Zhang He, whose name is Junyi, is a native of Hejian County.

In his early years, Zhang He joined the army and followed Han Fu to suppress the Yellow Turban Uprising, and made many military exploits.

Later, Han Fu was brainless, and was coaxed by Yuan Shao's words, and his subordinates were frightened, so he gave up Jizhou.

At that time, Zhang He didn't have much say at the decision-making level, so he surrendered to Yuan Shao.

After following Yuan Shao, Zhang He was not buried, he followed Yuan Shao to conquer the north and south, and made many military exploits in the battle to destroy Gongsun Zhan, and moved to Ningguo Zhonglang General.

In the battle of Yuan Cao Guandu, Yuan Shao made stupid mistakes, especially after the loss of Wuchao, Guo Tu said that he could play the limit to change his family at this time, but Zhang He suggested that the Cao army camp was well prepared and could not be attacked for a while, so it was better to lead the troops to save Wuchao.

As a result, Yuan Shao actually accepted both suggestions.

This was not a problem, but Yuan Shao's arrangement was very crumbling.

Zhang He originally felt that Cao Ying was not easy to fight, but Yuan Shao had to send Zhang He to attack, trying to realize Guo Tu's strategy of changing his family, and Zhang He's suggestion to rescue Wuchao, Yuan Shao personally led the army to go here, if he could fight down, there would be a ghost!

Zhang He didn't want to fight the Cao army camp in the first place, but now he was forced by Yuan Shao to come to fight, and the Cao army camp was really as Zhang He expected, he had already taken precautions, and he couldn't fight it for a while.

After attacking Cao Cao's camp for a long time, and when Yuan Shao's rescue of Wuchao failed, Guo Tu also slandered Zhang He by the way, saying that Zhang He gloated about Yuan Shao's failure. Zhang He was indignant and made the first important decision in his life - to surrender to Cao Cao.

After that, although Zhang He was promoted all the way to the rank of general, from a partial general all the way to General Zuo, one of the generals of the Quartet, he always held his breath under Cao Cao's account.

Cao Wei's camp, it is not based on the size of your official position to decide whether you are the commander of the first army, although Zhang He's official position has not been too low, but every time he marches, he has never served as the commander of the first army.

When Cao Cao recovered Hebei, the commander was Cao Cao, and Zhang He had nothing to say as an ordinary general, after all, it was Cao Cao.

But in the battle of White Wolf Mountain, Zhang He was controlled by Zhang Liao, and when he rebelled against Huainan, Zhang Liao was still the main general, Zhang He was only the deputy general, when he pacified Liangzhou, Xiahou Yuan was the main general, when he attacked Ba County, Xiahou Yuan was still the main general, and when he was guarding Hanzhong, Xiahou Yuan was the main general. Finally, after the death of Xiahou Yuan, he was promoted as the temporary commander, and the unified army preserved the combat power of the Cao army, such a great merit, but later, he was still withdrawn from the military power and returned to Yecheng to standby.

Zhang He has been fighting for most of his life, and he has always followed the orders of others, and he has no chance to be on his own.

Zhang He is in his fifties this year, and it is strange that he can be willing.

This time Liu Bei's Northern Expedition, Cao Pi's personal expedition, Zhang He still did not have the opportunity to be the main general, Cao Ren, Cao Xiu, Xiahou Shang and other Cao Wei clan generals are all there, according to Cao Wei's employment standards, how can it not be Zhang He's turn to be alone.

But Cao Pi chose Zhang He against public opinion and ordered him to lead 50,000 troops to quickly rescue Longyou. This made Zhang He realize that this was the last chance for him to be a general when he was over fifty years old.

After Zhang He received the order, he rarely rejuvenated his vitality, no longer thought about fishing, and took out all his skills.

After carefully analyzing the current situation, Zhang He came to the judgment that this rescue of Longxi must be fast, and it must rush to Longyou before Liu Bei completely breaks Longxi and digests the five counties in northern Yongzhou, so as to give those Taishou hope to hold on.

