As soon as the two armies came into contact, Cao Jun saw the leader of the other side. He was nine feet tall, had a ferocious face, and was extremely ugly. He was holding a square halberd. One stride was as long as two steps for others.
Before the person arrived, the long square halberd was already stabbed. The ugly man roared, and with a strong hand, he directly knocked over the Cao soldiers in front of him, then pushed the body back and knocked it down again. Two or three people.
As soon as the halberd tip was pulled out, blood gushed out from Cao Bing's chest.
Before the person next to him could react, the crescent-shaped sharp blade swept across his neck, and a spray of blood sprayed out. The unlucky Cao Bing covered his neck, his throat roared, and he fell down.
Cao Bing was an elite soldier. When he saw such a fierce general, he knew that if he were to take the lead in breaking through the front line, the consequences would be disastrous. At that moment, they didn't even need to look at each other and directly raised their spears to attack in unison.
At the same time, someone held up a hook to block the halberd, then turned around and hooked the crescent-shaped blade of the square halberd, and pulled it back hard to prevent the opponent's weapon from moving.
Unexpectedly, the ugly man in the Han army was extremely powerful. When he saw that his square halberds were being restrained, he immediately held the halberds with both hands, roared, and pulled them violently. Several Cao soldiers were unable to stand. Staggeringly, he fell forward.
The ugly man released the Heavenly Halberd in his hand, and with another sweep, he blocked all the spears that were thrust towards him. Some people even felt their palms were numb, and they couldn't hold the weapon for a moment, and the spears in their hands actually flew out.
The ugly man stepped forward and struck again with his backhand. He actually used the square halberd as an iron rod. He beat a Cao soldier until all his bones were broken and he died spurting blood.
The Han army following him took advantage of the opportunity when the Cao army on the opposite side was disrupted by the ugly men. They swarmed up and slashed with their swords. For a while, blood and flesh were flying everywhere on both sides, and they kept wailing.
Although the Han army was smaller than Cao's army, with the ugly man leading the charge, Cao's front army was unable to withstand it for a while, and its position was a bit messy.
"Who is this? So ferocious?"
Cao Zhen looked at that extremely tall body, rushing left and right, unstoppable. He couldn't help but stand up straight and asked in a voice.
"Do you dare to leave your name, general?"
Someone from Cao Jun came up to meet him and shouted loudly.
"A certain person is Yue Yi and Shun!"
The voice of an ugly man is like muffled thunder, not like a human voice.
"Send someone to intercept him. Don't let him act recklessly again!"
Cao Zhen ordered.
So Cao soldiers soon surrounded him from behind and tried their best to resist Eshun.
The general's personal bravery may not have a great killing effect on many enemy soldiers, but it has an extremely important inspiring effect on one's own soldiers.
Although Eshun was eventually blocked by Cao's soldiers, under his leadership, the Han troops behind them all took the lead bravely. Cao's front troops could only be blocked, but it was difficult to counterattack.
However, the Han army was based at Jikou, with high mountains as its left and right wings. It was impossible for Cao Zhen to let the cavalry go around the Han army's flank or rear from a distance.
The only way is to let the cavalry attack the two wings directly under Zhao Yun's eyes.
Zhao Yun led the Chinese army to stand still and saw that the opponent's cavalry finally made some movement. He was Liu Bei's main cavalry, so how could he not know what the opponent wanted to do?
Immediately, he ordered half of the Chinese army to go to the left to resist, and he led the other half of the Chinese army directly to the right.
If Eshun's use of the Fang Tianji accounted for a strong force, then the spear used by Zhao Yun accounted for a quick character.
Not only is the horse faster, but the gun is faster as well.
A bit of cold light arrived first, and then the gun came out like a dragon.
Before Cao Jun's cavalry could react, they felt their eyes blurred, and then a white light flashed, and their bodies were lifted up and fell off their horses.
