Yi County.

The war has stopped, the sappers with the army are quickly replanning the city defense, Chen Zhi is not in a hurry to continue the attack, that Xu Huang is not an easy person, the day before yesterday can be defeated, all by the surprise of the Wudang Fei Army, the city wall of Yixian County is not high, and among the Wudang Fei Army, there are the most good climbing troops, unexpectedly, established a great achievement, but the same method, in the face of generals like Xu Huang, the second time may not be able to succeed.

What's more, the task of this trip is to attract as much of the main force of the Cao army as possible, he has now captured Yixian, he already has a foothold, and what he has to do now is not to continue to attack, but to prepare to defend the city, attract more Cao troops to come, and at the same time buy time for Huang Zhong to capture Chencang.

Chen Cang, Yongxian, Ma Mound these places according to the previous agreement between him and Huang Zhong, by Huang Zhong to attack, the two troops and horses out of Sichuan, if the Cao army is not moved, they will immediately join forces, 50,000 troops plus sophisticated equipment, is enough to form a threat, if the Wei army ignores them, after this side is completely stabilized, Chen Zhi will continue to attack Wugong, once the martial arts are broken, you can threaten Chang'an.

Because there is no need to worry about logistics, the consensus reached within the Han Dynasty is to take the camp step by step, and include the land of Guanzhong and Xiliang step by step.

Of course, it can't be exactly this kind of upright tactics, but to make a surprise, it takes time, Liu Yi's side has not moved, and the strength of the Cao army in Guanzhong has not been fully mobilized, and the strange soldiers will not come out.

"General, the sappers have repaired the city wall, set up another hundred arrow towers, and dug ditches outside the city." Wu Ban walked quickly to Chen Zhi's side and bowed.

Now in the Han army, each of them has a special engineer, served by Liu Yi's early disciples, they are built very fast, can quickly provide the main force with all the conditions other than frontal combat, this is the first time the engineer really went to the battlefield, the ability to show, is indeed amazing, the walled city of Wuzhangyuan, the large camp outside Yixian County and the stone throwing machine created during the siege, even if there is no breakthrough of the Wudang Fei Army, Chen Zhi is also confident that in the case of the Cao army does not send reinforcements, Xu Huang will be driven out of Yixian within half a month.

The officers and men of Shu have not encountered a major battle in ten years, and they have been training soldiers and horses.

Liu Yi's strategy of letting the children of meritorious soldiers enter the academy to study has formed a strong centripetal force in the Han army, of course, it is not only so, in the past ten years, the treatment of the Han soldiers is not too good, but it is not bad, especially the emergence of the rail car, so that the Han has great convenience in the transportation of materials, and also saves a lot of resources and labor, so that the Han has the ability to recruit more soldiers and horses and improve the treatment of soldiers.

In short, in the entire Han army now, the generals at the top are nothing, but the soldiers at the bottom are everyone who wants to kill the enemy and make meritorious contributions, seek a career for future generations, at least have to study, the contagion of this emotion is amazing, and now the Han army is like a hungry wolf, waiting to kill the enemy and make meritorious contributions.

"Let the soldiers rest and be ready at any time! Zhang Yi led 3,000 men and horses to Wuzhangyuan to prevent the Wei army from cutting off our grain route. Chen Zhi nodded, and next, it depends on how Cao Jun moves.

"Whoa!" Wu Ban agreed and took the order.

Chen Zhi thought about it and asked people to inform Huang Zhong to send troops, Cao Jun didn't know if he had been deceived, but now that Yixian County has been captured, Cao Jun will definitely come soon, if Huang Zhong has been hidden, there will be a lot of pressure on his side.

The two of them, even if the Cao army is not fooled, it is impossible to leave their 50,000 soldiers and horses here, Yixian is only two hundred miles away from Chang'an.

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"General, why are you here in person!?" Xu Huang looked at Cao Zhen, a little surprised, and a little ashamed.

"General Komeito doesn't have to be like this, victory or defeat is a common thing in soldiers, and besides, the generals are outnumbered, and the generals can't be complained about this matter!" Cao Zhen held Xu Huang who wanted to bow down, Xu Huang was older than him, and he was also a veteran who followed Cao Cao, although Cao Zhen was in a high position, he didn't dare to slack off on this veteran.

Xu Huang sighed when he heard this and said: "The general doesn't know, although Chen Zhi's reputation is not obvious, but his ability to command troops is quite powerful, and the Han army is ...... The general should also know that there is no accident this time, and the last general may not be able to hold it for too long. ”

Cao Zhen also sighed when he heard this, the armament of the Han army is indeed the strongest among the Three Kingdoms, and Dongwu has fought with the Cao army over the years with the armament donated by the Han army, and has never suffered a loss, let alone the Han army? Cao Zhen didn't believe that Liu Bei gave Sun Quan the best equipment in his own house, and Liu Bei was not so big-hearted.

"Are there really soldiers and horses who climb the city with their bare hands?" After inquiring about the situation in the army, Cao Zhen still asked with some surprise.

"It's not like it with bare hands!" Xu Huang shook his head and said: "The last general has seen that those people have steel claws attached to their hands, and the city wall of Yixian County is made of rammed earth, and the steel claws can pierce into the earth wall and climb up, but those people are indeed quite brave." ”

Thinking of that strange soldier, Xu Huang was uncomfortable for a while, he was also a famous general at that time, even against Guan Yu, he was not stunned, but now he was defeated by a nobody, which made him very uncomfortable.

