Who is Chen?

Uncle (Chen) is famous, and Runan people are also. Since Yuzhou followed the ancestors, the name Changya Zhao Yun, all known as loyal and brave. At the beginning of Jianxing, the official was the governor of Yong'an, the general of Zhengxi, and the marquis of Ting.

Yang Xi, a famous minister of the Han Dynasty, commented on Zhao Yun and Chen Zhi in "Praise of Ji Han Fuchen": "Zhengnan (Zhao Yun) is heavy, Zhengxi (Chen Zhi) is loyal, and he is a fierce general. ”

Zhuge Wuhou said in a letter to his brother Zhuge Jin: "My brother suspects that the White Emperor's soldiers are not refined. When he went to the governor, he was under the emperor's tent, and the west was also in the army. Suspect that it is too little, and when some of the Jiangzhou soldiers are restored, they will benefit from it. ”

In terms of qualifications, in addition to Guan and Zhang, Chen Zhi followed Liu Bei only a little later than Zhao Yun, Mi Zhu, Sun Qian, Jian Yong and others, and was an important figure in Liu Bei's Xuzhou faction. What's more critical is that Chen Zhi is the commander of Liu Bei's elite Bai Wei soldiers, and in the end of his life, the official to the protector, the governor of Yong'an, the general of Zhengxi, and the marquis of the Pavilion, he is very favored by Liu Bei, which can be described as infinite.

On the courage and loyalty, aside from the fact that Liu Bei had been saved by Chen Zhi countless times before entering Sichuan, not to mention that in the battle of Yiling alone, Liu Bei's hundreds of thousands of troops were burned by Lu Xun, and the civil and military ministers who went out with the expedition were almost lost, and finally Chen Zhi led 3,000 Bai Wei soldiers to block Lu Xun's tens of thousands of pursuers and protect Liu Bei to retreat to the White Emperor City safely. Speaking of his loyalty and bravery, Chen Zhi, who did not leave a name in the romance, was not inferior to the famous general Zhao Zilong.

Guan Yi was surprised in his heart. He is naturally very clear about the life of Chen Zhi, who has been stationed in Yong'an Palace to guard against Eastern Wu since Liu Bei's death until his death in 230 AD. Subsequently, Chen Zhi's only son, Chen Xu, inherited his father's title, transferred back to Chengdu to listen to it, and was later named the governor of the palace. It stands to reason that Chen Zhi has made great contributions to the Han Dynasty, and Chen Xu is the emperor's guard general in charge of the security of the palace guards, why was Chen Lie placed in Jiangyoushu as a small deputy general? This made Guan Yi even more puzzled.

Chen Lie saw the look on Guan Yi's face, and immediately guessed Guan Yi's thoughts, a trace of gloom flashed in his eyes, and he said in a low voice: "Don't dare to hide it from the general, my father was originally the governor of the imperial court, and later Huang Hao took power and encircled his father, and his father was ashamed to be with him, and was manipulated by Huang Hao in front of the saint, and demoted his father to a concubine. The last general originally served in Yong'an, but he was also implicated, and after being stripped of his title, he was transferred here to serve as the deputy general of the guard, and this year is the fourth year! ”

Guan Yi only understood the reason at this time, no wonder with Chen's contribution to the Han Dynasty, Chen Lie would still live in the remote pass of Jiangyoushu. The reason for this is that of course the court traitors are in power, after following Emperor Zhaolie to create the loyalty of the Han Dynasty, most of them are now not allowed in the imperial court, and in the long run, the Han will inevitably fall into civil strife, and even if Wei and Wu do not take advantage of the gap to attack, the Han will inevitably have the worry of losing the country.

"It's this damn eunuch again! Young master, the villain has heard a lot about this person's bad deeds, but I hate not to meet him, otherwise the villain will definitely cut off his dog head with a halberd, so as to relieve the hatred in my heart! "Ehu is honest by nature, and hates traitors and villains the most, so he can't help but slam his halberd on the ground and knock out a big hole in the ground.

