Licheng is the southernmost part of Tianshui County, close to Wudu County. The so-called military city is a city dominated by military defense. It has a larger area and more than 300 troops stationed in the army is called a military city, and vice versa.

Licheng is about ten miles in circumference, with two thousand garrisons, commanded by a general named Yang of Cao's army. This area belongs to the defense zone of General Yu Jin.

In addition to the two thousand garrisons, there are also two hundred civilian households, all of whom are the families of the army. These soldiers opened taverns, hostels, shops and **** at the city gate to provide some necessary services to the garrison, among which ****

* and **** are a must-have business. In the early era of heroes fighting for hegemony, human life was like grass, and there were a large number of military prostitutes in each army.

But as Cao Cao unifies the north, people's minds became settled, the army began to become regular, and military prostitutes gradually disappeared, but the demand still existed, so it changed into a **** and **** way.

In fact, the same is true for Liu Jing's army. There are many ********** in the big cities where the army is stationed. For example, in Xiazhi County, all the private shops were moved away, but three **** were retained.

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A dangerous place in the establishment of Qishan Road in Licheng, built on the mountainside, located on the mountainside, it is high and easy to defend but difficult to attack. Two thousand troops are enough to defend against the attack of ten thousand troops. In addition to guarding the key points, Licheng also controls the following.

There are three beacon towers, which monitor the troops heading north.

On a densely shaded mountain road about thirty miles south of Licheng County, a scout team of twenty people was led by a guide to head towards the top of the mountain. The scout team was the Eagle Strike Army

a team of people.

The leader was a military marquis named Ren Ping, the officer who made great contributions to the capture of Zigui County and was transferred to the Eagle Strike Army. He has been promoted to military marquis. This time, the ten scout teams sent by Liu Jing

They are all elite troops of the Eagle Strike Army, and the team led by Ren Ping is one of them.

Ren Ping accepted the task of exploring the information of Licheng, including pulling out three beacon towers. He had pulled out two beacon towers, and now it is the last and most important beacon tower.

The mountain they are now in is called Niutou Mountain, which looks like a huge bull head and is also called the Two Jun Mountain. It is named because this mountain that is more than ten miles long spans the two counties of Tianshui and Wudu.

On the Niujiao Mountain Rock near Tianshui County, there is a Cao army beacon tower, which can directly monitor the movements of the mountain road in Wudu County.

Ren Ping led his men to run on a herb-collecting mountain road. At this time, the guide suddenly said, "Here!"

Ren Ping immediately waved his hand, and everyone quickly leaned in the bushes. The guide pointed to a huge rock on the top of the mountain and whispered to Ren Ping: "We call that rock Niujiaoyan, what you are looking for.

The beacon tower is on the mountain rocks.”

Ren Ping nodded, turned around and said to the two subordinates: "Go up and take a look!"

Two flexible soldiers rushed up the mountain. Soon, the two soldiers quickly returned and reported: "We saw the beacon tower, a wooden medium-sized beacon tower that can accommodate up to twenty people."

"Are there sentries around?"

The soldier shook his head, "There are no sentries, but it is difficult to get on this rock. He should have used a rope ladder to go up, but the rope ladder has been pulled up."

Ren Ping pondered for a moment, climbing the mountain rocks was no longer a problem for them, the key was that they could not be discovered. He looked up at the sky. It was already afternoon, and he immediately ordered: "Retreat five miles and rest until the night to go to the mountain.

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Everyone turned around and headed down the mountain. Time passed little by little, night fell, the moon rose, and the light shone in the mountains like mercury. A rock almost dyed a piece of green leaves into silver.

The mountain peak is a huge rock mass. It is composed of two rock wedges one tall and one short. The high rocks are thin and long, about ten feet long, like a horn piercing the sky, and a little

The short rock is like half a wooden barrel, huge in size and about seven or eight feet tall, and a wooden beacon tower is built on the platform of the short rock.

The beacon tower is made of thick tree trunks and looks rather simple, just like a huge eagle nest. Under the rendering of the moonlight, the beacon tower is wrapped in silver and full of mystery.

Twenty scouts were already standing under the rocks. Although the rope ladder was pulled up, they could not stop them. Ren Ping was like a sloth climbing slowly up the rocks, and any protruding convex or gaps were

His focus.

Soon, he was less than ten feet from the top of the rock. He hid his body in the crack, took out a roll of rope around his waist and tied it firmly to a rock, and threw the rock at the other end.

At this time, he stretched out his body, and rushed up the rock top like a monkey, hiding under the beacon tower. Only then did he realize that the rock top was actually very spacious and flat, with two acres of size. Standing on the rock top, you can see the small mountains.

You can clearly see the Qishan Road in the distance. If the Han army goes north, it will be discovered by soldiers on the rock top more than ten miles away, thus igniting the beacon.

More than a dozen subordinates climbed up the rock top. They hid under the beacon tower and waited for the leader's order. Ren Ping looked at the three-story beacon tower and said to the two subordinates: "You go up from behind first,

Control the hot pot and I will kill the enemy again!”

The two scouts nodded and quickly climbed up from behind the beacon tower. There were only two sentries on duty. One of them was curled up in the corner and the other was dozing on the wooden stakes, and three large iron pots were supported beside them.

Filled with tincture oil, Cao Jun is now burning tincture oil to report the news.

