Right Fufeng, Guo Huai in the army.

"Reinforcements are arriving?!" Guo Huai anxiously paced back and forth, asking his deputy general Du Xi from time to time.

Du Xun said helplessly, "The general doesn't need to be too anxious, there is a report in the army that reinforcements can arrive within three days." ”

When Guo Huai heard that it would take three days, the whole person became anxious, and kept pacing back and forth in the army.

"Three days. It's too slow! ”

Listening to Guo Huai's muttering, Du Xun could only continue to persuade and said, "General, after all, the reinforcements came out on the orders of the Son of Heaven, and it is normal to have a slight delay. Generals must not be impatient in order to deal with a frontal enemy. ”

This is Du Xian, an old qualified general in Cao Wei's army.

Although the reputation is not obvious, but Du Raid's own qualifications are very thick, as early as the Cao Cao period has been in an important position, when in the battle of Hanzhong, Du Raid was Xiahou Yuan's deputy general, and with the death of Xiahou Yuan, it was Du Raid, Guo Huai and others jointly elected Zhang He as the commander, continued to gather the remnants of the army, and resisted Liu Bei's army.

That was more than ten years ago, and there was already a good friendship between Du Xi and Guo Huai at that time.

Now that the two are partnered, it can be said that they know each other well, and their personal relationship is also quite good.

Therefore, Guo Huai will also tell Du Xi some words in his heart.

"The general is too anxious!!

This is Guo Huai's complaint to Cao Zhen.

He hastily ordered the march without following the edict, and all kinds of preparations were not made, which led to his side falling into a rather passive situation from the very beginning of the march.

Guo Huai only has 20,000 soldiers in his hands, and these 20,000 soldiers are used to guard the Wuguan, even if he wants to attack, the first thing to do is to ensure the safety of the Wuguan.

Therefore, Guo Huai must leave at least 5,000 men to guard Wuguan in order to deal with the sneak attack of Shu thieves that he may encounter after he sets out on the expedition.

Guo Huai's soldiers who can really lead the troops into battle are actually only 15,000 people.

On the opposite side, there are not only more than 40 fortress fortifications blocking their own march at the Wuguan Road crossing, but also about 15,000 to 20,000 troops, and their own troops do not have an advantage.

But according to the strategic requirements, Guo Huai's side is the key breakthrough in this counter-attack, and all of Zuo Fengyi's military actions are to contain and assist.

With such a small number of people, it is not so easy to break through in the face of continuous fortifications.

For the defensive effect of the Shu thief fortress group, Guo Huai, who has carried out raid and harassment operations over the years, knows nothing better, each fortress can not only fight alone, but also can be combined with each other, there is not enough troops, it is impossible to blockade and divide the connection between these fortress groups.

But the problem is that what Guo Huai lacks most now is soldiers.

If he really wants to counterattack the attack according to the original strategic plan, in fact, Guo Huai should not lack soldiers, after all, he is the main direction of attack, and he must not be allowed to take 15,000 soldiers to attack the entire right Fufeng.

But the problem is that the 20,000 cavalry originally assigned to him for command did not obey Guo Huai's dispatch at the first time and set off from Henan to support Wuguan.

Cao Zhen could command Guo Huai, who was stationed at Wuguan, to send troops in the name of the fake festival, but Guo Huai did not have enough rights to make Niu Jin, the commander of the cavalry unit stationed in Henan, obey his orders.

The cavalry troops generally belonged directly to the Son of Heaven, and Niu Jin politely refused Guo Huai's request for Niu Jin to lead the troops into Wuguan on the grounds that he had not been ordered by the Son of Heaven and needed to be asked for instructions.

Guo Huai was helpless about this.

There is indeed no clear subordinate relationship between Guo Huai and Niu Jin, and according to the strategic arrangement, Niu Jin will only be assigned to Guo Huai after the plan to launch a counter-attack begins.

But the question is whether this advance can be regarded as the beginning of the strategy of counter-attacking the central fortification, it is still unclear.

Actually, whether it is Guo Huai or Niu Jin, they are actually old generals who have been in the army for a long time, especially Niu Jin, his qualifications are even older, he was Cao Ren's general in his early years, and he followed Cao Ren to fight in the south and the north.

These two people, in fact, can see that now is not a good time for the westward expedition, and all kinds of preparations have not been made.

But under such circumstances, General Cao Zhen suddenly ordered to send troops, but he only ordered in the name of the fake festival, and the generals who did not have a little political acumen in the edict of the Son of Heaven knew that there was a problem in this.

Guo Huai and Niu Jin's reactions to this are not the same.

Guo Huai chose to obey orders, on the one hand, he didn't want to offend Cao Zhen, and on the other hand, Cao Zhen's order was in the name of a fake festival, and he couldn't refuse.

