Silver Fox of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 343 Why is King Wei laughing?

"Pfft!"

A knife fell, and the neck was split in two by the sharp blade.

The human head was immediately washed out by the splashing arterial blood, and rolled on the ground several times before stopping.

Then Cao Hongben's body, which had been leaning forward, fell limply and hit the ground with a bang, causing dust to splash everywhere.

The blood from the split neck suddenly flowed into the soil and spread outwards, converging into a creek, merging into the soil and mud that was already wet from the rain, and infecting the ground.

Shen Chen still maintained the beheading posture, just like he beheaded Cao Ren back then, hot blood also sprayed on his body, blood stains all over his body.

This is the smell of the enemy's blood.

"The enemy will give the head!"

Because Shan Yi was wounded and went away, only his disciple Wu Dang was by his side.

Seeing this, Wu Dang raised the knife in his hand and shouted.

"Wan Sheng!"

"Wan Sheng!"

"Wan Sheng!"

The Nanyang soldiers shouted enthusiastically when they saw Shen Chen beheading the enemy general.

Shen Chen looked indifferently at Cao Hong's hair-covered, unrepentant head. There was no pleasure in revenge, only a pity.

It's a pity I didn't play much.

"Take Cao Hong's head as a sacrifice to the flag, stick a bamboo pole on the flag, and attack Cao Jun's west camp!"

Shen Chen gave an order and continued to attack.

The battle started in the afternoon and continued into the evening.

After the rain subsided, the water level of the flood gradually decreased. After all, the rainfall in the past few days was enough to raise the ground by a foot or two.

The reason why the flood broke out was because Shen Chen repeated his old tricks. When Xue was in Yi County, he built dams everywhere in Funiu Mountain to accumulate water flow.

However, the place where they fought belonged to the Yingchuan and Runan plains, and the terrain did not allow water to be stored, causing the water to flow away, and the water level soon dropped, exposing the Cao army's camp.

And it was getting dark.

The sky was too dark to fight, so when the night fell at the end of the day, the Nanyang Army could only withdraw its troops and retreat to the headquarters camp.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Zhao Yan immediately gathered up the scattered fugitives, transferred all the surviving soldiers on the eastern and central earth hills to the western camp, and at the same time stepped up to repair the camp, hoarded bows and crossbows and other arrows, and sent the [-] troops left behind And all the troops from Kunyang were mobilized.

When the next day dawned and the clouds cleared and the rain stopped, Shen Chen started a new round of offensive.

However, Zhao Yan, Deng Zhan, Jia Xin and others were still very tightly defended, and the West Camp was not flooded like the Dongying and Zhongying, and could not be taken down in a short time.

However, Cao Hong's death still dealt a serious blow to the morale of the army. Even though Zhao Yan, Deng Zhan, Jia Xin and others continued to boost morale, the soldiers' fighting power was still not high.

If it weren't for the muddy land caused by the flood and the inability of the siege equipment to come over, perhaps Shen Chen would be able to take Henan Cao Jun today.

Even so, Shen Chen still put a lot of pressure on Zhao Yan, especially after the incident of the unmarried woman gradually spread among Cao Junjun, it made the morale of the army drop another level.

The only good news is that Shen Chen raised 2 troops to go north, but Cao Hong did not bring all of the [-] troops, but brought [-], and [-] people were left behind in Dingling, Yan County and other places to escort food and grass in the rear and prevent The food road was cut off.

In addition to the Jia Xin and other reinforcements sent by Cao Pi before, even in the flood yesterday, Cao Jun lost at least 3 horses and the main general Cao Hong, and the frontline guards were still sufficient, so that Shen Chenyi was still in a position to fight less and fight more. Due to the situation, the pavilion cannot be taken down for the time being.

The two sides began to stalemate again, and Shen Chen was not in a hurry.He was waiting for news from Zhang Xiu, just like in history Lu Meng asked the family members of Guan Yu soldiers on the front line to write family letters. As long as the family letters of the soldiers' family members were sent to the front line, it would be interesting to see what Zhao Yan could do.

