In the Qin Dynasty, "ten miles and one pavilion" was not only the lowest level of public security management institutions, but also the pavilion of the road had the responsibility of postal transmission, so it was called "post pavilion". In the Han Dynasty, the "Thirty Miles and One Station" was added on it, which was exactly the distance of a day's walk, which not only delivered letters back and forth, but also welcomed and placed past officials and envoys. Although Liu Bei led the army to ravage the pass, because of the haste of time, the infrastructure such as townships, posts, and pavilions was not completely destroyed, and when Cao Cao entered the customs, the first thing to do was to restore the posts and pavilions along the way to prepare for the transmission of military information.

Therefore, the fast horse express through the post house, a day can travel 300 miles, from Fufeng to Rencheng, it is only a few days to arrive. When the edict arrived at the palace of Rencheng Wang, Cao Zhang was gathering for a banquet according to the old rules, and he was drunk, and suddenly heard the order, almost didn't believe his ears, and asked several times in a row.

Ren Chengxiang directly handed over the edict, Cao Zhang wiped his eyes, read it three times in a row, and then jumped up violently, laughed and said: "Gu Zhi Father does not forget to be lonely!" While commanding the soldiers to assemble, he stumbled and ran out of the hall. The eunuch chased after him, but was kicked over by Cao Ziwen: "Hurry to get the boots, what's the use?!" This really has the style of King Chuzhuang's "sword and sword" in history.

According to Wei's law, each king had 400 personal guards, but Cao Chang didn't plan to bring them all with him—if it weren't for the need for someone to explore, serve, and take care of chores along the way, he almost wanted to ride alone and go straight to Guanzhong—and only selected twenty good riders. When all the people were gathered, the horses were brought out, and the saddles were ready, the eunuchs came with his armor and weapons in a whirl. Cao Zhang threw his armor bag to the horse, took off his long coat, changed into hakama, got on his leather boots, and waited for the saddle to be put on the horse.

A eunuch stepped forward to remind: "The king is drunk, how to ride a horse?" "Serve a cup of tea with both hands. Decanter Cao Zhang. Cao Zhang smiled: "You really have a heart. He took it and drank it all, then pressed the saddle bridge with both hands, stepped on the stirrup with his left foot, and jumped on the horse's back with a "puff" as soon as his waist and legs were forced, but then he made a "snort". But he slid straight down from the other side and fell on all fours.

The eunuchs and subordinates hurriedly came to help, and complained to each other, saying that they should wait for the king to be completely sober before letting him go on the road. However, he saw Cao Ziwen's eyes widen, his facial muscles distorted, and he seemed to be in great pain, and then he coughed up phlegm and spit out a mouthful of blood! The crowd panicked. Returned Cao Zhangyu to the dormitory with all hands and feet, and extended the doctor's diagnosis and treatment - but before the doctor came, the dignified Cao Ziwen had already swallowed his breath and was only twenty-five years old......

In the original history, "Wei Luo" contains: "Taizu (Cao Cao) was in Hanzhong, and Liu Bei was perched on the mountain, so that Liu Feng challenged. Taizu scolded: 'Selling your shoes, making the fake son refuse you!' Wait for me to come to the yellow beard. Order to strike it. It's a calling. Zhangchen entered the road at night, west to Chang'an and Taizu has returned. Returning from Hanzhong - Zhangsu Huang, so it is called. ”

Although history has changed beyond recognition, the inertia is still there, and Cao Ziwen also failed to catch up with the last battle in front of his father.

Of course, even if Cao Zhang hadn't died inexplicably when he set off, he wouldn't have been able to catch up with this battle. Because the road is as far as the battle of Hanzhong in the original history - the distance from Rencheng to Guanzhong is closer than from Yecheng to Hanzhong in a few days. Moreover, Cao Cao had just issued an edict to summon Cao Zhang, and that night, Zhang Fei and Liu Feng were far away, leaving an empty camp.

Only then did Cao Cao understand: "This must be a thief and a pawn." Liu Bei go! "Hurry up and catch up, compared to Yixian, it is an empty city.

