Feng Yong was sighing in his heart. When Zhao Guang heard this, he quickly stood up straight, came over and asked quietly, "Brother, do you have any inside information?"
"There is no inside story, but my sect has a secret skill called Taiyi Divine Number, which can be used to predict the future by looking at the sky. I looked at the stars last night and found that there was a fierce aura in the northeast. I guess there is a big battle to be fought..."
After Zhao Guang heard this, he immediately became interested and looked at Feng Yong with admiration, "I didn't expect that brother has even learned such ancient secret arts?"
Then I always felt that something was wrong, so I blinked and said, "Hey... the northeast? Isn't that Shanggui? Isn't that where General Wu is fighting now?"
Thinking of this, Zhao Guang felt discouraged again.
Feng Yong didn't bother to care about his half-dead look, and asked Yang Wanwan on the other side, "Wei Ran, has there been any news from King Yang?"
Yang Wanwan was also called Wei Ran. His father, Yang Ju, was the Di king in the Yinping area of Wudu, so Yang Wanwan was really a little prince.
"No news has come back yet, but it should be fine. After all, my lord was once the King of Charming Di."
Feng Yong looked south and said, "You still have to be careful. I don't trust the strong end."
During this Northern Expedition, Liao Hua was ordered to guard Wudu and ensure the safety of the grain road from Ju County to Qishan.
Yang Ju accepted the order of the Prime Minister and returned to his hometown to gather his old troops, which can be regarded as finally getting his wish.
It's just that Feng Yong is not optimistic about his trip at the moment. After all, after so many years, who knows how many people still recognize him?
I guess Yang Ju also knew that this was a political mission.
So this will have to wait.
When the Han Dynasty can really retake Longyou, King Yang Di of Wudu Yinping will probably stage a good show of "Children, your king is back again".
Yang Wanwan can then become a real little prince.
This guy Qiang Duan fled to the southwest when the Northern Expeditionary Army first left Ju County.
Although he has done well in the wool trade with Hanzhong in recent years, he is just the white glove of the big man in Longyou, and he may not be close to the big man himself.
In the Battle of Hanzhong, other Di kings all responded to Ma Chao, but this strong leader was one of the few Di kings who was close to Cao Cao, and even stabbed the big Han in the back once.
Taking advantage of the opportunity of Cao Cao to wipe out the Hu tribes who supported Ma Chao during the Battle of Hanzhong, and later moved the Han people to Yinping, the capital of Wu, the Qiantuan took advantage of the opportunity.
In addition, in the past two years, he has been doing business with Hanzhong, and his power has grown even more. If he really has harmful intentions, then there will be trouble in the food industry.
Therefore, Feng Yong always had a sense of distrust in Qiang Duan, the Di King.
In King Feng Gui's view, if you really had good intentions, why would you hide away? Why are you hiding if you don't feel guilty?
If you hide, it means there is something wrong with you!
After staying in Xixian County for two days, after a batch of grain and grass was gathered, Feng Yong personally escorted the baggage to Jixian County.
Ji County is the county seat of Tianshui. The city is tall and heavy, so it is necessary to have supplies to attack the city.
At this time, the Han army had just encircled Jicheng, and Feng Yong escorted the troops there with grain, grass and baggage, providing extremely powerful logistical support.
When Zhuge Liang heard that Feng Yong had arrived, he sent a message to him to come to the commander's tent.
"The last general, Feng Yong, has met the prime minister."
Feng Yong entered the handsome tent and said loudly.
As the Northern Expeditionary Army advanced further north, its forces became more dispersed. When the counties heard of the surrender, they all sent people to receive it. Now, there is no more general in the commander's tent.
Feng Yong glanced at it and saw only Ma Su and Yang Yi Xiang Lang standing on both sides, plus a strange young general. There was insufficient light in the tent, and it was from the side, so Feng Yong couldn't see his face clearly.
Hearing Feng Yong announce his name, the young general's eyes flashed with light, but he took the initiative to turn his head. His eyes fell on him and he could no longer move away. His eyes were burning and he kept looking up and down at Feng Yong.
