"The young master wants to leave a way back for himself?" Peng Xiaoyu lay on the sickbed, looked at Wei Ba who was dodging his eyes, and laughed silently.

With her intelligence, from the moment Wei Ba entered the cell, she was sure that she was being used by Wei Ba. It's just that she can't understand Wei Ba's guilt at the moment. Even if she didn't hurt Wei Ba first, with her identity as a servant girl, not to mention that Wei Ba used her, even if she was sent to Xiahou Mao's knife, she would not have any accidents. Wei Ba is just using her to cover up his true intentions now, what's so strange about this, Xiahou Hui saw the flaw, that is her life is not good, her wisdom is not as good as others, if you want to blame Xiahou Hui, you can only blame Xiahou Hui, but you can't blame Wei Ba.

Isn't it natural for a slave to die for her master's sake even if she dies? What's more, she also framed Wei Ba Yuxian, whether it was intentional or unintentional, whether she was for revenge or what, based on this alone, Wei Ba didn't kill her at that time, it was already extraordinarily gracious, and it was not worth mentioning at all to use her.

Therefore, she couldn't understand Wei Ba's guilt.

But she was relieved.

"Well, when our army captures Guanzhong, the situation in the world will inevitably change dramatically, not only to Wei, but also to Wu. I am worried that the Wu State will once again betray the alliance, unite with the Wei State, and attack us. When it comes to serious topics, Wei Ba is much more comfortable, he whispered unhurriedly, an apple slowly rotates in his hand, and the long apple skin is like a ribbon, getting longer and longer. Prime minister...... Intended for Longyou, he will most likely not reinforce Guanzhong, at least not until we run out of strength. In this way, it will be very difficult for us to deal with Cao Wei's counterattack, even with the help of Heavenly Master Dao. ”

"If the state of Wu is allied with the state of Wei. They are likely to attack from Zigui and Fangling, Shu Han will face a three-front attack, and Guanzhong is facing the greatest pressure. ”

"Yes. The foundation of Guanzhong is too thin, and I am worried that it will not last long. Wei Ba handed the apple to Peng Xiaoyu: "If the prime minister wants to transfer my master back, I don't know what he will do, stay and help me." It's just that he tore his face with the prime minister, and with his character, he probably wouldn't do it. But if he's gone. In a short period of time, where will I get the troops to hold Guanzhong? ”

"If Zhuge Liang gives the order, not only General Zhao will leave, but Deng Zhi will also leave, and even ...... The head of the house will also leave. ”

Wei Ba hesitated for a moment and nodded helplessly. Peng Xiaoyu was right, if things were as they guessed. Wu and Wei joined forces, Sima Yi from the direction of Fangling, Lu Xun from the direction of Zigui, and attacked Chengdu at the same time, Zhuge Liang would definitely return to help. At that time, if Wei Yan was ordered to return to the defense gate, with his character who was almost an idiot to politics, he would not be able to understand the danger and scheming in this at all. It was entirely possible for Wei Yan to accept the order, leaving him alone to guard Guanzhong and face Cao Wei's counterattack.

"If it gets to that point, I can only bow my head to Cao Wei in exchange for time."

"However, before that, you have to beat Cao Zhen first and let him retreat."

Wei Ba nodded. He does think so, with his current strength, there are 20,000 elites of Master and Dad, and he is sure to hold Guanzhong, but Master and Dad's may be transferred away at any time, and it will be difficult to hold Guanzhong with only the new army he has established, not to mention that Zhuge Liang may stab him in the back, such as letting Dad or Master take 10,000 people away, can he not give it? If he dares not to give it, he doesn't need Zhuge Liang to speak, and his father will clean him up.

Therefore, he must beat Cao Zhen before this, and at the same time firmly grasp Guanzhong. He didn't go to the front line, but rubbed his tongue with the heroes in Guanzhong here, and it was for this reason that he kept Xiahou Mao and others to leave a way back for himself.

"Then you have to hurry up and take advantage of the arrival of Cao Wei's main force to win the battle and boost morale."

"Yes." Wei Ba nodded, and said with a wry smile: "But I can't leave at all now, and even if I go, the matter of fighting will not be stronger than that of Master and Dad." ”

Peng Xiaoyu took a bite of the apple, chewed it slowly, and when she saw Wei Ba's sad face, she comforted again: "As you said, Old General Zhao and the head of the family are the best partners, and it is not impossible to defeat Cao Zhen." If none of them can do it, it can only be said that it is providence. ”

"I hope so."

……

Zhao Yun rushed to the mouth of the Weishui River and unexpectedly saw Wei Yan, who was supposed to be in Tongguan.

"Wen Chang, why are you here?" Zhao Yun let Wei Yan into the cabin and asked in surprise, "Something happened to Tongguan?" ”

"What can happen to Tongguan?" Wei Yan smiled, "Cao Zhen touched a nose of dust in Tongguan, and rushed to Pubanjin with a large army, and in the past two days, he has been searching for ships and preparing to forcibly cross the river. I was worried that you wouldn't be too late, and I was going to bring someone over to block it for a while, but I didn't expect the general to come. ”

"We had been prepared for a long time, and when we heard that Cao Zhen appeared on the other side of the river, we immediately rushed here." Zhao Yun briefly explained the situation in Chang'an: "Xiahou Mao has already descended, but Jianzhang Palace is still in Yan Fei's hands, Ziyu can't come for the time being, so he can only rely on the two of us." ”

"With the two of us, what does it matter if he doesn't come or not." Wei Yan said disapprenously: "General, your subordinates are all recruits, I'm afraid it won't be useful, do you want me to allocate 2,000 people to you first?" ”

The corners of Zhao Yun's mouth twitched: "Wen Chang, do you look down on me?" ”

