Silver Fox of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 422 Reunion of old friends and attack on Chang'an
Guan Yu is sixty-four this year.

The boasted Chituma is also 39 years old.

The average age of a horse is about 35 years old, and the longest can reach 60 years old.

But even so, the red rabbit horse is already old, the original glossy hair is dim, and the face is haggard and vicissitudes.

In fact, Guan Yu didn't want Chitu to follow him this time, because Chitu had also bred some offspring, including a few good horses that could participate in the war.

However, when Guan Yu put Chitu in the stable at home and picked another horse to go out, Chitu seemed to have sensed something, and his originally gentle temper became a little restless. He didn't even eat food and began to go on a hunger strike.

The groom who raised the horse had no choice but to report the matter to Guan Yu.

After Guan Yu learned about it, he was very distressed, and he came to feed the red rabbit himself. He finally took it on this expedition. Even though it was a little thinner and its speed was not as good as before, it was still able to carry him slowly on the battlefield.

At the moment of the three-way Northern Expedition, Yangzhou has recuperated for several years, and has been able to afford the grain and grass for the Northern Expedition. In order to save the cost of transporting grain, he still has to go to Hefei to fight Zhang Liao.

In fact, with the current background of the Liu Bei Group, it is not impossible to bite the bullet and go northward by land to bypass Hefei City and go straight to Shouchun and other places.

But in that case, at least more than [-] civilian laborers along the way will be able to support him to attack Jiujiang County for thousands of miles. What's more, even if this can be done, the [-] troops in Hefei City will not just watch it like this, and will definitely harass the grain road.

Therefore, Hefei became his first threshold for the Northern Expedition.

Guan Yu gently clamped Chitu's horse's belly, and Chitu seemed to sense his master's intentions, so he sped up his pace slightly, and rode out from the crowd, riding at the front of the large team, and came to a hillside.

Coincidentally, this hillside is the hillside where Sun Quan stayed at the beginning, and it is only 800 meters away from Hefei City.At that time, Sun Quan was a little dissatisfied with this place. He felt that he could not see the situation in Hefei city clearly, so he swaggered to a slope less than 200 meters away from Hefei.

Then.

At this time, Guan Yu also came to this hillside, overlooking Hefei City, he could not see very clearly, so he actually took the same choice as Sun Quan, led thousands of guards, and slowly walked towards the place less than 200 meters away from Hefei City. Hillside advance.

On the city of Hefei, the military governor Xue Ti looked at the scene in the distance, and said to Zhang Liao, "General, Guan Yu has come from a long way away, but he is so entrusted with him. Why don't we make a sudden attack like he did when he attacked Sun Quan?"

In history, Xue Ti and Zhang Liao have always guarded Hefei. During the Jianxing period, they followed Sima Yi to conquer Shu and lived until Cao Rui's Qinglong period.

Now seeing that Guan Yu had made the same mistake as Sun Quan, he wanted to repeat the same trick.

But Zhang Liao shook his head and said, "Yun Chang is by no means a fool like Sun Quan. If he goes into battle, I'm not sure. What's more, his army is extremely well-organized. Once he is dragged back, I'm afraid it will be difficult for me to escape."

Xue Ti thought for a while and said, "Although Guan Yu is known as the enemy of ten thousand people, he is old after all, so he still has the strength of his youth? Maybe he can beheaded while he is old."

Zhang Liao glared at him and said, "Although a hero is old, he is still a hero. What's more, I am already fifty-six this year, and my strength is far less than before."

Xue Ti didn't speak anymore.

After a while, Guan Yu's army had already marched to the city of Hefei.

About 1 people came over, and the rest began to set up camp about four or five miles outside the city, preparing for a long-term siege.

But even if there were only more than 1 people, the Han army was still mighty. Guan Ping, Wei Yan and other generals guarded the left and right sides, with flags flying, and the team stretched for two miles, arranged in several formations, and waited solemnly.

Seeing this scene, Zhang Liao pondered for a moment and said, "Open the city gate."

Xue Ti was shocked and said, "General, what are you going to do? The general didn't fight when Guan Yu was young, so now that he has set up his formation, the general wants to go out to fight?"

