In the middle of the night of December 11 in the first year of Yanxing (the thirteenth day of the Xindu attack), Zhao Yi led a team to disguise himself as the defeated army of Longxi and successfully defrauded Yang'an Guancheng. After controlling the city gate with 200 men, the main force of the Fuxing Army hiding in the rear quickly followed, and finally succeeded in taking Yang'an Pass and capturing Cao Wei's guard general Huangfu Min alive.

"Brother, the younger brother is incompetent and failed to control the North Gate as soon as possible, resulting in a small number of pseudo-Wei soldiers escaping from the North Gate."

"Well, that's inevitable. However, the fortifications on the north side of the city were much stronger than those on the south side. Moreover, the puppet Wei in the north only had more than 20,000 troops. Even if you know the news, it's not a big deal. Guowei does not have to blame itself. ”

"Brother, the younger brother has just interrogated some of the officers of the pseudo-Wei. They said that the pass here had to deliver food to the Sword Pavilion every five days. The most recent one was two days ago. ”

"Great, so we've got at least three days. Brothers, now the order! The 11,000 men of the whole army were divided into six teams, and the first five teams were 2,000 men each. Ling Xing and Ding Lie are the officers of the first and second teams. The two of you take turns leading the team to defend the North Gate! Guowei, Wushuang and the third uncle led the last three teams respectively. Immediately began to repair and improve the southern wall and the open area in the south of the city. Cheng Zuo and Ling Bo led 500 people to count grain and grass, build a kitchen, and take prisoners. Ben and Boan led 500 men in the general reserve. When war is in the same situation, where there is danger, fill it in...... Time is of the essence, so I can only take turns to rest. Bear with me, brothers! ”

"Hehehe, brother rest assured. The thought that we put at least 100,000 Wei troops in our pockets is worth the hardship and tiredness. ”

"This is only the first step to succeed, and the next is the test. The so-called return to the teacher is not stopped, and what will greet us next is bound to be a bloody battle! ”

"Brother, don't worry, we will let Wei Jun come and go!"

"Well, I'm convinced of that. Disbanded now, everyone is ready! ”

"No!"

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In the early morning of December 12, south of Hancheng in the Hanzhong Basin, the Wei army camped. There were 10,000 Cao Wei troops stationed here. Its mission was to encircle Seoul, the main stronghold of the Shu Han in Hanzhong.

The commander of this 10,000-strong Wei army was Xun Kai, the left protector of the Luoyang Central Army. He was only twenty-three years old.

As a young man who has just been crowned, he can lead the army alone in this expedition and take on the responsibility of the aspect. There's a reason for that, of course.

On the one hand, it is true that this person is talented. He is an outstanding figure in the three generations of Cao Wei officials. On the other hand, this person's family background is really a bit terrifying.

Let's see who this person's elders are, right?

Great-grandfather: Xun Yu (I don't know who Xun Yu is, I don't think I can read this book.) ）

Grandfather: Cao Wei Hu Ben Zhonglang General Xun Yun.

Grandmother: Cao Cao's daughter, Princess Anyang.

Maternal grandfather: Sima Yi. This person has been loved by Sima Yi since he was a child. Before he was crowned, his nickname "Huzi" was given by Sima Yi.

Maternal grandmother: Zhang Chunhua.

Father: Cao Weizhong's leader Xun Yi (This position is extremely powerful. He was one of the direct controllers of Cao Wei's army. In a sense, it was this person who determined the success or failure of the coup d'état in Gao Pingling).

Mother: The daughter of Sima Yi, the sister of Sima Shi and Sima Zhao.

On the surface of history. This person's future wife is Sima Yan's daughter (it seems that the generation is a bit messy...... ）

Well, let's not talk about it. I'll just ask you if you're afraid? Afraid or not!

"Huh~~~ Kind white mist, soaring to the sky, by asking the immortals, where to return home......" strictly followed the life routine of the children of the nobility, and performed the Wo Yu ceremony. Xun Kai shook his hair in a chic manner: "Left and right, the poem I sent to Jiang Bin, the guard general of Seoul yesterday, did he write a song and harmony?" ”

Yes, the last two months. The two armies inside and outside Seoul don't look like they're fighting at all. This atmosphere is not a little tense. On the contrary, it is too poetic. The commanders of the two armies exchanged writing experiences with each other when they had nothing to do. When the soldiers on both sides are free, they brag and fart (well, that's a bit of a bad word) across the city walls.

"If you go back to the guards, the Jiang guards in Seoul sent a reply late yesterday night, because the guards fell asleep ......"

"Eh, how can you do that? I replied late, and people thought I didn't know how to be polite. Hurry up and get it, hey, this singing and harmonizing is getting more and more difficult. It takes a lot of brains to make a good article. Well, this Jiang Zhongquan's writing is really good! It's hard to find such an opponent in Luoyang. ”

"Newspaper ~~~~!! The left escort army, the soldiers on the periphery of our army responded to the defeated army at Yang'an Pass. It is said that late yesterday night, the Shu army suddenly attacked and lost Yang'an Pass! ”

"Huh?!"

……

At the same time, Cao Wei's army was in the Sword Pavilion camp.

Zhong Hui brought out 110,000 soldiers from Chang'an. After entering the Hanzhong Basin, it joined up with Liu Qin, the Taishou of Weixing County, and the number of troops reached 120,000. Later, he annexed Zhuge Xu's 30,000 Yongzhou soldiers, and the strength swelled to 150,000.

