Wei Yan's personality is arrogant, but I have to say that he has the capital of arrogance.

While talking about the rhetoric, Wei Yan did not forget the most basic quality of a general--widely distributed scouts.

Many of the several military orders he had just issued were elite scouts who were sent out one after another.

The word scout doesn't seem to sound like it has high military ranks, such as tun commander and qu chief, but as long as anyone in the army knows that scout positions are not high, they are the most elite people in the army.

The most rigorous training, the most innocent net worth, and the best treatment, this series of the most made the scouts have some prototypes of the special forces in later generations.

After all, scouts often go deep into enemy territory to find out what is going on with them, and they often don't have many of their comrades by their side to defend them, and once they leave the camp, the only thing they can rely on is themselves.

And most importantly, the scout's loyalty must be guaranteed.

Because once the scouts are returned, they must report the most urgent military information, and this military information can be sent directly to the ears of the chief general without any review.

In this case, if the scout's loyalty cannot be guaranteed, then the Lord will likely make a fatal decision under the wrong information.

When Wei Yan first followed Liu Bei in Jingzhou, his first military position was as a scout.

As an experienced veteran who has climbed from scout to his current status step by step, Wei Yan naturally knows the importance of scouts.

The scouts in his army are all henchmen he has cultivated.

The scouts carefully cultivated by Wei Yan did not disappoint Wei Yan.

On the third day, dozens of scouts sent by Wei Yan returned.

As for the remaining scouts who hadn't returned yet, Wei Yan knew they would never come back.

The well-trained scouts not only returned quickly, but also brought a lot of important information to Wei Yan.

In addition to the movements of Cao Zhen's army, there are also the movements of Fei Yao's army.

Before, Liu Ye offered Cao Zhen a plan to oppose customers, and Cao Zhen felt that this plan was very good, and he quickly adopted it.

According to Liu Ye's strategy, Cao Zhen successively commanded the Wei army to divide troops to attack various cities in Hanzhong in the next few days.

Hanzhong is a large county, there are more than a dozen large and small counties, among these more than a dozen counties, some of the city defense is acceptable, and it can withstand the onslaught of the Wei army in a short time.

There are also many county towns that are small cities, and most of the guards in the cities are county soldiers, how can they withstand the onslaught of the elite of the Wei army's field battles.

However, in just half a month, many county towns in Hanzhong County fell into the hands of the Wei army.

After realizing this, Wei Yan listened to the names of those county seats, and the entire map of Hanzhong County unconsciously appeared in his mind.

The overall defense line of Hanzhong was designed by Zhuge Liang and Fa Zheng, but the specific operator was Wei Yan.

For Wei Yan, he was the one who knew the Hanzhong defense line better than Mi Yang.

A series of county names appeared in Wei Yan's heart, and then seemed to turn into a clear vein, constantly wandering on the map of Hanzhong that kept appearing in Wei Yan's mind.

After deducing it, Wei Yan's heart had more confidence.

It is true that the Wei army's offensive is very fierce, and many county towns in Hanzhong have been captured in succession, but the county towns that can be captured by the Wei army in such a short period of time are not the main fortresses that Mi Yang was guarding against before.

In other words, the loss of those cities would not make it difficult for Wei Yan's army to move an inch.

Even if the Wei army's troops have touched the Han River.

But Wei Yan's original plan was not to think of marching from Hanshui.

Just after the rainy season, the amount of Han water is soaring, and it is dangerous and slow to choose to march upstream.

Mi Yang's order to Wei Yan was to come to the aid quickly!

After thinking about the movements of Cao Zhen's army, Wei Yan pondered the movements of Fei Yao's army again.

Just some time ago, Fei Yao finally led the army out of the mouth of the valley.

And on the first day when Fei Yao's army walked out of the mouth of the sloping valley, he successfully received an order from Cao Zhen - divide his troops to storm the two cities of Han and Le, and completely cut off the connection between Nanzheng and Yangping Pass.

Fei Yao knew that his marching speed was slow, which had already caused Cao Zhen's dislike.

Therefore, after receiving this military order, he behaved very actively.

He himself led an army of 10,000 to storm Seoul, and then sent an adjutant general to lead an army of 10,000 to storm Lecheng.

However, due to the importance of the two cities of Han and Le, the city defense and defenders of these two cities are not comparable to those counties captured by the Wei army.

Under the onslaught for many days, the two cities of Han and Le were still firmly in the hands of the Liangzhou army.

This is the best news for Wei Yan.

After learning the specific movements of Cao Zhen and Fei Yao's army, Wei Yan did not hesitate.

On the day he received the information, he led the 5,000 Liangzhou army from Xicheng all the way west.

Wei Yan knew that the news of his army's movement could not hide the Wei army's scouts, so he didn't want to hide it at first.

Not only did he not intend to hide it, Wei Yan also took the initiative to send people around to release the news - on the order of Liang Zhoumu, he led the troops to help Nanzheng!