Zhao Yunting's spear and horse suddenly appeared, and his silver spear was as bright as a pear blossom. It was like riding into an uninhabited country. Wherever he went, Cao's soldiers retreated one after another.
However, the terrain of Jikou was narrow, and Cao Zhen could not take advantage of the large number of soldiers. Cao Zhen was furious at first, and then he was overjoyed when he saw that the central army of the Han army had begun to move out.
This Zhao Yun is the coach. If the coach personally goes into battle, it means that the Han army really has no other means.
He was about to mobilize his troops and increase his strength when he suddenly saw many flags erected in the valley, drums were beating loudly, and figures were swaying, as if a large army was driving out of the sloping valley.
Then he saw that his front army was being rushed to pieces by Zhao Yun and Eshun. If a large army really came, I was afraid that my formation would suffer a big loss. At the moment, I had to pay gold to withdraw the troops and reorganize the lineup. To avoid being taken advantage of.
Fortunately, Cao's army was an elite soldier. After hearing about the gold, he retreated slowly and was defeated without chaos.
Zhao Yun did not pursue him and took his men back to the camp to reorganize his troops. At the same time, he sent out men to clear the battlefield. When he saw Cao's soldiers who were still alive, he killed them with a knife and brought back his own corpses and wounded soldiers.
Cao Zhen lost the first battle and couldn't see clearly whether there was really an ambush behind the opponent's camp, so he didn't dare to fight again easily.
Zhao Yun got a chance to breathe and cut off the troops himself, and ordered Deng Zhi to lead the old and weak to withdraw overnight.
On the second day, Cao Wei's Chief Sima Military Advisor Zhao Yan, as the Wei Emperor's forerunner, came to Yicheng. He heard about the situation of yesterday's battle, and after thinking about it for a moment, he knew that there must be a fraud.
"The general is probably in the middle of a situation and couldn't turn around, so he was deceived by Zhao Yun."
"How do you interpret this?"
Cao Zhen asked.
"If the Shu captives really have a large army behind them, how can Zhao Yun let the general lead his army back easily? He is afraid that he will be pursued closely. Therefore, in my opinion, there is only a fraud in this."
Zhao Yan explained.
Cao Zhen nodded, "When I think about it last night, I feel a little suspicious, but His Majesty has not arrived in Chang'an yet. If I make a mistake, Chang'an will be in danger, so I have to be careful."
Zhao Yan smiled and said, "Your Majesty passed Tongguan yesterday and will definitely reach Chang'an today. The Shu captives will be proud of their plan. The general might as well send someone out of the city to beat him to a loss."
"good."
Cao Zhen nodded.
Only this time, the Han army closed the gate of the camp tightly and only sent men on the camp sentry tower to keep an eye on Cao's army outside.
Cao Zhen couldn't hold himself back and tried to send people to attack the stronghold. Unexpectedly, they stormed in. Only then did he realize that the figures he saw outside were all straw men.
"No! I fell into a trap. The Shu captive must have escaped overnight!"
Cao Zhen was anxious and was about to drive his army to pursue him. Zhao Yan quickly said, "The sloping valley is difficult to navigate and the terrain is dangerous. The general must send someone to investigate first to avoid being ambushed."
When Cao Jun's scouts reported back, it turned out that the Shu army had retreated to the Xie Valley and was heading towards Hanzhong.
Cao Zhen gritted his teeth and said, "I don't believe he has any tricks up his sleeve this time."
Just as he was about to lead his army to follow him into the Xie Valley, he heard Zhao Yan sigh, "I'm afraid the general won't be able to catch up."
As he said that, he pointed to the front and said, "A certain person once recruited soldiers and sent them to Hanzhong. He knew that all the roads in Hanzhong have pavilions. General, look at it. There is thick smoke in front of you. I am afraid that the Shu captives are already burning the plank road and cutting off the road. The general's pursuit."
Cao Zhen sent people to check again. As Zhao Yan said, he had no choice but to withdraw his troops.
