Xiahou Yuan received Cao Cao's military order and sent soldiers and horses from the four counties of Longxi, Hanchang, Wudu, and Jincheng to conquer Hanzhong. There are generals such as Yang Fu, Yan Xing, Zhang He, Zhu Ling, and Zhao Ang, and there are more than 30,000 soldiers. At that time, the generals Zhang He and Taishou Yang Fu were the vanguard, leading 10,000 troops, and they attacked Fu County from below.

Lu Xun heard that Zhang He and Yang Fu were the vanguard and went deep into Fu County, led Yang Ang and Zong Pre two generals, led 10,000 troops, and sent troops from Yangping Pass to meet Zhang and Yang two generals.

Qishan Road, Cao's army.

Cao's army was like a long snake winding through the mountain road, the banner in the queue was hunting, the foot soldiers with spears and spears followed the banner slowly, and the knight dismounted and led the reins.

Zhang He and Yang Fu were stationed on the hill slope and looked down on the advancing army.

"Duke Wei led the army to supervise the battle in Chang'an, and ordered General Zilian to lead 20,000 troops to the south of Fu Luo Road, supervising Xu Huang, Cao Xiu, Cao Zhen and other generals; Ma Mengqi led 10,000 people in his headquarters to take the ramp and enter Hanzhong. At this time, with the addition of 30,000 soldiers and horses on Longyou, there are 60,000 soldiers and horses, and most of the battles in Hanzhong can be played. ”

Cao Cao did not personally conquer Hanzhong, limited by the supply of grain and grass, he sent Ma Chao and Cao Hong to lead 30,000 elite expeditions to the south, and he himself stayed in Chang'an to watch the war in Hanzhong and public security.

After all, the current Guanzhong is different from the future Guanzhong, which has successively supplied Ma Chao to attack Hanzhong, and Xiahou Yuan has taken Longxi, and there is no surplus grain. And the Guanzhong was broken, and after the battle of Ma and Cao, it became more and more withered.

The grain and grass in the Han Dynasty were still mobilized from Hedong and Hebei, and the people of Guanzhong and Longxi were requisitioned and transferred, and they traveled hundreds of miles to supply 60,000 soldiers, which was already reluctant. Raising 100,000 troops into Hanzhong, logistics could not be supplied at all.

Zhang He was full of confidence and said to Yang Fu: "If you have to break Hanzhong, you should look south to Bashu." Soldiers again, forced to pass, Zhang retreated, Bashu can also be mapped! ”

Yang Fu held the reins and said: "General, Yangping Pass is difficult and difficult to overcome, Han Sui raised troops to attack it and died at the hands of Zhang Fei. Now Lu Xun is based on the city without fighting, and if our army wants to take Hanzhong, it may need General Lai Zilian's headquarters. ”

Zhang He looked at the scouts galloping in front of him and said, "According to the scouts, there are only 20,000 defenders in Hanzhong, and most of them are old and weak. Now that the three roads are under the army, Lu Xun wants to stick to Yangping Pass, and it is difficult to be afraid! ”

The scout stopped and reported: "General Qiyu, Lu Xun led Yang Ren and Zong Pre to fight, with about 10,000 soldiers and horses, and ordered Wu Lan to guard Yangping Pass. ”

Zhang He was overjoyed and said, "Lu Xun led his troops to battle, is the report true?" ”

"General, don't dare to lie!" The scout said: "Lu Xun led his troops and horses to Fu County, probably to engage our army. ”

"Haha!"

Zhang He stroked his beard and smiled, and said: "The army is pressing, if Lu Xun sticks to Yangping Pass, although our army is numerous, but with the danger of Yangping Pass, it is not easy to break the city." Today, Lu Xun did not want to stick to the city, but led the army to meet our army, which is a fortunate thing for our army! ”

Zhang He can't be allowed to be unhappy, how can he not know the danger of Yangping Pass. If Lu Xun sticks to the pass and does not fight, even if he waits for Xiahou Yuan to lead all the soldiers and horses in Longxi to arrive, Yangping Pass will be difficult to overcome. If you want to really break through Hanzhong, you have to look at the two armies of Ma Chao and Cao Hong who marched from Guanzhong.

At this time, Lu Xun gave up the pass and led his troops to fight, this is not a stupid act, what is this?

If he can defeat Lu Xun, Yangping Pass will be self-defeating. If Yangping Pass is broken, what else can Hanzhong rely on to stop his march?

