Although Cao Hong did not take Qishan, under his fierce offensive before, the losses of the Han army stationed in Qishan were not low.

Shi Bao did not have many troops in his hands, and it was even more difficult to lead the army out of the barracks to fight in the field under the repeated attrition.

It is precisely because of this that Cao Hong led most of the Wei army to the outside of the Sword Pavilion after leaving thousands of soldiers and horses to cover the main road.

Cao Hong's self-confidence is not groundless, and he can't beat the Han army in Qishan out of the barracks, which is also a victory in a sense.

Although Cao Hong was able to do this, mostly with the superior forces in his hands and sharp siege weapons.

And the reason why Cao Hong came up with the idea of suddenly taking the Sword Pavilion was that he knew that there were not many defenders in the Sword Pavilion now.

The perfection of the city defense of the Sword Pavilion, Cao Hong naturally knew it.

But if the defenders of the Sword Pavilion did not have many troops, then he couldn't give it a try.

It's just that because of the previous lesson of Yangping Pass, Cao Hong was a little more careful.

Cao Hong found Yang Fu and told him what he thought.

Yang Fu has always been nervous since he learned that Cao Zhen was injured, so after hearing Cao Hong's thoughts, after thinking about it, he agreed with Cao Hong's thoughts.

It is a fact that the defenders in the Sword Pavilion are insufficient, and the defenders of the Sword Pavilion are not famous generals on the Ji Han side, these two points are the basis for Yang Fu to agree with Cao Hong.

But the reason why Yang Fu agreed with Cao Hong was because of the self-doubt in his heart.

Even if Cao Zhen was angry with him because of the Yangpingguan incident, Yang Fu also knew Cao Zhen very well, and Cao Zhen was a very generous person in some ways.

When today's son Cao Pi was the crown prince, he had four friends, one of whom was named Wu Qian.

Wu Zhen has an arrogant personality, because Cao Zhen is obese, Wu Zhen has humiliated Cao Zhen many times in the past.

Cao Zhen gritted his teeth angrily every time.

But Cao Zhen didn't do anything to Wu Qian, it's not that Cao Zhen doesn't want to, and it's not that Cao Zhen is incapable of doing this kind of thing.

The reason why Cao Zhen has never attacked Wu Zhen is because Wu Zhen can help Cao Pi win the heir, and for useful people, Cao Zhen has always been stingy with his warmth and tolerance.

And whether it is useful or not, isn't it judged by merit?

As long as he can assist Cao Hong to win the Sword Pavilion, it will naturally be a great achievement, and Cao Zhen will definitely forgive him.

And even if Cao Hong did not capture the Sword Pavilion, with the strength of the Wei army, as long as he did not fall into the enemy's tricks, then there would be no big losses.

In that case, why not give it a try?

Although Cao Hong didn't know why Yang Fu would turn around and support him, he was still very happy to get Yang Fu's support.

Although he didn't like Yang Fu, Yang Fu was also a wise man, and he agreed to his siege plan, which means that the plan to capture the Sword Pavilion has merit.

Cao Hong is not a person who drags mud and water, he just does what he says.

On the day that the leader arrived outside the Sword Pavilion, Cao Hong ordered to step up the construction and installation of the corresponding siege equipment.

And in order to make his army look more deterrent, and in order to completely block the passage of the Han army to support Hanzhong from the Sword Pavilion, Cao Hong ordered the whole army to camp along the mountain road for several miles.

When tens of thousands of Wei troops began to camp outside the Sword Pavilion, their actions naturally couldn't hide from Liu Feng in the Sword Pavilion.

Liu Feng has not been idle in the past few days.

After removing the original defender of the Sword Pavilion by thunderous means, Liu Feng completely controlled the entire Sword Pavilion.

Then Liu Feng immediately sent someone to seriously examine how many soldiers there were in the Sword Pavilion.

It's okay if you don't review it carefully, after careful review, Liu Feng really wants to kill the original guard of the Sword Pavilion again.

The book records that there are five thousand defenders of the Sword Pavilion, but in the end, the actual number reported by the cronies is less than four thousand after excluding the old and weak and empty places!

Nearly one-fifth of the sergeants were falsely reported by the Sword Pavilion guards!

How could this not make Liu Feng angry?

But anger is anger, and Liu Feng can only reluctantly accept this fact.

But there is good news.

Although the original guards of the Sword Pavilion falsely reported the existence of many sergeants because of their own desires, those real sergeants were all the elite soldiers that Liu Bei left in the Sword Pavilion back then.

This is also normal, any dynasty has the existence of corrupt officials and corrupt officials.

But in the early days of a dynasty, it is impossible to say that corruption will lead to the soldiers in a strategic place being wine bags and rice bags.

This made Liu Feng's heart feel a little comforted.

But just when Liu Feng's mood was just a little better, he received the news that Cao Hong had led the army to arrive.

After learning the news, Liu Feng hurriedly put down the new book he had just sorted out in his hand, and followed the deputy general to the city head of the Sword Pavilion to inspect the movements of the Wei army.

