Guan Yu, Pang Tong, and Pan Jun hurriedly prepared their troops and horses, and did their best to use Jingzhou's resources to prepare for the chain reaction of the defeat of the Northern Expedition that led to the southern attack of the Wei army.

Two months passed quietly, Fancheng, Xiangyang City and the surrounding people were selected to move away, the outer city walls of the two cities were reinforced, and the damaged points were rebuilt.

After that, Pound organized to dig a trench outside the city, and the excavated soil was burned on the spot and transported to the city for later use, and the surrounding trees were cut down within 30 miles to make sassal wood.

The Han army kept stepping up its war preparations, and the Wei army still had no signs of a large-scale southward movement except for a small-scale southward attack.

After many snoops, Guan Yu determined that Cao Ren's garrison in Nanyang, Jianyang and other places had at least tens of thousands of troops, and there were constantly mules and horses transporting supplies in and out of the city.

All kinds of signs show that the Wei army does have the intention of going south, but there is no actual action, like a sluggish soldier, the weather is warmer, the water of the Xiangjiang River is rising, and everything gradually smooths out the disadvantages of the Han army.

Jiangling Pan Jun cooperated with the county guards to soothe people's hearts many times, and promised the scholars again and again to acquiesce in the legal occupation of illegal land, mountains, forests, and manors, and give privileges in exchange for money, food, and military support.

Deng Ai sent Wu Dang, Fan Zhou and others from Jingnan to recruit troops everywhere, and Wu Dang persuaded his fellow villager Zeng Xia to lead more than 1,000 people to vote, and gathered more than 7,000 people in two months.

Jingzhou relieved the initial pressure, and Guan Yu, Pang Tong, and Xu Shu speculated in many ways about the Wei army's actions to delay the fighter plane, and they were unclear.

A few days ago, the Flying Army, which had not been allowed to participate in the war due to the cold weather in the north, was regrouped to prepare for the war at any time.

Guan Yu and Pang Tong kept guessing the possible movements of the Wei army, but they couldn't get the point.

Ma Liang came from Chengdu, Guan Yu had to report to the outside of the house to welcome him into the hall, and sat down in a salute, without waiting for everyone to speak, Ma Liang said first: "Junhou, Shiyuan, the king has already known the battle situation, and praised your courage to fight against the rebels, and greatly praised the fame and prestige of the Han family."

The king himself has supervised your needs, and within a month you will send more foot soldiers and cavalry to support you, and to bring money, food, and armor. ”

As he spoke, he took out the cloth, stood up, and said, "This is a letter from the king to the prince!" ”

Guan Yu hurriedly took it, looked at it carefully several times, and said to Pang Tong: "Big brother didn't blame our army for defeat, and praised us for running rampant between Yuzhou and Sili, and shaking the Central Plains." He also said that there is no need to worry about reinforcements and money and food, and that they will arrive within a month.

The Wei army went south to Fancheng and Xiangyang, and the eldest brother would raise Liangchuan and Lianglong soldiers and horses to help. In addition, he asked General Hou if he was okay, and specially asked about Gan Ning's injury! ”

Pang Tong took it and sighed: "The king is indeed virtuous, and we are ashamed to be ashamed of the king's order!" ”

Ma Liang said: "Junhou and Shiyuan don't have to worry about the defeat, it is true that our army suffered great losses from the Northern Expedition to Wanluo, but thanks to you to contain the main force of the Wei army in Wanluo, Guanzhong Zhao Yun and Liu Ba can take the opportunity to break the Wei army."

Capture half of the two counties of Anding and Xinping in Cao Pi's hands, capture Zou Qi and Yuan Shan, and enter Beidi, Fufeng and other counties, which made Guanzhong shake again, and 5,000 households returned to obedience, which can be called a great victory. ”

Pang Tongxi said: "Ji Chang, how is the battle going!" ”

Ma Liang said carefully: A few days before the envoy of the prince and the prince resisted Chengdu, Liu Ba sent people to escort Wei Anding Taishou Zou Qi, Xinping Taishou Yuan Shan, Xu Ping, Dou Yuan and other generals into Chengdu to report the victory.

In February, Guan Yu's northern expedition to Luhun City to meet the Wei army, Linjing City suddenly came to several uninvited guests, it was Yang Xun, the brother of Yang Tiao, and several others.

The reason for the matter is because the king released the people, and the king gave kindness and released the captured Wei soldiers and people, and everyone deeply felt the benevolence of the king. Cao Pi learned that he thought that the king's move was to buy people's hearts and feared that people's hearts would change, so he ordered a group of captured people and their families to be forcibly relocated to Jizhou to avoid trouble.

Yang Tiao and others thought that they were already miserable in transporting grain, grass and equipment for the Wei army. Unfortunately, he was captured and abandoned by the defeat of the Wei army instead of surrendering, and Cao Pi was not considerate, but wanted to punish him with this.

