Three Kingdoms

Chapter 3512

From Jingzhou to Fangling, although you can go to Peng Shui, it is actually not easy to go, especially if you want to go upside down, it is even more difficult.

Therefore, Cao Zhen did not dare to delay. After receiving the news, he immediately took the soldiers to cross the mountain directly. The subsequent grain and grass was the only one along Peng Shui and followed by ships to follow up.

Along the way, Cao Zhen was very worried that when he was waiting for him to rush to Fang Ling, he saw that Fangling City had a three -color flag ...

On the map, Fang Ling is just a small point, but he really wants to rush to the road with your legs, it is almost a life.

Cao Ren and Cao Zhen did not dare to send other ordinary army in the future. After all, Fangling is indeed very important here, and it must be adjusted according to the actual situation.

If the Cavalry Army defeats Fangling's life, it is to pinch both sides, then Cao Zhen needs to drag the footsteps of Li Dianjun and give the Cao Renbei line to fight the first line of Wuguan.

If Li Dian only shot in Fangling, then Cao Zhen must also detect as soon as possible, or then sneak attack on Li Dian wing or turn around to support.

Anyway, the battle situation is changing, and there may be new situations at any time. If it is just a general partial general, then it may pass the information up and down, and then the first opportunity will be lost during the waiting process, especially in the mountain road from Fangling to Jingzhou. It is simply simply. It's terrible ...

Cao Zhen issued a death order, and everyone ran forward.

As a result, Cao Zhen has snatched a lot of time, but the number of soldiers who arrived in Fangling was not large.

When standing on the top of the mountain, when the banner in Fangling was still the logo of Cao Jun, Cao Zhencai really exhaled for a long time, "God, wait for me! "

"General, now we ... are we entering the city now? "

The soldiers asked.

Cao Zhen shook his head, "We don't enter the city! It's here! Find some mountains heights and hung all the flags we bring! "

No one expected that Shang Yong's Shen family couldn't help it!

Anyway, for a month or two, Cao Zhen felt that Shen's will not be a waste!

Shangyong City, Cao Zhen has been, higher, higher and stronger than Fangling City, and it has been in the operation of Shen's for many years. There are Shen's docks as corners. Is it broken?

Is it used to use gunpowder again?

Eighty percent!

Damn!

Riding the general is damn!

Don't talk about Wude!

Sooner or later it will cause great disasters!

But in the middle of the mountain, why didn't you bomb that ride?

Cao Zhen gritted his teeth and looked at Fangling City in the under the mountain basin.

Today, such a small town has become the main point for Cao Jun and the Cavalry Army, making Cao Ren and Cao Zhen very passive ...

Fang Ling in history was also famous.

This is Meng Da's fame, of course, it is also where he dies.

Many people think that Meng Da is incompetent, but in fact Meng Da is also very powerful, but he attacked Fang Ling, and he did not go from Hanzhong, but he returned from the north to the Shennongjia area. Ling Shou was caught off guard, and never expected that Meng Da would appear from the south!

The difficulty of this route will not be much smaller than the Wumen Valley.

After Meng Da took Fang Ling, Liu Fengcai captured Shangyong, and he was not completely attacked, but talked about the surrender condition with the Shen family at the time.

At that time, Liu Bei not only defeated Cao Cao in Hanzhong, but also captured the Shangyong area. At the same time, it was also about the shock of the world. On Liu Bei's head. At that time, Liu Bei was proud. Not only did he set up a building and pavilion in Sichuan Shu in the Sichuan Shu, but also consuming money in Sichuan Shu, and even a blind eye to the situation where Cao Wei was migrated by Cao Wei in Hanzhong. After the subsequent offensive plan, he ordered Guan Yu to attack Xiangyang Fancheng and attempted to enter the Central Plains in one breath.

Of course, Liu Bei gave Guan's second order, naturally to let Guan Yu find opportunities, and did not ask Guan Guan's second to do it immediately, but at this time, Liu Bei probably had forgotten what his second child looked like. With Guan Yu's personality, he saw the veteran Huang Zhong so embarrassed, and then Guan Yu himself "do nothing" in Jingzhou. Where can he bear it? So Guan Yu left Liu Bei into Chuanzhi's instructions, and forgot that Liu Bei sincerely asked Guan Yu to keep the road of the back, and began to fight the entire army to attack Xiangfan.

