Chapter 332: The Last God of War
Sima Yi felt that he had completely understood Zhao Hao's combat ideas,
He could even feel what Zhao Hao was thinking in his heart, and knew what tricks Zhao Hao was going to play next.
But so what? Even if Zhao Hao is Yangmou, now he has to hold on.
The Han army suspended the offensive, and Sima Yi had realized that Zhao Hao should be trying to use Chang'an as a bait to attract reinforcements to arrive and then besiege and annihilate them.
As long as these reinforcements are eliminated, Cao Wei Central Plains will not be able to show any useful combat power, and the Han army can easily break through the Hangu Pass and directly sweep the Central Plains.
Such a big appetite, such a big ambition, Zhao Haoman is only 80,000 people, and Wei Yanbu is only in his early 100,000s, he actually wants to fight Chang'an while eliminating reinforcements, Sima Yi asked himself if he had the courage,
No wonder people like Guo Huai, Du Xian, Cao Zhen, and Cao Ren were all knocked down one by one, and now it's finally their turn.
What to do?
Considering the overall situation, Sima Yi even had the idea of giving up Chang'an and keeping a little incense for Wei, but in this way, how could he be willing.
I, Sima Yi, am not bad at Zhao Hao, if I hadn't been dragged down, how could I have been like this? Since you Zhao Hao have the guts, then let's try it with real knives and guns and see who can laugh at the last moment.
That night, Sima Yi sent people out of the city and rushed all the way to the west, striving for reinforcements from Zhao Hao's Wei army early, whether they met Jia Kui or Zhang Liao, they had to order them to advance quickly and rescue Chang'an as soon as possible.
At the same time, in order to make a final resistance in the inner city, Cao Pi also made up his mind to use Zhang He, who had been fishing in Chang'an since the defeat of Jieting, and let him exert his residual heat again to fight Zhao Hao out.
Zhao Hao deliberately did not stop the cavalry of the herald, but only symbolically chased them out of the encirclement, he ordered Ding Feng to continue to besiege Chang'an, and left Jiang Wei to help him deal with some daily affairs, and the others began to slowly move westward, moving the headquarters to the area of Wannian, ready to block the Wei army that came to reinforce at any time.
This is an extremely bold plan, and no one will question it, but not a single person in the whole army opposes it.
This is the brilliant plan of the champion Hou, how can it be wrong?
Zhao Hao's imaginative tactics have always given them enough confidence, all the soldiers are jubilant, they know that as long as they defeat the reinforcements that are rushing in, after leaving the customs, there will be no strong enemies.
The messenger sent by Sima Yi rode a fast horse all the way to gallop, the war horse on the road was tired and died, he grabbed another horse, and desperately accelerated to the west, the news along the way made him gradually frightened, and it can be judged from the news from all directions that Chang'an is really a lonely city now.
"Damn, this Shu army is so powerful, why haven't the reinforcements arrived yet!"
Zhao Hao never thought that things would still have a little deviation, Wei Yan received Zhao Hao's order, in Feng Yitun's military camp, and set up a large number of fortified strongholds at Puban Ferry, Xu Huang thought that Wei Yan would definitely guard the heavy troops in Tongguan according to his previous combat experience in fighting Ma Chao,
He chose to cross the river from Pusaka as he did back then, but happened to meet Wei Yan's headquarters at the beachhead.
Wei Yan was also very excited when he saw Xu Huang, he ignored his own troops, and directly led the army to attack Xu Huang's vanguard troops, Xu Huang and Wei Yan, who had not yet figured out the situation, had a big battle, and the losses on both sides were very large.
Xu Huang saw that Wei Yan was fighting so bravely, and thought that Zhao Hao's main force was coming, so he hurriedly retreated to Pusaka and stood still, and asked Jia Kui to hurry up and move closer to Pusaka, and the two sides joined forces together to prepare for a big battle.
In this way, Zhang Liao, who was not the main force of reinforcements, took the lead in entering Tongguan, which was defenseless, and directly went all the way to the west.
"General Wenyuan, the Son of Heaven is very anxious to be besieged in Chang'an, please support quickly, don't let Chang'an fall into the hands of the enemy."
The soldiers who sent the letter were loyal to Cao Wei, otherwise they would not have been so willing to take risks, and they did not hesitate to run all the way, when Zhang Liao received the letter, the troops had already driven to Huayin,
He had just gotten Xu Huang and Jia Kui to join forces, and was fighting with Wei Yan's main force in Pusaka, and was trying to attack from Huayin to the north, and the three roads of men and horses combined to defeat Wei Yan, but now that he heard that Chang'an was under onslaught, as a minister, he had to decisively give up the idea of eliminating Wei Yan with his companions.
"That Zhao Hao, is it so powerful?"
When Zhang Liao got the order to rescue Chang'an, Zhao Hao had just begun to launch a siege, and had not yet annihilated the Wei army around Chang'an.
It is really normal to fight siege warfare for a month or two in this era, let alone a fortified city like Chang'an.
But the herald actually told Zhang Liao that Zhao Hao had already broken through the outer city of Chang'an in one night, and was now cleaning up the remnants of the Wei army in the city, and would launch a fatal blow to the Wei army at any time.
This is still a fart, even if it is a rapid march from this full force, it will take seven or eight days to walk near Chang'an, if Zhao Hao is really so brave, when Zhang Liao defeats Chang'an City, it will inevitably be surrounded on all sides, and this army that has guarded Hefei for many years will be completely in vain.
