Shu Han Confucian General of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 223 I'm going to defend again

Xia Houyuan is very upset now, quite upset.

Lu Xun and Zhang Ren moved very quickly. After Xia Houyuan arrived in Wugong City, they had almost collected all the boats and rafts along the Weishui River. Now they are facing him across the water, but they are out of reach.These days Xia Houyuan sent people to collect the boats and rafts in the distance, and planned to build a pontoon bridge to cross the river at night to plot.As a result, the pontoon bridge had just begun to take shape, when Zhang Ren suddenly sent someone to carry tung oil, secretly took a boat from the upstream and went down the river at night, and burned the pontoon bridge that was about to be completed.

Seeing Xia Houyuan's face getting more and more gloomy, Cheng Yu also felt a little upset.In most cases, Xia Houyuan can be regarded as a famous general in the world.He fought bravely, took the lead in the soldiers, donated righteousness and donated money, and often won the soldiers to die.What's more, he has a deep understanding of strategy, and he listens to the opinions of counselors with an open mind, so he rarely suffers losses.Of course, this is most of the time.

What are those non-most cases?It was when Xia Houyuan lost his composure.In fact, Xia Houyuan has all the qualities of a famous general, but also has a fatal flaw as a general: impatience.Once in a hurry, Xia Houyuan will desperately fight his opponent to the death.Of course, due to his brother's bravery in battle, there are not many people in the world who can block this move of Mad Dog Fist.But not much does not mean that there is none. From Cheng Yu's point of view, that Zhao Feng in Chuanzhong has most likely prepared some kind of conspiracy and trick, and he got into it after Xia Houyuan lost his composure.

In fact, both Cheng Yu and Guo Jia secretly suggested to Cao Cao that the irritable Xia Houyuan was not suitable for guarding one side, and it would be better to replace Xiahou Dun or Cao Ren with a calmer temperament to sit in Guanzhong.But Cao Cao also has unspeakable secrets. First, Cao Ren needs to guard against Liu Bei in Liangjun, and second, Xiahou Dun is a rare general with internal affairs talents. I really can't do without him in Hebei.Moreover, the important places in Guanzhong cannot be entrusted to unreliable clan generals, so Cao Cao let Xia Houyuan sit in Guanzhong.

Now that the pontoon bridge has just been set on fire by Zhang Ren, Xia Houyuan was immediately very upset.Cheng Yu looked at Xia Houyuan, and Cheng Yu would not be surprised if he ordered the whole army to swim across the Wei River to fight the Sichuan army to the death.

But Xia Houyuan was not so impulsive after all, rubbing his head a little, Xia Houyuan asked Cheng Yu: "Mr. Zhongde, in your opinion, what should we do now?"

Cheng Yu pondered for a while, and finally said: "General, at present, it seems that it is unrealistic to cross the river by pontoon bridge, let's build boats and rafts first!" can build a ship.No matter how ruthless Lu Xun and Zhang Ren were, it was impossible to cut down all the trees in Guanzhong.Xia Houyuan knew that there was no other way, so he had no choice but to accept this suggestion first, and sent someone to notify Zhong Yao in Chang'an to send craftsmen to build the raft without mentioning it.

"Report to the general, an urgent letter from Governor Wei of Jicheng!" Just after Xia Houyuan gave the order, a small school rushed to report.Xia Houyuan took the letter and opened it, he was shocked.

"General, is Han Sui making trouble again?" Cheng Yu hurriedly asked Xia Houyuan when he saw Xia Houyuan stand up.Xia Houyuan shook his head, and just handed the letter to Cheng Yu, who was also very surprised when he saw it.

"Zhao Botao led an army of tens of thousands to the Longxi Avenue and arrived at Jicheng?" Cheng Yu said in disbelief. "Could it be that the Sichuan army here is just feigning an attack?" Lieutenant General Han Hao couldn't help frowning when he heard this.

"It should be like this, but why did Zhao Feng take Longxi? It was to make a wedding dress for Ma Teng!" Xiahou Yuanyu shook his head and said.Although he managed to hide it from himself, Xia Houyuan didn't think Zhao Feng's strategic intentions were so clever, after all, he wouldn't get much benefit by doing so.

"It's not just that, I think he wants to take down the counties in Longxi, and then defeat Han Sui. In this way, he can enter Guanzhong from Longxi in the future." After all, Cheng Yu had a longer-term vision, and immediately saw Zhao Feng's true intentions More than half will come.It is indeed more convenient to enter Guanzhong from Longxi Avenue, but only by occupying Xiliang can we obtain a stable source of war horses. This is one of the main reasons why Zhao Feng is eager to take Qishan Avenue, which Cheng Yu failed to see.

"There are less than 2 defenders in Jicheng, and most of them are soldiers from the county. Over time, there will be losses. The top priority, I will lead the troops to rescue Jicheng!" Xia Houyuan immediately made a decision.Looking at the generals around, Xia Houyuan finally said to Cheng Yu and Han Hao: "Mr. Zhongde, General Han, I will leave this place to you. I will leave [-] troops to guard the camp with you. We only need to guard against the Sichuan army's attack. At the same time, it is enough to build the raft. After I save the danger of Jicheng, I will destroy the enemy!"

"Don't worry, general, I have everything here!" Cheng Yu nodded.At present, Xia Houyuan himself led [-] cavalry to rush to Longxi for rescue, leaving Cheng Yu and Han Hao with [-] infantry here to deal with Zhang Ren across the river.At the same time, Cheng Yu hurriedly wrote a military newspaper to inform Zhong Yao in Chang'an and Cao Cao in Xuchang.

