The news of Feng Yong's arrival at Xiaoguan quickly spread, which greatly shocked Anding County.

In particular, Xiahou Ba, the defender of Yuezhi City, after learning the news, on the one hand, sent a large number of sentinels to the direction of Xiaoguan, and at the same time sent messengers to Linjing in Anding County.

For a time, all kinds of sentinels and messengers were endless.

Some of his subordinates didn't understand why the main general just heard that Shu Lu had increased his troops in Xiao Pass, as if he was facing a great enemy, so he asked:

"Since the general arrived in Guanzhong, he must go forward in every battle, and he has never fallen behind, even if the blade is added, it will not change its color, how can he be so ambitious this time?"

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

As the defender of Yuezhi City, if someone else said this, he would inevitably be suspected of cowardice before fighting.

But if it is Xiahou Ba, who leads the army to attack the Yuezhi City at night, takes the lead, and captures the Yuezhi City, the weight is not ordinary.

Compared with the new generation of maps used by the Han Dynasty, the maps in front of Xiahouba can be said to be very simple.

It only roughly marks the city passes, mountains and rivers, and various official roads.

Even so, it can be seen that Xiaoguan, Wushi City, Yuezhi City, and Linjing County, the county of Anding County, are located.

Connecting these four places forms an irregular quadrilateral, with Xiaoguan and Linjing at opposite corners.

Sending troops from Xiaoguan can attack Wushi City on the left and Yuezhi City on the right.

In the same way, Linjing, where most of the troops of Anding County are stationed, can also support Wushi City on the right and Yuezhi City on the left.

Xiahou Ba stared at the map and explained:

"Among all the evils of Shu, the first evil should be the thief. Below the thieves, those who can bring disaster to the border of Wei are only Zhao Yun, Wei Yan, Feng Yong and a few others. ”

"Zhao Yun and Wei Yan are both old ministers of Liu Beishi, and they have been in battle for a long time. During the battle of Hanzhong that year, Emperor Wu hurriedly withdrew from Hanzhong, which was caused by Zhao Yun's attack on grain. ”

"Wei Yan did not lose his guard in Hanzhong when Shu was in danger, and he can be regarded as a good general."

Speaking of this, Xiahou Ba tapped the location of Xiao Guan on the map with his fingers.

"Only Feng Yong is the only one who came out of Shu after Liu Bei's death, and in less than ten years, he has become famous all over the world, and he is in a high position at a young age."

"Now he can be like Zhao Yun and guard one side, which shows his ability."

Thinking of this person's breaking Longguan, blocking Zhang He, Fu Qianghu, and cutting down Longxi and Jincheng counties, Xiahou Ba couldn't help but increase his tone and repeated the previous words again:

"Feng Thief, this person, is not only extremely cunning, but also heard that his mind is extremely vicious, and he is used to cutting off people's back roads, but under his command, he is one of the best soldiers in Shu."

"General Zhang is also a good general of my Great Wei, and he was defeated...... Well, I can't help this person, it can be seen that his leader is indeed unique. ”

"Everyone, look," Xiahou Ba stretched out his hands, pointing at Xiao Guan with one hand and Chang'an with the other.

"Da Sima threatened to lead the army to attack Hanzhong from the south, and this Feng thief led the army from Xiao Pass in the northernmost part, obviously to contain the army in Guanzhong, so that Da Sima could not go all out to attack Shu.

When the ministers heard Xiahouba's explanation, they were all stunned.

Da Sima cut down Shu from the southernmost part of the pass, and this Feng thief came from the northernmost part of the pass, and the distance between the two ends was the farthest, and the Feng thief's trick was really insidious.

"Shu Lu took advantage of my unpreparedness to attack my Longyou, which greatly increased the pressure on Guanzhong. If it is said that Huangxian, Chencang, Yicheng and other places are the gateways of Guanzhong, then Anding County is the northern barrier of Guanzhong. ”

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

The first is to walk south back to the middle road and reach Wangxian.

The second is to go southeast and reach Wushi County.

The third is to go east and reach Yuezhi City.

The most strategically significant is naturally to go south back to the middle road and attack Huangxian.