Zhang Fei and Liu Feng rushed to the mouth of Baoxie Valley, and Liu Bei's entire army had already withdrawn to Hanzhong, leaving Huang Quan, who had been cut off from the rear, and fought fiercely with Wei Jiang. So Zhang and Liu Er rushed out from the flank, defeated Yu Ban, and joined Huang Quan. The three generals discussed that Cao Cao's army was coming, and in order to retreat smoothly, it was safer to leave someone to continue to garrison Gukou for a period of time. But who will be left behind? You must know that this is an extremely dangerous job, and if you are not careful, you may not be able to go back.

Huang Gongheng said: "The two of them came from afar, and the soldiers were tired, so they should stay behind. Zhang Fei didn't follow: "Qing and Yu Ban fought fiercely, aren't the soldiers tired?" "Let's stay the same. The two argued, and finally Zhang Fei said: "When General Liu retreats first, I will fight with Gongheng to decide to stay." ”

Liu Feng heard this beside him, and his beard grew on the spot, and he was furious. What is he angry about? It lies in the word "General Liu". It stands to reason that he is Liu Bei's adopted son and a serious prince of Shu Han, but after Liu Bei ascended the throne, he seemed to have completely forgotten about it, and he did not give him the title of king, nor did he live in the palace according to the prince's rules, and even the taste was not very high.

At this time, a total of eleven people in Shu Han's military position were given the title of general, which was divided into two echelons. The first echelon is the heavy generals - Guan Yu worships the hussar general, Zhang Fei worships the chariot cavalry general, Ma Chao worships the general Wei, Wu Yibai Zhendong general, Huang Quan worships the Zhenbei general; The second echelon is the miscellaneous generals, in order of rank: Xingye General Li Yan, General Yijun led the Central Protector Zhao Yun, Fuhan General Gan Ning, Anhan General Liu Feng, Zhenyuan General Lai Gong, and Anyuan General led the Governor Deng Fang.

You see, the adopted son of the dignified emperor, even in the army, is only ranked ninth. As a result, no one called Liu Feng "His Royal Highness", either calling him "Gongzi" or "General Liu" according to the old custom.

Liu Feng was so angry, he said that the old man originally loved me, but since he got his own son, he completely left me behind - if you don't want me to be the prince, at least make me a prince, I also gritted my teeth and endured it, but now this kind of treatment is unbearable? ! Otherwise, I'll just die here and make you feel guilty for the rest of your life!

Immediately ripped off Huang Quan with one hand, and Zhang Fei with the other, saying that you all don't fight, I will stay and break the back. Huang Quan and Zhang Fei naturally didn't follow, Liu Feng simply pulled out his sword, pointed it at his neck, and said: "I am the prince, if I leave in trouble, I will humiliate the monarch's father." If you suffer this humiliation, will you die?! ”

Huang Quan and Zhang Fei had no choice but to comply, and then transferred all the elites under their command to Liu Feng, and agreed that he would stay for half a day. Zhang Fei also took Liu Feng's hand and said with tears in his eyes: "Your Majesty's brave fighting posture in the past, I will see you again in the body of the general now!" Your Majesty cannot be without generals, and the country cannot be without generals. Treasure! ”

Less than half a day after the second general left, Cao Cao's former army arrived. Liu Feng took the lead, led his troops to charge into battle, slightly frustrated the enemy's momentum, and then pretended to resist the base, but in fact, he didn't care about the soldiers and horses under his command. Alone led more than 100 people, beat the horse and whipped and fled into the slope. Immediately, the Shu army sent envoys to the Yiwei camp, and thousands of people surrendered in one day.

Liu Feng ran wildly for his life, and soon caught up with Zhang Fei and Huang Quan in the valley, and the three of them were relatively embarrassed and cried with joy.

