Chapter 590 Attacking what must be saved

   Dizi was already very popular in the Han Dynasty.

   Not only played music in the court, but also played a certain role in the advocacy music of the army.

   What's more, there are many bamboos in Sichuan, which are good materials for making flutes, so it is not difficult to find a flute in the army.

   Zhang Yi not only went to look for it in person, but also sent it to Feng Yong who was sitting on the wall in a daze.

  Feng Yong tried the audition, and felt that the difference from later generations was not too big.

   Familiarize yourself with the tone, think about it, since you want to calm down, then play a piece of "Pure Heart and Universal Good Mantra".

  In his previous life, he went to a key middle school in the city. Others had foreign-style specialties such as playing the piano and guitar, which made Feng Yong feel inferior, and he felt that he was an idiot.

   Under the booing of his classmates, Feng Tubie then took out a small reed flute and played a cow herding song.

   This is what he learned when he followed his little aunt to herd cattle when he was a child.

  At that time, he was sitting by the river, watching his little aunt standing there playing the flute, thinking that she was the most beautiful woman in the world.

   It was that time when he played the flute, Feng Yong successfully attracted the attention of the female classmate sitting in front of him, and then turned on some kind of strange switch, ah, no, it should be called interest.

  So Feng Yong knows how to play a lot of tunes.

  In this era, Confucian generals are much more popular than military generals, and the feather fan scarf is standard.

   Feng Yong didn’t know if Zhou Yu was dressed like this, but the Zhuge old demon was indeed wearing a Ge scarf and holding a white feather fan, and he went in and out with plain clothes, giving him a sense of command.

  This is probably related to the rise of Confucianism in the later Han Dynasty and the worship of knowledge by the world.

  It is believed that the command of an army by a learned person is a manifestation of the ability of culture and military strategy.

  Feng Yong sat on the city wall and played a tune, and even the footsteps of the soldiers passing through the city gate below seemed to be a little lighter, for fear of disturbing the commander's elegance.

After the song ended, Zhang Ni, who had been standing behind him all the time, praised, "Lang-jun Feng's move is quite a gentleman's demeanor. In the end, the general thinks that Mr. Lang should not wear this armor, so as not to lose his status, it would be better to wear a Confucian uniform." Some."

  Feng Yong waved his hand, "I still think it's safer to wear this armor."

   Zhang Yi: …

  While waiting for Wang Han to investigate the news, Zhao Guang sent someone to send back the news that the Jieting matter had been completed, which made Feng Yong finally heave a sigh of relief.

   Ma Su probably really disappointed Zhuge this time, and was directly deprived of one-third of his military power, and sent 5,000 people to Yang Wanwan to take him to the northern pass of Dulong Mountain.

  It's a pity that Ju Fu's qualifications are still too low, otherwise Feng Yong can suggest that he should guard the street pavilion, so as to have a sense of security.

But now Zhao Guang and Yang Wanwan are rushing to Xiaoguan and Jitou Road with all their strength. In Lueyang, Gao Xiang guards Fanxu Road, except that there is a narrow Chencang road behind Shangyu to allow a small number of Cao Wei reinforcements to come, and Guanzhong enters Longyou. The road is basically blocked.

  Jieting is most likely to face the three to five thousand people who rushed over from the Chencang narrow road.

   Ma Di faced Zhang He's siege without water, at least he defended it for two days, right?

   It doesn’t make sense for him to lead 10,000 people and set up camp in the city. There are only 5,000 people on the opposite side and he still can’t hold it. Even if he can’t hold it in the end, it’s not a problem to hold on for four or five days, right?

   It will take two days at most to rush down from Longguan to support.

   After reconsidering all the details, Feng Yong felt a little relieved.

  On the second day after receiving the news from Zhao Guang, Wang Han finally came back, and brought back the information from the foot of the mountain: Qian County at the foot of Long Mountain had already started to station troops ten days ago, and has been guarding the city.