A long section of the Xiegu Road is built on Wugong Water. There is a cliff beside the water, called Chiya.
The pavilion road is first erected in the water with wooden pillars, and then the pillars are dug deeply into the red cliff. Only then can the plank road be laid.
When Deng Zhi led his army to retreat, he ordered people to put a lot of tung oil on the plank road. When Zhao Yun's rear army passed by, he poured tung oil directly on the plank road and then lit it on fire. The plank road made of wood burst into flames.
Many pieces of wood were half burned before they fell into the rushing river below and were washed away without a trace.
"General, this plank road has been burned for more than a hundred miles, and the Cao thieves should not be able to get through."
Eshun saw Zhao Yun standing on the pavilion road, looking at the fire in front, and immediately walked over and said.
Zhao Yun nodded, "Thanks to you this time, otherwise if Jikou is defeated, the army will not be able to retreat to Hanzhong easily."
"The general deserves a reward, the general is just trying his best."
Eshun said, looking at the still burning pavilion with a look of admiration in his eyes, "Feng Langjun is really amazing. He could have predicted that the pavilion would be burned and stored tung oil here in advance."
Zhao Yun felt a little uncomfortable after hearing this. He glanced sideways at Eshun and thought to himself, don't you mean that that kid already knew that I would be defeated?
But at this moment, I remembered that before setting off, that boy used Erlang's name to try to get this fierce general into his army. Could it be that he didn't think highly of himself from the beginning?
Just recalling yesterday's lucky small victory, today I can lead the army back safely. During this period, Eshun has made great contributions. Zhao Yun can't say anything at the moment.
At the same time, he glanced at the northwest with some worry, wondering how the Prime Minister's progress in Longyou was going? Since he has lost, Cao Cao will be able to focus on Longyou. The pressure on the prime minister will suddenly increase!
It's just useless to think too much, so Zhao Yun can only send someone to inform the Prime Minister of the defeat at Jikou immediately, and the rest is waiting for the Prime Minister's news.
The Han Dynasty built a treasury to the south of Chiya. It was originally used for the Northern Expedition. Now that the army was defeated and the pavilion road was burned, Zhao Yun ordered all the remaining funds of the army to be sealed back to the Chiya treasury for later use. Coming day.
At the same time, he led troops to guard Chiyakou personally, just in case.
Longyou.
Just when Zhuge Liang was about to capture Jicheng, he heard that Zhao Guang had returned from Longguan with his army. He was overjoyed and was so excited that he walked out of the living room of Jicheng County Yamen to greet Zhao Guang and Yang Wanwan in person. .
"Longyou returned to the rule of the Han Dynasty, and Feng Mingwen and you were the first to do so!"
Fortunately for Zhao Guang, after all, his family is friendly with the Prime Minister. If he is willing, he will have the opportunity to see the Prime Minister every day.
Yang Wanwan was different. When he saw the Prime Minister standing at the door to greet him, he was already trembling with excitement. Now when he heard this sentence again, he didn't even know where to put his hands and feet on the spot.
He bowed helplessly and stammered, "The last...the last general...Yang Wanwan..."
"There is no need to be polite to a meritorious man!" The Prime Minister of the Han Dynasty supported a young talent with one hand and welcomed them into the living room. "You have worked hard running back and forth! Sit down and tell me quickly how you captured Long. Closed?"
Yang Wanwan was sitting there with sores on his buttocks, twisting from side to side.
Zhao Guang was calmer, and he only heard him say, "Return to the Prime Minister, my brother made a kind of trebuchet. It is much more powerful than the ordinary trebuchet. It can throw a jar containing tung oil into the tungsten oil tank at a distance of 200 steps." Within the pass.”
"Guancheng was full of wooden houses, and there was a lot of wood, so they were all burned down at once. The fire was too big. If the people inside didn't come out, they would have been burned to death..."
Just a few words made the Han Prime Minister's eyelids jump, let alone Jiang Wei who was specially called to listen.