"Yun Chang and I have been friends for many years. How can we not go out to meet each other in this life-and-death battle?"

Zhang Liao waved his hands and said, "I can go out alone."

Xue Ti was even more horrified, and said, "The general's body is tied to the safety of Hefei. If Guan Yu suddenly attacks the general, what should we do?"

Zhang Liao said with a smile: "Yun Chang is upright and upright, and he is a villain who secretly shoots cold arrows. Don't worry, the governor, I will go back as soon as I go."

After finishing speaking, regardless of Xue Ti's dissuasion, he went down the city wall alone, got on his horse, ordered the city gate to open, and rushed out of Hefei alone, towards the hill over there.

On the hillside in the distance, Guan Yu is observing the city of Hefei.

In fact, he has no plans to attack the city today. He must first set up camp outside the city, and then prepare to attack the city.

However, the enemy often chooses to launch a surprise attack when our army is camping, so experienced generals will choose to lead some troops to form a defensive formation.

Guan Yu took this opportunity to observe the situation in Hefei City, hoping to find a breakthrough point for the siege.

However, at the moment the city gate opened, Yiqi suddenly rushed out.

Looking from a distance, Guan Yu knew that Zhang Liao was coming, so he said, "Don't shoot the arrow!"

"The general has an order, don't shoot arrows!"

The orderly shouted immediately.

As a result, many archers who were vigilant and prepared to draw their bows put down their crossbows one after another.

After a while, Zhang Liao came up to him and looked up at Guan Yu on the hillside. Seeing his gray temples and old face, he was in a daze for a moment, and then smiled wryly after a while, "Yun Chang, I haven't seen you for many years. You are old and sad." .”

"Wenyuan."

Guan Yu also said: "It is a natural thing for people to grow old eventually, so why be sad about it. If you can fulfill your long-cherished wish and do something more meaningful before you die, as Tai Shigong said, you will die Heavier than Mount Tai, it is enough."

"Yun Chang is right."

Zhang Liao calmed down, and then said: "This time Yun Chang came from a long way to attack Hefei, I didn't go out of the city to persuade Yun Chang to retreat. I can see my old friend, and my wish is fulfilled. I will see you on the battlefield later, and we will all be safe." Destiny."

He didn't talk too much nonsense while speaking, he turned his horse and left.

Zhang Liao did not come out this time to say something to Yun Chang, hoping that he would retreat, because this in itself is the most meaningless words.

Guan Yu was a general of Han and Zhang Liao was a general of Wei.

Now that Cao Wei is on behalf of the Han, and Liu Bei inherits the Han Dynasty, then for the sake of the Han Dynasty, the relationship between Cao Wei and Ji Han is already endless, and there is no room for maneuver.

Even if the two of them are good friends, it is impossible to stop fighting because of their friendship.

So I can see old people again in my old age.

Good.

Zhang Liao and Guan Yu just exchanged a few words of pleasantries, and then returned quickly.

However, Xue Ti, who was far away in the city of Hefei, frowned, and there was some suspicion in his eyes.

With the establishment of the Jihan court in the south, there were actually some generals who had a heart for the Han Dynasty who defected, such as Cai Fang, the former governor of Donghai County and now the governor of Licheng County, Yan Cai, the general of Xiahouyuan, Lu Xi, the master of Lujiang, and Li Li, the chief of Yunyang. Jane wait.

Moreover, Cao Jun, who surrendered in the Battle of Jingzhou before, basically surrendered.Even Yu Jin's family members escaped without anyone noticing, which made Cao Pi furious.

Therefore, in the past two years, Cao Wei has been extremely sensitive to the rebels in Nantou, especially those who have close ties with the Southern Dynasties.

However, Zhang Liao is a senior general of Cao Wei. Xue Ti has worked with him for many years and knows his character. Moreover, his family members are all in the north, so the possibility of defection is still very small, so Xue Ti did not think deeply about it.

It's just that this kind of abnormal contact is still a big taboo, so Xue Ti hesitated again and again, and decided to report the situation to Cao Xiu after going back tonight.

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On December [-]th in the fifth year of Zhang Wu, Guan Yu had just arrived at the city of Hefei and Liu Bei was still marching into Henan.

