Chapter 79 Huge Plan Ten Years of Foreshadowing
Liu Bei knew that Zhao Feng was ready to take action. Although it is not known what Zhao Feng's specific plan is, Liu Bei still ordered all departments in Jingzhou to prepare food and provide the needs of the army as agreed. At this time, in Chengdu, except for Ju Shu, who rushed from Liangzhou, all the other high-level officials of Yizhou led by Zhao Feng were also present. Even Lu Xun from Brazil asked Wu Ban to temporarily preside over military affairs, and he came to Chengdu by boat overnight to participate in the discussion.
"Gentlemen, since the autumn of the previous year, I have begun to recruit soldiers, collect food and fodder, and build ordnance. Now, the newly recruited army has been trained. So I intend to send troops immediately and fight with Sima Yi. Looking at the dark group of people in the room, Zhao Feng slowly said.
Although he knew that Zhao Feng would not gather everyone aimlessly, when he really said this sentence, there was still a slight scratch in the room. Since Sima Yi occupied Hanzhong three years ago, he has been like a big stone on everyone's heart. Now that Zhao Feng is ready, he wants to fight with Sima Yi to win and retake Hanzhong. As the saying goes, getting rid of the trouble of his confidants has really fulfilled everyone's wishes.
When the excitement slowed down a little, everyone also knew that the opponent this time was unusual, far from what Zhang Lu could compare at the beginning. Sima Yi is resourceful and occupies the land of Guanzhong and Hanzhong, and his roots are far deeper than Zhang Lu. In addition, his wife has preached again in Hanzhong in the past few years, and the hearts of the people in Hanzhong have been attached again. In this way, it is not easy to capture Hanzhong.
"General, Sima Yi has a far-reaching plan. If you want to enter the Han Dynasty, you must make a good plan and discuss a perfect plan!" Lu Xun said first. The year before last, he suffered a great loss in the hands of Sima Yi and lost Hanzhong. In the past two years, he has confronted him in Brazil, and Lu Xun is also extremely afraid of this opponent.
"I know that Sima Yi is a good person, so I called you all to discuss a perfect plan." Zhao Feng smiled and then ordered, "Bo Yan, you and Yuan Xiong led 40,000 troops to march into Hanzhong from Jinniu Road to attract Sima Yi's attention."
"Golden Bull Road?" It was not Lu Xun who was stunned, but Zhang Ren. However, Zhao Feng laughed and said, "The road of Jinniu Road is rugged, but it can avoid the danger of Yangping Pass. Since then, Sima Yi must not dare to send only a few people to garrison. Bo said that this time, he could contain tens of thousands of Sima Yi.
"I understand!" Lu Xun nodded and said that sometimes he had to cover his feelings by himself. After assigning the task to Lu Xun, Zhao Feng said to Ju, "Mr. Zezhu, after you return to Xiliang, please ask General Ma to rise up from Jincheng, enter Guanlong, threaten Guanzhong, and then contain part of the troops!"
"Good!" Ju Shu has always been concise and only nodded and said this word.
"140,000 Sichuan troops, excluding 20,000 soldiers in the south, the rest will go on an expedition with me this time. Righteousness, Boyang, Xiaozhi, Boqi, together with me, you lead the remaining 50,000 Sichuan troops, take 15 building boats down the Yangtze River waterway, go out of Wuxia to Yidu County, and then return to the north from Zi, converge Zhang Shusi and Wang Guoshan, and then attack Hanzhong through the Han River!" Zhao Feng continued to arrange the road. Except for Fa Zheng, Zhang Ren and Huang Quan, everyone else knew nothing about this.
"The general wants to repair the plank road clearly and darken the warehouse?" Lu Xun immediately asked when he heard the words, but then frowned slightly and said, "Sima Yi is extremely cautious, so even if he is sent from the three counties of the east, he will not be on guard."
