Shu Han Confucian General of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 299

"Everyone, not only Bo Tao and Sima Yi, but also Cao Mengde sent troops to attack Guanzhong. Zhang Gongyi led the army to support, but he was worried that his strength would not be enough, so he sent me a letter of emergency. I don't know what good strategy you have to deal with the current situation. ?" Liu Bei asked everyone in the hall after passing the emergency document in his hand to everyone.

"General Zhao has already marched into Guanzhong and blocked Sima Yi in a corner of Hanzhong. But now Cao Mengde is also intervening. With tens of thousands of Sichuan troops alone, how can he compete with Cao Cao for Guanlong? In Liang's opinion, my lord should hurry up Send troops to help General Zhao capture Guanzhong. Once Guanzhong is captured, it will be a matter of course for him to march into Hebei in the future. If Cao Cao captures Guanzhong, the war will be delayed for a long time in the future. I don’t know when the Han Dynasty will be restored Already!" Zhuge Liang, who was the first to express his opinion, said slowly.

"I also feel the same. If I sit and watch Cao Cao capture Guanlong, I'm afraid it will be very difficult to capture Guanlong again in the future!" Lu Su also expressed the same opinion.Then Xu Shu, Li Yan and others spoke one after another, basically thinking that Liu Bei should send troops to capture Guanlong.

"Since this is the case, Gu will raise a large army and go to capture Guanzhong with Cao Mengde!" Liu Bei saw that everyone said so, so he quickly decided to send troops.But at this time, Guan Yu also lost no time to pour some cold water: "Brother, although the troops should be sent, the new army is not yet proficient in drills, and the soldiers in Yangzhou and Xuzhou are far apart, so it is not easy to mobilize. Therefore, this time How to send troops, we need to discuss it carefully."

"Furthermore, my lord, most of the military rations this year are used to recruit new troops. If you want to send troops, the amount of rations and salaries will be very limited!" Chen Qun, who was in charge of logistics, was also a little pessimistic.Liu Bei looked at the two of them and knew that they were not joking, so he pondered for a while and asked, "In your opinion, how many troops can be mobilized right now?"

"About one hundred thousand!" Guan Yu said after thinking for a while.Jingzhou, Yanzhou, and Yuzhou are the three closest places, except for the garrison, there are almost so many that can be called.Liu Bei nodded when he heard the words, and then ordered: "Zhang Shusi, who ordered Shangyong, also sent [-] troops to rescue Guanzhong."

The next day, Guan Yu first led [-] Jingbei troops to enter Guanzhong from Wuguan Road.Afterwards, Liu Bei personally led Zhuge Liang, Zhao Yun and others, gathered other people from all walks of life, and also went to Guanzhong to kill.At this time, all kinds of news came like a stream of water. When Liu Bei knew that the confrontation between the two sides of Pubanjin was actually [-] to [-] troops, he also took a deep breath.

"My lord, don't worry, Zhang Gongyi has already led the army to support. As long as Zhang Gongyi can allocate [-] troops to help General Zhao, then with General Zhao's ability, he can stop Cao Cao for at least a month!" Seeing Liu Bei's shock, Zhuge Liang hurriedly Words of comfort said.Liu Bei nodded, knowing in his heart that if Pubanjin fell, he would be forced to fight Cao Cao in the Guanzhong Plain.At that time, even if Guanzhong can be taken, presumably only a dilapidated Guanzhong can be taken.

Not to mention that Liu Bei was worried about gains and losses at this time. On the bank of the Yellow River, when Cao Cao led his army to kill the river bank again the next day, he was surprised to find that the defenders were still huddled in the city, and the pontoon bridge he built yesterday had been burned down.

"What is this?" Cao Cao was puzzled when he saw this. Last night he was almost caught in the ambush. Why is the defender in such a defensive posture today? Is it really a shortage of troops?

"My lord, it seems that Zhao Botao may not have enough troops!" Jia Xu looked at the situation on the top of the city, a little uncertain.As soon as he finished speaking, Cao Zhen on the side shook his head and said: "Mr. Wen He's words are wrong. Yesterday's two lines of ambush soldiers shouted and killed, and there were at least 2 people. Zhao Botao's behavior like this is just a sham! "

"This person's use of soldiers is really elusive!" Jia Xu sighed.Cao Cao didn't say anything when he heard the words, but ordered the pontoon bridge to be repaired as soon as possible, and then the army crossed the river again.

"General, I really admire you. It's just such a little thing that scares Cao Cao away!" Zhang Yi said with admiration, holding an earthen horn in his hand.Zhao Feng didn't have [-] soldiers in ambush last night, but he asked Zhang Ni and Niu Jin to make hundreds of earth trumpets overnight, and then they each brought two hundred cavalry to kill from the north and south sides, shouting loudly with the horns.However, hundreds of people actually created the illusion that more than ten thousand people were killed.Cao Cao was caught off guard, unable to tell the truth from the false in the dark, and the number of soldiers and horses crossing the river was not too many, so he was half repelled and half frightened by himself.

"Yesterday's series of tricks finally dragged on for a day. There are still three more days, what should we do?" Zhao Feng was a little uncertain, but he still tried to relax as much as possible.Looking at the opposite side, Cao Jun was building a pontoon bridge. Since he basically confiscated all the nearby ships, Cao Cao can collect very limited ships in a short period of time. It would be too slow to cross the river, so yesterday Cao Cao chose Building pontoon bridges is the same today.According to this speed, after half a day today, Cao Cao will be able to build the pontoon again.There are still more than two days left at that time, will I just fight him head-on?Thinking of this, Zhao Feng also felt a little uncertain.

