The son of Yuan Shao who traveled through the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 214

Zhang Liao dared to be angry but didn't dare to speak out, knowing that this time, the chances of returning alive were unlikely.

Young Master Zhang Bao, who had had enough to eat, drink and play, gave the order for a general attack the next day.Let Zhang Liao command [-] cavalry to fight at Jiameng Pass.He stayed behind and cheered Zhang Liao up.

Anyway, it was a death, Zhang Liao was too lazy to talk nonsense with him.Astride the horse and raise the sword, with an order, the cavalry, as loose as sheep herding, set off.It took an hour to arrive at the gate.Looking back, Zhang Liao saw that less than half of the soldiers were following him.One by one complained and sighed.He said he ran too fast and was exhausted.Zhang Liao gritted his teeth, thinking bitterly, he won't be tired after a while.

How can the dead know how tired they are?

Peng Yi, the guard of Jiameng Gate, still didn't dare to fight, he stood on the top of the wall and sneered.Zhang Liao, Zhang Liao!Damn it, you and I are doing this.Okay, you think I came out to mess around the day before.Such childish tricks can only fool children, but they cannot fool me.Peng Yi turned around and said to the lieutenant general: "If you pass on the order, you won't be able to stick to it. If Zhang Liao puts on such a posture of laughing at other people's teeth, there must be an ambush, so don't be fooled!!" Can bring out such troops.nonsense!
Zhang Liao realized that he had underestimated the Hanzhong Army too much.This army still has its own advantages and characteristics.Not as useless as it appears on the surface.He found that the soldiers behind him were more than a hundred times better at scolding than Cao Jun.

Peng Yi also felt this, condescendingly, looking at the group of Hanzhong soldiers who were scolding loudly, their faces were as hard as steel, and the corners of their eyes kept twitching.Both ears seemed to be poured with a spoonful of boiling oil, trembling all over with anger, still gritted his teeth and endured it, he couldn't bear it anymore, so he pointed at Zhang Liao and cursed: "Zhang Wenyuan, you blind bear, don't play around if you have the ability means, you and I fight one-on-one."

Zhang Liao was stunned, what kind of dirty tricks did I play?

"One-on-one? Peng Yi, are you crazy? Come down to the barrier, and Zhang will accompany you to do some tricks." Zhang Liao raised the knife in one hand, and pointed at the hideous-looking Peng Yi on the top of the city with the other hand.

Peng Yang said angrily, "Don't try to lie to me, you put on a lazy posture, just trying to lure me out of the customs, so that you can plot secretly, so I won't be fooled."

Only then did Zhang Liao understand, no wonder he said that I resorted to indiscriminate means.It turned out to be the case.Zhang Liao couldn't laugh or cry, and this kind of thing couldn't be explained.Peng Yi couldn't do anything about it.They shouted and scolded until dark, but there was no movement, so they ordered the soldiers to set up camp five miles away, preparing to call for battle tomorrow.

Peng Yi's refusal to fight was not entirely because he was afraid of Zhang Liao's ambush.He is waiting for reinforcements from Chengdu to arrive.Meng Da and Zhang Ren's 20 troops are already on their way.Zhang Liao was waiting for a few days, when reinforcements arrived, he was attacked from inside and outside, and he was sure to be defeated.

Zhang Liao didn't know the news at all.Zhang Fu didn't tell him.Zhang Fu felt that Chengdu was thousands of miles away, and according to the marching speed of the Hanzhong cavalry, it would take about three months to get there.Just leave him alone.How did he know that Meng Da had already arrived in Fucheng, 360 miles away from Chengdu.Distribute 15 troops to Huang Quan and Wu Yi to defend Brazil.The remaining [-] people passed through Zitong all night and went straight to Jiange.It takes less than seven days to arrive at Jiameng Pass.Zhang Fu made a completely wrong judgment.Firstly, because Meng Da acted decisively and was an efficient general, and secondly, when Zhang Fu received the news, Meng Da's army had already arrived in Fucheng.There was a difference of three days, how could there be no accident?
At this time, the 20 Central Route Army led by Zhang Wei, Yang Bai, Yang Ren, Yang Ang, and Chang Qi had just left Nanzheng and was still at Yangping Pass!

