Shu Han Confucian General of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 303 It's Not Just the War That Ended
"Hurry up, hurry up and repair the pontoon bridge!" Cao Cao was really in a hurry this time. It can be said that everything went against him when he sent troops this time, and God was against him again and again.However, at this moment, cheers were heard from the city on the other side.When Cao Cao heard the commotion, his heart sank and he knew something was wrong.

Now the enemy cheered for no other reason than the arrival of reinforcements.It seems that in order to confirm Cao Cao's current assumptions, more and more people appeared on the top of the city at this time.Looking at the clothes, it is the Yizhou Army.

"Zhao Botao's reinforcements have arrived, and it seems that there is nothing to be done!" Cao Cao murmured.At this moment, the gate of Pujin Pass was opened wide, and a group of men and horses rushed out from inside.The leader was Zhao Feng, and their target was Cao Hong's less than [-] soldiers who were caught off guard.

"Brothers, kill me!" After yelling, Zhao Feng was the first to rush towards Cao Hong.Don't let him talk too much, the more than 2000 people who survived have survived in fear these days, and they feel aggrieved in their hearts.Now when my reinforcements arrive, and the other party is blocked in front of the pass because of natural disasters and man-made disasters, when will we wait for a quick kill?Under the crazy leadership of more than 2000 people, the 4000 reinforcements who just arrived, except for [-] people who were in charge of guarding the city, the rest followed suit, sacrificing their lives to fight Cao Hong, a lone army stranded in Hexi. .The number of Cao's army was small, and there was no such bitter and bitter battle as the opponent, so he was caught off guard and retreated steadily.

"How could this be?" Cao Hong and Cao Xiu looked at each other, happiness went too fast, and disaster came too fast.Half an hour ago, he was majesticly directing people to attack the city, but now it was his turn to be bullied.Cao Cao has tens of thousands of troops in the sky, but he can only watch the show across the river.

"Send someone to bring Zilian back!" Cao Cao saw that nothing could be done, and when the pontoon bridge was repaired, he would send reinforcements there. It might be the year of the monkey, so now he could only use the small boats by the river to take Cao Hong and other important generals away. I took it over.At that moment, more than ten small boats braved the wind and waves to cross the river, and Cao Jun on the east side of the river also shouted loudly to remind Cao Hong to prepare to escape.

"Wen Lie, let's go!" Cao Hong, who had already retreated to the river, saw a small boat not far away had rowed over and was not far away from him, so he simply jumped over and jumped into the boat.When Cao Xiu saw this, he concocted it according to the law.The escape of the general naturally aroused the imitation of the soldiers.These Cao soldiers jumped onto the boat one by one, but how many people can be accommodated in just a dozen small boats, Cao Hong and Cao Xiu hurriedly ordered people to row quickly. At this moment, the more than 9000 Cao soldiers suddenly understood that they had been reduced to abandoned children. .

Not many abandoned sons would have the will to fight for those who abandoned them, so after Cao Hong, Cao Xiu and Zhang Jai escaped, most of them wisely chose to give up resistance.Zhao Feng and the others didn't care too much for themselves. After they were recruited, they just disarmed them and sent Zhang Yi to send the more than 7000 captives to Wuguan to join Liu Bei.

After receiving Hao Zhao's support, Pujin's defenders had exceeded [-].With enough troops, there are many things that can be done.Now Zhao Feng sent people to go to the Yellow River ferry first, dig soil and build a city by the river, to prevent the enemy from building a pontoon bridge too easily.At the same time, they sent people to raid Sima Yi's military camp nearby to collect food and grass to prepare for Cao Cao's next attack.

Cao Cao did not withdraw his troops. After learning of the opponent's series of movements, Cao Cao, who was extremely unwilling, fell into a dilemma.Fighting, there is no chance of winning; retreating, not reconciled.As for Tongguan, Xu Huang sent people to send news that Tongguan had been attacked for several days, but all had little effect.As for Yecheng, Xun You sent someone to tell Cao Cao that it was best to resolve the war as soon as possible, because the food and grass that were not sufficient at first were already showing signs of emergency.So now Cao Cao is really going crazy.