Guan Yi smiled helplessly, a single Huang Hao is not terrible, after all, the politics of the Han Dynasty is not overnight, if you want to return the Qingping style of the Zhaolie Emperor, the key is to straighten out the rule of officials, and the Ming and Zheng criminal laws can cure the symptoms and cure the root cause. But it's easy to say, for the time being, if you want to really do these eight words, it is far more difficult than ordinary people can imagine and do.

Guan Yi thought for a while, and suddenly said: "First, from now on, you will command the defense of Jiang Youshu until the Wei soldiers retreat!" ”

"General, you are ......"

"Why, don't you dare?"

"No!"

Chen Lie was stunned at first, and after making sure that Guan Yi was not joking, he immediately agreed in a grateful voice. He naturally knew that Guan Yi was not shirking his responsibilities in the battle, from the ambush and killing of 1,500 Wei soldiers in Shimen, to the sword slashing Sima Zhao's henchman and general Shi Shi when he was in battle just now, Guan Yi had already shown his wisdom, courage and all-rounder, and as for relying on Jiang Youshu's natural advantages to defend against the attack of Wei soldiers, it was naturally not a problem.

The reason why Guan Yi put himself in charge of today's siege defense was obviously to test his own ability, in other words, Guan Yi consciously wanted to promote himself. You must know that in times of war, for a junior officer like him, the only way to advance is to rely on military merits, but there are thousands of junior officers like him in the army? What's more, he is still a little deputy general who has offended the court and is a traitor.

Guan Yi appreciates himself and provides himself with a chance to prove his ability at such a time, so how can he not be grateful? In addition, there is another important factor, although the ancestral shade of the Chen family is deep, the distance is still obvious compared to the extraordinary relationship between the Guan family and the royal family. Otherwise, Chen Xu would not have been easily instigated by Huang Hao to be demoted to a concubine by Liu Chan, the heir.

Of course, Guan Yi is not untargeted. Since Chen Lie is the grandson of Chen Zhi, he must have the ability to use martial arts, otherwise let alone be the grandson of Chen Zhi, even this little Jiangyou garrison general can no longer be a general.

Taking a step back, even if Chen Lie really doesn't have this ability, he still has him by his side, not to mention that Guan Yi did not completely delegate power to Chen Lie, such as important arrangements such as the protection of the pass, he still clearly asked Chen Lie to report to him, once he found that something was wrong, he could immediately make corresponding adjustments, as long as he was in Jiangyoushu, there would be no chaos.

An hour passed in the blink of an eye, and when the sky was dark, the Wei soldiers once again appeared under the strong and towering walls of Jiangyoushu with torches. Through the firelight, Guan Yi was surprised to find that all the Wei soldiers seemed to be crazy, screaming desperately and desperately climbing along the ladder to the city wall, and even some of the Wei soldiers were naked, posing as if they were dead and broken.

Guan Yi frowned, it seems that Wei Bing is making a last fight, this Deng Ai is really at stake, in just one hour, the army that was discouraged just now has rekindled its high fighting spirit, I really don't know how he did it. And he will also understand that what the Han army is facing at this time is the real test. As far as the entire battle situation is concerned, the situation has developed to the present, whether it is the Wei soldiers or the Han army, the survival of life and death is all decided in this battle.

The war drums roared, Jin Ge did not stop, and the offensive and defensive sides once again launched a brutal bloody battle.

In the screams, soldiers on both sides kept falling, but no matter which side it was, once someone fell, someone immediately came in, and both sides were already red-eyed, and no one would take half a step back. The bravery of the Yongliang soldiers was well deserved, and the Wei soldiers almost climbed to the top of the city several times, but the Han army, under the command of Chen Lie, also radiated strong combat effectiveness at the critical moment of life and death, and drove the Wei soldiers back alive.

The battle was extremely fierce, and it was in a stalemate for a time.