Besides, Cao Cao cleared the enemy at the mouth of the valley, and at this time, Zhang He and Xu Huang also led their troops to join, so they discussed: Shall we chase or not? Do you want to go into Hanzhong in one go? Frustrated, although Liu Bei retreated in a hurry. A lot of weapons and materials have been abandoned, but its main force has not been damaged, and it will definitely consolidate the defense of Hanzhong, and it is not easy to attack, so let's withdraw our troops here. Cao Cao was really unwilling, so he looked at Cao Hong, Cao Hong understood the thoughts of the Son of Heaven, and immediately stood up and said: "Liu Bei led the army to ravage Guanzhong. The counting of all parties amounted to about 70,000 or 80,000 people. And the soldiers and horses in Shuzhong were only 100,000, and they still stayed in Ganning to prepare for Sanba, which was empty and bright in Hanzhong. Although he retreated now, the soldiers were tired, and it was difficult to deploy in a hurry, so we took advantage of the situation to advance. Chase after the tail, and win can be expected. If it is to stabilize the defense of Hanzhong, it will be difficult to attack it again. ”

Frustrated that what Fu Guo said was indeed reasonable, but - he had been deflated since Yuan Shao's place. After returning to Cao, he was almost idle for more than ten years, the edges and corners were all smoothed, and he spoke much gentler than in the past, if he had such a temperament back then, he always agreed with the other party first and then made a small turn, it is estimated that he may not lose Yuan Shao's favor - the road is too narrow, the army is difficult to walk, and it is easy to be blocked by people to break through the Nangukou one by one. If we want to attack Hanzhong, unless it is the concurrent roads of Baoxi, Luo, Meridian and Sanguan, which makes it difficult for the enemy to deal with it, but the problem is to wait for the troops and horses to be separated, it is estimated that Liu Bei has regained a foothold in Hanzhong, and he will definitely not rush.

Jiang Ji also advised Cao Cao, let's just withdraw from the army. However, Cao Cao pondered for a long time, but the more he thought about it, the more aggrieved he became-he finally acted arbitrarily, and the Son of Heaven personally conquered, but he ran all the way to the pass, but he did not run into Liu Bei's main force, but he had a few contacts with his broken general, and he killed only thousands, and my trip was almost in vain. Moreover, Guanzhong is an important place for the country, but Liu Bei is allowed to come and go easily, how will the people of the world evaluate Yu Zhen? I can't afford to lose face!

However, I have to admit that what I said is reasonable, if I praise the ramp all the way forward, the danger factor is too great, if I follow the original plan of cutting Shu, I am afraid that if I don't rush, Liu Bei has already defended Hanzhong. After thinking about it for a long time, I finally decided, let's give it a try first, how do you know if you can't do it if you don't try? He immediately ordered Zhang He and Xu Huang to lead their troops to disperse the pass, Cao Zhen and Lu Meng to lead their troops to Xiang Luo, and Cao Zhen and Xiahou Shang to rest for a few days, that is, to advance obliquely. As for Cao Cao himself, it is impossible for him to take such a big risk as an emperor and retreat to Yixian for the time being.

However, when he returned to Yixian, the new Yongzhou Degree Department Zhonglang Sima Sui asked to see him and warned Cao Cao: "In the past, the army used Huacang to store grain, but now it has been exhausted, and it is transferred from Taicang." If you send the army, you are afraid of chaos, if you don't send it, the army will be difficult to support for ten days! ”

Cao Cao was shocked when he heard this, so he asked: "Taicang stores grain, changes it every three years, and there is no lewd rain, how can it be mildewed?" How does Brother Thou govern the Ministry? ”

The Ministry of Shangshu is the old minister Wang Yi, but he has handed over several times to the official seal, basically not much of a director, and the power of the ministry is in the hands of Sima Lang, the eldest brother of Sima Lang - Sima Lang has also been designated as the next Dubu Shangshu - so Cao Cao asked, how can there be moldy millet in Taicang? And was it not inspected when I left the warehouse? How dare this be sent to the front? What did your brother do?!

But it was useless to scold Sima Lang at this time, so Cao Cao had to ask again: "Is it enough to use Liu Bei's materials that he seized?" Sima Sui smiled bitterly: "Liu Bei'an has food?" "It is true that Liu Bei was forced to abandon a lot of military weapons and canes because of his hasty retreat, but most of them were flags, carts, and siege equipment that were inconvenient to carry. Sima Sui said that if I can find food for you within the scope of my authority, I will definitely not dare to disturb Your Majesty, this is really no trick, so I can only come to complain.

When Cao Cao heard this, he couldn't help but sigh: "You can order the troops to retreat temporarily, and go to Liangzhou and Sili to eat ......" (to be continued.) )