Dragon map of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 478 During the Battle of Shangyong

"Master Shijun, he is Liu Shijun's adoptive son?" Zhang Wei's face became slightly frightened, and he opened his mouth in a deep and hoarse voice.

For a long time, he believed that Liu Yan was Zhang Lu's biggest backer, and it was because of the support of Yizhou that Zhang Lu took the land of Hanzhong under the eyes of the Quartet.

But when he heard Zhang Suo's words in vain, he suddenly panicked.

"The Way of the Heavenly Master has always been powerful, but now Master Shijun has completely inherited the whole Way of the Heavenly Master. He is no longer the desperate young gentleman of the past. He is in charge of tens of thousands of followers of the Way of the Heavenly Master, but his foundation is too shallow and his wings are not full. Taking down the land of Hanzhong, how could it not be suspected by Liu Shijun, let alone a adopted son, even his own son may not be able to tolerate it."

Zhang Suo sighed, shook his head and said, "Now Shijun Liu must think that Master Shijun has a different heart, so he allows the remnants of the Mu family to enter our Hanzhong, the purpose is to hurt us both!"

He sighed, and said: "This time, Master Shijun, it can be said that the gain outweighs the loss!"

"What shall we do now?"

Zhang Wei suddenly became nervous and asked quickly.

For Zhang Suo, they actually grew up together and knew each other well. He knew that he was a reckless man who could charge forward on the battlefield, but it was difficult to be the same about these brain-making things.

But Zhang Suo is different. Zhang Suo is proficient in martial arts as a young man, in writing as a young man, and in Wen Tao and Wu Lue. He still trusts Zhang Suo's ability in this aspect.

"The matter has come to this point, the rice has been cooked, and we can't retreat even if we want to. Master Shijun inherited the way of heavenly masters, and also inherited the teaching of five buckets of rice. The four sides came to vote, and the power shocked Hanzhong. It is the time to make great achievements. It is absolutely impossible to lose the majesty of Master Shijun."

Zhang Suo took a deep breath, calmed down, and his face became decisive: "No matter who it is, if you want to threaten the status of Master Shijun, we can only fight hard. I suggest that we send troops immediately and take back Fangling at any cost. They must not be given any chance to gain a firm foothold in Hanzhong."

As he spoke, he spread out a topographic map on the desk. This is a leather map, marking the topography of eastern Hanzhong.

"We either don't fight, since we fight, we have to fight harder. I guess the only ones entering Fangling County are their vanguard troops. There are not many troops. The scouts have already inquired. Although they are not very thorough, there are about [-] soldiers, but we Guess, up to five thousand, I have eight thousand soldiers and horses, you have three thousand elites, our troops are far above them."

Zhang Suo began to lay out his strategy: "Besides, soldiers are expensive and fast. We must be fast, and we must send troops as soon as possible. I am going to divide the troops into two groups. I will lead the main force of the army to attack the official road and attack them head-on to attract their attention. Zhang Wei, You lead your army to the north, cross the Hulang mountain stream from the north side, and take a small road. I have estimated that the [-]-mile mountain road will take two days. On the third day, you must appear in the north city and quickly attack the inner city. Only then can we defeat them quickly!"

"What about Shangyong City?" Xu Changshi looked a little nervous, and asked in a low voice, "Who is guarding the city?"

"This city may only be entrusted to Xu Changshi!"

Zhang Suo said with a smile.

His idea was very good, even if Shangyong had sent out all his troops, there were still some squires in Shangyong.

This place in Hanzhong, if you say it is barren or not, is the place where the great ancestors rose up in the past, but it can't be said how prosperous it is. Scholars don't want to come here, so there are not many gentry here.

However, there are quite a few squire families in the counties and cities. They occupy the most land and control more than half of the population.

If he wanted to take back Fangling County, he had to use all his troops.

But Shangyong must be guarded, Shangyong is much more important than Fangling, this is the gateway to Hanzhong.

If he wants to keep Shangyong, he can only rely on the private soldiers of the squire family that Xu chased.

"I?"

Xu Changshi frowned immediately, stood up quickly and cupped his hands: "My lord, if the army you lead leaves Shangyong, and someone plots against Shangyong City, how should I deal with it?"

"Xu Changshi, don't worry. Shangyong City is as solid as a rock. Ordinary bandits can't get in. Unless someone from Berkshire sends troops, if Berkshire's troops go north, Master Shijun has already got the news!"

Zhang Suo said with a smile: "So as long as you guard well, everything will be fine!"

Xu Zhui's face was ugly. Zhang Suo understood that he wanted to use the private soldiers of the Shangyong squire family. This time, he might not be able to do without troops. Shangyong was not just Zhang Suo's Shangyong, but their Shangyong.

"promise!"

Xu Zhui surrendered.

