Yang Ang was killed, Yangping Pass was breached, Dingjun Mountain was occupied, and the remaining defenders of Tiandang Mountain and Micang Mountain knew that the general trend had gone, and they all chose to surrender very wisely. Tiandang Mountain is just down, but Micang Mountain is where Hanzhong hoards grain and grass. In this way, the door of Hanzhong has been completely opened to Zhao Fengdong. At this time, Fei Guan and the 5,000 Yizhou army also happened to arrive.

"General Zhao, this Yangping Pass is the Xiongguan Pass in the world, I don't want the general to break through it so quickly, if I didn't see it with my own eyes, Fei would be really unbelievable!" On the Yangping Pass, Fei looked at this precipitous gate, and he was also full of emotion.

"This is caused by Yang Ang's incompetence, this person first abandoned the mountain and disregarded the important land, and then acted rashly and even made a faint move, I really don't know what to say." Zhao Feng said with some disdain. If it is replaced by defensive experts such as Hao Zhao, Wang Ping, Wei Yan, and Huo Jun, I am afraid that it will be difficult for me to be so easy this time.

"General, Tan Ma Lai reported, General Guan's army has passed Baocheng and is about to arrive in Chuyang!" At this time, Niu Jin suddenly rushed into the tent and said to Zhao Feng excitedly.

"Okay!" Zhao Feng was also overjoyed when he heard this, so that as long as the water passed, he and Guan Yu could approach Nanzheng. Smash Zhang Lu's last lair, and everything will be fine. Thinking of this, Zhao Feng also hurriedly urged the army, leaving Zhu Ran to lead an army of 3,000 to guard Yangping Pass, and he led the rest of the men and horses to Nanzheng at full speed.

Two days later, at noon, Zhao Feng's deviant division had also arrived at the foot of Nanzheng City. When they arrived in Nanzheng, Guan Yu's army had only arrived a day earlier than them. The task of encamping was handed over to Zhou Tai to carry out, and Zhao Feng himself hurriedly went to see Guan Yu first.

"Listening to what General Yang said, Bo Tao has Yangping Pass on the way. didn't want Bo Tao to march so quickly, but it was quite unexpected for Guan Mou. In the big tent, Guan Yu stroked his beard and smiled.

"The second general is serious, just because the surname Yang Ang is too anxious, so I have a chance to take advantage of it!" Zhao Feng said with a smile. The two of them each told their own marches along the way, and after speaking, they both felt that the opponent was too weak this time, and it was almost the same as when they pacified Yuzhou.

"At the moment, only Nanzheng is left, General Yang, how is the Nanzheng garrison?" Zhao Feng thought about it, and asked Yang Ren first.

"There are no less than 10,000 defenders in Nanzheng, the city is steep, Zhang Lu has been operating here for many years, and it is definitely not something that can be broken when he is idle." Yang Ren groaned. When Zhao Feng heard this, he was still pondering whether there was a plan to take down Nanzheng, Guan Yu waved his hand disapprerovingly and said: "There is only this pass left in Zhang Lu's Demon Dao, which can be described as the end of the road, we just need to attack hard, why not break it?" When the generals heard this, they also echoed it. Zhao Feng looked at Guan Yu, who was full of confidence, but he was a little worried in his heart.

Although he hasn't seen Guan Yu much in recent years, every time he sees him, Zhao Feng can clearly feel that this Guan Erye is getting more and more arrogant as he grows older. Now he is the pastor of Jingzhou, a former general, and has the right to fake festivals, so he can be said to be the number one person under Liu Bei. When I was talking to him, I could feel that he was domineering, and he was almost depressed and a little heavy. With such a surname, if you don't do it well, you will be given a hand. Although Jingzhou has no worries now, it is also the first front line to resist Cao Ying, in case he makes a mistake and is knocked to the door, it will not be good.

Now that Guan Yu himself is leading the army to attack Hanzhong, although there are still Wen Ping and Li Yan on the Jingzhou side, Zhao Feng still feels a little uneasy in his heart. I can't tell why for a while.

