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Xiahou Yuan's incident was an accident for Zhang He, but he was not shocked to the point of unimaginability. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

Since Tongguan was attacked by the Han army, because of this stimulus, Xiahou Yuan has become more and more stubborn and self-serving, and he can't listen to the advice at all. And after he abandoned Chen Cang in desperation, Xiahou Yuan actually ignored his feelings of serving the Cao family for many years, humiliated and reprimanded in front of the soldiers of the army, and almost beheaded himself. Of course, Zhang He has a heart for this.

Now that he heard that Xiahou Yuan died in battle, Zhang He felt a sense of relief in his heart.

However, after the relief, the worries did not decrease, but increased.

Because Zhang He knows that Xiahou Yuan is Cao Ying's confidant, and in addition to the relationship between the lord and the minister, he also has a brotherhood, and now Xiahou Yuan's death will make Cao Ying very sad and angry, and the fall of Guanzhong also needs someone to take responsibility, if you have to find someone to take responsibility, then how can you get out of it.

Although Zhang He understands the current situation in Guanzhong and has nothing to do with him, sometimes politics is so cruel, and it is inevitable that he will become the object of sacrifice at that time.

At this moment, Zhang Hecai is in a dilemma.

However, after receiving Guo Huai's information, Zhang He still temporarily put down his burden, decided to abandon his martial arts, led 20,000 precious troops, and made a detour to meet Guo Huai and Xu Huang's troops, and jointly hold Feng Yijun in the north of Sanfu.

The so-called three auxiliaries, in fact, when Emperor Jing of the Han Dynasty, set up three officials to manage the land of Gyeonggi, Emperor Wu was named "Jing Zhao Yin, Zuo Feng Yi, Right Fufeng", and later over time, the jurisdiction of these three officials was set as Jingzhao, Feng Yi, Fufeng three counties, and Zhang He's Wugong City was subordinate to Fufeng County.

However, just as Zhang He was about to abandon his martial arts and retreat east along Weishui to Huaili, the latest information sent by Hosaku put Zhang He in a desperate situation.

Wu Yi and Pang De of the Han army led the army to bypass the martial arts, and surrendered the three auxiliary counties with the head of Xiahou Yuan, and Fufeng Taishou and Jing Zhaoyin reluctantly chose to surrender when they heard the news of Xiahou Yuan's death in battle and had no troops to defend. And Zhong Xuan, the lieutenant of Sili, also led the officials who stayed in Chang'an, abandoned Chang'an and retreated north to Fengyi County. That is to say, the vast Sanfu area south of Luoshui and east of Wugong has been determined by Liu Bei.

This news also means that Zhang He and his 20,000 brothers have now become a lone army, trapped and killed in Wugong City.

When Zhang He was in a desperate situation, the rushing troops led by Ma Chao and Fang Shao had set off from Jingyang, all the way like a bamboo, and when no one dared to stop them, they successfully arrived at the south of Luoshui after a few days, intending to cross the water from this to seize the Linjin of Feng Yi's county administration.

The straight-line distance between Linjin City and Pujindu is only more than 100 miles, and there is no city for the army to be stationed in the meantime, that is to say, Linjin City is the only strategic support point north of Luoshui, if this city can be captured, even if Cao Ying's army occupies Pubanjin and successfully crosses the river, but he is west of the Yellow River, and north of Luoshui will have no foothold.

Everything seems to be developing according to the expected assumption, however, just when Ma Chaozhi was complacent, ready to lead the army to cross Luoshui, thinking that he could be like before, effortlessly, under the welcome of the officials and people in the city, swaggering into the city, and then eating and drinking, Ma Chao was surprised to find that the city of Linjin was already full of flags, swords and halberds, and on the towering banner, there was a "Xu" word written impressively.

Three days later, the south gate of Linjin, here, only a few hundred zhang away from Luoshui, was introduced into Luoshui by a large canal, and a moat was formed around the city.