……

……

Three days later, Zhang Suo stationed troops outside Fangling County.

"Li Ye, how is the situation in the city?"

Zhang Suo rode his horse around the city, his eyes flickering, looking at the faintly visible figure on the top of the city, with a hint of doubt on his expression.

The top of the city is the highest, and the battle flag is flying in the wind, making a sound of hunting.

Gold embroidered on black cloth, and the characters of animal husbandry are shining brightly.

Then there is a battle flag with black flowers, followed by a battle flag embroidered with the word Jingping.

“Very quiet in town!”

Li Ye clasped his hands and reported: "And I haven't found any scouts from the Jingping army in the past two days, it seems that they are all huddled in the city, I don't know what kind of conspiracy is brewing!"

"No trace?"

"no!"

"Has Zhang Wei's troops crossed the northern mountains?" Zhang Suo asked.

"Three hours ago, they had already appeared on the outskirts of Beicheng!"

"Immediately send an order. After we attack, let them dispatch troops quickly, take down the North City, and go straight into the city. We should cooperate with him inside and outside, and break through the defense of Fangling County in one fell swoop!"

Zhang Suo was very disturbed, so although he hadn't gained a firm foothold, and he didn't even build a camp, he directly launched an attack on Fangling.

"kill!"

"Rush in!"

"Erlang, kill!"

When Shangyong's eight thousand troops lined up to attack, they began to attack Fangling's city wall head-on.

And at this time, outside the north gate, there is also a group of soldiers and horses waiting, they come from the back over the mountains and mountains, although they are very tired, but they are full of fighting spirit, and each of them will be full of courage.

"Pass my military order, start charging, and break into the door in half an hour!"

The three thousand soldiers led by Zhang Wei are the elite among the elite, the Taoist soldiers of the Heavenly Master Dao, the Heavenly Master Dao has stood for many years, and it is normal to raise Taoist soldiers. The industry has been passed down from generation to generation, loyal to the way of the heavenly master, and has practiced martial arts since childhood. Whether it is the strength of individual soldiers or the strength of the army, they are all top-notch.

The two armies from the north and the south launched a charge at the same time. They thought they could catch Jingping's army by surprise, but they didn't expect to encounter any defense at all. The battle went surprisingly smoothly. In less than half an hour, they had joined forces in the city.

"what happened?"

Zhang Wei seemed to have punched the cotton, his expression was very ugly, he stared at Zhang Suo, and asked in a cold voice.

"We may have been fooled!"

Zhang Suo swept across the lonely streets in the city, not even a single person, and there was no trace of Jing Ping's army at all. He suddenly became a little angry, and the uneasiness in his heart became even more frightening. He ordered loudly: " Send me a military order, search for me, search the whole city, dig three feet and find them for me!"

"Yes!"

The army began to search the city.

An hour later, in the hall of the county government, Zhang Suo and Zhang Wei were wearing battle armor. Ang Rang looked at each other, and their expressions became more and more gloomy.

"My lord, there is no trace of any bandits in the city!"

Li Ye came up, cupped his hands and reported, "I've inquired, and it seems that they left the city two days ago, entered the mountains in the northwest, and then disappeared?"

"northwest?"

Zhang Wei said coldly: "Could it be that they want to enter the mountains and become savages? That's the direction leading to the Qinling Mountains!"

In the northwest of Fangling, from the map, it is a mountain range, and the north is in contact with Hanzhong.

"map?"

Zhang Suo's heart suddenly burst, and the uneasiness became more and more intense, and he shouted loudly.

"exist!"

The left and right guards spread out a topographic map.

"Although the northwest is full of mountains and forests, there are no official roads at all, but there are many mountain roads. If you find a way out, it is a small road that can directly lead to Shangyong City!"

Zhang Suo slammed the case fiercely: "We were fooled, they went to Shangyong!"

"impossible!"

Zhang Wei's eyes widened: "That mountain range, let alone outsiders, those of us who have been in Hanzhong for decades can't get out!"

"The fact that they can enter Hanzhong from Nanyang shows that there must be people in Hanzhong who support them!"

Zhang Suo took a deep breath, calmed down, and said gloomyly: "Eastern Mountain Plank Road is so secret, they can find it, who can say that they don't understand the topography of Hanzhong, hurry up, we have to go back to Shangyong!"

"But we are exhausted after so many trips!" Zhang Wei clenched his fists.

"Climb and climb back!"

Zhang Suo drank coldly.

"Yes!"

Everyone took orders, and the soldiers who entered Fangling went out of the city in formation, and returned to the original road.

……

……

On the same day that Zhang Suo and Zhang Wei's Hanzhong troops arrived at Fangling, a group of troops also appeared outside Shangyong City.

"The topography of Hanzhong is really nine bends and eighteen bends!"

