Three Kingdoms: The Reverse Son of the Guan Family, Dragon Blessing Jingxiang

In Luoyang City, in the government office, a huge sand table was piled up.

This sand table was drawn by Guan Lin and specially arranged by craftsmen.

Around the sand table, Guan Lin, Lu Xun, Jiang Jiong, Jiang Wei, Ma Liang, Ling Tong, Gan Ning, Hou Yin, Zhu Ling, Zhu Shu, Guan Yinping and others stood respectively. This is a sand table that almost restores the entire terrain of the Hanzhong battlefield one to one.

In the sand table, Yangping Pass divides the entire area into two. Its northeast direction is Chenggu County, and further west is the eye of the storm where the Han and Wei sides are now fighting - Hanzhong City!

On its west side, it is surrounded by Qinling Mountains, Dingjun Mountain, Qishan Mountain, Minshan Mountain, and Tiandang Mountain, and is an endless plain formed by the Qishan Road, Chencang Road, and Mumen Road.

With the sand table spread out like this, the most extensive plain in the Hanzhong battlefield is unfolded at a glance.

Even Lu Xun, looking at the sand table, couldn't help but point to the plain surrounded by mountains and exclaimed: "This plain in front of Yangping Pass is simply the destined battlefield for the decisive battle between Han and Wei--"

Ma Liang stroked his beard lightly and said lightly, "The deployment of the cloud flag has finally waited for the final closing. If everything goes well, this will become a huge turning point for the rapid decline of the anti-Wei! Kong Ming's Longzhong Plan of two routes and the idea of ​​uniting to the north will also become a reality--"

After Lu Xun and Ma Liang said this, everyone's eyes were fixed on the plain battlefield...

Except Guan Lin!

And his eyes seemed to always wander around the periphery, as if he paid more attention to the roads that could be reached in the Hanzhong battlefield than the battlefield of the decisive battle!

Qishan Road and Chencang Road west of Yangping Pass.

Baoxia Road and Tangxia Road north of Hanzhong, and Ziwu Valley where his father Guan Yu attacked Chang'an City by surprise.

Seeing this, Guan Lin couldn't help but sighed: "There are only these five roads!"

This sudden sentence drew the attention of everyone in the room to him.

Ma Liang asked first: "What five roads?"

Jiang Wei was the first to react. He tried to explain for Guan Lin, "It seems that Master Yunqi is no longer concerned about the outcome of the decisive battle between Han and Wei in front of Yangping Pass, but has begun to analyze which road Cao will escape to!"

Jiang Wei's words made Guan Lin nod, "The one who knows me is Bo Yue..."

He smiled faintly at Jiang Wei, then pointed to the sand table, which was still the five roads...Qishan Road, Chencang Road, Baoxia Road, Tangxia Road, Ziwu Valley.

Then, Guan Lin followed the mountains and drew his finger across the roads.

"Look, if we take the Qishan Road and Chencang Road, we will have to pass through Xiabian City, which has been captured by my uncle and General Ma Mengqi. As long as we cut off the strategic points, it will be a pipe dream for Cao's army to escape from here..."

Guan Lin started the conversation, and everyone thought about it this way.

In fact, if all the plans were implemented smoothly, then the current situation, Hanzhong and Chang'an were captured, and the barbarians turned against them...Even if Cao Cao had a large army, he would still be defeated in the end.

If he finally decided to escape, he would definitely choose this path.

Jiang Wei was more familiar with the terrain here because he had been in Cao's camp and had lived in Tianshui since childhood. He continued Guan Lin's words, "Because of Xiabian City and the army formation of Liu Huangshu, as Yunqi Gongzi said, if Cao Cao fled, he would never choose Qishan Road and Chencang Road, so... inevitably, he would risk passing through Hanzhong and choose from the three roads of Baoxia Road, Tangxia Road, and Ziwu Valley... But if he heard the news of Chang'an's fall, then..."

Before Jiang Wei finished speaking.

Lu Xun seemed to have thought of something, he smacked his lips, and then said seriously, "Is it possible, I'm thinking... Is it possible... Cao Cao's first choice is not to withdraw the army?"

After being reminded by Lu Xun, a group of warriors were still quickly chasing the thoughts of these counselors, but Guan Lin had already spoken.

He replied to Lu Xun solemnly, "It is possible-"

However, at this point, Guan Lin waved his hand slightly, indicating that everyone's discussion was off topic.

And this... is all his fault!

How could he start thinking about Cao Cao's escape route before the decisive battle of Hanzhong started?

This is a bit too confident.

Of course, Guan Lin is confident from the bottom of his heart.

