Chapter 113 Separate actions

"Damn it, it's finally down!" The moment he walked out of the cabin and stepped on land, Wen Ping couldn't help swearing. Behind him, Sun Fu was commanding the soldiers to slowly disembark. Although these people are from Jiangdong and Jingxiang, and the water surname is good, they have stayed on the boat for so many days that no one can stand it.

At this time, it was almost the first update. Although their landing site was a small fishing village by the Bohai Sea, even the most diligent fishermen in the village were still sleeping soundly at this time. After the army was assembled, Wenpin counted the number of people slightly, which was about 34,000 people.

"The two boats sank the night before yesterday, and almost killed and injured thousands of brothers!" Sun Fu was a little gloomy. Their 40,000 strange soldiers were used by Zhuge Liang as the last move to raid the hinterland of Jizhou by sea, cutting off Jizhou's contact with Youzhou, raiding Youzhou and disturbing the hinterland of Jizhou. After a large army of 40,000 people at the time of departure, more than 3,000 people were swept into the sea by wind and waves the night before after the ship hit the reef. In addition, many people died because they could not adapt to sea navigation and vomited. When I went to Jizhou like this, thousands of people were killed and injured in the battle alone.

But it's worth it. Now although Cao Wei is attacked by the enemy on three sides, and Jizhou, Bingzhou and Youzhou are all beaten, this breath has never been completely broken. On the other side of Bingzhou, Cao Hong and Zhang Fei's troops were still holding up. Xiahou Ba and Cao Xiu in Youzhou defended Zhuo County to block Ma Chao and Zhao Yun, and the two attacks still failed to be captured. As for Jizhou, under Cao Pi's personal supervision, coupled with the credit of the beacon, the Yellow River defense line miraculously blocked the Jingxiang Marine Division's raids again and again. In this case, if Cao Pi's character breaks out and lasts for another month, then Liu Bei is afraid that he will really withdraw from the army. Of course, Liu Bei is not without gains. At least most of the territory of Henan, Hongnong and Youping have been taken by him, but there is still a certain gap compared with the original intention of defeating Cao Wei in one fell swoop. Therefore, at this time, Wenpin's raid is very important.

"Let the soldiers rest first, and then send someone to find out the latest news, and then take action!" Wen Ping thought for a time, and Sun Fu went to arrange people without mentioning it. The next morning, just as the people in the fishing village were about to start a day's work, they were surprised to find that there were many more people around. Wenpin ordered to control the people for the time being and make plans after getting reliable news.

In the evening, the news came that Tanma had found out clearly. At present, in order to deal with the three-party enemy, Cao Wei basically mobilized all the troops and horses that could be mobilized. The prefectures and counties in the hinterland of Jizhou were basically garrisoned by thousands of counties at most. With more than 30,000 elite soldiers under the command of Wenpin and Sun Fu, it is enough to stir up the hinterland of Jizhou. Moreover, according to the Malay newspaper, the grain transported by Cao Pi to Youzhou is basically hoarded in several large granaries in the area between the rivers. Therefore, as long as they capture this place, Cao Xiu and others, who are still in Zhuojun and Ma Chao and Zhao Yun's death, will inevitably collapse because of the shortage of food. If you are lucky, you can still mess up the whole interior of Jizhou. I'm afraid Cao Pi will have to surrender at that time.

It is the highest level pursued by strategists. Of course, what Wen Ping and Sun Fu did not know was that at this time in the west, Huguan had been captured by Zhang Ren, and then Zhang Fei and Zhao Feng were ready to completely eat Cao Hong. Of course, Cao Hong will not wait for death. On the night of the mountain, Cao Hong broke through with Cao Zhang.

Cao Hong's breakthrough came very suddenly and quickly. With the tiger and leopard riding as the vanguard, he aimed at the direction of the upper party, and the rest of the people and horses then caught up. In order to prevent Zhao Feng and others from pursuing again, Cao Hong and others only ordered the former army to fire a small number of torches, and the rear army moved when they heard the sound. After all, Zhao Feng and Zhang Fei's troops did not have an absolute advantage, so the encirclement was somewhat loose, and they were asked to rush down the mountain at night. In the middle of the night, it is difficult to catch up, and you can only chase blindly in the dark. Seeing this, Zhang Fei couldn't help stamping his feet and scolding.