In 209 AD, at the beginning of June of the 14th year of Jian'an.Luoyang received a secret report that Zhang Liao was defeated by Meng Da and Zhang Ren at Yangping Pass, and the entire army of [-] cavalry was wiped out.Zhang Fu, the son of Zhang Lu, was killed in battle.When Zhang Wei and Yang Bai led their troops to arrive, the Shu soldiers had already cleaned up the battlefield.Yang Bai was originally jealous of Zhang Liao, but now that he grabbed this braid, he didn't intend to let him go.Ask someone to tie up Zhang Liao, send him to Nanzheng, and hand him over to Zhang Lu.Zhang Lu lost his son and was devastated. He wanted to kill Zhang Liao.General Su Gu had a friendship with Zhang Liao, so he was stopped at least.Zhang Lu was also reluctant to part with Zhang Liao, a mighty fighter who ruled the world.

The secret report said that Zhang Lu took revenge for his son, and personally commanded the army to go out of Yangping Pass to fight Liu Zhang to the death.

On the second day of the sixth lunar month, Liu Hao and Zhao Wei's army left Baidi City, defeated Zigui and Xiling, and approached Yiling with a proud and invincible majesty.In a hurry, Liu Cong sent General Wenpin, General of Dangkou, General Huo Jun of Zhonglang, and Huo Ge, son of Huo Jun, to Yiling to meet the enemy.Wenpin considered that the soldiers from Shu came from far away, the roads in Baidi City were difficult and dangerous, and it was inconvenient to transport grain. He adopted the method of fortifying the walls and clearing the fields, and moved the residents near Yiling into the city.The two sides were in a stalemate for a while.

On June [-], Zhang Su, Liu Zhang's envoy, arrived in Luoyang, presented Liu Zhang's appeal memorial, and presented a generous gift to Prime Minister Yuan.

On June [-]th, Yuan Xi presented himself to Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty.Claiming to have found out that Zhang Lu had an evil heart and falsely accused Liu Zhang, a loyal minister of the Han family clan, the crime was heinous and unforgivable.Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty decreed that Zhang Lu would be demoted to a commoner.Yuan Xi, the prime minister, led the prefect of Hanning, commanded troops from Yongliang, and conquered Zhang Lu.

On June 20, [-] troops from Jizhou left Luoyang.Zang Ba, Jia Xu, and Chang Xi stayed behind in Luoyang.

In early July, the Jizhou army arrived in Chang'an.

Guo Jia has transferred 15 troops from Bingzhou, plus the original Yongliang soldiers, a total of 30 troops, and 20 Jizhou soldiers, a total of 50 troops.Gather at Chencang and Sanguan, ready to attack Hanzhong at any time.

Guo Jia welcomed me out of Chang'an City, and when he saw me, he hugged me and laughed loudly: "Zhang Lu and Liu Zhang have formed a deadly feud, and this is inseparable from your hard work, Prime Minister Yuan."

"It's absurd, it's absurd, and the truth is just a little effort."

At dusk, in the gloomy sky, the bleak autumn wind suddenly blows, and the slightly chilly rain falls suddenly and ripplingly.The rain in July is deep with a hint of sadness.Another July, another July rain.The ancient city gate of Chang'an hummed in the damp, like a weak trill of a person with a high fever.The ancient road with bluestone slabs was hit by raindrops to create a series of musical notes.Crackling; crackling.It was also raining at this time last year. At that time, I was admiring the flowers in front of Zhen Mi’s door, and I might be writing poems with Cai Yan——

Time always passed by inadvertently, and Feng Xiao's temples showed a few obvious white hairs.The outline of the face is not as strong and clear as before. The flying knives of the years have carved a trace of texture on his forehead, and the eyebrows have become thicker, making him look more majestic.The trimmed short beard on the chin is healthy, black and shiny, almost exceeding the neck.There appear to be crow's feet in the corners of the eyes.

