Three Kingdoms: I help Liu Bei grow thousands of miles

Chapter 504

Liu Bei smiled dumbly: "I almost forgot about Yide and Meng Qi. Their partial division is enough to cause Cao Cao a headache, so I asked the two military divisions to dispatch troops and send the generals to put the pressure on Yangping Pass as soon as possible. Call for help."

"Yide has already learned the essence of martial arts. Bandit Cao should have a headache. He won the first battle and let the whole army rest for two days. The day after tomorrow, he will go to pretend to attack Yangping Pass on time. If Bandit Cao is in a hurry, there will be chaos." Pang Tong was calm and relaxed. .

"By the way, where did Song Chen go?"

When Liu Bei and Pang Tong mentioned Zhang Fei, they suddenly remembered Song Chen who passed the news. He originally followed the Chinese army to listen to him, but he hadn't seen anyone since yesterday.

Pang Tong explained: "Yesterday Zhang Yun was defeated and retreated. I let him mix in and left with the defeated soldiers."

"What? This is too dangerous." Liu Bei was a little surprised.

"This is Lieutenant Song's initiative to invite Ying, because those followers are still in Nanzheng, and he wants to go back and bring them back." Pang Tong spread his hands to express his helplessness.

"Sure enough, he is a man of loyalty." Liu Bei sighed.

"Those attendants were also from the army, and they have fellowship with Lieutenant Song, so I can only help him, maybe it will help the lord defeat Cao Cao." Pang Tong comforted.

Liu Bei nodded, "Song Chen is extremely alert, and he should be able to escape completely, but it's a pity that he is going to Nanzheng. Wouldn't it be great if he went to Yangping Pass with Zhang Yun?"

"My lord is really." Pang Tong and Fazheng looked at each other and smiled.

Because it was a feint attack that forced Cao Cao to come, Liu Bei ordered Fazheng, Wu Yi, and Huang Quan to guard the camp at Dingjun Mountain, while he personally led the troops from Zouma Valley to Yangping Pass in the northwest.

After Zhang He and Du Xi led the remnants back to Yangping Pass, they learned that Xia Houyuan had died in battle and the generals in Dingjun Mountain were horrified. When the dragons had no leader and didn't know how to deal with it, the news came back with Liu Bei's mighty army.

After discussing with Du Xi, Guo Huai and Du Xi jointly elected general Zhang He, the general of the gangsters, to act as the governor, and let him lead the Cao army at Yangping Pass to resist Liu Bei.

Although Zhang Yun suffered a lot of defeats, he was cautious and able to retreat every time, which was in stark contrast to Xia Houyuan's aggressive personality.Xia Houyuan was defeated and died but set off Zhang He.

Zhang He bit the bullet and took the hot potato. He clasped his fists and said to the generals in the pass: "Thanks to everyone's trust, I will temporarily take the post of commander-in-chief. I will make calculations after the arrival of the king of Wei. Now Liu Bei is taking advantage of the victory. Our army is now And the soldiers have no fighting spirit, can the generals have a strategy to retreat from the enemy?"

As soon as Zhang He finished speaking, all the generals in the army whispered to each other, thinking that Liu Bei was powerful and outnumbered would be better than sticking to it.

Du Xi, the son-in-law captain, was full of worry: "Although it is safe to stick to Yangping Pass, the food road in the direction of Nanzheng will be cut off from now on. If Wudu can't deliver us food and grass, the food supply in the pass will be dead. I heard that Zhang Fei and Ma Chao are still there. General Zilian may not have the strength to spare if he is making trouble."

Zhang He frowned: "Liu Bei didn't cross the river from other places, but only crossed near Yangping. Maybe he was worried about crossing the river early, and Xu Gongming (Xu Huang) would intercept the grain road from behind. How about Chen Bing blocking it from the north bank?"

All the generals were silent after hearing this. At this time, Guo Huai remonstrated: "Liu Bei came here in a hurry without a boat. Liu Bei's arrogant troops crossed the Mian River, and then attacked them halfway across the river, and they were able to defeat them."

Du Xi also affirmed: "In this way, Gongming (Xu Huang) can transport grain from the north of Mianshui, thereby ensuring the supply problem of Yangping Pass. Even if Liu Bei cannot be defeated directly, as long as the king of Wei arrives, he will still win."

"Boji's words are very kind." Zhang Yun nodded frequently.