"By the way, General Yang, Micang Mountain has been captured by me, and it is rumored that it is the place where Hanzhong is stocked with grain, so will Nanzheng be short of grain?" Zhao Feng suddenly remembered this question and hurriedly asked. Everyone's eyes also lit up when they heard this, if the defenders were short of food, it would be twice the result with half the effort.

It's a pity that Yang Ren pondered for a while, and finally shook his head and said: "I'm afraid it won't, Nanzheng is the Hanzhong Governance Office, and there is no shortage of grain and grass." I have seen Nanzheng's warehouse, which is really not small, hoarding grain and grass is enough for at least 10,000 defenders to eat for a year. ”

"That's it!" Zhao Feng didn't expect to get Zhang Lu's last foundation so easily, and then Guan Yu spoke: "That is the case, we will attack from Ming Tian." Zhang Luxiao'er was really calm, and he didn't come to fight in the face of the enemy who killed his brother, but just defended the city. "When he first arrived yesterday, Huang Zhong continued to call the battle. This time, he did even better, and he also made a big banner and wrote "Behead Zhang Wei and Huang Zhong here", openly scolding and challenged. But after scolding for a day, Zhang Lu didn't like him at all. Guan Yu and Huang Zhong were very helpless, how did they know that the day before they arrived, Zhang Lu had already received a letter from Yang Song, who had returned in a hurry, that Xiahou Yuan was about to send troops. The current Zhang Lu is bent on holding on, and when Guan Yu is out of food and grass, he takes the initiative to withdraw from the army. It's just that Zhao Feng was able to break through Yangping Pass, but he didn't expect it.

"Yang Ang's surname is too anxious, so there is such a disaster!" Yan Pu sighed and said, but he turned his head and encouraged Zhang Lu and said, "Xiahou Zhengxi has already marched out of Tongguan, and his people have always been known for their fast marching. The lord only needs to hold on for more than a month, and as little as half a month, once Guan Yu loses Shangyong, he will inevitably be forced to return to the army if the grain and grass are cut off. After Guan Yu withdraws from the army, Xu Tu can recover the places of Yangping Pass. ”

"That's all there is to it!" Zhang Lu sighed and said. Guan Yu naturally didn't know these little Jiujiu in his heart, and from the next day, the Jingzhou army began to attack the city. Trebuchets, rushing carts, and all kinds of siege tools began to wield. However, Nanzheng is not a small city like Xicheng, except for the moat that is slightly smaller, the height of the city wall, and the solidity of the city wall are comparable to those of Wu County at the beginning. Guan Yu commanded the army to attack for more than ten days, but there was no obvious progress at all, but he took the surname of more than 5,000 soldiers.

"Smack!" The table in front of him was slapped heavily, and Guan Yu said hatefully: "Zhang Lu Xiao'er, it's really hateful!" "The siege of the city is very unsmooth these days, and it has also made Guan Erye's temper grow, so that Zhang Lu, who is older than him, has already become a child. Zhao Feng looked at the Nanzheng City that was still standing, and the corpses piled up under the city, and at the same time, the ominous premonition in his heart became stronger and stronger.

In history, Guan Yu flooded the Seventh Army, and it was also smooth sailing at the beginning, pulling out Xiangyang, and capturing and beheading the forbidden Pang De. Until he met Cao Ren's strong resistance in Fancheng, as a result, as soon as Guan Yu's temper came up, he and Cao Ren got into trouble in Fancheng, and finally was copied by Dongwu. Now Guan Yu is fighting with Zhang Lu in Hanzhong, in case his back road is cut off, with the danger of the Hanzhong Mountain Road, I am afraid that the situation will be more serious. Zhao Feng really wanted to persuade Guan Yu, now that Zhang Lu is at the end of his crossbow, you should go back to Jingzhou first, and leave this old boy to me to clean up. But thinking about it, Zhao Feng also knew that if he persuaded Guan Yu like this, the possibility of success was no greater than that of crossing over again. No, people think you're trying to get rid of him and take the credit for himself.

