Shu Han Confucian General of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 184 Two Impatients
"Mr. Zhongde, what do you think of this letter?" After reading it, Xia Houyuan continued to show the letter to Cheng Yu who assisted him in guarding the pass.The latter accepted the letter, but after reading it, he pursed his lips and said nothing.

"Zhang Lu in Hanzhong, the imperial court sent envoys to surrender many times, but they were all killed by him. Now that he was attacked by Guan Yu, he couldn't stand it anymore, but he still had the face to ask the general for help. This brazen villain, let him do whatever he wants. Let him go and bite the dog with Guan Yu." General Yan Liang, who assisted Xia Houyuan in guarding the pass, said with some disdain.In addition to Yan Liang, Wen Chou also had Jingzhao Yin Zhongyou, the general Jiang Ji, and Xia Houde, Xia Houyuan's younger brother, also present.Hearing Yan Liang's words, Wen Chou, Jiang Ji and even Xia Houde all nodded in agreement, only Zhong Yao was still noncommittal.

"What's Yuan Chang's opinion?" Xia Houyuan didn't want Zhong Yao to remain silent, so seeing that he didn't speak, he simply asked.

"General, if you don't send troops to rescue Zhang Lu. With the abilities of Guan Yunchang and Zhao Botao, the Hanzhong army may not be able to resist. Hanzhong will fall into Liu Bei's hands sooner or later. Once Hanzhong falls into Liu Bei's hands, Guanzhong may not be peaceful in the future. But if you want to send troops, the number of troops in Guanzhong is only [-] to [-], and except for guarding against Ma Teng and Han Sui in Xiliang, you can mobilize only [-]. Moreover, the prime minister is still in Mobei, and it is impossible to start a war with Liu Bei at this time. Very wise!" Zhong Yao said slowly, stroking his beard.

"As Yuan Chang said, I am also in a dilemma!" Xia Houyuan sighed.

"No, we have to send troops!" Cheng Yu said suddenly after putting down Zhang Lu's pleading letter, with a very firm tone.

"What does Mr. Zhongde think?" Seeing Cheng Yu's words, Xia Houyuan asked quickly.

"Everyone, the general situation in the world is now clear, and the lord and Liu Bei are fighting north and south. It may take four or five years, or at least two or three years, and the lord and Liu Bei will definitely have a battle. Now the thirteen states of the Han Dynasty, except Xiliang Shang In the hands of Ma Teng and Han Sui, there are only Hanzhong and Xichuan, which neither belong to the prime minister nor to Liu Bei. Hanzhong is the place where the ancestors made their foundations, and Xichuan is a land of abundance, with a registered population of over one million. If you can get these two places, no matter what Whether it is the lord or the prime minister, the strength will be greatly increased. In the future, there will be more chances of winning. Now Zhang Lu asks for help, which is a good opportunity for us to enter Hanzhong. Xichuan Liuzhang is a coward, just need Occupying Hanzhong and encroaching on Xichuan is a natural trend." Cheng Yu talked eloquently.

"That being said, Guan Yu has an army of [-], how can we mobilize many troops to rescue him?" Xia Houyuan frowned.

"Hehe, General Miaocai, our army went to rescue Zhang Lu, but not in Hanzhong, but here!" Cheng Yu pointed to a point on the map.

"Shangyong?" Xia Houyuan and the others were quite surprised at first glance, why did they enter here?Xia Houyuan thought for a while, but his expression seemed to be enlightened.

"Shangyong connects Jingzhou and Hanzhong. It is easy to defend and difficult to attack. If our army goes to rescue Hanzhong via Qishan Avenue or Xiegu Road, it will take at least [-] days for the army to reach Nanzheng. It is midsummer at this time. If there is a heavy rain However, it is common for the army to fall into the valley. Instead of this, it is better to select elite cavalry, go out from Tongguan, and go straight to Nanxiang and Shangyong. Once these passes are captured, Guan Yu's [-] troops will be cut off and returned. The road is trapped in Hanzhong. The road to Shu is difficult, and it is inconvenient to transport grain. Guan Yu must not have much grain and grass with his army. It will take a while for Bi and his people to know that Shangyong is occupied by our army. We only need to send them to Shangyong If they are trapped for ten or eight days, the morale of the army will surely collapse, and such a big event is settled!"