What's wrong with this, he Guo Huai doesn't make any mistakes, he just acts according to orders, the problem is only Cao Zhen alone, on the contrary, if he doesn't disobey the order, he doesn't want to blame Cao Zhen in case he is not a person outside, but he Guo Huai.

Niu Jin, on the other hand, chose a soft confrontation.

On the one hand, Niu Jin is old enough, and the cavalry troops under his command belong directly to the Son of Heaven, and it is unacceptable for Niu Jin to transfer without the edict of the Son of Heaven.

On the other hand, Niu Jin is also relatively old-fashioned, he did not directly refuse Guo Huai's order, but delayed the time on the grounds that the Son of Heaven asked for instructions. There is nothing wrong with this. 、

As for whether the fighter will be delayed, there is really no need to worry about this, after all, Niu Jin's department is all cavalry, and one day's work is enough for the infantry to walk for three days.

Moreover, Henan is very close to Luoyang, and the cavalry can only run a round trip in four or five days, even if there is a delay in the middle, the impact is not great.

In this way, Niu Jin specially sent someone to ask the Son of Heaven with his own sparse music to ask the Son of Heaven whether to send troops out of the military pass and obey Guo Huai's dispatch.

And for this . Cao Rong did issue an edict, asking Niu Jin to lead the cavalry west to Wuguan and cooperate with Guo Huai's action.

However, the person who arrived at the Niujin military camp with the edict was also Qin Lang.

It's okay that Niu Jin didn't ask to play, but when he did, he plucked a string that Cao Rong had been hiding in his heart.

Cao Zhen, as a general of the clan, could actually transfer troops without an edict in the name of the fake festival, and Guo Huai, as a general who was reactivated by the first emperor, did not even have any doubts and asked for instructions when facing Cao Zhen's order, and directly responded to the order.

In the end, it was Niu Jin, the veteran general stationed in Henan, who was the first to send him a report asking for instructions. In the end, you have to have your own team.

Cao Ei will not be cautious at this time, since he has already secretly decided to support Cao Zhen's westward expedition, Cao Ei will not drag himself back.

But in terms of military power, Cao Ei is already a little uneasy, he doesn't want to let these generals control the military power like this, he must have his own henchmen to control the military power, so that Cao Ei can sleep peacefully.

But the problem is that Cao Pi died too hastily, Cao Rong succeeded to the throne for a short time, and his henchmen have not had time to cultivate.

The only person available is Qin Lang, and Qin Lang has no previous battlefield experience, and Cao Rong can't be sure if there will be an accident if he is sent to control the military power.

And at this time, it was Qin Lang who sensed Cao Ei's thoughts, and took the initiative to stand up and ask Cao Ei for help.

Isn't this about to go west, just take this opportunity to go to the army to experience it.

On the one hand, accumulate experience and learn from General Guo Huai, on the other hand, if there is an opportunity to make meritorious contributions, maybe you can also come back with gold, so as to increase a little prestige for becoming a general and controlling military power in the future.

Cao Rong thought about it, and he was right.

And Qin Lang, Cao Rong is really relieved, this person is not a high-eyed person like Xiahou Nan, and he will not do the kind of behavior of interfering in the front-line war with the identity of the clan. Qin Lang's biggest advantage is that he is low-key and only does what he can do.

Let such a person go to the front line to gild, and you don't have to worry about ruining the war ahead, and you can train henchmen and generals for yourself, the best of both worlds.

Therefore, Cao Rong immediately issued an edict, appointed Qin Lang as the general of Jianwei, went to the Niu Jin army to issue an edict on his behalf, and then followed Niu Jin to the west of Wuguan to support Guo Huai.

But because Qin Lang was also in a hurry to receive his order, he had to pack up his salute somewhat, so after a slight delay of two days, Qin Lang set off with the edict and went to the Niu Jin army.

Because of this, Guo Huai has already sent troops to the right to support the wind, but the follow-up Niu Jin and Qin Lang are still on the way to Wuguan with their troops.

There was a three-day march gap between the front and back.

This gap is also something that makes Guo Huai complain now.

Guo Huai didn't know how Cao Zhen, who was in Zuo Fengyi's at this time, was he already attracting all the troops of the Shu thieves, don't because he was slow on his side, causing the Shu thieves to find out that they were tired and reacted, then this right wind is not easy to fight.

Guo Huai was commanding the offensive battle at the front, trying to put enough pressure on Liu Yin, who was on the right side of the wind, so that he didn't have time to think about the overall situation now, and on the other hand, three days later, Guo Huai finally looked forward to the reinforcements he had in mind, a full 20,000 cavalry.

With 20,000 cavalry, the rest of the things will be easy to do!!

20,000 cavalry can't capture Chang'an City, but 20,000 cavalry will level the entire right Fufeng, which is more than enough.

(End of chapter)