The Mian County of the later generations of the city of Chuyang is located in the north of the Han River, after the Yangping Pass, and the Chenggu City is embedded in the east and west sides of the Hanzhong respectively. In the middle of the two cities, that is, Hanzhong County Zhinan Zheng.

Lu Xun emptied the treasury of the cities of Hanzhong, transported grain, grass and weapons into the two cities, and ordered Zong to defend the city with 5,000 soldiers, and led 15,000 people to defend the city.

Lu Xun collected his troops and entered the city, and Xiahou Yuan tossed the sound of attacking the west, but no one watched the move, and he was lonely, and the soldiers and horses drove into Hanzhong. At the same time, Ma Chao and Cao Hong's front and rear feet also entered Hanzhong from Bao Chuan Road and Fu Luo Road respectively.

The three armies converged and converged under the city of Chuyang.

In the big tent, Xiahou Yuan, the general of Zhengxi, was respected, Ma Chao and Cao Hong lived separately, and the civil and military departments sat in the tent.

"The outlying strongholds and barracks in Hanzhong were all abandoned by Lu Xun, and our army was able to raise troops into Hanzhong, why should this be reasonable?"

Xiahou Yuan was uneasy and said: "Although Lu Boyan is a Confucian student, he is not a scheming general, and this move should have deep meaning. ”

I don't know why Xiahou Yuan has been frightened since he entered Hanzhong, and he dreamed of a yellow pig meeting a tiger when he slept last night. Seeing Lu Xun abandon the city today, he must not be suspicious.

Zhao Ang pondered for a while and said, "It should be that Lu Xun's account has few soldiers and horses, and it is difficult to defend the siege. Now I have to abandon the periphery, stick to the two cities of Chuyang and Chenggu, and it should be to stick to the two cities! ”

After a pause, Zhao Ang said: "If the reinforcements can be isolated, the soldiers in the city will not see the reinforcements, and the people's hearts will be scattered, and the two cities will be broken soon." ”

Xiahou Yuan stroked his beard and said: "What Wei Zhang said is extremely true, the two cities are divided into the east and west of Hanzhong, and the two ends are dangerous. Now we should besiege the city and force the two cities to surrender. ”

Seeing that talking about the two cities, Cao Hong said: "When a certain person entered Hanzhong, he sent people to surrender to the general Zong, and the sect predicted that the weight of Hanzhong was only in Chuyang. If you can break through the sun, you will surrender without a fight. Even if Chenggu surrenders, Canyang can't go down, and our army will be difficult to defeat Hanzhong. ”

On Lu Xun's side, in addition to Wu Lanxin, only Zong Pre, the master of the army, is available. Under the crisis in Hanzhong, Lu Xun quickly promoted Zong Pre to join the army, temporarily commanded 5,000 soldiers and horses, and held on to Chenggu City.

When Zong learned of Lu Xun's plan in advance, he replied to Cao Hong's envoy in this language, asking Cao Hong to temporarily give up the idea of attacking the city.

Of course, Zong's words are not unreasonable, compared to Chenggu City, located in the west of Hanzhong, Chuyang, is like a nail nailed to the life gate of Cao Jun's grain and grass, which cannot be ignored.

The grain and grass requisitioned by the Cao army from Longxi and Guanzhong, due to the difficulty of the Fu Luo Road, basically entered Hanzhong from the two roads of Baoxian and Qishan. Next, the three armies converged, and the supplies of Cao's army may merge into Qishan Road via Chencang Road and be transported to Hanzhong through the Han River.

No matter what kind of route for transporting grain and grass, it must pass through Chuyang. Therefore, Hanzhong is surrounded by hundreds of miles of mountain roads, and it is difficult for Guanzhong to transport supplies to Hanzhong, and it is also difficult for Hanzhong to transport them to Badi.

Therefore, if there is no sufficient grain and grass, Cao's army will not be able to expedition to Bashu at all, and must take Chuyang, dredge the Han water grain road, and hoard grain and grass in Hanzhong in order to continue the march.

