Shu Han Confucian General of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 186
Yang Ang was killed, Yangping Pass was breached, and Dingjun Mountain was occupied. The remaining defenders of Tiandang Mountain and Micang Mountain knew that the situation was over, and they all chose to surrender very wisely.Tiandang Mountain is fine, but Micang Mountain is where Hanzhong hoards grain and grass.In this way, the gate of Hanzhong has been completely opened to Zhao Feng.At this time, Fei Guan and the five thousand Yizhou troops also just arrived.

"General Zhao, this Yangping pass is the most powerful pass in the world. I don't think the general broke through so quickly. If Fei hadn't seen it with his own eyes, Fei would really be unbelievable!" Feeling very authentic.

"This is due to Yang Ang's incompetence. This person first abandoned the important land on the mountain, and then acted rashly and made unconscious moves. I really don't know what to say." Zhao Feng said with some disdain.If it were defensive experts like Hao Zhao, Wang Ping, Wei Yan, and Huo Jun, I'm afraid it would be difficult for me to be so relaxed this time.

"General, come here to report that General Guan's army has passed through Baocheng and is about to reach Mianyang!" At this moment, Niu Jin rushed into the tent and excitedly said to Zhao Feng.

"Okay!" Zhao Feng was overjoyed when he heard the words, so as long as he crossed the Mianshui, he and Guan Yu would be able to go straight to Nanzheng.Smash Zhang Lu's last lair, and everything will be fine.Thinking of this, Zhao Feng hurriedly urged the army to advance, leaving Zhu Ran with [-] troops to guard Yangping Pass, and he led the rest of the troops to Nanzheng at full speed.

At noon two days later, Zhao Feng's partial division had already reached the city of Nanzheng.When they arrived in Nanzheng, Guan Yu's army was only one day earlier than them.After handing over the task of setting up camp to Zhou Tai, Zhao Feng hurriedly went to see Guan Yu first.

"According to what General Yang said, Bo Tao's journey is dangerous in Yangpingguan. I didn't expect Bo Tao to march so fast, but it was quite unexpected for Guan." In the big tent, Guan Yu stroked his beard and smiled.

"Second General is serious, it's only because Yang Ang's temper is too impatient that I can take advantage of it!" Zhao Feng laughed.The two of them each talked about their marching along the way, and after they finished speaking, they both felt that their opponents were too weak this time, and they were almost the same as when Yuzhou was pacified.

"Now there is only Nanzheng left, General Yang, how about Nanzheng's defenders?" Zhao Feng thought for a while, and asked Yang Ren, the surrendered general, first.

"There are no fewer than [-] defenders in Nanzheng, and the city is steep. Zhang Lu has been operating here for many years, and it is definitely not something that can be breached at a leisurely time." Yang Ren mused.Hearing this, Zhao Feng was still pondering whether he had a plan to take down Nanzheng, Guan Yu waved his hands disapprovingly and said, "There is only one pass left in Zhang Lu Yaodao, it can be said that the end of the road, we just need to fight hard, why worry about it?" Not broken?" Hearing the words, the generals also echoed repeatedly.Zhao Feng looked at the confident Guan Yu, but felt a little worried.

Although he hasn't seen Guan Yu much in recent years, every time he sees him, Zhao Feng can clearly feel that this second master Guan has become more and more arrogant as he grows older.Now he is the Mu of Jingzhou, a former general, and has the right to fake festivals. He can be said to be the number one person under Liu Bei's command, worthy of the name.When I was talking to him, I could feel his domineering sideways, almost depressingly speaking with a heavy weight.Such a temperament, if not done well, someone will give her a hand.Although Jingzhou has no worries now, it is also the first front to resist Cao Cao. If he makes a mistake and is beaten up, it will be bad.

Now that Guan Yu is leading the army to attack Hanzhong, although there are Wenpin and Li Yan in Jingzhou, Zhao Feng still feels a little uneasy in his heart.Why, I couldn't say for a while.

"By the way, General Yang, Micang Mountain has been captured by me. It is said that it is the place where grain is stored in Hanzhong. Will Nanzheng be short of grain?" Zhao Feng suddenly thought of this question and asked hastily.Everyone's eyes lit up when they heard the words, if the defenders were short of food, it would be twice the result with half the effort.

It's a pity that Yang Ren pondered for a while, and finally shook his head and said: "I'm afraid not, Nanzheng is the Hanzhong government, and there is no shortage of food and grass. I have seen Nanzheng's warehouses. Wan Shoujun eats it for a year."

"That's it!" Zhao Feng didn't expect to finish Zhang Lu's last foundation so easily. At this moment, Guan Yu said, "Since that's the case, I'll attack with all my strength from tomorrow. Zhang Lu's son is really calm. He didn't come to fight against the enemy who killed his brother, but just defended the city." When he first arrived yesterday, Huang Zhong continued to call for battle.This time he did it even better, and even made a special banner, writing "Here is Zhang Wei and Huang Zhong", and openly called and challenged.But after scolding him all day, Zhang Lu didn't care about him at all.Guan Yu and Huang Zhong were very helpless. They didn't know that the day before their arrival, Zhang Lu had already received a letter of approval from Yang Song who had returned in a hurry, knowing that Xia Houyuan was about to send troops.Now Zhang Lu is focused on defending, and will take the initiative to retreat when Guan Yu runs out of food and grass.It's just that Zhao Feng was able to break through the Yangping pass, but he didn't expect it.

