Silence, absolute silence.

No one thought that Zhao Fengfeng would hand over such a heavy task to Lu Xun, who was just in his early twenties. Although he is only in charge of the army, the requirements for ability are still very high. Looking at the sword mark in Zhao Feng's hand, everyone knew that he was not joking.

Lu Xun was only slightly stunned, but he quickly took the sword seal handed to him by Zhao Feng, and replied solemnly: "Lu Xun will definitely live up to the general's trust!" Although his tone sounded calm, his slightly trembling hands betrayed his nervousness.

"Bo Yan, do a good job, I believe in you!" Looking at Lu Xun, whose lips were trembling a little, Zhao Feng still patted him on the shoulder and told him not to be so nervous. Without waiting for Lu Xun to say anything more, Zhao Feng turned his head to He Qi and said, "Gong Miao, after I walk through the Yinpingguan plank road, I must go down to Jiangyou first." Once Jiangyou is taken by me, it can pass through the Wenshan Mountain Road and go straight to the back of the Jianmen Pass. I will inform you with carrier pigeons, and when the time comes, you will lead 20,000 horses and fence with me! ”

"The last general understands!" He Qi hurriedly responded. Zhao Feng arranged some other things, and then led Wang Ping and Yang Ren to count the military horses and prepare to walk the Yinpingguan plank road. As soon as the big account came out, I saw Ma Tan trotting forward and said, "General, I will also go with you to go to Yinping Pass to raid Xichuan, how about it?" ”

"Youchang, you are still young, the Yinpingguan trail is steep and abnormal, if you have a mistake, how can I explain it to Ji Chang!" Zhao Fengwan didn't expect that Ma Jian would volunteer to accompany him to the risk, and hurriedly rejected his proposal. Just kidding, if something goes wrong with Ma Tan, Ma Liang still doesn't fight with him.

"The general doesn't know anything!" Ma Jian suddenly sighed and said: "Since I Ma Jian came out of the mountain, thanks to the grace of the general, I am already a party before I am twenty years old, and it is not easy. But my brother and Kong Ming both thought that I was exaggerating and lackluster than steady. I want to follow the general on the Yinpingguan trail, even if I am a pawn of the first army, feel the pain of the march, have more experience, and hone my will. ”

"Okay!" Zhao Feng didn't expect Ma Jian to have such thoughts. Indeed, as he said, if he only became a civil official such as a taishou or a staff officer, and only engaged in some strategic work, then he would probably only be able to look at the master and be inferior for the rest of his life. Now follow yourself to the front line to experience, which can make him more down-to-earth. Later, there is one less staff officer who is exaggerated, but there is one more handsome person who can take charge of himself. Thinking of this, Zhao Feng didn't insist anymore, but just asked: "You are a Confucian student, how can you endure the hardships of this march?" ”

"I have also been practicing martial arts since I was a child, so there is no need for the general to worry!" Ma Jian patted his chest and said. Zhao Feng nodded, and led him to choose people with him. Before this, the five thousand Danyang elite soldiers and the five thousand Hanzhong elite soldiers selected had also been assembled. Zhao Feng ordered that the prepared equipment be sent to everyone.

"General, why do you wear straw sandals?" Ma Tan looked at the two pairs of straw sandals issued to him, and suddenly couldn't laugh or cry. Generally, the soldiers on the march and in the war wear military boots, but Zhao Feng didn't want to give each of them two pairs of straw sandals.

"It's late spring, and it's almost summer. The soldiers wore military boots and their feet were too stuffy, and we walked on a mountain road, and straw sandals could be non-slippery! Zhao Feng explained. After all, this Ma Tan is young, and he asks immediately if he doesn't understand something, and the whole thing is like a curious baby. Of course, he would never have imagined that this was the inspiration that Zhao Feng got from the Red Army's Long March.

"Well, General, what are they doing with those things on their backs?" Ma Tan asked, pointing to the dozens of soldiers next to him, all of whom were carrying a long string of ropes on their backs and two or three large iron nails around their waists.

