In the midsummer of the fifth year of Jianxing, the entire Central Plains was full of undercurrents.

But on the surface, the situation is unusually clear and simple.

War broke out in the land of Guanzhong, and the attack of Cao Wei's army was in full swing, and Shu Han could only retreat in embarrassment.

Guo Huai led the troops to quickly attack the right Fufeng, as long as the right Fufeng County Zhihuaili was broken, he could take advantage of the situation to go north, occupy Meixian County, and cut off the connection between Guanzhong and Hanzhong.

Cao Zhen led the troops to trap the main force of the Yongzhou Army led by Zhang Xi, as long as the siege continued, the Yongzhou Army that cut off the back road and logistics supplies would inevitably be crushed after the grain and grass in Chongquan County were exhausted.

And Sima Yi of Wancheng, relying only on the defense of the camp on the periphery of Wancheng, blocked the northward attack of the Jingzhou army of the Shu Han Dynasty, and Wancheng was as stable as Mount Tai.

In terms of the overall situation, the battle in Guanzhong was too beneficial to Cao Wei, that is, Cao Rong, who was in Luoyang, was in a good mood, and even began to imagine what kind of improvement his reputation would be after taking back Guanzhong.

You must know that Guanzhong was lost in the hands of his father Cao Pi, if Cao Ei can recover Guanzhong in one battle, then at least his conscienceless father can no longer be compared with Cao Ei.

At that time, Cao Rong is really qualified to be evaluated as "Emperor Wu's legacy".

Cao Rong was waiting with anticipation for Cao Zhen to send him a report to report the good news of the recovery of Guanzhong, but at this time, the first person to notice the problem in Guanzhong had already appeared.

That's Guo Huai.

In terms of ability, Guo Huai is actually much stronger than Cao Zhen, but limited by Cao Wei's employment strategy, he has always been under Cao Zhen and obeys Cao Zhen's command.

But in terms of strategy and intelligence, Guo Huai is actually stronger than Cao Zhen.

Therefore, Guo Huai was the first person to perceive the unstable situation in Guanzhong today.

Of course, this also has something to do with Guo Huai's attack on the right side of the wind.

When making strategic arrangements before the war, Cao Zhen and others had done a detailed investigation of all the troop movements and troop arrangements of the Shu thieves in Guanzhong.

The Shu thieves in Guanzhong, in addition to the local county soldiers in Yongzhou, the Northern Army of the Han Dynasty in Qinzhou, the Zhao Yun Army in Liangzhou, Cao Zhen and other decision-making levels, it is impossible not to take them into account.

The Liangzhou Legion is better, after all, it is far away, and it is necessary to transfer troops from Liangzhou to save Guanzhong, and the army reports urgently, and the Liangzhou Legion rectifies the army, and finally rushes thousands of miles into the pass, and it is not possible to do it in about two months.

The distance between Wuwei and Guanzhong is too far.

But the Northern Han Army stationed in Tianshui County, Qinzhou, was a trouble after all.

A small part of the reason why Cao Zhen was in a hurry to "send troops without authorization" was that Cao Zhen received a secret report that the Northern Army of the Han Dynasty in Qinzhou had the possibility of advancing eastward, and Cao Zhen had to seize the time to launch an attack on Guanzhong before this army advanced eastward.

Therefore, at the beginning of the attack, Cao Zhen deliberately explained to Guo Huai that in addition to the speed of the attack, he must also pay attention to the movements of the Northern Han Army stationed in Qinzhou at any time.

But Guo Huai led his troops to break through the right Fufeng defense line, attacked the city all the way, and nearly ten days had passed until he was blocked under the city of Huaili.

According to Guo Huai's understanding of the communication efficiency of this era, it will take about a month from the time when the right wind is in an emergency, and the Shu thief Northern Army in Qinzhou receives the news that they come to the east to help. Calculating the time, the northern army of the Shu thieves, it is difficult to say whether they have entered the customs from Sanguan at this time, but they must have sent troops to help.