It's just that when Shen Chen beheaded Cao Hong and stormed Cao Ying, the rear was already on fire.

At the beginning of June, Sun Quan formally launched an army. Sun Jiao quickly captured the five counties in Jingnan, and then marched into Jiangling. There were not many defenders in Jiangling, and was soon captured by Sun Jiao. Then more than 1 troops were stationed in Yidao to prevent Liu Bei's reinforcements. Then take Xiakou directly.

At the same time, Lu Meng crossed the river in white clothes, galloped across the starry night, captured Xiakou Wharf, and burned the Jiangxia navy ships on the wharf, leaving Xiakou's Huang She almost in an embarrassing situation with no boats available.

Then, the 6000 people Su Fei and Chen Sheng sent by Huang She were deceived by Sun Quan. They went east from the Yangtze River, entered Wanshui from Wankou and went north. Trapped in the city of Wan County.

In addition, Sun Quan personally led the army to surround Xunyang, and the whole Jingzhou changed overnight.

The Jiangxia naval division was divided into forces and weakened. Xiakou, Wanxian and Xunyang were surrounded at the same time. The loss of Jingnan and Jiangling meant that Jiangxia and Xiling would soon be lost, and threatened Zhangling and Nanyang.

For a while, the whole Jingzhou was in turmoil, but Shen Chen didn't know the situation behind, and was still attacking Cao Jun on the front line.

On Cao Jun's side, after Cao Hong's death, the flying horse reported the news to Yecheng, which shocked China for a while, and shocked Cao Pi who was staying in Yecheng. Kuaima sent someone to deliver a letter to Xiliang.

at the same time.

Xiliang formerly Hanyang County is now in the Qishan area south of Lucheng, Tianshui County.

Cao Cao and Liu Bei are still in a confrontation.

From November last year when Cao Cao's troops went to Guanzhong to seize Xiliang, and now the confrontation in Qishan, the two sides have been fighting for eight months, and the confrontation in the Lucheng area alone has lasted for half a year.

Such a long battle made both sides exhausted, the soldiers' fighting spirit dropped sharply, and Liu Bei's army also had many deserters.

The main reason is that Liu Bei suffers from the fact that most of his subordinates are mobs.

In order to make up the number of people, a large number of Qiang and Di people from Wudu County were recruited. These people came because of Ma Chao's reputation, and their combat effectiveness and loyalty were far inferior to the well-trained Han soldiers and Wei soldiers.

In Cao Cao's subsequent onslaughts, the Qiang and Di people with low combat effectiveness were the first to bear the brunt. Cao Cao's former generals Zhang He, Xia Houyuan, Cao Zhang and others broke through several camps in a row, and lost troops and generals. Ren Kui, Fu Jin, and Xiang Cun died. Wait for three mid-level generals.

As a result, the morale of the army plummeted, causing thousands of Qiang and Di people who were greedy for life and fear of death to flee.If Ma Chao hadn't forcibly suppressed Lei Ding, Dou Mao, Yang Ju, A Gui, Fu Jian and other Qiang Di leaders, they might have escaped long ago.

In particular, Liu Bei also suffered another disadvantage, that is, the transportation of food and grass is far away, and the number of people is far less than that of Cao Jun.After fighting for more than half a year, the supply of food and grass has been somewhat insufficient, which exhausted Liu Bei physically and mentally.

In this case, he had to retreat to Xiabian for rest.

After Cao Cao learned of the news, he immediately pursued them. The soldiers split up and took Wu Street from Tietang Gorge Road, Mumen Road, Yangxi Road, Hanxia Road, Longmen Path, and Luogu Path.

Fortunately, Fazheng Jiaxu and others planned to deploy suspicious soldiers in many trails, and left Zhang Fei and Wu Lan in Mumen Valley to garrison and set up an ambush to stop the pursuers.

When the main force of Cao's army passed Qishan Mountain and was about to enter Wudu on various trails, they were basically ambushed by soldiers.

For this reason, the generals from all walks of life had to withdraw their troops and stationed north of Zhuoshui.