"Maybe I'm too worried, Jingzhou has Li Zhengfang and Wen Ping, and Zhang Liao in Runan is looking at each other, so there shouldn't be any stubble!" Zhao Feng comforted himself in his heart. At this moment, the door of the tent was opened, and Guan Ping hurriedly walked in from outside the tent.

"Father, Wen Zhongye just sent an emergency military situation with a carrier pigeon!" Guan Ping hurriedly handed over a silk letter to Guan Yu, and Guan Yu opened it and looked at it, and his face suddenly became gloomy. After reading it, Guan Yu lowered his head in some silence and handed the silk book to Zhao Feng.

"Huh?" Rao is Zhao Feng was very calm, and after reading it, he couldn't help but stand up and exclaimed. Huang Zhong and the others looked at each other and hurriedly asked for clues.

"Xiahou Yuan suddenly went out of Tongguan and went south to capture Shangyong and Nanxiang, cutting off the passage between Hanzhong and Xiangyang! Wen Zhongye and Li Zhengfang attacked several times, but they were unable to recapture. At the same time, Hao Zhao of martial arts and Li Tong of Wancheng can only rely on carrier pigeons to connect with Jingzhou. Guan Yu said this seriously unpleasant news in a low voice.

"Shangyong and Nanxiang are both strong cities, how could they fall so quickly!" Huang Zhong was a little puzzled. "Brother Shen Tan and Shen Yi surrendered to the enemy and sacrificed the city!" Zhou Tai, who had just finished reading it, hated and said. Zhao Feng was speechless, but he kept blaming himself in his heart: he knew that Shen Tan and Shen Yi were two or five brothers, why had they been in Jingxiang for so long, and they hadn't been eliminated as soon as possible, so they were passive.

If it was the past, Shangyong and Nanxiang would be lost if they were lost, and it would be a big deal to take them back. But now the situation is different, these two places are stuck between Jingzhou and Hanzhong, and the administrative division of Shangyong and other places has also changed several times since the Han Dynasty has been 400 years old. It either belongs to Jingzhou or Yizhou, and there are seven or eight changes during this period. Once Shangyong is lost, his tens of thousands of horses will be stuck in the land of Hanzhong and unable to move. Once the grain and grass are exhausted, it is difficult to collapse without a fight.

After a while, Zhuge Jin was the first to say: "Junhou, I wait for the back road to be intercepted, and the grain and grass are not enough, so we need to return to the army as soon as possible, and attack the defenders of Jingzhou on both sides to recapture Shangyong." Otherwise, if it is delayed for a long time, the morale of the army will be chaotic. ”

Guan Yu didn't know the key to this, but seeing that Zhang Lu had only one Nanzheng City left, he was unwilling to accept the troops and change them like this. At this time, Zhao Feng suddenly spoke: "Second General, Ziyu, although Shangyong has been lost, the situation faced by our army may not be very dangerous. ”

"What do you say about Bo Tao (General Zhao)?" Guan Yu and Zhuge Jin hurriedly asked.

"First of all, if you send someone to report from Shangyong to Nanzheng, it will take at least four days. And our army uses flying pigeons to pass on the book, which only takes less than two days. During this period, at least two days have been saved, and Xiahou Yuan would never have imagined that our army would return to the army so soon, and if he didn't make it, he would be unprepared. In addition, our army's recapture of Shangyong may attract Zhang Lu in Nanzheng City to act rashly, and it is not yet known whether it can take Nanzheng! Zhao Feng said slowly.