From beginning to end, Guan Yi had been sitting quietly on the enemy tower watching the development of the battle, and no one bothered him, including Chen Lie and E Hu. Guan Yi is like a living statue, which is extremely incongruous with the battlefield where the shouting and killing sound is shaking, but everyone knows that it is Guan Yi's calmness that gives the entire Han army infinite determination and belief in victory. Everyone believed that as long as he was there, Jiang Youshu would not fall, and the Wei army would definitely not be able to move forward.

Along with Guan Yi, there were also his five hundred blood guards. As the so-called good steel is used on the blade, the blood guard is Guan Yi's housekeeping capital, and at the critical time, Guan Yi will never easily use this elite, it is because of this vicious battle, the blood guard is a group of expensive spectators from beginning to end.

Time passed minute by minute, this offensive and defensive battle lasted from night to dawn the next day, although the Wei soldiers were not afraid of death, but under the command of Chen Lie and the desperate resistance of the Han army, they never took the slightest advantage in the face of the strong city walls of Jiangyoushu, and finally after the last wave of futile attacks, they paid the huge price of more than half of the casualties of the whole army.

Watching Wei Bing leave in disarray, Guan Yi knew that Deng Ai's plan had completely failed, which also meant that Dahan had regained a precious respite. The top priority in front of Guan Yi was to quickly eliminate the remnants of the Wei army, capture Deng Ai alive, and completely eradicate this threat that penetrated deep into the hinterland of the Han Dynasty.

However, Guan Yi did not give the order to go out of the pass to pursue the Wei army. In this fierce battle, although the Han army won a complete victory, but still paid the price of more than 500 casualties, although the Wei army was defeated on all fronts, but Deng Ai still had 2,000 men and horses in his hands, even if the wounded soldiers were not counted, the strength of the Wei army was basically the same as the existing strength of the Han army.

He has already seen Deng Ai's ability, just like last night before dark, in just one hour, Deng Ai made thousands of Wei soldiers glow with strong combat effectiveness, who knows if Deng Ai will turn the Wei army back into a group of dead soldiers who don't want to die after this defeat?

Even if the Wei army was defeated and the army had no fighting spirit, Guan Yi still did not dare to risk letting the more than 1,000 remnants of the soldiers in Guannei, who had not been baptized by a vicious battle for several years, and the well-trained Yongliang soldiers face to face. As for the blood guard, Guan Yi never thought that he was such a little belonging, he didn't send the blood guard to join the battle when the battle was the most cruel last night, not to mention that it has now entered the final stage of encircling and suppressing the Wei army.

The overall situation has been decided, but Guan Yi seems leisurely. Pursuing and annihilating this Wei army is of course a top priority, but this is also first established on the premise of ensuring that Jiang Youshu is unharmed, and the gains and losses of Jiang Youshu are related to the success or failure of the entire battle situation, Guan Yi will not and dare not use Jiang Youshu's gains and losses to write his own merits, this is definitely not the work of a wise man, even if there is a chance to capture Deng Ai at this moment, one of the biggest threats to the big man.

What's more, according to the scout detective, Deng Ai still has 3,000 troops stationed in Guangwu. Therefore, Guan Yi's only action at present is to send all his blood guard scouts to track the whereabouts of the Wei army all the way, and then he can only quietly wait for reinforcements from Fuxian, Mianzhu and other passes and Chengdu.

In this anxiety of waiting, the news of the blood guard scouts kept coming, the Wei army retreated along the upper reaches of the Fujiang River in the direction of Qingchuan, and the scouts initially judged that Deng Ai wanted to retreat to the Baishui River through Qingchuan, echoing the Wei army led by Zhong Hui on the Eastern Front, in order to plan for the future.

Guan Yi stared at the geographical map of the 41 states of Shuzhong on the table, this map was the rubbings that Zhang Songmi dedicated to Emperor Zhaolie, just as Zhang Song said that year: The geographical itinerary of Shuzhong, far and near, the mountains and rivers are dangerous, and the money and grain of the government treasury are all contained and understood, although there have been some changes later, but the summary is clear and clear.