The people were even more angry when they were unwilling to leave their homeland.

When Cao Pi had returned to Luoyang, the registration of the relocation was handled by Zou Qi, the Taishou of Anding, Yang Tiao took the opportunity to gather 200 people to take his wife and children to hide in the mountains near the Yuezhi City in the north, benefiting Cao Pi was anxious to claim the emperor, Zou Qi was busy persuading the table, the matter was temporarily relieved, and no troops were sent to track down a group of people who fled to the west and their whereabouts are unknown.

After the news of our army's Northern Expedition reached Guanzhong, Cao Pi dispatched Guanzhong cavalry to aid Nanyang and Yuzhou, and sent people to supervise the unstable people in the territory.

Zou Qi remobilized officials and soldiers to find out the people who had not yet moved away or were at large. As a result, people from the Yang Tiao Division continued to flee, including the officials who had been in charge of recruiting and supervising the people and were captured.

Yang Tiao knew that as Zou Qi took care of the affairs of various places, one day he would free up his hands to deal with them, and it was obviously impossible to hide in the mountains for a lifetime.

Instead of waiting to be captured and beheaded, it is better to give it a go. Everyone discussed that the king was far more benevolent than Cao Pi, and besides, he was a Han people in the past, so it was better to welcome the king and serve the soldiers and horses, and be a great Han people.

Yang Tiao sent his brother Yang Xun, the former official Cheng Mu and several others to sneak through Pingliang to Jingyuan to ask Zhao Yun, Zhao Yun learned of the incident and discussed with Taishou Li Hui and Changshi Li Yong.

Li Hui was biased towards being heavy, and it was unwise to mobilize troops and horses with only a few words, and he needed to beware of the heavy troops stationed in Chongxin and Zhenyuan by the Wei army.

Zhao Yun instead thought that Yang Tiao and the others had received the favor of the king and had not been comforted by Cao Pi in the slightest, and had been treated harshly, and his heart must have been unbalanced.

Even more suspicious of the Northern Expedition of Jingxiang's army, there is a chance to cooperate in the battle on the Western Front, even if Zhao Yun thinks that it is difficult to stop him with stable soldiers and horses, if things change, it is not difficult to break out of the encirclement. Zhao Yun asked Changshi to use Liu Ba to request the transfer of troops as backup, and he concentrated 5,000 soldiers and horses, and the remaining soldiers and horses were led by Li Hui.

When they were preparing for the snowflakes to fall in the sky and the cold wind was howling, Zhao Yun and Li Hui found an elder who was familiar with the weather to predict the weather, and learned that there was no heavy snow, but the snow was falling with the wind, and it was difficult to predict when it would stop.

Zhao Yun was overjoyed that this was a good opportunity not to be missed, and urgently ordered the soldiers to wear white belts as much as possible, each carrying at least one white cloak, and using white horses for horses.

In order to save physical strength, the whole army carried blades and bows, and the rest of the canes and baggage were not carried.

Yang Xun learned that Zhao Yun was going to leave immediately, and asked to go to contact Yang Tiao first. Zhao Yun used the speed of the soldiers as an excuse, and Yang Xun led the way to meet Yang Tiao, without having to contact in advance.

In fact, it is Zhao Yun who is wary of the Yang brothers, if he is really tired, he will suddenly kill Yang Tiao by surprise, and then investigate according to various signs, and judge improvisation according to everyone's reactions.

With the guidance of Yang Xun, a stable man, and Cheng Mu, a former official, and the bad weather, Zhao Yun safely bypassed the Wei army's defense of the Wei army in the north of Zhenyuan, and rendezvoused with Yang Tiao on the barren mountain outside the city.

Yang Tiao was deeply surprised that Zhao Yun was about to come, and he had no idea whether the Han army would respond before, so everyone stayed where they were and did nothing.

When Zhao Yun arrived, Yang Tiao hurriedly proposed to prepare to hide in the dozens of families that had been friends with him in the city, and then come to meet with him.

Zhao Yun carefully inquired about Zou Qi's personality and political achievements, and learned that this person was diligent in his work, and the people who moved were limited to the captured people's husbands and families, and the rest of the people in the original city remained as usual.

Zhao Yun thought that the people in the city did not suffer from Cao Pi, and they might not be concentric, and going deep into the city would expose the purpose in advance.

Zhao Yun instructed Yang Tiao and others not to act alone when everyone was in an emergency, so as not to reveal flaws.

Considering that if you want to succeed, you must rely on Yang Tiao's cooperation, Zhao Yun explained to Yang Tiao in private, and explained to Yang Tiao that he was afraid that there were spies among them, and asked Yang Tiao to make special arrangements to control the four sides and not allow anyone to leave the mountain, Yang Tiao was deeply moved and tried his best to cooperate.

Secretly, Zhao Yun sent 300 fine soldiers to monitor the neighborhood before going up the mountain, and found that there were people, no matter who they were, all of them were arrested.