Of the 150,000 soldiers, 25,000 were besieging the three strongholds of Hancheng, Lecheng, and Jincheng in the Hanzhong Basin to the north. Five thousand people, led by Tian Zhang, followed Deng Aijun into Jinggu Road. In addition, Yang'an Pass and Baishui Pass each had 2,000 people. In addition, some troops were responsible for escorting grain and grass throughout the process, as well as a small amount of battle damage and death. Now, Zhonghui's Sword Pavilion camp still has more than 112,000 soldiers.

In this expedition, Du Pre, who was sitting in Chang'an, collected a total of 100,000 people. Since the troops were dispatched in early August, 100,000 people have been transporting grain for more than four months. During this period, a large number of people died of illness and exhaustion. However, under the continuous replenishment of Du Pre, there are still more than 96,000 people who repeatedly walk in the steep and difficult plank roads of Qinling Mountains and Micang Mountain. And on December 12, in the camp of the Sword Pavilion, there were 40,000 people accompanying the army.

One hundred and fifty-two thousand, plus a few hundred senior officers and thousands of middle and junior officers. Of course, it is impossible for so many people to be crowded together, so the Sword Pavilion camp, although it is named after the Sword Pavilion. In fact, it is a large camp that extends more than 30 miles from east to west along the canyon between the Qinling Mountains and the Micang Mountain.

Lately, Zhong Hui has been in pain and happy.

At the beginning, when he arrived at the Sword Pavilion, he wrote a letter to Jiang Wei. But Jiang Wei obviously doesn't have Jiang Bin's elegance - ignore him. This made Zhong Hui feel quite bored.

But fortunately, Jiang Wei's physiognomy is a tiger, and he pays attention to eating meat in large pieces. So a small shrimp he is not interested in. Therefore, he did not kill the messenger like Zhuge Zhan.

(Jiang Wei was born in 202 and belongs to the horse.) Here's the metaphor. ）

Later, Deng Ai led the army to attack Jiangyou. In late November, the news came that the river oil had been broken and the river had successfully entered the basin (because the Sword Pavilion was blocked. The Wei army's message transmission could only pass through Jinggu Road, which Deng Ai entered, and take Yinping, Qiaotou, and Baishui Pass. It took about twenty days along the way).

Receiving this news, Zhong Hui was very excited. wrote a letter to Jiang Wei very solemnly, and attached the original copy handed over by Deng Aijun. But Jiang Wei was unmoved and ignored him. The Shu army of the Sword Pavilion also showed no signs of moving south.

But a few days later, on December 3rd. Pang Hui, who was at the forefront, sent someone to report that the Shu army was boiling in the Sword Pavilion that night, crying all over the camp (Zhao Tong returned to the Sword Pavilion with Guan Yi's request).

Sure enough, on December 4, Jiang Wei, who had been silent in the face of Zhong Hui's various teasing, took the initiative to send someone to Zhong Hui for the first time, and also sent Zhong Hui a lot of fruit wine produced in Fuling County to Zhong Hui.

In this letter, Jiang Wei first sincerely apologized for ignoring the teasing of the handsome guy Zhong some time ago, and implicitly asked what kind of treatment he would be if he went to Cao Wei.

Zhong Hui, who received this letter, was so excited that he went crazy. There is no doubt that Deng Ai, who entered the Chengdu Plain, achieved a pretty good victory. There was a big problem in the rear of Shu Han.

The passionate Zhong Hui immediately replied with a pen and gave Jiang Wei a blank check: If you enter our house, you will have a house, a car, and everything. The bride price is easy to discuss. Your old mother is almost eighty this year, and we have actually taken good care of Tianshui all these years. Come back, wandering wanderer, the arms of Da Wei are open to you.

Shortly after this letter was sent, on December 6, Zhonghui received another messenger from Deng Ai. It is said that it has destroyed the last formed army of Shu Han led by Zhuge Zhan and Yan Yu under Mianzhu City. The city is just around the corner!

Zhong Hui, who received the news, couldn't sleep all night in pain: the great achievement of destroying Shu has flew!

So Jiang Wei became his last straw: old man, surrender quickly. You're going to get rid of me. I need you so much!

Then Jiang Wei replied: I am willing to surrender. But my generals disagreed. Please give me some time.

Zhong Hui believed!

He couldn't believe it. Because Deng Ai has begun to sing invincible in the plains of the city, how lonely it is.

There must be a dead brain inside Shu Han to fight to the end. This brother expressed understanding. It's okay, give you time to deal with it, if you need my help, speak!

And then it dragged on until today, December 12th.

That night, Pang Hui sent someone to report again. It is said that we heard a large number of insults and weapons colliding in the Shu army camp in the Sword Pavilion Canyon, should we take the opportunity to attack? Zhong Hui was overjoyed after receiving the report: This is Jiang Wei purging the resistance. Then he quickly gave an order: everyone don't move, don't be impatient. In a few days, the Sword Pavilion will be ours.

As a result, on the thirteenth, there was no movement on Jiang Wei's side.

On the 14th, there was no movement.

On the 15th, there was still no movement.

Just when Zhong Hui began to doubt, in the early morning of the 16th (the seventeenth day of the Xindu attack), the military commissar came to Zhong Hui: "General Zhenxi, something has happened." The soldiers we sent out to pick up the Yang'an Guan grain team failed to receive people as usual! ”