Chapter 82 Changes in the wind and clouds, each with his own thoughts

"Ah! A scream interrupted Zhao Feng's thoughts and looked up, but a person in front of him fell into a deep valley. The screams came up from the bottom of the valley, which was extremely sad and made people's scalp numb. Finally, with a blunt bang, everything turned into nothing.

Zhao Feng closed his eyes and observed a moment of silence for this man, and then he still cheered up and commanded the army to continue to move forward. In those years, I was used to this scene when I took the Yinping Pass. Now that I meet again, I won't complain and sigh. After all, the Ziwu Valley Road is much safer than the Yinping Pass Plank Road.

Historically, Wei Yan proposed to take the Ziwu Valley Road, intending to raid Chang'an immediately after leading 10,000 people out of the valley. Once he won, Longyou must be shocked, so that after Zhuge Liang's soldiers left Qishan, he could quickly calm Longyou. From this perspective, this plan basically only serves as a deterrent. Although the idea is very beautiful, 10,000 people will sneak up on Chang'an Jiancheng, and they have to defend it under the attack of the other party's inside and outside, until Zhuge Liang comes to pick him up. The probability of success is really slim. Cao's army probably did not like him at all. He directly transferred troops from the Central Plains and trapped this 10,000 people to death in Chang'an City.

In addition, even if it is a raid, Ziwu Valley Road is extremely difficult to walk, and it does not seem to be difficult to walk by myself, but these are Danyang elite soldiers and forwardless flying troops, both of whom are used to walking on mountain roads, and they are also equipped with relatively complete mountain climbing equipment. If it were an ordinary soldier, 10,000 people would come down, at least a thousand casualties. In this way, even if you enter the gate, it is extremely difficult to seize Chang'an.

And the situation Zhao Feng is facing now is much better than Wei Yan's. First of all, Xiliang is still in the hands of his own people. Even if Sima Yi wants to mobilize troops to destroy himself, unless he is ambushed in Gukou, the number of troops and horses that can be mobilized are quite limited, and he will not be afraid of him. In addition, the former of Zhongyuan and Hebei are also in the hands of their own people. Although the latter is in the hands of Lao Cao, Lao Cao obviously does not listen to Sima Yi's mobilization. In this way, the enemy in front of him is almost just an empty pass. In a word, the pressure I am facing this time is much smaller than that of Wei Yan in history.

Of course, even so, it is not easy to walk the Ziwu Valley Road. In the four days since Zhao Feng entered the valley, dozens of people have fallen off the cliff. Although the valley road is much stronger than those rotten plank roads, the mossy stone road is more slippery than the plank road. Once the foot is unstable, it is basically a death. And all the Xiliang horses can only be blindfolded, and then carry heavy dry food bags on their backs for the needs of the army. It's relatively smooth to walk down on the fourth or fifth day.

"General, it looks like it's going to rain!" The speaker was Zhang Ni, who had just looked up at the sky. Zhao Feng looked at himself. From the gap between the two mountains, it seemed that the blue line was really much darker. If there is heavy rain, I can only suspend the march.

"I don't care about him, let's go first!" When Zhao Feng arrived at this point, he could only obey his fate and ordered to continue to march at a speed. Ten thousand people pulled into a long dragon in the Ziwu Valley Mountain Road, and then walked forward slowly. If it goes well, in a few days, they will shock the world.

Just as Zhao Feng led more than 10,000 people in the Ziwu Valley Mountain Road, Sima Yi, who was in Hanzhong, received the news of the fall of Wudu and Yinping and Tianshui. Han De was beheaded by Pang De, Meng Jian was captured, and Ma Chao and Tian Feng were waving their troops to attack Sanguan.

"I didn't expect this horse to be so good. Meng Gongwei and 30,000 soldiers couldn't keep Longxi. They really underestimated him." Sima Yi was already in a cold sweat when he heard the news. If you think about it carefully, these places are easy to attack and difficult to defend, especially from Xiliang, which is even more difficult to stop. Now if you lose it, you will lose it. It's not a big deal. At present, there is a general Du Xi guarding in the scattered customs, which can be protected. I have been confronting Lu Xun here for more than 20 days. I wanted to wait for him to withdraw from the army, but now it seems that it is better to deal with Lu Xun as soon as possible.

Picking up a piece of the latest military newspaper sent by the horse on the table, Sima Yi looked at it a few more times and suddenly frowned unexpectedly. This military newspaper says that the former army of Yan Yan and others was far away from the city two days ago, and there were only more than 70 miles left. Sima Yi put down the military newspaper and picked up several military newspapers sent before. Sima Yi frowned even more tightly. The previous letter didn't say anything else, that is to say, how Yan Yan marched. Sima Yiso picked up the latest military newspapers and looked at them, and finally came to a conclusion: Yan Yan is likely to crawl all the way to the city, because his marching speed is too slow, which is something wrong. No matter how cautious Yan is, she won't march so slowly. If it goes on so slowly, then before he attacks the city, the military grain should be consumed.

Looking at the intelligence again, Sima Yi found something wrong again. This army from the three eastern counties invaded Hanzhong. The general of the former army was the veteran Yan Yan and the general Wu Ban. Zhao Feng himself was in the middle army, but the rear army was Zhang Ren. The two strongest generals of Xichuan shrank in the rear, but pushed the veteran Yan Yan up to fight the vanguard. This battle was simply a spoof, and Sima Yi felt more and more wrong.