Otherwise, the situation in Longyou will be eroded, and if Liu Bei calmly completes the break, then the entire Yongliang region, except for Chang'an in Guanzhong, will no longer be owned by Cao Wei.

But if you want to quickly march to rescue Longyou, there are two plans.

One was to risk the hardships of the winter march and march westward from the Weishui coast to directly support Guo Huai in Shangtai.

As long as the siege of Shangqi is relieved, a nail can be planted in Longshan to prevent Liu Bei from breaking Long, and always maintaining the pressure of Guanzhong on Longyou.

The other is to enter Guangwei County from Longshan Road, and take advantage of the fact that Guangwei County has not been broken by Liu Bei, leading troops to enter Tianshui County from Guangwei County and attack the back road of Liu Bei's army.

If he can successfully detour to Liu Bei's rear, re-force Tianshui and Nan'an counties, and completely cut off the grain and grass supply line of Liu Bei's group, then Liu Bei's Northern Expedition may fall short.

One thing to say, Zhang He really wanted to take the second road at the beginning, because on this road, the results of the harvest will be greater, and the possibility of becoming the sole party after the war is also greater.

But this road needs to take a detour through Longshan Road, and all the way to enter Tianshui before Liu Bei captures Guangwei County. Zhang He was not sure if Liu Bei would give him this opportunity.

Walking Weishui to support Shangqi is almost a straight-line distance, although it is not easy to walk from Guanzhong to Weishui, but the distance is very close.

Take the Longshan Road to Guangwei, that is, to go around a big circle, although you can avoid the main force of Liu Bei's group, but if Zhang He enters Tianshui, Liu Bei ignores the threat of the back road and storms Guangwei County and Shangqi, then the person who becomes a lone soldier will become himself.

It's not impossible.

After all, Liu Beijun's current distribution of troops is different from the prime minister's battle in history, Liu Beijun does not have the problem of dispersion of troops, and it is impossible for Zhang He to break through at one point, and he will be powerless to fight back.

Guo Huai of Shangtai may be able to hold on for a longer time, but no one knows how long Guangwei County can hold out. With the difference in strength between the two sides, even if Zhang He broke into Tianshui County, at most he would do some sabotage to prevent Liu Bei from continuing to expand his advantage, but it would be difficult to recapture the northern part of Yongzhou.

One more. It's winter.

It has begun to snow in the whole Yongliang, and even where it does not snow, the ground is quite stiff and frozen.

In this kind of weather, the speed advantage of the cavalry cannot be brought into full play at all, and the speed can only be faster than the foot soldiers.

With the speed of the cavalry in the current weather, he chose to take a detour to Longshan Road, which was farther away, and wanted to enter Guangwei County before Liu Bei, Zhang Hezhen did not have this confidence.

Even Liu Bei didn't have to be so troublesome, as long as he set up a few thousand people to defend the street pavilion and fight in the current weather, it would not be difficult to delay his cavalry for ten days and half a month.

So if you go around such a big circle and enter Longshan Road, you probably have to go there and how to come back.

On the contrary, if you go to Weishui to aid Shangqi, it will have an unexpected effect to go up against Weishui to rescue Shangqi, and this waterway will not be easy to walk, and now it is winter.

Who would have thought that in the middle of winter, Cao Jun would go from the direction of Weishui to support Shangqi?!

In winter, Weishui will also freeze, and it is impossible to sail at all. Ordinary people's thinking would never have imagined that reinforcements would come from the direction of Weishui.

After comparing the two, Zhang He made a decision.

Ordered his general Fei Yao to lead 20,000 cavalry to Longshan Road at a normal marching speed, attracting the attention of Liu Bei's group, making Liu Bei's group think that the direction of his army's rescue was on Longshan Road, attracting Zhang Fei in Shangtai to divide his troops into the street pavilion and block his cavalry from advancing through.

