted to be easily passed by himself and others. This is indeed "the time is not as good as the place, and the place is not as good as the people." People are lazy and afraid, even if they are iron walls, how can they defend it?

After passing Wanzi City, then there were Xiaokou Pass, Hengwang Pass and other passes and Xingqu Stations, and finally arrived at Tianjing Pass. This was really five miles away and ten miles away. In the south of the Yujing Pass, the center was Tianjing Pass, and in the north was Wanzi City. There were dozens of large and small villages and piers, which eventually formed a terrible defense system.

Zhang Shun was born in the plains and grew up in the plains. He occasionally passed by mountains, but his travel mentality was not carefully considered. This time he crossed the pass, which shocked him. The dangerous and magnificent scenery of two mountains and one line into the sky is really not as famous as seeing at first sight, which is intimidating.

He thought to himself that such a mighty pass is everywhere where a man is at the pass. He does not ask for famous generals to guard this place. As long as he has the intention to persevere, even if he gives a thousand men and women, he can defend thousands of troops and horses before he can use up his food and water.

On the other hand, is this indeed the Ming Dynasty's energy exhausted? Such an unknown Tianjing Pass is so dangerous. I wonder how the famous Shanhai Pass and Juyong Pass are so dangerous? Why did the Ming Dynasty take over the dangers of the world, but the Qing Dynasty frequently broke into the pass and robbed the capital?

After everyone passed the courtyard gate, Zhang Shun felt at ease. He felt that his back was wet with sweat. When the mountain wind blew, he was shocked. He couldn't help but sigh: "The natural barrier is as powerful as this. It makes people tremble, like walking on the abyss, like walking on thin ice, and sweating like slurry!"

When Wukong heard this, he smiled heartlessly and said, "Master is too timid, but some dead objects such as bricks, tiles, stones, are not monsters, so why fear?"
Chapter completed!