Chapter 792 Guan Ji Takes Command

  The news that Feng Yong led the army to Xiaoguan quickly spread, which shocked Anding County greatly.

   Especially Xia Houba, the guard of Yuezhi City, after hearing the news, sent a large number of sentries to Xiaoguan on the one hand, and sent messengers to Linjing in Anding County at the same time.

  For a time, all kinds of sentries and messengers kept coming.

   Some of the subordinates didn't understand why the general just heard that the Shu captives had increased their troops at Xiaoguan, and it seemed like he was facing a big enemy, so he asked:

   "Since the general came to Guanzhong, he has always advanced in every battle. He has never been left behind. Even if the blade is used, he will not change his face. How can he be so ambitious this time?"

   "Feng Thief is cunning and vicious, so I have to be careful."

  As the guard of Yuezhi City, if someone else said these words, it would be suspected of being timid before fighting.

  But if it was Xiahouba who led the night attack on Yuezhi City, took the lead, and captured Yuezhi City, the weight was not ordinary.

  Compared to the new generation map used by the great Han, the map in front of Xia Houba can be said to be very crude.

  The above only roughly marks the city gates, mountains and rivers, and various official roads.

  Even so, we can see the approximate locations of Xiaoguan, Wuzhi City, Yuezhi City, and Linjing County, the prefecture of Anding County.

  Connect these four places to form an irregular quadrilateral, and Xiaoguan and Linjing are at opposite angles.

   To send troops from Xiaoguan, you can left-click Wuzhi City and right-click Yuezhi City.

  Similarly, Linjing, where most of the troops in Anding County is stationed, can also support Wuzhi City on the right and Yuezhi City on the left.

  Xiahouba stared at the map, and explained:

   "Among all the villains of the Shu captives, Ge Bandi is the most evil. Below Ge Bandi, only Zhao Yun, Wei Yan, Feng Yong and others can bring disaster to the Wei border."

   "Both Zhao Yun and Wei Yan were veterans of Liu Beishi, who had experienced battles for a long time. During the Battle of Hanzhong, Emperor Wu hurriedly withdrew from Hanzhong because he was attacked by Zhao Yun."

   "Wei Yan guarded Hanzhong when the Shu captives were in danger, and he can be regarded as a good general."

   Speaking of this, Xia Houba tapped the location of Xiaoguan on the map with his finger.

   "Only Feng Yong became an official in Shu after Liu Bei's death. In less than ten years, he became famous all over the world and held a high position at a young age."

   "Now he is actually able to guard one side like Zhao Yun, which shows his ability."

  Thinking of this person breaking Longguan, blocking Zhang Yun, stroking Qianghu, and attacking Longxi and Jincheng counties, Xia Houba couldn't help but aggravated his tone, repeating the previous words:

   "Feng Thief is not only extremely cunning, but he also has a vicious mind and is used to judging people's backs. However, his subordinates are also one of the best soldiers in Shu."

   "General Zhang can be regarded as a good general of our Great Wei, but he was actually defeated... well, I can't help this person. It can be seen that his leadership is indeed unique."

   "Look, everyone," Xia Houba stretched out his hands, pointing at Xiao Guan with one hand and Chang'an with the other.

   "The Great Sima threatened to lead the army to attack Hanzhong from the south, and this thief Feng led the army from Xiaoguan, the northernmost point. Obviously, he wanted to contain the Guanzhong army so that the Great Sima could not attack Shu with all his strength.

   All the generals were stunned when they heard Xiahouba's explanation.

  Da Sima attacked Shu from the southernmost part of Guanzhong, and this Feng thief came from the northernmost part of Guanzhong, and the distance between the two ends is the farthest.

   "The Shu captives took advantage of our unpreparedness to attack me in Longyou, which greatly increased the pressure in Guanzhong. If Si County, Chencang, and Meicheng are the gateways of Guanzhong, then Anding County is the barrier to the north of Guanzhong."

  Shu captives sent troops from Xiaoguan, and there were three directions to go.

  The first one is to go south and go back to Zhongdao, and arrive at Qian County.

  The second is to go southeast and reach Wuzhi County.

   The third is to go east and reach Yuezhi City.

  The most strategically significant is naturally to go south and return to the middle road to break through the county.

  As soon as Bao County was broken, the gate to Guanzhong from Longyou was completely opened.

   At that time, the Shu captives can attack when they advance, and they can defend when they retreat. The initiative of Wei in Guanzhong will be completely lost.

   Not only the county, but also Chencang and Meicheng.

  So after the fall of Longguan, these places became heavily guarded by the Wei Dynasty.

