Cao Zhang informed Wei Ze that he would raise troops to Jiangyi in two days, and immediately put Hedong Taishou Manchu Manzhong, Shidao Zuo Zhonghou Xiahou Heng, Yueqi Captain Xiahou Nan, Tun Cavalry Captain Zhao Yun, Hu Cavalry Captain Gongsun Xu, Zhongli Ling Chen Zhi and Pingbei General Zhang Yan all called out the county guard to arrange the army. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

After everyone arrived, Cao Zhang said: "Although this time I sent troops to Jiangyi not to fight, but after entering Pingyang, I entered the enemy territory, so we must not take it lightly, you still need to cheer up and be careful in everything." ”

Everyone agreed in unison, and Cao Zhang took the lead and said: "The so-called three armies have not moved, grain and grass go first, this time my supervision order Wang Ling is not around, and the people are only 10,000, and it is not enough to defeat Pingyang, where Hu Lu and traitors are entrenched, Berning!" In the past, you and I went to Runan with a total of traffic, and when you controlled the people, the three armies were cleaned up, and the scene of traveling hundreds of miles a day is still vivid. ”

Cao Zhang's army has been in command for a long time, and he is already well versed in the art of leadership, although he has an old relationship with Manzhong, but after all, he has not seen him for a long time, and now he is too guarded. Although it is not impossible to pass the order directly, but this shows the difference between intimacy and alienation, to let him control the amount of transportation, that is, to cooperate with all the generals of Jinwu Temple, if there is a difference between proximity and detachment, it will not be able to do the tacit understanding that it should be, and at the same time, it will also make the full favor feel that he Cao Zhang does not value him.

It was Cao Zhang who first brought up the old things when he passed the order, and told the generals that this Man Taishou was my good comrade-in-arms of Cao Zhang, and we had already cooperated, and came to praise him, affirm his work ability, and let the other soldiers under his command have confidence in him, and then pass on the general's order, just a few words to shorten the distance between Man Chong and his generals, and at the same time let Man Chong know that he is fancy him.

When Man Zhong heard this, he immediately saluted and said, "The last general is ordered!" ”

Cao Zhang nodded and continued: "Zilin! It is up to you to guard the militia of the Yue cavalry and prevent the enemy cavalry from harassing you, Bo Quan, you take me 10,000 militia to assist Berning in transporting food together! ”

Xiahou Nan and Xiahou Heng replied: "No! ”

Cao Zhang continued: "Bo Kang, the two armies of Zilong are the vanguard, General Zhang's 50,000 sergeants are the Chinese army, and the son of the Wei family and I are in front of the vanguard, and the whole army will set off in two days. ”

After the generals agreed in unison, they dispersed, and Cao Zhang also returned to his residence to ask the guards to feed the horses and prepare armor for the pre-departure preparations.

Two days later, Cao Zhang took Zhao Yun, Gongsun Xu's 4,000 cavalry and Wei Ze at the forefront of the army and headed towards Jiangyi, Zhang Yan with 50,000 Montenegrin infantry behind, and 40,000 newly recruited county militia and Xiahou Heng's 10,000 people in the last place to supervise the transportation of grain and grass.

In addition, there are 116,000 troops under the command of the militia Cao Zhang, and they are marching towards Jiangyi, where they pass through the flags and the sun, and the sand and dust raised by the people and horses marching into the tower do not disperse for a long time, and the momentum is pressing.

Wei Ze turned around and saw the dense human heads and handsome flags, and couldn't help but sigh: "I have never seen so many sergeants since I was a child. ”

Cao Zhang smiled and said, "Shuxian, why don't you tell me about this place in Jiangyi." ”

Wei Ze said: "Jiangyi's original name is Quwo, it is the capital of the Jin Kingdom in the Spring and Autumn Period, known as 'Tianfu Xiongfeng, the three Jin Dynasty important land', the locals all say that 'Wu Gong is based on it to prosper Jin, and Wen Gong is hegemonic according to it', and later the Jin Kingdom was destroyed, the name of Quwo is no longer used, because Quwo is backed by Jiangshan Mountain, and there is Jiangshui surrounding, so it was renamed Jiangyi. ”

Cao Zhang smiled and said, "I see! I can't help but think that in history, the Sima family named the country they established as Jin, probably because their Hanoi Sima family was rooted in the homeland of the Spring and Autumn Jin Kingdom.

