The knife fell and his neck was split in two by the sharp blade.
The head was immediately rushed out by the splash of arterial blood, and rolled on the ground several times before stopping.
Then Cao Hong's body, which was leaning forward, fell softly and hit the ground with a bang, causing dust to fly everywhere.
The blood from the crack in the neck suddenly flowed into the soil and spread outward, converging into a stream, blending into the mountain mud itself that was already moist due to rain, infecting the earth.
Shen Chen still maintained the beheading posture, just like when he beheaded Cao Ren, the hot blood also splattered on his body, and he was covered in blood.
This is the smell of the enemy's blood.
"The enemy general is beheaded!"
Because Shan Yi was wounded and bandaged, only his disciple Wu Dang was around.
"Zhang Fei from Yan is here, who dares to fight to the death with me?"
Because of the four roads from Hanzhong to Guanzhong, Chencang Road is the Kangzhuang Road, followed by Baoxie Road. As for the Tangluo Road and Ziwu Road, it is not an exaggeration to say that they are extremely steep for pedestrians. At most, only a few people and horses can pass through, and the food, grass and baggage cannot be carried at all. make life difficult for.
Taking advantage of this opportunity, Zhao Yan immediately gathered up the scattered soldiers and transferred all the surviving soldiers from the mountains in the east and central part to the west camp. At the same time, he stepped up repairs to the camp, stocked up on bows, crossbows and other arrows, and also moved the 20,000 troops left behind. And all the troops from Kunyang were mobilized.
"What's the matter?"
However, Zhao Yan, Deng Zhan, Jia Xin and others were still very tightly defended, and the Western Camp was not flooded like the Dongying and the Central Camp, and could not be captured in a short time.
Jiang Ji said: "If this is the case, why doesn't the King of Wei send people south from Wuguan to support General Cao? Although Sun Quan has formed an alliance with the King of Wei, this person will never give up when he only has Jingzhou. He might as well annex Nanyang for him. , in order to prevent this, we should be more careful.”
The main reason Liu Bei suffered was that most of his men were rabble-rousers.
Cao Cao and Liu Bei are still in a confrontation.
The scouts from the front line just came to report that Xia Houyuan and Zhang He fulfilled their mission and killed Liu Bei's senior general Wu Lan, annihilated Liu Bei's army, and Zhang Fei fled in embarrassment.
The two sides began to stalemate again, and Shen Chen was not in a hurry. He was waiting for news about Zhang Xiu. Just like in history, Lu Meng asked the families of Guan Yu soldiers on the front line to write letters home. As long as the family letters of the soldiers' families were sent to the front line, Zhao Yan could still do it. what to do.
"Hahahahaha."
Xia Houyuan snorted coldly and said: "Zhang Fei must be trying to trick the enemy. Don't pay attention and attack directly."
Although there are many people on Mumen Road, the most dangerous place is Mumen Valley. As long as Mumen Valley is captured, it will be easier to walk later and it will not be easy to be ambushed, so it is obviously more preferable to attack Mumen Road.
Suddenly, Cao's troops from behind swarmed up, howling like wild wolves, and charged towards Zhang Fei's camp.
North of Chiting, Cao Cao was riding on a hill and looking into the distance. It was the end of May, and the mountains were green and lush. There were many mountains in the south, and a big mountain towered into the clouds.
However, Xia Houyuan and Zhang He were not in a hurry. After the tentative attack, they began to press forward step by step, storming the camp every day, which put great pressure on Zhang Fei and Wu Lan's defense, and they had to send people back to defend themselves for help.
The battle started in the afternoon and continued into the evening.
After Cao Cao learned the news, he immediately pursued and divided his troops into separate groups. They took the Tietang Gorge Road, Mumen Road, Yangxi Road, Hanxia Road, Longmen Path, Luogu Path and other small roads directly to Wu Street.
As he spoke, Cao Cao paused, raised his wine glass, and said loudly: "My lords, come and drink. When the day comes when Jingyi is recovered and the world is peaceful and peaceful, you should share your wealth and honor with your lords and enjoy the peace of the world!"
