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Fazheng nodded and explained: "This time when an army of 15 attacked Yongliang, Cao Zhen and Xia Houmao had a total of [-] defenders. In addition to their geographical advantages, the two sides are evenly matched. We deployed [-] troops and [-] troops in Qishan I will invest in Chencang to suppress Zhang He, and the remaining [-] will be for you guys."
Both Wang Ping and Ma Dai were surrendered generals. They had no chance to participate in the war after joining Liu Bei, so they were clear about their role as military generals in the army. Deng Ai wrote a letter to Lan Tian and mentioned it cryptically. intercede.
Wei Yan is the most excited among the four. Being able to lead a group of soldiers and horses to fight independently is the ultimate affirmation of the monarch to the general. It turns out that he has a stronger sense of existence in Liu Bei's heart than Huang Zhong and Zhao Yun?
"Military division, our mission is..." Wei Yan already had a guess in his mind, that was his advice to Liu Bei, to smuggle across the Ziwuling trail and go straight to Chang'an.
Fazheng stroked his beard and said: "Master Wen gave the memorial earlier, and the king has discussed it with us repeatedly, and finally he is willing to let you try it. However, it is already winter, and there is often rain and snow in the mountains. You still have the confidence to pass smoothly. ?"
Wei Yan thought for a while and replied seriously: "Although there are often rains and snows in winter, there will be no mountain torrents or falling rocks. Now we have compressed military rations, and we will be able to allocate 5000 people to transport them in the end. It is estimated that it takes about half a month to 20 days. , you can come to the foot of Chang'an."
When Wang Ping and Ma Dai seemed to be listening to heavenly scriptures, Deng Ai had fully understood that they planned to cross Ziwu Ridge secretly.
"With 5000 people transporting food, how much time is left to reach Chang'an in 20 days? How many days can you persist in Chang'an? What if Xia Houmao can't hold on?" Fazheng asked like a cannonball.
"Uh... the final general will definitely go all out..." Wei Yan scratched his head in embarrassment.
Liu Bei suddenly smiled and said, "Master Wen, do you know why I kept them? It's because although your strategy is novel, it is very difficult to implement, so I have to send someone to help you."
"Thank you, Your Majesty..." Wei Yan clasped his fists gratefully.
Wei Yanxin said, where can I find such a lord?If he could really capture Chang'an, he would probably be the first to win the battle of Yongliang, and he would have to die to repay his kindness.
"Shi Zai, come and talk." Liu Bei stretched out his hand to greet Deng Ai.
"The last general is here." Deng Ai clasped his fists and walked up.
Liu Bei looked at Deng Ai kindly, and recalled the past with a smile, "Time flies, and in a blink of an eye, you have started to grow a beard. It is really hard work for you to farm for Gu Tiantian in the past few years. Ziyu is really a good student..."
"In case the last general is not as good as my husband, I just hope that I don't embarrass him..." Deng Ai bowed his head modestly.
"Wen Chang wants to lead his troops across Ziwu Ridge. He only has [-] soldiers and horses to use. It would be a waste to divide half of them to transport grain. You have a high prestige in Tuntian District. I think you can take some villagers from Mianyang to transport.
But the Ziwuling road is dangerously narrow, and too many people cannot be mobilized, otherwise the food consumption on the road will be too great to bear, and taking too many villagers away will also affect the spring plowing in the next year, so it is still necessary to prepare for the worst. "Liu Bei's tone was very serious.
For the so-called destiny, Liu Bei knows better than anyone else that it is not through hard work that one can surely realize his ideals, but his belief is to persevere, even if he fails in the end, he will not regret it. This is how he has come all these years.
Deng Ai pondered for a while and answered, "There are [-] villagers in Mianyang, and [-] can be mobilized in the end. It shouldn't hurt the root cause. They usually have simple training. If they really reach the foot of Chang'an, they can also serve as soldiers to participate in the battle." .”
"Good." Liu Bei nodded lightly, and then told everyone with a serious face: "The soldiers and horses on this road are headed by Wen Chang (Wei Yan) and Shi Zai (Deng Ai) is the deputy general. Zijun (Wang Ping) is good at fighting in the mountains. Zhan (Ma Dai) once captured Chang'an with Meng Qi (Ma Chao), and the four of you must work together to achieve an amazing feat."
"Wei." The four answered sonorously.