  Ten days?

   Feng Yong made a calculation, captured Longguan, Zhao Guang returned to Jicheng, and then sent someone to deliver the letter to him yesterday, exactly eight days, plus today, exactly nine days.

   That is to say, the day before I captured Longguan, Cao Wei's reinforcements had already arrived in Jian County, only a day and a half away from myself.

   "Who is the coach in the city, do you know?"

  Feng Yong asked.

   "The character Zhang was written on the banner at the head of the city. The last general also captured a few soldiers who went out to cut firewood. From their mouths, they learned that they came from Luoyang day and night, and Zhang He led the army."

  Wang Han replied.

   "That's right, it is indeed him."

  Feng Yong murmured, history has not changed, but why did Zhang He stay at the foot of the mountain for ten days without moving? It doesn't make sense!

   "How many Cao thieves are there in the city?"

  Feng Yong thought for a while and asked again.

"I'm not sure. The numbers spoken by several tongues are different, ranging from 20,000 to 50,000. However, the general guarded outside the city for two days, counted the soldiers who went out to cut wood, and felt that there should be two people in the city." Between 10,000 and 30,000."

  According to the amount of firewood needed every day, we can roughly infer a range of the number, but this "20,000 to 30,000" made Feng Yong's heart skip a beat.

   "This shouldn't be! Zhang Yun's army should be around 50,000. Where did the other half go?"

   If Zhang Yun rushes to the aid of Longyou with all his strength, the maximum number of cavalry that can keep up with him will not exceed 20,000 cavalry, that makes sense.

  But now I have stayed at the foot of the mountain for ten days. Ten days is enough time for all the troops behind to catch up. How could it be still 20,000 to 30,000?

  Among the Three Kingdoms of Han, Wu, and Wei, Cao Wei was the one that punished soldiers most for fleeing.

  Because it mainly implemented the Shibing system, that is, the soldiers and their families were registered separately, and the family members lived together as hostages, and made them soldiers from generation to generation.

  So if a soldier flees, his wife and parents will be enslaved by officials at least, or killed at worst. Although this system is very cruel, it also effectively limits the escape of soldiers.

   "How did Feng Langjun know that the Cao thief will have 50,000 horses?"

   Zhang Ni asked.

  Of course the history books told me.

"Cao Bandit's central army in Luoyang is no less than 50,000, plus the counties and counties around Luoyang, they can gather at least 70,000 troops. Since they came day and night, it means that Cao Bandit is eager to rescue Longyou, so Luoyang naturally You can send as much as you can."

  Feng Yong answered, while spreading out the map on the handsome case, and swipe his fingers over every key point.

  Especially his back road kiosk, he looked and looked again and again, but he couldn't see anything that needed attention.

  Because the threat of Jieting only comes from Guangwei in the south, and Guangwei County has Wu Yi watching, it can't cause any big waves.

  As long as Ma Dazuo doesn't have any demon moths, 10,000 people can block 5,000 people for three days, and it's enough for him to rush over from Longguan to support.

  Feng Yong became more and more confused, so where are Zhang He's 20,000 people? What are you going to do?

  The only people who can support Longyou are from the direction of Liangzhou, except for the thousands of people coming from Chencang.

Judging from the news passed by Zhao Guang, there are 20,000 Cao troops coming from Liangzhou this time. They are a mixture of Han and Qiang, all cavalry. military.

   This information is beyond the support of Feng Yong's historical data, because in the original history, Ma Dazui lost too quickly, and when Zhuge Lao Yao retreated to Hanzhong, he did not formally confront the Liangzhou people.

  So Feng Yong doesn't know how many people will come from Liangzhou in the end.

  More importantly, the Xiliang iron cavalry is the best in the world, and it cannot be overestimated, so the old demon Zhuge led people to join Wei Yan, it seems that he wanted to take down Longxi County and at the same time personally stop Liangzhou troops.

