It is true that Wei Yan has an arrogant personality, but it has to be said that he has the capital to be arrogant.
While he was talking bold words, Wei Yan did not forget the most basic quality of a general - to serve as a scout.
Among the several military orders he just issued, many of them were elite scouts who were dispatched from the army one after another.
The word "scout" does not seem to sound as high as the military positions such as "tunnel commander" and "quzhang", but anyone who is in the army knows that the position of scouts is not high, but they are the most elite group of people in the army.
The most rigorous training, the cleanest financial status, and the best treatment. This series of the most rigorous training makes the scouts the prototype of later generations of special forces.
After all, what scouts often do is to go deep into the enemy's territory to find out the enemy's situation. They often don't have many comrades to protect them. Once they leave the camp, the only one they can rely on is themselves.
And most importantly, the scout's loyalty must be guaranteed.
Because once the scouts turn around, they must report the most urgent military information, and this military information can be sent directly to the ears of the general without any review.
In this case, if the loyalty of the scouts cannot be guaranteed, then the commander is likely to make a fatal decision based on wrong intelligence.
When Wei Yan first followed Liu Bei in Jingzhou, his first military position was that of scout.
As an experienced veteran who has climbed from a scout to his current position step by step, Wei Yan naturally knows the importance of a scout.
The scouts in his army are all his confidants whom he has cultivated.
The scouts carefully trained by Wei Yan did not disappoint Wei Yan.
On the third day, more than ten of the dozens of scouts sent by Wei Yan returned.
As for the remaining scouts who had not yet returned, Wei Yan knew that they would never come back.
The well-trained scouts not only returned quickly, but also brought a lot of important information to Wei Yan.
In addition to the movements of Cao Zhen's army, there are also the movements of Fei Yao's army.
Previously, Liu Ye proposed to Cao Zhen a plan to turn against the guests. Cao Zhen thought this plan was very clever and quickly adopted it.
According to Liu Ye's plan, Cao Zhen successively commanded the Wei army to divide his troops to attack various cities in Hanzhong in the next few days.
Hanzhong is a large county with more than a dozen counties, large and small. Among these dozen counties, some have decent city defenses and can withstand the Wei army's fierce attack in a short period of time.
There are also many county towns that are small towns, and most of the people guarding them are county soldiers. How can they withstand the fierce attack of the elite field troops of the Wei army?
However, in just half a month, many county towns in Hanzhong County fell into the hands of the Wei army.
After realizing this, Wei Yan listened to the names of those counties, and the entire map of Hanzhong County appeared in his mind unconsciously.
The overall defense line of Hanzhong was designed by Zhuge Liang and Fazheng, but the specific operator was Wei Yan.
For Wei Yan, he is the person who understands the Hanzhong defense line better than Mi Yang.
A series of county names appeared in Wei Yan's mind, and then seemed to turn into clear threads, constantly wandering on the map of Hanzhong that emerged in Wei Yan's mind.
After the deduction, Wei Yan felt more confident.
It is true that the Wei army's offensive was very fierce and they successively captured many county towns in Hanzhong. However, the county towns that could be captured by the Wei army in such a short period of time were not the main fortresses that Mi Yang had previously defended.
In other words, the loss of those cities will not make it difficult for Wei Yan's army to move forward.
Even though the Wei army's front had already touched the Han River.
But Wei Yan's original plan was not to march from the Han River.
Just after the rainy season, the water volume of the Han River surges. At this time, it is dangerous and slow to choose to march upstream.
Mi Yang's order to Wei Yan was to provide immediate assistance!
After thinking about the movements of Cao Zhen's army, Wei Yan then thought about the movements of Fei Yao's army.
Just some time ago, Fei Yao finally led his army out of the entrance of the Xiegu.
On the first day when Fei Yao's army walked out of Xiegukou, he successfully received an order from Cao Zhen - to divide his troops and attack the Han and Le cities to completely cut off the connection between Nanzheng and Yangping Pass.
Fei Yao knew that the slow pace of his march had already aroused Cao Zhen's displeasure.
Therefore, after receiving this military order, he acted very actively.
He himself led an army of 10,000 to storm Seoul, and then dispatched his lieutenants to lead an army of 10,000 to storm Lecheng.
However, due to the importance of Han and Le cities, the defenses and garrison of these two cities were not comparable to those of the county towns captured by the Wei army.
After many days of fierce attacks, the cities of Han and Le were still firmly in the hands of the Liangzhou Army.
This is the best news for Wei Yan.
After learning the specific movements of Cao Zhen and Fei Yao's army, Wei Yan did not hesitate.
On the day he received the information, he led 5,000 Liangzhou troops from Xicheng and marched westward.
Wei Yan knew that the news of his army's movement could not be hidden from Wei Jun's scouts, so he did not want to hide it at all at first.
Not only did he not intend to hide it, Wei Yan also took the initiative to send people around to spread the news - on the orders of Liangzhou Mu, he led troops to aid Nanzheng!
