"What?" Diaphragm

In Cao's barracks, Cao Hong learned the news, and suddenly changed his color and said, "Do you say it again? ”

The messenger knelt on one knee and said tremblingly: "The rear is urgent, the imperial doctor Ling Jimoto, Shaofu Geng Ji, Si Zhi Wei Huang and others launched a rebellion and killed Wan Changshi, fortunately, Wang Shangshu was clever and fled into the palace in time, so that the palace guards defended, and now they are afraid that they are attacking the palace gate." ”

Zhao Yan was also shocked: "No wonder Shen Chen has not built fortifications, presumably he has already colluded with Yoshimoto and others, knowing that we are worried that the rear will inevitably withdraw troops, and there is no need to defend." ”

"Damn!"

Cao Hong immediately said: "Return to Chen Du!" ”

"No."

Zhao Yan hurriedly said: "As soon as the army moves, it will be pursued by Shen Chen, and I am afraid that it will lead to a big defeat. "Ahh

"Then send light horsemen to the rescue?"

Cao Hong calmed down, and was persuaded by Zhao Yan to remember that he was in a mess, and if he really wanted to follow the order he had just made, Henan would not be able to save it.

Zhao Yan turned his head and asked the messenger, "How many men and horses are there in the enemy?" ”

The messenger from Dingling hurriedly replied: "The envoy came from Linying, and he said that the messenger who escaped from the Chen capital and went to the Wei clan informed the Wei county order that the enemy was about several thousand, and the exact number was too confusing to be clear. ”

"What was the situation when the envoy left Chendu?"

"They set fire to the Changshi Mansion and the Shangshu Mansion, and a fire has already burned in the city."

"When did it happen?" Diaphragm

"The day before yesterday, the rooster crowed."

"The situation in Chen Du is not very good, we must return to help as soon as possible."

Zhao Yan frowned.

Cao Hong clapped his hands and said, "I naturally know, but why don't you let the light cavalry go to help?" ”

Zhao Yan pointed to the messenger and said with a wry smile: "Chen Du is more than 600 miles away from Kunyang, the incident happened at the end of the rooster song the day before yesterday, they changed people and horses all the way in various counties in order to report the news, and ran day and night for more than 20 hours before arriving at Taiting, riding lightly, and wanting to arrive in two days, it is impossible." ”

According to historical records, the tiger and leopard rode three hundred miles in a day and night, that is, within 24 hours, to pursue Liu Bei.

But the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry can be different from ordinary cavalry, they are the ace troops, not only have the best BMW in the north, but also have two or even three horses for one person, and can constantly change horses and run day and night. Diaphragm

It is difficult for ordinary single horses to run continuously, and they often have to be tired and half dead after running for half an hour, and they must at least rest for a while before they can continue on the road.

Like the Tang Dynasty post station, the daily travel of 400 miles is expedited, the daily travel is 600 miles expedited and the daily travel is 800 miles expedited, which is to change horses without changing people, and people's eating and drinking can only be maintained immediately.

In particular, there are many records of horses running to death in the 800-mile rush, and even the messenger with a slightly worse physique may die of overwork, which shows that it is absolutely impossible to run 600 miles without changing horses in a short period of time.

Under normal circumstances, Cao Hongjun's cavalry, if they stopped and ran and rested, they would run 150 miles a day and night.

For example, at the end of the Ming Dynasty, Emperor Taiji led the Eight Banners Army to the city of Beijing, and Yuan Chonghuan, in order to relieve the siege of the capital, personally led 9,000 cavalry of the Guanning Army and traveled more than 300 miles in two days and nights to rescue Beijing.

Therefore, if Cao Hong sent cavalry to march day and night, only resting for two or three hours in between, and the rest were on the road, it would take at least four or five days, and then the people would be sleepy and tired, and even if they arrived in Chenliu, they would not have the combat strength to fight with the enemy.