Judging from the current situation, after the defeat of the Wei army, there is only one way to return to Yinping. Motianling is a dead end, obviously it is impossible to go, so you can only go north to Qingchuan and return to the Baishui River. Although the Han army won a great victory, the Wei army set up more than ten camps along the road of Yinping Road, and there were still 20,000 soldiers and horses stationed.

Guan Yi knew in his heart that the speed of reinforcements at this time was the key to determining the final outcome of the battle of Jiangyoushu. If reinforcements could reach Jiangyoushu within a day, Guan Yi would be sure enough to gather and annihilate the remnants of the Wei army and capture Deng Ai alive. On the contrary, he could only watch Deng Ai return to Qingchuan safely, and his expectation of capturing and killing Deng Ai ultimately fell short.

Just as Guan Yi was worried, the time when the 5,000 reinforcements from Fuxian and Mianzhu arrived in Jiangyoushu was already the evening of the next day, and Guan Yi could only cry out in vain when he was full of anger. What's more, the generals of these two leading armies are all in positions above the rank of general, so you can't sprinkle your anger on them, right? As for Deng Ai's remnants of the Wei army, they must have retreated to Qingchuan at this time, and the plan to pursue and annihilate them naturally came to naught.

At noon on the third day, Fan Jian, Li Qiu, Huang Chong, Zhang Zun and others led 20,000 Lin Wei also arrived in front of the pass, Guan Yi received a report from the scout, how did he not expect that it would be Fan Jian who came in person, and was overjoyed and hurriedly led Chen Lie and Ehu and others out of the customs to bring the group into the pass.

After entering the pass, Fan Jian immediately cleaned up his expression and shouted that Guan Yi received the order. When Guan Yi heard this, he hurriedly bowed his head and fell to the ground, and Chen Lie and Ehu also knelt down together.

"In November of the first year of Yanxing, Kuiwei, the heir of the Han Dynasty said: I have heard of praise and merit, ancient and modern, Hanshou Pavilion Marquis, riding Du Wei Guan Yi, loyal to help the danger, meritorious and courageous, I am very commended. He was crowned as a lieutenant of Yi Xiao's cavalry, led the governor of the river and the oil garrison, controlled the soldiers and horses of all roads, and acted cheaply in response to the military situation. ”

"Long live my emperor, long live, long live!" Guan Yi was surprised and delighted, according to his idea, once the imperial court sent troops to reinforce Jiang Youshu, it should be a senior in-service general, but what he never expected was that the imperial court actually named his general.

In all dynasties, whenever there was a foreign expedition, the imperial court would generally promote the generals who went out to conquer the ranks, which was not only a means to stimulate morale but also to win people's hearts. The imperial court named Guan Yi as the captain of the Xiao Cavalry, which did not surprise him too much, but it was extraordinary to let him supervise the military of Jiangyou.

In other words, at this moment, Guan Yi is already the governor of Jiangyoushu ordered by the imperial court, and all the soldiers and horses who rescue Jiangyoushu must obey his moderation and command, so counting the 20,000 Yulin Guards transferred from Chengdu, Guan Yi can command nearly 30,000 soldiers and horses overnight, and he is only a Xiaocai captain.

Back then, when Jiang Wan and Fei Yi were in power, Jiang Wei successively served as the Right Supervisor Army, General of the Auxiliary Han, General Wei and other positions, but the number of soldiers and horses under his command never exceeded 10,000 every time he went out. From this point of view, this can be regarded as a helpless move by the imperial court in an extraordinary period.

Guan Yi thought about it in his heart, but there was no wave on his face, and then he kowtowed and thanked him, and indifferently accepted the tiger talisman seal.

After the official business of the imperial court, everyone congratulated Guan Yi, especially Zhang Zun, who was the same generation as Guan Yi, and had known each other since childhood, and the world also knew that the relationship between the two families was extraordinary.

Everyone sat together, although Li Qiu, Huang Chong and others were elders, but at this time they were ordered to listen to the tune under Guan Yi's tent. Fan Jian is an angel, and Guan Yi is the main general in wartime, and the two of them sit at the top, and Li Qiu and others sit on the left and right in turn.

