Farmer of Shu Han Chapter 988

Chapter 988 Fraud Yanmen

From Wei's point of view, from the beginning of the Battle of Guanzhong, the most cunning thief Feng was erratic.

So the king and ministers of the Wei Kingdom naturally must do their best to strengthen the defenses in Guanzhong, so as not to let the thief Feng, who is the best at attacking, take advantage of the loopholes.

The south of Bingzhou is Hedong County, across the river from Guanzhong, which is very convenient for support.

So Cao Rui asked Qin Lang to lead Wanluo's 50,000 Chinese troops to Guanzhong, and at the same time ordered Bingzhou Governor Bigui to immediately support Guanzhong.

Bi Gui had persecuted the Hu people in Bingzhou too much in the past few years, which caused Bu Dugen to rebel, and then lost troops outside the Great Wall.

If it weren't for his son marrying the princess, he could be regarded as a relative of the clan.

Besides, Cao Rui just needs clan relatives and relatives to balance the aristocratic family. I am afraid that Bi Gui has long been dismissed from the position of governor of Bingzhou.

Bi Gui also knew that Cao Rui was dissatisfied with him.

So when Qin Lang led the army to Bingzhou, he kept his posture very low.

He even wanted to give up his car and drive Qin Lang into Bingzhou Governor's Mansion.

Fortunately, Li Xun, who was in charge of Bingzhou Biejia at that time, firmly advised him, so he avoided the flattery that made the world laugh.

It can be seen that in order to regain Cao Rui's trust, Bi Gui has tried his best.

At this time, he finally waited for His Majesty's edict, how could he dare to be negligent?

The Bingzhou frontier fortress has been peaceful all these years.

Besides, Bi Gui has been the governor of Bingzhou for many years, so he knows that Yanmen Fortress was not guarded by any troops at the beginning.

So in order to gather enough troops, he even took out 2000 of the 3000 Wei troops in Yanmen, leaving only 1000 as a pretense.

The captain of the Wei Army learned that there was an enemy attack in Pingcheng from the mouths of the Hu people who fled back one after another.

However, Pingcheng was suddenly attacked by the army led by General Guan. If Xie Guini hadn't been arrested by himself, he would not know where this enemy came from.

Not to mention these Hu people who escaped, they don't even know how many enemies they have.

Some say 20,000 to 30,000, some say 50,000 to 60,000, and some even say hundreds of thousands.

For a while, people in Yanmen Fortress were panicked.

The leading lieutenant of the Yanmen Fortress was unable to piece together the details of the enemy's surprise attack on Pingcheng from the mouths of the barbarians.

The only unified caliber is that the enemy is at least in tens of thousands.

He was so frightened that he hurriedly sent someone to Jinyang to report the news, only hoping that the governor would send someone to come for reinforcements as soon as possible.

At the same time, he hoped that the enemies in the north were just Hu tribes fighting against Xieguini, and had no intention of going south.

Amidst this kind of uneasiness, the next day, just after the sun passed the mid-heaven, a cavalry force of about a thousand men appeared in front of the fortress.

The cavalry was in a panic, shouting under the barrier in a mess:

"Open the city gate, open the city gate quickly!"

"Which tribe are you from?"

Wei Jun, who was guarding the pass, poked his head out, looked at the barbarians below, and asked.

"it's me!"

With an unlucky face, Xie Guini stood up, lifted his felt hat, and raised his head so that the person who closed it could see clearly.

"Oh, it's the leader Xieguini, wait a minute."

Lieutenant Wei Jun on Guancheng saw that the Hu Qi led by Xie Guini was in a state of disarray, and thought that he was defeated.

Looking at the rear again, after confirming that there were no pursuers, he hurriedly sent someone to open the city gate.

Xie Guini's status is quite special, at least he is also the King of Gui Yi, and his status is much higher than that of the school lieutenant in name.

It is also an established policy of the imperial court to let the Xianbei Hu people guard Yanmen.

It doesn't matter whether he dies or not, but if Yanmen County loses its barrier because of this, he can't afford it.