After doing this, Wei Yan ordered the 5,000 Liangzhou troops to carry no necessary ordnance and dry food, and no other baggage that would affect the army's marching speed.
Facing Wei Yan's order, the five thousand Liangzhou army did not hesitate at all.
Soon on the same day, the five thousand lightly-armed Liangzhou Army, led by Wei Yan, quickly marched towards Nanzheng City.
Wei Yan knew that if he released the news, it would only take a few days at most for Cao Zhen outside Xingshi City to get the news first.
Therefore, he must lead the army and race against time in these few days.
As long as he gets closer to Nanzheng City in these few days, the plan in his mind will be more successful.
Xicheng, Yangxian, Jiuting, Wei Yan, who knew the geography of Hanzhong well, almost instinctively planned a route for his army to reach Nanzheng as quickly as possible.
Under Wei Yan's excellent planning and the Liangzhou Army's high-intensity rush march, within a few days, Wei Yan's army had crossed Jiuting and arrived outside Chenggu County.
Chenggu County is less than a hundred miles away from Nanzheng County.
For such a short distance, an ordinary army would only need to walk for three days at most, but what if it were to march at the speed that Wei Yan had shown before?
When Wei Yan led his troops to the outside of Dagu County, Cao Zhen had just received the military information from Wei Yan about sending troops.
On the second day before Cao Zhen made a decision, because Wei Yan's army was now outside Chenggu County, the Wei army's scouts quickly reported the news to Cao Zhen.
In just two days, Cao Zhen heard Wei Yan's name from the scouts one after another.
This frightened Cao Zhen.
Can you not be alarmed?
He only received news yesterday that Wei Yan's army set out from Xicheng.
Today he received news that Wei Yan's army was not far from Nanzheng City.
Receiving these two messages in such a short period of time made Cao Zhen think that Wei Yan's army was really coming from the sky.
However, Cao Zhen also knew that the reason why Wei Yan was able to do this was because he created a time difference in which information was delayed.
But even knowing this, Cao Zhen couldn't help but pay attention to Wei Yan's army.
To successfully create this time difference, the requirements for generals and soldiers are very high.
Cao Zhen couldn't help but think of Xia Houyuan, the general who conquered the west and was famous for his rapid marches.
No matter what period of time, a general who can lead his soldiers on a rapid march must not be a good person.
In fact, at the beginning of the Southern Campaign, Cao Zhen spent a lot of manpower and material resources to investigate the generals under Mi Yang's command.
According to the information Cao Zhen received before, Wei Yan was not a great person.
Even though he was the governor of Hanzhong before, without any glorious record, his reputation is not as great as that of Ding Feng, the captain of the school.
But now Cao Zhen knows that Wei Yan's talent cannot be underestimated.
After realizing this, Cao Zhen began to actively deploy everything.
It is true that the marching speed of Wei Yan's army was beyond Cao Zhen's expectation, but it was not enough to make Cao Zhen panic.
No matter how quickly they arrived at Dugu, Wei Yan's army was only five thousand.
And after days of high-intensity marching, the combat effectiveness of Wei Yan's army must have seriously declined.
On the other hand, looking at his own side, in terms of military strength and morale, they are superior to Wei Yan's army, so there is nothing for Cao Zhen to panic about.
Cao Zhen felt that Wei Yan should be the one to panic.
Because there is a tactic in the world called encirclement and reinforcements.
Cao Zhen is not a person who is superstitious about intelligence, but from the summary and analysis of the intelligence he has received so far, Cao Zhen believes that Wei Yan came to rescue Nanzheng City.
If it weren't for rescuing Mi Yang's lair, why would Wei Yan be working so hard?
Now Fei Yao's deputy general is leading the army to attack Lecheng. Lecheng is located between Nanzheng and Chenggu. It is another fortress in Hanzhong besides Xingshi.
Once Lecheng is captured by the Wei army, Nanzheng will lose all relief from the east.
Therefore, if Wei Yan wants to rescue Nanzheng, then Wei Yan of the Wei army in Lecheng will definitely not ignore it.
Cao Zhen immediately issued two military orders.
The first military order: Fei Yao's deputy general Han De was ordered to stop attacking Lecheng and quickly lead his troops towards Chenggu County.
The second military order: Order General Wang Shuang to lead five thousand troops, go all the way south from Xingshi City, and go around the back of Chenggu County to cut off the retreat of Wei Yan's army.
Cao Zhen's first military order ensured that Wei Yan would focus most of his attention on the Wei army that was marching towards him.
And as long as Wei Yan's attention is attracted by this Wei army, the Wei army that will circle behind Wei Yan's army soon will become the trump card against Wei Yan's army.
Cao Zhen felt that his arrangement was absolutely watertight.
Shortly after the two military orders were issued, the two Wei armies followed Cao Zhen's instructions and began to outflank Wei Yan's army outside Chenggu County.