"Yang Ang's temper is too impatient, so this is a disaster!" Yan Pu sighed, but turned his head and encouraged Zhang Lu: "Xiahou Zhengxi has already left Tongguan. It takes as long as one month, and as little as half a month. Once Guan Yu loses Shangyong, his food and grass will be cut off and he will be forced to return to the army. After Guan Yu retreats, Xu Tu can recover the Yangping Pass.”

"That's the only way to go!" Zhang Lu sighed.Naturally, Guan Yu didn't know the small things in his heart. From the next day, the Jingzhou army began to attack the city.Catapults, carts, and various siege tools began to show their power.However, Nanzheng is not a small city like Xicheng. Except for the slightly smaller moat, other things such as the height and solidity of the city wall are even worse than those of Wujun in the past.Guan Yu commanded the army to attack for more than ten days, but there was no obvious progress at all. On the contrary, more than 5000 soldiers died.

"Crack!" The table in front of him was slapped hard, and Guan Yu said bitterly, "Zhang Lu, it's really hateful!" Zhang Lu, who is older than him, has already become a child.Zhao Feng looked at the Nanzheng City that was still standing, and the corpses piled up under the city, and at the same time he was not sure, but the ominous premonition in his heart became stronger and stronger.

In history, Guan Yu flooded the Seventh Army, and it went smoothly at the beginning, pulling Xiangyang, and capturing and beheading Pang De with ease.Until encountering Cao Ren's strong resistance in Fancheng, as soon as Guan Yu's temper came up, he and Cao Ren fought in Fancheng, and finally was copied by Soochow.Now that Guan Yu was fighting Zhang Lu in Hanzhong, if his back was cut off, the situation would be even more serious given the danger of the Hanzhong Mountain Road.Zhao Feng really wanted to persuade Guan Yu, now that Zhang Lu is at the end of his strength, you should go back to Jingzhou first, and leave this old boy to me to deal with.But thinking about it, Zhao Feng also knew that persuading Guan Yu in this way, the possibility of success is no greater than his own time-traveling again.Maybe, people will think that you want to pay him off and take credit for it.

"Maybe I was worrying too much. There are Li Zhengfang and Wenpin in Jingzhou, and they are guarding each other with Zhang Liao in Runan, so there shouldn't be any problems!" Zhao Feng comforted himself in his heart.At this moment, the tent door was thrown open, and Guan Ping hurried in from outside the tent.

"Father, Wen Zhongye just sent an urgent military message with a pigeon!" Guan Ping hastily handed a silk book to Guan Yu, and Guan Yu's expression darkened immediately after he opened it.After reading it, Guan Yu bowed his head uncharacteristically in silence, and handed the silk scroll to Zhao Feng.

"Ah?" Although Zhao Feng was very calm, he couldn't help standing up and exclaiming after watching it.Huang Zhong and the others looked at each other in blank dismay, and hurriedly asked for clues.

"Xia Houyuan suddenly sent troops out of Tongguan, and went south to capture Shangyong and Nanxiang, cutting off the passage between Hanzhong and Xiangyang! Wen Zhongye and Li Zhengfang failed to take it back after several attacks. At the same time, the martial arts master Hao Zhao and Li Tong from Wancheng can only rely on carrier pigeons to connect with Jingzhou." Guan Yu said this seriously unpleasant news in a low voice.

"Shangyong and Nanxiang are strong cities, how could they fall so quickly!" Huang Zhong said with some puzzlement. "Brother Shen Dan and Shen Yi defected to the enemy and sacrificed the city!" Zhou Tai, who had just finished watching, said bitterly.Zhao Feng was speechless, but he kept blaming himself in his heart: I knew Shen Dan and Shen Yi brothers were two or five sons, why I had been in Jingxiang for so long, and I didn't get rid of them as soon as possible. passive.

If it were the past, Shangyong and Nanxiang would be lost if they were lost, and at worst they would just be taken back.But the situation is different now. These two places are stuck between Jingzhou and Hanzhong. Since the 400 years of the Han Dynasty, the administrative divisions of Shangyong and other places have also changed several times.Either belong to Jingzhou, or belong to Yizhou, and there have been seven or eight changes during the period.Once Shangyong fell, his tens of thousands of horses would be stuck in Hanzhong and unable to move.Once the food and grass are exhausted, it may collapse without a fight.

After a long while, Zhuge Jin was the first to say: "Your Majesty, I will be intercepted in the rear, and the food and grass will not be enough. I need to return to the army as soon as possible, and attack on both sides with the Jingzhou defenders, and take back Shangyong. Otherwise, the army will be defeated for a long time. chaos."