"Oh, general, why don't you call Jingzhou's army and horses to send troops from mediocrity?" Ma Ji also asked strangely.
"At present, the new recruits are not well-trained. Jingzhou soldiers and horses still need to assist Xuzhou and Yanzhou to guard against Cao Yan. There are only a few Jingzhou army that can mobilize!" Zhao Feng explained. Unlike the Nanzhong army and horses they recruited, the Jingzhou army is basically ordinary people, while most of the Nanzhong army are mountain people, more or less martial arts, many of them are even hunters, or former tribal private soldiers in Nanzhong. Train them to become an army, basically as long as they practice well and cooperate. Last time, Liu Bei suffered heavy losses. The Xuzhou Army and the Yuzhou Army suffered more than half of the casualties. Now only the Jingzhou Army is still intact, so the Jingzhou Army was transferred to guard the place.
"So that's it!" Ma Yao nodded and understood. From the Jialing River down the water, you can go to the mouth of Wuxia, and then go back to the north, which is much better than nesting here.
"After entering the East Third County, we will implement the second part of the plan. At that time, the 50,000 Sichuan troops and 30,000 local troops in my hand should be able to have 80,000 horses. Since Shangyong marched into Hanzhong, General Yan and Wu Ziyu led 30,000 Shangyong soldiers as the front, I led 5,000 front-free flying troops, and 5,000 Danyang elite soldiers as the middle army, and righteous you led the remaining 40,000 troops as the rear army. Zhao Feng continued to arrange the road.
"General, why is this?" Zhang Ren couldn't help asking in surprise when he heard the words. The distribution of 80,000 troops in the front, middle and back is simply weak in the middle, and the tail is big. Lu Xun looked at the map carefully, and then exclaimed for a long time, "General, do you want to lead 10,000 forward-free flying troops and go to the Meridian Valley to raid Chang'an?"
As soon as they said this, everyone's face changed greatly. The valley mouth of Ziwu Valley is indeed within the jurisdiction of the three eastern counties, but the Ziwu Valley Road is extremely steep and has always been inaccessible. It is still two different whether it can walk now. I didn't expect Zhao Summit to exercise such a dangerous plan. Especially Wang Ping, he knew the steepness of the Meridian Valley Road, and his face turned pale when he heard this plan.
"You're only half right. It's true that I went to Ziwu Valley, but I didn't raid Chang'an, but marched into Qingni Pass, Tongguan and Pubanjin. Righteousness, after I lead the army through the Meridian Valley, you will lead the last 40,000 troops to withdraw from the three eastern counties, and then take the road to Nanxiang and take Wuguan to enter Guanzhong. At that time, there will be more than 50,000 troops in the same place, and the Wuguan Road will be opened, and the follow-up army can continue to enter the customs. In this way, even if Sima Yi is good at it, it will be difficult to turn over!" Zhao Feng is full of confidence. The last few words were really stunned. It was really stunned.
"Wu Guan!" It was Ma Yan who was the first to come to his senses in a long time and sighed. It has been ten years since Gan Ning led his army to seize Wuguan against the current ten years ago. During this period, Wuguan was garrisoned by Hao Zhao. In those years, when they seized Wuguan, Hao Zhao was sent to garrison. Although Zhuge Liang and Guan Yu wanted a glass of wine to release the military power, Liu Pan was also instructed by Zhao Feng to send Hao Zhao to garrison. Zhao Feng secretly buried this chess piece, which has not been used for ten years, in order to be surprised when entering the customs.
The reason why Guanzhong is easy to defend and difficult to attack is that it has several rare dangerous customs in the world, such as Sanguan, Xiaoguan, Hanguguan and Wuguan, to guard the passages. As long as one of them is opened, the army can enter the gate unimpeded. Although the road on Wuguan Road is rugged, compared with the road of Xichuan, it is already better than anything. If you can get through the Wuguan Road, you can continuously transfer troops from Nanyang to enter Guanzhong. At that time, in the decisive battle in the Guanzhong Plain, Sima Yi could not defend it almost. In addition, the exits such as Tongguan and Pubanjin had been strangled, and they could only be crushed by the poor strength. This plan, described in a popular word, is to close the door and beat the dog.
