Chapter 514 Guo Huais clever plan Wei Chengs abandoned son
Wei Yan looked at Ding Feng in front of him and remembered the contents of the secret letter he had just read. The look of anxiety and depression on his face could not go away for a long time.
Ding Feng was the most famous subordinate under Mi Yang before. During the Liangzhou War, he had been responsible for leading the army to guard Xingshi.
Under Ding Feng's guard, even though Cao Zhen led his troops to attack Xingshi City many times, Xingshi City was never captured by Cao Zhen.
Of course, this was also because Cao Zhen was afraid of Ding Feng's reputation.
After the Battle of Xiangfan that year, even Cao Zhen had heard of Ding Feng's reputation as "Wooden Colonel".
In addition, the Wei army's strategy at that time was not necessarily to seize the rising power, which allowed Ding Feng to breathe and hold the rising power.
However, even if Cao Zhen did not exert all his strength in Xingshi's offensive and defensive battles, he was able to defend Xingshi City for so long despite insufficient troops, which shows that Ding Feng's general strategy was extraordinary.
After the Liangzhou War ended, many officials in Liangzhou secretly speculated that Ding Feng would soon become a Zhonglang General, and even if he had made outstanding achievements, he might not be promoted to a general.
The label of Mi Yang's confidant is enough to ensure that Ding Feng has smooth sailing in the officialdom.
But such a star, visible to the naked eye, rising among the great Han Dynasty, was not staying in Nanzheng waiting to be worshiped, but came all the way to Wudu County.
This is really a bit abnormal.
When he first learned of Ding Feng's arrival, Wei Yan even thought that Mi Yang didn't believe in his ability and asked Ding Feng to pursue Guo Huai on his behalf.
After all, in the past days, although he led his army to stay firmly behind the Wei army, due to Guo Huai's outstanding ability, Wei Yan never seized the opportunity to defeat Guo Huai's Wei army.
While the whole of Liangzhou was immersed in the joy of victory, Wei Yan's progress seemed to be quite lagging behind.
It's normal for Mi Yang to be unhappy.
However, after Ding Feng came to him and handed Mi Yang's secret letter to Wei Yan, Wei Yan fell into doubts after reading the contents of the secret letter.
The reason why Wei Yan was confused was that the content in Mi Yang's secret letter was not simple.
It turned out that Mi Yang saw that no good news had come from Wei Yan, and he understood that it would be difficult for Wei Yan to defeat Guo Huai's Wei army.
Fighting opportunities are often fleeting. Wei Yan's best opportunity to defeat the Wei army is when the Wei army has just learned the news of Cao Zhen's defeat and its morale is unstable.
Therefore, Mi Yang had previously asked Wei Yan to lead his army to catch up with the Wei army led by Guo Huai as soon as possible.
It's just that Guo Huai is different from Cao Hong after all. He learned the news of Cao Zhen's defeat the day before Wei Yan led his army to Yinpingwai, which allowed him to escape from Yinpingwai in time.
This gave Guo Huai a chance of life.
The news of Cao Zhen's defeat may initially shock Guo Huai's army, but as time goes by, this shock will gradually lessen, especially as it gets closer and closer to the Wei border.
situation.
This means that the Han army's best fighter plane has been lost.
After judging this, Mi Yang immediately adjusted his strategy. He asked Ding Feng to rush to the Wei army and gave his latest order to Wei Yan:
"If Guo Huai cannot be defeated, Jiang Wei must be captured alive."
After learning Mi Yang's new instructions, Wei Yan could understand the first half of the instructions, but Wei Yan was very confused about the second half of the instructions.
Who is Jiang Wei?
Who made Mi Yang accept the result of not being able to defeat Guo Huai, but unable to accept the price of losing him?
Who made Mi Yang so determined to win that he sent two of his most decorated generals to capture him alive?
If this person is Cao Zhen, even Cao Hong and Wei Yan can understand.
But Wei Yan had never heard of Jiang Wei's name.
But after deep doubts, Wei Yan burned Mi Yang's secret letter under Ding Feng's gaze.
After burning the secret letter, the doubts in my heart also disappeared.
After all, no matter who Jiang Wei is, Mi Yang naturally has intentions for him, and as Mi Yang's subordinate, there is only one thing he can do, and that is to fulfill Mi Yang's intentions at all costs.
And this is also the reason why Wei Yan is troubled and anxious.
Jiang Wei is now in Guo Huai's army. If he wants to capture Jiang Wei alive, he must defeat Guo Huai's army, but he cannot do this at the moment.
This put Wei Yan into an unsolvable cycle.
You must know that Mi Yang not only issued the latest instructions to Wei Yan in the secret letter, he also informed Wei Yan of the consequences if he failed to complete the instructions.