When Cao Cao reached the north of Chiting, he got the battle report from the front, saying that there were ambushes on all the trails, so he ordered the frontline soldiers to send scouts into the mountain to investigate.

The final result is that there are not many ambushes on the many trails, only the wooden doorway has thousands of troops.

"Which of these roads is the widest?"

To the north of Chiting, Cao Cao rode a horse and looked into the distance. It was the end of May at this time, and the mountains were green and lush.

The guide Yang Fu was from Tianshui, and he replied: "King Wei, among the six roads in Wudu, only the wooden doorway is the most spacious. The rest are all narrow paths, and the roads can only allow two people to walk side by side, and some places can only be passed by one person."

"No wonder Liu Bei wants to deploy elite soldiers in the wooden doorway."

Cao Cao nodded and said, "Order Xia Houyuan and Zhang Yun to lead the army to attack the wooden gate."

Huan Jie, the attendant next to him, asked curiously: "King Wei, although the wooden doorway is spacious, it is said that the wooden door valley where Zhang Fei and Wu Lan are stationed is extremely dangerous. Why do you want to attack the wooden doorway?"

Cao Cao shook his head and said: "You don't understand. Since the rest of the trails are all the sheep's intestines, it means that every section of the road behind is very dangerous. If Liu Bei just set up suspicious soldiers, let us think that there are only a few hundred people in ambush and attack. After the attack is over, the main force of the army will enter those trails, and it will be difficult for him to set up an ambush in the rear."

"I see."

When Huan Jie was raised, he suddenly realized.

Although there are not many people on other trails, the whole journey is difficult and dangerous.

Although there are many people in the wooden doorway, the dangerous place is the wooden door valley. As long as the wooden door valley is taken down, it will be relatively easy to walk behind, and it is not easy to fall, so it is obviously better to attack the wooden doorway.

Immediately, the messengers went to the front to convey the order. Xia Houyuan and Zhang He immediately led an army of [-], entered the mountain from the wooden gate road, and took the wooden gate valley directly.

The wooden gate road is located in the depths of Qishan Mountain. The east and west sides of the ancient road are confronted by majestic mountains.On the east side of the road, there is a branch of Qishan Mountain, which is called Wangjialiang Mountain in later generations, and there is another branch of Qishan Mountain on the west side, which is called Xuanmao Liang in later generations.

In the canyon, the Chouni River flows into the Xihan River from north to south, and only a small road can pass through the narrow part of the road.In the middle there is a rift valley about [-] feet wide. This valley is the Mumen Valley.

Zhang He was killed here in history.

Since the high mountains on both sides are vertical cliffs, it is almost impossible to climb up the mountains to ambush, so at this time Zhang Fei and Wu Lan camped in the middle of the road, like mainstays, immediately blocked Cao Jun's attacking road.

After Xia Houyuan and Zhang Yun arrived, they first set up camp outside the valley, and after a few days, they led troops to attack Mumen Valley.

Zhang Fei was the first to come out of the camp. Although he was 54 years old, his temples were gray and aging, he still shouted loudly, "Zhang Fei from Yan is here, who dares to fight me to the death."

"Zhang Fei from Yan is here, who dares to fight to the death with me."

"Zhang Fei from Yan is here, who dares to fight to the death with me."

"Zhang Fei from Yan is here, who dares to fight to the death with me."

The valley was not big at all, it was extremely empty, with high mountains on both sides, and with the blessing of Zhang Fei's own lion's roar skill, the echoes echoed endlessly, making the ears of Cao Jun's soldiers buzzing.

Xia Houyuan snorted coldly, and said, "Zhang Fei must be trying to get suspicious, so ignore it and attack directly."

"attack!"

Zhang He gave an order, and behind him the horns and drums were beating.

Immediately, Cao Jun rushed up from behind, howled like a wild wolf, and rushed towards Zhang Fei's camp.

Zhang Fei originally went out of the camp alone to fight, and wanted to fight alone with the opposing general, but Xia Houyuan didn't pay attention to martial arts ethics, and actually sent a large army directly, so he had to flee back to the camp in a panic.