Use Lu Xun and Ma Chao to attract Sima Yi's idea, then take the three eastern counties to attack Hanzhong, then take the Ziwu Valley Road to raid Guanzhong, and then take Wuguan Road to enter Guanzhong. This plan is one by one, with a total of three layers of deception. Even if Sima Yi is resourceful, he will never think that Zhao Feng's real intention will be Wu Guan.
Of course, another reason is that Wuguan has been taken away by Liu Bei for ten years, but Liu Bei has not used Wuguan for many years, and there is also a line of defense of Qingni Pass in Guanzhong. Therefore, this originally important pass seems to have become less important. At least, everyone subconsciously ignores it. But sometimes, if you ignore it, you have to pay the price. According to the information sent by Zhao Feng to explore the horse, now the general of Tongguan is the former deputy general Xiahou Yuan, and now he is Jiang Qi, who has defected to Sima Yi. Huang Tong, the general of the Qingni Pass, is an unknown rat, and the general of Pubanjin is Sima Dao, the son of the Sima family. Because Tongguan and Pubanzu are bordering Hedong County, the latter is too steep, so the number of defenders is quite limited. After leading the army out of Ziwu Valley, it was not a problem to raid these two places with the elite of the unprecedented flying army. After Zhang Ren's 40,000 troops enter Guanzhong, they can calmly attack Chang'an. Even if Sima Yi knew the exact news, it would take some time to react. During this period, I can calmly transfer manpower to guard the passes, and then transfer troops and horses from Jingzhou and other places to attack the customs and completely destroy Sima Yi.
"General's plan is exquisite. But no one has walked on the Meridian Valley Road for many years. If something goes wrong here, everything will be over!" After Lu Xun came to his senses, he sighed.
"In those years, the elite soldiers of Danyang could walk through the Yinping Pass plank road, but now it is naturally more convenient to replace it with a frontless flying army!" Zhao Feng said with a smile. This plan is indeed a little risky, but there is no plan in the world that is not risky at all. On the other hand, if this plan is achieved, then Liu Bei's occupation of the customs will be a matter of course. Even the unification of the world means that it is waiting.
It is said to calm down this turbulent world early, which is also Zhao Feng's greatest hope all the time. He knew in his heart that if he attacked one city and one place step by step, it would take at least ten years to calm the world down. It may even take decades as in history. Once the soldiers are connected, there will be no peace. He promised Zuo Ci to restore the world as soon as possible, so this risk is still worth taking by himself.
Except for Fa Zheng, everyone else's faces have changed greatly. No one will be unmoved by this adventurous plan. However, everyone present was bold. After the inner battle, Zhang Ren finally said first, "The general's plan is very wonderful. Ren is willing to lead and act according to the plan to help the general seize the customs!"
"Once the customs are captured, Sima Yi can only be clamped in a corner of Hanzhong and destroyed sooner or later. Although this plan is a little dangerous, I am willing to act with the general!" After Lu Xun calmed down, he also agreed. With the words of the two of them, no one else is willing to be a bastard. At present, Zhao Feng left Huang Quan to stay in Xichuan, supervising food and fodder for Lu Xun's army, and led his army to act accordingly.
In the third year of Huanglong, in April 213 A.D., Zhao Feng, a general of Yizhou Mu and Zuo, sent a general under his command. Lu Xun, the governor of Guanghan, led 30,000 troops and fraudulently claimed that 100,000 were entered the middle of the Han Dynasty from Jinniu Road. At the same time, Ma Chao, the assassin of Liangzhou, personally led 50,000 troops to Jincheng to enter the land of Longxi. As soon as the two people came, Sima Yi was suddenly a little confused.
(to be continued)