"If Jiang Wei doesn't enter Liangzhou, neither can you."
An ordinary pursuit of the enemy put him at risk of not being able to return home. Could Wei Yan not feel anxious?
Ding Feng could see Wei Yan's anxiety and frustration, but as a colleague, he said he was helpless.
After thinking about it in various ways, Wei Yan could only come up with one solution:
"Spread the news of Colonel Ding's arrival.
In addition, the three armies are ordered to continue to bite the traitor army and not let go!"
Since he might not be able to go home, Guo Huai shouldn't even think about going home.
But compared to himself, isn't Guo Huai anxious?
In his anxiety, Guo Huai will definitely respond, and he only needs to adapt accordingly based on Guo Huai's response.
Wei Yan's prediction was correct.
The Wei army was not far from the Han army. Guo Huai, who was in the Wei army, quickly learned the news released by Wei Yan and the latest movements of the Han army.
After learning the news of Ding Feng's arrival, Guo Huai was furious. He rode on his horse and kept whipping his whip and roared:
"Mad dog, what a mad dog!"
The mad dog Guo Huai cursed was Wei Yan.
Guo Huai really hated Wei Yan at this moment.
How could he fight like this?
It was clear that he could not catch up with his own army, but he still wanted to bite at the back of his own army. What was Wei Yan trying to do?
Is it just to force yourself to retreat?
The world also praises Wei Yan as a famous general. What kind of famous general is this!
Does Mi Yang know that Wei Yan is fighting like this?
All kinds of indignation kept flashing in his heart, and in the end Guo Huai couldn't help being so angry that he could only keep calling Wei Yan a "mad dog".
The reason why Guo Huai was so angry was not that he was worried that a single Han army could swallow up his entire army.
But not now, what about some time later?
Although he retreated in time, Wei Yan was not a vegetarian. He had always been good at rapid marches, and he still led his army to follow closely behind his own army.
This forced Guo Huai to lead his army to retreat while guarding the rear. How could such a retreat be accelerated?
This situation already made Guo Huai very anxious, and today he learned the news of Ding Feng's arrival, which made Guo Huai even more angry and also slightly afraid in his heart.
Who is Ding Feng!
He is the number one general in Mi Yang's direct line.
Mi Yang definitely sent him to Wei Yan to capture him.
There is no doubt about this. Guo Huai believes that he has such a status in Mi Yang's heart.
While Mi Yang's determination helped Guo Huai, he couldn't help but think that Wei Yan was already so difficult to deal with. What if Ding Feng, who was fierce and fearless in battle, was added to the mix?
And if Wei Yan and Ding Feng are still unable to capture themselves, will Mi Yang personally lead the army?
This is what Guo Huai is most worried about.
Our own army cannot return to Guanzhong quickly, which is already a big danger.
The most dangerous thing is that the morale of our own army is not stable.
The news of Cao Zhen's defeat did great harm to the morale of the army. If he had not had deep prestige in the army, he would not have been able to continue to command this army.
But although the current morale of the army is temporarily stable due to his stability, what if Mi Yang personally leads the army?
When the morale of the army was stable, Guo Huai was not confident enough to defeat Mi Yang, let alone under such circumstances.
There are many things that you should not think about blindly. Once you think about them blindly, fear will appear in your heart uncontrollably.
With the fear in his heart, Guo Huai knew that he could not continue like this.
After the Wei army approached Xiabian City, Guo Huai quickly made a decision in his mind.
Guo Huai urgently convened a meeting to discuss their next step.
Just as Wei Yan expected, the news he released would make even the always witty Guo Huai think about it, not to mention all the Wei generals under him.
The Wei generals looked panicked and had no strategy to deal with the enemy. Guo Huai was much better than Cao Hong. He directly stated his plan.
Guo Huai looked at his deputy Chang Diao and said:
"Now our army is forced by the bandits and cannot return to Guanzhong quickly. If this continues for a long time, our army will be completely annihilated."
Guo Huai first exaggerated the seriousness of the matter.
Sure enough, after Guo Huai finished speaking, the faces of Chang Diao and other Wei generals became even more panicked.
After seeing that the atmosphere was brewing, Guo Huai stated his purpose:
"Now that our army has arrived outside Xiabian City, do you still remember Gushan outside Xiabian City?"
Gushan is certainly no stranger to all the Wei generals present.
Gushan Mountain Road is the only way to go to Sanguan from Xiabian. Ma Chao led thousands of Han troops to control Gushan first and was able to stop Guo Huai for such a long time.
Since Ma Chao could do this back then, then Guo Huai can naturally do it too.
What Guo Huai lacks now is a general like Ma Chao who can defend the mountains for him.