Cao Zhen was relieved when he heard this, at least he knew that the other party was a human.

"The Han army, that is, the bow and arrow are superior to our army, how powerful can it be in close combat?" Cao Zhen said with a smile.

"Don't underestimate the generals, these people are all amazingly powerful, armed with knives and axes, and they are seriously injured and do not retreat, and often one person can defeat three or five sergeants." Xu Huang shook his head with a wry smile and said, he is now very curious about what Liu Bei has done in Shuzhong over the years? How did you train such a team?

When Cao Zhen heard this, his expression gradually became solemn again, and he was able to defeat three or five soldiers of the Wei army, which could be regarded as the elite of the elite.

"With such elite soldiers, there shouldn't be many of Chen's subordinates." Cao Zhen asked.

"I don't know this general, but there are a lot of them, and there are more than 1,000 soldiers and horses who raided that day." Xu Huang shook his head, he didn't think that there were few people on the other side.

"More than a thousand?" Cao Zhen felt a little angry and had a toothache.

Such more than 1,000 elites can not only fight 35,000 people on the battlefield, if this is really the case, Cao Zhen is very willing to take 35,000 people to fight the other party's more than 1,000 elites, the real use of the elite is to surprise attacks, surprise attacks that people can't guard against, food shortages, attacks on camps, often more than 1,000 people can cause damage to tens of thousands of people, and you may not be able to fight people.

For example, Xu Huang this time, Chen had nothing to do with the 30,000-strong army besieging Yixian, and after taking over the more than 1,000 elites, he easily opened the city gate, causing Xu Huang's troops to flee to Wugong in defeat.

"General, have you heard of Chen?" Xu Huang asked suddenly.

"Yes." Cao Zhen nodded and said: "The general forgot, when Liu Bei had not yet entered Jingzhou, there was an elite group of people by his side, the number was not large, hundreds of people, but it was quite powerful, several times to encircle and suppress Liu Bei, was defeated by this team, this person is good at training, and his martial arts are not under that pass, but he has always been by Liu Bei's side, and his reputation is not obvious, but he is by no means a nameless person." ”

"No wonder there are such elites under his command." Xu Huang suddenly felt that if he counted it like this, Chen Zhi was a person of the same generation as him, and he suddenly felt a lot better.

After all, losing to a nobody and losing to a general of Guan Zhang's level are two concepts, and this time, he can be regarded as careless, if he had known that the other party had such ability, he would not have lost so badly.

"Now that Yixian has been captured, there are only 8,000 men and horses in martial arts, if the other party comes to attack, it may be difficult to defend, can the general transfer another batch of men and horses to me?" Xu Huang looked at Cao Zhendao.

"This time, I brought 7,000 soldiers and horses to General Yu!" When Cao Zhen said this, he sighed a little and said: "At present, the Han army has only Chen Zhi and another team, the main force has not yet appeared, the soldiers and horses in Guanzhong are scattered in all directions, and it is difficult to dispatch in a hurry, and these are the only things that can be given to the general, the general only needs to hold the martial arts, so since Liu Bei is in trouble, compared to the main force, it will appear soon!" ”

Xu Huang nodded, there were 15,000 people in total, and it was enough to defend the city, but he was still a little aggrieved when he was pressed and beaten like this.

"General, this time Liu Bei is menacing, there are many soldiers and horses in Guanzhong defending against the enemy, it is difficult to draw too much, so you should ask the court for help as soon as possible."

"I have sent people to Yecheng to ask for help, but the reinforcements are coming, and it will take a month, to say the least!" Cao Zhen nodded, this issue has been discussed before.

For a month, Cao Zhen is still confident if he just guards Guanzhong.

Cao Zhen came over this time, just to personally ask Xu Huang about the reality of the Han army, and now that he has received the answer, he immediately stopped staying and returned to Chang'an to start dispatching troops.

On the side of Chang'an, there have been enemies on all the roads that the Han army can take, but in Cao Zhen's opinion, these should not be the main forces in Hanzhong, so what the other party can go now is to go out of Yangping Pass to attack Tianshui and stabilize these places.

Guan Yu will definitely send troops to respond, but Luoyang has Cao Xiu to guard, Cao Zhen is not too worried, Xiliang, Zhang He only has 20,000 soldiers and horses, Cao Zhen is ready to transfer 10,000 to Zhang He first, and then look at the movements of the Han army.

Du Xun has already gone to lobby the Qiang people, and the lobbyists who went to Nanzhong have also set off, as long as they hold on for a while, when there is an echo from the Qiang people, the troops in their hands will be much more abundant.

Now that he has supported Zhang He and given Xu Huang 7,000 soldiers and horses, there are only more than 10,000 remaining in the defenders of Chang'an, and Cao Zhen really doesn't dare to act rashly now, so he can only wait and see what happens.

Think about it, it's also very uncomfortable, when Liu Bei was chased by Cao Cao to hide in Tibet, except when he was in Xuzhou, Liu Bei's soldiers and horses didn't even exceed 10,000, when did Liu Bei actually be able to suppress Cao Jun in terms of troops? This made Cao Zhen feel unreal, if there is a chance this time, even if he can't counterattack into Shuzhong, he will definitely let Liu Bei suffer a big loss, and he will lose his troops and generals, otherwise if he goes on like this, he can hold it once, but he may not be able to hold it twice or three times!