Chapter 593 Fog of War

  The mountain was full of logs, and soon someone came down from the mountain with a thick log and began to crash into the gate of the village.

  The gate of the village made of wood creaked, and it was about to be smashed open. The eyes of everyone in the Han army were square holes, ah, no, they were shining with ecstasy.

  Facing the arrow feathers shot out from inside, none of them retreated, shouting slogans and banging on the door desperately.

  With a bang, the gate of the village finally fell down, kicking up a cloud of dust.

"careful!"

  There were figures of people in the dust, and someone noticed something was wrong, so he quickly reminded him.

The sound of horseshoes sounded like a gust of wind and rain, and a group of people rushed out from inside. The Han army who was about to swarm in was unable to dodge for a while. can't get up.

  The cavalry who rushed out were all wearing leather armor, and the weapons in their hands were all made of iron. They were the strong personal guards.

  They increased their speed to the extreme in the shortest possible time, broke through the encirclement, even the barbarians who stood in front of them were hacked to death by them, and then ran towards the lower reaches of the river.

Before they reached the mouth of the valley, locust-like crossbow arrows suddenly flew over from the front, rushing towards the front wave of people, screaming incessantly, even the horses and horses, before dying, the horses rushed out a certain distance with inertia, Then he threw the person out violently.

  Since the Han army ambushed here early, how could it not block the intersection?

   "Get off the horse and go up the mountain!"

  The strong end screamed.

  Although there are Han troops all over the mountains, most of them have already run down the mountain to encircle them, and there are not many Han troops left on the mountain.

  In addition, the Di people live in the mountains all the year round, so they have much more advantages than the Han people in the mountains.

  When the guards heard the command, they got off their horses one after another and began to run up the mountain.

  The mountains and forests here are dense, and it is impossible for the Han people to seal every corner. As long as they find a gap and climb over this mountain, the Han people will not be able to catch up with them.

  It's a pity that Qiangduan's pedestrians are extremely conspicuous among the chaotic Hu people. As long as they are not blind, they will know that this must be the leader of the Hu people, so the Han army who has the spare strength to catch up will follow them closely.

  Qiang Duan saw that he couldn't get rid of it, so he ordered his followers to flee in all directions to distract the Han army. Then he set his sights on the direction and went into the forest with his personal guards.

   Stumbled and walked for an unknown amount of time, and felt that the shouts of killing had been left far behind, Qiang Duan dared to stop for a while, and took several sips from the mountain spring.

   After drinking the cold mountain spring, Qiang Duan felt that he had regained some strength.

   At this time, there was a sudden sound of breaking through the air!

  I only heard someone from the personal guard shout, "Be careful, my lord!"

   At the same time, he rushed forward to protect the strong end, and with a "chi", an arrow feather pierced the guard's chest.

  The remaining people quickly drew their knives and came up, surrounding Qiang Duan.

  Many people appeared not far from the opposite side, all holding crossbows, aiming at this side, when Qiang Duan saw the leader, his eyes were tearing: "Yang Pu!"

  Yang Pu stood in the middle, chuckled, and said loudly, "Why did the mighty king come so late? I have been waiting here for a long time."

Qiangduan is a local snake, he knows where there are trails to go, but Yang Pu was also the Di king of Wudu, he is more familiar with Wudu than Qiangduan, the Yinping Di king, so it is most likely to pass through Qiangduan with people early Waiting in the place, and sure enough, the big fish was guarded.

   "Why?" Qiang Duan stared at Yang Pu, the anger in his eyes was almost gushing out, "I have no grudges against you, why did you harm me?"

  Yang Pu sneered, didn't answer his words at all, waved his hand, more than a hundred people around him shot arrows in unison, and the last few followers around Qiang Duan only had time to rush up a few steps, and they were shot into honeycombs.

  Even Qiang Duan was shot by several arrows. He originally had an iron armor, which he bought from the Han people, but unfortunately he took it off and threw it away when he was running away.