What's more, Wei Jun Xiaowei at this time urgently needs to know the specific situation of the enemy in the north so that he can report clearly to Jinyang in Taiyuan County.

But with so few people on hand, there is no way to send more people out to investigate the situation.

Now that Xie Guini fled back to the Great Wall, it just happened to solve the urgent need of Wei Jun Xiaowei.

Compared with those nonsense barbarians, Xieguini must know more about the real situation of the enemy.

As soon as the city gate was opened, the Hu people rushed into this narrow passage.

In this chaos, an old **** who was guarding behind the closed door seemed to have discovered something, and he snorted and leaned forward.

A young man following Xie Guini's eyes flashed, and he subconsciously clenched the knife at his waist.

Just waiting for the old soldier to get close, but seeing the flash of the knife, the unsuspecting old soldier was chopped off half of the head.

The white brains were scattered all over the floor.

Poor him, he saw that these horses not only had stirrups on their bellies, but also were made of iron, so he wanted to go up and take a closer look.

Never thought that Huo Yi, who was impatient, would be stabbed in the head.

The change in the elbow and armpit caught Wei Jun off guard.

"kill!"

After Huo Yi drew the saber, he no longer kept his hand, raised the saber forward, and gave orders loudly.

"kill!"

Received the order, Hu Qi, who had been pouring into the pass, suddenly drew their swords and rushed forward impatiently.

Hurrying down from the top of the city, Captain Wei Jun, who was anxious to ask Xie Guini for clarification, never thought that he would face such a situation.

"Enemy attack!"

The lieutenant let out a stern cry, and without thinking about it for a moment, he subconsciously turned around and ran towards the Guansai ramp.

It's just that he didn't yell, it's okay, but when he yelled, he revealed his identity.

"Shoot him!"

Huo Yi shouted sharply.

The soldiers of the personal guard battalion who were sent to Huo Yi's side quickly got off their horses, lifted the oilcloth used to cover them, and untied the heavy crossbow from the horse's back.

Use your feet to step on the crossbow ring, use both hands, and use your waist strength to string the crossbow, shoot the arrow, and aim!

"Om!"

A few long arrows chased after the captain who ran dozens of steps like lightning.

One hit the center of the back, the captain swayed, and the armor on his body seemed to block the arrow.

It was just another one that came after it, and it shot right through the calf.

Only the calf wrapped in leather armor, there is no way to block this demonic weapon.

The strong momentum of the crossbow led him to run up a few steps, then fell over, and then rolled down the ramp.

Yanmen Fortress does not have only one pass, in fact, it has two main passes, plus some large and small mountain passes and valleys, stretching for more than ten miles.

Wei army only had a thousand people, and each main pass was divided into five hundred people to guard. As for those mountain passes and valleys, there were no guards at all.

According to Governor Feng's calculations, it is definitely impossible for 3,000 people to defend the ten miles.

So as long as you move fast enough and find an unguarded valley, in the worst case, the Yanmen Fortress can only block your wife for four days at most.

Crossing the mountain pass for one day, and attacking back and forth to capture the Yanmen Fortress for three days—this was still when the defenders resisted desperately and the Han army could not break through the pass.

Guangwu County behind the Yanmen Fortress is the most important support point of the pass.

If Guangwu County is not heavily guarded, then General Guan can easily attack the Yanmen Fort front and back, and easily cut off the water source for the defenders on the mountain.

After three days without drinking water, most people start to become dehydrated.

Obviously, the worst-case scenario did not happen in this sneak attack on Yanmen Fortress.

Even close to the ideal situation.

Originally, those who stayed at Yanmen Fortress were basically old and weak, and the elite soldiers were sent to Guanzhong by Bigui.

Rolled down the chute, before the captain had time to stand up, he was mended several times.

When the captain died, the defenders in the pass surrendered and fled, and they had no intention of resisting.

Guangwu County, where there were only a few hundred local soldiers behind Yanmen Fortress, learned that the Han army had passed Gouzhu Mountain, and they surrendered after hearing the wind, without even using the internal response they had prepared long ago.

