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This silent group climbed along the rolling hills, the two wings of which were steep and rugged, except for a section in the middle that was low enough for people to walk on. Pen Fun Pavilion www.biquge.info but only this low narrow road is located at an altitude much higher than the plains.

A team of more than 20,000 people, like a long snake, walked through the mountains, looking into the distance, the snake's head had entered the clouds, looking back, the snake's tail was still hovering at the foot of the mountain.

There was no way, the mountain road was narrow, and the team could only barely march by stretching it so long.

After climbing a ridge, Cao Ying jumped off the horse, sat on the grass at the top of the mountain, panting and looking into the distance, only to see the northwest direction, between the two mountains faintly visible a Guancheng looming, that is Jiguan, and the majestic and steep mountain they climbed is called Wangwu Mountain.

This Wangwu Mountain is east of Taihang Mountain, west of Zhongtiao Mountain, north of Taiyue Mountain, south of the Yellow River, known as the world's nine famous mountains, Yugong moved the mountain to refer to the mountain, is this Wangwu Mountain.

Located in the extreme west of Hanoi County, Wangwu Mountain is the natural boundary between the county and Hadong County in the west, and the only connecting passage between the two counties is Kei Pass, which is located in the central lowlands of Wangwu Mountain.

As for Hedong County in the west, the strategic significance is extremely significant, its county is bordered by the Yellow River in the south, across the river from Hongnong County, Pingyang in the north, and Guanzhong in the west, Pubanjin is located in this county, it can be said that Hedong County is the hub of connecting the Kansai prefectures and the Hebei prefectures.

Jia Xu's strategy was to let Cao Ying lead the army to the west on the grounds of aiding Yecheng from the east of Hanoi County, and to go west out of Jiguan in the west, and raid Hedong County with lightning speed, seize Pubanjin, and completely cut off the connection between the Han army in Hebei and Guanzhong.

Although the Han army in Hebei had nearly 200,000 people, far exceeding the number of troops of the Wei army, the Han army had not occupied the Jizhou counties in the north for a long time, and had not yet formed a set of effective ruling institutions, so the grain and grass of the Han army were basically transported to Hebei from Guanzhong through Hedong County.

If Hedong County falls, the grain road is cut off, and the 200,000 army has no food to eat, it is strange that the army's morale does not collapse.

In order to recapture Hedong County and reopen the connection with Guanzhong, the Han army will come to fight for Hedong County, so that the danger of Yecheng will be solved.

If not, it is best to retreat to Hanoi from Keiguan, and return to Hebei by shortcut, taking advantage of the Han army's westward return to recover the lost northern counties of Jizhou in one fell swoop, and even Youzhou may be recovered together.

If tens of thousands of Wei troops were assembled in Hanoi, the Han army's careful reconnaissance would naturally have thought that the Wei army might want to attack Hedong County in the west, and they would have taken more precautions in advance.

But now, the main force of the Han army is in Jizhou, the defense of Hedong County is weaker than before, and now Yecheng is besieged, and at this time the Wei army is gathered in Hanoi, it will be taken for granted that it is going to the east to aid Yecheng.

In other words, it is the predicament that Wei is facing now, as well as the advantage of the Han army's consecutive victories, and all kinds of objective conditions conceal the true intention of the Wei army's trip to Hanoi.

Jia Xu made full use of the current situation and proposed this strange plan for Cao Ying to reverse the defeat.

Of course, although Jia Xu's strategy is strange, as he said, there are still certain risks.

The Han army's failure to discern its true strategic intentions, the lagging intelligence of the defenders of Hedong County, and the weakness of the garrison were all based on the analysis of expectations. If the Han military had taken precautions first, and the 20,000 troops led by Cao Yingqin had entered Hedong County, not only would it be in vain, but also the opportunity to rescue Yecheng would have been lost, then the overall situation would have turned in a direction that was extremely unfavorable to the Wei State.

If it were Cao Pi, most of them would not have adopted such an exaggerated strategy, but Cao Ying was different, and at this critical moment, he decided to take a risk.

After groaning for a long time, the heavy panting gradually subsided, Cao Ying stood up again, turned over on his horse, and once again looked at the Kei Pass at the end of the clouds and mist, and said in a loud voice: "Pass the order, order the whole army to speed up the march, and you must enter the Kei Pass before dark." ”

…………… Four days later, Yecheng Han camp.

In the big tent of the Chinese army, Fang Shao was examining the latest information sent by Guan Xing from Chaoge.

The intelligence claimed that Cao Ying's army had crossed the Yellow River from Juan County, and was now driving along the road to Chaoge, and had now arrived in Ji County, where it had rested for two days, and there had been no new movement.

After carefully reading this piece of information, Fang Shao's brows furrowed slightly, and he was a little suspicious in his heart for some reason.