At this moment, on the beachhead hundreds of zhang away, there are already thousands of corpses, and there are armor and weapons left by the Han army everywhere.

A team of more than 1,000 Cao troops is cleaning up the battlefield and picking up the spoils left by the Han army. Inside, a heroic middle-aged general was silently watching Luoshui, the Han army retreating to the south bank on a bamboo raft.

In the past three days, this is the fourth time that the Han army has tried to force a force crossing of Luoshui, but they were all defeated by Xu Huang without exception. In the battle that just ended, a death squad of more than 1,000 people of the Han army, even braved the dense rain of arrows, forcibly rushed onto the river beach, but was crushed by a cavalry chariot ambushed by Xu Huang, and after leaving a thousand corpses, the Han army still on the river had to choose to retreat to the south bank.

After cleaning the battlefield, after the returning scouts confirmed that the Han army on the south bank had returned to camp, Xu Huang led the army back to Linjin.

That night, another army of soldiers and horses made a detour to the southeast and arrived in Linjin, which was the 20,000 infantry army led by Guo Huai. Guo Huai generals and horses in the southeast coast of Linjin under the village, and Linjin City to form a horn trend, that night hurriedly with the city and Xu Huang to meet.

As soon as they met, Guo Huai was amazed, and said with emotion: "General Gongming, it is a shame that you make a decision on the spot, withdraw the siege of Tongguan and seize Linjin, otherwise we will all be trapped and die in Guanzhong, and in front of King Wei, you will be a great achievement." ”

Jingyang County is seven or eight hundred miles away from Linjin, while Tongguan is less than seventy or eighty miles away from Linjin.

Before Xiahou Yuan left, Xu Huang commanded 10,000 soldiers and horses in Tongguan to attack Tongguan. Xu Huang couldn't fight for a long time, but when he was helpless, he received an urgent report from Guo Huai, and only then did he hear the bad news of Xiahou Yuan's death.

After receiving this shocking news, Xu Huang decisively decided to abandon the siege of Tongguan, led his army to cross Luoshui in the north, and entered Linjin three days earlier than the Han army. When Ma Chao's army came violently, Xu Huang was able to wait for his work, and took advantage of the danger of Luoshui to repeatedly repel the attacks of the Han army.

Hearing Guo Huai's admiration, Xu Huang was not happy, his face was full of worry, and he sighed: "The situation in Guanzhong has developed to such an uncontrollable point, and we can't escape the blame, how can we talk about any credit." ”

Guo Huai was relieved: "The loss of Guanzhong, although there are reasons for our own mistakes, but it is also Liu Bei's luck, if it weren't for Wei Yan walking out of the Meridian Valley so smoothly and sneaking up on Tongguan, the situation would not have reached this point, as the so-called 'people are not as good as heaven'." Fortunately, Feng Yijun was saved, and just waiting for the arrival of the king's reinforcements, the situation should be reversed. ”

Xu Huang also worked hard to cheer up, "For today's plan, we should send express reports to urge reinforcements, and on the other hand, we should pack up all the military horses and try our best to stabilize the morale of the army." It's just that now that General Xiahou has died in his duties, my Guanzhong army has no leader, and the morale of the army is really difficult to contain. ”

The establishment of Cao Jun is like that of Xu Huang, Yu Ban and other generals, each with 5,000 subordinates, and the subordinate relationship between them is all commissioned by Cao Ying.

For example, Cao Ying ordered Xiahou Yuan to supervise all the armies in Guanzhong, then Xu Huang, Zhang He and other generals obeyed Xiahou Yuan's orders, and Xiahou Yuan completed the dispatch by commanding each future, as for itself, he generally did not overstep the command of the generals' subordinates.

And when Xiahou Yuan died, and the latest edict of the King of Wei had not yet arrived, the generals of Guanzhong were essentially in a state of reading each other. If Guo Huai was able to persuade the generals to lead 20,000 soldiers and horses to Linjin after Xiahou Yuan's death, it was entirely for Guo Huai's face and prestige that the generals listened to his orders.