So that is to say, in front of Guo Huai, the time to capture Huaili and thus attack Meixian will not exceed twenty days.

However, the reconnaissance cavalry sent by Guo Huai to the direction of Meixian on the northwest side of Huaili County has so far not received any information about the eastward advance of a large-scale army.

However, in the direction of Chang'an, about 10,000 reinforcements were dispatched, and they were approaching Huaili County unhurriedly.

The movement of this army also puzzled Guo Huai.

It stands to reason that Huaili is now besieged by himself in a hurry, and the morale of the defenders in the city is not high, and he may face the situation of being breached at any time. If Chang'an sends reinforcements, it should be in a hurry to rescue Huaili.

But the speed of action of this army can be said to be unhurried, and the march of only twenty miles a day is not so much to come to the rescue of Huaili as to go out for an outing.

What does Jiang Wan, who is sitting in Chang'an, think, is it really a scholar leading the troops, and he doesn't understand military affairs at all? !

How can there be such reinforcements to come to the rescue.

However, Guo Huai couldn't let this support soldier go.

Although the speed of twenty miles a day is slow, it is still advancing in the direction of Huaili, and after two or three days, this support army should arrive in Huaili, which is not what Guo Huai wants to see.

Therefore, Guo Huai, after weighing it, sent 5,000 cavalry led by Qin Lang and asked him to lead the troops to encircle this support army.

Anyway, now it is a siege war, and the biggest role of Qin Lang's cavalry is to prevent the Shu thieves in the city from going out of the city to fight and burn the siege equipment, but now it seems that the defenders in the city who have been reduced to less than 4,000 people do not have the ability to venture out of the city under the siege of more than 10,000 soldiers.

Then Qin Lang's cavalry actually stayed in Huaili, at most, it played a role as a vigilance, and the siege side couldn't help at all.

It is better to use this cavalry to block the reinforcements sent by Chang'an.

The cavalry fought on the plains, and the advantage in the face of infantry was great, and 5,000 cavalry to deal with 10,000 infantry was more than enough.

Although Qin Lang's cavalry command ability Guo Huai still doesn't know, but even if he is a fool like Xiahou Nan, leading 5,000 cavalry, even if he can't defeat the 10,000 foot soldiers, he can still do it to stop them from advancing towards Huaili, right?!

Under such calculations, Guo Huai sent Qin Lang and led 5,000 cavalry to intercept the reinforcements of 10,000 Shu thieves in Chang'an.

After that, Guo Huai was even more incomprehensible.

Qin Lang is indeed not Xiahou Nan, he is much stronger than Xiahou Nan's arrogant and conceited idiot.

But there is one point, Qin Lang still has some flaws.

Qin Lang had no combat experience in commanding cavalry at all, or in other words, this was Qin Lang's first time on the battlefield to command operations, and he didn't even have experience in commanding infantry.

But Qin Lang has read some military books after all, although he made many small mistakes along the way, there were basically no big mistakes, and according to Guo Huai's expectations, he blocked the Shu thief reinforcements in Chang'an without danger.

But the problem is that the response of the Shu thief reinforcements is also a bit incomprehensible.

It's not just Qin Lang, a rookie on the battlefield, who can't understand it, but even Guo Huai, a veteran who has been on the battlefield for a long time, can't understand it.

The reinforcements of the Shu thieves actually camped on the spot, putting on a defensive posture, and had no intention of advancing to Huaili.

So. What the hell are these Shu thieves doing?!

In the face of enemy interception, he did not think of breaking through the encirclement, fled into Huaili City or withdrew to Chang'an, but camped on the spot, in a vain attempt to rely on the advantage of the camp and fight the cavalry in the field?!

Really, not to mention the problem of logistics and supply, can the wooden barracks of the camp block the attack of the cavalry?!

Not to mention anything else, as long as the cavalry launches a salvo, how many soldiers in your battalion are enough for 5,000 cavalry to consume?!