7 Chapter Ninety
The third year of Han Yankang, the third year of Wei Huangchu, the middle of November in 222 AD.
Pang Tong, Ma Chao, and Pang Rou led their troops to Qishan, while Fu Xun and Zhang Nan led their troops to Hechi.
Because the two troops were on the same road in the first half, they sent troops from Yangping Pass at the same time.
Huang Quan marched in the direction of Shangyong with great momentum under Liu Bei's commander-in-chief according to the plan of Fa Zheng.
Wei Yan, Wang Ping, and Ma Dai led troops back to Nanzheng to make equipment and tools for crossing Ziwuling.
Deng Ai returned to Mianyang to recruit the villagers to transport food. The two sides agreed to meet in Nanzheng three days later and strive to arrive at the city of Chang'an by mid-December.
Deng Ai's people in Tuntian District, Mianyang, many of them had the fate of being displaced. Most of their parents came from Sanfu. When Li Jue was in trouble for Chang'an, they fled to Hanzhong and were taken in by Zhang Lu. Later, when Cao Cao attacked Zhang Lu Later, Yang Song used rumors to intimidate them. These people fled to Yizhou with their old and young, and became villagers in Tuntian District of Deng Ai.
Within two or three years of Yizhou's stability, the villagers and Liu Bei counterattacked Hanzhong and returned to the land of Hanzhong, where they are familiar with their lives. Now they are mobilized to cross Ziwuling and return to the starting point of Sanfu refugees. Deng Ai couldn't bear to think about it. , so the method of voluntary registration is adopted. If the final number of people is not reached, they will be drawn proportionally in each village.
There were more than [-] tenants from Xindengzhuang who entered Shu one after another, and they fully supported Deng Ai's farming in Zitong. These people were basically married young people, so they gradually married wives and had children soon after entering Shu.
The villagers in Xindengzhuang are very skilled in planting, and now they are all living a happy life of "wife and children on the kang". Facing the "young village owner" Deng Ai's arms, the first batch of these "own people" stood up.
After the farmers in Xindengzhuang took the lead, the descendants of the former Sanfu people enthusiastically signed up. Nearly half of the [-] villagers are willing to follow Deng Ai to transport food. It is the wish of the older generation to return to their hometown.
The result of the registration was beyond Deng Ai's expectation. He considered that he might have to cooperate with Wei Yan's regular army to fight through Ziwu Ridge successfully, so Deng Ai tried his best to choose strong young and strong fellows.
Three days later, Wei Yan's troops crossing Ziwu Ridge also set off from Nanzheng.
During the period when the main force of Central Shu was stationed at Yangping Pass, the marching battle reports of various ministries were sent back every day, and everything seemed to be moving in the planned direction.
Liu Bei has been fighting all his life, and suddenly he has the feeling of holding the universe in his hands. He has a premonition that this time it will be smooth.
The generals of Yangpingguan who were "on hold" heard the battle reports from other channels every day, and felt like a kitten scratching their heads. Huang Zhong asked for an early expedition several times, but Liu Bei stopped him because he didn't arrive at the scheduled time.
In late November, nine days after Fu Xun and Zhang Nan dispatched troops.
Huang Zhong took Zhao Yuntong to meet Liu Bei, knocked on the door and entered the room only to find that Fazheng was also inside, and the two were sitting opposite each other, chatting, laughing and playing chess.
Huang Zhong and Zhao Yun glanced at each other at the same time, thinking that tomorrow is ten days, did the king and the military advisor forget the time?
"Your Majesty, military advisor..." Huang Zhong clasped his fists in salute, his tone seemed anxious, Zhao Yun echoed softly beside him.
"It's the old general and Zilong. How are the soldiers and horses trained in each battalion? It's winter at Yangping Pass, are the soldiers able to dance with spears?" Liu Bei asked without turning his head.
"The battalions are training every day, and Zhao Yun often led his troops to fight in winter when he was in the north, so he would not be affected by the weather." Zhao Yun clasped his fists and shared his experience in winter combat, responding to Liu Bei's concerns from the side.
Huang Zhong was afraid of losing his vanguard position, so he quickly added: "Once the winter in the south turns cold, it will be worse than in the north. In the end, there will be countless battles in winter..."
"You two generals don't need to argue, Bei has already promised you to be the left and right vanguards, it seems that the ten-day deadline has not yet come, why are you here today?" Liu Bei asked knowingly.
