Sima Yi cried until tears flowed, full of grief, obviously deeply distressed by the loss of his relatives, where is it like a cold-blooded person who is fleeing for his life, abandoning his relatives and ignoring his relatives. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

On the wilderness, Sima Yi's mournful cry echoed, which moved the Yan army, from Zhang Fei and other generals to nobodies.

Even though he had always been frustrated with doubts about Sima Yi's character, he couldn't help but be slightly moved, and began to shake his evaluation of Sima Yi.

"Zhongda, please get up." Liu Bei hurriedly helped Sima Yi up, and the word grief and indignation had been written on his gray face, "Zhongda's bereavement, this king empathizes, rest assured, your relatives are the relatives of this king, and your hatred is the enemy's hatred, this king swears to the sky here, he will kill the cruel thief of the pottery thief, avenge your hatred for Zhongda, for the Han Dynasty, for the common people in the world, in addition to this great harm." ”

Speaking of grief and indignation, Liu Bei seemed to be like his whole family was destroyed, and he was full of tears and sorrow.

"Kill the pottery thief-" Zhang Fei was so angry that his blood was surging, he waved his fist, and he was the first to roar.

The soldiers and soldiers of Yan on the left and right were all instigated, holding their weapons high, shouting at the bottom of the rest, and the sound of "killing the potter" resounded in the wilderness.

In the midst of an indignant scolding, the corners of Sima Yi's mouth quietly swept a playful sneer.

At that moment, Sima Yi was considered to have submitted to Liu Bei, and then handed over a thousand Jin troops to Liu Bei.

In order to express his trust in Sima Yi, Liu Bei did not accept these soldiers and horses, and immediately ordered that the thousand soldiers and horses be transferred to Sima Yi's command, which was counted as Sima Yi's personal guards.

After Sima Yi expressed his gratitude, he invited Guo Huai and Lu Bu and introduced them to Liu Bei.

Guo Huai is known to be talented, when Liu Bei rescued Jinyang, he dealt with Guo Huai, and he admired this young general in Bingzhou, Guo Huai was willing to surrender, and Liu Bei naturally couldn't ask for it.

But when Liu Bei saw Lu Bu, he immediately frowned, and the eager expression on his face was suddenly greatly discounted.

"The three family slaves are also worthy of serving my eldest brother." Zhang Fei behind him, followed by a black face, and said sarcastically without concealment.

How could the two brothers not have a grudge against Lu Bu.

Regardless of Lu Bu's bad deeds of killing Ding Yuan first and then Dong Zhuo, when he fled to Xuzhou, Liu Bei generously took him in, who thought that this Lu Bu secretly colluded with the pottery merchants, and the two of them raised troops at the same time and drove him Liu Bei out of Xuzhou.

This old enmity, Liu Bei didn't say it, but he remembered it clearly in his heart, and now Lu Bu came to defect alone, wanting Liu Bei to let go of the mustard and accept Lu Bu's surrender calmly, how easy it is to talk about.

In the face of Zhang Fei's sarcasm, Lu Bu was indifferent, neither angry nor ashamed, as if Zhang Fei was sarcastic about others and had nothing to do with him at all.

With Lu Bu's character, even if he didn't dare to be angry, how could he be emotionally unwavering, this indifference made Liu Bei quite novel.

"King, in the Battle of Shouchun that year, Lu Bu was hit by a flowing stone and injured his brain, and he lost a lot of memories, and he didn't remember what General Yide said at all." Sima Yi approached and reminded in a low voice.

Liu Bei's expression moved, and he suddenly remembered this incident.

In fact, as early as when he was still under Yuan Shao's command, he had already worked with Lu Bu for the second time, and he also knew that Lu Bu was because of amnesia, so Yuan Shaodi would be relieved to accept him as a righteous son.

However, Liu Bei always had doubts about this, and always felt that Lu Bu deliberately pretended to have amnesia.

And now, even a person like Sima Yi who is extremely resourceful thinks that Lu Bu has lost his memory, and Liu Bei's previous suspicions and vigilance naturally disappear with the smoke.

