Chapter 982: The First Northern Expedition XXXII
Ming repairs the plank road, and the darkness Chen Cang, this is the strategic strategy of Liu Bang, the former ancestor of the Han Dynasty, to get out of Hanzhong.
Plank Road and Chen Cang can go out of Hanzhong.
You can also return to Hanzhong.
Since ancient times, Chencang City has been an important pass city between Hanzhong and Guanzhong, whether it is north to Guanzhong or south to Hanzhong, it is impossible to bypass the obstruction of this city.
The battle of Chencang is imperative.
This is also the most difficult battle that Sun Quan expected to break through.
As long as they can forcibly defeat Chencang City in this battle, the army can smoothly move south, and then enter Wudu County from Jieting, and finally return to Hanzhong directly from Wudu, as long as they return to Hanzhong, they will be safe.
This is actually one of the routes of Zhuge Liang's Northern Expedition in history.
Now it has become the best route for Sun Quan and them to retreat.
Although Wudu County was guarded by tens of thousands of soldiers and horses by Zhang Ren and Ma Dai, the discord between the two was a fact, and Gao Shun and LΓΌ Meng, who were located in Bashu, had already led tens of thousands of troops to meet in Baishui and Hanzhong.
If Zhang Ren dares to send troops, he will be sniped.
Therefore, the final difficulty in the battle that the Wu army broke through was actually Chen Cangcheng.
The Battle of Chencang began at dawn one day after the Wu army had set up camp for martial arts, and Sun Quan was already ready for endless bloody battles, and he was also ready to exchange Wu army's casualties for time and space.
However, there will always be surprises.
After this battle started, it was somewhat unexpected by Sun Quan.
The expected tragic bloody battle did not come, the Wu army from the soldiers to the city, to completely occupy the city, all appeared to be unusually smooth, the only remaining 5,000 Wei soldiers and horses in the city, under the charge of Zhao Zilong and Lei Ding's two fierce generals. Defeated in a battle.
It only took them less than a day to take Chen Cangcheng.
"Your Majesty, Chencang City has been taken, you can enter the city!" In the evening, the sun was setting, and Zhao Yun rode a horse with a gun. Coming out of the city, he walked into a camp on a high slope outside the city, and said in a report.
"So fast? Some went so well! β
Sun Quan, escorted by Zhao Yun, rode his horse into the city gate, his eyes flickered, but he had some doubts in his heart: "Zhao Yun, you go to check and see where the main force of the Wei army is?" β
If it goes too well, there must be a reason.
"Your Majesty. We have already found out the situation of the Wei army from the mouths of the captives, and the reason why we took Chen Cang so smoothly is all the credit of General Lu Bu, it should be General Lu who lured out the main forces of Sima Yi and Xu Huang! β
"Sima Yi doesn't kill, Xu Huang is not an impulsive person, Lu Bu only has more than 10,000 soldiers and horses, can he lead them to an army of 100,000?"
Zhao Yun replied, "Your Majesty, perhaps we underestimated the weight of General Lu in the hearts of the Wei army. Even if it was a lonely Lu Bu, no one dared to despise him. If they want to intercept and kill the world's number one fierce general, they have to use all their strength, so Xu Huang and Sima Yi poured out, they want to leave Lu Bu completely! β
"Lu Buwei also!"
Sun Quan's pupils contracted slightly.
The Wei army had a comprehensive siege of 100,000 troops, and Lu Buchen could not reach more than 15,000 troops, and he besieged and killed it ten times. Even if Lu Bu and Chen Zhi join forces, they are in danger.
"Your Majesty, why don't I personally lead the troops to reinforce Lu Bu and pick him up to break through!" Zhao Yun said.
"Good!"
Sun Quan thought for a moment before nodding. said: "You go and go back quickly, Chen Cangcheng should not last a few days here, the troops in Guanzhong I am not afraid, I took Chen Cang, and it will be useless for the soldiers and horses in Guanzhong to chase after me, but there is also a Zhang Liao in Liangzhou, I don't know very well whether Han Sui's soldiers and horses can hold him, once he sends troops again and storms Yujieting, then we will face danger again, and then I must withdraw my troops to the south as soon as possible!" β
"The last general understands!"
Zhao Yun nodded, held a silver spear, turned on his horse, and led 10,000 cavalry out, heading towards Wuzhang Plain.
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Gojogahara.
It is located at the northern foot of the Qinling Mountains, belongs to a part of the Loess Plateau, the altitude is 800, the south is close to the Qinling Mountains, the north is adjacent to the Weishui, the east and west deep ditches, intricate, in terms of the topography of the battlefield, it is a very dangerous terrain here.
This place is also famous in history, because he is the place where Zhuge Liang, the first strategist of the Three Kingdoms in history, died.
Now, this has become the battlefield of the last bloody battle of the Wu army's first northern expedition to Cao Wei, and there is a huge disparity in the strength of the two armies of Wu and Wei.
Wu Jun, the main general Lu Bu, Chen Dao, 16,000 troops.
The Wei army, the main general Dian Wei, Sima Yi, the strength of 88,000.