What to do......
In all fairness, Cao Pi was still very good to Zhang Liao, he had been ill, Cao Pi also sent Sima Yi and Liu Ye, who were then servants, to the front line to comfort him and bring him some precious medicinal materials, Zhang Liao had already made up his mind to serve Cao Wei's court and shed the last drop of blood for Cao Wei's great cause.
"General, please send troops quickly, the thieves are strong, Sima Gong has decided to die with the Son of Heaven, he asked the last general to pass the word, saying that Chang'an is still strong, enough to support half a month, and please General Wenyuan don't delay!"
Enough to last half a month? Where did this Sima Yi get his courage?
Without the city wall, the Han army has already entered Chang'an City, even if Sima Yi can temporarily build a large number of fortifications, those wealthy families also try their best to resist, how can he Sima Yi be confident that he will be able to hold out for half a month.
Don't......
Soon, Zhang Liao also understood what Sima Yi meant.
I see, this Zhao Hao is really bold.
He actually wanted to use Chang'an as a bait to annihilate our army one by one under Chang'an City, and then the Central Plains could be decided?
Hey, it's majestic, it's powerful.
"I, Zhang Liao, as a Wei general, will naturally not stand idly by, the Son of Heaven is in trouble, it is the time for our army to move forward bravely, pass on my general's order, move forward quickly, we will meet the world's first fierce general!"
Yanmen men have never known what it means to be afraid,
In the battle of White Wolf Mountain, Cao Cao's romantic military adventure almost wiped out the Cao army, and in the face of the powerful and leisurely Karasuma army, it was Zhang Liao who encouraged morale to fight bravely, and beheaded the leader of Karasuma in the middle of the battle, so that the originally dominant Karasuma army collapsed in an instant and became a fragment of history.
Now he wants to reproduce the events of the past, but the table has been replaced by the younger and more powerful Zhao Hao.
"There's nothing to be afraid of, when Emperor Wu and I attacked Liucheng, Na Badun was also known as the hero of the world, and it was not a halberd to stab to death, I heard that Zhao Hao's martial arts were strong, I want to ask me if the iron halberd in my hand can kill this fang."
He insisted on Hefei all the year round, Sun Quan repeatedly led the army to attack, and he was beaten to the ground, Zhang Liao was very confident in the iron halberd in his hand, he slowly raised the black iron halberd above his head, but his hands unconsciously trembled hard.
"Damn, don't make a fuss!" Zhang Liao said resentfully.
Since the beginning of this year, Zhang Liao's health has become worse and worse, he has been sick for a long time, and he has long been accustomed to the feeling of weakness, but this year is different, he almost feels that he can't hold a sword.
What is the point of living for a military general who can't hold a sword?
The herald happened to see the large shaking of the halberd in Zhang Liao's hand, and was puzzled, only to see Zhang Liao swaying in the air, the iron halberd that had killed countless people roared through the air like a black dragon, and the gloomy and cold wind tore him gasp.
"General, ...... you"
"Hey, let's see if my old bone can fight anymore!"
Zhang Liaobu moved forward quickly, Wei Yan and Xu Huang were fighting fiercely, and they didn't have time to control him, in order to speed up the march, Zhang Liao also got a lot of fishing boats, led his elite soldiers, and advanced along Weishui.
When I arrived in Zheng County, it was still very calm along the way, and it seemed that the Han army along the way felt Zhang Liao's powerful evil aura and did not dare to move, but Zhang Liao had gradually smelled a terrifying feeling.
That's the smell of the enemy.
Sure enough, just after the march to Xiaqi, the troops were waiting to bury the pot to make food, and the dense arrow rain did not know where to shoot from, Zhang Liao reacted very quickly, grabbed a hand shield to defend, but the arrow rain continued, and the soldiers around Zhang Liao who had not yet reacted immediately fell one by one, and the corpses were all over the ground.
"Enemy attack!" Zhang Liao shouted loudly.
He jumped up from the ground in a hurry, and this jump made him feel a little backache, but he gritted his teeth, climbed on his horse, and commanded the army to deal with it calmly.
If it is Jia Kui's Central Plains soldiers, they may be in chaos when they encounter a surprise attack, but Zhang Liao's elite has been guarding Hefei for a long time, and a round of arrow rain can be frightened.
Under Zhang Liao's command, they stood up one after another, drew the long knives at their waists, and searched for the enemy's figure.
It doesn't matter if you look at this, even Zhang Liao, everyone gasped - I saw that not far away, there was actually a large group of knights in the black press, I am afraid that there were thousands of people!
Each of them is armed with a strong bow, a long knife at the waist, and their faces are fierce and powerful.
Although Zhang Liao himself was also a fierce general of the cavalry, the problem was that he had been stationed in Hefei for a long time, and the climate there was not suitable for large-scale horse breeding, resulting in his troops being mainly infantry, and he secretly calculated that even if he defeated these cavalry, he would definitely not be able to catch up.
"Damn, it's all to blame Zhang for surrendering to this son of a bitch, and giving up so many cavalry, otherwise why would he end up like this today."
Zhang Liao muttered a few words hatefully, but there was not too much entanglement,
The cavalry of this era was far from being as powerful as in later generations, and infantry and cavalry battles would take place every day in this land.
Zhang Liao's troops have an absolute advantage, and Zhang Liao himself is also a fierce general, so he is confident that these knights will flee.