With Long Pass in his hands, Feng Yong finally let go of the big stone in his heart.
Standing on the urn at the east gate of Longguan, looking to the east, the Qishui River under Longshan Mountain is faintly visible.
Feng Yong felt a pity in his heart: If he could directly occupy Qian County, which is named after Qianshui, that would be the best choice.
Because whether you are taking Guanlong Avenue, Fanxu Road, or even Jitou Road further north, you must pass through Qian County.
As long as that area is blocked, the Han Dynasty does not need to divide its troops to guard all the roads north and south of Longshan. Even Anning County to the east of Longshan can be decided in one go.
If Cao Wei wanted to support Longyou, he could only enter through the narrow road of Chencang. Thousands of people had to work hard to get in, which was not enough for a big man to fill his teeth.
It's a pity that Qian County is too far away. By this time, Zhang He has at least arrived at Qian County, and may even have passed through Qian County. He can reach Longguan in as little as one day, or in three days at the slowest.
Thinking of this, Feng Yong turned around and ordered, "Do you still have the oil tank? If there is, put it under the base of the urn city wall and blacken the wall."
"Brother, why do you do this?"
Seeing that Feng Yong's order was so strange, Zhao Guang asked in confusion.
"The remnant troops at Long Pass retreated, and the news will definitely be passed on to Cao's thieves who came to the east for reinforcements. Although we easily captured Long Pass, the fire also burned Long Pass to a white ground."
"Now there are not enough equipment to defend the city at Longguan, and the only thing to rely on is the city wall. General Cao who came to help must have known about this situation through the defeated rebel army. If General Cao was impatient, he might use his elite troops to think of ways to retake Longguan. .”
"I blackened the wall of Wengcheng in the east to give the illusion that Guancheng can be easily conquered, which will encourage him to make up his mind to attack the city. If we attract him here for one more day, the Prime Minister will have more confidence in Longyou. .”
Feng Yong explained patiently, "Winning the level is only the first step. Maybe the next step will be the beginning of the real fierce battle."
Only then did everyone suddenly realize.
"So we can't relax at all. General Wang, please lead your troops to garrison Guanshan in the north to coordinate with Guancheng. When Cao's thieves arrive, if you can't contact Guancheng, you can make your own decision whether to fight or defend. "
"General Zhang, I leave it to you to reorganize Guancheng and stop the enemy from the east to come for reinforcements. General Wang, you lead a hundred night hunters to disperse in the east of Longshan to detect the Cao thieves in Shanglong, but If you have any news, please report it immediately."
"General Ju, the city of Longguan is small, and it is more difficult than usual to deliver food to the mountains. Those Cao thieves who have gathered here, please send them back to the Prime Minister."
Having said this, Feng Yong pondered for a moment, "I will write a letter to the Prime Minister when the time comes. The Prime Minister's place is short of manpower at the moment. When you get there, the Prime Minister will have errands to do, so you just have to do your best. What will happen to the fate then? , it’s up to you.”
Jufu was overjoyed and hurriedly saluted, "General Feng's recommendation will never be forgotten by Jufu!"
The Prime Minister has suppressed a lot of aristocratic families in Shuzhong in recent years. The Ju family is a popular surname in Brazil County, so they are not immune. Even in the past few years, the price of grain in Shuzhong has risen and fallen sharply, and the Ju family has also suffered a lot of losses.
Therefore, he is actually the family's backup plan just in case.
Unexpectedly, the world is unpredictable. First, the Han Dynasty had a copper mine in Tanglang County, then a horse farm in Yuexun County, and now there is a workshop quota in Hanzhong. Because of their own connections, the Han Dynasty all participated.
If he can make a difference during this Northern Expedition, then his family will be considered a leader among the families of Ji Fangju in Brazil County.
"That's because you have the ability. If you didn't have the ability, I wouldn't recommend it to the Prime Minister."
Feng Yong waved his hand.
Several people took their orders and left, but Zhao Guang and Yang Wanwan had no arrangements.
Zhao Guang and Feng Yong were the closest. Without outsiders present, he immediately asked, "Brother, what should Wei Ran and I do?"
"You two, go one step ahead of Jufu and lead the troops from Ju County back to Jicheng."