After doing this, Wei Yan ordered the five thousand Liangzhou army, except for carrying the necessary ordnance and dry food, other baggage that affected the marching speed of the army was not allowed to be carried.

In the face of Wei Yan's order, the five thousand Liangzhou troops did not hesitate at all.

Soon, on the same day, the 5,000 lightly armed and simple Liangzhou army, under the leadership of Wei Yan, quickly marched in the direction of Nanzheng City.

Wei Yan knew that if he released the news, it would only take a few days at most, and Cao Zhen outside Xingshi City would be the first to get the news.

Therefore, he must lead a large army, and every second counts in these days.

As long as he gets closer to Nan Zhengcheng within a few days, the more successful the plan in his heart will be.

Xicheng, Yangxian, Jiuting, Wei Yan, who knew the geography of Hanzhong, almost instinctively planned a route for his army to reach Nanzheng as quickly as possible.

Under Wei Yan's excellent planning and the high-intensity rapid march of the Liangzhou army, within a few days, Wei Yan's army had crossed the old pavilion and came to Chenggu County.

Chenggu County is less than 100 miles away from Nanzheng County.

With such a short distance, an ordinary army would be able to walk for three days at most, but what if it was the marching speed that Wei Yan had shown before?

When Wei Yan led his troops to Dagu County, Cao Zhen had just received the military information from Wei Yan to send troops.

And on the second day before Cao Zhen made a decision, because Wei Yan's army was now outside Chenggu County, the scouts of the Wei army quickly reported the news to Cao Zhen again.

In just two days, Cao Zhen heard Wei Yan's name from the scouts in a row.

This made Cao Zhen feel shocked.

Can you not be frightened?

He had only received news yesterday that Wei Yan's army had set off from Xicheng.

Today he received the news that Wei Yan's army was not far from Nanzheng City.

In such a short period of time, receiving these two pieces of news in a row made Cao Zhen think that Wei Yan's army was really like coming from heaven.

It's just that Cao Zhen also knows that the reason why Wei Yan was able to do this was because he hit a time lag in information delay.

But even if he knew this, Cao Zhenxin couldn't help but pay attention to Wei Yan's army.

In order to successfully hit this time difference, the requirements for generals and soldiers are very high.

Cao Zhen couldn't help but think of Xiahou Yuan, the general of the expedition to the west, who was famous for his ability to march quickly.

No matter what period it is, a general who can lead a soldier on a rapid march must not be a good one.

In fact, at the beginning of the southern expedition, Cao Zhen spent a lot of manpower and material resources to investigate the generals under Mi Yang.

According to the information Cao Zhen got before, Wei Yan was not a great figure.

Even if he was the governor of Hanzhong before, he did not have a glorious record, and his reputation was not as great as that of Ding Feng, a school captain.

But now that Cao Zhen knows, Wei Yan's talent cannot be underestimated.

Realizing this, Cao Zhen began to actively deploy everything.

It was true that the speed of Wei Yan's army was beyond Cao Zhen's expectations, but it was not enough to make Cao Zhen feel flustered.

No matter how fast it was to achieve consolidation, Wei Yan's army was only five thousand.

And under the high-intensity march for several days, I think that the combat effectiveness of Wei Yan's army must have seriously declined.

On the other hand, on his own side, in terms of troops, morale is above Wei Yan's army, what is Cao Zhen to panic about.

Cao Zhen felt that it should be Wei Yancai who should panic.

Because there is a tactic in the world, which is called encirclement and reinforcement.

Cao Zhen is not a superstitious person who believes in intelligence, and from the summary analysis of the information he has received so far, Cao Zhen believes that Wei Yan came to rescue Nanzheng City.

If it weren't for the rescue of Mi Yang's lair, what would Wei Yan be doing so desperately?

Now Fei Yao's lieutenant general is leading the army to attack Lecheng, which is located between Nanzheng and Chenggu, and is another fortress in Hanzhong in addition to Xingshi.

Once Lecheng was captured by the Wei army, then Nanzheng would lose all aid from the east.

Therefore, if Wei Yan wants to rescue Nanzheng, then Wei Yan of Lecheng will definitely not ignore it.

Cao Zhen immediately issued two military orders.

The first military order: ordered Fei Yao's deputy general Han De to stop attacking Lecheng, and quickly led the troops to turn towards Chenggu County.

The second military order: ordered the general Wang Shuang to lead 5,000 troops, go all the way south from Xingshi City, and go around to the back of Chenggu County to cut off the retreat of Wei Yan's army.

Cao Zhen's first military order ensured that Wei Yan would focus most of his attention on the Wei army that was marching towards him.

And as long as Wei Yan's attention is attracted by the Wei army along the way, then the Wei army that will go around behind Wei Yan's army in the near future will become a killer weapon against Wei Yan's army.

Cao Zhen felt that his arrangement was simply watertight.

Soon after the two military orders were issued, the two Wei armies began to outflank Wei Yan's army outside Chenggu County according to Cao Zhen's orders.

