955 Beishan Burning Grain
Mo Qianxun didn't ask again, and continued to be busy with his own affairs, Wang Baoyu sat stunned for a long time, the feelings in his heart were very complicated, according to his memory of history. Scraping bones and healing has made the second brother famous, and he, a good second brother, should not be far from the day of fall.
From a personal point of view, Wang Baoyu wanted to save Guan Yu very much, and once hinted at him, but Guan Yu's personality was different from others, and he couldn't listen to persuasion at all, and the trend of history was difficult to change.
Alas, let's talk about it then! Wang Baoyu could only comfort himself like this, no matter what, he couldn't watch Guan Yu die, thinking of this, his eyes couldn't help but moisten again.
On the Hanzhong side, the war has not subsided, Cao Cao heard that Guan Yu's soldiers had committed Xiangyang, and he really couldn't sit still, but there was one thing he couldn't figure out, Guan Yu and Xiahoudun had always been non-aggression with each other, how did they change all of a sudden?
However, when he heard that Wang Baoyu did not help Guan Yu, Cao Cao was very relieved, and felt that Wang Baoyu was interesting enough, and remembered the old love. Subsequently, he was not at ease with Xiahoudun, if Xiahoudun was reckless for a while, he rashly attacked Yiling, and let Wang Baoyu stir up the fighter, then the victory or defeat would be unpredictable.
In order to ensure that nothing went wrong, Cao Cao Feishu sent a letter to Xu Du, asking Cao Ren to lead his troops to Xiangyang and replace Xiahoudun. At the same time, he ordered Yu Ban and Pang De to obey Cao Ren's dispatch, and Guan Yu must not be given a chance.
Liu Bei has been in Hanzhong for almost a year, although he has captured Nanzheng and other important places and killed the general Xiahou Yuan, but it is obviously still far away to defeat Cao's army in an all-round way.
After discussing with Fa Zheng, Liu Bei accurately adopted the policy of encroaching on Hanzhong, fighting for one city and one place, he first locked Luogu City, Xu Huang fought with Zhang Fei, and there were less than 20,000 soldiers and horses left, and in the deployment of Cao's army in Hanzhong, it should be the weakest.
Liu Bei personally led an army of 50,000, followed by Fa Zheng, with Zhao Yun and Huang Zhong, and left Nanzheng to advance to the northeast, preparing to cross the Han River and attack Luogu City.
Cao Cao's advisers, Jia Xu and Yan Pu, had long expected that Liu Bei would have this move, and sent Guo Huai to lead 30,000 soldiers and horses in advance to block the north bank of the Han River.
When he was twenty miles away from Hanshui, Liu Bei heard the news of Guo Huai's garrison on the north bank and was deeply annoyed.
"Have you ever found out where Guo Huai is camping?" Fa Zheng asked.
"Thirty miles from the north shore." Tanma replied.
"In this way, wouldn't it be for our army to cross the river lightly?" Liu Bei's face was happy.
"If Guo Huai camped on the shore of the Han River, he would be afraid of our army, and it seems that there must be a conspiracy." Fa Zheng frowned.
"Guo Huai only has 30,000 soldiers and horses, and he is not a general, so why is he afraid?" Liu Bei said.
"Cao thief is treacherous, you must guard against it, according to my wishes, give up Luogu and return to Dingjun Mountain." Fa Zheng built yƬ road.
Liu Bei was a little unwilling, but he still trusted Fa Zheng very much in his heart, and after a little hesitation, he decisively gave up the plan to attack Luogu, and the army turned around and ran to the northwest and went to Dingjun Mountain again.
When Cao Cao heard that Liu Bei had not crossed the Han River, he couldn't help laughing and said: "Du Yan has a plan in his chest, and he was scared away, but it's so eary!" ā
"King Wei, Dingjun Mountain is an important place, and you must not guard against it." Jia Xu said.
"Xu Chu is sent to guard it today, and there is a defense left by Liu Bei, which is solid and foolproof!" Cao Cao said confidently.