Because... in history, Fa Zheng's outstanding "large army dispatching" ability completely crushed Cao Cao's advisers, which forced Cao Cao to retreat "chicken ribs"-

The current situation is many times more likely to win than the decisive battle of Hanzhong in history. It can be said that the time, place and people are favorable. If we still can't win! That would be strange!

It was just thinking of this...

Guan Lin hurriedly brought the topic back to the topic, "You have to eat one bite at a time. The most urgent thing is... Let's analyze the battlefield of Hanzhong. I hope our plan will go smoothly! Everyone, tell me, how well will my uncle win this battle? What should we do in the Central Plains to take advantage of the situation?"

That's right...

It's not about the direction of this battle? It's not about the victory or defeat of this battle... but how well will this battle be won?

Guan Lin had full confidence in this uncle.

In this situation, everyone was full of confidence!

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Under the sky, on the vast plains of Hanzhong Plain, two huge armies were like two steel torrents, quietly confronting each other in the biting cold wind.

On one side were Cao Jun's 350,000 elite troops, with banners and armor shining with a cold metallic sheen, as if they were a steel forest spreading on the earth. Xia Houyuan and his Speed ​​Battalion took the lead, showing an unstoppable and fierce momentum. , deployed in a cone-shaped array.

On the other side, there is an army of 200,000 under the command of Liu Bei himself. Zhao Yun, Huang Zhong, and Zhang Fei each lead an army, showing a huge wild goose formation, as if the wild goose's spread wings are trying to capture all the enemy's awls. , surrounded!

At this time, Cao Cao was wearing a black cloak and his eyes were deep. He stood on the high platform at the center of the army and overlooked the entire battlefield. His rising aura of dominating the world was revealed...

The generals beside him include Xiliang general Han De and his four sons Han Ying, Han Yao, Han Qiong and Han Qi;

Including Zhang Fang, the Five Dou Rice Cult’s great sacrifice to cure one’s head;

Including Tianshui prefect Ma Zun, county captain Liang Xu, Zhonglang generals Cheng Wu and Cheng Yan, including Xixiang Hou Zhang Ji, including the 50,000 Qiang army.

They were all in high spirits and ready for battle.

It seems that just waiting for Cao Cao's order, he will rush towards the enemy's formation like a tiger descending a mountain and disintegrate the enemy's formation.

On the other hand, Liu Bei, riding a white horse, wearing silver armor and white robes, looked like a true god coming to the world in the morning light.

In the open space between the two armies, the wind howled, flags fluttered, and the air was filled with a chilling air.

The soldiers held their weapons tightly, with a cold light flashing in their eyes, as if they were ready and waiting for this decisive battle that would go down in history, and the people all over the world were eagerly awaiting the outcome.

At this moment, time seemed to have frozen, and only the tension and silence of the confrontation between the two armies remained between heaven and earth.

"Dong dong dong——"

"Dong dong dong——"

Accompanied by the thunderous drums, the war is imminent and may break out at any time.

"Xiaozhi, I will give you the flag..."

At this time, Liu Bei, who was riding on a white horse, handed all the military flags in his hands to Fazheng. The implication was that he would be responsible for the control of this battle.

Fazheng solemnly took over the battle flag, and Liu Bei's voice came out again.

"I have been a man for four hundred years. Whether I can continue for another four hundred years, this burden will be placed on you, Xiao Nao!"

Fazheng handed over his hand: "Lord, don't worry, Zheng will fulfill his mission!"

As he spoke, Fazheng abandoned his horse and stepped onto the podium step by step. This battle was also a battle where his talent, knowledge and friendship were at stake, and there was no room for failure!

Even for this battle, Fazheng started planning from the time of the expedition. He was familiar with every mountain, every river, and every terrain... In fact, he already knew every formation. There is a strategy.

At this time...

"Report..." A messenger came quickly on horseback and said loudly: "The Wei army sent someone to bring a message, saying that the King of Wei has invited the emperor's army to come forward to speak!"

At the same time as the voice of the report appeared, Cao Cao slowly walked out of the Wei army's formation, one man and one horse, and walked to the front of the two armies. At the age of sixty, his cheeks could no longer hide the vicissitudes of life. But while he was riding on the horse, he straightened his back and squinted his eyes to look at the Shu army formation here, as if he was looking for something.

Soon he found what he was looking for.

——It’s Liu Bei!

This is the little brother he hates and hates the most, but also admires the most.

Halfway across the battlefield, Liu Bei met Cao Cao's gaze. At this moment... the gazes of the two heroes met in the air, as if they could create sparks, but they also made them ready to make a move!