And it is obvious that in Guo Huai's heart, Chang Diao is that general.
No one present was a fool. Although Guo Huai did not speak clearly clearly, the connotation of his words was understood by all the generals present.
Therefore, General Wei who was present was secretly glad that he was not chosen by Guo Huai, and on the other hand, he turned his eager eyes to Chang Diao, hoping that Chang Diao could take over this task.
Because if Chang Diao is willing to come forward, it means that they have hope of escaping.
Facing the gazes of Guo Huai and his colleagues, Chang Diao's face turned blue and white. He didn't know why Guo Huai chose him, but did he have any choice?
Chang Diao was naturally loyal to the Wei Dynasty.
Chang Diao could only bow to Guo Huai in the end, expressing his willingness to take on this heavy responsibility.
Seeing that Chang Diao did not disappoint him, Guo Huai was overjoyed.
He immediately promised Chang Diao: "You only need to guard the Gushan strategic road for a few months. After I return to Guanzhong to reorganize the troops, I will personally lead the army to approach you."
This is the best situation Guo Huai imagined for Chang Diao.
But there is a worst-case scenario.
After Guo Huai pondered for a moment, he said to Chang Diao:
"If something goes wrong, your wife, I will take care of it myself!"
Compared with Guo Huai's first promise, this promise gave Chang Diao more to look forward to.
Chang Diao did not come from a high family, but Guo Huai came from a famous family. If Guo Huai could raise his children, given Guo Huai's family background, his children would have a bright future.
After thinking of this, Chang Diao bowed to Guo Huai again.
After deciding to let Chang Diao guard Gushan, Guo Huai asked others to retreat first. He said to Chang Diao who was left alone:
"I will make Jiang Wei your lieutenant and guard Gushan with you."
Hearing what Guo Huai said, Chang Diao raised his head and looked at Guo Huai in surprise.
He knew that Guo Huai was suspicious of Jiang Wei, so what was the purpose of Guo Huai's arrangement?
After seeing Chang Diao's confused look, Guo Huai did not hide his intention.
"You also know that Jiang Wei's behavior was a bit abnormal before, so I had to be careful.
I can't continue to take Jiang Wei with me until everything is found out."
He suspected that Jiang Wei and Mi Yang had some unspeakable dealings, and knew that Mi Yang was bound to win over him, so no normal person would continue to keep Jiang Wei by his side.
"However, Jiang Wei comes from a famous family and has a close relationship with the Liangzhou governor. Without conclusive evidence, I would not dare to touch him."
"After I lead my army and leave, you will take a good look at him for me. If he turns out to be fine, it will naturally be a blessing to the Wei Dynasty.
If you really find evidence that Jiang Wei has liaison with the enemy, report it to me as soon as possible and I will deal with it."
In Guo Huai's view, the Han army is pressing forward step by step. Although it is a crisis for the Wei army, it is also an excellent opportunity to explore Jiang Wei.
If Jiang Wei is really Mi Yang's spy, then Jiang Wei will definitely do something to cater to Mi Yang's eagerness to capture him.
And if Chang Diao is smart enough, he can buy more time for himself through countermeasures.
Even if Chang Diao doesn't have this wit, it would be good to take this opportunity to find out Jiang Wei's true identity.
All the arrangements seemed to Guo Huai to be perfect.
Guo Huai's explanation suddenly made Chang Diao realize, and he immediately said to Guo Huai:
"General, don't worry, the eagle will definitely live up to the general's expectations."
Chang Diao's words made Guo Huai nod.
After arranging the last thing, Guo Huai issued a military order, leaving three thousand Wei troops for Chang Diao, while he led most of the remaining Wei troops across Gushan and quickly continued towards Sanguan.
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Wei Yan also arrived outside Xiabian City not long after, and military scouts quickly brought back the latest military information.
After learning that Guo Huai sent a part of the Wei army to guard Gushan, Wei Yan was not surprised by this.
If it were him, he would arrange it this way.
But the second half of the news reported by the scout made Wei Yan extremely happy.
Guo Huai left two Wei generals to guard Gushan, one was named Chang Diao and the other was named Jiang Wei.
Wei Yan didn't care about Chang Diao at all. After hearing Jiang Wei's name, Wei Yan jumped up from his seat with excitement - that was his hope of returning home!
Wei Yan quickly ordered: "The entire army will be stationed on the spot and build siege equipment!"
Wei Yan didn't know why Guo Huai left Jiang Wei behind to guard Gushan. He felt as if there were invisible hands in the dark, quietly moving everything.
But Wei Yan knew that no matter what, he would break through the Gushan Fortress as soon as possible and sacrifice Jiang Wei, the pretty boy, to Mi Yang!
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