Chapter 6 I'm going to die again

Xia Houyuan is very unhappy now, quite unhappy.

Lu Xun and Zhang Ren moved quickly. When Xia Houyuan arrived at the martial arts city, they had almost searched all the rafts on both sides of the Wei River. Now they are looking at him across the water, but they are out of reach. These days, Xiahou Yuan sent people to collect rafts in the distance, ready to build a pontoon bridge to cross the river at night. As a result, as soon as the pontoon bridge took shape, Zhang Ren suddenly sent someone to carry tung oil. He secretly took a boat from the upper reaches and went down the river at night, burning the pontoon bridge that was about to be completed.

Looking at Xia Houyuan, who was getting more and more gloomy, Cheng Yu's heart was also a little sudden. In most cases, Xiahou Yuan is a famous general. He fought bravely, took the lead, relied on righteousness and wealth, and often could get the soldiers to serve the death force. In addition, he has a deep sense of strategy and humbly listens to the opinions of the counselors, and generally rarely suffer losses. Of course, this is in most cases.

What are those non-most cases? It was when Xia Houyuan lost his calmness. In fact, Xia Houyuan has all the characteristics of being a famous general, but he also has a fatal shortcoming as a general: impatience. Once the attack is urgent, Xia Houyuan will fight to the death with his opponent regardless of everything. Of course, because of his brother's bravery, there are not many people in the world who can stop this move. But not much doesn't mean no. In Cheng Yu's opinion, Zhao Feng in Sichuan has prepared some conspiracy and tricks. After Xia Houyuan lost his calmness, he drilled in.

In fact, Cheng Yu and Guo Jia have vaguely proposed to Cao Qian that Xiahou Yuan, who is impatient, is not suitable for guarding one side. It is better to change to Xiahou Dun or Cao Ren, who is calm. However, Cao Yan also has something difficult to say. On the one hand, Cao Ren needs to guard against Liu Bei in Liang County. On the other hand, Xiahou Dun is a rare general with internal affairs talent. He really can't leave him in Tuntian, Hebei Province. Moreover, the key places in Guanzhong can't be entrusted by unreliable clan generals, so Cao Jian let Xia Houyuan sit in Guanzhong.

Now that the pontoon bridge has just been burned by Zhang Ren, Xia Houyuan is suddenly seriously upset. Cheng Yu looked at Xia Houyuan. If he had ordered the whole army to swim across the Weihe River and fight with the Sichuan army to the death, Cheng Yu would not be surprised.

However, after all, Xiahou Yuan was not so impulsive. He rubbed his head a little. Xia Houyuan asked Cheng Yu, "Mr. Zhongde, in your opinion, what should you do now?"

Cheng Yu pondered a little, and finally said, "General, at present, it seems that it is unrealistic to cross the river by pontoon bridge. Let's build a raft first!" Although the rafts along the Weihe River have been emptied by Lu Xun, as long as there are trees, they can be built. No matter how ruthless Lu Xun and Zhang Ren are, it is impossible to cut down all the trees in the whole gate. Xia Houyuan knew that there was nothing he could do, so he had to accept this suggestion first. Zhong Yao, who sent someone to inform Chang'an, to send craftsmen to build a raft.

"Report the general, Jicheng Wei's urgent letter!" Just after Xia Houyuan's order, a small school rushed to report. Xia Houyuan took the letter and opened it, and was immediately shocked.

"General, is it Han Sui's messing up again?" Cheng Yu saw that Xia Houyuan stood up and hurriedly asked. Xia Houyuan shook his head and just handed the letter to Cheng Yu, who was also very surprised when he saw his expression.

"Zhao Botao led tens of thousands of troops to Longxi Avenue, and the soldiers came to Ji City?" Cheng Yu said in disbelief. Is the Sichuan army here just spheing? Vice General Han Hao couldn't help frowning when he heard the words.

"It should be like this, but why did Zhao Feng take Longxi? That's to make a wedding dress for Ma Teng!" Xiahou Yuanyu shook his head. Although he successfully concealed himself, Xia Houyuan did not think that Zhao Feng's strategic intention was so smart. After all, he would not get much benefit from doing so.

"If it's not like this, I think he wants to take down the counties of Longxi and then defeat Han Sui. In this way, Longxi can march into Guanzhong later. After all, Cheng Yu had a longer vision, and immediately saw more than half of Zhao Feng's real intentions. It is indeed more convenient to enter Guanzhong from Longxi Avenue, but only by occupying Xiliang can we get a stable source of war horses. This is also one of the main reasons why Zhao Feng is eager to take Qishan Avenue, which Cheng Yu failed to see.

"There are only less than 10,000 defenders in Jicheng, and most of them are soldiers in the county. There will be a loss for a long time. As a matter of urgency, I will lead the people to rescue Jicheng first!" Xia Houyuan immediately made a plan. Looking at the generals around him, Xia Houyuan finally said to Cheng Yu and Han Hao, "Mr. Zhongde, General Han, I'll leave it to you here. I'll leave 20,000 horses with you to guard the camp. You just need to prepare for the attack of the Sichuan army and build a raft at the same time. When I save the danger of Jicheng, I will break the enemy again!"

"General, don't worry, I'm here!" Cheng Yu nodded. At present, Xia Houyuan himself led 30,000 cavalry to Longxi to rescue, leaving Cheng Yu and Han Hao leading 20,000 soldiers here to deal with Zhang Ren across the river. At the same time, Cheng Yu also hurriedly wrote the military newspaper to inform Zhong Yao of Chang'an and Cao Yan of Xu Chang.