Therefore, now send a light horse to rush back to Chendu, far away from the water will not be able to dissolve the near fire, and the time will be much slower. Diaphragm

It's just that there's no way around it.

Cao Hong was as anxious as an ant on a hot pot, and said, "Is there any other way to rescue Chen Du?" Let the light ride go now. ”

"There must be a faster way......."

Zhao Yan thought for a while, suddenly remembered something, and hurriedly said: "General, I remember that Yan Kuang's peasant army had already set off to Dingling four days ago to transport grain and grass. ”

"Yes, but won't it take four days for the peasant army to go back?"

Cao Hong was puzzled.

"More than 400 miles from Chendu to Dingling, it used to take 12 or 3 days to deliver, but that was because there were more heavy wagons and horses transporting grain, and they could only travel more than 30 miles a day." Diaphragm

Zhao Yan analyzed: "So he should be north of Changshe, one hundred and twenty or thirty miles away from Chendu, tonight, and Yingyin tomorrow night." ”

"Oh?"

Cao Hong fell into thought.

"And we are in Kunyang, Kunyang is six hundred miles away from Chendu, even if the light horse gallops to Chendu overnight, more than six hundred miles, how can we get there?"

Zhao Yan continued: "I'm afraid that in a day or two, all the horses will be exhausted to death, and the soldiers will have to run another two or three hundred miles back to Chendu, even if they are forced to march seventy miles a day, they will have to walk for three or four days, and we will not be able to reach Chendu for at least five days." ”

Cao Hong understood and asked, "Bo Ran's intention is to send someone to inform Yan Kuang and ask him to return to Chen Du?" ”

"Not bad." Diaphragm

Zhao Yan replied: "Yingyin is only one hundred and ninety miles from Chendu, and now if Yan Kuang gets the order, let him give up transporting grain, and the infantry will quickly march back to Chendu with light equipment, and they will be able to arrive in about a day." ”

This is Xiahou Yuan's speed, five hundred in three days, one thousand in six days, and the average speed per day has reached one hundred and sixty-six miles.

Cao Hong shook his head and said: "But it is impossible for him to learn the news now, we are divided into two parts in Tuntian, Henan, one is near Chendu in Yanzhou, and the other is in the area of Yingyin Changshe. ”

"You didn't meet General Yan on the way here, did you?"

Zhao Yan asked the envoy again.

The messenger replied, "The messenger is from Yanling, and has not passed through the Changshe. ”

The disadvantages of moving the capital are reflected. Diaphragm

Cao Cao had a good relationship with the Yingchuan family before, so he placed the capital in Xu County and became the capital of Xu.

After that, he was in Xudu Waituntian.

Shen Chen's fire burned Xu Du, and Xu Du was gone, but the interests of Tuntian and the Yingchuan family could not be lost, so Tuntian was still maintained.

But after being forced to move the capital, he had to open up a new tuntian outside the Chen capital, and at the same time, Cao Cao compromised with the Yanzhou family, and he had to take into account the interests of the major families in Yanzhou.

As a result, the tuntian was divided into two parts, and after each harvest, Yan Kuang had to go to Changshe Yingyin, northwest of Xudu, to send the grain and grass handed over by Chen Liuhe and Changshe Yingyin Tuntian to the front line.

So much so that he took another road, and did not meet Yan Ling's messenger halfway through.

"But we can send someone to Yingyin immediately." Diaphragm

Zhao Yan said in a deep voice: "Just as the envoy is to change people and horses in the county towns along the way, we will send people back, continue to change people and horses along the way, and we should be able to reach Yingyin within twenty hours, so that Yan Kuang will go back immediately to quell the rebellion, and we can support Chen Du in two or three days." ”

Cao Hong's eyes suddenly lit up, and he nodded again and again: "It's still Bo Ran's resourcefulness, just do what Bo Ran wants, and come here." ”

"General!"

Outside the door, the guards came in and gave their hands.