In the canyon, the Choni River flows from north to south into the West Han River. There is only a narrow path that can pass through it. There is a rift valley about thirty feet wide in the middle. This valley is the Mumen Valley. There is a general who guards the pass and ten thousand people. Mo Kai's spirit.
After receiving this news, Cao Cao laughed loudly, looked around, and said to his advisers: "Although no battle reports have arrived in Jingzhou yet, I expect that Sun Quan will have already sent troops. But before he takes Jingzhou, I am afraid that he will have to take Hanzhong first. Already."
Huan Jie, the attendant next to him, asked curiously: "King Wei, although the Mumen Road is spacious, it is said that the Mumen Valley where Zhang Fei and Wu Lan are stationed is extremely dangerous. Why do you want to attack the Mumen Road?"
"I am laughing at Chen Chen's incompetence!"
Historically, Zhang He died here.
Therefore, Cao Cao no longer needs to worry about the safety of Guanzhong in the rear and attacks Hanzhong wholeheartedly. Judging from the current situation, Liu Beijun seems to be no match for him at all and will definitely defeat him in one fell swoop.
Huan Jie was lifted up and suddenly realized.
However, Zhang Fei and Wu Lan only had more than 4,000 people, and their defensive strength was seriously insufficient. In the end, Liu Bei's army was exhausted and finally broke through the camp at the end of May.
"No wonder Liu Bei wanted to deploy elite troops at Mumen Road."
In particular, Liu Bei also suffered another disadvantage, that is, the transportation of food and grass was far away, and the number of soldiers was far smaller than that of Cao's army. After fighting for more than half a year, the supply of food and grass was already somewhat insufficient, which made Liu Bei exhausted mentally and physically.
His smile was bright and he was extremely happy.
Cao Cao shook his head and said: "You don't understand. Since the rest of the trails are all sheep's intestine roads, it means that every section of the road behind is very dangerous. What if Liu Bei just set up suspicious soldiers and made us think that there were only a few hundred people in the ambush and attacked by force?" After the attack is over and the main force of the army has entered those trails, it may be difficult for him to set up an ambush in the rear."
The sky was obviously too dark to be conducive to fighting, so when night fell at the end of the day, the Nanyang Army had no choice but to withdraw its troops and retreat to the headquarters camp.
Although there are not many people on other trails, the entire trail is difficult and dangerous.
Everyone raised their glasses and drank, and the banquet was filled with laughter and joy.
In addition, Sun Quan himself led an army to surround Xunyang, and the whole Jingzhou changed overnight.
"oh?"
Now if Cao Cao decides that Guan Yu has to destroy the Chiya Plank Road, Baozhong will be safe, but Cao Cao can gather the main force and storm Yangping Pass.
And it's getting dark too.
In this case, he had to retreat to Xiabian to rest and recuperate.
"Forehead"
When Wu Dang saw this, he raised the knife in his hand and shouted loudly.
Cao Cao nodded and said: "Order Xiahou Yuan and Zhang He to lead the army to attack Mumen Road."
Sun Quan officially launched his army in early June. Sun Jiao quickly captured the five counties in Jingnan, and then marched to Jiangling. There were not many defenders in Jiangling, and he was soon captured by Sun Jiao. He then divided more than 10,000 troops to station in Yidao to prevent Liu Bei's reinforcements, and another part of the army. Then take Xiakou directly.
At this moment, a messenger suddenly rushed in from outside and said anxiously: "Report!"
Cao Cao asked again.
"Thank you, King Wei."
Fortunately, the camp was well-built and the defenses were complete. Although Cao Jun attacked fiercely, he finally repelled the attack with a few bows and crossbows.
"Zhang Fei from Yan is here, who dares to fight to the death with me?"
Cao Cao suddenly laughed.
"I see."
In the subsequent fierce attacks by Cao Cao, the Qiang and Di people, who had low combat effectiveness, were the first to bear the brunt. Cao Cao's former generals Zhang He, Xia Houyuan, Cao Zhang and others broke through several camps and lost troops and generals. Ren Kui was killed, and he was supported and imprisoned.
Waiting for three mid-level generals.
Thousands of soldiers were almost lost. Wu Lan was beheaded by Xia Houyuan. Only Zhang Fei and a few other cavalry escaped back to Xiabian. Cao Cao won the battle.