  At the same time, this is currently the greatest support Cao Wei can get into Longyou. As long as he defeats the Cao army in the direction of Liangzhou, Longyou can completely settle down.

   There is nothing wrong with this arrangement.

  After all, if you go to the east to fight Shangyu and Guangwei counties first, I don’t know how long it will take to fight, and even if you fight, there is no time to turn back to the west.

   At that time, Liangzhou soldiers and horses will not only be able to force Wei Yan to retreat, but if Jicheng is recovered, the Northern Expeditionary Army will be cut into two parts.

   That is another replica of Ma Dazui Lost Street Pavilion.

   "General Zhang, how about a deduction?"

  Feng Yong said to Zhang Yi.

"good."

  Zhang Yi nodded in response.

  Feng Yong sat down on the side representing Cao Wei, he wanted to have an empathy.

Holding the chess pieces in his hand, he deployed all his troops according to what he knew so far. After thinking about it, he deployed another 10,000 soldiers and horses to Chang'an: According to historical records, Cao Rui should have arrived in Chang'an by this time, and he should have left Luoyang behind. Bring the soldiers and horses under you.

  So there are 30,000 mobile troops with unknown movements left in their hands.

   Obviously, the big man is now defending east and attacking west.

  And Cao Wei desperately wanted to enter Longyou from the east and west.

  Longguan is lost, if you want to enter Longyou, you can only go north along Longshan, pass Xiaoguan, and turn over on Jitou Road.

  Feng Yong put the 30,000 soldiers in his hand at Xiaoguan, thought about it, and took it back.

  The risk of doing this is too great. Even if Zhang Xi can defeat Zhao Guang in the north, when he leads his army to Lueyang, he will probably only have one breath left.

   At that time, with the cooperation of Gao Xiang and Ma Di, he can even allocate part of his troops to wait for work and easily defeat them.

  More importantly, if Zhang Yun really walked through Xiaoguan, it would be impossible to finish the journey in ten days. There should have been news from Anding County long ago.

   Seeing Feng Yong's hesitant look, Zhang Ni said, "General, that Zhang Yun may not have hidden 30,000 people, maybe he saw Longguan fall, so he wants to defend Lang County with all his strength?"

   "Impossible!" Feng Yong shook his head, Wulongyou, while in Guanzhong, if you defend for a long time, you will lose. It is impossible for Cao thief not to understand this. If it were me, I would be in such a hurry, even if it cost me my life, I would desperately want to get Longguan back. "

   "In this way, even if Longyou falls temporarily, enough soldiers and horses can be mobilized to enter Longyou from Longguan, and continue to compete with the big Han for Longyou."

"In this way, the big man will have to fall into a long-term battle with Cao thief. At least he can maintain a close situation, and even have the hope of taking back Longyou, instead of surrendering Longyou and even putting Guanzhong under threat. .”

  Feng Yong checked all the passages in Longshan again, ruled out the direction of Xiaoguan, and confirmed that the only way is to storm Longguan.

  But Zhang He obviously didn't do this.

   So we can only continue to exclude.

  Chencang Narrow Road and Fanxu Trail can be ignored, so...

  Feng Yong gritted his teeth and put all 30,000 soldiers and horses in Chen Cang's position!

  Zhang Yi was taken aback, and pointed to Jikou, "General, there is General Zhao here, Cao Cao was attracted here from the very beginning."

  Feng Yong pushed the **** representing Zhao Yun back to Hanzhong, and then cooperated with the 30,000 troops representing Cao Zhen and Zhang Xi's 30,000 troops, and pushed it directly to the position of Sanguan.

   Just two steps like this, the situation has changed drastically!

   "Crack!" Feng Yong patted the table, stood up abruptly, his expression turned pale, "It's over!"