Zhao Guang became anxious as soon as he heard this, "Brother, didn't you say that the next step was a fierce battle? Cao let us leave before the thieves arrived. This...this...doesn't it mean that brother doesn't love us anymore? Why do you give all the credit to others?" Already?"
"Hey! Bang!" Feng Yong turned around and kicked him, cursing, "Idiot!"
Zhao Guang didn't dare to dodge, and he suffered this kick all the time, which made him grin.
In the past few years, my brother has become stronger and stronger, and his strength has become stronger. He is no longer the weakling he used to be.
Coupled with the methods my brother used against Longguan this time, as well as the miserable appearance of those Cao thieves, it is really shocking. If you can avoid provoking your brother, you'd better not do it.
"Before we set off, we had not left Shanggui and Longxi counties. On the other hand, we broke through the dangerous points of Longguan in three days, blocked Cao's thieves from rushing to aid Longyou, and allowed the prime minister to level Longyou without any worries."
"Even if the old man Wei and General Wu have captured Longxi County and Shanggui City now, they can't compare with us, let alone whether they have captured it now is unknown."
It's not that Feng Yong looked down on Wu Yi, but that the city of Shanggui was already extremely strong. Back then, the son of the plane personally led the army and had several generals under him. The defeated army that besieged Kuixiao was unable to capture Shanggui for several months.
Not to mention that Shanggui now still has Guangwei County to rely on, and even Cao Wei in Guanzhong can provide support through the Chencang Narrow Road.
Therefore, Old Demon Zhuge probably didn't expect Wu Yi's partial army to capture Shanggui. He just asked him to block the passage from Chencang to Shanggui to prevent Cao Wei's reinforcements from Guanzhong from coming out to cause trouble.
As for Old Man Wei, let alone that.
Originally, he was marching westward with light troops, and the journey was long, plus the enemies he encountered... Hehe!
When Feng Yong thought of this, he couldn't help but sneer on his face.
You Chu, the prefect of Longxi, was a figure whose name was recorded in history. After the first Northern Expedition, Cao Rui looked at him differently and even ordered an imperial edict to meet him. How could he be the same person as Yi Yu? Old man Wei, just wait until you are defeated!
Thinking of this, Feng Yong pointed to the northeast and said, "Now there is General Wu in Shanggui, Old Man Wei in Longxi County, and Uncle Zhang in the direction of Liangzhou...well, Junhou. Only Anding County in the northeast , no one can go.”
"But Anding County has Xiaoguan, the Jitou Road to Shanglong, and the dangerous passes of Wating and other important roads. They are places that must be defended. However, the prime minister can't spare the manpower. You said, if you take advantage of the victory of Longguan at this time, If the situation returns to Jicheng, what will the Prime Minister do?"
"Besides me, who else can take on this important task?" Zhao Guang's eyes lit up and he said with great admiration, "I was wrong! I will prepare my troops and set off immediately."
"Wait a minute!" Feng Yong stopped Zhao Guang, looked around and confirmed that everyone was with him, and then whispered, "I told you to remember to pay close attention to the terrain when passing by the street pavilion that day. Have you forgotten?"
"Of course I haven't forgotten it."
"Well, let me ask you, what would you do if you were asked to guard the street pavilion?"
"It's no need to ask, since the old city of Jieting is used as a road to build a stronghold."
Zhao Guang said something strangely, and then saw Feng Yong's meaningful eyes, and he was so blessed that he quickly added, "Also, my senior brother sent General Wang to Guanshan to garrison, and sent a partial division to Nanshan in Jieting as an example. echo."
Feng Yong nodded, "When you lead the army across the street pavilion, help me see how Ma Da... cough, Ma joined the army, established the stronghold. If it is different from what you think, tell the prime minister about the situation at the street pavilion."
Feng Yong made a long-distance attack, defeated Cao's thieves and occupied Longguan. The weight of his words now is naturally much heavier than at the beginning.
Zhao Guang and Feng Yong are bound together, and what Zhao Guang says often represents Feng Yong's attitude.
Ma Dazui was the favorite protégé of the Prime Minister of the Han Dynasty. Others did not dare to accuse him of his crimes, but King Feng Gui did it without any pressure.
