Zhao Yun was appointed the governor of Liangzhou and was ordered to go north to attack Liangzhou. Wei Yan was also ordered to go west and went to Yongzhou to serve as the military commander of Yongzhou. The current supreme commander of Baoxie Daokou became Zhang Xi.
There was no way, Chen Dao had been the commander of Liu Bei's personal troops before, and he had always guarded Yufu. Liu Bei called him the Queen of Hanzhong, and Chen Dao was only promoted to the general of the gangsters.
Although Zhang Xi is also a miscellaneous general, he is at least the more important Xinghan general among the miscellaneous titles. In addition, since the Northern Expedition, he has been leading the army as the vanguard of the army. In terms of official position and qualifications, Zhang Xi is more senior than Chen Dao. suitable.
Of course, this is also because Chen Dao is low-key and has a good relationship with Zhang Xi. Chen Dao no longer has any objections to Zhang Xi being the head coach. Could it be that Kou Feng and Meng Da still have objections? !
Kou Feng, this idiot, even lost his few brains after meeting his brother. He just did whatever his brother said.
As for Mengda, Mengda is still counting on Zhang Xi to help him cover up the matter of sending troops without authorization. How can he possibly oppose Zhang Xi as the commander of an army when he is full and full?
In this way, Zhang Xi led his troops and continued to confront Zhang He, Xu Huang, and Guo Huai on the west bank of the Wei River.
As for Liu Bei, after allocating 30,000 troops to Zhao Yun and letting Zhao Yun and Pang De lead the army to attack Liangzhou, he only had less than 20,000 soldiers left. It was of little significance to enter Guanzhong with this small number of troops, so he continued to attack Long. Mountain road rest.
Liu Bei cannot choose to retreat for the time being, he must stick to Longshan Road and intimidate Guanzhong, which makes Cao Pi dare not mobilize too many soldiers from Guanzhong to support Nanyang. Liu Bei is also now reducing the pressure on Guan Yu.
Furthermore, Liu Bei actually has a glimmer of hope. If Guan Yu can defeat Zhang Liao and occupy Wancheng, then Cao Pi in Chang'an will be attacked from both sides. At that time, Liu Bei can really lead his troops out of Longshan Road and attack Chang'an.
Because at that time, if Cao Pi didn't want to suffer too much loss, he would have to lead his troops to retreat from Hedong, and Chang'an would be at his fingertips.
Even now, Liu Bei still doesn't want to completely give up the hope of taking Chang'an, and even if he wants to withdraw his troops, he has to find a way to contact Guan Yu in Nanyang and notify Guan Yu to withdraw together.
You cannot withdraw your troops without Guan Yu's knowledge, otherwise if Cao Pi turns around and besiege Guan Yu, Guan Yu will also be in danger.
Therefore, Liu Bei is still stationed in Longshan for the time being, and at the same time, Zhang Xi is allowed to continue to exert pressure on Cao's army on the Wei River.
As for Guan Yu in Nanyang, it is inconvenient to send messengers back and forth. It is estimated that it will take a few months before the battle situation in Nanyang can be transmitted.
In fact, the battle situation in Nanyang was somewhat uncomfortable for Guan Yu.
It has been more than a month since the siege of Wancheng, and Zhang Liao's defense is still in good order, not giving Guan Yu too many opportunities to take advantage of.
It's not that Guan Yu didn't think of ways. In order to be rewarded for his meritorious service, Shi Bao also gave Guan Yu some ideas, such as false defeat, luring the enemy, and fire attacks. Shi Bao suggested all the ways to Guan Yu, but Zhang Liao Not moved at all.
I'm just guarding the city and won't go out. If you have the ability, you can break in!
Anyway, Zhang Liao put on such a posture that he couldn't hold on, which made most of Shi Bao's strategies fail.
At this point, Guan Yu also knew that facing a famous general of Zhang Liao's level, it was unrealistic to hope to win through strategy. He could only attack with his own casualties. This was the most effective way to siege the city.
Once Guan Yu chose to attack by force, Zhang Liao immediately felt uncomfortable and sent three letters for help to Chang'an within a month.
The combat effectiveness of the Shu army is really no joke.
Zhang Liao continued to defend, and the defense was very difficult, and Cao Pi in the direction of Chang'an obviously did not let Zhang Liao continue to defend so hard. In early April, Cao Ren led 20,000 Chinese troops to Wancheng and took over Wancheng's defense.
Don't think that Cao Ren is easy to bully just because he replaced Zhang Liao as the general of Wancheng. Cao Ren's ability to defend the city is really not inferior to Zhang Liao's.
What's more, Cao Ren also brought 20,000 Chinese reinforcements. In terms of military strength, Cao's army and Liu Bei's army in Nanyang were already on an equal footing.
And Cao Ren was even more ruthless than Zhang Liao.
After all, Zhang Liao was more aggressive than Cao Ren. If given the opportunity, Zhang Liao would dare to attack even with inferior troops. Sun Shiwan had a great say in this.
But Cao Ren, he only has two words - defend to the death.
In Jiangling, Cao Ren relied on these two words to defend for nine months. If Guan Yu hadn't cut off his food and grass supplies on the North Road, how could Jiangling City be so easily broken by Zhou Yu? !
The city defense of Wancheng may not be as good as Jiangling, but behind Cao Ren is the hinterland of the Central Plains. It is impossible for Guan Yu to cut off food supplies this time. Cao Ren is really confident that he can defend it for a year and a half.