, I don’t know what I’m thinking about.
"No need to be polite." Zhuge Liang was in a good mood and said with a smile, "I thought it would take two days for you to arrive, but I didn't expect you would arrive today. The Dongfeng Express in your hand is indeed a fast word.
I finally made the right loan by lending you this Dongfeng Express."
Well, it's normal for Zhuge Liang to borrow the east wind.
"Come, let me tell you, this is Jiang Wei and Jiang Boyue of Tianshui County, Hebei Province, but he is a rare good scholar in Liangzhou. Boyue, this is Feng Yong and Feng Mingwen whom I often mentioned to you."
With joy on his face, Zhuge Liang said to the two young men in the tent, "You two are both young and talented people. Please stay close to each other in the future."
When Feng Yong heard this, he was shocked and quickly turned to look at the young general.
He hadn't paid attention to take a closer look at Jiang Wei's appearance just now, but now that he was looking at him, Feng Tubiao's first thought was: There is such an outstanding man in the world!
Compared with Zhao Guang's unparalleled handsomeness, Jiang Wei's handsomeness is as masculine as the scorching sun.
His eyes were as deep as ancient pools, his face was as sharp as a knife, and his body was as tall and straight as a cold pine. He stood there, calm and calm.
The whole person's appearance actually gave Feng Yong the feeling of having downy hairs all over his body.
Compared to the outstanding Jiang Wei, Feng Yong, who was originally quite impressive, suddenly became extremely ordinary.
Jiang Wei secretly thought in his heart, "I heard that Feng Langjun is extremely intelligent and talented enough to be compared with Cao Zhi, but I didn't expect that he has a shameless face. He really cannot be tolerated."
The two of them stared at each other for a long time, and suddenly they spoke with a clear understanding, "I have met Feng Langjun (Jiang Langjun)."
After saying that, they looked at each other and smiled at the same time.
In the "Book of Ji Han" written by later generations, this paragraph was recorded for the meeting between the two people today:
Yong, his plan is hidden by ghosts; Wei, his strategy is the hero of the world. When the two met under the city of Ji, they saw the rise of the Han Dynasty! They said: The two pillars of the Han Dynasty.
When Zhuge Liang saw the scene between Feng Yong and Jiang Wei, his heart moved and he remembered something, so he couldn't help showing a scrutinizing look in his eyes, and his eyes wandered back and forth between the two of them, hesitating.
When Feng Yong came to stand aside, he suddenly found that the Prime Minister's eyes were fixed on Jiang Wei, and he didn't know what he was thinking.
Feng Tubiao couldn't help but murmur to himself, "Historically, the old demon Zhuge praised Jiang Wei in every possible way, and even regarded him as his direct disciple and taught him everything he learned. Is there any privacy in this?"
On the other hand, Ma Su saw the Prime Minister lost his mind, and immediately reminded him quietly, "Prime Minister!"
Only then did Zhuge Liang come back to his senses and smiled to himself, "I was distracted."
As he spoke, his eyes glanced back and forth between Ma Su and Feng Yong.
Then he continued, "Now the water is only in Shanggui, and Jicheng has not yet descended. The city of Shanggui is strong, and it is the place where Cao thieves gathered food. There is sufficient food and grass, and in the east, Guangwei County and Linwei County echo it.
, it will be difficult to capture it for a while.”
"Therefore, we can only go north to Longshan via Jicheng to block the enemy who comes to help. Boyue, you are most familiar with Longyou, what do you think about this?"
When Jiang Wei heard the Prime Minister's question, he quickly stood up and said, "Return to the Prime Minister, if you want to prevent Cao Cao's thieves from passing the pass to help, you will have three strategies, the upper, middle and lower. It's just up to the Prime Minister to choose."
"Bojo thought carefully, and he was able to come up with three plans and come to me quickly."
"promise."
Jiang Wei walked to the map and sand table, picked up the bamboo whip, and looked at Feng Yong again.
