The soldiers were fast, Cao Xiu had just arrived in Chang'an, Cao Zhen gave a few words, and he was about to rush to Baochuan Road. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

The 30,000 horses he wanted to bring with him had already been assembled there.

He said to Cao Xiu: "I have let Zhang He be responsible for guarding Chencang, and let Guo Huai lead his troops to defend Fu Luo Road. Meridian Valley Road, I have also sent troops to strengthen surveillance, and the garrison in Chang'an City is also ready to respond at any time. As for which way the enemy will actually go out, and how the remaining troops and horses will be deployed, I will entrust it all to you. ”

"I've just arrived, and I'm not familiar with the situation of the armies." Cao Xiu grabbed Cao Zhen.

Cao Zhen didn't think so: "Wen Lie, you are resourceful, and the first emperor is full of praise for you." You also followed General Wei to guard the Western Front before, and you are also very familiar with the soldiers here, so what else is there to worry about. “

"Now that the enemy's situation is unknown, don't you still wait a minute, let the enemy go deeper, the more tired their soldiers will be, and it will be better for you to attack again when the time comes." Cao Xiu felt that Cao Zhen was still too anxious.

"The soldiers are fast. Now we are not very clear about the enemy's situation, but is it also difficult for the enemy to understand our deployment? Since they want to lure us to attack from this road, they will naturally set up more defenses along the way. Only by attacking quickly and taking him by surprise can we quickly reach Hanzhong and let their actual troops retreat. If it is slow, when their defense facilities are complete, then I will attack all the way, will I really fall into their plan, and the army will be trapped in the valley and unable to return to the defense. If that's the case, it's better to just say no. ”

Cao Xiu didn't say much, but just reminded: "However, you also have to be careful, don't fall into their ambush." ”

Cao Zhen smiled: "Don't worry." "Turn and leave.

On the slope road, in the valley, the 5,000 soldiers led by Deng Zhi were making a big show and walking noisily all the way.

It's just that the march is not very fast.

Along the way, there are high mountains and deep streams, and many times, you can only rely on the narrow plank road hanging on the cliff on the edge of the deep stream.

Deng Zhi firmly remembered Ge Liang's words, his attack this way was purely just a suspicious soldier, and he needed to make a big move to make the enemy believe that tens of thousands of horses were rushing straight to Yixian.

This is easy to do, the valley road is narrow and difficult to navigate, only need to tree more flags, open the distance, the enemy sentry in front of you can't see the situation behind at all, where can you know how many men and horses are following behind?

In addition, Ge Liang once specially reminded him to strictly prevent the enemy from counterattacking.

In fact, looking at such terrain, Deng Zhi also felt that Ge Liang's worries were a little redundant, on such a section of the road, if you really want to prevent the enemy from counterattacking, you can dismantle a section of the plank road, you can block the enemy in this lofty mountain, what is there to worry about.

On the other hand, if the enemy wants to stop us from attacking, he can completely destroy the road, and he can rest easy.

But Ge Liang repeatedly told him not to damage the plank road unless it was absolutely necessary.

What does this mean? Deliberately give me a problem and want to test me?

Deng Zhi has always been arrogant, he is really not afraid of this problem, for this reason, he has divided the 5,000 men and horses into five teams before and after, each team of 1,000 people, a little distance from each other, and every few miles, he chooses the terrain is easy to defend and difficult to attack, and thinks in advance about how to defend on the spot when the enemy attacks, so as not to retreat while blocking once the enemy is difficult to resist.

In order to prevent the team from being chaotic in unfavorable circumstances, he himself tried to stay in the second team as much as possible, and once the front army encountered the enemy, he arranged the retreat channel of the front team at the first time and organized the defense of the second team.

All the generals who led the team have been repeatedly told and are ready for a surprise encounter with the enemy.

Deng Zhi put his mind at ease and rode slowly on his horse, his eyes constantly scanning the slopes and rivers on both sides, carefully observing every terrain.

In the woods on the slopes on both sides, pheasant beasts were frightened by the noise of the army, or rose from the forest, or ran wildly on the hillside.

Deng Zhi was interested, with a longbow in hand, ready to shoot arrows at any time, and shoot down a few wild animals, so as to give some umami to the sergeants who had been noisy for many days and had lost their interest, and to boost their morale.

At this moment, there was a shout of killing from the front, and a sergeant quickly ran back to report: "General, there are a large number of enemy troops in front, the two armies have suddenly encountered, and they have fallen into a melee, please prepare for it early!" ”

Deng Zhi was really a little frightened, this, he hasn't come out of Kei Valley yet, the whole Bao Slope Road, he has been setting off for half a month, because he knows that he is a suspicious soldier, so he walks slowly, and until now, he has only walked halfway.

And the enemy, as the defensive side, even took the initiative to cover half the distance and ran here to meet it.

This enemy general is really belligerent!

"How many men are there in the enemy?" Deng Zhi hurriedly asked.

The sergeant replied: "In the valley, it is difficult to observe for a while, but at a glance, it is full of enemy troops, and they are all wearing light armor, strong bows and sharp knives, and they are extremely fierce. ”

Deng Zhi understood, this should be just the enemy's striker, when he suddenly encountered, he launched a fierce attack, these enemies are really not good, and their appetite is not small.

Fortunately, he had been prepared, and he immediately ordered the sergeants around him to retreat a mile to the narrow mountain road that he had just inspected, and occupy the favorable terrain.

Then, he said to the sergeant who came to report the news: "Okay, the rear army is ready, you immediately inform the front army, if the battle is unfavorable, retreat urgently, retreat to the rear, change to the fifth team, and organize the defense!" ”

"Yes!" The sergeant hurried back and went,

Deng Zhi immediately asked people to inform the rear team one by one, quickly occupy the terrain, and organize a layer-by-layer defense.

The front team had already withdrawn, and had urgently retreated to the back from the narrow passage that their own team had left behind.

The tooth general who led the team rushed to Deng Zhi to report first: "General, the enemy is coming too fast, we really don't have time to organize, as soon as we engaged, we retreated first." ”

said that he had said a long time ago not to fight hard with the enemy, but as soon as he made contact, he ran away, and Deng Zhi was still very unhappy: "What's the matter, didn't they let them send sentries far away?" Didn't the sentinel report the news in time? ”

The tooth general was helpless: "General, why didn't I send a sentry first, it's that the enemy is too fast." Our sentinel, as soon as he ran in front of me, had already finished reporting before the enemy had already killed him. ”

Deng Zhiyi frowned: "What did this sentry do?" It's not lazy, it's just a mile or two, right? ”

"I don't know," the general argued, "but, according to his own account, the enemy attacked quickly, and he was five miles away, and as soon as he spotted the enemy, the enemy bit him, and pursued him all the way, and he could not distance himself from them." ”

Extremely fierce, Deng Zhi didn't ask any more questions, and hurriedly ordered: "You quickly retreat to the back, and organize a defense in time according to the terrain that you have inspected in advance!" (To be continued.) )