Three Kingdoms: Ancestors of the Han Dynasty

Chapter 136
At that time, Cao Weigang was defeated in the Battle of Shiting, and the people in the country were panicked. In addition, after receiving the news that Zhuge Liang's troops had left Longyou, the three counties rebelled, panicked in Guanzhong, and food prices soared.

There was a lot of discussion among the people in the court. Cao Wei had a total of 30,000 people in the Yongzhou army, and Longyou had no more than 20,000 troops, and they were scattered among the counties.

Although there are more than 190,000 troops in the country, they are distributed among the states. The south is guarded by [-] troops from Dongwu, [-] from Jingzhou, [-] from Jianghuai, [-] from Qingzhou and Xuzhou, and [-] from Qingzhou and Xuzhou. Deploy [-] troops; defend the [-] to [-] troops in Yongzhou and Liangzhou of Shuhan.

However, due to the defeat of Shiting and the low morale of the army, it was necessary to garrison troops to repair and defend Soochow. It was impossible to recruit more than [-] soldiers from the Jianghuai River; Impossible to come in a hurry.

Although Cao Rui was worried, but in order to calm people's hearts, he said calmly to everyone: "If Zhuge Liang sticks to danger, it will not be easy for Wei to attack. But his expedition to Longyou and attack with troops is a good opportunity to destroy him. Defeating Zhuge Liang is inevitable. "

Therefore, Cao Rui dispatched General Cao Zhen to lead troops from Yongzhou and Liangzhou to oversee the generals and attack Zhuge Liang.He was also transferred from Jingzhou to the left general Zhang Yun, and transferred him to be a special advance, and transferred to the right general (although it is a transfer of officials at the same level, the right is respected.)
Then Cao Rui gritted his teeth and dispatched 40,000 troops from Jingbei, together with 50,000 people from the Luoyang Central Army, including tiger and leopard cavalry, a total of [-] people were handed over to Zhang Yun to rescue Longyou, and personally went to Chang'an to supervise the battle.

Faced with such a critical situation, after Zhang He got the order, he didn't dare to delay at all, so he abandoned his infantry and supplies, and personally led ten thousand cavalry on the road, traveling nearly a hundred miles a day.

First, he met with Cao Zhen in Guanzhong. After learning the latest information from Longyou, Shangyu was lost and the Weishui Road was impassable. Guo Huai, governor of Yongzhou, stood by in Qingshui County, Guanlong Road, waiting for help.

So out of an unexpected idea, Zhang Yun immediately decided to abandon Guanlong Road and go to Fanxu Road.At the same time, Cao Zhen had also ordered Xu Miaopo, governor of Liangzhou, to send troops from north to south to rescue Longyou.

After rushing for more than ten days, Zhang Yun led more than [-] cavalry across the Jingfanxukou and crossed Longshan.

Zhang Yun immediately ordered to set up camp [-] miles away from the Han army camp, and to rest up for a day, so as to sweep away the fatigue from the raids.On the other hand, he led his personal guards and waiting cavalry to cruise around the street pavilion to inquire about the information of the Han army camp.

On the hill not far from Jieting, dozens of people surrounded a veteran and guarded him.

I saw this old man who was nearly [-] years old, with frost on his temples, dense wrinkles on his face, holding the rein with one hand, his body arched straight, his head held high, full of confidence, and his eyes were staring into the distance. Zhuge Liang's camp.

As far as he is concerned, Zhuge Liang is just a fledgling generation, and he must be mediocre in using troops!

This person is the right general of the Wei State at that time, the reincarnated Han Xin in Cao Cao's mouth, Zhang Yun and Zhang Junyi, one of the five good generals.

Zhang He picked up the reins, clamped the horse lightly, and rode the horse slowly. At this time, the disdain on his face had gradually disappeared; after walking dozens of steps, he parked the horse on the hill, and looked solemnly at Zhuge Liang who was in the street pavilion. The camp, the more he looked at him, the more worried he looked.