The Wei army of nearly 90,000 elite soldiers and horses came out of Chen Cang, sniped LΓΌ Bu repeatedly, and finally besieged LΓΌ Bu and Chen Dao's more than 10,000 remnants in a valley.
However, they did not dare to storm the valley.
Although Xu Huang is also a member of the Great Wei Dynasty, he is a strong general, and he is good at using a big axe, among the generals of the Wei army, he is among the best, but the gap between him and Lu Bu is too big, and he fights head-on, and Lu Bu can kill him under the horse within thirty rounds.
Besides, there is also a Chen Zhi by Lu Bu's side, and with the two of them joining forces, they can kill him in ten rounds.
In the era of cold weapons, the personal strength of the peerless fierce generals was enough to reverse the situation of the entire battle, and once they attacked, even if they could take Lu Bu in the end, they would suffer more than half of the casualties.
Outside the valley, the Wei army camp.
"Zhongda, isn't there any news about the battle between China and China now?"
The main general, Xu Huang, sat at the head of the camp, looking at the generals, a little irritable.
They had just arrived in Chencang, and before they had returned to Chang'an, they suddenly killed a Lu Bu, and then directly pursued and killed Lu Bu, which naturally made him very worried about the battle in Guanzhong.
Could it be that Chang'an City couldn't stop Wu Jun's iron cavalry at all?
Did he intercept Sun Zhongmou, the Emperor of Eastern Wu?
No one could explain these doubts to him, which made him very uneasy.
"General Xu, there is no news for the time being, we only know that the Wu army retreated to Luoyang, and it went south to Chang'an, and did not break through in the direction of Hangu Pass, but after that, there is no news!"
Sima Yi's eyes narrowed slightly, and his eyes flashed with this essence: "But Lu Bu's guy actually appeared here, it is obvious that the interception battle in Chang'an City must have failed!" β
"Forget it. Let's not talk about the situation in Chang'an City, let's talk about Lu Bu! β
Xu Huang's expression was cold, and his killing intent was strong: "We must leave him behind!" β
This time, he even gave up Chen Cang, just to keep Lu Bu.
Lu Bu was too impressed with him.
In the first battle in Puyang, Yanzhou, LΓΌ Bu was deeply surrounded by hundreds of thousands of Wei troops, but he was still able to break through with tens of thousands of remnants.
In that battle, Lu Bu showed the pinnacle of personal bravery. One man and one horse forcibly tore apart the Wei army's defensive line.
also left a shadow in Xu Huang's heart.
Therefore, when facing Lu Bu again, Xu Huang ignored Sima Yi's cautious and conservative advice, and directly led the whole army to attack, bent on leaving this peerless general.
"General Xu, if Lu Bu breaks through, we may not be able to stop it!"
Sima Yi thought for a while and said, "When we came back from Xiliang, the march was too hasty, and a lot of baggage was not transported back from Liangzhou. If there was a killing array composed of a large strong crossbow bow bed, he would be a little sure, and now with only the bow and arrow, Lu Bu still has a chance to kill! β
"It's a pity that General Dian is not here, if he is here, we will definitely be able to leave this shackle!"
Xu Huang sighed, with his current strength, if he could add a number one fierce general of Great Wei. They were ninety percent sure that Lu Bu would be left behind.
A peerless general, like a dot. No matter how strong their forces are, as long as they are broken a little, it is like a dam discharging floods, and they can't stop the flood.
But if there is an equally powerful general who blocks this point, then his Wu army will definitely die. Annihilated.
"General, news from Guanzhong!"
Suddenly, a herald outside the barracks was drinking.
"Biography!"
When Xu Huang heard this, his expression was shocked, and his eyes were shining. Shout.
"General, this is a secret letter sent by the ghost pawn about the Battle of Guanzhong!" The herald sent the secret letter.
"Damn it!"
Xu Huang took it apart directly, his eyes were gloomy, his face was blue, and he gritted his teeth and said: "We were fooled, Wu Jun actually chose to break through from our side with all his might, and Lu Bu is just a bait, now Chen Cang has been taken by Wu Jun, and Sun Zhongmou has run away from us!" β
After thousands of calculations, it was impossible to calculate that Sun Quan actually ran out from his own direction.
This made Xu Huang feel a little remorseful under his anger.
He had known that he had followed Sima Yi's advice and left 20,000 troops to defend Chencang, so that the Wu army would not be able to break through the defensive line of Chencang so easily.
"Sun Zhongmou is so bold!"
When Sima Yi heard this, his always calm expression was also inexplicably shocked: "Dare to think that people dare not think, dare to do what others dare not do, break through from the place we least expected, and indeed the greatest hope to break through!" β
If Sun Quan broke through from Wuguan, even if he was killed, he would not be so surprised, but Sun Quan actually dared to break through from Xiliang with the main force, wouldn't he be afraid that Zhang Liao's troops would block the street pavilion for him?
Although the Wu army has now taken Chen Cang, if the street pavilion falls into the hands of the Wei army, he still can't escape.
