According to common sense, as the commander-in-chief of the entire army and as the prime minister of the Han Dynasty, Chen Chong should no longer risk his own life, but should sit in Chencang and make arrangements from the center, remotely commanding the two armies to achieve the purpose of the battle. Even if he is not worried about the frontline war, he should
He should be stationed within the Right Army and be responsible for the main attack on Yangping Pass. No matter how you look at it, personally leading the Left Army to attack the hinterland of Hanzhong is too risky for Chen Chong, who is already fifty years old.
Therefore, when Chen Chong made this decision, it aroused unanimous opposition from all the generals. Duan Yan used the example of the ancient Qin and Wei battles in Hexi to ask for Chen Chong's orders, saying: "Back then, Shang Yang lured and captured the prince, leaving the Wei army without a commander, and the soldiers
The panic led to a fragile defeat in the first battle, and the abandonment of the land, which led to the rise of the Sixth Dynasty of the Western Qin Dynasty. The prime minister risked his life, and what happened to the soldiers of Naixi Mansion?"
But Chen Chong was determined, and he slowly shook his head and said: "Captain, there is no need to persuade me. My arrangement is naturally after careful consideration. You are flying my flag high along the way. With the bad reputation I have gained over the past few decades, the Shu Army
You must not dare to relax. Most of the troops will probably be attracted around Yangping Pass, so you cannot act rashly. You stand firm first, and when I lead the troops around to the enemy's rear, I raise the flag, and most of the Shu army will mobilize to surround me. At that time, you
It will be much easier to attack Yangping Pass again."
Duan Xuan knew that he could no longer persuade him, so he asked the most elite Ma Chao First Division and Yin Feng's troops to be transferred to the left army. He privately told Ma Chao: "I am old, I am afraid I won't be able to work for a few more years.
But Meng Qi, you are young and very talented. As long as you can protect the Prime Minister on this expedition with the Prime Minister, it will be a great achievement. When I return to my hometown to serve as an official in the future, I will definitely recommend you to sit in this position." Ma Chao was overjoyed when he heard this,
Naturally, they respond in succession.
When we turned around and arrived at Chen Chong's command, it was not the first time that Chen Chong met him, but it was the first time they were alone together. On the day when the troops were divided, Chen Chong saw him riding a fast yellow horse, and he was several horses ahead of him, so he came to fight.
When they met together, Ma Chao was wearing a gray hunting suit, with a bow on his back and a sword on his waist. Although it was not very gorgeous, it had a chilling and gloomy temperament combined with Ma Chao's thin and muscular face.
When he came closer, all his riders reined in their horses, allowing the excited horses to slowly calm down. Only Ma Chao, after approaching Chen Chong, stopped once he reined in his horse, and only stepped on the ground a few times.
It seemed like it was nailed. Chen Chong casually praised it and said: "What a good horse!"
Unexpectedly, Ma Chao said: "Since the Prime Minister likes it, how about giving it to the Prime Minister?"
Chen Chong was stunned when he heard this, shook his head and said with a smile: "This is a war horse that is used to fight in person. Although I am leading a surprise attack from the left, I am not planning to fight. Meng Qi might as well ride it to achieve meritorious deeds!"
Ma Chao was still a little disappointed when the gift failed, but he immediately cheered up and bowed to Chen Chong: "I am very proficient in writing. Although I still have some fighting skills, I am far inferior to the Prime Minister. This time I go south, I will ask the Prime Minister for advice."
That's right." Chen Chong saw that he was so humble, so naturally he responded kindly, and replied: "There's nothing to coach. It's just a matter of careful consideration beforehand, and taking more chances to win."
In the next few days, Chen Chong gathered his army and waited in Lanmeiyuan as planned, and gradually became familiar with Ma Chao. As the eldest son of a famous family, Ma Chao was quite extravagant in food and clothing, but this was probably influenced by the folk customs in Longshang.
, he is not very noble yet, and he talks kindly to the soldiers, but he is a bit withdrawn and often spends his free time alone.
On the day of departure, Chen Chong led his army to officially enter Luo Valley. Because it was a surprise attack on separate routes, it was unrealistic to expect that the food road transportation could keep up with the cavalry. Therefore, after the troops on the left carried a month's worth of dry food on their horses, they next
On the mountain road, they could only rely on themselves. Before leaving, looking at the mountains and forest barriers in the south, Chen Chong asked Ma Chao with a smile: "Can Meng Qi endure the hardship?" Ma Chao replied: "If
To make meritorious deeds, it’s all a matter of leisure!”
But after actually walking into the Tangluo Road, everyone realized that the road was farther and more dangerous than they thought. Although the Tangluo Road was named after Tang Valley and Luo Valley, the two valleys were not directly connected. They had to pass through the Xiluo Valley Water in the middle.
