Survival Three Kingdoms

Chapter 421 Lulongsai

Simpi reported back to Cao Cao, and Cao Cao replied with a flick of his finger: "Zhou Weiguo is still sincere to me. Wuhuan mostly uses cavalry in battle. He can send 4000 men, which is the limit. After Dianwei's death, Qu'a is the bravest general. We will send Qu'a to lead the army, which shows that we are doing our best."

Seeing Cao Cao mentioning Dian Wei, Simpi said: "This time when I went to Xuzhou, Zhou Cang wanted to marry his daughter to Dian Wei's son Dian Man. I don't know what Master Sikong thinks?"

"This is your family matter, and it's also a beautiful thing. As long as you two are willing, why not?" When talking about the marriage, Cao Cao suddenly asked a little gossip, "I wonder how Cai Yan will go to Xuzhou?"

"I heard that because Cai Yan lived outside the Great Wall for a long time, he was not suitable for the water and soil of the Central Plains. Zhou Cang has already sent him to Liaodong."

"Hmm." Cao Cao's gossip immediately faded away, "Cai Yan is suffering outside the Great Wall, so it's good if he doesn't want to show his face in the Central Plains and go to Liaodong." Cao Cao didn't continue to ask Cai Yan if he would remarry, and Feng Xinpi came to Beijing as Yilang .

Zhou Cang sent Simpi away, and immediately told his younger sister about his marriage to Dianman.The younger sister said: "It's all up to my brother to decide. I heard that the Xin family is also a big family of soldiers. His daughter must be well-educated, so I can discipline Xiao Man so that he doesn't care about anything."

Thinking about Taishan Yang's family, Zhou Cang recruited Zhou Chong to ask him to go to Mount Tai to inquire.Zhou Chong quickly replied that Yangxu had three sons: the eldest son Yangmi, the second son Yangqin, and the youngest son Yangdan. Zang Ba had taken all of them to Liaodong when he left Taishan. Assist in scouting.

Zhou Cang let out a long sigh, the direction of the wheel of history has not changed, but the track has gradually deviated, more and more people's fate has changed, and the future situation will become more complicated. It is gratifying that Sima's cards are being taken away by himself , until one day there will be only trump cards left.Zhou Cang secretly ordered Zhou Chong to send people to Hedong to investigate a man named Jia Kui.

In the winter of the tenth year of Jian'an, Zhou Cang and Cao Cao were extremely busy. Zhou Cang was busy dispatching troops and redeploying the various major theaters and officials.Cao Cao was busy with the aftermath of Qingzhou, Jizhou, Youzhou and Bingzhou, the resettlement of the people, and the reorganization of the soldiers.Although the four prefectures were established, the damage was serious. Hebei surrendered as many as 5 soldiers. Cao Cao discarded the dross and retained the elite, and released [-] people to the private sector for production.In order to restore vitality as soon as possible and at the same time attract people's hearts, Cao Cao ordered the four states to be tax-free for one year, and the burden of preparing food and grass for the army fell on Xun Yu. Yanzhou, Yuzhou and Guanzhong fully supported the reconstruction of the four states.The old capital Luoyang is still dilapidated and has lost the style of the old capital.

In the spring of the 11th year of Jian'an, spring plowing in various places was in full swing, Cao Cao's military deployment was also adjusted, the Baigou had been dug, and the problem of grain and grass transportation was solved.Xian Yufu sent good news again. Under the offer of huge rewards, countless people entered the deep mountains and found a road: from the hidden path in Lulongsai, Beiping County, across Baitan and almost directly to Liucheng. It has been dilapidated and isolated for nearly 200 years.

If Zhou Cang was here, he might have recognized the so-called Lulongsai, the famous Xifengkou. Huang Taiji once bypassed Shanhaiguan and attacked the Ming Dynasty through this place, and the Japanese also fought against the 29th Army here. Fight to fame.