"Damn it, Zhao Botao, if it wasn't for his meddling here, I would have already entered Guanzhong!" Cao Cao said bitterly when he heard a series of bad news.In fact, while Cao Cao was not reconciled to Zhao Feng, he still had a trace of doubt in his heart.Even if they knew how Zhao Feng marched into Guanzhong, they didn't expect that he would go straight to the important pass of Pujin Pass.Most people only pay attention to Tongguan and Wuguan, and relatively ignore the ferry of Pujinguan.But as a time traveler, Zhao Feng knew how Ma Chao was defeated in history, so how dare he turn a blind eye to it.Just this one, let Cao Cao's wishful thinking come to nothing.

"It seems that this dispatch of troops is in vain in the end!" Cao Cao said a little lonely, and with his white hair, he looked even more desolate.At this moment, an emergency military report from Ye City was sent outside the tent.Cao Cao took it apart and took a look, he was so shocked that he couldn't speak.

"My lord, what's the matter?" Seeing Cao Cao's expression, Jia Xu knew something must have happened.Cao Cao took two deep breaths, finally gritted his teeth and said, "Linzi has fallen!"

"What, Linzi fell?" Jia Xu was also surprised when he heard the words. At this time, General Cao Cao circulated the news to everyone. It turned out that after Xiahou Dun captured Linzi, he sent General Jiao Chu to guard it.But the night before yesterday, Wei Yan from Beihai suddenly personally led a team to raid Linzi city by sea.The defenders were caught off guard by Wei Yan's surprise attack, and Jiao Touch was beheaded by Wei Yan.After Linzi fell, Wei Yan took the opportunity to go down to Zhangqiu and Le'an.The south of the Yellow River in Qingzhou has already been completely owned by Wei Yan.What Cao Cao still occupies is only half of the plain county north of the Yellow River.

"Yuan Rang misunderstood me!" Cao Cao said bitterly, "Knowing that Liu Bei's navy is sharp, he didn't take any precautions against the sea route, so that Linzi fell." no fun.After a while, Jia Xu still tried to speak: "My lord, I can't blame General Xiahou Zhengdong. It's spring and summer, and the wind and rain are changeable. Wei Yan dared to make a surprise attack by sea, which is indeed unexpected."

"First there was Zhao Feng, then there was Wei Yan, there are so many good generals under Liu Daer's command!" Cao Cao sighed.At this moment, a few more scouts came to report that there was an urgent military situation, and Cao Cao hurriedly let them in.

"My lord, Liu Bei's general Gan Ning led the navy out of Guandu, and from time to time attacked the land of Hongnong. General Xu Huang couldn't defend against it, and it was difficult to capture Tongguan in a hurry, so I asked the lord to retreat!"

"My lord, Guan Yu has led tens of thousands of Jingzhou troops, and has entered Guanzhong from Wuguan Road, taking over various places. Liu Bei himself has led an army of tens of thousands, and has arrived in Nanyang, ready to enter the pass."

"My lord, Li Yan from Yanzhou led an army of tens of thousands and marched into Xingyang. He intends to enter the Hulao Pass at any time. General Yu Jin also asks my lord to make a decision early!"

"My lord, Xun Si Nong has come to report that the farmers in Changshan, Renqiu, Fan Yang and other places have once again made trouble. The big Si Nong has sent troops to appease the area, and please return to the army as soon as possible, my lord!"

Looking at the four small schools kneeling in front of him to report, Cao Cao stood up tremblingly, his lips trembling for a while but he still couldn't say a word. "My lord?" Jia Xu was the first to notice that something was wrong with Cao Cao, and hurriedly stepped forward to support him and asked.

"Gu, Gu's head hurts so much!" Cao Cao screamed, and then his whole stretched body softened and fell down. "My lord!" Cao Ying was suddenly in chaos.

The next day, Zhao Feng, who was guarding the Pujin Pass, received a report early in the morning, saying that Cao Jun on the other side of the river had been wiped out overnight.Zhao Feng was quite surprised. Although he had a lot more troops after receiving Hao Zhao's aid, Cao Cao was strong after all, so how could he retreat so simply?

Given that Lao Cao was always scheming, Zhao Feng didn't dare to be careless, so he sent his scouts far away to check the movement of soldiers and horses from all walks of life, and guarded the city carefully day and night.At noon that day, Wang Ping from Tongguan came to report, saying that Xu Huang had also withdrawn. He stood firm at the pass, but never chased him.And Liu Bei also sent a letter from Fei Ge, saying that he led the army and would arrive soon.

