Chapter 83 Act according to the opportunity

"General, General Wang said that there are still three miles ahead, which is Gukou!" After leading the army to walk in the Meridian Valley for more than a dozen days, Zhao Feng finally heard the most beautiful news on this day. Not only him, but also the soldiers around him couldn't help shouting when they heard this.

"Damn it, it's finally down!" Zhao Feng wiped the sweat on his face, looked up at the sky, and sighed. Since they entered the Meridian Valley, they have been moving forward lightly all the way for 12 days, in order to create a miracle that shocked the world.

In the past ten days, I have been drenched in two heavy rains. Fortunately, there was no major mudslide. There were only more than a hundred people who really fell off the cliff. Compared with the original Yinpingguan, the situation is still much better. Zhao Feng looked at the last one, and there were a lot of good horses in Xiliang. He knew that for these horses, Niu Jin hardly slept well on the way. Thinking of this, Zhao Feng didn't say anything. He just patted Niu Jin on the shoulder, and everything was silent.

"General Wang has found out that the enemy only has a small village in Gukou, and the number is only a few hundred!" At this time, another messenger came to the fart. Zhao Feng was waiting to open his mouth. Suddenly, a large amount of water dripped on his head, and then the water dripped down one after another, which caught everyone off guard.

"Damn it, it's almost out of the valley, but it's raining now!" Zhu Ran hurriedly picked up the bamboo hat and put it on, and he was also a little angry. Zhao Feng suddenly moved when he heard the words and quickly ordered, "Order General Wang to take advantage of the heavy rain, the enemy's defenses are relaxed, and immediately wave the army to attack the enemy's camp!"

"Yes!" After receiving the order, the man hurried to report to Wang Ping. Later, Zhao Feng knew how lucky he was with this order. Although among the enemy's small villages, there are only 500 defenders. However, these 500 defenders are equipped with more than 200 fast horses. Once attacked, they can send people to the beacon tower on both sides for dozens of miles as soon as possible to warn. If it hadn't caught these people off guard while the heavy rain, once they ran wildly, they would not have had time to catch up with them if they had no time to ride a horse in a hurry. In this way, I'm afraid that it won't take long for Zhong Yao to know the news that he entered the customs. It's okay for Zhong Yao to know it. If Tongguan and Qingni Pass are also prepared, it will take much more effort. And now such a blockade can at least be delayed for a period of time, so that I can calmly take down the green mud pass and all over Tongguan.

"Kill!" With Wang Ping's order, more than 2,000 people in the front suddenly took advantage of the sudden heavy rain to enter the other party's camp. The defenders did not expect that someone would come to raid them at this moment, and they were killed in a hurry. The rainstorm in early summer came and went quickly. When the rain stopped, Wang Ping basically ended the battle.

"General, 400 enemy defenders, 354 people were killed, and 146 people were captured. One hundred and ninety-five people were killed in our army, and 27 were injured!" By the time Zhao Feng came to this small village, the battle was over, and Wang Ping reported to Zhao Feng.

"Okay, Zijun, peel off all the corpses and the armors on the prisoners. I have another use." Zhao Feng ordered that Wang Ping did not mention it according to the order. At this time, Niu Jin told Zhao Feng that the rear camp found about 200 war horses, which seemed to be owned by the defenders.

"Thanks to this heavy rain!" Zhao Feng also broke out in a cold sweat when he heard the words, and then he was very happy. Looking up at the blue sky after the rain, even if Zhao Feng did not believe in ghosts and gods, he also prayed secretly in his heart: Since God has a miracle, come to me again. If I can make a contribution this time, I, Zhao Feng, would rather seal the sword and return to the hide, and then not get involved in the battlefield. From now on, I will eat vegetarian food and never kill again.

However, Zhao Feng did not expect that the miracle given to him by God this time would be so big. After stripping off the armor of 500 Guanzhong troops, Zhao Feng ordered Niu Jin to lead 500 people to change into the armor of Guanzhong troops, and then personally led them to act.

"Yifeng, the horse is clear. There are only thousands of people in the Qingni Pass. I and I will take the Wuguan Road to attack the Qingni Pass and raid the enemy's rear. At present, Hao Bodao and General Zhang Gongyi must have attacked before the green mud pass. With you attacking on both sides, you must be able to easily seize the pass. Zhao Feng first transferred 3,000 people and arranged it to Zhu Ran.

"General, don't worry, you will definitely take the gate and come to see the general!" Zhu Ran responded to the promise, and then the whole army went forward without mentioning it. Zhao Feng himself led the remaining 7,000 people. After dressing up, he passed through the front line of Lantian and went straight into Tongguan through Weinan.

Tongguan is the east gate of Guanzhong. It is located in the three provinces of Jin, Shaanxi and Henan. It is the key point of Chang'an to Luoyang. It is the key to enter and exit the Sanqin. Therefore, it has become a necessary place to enter the Central Plains in the east and the Guanzhong and the western regions since the end of the Han Dynasty. It is known as "the first risk in Guinea", "four towns and throats" and "hundred double customs". Here, there is the Qinling barrier in the south, the Yellow River in the north, and the original condescending in the east. There are forbidden ditch, the original hope ditch, Manluochuan and other natural lines of defense across the east and west, which has become "closing the door and strangling the Kyushu, and the birds can't be crossed".