"So that's how it is!" Xia Houyuan and the others suddenly realized, but Xia Houyuan immediately frowned and said, "Shangyong and other places are easy to defend and difficult to attack, how can we take them quickly?"

"Hehe, the general doesn't know something. Shen Dan, the prefect of Shangyong, has long been devoted to the Duke of Wei, and has long wanted to dedicate Shangyong to the Duke of Wei. However, Guan Yu is in Xiangyang, so it is inconvenient to do things. Now that Guan Yu is in Hanzhong, if the general's army arrives here, He will definitely open the city and respond." Cheng Yu said with a smile.

"Even if Shangyong is like this, what about the land of Nanxiang?" Xia Houyuan asked one more question just to be on the safe side.

"Nanxiang Commander Shen Yi is Shen Dan's younger brother!" Cheng Yu continued laughing.

"That's great!" Xia Houyuan was overjoyed when he heard the words.Looking at the crowd, Xia Houyuan said in a deep voice: "Although Duke Wei is currently in Mobei, he ordered me to governor Yongliang. Now that Guan Yu is invading Hanzhong, we naturally cannot ignore it. I mean, Yuan Chang, you stay in Chang'an, General Yan and General Wen followed me with [-] cavalry, left Tongguan and Hangu Pass to go to Hongnong, and went south to Nanxiang and Shangyong! General Jiang led [-] infantry, and then caught up! If Duke Wei asks about it in the future, everything will happen automatically I, Xia Houyuan, will take care of it!"

Xia Houyuan's last sentence was not aimless. Although Liu Bei and Cao Cao have not formally negotiated a peace, they are basically in peace. Basically, they defaulted to a temporary truce before Cao Cao returned to Xuchang.If I raise troops so arbitrarily, if I win, everything is easy to talk about. If I lose, it will even trigger a full-scale war between Cao and Liu.

Now that Xia Houyuan said this, he basically expressed his attitude: what are you supposed to do, I, Xia Houyuan, will take care of you when something goes wrong!In this way, Zhong Yao and others can completely let go of their hands and feet, and go their own way.At present, Yan Liang and Wen Chou followed Xia Houyuan to rectify the army and horses first, and Jiang Ji led the army to follow. After leaving Tongguan and Hangu Pass, they marched south at full speed.

Guan Yu and Zhao Feng, who were in Hanzhong, naturally didn't know all this. After the former received Yang Ren's powerful help, he had already killed Mianyang, which is less than a hundred miles away from Nanzheng, without bloodshed.And Zhao Feng just occupied Dingjun Mountain and Dui Mountain, while overlooking Yangping Pass, he was threatening Tiandang Mountain and Micang Mountain.

"General, this Dingjun Mountain is really easy to defend and difficult to attack!" Zhuge Jun and Ma Su sighed after climbing Dingjun Mountain.Zhao Feng nodded, the most rare thing is that there are several clear springs on this mountain, enough for an army of tens of thousands to drink.Because of this, Zhao Feng simply ordered the whole army to be stationed here.

Looking at Ma Su, Zhao Feng couldn't help but sigh in his heart, this old man has always defended the mountain, and was cut off from the water source so that he lost.Now that he is following him, he can no longer be given this opportunity.

"General, what should we do next?" Zhu Ran waited for the army to finish pressing, and asked for instructions.

"Wait, when Yang Ang can't help but come over to challenge, we'll wait for work and beat him back to capture the Yangping Pass natural barrier!" Zhao Feng laughed.

"Will Yang Ang come?" Zhu Ran asked with some uncertainty.

