Chapter 1225: Take the Pass, Go Down to the City

Ren Hongchang's words made Liu Yu sigh very much. =Top=Point=Small-Say Cao Cao in history, his strategists are well-known, Guo Jia, Xun You, Xun Yu, Cheng Yu, Jia Xu, Sima Yi, etc., which is not a military division-level talent who can take charge alone. However, in this time and space, because of Liu Yu's unexpected appearance, he was so downtrodden that there were only two strategists who could handle it, thinking about it, Liu Yu really felt a little sorry for him!

Liu Yu's indignant appearance attracted Liu Yu's words: "Husband, what are you sighing for?" Are you worried about Tongguan? ”

Liu Yu was embarrassed to tell Liu Yu what he was thinking, so he could only nod his head along the way. I don't want Liu Yu to tell Liu Yu that she has a way to capture Tongguan at a very small price.

Liu Yu's words made Liu Yu's eyes light up, and he hurriedly asked, "Really, what is the solution?" ”

Liu Yu smiled slightly, and his cherry-like mouth gently spit out two words: "Scold Guan." ”

"It's useless! I did this a few days ago, but Cao Jun couldn't hold on. Liu Yu said with some disappointment.

"Just because it didn't work a few days ago doesn't mean it won't work this time!" Liu Yu's smile was full of confidence.

Liu Yu asked thoughtfully: "You'er, do you mean that after Cao Cao leaves, someone will be unable to hold back and go out to face the battle?" ”

"Exactly." Liu Xuan said with a smile: "According to the intelligence, the people who stayed in Tongguan were Cao Cao's clan brothers Cao Ren and Cao Hong. If only Cao Ren guards Tongguan, then the concubine method will not work. But as long as Cao Hong is here, the concubine's plan will definitely work. ”

Liu Yu asked curiously: "Cao Ren's stability and Cao Hong's courage should complement each other together, why do you say that?" ”

Liu Yu smiled and explained to Liu Yu: "Husband, you also know that the concubine used to be close neighbors with the Cao family. So I know a little bit about these two people. Cao Ren is just like what his husband said, he is steady and cautious by nature, and he is indeed a great general. Cao Hong, on the other hand, is impulsive, irritable and irritable. In his life, he couldn't tolerate others insulting his eldest brother Cao Cao. A few days ago, it was because Cao Cao was there, so he didn't have a seizure, and now Cao Cao rushed to Hanzhong, and when he encounters a scolding battle, he will definitely not give up! ”

Liu Yu's words made Liu Yu slightly happy at first, and then he had some doubts: "Even if Cao Hong is scolded so much that he wants to go out to fight, but according to Cao Ren's caution." I'm afraid I won't let him mess around like this, right? ”

"Husband, I'm afraid you don't know that Cao Hong is a well-known bastard of the Cao family, right? He has outstanding talent in martial arts, and even some of the elders of the Cao family are not his opponents when he was still young. This also developed his problem of empty eyes, except for Cao Cao, the eldest brother of the same clan. Even his biological father can't control him, let alone Cao Ren, a brother of the same generation! ”

"Although Cao Hong is impulsive, he is also an old man in the army, he shouldn't have fallen for our trick of 'luring the snake out' so easily, right?" Liu Yu is still a little undecided.

"Of course the concubine's plan won't be so simple!" Liu Yu showed a confident and charming smile to Liu Yu. said: "When the scolding array. The husband must let the armaments be neatly lined up in the rear, and put on a posture to lure the enemy into battle. After doing this a few times, the husband will let the troops in the formation make a relaxed posture, and then Cao Hong will inevitably come up with the idea of catching us off guard! ”

Liu Yu's analysis made Liu Yu determined to try again. In order to enhance the effect, Liu Yu specially selected more than 1,000 super loud voices in the whole army, and asked the famous "poisonous tongues" in the army to teach them the most vicious swearing. Only then did these "scolding generals" take turns in three groups to shout and scold in front of the pass, and of course, not far after that, an elite soldier of our army swept for them.

Things turned out to be as Liu Xuan expected. Although the seven consecutive days of scolding have always caused a commotion and even scolding, no one has ever come out to meet the battle. Liu Yu saw that the heat was almost over. So he ordered the elite soldiers to carry out the follow-up plan.