After thinking for a moment that the people in Longguan City were burned alive by Feng Yong directly setting oil fire, Jiang Wei felt a thrill in his heart, secretly thinking that this cruel and ruthless Xiao Wenhe really lived up to his name.
However, the Han Prime Minister heard the key point and immediately asked, "How can a trebuchet be so powerful?"
"Prime Minister, I don't know this either. This kind of trebuchet can only be operated by those who have been specially trained by my brother. It is best used by those who can learn arithmetic..."
The Prime Minister of the Han Dynasty's eyes flashed green when he heard this. This must be the secret skill of that boy's master. It can't be wrong!
Feng Yong vigorously promoted arithmetic in the school, and his application of arithmetic was truly unique, which the prime minister of the Han Dynasty had already learned.
So big data statistics, don't they use arithmetic?
Thinking of this, the Han Prime Minister felt itchy and asked repeatedly, "Where are the things? Where are the things?"
"The stone-throwing cart at Longguan has been destroyed by my brother. He said it was to prevent Cao thieves from getting it and using it to prevent it from being built."
"Bah!" Upon hearing this, the Han Prime Minister suddenly slapped the table and became furious.
"But my brother has already asked the general to bring people back. Not only the craftsmen who made the trebuchet, but also the person who controls the trebuchet."
When Zhao Guang saw the prime minister's appearance, he quickly explained.
"Okay, okay!" The Han Prime Minister then turned from anger to joy. He couldn't help but stand up and was about to speak.
Zhao Guang was heard to say hesitantly again, "It's just...it's just that my brother said something before he left yesterday..."
"What?"
When the Prime Minister of the Han Dynasty saw Zhao Guang's appearance, he subconsciously thought, "I knew it wasn't that simple!"
"Brother said, it's not easy to train these people. They are just loaned...to the Prime Minister..."
Zhao Guang stumbled and said.
Zhuge Liang:......
Jiang Wei couldn't help but look sideways. In this world of great men, there is still someone who dares to negotiate conditions with the Prime Minister? Tired of living?
"If you borrow it, borrow it. When you're done with it, I'll return it to him."
The Prime Minister of the Han Dynasty remembered that he had not yet descended to Guizhou or Longxi. Two days ago, news came back from Guan Xing and Zhang Bao, saying that there was something unusual in Liangzhou. In the past two days, I was still thinking about how to capture Xiangwu in Longxi early to free up my hands to deal with Liangzhou's troops.
The boy asked Zhao Guang to bring back these people, which relieved his urgent need, so he immediately agreed.
When Jiang Wei heard this, his eyes widened suddenly. Who really dares to bargain with the Prime Minister? The Prime Minister actually agreed?
Zhuge Liang naturally didn't notice Jiang Wei's expression, and his eyes fell on the hanging map.
Going up the Weihe River from Jicheng, you will find Jiudao County, the county seat of Nan'an County, and Xiangwu County, the county seat of Longxi County. As long as you hold these two places, no matter whether the Liangzhou troops come from Yuzhong in the north or Didao in the west , can respond quickly.
Now that Longguan has been blocked, if Cao Cao wants to send another army to Lueyang, the eastern gate of Longyou, he can only take the northernmost Jitou Road. In this case, he will have to walk 500 miles at least.
And these five hundred miles are not something they can just walk if they want.
Because both Xiaoguan and Jitou Road belong to Anding County, and Anding County is one of the three counties that responded to the Han Dynasty. If Cao Cao wanted to go to Long via Jitou Road, he had to conquer Anding County first.
Otherwise, if the rear food road is cut off, the army will die if they go to Long.
It has to be said that once Long Pass changed hands, the entire battle situation came to life.
Thinking of this, Zhuge Liang smiled confidently, pointed to Longshan in the north, and said, "Zhao Guang, if I gather fifteen thousand people for you, can you defend Xiaoguan and Jitou Road?"