Smiling and laughing, I felt sad, and slowly stretched out my arm covered in heavy armor, and opened my long and thin fingers, trying to catch the delicate autumn rain, but the raindrops fell weakly from my fingers.I inadvertently asked: "Feng Xiao, you are going to be 40 years old this year. I remember you are 11 years older than me, right?"

Guo Jia is in Yongliang, the governor of military affairs, politics, and more than ten counties, guarding the land for thousands of miles, with the power of life and death. He can mobilize hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses with a single sentence.When he was high-spirited and ambitious, he obviously forgot his age.He was taken aback for a while, as if he couldn't stand Qiu Yu's little bird's demeanor, wiped the rainwater left on his forehead, and said with a wry smile: "It's just 40 years old."

Although the rain was heavy, the marching speed was not fast.The military discipline of Jizhou soldiers, no one dares to take a bigger step.I said, "It's been 20 years since you and I have been brothers." Guo Jia replied clearly; "19 years, four months. I met your son when the spring was cold that year." Guo Jia's voice was a little trembling , eyes slightly hazy.He didn't call him the lord, but the son, obviously because he remembered his previous affection.My heartstrings naturally trembled: "We are no longer young and young." Guo Jia smiled and said: "You are only 30 years old, it is still early."

"Feng Xiao, you are a great talent in helping the universe, yet you lived in my house for eight years, until—"

Guo Jia hurriedly said: "Since the son started his army in the third year of Jian'an, it has been a total of 11 years now. He has been invincible in all battles and conquered Wuhuan and the Huns, and defeated Sun Ce and Cao Cao. The big man has two quarters in the world. I will follow you This great prime minister can be regarded as a man who has made the best of his talents, and he will have no regrets in this life."

I said: "When Hanzhong is captured, I will entitle you as the Marquis of Hanzhong immediately. You and my brother will not be in vain." Guo Jia was noncommittal, but said inexplicably, "Would you like to live a few days in peace?"

I laughed and said, "I know what you're thinking. After entering Sichuan, what do you think of raising soldiers and taking a rest with the people for three years?" Guo Jia laughed and said, "The one who knows me is the prime minister."

The army entered Chang'an, and remained silent for five days.

Guo Jia and Xu Shu came to see me again: "Just calculated the number of Taiyi, Ziwei is the age of Ziwei this year, the star is in the north, and five stars appeared in the world last night; and looking at the sky, the Jizhou branch is as bright as the Milky Way, twinkling and shining, which is a sign of good luck. My lord Why did the troops stationed in Qinchuan stagnate?"

Guo Jia excitedly said: "The five stars are now in the north, benefiting the Central Plains, and the Lord will soon conquer the world." The two refused to let me speak, and Xu Shu said again: "It is not too late, there will be heavy fog in August, and the valley will turn to battle. Good for our army."

Well, what I'm waiting for is the fog, not this fog.The battle is not easy yet.

"I haven't figured it out yet, enter Dongchuan by that road."

Guo Jia said angrily: "What are you thinking, I have already thought about it for you, you just do it." I said angrily: "If you don't say it earlier, you will be beheaded if you miss the military plane." Guo Jia said: "I missed the military plane. Didn't you give the order to stay where you are? How could it be the Ming Lord's doing that?" I smiled and said to Xu Shu, "Did I go too far?" Xu Shu shook his head and said, "I didn't hear that." Guo Jia patted Xu Shu Shoulder said: "Yuan Zhi, you really are a courtier, not an upright gentleman."