Cao Cao really underestimated Fa Zheng, and Liu Bei's army seemed to be going to attack Dingjun Mountain, but in fact he had other plans. After careful consideration, if Fa Zheng wants to retreat from Cao's army, the best way at present is to burn his grain and grass, without the supply of grain and grass, Cao's army will definitely retreat without a fight, and the land of Hanzhong will also be in his pocket.
When Fa Zheng proposed this idea, not only Liu Bei hesitated, but even Zhao Yun and Huang Zhong felt that it was not feasible. Of course, the method is good, but Cao Cao is a person, who thinks about burning other people's grain and grass all day long, and most of them burn a quasi-one, how can he not defend himself? Therefore, this method will most likely not succeed.
Fa Zheng insisted that it was precisely because Cao Cao felt that he was an expert in this area that ordinary people did not dare to fight his idea, so he had an opportunity. As the so-called arrogant soldiers will be defeated, although Cao Cao is cunning and cunning, after all, he is also a mortal with the naked eye, and people have shortcomings and negligence.
Cao Cao is on an expedition, in a hurry, and he is blindly confident, maybe there will be an opportunity to take advantage of it.
In the end, Liu Bei chose to believe in Fa Zheng and adopted his Jianyi, and the army approached Dingjun Mountain.
The place where Cao Jun stored grain was in the middle of Dingjun Mountain and Yangping Pass, there was a mountain range called Beishan, and Zhao Yan, who had served as the assassin of Yizhou, led 20,000 elite soldiers to guard here.
Liu Bei pretended to set the army mountain, but quietly sent Zhao Yun and Huang Zhong, each with 5,000 soldiers and horses, to try to burn the grain and grass of the Cao army.
Cao Cao really didn't think about this, not that he didn't know the importance of grain and grass, but that he was a little careless. Because, whether it is Yangping Pass or Dingjun Mountain, it is easy to raise troops to support the Beishan granary, and the granary itself is heavily guarded, which can be described as worry-free.
Zhao Yun and Huang Zhong led the army to move along the path as much as possible, and quietly approached Beishan. From a distance, flags were waving in the col, soldiers were neatly lined up, and the deployment was thorough, the distance was beyond the attack range of the rocket, and the precautions were so tight that it was difficult for even a mouse to get in, let alone a person, and there was no chance at all.
"I said a long time ago that the plan of the military advisor is not feasible!" Huang Zhong sighed.
"Since you're here, you're going to give it a try!" Zhao Yundao immediately set up camp, discussed with Huang Zhong, and finally agreed on a plan, Huang Zhong went to challenge and lure the enemy out of the camp, and he took advantage of the situation to enter and strive to complete the task.
In this case, we can only solve the problem quickly, and there is no room for the slightest mistake. Early the next morning, Huang Zhong led the men and horses of his headquarters and rushed towards Beishan shouting.
Zhao Yan really had a defense, and immediately raised 10,000 troops, and quickly greeted him, leading a general, named Wang Ping, in his early twenties, with a big knife in his hand.
Wang Ping saw that it was Huang Zhong coming, knowing that he was invincible, and did not line up to compete with Huang Zhong, while ordering the arrows not to stop, he let the army swarm up and attack Huang Zhong's army.
Huang Zhong waved his knife and went straight to Wang Ping, but he didn't expect that Wang Ping always hid behind, just ordered the soldiers to block, Huang Zhong killed many soldiers, and still couldn't get close to Wang Ping.
"Wang Ping, a coward, also dares to lead troops?" Huang Zhong shouted.
Wang Ping laughed, he didn't fall for it at all, Huang Zhong was so killed that he became a bloody person, and he still couldn't get close, seeing the loss of soldiers and horses, he could only order the team to retreat in a depressed manner.
Wang Ping led the army to catch up, and he had an idea in his heart, if he could kill Huang Zhong, not only could he avenge Xiahou Yuan, but he himself could also be famous for a lifetime.