But after a year of repairs by Lu Xun, how could it be so easy to take down the grain and grass hoarded. It can be seen that Lu Xun's abandonment of the peripheral stronghold was by no means a whim of him, but after his careful consideration.

Xiahou Yuan's head hurt slightly, and he thought that everything would be fine if he broke the Yangping Pass, but he unexpectedly entered Hanzhong, and there was still Chuyang waiting for him.

Xiahou Yuan pondered for a while and asked, "Meng Qi once entered Hanzhong and defeated Zhang Lu, I don't know what his high opinion is?" ”

Ma Chao thought for a little and said: "Zhang Fei crossed Micang Mountain into Hanzhong, and according to Hannan, he confronted me, and then took the trail into Yangping Pass. Today, Micang Road had to be prepared, and the general sent soldiers to occupy Hannam and divided his troops to defend the camp to reinforce the enemy. ”

"Good!"

Xiahou Yuan already had the idea of relying on the enemy, and said: "Lu Xun is stubbornly guarding Chuyang, and wants to wait for reinforcements to arrive. When the city of Weiyang is broken, the reinforcements are retreated, and the Duke of Wei goes south, and Bashu can be expected! ”

Under the gossip of everyone, Xiahou Yuan figured out a strategy against the enemy. That is, he left troops to storm the outside of the city, and divided his troops to Hannan to block the reinforcements.

After pondering for a long time, Xiahou Yuan said: "Meng Qi and Zilian, you two led the soldiers to repair the equipment and besiege the city. A certain sergeant crossed the Han River, occupied the dangerous land in Hannan, and refused the enemy in the mountain road, so that he could not be rescued. ”

"No!"

Cao Hong and Ma Chao got up to receive the order.

After the military discussion, Xiahou Yuan suddenly felt palpitations and asked, "Is there anyone in the account who has access to "Zhou Yi"?" ”

Everyone looked at each other, and Zhang He asked out loud: "I don't know if the general has any blessings and misfortunes to ask?" ”

Xiahou Yuan stroked his beard and said, "Yuan saw the yellow pig and the tiger in a dream yesterday, I don't know if it's a blessing or a curse?" ”

Du Xun frowned and said, "Yellow pig, mountain pig." Tigers, fierce beasts. When a mountain pig encounters a fierce beast, the two fight each other, and one must be injured. The general, according to Hannam, should be careful. ”

The boar's hair is not black, but has a light brown hair. And the boar is not an ordinary domestic pig in later generations, it is fierce and abnormal in fighting, and it is also at the level of a fierce beast. The boar meets the tiger, and although the boar is brave, it also has the opportunity to hit the tiger hard. Of course, if the tiger catches the opportunity, it will also kill the boar.

Xiahou Yuan saw that there was no one in the account who had access to "Zhou Yi", so he drank a few sips of water, suppressed his palpitations, and asked everyone to retreat.

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Jiangzhou, Parliamentary Hall.

Since Huo Jun received Liu Bei's instructions, he did not dare to slack off, and rushed from Wuhan to Jiangzhou for more than 2,000 miles. When he arrived in Jiangzhou, Zhuge Liang personally welcomed Huo Jun into the hall.

"Zhong Miao, from Wuhan to Jiangzhou, the water journey is thousands of miles, and there are many hardships." Zhuge Liang motioned to the attendant to serve tea to Huo Jun and said.

Huo Jun touched his face with a towel and said, "It's all a state affair, I don't know what the war is like now?" ”

Zhuge Liang stroked the feather fan lightly and said: "Since the Cao army marched south, there was a plan for a long time, Zhang He and Yang Fu led the soldiers to march from Wudu, and Bo Yan led the army to meet the battle, lured Zhang He to go deeper, and broke the enemy with the strategy of water decision, and defeated the Cao army. ”

After a pause, Zhuge Liang said: "Although the war was won, Cao Cao sent Ma Chao and Cao Hong to march by separate routes. Now Cao's army has penetrated deep into Hanzhong, and it is expected that the current situation will be when Xiahou Yuan is afraid that he has besieged Chuyang. ”