Three days later, Guan Yu's 4 men left Wuguan Road and officially entered Guanzhong.As soon as Guan Yu entered the pass, he sent Liao Hua to lead an army of [-] cavalry to aid him, and then personally led the army to march along the Weihe River.Chang'an and other places, who were still waiting and watching, surrendered one after another seeing that the situation was really over.At Xiegu Pass, Zhang Ren and Zhu Ran of Chen Cangcheng also breathed a sigh of relief after receiving Guan Yu's assistance.In Wugong City, under the persuasion of his fellow countryman Zhao Yun, the guard Xia Houlan also led the last ten thousand troops to surrender.So far, Guanzhong can be said to have been completely pacified by Liu Bei.

A few days later, Du Xi, the general guard who had been insisting on Sanguan, collapsed without food and grass. Finally, Ma Chao broke through the pass and was completely defeated.In this way, the line from Xiliang to Guanlong to Guanzhong has been completely opened up, and it is connected into one piece, all for Liu Bei.Sima Yi was firmly restrained in Hanzhong, while Cao Cao retreated to Hebei, and could only rely on the natural danger of the Yellow River to defend himself.Of course, in front of the Jingxiang navy, any kind of self-defense can only be full of loopholes.

Five days later, Liu Bei personally led an army of [-] troops into Guanzhong and settled in Chang'an, the western capital.And Zhao Feng, who was in Pujin Pass, also received an order from Liu Bei, asking him to temporarily hand over the defense to Liao Hua, and come to Chang'an to meet him.

After Zhao Feng arrived in Chang'an, he realized that not only Liu Bei, but also Zhuge Liang, Guan Yu, Xu Shu and all the heavyweights of the Liu Bei Group had come out twenty miles east of Chang'an City to meet him.

"My lord, kill Feng!" Unexpectedly, Liu Bei was so inspiring, Zhao Feng hurriedly dismounted and ran forward to salute.But what he didn't expect was still behind, Liu Bei saw Zhao Feng, but he said solemnly: "Bo Tao, you have captured Guanzhong this time, recovered the capital of the Han Dynasty, and the revival of the Han Dynasty is just around the corner. I am very grateful! On behalf of the Han Dynasty The ancestors of the family, the common people of the world, thank you very much!" After speaking, he bowed to the ground.

"My lord, you are serious!" Zhao Feng hurriedly stepped forward to stop Liu Bei, joking that old Liu is different now, if he worships him, he will really be impatient.A group of people entered Chang'an City, and Zhao Feng took a closer look along the way. This former capital of the Han Dynasty, after a long war, was in dilapidated condition even though it was ruled by Zhong Yao. At least it must not be as prosperous as Chengdu or Xuchang.

After entering the city, Liu Bei personally led the crowd to pay homage to the dilapidated Han Dynasty imperial tomb, and then held a banquet in a side hall that was still relatively intact to celebrate Zhao Feng's achievements.During the banquet, Liu Bei asked Zhao Feng to tell the whole story about this plan, and when they learned that Zhao Feng actually used such a complicated and ingenious plan to capture Guanzhong, they were all amazed.

Liu Bei was also very moved. After drinking a glass of wine, he said: "This time when Bo Tao marched, everyone thought that Bo Tao intended to capture Hanzhong. Only Kong Ming and I knew that Bo Tao would take Guanzhong when he entered the army. Now Guanzhong has been taken by me. , Sima Yi was trapped in Hanzhong, so naturally it is nothing to worry about. Even Cao Mengde can only retreat to Hebei!" After speaking, everyone persuaded them to drink again, and there was a scene of singing and dancing.

To be honest, although there is a precedent for Xingyang saving Liu Bei, Zhao Feng's performance has indeed been mediocre in recent years.At least, compared with him who swept Sun Quan back then, he is indeed much more ordinary.But as the saying goes, he has already become a blockbuster, and now that he is in the process of winning the pass, people dare not underestimate him again.Everyone even tried to persuade them to drink and flatter them.Even Zhao Feng's drinking capacity is amazing, and he couldn't hold it any longer.

At this moment, a small school came to report, saying that there was an urgent military report.Liu Bei was in a good mood, so he quickly asked someone to come in.

(End of this chapter)