Guan Yi recounted the matters before and after, Fan Jian patted his forehead with his hand, and sighed: "If it is not for the decision of Jing Zhi this time, he is willing to take great risks to seize power and defend the pass, otherwise Jiang Youshu will be lost, and Chengdu will be in danger!" I wonder what Keiyuki's plans are next? ”

Fan Jian and Guan Yi's father Guan Xing, Zhang Zun's father Zhang Bao and others are all of the same generation, and they are officials in the same dynasty, they have always been upright, loyal and diligent, and Guan Yi is extremely admired on weekdays, so the relationship between the two families is very good. Therefore, Fan Jian did not call him an official rank, but directly called Guan Yi's cousin.

Guan Yi said indifferently: "Take advantage of the victory to pursue and recover the three counties of Yinping, Guangwu and Qingchuan in one fell swoop*!" ”

Fan Jian said worriedly: "Although Deng Ai is newly defeated, there are still 20,000 Wei soldiers stationed in various camps on the front line of Yinping Road, and Deng Ai is also resourceful, so you can't underestimate it!" ”

Guan Yi said with a smile: "Don't worry about it, if the expectations are good, when our army enters the army, it will be the day when the Wei soldiers retreat!" ”

"I want to hear about it!" Fan Jian saw that Guan Yi didn't seem to be laughing, and he was even more puzzled in his heart. Li Qiu, Huang Chong and others were also full of suspicion and did not understand the meaning of Guan Yi's words.

"First, after the fiasco of the Wei soldiers' Jiangyoushu, the army was panicked and demoralized, and ten percent of the combat effectiveness had gone to seventy percent. Second, the Wei soldiers went deep into the hinterland of central Shu, and the supply of grain and grass was difficult, and it was now close to the middle of winter, and the Wei soldiers were thin in clothes and shoes, and it was difficult to raise grain and grass. Third, although the Wei soldiers captured the two counties of Wudu and Yinping, most of these two counties were Qianghu people, the people were fierce, difficult to manage, and hated the Wei people. Therefore, I conclude that once our army marches forward, the Wei army will inevitably retreat. ”

Guan Yi talked eloquently, all the judgments were reasonable, Li Qiu, Huang Chong and others had been in the army for a long time, and they only nodded secretly when they heard it, and they were deeply impressed. After listening to Guan Yi's analysis, his heart suddenly brightened, and he sighed: "I have never clashed, but I have decided the opportunity first, and I respect the truth of the general!" ”

The plan of the day has been decided, Guan Yi set up a banquet to entertain Fan Jian and his party, and the guests and hosts did not mention it.

Early the next morning, Fan Jian bid farewell to Guan Yi, Li Qiu and others, escorted Ma Miao back to Chengdu to resume his life, and waited for Ma Miao's fate to be imagined. Since Guan Yi was appointed as the governor of Jiangyou to garrison the military, he immediately sent fine people deep into the Wenjiang Qianghu settlement, and informed the leaders of each tribe to lead troops to defend and attack the incoming Wei soldiers.

Subsequently, Guan Yi ordered the troops to be raised, and Li Qiu, Huang Chong, Zhang Zun, Chen Lie and others were divided into left and right, waiting for Guan Yi to send them.

On the first road, Li Qiu and Huang Chong led 15,000 Lin Wei to follow the Wei army out of Qingchuan. Guan Yi expected that there were few people in Qingchuan, and there was no city to defend, Deng Ai would not dare to face the Han army face to face at this time under the new defeat, and as soon as the Han army arrived, Deng Ai would inevitably lead the army to withdraw to the north bank of the Baishui River and defend Baishui Pass. However, Guan Yi ordered Li Qiu and Huang Chong to camp on the spot after arriving at the Baishui River, and not to send troops to attack the Wei army without military orders.