"Of course he will come!" Zhao Feng said confidently.Judging from Yang Ang's performance these days, this person's urgency is rare in the world. As soon as Duishan fell, he was impatient to order the Dingjunshan defenders to retake Duishan overnight.Now that he even occupies Dingjun Mountain, with his character, he can hold his breath if he is not in a hurry to jump off the building.

Of course Yang Ang didn't jump off the building, but he was already anxious like an ant on a hot pot.Ershan was occupied, and every move in Yangping pass was under the opponent's nose, which simply killed Yang Ang.Before dawn, Yang Ang impatiently led 5000 troops to challenge at the foot of Dingjun Mountain, intending to take back Dingjun Mountain.

"General, Yang Ang is here!" Zhao Feng and Zhu Ran were inspecting the camp, but they saw Niu Jin rushing from the mountain to report.

"General, Wang Ping is not talented. I would like to kill this Yang Ang to repay the general's kindness!" As soon as he heard Niu Jin's words, Wang Ping on the side volunteered.Zhao Feng looked at Wang Ping who looked expectant, smiled and said: "No hurry, let Yang Ang bask in the sun for a while!"

"Hahahaha!" Zhu Ran and others couldn't help laughing when they heard the words.It was midsummer at this time, Zhao Feng and others camped on the mountain, and there were trees for shade.Yang Ang took people on the open ground at the foot of the mountain, yelling and cursing against the sun, this feeling was not very pleasant.Zhao Feng was also secretly proud: How Huang Zhong dealt with Xia Houyuan in history, I will deal with you, Yang Ang, who is more impatient than Xia Houyuan today.

"General, Yang Ang's yelling and cursing at the foot of the mountain is very arrogant!" Niu Jin was also a little angry when he heard the obscenities coming from the foot of the mountain.Zhao Feng smiled when he heard the words, and then ordered: "Come here, the general's drummer is summoned, and play music to cheer up Yang Ang!"

"The general is calm and broad-minded. He really looks like a famous general!" Zhu Ran and others complimented.Zhao Feng secretly laughed in his heart: If you had heard how I scolded Zhou Yu in Shenting Ridge back then, you probably wouldn't be able to pay such flattery even if you were killed.

"General, that fellow Zhao Feng refuses to come down!" After yelling and scolding for a long time, no one came down the mountain, a soldier in charge of yelling and scolding said somewhat dejectedly.

"Damn, this Zhao Feng pretends to be a famous general in the world, and he is a coward!" Yang Ang said angrily.Seeing that the people in charge of yelling and cursing were already hoarse, Yang Ang also knew that the enemy troops might not come down for a while, but he was unwilling to go back to the customs like this, so he had to order to find a shady place to station for the time being, and the two relatives The soldier fanned him with a white cloth towel.

"General, the Hanzhong army is already slacking off. Are you going to kill them down the mountain and defeat them in one fell swoop?" Zhou Tai couldn't help asking when he saw that many people on the other side were already lying down.

"No hurry, did the Hanzhong army start cooking?" Zhao Feng asked suddenly.

"We're building a pot and stove, ready to cook." Zhou Tai was a little puzzled as to why Zhao Feng would suddenly ask this question, but he still answered honestly.

"Where did they use the water source?" Zhao Feng continued to ask.

"It's the clear spring flowing down from the mountain." Zhou Tai replied subconsciously, and then he seemed to come to his senses, and lowered his voice and asked softly, "General, you want to poison the water so that you can deal with the Hanzhong army?"

"Poisoning? Doing so will harm the peace of heaven. You Ping, you lead people to the mountainside, and throw all the crotons I collected from Nanjiang City into the water!" Zhao Feng said with a cheap smile.

"The general is wise!" Zhou Tai admired Zhao Feng so much this time, he rubbed his hands together excitedly, and didn't mention it.

The Hanzhong army at the foot of the mountain naturally didn't know what was going on in the water. After cooking, except for the guards who were in charge of guarding, the rest of them had already started to gather together for dinner in twos and threes.

