Shu Han Confucian General of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 293 Changes in the Situation and Clouds

"Ah! A scream interrupted Zhao Feng's thoughts. When he looked up, he saw a person falling into a deep valley in front of him. The scream came up from the bottom of the valley, and it was so shrill that it made one's scalp tingle. Finally, with "Bang "With a blunt sound, everything disappeared.

Zhao Feng closed his eyes and mourned for this man for a moment, then he cheered up and directed the army to move on.Walking along the Yinping Pass plank road back then, this scene has become commonplace.Now that we meet again, we won't complain and sigh.After all, Ziwu Valley Road is much safer than Yinping Pass Plank Road.

In history, Wei Yan proposed to take the Meridian Valley Road, intending to raid Chang'an immediately after leading 1 people out of the valley.Once he succeeds, Longyou must be shocked, so that after Zhuge Liang's troops leave Qishan, Longyou can be quickly pacified.From this point of view, the plan is basically just a deterrent.Although the idea is very good, but with 1 people attacking Chang'an Jiancheng, and defending it under the internal and external attacks of the opponent until Zhuge Liang comes to meet him, the chance of success is really very small.It is very likely that Cao Jun didn't care about him at all, and directly dispatched troops from the Central Plains, and forced the 1 people to die in Chang'an City.

Furthermore, even if it is a surprise attack, the Meridian Valley Road is extremely difficult to walk. It seems that walking by yourself is not strenuous, but these are elite soldiers from Danyang and Wuqian Flying Army. .If it were replaced by ordinary soldiers, 1 people would walk down, let alone a thousand casualties.In this way, even if they entered Guanzhong, it would be extremely difficult to capture Chang'an.

And the situation Zhao Feng is facing now is much better than what Wei Yan is facing.First of all, Xiliang is still in his own hands. Even if Sima Yi wants to mobilize troops to destroy him, unless he lays an ambush at Taniguchi, the army horses he can mobilize are quite limited, and he will not be afraid of him.In addition, the former of the Central Plains and Hebei is also in the hands of his own people, although the latter is in the hands of Lao Cao, but Lao Cao obviously does not listen to Sima Yi's transfer, so the enemy in front of him is almost an empty Guanzhong.In a word, the pressure I faced this time was much smaller than that of Wei Yan in history.

Of course, even so, taking the Meridian Valley Road is not an easy task.In the four days since Zhao Feng entered the valley, dozens of people have already fallen off the cliff.Although the valley road is much stronger than those decayed plank roads, the moss-covered stone mountain road is also more slippery than the plank road.Once one foot is unstable, it is basically a death.And all Xiliang horses can only be blindfolded, and then carry heavy bags of dry food on their backs for the needs of the army.Just walking down in four or five days, it was relatively smooth.

"General, it looks like it's going to rain today!" The one who spoke was Zhang Yi who just looked up at the sky. Zhao Feng looked at it himself, and from the gap between the two mountains, it seemed like a blue line It's really dark.If there is heavy rain, then I can only suspend the march.

"Don't care about him, let's go first!" Zhao Feng could only resign himself to his fate, and ordered to continue marching at a constant speed. 1 people pulled into a long dragon on the Meridian Valley Mountain Road, and then walked slowly forward.If it goes well, they will shock the world in a few days.

Just as Zhao Feng led more than 1 people on their way through Ziwu Valley, Sima Yi, who was in Hanzhong, received news that Wudu, Yinping, and Tianshui had fallen.Hande was beheaded by Pang De, Meng Jian was captured, Ma Chao and Tian Fengzheng attacked Sanguan with their own troops.

"Unexpectedly, this horse is so good. Meng Gongwei and 20 soldiers were unable to defend Longxi. They really underestimated him." Sima Yi was already in a cold sweat when he heard the news.Thinking about it carefully, these places are easy to attack and difficult to defend, especially when attacking from Xiliang, it is even more difficult to stop. Now if you lose it, you will lose it, no big deal.Right now Sanguan is guarded by General Du Xi, so it will be safe.I have been confronting Lu Xun here for more than [-] days. I wanted to wait until he ran out of food to retreat, but now it seems that it is best to deal with Lu Xun as soon as possible.

Picking up the latest military newspaper sent by Tanma on the table, Sima Yi glanced at it again, and suddenly frowned unexpectedly.This military newspaper said that the former army of Yan Yan and others had been away from Chenggu two days ago, and there were only more than 70 miles left.Sima Yi put down this military report, and picked up several military reports sent earlier, Sima Yi frowned even tighter.The previous one didn't talk about anything else, that is to say, how Yan Yan entered the army.Sima Yi simply picked up the recent military newspapers and looked at them, and finally came to a conclusion: Yan Yan probably crawled all the way to Chenggu, because his marching speed was too slow, which may be a big problem. Something is wrong.No matter how cautious Yan Yan was, he wouldn't be marching so slowly.If it keeps slowing down like this, before he can attack Chenggu, the army rations will be exhausted.

Looking at the information again, Sima Yi found something was wrong again. This army from the three eastern counties invaded Hanzhong. The former generals of the army were veteran Yan Yan and his subordinate Wu Ban. appoint.The strongest generals of the two members of Xichuan retreated in the rear, but pushed the veteran Yan Yan forward to fight in the vanguard. This battle was simply a spoof, and Sima Yi felt that something was wrong.

After looking carefully at the map, Sima Yi suddenly shuddered when he saw Ziwu Valley. "Could it be that Zhao Botao wants to take the Meridian Valley Road and march into Guanzhong?" Sima Yi murmured, then ordered someone to find Tan Ma who had just returned, and asked him what Zhao Feng was doing recently.