"It doesn't matter, General Three, we have dug a deep ditch under the mountain, which is enough to block these people. They can't run away too many people!" Zhao Feng comforted him. Fortunately, the two knew that Cao Hong was limited in carrying rations with the army, and they would definitely run away sooner or later, so they gathered troops to chase them as soon as possible. In addition, although he can't see at night, the voice can always be heard, and Cao Hong must have retreated to the upper party, so there is always a general direction to pursue, so it will not be messy.

Sure enough, not long after the pursuit began, a group of Cao soldiers could be met one after another. Some people will resist when they see the pursuers, and most of them surrender by the roadside with their heads in their arms. However, Zhao Feng and Zhang Fei led the cavalry to chase for dozens of miles until the sky turned white, and they failed to catch up with Cao Hong and Cao Zhang.

"These two kids run fast!" Zhang Fei said angrily, and Zhao Feng comforted him, "Don't worry, General Three, we chased him all the way, and Cao's soldiers were captured by us for more than 20,000. Even if this one runs back to the party, there is nothing to do. Shicai came to report that he had taken Huguan. We left some people here to control them, went to Huguan and killed Jizhou, and destroyed Cao's nest in one fell swoop!"

"It makes sense!" Zhang Fei nodded and said that at this time, it was only more than 30 miles away from Shangdang County, but the sky was not yet bright. Zhao Feng and Zhang Fei were afraid that there would be any ambush on each other, so they collected the army and horses, controlled the prisoners, and then waited for the converge of the army before making plans.

It was early at dawn in summer, and after more than an hour, the sky had already lit up slightly, and Zhang Yi and others in the rear also arrived one after another. After counting the results of the night pursuit, it was found that 60,000 Cao troops were killed and captured, and their own losses were only thousands.

"Three generals, it is roughly estimated that even if Cao Hong and Cao Zhang are stationed in the upper party, they will not exceed 40,000 troops. And here, even without the prisoners of Cao's army, there can be more than 80,000 people. Well, let's send someone to take the prisoners back first, and then leave tens of thousands of people here to contain Cao Hong. We will rectify the brigade, kill Jizhou from the pot gate, and go straight to Cao Wei's nest!" Zhao Feng thought for a thought and then analyzed.

"It's so good. In this way, we leave 30,000 troops and horses for the justice stationed in Huguan, and he will be responsible for the affairs of the state. We will lead the army into Jizhou and go straight to Ye City!" Zhang Fei immediately made a plan. At present, Zhang Yi sent back the tens of thousands of Cao soldiers captured before and after, and then he and Zhao Feng and others went to Huguan.

"Justice, now Cao Hong's army is only tens of thousands. I have 30,000 horses here with you. You only need to contain his people and horses. If you have the opportunity, you can annihilate them in one fell swoop. If you don't have a chance, just restrain him to defend Bingzhou. We will lead the army to break through Jizhou!" Above the pot pass, Zhao Feng ordered Zhang Ren.

"Your Majesty, don't worry, I have my own moderation!" Zhang Ren nodded. Originally, Zhang Ren was a little unhappy with such an arrangement at the beginning: after all, in this way, he said that he had captured the capital of Cao's army, and he had nothing to do with this great credit. But on the other hand, people from all walks of life went to attack Jizhou. Now they occupy Huguan, and Cao Hong's grain road in Bingzhou was cut off. Even if your strength is not as good as that of the other party, you can force the other party to land. In this way, the first skill of conquering Bingzhou is your own, and it's not bad to think about it.

At present, Zhao Feng and Zhang Fei rectified the army and horses, and then crossed the Huguan to enter Jizhou. The south of Huguan is Wei County, and then cross the Zhanghe River to Yecheng. The road is very close. At this time, Cao Wei was exhausted in order to deal with the rest of the people. In the internal area of Wei County, there were only 6,000 county soldiers and 2,000 combat troops. Xun Yan, the governor of Wei County, was the son of Xun Yu, and Xun You's cousin. When he saw the army coming to the city, he simply opened the city and surrendered.

"What, Zhuo County has also been broken?" After entering the city, Zhang Fei and Zhao Feng also learned a more surprising news from Xun Yan's mouth.

"Exactly, yesterday, news came from the north that Jingzhou general Wenpin led the army to land from the Bohai Sea and raided the hinterland of Jizhou. Zhuo County in Youzhou has been attacked by the enemy. Cao Xiu was killed in the battle, and Xia Houba was captured. At present, Hejian, Zhongshan and Julu counties are all looking down at the wind, and the court of Ye City is also worried about this. I'm afraid it won't be supported for long!" Xun Yan replied honestly.

