Chapter 85 Situation in Guanzhong

It's a step late!

This is the first reflexive idea in Zhong Yao's heart after seeing the urgent letter sent to him by Sima Yi. Just now, he sent a reinforcement of 5,000 people led by Xia Houlan to tell him that Pujinguan and Tongguan had all been occupied by Liu Bei's army. His number was too small, and there was nothing he could do to recover the pass for the time being, so he had to send someone back to report to him first. At the same time, the emergency documents sent to him by Sima Yi also arrived.

"Lord, Lord, you probably didn't expect that Zhao Botao's soldiers came out of Ziwu Valley not for Chang'an, but for Pujin Pass and Tongguan!" Zhong Yao sighed that if Zhao Feng really came to Chang'an, Zhong Yao would not be afraid. There were still 4,000 defenders in the city, and with some private soldiers from the major rich families, they could also make up three or four thousand people. With Chang'an Jiancheng, if these soldiers guard the city, if there is no internal response, Zhao Feng's ten thousand people can only look at the city and sigh. But unexpectedly, Zhao Fengbing came out of Ziwu Valley. He just made a big detour and didn't care about the ancient Han Dynasty, and then went straight to Tongguan and Pujinguan.

Zhong Yao thought about it. With his current troops, he felt that it was indeed a little difficult to send troops to save Pujin Pass or Tongguan. He could only send troops to inform Sima Yi first, and then stick to Chang'an and allocate food and fodder to supply the Du attack of the scattered customs. Over there, Ma Chao also attacked quite vigorously.

And at this time, before the green mud gate, Zhu Ran, Zhang Ren and Hao Zhao looked at the remnants of the camp, which was still smoking, and were also in a good mood. General Zhu, if it weren't for your fire, I'm afraid it would be a little difficult for us to capture this green mud gate today!" Looking at the Guanzhong military camp that had been burned into a white ground, Hao Zhao laughed. It turned out that Zhu Ran was ordered to respond to Zhang Ren and Hao Zhao to seize the green mud gate. When they arrived, they found that the green mud gate was called the clear passage, which was actually a camp set in a dangerous place. Zhang Ren and Hao Zhao attacked from the bottom up from the east, which was very inconvenient. But Zhu Ran came from the west, but there was no problem. When Zhu Ran saw that the enemy soldiers were all barracks, Suo ordered people to throw the fire condescendingly and ignited the enemy's Dazhai. In this way, the Guanzhong army was suddenly in chaos. Zhang Ren and Hao Zhao took the opportunity to rush to kill and kill the enemy's army.

"I'm ashamed. If the two hadn't contained the enemy, how could I have played such a ghost behind their back!" Zhu Ran was relatively modest. The three of them said a few compliments to each other. Hao Zhao also asked, "General Zhang, I don't know what the next plan is?"

"General Zhao said that the next plan is to take advantage of the weak troops in Guanzhong, and my 40,000 horses will attack Chencang City and Xiegu Pass respectively. After taking these two passes, Sima Yi's army was completely trapped in Hanzhong!" Zhang Ren explained. This move is not poisonous. At present, Sima Yi in Hanzhong still has 70,000 to 80,000 troops, almost half of his family. If he was trapped in Hanzhong, then Sima Yi would be under the attack of Xichuan and Guanzhong, and it would be sooner or later.

"This plan is very good. These places are now empty. In this way, I would like to lead 10,000 troops to attack Chencang City and cut off Sima Yi's retreat!" Zhu Ran first asked to say.

"I would like to lead the army to take the Xiegu Pass, and I only need 5,000 troops and horses immediately!" Hao Zhao was not willing to show weakness, and followed him closely. Zhang Ren looked at the two of them, but finally said with a hoarse smile, "Why are you two so worried? Even if you want to take these two places, you have to wait for us to walk out of this martial arts road and then divide the troops!"

"Hahahaha!" Zhu Ran and Hao Zhao couldn't help laughing when they heard the words, and they were a little funny about their eagerness. No wonder they are not in a hurry. It is absolutely a great achievement to win Guanzhong so quickly. No one will not be excited. Now that more than half of the whole plan has been implemented, it depends on the success of the last few steps. At present, the three of them did not dare to neglect, and hurriedly led the army to the pass everywhere.