"Grandma, it seems that we still have to find a way!" After much deliberation, Zhao Feng could only find another way.But since ancient times, winning more with less is nothing more than attacking with fire and flooding with water.Now there is a white field in front of Pujin Pass, and half of the vegetation is missing, even if he wants to attack with fire, there is nothing he can do.As for flooding, it sounds beautiful.But the Yellow River is too wide, and it is a bit whimsical to want to cut off the Yellow River to store water.

"Damn it, can there be no other way?" Thinking of this, Zhao Feng also slapped bitterly, and this slap happened to land on a cart beside him.Just this one shot gave him an idea, and he came up with another plan.

After thinking about his strategy carefully, Zhao Feng felt that there should be no problem, even the risk is not too great.If you do it like this, maybe you can delay it for a while, and let Lao Cao suffer a small loss.

At that moment Zhao Feng summoned Zhang Ni and told him to act according to plan, Zhang Ni ordered five hundred soldiers to go without mentioning it.By the time the afternoon was approaching evening, Cao Cao's army had already erected the pontoon bridge again, and then slowly crossed the river, apparently fearing that there would be an ambush for him.

Seeing this, Zhao Feng was also secretly amused.Picking up an earthen speaker by the corner, Zhao Feng said loudly: "Prime Minister Cao, I don't know if you slept well last night?" With the help of this earthen speaker, Cao Cao on the other side of the Yellow River could also hear clearly.Then, under Zhao Feng's signal, dozens of soldiers guarding the city also picked up earthen horns and shouted loudly.The sound was so loud that it made Cao Cao's eardrums swell.

"This is it?" Cao Cao suddenly understood that the huge ambush last night was probably based on this thing to bluff, right?With this thing, hundreds of people can gather the movement of thousands of people.Seeing this scene, Cao Cao also said bitterly: "Cross the Yellow River with me quickly, capture Pujin Pass, and tear Zhao Botao and me to pieces!"

"My lord, calm down, do you think this Zhao Botao is deliberately provoking us?" Cheng Yu, who was on the side, was furious with Cao Cao's beard and hair, and asked cautiously.When Cao Cao heard the words, most of the anger in his mind disappeared immediately, and instead, suspicion surged in his heart.

That's right, Zhao's current behavior is a bit abnormal, more like trying to provoke himself on purpose.Cao Cao thought about it, and he committed this old suspicious problem again.Looking at the counselors around him, Cao Cao asked, "According to your opinion, what should we do?"

"Prime Minister, what is true is false, and what is false is true. Zhao Botao has always been scheming. So far, we don't even know how he came to Pujin Pass. In my opinion, it's better to be careful It's getting late today, if we cross the river to attack the city, I'm afraid we'll fall into the other side's tricks! It's better to send out secret agents, find out information from multiple sources, and then go to the district office!" After a short pause, the counselor Liu Ye was the first to suggest.This is his mature and prudent suggestion, and most of the counselors nodded in agreement.

Cao Cao was noncommittal when he heard the words. Among the counselors, Jia Xu was the only one who didn't say a word, and immediately asked, "Wenhe, what do you think?"

Since Guo Jia and Xun Yu passed away successively, Jia Xu has become Cao Cao's most important adviser.Hearing Cao Cao's question, Jia Xu pondered for a while, but finally said with uncertainty: "Mr. Ziyang's words are not unreasonable, but if he attacks the city again tomorrow morning, wouldn't it be a delay, and if Zhao Botao is there at that time? What reinforcements have arrived, and what should we do?"

"Wen He, what do you mean?" Cao Cao seemed to understand something, and continued to ask.

"Zhao Botao is just delaying time! This person must be short of troops, and he is waiting for reinforcements. He is afraid that the Lord's army will attack the city directly. The only way is to attack the city directly, and we can defeat it in one fell swoop!" Jia Xu hit the nail on the head. typical.After hearing Jia Xu's words, Cao Cao hesitated again.Suspicious character, decided that he is not very sure now.

"Mr. Wen He, yesterday we also thought that Zhao Botao's troops were insufficient, but this man put him together. This man is full of tricks, how do you know that he didn't arrange any tricks?" Liu Ye retorted with some dissatisfaction.Before Jia Xu had time to speak, Cao Zhen on the side was already curious: "Mr. Ziyang, he is short of troops now, what other tricks can he have?"

"It's hard to explain this right now, but Mr. Wen He, can you guarantee that Zhao Botao is really short of troops and has no backup?" Liu Ye continued to ask.Jia Xu was stunned for a moment, but finally remained silent.Seeing that most of the counselors supported prudent actions, Cao Cao also restrained himself and ordered to set up camp on the east bank of the Yellow River, and attack Guancheng after dawn the next day.At the same time, scouts were sent out to find out specific information about how Zhao Botao got here and how many troops he had.

"Huh!" Seeing that Cao Cao had temporarily stopped his flag and drums, Zhao Feng secretly heaved a sigh of relief.Just like that, another day was passed away, and there are two days left, it all depends on how fast Zhang Ren and Hao Zhao came.There is no way, now that I have insufficient troops, I can only lie and deceive.At this moment, someone came to report that Zhang Ni had returned.

"Bo Qi, how are things going?" Zhao Feng asked hurriedly when he saw Zhang Yi after leaving the pass.

"Don't worry, general. I went to General Wang of Tongguan and confiscated them in nearby villages and towns. I got a total of more than 400 pigs. In addition to the original dozens of pigs, it should be enough!" The kettle, filled a pot of water until there is no drop left.

(End of this chapter)