Guan Yu didn't know the key to this, but seeing that Zhang Lu had only one Nanzheng city left, no one would be reconciled to withdrawing troops like this.At this time Zhao Feng said suddenly: "Second General, Ziyu, although Shangyong has been lost, the situation our army is facing may not be that dangerous."

"What does Bo Tao (General Zhao) say?" Guan Yu and Zhuge Jin asked hastily.

"First of all, it would take at least four days to send someone to report the letter from Shangyong to Nanzheng quickly. However, our army uses flying pigeons to pass the letter, and it only takes less than two days. At least two days have been saved during this period, which Xia Houyuan would never have imagined Our army will return to the army so soon, if not, it will be unprepared. In addition, our army's recapture of Shangyong may attract Zhang Lu in Nanzheng City to act rashly, and it is unknown if we can take Nanzheng like this!" Zhao Feng said slowly .

Although what Zhao Feng said was a little too confident, but Guan Yu and Zhuge Jin, the former is the most confident person in the world, and the latter is not a person lacking in self-confidence, this is still within the scope of their acceptance.But Zhuge Jin immediately frowned and said, "Although that's the case, it's only two more days. If our army can't capture Shangyong in time, what can we do if the food and grass run out?"

"Don't worry, Ziyu, Micang Mountain has been captured by me. This is where Zhang Lu's grain is stored, and there is no shortage of grain and grass. It's just that it's too far away from here, and we need to send people to allocate grain and grass from there to supply the army." Zhao Feng said here I also secretly sighed in my heart. In history, the Shu Han was inconvenient to transport grain because of the rugged roads. Although it is known as the land of abundance, it is difficult to guarantee the food for the frontline soldiers. .

"So, Bo Tao, what countermeasures do you have?" Guan Yu saw that Zhao Feng had said a lot, and based on his understanding of him, he knew that he had some foundations.

"I mean, Second General, you, Ziyu and others will lead the army back to help, and I will leave 2 troops here to appease the local area, transport food and grass, and attack Nanzheng. Let's divide the work and do things correctly!" Zhao Feng said slowly.

"Divide the troops?" Guan Yu was taken aback by Zhao Feng's bold proposal. He was in a very passive position now, and he actually wanted to divide the troops. "General Zhao, you only have 2 people here, how can you appease the local area and attack Nanzheng?" Zhuge Jin was also not very optimistic about Zhao Feng's suggestion.

"I still have the 1 Yizhou Army that General Fei came to help, which should be enough!" Zhao Feng thought about it a little, and felt that it was almost the same.Zhuge Jin was still waiting to persuade, but Guan Yu had already waved his hand and said, "Bo Tao has always been prudent in his work, if he says yes, I will give you another [-] horses, is that enough?"

"Five thousand is enough!" Zhao Feng calculated in his mind, and it was almost enough. He originally had 5000 people, plus Fei Guan's five thousand.Although he lost some in the battle, he captured thousands of prisoners in the first battle of Yangping Pass for nothing, and Nanjiang City did not encounter any strong resistance. Now his strength has exceeded [-].Of course, half of these people's combat effectiveness cannot compare with their own Jingzhou army.In addition, the loyalty of the Hanzhong army prisoners is also a problem.This is Nanzheng, if they quit in battle, they will be passive.

Thinking of this, Zhao Feng also reminded Guan Yu: "General Guan, all the passes you have passed along the way have surrendered without a fight. What if these Hanzhong troops turn against each other behind your back when you attack Shangyong, then The big thing is not good. It is best to take them to fight Shangyong and replace the defenders with our own people!" Zhao Feng knew that Guan Yu sometimes failed to notice these details, and he suffered a lot from this in history.Although my proposal is to use Hanzhong's descending army as cannon fodder, which is somewhat unkind, but there is no way to do it.

"I can introspect myself!" Guan Yu nodded.Now, the two gathered their troops and horses. Excluding the 3000 soldiers that Zhao Feng left for Zhu Ran to guard Yangping Pass, and Guan Yu's defenders who stayed in Xicheng and Baocheng, he and Zhao Feng combined the existing forces on hand. There are nearly 8 people.Among them, the largest share is Guan Yu's Jingzhou old base, with 5000 people.In addition, Zhao Feng's Jingzhou base also has 1000 people.The remaining nearly 3 people are all Hanzhong troops recruited by the two to surrender everywhere.In addition, there is also the Yizhou Army of Feiguan's five thousand assisted in the battle.

"Bo Tao, I'll leave you with fifteen thousand Jingzhou troops and five thousand descendants from Hanzhong, and the rest will be up to you!" After dividing the troops, Guan Yu looked at Zhao Feng's army before leaving. The barracks is also a little out of character.

"Second General, don't worry, with General Yang's help, Hanzhong will be pacified by myself!" Zhao Feng looked at Yang Ren who was deliberately left behind by him, and he spoke clearly.Guan Yu nodded, and hastily led his army back to assist Shangyongbuti. At the same time, he ordered Guan Ping to lead a thousand troops to move food and grass from Micang Mountain for the army's needs.

(End of this chapter)