There are almost no loopholes to be found in the two camps of the Han army, and they are in order; one camp is set up on a hill, and the other camp is set up beside a small river;

Moreover, in front of the two camps, roadblocks such as antlers and caltrops were scattered in a staggered manner.If you want to attack, you must remove obstacles, but you must suffer a lot of losses.

Zhang He looked again, and was stunned by the flying flags of the two camps. The two flags were exactly the same, and he didn't know which camp Zhuge Liang was in, and both had 20,000 people.

Zhang He cursed secretly in his heart: "Mr. Zhuge, you are so cautious!"

Zhang He led his group of cavalry to meet the setting sun and sunset, and walked up to a high place. He parked his horse on the top of the mountain, squinted his eyes, and looked down at the two Han camps in the distance. quantity.

Zhuge Liang had already taken precautions against the amount of cooking smoke, and the amount of cooking smoke in both places was as much as [-] soldiers.

Zhang Yun finished counting silently in his heart. He was startled at first, then couldn't help being speechless, and cursed: "Villager Zhuge Liang, why are you so cunning!"

At first Zhang He thought there were [-] troops, but after careful consideration, the [-] banners and the [-] army's smoke were obviously set up by Zhuge Liang's special orders.

Zhang Yun, who couldn't observe the way out, hurried down the mountain and walked up the hill again, trying to observe the number of soldiers coming and going in the trail.

However, in the small road, soldiers of the Han army carried drinking water and timber to and fro in an endless stream, and the two camps kept stocking timber and drinking water.

In the end Zhang Yun raised his head and sighed, his head was in a mess, he had no idea how many troops Zhuge Liang had here, which was his camp, and which camp was his main force, and the two camps still had the same number of troops.

Zhang Yun led his bodyguards and rode back on horseback. Out of desperation, he left an obscenity in the wind: "Damn it, who said Zhuge Liang didn't know how to fight?"

The Han army camped, and Zhuge Liang camped.

Zhuge Liang read the battle reports from various counties, and seeing the gratifying situation, he couldn't help showing a smile.

When he saw Wu Yi's battle report, he frowned slightly. The situation is as follows:

"Wu Yi led an army to attack Longxi County, and Chief Shi Ma Yong went out of the city gate and set up an array to wait.

The prefect You Chu said to Wu Yi on the city wall: "If the Han army can block Longxi and prevent the reinforcements from Guanzhong from reaching the rescue, after a month, my officials in Longxi County will surrender without waiting for you to attack. If you can't, Why bother to attack by force, it consumes military power in the air.

Wu Yi thought it was reasonable, so he led his troops back, but he didn't know what to do next, so he asked Zhuge Liang for instructions. "

After Zhuge Liang stroked his beard and pondered for a while, he lamented You Chu's wit.

However, Zhuge Liang finally agreed to Wu Yi's withdrawal, but ordered him to withdraw to Xinyang County, where he would transfer the grain and grass to Shanggu for the army.

Just as Zhuge Liang thought, You Chuxing planned to slow down the troops.

You Chu, the prefect of Longxi County, is generous and generous. When he governed Longxi, he mainly focused on kindness and virtue, and did not like criminal laws and killing to deter the people.

When the Han army attacked, he said to the officials and the people: "I have no kindness for everyone. Now that the Shu army has entered Longyou, the officials and people of the other two counties have gone to join the Shu army. This is the time for your wealth. You can take my Let the head go and join the Shu army."

When the officials and people who received his kindness heard the words, they cried bitterly: "I wish to live and die with the lord, and I have no two hearts!"

You Chu said again: "If you are not willing to kill me, I will seek wealth and honor for you. Now that the two counties in the east have surrendered to the Shu army, they will come to attack Longxi County. I will not be able to hold on until the reinforcements from the court arrive. , when the enemy retreats. We all stick to righteousness for our county, and we can all get rewards. If the reinforcements from the imperial court can’t arrive, and the Shu army is in a hurry to attack the city, you can tie me up and surrender to the Shu army in exchange for wealth .”

As a result, the officials and people of Longxi County closed the city to guard.

(End of this chapter)