Gao Changgong followed Danshui to the outside of Wuguan, but he did not directly attack Wuguan. If you attack directly, you can't take the Wuguan at all, how to say that the Wuguan is a Xiongguan, as long as the door is closed, and then blocked, it will be too difficult to attack it.

Therefore, Gao Changgong did not rush to attack the city, but used the most common method in Zhang Yi's army to send people to blend into the Wuguan.

A day later, Gao Changgong took the cavalry early in the morning and slowly saw it at Wuguan, until he was more than a mile old before he was discovered.

The defenders on the Wuguan saw the cavalry from a distance, immediately rang the gong, and then shouted: "Close the city gate quickly, there are enemy troops!" ”

The defenders at the city gate heard the shouts from the city and hurried into the city gate, trying to push the gate shut. But at this moment, an army suddenly came out near the city gate, and slashed directly at the defenders. The defenders were caught off guard and were soon depleted of casualties.

Gao Changgong heard the sound of the gong in the city from a distance, and immediately waved his spear and said loudly: "Accelerate forward, let's enter the martial arts!" ”

The cavalry accelerated, and after a cup of tea, they rushed to the gate of Wuguan City. After rushing into Wuguan, Gao Changgong immediately separated the army: "Destroy all enemies!" ”

Gao Changgong took over the gate of Wuguan and stood on the top of the city to command the army to control Wuguan. The Wuguan area is not big, and there are not many defenders, Gao Changgong quickly took the Wuguan completely.

After capturing Wuguan, Gao Changgong immediately sent a letter to Li Jing and asked him to send troops over. After taking Wuguan, it is equivalent to opening the way to enter Guanzhong.

Li Jing got the news of Gao Changgong in Wancheng and directly called Liao Hua. Among the so many talents found in Jingzhou, Li Jing is still very optimistic about Liao Hua, although his background is not very high, but he is very smart. He said to Liao Hua: "The main public has always been a meritocracy, and I am very optimistic about your ability." Now that Gao Changgong has won the Wuguan, now I need you to guard the Wuguan, and I will give you 3,000 infantry, are you sure? ”

Liao Hua was very excited, he didn't expect that he would receive such a heavy responsibility. He might have been excited, but after half a year of training, he has calmed down a lot. was also a lot more confident, and he said to Li Jing: "The last general will definitely hold the martial pass." ”

Li Jing nodded, "The land of Wuguan is very important, and when we attack Guanzhong in the future, we will definitely go from here, so you must make sure that Wuguan is not lost." ”

Liao Hua hurriedly promised, "If the last general loses the military pass, he will be willing to be a military order!" ”

Li Jing shook his head and said, "These guarantees are useless, I want to see what you do." Go ahead! ”

Liao Hua led the troops to Wuguan, and after arriving at Wuguan, he handed over to Gao Changgong.

After the handover, Liao Hua asked Gao Changgong, "Is General Gao going to return to Wancheng?" ”

Gao Changgong said: "No, I'm going to attack Shang County." ”

Liao Hua was stunned and asked puzzledly: "Although there are not many soldiers and horses in Guanzhong now, it is impossible to attack with 3,000 cavalry, right?" ”

Gao Changgong shook his head, "I'm not going to attack Guanzhong, but to raid Hanzhong!" ”

"Raid on Hanzhong?" Liao Hua looked at Gao Changgong in surprise, "General Gao, is this going to Meridian Valley?" ”

Gao Changgong nodded, "Not bad!" It's to go to the Meridian Valley! ”

"General Di has already won Shangyong, I need to go to the Meridian Valley to make a big show and pretend to be the main force of the Cao army, so that I can attract the main force of Hanzhong and create opportunities for General Di."

"I see!" Liao Hua was stunned, but he was still a little worried, "From Wuguan to Meridian Valley, you need to go to Shang County and Shangluo to enter Lantian to go, this road is hundreds of miles, what if it is intercepted by Cao Jun?" ”

Gao Changgong smiled proudly, "Although there are not as many cavalry in our army as Cao's army, I can still escape a hundred miles." ”

Gao Changgong set off from Wuguan and went straight to Shang County. Liao Hua stepped up the construction of military passes and strengthened defense. Because Wuguan is more about defending Nanyang's troops, Liaohua needs to defend the direction of Guanzhong, and cannot increase the Wuguan, but it can increase the materials for defending the city and increase the difficulty of attacking the city in the direction of Guanzhong.

Xuchang, Cao Hong returned to Xuchang with more than 3,000 horsemen, Xun Yu was very surprised when he saw Cao Hong who returned from defeat: "Why is General Cao so defeated?" ”

Cao Hong hung his head and explained to Xun Yu: "I fell for the enemy's plan, when I was stationed in Bowang, Master Shang led the army to capture Yexian and march to Xuchang. We know that Lord Shang Shu will be able to hold out for a while, and he is afraid that he will be ambushed by the enemy during the rapid march. But the enemy, as if he knew that we had not made a hasty march, ambushed us in a forest in the middle of the block. We were careful, but we were still attacked by the enemy. The enemy split into several groups, and each time I regrouped, I was quickly overwhelmed. ”

When Xun Yu heard this, he also felt helpless, "The enemy is deliberately luring the general to retreat." ”

Cao Hong said a little aggrieved: "I'm not afraid that Xuchang will be lost!" ”

Xun Yu could only shake his head, of course he knew Cao Hong's worries. There are not many defenders in Xuchang City, Cao Cao's army is trained in Jizhou, and Xuchang has a total of more than 30,000 defenders. After Cao Hong took away 20,000, Xuchang was left with 10,000. Using 10,000 people to guard Xuchang can actually be defended, but Cao Hong is worried that if Zhang Yi's army appears outside Xuchang City, there will definitely be many people in Xuchang City who will be in chaos.

Once Xuchang was in turmoil, Cao Cao's years of hard work were in vain. Although Cao Hong's ability is not very good, he is bent on Cao Cao.

But defeat is defeat, Xun Yu had no choice but to say: "This time, I will report it to the lord, and how to deal with it is up to the lord to decide." ”

Cao Hong looked at Xun Yu stupidly, but didn't say anything. He was vulgar, and many people looked down on him, but Xun Yu was a humble gentleman and never showed disgust for him. It's just that after now, Cao Hong himself doesn't dare to see Xun Yu, it's too embarrassing.

The so-called shame and courage, Cao Hong decided that he must be cautious in the future and never make this mistake again.

After Wancheng Li Jing sent Liao Hua, he once again sent a message to Di Qing of Shangyong. After Di Qing received the news, he summoned Wei Yan and Lu Xun to discuss: "Pharmacist Li sent the news that Gao Changgong has captured the Wuguan and should soon enter the Meridian Valley, and we will also start to prepare." ”

Wei Yan immediately asked: "Envoy, let me spy on Zhang Lu!" ”

Di Qing looked at Wei Yan and looked at it for a moment before nodding and saying, "Give you a thousand people, and make sure that you have mastered all the movements of Zhang Lujun." ”

Wei Yan immediately said happily: "The last general will definitely complete the task." ”