Zhao Feng knew that, unlike other Guancheng, Tongguan was almost fortified in both directions. That is to say, whether it is east or west, it is difficult to attack Tongguan, which is different from most passes. For example, the green mud pass, where the terrain is high in the west and low in the east, it is difficult to attack from east to west, but if someone destroys behind the defenders in the west, the defenders will inevitably be in chaos. Because of this, Zhao Feng dared to send only 3,000 people to let Zhu Ran respond to Zhang Ren and Hao Zhao.

Along the way, Zhao Feng asked hundreds of soldiers who changed into Cao's armor to run in front. He led the army to follow slowly, so he bypassed Chang'an and rushed to Tongguan. After crossing the Weihe River, the scouts sent in front of him suddenly came to report that a heavy fleet had been found in front of him.

"Truncate with me!" Zhao Feng immediately ordered, and then ordered Wang Ping to lead the army to intercept the heavy squad. Because this is still the hinterland of Sima Yi in Guanzhong, the heavy troops are only escorted by hundreds of county soldiers. Zhao Feng made such a surprise attack, and soon killed few of these county soldiers, and the head of the army was also captured by Wang Ping and sent to Zhao Feng.

"Who are you? Where are you going to escort food and grass today?" Zhao Feng looked at the trembling military marquis in front of him and asked casually. The man was so scared that his teeth were already trembling, but he still reluctantly replied, "The villain is Huji, the army under the command of Zhong Taishou, who was ordered to escort food and fodder to Tongguan. Previously, it was said that Xu Huang led the army to attack Tongguan. General Jiang Qi, who guarded the pass, urged Zhong Taishou to send reinforcements, so Zhong Taishou sent small escorts and fodder to Tongguan.

"What, Xu Huang led the army to attack Tongguan?" Zhao Feng's shock is really small. Is Xu Huang just a personal act, or is Cao Qian premeditated to interfere in the war between himself and Sima Yi? If he intervenes, how should he deal with it? A series of questions surged into Zhao Feng's mind, and for a moment, he felt that his mind was almost short-circuited.

Forced himself to calm down. After digesting the shock brought by Xu Huang's march, Zhao Feng calmed down and then said to Wang Ping, who looked at a loss, "Now the situation has changed. Xu Huang is attacking Tongguan. But whether it is Sima Yi or Xu Huang, they are all our enemies. In this way, we should lead the army to capture Tongguan and Pubanzu according to the original plan. In addition, the flying pigeon sent a letter to inform the lord that he should mobilized soldiers and horses from all over Jingxiang and prepare to respond to me!" Zhao Feng knew that if Cao Qian really moved, even if Zhang Ren and Hao Zhao's 40,000 people entered Guanzhong, they may not be able to resist Cao Qian, let alone seize Guanzhong. At this moment, Liu Bei can't make soy sauce anymore.

"I will understand at the end!" Wang Ping and Zhang Ni also knew that the matter was urgent. At present, everyone pushed the grain and grass cart and continued to rush to Tongguan as soon as possible. Zhao Feng led the army forward with a calm face, but only he knew the waves in his heart. Now no one knows what the situation in Tongguan is, whether Cao Yan will do anything, and what will happen to Sima Yi in Hanzhong. All this is unknown. If you don't pay attention, more than 10,000 of you are on the Guanzhong Plain.

"Grandma, fight!" Zhao Feng had a lot of thoughts in his heart, and finally he was ready to fight. How can we be sure of winning a war? I have come to this point. If I am timid and afraid to escape from Ziwu Valley Road to mediocrity, it will be embarrassing, and I can't afford to lose this person. Thinking of this, Zhao Feng also ordered a rapid march. Fortunately, with this heavy team, I originally wanted to pretend to be Cao Jun to open the customs, but now it seems that it is not necessary.

When more than 7,000 people hurried to Tongguan City, it was already evening. At this time, in Tongguan City, Xu Huang had just finished today's siege. The guard Jiang Qi was commanding the soldiers to clean up the rubble and corpses and prepare for tomorrow.

"Xu Gongming, I'm waiting for you in Tongguan City. If you have the ability, fly up!" Looking at the mountains of Cao Jun's bodies piled up under the city, Jiang Qi was full of vitality. Xu Huang looked at Jiang Qi, who was ambitious. Although he didn't say anything, he was also quite unhappy.

"Brother, I lost more than 800 people in the siege today!" Xu Gai, the younger brother who counted the casualties, reported that Xu Huang nodded when he heard the words and said nothing, but he was a little helpless about the strength of Tongguan. Although he only pretended to attack this way, now Jiang Qi uses less than a quarter of his own troops to make it difficult to walk here. If it were someone else, I wouldn't be happy with this kind of thing.

"General, the food and fodder have just arrived!" Just as Jiang Qiyang was proud, a soldier next to him came to report. Jiang Qi also felt a little unintentioned to go down to Guancheng and was ready to take the inspection of grain and fodder.

"The food and fodder shipped this time should be enough for us to eat for half a month!" Jiang Qi looked at the increasingly open gate and muttered in his heart. But he soon found that something was wrong, because after the gate was opened, the other party did not push the cart. Instead, everyone took off the blade around their waist and prepared to fight.

"What's the matter, you guys, who are you?" Jiang Qi found that the situation was wrong and quickly asked. Just then, he heard a horrible voice:

"General Zhao Botao's command is Wang Ping, the dog thief will die!"

(to be continued)