Chapter 87 Just meet the division and divide the troops

Yang Ang was killed, Yangping Pass was broken through, Dingjun Mountain was occupied, and the remaining Tiandang Mountain and Micang Mountain defenders knew that the general trend had gone, and they all chose to surrender very wisely. Tiandang Mountain is just over, but Micang Mountain is the place where food and grass are hoarded in Hanzhong. In this way, the door of Hanzhong has been completely opened to Zhao Fengdong. At this time, Fei Guan and the 5,000 Yizhou army also arrived.

"General Zhao, this Yangping Pass is the most powerful pass in the world. I didn't expect the general to break through it so quickly. If I hadn't seen it with my own eyes, Fei would have been really unbelievable!" On the Yangping Pass, Fei Guan looked at this steep Guancheng and sighed with emotion.

"This is caused by Yang Ang's incompetence. This person first abandoned the mountain and ignored the land, and then acted rashly and made a series of faint moves. I really don't know what it is." Zhao Feng was a little disdainful. If it were Hao Zhao, Wang Ping, Wei Yan, Huo Jun and other defensive experts, I'm afraid it would be difficult for me to be so relaxed this time.

"General, visit the horse to report that General Guan's army has passed Baocheng and is about to arrive in Mianyang!" At this time, Niu Jin suddenly rushed into the account and said to Zhao Feng happily.

"Good!" Zhao Feng was also overjoyed when he heard the words. In this way, as long as he passed the water, he and Guan Yu could go straight to Nanzheng. If you smash Zhang Lu's last nest, everything will be fine. Thinking of this, Zhao Feng also hurriedly urged the promotion army, leaving Zhu Ran to lead 3,000 troops to guard Yangping Pass, and he led the rest of the people to Nanzheng at full speed.

At noon after two days, Zhao Feng's partial division has also arrived at Nanzheng City. When they arrived in Nanzheng, Guan Yu's army arrived only one day earlier than them. Zhou Tai gave the task of camping and sluttying to carry out, and Zhao Feng himself hurried to see Guan Yu first.

"Listen to General Yang's words, Bo Tao is in danger of Yangpingguan on the way. I didn't expect Bo Tao to march so quickly, which was quite unexpected. In the big tent, Guan Yu stroked Xu with a smile.

"The second general's words are heavy, just because Yang Ang's surname is too urgent, so I have the opportunity to take advantage of it!" Zhao Feng said with a smile. The two of them talked about their march along the way. After that, they both felt that their opponents were too weak this time, which was almost the same as when they pacified Yuzhou.

"At present, there is only Nanzheng left, General Yang, how about the defense of Nanzheng?" Zhao Feng thought for a while, and it's better to ask Yang Ren, the surrendered general first.

"Nanzheng's garrison is no less than 10,000 people, and the city is steep. Zhang Lu has been operating here for many years, and it can't be broken in his spare time." Yang Ren muttered. Hearing this, Zhao Feng was still contemplating whether there was a strategy to take Nan Zheng. Guan Yu waved his hand disapprovingly and said, "There is only this pass left in Zhang Lu Yaodao, which can be said to be the end of the road. We only need to work hard to attack. Why don't we worry about breaking it?" When the generals heard the words, they also echoed. Zhao Feng looked at Guan Yu, who was full of confidence, but he was a little worried.

Although I haven't seen Guan Yu much in recent years, every time I see him, Zhao Feng can obviously feel that as Guan Erye grows older, his surname is becoming more and more arrogant. Now he is the pastor of Jingzhou, a former general, and has the right to fake festivals. He can be said to be the first person under Liu Bei's command. When I was talking to him, I could feel that he was domineering, and he almost made people talk a little heavy. If you have such a surname, you may be given a hand. Now, although Jingzhou has no worries, it is also the first front line to resist Cao Hen. If he is missed and is called to the door, it will be bad.

Now Guan Yu himself leads his army to attack Hanzhong. Although there are Wen Ping and Li Yan in Jingzhou, Zhao Feng still feels a little uneasy in his heart. Why on earth? I can't say it for a while.

"That's right, General Yang, Micang Mountain has been captured by me. It is said that it is a place to store grain in Hanzhong. Will Nanzheng be short of food in this way?" Zhao Feng suddenly remembered this question and asked quickly. Everyone's eyes were also bright when they heard the words. If the garrison was short of food, they would get twice the result with half the effort.

Unfortunately, Yang Ren pondered a little, and finally shook his head and said, "I'm afraid not. Nanzheng is under the rule of Hanzhong, and there is no shortage of food and fodder. I have seen Nanzheng's warehouse, which is really small. The hoarding of grain and fodder is enough for at least 10,000 defenders to eat for a year.