One day later, General Guan led an army into Guangwu County (that is, Dai County in later generations, which is not the same place as Dai County in Youzhou).

"I need someone to help me defend Guangwu County, in case the Wei thieves from Youzhou come from the east and cut off the army's retreat."

General Guan occupied the official office of Guangwu County, took the throne, cast his cold eyes on everyone, and said:

"After all, the risk of going south is not small. Guangwu is the key back route of the army. As long as Guangwu County is in hand, even if going south is unfavorable, you can return in time."

After scanning the crowd, her gaze finally fell on Huo Yi.

Huo Yi understood that it was time for him to be a tool man again.

Now take the initiative to stand up and ask for a job:

"The last general is willing to guard this place!"

General Guan nodded in satisfaction. A tool man must have the consciousness of a tool man. Wasn't it just for now that he brought Huo Yi out this time?

After all, Huo Jun blocked the attack of tens of thousands of people with hundreds of people at Jiameng Pass, and made great contributions to the late emperor's capture of Shu.

After Huo Jun's death, the first emperor led his ministers to pay homage to the funeral, and stayed overnight in front of the tomb.

Huo Yi's performance over the years has proved that he is indeed worthy of General Huo.

Government of Guangwu County to him, General Guan is at ease.

As for Huo Yi, he also has self-knowledge. This time he went south, what he was fighting was suddenness.

General Guan must completely rely on the speed of the cavalry, and he is not a cavalry general himself, so I am afraid that he will not be able to exert much effort if he follows him.

It's better to learn from your own adults and guard the back of the army. The credit is not small.

Anyway, he is in Liangzhou, and he is supported by Miss Zhang...

"How many people does General Huo want to guard here?"

Huo Yi pondered, he didn't dare to exaggerate this question:

"Three thousand people are enough. If there are less than 10,000 people in Youzhou, you will have the confidence not to let the Wei thieves go west; if there are more than 10,000 people, the general must send people back within fifteen days."

Guan Ji glanced at Han Long, and said with great confidence:

"General Huo can rest assured that even if Youzhou dares to send reinforcements, there will be no more than 10,000 troops in all likelihood."

Han Long is from Youzhou, and has a little friendship with Youzhou Governor Wang Xiong.

According to the information he provided, even when Tian Yu, who advocated the conquest of the Hu people, was still in Youzhou, the number of Wei troops who went out of the fortress would basically not exceed 10,000.

Of course, Han Long's information is only one aspect.

The most important thing is that General Guan still has a doll, so she has information that others don't know.

The main forces of Wei State are basically concentrated in four places:

The first one is the Wanluo area, which is the elite Chinese army controlled by the puppet emperor of Wei.

The second is the direction of Wei's key defense, Guanzhong.

The rest of Yangzhou and Jingzhou are facing Wu State to the south.

Except for these four places, the troops in Jizhou, Youzhou and Bingzhou in Hebei are basically limited to self-defense.

Over the years, my family, Alang, has tried every means, even if it is crowded, he has to squeeze out supplies, just to attract Ke Bi Neng to settle down in the Gaoque area of Yinshan Mountain.

Everyone thought this was to support Ke Bineng so as to put pressure on Guanzhong.

Even Sima Yi was bewildered by A Lang's actions, so he sent troops to wipe out the barbarians in the old land of Beidi County, just in case.

But General Guan, as Governor Feng's pillow, knew that his Alang's ultimate goal was not here at all.

He is to prevent Ke Bineng from becoming angry after being defeated by Qin Lang, and intensifying his efforts to harass the frontier fortress of Youbing Erzhou.

So he tried to transfer Ke Bi Neng away from the Youbing border, in fact, he was deliberately relieving the pressure on Wei's northern border.

The big Han has exerted great pressure on Guanzhong these years, and Wei Guo has been trying to strengthen the defense of Guanzhong.

Xian Yufu, who was originally stationed in Youzhou, stayed in Guanzhong all these years and never went back. This is the best example.

So there is no reason for Wei Guo to deploy too many troops in Hebei when there is nothing wrong with the frontier fortress and there are police in Guanzhong.

