Mi Han

Chapter 457
Wei Yan's aloof personality is true, but it has to be said that he has the capital of aloofness.

While talking boldly, Wei Yan did not forget the most basic quality of a general - spreading scouts widely.

Among the several military orders he issued just now, many of them are elite scouts who have been dispatched one after another.

The word "scout" seems to be not as high as the military ranks of Tun Zhang and Qu Chang, but anyone in the army knows that scouts are not high-ranking, but they are the most elite group of people in the army.

The most rigorous training, the most innocent wealth, and the best treatment, this series of the most, let the scouts have the embryonic form of the special forces of the future.

After all, what scouts often do is to go deep into the enemy's territory to inquire about the enemy's situation. They often don't have many comrades to guard them. Once they leave the camp, the next thing they can rely on is themselves.

And most importantly, the scout's loyalty must be guaranteed.

Because once the scouts return, they must report the most urgent military situation, and this kind of military situation can be sent directly to the ear of the chief general without any review.

In this case, if the loyalty of the scouts cannot be guaranteed, then the general will probably make a fatal decision based on wrong information.

When Wei Yan first followed Liu Bei in Jingzhou, his first military position was scout.

As an experienced veteran who has climbed step by step from scout to his current position, Wei Yan naturally knows the importance of scout.

The scouts in his army are all his confidantes trained by himself.

The scouts carefully cultivated by Wei Yan did not disappoint Wei Yan.

On the third day, dozens of scouts sent by Wei Yan returned.

As for the remaining scouts who have not returned, Wei Yan knew that they would never come back again.

The well-trained scouts not only came back quickly, but also brought a lot of important information to Wei Yan.

In addition to the movement of Cao Zhen's army, there is also the movement of Fei Yao's army.

Before Liu Ye proposed to Cao Zhen the plan of turning against the guest, Cao Zhen thought this plan was very good, and soon adopted it.

According to Liu Ye's strategy, Cao Zhen successively commanded the Wei army to divide troops to attack various cities in Hanzhong in the next few days.

Hanzhong is a large county, and there are more than a dozen counties, large and small. Among these dozens of counties, some cities are well-defended and can withstand the onslaught of the Wei army in a short period of time.

There are still many county towns that are originally small towns, and most of the guards in the city are county soldiers. How can they resist the onslaught of the Wei army's field elite.

However, in just half a month, many counties in Hanzhong County fell into the hands of Wei Jun.

After realizing this, Wei Yan listened to the names of those counties, and the entire map of Hanzhong County unconsciously appeared in his mind.

The overall defense line in Hanzhong was designed by Zhuge Liang and Fazheng, but Wei Yan was the one who ran it.

For Wei Yan, he is someone who understands Hanzhong's defense better than Mi Yang.

A series of county names emerged in Wei Yan's mind, and then seemed to turn into clear veins, constantly wandering on the map of Hanzhong that emerged in Wei Yan's mind.

After going through the deduction once, Wei Yan has more confidence in his heart.

It is true that the Wei army's offensive was very fierce, and they successively captured many counties in Hanzhong, but the counties that could be captured by the Wei army in such a short period of time were not the main fortresses that Mi Yang had previously defended against.

In other words, the loss of those cities will not make it difficult for Wei Yan's army to move forward.

Even if the front of the Wei army has touched Hanshui.

But Wei Yan's original plan never thought of marching from Hanshui.

Just after the rainy season, the water volume of the Han River is soaring. At this time, it is dangerous and slow to choose to march against the current.

Mi Yang's order to Wei Yan is quick help!

After thinking about the movements of Cao Zhen's army, Wei Yan began to think about the movements of Fei Yao's army.

Just a while ago, Fei Yao finally led his army out of Xiegukou.

On the first day when Fei Yao's army walked out of Xiegukou, he successfully received an order from Cao Zhen to divide his troops to attack the two cities of Han and Le, completely cutting off the connection between Nanzheng and Yangping Pass.

Fei Yao knew that his marching speed was slow, which already caused Cao Zhen's dislike.

Therefore, after he got this military order, he behaved very actively.

He himself led an army of [-] to attack Seoul, and then dispatched a lieutenant general to attack Lecheng with an army of [-].

However, due to the importance of the two cities of Han and Le, the city defenses and defenders of these two cities are not comparable to those of the counties captured by the Wei army.

Under continuous days of onslaught, the two cities of Han and Le are still firmly in the hands of the Liangzhou army.

This is the best news for Wei Yan.

After learning the specific movements of Cao Zhen and Fei Yao's army, Wei Yan did not hesitate.

On the day he got the information, he led five thousand Liangzhou troops from Xicheng and marched westward.

Wei Yan knew that the news of his army's movement could not be hidden from Wei Jun's scouts, so he didn't want to hide it at all at first.

Not only did he not intend to hide it, Wei Yan also took the initiative to send people around to release the news - under the order of Liangzhou Mu, he led the troops to help Nanzheng!