Zhang Xiu was dead. Although Le Jin was brave, he was weak in commanding the army and controlling the overall situation. He could only be a fierce general.In the second group, Zhang Jai was the main general, Gao Lan was the deputy general, Han Hao and Shi Huan were the guards of the Chinese army, and [-] troops marched towards Wuhuan.

Before leaving, Cao Cao visited Guo Jia who was seriously ill again. "I will conquer Wuhuan in the north, do you have any orders from Fengxiao?"

"It's a pity that I am seriously ill and cannot go with the lord. Did Zhou Weiguo agree to send troops?"

"He has promised to send 4000 troops to attack Wuhuan in May, led by General Qu'a. The road from Lulongsai to Liucheng has been found out, and I plan to march along this road."

Guo Jia nodded: "Zhou Weiguo is willing to send troops, and the lord has defeated Wuhuan. The people of Wuhuan are fierce and cunning, arrogant and greedy for small gains. They think they can stop the lord by defending the fortress, so they must have taken no precautions. Therefore, the lord must use troops quickly. Strange. My lord can feign an attack with a large army to attract Wuhuan's army, and then pretend to retreat, so that Wuhuan will mistakenly think that the lord's attack has been blocked and withdraw his troops.

In May of the 11th year of Jian'an, Cao Cao's army arrived endlessly. It was the rainy season, with heavy rain, roads were flooded, and people and horses were blocked.Wuhuan scouted the horse and reported it to Ta Dun, who laughed loudly: "Cao Cao thought our army was short of food and wanted to attack by force, but unfortunately the right time and place are all in my hands, and our Wuhuan cavalry are proud of the world, how can he win?"

Ta Dun ordered scouts to keep an eye on Cao Jun's every move.However, King Xiao came to tell Tadun that Jinzhou had obtained nearly [-] war horses from Wuhuan in the past few months, and had stopped accepting Wuhuan people to eat.

Tadun took a deep breath, if it is said that Jinzhou cut off the food supply because they had already got enough horses, or because the Yuan brothers had defected to Zhoucang, this is acceptable, but they will also send troops when Cao Cao sends troops , It can only show that Zhou Cang and Cao Cao have colluded.That would be very bad for Wuhuan.

Fortunately, Cao Cao's advance was blocked, so he would not be caught in a two-front battle.Ta Dun ordered the king of Wei to lead ten thousand cavalry to defend Jinzhou, so as to block the enemies of Jinzhou.

Wuhuan claims that there are hundreds of thousands of people who control strings. That means that when all the people are soldiers, half of them are herdsmen in peacetime, and they gather together to form an army in wartime.Ta Dun thinks that it is not yet the time for the whole people to fight. At this time, gathering together is a waste of money and food, and it is difficult to last.

Cao Cao ordered Han Hao, Shi Huan, and Gao Lan to continue stationing in Wuzhong under his own banner two days later, and led the army back to Youzhou a month later.I personally led an army of [-] elite soldiers, [-] iron cavalry, and [-] engineers with Zhang Liao, Le Jin, and Zhang Jai. They quietly left the camp in the rain and entered Xu Wushan.

Under the guidance of the guide, we walked along the small road from Xuwu Mountain to Lulongsai, and there was no road to go on. To be precise, it was not that there was no road, but that there was no road for the army to walk together. Vehicles transporting military supplies cannot pass at all.

Two thousand engineers were in front, each armed with knives, saws and axes, felling thorns and trees, chiseling mountains and breaking rocks to make way.The preparatory work was well done in advance, the road has been explored very clearly, where to open the road, where to fill the ditch, and where to build a bridge has been marked to avoid wrongdoing, and all kinds of tools are prepared so that you will not be at a loss.However, Cao Cao was still dissatisfied with the speed of the army, so he ordered another 5000 people to join the ranks of road construction.Even so, the army marched no more than three or five miles when it was fast, and only one mile when it was slow.

Countless giant trees were felled and filled into deep ditches. They kept digging mountains and filling valleys, and then digging mountains and filling valleys. It took three months for the [-]-mile journey. Cao Cao finally passed the dangerous point of Baitan and arrived at Hiraoka.

(End of this chapter)