It stands to reason that now is the decisive battle, and the entire battlefield will turn into a huge Shura field. Liu Bei and Cao Cao are the chess players on the chessboard, and they are the only two knife-wielding players in this massacre.

They should not act rashly, let alone appear on the battlefield rashly!

But they are like close friends who "sympathize with each other". They know that after this battle, they may never have the chance to talk face to face like this again!

This meeting may be the swan song!

Tension, chills, and determination, all emotions reached their peak at this moment.

But in this atmosphere, Liu Bei slowly drove his horse forward, and with the trampling of the horse's hooves, he approached Cao Cao step by step. It was not until the two were ten steps apart that Liu Bei's horse stopped.

Cao Cao glanced at Liu Bei and asked knowingly, "Who is coming?"

Liu Bei's energetic voice came out: "Liu Bei, a descendant of the Empress of the Han Dynasty, named Xuande, Brother Mengde is so forgetful..."

"It turns out to be the wise brother Xuande! You and I have known each other since we were young. Didn't we think...that you have become like this now?" The two of them looked at each other with similar eyes. Cao Cao stared at Liu Bei, "As for what you mean by forgetfulness? There are still many things in this world. Is there anyone more forgetful than you? When you were studying in Fengshi Mountain, who pulled you into the "Running Friends" to help the party? When you crusaded against Dong Zhuo, who helped you into the Eighteenth Century? Lu princes? Who took you in when you were being chased by Lu Bu? I can clearly see your true face. You are treacherous and repay kindness with hatred, but also... benevolence and righteousness? When should these two words be associated with a hero?"

After Cao Cao finished speaking, it was Liu Bei's turn.

Liu Bei smiled, a wanton smile, but also a bitter smile, "Betrayal, repay kindness with hatred, Cao Cao, you can say this, aren't you the most treacherous person in the world, repay kindness with hatred? Lu Boshe, Chen Gong, Xu You, Mao Jie, Cui Yan, Xun You...as well as Xun Yu and Xun Lingjun, none of them died at your hands! You pretended to be the king, usurped the Han Dynasty to establish itself, imprisoned the emperor and killed the queen, and slaughtered the loyal ones. Those loyal people perished at your hands. Yishi of the Han Dynasty, which of the thousands of common people in this world does not want to eat your flesh and sleep on your skin? Today, the emperor's edict has arrived. Liu Bei obeys the emperor's edict and obeys the will of heaven and kills you to serve the country... This is preparation for the world and giving to the country. The world’s explanation!”

Following Liu Bei's words, "Hahahaha" Cao Cao laughed, "There are so many people in the world who want to eat my flesh and sleep on my skin? But in the end, without exception, they all fell at the feet of me, Cao Cao, and their bones were gone. ...I'll give you a chance. If you surrender to me today, I can put the blame in the past. You and I will serve as ministers together and serve the emperor! Otherwise, with an army of 350,000 behind me, next year's day will be your memorial day—— "

"Cao Mengde..." Before Cao Cao could finish his words, Liu Bei couldn't wait to speak, "To tell you the truth, I have been waiting for today's battle for eighteen years. Ever since I received the emperor's blood edict in Xuchang, I have been thinking about it. I think about the decisive battle with you every day and every night! Next year today, I will go to your grave to pay homage. I will set up a tombstone for you and write this sentence on it in my own handwriting - The great traitor Cao Mengde! tomb!"

At this time, Cao Cao's expression had become furious. His eyes narrowed and he stared at Liu Bei coldly, "Do you really dare to fight me? You have never won a single victory against me!"

"Hahahaha..." This time it was Liu Bei who laughed, shaking his head while laughing, "Brother Meng De, open your eyes and take a look... The world has changed! When I faced you in the past, I might still be bluffing, but this In the past three years, my second brother and my nephew Guan Yunqi and a corner of Jingzhou have subjugated Soochow, defeated your Luoyang and Xuchang, and brought back the emperor. Brother Mengde, what a fool! I don’t know what you are confident about? Why do you think you can beat me again!”

this…

Liu Bei's words left Cao Cao speechless and speechless.

Cao Cao's eyes widened even more, "Okay, okay, very good -"

Then he reined in his horse and turned around. As he returned to the military formation, he shouted loudly: "Start the war——"

Liu Bei also reined in his horse and returned to the army. In his more than fifty years of life, he had never been so excited and excited as he was today. With a "swish" sound, before he could return to the army, the two swords had been drawn out.

"Commanders, hunt down traitors and destroy thieves, kill——"

When Fazheng heard these understandings, the war flag hunting the wind had already been raised.