"That's it!" Zhao Feng didn't expect to deal with Zhang Lu's last foundation so easily. At this time, Guan Yu said, "If that's the case, we will attack since Ming. Zhang Lu's children are really calm. They don't come to fight in the face of their brother-killing enemies. They just defend the city. When he first arrived yesterday, Huang Zhong continued to call for the battle. This time, he did a better job. He also made a big flag and wrote "Kill Zhang Wei and Huang Zhong here" to openly scold and challenge. But after scolding for a day, Zhang Lu didn't kill him at all. Guan Yu and Huang Zhong were very helpless. They didn't know that the day before they arrived, Zhang Lu had received permission from Yang Song, who had hurriedly returned, that Xia Houyuan was about to send troops. Now Zhang Lu is single-minded, waiting for Guan Yu to take the initiative to withdraw from the army. It's just that Zhao Feng was able to break through the Yangping Pass, but he didn't expect it.

"Yang Ang's surname is too urgent, so there is such a disaster!" Yanpu sighed, but he turned his head and encouraged Zhang Lu: "Xiahou Zhengxi has sent troops to Tongguan, and he has always been known for his rapid marching. The lord only needs to stick to it for more than a month, or less than half a month. Once Guan Yu loses his mediocrity, he will be forced to return to the army if the food and fodder are cut off. After Guan Yu retreats from the army, Xu Tu can recover the Yangping Pass.

"That's the only way!" Zhang Lu sighed. Naturally, Guan Yu didn't know these little nines in his heart. From the next day, the Jingzhou army began to attack the city. The catapult, the rush, and all kinds of siege tools began to be powerful. However, Nanzheng is not a small city like Xicheng. Except for the slightly smaller moat, the height of other cities such as the city wall is more solid than that of Wu County at the beginning. Guan Yu commanded the army to attack for more than ten times, but there was no obvious progress at all. On the contrary, he took the orders of more than 5,000 soldiers.

"Bang!" The table in front of him was patted heavily. Guan Yu said with hatred, "Zhang Lu, it's really abominable!" These days, the siege of the city is very bad, which also makes Second Master Guan's temper so good that Zhang Lu, who is older than him, has become a child. Zhao Feng looked at the still standing Nanzheng City and the corpses piled up under the city. At the same time, the ominous foreboding in his heart became stronger and stronger.

In history, Guan Yu flooded the seven armies. At the beginning, he went smoothly, pulled out Xiangyang, and was captured and killed in the ban. Until he met Cao Ren's strong resistance in Fancheng, as soon as Guan Yu's temper came up, he pinched Cao Ren in Fancheng, and was finally copied by Dongwu. Now Guan Yu is in a fight with Zhang Lu in Hanzhong. In case his back road is cut off, with the danger of Hanzhong Road, I'm afraid the situation will be more serious. Zhao Feng really wants to persuade Guan Yu. Now that Zhang Lu is at the end of the crossbow, you can go back to Jingzhou first, and leave this old boy to me to clean up. But intros to think about it, Zhao Feng also knew that if he persuaded Guan Yu like this, his successful surname might not be bigger than that of crossing again. Maybe, people think you want to take credit from him alone.

"Maybe I'm worried too much. There are Li Zhengfang and Wenpin in Jingzhou, and Zhang Liao's guardian of Runan. There should be no fault!" Zhao Feng comforted himself in his heart. Just then, the door was opened, and Guan Ping hurriedly walked in from outside the account.

"Father, Wen Zhongye just sent an emergency military situation with a carrier pigeon!" Guan Ping hurriedly handed a silk book to Guan Yu. Guan Yu opened it and his face suddenly turned gloomy. After reading it, Guan Yu lowered his head in silence and handed the silk book to Zhao Feng.

"Ah?" Zhao Feng was very calm. After watching it, he couldn't help but stand up and exclaim. Huang Zhong and others looked at each other in front of each other and hurriedly asked Duan Ni.

"Xiahou Yuan suddenly went out of Tongguan and went south to capture Shangyong and Nanxiang, cutting off the passage between Hanzhong and Xiangyang! Wen Zhongye and Li Zhengfang attacked several times, but they failed to recapture them. At the same time, Hao Zhao of martial arts and Li Tong of Wancheng can only rely on carrier pigeons to connect with Jingzhou. Guan Yu said this seriously unpleasant news in a low voice.

"Shanyong and Nanxiang are both strong cities. How can they fall so quickly!" Huang Zhong was a little puzzled. The Shen Danyi brothers surrendered to the enemy and sacrificed the city!" Zhou Tai, who just finished reading it, hated it. Zhao Feng was speechless, but he kept blaming himself in his heart: he knew that the brothers Shen Dan and Shen Yi were two or five children. Why had they been in Jingxiang for so long and didn't eliminate their two scourges as soon as possible? This time, they were passive.

If it were in the past, Shangyong and Nanxiang would have lost it. At worst, they would have taken it back. But now the situation is different. These two places are stuck between Jingzhou and Hanzhong. In the 400 years of the Han Dynasty, the administrative division of Shangyong and other places has also changed several times. Either belongs to Jingzhou or Yizhou, during which there have been seven or eight changes. Once the mediocrity is lost, tens of thousands of horses will be stuck in Hanzhong and can't move. Once the food and fodder are exhausted, it may collapse without a fight.

After a long time, Zhuge Jin was the first to say, "Junhou, we wait for the back road to be cut off, and the food and fodder are not good. We still need to return to the army as soon as possible, and fight with the Jingzhou garrison on both sides to regain the mediocrity. Otherwise, if it is delayed for a long time, the army will be disturbed.

