The flute was already very popular in the Han Dynasty.
Not only played music in the palace, but also played a certain role in the drumming music of the army.
What's more, there is a lot of bamboo in Sichuan, which is a good material for making flutes, so it is not difficult to find a flute in the army.
Zhang Ni not only went to look for it himself, but also personally delivered it to Feng Yong who was sitting on the wall in a daze.
Feng Yong tried the audition and felt that the difference with later generations was not too big.
After getting familiar with the tune, I thought about it for a while. Since I said I wanted to calm down, I would just play the "Pure Heart Universal Good Mantra".
In his previous life, he went to a key middle school in the city. Others had very foreign talents such as playing the piano and guitar, which gave Feng Yong a sense of inferiority. He felt that he was just a country bumpkin.
Under the cheering of his classmates, Feng Tibi then took out a small reed flute and played a cow herding song.
He learned this when he was a child and followed his aunt to herd cattle.
At that time, he was sitting by the river, watching his little aunt standing there playing the flute, and felt that she was the most beautiful woman in the world.
It was that time when he played the flute that Feng Yong successfully attracted the attention of the female classmate sitting in front of him, and then turned on some kind of strange switch, ah, no, it should be called interest.
In this era, Confucian generals were much more popular than military generals, and feather fans and turbans were standard.
Feng Yongyong doesn't know whether Zhou Yu is dressed like this, but the old demon Zhuge is indeed wearing a Ge scarf, holding a white feather fan, and riding a chariot when entering and exiting. In public places, he does give people a commanding feeling.
This is probably related to the rise of Confucianism in the Later Han Dynasty and the world's worship of knowledge.
It is believed that a knowledgeable person commanding an army is a manifestation of his literary, Taoist and military abilities.
Feng Yong sat on the city wall and played a song. Even the steps of the soldiers passing through the city gate seemed to be a little lighter, for fear of disturbing the commander's elegance.
After the song ended, Zhang Yi, who had been standing behind him, exclaimed, "Feng Langjun's move is quite like a celebrity. The general felt that Langjun should not wear this armor, lest he lose his identity, it would be better to wear Confucian clothes." Some."
Feng Yong waved his hand, "I still think it's safer to wear this armor."
Zhang Yi:......
While waiting for Wang Han to investigate the news, Zhao Guang sent someone to quickly return the news that the street pavilion matter had been settled, which made Feng Yong finally breathe a sigh of relief.
Ma Di probably really disappointed Zhuge Lao Yao this time. He was immediately deprived of one-third of his military power and assigned 5,000 men to Yang Wanwan to take to block the northern pass of Longshan.
It's a pity that Jufu's qualifications are still too low, otherwise Feng Yong could suggest that he guard the street pavilion, so that he can feel safe.
But now Zhao Guang and Yang Wanwan are rushing to Xiaoguan and Jitou Road with all their strength. Gao Xiang is guarding Fanxu Road in Lueyang. In addition to a narrow Chencang Road behind Shanggui, which can allow a small number of Cao Wei reinforcements to come, Guanzhong enters Longyou. The road is basically blocked.
What the street pavilion is most likely to face is the three to five thousand people coming from the narrow Chencang Road.
Ma Di faced Zhang He's siege of cut off water, but he managed to defend it for two days, right?
It makes no sense for him to camp in the city even if he has ten thousand people. When there are only five thousand people on the opposite side, he still can't hold it. Even if he can't hold it in the end, holding on for four or five days is not a problem, right?
It would only take two days at most to rush down from Longguan to support him.
After reconsidering all the details, Feng Yong felt slightly relieved.
The day after Feng Yong received the news from Zhao Guang, Wang Han also came back and brought back the message from the mountain: Qixian County under Longshan Mountain had begun to garrison troops ten days ago and had been stationed in the city.
Ten days?
Feng Yong calculated on his fingers, captured Longguan, Zhao Guang returned to Jicheng, and then sent someone to deliver the letter to him yesterday. It took exactly eight days, and adding today, it took exactly nine days.
In other words, the day after he captured Longguan, Cao Wei's reinforcements had already arrived in Qian County, only a day and a half away from him.
"Do you know who the coach is in the city?"
Feng Yong asked.
"The big flag at the top of the city has the word Zhang written on it. The last general also captured a few soldiers who went out to collect firewood. From their mouths, I learned that they came from Luoyang day and night, and Zhang He led the army."
Wang Han replied.
"That's right, it's indeed him."
Feng Yong murmured, history has not changed, but why did Zhang He stay at the foot of the mountain without moving for ten days? This makes no sense!
"How many Cao thieves are there in the city?"
Feng Yong thought for a while and asked again.
"Not sure. The numbers mentioned by several tongues are different, ranging from 20,000 to 50,000. However, after the general guarded outside the city for two days, he counted the soldiers who went out to cut woodcutters and felt that there should be two in the city. Between ten thousand and thirty thousand.”