At this time in Guanzhong, Shen Chen had already launched an attack outside Chang'an City.

In the camp, the chiefs and generals of the various ministries came to the meeting, except for Yu Jin who was only in charge of training the troops and not in charge of commanding the troops. Now he was in Hanzhong, all the main generals came.

The current situation on Shen Chen's side is that the [-] army is mainly divided into three parts, one is Shen Chen himself, located in the southwest city of Chang'an, the other is the Huang Zhong Department, located [-] miles southeast of Chang'an, and the last is the Zhao Yunpang Department, located in the southeast of Chang'an. North of Chang'an City.

Only Shen Chen, Zhao Yun, and Pang De set up camp outside Chang'an City, while Huang Zhong was close to the Duling area, because his southeast was Lantian County, and Cao Zhen controlled the entrance of Lantian and Lantian Valley.

In addition, in the Wuzhangyuan area at the exit of Xiegu at the rear, Li Yan was in charge of supervising the transportation of grain and grass for the rear army, while in Hanzhong, there were Wang Fu, Liu Qian, Fei Yi, Fu Kuang, Li Xiu and other officials and garrison generals who passed the grain of Hanzhong through Chencang Dao and Baoxie were transported to Guanzhong.

At this moment, in the tent of the general Shen Chen, he is sitting on the high seat.

On the left and right are Huang Zhong and Zhao Yun, followed by Pang De, Ma Dai, Li Yue, Lei Ding, Dou Mao, Niu Dan, Yang Qun, Ma Yu, Jiang Yuan, Ren Shen, Yan Zhi, Ding Li, Bai Shou, Liu He, Deng Tong, Huo Yang, Wu Dang, Wu Tao, Shan Yi, Deng Ai and other generals.

Jiang Wei joined relatively late. Although he was valued, his status was not as good as Deng Ai and others who had already served as mid-level generals in the army. Therefore, he was arranged to sit kneeling beside him, and had a desk to do paperwork.

"Scout report, now we have to face the enemy mainly from three directions, one is naturally Chang'an City, there are tens of thousands of soldiers and horses in the city, according to the news in Luoyang, the total force of Chang'an City should be [-]. The grain and grass are also enough to last for a year or two."

"The second direction is to the east of Chang'an City. There are several troops such as Xu Huang and Zhu Ling. They are not many in number, about [-] to less than [-]. They are scattered in several cities east of Chang'an City. , to control the rear grain road and retreat route for Xia Houmao."

"The third direction is Lantian County and the Wei Army in Lantian Valley. The commander is Cao Cao's adopted son Cao Zhen, and the number of troops is about [-] to [-]. It is said that his food and grass may not be much, and the internal response will be reported. It can only support half a year's expenses."

Shen Chen looked around at the people below, and asked, "The soldiers think, which one should I take first?"

The generals below looked at each other, but no one spoke.

Seeing that there was a lot of discussion in the venue, but no one spoke first, Shen Chen said with a smile: "You don't have to worry, just speak up boldly, even if you say something wrong, it doesn't matter."

At that moment, Lei Ding stood up and said, "Governor, the general thinks that Xu Huang and Zhu Ling should be attacked first?"

"Oh?"

Shen Chen asked, "Why?"

Lei Ding looked around and said with a simple smile, "They have few troops."

"Hahahahaha."

Everyone laughed, the reason is indeed very simple.

Shen Chen also laughed, waved his hand downwards to signal Lei Ding to sit down and said, "Although General Lei's thinking is not thoughtful, but he has the courage to think, it is the biggest step, and he will be rewarded ten gold!"

"Thank you, Governor."

Lei Ding is overjoyed. He is a general of the Di people. He responded to Ma Chao's call and led the tribe to join Liu Bei's group. He is currently a general of Fengyi.

Although Lei Ding has no culture, but with this recklessness, it also makes people quite happy.

Shen Chen looked at the crowd and said, "Xu Huang and Zhu Lingbu are the most inaccessible directions. Does anyone know why?"

"Because it's not easy to fight."