Guan Yu didn't know the key to this, but when he saw that Zhang Lu had only one Nanzheng City left, no one was willing to change the troops. At this time, Zhao Feng suddenly said, "Second General, Ziyu, although Shangyong has been lost, the situation facing our army may not be very dangerous."

"What does Bo Tao (General Zhao) say?" Guan Yu and Zhuge Jin asked quickly.

"First of all, if you send someone to report from Shangyong to Nanzheng, it will take at least four days. And our army uses flying pigeons to transmit books, which only takes less than two days. During this period, at least two days have been saved. Xia Houyuan absolutely did not expect that our army would return to the army so soon. Maybe it would be unprepared. In addition, our army's recapture of mediocrity may attract Zhang Lu to act rashly in Nanzheng City. It is not known that it can take Nanzheng in this way!" Zhao Feng said slowly.

Although Zhao Feng said that he was a little too confident, Guan Yu and Zhuge Jin, the former is the most confident person in the world, and the latter is not a person who lacks self-confidence, which is still within their acceptance. However, Zhuge Jin immediately frowned and said, "That's true, but there are only two more days. In case our army can't capture the mediocrity in time, what can we do if the food and fodder are not good?"

"Ziyu, don't worry, Micang Mountain has been captured by me. This is Zhang Lutun's place of grain, and there is no shortage of grain and fodder for the time being. It's just that it's too far from here, and people need to be sent from there to allocate food and fodder to supply the army. Zhao Feng said that he also sighed in his heart here. In history, Shu Han was because of the rugged roads and inconvenient to transport grain. Although it was known as the country of Tianfu, it was difficult for the front-line soldiers to be guaranteed, which allowed Sima Yi to exercise the protracted war strategy unscrupulously, and finally dragged Zhuge Liang to death.

"So, Bo Tao, what's your countermeasure?" Guan Yu saw that Zhao Feng had said a lot, and knew that he knew something about him.

"I mean, the second general, you and Ziyu and others led the army to help back. I left 20,000 horses here to appease the local area, transport food and fodder, and attack Nanzheng. Let's divide the work, and we are not wrong!" Zhao Feng said slowly.

"Didn't the troops?" Guan Yu was shocked by Zhao Feng's bold proposal. His current situation is very passive, and he actually has to divide his troops. General Zhao, you have 20,000 troops here. How can you appease the place and attack Nanzheng? Zhuge Jin is also not very optimistic about Zhao Feng's suggestion.

"I still have the 5,000 Yizhou Army that General Fei came to help. It should be enough!" Zhao Feng made a little calculation in his mind and felt that it was almost done. Zhuge Jin was still waiting to be persuaded. Guan Yu had already waved his hand and said, "Bao has always been steady. As long as he says it's okay, I'll give you another 10,000 horses. Is that enough?"

"Five thousand is enough!" Zhao Feng made a little calculation in his mind, and it was almost enough. He originally had 15,000 people, plus the 5,000 people from Fei Guan. Although he lost some in the battle, Yangpingguan captured thousands of prisoners for nothing in the first battle. Nanjiang City did not encounter any strong resistance, and now his strength has exceeded 20,000. Of course, half of these people's combat effectiveness can't be compared with their own Jingzhou army. In addition, the loyalty of Hanzhong prisoners is also a problem. This is Nan Zheng. In case they defect in the war, they will be passive.

Thinking of this, Zhao Feng also said to Guan Yu, "General Guan, all the passes you have reached on the way are surrendered without fighting. If these Hanzhong troops turn against each other behind your back when you attack the mediocrity, it will be a big deal. It's better to take them to fight the mediocrity and replace the defenders with our own people!" Zhao Feng knew that Guan Yu sometimes didn't pay attention to these details, and he suffered a lot for this in history. Although my proposal is to take the surrender of Hanzhong as cannon fodder naked, which is somewhat unkind, there is nothing we can do about it.

"I reflect on myself!" Guan Yu nodded. At present, the two summarized the soldiers and horses, except for the 3,000 people Zhao Feng left for Zhu Ran to stay in Yangpingguan, as well as the garrison of Yu in Xicheng, Baocheng and other places, he and Zhao Feng had nearly 80,000 people in hand. Among them, the largest share is Guan Yu's Jingzhou veteran, with 35,000 people. In addition, Zhao Feng's Jingzhou base also has 11,000 people. The remaining nearly 30,000 people were all Hanzhong troops recruited from all over the place. In addition, there are five thousand Yizhou troops from Fei Guan.

"B Tao, I'll leave you 15,000 Jingzhou troops, 5,000 Hanzhong troops, and the rest is up to you!" After the division of troops, Guan Yu looked at Zhao Feng's sparse barracks when he left, and he was also a little confused.

"Don't worry, with the help of General Yang, I will calm down in Hanzhong!" Zhao Feng looked at Yang Ren, who was deliberately left behind by him, and he also said something. Guan Yu nodded and hurriedly led the army back to help Shangyong. At the same time, he ordered Guan Ping to lead a thousand troops to move food and fodder from Micang Mountain for the needs of the army.

(to be continued)