Once Xia Bian is defeated, Yangping Pass will be reached. Once Yangping Pass is defeated, Hanzhong will be obtained. By then, Liu Bei will lose Jingzhou and Hanzhong. Let’s see how long he can continue to be rampant.
at the same time.
"Zhang Fei from Yan is here, who dares to fight to the death with me?"
"attack!"
Yang Fu hesitated and said: "The Lianyun Road is not easy to walk. The name is Chiya, which is more than a hundred miles north of Jigu. Chiya is almost all mountain cliffs, connected by plank roads. Although Guan Yu is at Xieyuguan at this time,
If Liu Bei knew that Mumen Road had been lost, he would order Guan Yu to retreat to Jigu. If he burned the plank road, I am afraid that "
Zhang He gave an order, and the horns and drums behind him were beating.
After the rain subsided, the water level of the flood gradually decreased. After all, the rainfall in the past few days was only enough to raise the ground to a depth of one or two feet.
Since last November, Cao Cao's troops arrived in Guanzhong and captured Xiliang, and now the confrontation in Qishan has lasted eight months. The two sides have been fighting for half a year in the Lucheng area alone.
Zhang Fei came out of the camp first. Although he was fifty-four years old, with gray hair on his temples and was getting older day by day, he still roared like thunder: "Zhang Fei from Yan is here, who dares to fight to the death with me?"
"What if we divide our troops into two groups, one from Yangping Pass and the other from Lianyun Road to Baoxie Road?"
The valley was not big, and was extremely empty. There were high mountains on both sides, and with the blessing of Zhang Fei's own lion roaring skill, there was an endless echo, which made the ears of Cao Jun's soldiers buzz.
"Wan Sheng!"
The Mumen Road is located deep in the Qi Mountains. The ancient road faces majestic mountains on the east and west sides, with thousands of walls and a line of empty valleys. It looks like a natural portal. There is a branch of the Qi Mountain on the east side of the road, which is called Wangjialiang Mountain in later generations. There is also a branch of Qi Mountain on the west side, which is called Xuan in later generations.
Hat beam.
Cao Cao laughed and said: "He had already sent out troops in September last year, and Chen Du had internal support to help him. However, he was blocked by Zi Lian in Taiting for nearly a year. Last month, Sun Quan sent a letter saying that Shen Chen and Zi Lian were in trouble.
There was a fierce struggle, and he planned to send troops immediately, but it was hard to predict at this time, because the rear was attacked, and had already been attacked from both sides by Zilian and Sun Quan, and was defeated."
For a time, the entire Jingzhou was in turmoil, but Shen Chen did not know the situation at the rear and was still attacking Cao Jun on the front line.
He looked around and looked at the ministers in the audience. He couldn't help but feel very happy. He laughed and said: "Since I raised the army, I have defeated the bandits, destroyed the heroes, and eliminated the evil. I vowed to sweep the four seas and level the world. Those who have not yet been conquered will be killed."
Only the Jing Jing Yi raised his ears, and now there are millions of lions, and it depends on the efforts of all the princes. Why worry that Liu Bei will not be destroyed and his great achievements will not be accomplished?"
"I only laugh at Jia Xu's lack of plans, but the law is correct and I have little wisdom. They say that the road to Shu is difficult, but it's not because I defeated it. If Liu Bei wants to burn the plank road, wouldn't it be better? If there is one less way to enter the pass, there will be less threats.
"
If the floods hadn't made the land muddy and prevented the siege equipment from coming over, maybe Shen Chen would have captured Cao Jun in Henan today.
Then Su Fei, who was sent by Huang She before, and Chen Sheng, 16,000 men, were deceived by Sun Quan. They went east from the Yangtze River and entered the Wan River from Wankou to the north. When they arrived at Wan County, they were attacked by Sun Quan and Zhang Liao's army.
Trapped in the city of Wan County.
"Wan Sheng!"
Shen Chen looked at Cao Hong's hair-covered head indifferently. There was no sense of revenge, only a sense of pity.
Below, Dong Zhao, Sima Yi, Jiang Ji, Liu Ye, Du Xi, Yang Fu, Huan Jie and others congratulated one after another, bowed their hands and said: "Once Mumen Valley is lost, Liu Bei will no longer have any danger to defend, and the King of Wei can directly take Wu Street." .”