At this time, Ma Tan entered, bowed his hand, and said: "Da Sima, 20,000 soldiers and horses have been secretly transferred to the east gate for deployment, everything is ready, just wait for Chen Qun to open the door and surrender." ”

"Good." Fang Shao nodded, and handed the report in his hand to Ma Yan, "This is information from the direction of Chaoge, you can take a look." ”

Ma Jian took it over and took a closer look, and his face showed a little confusion, "Juan County is less than two hundred miles away from Chaoge, if Cao Ying is in a hurry to save Yecheng and marches in a hurry, he can be killed in less than three days." But why is it that he has only arrived in Ji County now, and he has been on leave for two days, which is a bit unusual. ”

Fang Shao said with a smile: "The doubts of the young man are exactly in my heart, I am also thinking, according to common sense, Yecheng is so critical, Cao Ying should not have the slightest delay, but he marches like a cow, and he is still resting in Ji County for two days, it seems that he is not in a hurry to save Yecheng at all, this kind of action is really not in line with the art of war." ”

Ma Tan looked at the information, stared at the map for a long time, seemed to think of something, and suddenly asked: "Da Sima Ke once asked the messenger who sent the information, is Cao Ying in the Wei army in Ji County?" ”

"Are you saying that Cao Ying is most likely not in the Wei army in Ji County, and that Wei army is just bluffing, and Cao Ying actually has other plans?" Fang Shao reacted extremely quickly, and immediately realized what Ma Jian was alluding to.

Ma Jian frowned and said, "Yes, I am worried about this. I've been thinking about it for the past few days, that Cao Ying is a person who is well versed in the art of war, and he naturally calculated that our army would stick to the song and guard against him from coming to the aid of Hanoi, but he still chose to do so, will there be any trickery in this. Moreover, seeing this information today, I became more and more suspicious. ”

Ma Yan's words reminded Fang Shao, his gaze stayed on the map, swept back and forth the ground marked on it, and muttered, "If Cao Ying is not in Ji County, where will he be?" If he doesn't attack Chaoge, what is his intention? ”

Suddenly, Fang Shao's expression changed, as if he had thought of something shocking, and he turned his head suddenly, just as he met Ma Yan's equally terrifying expression.

"Hedong County!"

The two of them shouted these three words in unison, and it seemed that he had the same concerns in mind.

Fang Shaomeng, who suddenly woke up, slapped the case and said angrily: "No wonder I always feel that something is wrong, it turns out that Cao Ying's guy actually made such a strange move, misleading our thinking under the guise of aiding Ye, and secretly wanted to attack Hedong!" We even calculated his plan! ”

Ma Tan also said urgently: "Da Sima, my army is all in Youji, the defense of Hedong must be weak, if the Wei army suddenly arrives, it will be difficult to resist, if the Wei army Puban is cut off, and the grain road in Guanzhong is cut off, then my army of more than 200,000 will be in chaos without a fight!" ”

Fang Shao said with a calm face: "What a Cao Ying, such a ruthless plan, such a big appetite, he not only wants to solve the danger of Yecheng, but also wants to swallow us in one go, fortunately we saw through it in time." Young Chang, quickly send an urgent report to His Majesty in Jinyang, asking His Majesty to quickly dispatch troops and horses south to reinforce Hedong. ”

Ma Tan said worriedly: "Yecheng is far away from Jinyang, and I am afraid that it will be a few days after the urgent report arrives, if the Wei army has already taken Hedong during this period, what should it be." Moreover, there are no more than 10,000 soldiers in Jinyang, even if His Majesty prepares in advance, I am afraid that it will be difficult to deal with it. ”

Ma Yan's concerns were not unreasonable, Fang Shao pondered for a moment, and then said, "Your worries are reasonable, so be it." I will allocate 20,000 horses to you, and set off for Jinyang in the starry night, hoping to catch up. ”

Fang Shao hurriedly arranged the deployment of troops and horses, and Ma Jian had to be ordered to go.

Staring at Hedong County on the map, Fang Shao secretly said in his heart: "I hope our guess is wrong, otherwise, it won't end well." ”

…………… Jinyang.

In this palace that once belonged to Cao Zhang, Liu Bei was recuperating in bed, but the couch was full of war reports from all over the world, even if he was in pain, Liu Bei could only look at things with illness, no way, now the war between Han and Wei has reached the most critical moment, Liu Bei's heart can only be affected by the progress of various battlefields.

In Hongnong, Zhang Fei's subordinates and Cao Ren were blocked on the front line of Hangu Pass, and there has been no progress so far.

On the front line of Kunyang, Guan Yu's army of 80,000 was banned by Wei and Wen Ping in several fierce battles, and the two sides won and lost each other, although Guan Yu captured several cities, but did not have much advantage.

The only thing that made Liu Bei feel relieved was the battlefield of Yecheng, according to the battle report from Fang Shao, Liyang had been successfully captured, which forced Cao Ying to make a detour to Hanoi to rescue. At the same time, Chen Qun in Yecheng also claimed to be ready to surrender the city, and if nothing else, the capture of Yecheng was only a matter of time.

Yecheng, Wei Guoqi will be exhausted, even if I go at this time, I can rest assured.

Liu Beizheng sighed to himself, Huang Quan hurriedly entered, and said nervously: "Your Majesty, this is an urgent report just sent by Fang Da Sima, Da Sima, he guessed that Cao Ying is very likely to make the sound of the east attack the west, please Your Majesty quickly send troops to reinforce Hedong County, to prevent Cao Ying from sneaking through the Kei Pass to attack this county, and cut off our contact with Guanzhong." ”

Liu Bei's expression changed, and just as he was waiting for a closer look to report the time, Wu Yi also ran over in a panic and shouted: "Your Majesty, something is wrong, the Wei army stole into Hedong from Hanoi before, and has attacked the county magistrate, and is now killing Pusaka." ”

"What! Ahh

Liu Bei was shocked, and when he was in a hurry, he screamed, and fell down from the couch.

(To be continued)