Gongsun on the side continued: "Since it is a major place in the Three Jin Dynasty, it must be a dangerous terrain!" ”

Wei Ze said proudly: "Jiangyi can be said to be the first dangerous place in Sili, Jiangyi is located between Jiangshan and Qiaoshan, the two dangerous mountains face each other in the north and south, it is really a god-given barrier, and Jiangshui goes out of Jiangshan in the south, passes through Qingyu Gorge in the north, and enters Baishi Mountain in the east, lingering and circling, surrounding the whole territory, flying horses can not cross, rushing cars can not cross, if you want to attack my Jiangyi, you must first build a pontoon bridge, and you need to build a siege ladder to cross the pontoon bridge, so Qianghu, Southern Xiongnu, Tuoba Xianbei have not been able to capture my Jiangyi for many years. ”

Gongsun continued to nod and said: "The cavalry is the most water-avoidant, there is a barrier like Jiangshui, Hulu is indeed difficult to attack, but it is difficult for others to enter, but I am afraid that it will be more difficult for you to come out, so you can only be trapped in Jiangyi, and it is difficult to advance an inch." ”

Wei Ze smiled bitterly when he heard this: "I really want to refute Captain Gongsun, but the truth is true, my Wei and Huo two families are in Jiangyi, one is in Xiangling, they say that they are each other's horns, but in fact, they are fighting for each other. ”

Cao Zhangqi said: "Is it that the Huo family is in the hearts of those people who have this situation?" ”

Wei Ze replied: "No, because Xiangling is the mausoleum of Xianggong of Jin, the local clans are all ordered to stay in the vicinity of the tomb keepers in the past, after the ancestors, they will not leave the tomb of Xianggong of Jin, from the founding of the Qin Dynasty to our dynasty, they have not left there, and now Hulu is raging, they will naturally not let these foreign tribes disturb the peace of Jinxiang Gong, so the Huo family stationed in Xiangling and they joined together to fight against foreigners. ”

Cao Zhang sighed: "To this day, more than 800 years ago, they still stick to this place, never leaving an inch, and their loyalty can be seen from the sun and the moon." ”

Wei Ze nodded: "That's right, and they all regard themselves as tomb keepers, and they have never changed for eight hundred years. ”

Cao Zhang nodded silently, but he had a curiosity in his heart, wanting to see what kind of living state this group of people who had held on to the mausoleum for eight hundred years, and what kind of faith made them hold on for so long.

Anyi to Jiangyi is only two hundred miles, although Cao Zhang's army is marching very slowly, but five days later, Jiangyi is still in sight.

As Wei Ze said, Jiangyi is located between two mountains, and the place connecting the two mountains is a hillside about 200 meters high, and the city of Jiangyi is built on the hillside, and the slope of this hill is at least more than 45 degrees, that is, even if you want to push the siege car or ladder up, it will be very difficult, and the defender of the city as long as it is equipped with enough boulders to drop from the city, it is enough for everyone besieging the city to be crushed into meatloaf on the hillside.

In addition, the water is like a nine-curved ileum, twisting and turning, and two pontoon bridges will be built under the slope of the hill where Jiangyi is located, and the majestic wind of Tianfu is not an exaggeration at all.

When Cao Zhang arrived at the first river under Jiangyi, he ordered the sergeant to stop, and at the same time ordered Zhang Yan to camp here, because he considered that if he entered the city, it would be difficult to get out, and he came here to beg for thieves, not to garrison soldiers, so there was no need to enter the city, and when he told Wei Ze his thoughts, Wei Ze went back to Jiangyi to meet his father Wei Ting first.

When Cao Zhang and the generals commanded the people to set up camp, it was already dark, and when they first arrived at their Chinese army tent and planned to rest, the guards came to report, saying that there were three people visiting from Jiangyi, Cao Zhang knew that it should be the people of the Wei family, so he asked the guards to invite them in.

