Three Kingdoms: I help Liu Bei grow thousands of miles

Chapter 799

Jiang Wei was shocked when he heard that. He had been in Mianyang Tuntian District for a long time. Deng Ai’s tens of thousands of villagers could pick up knives even if they threw away their hoes. It is true that they would not be easily manipulated by outsiders. Yizhou’s strategy is so deep. It is so big that even if the end of the road is in a corner, it can maintain a political power in the middle of Shu.

At this time, Jiang Wei thought of Liu Zhang. If he hadn't invited Liu Bei to join Sichuan, maybe someone else would be competing with Cao Wei and Sun Wu now?

Looking at Pang Tong and Ma Chao next to him, Jiang Wei completely dispelled this idea. Liu Zhang didn't have any great talents, and now he has lived in Lingling under the rule of Lantian for ten years. The world, maybe the end will be similar to Tao Qian, Liu Biao and others.

Seeing Jiang Wei bowing his head in deep thought, Liang Qian cupped his fists and offered advice, saying, "My elder brother lives in Tianshui Gongcao now. If all the generals intend to attack Ji County, I would like to find a way to contact him and make an internal response."

"General Liang is not in a hurry, there is a place where you can be useful, it is good for us to guard Shangyu at this time, and we can take it slowly in the future in Longyou, you and Boyue should also hide now, and contact relatives in Ji County rashly, maybe Instead, let the family members suffer from it." Pang Tong stopped in time.

"Uh, the general's thinking is simple, it's better for the military adviser to think about it properly." Liang Qian clasped his fists and thanked.

Jiang Xie was the last Tianshui Gongcao, and he is inextricably related to the current Gongcao Liang Xu. Jiang Wei was taken care of by Liang's family when he was a child. Shangyu was easily captured because of Jiang Wei's persuasion. The attack was all Pang Tong's plan to confuse Cao Zhen.

The terrain of Shangbi is similar to that of Chencang, with the Weishui River in the north and the Qinling Mountains in the south, but the city is not as strong as Chencang.

Pang Tong adopted an active defense, which was completely different from Zhang Yun's passive defense. In addition to arranging city defenses in Shangyu City, he also let Zhang Fei set up camp on the south side of Shangyu on the side of the mountain, so that the county town and the field camp formed a corner.

Cao Zhen was shocked when he learned that Fei Yao had "surrendered to the enemy" and that Shangyu had fallen. He gathered the troops near Ji County and marched to Shangyu.

After scouting and reconnaissance, it was discovered that it was a combination of Zhang Fei and Pang Tong, and Cao Zhenxin's heart suddenly became cold.

Zhang Fei is the representative of the enemy, and Pang Tong is Liu Bei's mastermind. Cao Zhen has no confidence in front of them, and instantly lost confidence in supporting Chen Cang.

During the confrontation at Shangyu, Cao Zhen launched several offensives tentatively. Due to the narrow terrain of the Weishui Channel, although Cao Zhen's force was more than twice that of Zhang Fei, he still did not exert his advantage.

With Zhang Fei's back on Shangyu County, he was the main opponent. In addition, the Wei River grain road was cut off by Liu Bei's army, and the Wei army became a lone army standing in the field. Being an away game, only the generals of the Wei army know the uncomfortable feeling in their hearts.

Yin Shang, the head of Tianshui, saw that the two families were at loggerheads, so he came out to suggest: "General, Zhang Fei's troops are in Shangyu now, and he has given up Qishan Road. Why don't we divide up Qishan? Take this opportunity to destroy Zhang Fei's Qishan camp, and intercept and kill the other side by the way." The food team will make it difficult for Zhang Fei to leave Qishan in the future."

"Splitting Qishan to destroy Zhang Fei's empty camp? What's the point of doing this? Liu Bei is attacking Chencang with all his strength at this time, and they can use the Wei River to transport grain. Where is there a grain on Qishan?" Cao Zhen shook his head and smiled wryly.