"General Yide led his army to attack head-on——"

"General Zhao Zilong waited for an opportunity to make a surprise attack from the left and right wings——"

"General Huang Hansheng, swinging the crossbow... let go -"

"Chen Dao, Zhuge Ke, Bu Liuding Liujia Formation——"

Wuwuwu——

Here, Liu Bei's shouts and Fazheng's orders were followed, and over there, Cao Cao's angry roar and Xia Houyuan took the lead in attacking.

"Uuuuuu——"

"Uuuuuu——"

"Dong dong dong——"

"Dong dong dong——"

The horns and drums of both the Han and Wei sides sounded in unison.

"Kill...kill--"

"Crush thieves, kill them -"

The war is about to break out.

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Between Hanzhong and Yangpingguan, the existence of the small county town of Chenggu County seems a bit abrupt.

However, the existence of this county is crucial in today's Hanzhong battlefield——

One... the existence of Chenggu County can guard the entrance to Dingjun Mountain, not only on the eve of the decisive battle... Even now, Xia Houyuan's camp is still stationed here, and there are still more than 3,000 soldiers left to monitor Dingjun Mountain at any time. situation, ambush at the foot of Dingjun Mountain to prevent the enemy from suddenly coming out from behind.

Both, because this place is closer to Yangping Pass, closer to Dingjun Mountain, and closer to the main battlefield, so... the military rations that the Five Dou Rice Cult left to Cao Cao for ten years are mostly stored here.

only…

At this moment, with Guan Ping's command to "set fire".

The entire Chenggu County was on fire. Those Wei troops who were stationed at the exit of Dingjun Mountain, setting up heavy ambush and being heavily guarded, would never have imagined that the enemy did not come out of Dingjun Mountain, but came from Hanzhong behind them. The city suddenly attacked them without warning.

The entire rear of Chenggu County is completely undefended...

The Guan family army led by Guan Ping galloped into it like a wind and the remaining clouds, and defeated the Wei army soldiers and horses stationed here like a devastating blow!

Their target is the food stored here.

"Burn, burn everything to ashes——"

As Guan Ping shouted again, countless torches were thrown into the granary. In an instant, the raging flames engulfed the entire granary. The fire turned half of the sky red, and the heat wave rolled in, as if even the air was trembling.

The originally inexhaustible food... is now trapped in the fire, and the flames are constantly "cracking"...

"Papa, papa!"

Countless rice and wheat grains exploded in the flames, and the sound was like a victory salute, echoing in the night sky.

"If it burns again, move faster, move faster..."

Nearly 10,000 Guan soldiers were well-trained, some were responsible for expelling Wei soldiers, and some were responsible for setting fire to burn food.

In just a quarter of an hour, the smell of burnt grain and wood filled the air. This smell was pungent and strong, and thick black smoke floated in the sky, as if even the mountains and rivers in the distance could smell it.

The temperature of the flames made the surrounding air hot, and the faces of the soldiers were reflected by the flames.

But it was also this flame that filled the pupils of every Han soldier and turned into the most determined light.

"The big thing is done, retreat--"

When seeing that all the grain in the county was burned, there was no time and space to put out such a big fire. What was waiting was the burning of the entire granary and all the grain!

So Guan Ping made a decisive decision to retreat...

Quick--

Too fast--

The whole process was only an hour, and Guan Ping had already evacuated quickly with the Guan family army.

But, even if he walked far away, he still couldn't help but stop his horse, turned around... and looked back at the sky-high fire.

The flames that shot up into the sky…even Hanzhong City could see them clearly, naturally…Yangping Pass would also soon discover and discover them…

"If you are a scoundrel, you will have to pay back what you took back then one day——"

Guan Ping narrowed his eyes and chanted faintly, "The Battle of Guandu that determined the affiliation of the Central Plains and the North and established Cao's hegemony began with the fire of Wuchao. Today…the foundation of the anti-Wei was also in this fire…Haha, why do you suddenly feel emotional? What is there to feel emotional about? It's just to let all this go to ashes!"

For a moment, Guan Ping felt the state of mind when Cao Cao personally led the light cavalry to burn the grain and grass of Yuan's army in Wuchao.

A big fire at that time would enable Cao Cao to turn the tide in the Battle of Guandu…

Similarly, today…because of this fire, the victory of the Battle of Hanzhong is already at hand.

Yes…

The three armies have not moved, but the grain and grass must go first!

No matter how many troops Cao Cao has, without grain and grass, he will still be unable to move forward and be slaughtered!

Although he felt that there was no need to sigh, the fire was soaring into the sky, and Guan Ping couldn't help but chant in a rather childish way.

"Burn, burn, let this rebellious Wei, let this Cao thief be reduced to ashes——"

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…(End of this chapter)