Standing on a hill, Chen Dao looked down at Shangyong City, and said with some emotion: "If Brother Su hadn't shown the way, I wouldn't be able to get out no matter how I go. I'm afraid I've already suffered a big loss!"

The reason why he was confused was because he felt that God was on their side this time. If he didn't know the Su Xin he met, he couldn't know so many roads in Hanzhong. Sometimes a road can determine a whole life. success or failure of the war.

For example, now, just because Su Xin pointed out a mountain road, he led his troops to leave Fangling quickly, and walked to Shangyong without anyone noticing.

"When my uncle ruled Hanzhong, he had a grand wish, that is, to pave Chidao all over Hanzhong and build roads in Hanzhong, so he collected a lot of topographical records!"

Su Xin smiled and said: "Although the family is destroyed, there are a lot of topography books that have been preserved, and I have read a lot, so the topography of Hanzhong is not expected in my chest, but I can memorize it. .”

"If you can capture Shangyong in this battle, Brother Su will be doing a great job!"

Chen Dao sincerely cupped his hands, and said: "When the lord leads the army into Hanzhong, I will definitely ask for credit for Brother Su in person!"

"Lieutenant Chen, you are being polite. Helping you is also helping myself. I have no power to restrain the chicken. It is impossible to avenge the death of the Su family. Now I can only hope that Master Minghou will be the master for me. Can drive Tianshidao out of Hanzhong, can drive Zhang family to death!"

Su Xin's eyes were full of resentment.

"Don't worry about this matter. If we want Hanzhong, there will be no room for another person to occupy Hanzhong. Zhang Lu must die!" Chen Dao said coldly.

"Master Captain, there are more than two thousand soldiers guarding the city."

Zhang Shice will come right away and report.

"what?"

Chen Dao narrowed his eyes: "The troops they left behind for defense?"

"It doesn't seem to be!" Zhang Shi said: "It doesn't look like a regular soldier, but more like a family soldier!"

"I see!"

Su Xin opened his mouth and said: "It must be some families in Shangyong City. They send troops to defend Shangyong. Shangyong is their foundation. If Zhang Suo wants to go to Fangling more, he must use all his assistants, so let these Shangyong The country gentry family sent troops to defend Shangyong!"

"Trouble!"

Chen Dao frowned: "They will realize it soon, we don't have much time at all, at least two days, at most three days, we must capture Shangyong."

Conquering Shangyong is not a problem, but time has become the biggest problem.

"Lord Colonel, our biggest problem is that we don't have so many siege equipment. Even if there are only a thousand soldiers in the city, they can take care of us for three to five days!" Marquis Mo Bao said in a low voice.

"Zhang Shi!"

"exist!"

"You lead the fifth battalion and start attacking. It must be fierce enough to deter the troops in the city!"

"promise!"

"Mo Bao!"

"exist!"

"I'll give you half a day. You take the fourth battalion and get me local materials. I can build as many as I can. I want to attack the city tomorrow. I have enough ladders and wells!"

"As ordered!"

Mo Bao took the lead.

……

dong dong dong! ! ! !

The sound waves of beating drums shook the nine heavens.

"what happened?"

Xu Zhuicong hurriedly walked up to the top of the city, and looked over, only to see queues of soldiers and horses approaching outside the city.

"Master Changshi, the bandit army found outside the city is approaching the east gate, less than a hundred steps away!"

"Where did this army of thieves come from?"

Xu Zhui was startled.

"do not know!"

"How many troops?"

"do not know!"

Several government soldiers shook their heads repeatedly, asking three questions. Although the government soldiers of these squire families had a certain combat effectiveness, they were more than one grade behind those of the noble families.

"I don't know anything, hurry up and find out!" Xu Zhui became furious.

"Yes!"

Many generals and leaders left in a hurry.

"I knew something was going to happen!"

Xu Zhui gritted his teeth and called a confidant: "Xu Tong."

"Homeowner!"

"Go and inform those families in the city and tell them that if they want to survive, they should send all the young and strong members of the family to the top of the city!" Xu Zhui said coldly: "Only by keeping Shangyong can we keep the status of the family and keep the status of the family." Family wealth!"

"Yes!"

His confidant Xu Tong hurriedly went door-to-door to inform Shangyong's squire family.

"Attack, shoot arrows!"

The army attacked fifty steps below the city, Zhang Shi ordered, and the archers began to shoot arrows.

Whoosh!Whoosh! ! ! !

Round after round of arrows were like rain falling from the sky, heading towards Shangyong City.

"Hide!"

Xu Zhui was a civil servant, not a general. On the battlefield, he was quite panic-stricken. Facing the fierce bow and arrow, he didn't have the courage to deal with it like a general, so he quickly hid.

"hide!"

"defense!"

The government soldiers below also began to hide.

(End of this chapter)