In the key place of the street pavilion, Zhao Feng looked at the surrounding terrain and did not say anything. Beside him, Ma Yan said mututely, "General, I think you are still stationed on the mountain, condescending, and you must be able to guard the point. At this point, Xia Houyuan is bound to attack the mountain. In this way, we occupy the critical terrain, don't we wait for it?

"Youchang, there is no water on the mountain. What can I do once the water is cut off?" Zhao Feng looked at the barren mountain in the distance and walked leisurely.

The location of the street pavilion is very strange. From east to west, it is a road leading to an open land, which is very suitable for the army to attack. And this mountain is also very strange. It is the five mountain roads that finally converge on this open land. Once the opponent breaks through to any of these five mountain roads, it is equivalent to letting the opponent ** kill Longxi.

As for the street pavilion city, it is guarded on the edge of the road, but the street pavilion city is indeed too small, with less than a thousand residents. Zhao Feng suddenly understood why Ma Yan was stationed on the mountain, because Jieting City was so small that even if the residents of the city were emptied, there were only thousands of people stationed there. If you are stationed on the road, you can only fight against the infantry and the opponent's cavalry.

"What about cutting off the water source? The so-called death. Once the soldiers cut off the water, they will definitely kill the enemy bravely. Xiahou Yuan's reinforcements come from afar. If the military strength is not good, our army can win a complete victory!" Ma Zhen is full of confidence.

So that's it! Zhao Feng finally understands now. Why did the horse in history to garrison the army on the mountain? He not only wanted to guard the street pavilion, but also wanted to defeat his opponent in one fell swoop. At this time, Wang Ping said, "This is not appropriate. It's too dangerous. The general should garrison the street pavilion, or go down to the village to block Xiahouyuan!"

As in history, Zhao Feng took Ma Yan and Wang Ping, the partners who guarded the street pavilion. Zhu Ran led 10,000 troops to take Linwei County, Pound led 30,000 troops to attack Jicheng, Gao Xiang led 5,000 troops to pacification of the rest of the counties, and he led 25,000 troops to guard the street pavilion. As he expected, Wang Ping and Ma Yu still disagreed.

He coughed gently and motioned the two not to stop the discussion. Zhao Feng himself said, "I have decided that this time I will lead 20,000 troops to be stationed at the Daokou. Zijun, you will lead 5,000 troops to be stationed in Jieting City. Xia Houyuan's march is known for its speed. I believe that he must have come with cavalry at the beginning, and he must have not brought siege equipment. Zijun, when you were defending the city, when he was in a hurry to attack, he waved his army to cover up the rear. I just need to guard here for 20 days, and it's a great achievement!"

"No!" When Wang Ping heard the words, he led the army to guard the street and the pavilion. Looking at the unconvinced horse in front of him, Zhao Feng frowned slightly and said, "Youchang, are you unwilling that I don't agree to be stationed on the mountain?"

"The last general dare not!" Ma Yan said angrily, but the disconvincedness in the words was still clear at a glance.

"You Chang, I'll ask you, in case you are besieged by the enemy on the mountain and cut off the water source, once the army's heart is disordered and the street pavilion is lost, what should we do if we fail in this Northern Expedition?" Zhao Feng said in a low voice.

"It may not be like this!" Ma Zhen was a little disapproving.

"You said it yourself, it's not necessarily so. In case, what should you do?" Zhao Feng raised the decibel of his voice and asked. Ma Qian opened his mouth when he heard the words, but he couldn't say anything more.

"In case, we are sinners!" Zhao Feng snorted. Looking at the unconvinced horse in front of him, Zhao Feng continued: "Since ancient times, the attack can win surprisingly, but the defense is still stable. Why do you take risks when you are guarding the palace? If you fail, won't you destroy the Great Wall?"

"General's teaching, remember it!" The official level crushed people to death, and Ma Yan can only obediently follow Zhao Feng's arrangement now. At present, Zhao Feng ordered people to seize every minute to build a defensive position, dig soil as a bunker, and equip all kinds of crossbows, plus trenches, iron thistles and so on. In short, all the tricks that can be used have been used to make trouble for Xiahouyuan. I can't help it. This road is too spacious. Xia Houyuan is enough to invest thousands of people at a time to rush straight to his camp. If you don't do more obstacles, it will be the same as dying to directly fight against the other party's armored cavalry with flesh and blood.

While Zhao Feng was busy building a position, Wang Ping did not rest in Jieting City. Except for his own name, Wang Ping knows no more than ten words. Naturally, he didn't know that when Meng Fuzi described a city when he was small, he once used the words of Sanli City and Wuli Guo. However, this street pavilion city is indeed a city of three miles, but there are few rivers in the west, so even five miles of Guo owe it. The city is built from loess, and the height is estimated to be less than two feet, and the width of the city wall is less than one foot. Wang Ping looked down at the top of the city and even felt that even if he jumped down, he would not necessarily fall to death.

In the north of them, Pound was waving his army to attack Jicheng. The defenders of Jicheng, led by Wei Kang and Jiang Xu, resisted desperately. Pound was afraid that it would be difficult to capture it in a hurry. At the same time, Zhu Ran has taken Linwei County, firmly controlled several important ferries, and cut off the passage from the waterway to Longxi. As for Gao Xiang, who swept all counties, it was also relatively smooth. But the key to success or failure still depends on the final ownership of the street pavilion.

Fortunately, Xia Houyuan still has a few days to arrive. Wang Ping and Zhao Feng are busy racing against time to build cities and positions. On the evening of four days after arriving at the street pavilion, Tan Ma finally sent back the news that Xia Houyuan's army was less than a hundred miles away from the street pavilion, and he would probably arrive at the street pavilion as early as tomorrow morning.

(to be continued)