Then, there is no more.

Therefore, now Li Dian has occupied Shangyong, and Bing Feng pointed directly at Fang Ling. He really has accumulated enough power in Hanzhong. He can rush to Jingzhou at one breath, or just pull the line of defense of Jingzhou as a partial army. The main force of the army is actually in Wuguanwan City?

No one knows.

So Cao Zhen must see it in person.

"What about the flag? Intersection Why is this so? Intersection Go a little more! Hang up and spread out a wide range! "

Cao Zhen roared and let his men spread all over the flags on the mountains.

At a long distance, the words on the flag are actually not very clear, and there are trees between mountains and forests to cover, but it can be seen in general.

Especially Cao's characters, when you look at it from a distance, a black ball with a hat is topped on it, and Fei Zi is split on both legs, so even if you don’t see the specific comparison, the characteristics of the upper and lower characteristics are unclear, but the characteristics of the upper and lower characteristics It is still obvious, and there are still many differences between the three -color flag and the red and black Han banner.

As for being able to see clearly the row of big characters written on a certain flag from several miles away, then even those little soldiers and scouts can become clairvoyants...

Cao Zhen doesn't need to be far away to see clearly. It's better if he can't see clearly.

He just needs the other side to see that there is a flag.

Not only the hussar scouts, but also the Di people in the imperial palace.

Cao Zhen is not worried about the cavalry scouts coming to the mountain to investigate, because the terrain here is only a few miles away in a straight line, but if you really walk, you may not be able to walk there in a day, plus there is Fangling City in the middle. , even if the hussar scouts have the courage to fight, they will be discovered by Cao Jun when they reach the mountain.

With the advantage of being in a commanding position, and as his troops arrived one after another, Cao Zhen gradually became more confident.

After all, Li Dian's large army has not arrived yet, but these small hussars, Cao Zhen does not pay attention to them.

"General, are we stationed here?" ” A confidant asked Cao Zhen, “Are you sure you don’t want to enter Fangling City?” 』

Being in the wild mountains and forests is definitely not as comfortable as being inside the city.

Especially in winter.

"Right here!" ”Cao Zhen turned around and went down the mountain.

The wind on the top of the mountain made him feel a little cold.

"Find a shelter from the wind and cut down more wood to keep out the cold..." Cao Zhen ordered, "We also need to make arrangements for the soldiers who are coming... Let people keep an eye on it at the mouth of the river, and transport the baggage ships as soon as they arrive..."

The subordinate responded and hurriedly went to do it.

Fangling City was generally built in the Fangling Basin, surrounded by mountains, and a Nanhe River in the middle, or Pengshui, passed through the Fangling Basin and connected everything around it.

The current situation is that the Hussars team appears on the hilltop in the west, while Cao Zhen and others stay here in the east, with Fangling in the middle.

"We just want to let Faang Ling know that we are coming, that's all..." Cao Zhen found a dry place sheltered from the wind and sat down, "Going into the city?" That's not necessary...those Di people...hum...if they want something, just give it to them first..."

Cao Zhen did not intend to fight with the Hussars at Fangling, because although there is the Nanhe River in Fangling, it is not a place where the Jingzhou navy is deliberately deployed. On the contrary, the mouth of the Danjiang River, which is located at the intersection of the Dan River and the Han River, can allow the Jingzhou River to flow. The army has a broad stage.

Moreover, the Danshui of Han River was also the core point planned by Cao Ren and Cao Zhen to resist the Hussars this time.

It's just that it will take a certain amount of time to deploy the navy to Danjiangkou. At the same time, it will also take time to set up traps and strengthen fortifications at the south river in Fangling. Therefore, Cao Jun needs time and cannot let Fangling surrender to Piao so quickly. Cavalry.

That's right, both Cao Zhen and Cao Ren expected that Fangling would probably surrender in the end, so if Cao Zhen entered the city, he would be used as a bargaining chip by the Di generals to curry favor with the hussars.