It was Zhao Yun who led the army to sweep the formation today, and as soon as he received Liu Yu's order, he immediately made a few covert gestures to the whole army. As a result, the soldiers under his command slowly became yawning, hunched over, and no longer had the majestic military posture just now. What's more, they simply abandoned their horses in front of the pass, and slept on the grass with a sleepy expression.

These soldiers behaved like no one in their eyes, and even Liu Yu, his own person, wanted to go up and teach them a lesson, let alone Cao Hong, who had been insulted for seven days. With the sound of a snare drum, the door was closed, and Cao Hong took the lead in leading thousands of soldiers to kill.

I don't know if it's because Cao's army is short of horses, or if Cao Cao took away all the cavalry, there are less than a hundred of the thousands of soldiers led by Cao Hong on horseback, which naturally can't catch up with Zhao Yun's department, which is all cavalry. However, because of the suddenness of the incident and the inability to react, Zhao Yunbu ran and stumbled. This naturally gave Cao Hongbu plenty of time to pursue him.

Of course, all this is a show, just to attract Cao Hong to be shortlisted. However, although it was a fake, and the soldiers who lured the enemy took sufficient protective measures, nearly 100 people still fell under Cao Jun's knife due to various accidents. Although Liu Yu had already considered the emergence of this situation when he used them as bait, when these real things happened in front of Liu Yu's eyes, he still felt a burst of heartache.

Fortunately, the blood of these nearly 100 people stimulated Cao Hong, making him murderous, and his tentative attack gradually turned into a desperate pursuit. Just when Cao Hong was about to be shortlisted, Cao Ren, who had just gotten the news, appeared at Guanxia. He rushed in the direction of Cao Hong, and shouted loudly: "Zilian must not be reckless, be careful of an ambush!" ”

Cao Ren's shout made Cao Hong's pursuit pause slightly, although he didn't know what kind of reaction he would have, but Liu Yu didn't care anymore, because he had already entered the encirclement at this time. With the sound of a hammer and drum, Ma Chao and Tai Shi Ci, who were in ambush on the left and right, led their troops to kill, and Zhao Yun also led his troops to kill a horse gun.

I don't know if I was chased and depressed, or if I wanted to make a mistake for the previous battle, I saw Zhao Yun taking the lead and killing into the Cao army's formation. A soft silver gun blocks, takes, pierces, stabs, hangs, and collapses, making it superb. Driving in, such as entering a no-man's land, is really majestic. The blockers were invincible, and the soldiers of Liu Yujun who watched it were surging in fighting spirit, while the enemy was terrified.

Ma Chao and Tai Shici also had nothing to do, and the two guns turned into two evil dragons, devouring human lives ferociously. This scene made Liu Yu feel a little strange, and he couldn't help but say to Fan Lihua beside him: "Meng Qi and Cao Jun have the hatred of destroying their families and destroying their clans, and Zilong also has the shame of defeat. The two of them said that Cao Jun was so cruel in the past. But how can Ziyi fight so hard, is it because the young man is angry? That's weird! ”

In fact, Liu Yu was just talking to himself, and he didn't expect Fan Lihua to answer him. But it was beyond Liu Yu's expectations. Fan Lihua actually knew the reason: "The reason why Tai Shici behaved like this is not because of you, husband!" ”

"Me?" Liu Yu was puzzled: "What does this matter to me?" ”

Fan Lihua glanced at Liu Yu and asked, "Does the husband know that Tai Shici has a lifelong lover?" ”

Liu Yu thought for a moment and replied, "I know." The other party seems to be Feng Ying's sister Feng Lin, right? ”

"Not bad." Fan Lihua nodded. He asked again: "That husband, do you remember what you promised Tai Shici?" ”

"What did I promise Ziyi?" Liu Yu couldn't remember it.