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

At that time, Shu can attack and retreat, and the initiative of Great Wei in Guanzhong will be completely lost.

This is true not only in Wangxian, but also in Chencang and Yicheng.

Therefore, after the loss of Longguan, these places became heavily guarded by the Great Wei Army.

"I believe that Feng Thief will not dare to attack Wangxian County in the south." Xiahou Ba said confidently, "If Feng Thief wants to break through Wangxian County, he must first break through the tens of thousands of elite soldiers around Wangxian County before he can go to the city of Wangxian County. ”

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

"Unless Shu Lu sends a large army from Longguan to cooperate, even if Feng Thief can escape in the end, he will be defeated."

In the past two years or so, how many troops each of Longyou, Hanzhong, and Guanzhong were, and both the Han and Wei sides basically had a rough idea of each other.

In Xiahouba's view, Shu Lu wants to cooperate with both roads and encircle Wangxian County, even if all the Shu Lu in Longyou are dispatched, I am afraid that the troops will be reluctant.

What's more, now that Liangzhou has not fallen into the hands of Shu captives, they still have to leave some troops to watch the west.

"What if Shu Yu goes to Wushi City? After all, there is Jingshui in Wushi City, and the road is much easier than going to Yuezhi City. ”

Questions were raised.

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

Xiahou Ba nodded:

"Because the city of Wushi City is not only taller than Yuezhi City, but also goes down the Jingshui, there is a bigger city behind it, Jingyang City (not Jingyang in later generations)."

"They need to break through two big cities in a row before they can enter Anding County. Jingshui originates not far from Wushi City, flows through Xinping County, and finally joins Weishui. ”

The so-called distinct distinction between Jing and Wei is that Jing water and Wei water converge, Jing water is turbid, Wei water is clear, clear and turbid is not mixed, forming a peculiar landscape. (In later generations, due to environmental destruction, the situation was reversed)

The confluence of the two streams is near Chang'an.

Even if Feng Yong broke through Wushi City, he would have to break through Jingyang City again before he could really open the door to Anding County.

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

Linjing is the county of Anding County, as long as Linjing is guarded, it is equivalent to keeping stability.

The defenders of Anding County are not too small, if the final situation is urgent, gather in one place to hold on to the Shu captive, the Shu captives may not be able to take advantage.

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

"But Yuezhi City is different, if Yueshi City is lost, Linjing, the county governor of Anding County, will be directly exposed to the threat of Shuyu."

Xiahou Ba said in a firm tone:

"Therefore, I think that the most likely thing for Shu Yu is to try his best to capture Yuezhi City."

As soon as the Yuezhi City is broken, Shu Lu can directly attack Linjing City, and no matter how high the city of Wushi County and Jingyang County in front of it is, it is meaningless.

After listening to Xiahouba's analysis, the subordinates all felt that it was reasonable, and couldn't help but admire and said: "General Gaojian! ”

"According to the general's opinion, how will the Feng thief act?"

Xiahou Ba sneered: "The art of war is cloudy, and if you attack it, you will be saved, and now the Yuezhi City is the place that must be saved in Anding County, this point, presumably Feng Thief is also clear." ”

"Even Feng Thief is afraid that he has guessed that we know this, with a cunning person like Feng Thief, he is only afraid of what tricks he is going to play, so we must be careful."

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

Feng Yong led the army to break through Longguan two years ago, first punished Pang Hui, the son of Pang De, and then fought against Zhang He, a famous general of Wei State, and became famous in one battle.

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

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

First, the command is led by the elite soldiers; the second is to be good at long-distance running; The third is the habit of cutting off people's back roads.

It can be regarded as an extremely difficult opponent, and it is no wonder that Shu Lu will let him lead his troops out of Xiao Pass and contain Da Sima in the south.

"So what we have to do now is to send more sentry agents to find out where the main force of Feng Thief is!"

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

Speaking of this, Xiahou Ba's hand slammed heavily on the map, and his eyes lit up with war:

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

After Jia Wenhe became a captain, I don't know how many people talked about it in private.