"At the end of the Yinpingguan plank road is the Sky Ridge, which is very steep. If there is no way down, then we can nail the iron nail to the mountain and tie it down with a rope! Zhao Feng introduced in detail. Ma Jian nodded again and again, and Wang Ping, who was used to walking the mountain road, also sighed: "In this way, even if the ancient plank road of Yinping Pass is dangerous, it is much easier to walk!" ”

Zhao Feng listened to Wang Ping's words, but smiled and didn't say anything. Before this, he had carefully studied the specific situation of Deng Ai's journey in history, and what lessons and experiences he should draw from it, in order to raid the hinterland of Xichuan with the least losses.

Historically, Deng Ai took the Yinpingguan plank road, but after Shu Han lost Hanzhong, Jiang Wei, Zhang Yi, and Liao Hua retreated to the Sword Pavilion, he had to do it. This situation is inseparable from the fact that he is now occupying Hanzhong and plotting against Xichuan. In addition, after Deng Ai successfully smuggled in, the Shu Hanjiang Oil ordered Ma Miao to surrender to the enemy, and Mianzhu guarded Zhuge Zhan to death. Now Jiangyou is Liu Zhang's confidant Yang Huai, but Mianzhu is his old acquaintance. Considering that the former is not very brainy, and the latter is his own acquaintance, if everything goes well, it is enough to connect Jiangyou and Mianzhu. From a strategic point of view, after smuggling through Yinping Pass, the possibility of success is quite large.

The above are all the experiences that Zhao Feng learned from the example of Deng Ai's successful smuggling of Yinping Pass, but at the same time, he also had to make up for some of Deng Ai's shortcomings. In history, Deng Ai led 7,000 soldiers to walk the Yinpingguan plank road, and as a result, he waited for the Motianling and lost more than 2,000 people, among which there were those who fell down the mountain when walking the mountain road, but Zhao Feng estimated that most of them should have fallen to their deaths when they rolled down from the Motianling. After all, wrapped in a thin layer of felt, it rolls down from the cliff, and as long as one of the vital parts is smashed, it is a death.

In view of this, Zhao Feng deliberately finalized the details of this march from both personnel and equipment. First of all, all the soldiers wore straw sandals to prevent slipping, so as to reduce the tragedy of falling down the mountain due to slipping; Secondly, the people I selected were all Danyang elite soldiers who were accustomed to mountain roads, and the elites of the Hanzhong army, these people were definitely much more proficient than the soldiers on the Guanzhong Plain under Deng Ai; Moreover, I prepared ropes and nails, so there was no need to roll down the mountain in the end; In addition, when he sent Lu Dai to Tuntian, he had already repaired a section of the plank road. To sum up, with so many precautions, it should be possible to reduce some casualties.

"General, how many rations do you need to carry?" Wang Ping asked after everyone had assembled.

"Carry enough food rations for twenty days per person!" Zhao Feng thought for a while and said, he had already ordered Lu Dai, who was in Tuntian, to collect hundreds of hundred-way iron-hoofed horses unique to Yinping County and Wudu County. This kind of horse is as good at carrying weight as the Dian horse, and the horse's hooves are hard and not afraid of being injured by sharp rocks, so let the horses follow the grain and follow the army. In history, Deng Ai's character was not good, and he also encountered heavy rain, but it took him seventeen days to complete the plank road, and he did so much preparation for his surname, it is estimated that it should not be so weak.

"General, the urgent military information that the third general just sent!" At this time, Lu Xun hurriedly walked over and said, Zhao Feng took a look, but it was Zhang Fei and Zhuge Liang who told him that they had already raised troops in Tuntian, the second county of Nanzhong, and were ready to attract Zhang Ren to fight. At present, most of the Sichuan army is attracted to the Bajun area, and it is best that Zhao Feng can take the opportunity to make a difference.