"There should be one day left. Zilong is afraid that the king will forget, so he reminded the future..." Huang Zhong and Zhao Yun have a good relationship, so they can only use each other as a 'scapegoat' at this time.
Zhao Yun looked aggrieved: "I didn't..."
"Hahaha, such a big event, how can Bei forget it? Seeing that you are all eager to try, and you are both pioneers, Xiao Zhi, how about letting the two generals go for a day?" Liu Bei turned to Fazheng to ask advice.
Fazheng frowned and stroked his beard: "Yangping Pass is six hundred miles away from Chencang. What's the use of walking for a day first? Besides, Dasan Xiongguan is blocking the way, and Chencang's guard Zhang He is cautious. Why don't we go with the army and go to Hechi to take weapons and attack head-on?" .”
"Your Majesty has already opened the golden mouth, so why should the military adviser stop it? Zilong and I can also open the way for the army, otherwise the vanguard is meaningless? Do you think so, Your Majesty?" Huang Zhong argued hard.
"Uh... The old general is right. I will ride five thousand paces with you and Zilong each. You can set off first tomorrow. After you reach Hechi, you will go ahead with Fu Xun and Zhang Nan to escort the siege equipment to Dashanguan Wait for the main force of the rear army." Liu Bei nodded and ordered.
"Wei." Huang Zhong and Zhao Yun happily clasped their fists together.
Seeing the backs of the two leaving in a hurry, Liu Bei frowned and asked Fazheng, "Xiaozhi, what is your intention in doing this?"
Fazheng replied: "The main force is delayed for ten days to let Cao Zhen focus on Qishan. The more trouble the three generals make in Qishan, the less pressure we will have to attack Dashanguan and Chencang."
"I understand that you are making a lot of noise. Before Kong Ming asked Yide to build siege equipment in Hechi, this time you asked Fu and Zhang Er to supervise the construction. Isn't this a warning to the snake?
General Huang and Zilong are eager to make meritorious deeds. With them as the vanguard this time, they will definitely try to attack before the main force arrives.Based on what I know about Zhang He, that fellow will never shrink back..." Liu Bei expressed his doubts.
Fazheng explained with a smile: "It's not a complicated strategy to attack the east and attack the west. Cao Zhen has a steady personality and is quite proficient in the art of war. He should be prepared everywhere. Cao is really suspicious, as for deliberately suppressing and mobilizing the emotions of the two generals Huang and Zhao, that is just a simple method of provoking the generals..."
"The Dasan Pass is also very dangerous, will filial piety be useful?" Liu Bei frowned.
"It's hard to say, but I have a hunch that it will be useful. Judging by the expressions of the two people who left just now, it is estimated that they will lead the army to set off before dawn, and they should arrive a few days earlier than the rear army. I will wait." Fazheng was very sure.
"Is that so?" Liu Bei was surprised.
"Your Majesty, please wait and see." Fazheng nodded with a smile.
At night, Huang Zhong and Zhao Yun discussed the time to send troops tomorrow, and Huang Zhong convinced Zhao Yun that it would be the next day when the time passed.
The two troops quietly left Yangping Pass in the middle of the night, only the sound of footsteps was left in the mobilization of soldiers and horses, they were as quiet as running water.
Fazheng invited Liu Bei to come to the city tower to watch. He saw that under the dark sky, the torches gathered into fire dragons, facing the deep night in the north, getting farther and farther away from Yangping Pass.
Chapter 791 The Iron Horse Autumn Wind Breaks Down
"Xiaozhi really guessed it, the two generals couldn't help it for a moment..." Liu Bei laughed softly.
Fazheng replied: "Not to mention the two generals Huang and Zhao, the soldiers in the battalion have long been ready to move. Letting them leave the customs one day in advance at this time is equivalent to letting a hungry tiger go down the mountain to look for food..."
"Order the scouts to report the news from the front at any time, let's go back to the house to rest now." Liu Bei said and turned around.
"Wei." Fazheng answered with cupped hands.
Yangping Pass is 20 miles away from Chencang, and there is Dasan Pass with dangerous terrain dozens of miles to the south. A normal march would take [-] to [-] days.
The area south of Hechi was under Zhang Fei's control. Huang Zhong and Zhao Yun traveled fifty miles a day without any worries, and arrived at the dilapidated Hechi City in about ten days.