Zhao Yun saw that Yang Tiao was extremely strict in guarding everyone, counting the number of people once an hour, and he was faintly relieved in his heart.

At that moment, the built houses were immediately dismantled and replaced with more than 70 ladders, and Yang Tiao commanded everyone to help the Han army build, which was very hard. Fearing exposure, Zhao Yun rejected the suggestion of building a large-scale fire for cooking, and only boiled a lot of hot water to prepare, and the whole army ate a little dry food.

The sky was getting dark, Zhao Yun selected 500 elite soldiers and horses to go first and more than 100 strong men of Yang Tiao to go first, Zhang Zhu led the remaining soldiers and horses and everyone to follow, and privately instructed Zhang Zhu to wait after marching ten miles away from the city, and not to approach the city easily without getting his exact news.

A hundred Han soldiers and Yang Xun, the brother of Yang Tiao, were assigned to take care of everyone on the mountain, and no one on the mountain was allowed to leave. Another 500 men were sent west to monitor the main road and destroy the bridge.

Zhao Yun marched in a hurry overnight, and Yang Tiao guided the march in a sparsely populated place on the road, and arrived at the foot of Linjing City, without the slightest hesitation, with the help of the roaring north to cover up the sound, and set up a simple cloud ladder, the weather was cold and frozen, and there were only a few sentry soldiers and horses on the battlements.

The Han army was alerted when it appeared at the battlements, but the sound of the crossbow machine followed, and the defenders fell to the ground before they could make a sound, and the rest of the defenders were unaware.

Zhao Yun quietly went to the city to surround the city gate tower, killed the soldiers and horses defending the city, changed into the clothes and armor of the Wei army, and ordered the general to open the city gate. Zhao Yun pretended to patrol the city, and saw that there was no ambush, and the general was urging Zhang to come.

Zhao Yun led his troops to march in the direction of Taishoufu, Zhao Yun was not in a hurry to attack, but hid his soldiers and horses under the traction of Yang Tiao and Cheng Mu, and monitored from afar.

An hour later, Zhang arrived, and then first guarded the four gates outside the city to prevent anyone from falling into the city, and then killed the defenders to control the four gates.

The sky was already bright at this time, and people began to enter and leave the Taishou Mansion one after another. Zhao Yun no longer waited, and forcibly broke in from the front and back, and the defenders of Taishoufu stubbornly resisted, but most of the soldiers and horses were not in time for their armor to be draped, and they were all captured by the Han army, and Zou Qi had nowhere to escape, so he was captured.

Zhao Yun immediately turned out the letter of Taishou Yin, ordered the soldiers and horses to surrender in the city, and no one was missed in the city, Zhao Yun appointed Yang Tiao as the captain, cooperated with the defense of the city, and collected all the clothes, armor, grain and grass, and equipment in the warehouse of Anding County.

Zhao Yun also pretended to write a handwritten letter to summon Chongyang and Zhenyuan's guards Xu Ping, Dou Yuan and their lieutenants to Linjing, falsely claiming to discuss the military situation with the envoys sent by Xiahou Yuan.

Stationed in Chongxin, the town of the original guard will not know why, the initial natural order to come, when close to the city noticed the abnormality, the entire Linjing City four gates closed, the whereabouts of the people are gone, the city guards are several times more than usual.

Helplessly, they didn't know well, and the Han cavalry who were watching from a distance halfway had already circled and captured all of them. After that, Zhao Yun led 2,000 soldiers and horses to pretend to be a reward, disarmed the 5,000 Wei army in Chongyang, and liberated the defenders of Zhenyuan in accordance with this law, and contacted Li Hui in Jingyuan.

Immediately, the Han army occupied the entire Anding County, Liu Ba sent 10,000 soldiers and horses from Longyou, and 5,000 cavalry reinforcements, and the Han army occupied the entire territory of Anding within half a month.

More than ten days later, Li Hui entered to take over the defense, and most of the officials of Anding County surrendered, especially Shi Wufang, the former chief of Anding, surrendered under the persuasion of Yang Tiao and the promise of Zhao Yunhouli.

Zhao Yun came up with a bold idea, pretended to be Zou Qi's handwriting, and then led 5,000 elite soldiers to Xinping County. Because Zhao Yun deliberately blocked the roads and paths, with the cooperation of Yang Tiao, the effect was excellent, Xinping County was too guarded by Yuan Shan without realizing it, compared to Anding County's garrison of tens of thousands, Xinping County was considered a hinterland, and the number of troops was limited.

Zhao Yun pretended to be Cao Jun to transport soldiers and horses, carrying hundreds of carts, and hiding some of the soldiers and horses in the carts, with 1,000 soldiers and horses and 2,000 people on the surface. With the cooperation of Anding's Taishou handbook and Anding's long history, he arrived outside Qi County of Xinpingzhi unimpeded along the way.