"That's good. It seems that we'd better go south to Ye City as soon as possible to meet your majesty!" Zhao Feng nodded. At present, Ma Zhong was stationed in Wei County, and Zhao Feng himself and Zhang Fei went down to attack Ye City. All kinds of news came along the way. After Youzhou was breached, Ma Chao, Zhao Yun and Wenpin fought together to sweep the north of Hebei and have been killed to Pingyuan County. As long as Pingyang County is broken through again, he can form a siege of Ye City with his own people.

And that night, there was news again. Under the pervasive blow of the Jingxiang Marine Division, the sore Yellow River defense line was finally dense and sparsely attacked Hanoi County by Gan Ning, and then Liu Bei's army kept killing them. Liu Bei sent Huang Zhong and Wei Yan to lead the army to paculate the land of Sili. He personally led 200,000 troops to attack Ye City together with Guan Yu. So far, all the three armies have achieved the expected results, forming a siege of Ye City. Although there is Jia Xu's clever plan to let Cao Hong lead the army back to Hebei, it seems that it is still a drop in the bucket.

In the autumn of the first year of Zhangwu, in 214 A.D., Liu Bei, Zhang Fei and Ma Chao met under the city of Ye, and merged 300,000 to surround the capital of Wei. At this time, there were only 30,000 to 40,000 defenders in the city, and there were still tens of thousands of troops left in Shangdang and Hebei. The so-called general trend has gone.

Under the city of Ye, three armies surrounded Ye. In the golden army tent in the middle, Liu Bei personally received the meritorious ministers who sent troops this time. Third brother, Bo Tao, Zilong, Meng Qi and Zhong Ye, you have lived up to my expectations this time and captured the land of You and Jizhou, which is really the first achievement. Come on, let's drink this cup together!" After saying that, Liu Bei raised his glass, and everyone did not dare to neglect it and drank this glass of wine one after another.

"Your Majesty, His Royal Highness the Prince of Chang'an City Urgent Report!" At this moment, the bodyguard sent a military newspaper. Liu Bei took it and opened it, but he smiled and said, "It seems that I really don't want to be lonely!"

"What did your majesty say?" Zhuge Liang seemed to expect something and asked quickly.

"It was said that Sima Yi sent the general Wang Shuang out of the Han Dynasty to attack Xichuan, which was repulsed by Lu Boyan and others. It seems that Sima Yi, the king of Hanzhong, is really loyal to Cao Pi!" Liu Bei said with a smile.

Everyone is Guan Er when they hear the words. Sima Yi's strength is not good. Even if it is noisy, he can't be famous. Now this can only be regarded as a dying struggle. And he attacked Xichuan just to seek his own interests. Zhao Feng shook his head, but then his mind moved and said, "Your Majesty, I am willing to lead the troops to destroy Sima Yi!"

"Botao, why are you so worried? Sima Yi was trapped in Hanzhong, and there were only tens of thousands of soldiers and horses. Sooner or later, he will be wiped out. Liu Bei was also a little surprised to see that Zhao Feng was so eager to clean up Sima Yi. No one knows why Zhao Feng can't wait for this Sima Yi, who is already in the middle. After thinking about it, everyone guess it was because he took advantage of the chaos to seize Hanzhong before, which made Zhao Feng unhappy.

No one knows how much Zhao Feng is afraid of this Sima Yi. Historically, he was able to escape in such a dangerous environment as the upper valley. Although it is now in the middle of the Han Dynasty, the Sima family is a famous family in Hebei, with deep roots. If the big situation is settled, if he will take another opportunity to surrender, then he will definitely leave this curse. In case of emergency, Zhao Feng still wants to take advantage of everyone's attention on Cao Pi's skills to kill the scourge of Sima Yi by himself. As the saying goes, there is nothing more than this. In order to achieve the goal, I don't care about my contribution to breaking through Ye City.

Of course, it's hard for Zhao Feng to say these things clearly. At the moment, he just said, "At present, Your Majesty led a legion to besiege Ye City. General Huang swept away the land of Sili, and the destruction of Cao Pi is inevitable. In this case, there are so many generals here, and there is not one minister. It's better to take the opportunity to kill Sima Yi. The so-called fly stings don't kill people. It's annoying. In addition, the minister's food is still in his hands! If I don't take it back early, what can I do to support my family!"