Cao Hong said: "Let the two scouts with the best riding skills, hold the seal of my general, and rush to the Changshe immediately without stopping, change horses and do not change people halfway, but there are slacking people in the county along the way, there is no forgiveness for killing, and you must arrive at the Changshe within fifteen hours." ”

"Rushing to the long club?"

Zhao Yan was surprised: "The Changshe is more than 400 miles away from us, can we catch it within fifteen hours?" "Ahh

Cao Hong explained: "On the way they came, they had to call to open the city gate, and then change people and horses, and they were ordinary county officials, and it was normal to delay for three or four hours in between. But I ordered the scouts who were good at riding to go, and did not allow the county officials to slack off, so as to save these hours, and maybe I could stop Yan Kuang when he left the Changshe. ”

That's the speed of four hundred miles.

Although the Han Dynasty did not have such a system of hundreds of miles to expedit, Zhao Yan also understood it, so he nodded and said: "If this can be the case, then it is the best, so that within two days, the crisis in Chendu can be resolved." ”

At that moment, Cao Hong did not hesitate and immediately ordered the scouts to act.

It's just that what he didn't know was that there had been an accident in the direction of Langling at this time, and Zhang Xiu's army did not attack the city, but led his troops north to the north.

Shen Tao led the Huangmen soldiers, and began to return to his old business, traveling lightly every day, walking 80 kilometers, nearly 200 miles a day, and going straight to Chenliu.

However, the Cao army in Northern Yichun and Yang'an saw that they did not care about the surrounding cities, and feared that they would attack the hinterland or flank to attack Cao Hongbu, so they intercepted them halfway. Diaphragm

The two sides fought at Daoting in the southeast of Yang'an and northwest of Yichun.

The comparison of the forces on both sides is 3,000 people in Huangmen Pavilion and more than 8,000 people in Cao's army, and because they have to travel lightly, the Huangmen soldiers do not carry heavy armor, only wear leather armor, and fight with the kind of small round shield wrapped with iron sheet on the outside.

But even so, in the head-on attack, under the first battle, 3,000 people regretted 8,000, and only in the case of more than 200 casualties, the Cao army was defeated, showing the divine power of the world's elite.

The main reason is that for so many years, Shen Chen has been studying equipment technology with Zhuge Liang and craftsmen, such as bows, crossbows, armor stomachs, shields, knives, etc., all of which have been restructured.

As a special force, the Yellow Gate soldiers specially developed the kind of weapons used in small-scale warfare, such as small chain crossbows, steel ring head knives, leggings for long-distance marching, as well as special leather armor, round shields, weapon backpacks, and so on.

Although the small serial crossbow could only shoot three seven-inch arrows at a time, and the range was only within 50 meters, it was still a great advantage in this kind of encounter.

In the first round of the battle between the two sides, Cao Jun was directly shot into a hornet's nest. Diaphragm

Originally, the Cao army had an infantry hard bow with a longer range, which should have a slight advantage in range, but this kind of infantry hard bow was difficult to apply in sports warfare.

The army commanded by Shen Tao is very chicken thieves, a plain in Henan, there are roads everywhere, if the Cao army wants to fight with them in formation, the Huangmen soldiers turn around and leave, running extremely fast, and the Cao army can't catch up.

If the Cao army dispersed in formation and began to pursue, they would directly turn around and shoot indiscriminately.

This is how Cao Jun was defeated at Taiting.

They intercepted the Yellow Gate soldiers in Taiting, and as soon as they assembled their troops and lined up to meet the enemy, they gave an order to the wind and went to another place.

The general of the Cao army was in a hurry, and chose to pursue with an order, and then he was killed and shot into a sieve.

After defeating the intercepting army, the Yellow Gate soldiers continued northward and drove straight in. Diaphragm

In the early morning of 24 September, on the official road from Changshe to Yingyin, a large group of carriages and horses headed in the direction of Yingyin.

Yan Kuang rode on horseback, looking at the endless grain convoy on the road ahead, and then looked back at the endless grain convoy.