Wei Yan hurriedly shook his hand and said, "General, you misunderstood, how dare I look down on the general." It's just that there are only 2,000 elites left under your command now, and the rest are recruits who have never been on the battlefield, and they have to face Cao Zhen's 20,000 forbidden army main force at once, I'm afraid those recruits won't be able to withstand it. ”

"With the big river as a block, what can Cao Zhen's 20,000 forbidden troops do?" Zhao Yun stroked his beard, his eyes narrowed slightly, and said lightly: "In my life, I have never fought any happy battles, I am used to it." ”

Wei Yan was a little embarrassed, and he hesitated for a moment: "Then in that case, can the general give me some boats after landing on the shore?" ”

Zhao Yun's eyes flashed: "Do you want to cross the river and sneak attack?" ”

Wei Yan laughed: "Sure enough, I can't hide it from the general." Yes, as soon as the general arrives, Cao Zhen's attention will inevitably be in Hexi, and if I don't seize this opportunity, wouldn't it be a waste? ”

"But Cao Zhen has 20,000 elites, and the follow-up reinforcements are about to arrive."

"It's because reinforcements are coming that I have to hurry. Otherwise, when they get together, I won't have much of a chance. ”

Zhao Yun saw that Wei Yan had already made up his mind, and he didn't persuade again. He also knows it. Cao Zhen's 20,000 people are just the beginning, and there will definitely be more people arriving in the future. If you can seize this rare opportunity to hit Cao Zhen hard, even if you don't kill much, you can boost your morale. It will be of great help in the next battle. Wei Yan himself is a brave and good general, and the thousands of Wei family soldiers under him are the only weapons for surprise attacks, and he moves to Cao Zhen's rear to choose the opportunity to fight. It couldn't be more suitable.

"Alright, I'll send you the boat over as soon as possible, and you have to be careful yourself."

"Thank you for your concern." Wei Yan bowed.

Zhao Yun and Wei Yan discussed the details of the cooperation again, and then rushed to Pubanjin with more than 10,000 troops. In order to attract Cao Zhen's attention, he tried his best to be extravagant, not only waving flags and waving gongs and drums. He also sent 2,000 elite horsemen to sweep everywhere to drive away the scouts of Cao Zhen's faction to cross the river, and the momentum was built to the extreme.

Nearly 100 large and small ships transported thunderbolts, ballistas, various weapons and baggage to the west bank of Pubanjin, and then quietly went down the river and returned to the vicinity of Tongguan. Wei Yan, who had been waiting for a long time, left Chen Xiang to guard the city, and he quietly crossed the Yellow River with five thousand elites and entered the Zhongtiao Mountains.

Zhongtiao Mountain is like a giant dragon, coming from the Taihang Mountains in the northeast, and leaning into the surging Yellow River, like a dragon drinking water. At the end of the mountain range, it is the place where the Yellow River turns, facing Tongguan across the river. If you want to rush from Tongguan to Pubanjin, you have to pass through the east bank of the Yellow River, under Zhongtiao Mountain, and Wei Yan entered Zhongtiao Mountain, which was to go around Cao Zhen's back.

He led the 5,000 people to 4,000 Wei family soldiers, and the remaining 1,000 people were also carefully selected from the elite of the county soldiers.

Entering Zhongtiao Mountain, it took two days and nearly a hundred miles of mountain roads, and Wei Yan moved to the mountains east of Pucheng. Pucheng is the key point of Pubanjin on the east bank of the river, and if you want to force Pubanjin from east to west, you must first take Pucheng, so Cao Zhen's army is now stationed in Pucheng.

In the past two days, Cao Zhen has been attracted by Zhao Yun in Hexi. Zhao Yun claimed to have an army of 50,000, and after arriving, he fought day and night, and after two days of busyness, he set up a position. According to the report of the scouts who ventured to cross the Yellow River, Zhao Yun set up a formation along the river, dug five or six more ditches, and introduced the river water, and a large number of thunderbolt carts and strange carts were arranged in front of each deep ditch, which looked like baggage trucks, what was it, they could not find out the news, and the Shu Han army was heavily guarded, and it was impossible to blend in.

Cao Zhen was really anxious, he was no stranger to Zhao Yun. Back then, he led the tiger and leopard cavalry with Cao Chun to pursue Liu Bei, and once met Zhao Yun in Changbanpo. That time, Zhao Yun only had a few dozen horses, and in front of the powerful tiger and leopard horsemen, he had no power to fight back, but he relied on his martial arts to rescue Liu Chan and Mrs. Gan from the chaos. Twenty years have passed, and many people have become the past, even Cao Zhen, who was in the prime of life, is old, but Zhao Yun is still active on the battlefield.

To be able to do this is enough to become a legend.

However, it was not Zhao Yun's arrival that made Cao Zhen angry, but that he spent several days working hard and still hadn't found enough ships. Without enough ships, it would not be possible to cross a large number of soldiers at the same time, and it would not be possible to pose enough threat to Zhao Yun. Sending hundreds of people to the other side of the river is tantamount to sending these people over for Zhao Yun to kill.

The lack of large ships has become the most popular thing for Cao Zhen. He could only watch as Zhao Yun prepared positions on the other side of the bank, digging deep pits for the heroic Great Wei soldiers to bury their bones. Cao Zhen didn't know that when Zhao Yun was waiting on the other side of the river, another tiger had quietly sneaked behind him.

Wei Yan was in the mountains fifty miles away, watching Cao Zhen's every move, patiently waiting for the opportunity to attack.

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Today's monthly pass is a little weak, although Tang Sanzang is running faster and faster, we can't be discouraged. Wei Yan is waiting for Cao Zhen, and Lao Zhuang is waiting for a monthly pass. Haha, Lao Zhuang feels that the climax is coming, a little excited, let's add firewood. (To be continued.) )