As for Guan Yu, he definitely didn't have that much time to spend with Cao Ren.
The logistical pressure of food and grass is only one aspect. The most important thing is that if Longshan Road has no plan to enter Guanzhong, then Guan Yu may not be able to gain too many results if he continues to attack Nanyang.
Another one. The grain road behind you is not very safe either.
Since Xu Du of Cao Wei ordered Sima Yi to lead 20,000 troops to invade Xinye, the 7,000 defenders in Xinye held by Deng Ai now only have more than 5,000 left.
Although with the help of Zhang Yi in Fancheng, Sima Yi can be restrained for the time being, if the fight continues like this, if Sima Yi breaks through Xinye one day and Guan Yu's army's food route is cut off, then Guan Yu will have no choice but to withdraw.
This Sima Yi is really not easy to mess with.
This is not only Guan Yu's understanding, but Deng Ai, who is fighting on the front line of Xinye, has full understanding.
There is a big difference between Deng Ai now and Deng Ai in history. The biggest difference is that in this time and space, his master is Zhang Xi.
What Zhang Xi is most famous for is not really good at using siege equipment, but that this guy is cautious to the point of being timid.
Zhang Xi's apprentice, Deng Ai, who was specially taught by Zhang Xi, was much more cautious than the daring Deng Ai in history who sneaked into Yinping.
The 7,000 soldiers guarding Xinye were still prepared to fight. Facing the 20,000 soldiers led by Sima Yi, they were beaten quite passively. Zhang Yi from the direction of Fancheng needed to take the initiative to send troops to rescue the siege. This in itself speaks volumes about Sima Yi's leadership skills.
It is impossible for a slightly inferior general to attack a city guarded by 7,000 people with 20,000 people, let alone force Fancheng to send troops.
Sima Yi's ability to lead troops in this battle left a deep impression on Deng Ai.
As for Sima Yi, he is actually worried now.
How many talented thieves are there in Shu? !
A little-known junior guarding a weak city with 7,000 soldiers actually blocked his attack for more than a month.
Zhang Yi from the direction of Fancheng is not well-known, but he has made several attacks at the right time, and with a little experience, he is also qualified to be a famous general.
Look at yourself again. Forget it, don’t look at it, there’s not a single thing that makes sense.
To be honest, the famous generals of Cao Wei during this period have indeed withered very seriously. The older generation of Cao Wei clan generals and five good generals have passed away one after another. The new generation of generals have not grown up yet. As for Zhong Hui, Yang Hu, and Du Yu These late-stage famous generals are just children now.
Even Sima Yi's eldest son, Sima Shi, is only twelve years old this year and is not old enough to go into battle.
Sima Yi was really worried. Look at the talent pool of the Shu thieves, and then look at the talent pool on his own side. It's incomparable.
At this time, Sima Yi was not the old and cunning Sima Yi during the Zhengshi Revolution. At this time, Sima Yi still really wanted to be a loyal minister of the Wei Dynasty. There is no doubt that Sima Yi, like Cao Cao, was not thinking of plotting from the beginning. To usurp the throne.
At this moment, Sima Yi was really worried about Cao Wei's future. At the same time, he was also trying his best to defeat the Shu thieves in front of him, capture Xinye, cut off Guan Yu's food supply, and force Guan Yu to retreat.
However, this still takes time. The two young generals on the opposite side are not easy to mess with. If you are not careful, your side will be in danger of defeat.
Sima Yi only brought 20,000 people to attack. A defeated battle lost thousands of people, which further damaged morale and made the battle even more unwinnable.
So Sima Yi was also very careful, but it was Sima Yi's careful attack that put considerable pressure on Deng Ai and Zhang Yi.
No flaw was exposed at all. No matter how you tried to lure him to divide his troops, he remained unmoved. He just surrounded Xinye and attacked violently, forcing Deng Ai to have no choice but to defend.
If he continues to defend like this, Deng Ai doesn't know if he will reveal any flaws under the heavy pressure, allowing Sima Yi to catch him, causing Xinye to fall.
Therefore, Deng Ai sent a request for reinforcements to Guan Yu for the first time.
At least another 5,000 people should be sent to garrison Xinye to ensure that nothing goes wrong.
But Guan Yu said, "Where on earth can I get you another five thousand people?" !
Even if I had these five thousand men, I would have already been engaged in the battle to attack Wancheng. Where would I have the spare troops for you? !
But the emergency in Xinye was not something that could be ignored. Guan Yu had to try his best to squeeze out a team of two thousand soldiers and let Liao Hua lead the army to go to Xinye for reinforcements.
Shortly after Liao Hua set off, Guan Yu finally received Liu Bei's letter.
In the letter, Liu Bei described the situation in the Guanzhong area on the western front, expressed the meaning of giving up when things were good to a certain extent, and asked about the situation in Nanyang and whether Wancheng could be conquered in the short term.
Liu Bei said in the letter that if Guan Yu is sure that he can conquer Wancheng within April, then write him a reply and he will directly send troops to Longshan Road in early May.
But if Guan Yu is not sure of conquering Wancheng in April, then Liu Bei will choose to leave part of his troops to defend Longshan Road and retreat from Baoxie Road back to Hanzhong.
All the strategic arrangements are in Guan Yu's reply.
(End of chapter)