Liu Beibing went to the south bank of Mianshui. Because he didn't prepare a boat to cross the river in advance, he led people into the mountains to cut down trees, and then made boats and rafts by the river.

Zhang He heard that Guo Huai led his troops to lure them in a small boat, but Pang Tong and Fazheng had already seen through Guo Huai's plot, and Liu Bei's army was actually just pretending to be on the south bank.

Guo Huai tried several times to lure him to no avail, so he returned to the camp to report the situation to Zhang He, saying that Liu Bei was not fooled by his single-minded focus on shipbuilding.

Zhang He frowned after hearing this: "What does Liu Bei mean? It's just crossing the river to fight. There is no need to build large warships, right? He regards Mianshui as the Yangtze River?"

"Pang Tong and Fazheng under Liu Bei's tent are scheming, and they may have seen through Boji (Guo Huai) and attacked halfway, probably wanting to build a warship and land together?" Du Xi guessed.

"It doesn't matter whether Liu Bei sees through it or not, as long as he doesn't cross the river, it will be beneficial to our army. Maybe the king of Wei has already received the news to send troops. As long as we can delay the arrival of reinforcements, Pang Tong and Fazheng are not worth mentioning. "Guo Huai snorted coldly.

Zhang He couldn't understand Liu Bei's intentions, so he could only tell Guo Huai, "Boji is working hard to monitor on the Mian River. Once Liu Bei's army is about to cross the river, immediately notify the north bank with the command flag. He must not be allowed to land easily."

"Wei." Guo Huai nodded.

Liu Bei's army felled trees and built ships all day long. Although the momentum was great, the actual progress of shipbuilding was very slow. Zhang Yun mistook Liu Bei for some conspiracy, so he asked Guo Huai to monitor day and night. The strange behavior made Cao Jun's spirit in Yangping The pressure is enormous.

At the end of December in the 23rd year of Jian'an, news of Xia Houyuan's death in battle reached Chang'an. Cao Cao, who was warming in the gentle village, turned over and stayed in bed after hearing the news, and cursed Xia Houyuan as "General Baidi".

Sima Yi stayed in Yecheng to assist the crown prince Cao Pi, and Jia Xu, a doctor of Chinese medicine, took care of him in the rear due to illness. The only one who followed Cao Cao to Chang'an was Shi Liuye, the commander of the army.

Cao Cao summoned Liu Ye and said: "Miaocai died in the battle at Dingjun Mountain. Now Liu Bei is in a hurry to attack Yangping Pass. I must immediately send reinforcements. Ziyang (Liu Ye) should prepare as soon as possible. Let's set off soon."

Liu Ye said with a distressed expression: "At this time, it is freezing cold, the reward ramp is slippery and difficult to walk, and the provision of food and grass in the rear is not in place. There are already local hard labor and rebellion. It may be disadvantageous to rush the troops at this time."

Cao Cao frowned and said in a low voice: "Why don't I know that the timing is wrong? But if you don't reinforce Hanzhong, you will get it for Liu Bei. How can you let this generation of weaving mats and selling shoes succeed? Nanyang Houyin rebelled and has his own son Xiao (Cao Ren) Go flat."

"Uh, Hanzhong's army is short of rations. If the army and the ration team walk along the slope, it may slow down the marching speed," Liu Ye said worriedly.

Cao Cao hammered his forehead, then said with false eyes: "Then give up the reward ramp to the grain team. We will lead the army to detour through Chen Cang Road. I will write to Yuan Chang (Zhong Yao) in a while and ask him to send the military supplies. Everything is ready, you have to leave someone in Chang'an to meet you."

"Wei." Liu Ye nodded in response.

Liu Ye still had no confidence in whether Zhong Yao could gather food, grass and military supplies. After all, after Xun Yu and Xun You passed away, the supply lines of Cao Jun's various theaters had been tight.

"In addition, order Zilian (Cao Hong) and Zidan (Cao Zhen) to send troops from Wudu to Yangping first. Zhang He and Guo Huai are so eager in their letters that it is already at stake to come to Yangping Pass." Cao Cao continued to order.

"Zhang Fei and Ma Chao often make trouble in Wudu, if the troops stationed in Wudu leave"

"What are you afraid of? As soon as Zilian and the others leave, we can reach Wudu on the back foot. If Zhang Fei and Ma Chao dare to attack, Gu will keep them in Wudu forever." Cao Cao replied coldly.

(End of this chapter)