Yang Fu was slightly worried and said: "Although Lu Xun is a Confucian student, he is valued by Liu Bei, so he should not be a resourceless person. I am afraid that this battle will frustrate the prestige of our army in order to consolidate the people's hearts. ”

Zhang He smiled, disappreciated, and said: "Liu Bei misses Bashu, Zhang Fei and Guan Yu go west to Chengdu, and there are no generals available now." Lu Xun may have the ability to govern, but he is really a Confucian scholar when it comes to using soldiers! ”

"At the beginning of Hanzhong, people's hearts were unstable, and most of the soldiers and horses in Hanzhong were Zhang Lu's pawns. Now that the troops are raised, can the sergeant fight to the death for Lu Xun? ”

"To defeat the enemy's front, you need to choose the elite to fight and strive to defeat the enemy. However, Lu Xun was afraid of Yang Ang as a subordinate, left Wu Lan to defend the city, and led his troops and horses to fight. With such an arrangement, can An break our army? ”

In Zhang He's eyes, Lu Xun's move is too stinky, if you want to learn from Zhang Liao's kind of frustrating enemy soldiers, you should select sharp soldiers and fight hard. However, Lu Xun learned four dislikes, and he didn't dare to let him guard his house because he was afraid of Yang Angwei's general, and let the general Wu Lan stay in the city. In this way, the generals who should go to war will guard their homes, and those who should not go to war will go to war.

Could it be that Lu Xun thought that he could defeat him with Yang Ang's group of soldiers?

is undoubtedly a fool's dream, when it is time to defend the city, he does not defend the city and chooses to fight; The general should be selected to fight, but the general should be allowed to defend the city.

I don't know myself, I don't know who I am, I don't know who I am!

Zhang He and Yang Fu glanced at each other, and they both felt that this was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.

Yang Fu groaned for a while and said: "General, Lu Xun's soldiers came out of Yangping Pass and camped in Hanshui today, not far from our army. Since Lu Xun wants to fight with our army, we must not miss the opportunity now, and our army should advance quickly, so as not to let Lu Xun lead the army to retreat to Yangping Pass. ”

Zhang He bowed his head slightly, and said with a smile: "The general and I will first break through Lu Xun's soldiers and horses, and then enter Yangping Pass." When Hanzhong is broken, you and I should be the first to take credit! ”

"Good!"

Not to mention that the two generals Zhang He and Yang Fu led the army to rush to Fu County, wanting to fight Lu Xun.

Lu Xun, who was on the west bank of the Han River, heard that the two generals Zhang He and Yang Fu led the army to arrive, and led more than 100 generals and light cavalry to wade through the Han River and observe the battlefield terrain on the east bank of the river.

Hanshui has three sources in the north, middle and south, which are distributed as Yangshui, Fushui and Yudai water, and the three waters converge and flow through Hanzhong, which is called Hanshui at first. Out of Yangping Pass to the line, to the county of Fu, this Han water can be called the water of Fu. The Fushui River flows out of the Qinling Mountains and passes through the mountains and ravines, and the Fushui County (present-day Luoyang County) is located on the banks of the Fushui River.

"In the early spring of this year, the river is gradually rising, and although it is not enough to be a natural danger, it is a good enemy. Why don't the generals set up camp on the east bank and defend against the river. ”

Yang Ang was quite worried, and said: "However, in Ang's opinion, sticking to Yangping Pass may be the best policy." Now Cao Cao is in Guanzhong, and he will be able to go south in the near future, and the general is not in Hanzhong, and he is afraid that Han will be in danger! ”

Lu Xun was quite confident, and said with a smile: "Guanzhong enters Hanzhong, and the road can be walked, but it is only a compliment and a second road." Although it is easy to oblique, it was burned by Ma Chao plank road, from this road to the south, the plank road must be built to pass. Fu Luo Road, the road is far from dangerous, and the passage is far less smooth than the oblique one. ”

"If you break Zhang and Yang today, and raise troops to return to Hanzhong, then the enemy Koudang is still in the battle of Shudao."

"Defeat Zhang He?"

The generals looked abnormal and began to whisper.

Zong Yu showed a worried look on his face and said: "General, Zhang He is the general of Cao's army, and he joins forces with Yang Fu, with 10,000 soldiers, and is the vanguard of the enemy. Fighting the enemy today, with the current soldiers of our army, it may be difficult to compete with Cao's army. ”

"If you don't defeat the enemy and win today, the sergeants are afraid of the enemy, and An can stick to the city?"

Lu Xun put his hands on the back of his waist and pointed and said: "Although the 5,000-step cavalry under Zhang He's tent is elite, most of the soldiers and horses under Yang Fu's tent are Qiang people, and the Qiang people's military discipline is sloppy, so they should be used." If you don't attack now, when Xiahou Yuan's heavy troops are assembled, can An win and break the enemy? ”

Of the 20,000 people in Hanzhong, 10,000 were Wu Chu's old pawns left by Zhang Fei, 5,000 were Hanzhong pawns under Yang Ang's command, and the remaining 5,000 new pawns were recruited by Zong Pre from the Guanzhong refugees and people. With such a matching army structure, in the face of a strong enemy's attack, there is a high probability that people's hearts will be unstable.

This is also the reason why Lu Xun strives to break the enemy, that is, to defeat the enemy's troops and give his soldiers the confidence to fight. For defensive warfare, the confidence to hold the city is far more important than the number of soldiers and horses.