Fan Lihua seemed to have expected that Liu Yu would forget. After snorting slightly, he reminded: "Husband, didn't you promise Tai Shici that you would let him marry Feng Lin after Yuan Shao was destroyed?" ”

It seems that there is such a thing! Liu Yu patted his forehead, a little embarrassed and a little funny to look at Tai Shi Ci who was rushing to kill in the battlefield and said: "It turns out that this young man is thinking about his daughter-in-law, hehe, what's so difficult about this." When I take Tongguan, I will write to the emperor and ask him to give the marriage in person, which should be as Ziyi's wish, right? ”

After listening to Liu Yu's words, Fan Lihua glanced at him with a strange expression. said very facelessly to Liu Yu: "Husband, it seems that you should ask Sister Wu Yuan to prescribe you a few pairs of brain-tonifying medicines!" ”

knows that Fan Lihua has always had this temper. So Liu Yu didn't get angry, but asked puzzledly: "What, have I forgotten something important?" ”

Fan Lihua said angrily: "Feng Lin said that she would not agree to the marriage with Tai Shici until her sister got married. ”

When Fan Lihua said this, Liu Yu remembered it all, and of course she understood her implied meaning, so she couldn't help but look at Feng Ying not far away, but it happened that she was looking at Liu Yu with obsessive and resentful eyes. When she touched Liu Yu's sight, Feng Yingqiao blushed and lowered her head shyly. The delicate beauty made Liu Yu's heart move.

When Liu Yu retracted his gaze, he happened to see Fan Lihua's strange expression that seemed to be smiling, so he smiled a little embarrassedly, and was about to speak, but was robbed by her again: "Husband, don't tell me that you want to marry Feng Ying?" ”

"How so?" Liu Yu swore and promised: "Since you all agree with me accepting Feng Ying, then of course I will not refuse, just as you wish!" ”

Liu Yu's reluctance made Fan Lihua very dissatisfied, she pouted and said coquettishly: "It seems that we forced you, but in fact, I don't know what you think in your heart?" Hmph, hypocrisy! ”

Liu Yu laughed a few times, and was about to defend himself a few words, but suddenly heard Zou Zhiruo next to him say: "Husband, Cao Ren has already pulled out the large army in the pass to rescue Cao Hong, shouldn't we also be pressed by the whole army?" ”

"Didn't you say that Cao Ren was steady and cautious? How could such a rash act be made? Liu Yu asked with some confusion.

"Husband, what are you doing so much? Maybe it's because of people's brotherly love? Fan Lihua said eagerly: "The opportunity must not be lost, and it will not come again." The husband must not hesitate, hurry up and order the whole army to press! ”

Looking at Fan Lihua's eager appearance and looking at the situation in the field, Liu Yu finally ordered the whole army to attack. The "whole army" here does not refer to all of Liu Yu's 200,000 troops, but to the 50,000 elites selected by Liu Yu. In addition to the 20,000 people in ambush, Liu Yu had a full 30,000 horses behind him. It's not that Liu Yu doesn't want to bully more and less, but he is really limited by the terrain near Tongguan and can't let too many troops rise up to attack him.

Fan Lihua was most eager to fight, and as soon as Liu Yu's order was issued, she rushed out first. Afraid that she would make a mistake, her deputy Luo Li'er led Luan Fengwei from the headquarters to follow closely after obtaining Liu Yu's consent.

Speaking of which, Fan Lihua really has a reason to love fighting, because her performance on the battlefield is so good. But where the three-edged silver spear is pointed. At worst, the weapon was taken off and the tiger's mouth was broken, and at worst, the mouth was shocked into the air with blood spurting from the mouth. "Zhan Tian Jue" is worthy of being an internal strength method that focuses on combat, and the momentum is really amazing.

And the performance of the Luan Fengwei who followed closely behind was also extraordinary. Or three people, or two people in a group, joint operations, cooperation is very tacit, encounter the enemy, parry parry, attack, not chaotic at all. Stab enemies to the ground.