After Liu Feng arrived on the city wall, the Wei army had already begun to build a military camp along the mountain road under the orders of Cao Hong.

Nearly 100,000 people (plus auxiliaries) cut down trees and set up camp in the mountain road, causing a storm of dust.

And the wind and dust in the sky stretch for miles at a glance, which reflects from the side how vast the Wei army's camp will be in the future.

After realizing this, not only the Han army on the city wall, but even Liu Feng's face was very solemn.

He didn't expect Cao Hong to come so quickly.

Although Liu Feng knew from the previous intelligence that Cao Hong only had a maximum of 30,000 Wei troops in his hands, that was only the number of regular soldiers.

Liu Feng has often fought against the Wei army since he became an adult, and he knows the Wei army very well.

According to Cao Cao's plan before his death, a Wei army soldier would often be paired with about three auxiliaries, but if it was an elite like the Wei army, the corresponding number of auxiliaries would reach five.

Therefore, the minimum number of troops that Cao Hong can use to attack the city in the coming day is 100,000.

Historically, the act of siege has also been accomplished by auxiliaries.

100,000 against 4,000, even if he has the strong city of Sword Pavilion as his backing, even if Liu Feng has fought a lot of vicious battles, he still can't help muttering in his heart.

Thinking of this, Liu Feng walked down the city wall with a solemn face.

He didn't say what he was thinking about, which only caused further shocks in the hearts of the people in the Kannai.

After Liu Feng returned to the big tent in the gate, he began to think about countermeasures.

Although Liu Feng experienced a lot of wars in the first half of his life, he became Liu Bei's stepson when Liu Bei was in Xinye.

The first time he really led the army was when Liu Bei occupied Jiangxia.

That year was the period of the Red Cliff War, and since then, Liu Feng has either followed Liu Bei or led the troops alone, and has always undertaken the combat mission of attacking.

And most of those combat missions, to be honest, are not too dangerous, but more of Liu Bei's experience with Liu Feng.

As for the drudgery of defending the city, which can lead to death if you are not careful, Liu Feng has never experienced it once in the past.

He really has no experience in defending the city.

But when he thought of Liu Bei's entrustment to him, Liu Feng never had the intention of retreating in his heart.

Liu Feng has been thinking about a strategy to defeat the enemy.

Although a large part of Liu Feng's military exploits in the first half of his life were due to Liu Bei's training, it has to be said that Liu Bei, who knows people and is good at his duties, can spend great efforts to cultivate Liu Feng, which shows that Liu Feng's talent for war is not bad.

And Liu Feng is also a very good learner.

When Liu Feng was thinking about the strategy of defeating the enemy, he couldn't help but think of the most famous battle in the world in recent years - the battle of public security.

Not to mention that in recent years, even in the world of decades of war, the battle of public security is also an extremely successful and famous example of defending the city and counterattacking, and this battle has an extremely important impact on the pattern of the world.

The First World War of Public Security severely damaged Jiangdong's vitality, and it was unable to recover for several years.

The greatest significance of this battle is that it allowed Jiangdong Sun Quan to pay tribute to the Han from then on, completely laying the pattern of three parts of the world, and also allowing the Han to concentrate all his energy to deal with the strong enemy Cao Wei in the north.

It can be said that without this battle, the Han would not have won the next Xicheng Battle and Xiangfan War.

Since this battle, whenever the generals of the world defend the city, they can't help but think of this battle and think about what they can learn from it.

Liu Feng is naturally no exception.

And as Liu Bei's son, he can better know all the beginnings and ends of the public security man.

When recalling the full details of the battle of public security, Liu Feng quickly got inspiration from it.

How did Mi Yang fight the battle of public security in the first place?

At that time, Lü Meng first sent Jiangdong general Sun Huan to the public security as a vanguard, and Mi Yang at that time decided to personally lead the army out of the city to meet Sun Huan's department.

According to Guan Ping's later account, Mi Yang's purpose in doing this at that time was in one sentence - to defend the city, to defend is to protect the hearts of the people.

What happened later also completely proved Mi Yang's judgment.

After defeating Sun Huan's subordinates, the morale of the public security army was greatly boosted, and it provided a solid foundation for resisting the Wu army for several months in the future.

The current situation faced by the Sword Pavilion is different from that faced by the public security back then, but one thing is the same.

After Cao Hong led tens of thousands of Wei troops to arrive, the military spirit of the Sword Pavilion was obviously greatly fluctuated.

If you don't want to find a way to boost the morale of the army in the Sword Pavilion as soon as possible, then the Sword Pavilion will not be able to defend it for a long time.

And at the moment, is it possible for Liu Feng to take the initiative to attack the Wei army and achieve victory?

It's possible.

Maybe Cao Hong is a general, and he will not make the fatal mistake of underestimating the enemy like the young Sun Huan, but now Cao Hong's army is in the process of setting up camp.

The Wei army was outnumbered, but the more numerous they were, the more time it would take for them to set up camp in the narrow mountain passes.

During this time, most of the Wei army will be in a state of chaotic formation.

