Three Kingdoms: Wolong's brother-in-law, tricking Liu Bei into seizing Jingzhou

Faced with Cao Zhang's resentment, Yang Fu's forehead was covered with sweat and he was speechless.

He couldn't understand why the Han army's cavalry reinforcements arrived at Cangsong City so quickly.

As luck would have it, they happened to rescue Zhang Fei's troops and in turn inflicted heavy damage on Cao Zhang's 20,000-strong army.

Xiao Fang is obviously not in Cangsong City!
Unless, Xiao Fang, who was hundreds of miles away, could have predicted that he would advise Cao Zhang to burn down Cangsong City to deal with Zhang Fei!

That's why they were able to send out cavalry in advance, arrive at the Cangsong battlefield in time, and rescue Zhang Fei.

If this is true, then this person's wisdom must be unfathomable and omniscient.
Is this the power of the legendary Sage?

A layer of cold sweat broke out on Yang Fu's back and he shuddered violently. He suddenly felt as if he was overestimating his own abilities and showing off his skills in front of an expert.

"Your Highness, the facts have proven that we have no chance of winning against the Han army!"

"It is meaningless to blame anyone now since we have suffered such a defeat. Fortunately, Your Majesty brought back more than 10,000 troops. This is a blessing in disguise."

"For now, it is best for us to lead the army north as soon as possible and retreat to Fulu in one go. If we stay here for even a minute, we will be in greater danger of being caught up by the Han army."

Guo Jia, who was the first to calm down, sighed and persuaded.

Cao Zhang's body stiffened, and his resentment and anger turned into fear in an instant.

"If I had known the situation would turn out like this, I wouldn't have bothered so much, killing tens of thousands of soldiers in vain."

"Pass the order down. The whole army must not stop and must march north at full speed and retreat to Fulu."

Cao Zhang sighed helplessly and waved his hand weakly.

Yang Fu breathed a sigh of relief as Cao Zhang did not hold him accountable again. He looked towards the direction of Cangsong City with a bitter and helpless look.

After this defeat, Cao Zhang's already stretched military force was reduced by half, making the situation even worse.

It was impossible for him to keep the position of Wuwei County. As the prefect of Wuwei, he could only shed tears and cut off his own flesh and blood, and obediently follow Cao Zhang to flee to Jiuquan.

In the end, they could only hope that Liu Bei would think Jiuquan was too far away and the grain route was too long, so he had to give up the long expedition, so that they could escape the disaster and keep the two counties of Jiuquan and Dunhuang alive.

"If I had known this, I would not have overestimated my own abilities and brought shame upon myself..."

A bitter, self-blaming sigh was heard.

Ten thousand Qin troops, like frightened birds, fled in panic along the northward road.

...

Thirty miles south of Cangsong City, he was ordered to live in the city.

Seventy thousand Han troops came from the south and entered the city continuously.

Above the city.

Liu Bei and his ministers including Xiao Fang were looking at the map of Liang Province.

"The terrain of Liangzhou is too narrow. From the westernmost end to the easternmost end, it is nearly a thousand miles away."

"If Cao Zhang is allowed to retreat all the way to Jiuquan, our army's food supply route will be extended by more than 700 miles."

"Your Majesty, I am worried that with the national strength of our Han Dynasty, we are currently unable to support such a long food route to feed a hundred thousand troops!"

Fa Zheng pointed at the map and analyzed the pros and cons.

As a native of Guanlong, Fa Zheng naturally knew the customs and geography of Liangzhou best.

Since the Han Dynasty, the biggest difficulty in fighting in Liang Province was the long grain routes.

This is also the reason why the Qiang people and the warlords in the border areas rebelled repeatedly, and the Han court sent troops to suppress them time and time again, but was never able to eradicate them completely.

As soon as your imperial army arrives, the rebels will fight you first. If I lose, I will flee westward as far as I can.

Although the imperial court won a great victory, it was unable to completely wipe out the rebels. Also, because the grain route to Liangzhou was too long, it was unable to pursue them further.