Noticing such a scene, Liu Yu couldn't help but ask Zou Zhiruo: "The combined attack technique used by these girls is too simple, why don't they use the two yi, three talents, four elephants, five elements and other formations I taught them back then to deal with the enemy?" ”

Zou Zhiruo smiled softly. He said: "The formations you taught are too complicated and exquisite, and they are only suitable for infantry and combined attacks against masters, and when dealing with ordinary soldiers on horseback, they are far less fast and effective than such simple techniques. ”

Liu Yu nodded approvingly. smiled: "Who came up with this set of combined attack techniques?" Grace or Lihua? ”

"Husband, you are wrong!" Zou Zhiruo shook her head and said, "Luan Fengwei can practice this set of combined attack techniques, but the main hero is Sister Wen Ying!" ”

"Marven Ying? It's her! Liu Yu said with some emotion: "I didn't expect that in just over a month, she would be able to teach Luan Fengwei such an effective combination technique, it seems that she really underestimated her before!" ”

To Liu Yu's surprise, Liu Yu's praise actually made Zou Zhiruo laugh. After a long while, she explained in Liu Yu's puzzled gaze: "Actually, this combined attack technique was not taught by Sister Wen Ying, but was figured out by Luan Fengwei herself. Wen Ying's sister often gets off the field to spar when Luan Fengwei is training. With her martial arts, of course, there are many people who cooperate. There are as few as three or five people, and as many as seven or eight people. And because Sister Wen Ying likes to fight immediately, Luan Fengwei's various formations are difficult to perform, so she is often defeated by Sister Wen Ying's hands. In order to reduce the number of injuries, Luan Fengwei gradually learned to be obedient, automatically cooperated, covered each other, and fought together, and finally mastered the skills of combined attacks, effectively reducing the number of injuries, and getting rid of the pain of fighting with Sister Wenying. ”

Liu Yu couldn't help but raise his eyebrows: This Ma Wenying actually dared to bully my concubine reserve group, hmph, find a chance to give her a small shoe to wear......

In the small talk between Liu Yu and Zou Zhiruo, Cao Jun was defeated and retreated. After all, the vast majority of them were infantry, and they were inherently inferior to Liu Yujun's cavalry in terms of attack power. Therefore, even if they were also well-trained, they could not stop the attack of the 50,000 elite cavalry selected by Liu Yu.

Gradually, Cao Jun retreated to Tongguan, and Liu Yujun, who was pressing step by step, naturally followed. It can be said that this danger is already self-defeating and easy to reach.

Faced with this situation, Cao Ren decisively decided to abandon Tongguan, and pulled Cao Hong, who was unwilling to fight again, to lead the army to retreat. In line with the principle of "taking advantage of his illness and asking for his life", Liu Yu ordered a pursuit.

The result of using cavalry to pursue infantry is self-explanatory. With the exception of some cavalry and a few lucky infantry, the vast majority of the soldiers became prisoners of Liu Yujun's army. It was precisely because some time was wasted when resettling these captives that Cao Ren and Cao Hong and other high-ranking generals of Cao's army escaped unharmed, and none of them were caught.

Although there was a slight regret, Liu Yu was still satisfied with this result, especially after Zhuge Jin, the chief bookkeeper of the army, sorted out the spoils.

Zhuge Jin said respectfully: "Lord Yu, after searching and counting, Weichen and others found a total of nearly 60,000 stones of grain in Tongguan, more than 12,000 sets of armor and weapons cast from fine iron, more than 300,000 arrows, and all kinds of gold, silver and jewelry equivalent to 300,000 taels of silver. ”

It can feed the 50,000 army for more than half a year, replace the worn military equipment, and reward the heroes and boost the morale of the gold, silver and jewelry. Hey, it seems that Cao Cao's original intention was to fight a protracted battle with me here, but it's a pity that he is not a human being...... After sighing, Liu Yu asked Guo Jiadao: "How about the losses of the enemy army and our army?" ”

"More than 8,700 enemy troops were killed, and about 31,200 were taken prisoner." Guo Jia also replied respectfully: "Our army lost 2,866 dead in the battle, and more than 5,000 were wounded. Among them, there are about 700 people who may retire due to disability. ”

Such a price is still within the range of Liu Yu's bearing. He nodded and said to Guo Jia: "After Tongguan fell into my hands. Yongzhou can be said to be unstoppable. Taking advantage of Cao Cao's expedition to Hanzhong, we must take Yongliang and Erzhou in one go. This pass is the lifeblood of our army, and it is necessary to leave a reliable person to lead a heavy army to guard it. In case it was recaptured by Cao Jun. Do you have any good candidates? ”

Guo Jia thought for a while and said: "Captain Chen Zhi is a strict person, serious and both civil and military, and it will be foolproof to hand over Tongguan to him." ”

Chen Dao, the commander of Liu Bei's personal guard Bai'er soldiers in history, was square and strategic, and he was really a general. Liu Yu also has a very good impression of him. If he guards Tongguan, it will be as stable as Mount Tai.