Guo Jia pointed to the map on the wall and said, "There are three best routes from Qinchuan to Hanzhong. The first is to go straight from Meicheng to Ziwu Valley and take Hanzhong Chenggu, and then to Xutu Nanzheng. This route can bypass Yangping Pass, but Ziwu Valley is dangerous and the mountains are difficult to walk. Even on a sunny day, it is difficult to see the sun, and it is even more gloomy and hellish when it is rainy. July is the rainy season in the Qinling Mountains. If there is a flood in the Qinling Mountains, it will become It becomes a vast ocean. Therefore, the Xiangxie Road in Ziwu Valley is known as the "Heavenly Prison of Five Hundred Miles"."

I swallowed my saliva: "Let's talk about the second one." Guo Jia said with a smile: "The second army goes out of Qishan, goes straight from Wuzhangyuan to Xiegu, and attacks Yangping Pass. This road is much smoother than Ziwu Valley. But it’s only three hundred miles away, and it takes ten or eight days to walk.”

I shook my head: "The third one?" Guo Jia said with a smile: "The third one? Go out of Chang'an, go through Sanguan, go west from Wudu all the way through Baimadi, Xiabian along the Liangchuan Plain, from the northern part of Hanzhong to the Yangping Pass in the northwest direction of the southern part of Hanzhong. As long as this pass is captured, Hanning and Nanzheng will be captured."

I sneered and said, "Go on, keep talking, it's definitely not easy to leave, otherwise, you won't be the last to say it." Guo Jia shook his wide sleeves, walked to the door, took a breath, and turned around; It's not difficult to walk, at least 1000 times better than the previous two. The problem is that there are too many passes, and it takes a few more battles to manage everything else. There are two obstacles, which are very difficult." I rolled my eyes: "I know You are out of breath." Guo Jia said: "I'm tired, let Yuan Zhi tell you." Xu Shu sat on the low table and laughed loudly: "Feng Xiao, really lazy." Standing up, he said: "The first level is The Di tribe in Wudu and Hechi is known as the White Horse Di. Di Wang Dou Mao. These barbarians are powerful in combat and don’t know what death is. Ru Mao drinks blood, and the folk customs are sturdy. Children as old as five or six years old can pick up knives and guns Come to kill. Not easy to deal with.

The second is Yangping Pass. The mountains here are very steep. If you want to attack, I am afraid it will not be a matter of one day. You have to prepare for a long-term battle. I am worried about the issue of military supplies. "

Guo Jiadao: "You can transport grain from Huainan. At the beginning, we will first requisition Bingzhou and Yongzhou."

I thought about it, and said with a sly smile: "Both of you, you put this road at the end, you actually made up your mind, but you're trying to trick me, right?"

Guo Jia said: "If I can be the master, I will definitely go out of Wudu. Although it is dangerous, it is absolutely safe." I laughed and said, "Well, let's send an order. Tomorrow the army will go out from Wudu and attack Yangping Pass." Xu Shu said with a smile: "It must be quick, otherwise, Zhang Lu will have time to call back his troops." Guo Jia said, "He is trapped by Liu Zhang. If he withdraws his troops rashly, he will lose the three counties of Bashan. He dare not take the risk."

I smiled and said: "Everyone prepares separately, and we will set off tomorrow. Yuan Zhi will help me pass it on to Yu Jin, and Zhang Yun will come here."

Pointing to the map, I repeated what Guo Jia and Xu Shu said to Zhang He; "Wen Ze, Junyi will send you two as vanguards tomorrow to attack Wudu. What's your plan?"

Zhang He looked at Yu Jin and said nothing.It means letting go of the ban.He is a loyal person, and he wanted to give Yu Jin a chance to show off. Yu Jin wanted to show off a few times when he first arrived, so as to establish his prestige in the army as soon as possible.

"If the king of Di personally commands a large army, I wish my lord would reject it. If a partial army of [-] comes to meet the enemy, I would like my lord to swallow it." Majestic, my blood boils when I hear it.

Zhang He said first: "General Yu Jin, a famous general of the country, Zhang He is willing to be the deputy and obey the general's orders." He is still a confidant general and understands my thoughts.Let me be a good man.Yu Jin quickly declined.