After a while, the three of them came to the big tent of the Chinese army, one of them was Wei Ze, and the other middle-aged man who looked a little similar to Wei Ze should be Wei Ze's father Wei Ting, and the last person walked side by side with Wei Ting, which shows that his status is no less than Wei Ting, and he should be the representative of the Huo family.

At this time, he was about thirty years old, and his appearance was ordinary, and there was a shocking scar on his face, which extended from under his left ear to the corner of his mouth.

The three of them immediately saluted when they saw Cao Zhang, and the person who Cao Zhang guessed was Wei Ting opened his mouth and said, "Caomin Wei Ting, see Lord Zhijinwu!" ”

Cao Zhang immediately returned the favor and smiled: "The master of the Wei family is very polite!" ”

The man with the scar on his face also saluted: "The grass people are the husband and wife of Huo Qian, the head of the Huo family, Wei Zhen, see the adult." ”

As soon as Cao Zhang heard it, he knew that this Wei Zhen should be a member of the Wei family, but he joined the Huo family and became the son-in-law of the Huo family, and he didn't expect that the current head of the Huo family was actually a woman, Cao Zhang was a little puzzled.

But he smiled and said: "Brother Wei is polite! ”

After the four of them greeted the ceremony, the guests sat down, and Cao Zhang first spoke: "Zhang originally wanted to go to Jiangyi tomorrow to visit you, but the three of them came to visit on a starry night, which is really surprising to me. ”

When Wei Ting heard this, he arched his hand and said: "Actually, when we came to visit, we still wanted to ask for the matter of the third son, but it was inconvenient to write this matter in the letter. ”

Cao Zhang said strangely when he heard this: "What's the matter? ”

Wei Zhen, who was silent on the side, suddenly got up and came to Cao Zhang, put his hands together, raised his forehead, landed on his knees, bowed solemnly, and bowed three times in a row. “

Cao Zhang was quite surprised at first, but after all, he was also a member of the court, and it would be a bit of a discount if he made a gesture to help, so after receiving three bows, the big thorn asked: "Why did Brother Wei make this big gift!" “

Wei Zhen was already in tears when he raised his head, and he choked up and said, "I ask the third prince to let Wei Gongzhen return to the command of the lord to die for him!" ”

Cao Zhang was stunned when he heard this, the title of "Third Prince" was what Cao Zhang called him when he didn't become the ruling Jinwu, since he became the ruling Jinwu, even if he was his own cronies, he was called in private, in addition, only some close elders and peers would call him that, in short, most of the people who called Cao Zhang like this were retainers, and the person in front of him called him like this, that is, he regarded himself as a retainer of the Cao family, but Cao Zhang couldn't understand the reason.

So Cao Zhang said quietly: "I have promised that the Wei Huo family can have two officials, and Gong Zhen can naturally return to his father's command." ”

Wei Zhen cried: "This is very different, Zhen is a member of the deserters, and he should have died twelve years ago!" ”

Cao Zhang was stunned when he heard this, twelve years ago, he was only 1 year old, twelve years ago was the first year of Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty, Dong Zhuo had just abolished the emperor and established a new monarch, at that time Cao Cao and the princes crusaded against Dong Zhuo, and later because the princes were not united, Cao Cao brazenly pursued Dong Zhuo by himself, and was defeated by Dong Zhuo's general Xu Rong in Xingyang Bianshui, the only thing Cao Zhang can remember about the major events that happened twelve years ago, the person in front of him said that he was a deserter, and said that he should have died twelve years ago, and wanted to have something to do with that station, It's just that Cao Zhang can't figure out that the deserter returns to Chenliu, Cao Cao is different, will he take him in? Why do you come to ask for it after 12 years?

Seeing that Cao Zhang still didn't understand, Wei Zhen said again: "Zhen is the son of Weizi!" ”

Weys! In Chen Liu, there was a veteran who supported Cao Cao's beginning, and later died in the battle of Xingyang Bianshui, and Cao Cao was very sad after coming back, and personally went to the Wei family to mourn for him, and found a good family for him to marry, but he didn't hear that he had a son, presumably Cao Cao thought that he died with Wei Zi in Xingyang Bianshui.

Cao Zhang's words stood up and said, "Why are you here? Why didn't you go back to Xu Du to find your father for 12 years? (To be continued.) (To be continued.) )