Cao Zhen deployed suspicious troops here to make Li Dian feel that attacking Fangling was not worthwhile, and then went north to attack Yunguan and join Pang Shanmin and others.

Although the strength of Li Dian, Pang Shanmin, and the hussars of Wuguandao will increase after they join forces, it is actually a good thing for Jing Xiang, because Cao Jun only needs to defend one direction, and then Cao Jun can use the navy to attack. Even if it cannot be stopped, the navy can be used to retreat to Xiangyang and continue to resist.

Moreover, having the Hussars attack along the Danshui and Hanshui rivers has an additional benefit for Cao Jun...

But these are all plans. Although they are plans that may be realized, plans are always plans. Whether they can be realized in the end depends on the person who implements the plan.

After all, there are only more than a thousand soldiers defending Fangling here, and the Di people are not trustworthy. If Di people are unhappy, or are too happy, they can sell Fangling for a small amount of money and a small amount of rights. , then Cao Jun is really in trouble.

Fighting on two sides, the collapse of either side is equivalent to the collapse of the whole situation.

Thinking of this, Cao Zhen felt a little uneasy. Under the myriad of clues, it seems that any possibility will put Cao Jun in danger.

When he attacked Hanzhong before, although Cao Zhen's attack was blocked, he didn't feel much fear. But now that Cao Zhen was thinking about it, his hands couldn't help but tremble a little, and he even needed to hold a branch on the side to stay stable.

Seeing Cao Zhen's face turning pale for some reason, his confidants became nervous, "General?" 』

"Ah...it's okay..." Cao Zhen was startled, came back to his senses and said, "I was thinking...from Hanzhong to Shangyong, and then from Shangyong to Wancheng, which one is farther..."

There was no doubt that he was there, and he thought for a while and replied, "It seems to be similar... From Hanzhong to Xicheng, you can take the Han River, but from Xicheng to Shangyong you have to walk on the mountain road... And from Wancheng to Yungguan, it is a mountain road. , and then you can follow the Han River to Xicheng..."

Cao Zhen nodded, and then subconsciously repeated, "That's true...Yunguan...Danjiangkou..."

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The Hussars scouts discovered the traces of Cao Zhen and others, and relayed them to Shangyong.

In mountainous areas, if you really run with two or four legs, even if you run for three days and three nights, you may not be able to run from Fangling to Shangyong, but light can transmit information in a short time. Return to Shangyong.

However, the amount of information that this transmission method can carry will be relatively small.

So now Li Dian only knows that Cao's troops have appeared in Fangling, and there are a lot of them. But for other situations, it will take three or four days before the scouts will retreat from the front line and report in detail.

『Cao's army appeared in Fangling...』 Li Dian looked at the map, 『It's so fast... This is a bit troublesome...』

Li Dian went from Hanzhong to Xicheng by the Han River, went downstream, bypassed Xicheng, and went straight to Shangyong. Although there were some risks, Li Dian learned about the current situation of Shangyong Shen's family by collecting information, so he successfully raided Shangyong and killed Shen's family.

Xicheng was relatively rich before, and there were many people, but in the previous battle, it was almost emptied by Cao's army and Shen's family, and countless young and strong people died and were injured. Even after Cao's army withdrew, a large number of survivors fled Xicheng.

Xicheng is now simply an empty city. The few defenders in Xicheng are just doing their job and will not go out of the city to check, so Li Dian didn't spend much effort and slipped away under the eyes of the Xicheng defenders.

But Shangyong was different. Even if Li Dian successfully raided and killed Shen Dan, it did not mean that it would be like in the game, where not only the city but also the surrounding land of the city would change color instantly, and then the amount of resources for the occupying party would increase from the next second...

After he occupied Shangyong, he not only had to clear the surrounding areas of Shangyong, such as the Zhushan area, but also stabilize the grain transportation channel from Hanzhong to Xicheng and then to Shangyong.

At the same time, he had to consider the next march plan.

Li Dian received an order from Guanzhong, asking him to seize the opportunity and march into Jingzhou.

This order was almost the same as the order Guan Yu received in history. Both were "seize the opportunity" and there was no mandatory time. However, Li Dian felt that it was the best time to attack Shangyong, and it was beyond the expectations of Shen and others. If they waited until the spring or summer of next year to fight, not only would the mountain roads be heavily filled with miasma, but it might also give Shen time to recover.