"Reply to the three generals, and prepare to take advantage of Zhang Ren's return to the army to capture Ba County!" Zhao Feng also replied confidently. Looking at Lu Xun, who was a little cramped in front of him, Zhao Feng smiled slightly and said, "Bo Yan, when I am not there, you will be in charge of the army." Although Yan Yan is a famous general in Xichuan, I don't expect him to be your opponent! ”

"The general is so important, Lu Xun will definitely live up to the general's trust!" Rao is Lu Xun has always been calm, and now he is a little excited to be in charge of an army of tens of thousands of people. After calming down a little, Lu Xun turned his head to look around, and saw that there was no one, so he asked in a low voice: "Xun is entrusted by my wife to inquire about something to the general." ”

"What?" Zhao Feng heard him say that he was entrusted by Sun Shangxiang, and vaguely guessed what he wanted to ask, but he still said quietly.

"I heard that the general has taken Mrs. Qiao into the room, is there such a thing?" Lu Xun asked in a low voice. Regardless of his Lu Boyan's youth and old age, he couldn't help but be a little embarrassed to ask about it.

"It's true, but don't worry, I won't treat her badly!" This kind of thing Zhao Feng can't say too much, so he can only guarantee it vaguely. Lu Xun also knew that Zhao Feng was a person, so he nodded and said no more, and the two explained some precautions for the army, and Zhao Feng led the army to leave.

Not to mention that Lu Xun's new official took office here, nor did he say that Zhao Feng's 10,000 horses quietly drove to Yinping. Let's say that Zhang Fei and Zhuge Liang, who were deadlocked in Ba County, were also taken aback after receiving Zhao Feng's reply. "General Zhao is too confident, isn't he, he is so confident that he can break through the natural danger of Jiameng Pass and Jianmen Pass?" After reading Zhao Feng's reply, a Confucian student in his twenties asked in surprise.

"Bo Tao has always been steady, if he is not absolutely sure, he will never say such a thing, we just need to capture Ba County as soon as possible!" Zhang Fei said with a grin. Seeing that this person's face was still a little hesitant, Zhang Fei pouted and said, "Duke Wei, I know Bo Tao's ability very well, so you don't have to worry too much." ”

"What the third general said is that Yang Yi is too worried!" This person is a native of Xiangyang, surnamed Yang Mingyi and Weigong, when Guan Yu pacified Jingxiang, he came to defect, Guan Yu felt that he had some ability, and his surname was cautious, so he recommended him to Zhang Fei, Ma Daha, and now he has done Zhang Feihou General Mansion History.

Everyone was discussing the military situation by themselves, but they saw that the big tent was suddenly opened, and then the grain supervisor Zhao Lei walked in with a ashamed face and said: "Three generals, the last general is incompetent, and there are more than a dozen truckloads of grain and grass that have been robbed by the Sichuan army!" ”

"What?" Zhang Fei's eyes widened, and he suddenly grinned: "Very good, very good, finally asked Zhang Ren to rob him!" "It's weird to look at with anger and laughter.

"Third General, who are you?" Zhao Lei was suddenly confused, could it be that Zhang Fei was crazy? But it stands to reason that if you are robbed of some food and grass, you won't be mad with anger!

"Hehe, you don't know!" At this time, Zhuge Liang's laughter solved the mystery for everyone: "We have been stationed here for more than a month, but Zhang Ren has always avoided fighting without fighting, and only when our army ran out of food did he take the opportunity to cover up and kill." Therefore, the three generals and I decided on this strategy to lure the enemy, and now we say that the grain and grass that have been looted are half of them coarse grains such as buckwheat, wheat bran, and even tares. When Zhang Yi saw it, he must have thought that our army's food and grass were about to run out. If the army is withdrawn at this time, Zhang Ren will inevitably send troops to chase after him! ”

"I see!" The generals suddenly realized, but they heard Zhuge Liang say again: "Although this is the case, Zhang Ren is cautious, if our army withdraws rashly, he will definitely notice something wrong." Therefore, we need to wait for more efforts! Three generals, you can attack the city soon, you must do your best to attack! ”

"Attack as hard as you can?" Zhang Fei asked stunned.