When we first met back then, you mistook me for a mental patient. I am known as a ruthless and ruthless Xiao Wenhe. How could you not remember that?
Zhao Guang, however, couldn't figure out why his brother was having trouble with Ma Su, and asked with some confusion, "What should I say, little brother?"
"Are you planning to die stupidly?" Feng Yong scolded, "Just mention the reason why I discussed the topography of the street pavilion with you, and the Prime Minister will naturally understand!"
If Old Demon Zhuge doesn't understand, then I will lead my troops back directly to avoid being blocked on the top of Guanshan Mountain to drink from the northwest wind.
"Little brother, I will obey my elder brother in everything." Zhao Guang nodded repeatedly and said impatiently, "Brother, do you have any other orders?"
"No more." Feng Yong looked at Yang Wanwan, "There are many Qiang and Hu people in Longyou. Wei Ran, you have an advantage in this area. You can win more Qiang and Hu people's hearts along the way to build up your momentum and let them act as eyes and ears."
"Little brother understands!"
Yang Wanwan cupped his fists.
"Go ahead."
Feng Yong waved his hand.
After everyone left, he looked at the Guanlong Avenue winding down, his pride grew, he put his hands on his hips and said, "Come on, Zhang He, let me see what skills you have, how can you compare to the son of the plane! "
News of the fall of Longguan soon reached the ears of Cao Zhen, who was confronting Zhao Yun in Yicheng.
"Where is General Zhang He now? What did he say?"
When Cao Zhen got the news, he was confused and asked urgently the messenger who was sent to deliver the message.
"Back to the general, General Zhang has continued to lead the troops forward. He said that the Shu captives in Longyou are the main force and the Shu captives in Jikou are just suspects. Now it is confirmed!"
"If the general can defeat the Shu captives at Jikou, he can directly send his troops into Hanzhong to intercept the Shu captives' food route. As for Longyou, General Zhang has his own plan, so there is no need for the general to worry."
"With General Zhang's words, I have nothing to worry about!"
When Cao Zhen heard this, he breathed a sigh of relief.
On the next day, another news came from Chang'an. His Majesty the Emperor had personally led 10,000 imperial troops to guard Chang'an. At the same time, he had summoned the world, and soldiers from all directions were rushing towards Guanzhong.
When Cao Zhen heard the news, he was overjoyed and pulled out his handsome sword with a "clang" sound.
"Zhao Yun is the only old man who followed Liu Bei in his early years. I saw that the army he led was not in full formation. I thought he was a decoy, so I didn't dare to advance with all his strength to avoid losing Chang'an. I didn't expect that he was actually captured. He lied."
"Had I known this, I have elite soldiers, so why should I be afraid of his miscellaneous soldiers? Since General Zhang dares to take charge of Longyou, and now your Majesty is personally guarding Chang'an, then I don't have to worry anymore. Come and tell the troops to go all out tomorrow. Attack Jikou!"
Early the next morning, Zhao Yun climbed to a high place as usual to watch Yicheng.
The prime minister asked him to lead the army out of Jikou. Although there were many troops, in fact they were mostly old and weak and auxiliary soldiers.
Fortunately, there is Xiegu Road behind Jikou. Cao Cao didn't know how many people there were in Xiegu, so he didn't dare to attack easily and just guarded Xicheng.
Zhao Yun was cautious by nature, and he knew that the army he led was not strong enough to resist Cao Cao's elite troops, so he would go up to a high place every day to carefully observe what was going on in Cao Cao's city.
A few days ago, we found out that an army of Cao's thieves from Chang'an had already headed towards Guanlong Avenue. With this, Cao Zhen on the opposite side was no longer under pressure from Longyou. I wonder if he would go out of the city to test it out?
I don't know if it was Zhao Yun's acumen that came from many years of fighting. He had only thought about this idea in the past two days, and saw movement in Xicheng opposite.
The city gate of Yicheng, which had been closed these days, suddenly opened, and groups of Cao soldiers began to leave the city, with the goal of coming here.
"No! I'm really afraid of what will happen!"
Zhao Yun's heart tightened and he hurried down the mountain.
On the way, Deng Zhi and his men hurriedly came towards Zhao Yun. When he saw Zhao Yun, he said quickly, "Old General Zhao, Cao's thieves have made some movement. I'm afraid they want to attack our military camp."