   "I believe that Bandit Feng would not dare to go south to attack Si County." Xia Houba said confidently, "If Bandit Feng wants to destroy Si County, he must first defeat the tens of thousands of elite soldiers around Si County before he can go to the city."

   "At that time, not only will reinforcements arrive in Chang'an, but we can also send troops from Anding County to intimidate its flanks."

   "Unless the Shu captives send a large army from Longguan to cooperate, Feng thief will return in defeat even if he can escape in the end."

  Over the past two years, the Han and Wei dynasties have basically got a general idea of ​​the strength of each other in Longyou, Hanzhong, and Guanzhong.

  In Xia Houba's view, the Shu captives wanted to cooperate on two fronts to encircle Sixian County. Even if all the Shu captives from Longyou were dispatched, the force would be too much.

   What's more, Liangzhou has not yet fallen into the hands of the Shu captives, and they still have to keep some troops to guard the west.

   "What if the Shu captives go to Wuzhi City? After all, there is Jingshui in Wuzhi City, and the road is much easier than going to Yuezhi City."

   Someone raised a question.

   "It is possible, but it is more likely to come to our Yuezhi City."

  Xia Houba nodded:

   "Because Wuzhi City is not only taller than Yuezhi City, but also runs down the Jing River, and there is a bigger city behind it, Jingyang City (not the Jingyang City of later generations)."

   "They need to break through two big cities in a row before they can enter Anding County. The Jing River flows not far from Wuzhi City, flows through Xinping County, and finally joins the Wei River."

  The so-called clear distinction between Wei and Jing refers to the confluence of the Jing and Wei rivers, the Jing water is turbid, and the Wei water is clear. (The situation is just the opposite in later generations due to environmental damage)

  The meeting point of the two streams is near Chang'an.

  Even if Feng Yong broke through Wuzhi City, he would have to break through Jingyang City to truly open the door to Anding County.

   "As long as the two cities block the Shu captives for a few days, Chang'an's reinforcements can quickly go north along the Jing River to reinforce Linjing."

  Linjing is the prefecture of Anding County, as long as Linjing is guarded, it is equivalent to guarding Anding.

  The defenders in Anding County are not too small. If the final situation is urgent and they gather in one place to confront the Shu captives, the Shu captives may not be able to take advantage.

   What's more, Wei has a favorable location, and there are reinforcements from Chang'an.

   "But Yuezhi City is different. If Yuezhi City falls, Linjing, the prefecture of Anding County, will be directly exposed to the threat of Shu captives."

  Xiahouba said firmly:

   "So I think that the most likely thing for the Shu captives is to try their best to capture Yuezhi City."

  Once the city of Yuezhi is broken, the captives of Shu can directly approach the city of Jing. No matter how high and deep the cities of Wushi County and Jingyang County are, it is meaningless.

  After listening to Xia Houba's analysis, his subordinates all felt that it was very reasonable, and they couldn't help but admire and said: "Good advice, General!"

   "According to the general, how will Bandit Feng act?"

  Xia Houba sneered: "There is a saying in the art of war that if you attack it, you must save it. Now Yuezhi City is the place that must be saved in Anding County. This point must be clear to Bandit Feng."

   "Even Bandit Feng probably guessed that we knew this. A cunning person like Bandit Feng might try to play tricks, so we must be careful."

   "For example, pretend to attack Wuzhi City with a small number of troops to attract the attention of Linjing Hu Taishou, and then repeat the old trick and lead a large army to attack Yuezhi City."

  Feng Yong led the army to break through Longguan two years ago, first punished Pang De's son Pang Hui, and later fought against Wei's famous general Zhang He, and became famous in the first battle.

  When he knew that the other party was on the other side of Longshan, how could Xia Houba not pay more attention?

  In his opinion, Feng Yong is most noteworthy, there are three points:

   One is that the subordinates are led by elite soldiers; the other is that they are good at long-distance raids;

   It can be regarded as an extremely difficult opponent, so it is no wonder that the Shu captive asked him to lead troops out of Xiaoguan to contain the big Sima in the south.

   "So what we have to do now is to send more sentries to find out where Feng Zei's main force is!"

   "It's okay if he goes elsewhere, but if he is as I expected, he will eventually come to Yuezhi City..."

   Having said that, Xia Houba thumped his hand heavily on the map, his eyes burning with fighting intent:

   "Then I want to see how powerful this Feng thief, who was called the leader of the younger generation by the Shu captives, is!"

  When Jia Wenhe became a captain, he was discussed privately by many people.

   But those people basically used Jia Wenhe's virtues to force him, and no one ever dared to raise any objections to his strategy.

   After all, based on Jia Xu's ability to count all the strategies, it is also admitted that he has Zhang Liang and Chen Ping's schemes.