Zhao Yun responded: "If the main force is mobilized to attack, but the enemy's main force is behind us, then the food road will be in danger of being cut off. If only a small force is sent to attack, there will be no large siege equipment, and the number of soldiers and horses will not be much different. Under the circumstances, it is impossible to break through their city."

"good."

Shen Chen nodded and said, "Since Xu Huang and Zhu Lingbu can't attack, who should be more secure?"

"Governor, I understand, we should attack Cao Zhen!"

With Lei Ding, a second person immediately shouted cleverly: "Because they have little food."

"Then why can't Chang'an be attacked?"

Shen Chen asked back.

The man said without hesitation: "Of course it's because Chang'an has plenty of soldiers and food, and the city's walls are high and thick, so it's not easy to attack from the front."

Shen Chen smiled and said: "Compared to Chang'an, Lantian will be more difficult to fight. Not only is the county seat backed by mountains, but there are also problems such as narrow roads and numerous passes. As for grain and grass, there is a road connecting Zheng County to the east of Lishan Mountain. To Lantian, this road is just behind Lantian County, which can supply Cao Zhen with food."

This road is the Guanzhong Ring Road from Lantian County to Weinan City in later generations, which is located in the northeast of Lantian County.In the north of Yushan Town in Lantian County in later generations, the road is flat and wide, leading directly to Weinan City. It is unrealistic to cut off the grain and grass in Lantian.

"Then we can only attack Chang'an?"

The officers and men talked a lot.

The walls of Chang'an City are high and thick, and there is a lot of food and grass inside, which really put a lot of pressure on them.

"Let's take a look at the map. From Nanyang to Shangluo, the roads are wide and there are many cities. It belongs to the valley terrain. It is the best place to go in Wuguan, but here!"

There was a wooden board erected behind Shen Chen, on which was hung a map. He stood up and pointed to the southeast of Lantian County on the map, and said: "This place is surrounded by Zhongling Mountain in the north and Lantian Valley in the south, surrounded by mountains, and the mountains are extremely steep. , between the two mountains, there is a narrow road of nearly three hundred miles, the terrain is like a line of sky, easy to defend but difficult to attack, almost similar to Baoxie Road."

All the soldiers looked over.

It can be seen that the graphics on the map can't be as clear and standard as the satellite map, including the mountains and mountains, Shen Chen only uses the mountain-shaped map to represent them.

But they have all walked through Baoxie Road and Chencang Road, and the terrain is similar to Baoxie Road, so they already have a deep understanding.

The place Shen Chen was referring to was naturally the road from Shangluo City to Lantian County in later generations.

The road from Shangluo City to Nanyang is relatively spacious, but the direction to the northwest to enter Guanzhong is extremely narrow.

"Cao Zhen is mainly entrenched in Lantian County and Lantian Valley. It is very difficult to attack by force, but Lantian County must also give them enough pressure."

Shen Chen looked around at the crowd, finally fixed his eyes on Huang Zhong, and said, "General Huang."

"The end is here!"

The old man is more than seventy years old this year, full of spirit, he stood up and cupped his hands.

Shen Chen said: "Order all of you to surround Lantian, and then go straight to the grain road behind Lantian, cut off the grain and grass in Lantian City, and force Cao Zhen to retreat his troops into Lantian Valley."

"only!"

Huang Zhong took the lead.

Shen Chen looked at the crowd again and said: "Although Chang'an City is tall, it is too wide and there are too many directions to attack. Tomorrow I will personally lead the army and attack from the south of the city, Zhao Yunpound."

"The end is here!"

Zhao Yunpound stood up and responded.

"The two of you split up to guard against Xu Huang and Zhu Ling's reinforcements in the east, and attack the north and east of the city with the main force."

"only!"

The two should go down.

Shen Chen looked around the crowd and said, "Chang'an is a hard bone, but it is also the hardest bone to fight among the three parts. The ancients said that the city was besieged ten times, but in a place like Chang'an City, the city is nearly a hundred miles long. I don't believe there are 5 people in the city." If we can cover everything, there are always mistakes, this is the beginning of our confrontation with the enemy, and it is also the opportunity for you to seize the opportunity, success or failure depends on this, and we will attack the city tomorrow!"

"only!"

The generals responded with a bang, with high morale.

(End of this chapter)