"Okay, I will take you across the river and conquer here." Liu Zhe pointed to a place on the map and said to them.

After hearing Liu Zhe's words, the two were surprised. They were not surprised to attack, but to surprise Liu Zhe, who actually wanted to set off with them.

Zhao Yun asked in surprise: "Lord, do you want to go into battle too?"

"That's right."

"My lord, never."

Zhang Liao glanced at Guo Jia and Jia Xu next to him and said to himself, why don’t you dissuade your lord?

Liu Zhe waved his hand and said, "No need to say more, I have decided. I will take you to capture this place myself."

Zhao Yun said anxiously: "My lord, just leave this matter to us. Zilong is willing to issue a military order. If we don't capture Tongguan, we will come to see you. You can rest assured, lord."

Zhao Yun thought Liu Zhe was worried about them.

When Zhang Liao heard this, he also said, "Wen Yuan is also willing to issue a military order."

"You two misunderstood, I'm not worried about you."

When Liu Zhe saw the two of them being so serious, he was a little amused. He didn't like the military order and never asked his subordinates to issue military orders.

Liu Zhe explained: "That's right. After we capture this place, we must hold on for one or even two days before reinforcements can arrive."

In order not to alert the people at the level, Liu Zhe's army could not get too close. He could only sneak attacks with a small number of troops. After the sneak attack was successful, he would inevitably be attacked by Cao's army.

The supportive troops will take more than a day to get to this level, so once they capture this place, they will be under great pressure.

"As the lord, I can't let you face danger alone." Liu Zhe's last words moved Zhao Yun and Zhang Liao.

"Swear to be loyal to the lord to death." The two of them secretly swore in their hearts that they must protect Liu Zhe.

The Yellow River turns a bend from north to south, and then flows eastward and goes straight into the sea.

At the bend of the Yellow River, there is a ferry called Fengling Du.

Fenglingdu is at the corner of the Yellow River turning east, at the intersection of Hedong County, Yongzhou and Hongnong County.

It has been an important throat since ancient times and has been a place that must be fought for by military strategists.

During the Warring States Period, the ancient battlefield between Wei and Qin was here.

About seventy miles north of Fenglingdu is Urasakatsu (later generations of Yongji).

After Liu Zhe captured Hedong, in order not to stimulate Cao Cao and not to make Cao Cao nervous all day long, he did not deploy heavy troops in Fenglingdu, but only left a group of troops to defend against Cao Cao's attacks across the river.

After Cao Cao captured Hongnong County, he did not have heavy troops to defend Fenglingdu. Now Fenglingdu has begun to gradually decline. Most of the people who crossed the river crossed the river from Urasakatsu and entered Yongzhou.

However, when Liu Zhe led his army of 200,000, the number of Cao troops guarding Fengling Ferry on the south bank of the Yellow River began to increase. About fifty miles away from Fengling Ferry, there was a majestic pass, Tongguan, 140 miles east, and another majestic pass, Hangu Pass.

There is a narrow passage between Tongguan and Hangu Pass, winding mountains and as deep as Han, so it is called Hangu. The east end of Hangu is called Hangu Pass, and the west end is Tongguan.

Hangu Pass was built by Qin during the Warring States Period. The Qin army successfully resisted the attack of the six-nation coalition forces by relying on the dangerous Hangu Pass, causing them to be defeated and returned.

At the beginning of the Western Han Dynasty, Emperor Gaozu of Han, Liu Bang, decided to build a capital in Chang'an, Guanzhong because of the dangerous situation of Hangu Pass.

The Western Han Dynasty ended, the Eastern Han Dynasty was established, Emperor Guangwu Liu Xiu established the capital of Luoyang, and the status of Hangu Pass further increased. It and the two heroic passes, including Sishui Pass, protected the capital of the Eastern Han Dynasty.

After Dong Zhuo moved the capital to Chang'an, he began to strengthen Tongguan, hoping to resist the Guandong Alliance Army and Liu Zhe, the two heroic passes of Tongguan Hangu Pass. Therefore, Tongguan's status is becoming more and more important.

After Dong Zhuo's death, Chang'an fell into Cao Cao's hands. Because Hedong belonged to Liu Zhe, in order to prevent Liu Zhe from coming from Fengling Dudu River, Cao Cao further strengthened Tongguan and allowed Tongguan to surpass Hangu Pass for the first time. At the same time, Hangu Pass began to gradually abandon it.

Tongguan replaced Hangu Pass and became the new gate of Yongzhou. Once Liu Zhe crossed the Fengling River and captured Tongguan, the army could travel straight from the Fengling River and arrived in Chang'an.

If Tongguan is occupied, Cao Cao's army will be blocked from Yongzhou. Unless Tongguan is captured again, or take a detour to Wuguan in the west, or fly over Tongguan and enter Yongzhou with wings, Cao Cao's army will not be able to enter Yongzhou at all, and support will be no longer possible.

After receiving the news from Cao Cao, Xu Rong, the governor of Tongguan, dared not delay, so he immediately sent troops to station Fenglingdu to prevent the people on the other side from crossing the river to attack.

As an old general of Dong Zhuo, Xu Rong surrendered to Cao Cao and was treated with kindness by Cao Cao, which cultivated his loyalty to a full value.

Xu Rong did not dare to delay Cao Cao's orders, so he faithfully implemented them. After sending out a group of troops, he finally took people to watch them and urged his subordinates to be careful.

"Prince, please rest assured."

The person sent by Xu Rong to defend Fenglingdu Dukou was a deputy general of Xu Rong, which shows Xu Rong's concern for Fenglingdu.

The deputy general had full confidence on his face. He patted his chest and said to Xu Rong: "Prince, there are five thousand soldiers and horses here, and all the fortifications are available. All the ships on the river have been confiscated and centralized. Unless Liu Zhe's men have grown wings, he will not be able to fly from the river."

Xu Rong nodded. He knew that the deputy general said that, whether it was fortifications or other aspects, there were many things he did. Xu Rong was still confident in his arrangements.

In fact, Xu Rong didn't care much about Liu Zhe, and was not afraid that he would cross the river. After all, he had a perfect defense on his side, if Liu Zhe dared to cross the river, the losses would definitely be huge. He believed that Liu Zhe was not such a stupid person.

Xu Rong looked at his arrangement and a sneer appeared on the corner of his mouth. As an old general of Dong Zhuo, Xu Rong had worked with the Kanto Alliance Army, and his record was still very good, at least Cao Cao and Sun Jian had been beaten by him.
Chapter completed!