On his gray face, he immediately piled up an expression of eagerness for talent, and asked with a smile: "Lu Fengxian, are you willing to submit to this king and help this king realize the great cause of supporting the Han family?" ”

"I'm not interested in Kuang Fu Han, as long as you can help me kill the potter, I will submit to you." Lu Bu only replied coldly.

Liu Bei was stunned for a moment, obviously he thought that if he was kind enough to accept, Lu Bu should at least show some joy, who would have thought that Lu Bu would come lukewarmly like this.

"Three family slaves, how dare you-" Zhang Fei was immediately annoyed, and opened his mouth to scold.

Liu Bei raised his hand and stopped Zhang Fei, the last trace of doubt in his eyes was dispelled by Lu Bu's cold attitude.

If Lu Bu is pretending to have amnesia, and he is willing to accept him, he should secretly rejoice, even if he tries his best to hide it, he will definitely show a trace of joy.

Lu Bu's indifferent answer just shows that he really has amnesia.

At that moment, Liu Bei's suspicions were relieved, he smiled, and said happily: "Very good, your goal is to kill the pottery merchant, and the pottery thief is also a stumbling block that must be removed on the road of this king Kuang's support to the Han Dynasty, you and I have the same goal, from now on, we will work together to achieve a great cause." ”

After receiving Sima Yi and Lu Bu, as well as Guo Huai, Liu Bei was also a little relieved, and naturally did not dare to go to Mayi at the moment, so he had to lead the army to retreat to Pingcheng, strengthen the city defense, and prepare to resist the Wei army's large-scale attack.

Two days later, Tao Shang personally led a 30,000-strong forward army and chased to the front line of Pingcheng.

After learning that Liu Bei had reached a settlement with Gongsun Du and led the main force to arrive, the potter knew that he could no longer break through Pingcheng quickly, so he called the army to set up camp and wait for the follow-up army to arrive.

In the spring of that year, 80,000 Wei troops gathered under Pingcheng and formed a confrontation with 30,000 Yan troops.

Pingcheng is the northern gateway of Bingzhou, and it is also an important border town to resist the invasion of Saiwai, and its city is naturally built very strong, easy to defend and difficult to attack.

Moreover, Pingcheng is surrounded by mountains, which is not conducive to the development of large armies, and the potters cannot divide their troops to bypass Pingcheng, capture the surrounding cities, and turn Pingcheng into a lonely city like the siege of Jinyang.

Considering the limitations of various geographical advantages, the pottery merchants were not in a hurry to attack Pingcheng, but under Zhang Liang's suggestion, they divided some troops and horses to attack Yunzhong, Wuyuan and other northern Jin counties, and remove the threat from the flank and rear.

At the same time, the pottery merchant issued a series of edicts to northern Hebei, ordering Huo Qu to lead the East Road Army to attack the Yijing defense line guarded by Zhang Liao Guanyu, in order to seek a breakthrough.

The confrontation continued day by day, and before we knew it, January had passed, and the two armies of Wei and Yan had formed a stalemate on the front line of Pingcheng.

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Hanzhong, Yangpingguan.

The battle flag of Shu has been flying high in the sky above the first Xiongguan in Yizhou.

Gou Jian used the right plan, bypassed Yangping Pass, and succeeded in a surprise attack on Dingjun Mountain, forcing Xiahou Yuan to suffer from the enemy on his back, so he had to give up Yangping Pass and retreat to Nanzheng.

Gou Jian then seized the important town of Yangping Pass before Cao Cao led the army and entered Hanzhong from the valley.

Yangping Pass is the throat of Hanzhong, and once this pass is obtained, Gou Jian is not in a hurry to march to Nanzheng, but the army is stationed in Guancheng and waits for Cao Cao to attack.

Ten days later, Cao Cao led an army of 40,000 to Nanzheng, joined up with Xiahou Yuan's subordinates, and advanced in the direction of Yangping Pass, in order to recover this pass.

Gou Jian, under the advice of Fa Zheng, hung up the exemption card, while holding the gate without fighting, and on the other hand, sent a small group of mountain troops to attack Cao Cao's grain road.

Gou Jian's intention is also very clear, that is, to drag it on indefinitely, until Cao Cao is short of food and grass and is forced to withdraw his troops.

