Chapter 250: Waiting for an Opportunity
"Tonight, I will send a capable person to Jiameng Pass, be sure to find out the situation in Hanzhong, whether Cao Cao is a real soldier to Yangping Pass, if this matter is true, we can immediately send troops to Jiameng Pass, and then wait for the opportunity to move!"
After thinking about it for a while, Liu Feng immediately made a decision, just as Fa Zheng said, if Cao Cao sent troops to Hanzhong, most likely it was expected that the competition between Liu Feng and Liu Zhang in Yizhou would last for a while.
"In this way, Cao Cao has obviously forgotten how embarrassed he was forced by the lord on Huarong Dao, if Cao Cao is still in person this time, we may be able to teach him to appreciate the situation on Huarong Dao that day!"
For Fa Zheng did not agree with his words, but strongly persuaded Liu Feng to send troops to Jia Mengguan, Xu Shu obviously did not take it to heart, I heard that Cao Cao is very likely to have sent troops to Hanzhong, Xu Shu also has some joy in his heart, Xu Shu has been in Cao Cao's camp for a long time, and he naturally knows a little about the situation of Cao Cao's army, knowing that if Cao Cao really sends troops this time, Liu Feng has a calculation or unintentional, most of them can do the yellow finch behind Zhang Lu and Cao Cao, and take advantage of the chaos to take the land of Hanzhong when they are both defeated.
That night, the three of them made up their minds to take Hanzhong, and Liu Feng also immediately sent a team of scouts to find out outside Jiameng Pass, and he reorganized his troops and horses in Chengdu, hoping to rush to Jiameng Pass at any time and take Hanzhong directly.
The next day, those officials who were appointed by Liu Feng to the county all came to say goodbye, and for those newly appointed people, Liu Feng rarely personally told them that they must not fish the people when they take office, otherwise they will not be spared, how can those officials not know Liu Feng's coldness, they are all willing to go.
After the Yizhou officials were divided, Liu Zhang also arrived at Liu Feng's mansion early, and asked for orders to go to the county of Qiqi to serve, what Liu Zhang thought in his heart, how could Liu Feng not know, it was precisely because of Liu Zhang's temperament that Liu Feng was relieved to place it in the land of Qiqi County, and handed over 10,000 soldiers to Liu Zhang, and gave him the right to act cheaply in Qiqi County, and the 10,000 defenders, Liu Zhang could command and transfer at will.
This arrangement is naturally because Liu Feng is sure in his heart, even if he gives Liu Zhang 100,000 troops, he may not dare to oppose Liu Feng, Liu Feng is so murderous without blinking, Liu Zhang naturally has a number in his heart.
Liu Zhang's wives and concubines and young sons, Liu Feng naturally let them all be taken away, in order to enjoy the blessings of the Qi people, but his eldest son Liu Xun, Liu Feng was named a partial general, and sent to Fushui Pass to assist Huang Zhongzhen to guard the pass, so that Liu Zhang, even if he had the heart, he did not dare to act rashly when he was afraid of his son.
Over there, Liu Feng sent people to Hanzhong to investigate, and three days later, Yangpingguan, a major land in Hanzhong, was indeed as Fa Zheng said, and it was already a sense of tension.
Cao Pi, in his nearly 30 years of life, was the first to be the commander alone, commanding 80,000 troops, with a momentum like a rainbow, and the soldiers pointed directly at this Yangping Pass.
This expedition, because Cao Cao only limited the number of troops to 80,000, but did not limit the generals he carried, so Cao Pi was not ambiguous, not only Jia Xu, Sima Yi, Cao Zhen, Wu Zhen and other civil and military generals who have always been very supportive of him were brought by him, but also Cao Hong and Xiahou Yuan, who were good at commanding troops among their clansmen, were also moved by Cao Pi and agreed to help him break through Hanzhong.
Cao Pi had already learned that the land of Hanzhong, although it was difficult to break through Xiongguan, but Zhang Lu actually had less than 50,000 soldiers, Hanzhong was originally a county in Yizhou, although it was a large county, but the number of household registration was only 100,000, so it was able to get 50,000 troops, Zhang Lu had already taken some effort, so Cao Pi did not put Zhang Lu in his eyes, and wanted to break Hanzhong quickly, and then see if there was a good opportunity to take Yizhou.
Cao Cao's health is not as good as before, Cao Pi naturally understands in his heart that this expedition, one is to break Hanzhong, attack Yizhou, and win Cao Cao's favor, and the other is to take advantage of this expedition to establish a relationship with Xiahou Yuan and Cao Hong, who have some prestige in the army, and try to pull the two into their own camp.
Although Cao Ren, Zhang He, Zhang Liao, Xiahoudun and others did not come at the invitation of Cao Pi, but Cao Pi was not discouraged.
"According to your opinion, how should we capture Yangping Pass, as long as Yangping Pass is broken, most of Hanzhong will fall into our hands, and then the sword will point to Yizhou, or we can break Liu Feng and return with a big victory!"
Just when Cao Pi had just arrived at Yangping Pass, Cao Cao's detailed work in Yizhou was already waiting here, and Liu Zhang had been informed of Cao Pi when Liu Feng was lowered, which was naturally quite unexpected by Cao Pi, but it also made him feel a little anxious in his heart, although Cao Cao had a word first, and taking Hanzhong was regarded as a great achievement, but above the court, Cao Pi and Cao Zhi's argument was not Hanzhong, but whether Liu Feng could hold Yizhou, so if Cao Pi could not talk about Yizhou, he would also take it together, It can't be regarded as a victory over Cao Zhi.
When Cao Zhen heard Cao Pi's words, he knew that Cao Pi must be a little anxious in his heart, and immediately said: "Zhang Lu now dares to be strict with us, and the person he relies on is Ma Chao, this Yangping Pass is steep, if it is attacked, I am afraid that it will lose its troops and generals, so our army can only use the advantage of our troops to lure the defenders out, so we can use our military advantage to break through." ”
"Then Zhang Lu knows the danger of Yangping Pass, how can he go out of the pass and confront us head-on?" When Cao Pi heard this, he was still a little helpless, and asked with a frown.
"Zhang Lu is not good at using soldiers, so he will obey Ma Chao's words when he uses soldiers, that Ma Chao is a person with deep hatred for us, as long as Zihuan releases his words, he only says that Ma Teng and other Ma clansmen are all dead in the hands of Zihuan, and then they will fight outside the border, how can Ma Chao hold it?"
At this time, Jia Xu, the old minister in Cao Pi's array, said with a smile. When Cao Pi heard this, after thinking about it in his heart, he bowed slightly, obviously, Jia Xu's remarks were indeed a feasible plan in Cao Pi's heart.
Cao Pi had already made up his plan and immediately began to implement it, just when Cao Pi was full of ambition to send 30,000 troops to ambush on both sides of the pass, and personally led the Chinese army to the front of the pass to fight. What he didn't know at all, all these behaviors were seen by several Yizhou who were familiar with the terrain of Hanzhong......
In the past three days, what Zhang Lu and Cao Pi didn't know was that Liu Feng was already in the Jiameng Pass, and he was closely watching the situation inside and outside the Yangping Pass.