After doing this, Wei Yan ordered the five thousand Liangzhou troops not to carry any luggage that would affect the marching speed of the army except for the necessary ordnance and dry food.

Facing Wei Yan's order, the Five Thousand Liangzhou Army did not hesitate at all.

Soon on the same day, under the leadership of Wei Yan, the [-] lightly armed Liangzhou Army marched towards Nanzheng City.

Wei Yan knew that when he released the news, Cao Zhen outside Xingshi City would be the first to get the news within a few days at most.

So he must lead the army, and every second counts in these few days.

As long as he gets closer to Nanzheng City within these few days, the plan in his heart will be more successful.

Xicheng, Yangxian, Jiuting, Wei Yan, who knows the geography of Hanzhong well, almost instinctively planned a route for his army to reach Nanzheng the fastest.

However, under Wei Yan's excellent planning and the high-intensity march of the Liangzhou army, within a few days, Wei Yan's army had already crossed the old pavilion and arrived outside Chenggu County.

Chenggu County is less than a hundred miles away from Nanzheng County.

For such a short distance, an ordinary army can reach it in three days at most, but what about the marching speed that Wei Yan showed before?
When Wei Yan led the troops to Dagu County, Cao Zhen had just received the military information of Wei Yan's dispatch of troops.

And on the second day before Cao Zhen made a decision, because Wei Yan's army was now outside Chenggu County, Wei Jun's scouts quickly reported the news to Cao Zhen.

In just two days, Cao Zhen heard Wei Yan's name from scouts one after another.

This made Cao Zhen startled.

Can you not be shocked?
He just received the news yesterday that Wei Yan's army set out from Xicheng.

Today he received news that Wei Yan's army was not far from Nanzheng City.

After receiving these two messages in such a short period of time, Cao Zhen thought that Wei Yan's army really descended from the sky.

It's just that Cao Zhen also knew that the reason Wei Yan was able to do this was because he had a time difference of information lag.

But even knowing this, Cao Zhenxin couldn't help but attach great importance to Wei Yan's army.

In order to successfully fight this time difference, the requirements for generals and soldiers are very high.

Cao Zhen couldn't help thinking of Xia Houyuan, the general who conquered the West who was famous for his quick march.

No matter what period it is, the general who can lead the soldiers to march in a hurry must not be a kind person.

In fact, Cao Zhen spent a lot of manpower and material resources at the beginning of the Southern Expedition to investigate the generals under Mi Yang's command.

According to the information Cao Zhen obtained before, Wei Yan is not a great person.

Even though he was the governor of Hanzhong before, he has no glorious record, and his reputation is not as big as the school captain Ding Feng.

But now that Cao Zhen knows, Wei Yan's talent should not be underestimated.

After realizing this, Cao Zhen began to actively deploy everything.

It is true that the marching speed of Wei Yan's army was beyond Cao Zhen's expectation, but it was not enough to make Cao Zhen feel flustered.

No matter how quickly they reached Dagu, Wei Yan's army was only five thousand.

And under the high-intensity march for several days, the combat effectiveness of Wei Yan's army must have declined seriously.

On the other hand, in terms of military strength and morale, Cao Zhen was above Wei Yan's army, so why should he panic.

Cao Zhen felt that it was Wei Yan who should panic.

Because there is a tactic in the world, called siege to fight for aid.

Cao Zhen is not a person who is superstitious about information, but from the summary analysis of the information he has received so far, Cao Zhen believes that Wei Yan came to rescue Nanzheng City.

If it wasn't for the rescue of Mi Yang's lair, what was Wei Yan doing so desperately?
Now Fei Yao's deputy general is leading an army to attack Lecheng. Lecheng is located between Nanzheng and Chenggu. It is another stronghold in Hanzhong except Xingshi.

Once Lecheng is captured by the Wei army, Nanzheng will lose all aid from the east.

So if Wei Yan wanted to rescue Nanzheng, then Wei Jun Wei Yan of Lecheng would definitely not ignore him.

Cao Zhen immediately issued two military orders.

The first military order: Order Fei Yao's Deputy General Han De to stop attacking Lecheng, and quickly lead the troops to turn towards Chenggu County.

The second military order: General Wang Shuang was ordered to lead five thousand troops, go all the way south from Xingshi City, and go around to the back of Chenggu County to cut off the retreat of Wei Yan's army.

Cao Zhen's first military order guaranteed that Wei Yan would focus most of his attention on the Wei army that was marching towards him.

And as long as Wei Yan's attention is attracted by the Wei army along the way, the Wei army that will circle behind Wei Yan's army soon will become the trump card to deal with Wei Yan's army.

Cao Zhen felt that his arrangements were impeccable.

Not long after the two military orders were issued, the two Wei armies followed Cao Zhen's instructions and began to outflank Wei Yan's army outside Chenggu County.