Seeing that everyone didn't trust him, Lu Xun raised his whip to the east and said: "Xun does not defend the city, and it is already a taboo for soldiers to raise troops to fight. The enemy is eager, and tomorrow he will cross the water to invite him to fight, and the enemy will fight, and he should be able to break the enemy! ”

Zhang He thought that Lu Xun gave up the city and chose to go out of the city to fight, which was a taboo for soldiers. But as everyone knows, Lu Xun also made Zhang He lower his guard and aroused Zhang He's desire to defeat him. After all, once Lu Xun is defeated, Hanzhong will be easily defeated.

"Crossing the water to fight, I'm afraid it will be difficult to defeat the enemy, I hope the general will think twice!" Yang Ang persuaded.

Lu Xun put his hand on the hilt of the sword and said sharply: "Breaking the enemy and winning, that is, at the moment, is it impossible to say more!" ”

"The generals will return to the camp to prepare for war, Deyan will come with me, I have something important to advise!"

"No!"

The generals sighed and returned to the camp, obviously they were deeply suspicious of Cao's army tomorrow.

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Zhang He and Yang Fu were worried that Lu Xun would lead his troops back to Yangping Pass, so they rushed to a place not far from Fushui at night, and ordered the scouts to keep an eye on Lu Xun's troops on the bank of the river, so as to prevent Lu Xun from withdrawing his troops overnight.

The next day, to everyone's surprise, Lu Xun took the initiative to lead his troops to attack, and sent someone to Zhang He to send a letter of war to invite him to fight.

In the early spring, the water level is not high, and you can cross the river by wading through the water. I saw that under the shouts of the general, the southern soldiers stepped on the river that did not cross the lower body and crossed the depressed water from the shallows.

The sergeant tried his best not to get his ordnance wet in the river, and fought his way through the river with spears, swords, shields, or crossbows. Under the walk of thousands of sergeants, the water was muddy, and the fish fled in fright.

After several twists and turns, the sergeant of the Southern Army landed on the shore wet, and Lu Xun was also galloping on the shore on horseback, commanding the sergeant to line up in the water.

Lu Xun was hoarse and shouted: "Quickly queue up, go down the water to meet the enemy." ”

"Back to the water?"

Yang Ang received the order, his eyes widened, and his face showed disbelief.

What kind of joke is the backwater array, don't say that it is unsuccessful, just say that this frustration is considered to be a dangerous situation of death and afterlife.

Yang Ang immediately rode a horse to find Lu Xun, half angry and half angry, and asked: "General, marching and fighting is not child's play!" ”

"The Marquis of Huaiyin is arrayed with his back, and he is still put to death in the afterlife; Huo Xuzhou lined up with his back to the water, and there were boats to help. Now the general is arrayed near the water, what is the method? ”

Yang Ang was made to cry by Lu Xun, and he felt that although Lu Xun was a Confucian student, he was quite reliable. Playing the waterfront array now, I really want to kill him!

Lined up with their backs, put them to death and then lived and died, and sent people to steal their homes and disappeared. Aren't you afraid of being hit by Zhang He's half-crossing now?

Feelings I met the reincarnation of Zhao Kuo!

Lu Xun was furious and said: "The general is a general, just follow the military order, and Xun has his own strategy to break the enemy." ”

Yang Ang wanted to cry without tears, so he could only lead his troops to line up from Lu Xun's order.

Such a scene was taken into Zhang He's eyes.

Zhang He stood on the high mountain hill, laughed, and said: "Lu Xunguo is a Confucian student, and the water he faces is not a deep river, but a shallow water. The front army crossed the river and attacked halfway, and our army could win! ”

When Zhang He saw Lu Xun taking the initiative to cross the water to the west bank, he thought there was fraud, but now seeing Lu Xun like this, he really laughed to death.

Confucian is really a Confucian student, he seems to understand whether he understands or not, and he is not proficient in the study of war. If you can't learn Han Xin's waterfront array, you can't learn Huo Jun's waterfront array.

Now Lu Xun is near the water, but there is no way back. It's not like Huo Jun, who relies on the river to train the moon array, but makes a four-way difference.

At this time, he only needs to charge head-on with infantry to block Lu Xun's offensive. Behind the Southern Army was the frustration of the shallows, and there was a way to live, and the Southern Army would inevitably be defeated and flee.

Zhang He said to Yang Fu: "Lu Xun Confucian, read the art of war roughly, crossed the water and lined up, in a vain attempt to emulate Han and Huo. Today, in the middle of the crossing, our army led the infantry to press, the cavalry charged left and right, and the army formation could be broken! ”

Yang Fu stroked his beard and said with a smile: "Lu Xun doesn't know the art of war, and he commits a taboo in soldiers, so he treats the general in this formation, if our army doesn't attack him halfway, wouldn't it be a pity!" ”

"Out of battle!"

(End of chapter)