"But we and Zhang Fei are at a stalemate here, and it is difficult to break through the Shangbei defense line in a hurry. If we continue to fight like this for a long time, it will only waste money and food. If we don't find other ways to break the situation, we may fall into Pang Tong's trap." Yin Shang means don't sit still It's better to find something to do than waste here.

Cao Zhen pinched the root of the mountain with his left hand, and gestured back and forth on the map with his right hand. He had already read the battle report from Luoyang. At this time, he finally discovered Liu Bei's purpose. There were fierce battles all over the country, and the opponent's center of gravity was actually on his own. Yongliang.

Zhang Fei and Pang Tong used [-] soldiers to contain the main force of Wei Guoyongliang. Cao Zhen was unwilling to be led by the nose by the other party. Once Liu Bei took the Chencang Fortress, the entire Guanzhong would never have peace.

With a dark face, Cao Zhen slammed his fist on the table, making a bang, which made all the generals in the tent tremble.

"Zhang Fei and Pang Tong like Ying, so let them stay here for the new year. Ma Taishou, order the generals of the battalions to purge their troops and horses immediately, and return to Ji County at dawn tomorrow." Cao Zhen made a bold decision.

Ma Zun clasped his fists and asked, "Zhang Fei, don't care?"

"Of course not." After shaking his head, Cao Zhen turned around and told Zhao Yu, "I will leave 5000 troops for you. To keep the current number of camps unchanged, remember to disperse the fire and cooking as much as possible, and use bluff to contain Zhang Fei and others. people."

"You also want to detour through Longshan Road from Jieting?" Zhao Yu seemed to have realized something.

"It's not all. Liu Bei's plan is very big this time. I'm afraid Chen Cang is not his ultimate goal." Cao Zhenxuan rolled his eyes.

"You mean Chang'an?" Ma Zun thought of Xia Houmao, and said to himself that the master was unreliable, and Chang'an had only 3 to [-] people. Maybe he would abandon the city and escape after seeing Liu Bei's army.

Cao Zhen replied: "It's not impossible. Xiahou Junlin (Xiahouru) is afraid that 2 people are not enough. I have to bring some over there myself."

"Chencang and Chang'an are both strong cities. It is understandable for the general to worry about the loss of Guanzhong, but if Zhang Fei takes the opportunity to attack Tianshui and Longyou, what can he do?" Whether Chencang and Chang'an are solid is not within the scope of Ma Zun's consideration. The prefect was only worried about his own comfort.

Cao Zhen said solemnly: "Prefect Ma can rest assured, Chencang and Chang'an should be fine for a while, and I will not leave Tianshui immediately, and there will be enough defenders left behind."

"The last general will be spared." Ma Zun nodded with satisfaction.

At dawn the next day, the two sides of the Wei River were quiet, and Cao Zhen quietly retreated towards Ji County at this time.

On the way, Cao Zhen sent multiple messengers, including those who went to Wuwei to find Zhang Ji, the governor of Liangzhou, and those who went south to Anding County to dispatch troops to Chang'an, and those who sent them to Chang'an to warn Xia Houmao, and even those who rushed to Luoyang to ask Cao Pi for help.
At this time, it is a small matter to lose face and lose ground, not to mention that Cao Zhen is facing the elite of Yizhou, and he has endured pressure beyond his own capacity.

Cao Zhen stayed in Ji County for more than ten days. It was estimated that Zhang had already led his troops to the south at this time, so he led [-] elite troops to Jieting in the northeast.

At this time, the fortified battle against Chencang had entered a fever pitch. With the assistance of a large number of siege equipment, Liu Bei's army suffered nearly 20 casualties within [-] days. Although the battle scene was extremely tragic, he still did not gnaw at the hard bone of Chencang.

Fazheng’s strategy of diverting water to irrigate the city was used twice, but the effect was not as powerful as imagined. The Weishui River in winter is in the dry season. When the water level is not so high, water diversion to irrigate the city needs a cofferdam to form a drop impact. The required manpower has doubled, and it seems that the civilian husbands Zhuge Liang dispatched for Liu Bei are no longer enough.

(End of this chapter)