But those people basically used Jia Wenhe's virtues to force them, and no one dared to object to his strategy.

After all, with Jia Xu's ability to calculate everything, it is also admittedly that he has the plans of Zhang Liang and Chen Ping.

Therefore, Feng Junhou was called "Xiao Wenhe", which at the beginning meant that this person was talented but not virtuous, and his mind was vicious.

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

Coincidentally, in the first year of Jianxing, Jia Wenhe died, and Feng Mingwen happened to be out.

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

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

Xiahou Nan almost sold his head when he sold grain, Zhang He was installed in the name of a mountain climbing general, and the uncle and nephew of the Zhang family inexplicably became collaborators......

Not to mention participating in the Northern Expedition and leading the army to pacify the counties of Liangzhou in Longyou, which can be regarded as a great achievement.

Xiahou Ba regarded Feng Junhou as one of the thieves who brought disaster to the border of Great Wei, but he was not deliberately exaggerating.

Therefore, Feng Junhou stationed troops in Xiao Guan, and made the entire Anding County a rumor, and then he watched the scenery leisurely in Xiao Guan.

As the north gate of Guanzhong, Xiao Pass to the north out of the pass is outside the plug, to the west over Longshan to Longyou, to the southeast down is Guanzhong.

Xiao Pass is not a single fortress, it relies on the Great Wall in the north, and then transforms the entire section of the canyon into a complete military defense system.

At this time, it was autumn, and the northern grasslands should be the time when the grass was yellow and the horses were fat, but it was a pity that the Great Wall in the north blocked Feng Yong's sight.

Looking south, the mountains are all in view.

The yellow leaves swirled and floated to the ground, covering a thick layer of fallen leaves.

The unnamed mountain fruit just hung on the branches, yellow, red, and even purple......

Reached out and pinched a bunch of small yellow fruits, put one in his mouth and chewed, a little sour, and a little indescribably numb.

"Ah, why does Ah Lang eat these things indiscriminately?"

Guan Ji saw Feng Yong's mouth moving, and then saw him raise the fruit high, raised his head and opened his mouth, ready to eat it again, and hurriedly stretched out his hand to pat it!

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

Feng Yong, who opened his mouth to the sky, looked at an empty fruit branch in his hand, leaving only a fruit the size of a mung bean dangling, and he didn't come back to his senses for a long time.

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

"Tsk!" Feng Junhou glared at Guan Ji angrily, "This fruit can be eaten, I ate it when I went up the mountain to sweep the tomb when I was a child." ”

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

"Could it be that Ah Lang still has ancestors buried in the mountains? Why didn't you bring your concubines to worship all these years? ”

knew that this mother-in-law was forcibly changing the topic, but she just caught the place where she leaked her mouth.

Feng Yong had to say vaguely: "It's not in Shudi, you can't go." ”

"Oh," Guan Ji nodded, "It seems to be in Ah Lang's division." ”

She consciously didn't dig any further.

Zhao Guang next to him, seeing Feng Yong bending down to pinch the little red fruit in the thorn bushes of the mountain, couldn't help but remind at the moment:

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

"What's so nice about this terrain? Could it be that the Cao thief still dares to attack Xiao Guan 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, it's sweet and sour, but it's much better 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 again to pull it, "or stay in the army every day and be bored!" ”

When he stood up again, he had a few more small red fruits in his hand, "Do you want to eat it?" ”

Guan Ji wanted to refuse, but when she saw his serious appearance of carefully blowing off the fluff, she immediately changed her mind.

Feng Yong looked at it and knew what it meant: "Come, open your mouth." ”

Guan Ji glanced at Zhao Guang next to him, and seemed a little embarrassed.

"Take someone to the front and explore the way!"

Feng Yong glared at Zhao Guang, without a look!

"Oh."

Zhao Guang climbed up in a daze.

There was no one around, Feng Yong fed the little red fruit to Guan Ji's mouth: "Isn't it delicious?" ”

Although it has a little astringency, the sweet and sour taste is very suitable for Guan Ji's taste: "Hey, this tastes good, it seems to be really edible." ”

Looking at the few red and purple fruits in the innermost part of the mountain thorn bushes, Guan Ji pulled out his knife with a "bang".