There are countless fields on both sides of the road, and the further north direction is densely packed, and a large number of dock forts have been built.

This is Cao Cao's Tuntian settlement in the area of Yingyin Changshe.

As a pawn farmer Zhonglang general, these places are all under the jurisdiction of Yan Kuang.

In history, the Jiben rebellion occurred in Xudu, Yan Kuang was stationed in Tuntian District in the north of Xudu at that time, Wang Bi sent people to find him overnight to send troops, and he put down the rebellion.

But now because Cao Cao moved the capital, he has two tuntian districts, so Yan Kuang's jurisdiction is larger, and every time he collects grain, he must first go from Chen Liuxian to Yingchuan, and then send the harvested grain to the front line of Dingling. Diaphragm

On the wide official road, the grain transport team of the peasant army advanced slowly, and the speed of the baggage vehicles was really not fast, each vehicle carried seven or eight hundred catties of grain, and the horses could not run, so they could only move forward at a walking speed, and once they encountered a baggage truck that broke down, it was the speed of the whole team that was delayed.

Fortunately, there haven't been any moths in the past few days.

Yan Kuang's mood is not bad, as long as the grain team is successfully delivered to Dingying, his twice-a-year burden will basically be half completed.

"Report!"

At this moment, the adjutant general at the front of the team hurriedly rushed over, and said with a seal letter in both hands: "General, General Cao has sent a letter, saying that there are people in Chen Du who have rebelled, and the general is ordered to quickly return to Chen Du to quell the rebellion." ”

"Chen Du has rebelled?"

Yan Kuang recognized Cao Hong's seal letter in the adjutant general's hand at a glance, and was very surprised when he took it, wondering: "Why did Chen Du rebel, but I didn't get the news?" "Ahh

The adjutant general said: "Chen Du's messenger is staggered with us, General Cao on the front line is fighting with the enemy in Nanyang, and it is too late to return to Chen Du, so he can only let the messenger change horses and not change people to report to Changshe, and now the two messengers are tired and paralyzed, just in front." ”

"I see."

Yan Kuang replied in a deep voice, looked left and right, and said: "I will take the soldiers and horses back immediately, Zhang Gan, you will lead the troops, and recruit the people of Tuntian in the nearby Wubao to help transport grain, and be sure to send it to the front line as soon as possible." ”

Deputy General Zhang Gan hesitated: "But General, wouldn't this be too risky, now General Cao is at war with the enemy, and if he is sent to the front line, in case the enemy robs the grain...... It is better to send the grain and grass to the city of Changshe first, and wait until the general has quelled the rebellion, and then send it over. ”

"Hmm......"

Yan Kuang thought about it, this is an old opinion, although it will delay the delivery of grain, but at least it is safer, so he said: "Okay, according to your opinion." ”

At that moment, he gave an order, and the soldiers put down the grain trucks and quickly assembled to the rear. Diaphragm

He took away most of the Tuntian soldiers, and there were still 2,000 soldiers left, led by the deputy general Zhang Gan, and sent them to the surrounding Wubao to recruit the people of Tuntian to transport the grain and grass back to Changshe.

At this time, Chendu, the nominal capital of the Han Empire, after Yoshimoto and others burned Wan Qian's mansion, they went to the palace.

King Shangshu fled into the palace and ordered the palace guards who guarded Liu Xie to take control of the palace gate.

Yoshimoto and the others couldn't kill it for a while, they were as anxious as ants on a hot pot, and now the city is full of wind and rain, because in the past two days, they have not entered the palace, and many Yanzhou family magnates who have reacted have begun to collude, gather slaves, and want to attack them.

If it weren't for the spies placed in Chendu by Shen Chen to stabilize the morale of the army, Yoshimoto's unreliable servants would probably have fled in all directions.

But as time passed, there were no reinforcements outside, and they couldn't enter the palace inside, and their military morale also fell to the bottom.

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For a while, the situation took a sharp turn for the worse, and many people were panicked and did not know their future fate. Diaphragm