After all, the Wei army still garrisoned 20,000 elites on the Yinping line, and if the Wei army was attacked by the Han army, Deng Ai only needed to hold on to Baishui Pass for three days, and the Wei army from all over the country could rush to reinforcements. At that time, the Han army will not only be at a disadvantage in terms of strength, in terms of individual combat effectiveness, although the Han army is known as the elite of Yulinwei who guards Chengdu, Guan Yi understands in his heart that Chengdu's Yulinwei has not fought for many years, and it is by no means the elite opponent of Cao Wei Yongliang who has survived a hundred battles, but also Deng Ai has been on the battlefield for a long time, resourceful and decisive, although Li Qiu and Huang Chong have the courage of flesh and blood, but the two are more than enough, if you talk about arranging troops and taking the initiative to attack, they are definitely not Deng Ai's opponents.

On the second road, Zhang Zun led 5,000 Yu Lin Wei, and Guan Yi transferred 5,000 reinforcements from Fuxian and Mianzhu to his control, and went straight to Guangwu along the Fujiang River under the banner of Guan Yi to deter Yinping. For this road soldier, Guan Yi asked to erect more flags along the road, and the momentum was as big as possible, the purpose was to frighten the Wei army, so that it could not understand the true situation of the Han army, and force it to surrender without a fight.

The assignment had been decided, and Guan Yi himself led Chen Lie and other remaining Han soldiers and 500 blood guards to hold the Jiangyou garrison, waiting for the outcome of the battle.

As Guan Yi expected, five days later, Zhang Zun sent someone to send a war report, Tian Xu, the chief general of the Wei army stationed in Guangwu, was killed by Deng Ai because of discord with Deng Ai, so he has been holding a grudge, Tian Xu learned that Deng Ai fled, and the news that the Han army waved westward, and then led his three thousand elite troops to surrender in desperation, and the Han army successfully recovered Guangwu without a single soldier, and the counties of Yinping were recovered one after another.

Three days later, Li Qiu also sent someone to send news that Deng Ai and the remnants of the Wei army had all retreated to Baishui Pass without waiting for the Han army to come to Qingchuan, and the Han army successfully recovered Qingchuan. Because the Wei army led by Deng Ai was in danger of not being able to get out of Baishui Pass, Zhang Zun and others stopped advancing after arriving at the Baishui River according to Guan Yi's order, and set up camp in the Muyuzui area on the other side of Baishui Pass, and confronted the Wei army across the Baishui River.

After Guan Yi received the report, he sighed very much in his heart, as the so-called heroes saw the same, although Deng Ai was defeated but not chaotic, after the defeat of the strong attack on Jiangyoushu, he judged the situation and retreated to Baishui Pass before the Han army attacked, so as to avoid being divided and encircled by the Han army, so that the strength of the Han army could be contained, so that it could not completely look east of the Sword Pavilion. Second, it can echo with the Wei army on the eastern front to ensure the safety of Hanzhong. Deng Ai's strategy and Guan Yi secretly coincided, this person is really a famous general in the world, and he is indeed not a person who has lost his fame.

Of course, the failure to capture Deng Ai alive this time also made Guan Yi deeply regretful. Fortunately, they retreated and recovered the three counties of Yinping, Guangwu and Qingchuan. The Ehu seriously injured Deng Zhong, and the Guan Yi array beheaded the division, and the two battles killed a total of 5,006 Yongliang elites of the Wei State at the cost of less than 1,000 casualties, with a casualty ratio of 1:5, which can be described as a complete victory. You must know that this is the first big victory since the Wei army invaded the border on three routes, the Han army has been defeated and retreated, losing cities and land, and almost forming a vicious circle.

The great victory of Jiangyou not only reassured the Han army that was sticking to the front line of Jiange, but also foresaw that the Han army would open the curtain from holding on to the whole line to turning into a comprehensive strategic counteroffensive.

The overall situation has been decided, and the history of the last Three Kingdoms will be rewritten.

Note: Yinping County, with jurisdiction over Yinping, Guangwu, Diandi and Gangdi counties, governs Yinping County.