At this time, in Jinniu Road, Sima Yi looked at Lu Xun, who had retreated, and was secretly relieved. Then he ordered the army to leave and quickly return to Guanzhong. At the same time, Guo Huai also sent someone to report, saying that Yan Yan Lao'er suddenly withdrew to the three eastern counties overnight. Guo Huai felt that something was wrong and quickly sent someone to inform Sima Yi. At the same time, he led his army north to the Xiegu Road to rescue Guanzhong.

"Boji does things properly. If not, Guan Zhong will be closed!" Sima Yi was a little lucky. However, he did not expect that the current situation in Guanzhong was so complicated. Seeing that Guo Huai had led the army back to Guanzhong, Sima Yi was secretly relieved and ordered the whole army to leave and slowly withdraw to Guanzhong from Chen Cang Road.

Although the inclined valley road from Hanzhong to Guanzhong is a little steep, the road is closer; Chencang Road is slightly more convenient, but a little detour. For the sake of safety, Sima Yi decided to go to Chencang Road in order to take care of the customs. What he didn't expect was that it was this difference in thought that cut off his last hope of saving the situation in Guanzhong.

When Sima Yi withdrew his army, it was when Zhang Ren, Hao Zhao and other soldiers left Wuguan Road and entered Lantian County. Just as they were about to divide their troops, they suddenly received an emergency military message from Wang Ping of Tongguan, claiming that Cao Qian led the army to attack Guanzhong, and the defenders of Pubanjin and Tongguan were insufficient, so they quickly sent reinforcements to support. When Zhang Ren and others heard the news, this shock was not small.

"I didn't expect Cao Shen to intervene at this time. What should I do!" Zhu Ran was already a little panicked when he heard the words, and Hao Zhao's expression was also a little pale. After all, Zhang Ren is the first general in Xichuan, and he is still relatively calm at this time. After bowing his head and thinking for a long time, Zhang Ren looked up and said, "Cao Yan's army to attack must be aggressive. If he is allowed to attack in the customs, everything will be over! Sima Yi's army is stranded in Hanzhong at this time. If it is allowed to return to Guanzhong, the advantages and disadvantages of the troops will inevitably be reversed. I waited for a clever plan, and a month's hard work would be in vain!"

"What's the general's plan?" Hearing Zhang Ren say this, Hao Zhao just did it. After all, Zhu Ran and he have known each other for a period of time. Knowing that he said so, he must have some plans. Zhang Ren nodded and then arranged in detail: "The purpose of our plan is to seize the customs. Once Guanzhong fell into our hands, it was said that Xichuan and Guanzhong attacked Hanzhong, and the destruction of Sima Yi became inevitable. Therefore, we should stop Sima Yi and Cao Wei in any case. Tongguan is a dangerous pass, and no one can open it. Wang Zijun is good at guarding the city. There are already 5,000 troops in Tongguan. I will allocate another 5,000 troops here to help the battle, and I will be able to defend it.

"Okay!" Zhu Ran and Hao Zhao nodded and agreed. At this time, someone needed to come out and make an idea. With Zhang Ren's arrangement, everyone was much more confident.

Zhang Ren continued: "As for Sima Yi's army stranded in Hanzhong, at present, Longxi is fighting fiercely. If he wants to return to Guanzhong, he must take Xiegu Road or Chencang Road. I led the army of 10,000 to take Chencang, and you led the army of 8,000 to take the Xiegu Pass. The rest of the troops were transferred to help General Zhao defend the Pujin Pass. What do you think?

"The general's arrangement is very good. Now that Cao Wei has sent troops, he still needs to inform the lord as soon as possible. Otherwise, it will be very unfavorable for us to start a war with Cao Jian and Sima Yi at the same time!" Zhu Ran finally made a few comments. Zhang Ren was helpless. He quickly took out the carrier pigeons with the army to report to Liu Bei, so that he could transfer troops from the Wuguan Road as soon as possible, and then help him fight everywhere. As for the more than 40,000 people on hand, according to the arrangement just now, Zhang Ren led his army to get the farthest Chencang, Zhu Ran went to get the Xiegu Pass, and Hao Zhao personally led the rest of the people to support Tongguan and Pujin Pass at the same time.