I looked at the map carefully. When I saw the Meridian Valley, Sima Yi also suddenly shivered. Does Zhao Botao want to take the Ziwu Valley Road and march into Guanzhong? Sima Yi muttered, and then ordered someone to find the Tan Ma who had just come back and asked him what Zhao Feng was doing recently.

"Zhao Botao had arrived at Shenling before the fifth day, but now he doesn't know where he is!" Tan Ma whispered. Sima Yi also knew that he wanted to know where Zhao Feng was now by exploring the horse, which was really difficult for some strong people. In addition, I'm just speculating, and everything can't be counted yet.

After calming down, Sima Yi wrote a letter in person and asked people to send it to Zhong Yao in Chang'an as soon as possible, hoping to make preparations early. But Sima Yi also knew in his heart that if it was true that Zhao Fengbing came out of Ziwu Valley, it would be too late to inform Zhong Yao now. My carrier pigeon has not been trained yet, at least the land of Hanzhong has not been opened yet.

After thinking about it, I have to repel Lu Xun first. Zhao Feng's soldiers are in the Meridian Valley, where the roads are rugged, and the number of raids must be limited. As long as you repel Lu Xun by yourself, and then lead the army back to Guanzhong, you can destroy him calmly. Thinking of this, Sima Yi also made up her mind to defeat Lu Xun before he ran out of food and fodder.

"Wang Shuang, go to Lu Xunzhai!" Sima Yi still sent his most brave general. If Zhao Feng and Zhang Ren are not here, no one should be able to compete with him. After receiving the order, Wang Shuang led 3,000 troops to Lu Xunzhai and asked Lu Xun to come out and fight to the death.

"Oh, did Sima Yi take the initiative to call the battle?" Lu Xun was quite surprised to hear this, and then thought about it with a smile, "It seems that he is also afraid that I will drag him here. He wants to repel me early and then return to the army to save Guanzhong!"

"General, the last general is willing to fight and kill this man!" It was Chen Shi who took the initiative to ask, and Zhang Yi was also eager to try. In this march, several of them were left as a posing attack, and there was basically no possibility of making great contributions. Now when you meet the other party taking the initiative to challenge, if you don't fight again, it will really be cold.

"No hurry, no hurry!" Lu Xun's smile was as gentle as ever, and then explained in detail: "As long as we are not defeated, Sima Yi will not dare to act rashly, and he can also buy more time for the general. Therefore, it is only appropriate to stick to the camp now!"

"But general, I'm afraid that morale will be unfavorable if you blindly avoid war!" Chen Shi frowned, but heard Lu Xun continue to say, "We don't have much food and fodder, and we have to retreat after a few more days. Sima Yi was worried about the customs, so once we retreated, he would lead the army to save Guanzhong. I deliberately showed weakness today, and Sima Yi thought I was just bluffing. After he retreats, I will lead the army to chase and kill again. Sima Yi must not be on guard!"

"It makes sense!" Chen Shi and Lu Xun have known each other for a long time and have always admired his resourcefulness. Hearing this, Zhang Yi frowned and asked, "General, you show weakness like this. What if Sima Yi ignores us and divides troops to save Guanzhong?"

"If he dares to divide his troops, I will dare to attack his village!" Although Lu Xun has been laughing, there is also a trace of murder in his words. At present, the two sides are against this. Although the number of Lu Xun is slightly small, Jinniu Road is not dangerous here. As long as Sima Yi divides troops slightly, Lu Xun dares to wave his army to attack his village directly; if the division is less, it is useless. In this way, Sima Yi was basically kidnapped here by Lu Xun. As long as Lu Xun doesn't leave, Sima Yi can't leave. These two people can be said to be the most tolerant people in the whole Three Kingdoms. The last time, Sima Yi defeated him. This time, Lu Xun did not seek merit but did not seek fault, but also made Sima Yi lose strategically.

Whether it is Lu Xun, Sima Yi, or even Zhao Feng, the founder and implementer of the whole plan, they are busy now. Everyone intentionally or unintentionally ignored the other boss.

"Oh, Zhao Botao entered Hanzhong from the three eastern counties?" Looking at the latest military newspaper just sent by Tan Ma in his hand, Cao Wei was a little surprised. After passing through it, Jia Xu, Cao Zhen, Cao Pi and others beside him said, "Master, at present, in order to recapture Hanzhong, Zhao Botao met Sima Yi's sword soldiers, and also connected with Xiliang Ma Chao to attack. Sima Yi must deploy heavy troops to defend Hanzhong. Guanzhong must be empty. Why not take the opportunity to beat Yongsi?"

"I also have the same intention, but Sima Yi's mind is very t-in-trim, and it is bound to arrange soldiers and horses to guard in Guanzhong. Therefore, I would like to send a partial division to attack Tongguan. I led a large army to attack Hedong County, and then crossed the Yellow River from Pubanzu and entered Guanzhong!" Cao Shen quickly slapped.

"It's just the lord. Now the people's livelihood in Hebei is very withered. It's not appropriate to send too many troops this time!" Da Sinong Xunyou poured a little cold water in time. Cao Qian knew that what Xun You said was also true. After a moment of meditation, he finally said, "In this way, let Xu Gongming lead 20,000 troops as partial division and go out to Hongnong to attack Tongguan. I led 80,000 troops and marched to Hedong County from the upper party. Gongda, Hebei only dispatched 80,000 horses, and the food and fodder should be enough!"

"It doesn't matter if there are 80,000 horses!" Xun You nodded and then went to arrange food and fodder. In this way, Cao's intervention made things complicated.

(to be continued)