  So Feng Junhou is called "Xiao Wenhe", the original meaning is to say that this person has talent but no virtue, and has a vicious mind.

  But at the same time, it also proves from the side that in the eyes of others, Feng Junhou is a man with a strategy.

  Coincidentally, in the first year of Jianxing, Jia Wenhe died, and Feng Mingwen happened to become an official.

   Coupled with Feng Junhou's various deeds over the years, not only did the family in Shu suffer a lot.

  Even many people in Cao Wei have been tricked by this person.

  Xia Houmao almost sold his own head when he sold grain, Zhang He was given the name of General Mountain Climber, Zhang’s uncle and nephew became collaborators for no reason...

   Not to mention participating in the Northern Expedition, leading the army to pacify the counties of Liangzhou in Longyou, etc., can be regarded as a great military exploit.

  Xia Houba regards Feng Junhou as one of the chief thieves who caused trouble on the Wei border, but he is not deliberately exaggerating.

  So Feng Junhou stationed troops in Xiaoguan, making the whole Anding County panic, and then he leisurely watched the scenery in Xiaoguan.

  As the northern gate of Guanzhong, Xiaoguan goes north to go outside the Great Wall, crosses Longshan Mountain to the west and reaches Longyou, and goes southeast down to Guanzhong.

  Xiaoguan is not a separate fortress. It relies on the Great Wall in the north, and then transforms the entire canyon into a complete military defense system.

  It is autumn at this time, when the northern grassland should be yellow and fat. Unfortunately, the Great Wall stretching across the north blocks Feng Yong's sight.

  Looking south, you can see all the mountains.

  The yellow leaves whirled and floated to the ground, covered with a thick layer of fallen leaves.

   Unnamed wild fruits just hang on the branches, yellow, red, and even purple...

   Reached out and picked a bunch of small yellow fruits, put one in his mouth to chew, it was a little sour, and a little indescribably numb.

   "Ah, why is Alang eating these things?"

  Guan Ji saw Feng Yong's mouth moving, and then saw him holding up the fruit, raising his head and opening his mouth, ready to eat again, and immediately stretched out his hand to pat it!

  The whole bunch of small fruits flew into the air, and then fell into the grass, the thorns, and under the trees...

  Feng Yong, who opened his mouth to the sky, looked at an empty fruit branch in his hand, only a mung bean-sized fruit was left dangling, and he didn't recover for a long time.

  I could only hear Guan Ji whispering in his ear: "Most things in the mountains are poisonous..."

   "Tsk!" Feng Junhou glared at Guan Ji angrily, "This fruit is edible. I ate it when I was a child when I went up the mountain to visit graves."

   "Tomb-sweeping?" Guan Ji seemed to have learned some incredible information, and asked curiously, "Ah Lang went up the mountain to sweep the tomb when he was a child?"

   "Could it be that Alang still has ancestors buried in the mountains? Why didn't he bring his concubine to worship all these years?"

  Knowing that this woman is forcibly changing the subject, she happened to catch her leak.

  Feng Yong had no choice but to say vaguely: "It's not in Sichuan, and you can't go there."

   "Oh," Guan Ji nodded, "It seems to be in A Lang's sect."

  She consciously didn't go any further.

   On the other hand, Zhao Guang, who was next to him, saw Feng Yong bent down to pinch the little red fruit in the thorn bush, so he couldn't help reminding:

   "Brother, didn't we say that we came out this time to see the terrain?"

   "What's so interesting about this terrain? Does Cao thief dare to attack Xiaoguan at this time?"

  Feng Yong carefully picked out the little red fruit, wiped off the small fluff on the surface, and then put it in his mouth.

  Well, sweet and sour, much more delicious than the little yellow fruit just now.

   "Actually, I'm just looking for an excuse to come out and relax," he said, and he bent down to pick it up again, "otherwise I'll be bored every day in the army!"

   When I stood up again, there were a few more small red fruits in my hand, "Xijun, do you want to eat?"

  Guan Ji wanted to refuse at first, but when she saw him carefully blowing off the fluff, she immediately changed her mind.

  Feng Yong saw his expression and understood his meaning: "Come on, open your mouth."

  Guan Ji glanced at Zhao Guang next to her, seeming a little embarrassed.

   "Take people to the front to explore the way!"

  Feng Yong glared at Zhao Guang, but didn't wink at all!

"oh."

  Zhao Guang climbed up unhappily.

  With no one around, Feng Yong fed the little red fruit into Guan Ji's mouth: "Is it delicious?"

  Although it has a bit of astringency, the sweet and sour taste is very suitable for Guan Ji's taste: "Hey, this taste is not bad, it seems that it is really edible."

  Seeing that there were still a few purple-red fruits in the innermost part of the thorn bush, Guan Ji pulled out her knife with a "clang".