"Boom!"

Fang Cai was still trying to protect the little red fruit, and the mountain thorn bushes that did not allow Feng Junhou to reach into were suddenly cleared by the Guan family's knife technique.

Guan Ji happily stretched out her hand and plucked the ripeest fruits.

"Does Ah Lang eat?"

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

"Don't eat it!"

Feng Yong glanced at the mountain thorn bushes that had been cut to pieces, the corners of his eyes twitched, and he turned his head and continued to walk towards the top of the mountain.

Violence, it's so violent!

This mother-in-law doesn't understand the fun of going up to the mountains to pick wild fruits when we were children!

I saw Zhao Guang turn back again: "Brother, the top of the mountain is ahead." ”

"Let's go up and rest for a while."

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

"Brother, when are we going to send troops?"

"Soon, when the news spreads throughout Anding, and the Cao thief begins to transfer troops, it will be a good time for us to send troops."

Feng Yong replied while climbing the mountain, "If Xiahou Ba really has the level to attack the Moon Branch City at night, he should be able to react in about a day or two." ”

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

"In this battle, the little brother will definitely make that Xiahou Ba regret not attacking Yuezhi City at the beginning!"

When Feng Yong heard this, he smiled:

"Xiahou Yuan died at the hands of General Huang Lao back then, and now you are married to the daughter of General Huang Lao, he made you lose your general name before, and now you want revenge."

"I doubt you two are natural rivals."

Guan Ji, who was walking last, couldn't help but be a little puzzled when she heard her own Ah Lang mention this Xiahou Ba again and again:

"The Linjing Hu clan can also be regarded as a county wang. Now Hu Zunling is too guarded by Anding County, but I am afraid that the Hu family will do his best to protect the county. ”

"Concubine Guan Alang, don't pay attention to Hu Zun, but pay attention to the infamous Xiahou Ba, why is this?"

Feng Yong said in a flat tone as he walked up:

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

"Over the years, has Xinghan dealt less with the Shuzhong family?"

Even the Li family, which is one of the best in Shu, the clan was dismembered, and even the concubines of the side branches became their concubines, what is there to be afraid of?

"Although Xiahou Ba's reputation is not obvious, what is the reputation of Hu Zun? It's just that he occupies the name of the Linjing Hu family, so he has to be appointed as the Taishou of Anding County. ”

"In my opinion, Cao Zhen put these two people in Anding, obviously with Hu Zun as the guard, but in fact, he is only afraid that Xiahou Ba is the real principal."

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

"Although the Yuezhi City is not big, and the person Yang Tiao used at that time was just a clan soldier, Xiahou Ba led the elite soldiers to attack and break it, of course."

"But what I see is his attack on the city on a snowy night, which has never been done before. It can be seen from this that this person is not only courageous, but also very thoughtful in the use of soldiers. ”

A few people were talking at the top of the mountain, when they suddenly saw the night battalion in charge of the guard leading one person up the mountain.

"Junhou, these days, the thief army led by Hu Zun has been staying in Linjing and has never left half a step."

After seeing the ceremony, the person who came reported on the movements of the Taishou Hu Zun in the past few days.

When Feng Yong heard this, he laughed: "I don't move, the enemy doesn't move, it seems that Xiahou Ba and Hu Zun have decided that I am planning to move the tiger away from the mountain." ”

He stood up and thumped his legs, "It seems that this is not a rest, go, go back to Guancheng!" ”

When the group returned to Xiao Pass, Feng Yong immediately convened all the generals in the army to hold a military meeting.

"From now on, the Modao Battalion, the Wudang Battalion, and the Engineering Battalion are all under the orders of General Guan, and I will give General Guan the sword, if you dare not obey the military order, you will be killed!"

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

Zhang Wei, Jufu, Wenshi and others clasped their fists together and saluted: "No! ”

The next day, the drums of the canyon where Xiao Pass is located are noisy, people are called horses neighing, Feng Yong led the cavalry and the righteous army of more than 10,000 people and horses out of the pass, officially opened the prelude to the battle of stability.

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