Wudang Town, Nanxiang County,

This is the only pass of Shu Han in the Nanyang Basin, and it is the gate to the north of the three eastern counties.

Originally, this was where Zhang He and Zhao Yun sat together, and more than 10,000 Han troops guarded this place. However, last year, the old general Zhao died of illness, and Zhuge Liang sent the veteran Wu Ban to pick up Zhao Yun's class and guard it here with Zhang He.

There is no way that Zhang He is a general of Cao Wei, and such an important pass must have its own people.

Originally, there were only 10,000 Han troops guarding here, which seemed relatively deserted. But today, Wudang is afraid that he will no longer be able to get cold.

In November of the tenth year of Jianxing, Ma Yantong 50,000 Han troops went down from Danshui and went out of Wudang! Under the command of the vanguard Zhang Yi, together with the Wudang Han army, he launched an attack on Nanxiang County.

Nanxiang County is the first Wei army territory outside Wudang, and there are not many troops stationed there. However, because the Wei army didn't expect that Shu Han's main force would come out from here this time, he was caught off guard.

Because of the strength of the troops this time, Ma Jian quickly broke through the garrison of Nanxiang County. Then he divided his troops everywhere, surrounded the counties of Nanxiang at the same time, and attacked the city with heavy troops.

However, within two days, all the counties of Nanxiang County surrendered to the Han army.

After quickly attacking Nanxiang and ensuring that the logistics of the Han army could continue to be transported out of Danshui, Ma Tan led his troops eastward.

"In this operation, we have two targets, one is Xiangfan, and the other is Yexian!" Ma Tan spread out the map in the military tent and told all the generals who participated in the Eastern Crusade about the next deployment.

But at this time, Zhang He, the general of the chariot cavalry, stood up and expressed his doubts,

"Wait, didn't the prime minister's warrant I received say that the strategic target of this time is Wancheng?"

"Not anymore." Ma Jian waved his hand and said very directly.

"Nanxiang goes to Wancheng, there are many counties in the middle, and the road is far away. And the entire Nanyang Plain is basically no danger to defend, if we can't occupy the entire Nanyang, even if Wancheng is defeated, it is basically impossible for us to hold it. ”

"You must capture Ye County and even Kunyang, and all of them must be based on the entire Nanyang County!"

Ma Tan has been deliberating about the next strategic goals since he left Liangzhou, and has overturned and restarted several times one after another. In the end, he found that if there was only one Wancheng target, then they would not be able to stop the Wei army's counterattack at all.

To the north of Nanyang is Luoyang, and as soon as you get out of Kunyang, you will arrive at Yingchuan, the land of Boss Cao's Longxing. This is the core area of interests of Cao Wei, and as long as a war starts here, it will be 100% fiercely counterattacked by the Wei army.

So this is also the reason why Ma Tan won all battles, and Zhuge Liang still said that the army was not enough. This battle was definitely a vicious battle, and Cao Wei's counterattack had to start with at least 100,000 soldiers.

So you have to play big from the beginning, otherwise you won't want to return to your original cost even if you can win.

In the face of Ma Tan's deployment, Zhang He was silent for a while, and then nodded,

"You are the commander-in-chief, you have the final say."

"Very good, our goal this time must not be limited to Wancheng, after all, we are the main force of the Eastern Crusade." Ma Yan nodded, Zhang He didn't ask questions, and the others naturally wouldn't object. So Ma Tan said all his deployments.

"General Xiang of Jingzhou will lead troops north and attack Xiangfan from Dangyang. We also need to divide our troops all the way and flank Xiangfan with the Jingzhou army, so that the Wei army here cannot move. ”

"And the key to this battle is in Yexian and Kunyang. Only by taking the second place in a quick battle, cutting off the Wei army coming to help from Yuzhou, and blocking the entire Nanyang Basin, can we slowly attack Wancheng. ”

"This battle is extremely difficult, so I have to go to Kunyang in Baye County in person. The attack of Wancheng, Xinye and other places depends on the generals! ”

Zhang Yi, Zhang He and the others glanced at each other, and they all gave up their hands to take the order.

"Yui!"

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The 50,000 Han troops and the 10,000 Wudang defenders, almost more than 60,000 Han soldiers, are basically all the family background of Ma Tan's fight against Nanyang.

Of course, there are also Jingzhou troops in the south who are favored by Liu Yin, and there are also 20,000 people.

This amount of troops is slightly more than Cao Wei's Nanyang garrison. And Ma Tan needs to complete a series of strategic goals such as blocking Xiangfan, Kexinye, besieging Wancheng, and occupying Kunyang.

In general, it was even more difficult than the Prime Minister's First Northern Expedition.

But if you think about it, there's room for maneuver.

After occupying Nanxiang County, Ma Tan quickly led the main force of the Han army to advance eastward. Passing by Shunyang, the champion and Anzhong and other places ignored it at all, led the army to pass quickly, and left part of the troops to besiege the city.

At this time, Prime Minister Zhuge Cheng's feint attack in Guanzhong had already worked. In order to rush to the aid of Guanzhong, Nanyang transferred part of its troops to Guanzhong, and the Wei army in the entire Nanyang Basin was unprepared.

Ma Tan led the light troops day and night, and hurried to the city of Xinye for several days. At this time, in Xinye City, the news that the main force of the Han army had just left Nanxiang!

"How is that possible? Didn't the Shu army just come out of Wudang? Why did you suddenly kill under Xinye Castle? At this time, Cao Wei's Jingzhou assassination history was Hu Qian, and he was almost stunned when he heard that the Han army appeared outside the city.

Then Hu Zhen, who did not believe in evil, personally walked up to the city wall, and when he saw that the Han army was mighty and there were at least more than 10,000 pioneers, he almost collapsed to the ground.

"We were deceived! The goal of Xishu is not Guanzhong! It's Nanyang! ”

"Everyone in the city listens, today our Han army is ordered by His Majesty to fight against the rebels! Now with millions of troops out of Wudang, its momentum is unstoppable, don't make a mistake by yourself, surrender quickly! ”

Under the entourage of the generals, Ma Tan swaggered under the city and began to persuade the city to surrender.

"Don't think!" After hearing Ma Tan's persuasion to surrender, Hu Zhen reacted and quickly shouted at the head of the city.

"Today, my Great Wei is the Han Dynasty and the Destiny of Heaven. If you enter the world, you will go against the sky, and you will be spurned by the heavens, and the heroes of the world are enemies of you! ”

"Today, it is just a thousand tired people to attack my Great Wei, it is self-inflicted! Quickly retreat, don't get angry! ”

Hu Zhen can also be regarded as a master with a strong political position, and he did not listen to Ma Yan's persuasion at all. Not only that, but he also quoted scriptures and refuted Ma Tan fiercely, boosting the morale of the defenders.

However, seeing this, Ma Tan was not annoyed, but squinted his eyes at the gray-haired old man at the head of the city.

He speaks very neatly, and he looks quite old...... I don't know if I can scold this old bastard to death if I say this!

"I don't know your name?" Ma Tan arched his hand and put on a polite attitude.

Seeing that Ma Jian was so polite, Hu Zhen snorted lightly,

"I am the Great Wei Jingzhou Thorn Shi Hu Wende! Wait for you to leave quickly, as long as I am alive, you will not want to enter the new field! ”

"It turned out to be the history of Hu Thorn, who has admired the name for a long time, and is also under the horse!" Ma Yan smiled innocently and looked at Hu Zhen to report to his home.

"It turned out to be General Ma, who looked up for a long time...... Wait, you're a horse! ”

(End of chapter)