Based on the amount of firewood needed every day, a range of numbers can be roughly inferred, but this "twenty to thirty thousand" made Feng Yong feel a little stunned.
"This shouldn't be the case! The number of troops Zhang He led should be around 50,000. Where are the other half of them?"
It makes sense to say that Zhang He rushed to support Longyou with all his strength, and the most he could keep up with was no more than 20,000 cavalry.
But now we have stayed at the foot of the mountain for ten days. Ten days is enough time for all the troops behind to catch up. How can it be possible that there are still twenty or thirty thousand?
Among the three kingdoms of Han, Wu and Wei, Cao Wei was the one who punished soldiers most severely for fleeing.
Because it mainly implements the system of sentient soldiers, that is, the soldiers and their families are registered separately, the family members are gathered together as hostages, and they are ordered to serve as soldiers for generations.
Therefore, if a soldier fled, his wife and parents would be taken into service as slaves or killed. Although this system was cruel, it also effectively restricted the soldiers' escape.
"How did Feng Langjun know that Cao Cao had fifty thousand troops?"
Zhang Yi asked.
Of course the history books told me.
"Cao Cao's army in Luoyang is no less than 50,000. Plus the surrounding counties and counties of Luoyang, they can gather at least 70,000 troops. Since they came day and night, it means Cao Cao is eager to rescue Longyou, so Luoyang naturally Just send as many as you can."
Feng Yong answered, spreading out the map in his hand and tracing over every key point with his fingers.
Especially his back street pavilion, he looked at it again and again, but couldn't see anything that needed attention.
Because the only threat from Jieting came from Guangwei in the south, and Guangwei County was watched by Wu Yi, so it couldn't make any big waves.
As long as Ma Daguo doesn't spout any evil moths, ten thousand people can block five thousand people for three days, which is enough for him to rush over from Longguan to support him.
Feng Yong became more and more confused as he read, so where were Zhang He's more than 20,000 people? What to do?
The only people who can support Longyou, apart from a few thousand people coming from Chencang, are from the direction of Liangzhou.
According to the news from Zhao Guang, there are 20,000 Cao troops coming from Liangzhou this time. They are a mixture of Han and Qiang, all cavalry. The leader is Hao Zhao, who has guarded Hexi for more than ten years. It is not known whether he has any descendants. military.
This information has exceeded the support range of Feng Yong's historical data, because in the original history, Ma Dazui was defeated too quickly. When the old demon Zhuge withdrew to Hanzhong, he did not officially confront the people of Liangzhou.
So Feng Yong didn't know how many people would come from Liangzhou.
More importantly, the Xiliang Iron Cavalry was the best in the world, so Zhuge Lao Yao led his men to join Wei Yan. It seemed that he wanted to capture Longxi County and personally stop the Liangzhou troops.
At the same time, this is currently the biggest support for Cao Wei to enter Longyou. As long as the Cao army in the direction of Liangzhou is defeated, Longyou can be completely settled.
There is nothing wrong with this arrangement.
After all, if we go to the east and attack Guangwei County first, we don't know how long it will take to defeat them. Even if they are defeated, there will be no time to turn back to the west.
When the time comes, Liangzhou soldiers and horses will not only be able to force Wei Yan back, but they may also run to Jicheng and cut the Northern Expedition army in two.
That is another replica of Ma Dazui Lost Street Pavilion.
"General Zhang, want to do a game of deduction?"
Feng Yong said to Zhang Yi.
"good."
Zhang Yi nodded in agreement.
Feng Yong sat down on the side representing Cao Wei. He wanted to put himself in someone else's shoes.
Holding the chess pieces in his hand, he deployed all his troops according to what he knew so far. After thinking about it, he sent another 10,000 troops to Chang'an: According to historical records, Cao Rui should have arrived in Chang'an by this time, and he should have left Luoyang. Bring the soldiers and horses here.
So there are still 30,000 mobile troops with unknown movements left in hand.
It is obvious that the Han Dynasty is now defending in the east and attacking in the west.
Cao Wei, on the other hand, desperately wanted to enter Longyou from the east and west sides.
Longguan is lost, and if you want to enter Longyou, you can only go north along Longshan, pass Xiaoguan, and take the Chicken Head Road to turn over.
Feng Yong put the 30,000 troops in Xiao Guan's position, thought about it, and took it back.
The risk of doing this is too great. Even if Zhang He can defeat Zhao Guang in the north, by the time he leads his army to Lueyang, he will probably only have one breath left.
When the time comes, Gao Xiang and Ma Su's cooperation can even allocate part of his troops to wait for work and easily defeat them.
More importantly, if Zhang He really left Xiaoguan, there was no way he could not finish the journey in ten days. There should have been news from Anding County long ago.
Seeing Feng Yong's hesitant look, Zhang Ni said, "General, Zhang He may not have hidden 30,000 people. Maybe he saw the fall of Long Pass and wanted to defend Qian County with all his strength?"