"Zhao Botao arrived at Shenling five days ago, but he doesn't know where he is now!" Tan Ma whispered.Sima Yi also knew that it was really difficult for him to find out where Zhao Feng was now through exploring the horse.In addition, I am just speculating, and everything can't be counted yet.

Gathering his mind, Sima Yi wrote a letter himself and asked someone to send it to Zhong Yao in Chang'an, hoping to make preparations in time.But Sima Yi also knew in his heart that if Zhao Feng's troops really left Ziwu Valley, it would be too late to notify Zhong Yao now.His own pigeons have not yet been trained, at least the land of Hanzhong has not yet been connected.

After much deliberation, the only option is to repel Lu Xun first.Zhao Feng sent his troops to Meridian Valley, where the road is rough, so the number of people to raid must be limited.As long as he repelled Lu Xun by himself, and then led his army back to Guanzhong, he could be wiped out calmly in one fell swoop.Thinking of this, Sima Yi also made up his mind, before he ran out of food and grass, he should repel Lu Xun first.

"Wang Shuang, go to Lu Xun's village and call for battle!" Sima Yi still dispatched his most valiant general.Without Zhao Feng and Zhang Ren, no one should be able to compete with him.After Wang Shuang took the order, he led an army of [-] people to call for battle in front of Lu Xun's stronghold, asking Lu Xun to come out and fight to the death.

"Oh, Sima Yi took the initiative to call for battle?" Lu Xun was quite surprised when he heard this, and then smiled after thinking about it: "It seems that he is also afraid that I will drag him here, and he wants to repel me as soon as possible, and then return to the army to rescue Guanzhong Already!"

"General, the last general is willing to fight and kill this person!" It was Chen Shi who volunteered, and Zhang Yi who was also eager to try.This time when they entered the army, they were left behind as a feint attack, and there was basically no possibility of making great contributions.Now when the other party takes the initiative to challenge, if you don't face it, the day lily will really be cold.

"No hurry, no hurry!" Lu Xun's smile was as gentle as ever, and he explained in detail: "As long as we are undefeated, Sima Yi will not dare to act rashly, and he can buy more time for the general. Therefore, it is best to stick to the camp now. superior!"

"But general, I'm afraid it's bad for morale if we keep avoiding the battle!" Chen Shi frowned, but he heard Lu Xun continue: "I don't have much food and grass, and I have to retreat in a few days. Sima Yi is worried. , so once we retreat, he will lead the army to rescue Guanzhong. I deliberately showed weakness and did not fight, Sima Yi thought I was just bluffing. After he retreats, I will lead the army to chase after him, and Sima Yi must not be on guard!"

"It makes sense!" Chen Shi and Lu Xun had known each other for a long time, and they always admired his resourcefulness.Hearing this, Zhang Yi frowned and asked, "General, if you are showing weakness like this, what if Sima Yi ignores us and divides his troops to rescue Guanzhong?"

"If he dares to divide his troops, I will dare to attack his Dazhai!" Although Lu Xun kept laughing, there was a trace of murderous intent in his words.As for the current confrontation between the two sides, although Lu Xun's number is slightly smaller, Jinniu Road is not a dangerous place. As long as Sima Yi divides his troops a little bit, Lu Xun will dare to attack his Dazhai directly; It's useless.In this way, Sima Yi was basically kidnapped here by Lu Xun.As long as Lu Xun doesn't leave, Sima Yi can't either.These two people can be called the most tolerant people in the entire Three Kingdoms. The last time they fought against each other, Sima Yi was able to strike out and win. This time, Lu Xun did not seek merit but did not seek fault, but he also made Sima Yi lose strategically.

Whether it is Lu Xun, Sima Yi, or even Zhao Feng, the creator and implementer of the entire plan, they are all busy with their own work.Intentionally or not, everyone ignored the other boss.

"Oh, Zhao Botao marched into Hanzhong from the three eastern counties?" Cao Cao said in surprise, looking at the latest military report just sent by Tanma.After Jia Xu, Cao Zhen, Cao Pi and others beside him circulated it, it was still Jia Xu who said: "My lord, now Zhao Botao is going to meet Sima Yi with swordsmen in order to regain Hanzhong, and he is also connecting with Xiliang Ma Chao to attack. Sima Yi will definitely deploy heavy troops. Fortify Hanzhong, Guanzhong must be empty, why not take the opportunity to attack Yongsi?"

"I also have this intention, but Sima Yi is a man with deep scheming, and he will definitely deploy soldiers and horses in Guanzhong as a defense. Therefore, I intend to advance both false and real, and send a partial division to attack Tongguan. I will lead the army to attack Hedong County, and then Cross the Yellow River from Pubanjin and enter Guanzhong!" Cao Cao said quickly.

"It's just my lord. The people's livelihood in Hebei is very poor now. It's not appropriate to send too many troops this time!" Chief Secretary Xun You poured a little cold water at the right time. Cao Cao knew that what Xun You said was true, and pondered for a while , and finally made a decision: "In this way, let Xu Gongming lead an army of 8 as a partial division, go out of Hongnong to attack Tongguan, and I will lead an army of [-] from Shangdang to enter Hedong County. Gongda, Hebei only dispatched [-] horses, Food and grass should be enough!"

"8 horses is fine!" Xun You nodded, and then went to arrange food and grass without mentioning it.In this way, Cao Cao's intervention made things more complicated.

(End of this chapter)