I said: "Wen Ze is the pioneer of Zhengyin, I don't worry, I will give you the pioneer seal, and you can act expediently." With enthusiasm, Yu Jin clasped his fists: "Thank you, my lord, for the trust of General Zhang. Yu Jin will do his best to fulfill his mission."

On the second day, the army set off outside the city with oaths.Hao Zhao was ordered to follow the Western Expedition.

These days, Guo Jia implements a benevolent government in Guanzhong, exempting a lot of exorbitant taxes and miscellaneous taxes. Veterans who should be discharged from the army are ordered to go home for the elderly, and children who are underage are also returned to their parents' arms.Stabilize prices, maintain law and order, and restore the order of Chang'an City, which has just recovered from the trauma of the war.The bloodstains on the main street were wiped dry, and the ruined houses were wiped out, and the government paid for repairs.Businesses that suffered losses during the war and went bankrupt can receive government subsidies to reopen their businesses, encourage land reclamation, and reward silver taels.Severely crack down on profiteers who hoard.Catch one and kill one, catch two and kill one family.Let them feel black.In this way, the street market was revitalized, and people's faces were no longer sallow and pale.The streets became bustling.Residents who fled from Ziwu Valley to Guanzhong returned home one after another.

The army trampled on the street in unison and closely, and the residents of Chang'an lined the road to see them off, and there were many women with signs among them.No one in the team even glanced at it.The army went out of the city gate, and the people shouted long live, and the situation was fierce and exciting. "The prime minister must win—the prime minister must win—Master Guo Jia must win—Master Guo Jia must win." It sounds like Guo Jia's voice is louder than mine.

A group of generals led the army out first, Guo Jia and Xu Shu and I led the central army, followed by Li Dian and Zhu Ling.

Zhang He, Yu Jin, and Wen Chou led their troops to line up at the square facing the city gate.The generals' armors are bright, their weapons are eye-catching, and the flags are blown wildly by the wind, with extraordinary momentum.

Black dragonriders with black armors lined up across the square with the city gate as the axis, like a line of turbulent black sea waves approaching.Behind the rows of black knights, there are hidden iron Buddha warriors covered in silver light.Behind them are thousands of straight lines cast by infantry swordsmen and spearmen, which can't be seen at a glance.The momentum of the army gathers together and rises into the blue sky. The sky is shaking and will soon collapse under the pressure.

The soldiers with high morale saw me come out, and under the leadership of the commander in the front row, they held up their weapons to salute, their movements were uniform, and even the voice they shouted seemed to come from one person's mouth.It is conceivable that such an army attacked the city and conquered the territory, and the soldiers were divided into groups, coming from all directions with overwhelming momentum, crushing and eating away the fragile towns.Let countless powerful enemies fall apart, crawling under the majesty of iron hooves.

I suddenly raised my arms and shouted: "Squeeze Hanzhong, unify the world. Squeeze Hanzhong, unify the world." Immediately everyone responded, and the mountains and valleys responded.All the soldiers cheered in unison, and the sound of victory was endless.

"Exit—"

In order to play up the times, I kept a bright and confident smile, and waved to the queue passing me, infecting everyone around me with a powerful and unparalleled self-confidence. The fortification corps is equipped with all kinds of arms and deployed properly, so you know that the generals under me are well-trained, and there is no reason why this battle cannot be won."

Xu Shu said from the side: "A division, 5000 people, [-] crossbowmen, armed with knives and guns. [-] infantry, [-] cavalry, and [-] fortification soldiers. In battle, it is generally a fish-scale formation, with archers and crossbowmen in front. The cavalry engineering troops are last. But Wen Chou’s Black Dragon Cavalry Army, Zangba’s Tiefutu and Hao Zhao’s Ballista Independent Division are exceptions. They have their own formations and tactics.”

I took a deep look at the troops winding along the official road for more than ten miles, and said with a sneer: "As long as Hanzhong is broken, the truth will surely win Yizhou."

(End of this chapter)