"Impossible!" Feng Yong shook his head. Without Longyou, if you defend Guanzhong for a long time, you will lose it. Cao Cao couldn't understand this. If it were me, and I was desperate, I would risk my life to get Longguan back, even if it cost me my life. "
"In this case, even if Longyou is temporarily lost, we can mobilize enough troops and horses to enter Longyou from Longguan and continue to fight for Longyou with the Han."
"In this way, the Han Dynasty will have to engage in a long-term battle with the Cao thieves. At least it can maintain an evenly matched situation and even have the hope of taking back Longyou, instead of giving up Longyou and even putting Guanzhong under threat. Down."
Feng Yong checked all the passages in Longshan again, ruled out the direction of Xiaoguan, and confirmed that the only way was to storm Longguan.
But Zhang He obviously didn't do this.
So we can only continue to exclude.
Chencang Narrow Road and Fanxu Trail can be ignored, then...
Feng Yong gritted his teeth and put 30,000 soldiers and horses at Chencang's position!
Zhang Yi was startled and pointed at the mouth of the Ji, "Jiang Fei, there is also General Zhao here. Cao Cao was attracted from the beginning."
Feng Yong pushed the chess piece representing Zhao Yun back to Hanzhong, and then cooperated with the 30,000 troops representing Cao Zhen and Zhang He's 30,000 troops to directly push them to the position of dispersing the pass.
"Pah!" Feng Yong slapped the case and affirmed, "It can't be wrong!"
"Old General Zhao has been at Jikou since we left Hanzhong. He leads old and weak soldiers, while Cao Zhen on the opposite side leads elite soldiers. If we are not careful, Old General Zhao may be forced to retreat to Hanzhong. "
Feng Yong faced Zhang Yi's puzzled gaze and explained.
"If Cao Zhen and his thieves really unite their troops, I'm afraid that Wudu's grain road will be in danger. To the south is Hanzhong and to the west is Wudu. As long as Cao Zhen blocks Chencang Road and prevents Hanzhong people from coming out, Zhang He will come from Let's go to Wudu, General Liao's 3,000 troops can't hold it!"
When Feng Yong said this, he felt more and more likely.
Zhang He came all the way from Luoyang. It is certain that he is a tired teacher, but ten days!
He has been in Qianxian for ten days. Even if he takes three days to go back and gather the stragglers, and then slowly walk back to Chencang, there will be enough time for the soldiers to recover their strength.
Zhang Yi finally came to his senses and looked at Feng Yong with a pale face.
"Wang Han!"
Feng Yong no longer cared about talking to Zhang Yi.
He turned around suddenly and said hurriedly, "Quickly, get a pen and paper, I want to tell the prime minister this speculation! Also, send someone to tell General Wu of Qiu, he is closest to Wudu, and ask him Be sure to pay attention.”
Feng Yong's hands and feet were trembling, damn, I was careless!
Originally, I thought that the road from Chencang to Wudu was the farthest, and with Hanzhong under surveillance, it was absolutely impossible for the Cao thieves to take this road.
But forgot
Zhang He is indeed not an easy person to deal with.
Feng Yong was certain that Cao's army in Qian County was definitely not 50,000, but maybe only 20,000, or even 10,000, which was enough to hold Qian County.
If the remaining 40,000 people all ran to Chencang...
Feng Yong also sent 10,000 people from Chang'an to Sanguan. In total, there were 80,000 people. The total strength of the entire Han Dynasty was only 20,000, including the old and the weak.
There was one more important thing that Feng Yong did not dare to say. According to historical records, Zhao Yun retreated to Hanzhong and burned down the plank road in the Xie Valley. Although he could avoid Cao Zhen's pursuit, he was easily blocked and killed. Hanzhong.
If they can still move out of Xiegu, Hanzhong's troops can try to leave Xiegu again and harass the rear of Sanguan, so that they dare not let go and enter Wudu.
Wang Han hurriedly prepared pen and ink, and Feng Yong wrote down his thoughts in chaotic strokes, regardless of how ugly his handwriting was. At the same time, he also drew a rough topographic map, and finally stamped his handsome seal.
"Also," seeing Wang Han about to run out, Feng Yong grabbed him, "If you take the people from the Dark Night Camp down the mountain again, you must find a way to find out the exact strength of the Cao thieves in Qian County!"
"promise!"
Wang Han said seriously.
At this time, Feng Yong could hear the pounding heartbeat in his chest. Now that he had 10,000 people, even if half of them went to Wudu, it would be a drop in the bucket.
The great situation in Longyou made everyone dizzy. Now the Northern Expedition army is too scattered, and they are in every direction.
The only thing we can hope for now is that Old Demon Zhuge can return to Wudu with his troops in time.
At most, we should give up the attack on Longxi County for the time being and let Wei Yan guard Bi Dao County in Nan'an County, and then let Gao Xiang Jufu and others guard Ji County in Tianshui County. As long as these two places are not lost, Liangzhou's troops will not be able to do much damage. threats.