In fact, Zhang He led 30,000 foot soldiers to set off in advance and went north from the Weishui coast to rescue Shangqi.

Weishui is frozen in winter, and the fleet can't go out?!

It doesn't matter, Zhang He didn't think about using the fleet to transport troops and food.

Zhang He ordered the whole army to carry 10 days of dry rations, advance lightly, and quickly support Shangtai along the mountain path on the bank of the Weishui River.

Zhang He, a person who has always been a general known for his "knowledge of terrain", has always put the investigation of the geographical environment in the first place, and after being beaten by Zhang Fei in the ditch, he attaches great importance to the geographical advantage.

Therefore, since Zhang He dared to make the decision to climb the mountains along the bank of the Weishui River to support Shangtai, it must mean that Zhang He had already found a land road from Guanzhong to Shangtai, otherwise he would not have made such a decision.

Not to mention, this road is actually not the first time Zhang He has walked. Seven years ago, Xiahou Yuan marched west to attack Ma Chao and relieve the siege of Liangzhou, which forced Zhang He to take this road into the north of Yongzhou.

After making all the preparations for the march, Zhang He personally led 30,000 foot soldiers to set off, and went over the mountains and mountains along the bank of the Weishui River to approach Shangqi, and at this time, Zhang Fei really did not expect Zhang He to come from the direction of Weishui.

Zhang Fei was not defenseless, but just as Zhang He thought, Zhang Fei was concerned about the flow of water in the direction of Weishui.

When coming to aid Shangtai from Guanzhong, most people think of taking a boat from Weishui to go upstream, after all, it is more convenient for ships to transport troops and grain.

But now that Weishui is frozen, large ships can't walk at all, as long as Weishui doesn't thaw, then Zhang Fei doesn't think there is any need to worry about Cao Jun coming in the direction of Weishui.

But who would have thought that Zhang He led his soldiers over the mountains and mountains in the winter, marching along the mountain paths on both sides of Weishui, and it took seven or eight days to arrive at Shangtai secretly, and contacted Guo Huai, who was holding in Shangtai City, and sent troops from both directions to attack Zhang Feijun, who was attacking Shangtai.

Zhang Fei was caught off guard, and was indeed driven away by Zhang He's troops, and at the same time, Guo Huai in Shangtai City also used his own 3,000 cavalry brought from Liangzhou to Shangtai, and under a burst of assault, Zhang Fei suddenly suffered heavy losses, and had to retreat twenty miles to re-establish the camp and defense line.

Zhang Fei is also a famous general in the end, although he was attacked from both sides and retreated for twenty miles, but his subordinates were not completely dispersed, Zhang Fei gathered the remnants of the army after setting up the village, and finally gathered thousands of people to defend it, and at the same time quickly sent a warning message to Liu Bei and Zhang Xi.

And Zhang He relieved the siege of Shangqi, and obviously had no intention of stopping.

There are still 10,000 Liu Beijun in the street pavilion, and now I don't necessarily know the battle situation in Shangtai, and it is only four or five days from Shangtai to Jieting. Zhang He wanted to make an information difference and directly swallow this street pavilion defender.

In this way, Zhang He can completely open up the Longshan Road, occupy Longshan, control the Jieting, Luoyang, and Shangqi lines to organize defense on the spot, and then cooperate with the follow-up Cao Pi's reinforcements, so that Liu Bei can be prevented from breaking Long, and the passage of Cao's army into the north of Yongzhou and Liangzhou can be retained.

It was through this hand that Emperor Guangwu finally mastered Longshan, thus completely eliminating the wolf clamor in the northwest. Now Zhang He is just taking medicine according to the prescription.

Therefore, Zhang He did not pursue Zhang Fei's department, but directly reversed the direction of the attack and attacked Lüyang, intending to directly attack Jieting after occupying Lüyang.

Then Zhang He and Zhang Xi collided directly.

(End of chapter)