Fu Xun and Zhang Nan arrived a few days first. According to Fazheng's instructions, they deliberately cut down trees at the foot of the mountain near Dashan Pass, built siege equipment under the nose of the defenders, and released their intention to attack Dashan Pass and take Chen Cang.
In fact, Zhang Fei received Zhuge Liang's letter a few months ago, so he relied on Hechi as a base to supervise the manufacture of equipment, and only waited for Liu Bei's army to come here to get them.
Although the terrain of Dashan Pass is dangerous, it is not as open as Yangping Pass. There are only more than [-] troops in the daily garrison. The supplies and confidence of Dashan Pass come from the rear warehouses.
Chencang Road is in the northeast of Wudu, and Qishan Road is in the northwest of Wudu. Although the two passages are longer, they are flatter and wider than Baoxie Road. In particular, Chencang Road is closer, and it is the road that most threatens Guanzhong. .
Cao Zhen sent troops to the Hexi Corridor to quell the rebellion, but he did not transfer Chencang's guard Zhang Yun, because he did not want Zhang Fei to take the opportunity to pass through Chencang.
Cao Zhen knew that the road to Qishan was farther away, and even if Zhang Fei's troops were to attack Tianshui, it would not last long, and everything was under his control.
Because of his meritorious service in suppressing the rebellion in Hexi, Cao Zhen was appointed by Cao Pi as a general of the upper army. He supervised all military forces at home and abroad, and had the absolute right to speak in Yongliang.
Because Zhang Fei sneaked into Liangzhou to harass him several times, Cao Pi of Luoyang was furious after hearing the words. He first ordered Zhang Ji, the governor of Liangzhou, to guard Wuwei, Zhangye and other northwest counties, so as to prevent the Hu people in Hexi from rebelling again and give Cao Zhen a stable life. The rear environment made him calm down to deal with Zhang Fei.
There is Xiongguan Jiancheng in Chencang Road, and Zhang Fei can only take Qishan Road with few soldiers. Cao Zhen is sure that Zhang Fei has formed a habit, and he will invade Liangzhou again after the rest, so he puts all the focus of military defense on Tianshui and Longxi counties. .
When Zhang Fei gathered his troops in Qishan, Cao Zhen immediately dispersed his troops in the two counties, ensuring that each county had at least 10 troops, and the total strength was close to [-].
Cao Zhen's plan was to let Zhang Fei fly across Mount Qi, but there were many garrisons in each county, so that he could not easily supply as before, and lured Zhang Fei's troops to go deep into Liangzhou, and finally let the scattered defenders form a joint force to cut off Zhang Fei's troops. Flying the army's Qishan grain road, he was completely trapped in Liangzhou and starved.
Zhang Fei's army fought bravely, and Cao Zhen's worst plan was to encircle and not attack, and finally let Zhang Yun go out of Chencang to capture Wudu, completely blocking the possibility of Zhang Fei fleeing back to Yizhou.
At that time, the State of Wei would be able to take back the 'abandoned' Wudu County smoothly, and even be able to march to Yangping Pass again, and heal the shame of the old Hanzhong War.
A few months ago, Zhang Fei built siege equipment in Hechi and expressed his intention to attack Dasanguan and Chencang head-on. When the battle report reached Cao Zhen in Ji County, he was not surprised but delighted.
Cao Zhen saw that Zhang Fei was playing tricks, so he deliberately "cooperated" with the opponent's actions, and asked Fei Yao and Xia Houru to lead [-] troops to "support" Chencang eastward through the Weishui River with great fanfare, but the reinforcements passed Chencang and did not reach Mei County. Just cross the Wei River in the north, then advance northwest along the Longshan Road, and finally return to Tianshui County by detouring Jieting.
Zhang Fei's mission was to cooperate with a feint attack. Although he pretended to be actively attacking, he only fought on a small scale for a few months. He neither attacked the city as a stronghold, nor looted people's food everywhere.
Cao Zhen waited for work with leisure and did not rush. Both the enemy and us played their own scripts, constantly pulling and consuming food in various parts of Tianshui.
Zhang Fei waited until Pang Tong and Ma Chao's reinforcements arrived at Qishan, and finally launched an offensive on Shangbi in a decent manner.