"Old General Zhao has been in Jikou since we left Hanzhong. His soldiers are old and weak, and Cao Zhen on the opposite side is led by elite soldiers. You can't expect him to last too long. If you are not careful, you will be killed." May be forced to return to Hanzhong."

  Feng Yong met Zhang Ni's puzzled gaze and explained.

"If the bandits Cao are really joining forces, I'm afraid the food road in Wudu will be in danger. To the south of Sanguan Pass is Hanzhong, and to the west is Wudu. As long as Cao Zhen blocks Chen Cang Road to prevent people from Hanzhong from coming out, Zhang Yun will go from there. Sanguan to Wudu, General Liao's 3,000 troops can't hold it!"

   Speaking of this, Feng Yong felt more and more possible.

  Zhang He came all the way from Luoyang, so it is certain that he is a tired teacher, but ten days!

  He arrived in Qian County ten days ago, even if it takes three days to gather up the lagging troops and then slowly walk back to Chencang, there will still be several days to rest in Chencang to let the soldiers recover their strength.

   Zhang Yi finally came to his senses, and looked at Feng Yong with a pale face.

   "Wang Han!"

  Feng Yong no longer cared about talking to Zhang Ni.

He turned around abruptly and said hastily, "Quick, bring a pen and paper, I want to tell the Prime Minister this conjecture! Also, send someone to tell General Wu who is following up, he is the closest to Wudu, let him Be careful."

  Feng Yong's hands and feet were trembling, **** it, careless!

   Originally thought that the road from Chencang to Wudu was the farthest, and Hanzhong was watching, so it was absolutely impossible for Cao thief to take this road.

  But he forgot that Zhang Yun could join forces with Cao Zhen.

  At the same time, after patronizing Longyou these days, I have forgotten that Zhao Yun can only be regarded as a suspicious soldier.

   Zhang He is indeed not Yi Yu's generation.

  Feng Yong can be sure that the Cao army in Si County must not have 50,000, maybe only 20,000, or even 10,000, which is enough to defend Si County.

  If the remaining 40,000 people all go to Chencang...

  Feng Yong also sent 10,000 people from Chang'an to Sanguan, so that's 80,000 people. The total strength of Hanzhong is only 20,000, including the old and the weak.

More importantly, there is one thing that Feng Yong didn't dare to say. According to historical records, Zhao Yun retreated to Hanzhong and burned all the plank roads in Xiegu. Although Cao Zhen could be avoided from chasing him, he himself was easily blocked. Hanzhong.

  If Xiegu can still go, Hanzhong’s troops may try to go out of Xiegu again to harass the rear of Sanguan, so that they dare not let go of their hands and feet and enter Wudu.

  Now only Chen Cangdao is left, Cao Zhen doesn’t need to enter Hanzhong at all, as long as he blocks the road, Zhao Yun and Ma Dai can only stare blankly.

  Wang Han hurriedly prepared his pen and ink, and Feng Yong scribbled down his thoughts, regardless of how ugly his handwriting was, and at the same time drew a rough topographic map, and finally stamped his handsome seal.

   "Also," seeing that Wang Han was about to run out, Feng Yong grabbed him, "If you take the people from the Dark Night Camp down the mountain, you must find a way to find out the exact strength of Cao's bandits in Qian County!"

   "No!"

  Wang Han said heavily.

   At this time, Feng Yong could hear the beating of his heart in his chest. Now he has 10,000 people in his hands, and even if half of them go to Wudu, it will be a drop in the bucket.

  The great situation in Longyou has made everyone flustered. Now the Northern Expedition army is scattered all over Longyou, from any direction.

  The only thing that can be counted on now is that Zhuge Old Demon can bring the troops back to Wudu in time.

The big deal is to give up attacking Longxi County for the time being, let Wei Yan guard Bindao County in Nan'an County, and then let Gao Xiangjufu and others guard Ji County in Tianshui County. North-South connection.

   Isn’t this sent out at the last minute at 15:00!

  

  

  (end of this chapter)