For example, Xu Huang was able to transfer the army of Tongguan to the north because Xiahou Yuan had an order before his death and ordered him to command the army of Tongguan, so Xu Huang could command this group of people.

In other words, in such a special period, if you want to command troops other than the people of your headquarters, you must rely entirely on your personal influence and prestige in the army.

Speaking of this, Guo Huai's eyes suddenly lit up, and he hurriedly said: "As General Gongming said, the armies cannot be said to be leaderless, among the generals in the Guanzhong of Fangjin, only General Gongming is the most prestigious, it is better to take the position of commander temporarily by the general, and lead us to fight the enemy together." ”

Xu Huang looked stunned, and hurriedly excused himself: "It is best for General Zhang to take on such a heavy task, and it is difficult for Huang to take on this heavy responsibility." ”

Xu Huang refers to Zhang He, in the Guanzhong Army, Zhang He is Cao Ying's deputy assigned to Xiahou Yuan, theoretically speaking, after Xiahou Yuan's death, it is reasonable for everyone to recommend Zhang He as the military master.

At this time, Guo Huai sighed: "If General Zhang is here, he can indeed take on this important responsibility." It's just that except for Feng Yi, the land of Sanfu is all descending from the wind, and General Zhang is already trapped in the land of martial arts, so I am afraid that it will be a fierce ......."

Guo Huai couldn't bear to say the words "more than auspicious", but the meaning was also very clear, that Zhang He was already an abandoned pawn at the moment, and he didn't have to think about it.

Xu Huang's relationship with Zhang He in private is not bad, but now when he hears about Zhang He's situation, he can't help but shake his head and sigh.

Guo Huai cheered up, "The current situation is really dangerous, and I hope that General Gongming will focus on the overall situation, so don't shirk anymore." ”

Xu Huang pondered again and again, looked around at the generals, and saw that they also had many expectations on their faces, and after weighing for a long time, he said in a deep voice: "Since this is the case, then Xu Huang is not talented, so he will temporarily take the position of commander, I don't know if you are willing to obey Huang's orders, I will work together to tide over this difficulty." ”

As soon as Xu Huang agreed, all the generals from Guo Huai to Guo Huai were relieved, and shouted in unison: "Only the general's order is obeyed!" ”

………… South of Kabasaka, thirty miles.

On the left, the rolling rivers and mountains are rushing, and on the avenue on the side of the riverbank, the banner covers the sky, and an endless army is hurrying north along the Yellow River.

On the avenue, Cao Ying, who was wrapped in a red robe, obliquely watched the angry waves of the Yellow River, and his heart was as difficult to calm as the undulating water of the Yellow River.

Many years ago, he also led thousands of troops and horses, walked this loess road, and entered the customs to quell Ma Han's rebellion. Many years later, He had thought that he would "revisit the old place" again, but his state of mind was heavy.

I never dreamed that the former weaver and weaver now, but now, he forced himself to this part, the dignified King of Wei, who wanted to enter the Guanzhong but was not allowed to enter from the Central Plains Avenue, and could only detour to Hedong in humiliation.

This is the greatest humiliation for him.

"Liu Bei, Liu Bei, if you want to take away the fruits of my life's struggle, don't you think!" Cao Ying gritted his teeth secretly in his heart.

When he was thinking about himself, he rode close to him, it was Liu Ye, but he saw him in a hurry, and his face was extremely frightened, as if something big had happened.

"Ziyang, now you are out of shape, you are out of shape." Cao Ying said with a smile.

Liu Ye jumped off the horse and said in a trembling voice: "King, something is wrong, I just received a report from General Xu Gongming, General Xiahou was ambushed by Ma Chao in Jingyang, and it has been ...... He has sacrificed his life for the country. ”

In an instant, Cao Ying's head seemed to be struck by the thunder that fell from the sky, and he only felt that his head was cramping, and he screamed on the spot, and he was planted from the horse.

(To be continued)