The most important thing is that if this army were to be besieged and wiped out by the Wei army less than fifty miles away from Huaili County, the morale of the Huaili defenders would also be very bad.

So, what does the general of this Shu thief reinforcement army think?!

Guo Huai really doesn't understand, and Chen Yi can't help it.

Chen You's purpose of fighting was never to rescue Huaili.

According to the order that Zhuge Liang gave him privately, he was to take these 10,000 people away from Chang'an City as much as possible to eliminate hidden dangers.

As for the direction of Huaili, as long as the defenders see the hope of reinforcements coming, it is enough to urge Huaili to continue to hold on, if Guo Huai can be forced to divide his troops, it will be an unexpected gain.

Chen Yi was very clear about his purpose in battle, so he chose to march twenty miles a day.

On the one hand, Chen Yi was acting on orders, intending to attract the attention of Guo Huai's army with his reinforcements, so he couldn't march too fast and gave Guo Huai time to react.

On the other hand, there is also Chen Yi's pot in it.

Chen Yi is also the first time to lead the army to fight, he also has no experience in battle formations, he has always been a civil official who handles government affairs, this time because Chang'an is really no one to send, Zhuge Liang had to use Chen Yi and Jiang Wan, two civilian officials, to lead the troops.

Therefore, Chen Yi actually has no experience in leading 10,000 people to fight, and he needs to explore many things by himself.

Don't really think that it is very easy to lead the troops into battle, especially after the number of tens of thousands, what is the thinking of each soldier, how to ensure everyone's morale during the march, and how to guard against the enemy's attack that may be launched at any time along the way, it is not so easy.

For example, most modern people have the experience of participating in tour groups, think about what kind of mentality everyone has when they go out to travel, and substitute it into the mentality of ordinary soldiers.

That's just twenty or thirty people, and you can produce thirty or forty kinds of thoughts. Now Chen Yi is only carrying 10,000 people.

Don't expect the soldiers of this year to be more disciplined than the tourists, let alone a rabble led by Chen You.

Therefore, traveling twenty miles a day is not only Chen You's acting according to orders, but also Chen You's extreme speed to march with this group of rabble.

But when Qin Lang led 5,000 cavalry to approach Chen You's 10,000-strong team, Chen You's foot soldiers had breakfast slowly, and they didn't have time to break the camp tent and go on the road.

Now it's okay, don't go on the road, just strengthen the camp on the spot and put on a defensive posture.

If it was the infantry, then maybe this rabble would disperse in a hurry, flee the battlefield or flee back to Chang'an, which is not something that Chen Yi can stop.

But who let the cavalry?!

How could a two-legged man outrun a four-legged cavalry?!

At this time, if you choose to escape, it will not take long to be caught up by the cavalry, and the number of 5,000 cavalry is enough to ensure that most people will not escape such a pursuit.

Therefore, it is better to camp on the spot and defend, and wait for Chang'an to send reinforcements to meet everyone and withdraw to Chang'an.

There was no problem with Chen You's eloquence, and Qin Lang's rapid approach also gave Chen You the opportunity to display his eloquence. In such a bad situation, guarding the camp is really the only way out.

As for Chang'an's reinforcements. Chen Yi knew that Chang'an would not have any reinforcements to come to meet them, this was Chen You's excuse, to coax this rabble.

In this way, Chen Yi can still continue to fulfill Zhuge Liang's orders, not only to drag down part of Guo Huai's troops, but also not to let these rabble retreat to Chang'an.

As for how it will end up in the future, to be honest, Chen Yi himself doesn't know.

The matter of coaxing their own soldiers can last for a while, but it can't last long, not to mention that these so-called soldiers are just a rabble cobbled together by some smuggling grain teams.

Chen You can only hope that the Northern Army led by Wu Yi can rush to Huaili before he reaches the limit and launch a siege on Guo Huai's army.

Otherwise, Chen Yi may only end up dying in his own chaotic army.

(End of chapter)