Fortunately, the camp was relatively well-built, with complete fortifications.Although Cao Jun attacked fiercely, he finally repelled the attack with a bow and crossbow.

But Xia Houyuan and Zhang Yun were not in a hurry. After the tentative attack, they began to press forward step by step, and stormed the camp every day, which put Zhang Fei and Wu Lan under great pressure on defense, and had to send people back to the defense for help.

For more than ten days after that, Xia Houyuan and Zhang He took turns to attack, day and night.Anyway, Cao's army is far more numerous than Liu Bei's army, so they can attack in the front and take a break in the rear to fight in rotation.

However, Zhang Fei and Wu Lan had only more than 4000 people, and their defensive forces were seriously insufficient. In the end, Liu Bei's army was exhausted and was finally broken into the camp at the end of May.

Thousands of soldiers were almost lost, Wu Lan was beheaded by Xia Houyuan, only Zhang Fei and other cavalry fled back to Xiabian, Cao Cao won the battle.

"Hahahahaha."

In the Chiting area, in Cao Cao's camp.

The scouts from the front line came to report just now, Xia Houyuan and Zhang Yun did not disgrace their mission, beheaded Liu Bei's senior general Wu Lan, wiped out Liu Bei's army, and Zhang Fei fled in embarrassment.

Upon receiving this news, Cao Cao laughed, looked around, and said to his advisers: "Although the battle report from Jingzhou has not yet arrived, I predict that Sun Quan should have dispatched troops. But before he takes Jingzhou, I am afraid that he will take Hanzhong first." gone."

"Congratulations to King Wei, congratulations to King Wei."

Down below Dong Zhao, Sima Yi, Jiang Ji, Liu Ye, Du Xi, Yang Fu, Huan Jie and others congratulated and bowed their hands and said, "Once the Mumen Valley is lost, Liu Bei will have no danger to defend. The King of Wei can go straight to Wu Street." .”

"Ah."

Cao Cao nodded and stroked his beard and said, "After passing Wu Street, you will be Hechi. After you capture Hechi, you can go northeast to attack Sanguan from the rear of Chencang Road, and go southeast to Yang'ankou to attack Yangping Pass. I remember , between Chen Cang and Baoxie Road, there seems to be a trail?"

Yang Fu said: "Yes, this road is called Lianyun Road, from Hechi to the southeast towards Baoxie Road, you can reach Nangukou, north of Jigu, and go southward for more than forty miles from Nangukou, you will arrive at Baoxie Road. middle."

"How about if the widowed soldiers divide into two groups, one takes Yangping Pass and the other goes from Lianyun Road to Baoxie Road?"

Cao Cao asked again.

Yang Fu hesitated and said: "Lianyun Road is not very easy to walk. The one hundred miles to the north of Ji Valley is called Chiya, and Chiya is almost all mountain cliffs, connected by plank roads. Although Guan Yu is in Xieyuguan at this time, but If Liu Bei knew that the wooden doorway had been lost, he would order Guan Yu to retreat to Jigu, and if he burned the plank road, I am afraid that

"Hahahahahahahahahahahahaha!"

Cao Cao burst out laughing.

Everyone is puzzled.

Dong Zhao wondered, "Why is King Wei laughing?"

"The widow only laughs at Jia Xu's lack of strategy, and the law is less wise. It is said that the road to Shu is difficult, but the widow beat him down. Wouldn't it be better if Liu Bei wanted to burn the plank road? If there is no way to enter the Guanzhong, there will be less threat. "

Cao Cao said with a smile: "Think about it, the Baoxie Road is impassable, so the only way to go is Chen Cang Road, and Chen Cang Road is occupied by widows, so Liu Bei can only be beaten, and has no ability to send troops to harass Guanzhong. The widow can get it at your fingertips?"

"Oh?"

When everyone thought about it, they immediately understood why Cao Cao was happy.

Although the road to Shu is difficult, the people of Shu cross mountains and ridges as if walking on flat ground. For them, walking on the plank road is nothing.

But Cao Cao's soldiers had a hard time walking on the plank road.