  The arrow wound on his body was enough to kill him now. He was lying on the ground with his eyes wide open, holding his last breath and unwilling to swallow it.

"Why?"

  There was a black shadow above him that blocked his sight, his lips moved, he squeezed out the last bit of strength in his body, and murmured and asked repeatedly.

  Yang servant squatted down, his face indifferent, "For the wool. Mighty King, in the past two years, the life of my people in Ji County has become more and more difficult."

  “The land allocated to us by the Han emperors in the north has been continuously annexed by the Han people in recent years. Especially in the past two years, they robbed our land while farming themselves, and forced us to herd sheep for them.”

   "The prime minister of the Han people in the south agreed to me. If I am willing to help, he can set aside a place in Longyou and let the Han people teach us how to open a pasture, so we can stay there and graze with peace of mind."

   "You can also exchange wool for food, salt, woolen cloth, anything. Mighty King, you should know the benefits of cooperating with the Han people."

"Now all the benefits are for you, so you hope that Longyou and Wudu will remain unchanged. But for me, only when Longyou and Wudu change can my clan have a way out, understand? "

  After listening to what Yang Pu said, he forced his throat twice, and wanted to speak, but he couldn't speak anymore, and the light in his eyes finally dimmed.

  In the distant valley, the battle finally came to an end.

  This campaign not only captured a large number of Di people, but also harvested a lot of horses, cattle and sheep.

  The whole valley is filled with a happy atmosphere.

"Your Majesty Yang, after this battle, there will be no one here who can stop you from returning to Yinping and become King of Di again." Gao Xiang looked at Yang Ju, "Wudu is connected to Longyou in the north, Hanzhong in the east, and Bashu in the south. place."

   "What the big man needs is a calm Wudu Yinping, and I don't want such a strong person to appear again, understand?"

   "The villain understands."

   "Okay, then you go."

   "No."

  Yang Ju clasped his fists heavily, and then led the people away.

   "Every mountain road leading to the north must be strictly guarded, and no one is allowed to be missed, so as not to leak news."

   Gao Xiang gave another order to the people next to him.

   "No!"

   Just when Qiang Duan was ambushed in the valley, Cao Zhen finally led the army to Gudao County and attacked Hechi County where Zhao Yun was stationed.

  Zhao Yun relied on the danger to defend, and repeatedly repelled Cao Zhen, preventing Cao Jun from crossing the pass and threatening Yang'an Pass in the east and the Jinniu Road leading to the middle of Shu.

  Cao Zhen suffered from Zhao Yun's small loss in Jikou, and now he hit a wall here again. He attacked for two consecutive days and lost some troops. They all returned in vain, and he couldn't help feeling a little irritable.

   Just when his heart was burning, Wei Zhen, the general who conquered Shu, entered the tent, "General, there is news from the strong side in the south."

   "Oh, where is the strong end?"

   Cao Zhen asked hurriedly when he heard this.

  He is currently blocked here, and can only hope for strong cooperation and attack from both sides.

  It would be best if they could cut off the food supply of the Shu captives. If it couldn’t be cut off, at least they could be forced to return to defense and relieve the pressure on Longyou.

"When the general was patrolling in the west, he caught a spy. He claimed to be sent by Qiangduan, and he also said he knew the general, so the general brought him here. Does the general want to see him? "

   "Let him in quickly."

  I saw a barbarian enter the tent, and bowed to Cao Zhen, "Yang servant has seen the general."

  Cao Zhen looked at Yang Pu with some doubts, "I think you look familiar, but where have you seen it before?"

Yang servant had a respectful smile on his face, "The great general defeated the Shu captives in Xiabian ten years ago, and the villain once raised his troops to respond to the great Wei, and was rewarded by Emperor Wu. Later, the villain joined his family, and Emperor Meng Xian did not abandon him, and moved The tribe is in Ji County."

  In the battle of Xiabian that year, Cao Zhen served as a partial general at the time, and followed Cao Hong and Cao Xiu to defend Xiabian.