At Pujin, Zhao Feng looked at the Yellow River in the east and was also secretly happy. The soldier just told him that the Yellow River was frozen for dozens of days this winter. If Cao came in winter, no matter how hard he tried, he could not stop him from crossing the Yellow River. At that time, he will be surrounded by 100,000 Cao troops in Pujinguan. As long as one person farts, he can smoke his 5,000 people to death.

Putting aside some spoof ideas in his mind, Zhao Feng was also ready to guard the Pujin Pass. According to the latest Malay report, Cao Wei has captured more than half of Hedong County and is advancing rapidly from here. Sima Yi's garrison in Hedong County was almost vulnerable and failed to slow down Cao's pace much.

"Damn, I actually hope that Sima Yi's defenders will be more powerful. Isn't this too much of a spoof!" Zhao Feng smiled helplessly. Now this battle is also the most difficult moment in his life. Now the 5,000 people under his command are almost all Danyang soldiers. Historically, Li Ling used 5,000 Danyang elite soldiers to shake 100,000 Xiongnu cavalry. Now that I am fighting to the death, I can also repeat the story of my ancestors. Besides, now I can stick to the pass, which is much better than Li Ling's field battle.

"General, Captain Niu just came to report that he had confiscated all the ships within 20 miles upstream and downstream of the strait. In addition, the ferry has also burned down. Just as Zhao Feng was distracted, Zhang Yi came to report. Zhao Feng woke up when he heard the words and immediately asked, "How long will it take for Cao Yan to arrive?"

"According to the return of the search horse, Cao Wei had already arrived in Anyi last night. Tomorrow is the morning, and tomorrow afternoon we can go to Hedong!" Zhang Ni is not optimistic. Zhao Feng nodded and then asked, "How's everything I want you to do?"

"It's all done, General, can this thing work?" Zhang Ni asked with some hesitation. At the critical moment of life and death, although Zhao Feng was still so calm, he looked a little worried.

"Naturally useful, at least it can prevent Cao from saying half a day!" Zhao Feng said lightly. In this extraordinary period, he will always be calm in front of the soldiers. Only when he is alone will there be a trace of confusion or confusion on his face.

Compared with Zhao Feng's confusion and confusion, at this time, to the east of the Yellow River, Prime Minister Cao was quite in high spirits. After 80,000 troops entered Hedong County, Cao Yan showed no mercy to those who had betrayed him. After every city was broken, all men over the age of 13 were slaughtered, all men under the age of 13 were used as slaves, and all women were used as official slaves. The county magistrates of all counties were executed by Ling Chi.

On this day, Anyi County was finally captured. As long as the Yellow River passes tomorrow, it can attack Pujin Pass. Cao Qian knew that now Sima Yi's main force has been attracted to Guanzhong. It may be a little difficult for Xu Huang to attack Tongguan, and it should not be a big problem for him to take Pujin Pass.

So in Anyi County, Cao Jun was a scene of singing and dancing. The soldiers who had just been rewarded were full of wine and food. After a full meal, Cao Yan himself took the concubine of the Anyi County magistrate who had just been kidnapped for fun.

He likes to play with other people's wives, which is a semi-open secret of Cao Hen in his own group. However, just as he felt very comfortable, an untimely sound of footsteps sounded outside the tent. Across the curtain, Cao Yan heard Cheng Yu's voice.

"Zhongde, what's the matter?" As Cao Yan asked, he continued to fight. The enchanting woman under him was defeated by the powerful prime minister and could only beg for mercy.

"Master, I just visited the Malay newspaper, Pujin closed, and unexpectedly changed to the banner of Liu Beijun! Looking across the river, it turned out to be Zhao Botao!" Even through the curtain, Cao Yan could hear the accident in Cheng Yu's words.

"Zhao Botao?" Cao Yan was also very surprised when he heard the words. He couldn't help but stop exercising, and then he was excited and shot.

(to be continued)