Huo Jun frowned slightly and said, "There are 10,000 soldiers in Jiangzhou, and they are under the command of Xingbatun. When Hanzhong was attacked, why didn't Xingba lead the sergeants north to help Hanzhong? ”

Zhuge Liang sighed slightly and said: "Ten thousand people under the Xingba tent, divide the three bars, and dredge the counties. When a month ago, the bandit Lan reluctantly rebelled, attacked the county, there were thousands of followers, Xingba led 3,000 people to conquer, killed the enemy generals, and surrendered thousands of thieves. ”

"Hearing that the situation of the Hanzhong army was urgent, I ordered Xingba to gather thousands of soldiers and horses to go first, travel more than 200 miles, and when the soldiers arrived at Dianjiang, they abandoned the outer city when they heard Boyan. I was afraid that the overlords would be outnumbered, so I ordered them to march to Hanchang, so as to wait for the arrival of Zhong Miao's troops and go north to rescue them together. ”

The distance from Jiangzhou to Hanzhong is too far, almost all of them are mountain roads, over mountains and mountains, and in less than a month, the army basically can't catch up.

This is also one of the reasons why Lu Xun abandoned the siege and retreated to the second city of Hanzhong. The reinforcements were too far away from Hanzhong, and he was afraid that if he could not wait for reinforcements, Cao's army would break the siege, which would lead to the loss of Hanzhong.

Seeing that the matter had come to this, Huo Jun also loosened his eyebrows, Cao's army entered Hanzhong, and Lu Xun stuck to the two cities, as long as the two cities were not broken, there was hope for breaking the Cao army.

Well?

Suddenly. Huo Jun thought of Huang Zhong, Xiahou Yuan, Han Zhong and other characters and places, and the corners of his mouth couldn't help but smile, but he didn't know if Xiahou Yuan would die under Huang Zhong's horse in this life.

"What are Zhong Miao laughing at?"

Huo Jun's face straightened slightly, and he said, "I think of something funny!" ”

"What's funny?" Zhuge Liang asked curiously.

Huo Jun looked at Zhuge Liang and said with a smile: "Jun Su heard that Kong Ming is good at knowing "Zhou Yi", I don't know if there is such a thing?" ”

Zhuge Liang bowed his head slightly, and said: "When Yu Longzhong was cultivating and reading, he was rough and practiced, I don't know if Zhong Miao wants to find out what is auspicious or not?" ”

Huo Jun groaned a little and said, "Jun will go north to Hanzhong, I wonder if Kong Ming can expect this battle to be auspicious?" ”

"Haha!"

Zhuge Liang held a feather fan in his hand and said: "This war is a blessing and a curse, and Liang is worried. When the stars were shining brightly last night, I had already calculated the good fortune for Zhong Miao. ”

"Oh?"

Zhuge Liang stroked the feather fan lightly and said: "Liang calculated the number of Taiyi last night, Gangxing is in the north, Taibai is in the south of Hannan, and the enemy will be fierce." This is like a great benefit to our army, Zhong Miao's trip to the north, there will be gains. ”

Seeing Zhuge Liang say this, and thinking of Huang Zhong's beheading of Xiahou Yuan in history, Huo Jun was suspicious and said with a smile: "Be like Kong Ming's words!" ”

Zhuge Liang chuckled a few times and asked, "The situation in Hanzhong today is probably not good, I don't know how Zhong Miao wants to enter?" ”

Huo Jun pondered for a long time and said: "The people of Badi believe in the Five Buckets of Rice Sect, and I asked Shu Zhi to take Zhang Lu to Bazhong to recruit people for the purpose of guiding and precursor." Now let Xingba lead his troops to the north, stop when he encounters the enemy, repair the camp, stick to the Shu Road, and show that he has no heart to go north. ”

After a pause, Huo Jun said: "Since the Battle of Chrysostom, General Cao Jun has been very wary of me, and if he knows that I am going north, he will be on strict guard. When Cao Cao heard of my name, he would also go to Hanzhong in person, which would be very disadvantageous to our army. When everyone is told, the lord is the commander of Xingba, and those who dare to leak the secret of me as the commander of the army should be decided. ”

As Huo Jun said, Cao Cao is now stationed in Guanzhong, and ordered Xiahou Yuan, Ma Chao, and Cao Hong to enter Hanzhong, which is already a luxury celestial group.