Cao Zhen has been sending scouts to pay attention to the movements of the two Wei armies. Similarly, he has also been paying attention to the movements of Wei Yan's army.
According to reports from scouts, Wei Yan has made no new moves since he led his army to Chenggu County, as if he was recruiting troops for battle.
After receiving this information, Cao Zhen became more convinced that Wei Yan's purpose must be to rescue Nanzheng.
He continued to issue military orders, allowing the two Wei armies to quickly form an encirclement against Wei Yan's army.
As long as Wei Yan's five thousand troops can be defeated in this battle, Mi Yang will definitely suffer heavy losses.
Under Cao Zhen's urging, the two Wei armies gradually formed an encirclement against Wei Yan.
Fifteen thousand versus five thousand is a huge advantage.
This is what Cao Zhen had in mind.
His idea can't be wrong. Even if Mi Yang comes to arrange it, he can't arrange it better than Cao Zhen.
But for Cao Zhen's encirclement to be effective, the most fundamental basis is that Wei Yan really wants to rescue Nanzheng.
But not Wei Yan!
Since Wei Yan's purpose was not to rescue Nanzheng at all, he did not focus all his attention on the approaching Korean and German troops in front.
Since there was no negligence, the scouts sent by Wei Yan could easily detect the information that two Wei armies were encircling him.
After getting this military information, Wei Yan not only was not worried at all, but also laughed.
He was afraid that Wei Jun would not move!
Why did Wei Yan deliberately release the news that he was going to rescue Nanzheng? It was because he knew that no matter how fast he marched, the Wei army outside Lecheng was a hurdle he could not overcome.
Without diverting the 10,000 Wei troops outside Lecheng away, his army would not be able to continue to Yangping Pass.
The simplest way to achieve this goal is to use your own army as a bait and become a target that the Wei army has to attack.
In order to achieve this goal, Wei Yan not only released false news with great fanfare, but also specially spent some time outside Chenggu County to repair the situation.
Judging from the information received so far, what Wei Yan did was not in vain.
But what Wei Yan didn't expect was that Cao Zhen valued him so much that he sent all the Wei troops in Lecheng to encircle and suppress him.
But it’s normal to think about it. If we don’t concentrate our efforts to destroy his army first, the Wei army in Lecheng will easily fall into a situation where it is attacked from both sides.
Now that the goal has been achieved, Wei Yan will no longer hesitate.
During this period, Wei Yan made repairs to restore the strength of his soldiers. On the other hand, he demolished many houses in Chenggu County and stored raw materials for making pontoon bridges.
Why did Wei Yanhui plan to station his army outside Chenggu County?
This is because Chenggu County and Lecheng are both on the north bank of the Han River.
And Wei Yan, who is familiar with the geography of Hanzhong, knows that due to the topography of the Han River outside Chenggu County, even just after the rainy season, it can be passed by building pontoons.
Before the two Wei armies formed a complete encirclement, Wei Yan commanded five thousand Liangzhou troops to build many pontoon bridges on the north bank of the Han River outside Chenggu County.
After the pontoon bridge was set up, Wei Yan did not hesitate at all. He led five thousand Liangzhou troops to quickly cross the pontoon bridge and reach the south bank of the Han River.
After arriving at the south bank of the Han River, Wei Yan ordered the entire army to march urgently towards Yangping Pass.
The news that Wei Yan's army had crossed the south bank was known to Wei General Han De on the second day.
When he learned the news, Han De was completely confused.
Since Lecheng is located on the north bank of the Han River, the Han and German armies will of course march towards Chenggu along the north bank of the Han River.
But this precisely resulted in the Han and German armies being unable to set up defenses on the spot to stop Wei Yan's army.
Han De is not an unlearned person. At this moment, he knew that Wei Yan did not want to prepare his troops for battle from the beginning.
He wants to prepare his troops for a surprise attack!
Perhaps Han De could immediately order the army to change direction and pursue Wei Yan's army along the north bank of the Han River, but what's the use?
Not to mention that Wei Yan's marching speed was extremely fast, not to mention whether Han De had the ability to command troops so that his army could catch up with Wei Yan's army.
Just say that if you want to successfully block Wei Yan's army, you must let your own army successfully cross the Han River and reach the south bank. Otherwise, how can you pursue them from a distance across the mighty Han River?
But when Han De led his army from Le County, he wanted to fight Wei Yan's army in the field. Where could he bring his ships?
If there are no boats, pontoons must be built.
But without preparation in advance, it would be impossible to build a pontoon bridge for tens of thousands of troops in a short time!
By the time the pontoon bridge was built, Wei Yan's army had long since disappeared.
Moreover, even if there are no factors mentioned above, if he leads an army to pursue Wei Yan at all costs, what will happen to Lecheng?
Wei Yan's troops rushed into chaos, causing Han De's head to hurt.
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