If the prime minister of the Han Dynasty led the army out of Hanzhong, as if vowing to seize Guanzhong, Cao Rui would only intensify his efforts to recruit troops from Hebei.

Coincidentally, Bi Gui, the governor of Bingzhou, did not understand military strategy.

Youzhou Inspector Wang Xiong tried his best to appease the Hu people in order to save money and food to support the court, so he did not hesitate to squeeze Tian Yu away.

This further exacerbated the emptiness of Youbing Erzhou.

Use the general trend to induce the enemy country to carry out strategic mobilization according to its own ideas without knowing it, and the enemy country will fall into the calculation without knowing it.

Such calculations can only be done by a true commander who takes the world as the chessboard.

This national strategy is mainly formulated by the Prime Minister of the Han Dynasty and the Marquis of Jiequanting.

The secondary participants are General Guan and Zhang Xiaosi.

One is Feng's specific tactical provider, and the other is Feng's political intelligence supplement…

Under this level of strategic operations, no matter how powerful the two armies are against the generals, they will fall behind.

The commander-in-chief has already made strategic preparations. What General Guan has to do now is to break through the empty Bingzhou with the fastest speed in terms of tactics.

This tactic looks risky, but it is actually very confident:

Bingzhou Inspector Bi Gui did not understand military strategy and was not the enemy of the Liangzhou Army;

Youzhou has not many troops, even if Wang Xiong is willing to support, but the reinforcements will have to travel long distances across the Taihang Mountains. At that time, my own Alang almost arrived.

So as long as you guard the back road of Guangwu County and be careful yourself, you can exit Bingzhou safely at worst.

As the saying goes, if you want to take it, you must first give it.

The big man has indirectly helped Wei to maintain the stability of the northern border these years, and now it is finally time to collect bonuses from the Wei thieves!

How can the benefits of Feng Guiwang be taken for nothing?

Huo Yi naturally did not have such overall information as General Guan. After hearing General Guan's words, he quickly assured:

"If it is true what the general said, then Yi can guarantee that Guangwu will not be lost!"

"Okay!" General Guan nodded, "I will hand over the half battalion of Wudang Army to you. Over Pingcheng, there are more than a thousand soldiers who are too tired to rest in the city."

"They will rush over in a few days, and the soldiers who are lagging behind will catch up slowly if they think about it. Then you just need to gather them together."

Huo Yi is overjoyed:

"In this way, everything will be worry-free!"

After the arrangements were made, General Guan gave the whole army a full meal, and collected as many horses as possible that had returned to the Ni tribe to replenish their horsepower.

On the second day, I couldn't wait to lead the only 12,000 people, and rushed south angrily without stopping.

Passing through the Yanmen Fortress, it means entering the scope of Xinxing County.

Xingxing County was established by Cao Cao in the 20th year of Jian'an (ie 215).

The reason is that Cao Cao abandoned the four counties of Yunzhong, Dingxiang, Wuyuan, and Shuofang, which were occupied by the Hu people, and reduced them into counties and placed them in the northern part of Taiyuan County.

At the same time, the northern part of Taiyuan County was divided, and a new Xinxing County was established separately.

The names of counties such as Dingxiang Jiuyuan in Gujun came from this.

Cao Cao newly established Xinxing County, the original intention was to resettle the people in the four counties of Yunzhong, Dingxiang, Wuyuan, and Shuofang outside the Great Wall.

But in fact, most of these so-called people are the attached Huns.

Among the five Huns, the northern part of the Xiongnu was placed by Cao Cao in the area of Jiuyuan County, the prefecture of Xinxing County, guarding the northern throat of Taiyuan County.

General Guan wanted to lead his army south to Jinyang, but he had to pass through Jiuyuan County (later Xinzhou City) where the Huns were located in the north.

When General Guan led the army across the Hutuo River (that is, the later Hutuo River), the front of the soldiers pointed directly at Jiuyuan County.

At this time, Bigui, the governor of Bingzhou in Jinyang City, learned that the Han army was less than three hundred miles to the north.

PS:

Guan Ji's marching picture, please click on the comment, the first floor is not easy since ancient times.

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