"Only in this way can we show that we are angry and anxious!" Zhuge Liang smiled, Zhang Fei suddenly woke up when he heard this, and hurriedly sent people to prepare for the attack overnight.

At the same time, in Bajun City, Zhang Ren opened the grain and grass bag that Gao Xiang had just looted, but saw that there was less than half of the rice and noodles, and the rest were some miscellaneous grains. After Zhang Ren finished reading it, he sneered and summoned the generals to discuss the matter.

"Ladies and gentlemen, judging from the grain and grass of the Jingzhou army that was robbed, Zhang Fei's army is already stretched thin. I estimate that in less than ten days, he will have to retire because of lack of food. But Zhang Fei's surname is impatient, and he will definitely wave his army to attack the city before retreating, so we must defend this place! ”

"Obey the general's orders!" The generals responded loudly, and at this moment the sentry came to report that the Jingzhou army had just begun to attack the city, and the offensive was very ruthless, and the soldiers defending the city were very difficult.

"The generals will come with me to see!" Zhang Ren also led everyone to the top of the city when he heard this, and as soon as he got to the city, Zhang Ren was startled by the stones thrown in front of him. More than a dozen trebuchets of the Jingzhou army threw stones at the city without stopping, and almost every piece could kill several people. Zhang Ren can be regarded as a battle-hardened battle, but he has almost only fought with the Hanzhong Army, and he has only heard of the power of the Jingzhou Army's trebuchet, and he knows that his reputation is worthy when he sees it today. At the same time, dozens of ladders were erected, and a steady stream of Jingzhou soldiers held shields and climbed directly from the ladders to attack the city. In addition, the rushing car also began to exert its power, slamming into the city wall of Ba County, which had no moat.

"Be careful!" Seeing a boulder flying towards Zhang Ren in front of him, the generals on the side also shouted in shock. Zhang Ren snorted coldly, pulled out a spear beside him, and hit the flying boulder directly.

With a "boom", the hundred-pound boulder was hit by Zhang Ren's hand, and it burst directly from the middle, and the scattered stone chips cut through the faces of several people around. Zhang Ren himself was unscathed except for being covered with ashes.

"Zhang Dudu Shenwei!" The Yizhou army defending the city saw Zhang Ren so brave, and their morale was greatly boosted for a while. But he didn't know that Zhang Ren looked down at his cracked tiger's mouth, and he was also secretly frightened. Looking at the structure of the city again, Zhang Ren also had to rejoice: the front of Bajun Pass was very narrow, and it could only accommodate a dozen trebuchets, and its power was limited.

"Pass the order down, and be careful to stick to it." Zhang Ren watched it for a long time, and knew that if the Jingzhou army wanted to take Ba County with such a strong attack, it would be impossible not to take more than five times the lives of the defenders. At that moment, Zhang Ren was not in a hurry, but ordered someone to hold on carefully, and at the same time sent out the fine work to investigate the movements of the Jingzhou military camp.

Just when the two armies under Bajun City were practicing attack and defense, the 10,000 horses led by Zhao Feng had already passed through a mountain road in Wenshan and arrived at Yuzhong. Lu Dai, who was originally stationed in Tuntian in charge of Tuntian, handed over five hundred hundred-way iron-hoofed horses that had been prepared with grain on his back and handed them over to Zhao Feng.

"Dinggong, although you don't care about the three here, but it is adjacent to Hanzhong and Longxi, you need to beware of Xiahou Yuan or Han Sui!" Before Zhao Feng left, he still gave a careful advice.

"General rest assured, if Xiahou Yuan or Han Sui dares to come, he will definitely suffer a big loss!" Lu Dai said with a smile, Zhao Feng saw that this great Sima of Eastern Wu in history was so sure, so he didn't say anything anymore, and led the army to the Yinpingguan plank road.

(To be continued)