Since ancient times, from Guanlong through the Qinling Mountains, into Hanzhong, there are a total of five roads, the remaining three are located in the east of Yangping Pass, named Xiegu Road, Luogu Road and Meridian Road.

Although these three roads are close to Guanzhong, the roads are tortuous and difficult, and many sections of the road are wide and can only accommodate one person to pass, and the carriages and horses pass, and the transportation of grain and grass is extremely difficult.

From this three valley roads into Hanzhong, there is no need to go through Yangping Pass.

The other two valley roads are located in the west of Yangping Pass, named Chencang Road and Longyou Avenue out of Qishan, although these two roads are closer to Chang'an, but the terrain is relatively flat, which is conducive to the transportation of grain and grass.

It's just that these two flat avenues have to go east through Yangping Pass to enter the Hanzhong Basin, and Cao Cao lost Yangping Pass, and these two flat avenues were sealed, so he could only choose to transport grain from the relatively flat inclined valley road in the three valley roads in the east.

At this time, at the end of spring, the local grain and grass in Hanzhong were far from the harvest season, and the grain and grass that supplied the Qin army with 40,000 or 50,000 mouths had to be transported from Guanzhong through the sloping valley to the front line in Hanzhong.

With the passage of time, the supply of grain and grass for the Qin army has become more and more inadequate.

Gou Jian is very relaxed, the difficulty of transporting grain and grass from Shuzhong to the north is far inferior to transporting grain and grass from Guanzhong to the south, and his tens of thousands of grains and grass can be transported to Yangping Pass through Jiange Pass, and there is no need to worry about the problem of grain and grass at all.

What Gou Jian has to do every day is to drink a little wine in Guancheng, listen to Fa Zheng's discussion of the trend of the world, and when he has time, he goes to Guancheng to enjoy the sunset, and his life is comfortable.

In the evening of this day, Gou Jian was discussing the art of war with Fa Zheng in the tent, and personally wrote a report to present a letter from Cao Cao.

Gou Jian unfolded the letter, glanced at it, and couldn't help but have a trace of wonder on his face, "I didn't expect that this Wei King potter was so good, Cao Cao only retreated to Hanzhong on the front foot, and he broke through Jinyang on the back foot and killed Yuan Shang." ”

As soon as these words came out, all the Shu Chinese martial artists were shocked.

Gou Jian showed Cao Cao's letter to everyone.

It turned out that Cao Cao's letter was to inform him of the news of the fall of Jinyang, and also said that the pottery merchant invited him to send troops, but he wanted to use him to contain himself, and in the end, the pottery merchant and fisherman benefited.

Cao Cao finally said in the letter that the potters were the public enemies of the world, and persuaded Gou Jian not to help the potters anymore, and persuaded Gou Jian to understand the general situation and lead the army to withdraw from Yangping Pass.

"I reminded the Duke of Shu before, even if we want to seize Hanzhong, we should send troops when Cao Cao and the pottery merchant are both defeated and unable to save them, but the Duke of Shu was bewitched by Su Qin's clever words, and he had to send troops in advance, but he just did the pottery merchant a great favor."

As he spoke, it was Gou Jian's newly promoted and reused young strategist Fa Zheng, who defeated Cao Cao's attack a year ago by virtue of Fa Zheng's strategy, and used Fa Zheng's strategy to capture Yangping Pass first.

It can be said that Fa Zheng has now risen to the top and has become Gou Jian, that is, Liu Zhang in the eyes of everyone, the most trusted strategist.

Gou Jian's honor and trust also made Fa Zheng a little less scrupled, and he bluntly blamed Gou Jian's decision-making in his words.

Gou Jian's face sank slightly, and a little displeasure flashed in his eyes, so he threw the letter on the desk, and said proudly: "This duke sent troops in advance, naturally there is the intention of this duke, and now Yangping Pass is in my hands, even if Cao Cao leads the army to help, what are you afraid of, reply to Cao Cao to my duke, let him either roll up and roll out of Hanzhong, or continue to consume, I want to let me let the Yangping Pass in my hand out, dream!" ”