"Oh, my stomach hurts!" About halfway through eating, one of them suddenly held his stomach, and then ran to find a place to prepare.As soon as he started, more and more people's stomachs began to turn upside down, so they had to look around for something convenient not to mention.

"What's going on?" Yang Ang was wondering, and suddenly his stomach started to churn.Just as there was no meeting to deal with it, I heard the sound of killing on Dingjun Mountain, and several troops rushed down the mountain.

"Don't mess up, prepare to fight!" Yang Ang looked at the army formation that had begun to panic, and ordered urgently.However, his request was obviously a bit difficult for others. Thousands of soldiers with twisted trousers and sloppy footsteps could not organize effective resistance at all under the sudden attack.What else can they do besides twisting their pants and running around?

"Don't mess up, don't mess up!" Yang Ang was so anxious that he almost jumped into the sky, but more and more people started to run around like headless chickens.Yang Ang yelled, but what he didn't expect was that this made him more noticeable.

"Die!" Yang Ang suddenly heard a roar coming from behind him, and when he looked back in shock, he saw a burly man with a big knife in his hand, slashing at him viciously.

"Kla!" Yang Ang crossed the gun barrel to block the knife, but was easily cut off by the opponent.The big knife didn't fade away, it cut directly into his shoulder, splitting him obliquely in half.

"Haha!" Looking at Yang Ang who was hacked to death by himself, Wang Ping was also very happy in his heart: In this way, I can count as a bit of credit, and I can always get a good position by joining the Jingzhou Army.With Yang Ang's death, the rest of the people are facing a strong enemy, their stomachs are still making revolution, and there is no one to direct them. It is really an internal trouble and an external trouble.What can such a military horse do?In less than half an hour, most of the enemy troops had been wiped out, and the rest either surrendered or were captured.

"It stinks!" Zhao Feng, who was inspecting the battlefield, could smell a stench from a long distance away.Thousands of people had diarrhea, what a spectacular scene, all the captives were confiscated with armor and weapons, and then went to the river to wash their buttocks.The faces of Niu Jin and the others were not very good-looking, after all, it was too stinky.

"General, Yang Ang was beheaded by me!" Wang Ping excitedly raised Yang Ang's head to ask for credit. Everyone saw that he had achieved such a great merit, but secretly admired him.Just now when the stench was suffocating, it was Wang Ping who rushed into the rebellious army and killed Yang Ang. Zhu Ran and the others questioned themselves and realized that they really didn't have such stinking skills.

"Zijun has worked hard, if this great achievement is not rewarded, it will be difficult to convince everyone." Zhao Feng sighed, and then pretended to be helpless: "It's a pity that Zijun is under the command of Duke Shu, otherwise I can promote you now the official!"

When Wang Ping heard what Zhao Feng said, how could he not understand what he meant, and quickly bowed down and said: "The villain has followed the general these days, and I admire the general very much. If the general doesn't dislike it, the villain would rather follow the general around!"

"Okay! It's rare that you have the heart, so I'll accept that you will be my captain. I'll tell General Zhang about it!" Although Zhao Feng was secretly happy, he still had to do this superficial thing.

"Thank you, General!" Wang Ping was overjoyed. He was originally a senior officer, but he was suddenly promoted to captain.Zhao Feng secretly laughed in his heart, when Wang Ping defected to Liu Bei in history, Liu Bei immediately named him a partial general just because he could lead the way.But I'm not Liu Bei, so I can't seal such a big official.

"General, now that Yang Ang has been beheaded, Yangping Pass will be gone sooner or later. I only need to pass Yangping Pass, and then cross Beggars River. It is only two days away from Nanzheng!" The excitement eased a little, Wang Ping finally remembered his duty.

"That's very good. Send an order to enter Yangping Pass. The army will rest for two days and send sentries to investigate the general's movements!" Zhao Feng still chose a safer marching strategy. There are only more than ten thousand people on his way. Don't go too far alone.

(End of this chapter)