Although what Zhao Feng said was inevitably a little too self-confident, Guan Yu and Zhuge Jin, the former is the most confident person in the world, and the latter is not a person who lacks self-confidence, and this is still within their acceptable range. However, Zhuge Jin immediately frowned and said: "Having said that, but there are only two more days, in case our army can't capture Shangyong in time, then once the grain and grass are not good, what can we do?" ”

"Ziyu rest assured, Micang Mountain has been captured by me, this is the place where Zhang Lutun is grained, and there is no shortage of grain and grass for the time being. It's just that it's too far from here, and it is necessary to send people to transfer grain and grass from there to feed the army. Zhao Feng said that here is also a secret sigh in his heart, in history, Shu Han is because of the rugged roads and inconvenient grain transportation, although it is known as the country of abundance, but it is difficult to ensure the food of the front-line soldiers, which allowed Sima Yi to unscrupulously exercise the protracted war strategy, and finally dragged Zhuge Liang to death.

"So, Bo Tao, what are your countermeasures?" Guan Yu saw that Zhao Feng said a lot, and with his understanding of him, he knew that he had some foundation.

"I intend to, the second general, you and Ziyu and others will lead the army back to help, and I will leave 20,000 horses here to pacify the place, transport grain and grass, and attack Nanzheng. Let's divide our labor and act together! Zhao Feng said slowly.

"Division?" Guan Yu was taken aback by Zhao Feng's bold proposal, he was very passive in his current situation, and he actually had to divide his troops. "General Zhao, you have 20,000 horses here, how can you pacify the place and attack Nanzheng?" Zhuge Jin was also not very optimistic about Zhao Feng's suggestion.

"I still have the five thousand Yizhou troops that General Fei came to help in the war, it should be enough!" Zhao Feng thought about it a little in his heart, and he felt about it. Zhuge Jin still needs to be persuaded again, Guan Yu has already waved his hand and said: "Bo Tao has always been steady in doing things, he said okay, I will give you another 10,000 horses, is it enough?" ”

"Five thousand is enough!" Zhao Feng calculated a little in his heart, it was almost enough, he originally had 15,000 people, plus Fei Guan's 5,000. Although some losses were lost in the battle, Yangpingguan captured thousands of prisoners in vain, and Nanjiang City did not encounter any strong resistance, and now his own troops exceeded 20,000. Of course, half of these people's combat effectiveness cannot be compared with their own Jingzhou army. In addition, the loyalty of the Hanzhong military captives was also a problem. This is Nanzheng, in case they defect in the middle of the war, then they will be passive.

Thinking of this, Zhao Feng also reminded Guan Yu of the extra reminder and said: "General Guan, all the passes you have reached along the way have surrendered without a fight, if these Hanzhong troops turn against each other behind your back when you attack Shangyong, it will be a big deal." It's better to take them to fight the mediocrity and replace the defenders with our own people! Zhao Feng knew that Guan Yu sometimes didn't pay attention to these details, and he suffered a lot in history. Although his proposal is to use the Hanzhong army as cannon fodder, which is somewhat unkind, but there is no way to do it.

"I'm self-reflecting!" Guan Yu nodded. At that moment, the two of them gathered the soldiers and horses, except for the 3,000 people left by Zhao Feng for Zhu Ran to stay at Yangping Pass, and the defenders left by Guan Yu to guard Xicheng and Baocheng, the existing military strength on hand of him and Zhao Feng combined was nearly 80,000 people. And the largest share of this is Guan Yu's Jingzhou old foundation, with 35,000 people. In addition, Zhao Feng's Jingzhou foundation also has 11,000 people. The remaining nearly 30,000 people were all Hanzhong troops who surrendered everywhere. In addition, there are 5,000 Yizhou troops from Fei Guan to help in the war.

"Bo Tao, I leave you 15,000 Jingzhou troops here, 5,000 Hanzhong troops, and the rest is all up to you!" After the division of troops, Guan Yu looked at Zhao Feng's sparsely sparse military camp when he left, and he was also a little unsure in his heart.

"Second general, rest assured, with General Yang's help, I will be calm in Hanzhong!" Zhao Feng looked at Yang Ren, who was deliberately left behind by himself, and he also had something to say. Guan Yu nodded, and hurriedly led the army back to help Shang Yong, and at the same time ordered Guan Ping to lead an army of 1,000 to move grain and grass from Micang Mountain for the needs of the army.

(To be continued)