Cao Zhen has been sending scouts to watch the movements of the two Wei armies. Similarly, he has also been watching the movements of the Wei Yan army.

According to reports from the scouts, after Wei Yan led his army to Chenggu County, he did not make any new moves, as if he was conscripting troops for battle.

After receiving this information, Cao Zhen became even more convinced that Wei Yan's purpose must be to rescue Nanzheng.

He continued to issue military orders, allowing the two Wei armies to quickly encircle Wei Yan's army.

As long as Wei Yan's [-] army can be eaten in this battle, Mi Yang will definitely suffer heavy losses.

Under the urging of Cao Zhen, the two Wei armies gradually formed a siege against Wei Yan.

Fifteen thousand against five thousand, the advantage is huge.

This is Cao Zhenxin's idea.

His idea can't be wrong, even if Mi Yang arranges it, he can't arrange it better than Cao Zhen.

But for Cao Zhen's encirclement to take effect, the most fundamental basis is that Wei Yan really wants to rescue Nanzheng.

But Wei Yan is not!

Since Wei Yan's purpose was not to rescue Nanzheng at all, he didn't focus all his attention on the approaching Han De army ahead.

Since there was no negligence, the scouts sent by Wei Yan could easily detect the information that two Wei armies were encircling him.

After getting this military information, Wei Yan not only didn't worry at all, but laughed out loud.

He was afraid that Wei Jun would not move!
Why did Wei Yan deliberately release the news that he was going to rescue Nanzheng? It was because he knew that no matter how fast he marched, the Wei army outside Lecheng was still a hurdle he couldn't overcome.

Without drawing away the [-] Wei troops outside Lecheng, his army would have no way to continue to Yangping Pass.

To achieve this goal, the easiest way is to use your own army as a bait and become a target that Wei Jun has to attack.

In order to achieve this goal, Wei Yan not only released fake news with great fanfare, but also took a break outside Chenggu County for a period of time.

Judging from the information received so far, what Wei Yan did was not in vain.

But what Wei Yan didn't expect was that Cao Zhen valued him so much that he sent all the Wei troops in Lecheng to encircle him.

But it's normal to think about it. If we don't concentrate our efforts to destroy his army first, the Wei army in Lecheng will easily fall into the situation of being attacked by the enemy.

Now that the goal has been achieved, Wei Yan no longer hesitates.

During this period of time, Wei Yan, on the one hand, repaired the soldiers to restore their physical strength. On the other hand, he demolished many houses in Chenggu County, and stored the raw materials for making floating bridges.

Why did Wei Yanhui plan to station the army outside Chenggu County?

It is because Chenggu County and Lecheng are both on the north bank of the Han River.

And Wei Yan, who is familiar with the geography of Hanzhong, knows that due to the topography of the Hanshui River outside Chenggu County, even at the moment when the rainy season has just passed, it can be crossed by building pontoon bridges.

Before the two Wei armies had completely formed an encirclement trend, Wei Yan commanded five thousand Liangzhou troops to build many pontoon bridges on the north bank of the Han River outside Chenggu County.

After the pontoon bridge was erected, Wei Yan did not hesitate at all. He led five thousand Liangzhou troops across the pontoon bridge quickly, and then reached the south bank of the Han River.

After reaching the south bank of the Han River, Wei Yan ordered the whole army to march towards Yangping Pass in a hurry.

The news that Wei Yan's army had crossed the south bank was known to Wei General Han De the next day.

When he heard the news, Hande was in a daze.

Since Lecheng is located on the north bank of the Han River, of course Han De's army marched along the north bank of the Han River towards Chenggu.

But it was precisely this that prevented Han De's army from setting up defenses on the spot to stop Wei Yan's army.

Han De is not an ignorant person. At this moment, he knew that Wei Yan didn't want to fight in the first place.

He wants to prepare his troops and wait for him!
Perhaps Hande could immediately order the army to turn around and chase Wei Yan's army along the north bank of the Han River, but what's the use of this?

Not to mention that Wei Yan's marching speed was extremely fast, not to mention whether Hande had the ability to command troops so that his army could catch up with Wei Yan's army at a speed.

In other words, if you want to successfully stop Wei Yan's army, you must let your own army successfully cross the Han River to reach the south bank. Otherwise, what's the matter with chasing them from a distance across the mighty Han River?

But when Han De led his army to set off from Le County, he wanted to fight Wei Yan's army in the field. Where would he bring the ships?

Without boats, pontoons had to be built.

But if there is no preparation in advance, it is impossible to complete the pontoon bridge for tens of thousands of troops in a short time!
By the time the pontoon bridge was built, Wei Yan's army had already disappeared.

Besides, even without the above factors, if he led the army to pursue Wei Yan desperately, what would happen to Lecheng?
Wei Yan's whole army rushed up and hurt Han De's head.

After Cao Zhen knew the news, he would probably be heartbroken from anger.

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