The street pavilion needed a place, Zhao Feng looked at the surrounding terrain, he was noncommittal.Beside him, Ma Di was already eloquently saying: "General, I think we should be stationed on the mountain, condescending, so we can guard the key points. Xia Houyuan came here to rescue the troops, so he must attack the mountain. If we occupy the key position, won't we Waiting for work at leisure?"

"Youchang, there is no water on the mountain, what if the water is cut off?" Zhao Feng looked at the barren mountain in the distance, and said leisurely.

The terrain of Jieting is very strange.From east to west, it is a road leading to an open land, which is very suitable for large troops to attack.And this mountain is also very strange, but the five mountain roads finally converge on this open land.Once the opponent breaks through any of these five mountain paths, it is tantamount to letting the opponent drive straight into Longxi.

As for Jieting City, it is guarding the main point on the side of the road, but Jieting City is indeed too small, with less than a thousand residents.Zhao Feng suddenly understood why Ma Su wanted to station on the mountain, because Jieting City was too small, even if the city was emptied of residents, it would only be enough for thousands of people to station.And if they are stationed on the avenue, they can only use infantry to fight against the opponent's cavalry.

"So what about cutting off the water source? It's so-called putting them to death and then reviving. Once the water is cut off, the soldiers will definitely fight the enemy bravely. Xia Houyuan's reinforcements will come from afar. If the army is weak, our army will win a big victory!" Ma Di said confidently.

I see!Zhao Feng finally understood now.Why did Ma Di try his best to garrison the mountain in history? He not only wanted to defend the street pavilion, but also wanted to defeat his opponent in one fell swoop.At this time Wang Ping said: "This statement is inappropriate, it is too risky, the general should garrison Jieting City, or go down to the stronghold to keep Xia Houyuan out!"

Just like in history, Zhao Feng brought Ma Di and Wang Ping, the pair of street guards, with him.Zhu Ran led an army of [-] to capture Linwei County, Pang De led an army of [-] to attack Jicheng, Gao Xiang led an army of [-] to pacify the remaining counties, and himself led an army of [-] to guard Jieting.As he expected, Wang Ping and Ma Su still disagreed.

Coughing lightly to signal the two not to stop discussing, Zhao Feng said by himself: "I have decided, this time I will lead an army of [-] to garrison at the crossing, and Zijun you will lead an army of [-] to garrison in Jieting City. Xia Houyuan Marching is known for its quickness. I believe that he must have come with cavalry at the beginning, and he must have no siege equipment. Zijun, when you are defending the city, wait for him to attack in a hurry, and then wave your troops to cover and kill him. I It only needs to be guarded here for [-] days, and it will be a great achievement!"

"No!" Wang Ping didn't mention that he was going to lead the army to guard Jieting City, looked at the dissatisfied Ma Di in front of him, Zhao Feng frowned slightly and said, "Youchang, are you not reconciled to my disapproval to be stationed on the mountain?"

"The last general dare not!" Ma Su said angrily, but the dissatisfaction in his words was clear at a glance.

"Young Chang, let me ask you, what if the enemy army besieged the mountain and cut off the water source, once the morale of the army is disturbed and the street pavilion is lost, and our Northern Expedition is on the brink of failure, what should we do?" Zhao Feng said in a deep voice.

"That may not be the case!" Ma Di said with some disapproval.

"You said it yourself, it may not be the case, what if it is the case?" Zhao Feng raised his voice and asked, Ma Di opened his mouth when he heard the words, but he couldn't say anything else.

"If this is the case, we will be sinners!" Zhao Feng snorted.Looking at Ma Di who was still somewhat dissatisfied, Zhao Feng continued: "Since ancient times, the offense can be surprisingly successful, but the defense is still stable. Why do you blindly take risks when defending? If you fail, you will destroy the Great Wall!"

"General's instruction, I will remember it!" Ma Di was obediently obeying Zhao Feng's arrangements.At present, Zhao Feng ordered people to quickly build a defensive position every minute, dug the soil as a cover, equipped with various bows and crossbows, added trenches, barbed wire, etc., in short, used all the tricks that could be used, and did everything possible for Xia Houyuan. Creating trouble.There is no way, this avenue is too spacious, Xia Houyuan can throw thousands of people straight to his camp at one time.If you don't make more obstacles, then directly confronting the opponent's armored cavalry with flesh and blood is no different from sending them to death.

While Zhao Feng was busy building a position, Wang Ping didn't rest in Jieting City.Apart from his own name, Wang Ping knew no more than ten characters.He naturally didn't know that when Master Meng described a small city, he used words like a city of three miles and a country of five miles.However, this Jieting City is indeed a three-mile city, but there are very few rivers in Xiliang, so it doesn't even have a five-mile country.The city was built of loess, the height is estimated to be less than two feet, and the width of the city wall is less than one foot.Wang Ping looked down from the top of the wall, and even felt that even if he jumped, he might not necessarily fall to his death.

To the north of them, Pound was attacking Jicheng with his troops. The defenders of Jicheng, led by Wei Kang and Jiang Xu, were desperately resisting.At the same time, Zhu Ran had already captured Linwei County, firmly controlled several important ferry crossings, and cut off the access to Longxi from the waterway.As for Gao Xiang who raided the counties, it went relatively smoothly.But the key to success or failure depends on the ultimate ownership of the street pavilion.

Fortunately, Xia Houyuan was only a few days away, and Wang Ping and Zhao Feng were busy building cities and positions against the clock.At night, four days after arriving at Jieting, Tanma finally sent back the news: Xia Houyuan's army was less than a hundred miles away from Jieting, and probably could arrive at Jieting tomorrow morning at the earliest.

(End of this chapter)