Facts have proved that Li Dian's decision was correct.

However, conquering Shangyong was only half the success.

This is true whether from the perspective of the battle or the distance.

From Nanzheng to Xicheng, and then to Shangyong, it is a thousand miles away.

From Shangyong to Wancheng, it is almost a thousand miles away.

Going downstream, it is not difficult to reach Xicheng, but it is not easy to go through Xicheng to Shangyong.

The Shangyong area is a typical place surrounded by mountains and crossed by water in the middle, which is easy to defend and difficult to attack.

If you don’t take the water route, you have to take the mountain road, which is rugged and winding up and down the mountain, which is not only laborious but also time-consuming.

Even Li Dian himself felt tired after conquering Shangyong and needed to adjust and rest, so Li Dian sent a large number of scouts, scattered around Shangyong and extending to the Fangling area, as tentacles, to collect information and give early warnings.

It is also a deception.

After all, Li Dian was only stationed in Hanzhong, and the number of his soldiers was not as many as those who retreated. In addition, he left some troops to focus on the nodes and protect the food route, so the main force that Li Dian could really use to attack Fangling was only two or three thousand.

Large-scale military operations, thousands of miles apart, are difficult to coordinate with each other at any time.

Now Li Dian is also facing a difficult choice, should he continue to go to Fangling and attack the flank of Jingxiang, or go around the north line to go through the Han River, open up Yunguan, and meet up with Pang Shanmin and Liao Hua and others?

Both routes obviously have their own advantages and disadvantages.

Li Dian thought for a long time and decided to wait for the latest intelligence and make a decision after grasping the detailed situation...

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In Fangling City, there was jubilation.

The Di general guarding the city saw Cao Zhen's flag and received the information that Cao Zhen had arrived with his soldiers. He immediately felt a little confident. He ordered to inform the whole city that reinforcements had arrived. Moreover, in order to enhance his persuasiveness and rally morale, he boasted that he had already agreed with Cao Zhen, and that the troops coming were Cao's elite troops!

When the defenders of Fangling saw more and more flags appearing on the mountain, although they could not see clearly how many soldiers there were in the mountain, they felt relieved immediately, with 50 soldiers per flag.

Especially when the Di general saw that when the Cao army's flag appeared, the squads of the cavalry gradually disappeared into the mountains and forests, and no longer approached Fangling, he believed that his choice of waiting and not surrendering immediately was correct.

Cao Zhen was more or less a general in Jingxiang. If Cao Zhen came to rescue in person, he would definitely lead the elite main force of Cao's army.

At the same time, if Cao's army really came, it also showed the importance of his place, so no matter which party he negotiated the price with later, he could negotiate a higher price than the original one.

This point was more important to him.

So the Di general emphasized seriously and asked his men to speed up the reorganization of the defense line.

However, some people also pointed out that Cao's army only raised flags on the top of the hill, and no soldiers showed up. The Di general scolded the little leader for talking nonsense, but he couldn't help but murmur in his heart.

But soon, the food and equipment sent by Cao Zhen dispelled the doubts of the Di general.

The Di general was obviously very excited after getting the things.

He picked the best armor and put it on, then showed it to his men in a show-off manner, "Look! These are all good stuff! If we hadn't been guarding here, how could those guys be willing to give us these good things? ! '

He strode with his head held high, and his previous depression was swept away.

In the limited brain capacity of the Di general, what he got was naturally his.

It doesn’t matter whether Cao’s soldiers come or not, as long as these valuable things are delivered!

Moreover, if Cao Zhen really came to Fangling, wouldn’t he have to hand over the power of Fangling?

It’s better to be like this now, Fangling is under his control.

The Di general didn’t think about fighting the cavalry to death, but he hoped to get as many things as possible.

So how can we get these good things?

Of course, let the Cao army think that they can resist the cavalry here, so that they will send things over continuously.

The Di general summoned his confidants, "Send someone to tell General Cao that I will live and die with Fangling! But! Now there are no weapons and food! So... let them send more! 』