You must know that the street pavilion is located in Xiliang, and Zhang Liao's troops can be captured at any time.
Once blocked, he is turning his troops around, and he is attacking Zhang Liao inside and outside, and with 200,000 troops, Sun Quan will not escape death even if he inserts his wings.
"He's a dead end!"
Xu Huang said coldly: "Even if he goes south, can he still break through Zhang Ren's defense!" β
"Zhang Ren will definitely not be able to stop them, firstly, there is Ma Dai will inevitably pull Zhang Ren's hind legs, the two are not in harmony, this is a big taboo in the war, and secondly, as soon as the Wu army's forces in Hanzhong and Bashu approached, Zhang Ren did not dare to move, but what I am strange about is that the Wu army cannot be unclear, we still have a part of the army in Liangzhou, even if we take Chencang, if we are ...... Wrong! β
Sima Yi suddenly shouted: "The Wu army dares to break through from here, it has already been calculated, they think that the general's troops dare not move in Hanyang, dare not attack, and want the general to not move, there is only one possibility, the backyard of Liangzhou is on fire!" β
Liangzhou, which hundreds of thousands of troops have worked hard to fight, will naturally not give up because of blocking Sun Quan, once the backyard catches fire, Zhang Liao will definitely sit in Liangzhou.
"You mean, there are people in Liangzhou who oppose our Great Wei?"
Xu Huang's eyes were cold: "The whole country of Liangguo has surrendered, even if Ma Chao is in Guanzhong now, who dares to make a mistake?" β
"We forgot about someone!"
"Who?"
"Han Sui!"
Sima Yi's face smiled slightly bitterly: "Han Wenyue is a hundred-legged insect that dies but does not stiffen, he still has a lot of troops in his hands, and a strong general, occupy Jincheng and make good friends with the Qiang people, if he takes advantage of our Guanzhong rebellion at this time to raise troops to counterattack Liangzhou, it is not impossible!" β
"How dare he?" Xu Huang took the case.
"If he didn't rely on it, he wouldn't dare, but if there was Dongwu standing behind him, he wouldn't dare!" Sima Yi said.
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Liangzhou, Hanyang County.
Jicheng.
Liangzhou, which has experienced the chaos of the Great War, has just been settled, and although the Wei army has officially settled in Liangzhou, they are not supported by the local people.
Zhang Liao's talent is mainly in the military, and the crown prince Cao Ang, although he has made small achievements in government affairs, has no experience in the management of a state, so he naturally seems to be a little in a hurry.
At this time, the arrival of Frustration solved their problem.
Frustrated, that is the prime minister of the former Jin Kingdom, who was once in charge of the affairs of a country, and a Liangzhou in his hands is a lot simpler.
Zhang Liao immediately breathed a sigh of relief, handed over all the government affairs to Fu Zhu and Cao Ang, and concentrated on rectifying his soldiers and horses.
The tens of thousands of troops of the Liang army, if this is not handled well, it is also a big problem, if it is not for the assistance of the eight strong generals under Ma Chao, if you want to rectify this force, even if Zhang Liao's ability is not a year and a half, it is impossible.
Liangzhou has always been known as the land of tigers and wolves, and the soldiers and horses are naturally also the soldiers of tigers and wolves, and they are notoriously unruly.
However, the suppression of the eight athletes under Ma Chao made Zhang Liao a lot less effort, and he found that in fact, each of the eight athletes under Ma Chao's command was actually very good.
These generals are placed in Dawei, and they are also first-class generals, especially Zhang Heng, this person has very good martial arts, and he is also very good in terms of battle strategy, and he is definitely a material that can be made.
While rectifying the soldiers and horses, Zhang Liao also paid attention to the news in Guanzhong.
At this time, a sudden news came, Wu Jun suddenly entered the street pavilion.
Zhang Liao is still unclear about the situation of the Battle of Guanzhong, but the Wu army suddenly took the street pavilion, which made him vigilant, no matter what the situation of the battle in Guanzhong was, the street pavilion was taken by the Wu army, which means that the Guanzhong side will definitely lose.
Then he must send troops to take the street pavilion.
However, just as he was about to send out his troops, a news that shocked him came from Longyou in Liangzhou.
"Bastard!"
Zhang Liao smashed the bookcase in front of him with one palm, and his eyes were cold: "Han Sui, you are looking for death!" β
Han Sui captured Longyou and re-erected the battle flag of the Jin State, which was definitely a heavy blow to the Wei army that had just taken Liangzhou.
If he can't pacify Han Sui quickly, then the Wei army will have to sweep away its reputation in Liangzhou, and it will no longer be able to suppress those ghosts.
"General, what shall I do now?" General Li Dian asked.
"Put it in the street pavilion, after all, we don't know what the situation is, we have sent more troops, we can't take care of Liangzhou, and if we send fewer troops, it may not be effective!"
Zhang Liao gritted his teeth and said helplessly: "Liangzhou is more important, you can't let Han Wenyue gain power, the people of Liangzhou are fierce, once Han Wenyue stands firm against Wei, Liangzhou will definitely be in chaos!" (To be continued.) )