The two scouts looked at each other, and they rushed forward like lightning, cut the throats of the two sentries with a sharp and sharp dagger, and then killed them with one knife. They were as clean as a rabbit, and they were clean and neat. A scout waved to the bottom.

Ren Ping gave a low order, and the remaining dozen soldiers rushed into the beacon. Before the eight Cao soldiers in their sleep understood what had happened, they were all killed, leaving only one living mouth to ask about the beacon.

Regulations......

The sky gradually became brighter, and a wisp of beacon smoke floated up on the beacon tower. At this time, lit the beacon fire to indicate peace. There is no enemy situation. It will be extinguished after only one stick of incense. Shortly after it was extinguished, an appointment appeared on the Qishan Road in the distance.

More than 10,000 Han army pioneers drove towards Licheng under the leadership of General Zhao Yun.

This army crossed the mountains of the two counties and entered Tianshui County, which means that the battle for Guanzhong has officially begun.

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This 10,000-man elite Han army was the vanguard of the Northern Expedition, commanded by Zhao Yun, the deputy generals were generals Wei Yan and Zhang Ren, and there were military mentors who were engaged in Pang Tong's followers. There were also several Shu generals, Deng Xian and Zhang Yihe who were good at mountain warfare.

Wu Ban and so on.

Zhao Yun rode on the war horse, looking at the beacon towers on the tops of the two counties from afar, and smiled at Pang Tong: "It seems that our scout is very capable, and he pulled out the stake under his eyelids."

In this Guanzhong war, Liu Jing mainly used Fazheng and Pang Tong. Jia Xu was responsible for defending Jingzhou, while Sima Yi was responsible for stabilizing Yizhou. It can be said that this was the first time that Pang Tong served Liu Jing in military service, and he also worked extra hard.

, volunteered to follow Zhao Yun's pioneer northward.

Pang Tong also stroked his beard and said, "We scouts are indeed very effective, but the first battle is to capture Licheng. Is the general considering fighting this hard battle?"

Zhao Yun shook his head, "Before leaving, the provincial governor has made a clear statement and does not agree to attack Licheng hard, because the first battle is very important to us. Once it cannot be conquered, it will greatly affect morale. This is also the provincial governor who asked Mr. Pang to

The deep meaning of going out with the vanguard."

Of course, Pang Tong knew that if the first battle suffered heavy losses due to the hard attack on Licheng, even if he was conquered, Pang Tong's future would be over. Pang Tong was good at tactics but weaker than strategy, and he could not put forward a significant plan in strategy.

He can only use his talents in one battle after another to win his position.

Pang Tong smiled and said, "I probably have a vain case, but I need to ask the scout in detail."

As soon as he finished speaking, the soldiers came to report, and the scout leader came. Zhao Yun laughed, "Whatever you want, you will come."

He immediately ordered the army to rest on the spot for an hour. At this time, two soldiers brought Ren Ping up and knelt down on one knee to salute, "Horse of the Eagle Strike Army Ren Ping met General Zhao and Military Advisor Pang!"

Zhao Yun nodded, "Thank you for your hard work!"

He pointed at Pang Tong again and said with a smile: "Mr. Pang wants to know some of the situation from you."

"Abide by the order!"

A soldier lay a mat beside the road, and Pang Tong sat on the ground, and another small table was placed in front of him. He waved his hand and smiled at Ren Ping, "Mr. Ren Jun, please sit down!"

Ren Ping sat down opposite him. At this time, Wei Yan and Zhang Ren also rushed over and sat aside with Zhao Yun to pay attention to Pang Tong's question. Pang Tong smiled and said, "I want to know the situation and terrain of Licheng.

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"Reported to the military advisor, there are about two thousand Cao troops in Licheng. The commander General Ya is named Shan Ting, who is Yu Jin's general. The circumference of Licheng is about ten miles long, the city wall is two feet and five feet high, and there is no moat. Both city gates in the north and south are used.

Pig iron casting is very strong. In addition, Licheng is built on the mountain and is located at a high place. It is condescending for us and is easy to defend but difficult to attack."

Pang Tong pondered for a while and asked again: "Are the buildings in the city made of wooden? I heard that there are also stone buildings, which is true?"

"Reported to the military advisor, most of the city are tents, and there are not many buildings, they are made of wooden, mainly warehouses and some residential shops. As far as I know, there are no stone buildings."

Pang Tong waved his hand and two soldiers came up. They carried a wooden box and opened it. There were various models inside, including mountains, cities, bridges, rivers, woods, tents and soldiers. They were made vividly and could be at any time.

It forms various terrain, which is very conducive to marching and fighting.

Pang Tong smiled and said, "Can the Junhou use these models to form the terrain of Licheng for me?"

Ren Ping took out a map he drew, compared it with the map, and slowly built it with various models. Soon, he built the topographic map of Licheng and surrounding environment. He bowed and said, "Although I dare not say it is very accurate."

, but it's almost done."

Zhang Ren next to him looked carefully for a moment and said, "I have been to Licheng, this is how it looks."

Pang Tong stroked his beard and observed carefully. In fact, he had already rehearsed his strategy to Liu Jing on the sand table in Hanzhong, and was recognized by Liu Jing. The terrain model in front of him was similar to his deduction. The key is that Licheng is closely connected.
Chapter completed!