A triumphant smile appeared on Cao Cao's face, and then he suddenly thought of something and laughed again: "Hahahahaha."
The reason why the flood broke out was because Shen Chen repeated his old tricks. When he was in Yixian, he built dams everywhere in the Funiu Mountains to accumulate water flow. Only after the flash floods broke down the dams, the water flow on the battlefield rose to a height of ten feet.
The only good news is that Shen Chen raised 50,000 troops to go north. Cao Hong did not bring all of Cao Hong's 100,000 troops with him, but brought 80,000. He also left 20,000 in Dingling, Linxian and other places for the purpose of escorting grain and grass to the rear and preventing Food routes were cut off.
"Take Cao Hong's head as a sacrifice to the flag, stick it on the flag with a bamboo pole, and attack the western camp of Cao's army!"
"Congratulations to the King of Wei, congratulations to the King of Wei."
When it dawned the next day and the clouds dispersed and the rain stopped, Shen Chen began a new round of offensive.
Fortunately, Fazheng Jia Xu and others planned to place suspicious soldiers in many trails, and left Zhang Fei and Wu Lan to garrison and set up an ambush in Mumen Valley to block the pursuers.
Although the road to Shu is difficult, the people of Shu climb mountains and ridges as if they were walking on flat ground. For them, walking on a plank road is nothing.
The Jiangxia Navy fell into a trap and was divided and weakened. Xiakou, Wanxian and Xunyang were surrounded at the same time. The fall of Jingnan and Jiangling meant that Jiangxia and Xiling were about to lose their protection, and threatened Zhangling and Nanyang.
Since the mountains on both sides were vertical cliffs, it was almost impossible to climb up the mountains to ambush. Therefore, Zhang Fei and Wu Lan camped in the middle of the road. They stood up like mainstays and blocked the path of Cao's army's attack.
However, the place where they fought belonged to the Yingchuan and Runan plains. The terrain did not allow water to be stored, so the water would scatter and flow away. Soon the water level dropped, exposing Cao Jun's camp.
Dong Zhao wondered: "Why is King Wei laughing?"
When the Nanyang soldiers saw Shen Chen killing the enemy general, they all shouted enthusiastically.
In the Chiting area, in Cao Cao's camp.
For this reason, all the generals had to withdraw their troops and station themselves north of Zhuoshui.
But just when Shen Chen killed Cao Hong and stormed Cao's camp, a fire broke out in the rear.
Yang Fu said: "Yes, this road is called Lianyun Road. From Hechi to the southeast in the direction of Baoxie Road, you can reach the mouth of Nangu north of Jigu. From the mouth of Nangu, go south for only more than 40 miles to Baoxie. middle."
"Hahahahahahahahahahahaha!"
As a result, the morale of the army plummeted, and thousands of Qiang and Di people who were greedy for life and feared death fled. If Ma Chao had not forcibly suppressed Lei Ding, Dou Mao, Yang Ju, A Gui, Fu Jian and other Qiang and Di leaders, I am afraid that they He has long since escaped.
Thinking of this, Sima Yi immediately raised his hands and saluted: "Congratulations to the King of Wei, congratulations to the King of Wei. After this battle, it will be difficult for Liu Bei to fight against the King of Wei, and he may even be destroyed."
For more than ten days after that, Xiahou Yuan and Zhang He took turns to attack, day and night. Anyway, Cao's army was much more numerous than Liu Bei's army, so he could attack in the front and take turns to fight in the rear.
"Um."
When everyone thought about it, they immediately understood the reason why Cao Cao was happy.
Immediately, the messengers went to the front to convey the order. Xiahou Yuan and Zhang He immediately led an army of 20,000 people, entered the mountain from Mumen Road, and went straight to Mumen Valley.
It's a pity that I didn't play more.
But Cao Cao's soldiers felt uncomfortable walking on the plank road.
This time Liu Ye also curiously asked: "Why is King Wei laughing again?"
Cao Cao nodded with deep understanding: "Okay, I will send Yu Jin to help Xu Huang."