Feng Yong was a little confused by what he saw, and he thought, "The Prime Minister asked you to say, what do you think I did?"
But he didn't know that Jiang Wei was praising him in his heart with this glance.
The map is exquisite and the sand table is exquisite. Comparing the two proves that mountains, rivers, cities, and passes are all included, which are really necessary for marching and fighting.
I heard that this was created by Feng Langjun, and his talent is indeed superior to many!
"The plan I came up with is to immediately order a general to lead his troops directly north, cross the street pavilion, climb Longshan, seize Longguan, and guard it so that Cao Cao's thieves cannot go to Long via Guanlong Avenue."
"In this way, Cao's thieves have no choice but to go around the north. By the time they come from the north, Longyou has already been owned by the Han Dynasty. The Prime Minister will lead his army to meet the troops coming from afar. They will definitely win!"
After Zhuge Liang heard this, he glanced at Feng Yong in surprise again, thinking that Jiang Boyue and Feng Mingwen really had the same views. Not only did they have the same plan, but they even used similar rhetoric.
"One of the tricks is to guard the street pavilion. This will also prevent the Cao thieves from Guanzhong from communicating with the Cao thieves from Guangwei County. As long as the street pavilion can be guarded for two months, Longyou will be owned by the Han Dynasty."
"A certain plan is to guard the Longyou gate in Lueyang. But in this way, if the enemy coming from Guanzhong does not continue to the west, but turns south from the street pavilion, the Cao thieves in Guangwei County will probably become more powerful.
, difficult to attack."
There are four counties in Longyou, with Tianshui as the center, Nan'an and Longxi to the west, and Guangwei to the east.
Now that Nan'an has been secured, Wei Yan is recovering Longxi.
Only Guangwei County is like an irregular "7", wrapping Tianshui inside and protecting Longshan outside.
If you want to go up to Longshan to block the pass and the enemy comes, there are two ways.
One is to capture Shanggui, then continue eastward and capture Linwei County at the bottom of the "7", and finally go up along the "7", passing through Qingshui and other counties before reaching Jieting.
This is not allowed by the current situation, because Guangwei County did not respond to the Northern Expedition and must attack the city all the way.
One is the route taken by the current Northern Expedition army, from the West County of Tianshui County to Jicheng, forming a "diao" with the "7" Guangwei County.
The street pavilion is just a little further down from the bend of the word "Diao". There are two roads from Guanzhong to Longyou nearby.
The one to the north is Fanxu Road. Although this road is relatively flat, it is a small road and leads directly to Lueyang behind the street pavilion.
The one to the south is Guanlong Avenue.
When Guanlong Avenue reaches Jieting, it is divided into two directions. One direction continues west to Lueyang, and the other direction turns south, leading to Qingshui, connecting Guangwei County, and reaching Tianshui.
Regardless of the road conditions, the convenience of connecting with Guangwei County, or the strategic perspective of defeating the Northern Expedition army, Cao Wei's reinforcements must take Guanlong Avenue and seize the street pavilion.
For the Han Dynasty, if they block the Guanlong Avenue, they can directly turn around and swallow up Guangwei County. At this time, the overall situation of Longyou will be more than half decided.
Why in history did Ma Di lose his street pavilion and the Northern Expedition army would be in danger?
The reason is that Zhang He can continue to meet Zhuge Liang to the west after passing Jieting, or to join Cao's army in Guangwei County to the south, and then directly run to the bottom of "7" in Linwei County, where the word "Diao" is cut off.
Ti, that is, the food route and retreat route of the Han army.
"It's impossible to make a decision." Zhuge Liang shook his head and said, "To defend Longyou, we must guard the pass. Cao's thieves and horses in Guanzhong are not allowed to enter. Defending Lueyang will inevitably lead to failure."
"If you fall into the trap, it would be good. If you occupy Lueyang and rely on it, the army can keep up with the baggage and won't be exhausted..."
When Zhuge Liang said this, he looked at the sand table again, thought for a long time, and then asked, "How many miles is it from Jicheng to Longguan?"