  When Cao Zhen heard this, he remembered, "Oh, no wonder, I remember that you sent dozens of cattle and sheep to the army back then as rations."

   "The general has a good memory!"

  Yang servant complimented again.

  Remembering who Yang Pu was, Cao Zhen showed doubts in his eyes again, "Since you have moved your family to Ji County, why did you appear here again?"

   "Returning to the general, after the city of Ji was destroyed by the Shu captives, the villain raised his troops to respond to the Emperor Wu. He was afraid of being killed by the Shu captives, so he led his people back to Wudu and asked for help from the mighty king."

   "A few days ago, King Qiangqiang heard that the Wei army had arrived. He had raised his troops from the Qiang Road, crossed the Qiang River, and marched downward. At the same time, he sent a villain to report to the General, and wanted to respond to the General from the north to the south."

Qiang Duan beheaded Wu Lan, the general of Shu, and personally sent him to Emperor Wu's camp. Later, servant Yang became attached to his family, all of whom were loyal to King Di of Wei. Cao Zhen had dealt with them all before. .

  Now when he heard Yang Pu's words, he was overjoyed and said, "You really are loyal people! Let me ask you, do you know how many Shu captives there are in Xiabian?"

"Back to the general, the enemy of Xiabian originally had only 3,000 people. Later, when the Shu captives in Qishan City heard that the general was coming from Chencang Road, they sent another 2,000 people, so now there are 5,000 people in total to guard Xiabian City. and Gushan."

   "However, I heard that the reinforcements from Longyou are rushing to the rescue. The number of them is unknown. General, if the Shu captives in Longyou turn back, it will be difficult for Xiabian to capture them."

   "The powerful king is now looking forward to the south of the Western Han River. He only waits for the arrival of the general's army, and the mighty king will cross the Western Han River to the north. Please send troops to the north and south as soon as possible, so as to cut off the retreat of the Shu captives."

   Wei Zhen, who was on the side, heard this, and saw the pensive look on Cao Zhen's face, and was a little anxious at the moment. Why did the general hesitate when he was waiting for such a great opportunity?

   This time entering the military capital to cut off the grain roads of Shu captives was proposed by myself. If it succeeds, it is expected to make an indelible contribution.

  If you lose the opportunity due to hesitation, you don’t know when you will have such an opportunity in the future.

Thinking of this, Wei Zhen approached and persuaded softly, "General, this opportunity is rare! Why don't we divide up our troops and let someone lead ten thousand people to the east, and join forces with King Na Di to attack from the north to the south? It is estimated that the five thousand Shu captives will not be able to defend for three days. "

   "At that time, not only Longyou will be rescued, but the army of Shu captives in Longyou will also be destroyed soon."

  Cao Zhen looked up at Wei Zhen, and then ordered, "Come here, send King Yang to rest first."

After Yang Pu left, he said with some embarrassment, "I don't know that the opportunity is rare. It's just that although Yang Pu is an old man, you can't trust everything based on his own words. You have to be careful. "

   "General, Zhuge Liang personally led the army in Longyou. Even if someone sent him a message from the day we arrived in Gudao County, it would take at least half a month for him to lead the army to come over."

"Unless Zhuge Liang had predicted that we would enter Wudu via Chencang Road, and lead his army back after defeating Ji County, otherwise he would never come here in time. There are not enough Shu captives left, so why should we be afraid? ?”

   "It's been eight days now, and we still have seven days left. The terrain at the Hechi pass is dangerous, and the guard on the opposite side is Zhao Yun. We may not be able to go down in seven days."

   "If the troops are divided into two groups, stay here to watch Zhao Yun all the way, go all the way to the southwest, and attack Xiabian with the strong side. Hechi and Xiabian, as long as one ground is broken, the big thing will be done!"

Cao Zhen was already a little bit moved, but now when he heard Wei Zhen's words, he thought to himself, there is indeed some truth in these words, as long as the army of Shu captives in Longyou didn't come back in time, Liao Liao and thousands of Shu captives, the army would have another Why are you afraid of ambush?