When Cao Cao arrived north of Chiting, he received a battle report from the front line, saying that there were ambushes on all the trails, so he ordered the front line soldiers to send scouts into the mountains to conduct reconnaissance.
However, Cao Hong's death still severely damaged the morale of the army. Even though Zhao Yan, Deng Zhan, Jia Xin and others continued to boost morale, the soldiers' combat effectiveness was still not high.
Such a long battle made both sides exhausted, the soldiers' fighting spirit dropped sharply, and Liu Bei's army also had many deserters.
After the matter was settled, Cao Cao was satisfied.
The final result was that there were not many ambushes on many trails, but there were thousands of troops on the wooden doorway.
"Um."
"Which of these roads is the widest?"
After Xia Houyuan and Zhang He arrived, they camped outside the valley and waited a few days before leading their troops to attack Mumen Valley.
Everyone was puzzled.
On Cao Jun's side, after Cao Hong's death, the news was reported to Yecheng by Pegasus, which shocked China for a while. Cao Pi, who stayed in Yecheng, was shocked and quickly sent someone to deliver the message to Xiliang.
Cao Cao smiled and said: "Think about it, Baoxie Road is impassable, so there is only Chencang Road to go. And Chencang Road is occupied by a few people, then Liu Bei will only be beaten, but will not have the ability to send troops to harass Guanzhong. Isn't Hanzhong for?
Is it so easy for a few people to get it?"
The original Hanyang County of Xiliang is now located in the Qishan area south of Lucheng, Tianshui County.
When the main force of Cao's army passed through Qishan and was about to enter Wudu through various trails, they were basically ambushed by ambushes.
In addition to the reinforcements such as Jia Xin sent by Cao Pi before, even in yesterday's flood, Cao's army lost at least 30,000 troops and general Cao Hong, the frontline defense force was still sufficient, so Shen Chenyi was still in a position of fighting with less and more.
Due to the current situation, Taiting cannot be taken down for the time being.
After Cao Cao drank the wine in one gulp, the smile on his face still bloomed, and he said happily: "Liu Bei didn't know the right time, so he hit the stone with an egg. In the early morning, Zhuge Liang, how stupid it was to shake Mount Tai with the power of ants. Get the wine again, I'm a fool."
I will never return until I get drunk with you! Hahahahahaha!"
Zhang Fei went out of the camp to fight alone, wanting to fight the opponent's general alone. Unexpectedly, Xia Houyuan did not follow martial ethics and actually sent a large army directly. He could only flee back to the camp in panic.
Even so, Shen Chen still put great pressure on Zhao Yan, especially after the incident of the birth of a woman gradually spread among Cao Jun's army, which caused the morale of the army to drop another level.
Cao Cao nodded, stroked his beard and said: "After Wu Street, there is Hechi. After I capture Hechi, I can go northeast to attack Sanguan from behind Chencang Road, and then go southeast to Yang'ankou and attack Yangping Pass. I remember
, there seems to be a trail between Chencang and Baoxie Road?"
Shen Chen gave the order and continued the attack.
The guide, Yang Fu, was from Tianshui and reported back: "King Wei, among the six roads in Wudu, only the wooden door road is the widest. The rest are narrow paths. The roads can only allow two people to walk side by side. In some places, only one person can even pass by."
In order to increase the number of people, a large number of Qiang and Di people from Wudu County were recruited. These people came because of Ma Chao's reputation, and their combat effectiveness and loyalty were far less than those of the well-trained Han soldiers and Wei soldiers.
"Wan Sheng!"
At the same time, Lü Meng crossed the river in white clothes and galloped under the stars at night, seizing the Xiakou dock and burning the Jiangxia navy ships on the dock, leaving Huang She in Xiakou in an embarrassing situation with almost no ships available.
"Um."
Cao Cao took the wine glass from the attendant next to him and was about to take a swig.
"Shen Chen built a dam on the upper reaches of Li River to store water. It happened to be a heavy rain in Nanyang a few days ago, and flash floods broke out, flooding the army. Shen Chen took a boat, broke through the military camp, killed General Cao Hong, and threatened Chen Du!"
"Bang!"
The wine glass in his hand fell to the ground, and the smile on Cao Cao's face froze.