Liu Bei listened to him with some dizziness. When he heard the last sentence, he calmed down, and then he said helplessly, "Boutao is really joking. Now that you are a prince, do you still care about such a small place?" After saying that, he shook his head repeatedly and didn't think so. What Zhao Feng said about Shiyi refers to the Shiyi he used to be a marquis of Wuxiang. But he has now been crowned, and there is a county in Guanghan. Why do he care so much about the previous title? Therefore, this last excuse is really a spoof.

However, at this time, Fa Zheng, who went to war with the army, also said: "Your Majesty, what the King of Guanghan said is not unreasonable. Sima Yi has repeatedly committed this, which is indeed too abominable. In addition, now the military grain is shipped from Henan, and the 300,000 troops need a lot. It's not like sending some people back first to Jingxiang and Guanzhong to eat to reduce the pressure of the army, and eliminate Sima Yi by the way!"

It is basically illegal to say who has the deepest resentment against Sima Yi under Liu Bei's command. When Xianbei entered Kou Xiliang, Fa was assisting Zhao Yun to assist Ma Chao to eliminate Xianbei. Unexpectedly, he happened to meet his boss Ma Yi to make trouble and cut off the Longxi Mountain Road. As a result, he was forced to stay in Xiliang for several years and drank the northwest wind for nothing. If he hadn't taken the Wenshan Road later, he would have drunk a few more years. Therefore, Fa Zheng's resentment towards Sima Yi is indeed thick. Although I don't know why Zhao Feng has to fight with Sima Yi, Fa Zheng still supports him.

After listening to Fa Zheng's words, Liu Bei was also a little surprised. Then he understood that the military grain needed by the army, whether it was from Guanzhong, Jingxiang or the Central Plains, was to go through the Yellow River waterway. Even if Jing Xiang sailor is responsible for transportation, it is still a little difficult. In this case, it's better to send some people back and kill Sima Yi by the way.

Thinking about this, Liu Bei nodded and said, "In this case, Bo Tao, I will cooperate with your 60,000 troops to cooperate with the stranded people in Shangyong, Xichuan and Guanzhong to destroy Sima Yi!" Zhao Feng was overjoyed when he heard the words and hurriedly said goodbye to everyone. He went to select the army and horses to prepare to kill Sima Yi.

It is not to mention that Sima Yi is about to be destroyed. At this time, the city of Ye is already in a mess. The enemy soldiers came under the city, which fully showed that Cao Xiu and others were no longer promising. Now there are only tens of thousands of people in the city, and it is not realistic to defend the city. Are you really at the end of the road?

"You, now that Liu Bei is besieged the city, what can you do?" In the palace, Cao Pi, Emperor Wen of Wei, asked anxiously. Unlike his panic, a group of ministers are like sculptures. After all, in such a bad situation, unless it is the reincarnation of immortals, it will be difficult to reverse the cost.

"Captain, what's your plan to save the defeat?" Seeing that everyone was silent, Cao Pi could only ask Jia Xu for help. But to his disappointment, Jia Xu just shook his head gently with a helpless face. At this point, even Jia Xu is powerless.

"Is it true that I have run out of energy and will be destroyed in the first year of the founding of the country? Is it possible that I, Cao Pi, can't do it in such a useless way? Countless thoughts surged into Cao Pi's mind, and eventually they turned into helplessness. Looking at the ministers in the hall, many people's eyes were already a little flashing. Cao Pi knew that they should be thinking about how to surrender!

Can you surrender yourself? Cao Pi asked himself, feeling that even if he surrendered, he was afraid that his usurper of the Han Dynasty would not have a good end. Before the Northern Expedition, Liu Bei made it clear that he was the murderer of Emperor Xian of Han, and if he caught him, he would die. In a word, even if you want to surrender, you have to accept it.

The hesitation on Cao Pi's face was seen by Hua Xin. He, who was good at guessing his intentions, immediately came out and said, "Your Majesty, now the enemy is coming fiercely, and we can't compete with it. In this case, I would like to be a messenger to see Liu Bei and discuss it as a stopgap measure.

It should be said that Hua Xin is really good at being a man and talking, not to surrender, but to make peace. In fact, the discerning people can see that Cao Wei now has no capital to make peace with Liu Bei. Cao Pi naturally knows the key to this. It's just that he really didn't have the courage to commit suicide, so in the face of Hua Xin's suggestion, Cao Pi nodded and agreed for a long time.

At this time, outside the city, Zhao Feng has transferred his troops and horses and is ready to return to the army to clean up Sima Yi. After he picked a good man, Liu Bei actually came to see him off in person.

(to be continued)