Now if Cao Cao gets Guan Yu and has to destroy the Chiya plank road, Baozhong is safe, but Cao Cao can gather the main force and storm Yangping Pass.

Because of the four roads from Hanzhong to Guanzhong, Chencang Road is the best way to go on Kangzhuang Avenue, followed by Baoxie Road.But the Tangluo Road and the Ziwu Road are extremely steep and difficult for pedestrians to pass. Even if there are only a few people and horses, they will not be able to pass through with food, grass and luggage.

Therefore, Cao Cao no longer needed to worry about the safety of Guanzhong in the rear, and attacked Hanzhong wholeheartedly.Judging from the current situation, it seems that Liu Beijun is not his opponent at all, and he will definitely be able to defeat him in one fell swoop.

Thinking of this, Sima Yi immediately bowed his hands and saluted: "Congratulations to King Wei, congratulations to King Wei, after this battle, it will be difficult for Liu Bei to fight against King Wei, and maybe even be destroyed."

"Ah."

A smug smile appeared on Cao Cao's face, and then he suddenly thought of something, and laughed again: "Hahahahaha."

"Forehead"

This time Liu Ye also asked curiously, "Why is King Wei laughing again?"

"The widow is laughing at Shen Chen's incompetence!"

Cao Cao said with a smile: "He sent troops in September last year, and Chen Du still had internal support to help him, but he was blocked by Zi Lian in Taiting for nearly a year. Last month, Sun Quan wrote, saying that Shen Chen and Zi Lian were at odds. Intense entanglement, he intends to send troops immediately, thinking about it at this time is not good, because the rear has been attacked, he has been attacked by Zi Lian and Sun Quan on both sides, and has been defeated."

Jiang Ji said, "If that's the case, why didn't the King of Wei send someone to go south from Wuguan to support General Cao? Although Sun Quan formed an alliance with the King of Wei, he definitely didn't just want Jingzhou to let it go. Maybe Nanyang would also be annexed for him. , in order to prevent this, you should be careful."

"Ah."

Cao Cao nodded approvingly: "Okay, I will send Yu Jin to help Xu Huang at that time."

After the matter was settled, Cao Cao was full of ambition.

He looked around and looked at the officials in the audience. He couldn't help being very happy. He laughed and said: "Since I started my army, I have suppressed the bandits, wiped out the heroes, eliminated the evil and killed the evil. I vowed to sweep the world and level the world. Only Jing Yi raises his ears, there are millions of lions today, and it depends on the efforts of the princes, why is it that Liu Bei is not destroyed, and his great achievements cannot be accomplished?"

Cao Cao paused for a moment, raised his wine glass, and said in a loud voice, "Masters, come and drink. When the day when Jingyi is recovered and the world is peaceful, you should share the wealth and wealth with you, and enjoy the peace of the world!"

"Thank you King Wei."

Everyone raised wine and drank, and the banquet was full of joy and laughter.

After Cao Cao drank the wine in one gulp, the smile on his face was still blooming, and he said happily: "Liu Beifa is ignorant of the sky, and hits the stone with an egg. Shen Chen, Zhuge Liang, how stupid it is to shake Mount Tai with the power of ants. Take the wine again. If you don't get drunk with the princes, you won't return! Hahahahaha!"

His smile was bright and he couldn't be happier.

Once the lower debate is broken, it will be Yangping Pass. Once Yangping Pass is broken, Hanzhong will be in hand. At that time, Liu Bei will lose Jingzhou and Hanzhong. Let's see how long he can be rampant.

At this moment, a messenger rushed in from outside and said anxiously, "Report!"

"What's the matter?"

Cao Cao took the wine glass from the servant next to him and was about to drink heavily.

"Shen Chen built a dam on the upper reaches of the Li River to store the water flow. It coincided with the heavy rain in Nanyang a few days ago. The mountain torrents broke out and flooded the army. Shen Chen used a boat to break through the barracks, beheaded General Cao Hong, and threatened Chen Du!"

"boom!"

The wine glass in his hand fell to the ground, and the smile on Cao Cao's face also froze.

(End of this chapter)