If you hear that Huo Jun is going north, it is estimated that Cao Cao will not be able to stay in Chang'an, and will go south to fight with Huo Jun in Hanzhong, when Cao Cao will be in charge of Hanzhong, and Huo Jun wants to save Hanzhong, the difficulty coefficient will be different at that time.

"Make the enemy slack, break the enemy in one fell swoop, imitate the Battle of Changping, and do it in vain?"

Zhuge Liang stroked the feather fan and said: "Xingba is mostly known for his bravery, Zhong Miao first arrived in Bashu, few people can know, this move should be successful!" ”

"That's what I mean!"

After thinking for a while, Huo Jun asked again: "How is the progress of the three armies in Shu today?" I don't know if I can get the white water off? ”

Zhuge Liang sorted out his thoughts and said: "Zilong is besieging Jiangyang City and wants to persuade Cheng Ji to surrender; General Yide has to respond to Yang Han inside, take the Tuojiang Turtle Lingxia, and will go outside the city of Chengdu; General Guan led the army to Zhongshui, first took Baishui and Jiameng in the north, closed Chengdu and the Central Plains, and then went south to Chengdu. ”

"Zhong Miao is worried about the war in Hanzhong, and wants to borrow the troops of Shu to go out of Jiameng Pass and attack the grain road of the Cao army?" Zhuge Liang asked.

Jiamengguan is connected to the Golden Bull Road, and through the Golden Bull Road, you can go to Qishan Road. If troops are sent from Jiameng Pass, they can be inserted between Yangping Pass and Wudu and destroy the grain route of Cao's army.

Huo Jun nodded and said, "I have this thought, but it's not for now." If the army can enter Hanzhong, this road may be available, and then there will be Lao Kongming to contact the generals of Shu. ”

"Good!"

Zhuge Liang smiled and said, "I don't know when Zhong Miao will go north, do you want to rest in Jiangzhou for a few days?" ”

Huo Jun shook his head and said, "The soldiers are very fast, I should go to Bazhong as soon as possible, and then meet with Xingba to relieve the difficulties in Hanzhong." ”

Saying that, Huo Jun did not waste time, and asked Zhuge Liang to resign and leave the court.

Zhuge Liang personally sent it to the door, looked at Huo Jun's back, and then stopped.

The slender scholar asked: "Military advisor, last night you really saw the auspicious celestial phenomenon, and there will be enemy generals killed in Hanzhong?" ”

Zhuge Liang saw that it was Deng Zhi and said with a smile: "How can you rely on celestial phenomena for marching and fighting?" Huo Du asked, but he wanted peace of mind! ”

Deng Zhi, the word Bo Miao, is a native of Nanyang. In his early years, he entered Shu and took refuge in Brazil. When Pang Xi surrendered, Zhuge Liang entered Ba, saw Deng Zhi, talked and fell in love, so he promoted Deng Zhi to be an official and helped Zhuge Liang govern Ba.

"This~"

Seeing that Deng Zhi couldn't understand, Zhuge Liang said: "Huo Du has experienced a hundred battles, and he has conquered everything in all battles, and he has won everything. Now going north, if you can break the siege, you may also get it! ”

"What if there is no enemy general?" Deng Zhi asked puzzled.

Zhuge Liang stroked the feather fan and said with a smile: "Whether there are prisoners or not, you will know after watching the battle, and now it is all groundless speculation!" ”

After a pause, Zhuge Liang instructed: "If you have seen Huo Du today, you must not tell outsiders that Huo Du has entered Shu, and those who violate it will be beheaded." ”

"No!"

(End of chapter)