   "Swish Swish Swish!"

  Just now, he was still trying to protect Xiao Hongguo, and the thorn bushes that Feng Junhou was not allowed to reach in were wiped out by the Guan family's sword skills.

  Guan Ji stretched out her hand joyfully, and picked off the few ripest small fruits.

   "Does Ah Lang eat?"

  Guan Ji put one in her mouth, and at the same time stretched out her hand, and handed it to Feng Yong.

   "Don't eat!"

  Feng Yong glanced at the scattered thorn bushes, the corners of his eyes twitched, and he turned his head and continued walking towards the top of the mountain.

   Violence, so violent!

  This woman doesn’t understand the joy of picking wild fruits in the mountains when we were young!

  He saw Zhao Guang turn back and said, "Brother, the top of the mountain is ahead."

   "Go, go up and rest for a while."

  Guan Ji walked at the end with a knife, still looking around, as if she hadn't had enough.

   "Brother, when will we send troops?"

   "Hurry up, when the news spreads throughout Anding and the bandits Cao start mobilizing troops, it will be a good time for us to send troops."

  Feng Yong replied while climbing the mountain, "If Xiahouba is really capable of attacking Yuezhi City at night, he should be able to respond within a day or two."

  Hearing the name "Xiahouba", Zhao Guang gritted his teeth:

   "My little brother in this battle will definitely make Xiahou Ba regret his surprise attack on Yuezhi City!"

  Feng Yong heard this, and laughed:

   "Back then, Xia Houyuan died at the hands of General Huang. Now you are married to the daughter of General Huang. He made you lose the title of General before, and now you want revenge."

   "I doubt whether the two of you are natural enemies."

   Guan Ji, who was walking at the end, couldn't help being a little puzzled when she heard her Alang mention Xiahouba again and again:

   "The Hu family in Linjing can be regarded as a prefect of the county. Now that Hu Zun is the prefect of Anding County, I'm afraid that the Hu family will do their best to keep it safe."

   "The concubine looks at A Lang, and doesn't respect Hu Zun, but the not-so-famous Xia Houba. Why?"

  Feng Yong walked up and said in a flat tone:

   "The Hu family can be regarded as a rich family in Guanzhong, but compared with the Kandong family, it is only a second- or third-rate family, and it is similar to the Shuzhong family."

   "During these years, has the Xinghan Society not had much contact with the aristocratic families in Sichuan?"

  Even the Li family, one of the best in Sichuan, has its clan house dismembered, and even the daughters of the side branches have become their own concubines. What is there to be afraid of?

   "Although Xia Houba's reputation is not obvious, what's the reputation of Hu Zun? It's just that he took the name of the Hu family in Linjing, so he was appointed as the prefect of Anding County."

   "In my opinion, Cao Zhen put the two men in An Ding, obviously using Hu Zun as the prefect, but in fact, only Xia Houba is the real principal."

   Finally climbed to the top of the mountain, Feng Yong sat down on the rock.

   "Although Yuezhi City is not big, and the people Yang Tiao was using at that time were only the clan's clan soldiers, it was only natural for Xiahou Ba to lead elite soldiers to attack and break it."

   "But what I saw was his act of attacking the city wrapped in wool on a snowy night. This is an unprecedented act. It can be seen from this that this man is not only courageous, but also very thoughtful in using troops."

  Several people were talking on the top of the mountain when they suddenly saw a person from the Dark Night Battalion leading a person up the mountain.

   "Your Majesty, these days, the bandit army led by Hu Zun has been staying in Linjing, and has never left for half a step."

   After seeing Li, the visitor reported the activities of Hu Zun, the prefect of stability in the past few days.

  Feng Yong laughed when he heard this: "I will not move, and the enemy will not move. It seems that Xiahouba and Hu Zunliao have decided that I am trying to divert the tiger away from the mountain."

  He stood up, thumped his legs, "It seems that this is a rest, let's go back to Guancheng!"

   When the group returned to Xiaoguan, Feng Yong immediately called all the generals in the army to hold a military meeting.

   "From now on, Modao Camp, Wudang Camp, and Engineering Battalion will all be under the command of General Guan. I will give General Guan the commanding sword. Anyone who dares to disobey the military order will be beheaded!"

  Feng Yong held the handsome sword and handed it to Guan Ji with his own hands.

  Zhang Yi, Ju Fu, Wen Shi and others clasped their fists together and saluted: "No!"

  The next day, the canyon where Xiaoguan was located was full of drums and people called Masi. Feng Yong and Guan Ji each led an army out of Xiaoguan, each walking their own way, officially kicking off the prelude to the Battle of Anding.

  (end of this chapter)