"It's more than two hundred and sixty miles in total."
Jiang Wei answered immediately, and it could be seen that he had indeed made sufficient preparations.
"Longshan is difficult to travel. It is rare for an army to travel forty miles in a day. It will take at least seven days to get there." Zhuge Liang was a little undecided. "The pass is dangerous. It is not clear when it can be captured."
Seeing that Zhuge Liang really planned to guard the street pavilion, Feng Yong became anxious and couldn't hold it anymore.
So he hurriedly persuaded and said, "Prime Minister, Longguan is a key point to Longyou. If you get it, you can defend it with only a small number of soldiers, and the army can go down to attack the pass at any time."
"If we lose it, we can only retreat to the street pavilion and fight the enemy decisively. Looking at the world today, we are weak and the enemy is strong. If we can lose less energy, we can save more energy for the future revival of the Han Dynasty."
"Now the army of Longyou has more than 100,000 men. It is only 30,000 that can besieged the city of Hebei. There are 20,000 scattered around the city of Hebei, which is more! The last general is willing to lead his own troops and attack Longguan to block Cao's bandit reinforcements.
"
If before the siege of Jicheng, we were afraid that our retreat would be cut off, now we no longer have this worry, and we can try to rush to capture Longguan.
Because to be honest, the decisive battle at the street pavilion is definitely not as good as blocking Longkou.
Because Liangzhou's soldiers and horses are not dead, they will come over sooner or later. If they are at loggerheads with Zhang He at the street pavilion, the Han Dynasty will be in danger of fighting on three fronts: Guanzhong reinforcements, Liangzhou, Guangwei County and Shanggui.
"I'm afraid that Cao Cao's thieves from Guangwei will occupy the street pavilion and cut off his return route."
Zhuge Liang hesitated slightly.
Of course he knew that it was best to block the Long Pass, but if the light army moved in a hurry, the baggage would inevitably fall behind, and the attack on the pass might not be possible.
More importantly, no one knows how and where Cao's reinforcements have arrived.
"Just order an army to garrison the street pavilion to protect the way back."
Feng Yong quickly suggested.
Zhuge Liang glanced at Feng Yong and sighed, "In the battle of Changbanpo, Cao's elite cavalry traveled three hundred miles in one day and night. In the battle of Xincheng, Sima Zhongda traveled one thousand two hundred miles in eight days."
"You once told me before that Cao Cao has good cavalry and is good at running long distances. This is indeed true. Now I have been waiting to go to Long for twenty days. I believe Cao Cao's reinforcements are on the way."
"It's 1,800 miles from Luoyang to Longkou. According to Cao Cao's two speeds, the fastest is..."
The Han Prime Minister looked up to the sky and counted with his fingers.
Feng Tubiao couldn't hold it back for a moment and said directly, "Twelve days."
"Ahem, that's right, it's twelve days."
The Prime Minister of the Han Dynasty glanced at someone and said, "Except for delivering news and dispatching troops, there is still such a long distance. The soldiers are not strong enough, so they need to rest on the road. If you add it all up, Cao's reinforcements will only take about a month.
You can reach it.”
"Minus these twenty days, that is to say, there are only ten days left at most, which is more than 260 miles. During this period, we have to cross Longshan and attack the pass. Who do you think can let it go?"
The rest of the people listened and remained silent.
There is a saying in the art of war: roll up your armor and move forward, stay at home day and night, march on multiple routes, and strive for profit within a hundred miles, then you will capture the three generals. The strong one will go first, and the tired one will follow.
If you are a general, half of his methods are achieved; if you fight for an advantage within thirty miles, two-thirds of it will be achieved.
Therefore, a day's march usually lasts about thirty to forty miles.
According to this calculation, when the soldiers of the army arrive at Longkou, reinforcements from Cao's thieves will also arrive, with a difference of one or two days at most.
The Cao thief takes advantage of the best cavalry in the world, which is really frustrating.
"I, Prime Minister, have the best martial arts skills in the world, but the only one who can't defeat me is my speed!"