  Even if this trip fails to attack Xiabian, it can still force the Shu captives' Longyou army to turn back.

  More importantly, when I participated in the battle of Xiabian, I knew that the terrain of Xiabian was far less dangerous than Hechi. Otherwise, Zhang Fei would not have dared to say that he would station troops to consolidate the mountain and cut off the way out of Xiabian.

  Thinking about Zhuge Liang, he is only a villager. I once defeated people like Ma Chao and Zhang Fei in the next debate. How can I still be afraid of a mere villager? Let's see how I can break this army of Shu captives again!

  After thinking up to this point, he finally nodded, "Forget it. I'll give you 20,000 people. You must be careful along the way."

"Nahu people are mostly mobs. If they are beneficial, they will rush forward, and if they are not profitable, they will scatter away. In the matter of defeating the enemy, you can only trust yourself and not entrust it to the Hu people. Also, there are many dangerous roads in Wudu, and the army moves forward. Remember a lot Send out scouts."

  Cao Zhen gave another careful instruction.

   "The future will understand!"

  Wei Zhen said with great joy.

   Feng Yong, who is far away on Guanshan Mountain, naturally does not know what happened in Wudu.

  Now he is like a deaf, blind man.

  After losing nearly ten dark night hunters, the exact number of Cao Jun in Sixian County was still not confirmed.

  The person who was sent to deliver the letter to Zhuge Liang never came back, which made Feng Yong a little suspicious.

   Could it be that something happened to Longyou?

   This shouldn’t be the case. If something happens to Longyou, Jufu, who is stationed in Jicheng with 3,000 people, will definitely send the news according to the method agreed in advance.

   "General, another group of Cao troops entered the city in Qian County this morning."

  Wang Han has been very hard these days, running up and down the mountains, and sometimes he has to go back and forth once a day.

"how many people?"

  Feng Yong handed over a bowl of water and asked.

   "Three thousand or so, I will not count them myself."

  Wang Han gasped for breath and then drank it down.

   "If there were 30,000 Cao thieves in the city originally, plus those who entered the city these days, there should be almost 50,000?" Feng Yong was a little puzzled, "Could it be that I guessed wrong?"

  In the battle of Jieting in history, everyone praised Zhang Yun's lightning speed, could it be blown out?

   "These days, the general has already repaired the pass city. Even if there are 50,000 people, they can't easily capture Longguan. Why should the general worry?"

   Zhang Ni said from the side.

  The pass is not flat ground, and if hundreds of people come up to attack the city at a time, it is already considered crowded. When 50,000 people attacked the city, even if Zhang Yun divided the people into a hundred teams and took turns to go up, he didn't have to worry about dragging himself down.

  Now there are 3,000 people in Guancheng, 3,000 people from Wang Ping on the top of Guanshan Mountain, and 4,000 people in the valley behind Guancheng, waiting for them at any time. It is unknown who will collapse first!

  Knowing that there are at least 50,000 people living in the city in Jixian County, Feng Yong felt a little relieved.

  As long as Zhang He didn’t send people to Chencang, the people in Cao Zhen’s hands plus the troops brought by Cao Rui, at most 30,000 people could enter Wudu, and Mr. Zhao led 20,000 people to guard Hanzhong. What are you afraid of?

   At that time, it is not certain who will break whose back.

  Thinking of this, Feng Yong became suspicious again. Could it be that Cao Wei is waiting for the arrival of the troops from the Kanto region, preparing to fight a war of attrition?

  If this is the case, when Cao Rui knew that the grain in Guanzhong had been emptied by wool in the past few years, what kind of face would he have?

  Feng Yong smiled: Xia Houmao, who was originally stationed in Chang'an, likes money and manages the family property. In recent years, he has eaten a lot of food, but he doesn't know how much food he will be able to pay for?

  (end of this chapter)