This is Liu Feng's opportunity.

Excellent generals will be good at learning excellent battle examples, but learning is by no means a blind imitation!

After thinking of this, Liu Feng's spirit began to perk.

He is not good at defending, but the army is impermanent, why does he have to be obsessed with defending the city?

Liu Feng, who was in high spirits, asked people to summon his confidants and generals to begin to discuss the next battle plan in detail.

Just when the battle situation in Hanzhong showed a situation of confrontation between the two armies of Han and Wei, Jiang Wei, who had just arrived outside Yinping County with the army, also received two letters unexpectedly.

After many days of recuperation, Jiang Wei's leg injury has healed, which allows him to participate in the war with the army again and make meritorious contributions.

But as soon as Jiang Wei arrived outside Yinping County, he received a letter from Yang Fu.

This was the first time that Yang Fu took the initiative to contact Jiang Wei after starting from Chencang.

Jiang Wei still attaches great importance to his benefactor's letter.

When he opened Yang Fu's letter and read it, he found that there was no abnormal content in the letter, and Yang Fu just told him in the letter to follow Guo Huai to establish meritorious deeds and strive to be appreciated by Guo Huai.

The reason why Yang Fu wrote this letter was because of the self-doubt in his heart.

People who are suspicious of themselves will inevitably want to find allies, and Guo Huai is the best ally in Yang Fu's heart.

Yang Fu asked Jiang Wei to strive for meritorious service, on the one hand, for Jiang Wei's good, and on the other hand, for Guo Huai to continue to appreciate Jiang Wei, it is best to attract Jiang Wei as a confidant.

In this way, even if Cao Zhen wants to punish him in the future, with the bond between the same family and Jiang Wei, Guo Huai will also speak well for him in front of Cao Zhen.

Of course, Jiang Wei didn't know the reason why Yang Fu wrote this letter, he just thought that Yang Fu was simply telling him to make more meritorious contributions to Great Wei, so Jiang Wei remembered Yang Fu's words deeply in his mind.

If Yang Fu's letter was unexpected and reasonable, the second letter Jiang Wei received surprised him.

This letter came from Yangping Pass, and it was written by Mi Yang to Jiang Wei in person.

After Jiang Wei learned that Mi Yang had a letter for him, he was completely confused.

Although the ambitious Jiang Wei secretly regarded Mi Yang as his opponent in his heart, on the bright side, Mi Yang's status and prestige were as different as a cloud of mud, Jiang Wei really couldn't imagine why Mi Yang suddenly wrote this letter to him.

The moment he received Mi Yang's letter, Jiang Wei couldn't help but have a thought in his heart:

"Han Bailu actually knows that there are young linhu in the world?"

In addition to doubts and surprises, Jiang Wei also had joy and excitement in his heart.

Mi Yang's identity and status are there, and it is not a great honor to get a letter from this kind of person?

In a complicated mood, Jiang Wei opened Mi Yang's letter.

After reading the contents of the letter, Jiang Wei learned the reason why Mi Yang wrote this letter - it turned out that after the battle with Ma Chao, Ma Chao specially informed Mi Yang of his existence because he appreciated him.

And after Mi Yang learned that he could be appreciated by Ma Chao and that his father died in battle to protect the land of the Han Dynasty, he was moved to write a letter to fellowship with him.

Although Mi Yang's reasons were not so tenable, Jiang Wei finally chose to believe it.

After all, the people of Ji Hanzhong are a group of people with rich ideals, and it is normal for them to have a good impression of the loyal ministers of the Han Dynasty.

Just like when Liu Bei chose Liu Feng as his stepson, a large part of the reason was that he valued Liu Feng as loyalty.

Otherwise, there are so many relatives in the Han family in the world, why did Liu Bei choose a person with a foreign surname as his stepson?

Liu Bei had such an unexpected behavior, and Mi Yang, who was his disciple, had similar behavior, which was extremely normal.

Besides, if it weren't for this reason, why would Mi Yang suddenly write to him?

Do you want to win him over in every possible way?

This is undoubtedly a joke.

Although Jiang Wei is proud, he is not arrogant.

The identity gap between him and Mi Yang is too big, and the person who can make Mi Yang move his mind to win over should at least be a figure at the level of Guo Huai.

A talented person with a reputation like him, Yizhou has not a thousand but eight hundred, and Mi Yang has no reason to value him so much.

After removing the suspicion in his heart, Jiang Wei began to write a reply to Mi Yang.

At that time, etiquette was extremely important in the world, and when a big man like Mi Yang suddenly wrote a letter, Jiang Wei had to reply anyway to show his gratitude.

Etiquette is the most basic ethics of a family.

But what Jiang Wei didn't know was that before his reply was sent, Mi Yang's letter to him had already been known to Guo Huai.

Perhaps it was the heavens that favored the Han Dynasty, and when Mi Yang's letter arrived, Yang Fu's letter also arrived in these days.

After learning that Yang Fu and Mi Yang had both delivered letters to Jiang Wei in a short period of time, Guo Huai's eyes narrowed.

He never believed in coincidence.