Chapter Ninety-Five: Confrontation with Dingjun Mountain

"Kill !!"

Under the hazy moonlight, not far from the Wei army camp in Dingjun Mountain, with an abrupt shout, hundreds of armored sergeants suddenly jumped up among the grass and trees, and swooped towards the Wei army camp dozens of steps away under the leadership of a young general.

"Enemy attack! Enemy attack ......"

Just a few steps out, accompanied by the piercing sound of gongs, the sergeant on duty in the Wei army camp also issued an alarm of enemy attack, and the entire military camp was instantly noisy.

In the middle of February of the 23rd year of Jian'an, after several days of difficult and abnormal marching, Huang Zhong and Kou Feng, as the vanguard, finally took the lead out of Micang Mountain, and launched a surprise attack on the Wei army stationed at Dingjun Mountain that night.

And the Wei soldiers who never thought that they could meet Liu Beijun here, faced Huang Zhong and Kou Feng, who were opponents like divine soldiers, were killed and scattered in all directions after a short time, and sent Dingjun Mountain, a strategic place related to the entire Nanzheng and Hanzhong, away.

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"What, you lost Dingjun Mountain to the general? Why don't you lose your head too......"

In Yangping Pass, looking at Du Xian, the defender of Dingjun Mountain, who fled back with an embarrassed face, Xiahou Yuan couldn't help but jump like thunder, and he couldn't wait to slash him to death with a knife.

There is no way, the location of Dingjun Mountain is too important. After losing Dingjun Mountain, Liu Beijun could cross the Han River at will, forming a front and rear attack on Yangping Pass. Therefore, when he learned that Dingjun Mountain was taken, it was no wonder that Xiahou Yuan was not angry.

"Zixu, do you know how many people Liu Bei sent to capture Dingjun Mountain......

Just when Xiahou Yuan was furious, the military Sima Guo Huai calmly asked about the details of Du Xian's loss of Dingjun Mountain.

"It is Huang Zhong and Kou Feng who have taken my Dingjun Mountain, and the number of people should be between twenty and thirty thousand......"

After thinking about it, Du Xian didn't hide it, and honestly told what he observed at the bottom of the mountain after dawn.

"What, twenty or thirty thousand? This, how did they climb over Mt. Yonekura......"

Knowing that there were twenty or thirty thousand Liu Beijun in Dingjun Mountain, Guo Huai, who originally thought it was just a sneak attack by a small force, couldn't help but be dumbfounded.

You know, in his opinion, with the steepness of Rice Cang Mountain, there is no way to let the army pass. But now......

"Come on, quickly summon Jun Yi back to Junyang Pingguan, and I will go to take back Dingjun Mountain!"

Just when Guo Huai was still dumbfounded by the appearance of the enemy's army on Dingjun Mountain, Xiahou Yuan, who had gradually calmed down here, was already preparing to retake Dingjun Mountain.

"General, since Liu Beijun can cross Micang Mountain, then they will definitely not only send these two or thirty thousand people here. The person Zixu met must be Liu Bei's striker. If the general goes alone, I am afraid that the troops will not be enough, so it is better to let the servants go with him. On this side of Yangping Pass, it is enough for me to guard it alone! ”

Guo Huai, who also knew the importance of Dingjun Mountain in Hanzhong, saw that Xiahou Yuan was ready to lead the army alone to fight, but he was afraid that his troops would be insufficient, but he put forward a suggestion to let Zhang He join his troops.

"Well, that's exactly what Berji said. In this case, then this Yangping Pass will be handed over to you! ”

After thinking about it for a while, Xiahou Yuan did not object to Guo Huai's suggestion, changed the order just now, and asked Zhang He to go directly to Dingjun Mountain to meet him.

It's just that neither Guo Huai nor Xiahou Yuan will know that it is precisely because of this suggestion that Zhang He helped Liu Beijun in the next battle.

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"General, the Dingjun mountains and roads are dangerous, and Liu Bei's troops are not weaker than ours, so the casualties of the sergeants are too great for such a strong attack......"

At the foot of Dingjun Mountain, looking at the defeated army that had been beaten back again, Zhang He finally couldn't help but dissuade Xiahou Yuan again.

It turned out that after crossing the Han River with Xiahou Yuan and Zhang He along the Zouma Valley to the north of Dingjun Mountain, Xiahou Yuan, who was eager to recapture Dingjun Mountain, ignored Zhang He's dissuasion and launched a strong attack on Liu Beijun on the mountain.

It's just that after a few days of attack, apart from throwing the bones of thousands of soldiers, he didn't gain anything.

"What if you don't attack? Are we here to see this mat weaver and shoe seller show off his might? ”

Hearing Zhang He's persuasion, his eyes were still staring at Xiahou Yuan, who was still staring at the banner of the word 'Liu' on the mountain, but at this moment, he couldn't help but hate the root of his teeth. There is no way, the location of Dingjun Mountain is too important for Hanzhong.

"General, even if Liu Beijun can capture Dingjun Mountain, Micang Mountain is too difficult to move after all, and its grain and grass baggage must not be transported smoothly. I might as well surround it with antlers and trap it on the mountain. After a long time, Liu Bei will definitely lead the army to attack when the food and grass are scarce, and then he will lose the advantage of geographical advantages......"

Looking at Liu Beijun's heavy barracks and barracks according to the mountainous terrain, Zhang He proposed a method of using the method of siege to force Liu Bei to give up his geographical advantage and take the initiative to attack.

In fact, Zhang He's method is not a good strategy, but seeing that after a few days of strong work, there is no gain, and in desperation, Xiahou Yuan can only agree.

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"Haha, Xiahou Yuan is deceiving me, and the grain road is not smooth!"

On Dingjun Mountain, looking at Cao Wei's army at the bottom of the mountain who was busy building antler fences between Dingjun Mountain and Hanshui, Liu Bei couldn't help but laugh.

In fact, although the road from Yangping Pass to Micang Mountain was extremely difficult to navigate, it was far from the level of food and grass shortage that Zhang He said.

What's more, under the overall arrangement of Zhuge Liang to build roads while transporting, the transportation capacity of this grain road will only get stronger and stronger the more it goes, and how can there be a shortage of grain and grass as Zhang He thought.

"Lord, since Xiahou Yuan can't be idle, let them cultivate! The day when this antler fence is completed, it will be the time for our army to break the enemy in one fell swoop! ”

Just when Liu Bei was still laughing at Xiahou Yuan's stupid method of building a siege and entrapping himself, Fa Zheng on the side confidently determined the day of breaking the enemy.

"Oh, I don't know what filial piety has planned!"

Hearing Fa Zheng's words, Liu Bei's eyes suddenly lit up, and he turned his head to look over with a happy face.

You must know that although he has occupied the initiative in the entire battle of Hanzhong after seizing Dingjun Mountain, after all, in terms of overall strength, Cao Wei is still stronger at the moment.

The most obvious thing is that in this comparison of troops, the strength of Xiahou Yuan stationed in Hanzhong alone is already on a par with Liu Beijun, who came from all over Sichuan.

Therefore, after taking Dingjun Mountain, it became the top priority to defeat Xiahou Yuan before Cao Cao's reinforcements arrived.

"Lord, the art of war is cloudy, the front is the back, the back is the back, the back is the front, the right is the left; If you are prepared, you will be all-encompassing. Xiahou Yuan's construction of this long fence seems to be impassable, but in fact, there are loopholes all over the place......"

Pointing to the antler Changwei that had begun to take shape at the foot of the mountain, Fa Zheng no longer sold Guanzi, and immediately told Liu Bei his plan.