After seeing the siege equipment prepared by Hechi, Huang Zhong immediately consulted with Zhao Yun who was resting outside the city.
"Zilong, I just went to order some. The three generals have prepared hundreds of catapults alone. If we want to move all these things to Dasanguan, the time saved will be gone. We will not be the left and right pioneers. pioneer?"
"What does the old general think?" Zhao Yun asked back.
Huang Zhong stroked his beard and said: "Why don't you symbolize less luck? Yiyang (Fu Xun) and Wen Jin (Zhang Nan) don't need to go to logging to supervise the construction. The current inventory in Hechi should be enough to attack Chencang. We have to cut It will be the most important thing to win."
Zhao Yun nodded and replied: "The old general is right. Although the Dasan Pass is dangerous, the garrison is only three thousand after all. We can take advantage of Zhang Xi's unresponsiveness and try to attack the pass. Maybe it will be a battle..."
"Okay, okay, the old man is familiar with Wen Jin (Zhang Nan). I asked him to help us supervise the transport of equipment. Let's take a short break and then go north to check in and try to get it before the arrival of the king and the military division. Zhang Yun is in Hanzhong. Damn it, it's his luck to live a few more years, this time I will kill him with my own hands."
Zhang Yun was regarded as the top general of the Wei State in Liangzhou, Huang Zhong directly aimed at him, and the pride of setting up the army to kill Xiahou was aroused again.
Zhao Yun quickly reminded: "Zhang Xi didn't dare to fight at Yangping Pass, and it is even more impossible for him to go out of the city to fight with us this time. In fact, whether to kill the general is secondary. The purpose of the king is to enter the main pass. Let's take down the Dasan Pass. talk……"
"Zilong is right. Are the soldiers resting? Are we going to set off now?" Huang Zhong asked.
"Set off."
Two days later, Huang Zhong and Zhao Yun arrived at Dasan Pass with their troops. Looking across the distance, they saw mountains stacked with lush ancient trees.
"Sure enough, it is the place of the throat. It seems that there will be a hard battle."
Zhao Yun saw that Dasan Pass was shorter than Yangping Pass, but the height of the city wall was not bad at all. Due to the narrow position of his own troops, he could not spread out the attack. confidence.
"I don't know who this gatekeeper will be, and whether he can be lured out of the gate and beheaded. I really miss the days when the French army division was by my side..." Huang Zhong also felt the same way.
"Wang Sheng, the general guard of Dasan Pass, is an unknown person in Wei State. He will never dare to leave the pass to brush the beards of the two generals. However, it is not difficult to win this pass. There are French army masters who can break through the pass. Here." After saying that, Fu Xun handed over the kit in his bosom.
Huang Zhong opened the kit first. It turned out that Fazheng asked Fu Xun to check the terrain in advance. There are trails on the left and right of Dasan Pass to climb up the mountain. Fazheng suggested using this terrain to break the defensive will of the defenders in the pass.
"I think you can give it a try." Zhao Yun stroked his beard and said.
"The military strategist's strategy should be right, so let's break the city tomorrow, with Lao Yiyang (Fu Xun) preparing the siege vehicles, tomorrow the old man will personally lead the team to attack, and Zilong will lead the suspects up the mountain?" Huang Zhong gave orders subconsciously.
"Ok?"
Just as Zhao Yun was about to question, Fu Xun quickly clasped his fists together: "Don't fight, the two generals. The military adviser ordered you to attack, and the last general will arrange the suspects."
"Very good." Zhao Yun and Huang Zhong replied in unison.
Huang Zhong followed the strategy of Fa Zheng and rushed to Dashan Pass to fight in person. The soldiers scolded for half an hour, but the defenders were like stones, and there was no response at all.
The guard Wang Sheng looked at Huang Zhong and said to himself: "Go out and fight the old guy? General Zhang in Chencang doesn't dare, why should I swell my face and pretend to be fat?"
Chapter 792 Surprised Like a Trap
As soon as Wang Sheng finished speaking, the general beside him reminded him: "Huang Zhong is a famous general under Liu Bei's account. He suddenly appeared here. Could there be some conspiracy? Do you want to ask General Zhang for help? Or send someone to report to General Zidan?"
"General Zidan has already seen through Zhang Fei's little trick. It was nothing more than bluffing. It is probably the same bluff as the previous few times. It won't last long." Wang Sheng didn't care.