"I know!" Zhao Yun replied urgently, "Go back to the camp and reorganize the army quickly."
"Old General, are you going to meet the enemy?"
Deng Zhi asked in surprise after hearing this.
"Of course we have to meet the enemy. Our army has been at loggerheads with Cao Cao's thieves for many days. Cao's thieves have elite troops and dare not go out to fight. They are afraid of the large army in the skew valley."
"Now if we retreat without a fight, Cao's thieves will not only know the strength of our army, but also think that we are afraid of them. When they come, they will swarm us. Most of our troops will be old and weak, and it will be difficult for them to return to Hanzhong."
Hearing this, Deng Zhi had a worried look on his face, "Cao's thieves are attacking like this. I'm afraid we can't hide the reality of our army."
"It doesn't matter!" Zhao Yun had already considered this situation. "General Deng, you are leading an old and weak army. Put up more flags at the exit of the inclined valley. When you see me giving the signal, you will start shouting."
After Zhao Yun finished speaking, he and Deng Zhi went their separate ways.
Although the loss of Longguan caused Cao Wei to lose the opportunity, it also allowed Zhang He and Cao Zhen, who were experienced in military formations, to finally confirm that the main force of the Shu captives was indeed in Longyou, so the Jikou Shu captives could only be regarded as partial troops.
Cao Zhen lost the pressure from Longyou and Chang'an, and saw that most of the soldiers led by Zhao Yun were old and weak, so he immediately ordered his troops to leave the city and prepare to attack the Han army's camp.
Although Zhao Yun knew that the enemy was strong and he was weak, there were high mountains on both sides of Jikou. If Cao's thieves wanted to attack, they had to go head-on, which made him feel at ease.
He quickly returned to the camp, ordered all the elite soldiers in the camp, opened the gate of the camp, and began to form an array in front of the camp.
Cao Zhen originally thought that he had seen through Zhao Yun's true and false intentions, but he never thought that the opponent did not stick to the camp, but instead gave up the favorable location and went out to fight. He was a little confused at the moment.
But seeing the Han army on the opposite side, a veteran general with white horse, white armor, white beard and white hair reined up his horse and marched to the front of the formation. He shouted loudly, "Thief Cao, are you finally willing to come out of the city?"
Cao Zhen knew that this was Zhao Yun. Back then, Zhao Yun rescued Liu Chan, the leader of the captive army, and his bravery spread throughout Cao's army. How could he not know? At that moment, I felt a little nervous, secretly thinking that this old thief had lived a long enough time.
But now that his side has not set up a formation, he has no choice but to go out and answer, "Zhao Yun, the captive of Shu, you are already old and frail at your age. If you don't wait to die at home, you still dare to lead troops to invade our territory. Why don't you?" Do you think you can’t die quickly enough?”
Zhao Yun sneered, raised his gun and said to Cao Zhen, "A few days ago, you were hiding in the city and didn't dare to come out. Who gives you the courage now? I just hope you won't ask for mercy later!"
After saying that, he reined in his horse and returned to the formation.
When the two armies finally got into position at the front of Jikou, they each took their positions and began to move forward shouting slogans.
The first horn sound of "Woo-Woo" was heard, and the dense formation began to disperse.
At the second sound, everyone began to draw their swords, and the crossbowmen began to kneel down to prepare for shooting.
Cao Zhen had more cavalry than Zhao Yun. He separated the cavalry and moved them on both wings, always looking for the Han army's weaknesses before attacking.
"Buzzing Weng..."
Both sides began to fire arrows, and for a while, the sky was blocked.
Although a large shield was erected to block the front, there were always arrows that passed through the protection and directly hit the soldiers behind.
Only a muffled groan could be heard, followed by miserable screams. Some of the soldiers in the formation began to fall to the ground, and their blood seeped into the ground, nourishing the land.
Cao Zhen was sitting in the center of the army. Seeing that Zhao Yun not only dared to lead the army out of the stronghold, but also dared to take the initiative to fight, he felt a little uneasy: Could it be that I made a wrong judgment?
When both sides reached twenty steps, they finally shouted in unison and ran towards the enemy.