After a few years, the rebels healed their wounds and made a comeback, and the imperial court had no choice but to send troops to continue the campaign.

So the situation went back and forth like this, the rebels could not be suppressed no matter what, and the Han Dynasty was bled continuously year after year, and finally the national strength was exhausted.

It can be said that the decline of the Han Dynasty during the reigns of Emperors Huan and Ling was closely related to the rebellion and bloodletting in Liang Province. How could Fa Zheng not know this lesson, and how could Liu Bei not understand it?

"Xiao Zhi's words make sense. If Cao Zhang were to flee to Jiuquan, it would indeed be a headache."

"I want to wipe out the remnants of the Cao family, but I can't repeat the fate of Emperors Huan and Ling..."

Liu Bei nodded slightly, his brows gradually furrowed.

at this time.

"Good news! Great victory in Cangsong—"

Ma Su held high a battle report and climbed up to the city wall with an ecstatic look on his face.

"Your Majesty, General Zilong just sent back a report of victory from Cangsong."

"When my 10,000 cavalrymen arrived at Cangsong, Cao Zhang was plotting to burn the troops of the General of the Cavalry. My cavalrymen charged into the chaotic army and, together with the General of the Cavalry, dealt a heavy blow to the enemy."

"Our army killed and captured more than 10,000 enemies in total, and the enemy general Wen Chou was also killed by the General of the Cavalry!"

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There was an immediate surprise on the top of the city.

Liu Bei took the victory report and read it carefully.

After a while, he looked at Xiao Fang with admiration:

"When it comes to foresight, it has to be you, Prime Minister. I didn't expect that Cao Zhang would really cheat and Yide was ambushed by him. He almost died."

"Fortunately, the Prime Minister reminded me in time and asked Zilong and his men to lead the cavalry to Cangsong, which enabled us to have this great victory without any danger."

After that, Liu Bei showed the victory news to the rest of his ministers.

After reading it, all the ministers were amazed and admired Xiao Fang's foresight.

"How strange! Cao Zhang's plan is really bizarre. What means did he use to set fire to my pine trees from the inside?"

Zhang He studied the victory report in his hand and found some suspicious points.

Xiao Fang smiled and said disapprovingly:
"The man who gave Cao Zhang a plan was imitating the plan I had back then. He reserved a tunnel in Cangsong City in advance to connect the inside and outside of the city."

"It was through this tunnel that Cao Zhang's special forces were able to sneak into Cangsong City without anyone noticing, set fire everywhere, and disrupt our army's morale."

After hearing Xiao Fang's explanation, Liu Bei and the others suddenly realized.

Fa Zheng stroked his thin beard and said sarcastically:

"When I heard about the Prime Minister's plan, I was so impressed."

"But this strategy was used by the Prime Minister back then. With Guo Jia's wisdom, he probably won't use it again."

"I wonder who was so good as to offer this plan to Cao Zhang."

Everyone started speculating.

Xiao Fang's thoughts turned for a while, and a name emerged in his mind:
Yang Fu!

In terms of wisdom and strategy, this person's wisdom is still some distance away from Fa Zheng and Guo Jia, not to mention compared with himself.

However, his wisdom and strategy are almost on the same level as Cheng Gongying.

It is not surprising that a strategist of this level plagiarized his plan and wanted to gamble on Cao Zhang's luck.

"It doesn't matter who suggested this plan to Cao Zhang. What matters is that Cao Zhang lost half of his troops in this battle."

"This means that we don't need to send out an army of 100,000. Only 40,000 or so people are enough to defeat Cao Zhang."

Xiao Fang interrupted everyone's speculation and said:

"If there are only 40,000 people, even if Cao Zhang flees to Jiuquan and stretches our supply line by 700 miles, the national strength of the Han Dynasty is enough to support 40,000 infantry and cavalry."

"Your Majesty, the food and grass problem has been solved. This time we will be able to wipe out the remnants of the Cao family and completely eliminate the border threat in Liangzhou!" (End of this chapter)