"Okay then, let Chen Zhi lead 10,000 troops to stay at this pass." Liu Yu agreed to Guo Jia's proposal, and then said to Zhuge Jin: "In addition, all the wounded will be left in the customs to recuperate." You don't have to return to the team immediately after the injury, you can help defend here first. ”

Guo Jia and Zhuge Jin naturally took the order and left.

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The next day, Liu Yu took Ma Chao as the pioneer and ordered him to lead 30,000 cavalry forward. And Liu Yu led the army to follow. In less than a day, he arrived at the first city after Tongguan - Hua-Yin County. After seeing Liu Yu from a distance, Ma Chao patted the horse to greet him.

Without waiting for him to speak, Liu Yu asked, "How is the situation?" ”

Ma Chao gave a slight salute on the horse, and said respectfully: "Hua-Yin's current guard is Cao Ren's subordinate general and Cao Yong, a disciple of the Cao family, and the number of defenders is unknown, but according to what the city sees, it should not be under five thousand." ”

Liu Yu nodded and asked, "Are Cao Ren and Cao Hong also inside?" ”

Ma Chao shook his head. said: "Wechen asked some people outside the city, according to them. Thousands had entered Huayin late last night, but this morning all these faces had left the city. A merchant recognized the two people in the lead as Cao Ren and Cao Hong. ”

As they spoke, they arrived outside the camp where Ma Chao had stood. Glancing at the Ma brothers who greeted him at the door, Liu Yu couldn't help but ask a little strangely, "Why didn't you see your sister?" What's wrong with her, can't she be sick? ”

After listening to Liu Yu's question, a helpless look appeared on Ma Chao's face, and he shook his head. said: "My sister is not sick, she went to patrol the city, saying that she wants to see if there is any opportunity!" ”

"This girl ......" Liu Yu smiled and shook his head, and was about to enter the camp when a cavalryman galloped over. When he came closer, he turned over and dismounted, and the dust on his face couldn't stop the joy in his heart: "Lord Wang, Hua-Yin County has been taken by General Ma, please enter the city to rest!" ”

Liu Yu was overjoyed and suspicious when he heard this, and couldn't help but ask, "General Ma?" Which horse general is it? ”

The cavalryman was slightly stunned at first, and then said loudly in an admiring and proud tone as if he had figured it out: "It's General Ma Wenying Ma!" ”

Liu Yu was surprised to hear this sentence, Ma Wenying actually took the important town of Hua-Yin so quickly? Ma Wenying's troops are all cavalry, and there are neither archers nor shields, so it is absolutely impossible to conduct siege battles! It can't be that guy named Cao Yong who surrendered voluntarily, right?!

Just as Liu Yu was wondering in his heart if Ma Wenying stepped on dog shit when he went out today, Ma Chao suddenly said in Liu Yu's ear: "Lord Wang, this person is indeed my sister's personal guard......"

As soon as Liu Yu heard it, he knew that Ma Chao had misunderstood his hesitation, and he didn't want to explain more at the moment, so he nodded and explained that they were still stationed here, while Liu Yu led Luan Fengwei and the Beiwei army to Hua-Yin Chi.

Because Liu Yu's spiritual sense did not sense any danger, he did not let people go forward to explore the way. The first to run into the city gate, as soon as he entered the city, Liu Yu suddenly noticed a familiar figure, and looked at it, it was Ma Wenying.

After seeing Liu Yu, Ma Wenying immediately smiled, then the corners of her mouth twitched, and she raised her head to the sky, and the remaining smile was full of triumph. Looking at her expression, Liu Yu knew that most of this city was really fought by her. When he came to her horse, Liu Yu didn't care about the rude thing that she didn't greet him, and asked directly in an unbelievable tone: "This Hua-Yin County is really fought down by you?" ”

Seeing that Liu Yu was suspicious, Ma Wenying pursed her lips very dissatisfied, and said proudly: "Of course!" ”

Liu Yu sighed and asked, "How did you do it?" (To be continued.) )