Cao Zhen has been sending scouts to keep an eye on the movements of the two Wei armies, and similarly, he has been paying attention to the movements of Wei Yan's army.

According to the scout's report, after Wei Yan led his army to Chenggu County, he had not made any new moves, as if he was conscripting troops to fight.

After getting this information, Cao Zhen was even more convinced that Wei Yan's purpose must be to rescue Nan Zheng.

He constantly issued military orders, allowing the two Wei armies to quickly form an encirclement of Wei Yan's army.

As long as this battle can eat Wei Yan's 5,000 army, Mi Yang will definitely suffer heavy losses.

Under Cao Zhen's urging, the two Wei armies gradually formed a situation of encirclement of Wei Yan.

Fifteen thousand against five thousand, the advantage is great.

This is Cao Zhen's heart's thoughts.

His idea can't be wrong, even if Mi Yang arranges it, it can't be better than Cao Zhen.

But if Cao Zhen's encirclement situation wants to take effect, the most fundamental basis is that Wei Yan really wants to rescue Nan Zheng.

But Wei Yan is not!

Since Wei Yan's purpose was not to rescue Nan Zheng at all, he did not pay attention to the approaching Han De army in front of him.

Since there was no negligence, the scouts sent by Wei Yan could easily detect the information that the two Wei armies were coming towards him.

After getting this military information, Wei Yan not only didn't worry at all, but laughed out loud.

He was afraid that the Wei army would not move!

Why did Wei Yan deliberately release the news that he was going to rescue Nan Zheng, it was because he knew that no matter how fast he marched, the Wei army outside Lecheng was also a hurdle that he couldn't overcome.

If he didn't lure away the 10,000 Wei troops outside Lecheng, his army would not be able to continue to Yangping Pass.

And the easiest way to achieve this goal is to use your army as a bait and become a target that the Wei army has to attack.

In order to achieve this goal, Wei Yan not only released false news with great fanfare, but also specially repaired outside Chenggu County for a period of time.

Judging from the information received so far, what Wei Yan did was not in vain.

However, what Wei Yan didn't expect was that Cao Zhen valued him so much that he actually transferred all the Wei troops in Lecheng to encircle and suppress him.

But it's normal to think about it, if you don't concentrate on destroying his army first, the Wei army in Lecheng will easily fall into the situation of being attacked by the enemy on your back.

Now that the goal has been achieved, Wei Yan will no longer hesitate.

During this time, Wei Yan repaired and restored the soldiers' strength, and on the other hand, he demolished many houses in Chenggu County and stored raw materials for making pontoon bridges.

Why did Wei Yanhui plan to station his army outside Chenggu County?

It is because Chenggu County and Lecheng are both on the north bank of the Han River.

And Wei Yan, who is familiar with the geography of Hanzhong, knows that due to the topography of the Hanshui outside Chenggu County, even when the rainy season has just passed, it can be spent by building pontoon bridges.

Before the two Wei armies completely formed a joint encirclement, Wei Yan commanded 5,000 Liangzhou troops to build many pontoon bridges on the north bank of the Han River outside Chenggu County.

After the pontoon bridge was erected, Wei Yan did not hesitate at all, he led 5,000 Liangzhou troops to quickly cross the pontoon bridge, and then reached the south bank of the Han River.

After reaching the south bank of the Han River, Wei Yan ordered the whole army to march rapidly towards Yangping Pass.

The news that Wei Yan's army had crossed the south bank was known to the Wei general Han De on the second day.

When he learned the news, Han De was confused.

Since Lecheng is located on the north bank of the Han River, of course, Han De's army marched along the north bank of the Han River towards Chenggu.

But it just caused Han De's army to be unable to fortify on the spot to block Wei Yan's army.

Han De was not unlearned, and at this moment he knew that Wei Yan didn't want to prepare for battle from the beginning.

He wants to be ready to fight!

Perhaps Han De could immediately order the army to turn around and pursue Wei Yan's army along the north bank of the Han River, but what was the use?

Not to mention that Wei Yan's marching speed was already extremely fast, don't say whether Han De has this ability to command troops, so that his army has the speed to catch up with Wei Yan's army.

Let's just say that if you want to successfully stop Wei Yan's army, then you must let your own army successfully cross the Han River to reach the south bank, otherwise what is the matter with the vast Han River and pursuing it far behind?

However, when Han De led the army from Lexian, he was thinking about fighting with Wei Yan's army in the field, where would he carry the ships?

Without boats, pontoon bridges had to be erected.

But if you don't prepare in advance, the pontoon bridge for tens of thousands of troops to pass through will not be able to be built in a short time!

By the time the pontoon bridge was built, Wei Yan's army would have disappeared long ago.

Besides, even without the above factors, if he led the army to pursue Wei Yan desperately, what would Lecheng do?

Wei Yan's whole army was in a hurry, and Han De's head hurt.

And after Cao Zhen knew the news, he estimated that he would be angry.

Yesterday's second chapter.

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