Heishui, Sushui, Youshui, Tangshui and other river valleys, crossing the Shibapan Ridge between Xiluogu River and Heishui, the main ridge of Qinling Mountains between Heishui and Sushui, and Xinglong between Sushui and Youshui
There are four or five big mountains such as Niuling and Guanlingliang between Youshui and Tangshui. Therefore, in terms of danger, the Tangluo Road is slightly better than the Ziwu Road. It is only because of the speed of the road that it is not
As for desolation.
Chen Chong, Ma Chao and his party walked for three or four days in a row. When they looked up and down, they saw almost endless desolate forests and rocks.
Since the last large-scale operation was more than ten years ago, many thorns and awns still inevitably grew on the valley road. In addition, summer nights were the season when mosquitoes breed. Everyone walked extremely hard along the way.
There were scratches on their faces, and some even had a bunch of red rashes. It rained one night and many people fell ill naturally when they were showered with cold water. But fortunately, they had already thought about something like this before traveling.
Due to the situation, the army brought a lot of herbal medicine to treat cold and malaria. Therefore, although the journey was difficult, not many people were left behind.
Of course, it wasn’t all bad things along the way. Probably on the seventh day, when everyone walked to the Sealing Ridge, they suddenly found many crows flying above their heads. After the sound of flapping wings passed by, they immediately witnessed
It was a strange scene: there were about a thousand elk running like a brown-red river between the mountain roads. They were not afraid when they saw the sergeants, and ran down the side of the rocks on their own. Then they jumped like elves, and they were there.
Disappearing on the other side of the mountains and deep forests.
Chen Chong saw this scene and stood at the front unconsciously. He was hesitating when he suddenly heard the roar of a deer and saw a white figure jumping up and standing on the opposite rock. He looked carefully.
Look, it was a white deer. It was much larger than an ordinary deer, almost as big as an ordinary horse. Chen Chong saw the white deer staring at them, and under the huge stone where the white deer stood, there were dots of orchids growing.
Between the streams.
[In view of the general environment,
He suddenly thought of Qu Yuan's "Mrs. Xiang", thought for a moment, and read:
"Under the purple altar of Yunmeng, the leaves in the world are clear. Deer are everywhere in the mountains, and trampling orchids are growing."
"It is only beneficial to the hard work of the heart, and it can add splendor and invention. Fighting to know the whole world, and visiting the western camp of the country."
When I looked up again, the white deer had disappeared.
The sight of the white deer boosted the morale of the whole army. They originally planned to catch a few deer to satisfy their craving, but they all gave up after meeting the white deer. They privately said that the white deer is a rare auspicious thing in the world.
Now that he appears in front of everyone for no reason, it is obviously to ensure that our army will win.
So on the twelfth day, the soldiers bypassed Tiewa Mountain and walked west for about twenty miles. Suddenly they saw an old locust tree about seven or eight feet high at the mouth of the valley. When they walked under the tree, they
I found that the surrounding mountains were instantly lowered like a waterfall. You could vaguely see the houses and cooking smoke at the bottom of the mountain. Both sides of the street were full of rapeseed (rape flowers) that had passed their flowering period. They were lush and green, making people feel full of vitality and spirit.
A jolt.
To prepare for the unexpected, the group of people mounted their horses and quickly descended the mountain in a queue, and then went to the countryside at the foot of the mountain to ask for directions. When the local villagers discovered that Liang people had suddenly appeared, they were extremely frightened and hurriedly launched a local five-douchi rice wine offering.
Come to contact. While Chen Chong was waiting, he ordered his men to formally raise the banner and post the prepared memorandum to Shu around. Only then did the villagers know that the scribes in front of them were the prime ministers of the northern court. They kowtowed on the ground repeatedly, and originally
Chen Chongdan didn't dare to neglect his plans to offer rice wine as a sacrifice. Chen Chongdan asked questions and answered them all.
It turned out that ten days ago, the Left Route Army had arrived at Yangping Pass as promised. Zhang Lu and Pan Jun heard that Chen Chong was personally campaigning for Hanzhong, and they quickly recruited the strong men in the county. Except for the troops from Shangyong and Fangling, almost all the other soldiers were recruited.
We have already prepared for war in the area from Nanzheng to Mianyang. Now, the area from Longting where Chen Chong is to Chenggu is almost completely empty.
Chen Chong looked at the people in the village and found that there were really not many young men. He was convinced that the rice religion's wine sacrifice was not a lie. He immediately called Ma Chao, Yin Feng and others to discuss the next step.
To be honest, even Chen Chong himself did not expect that his name would put such great pressure on him, to the extent that he would let the enemy clear all other roads in order to guard the Yangping Pass. Looking at it this way, the original bold plan,
Now it seems a bit conservative. There is currently a large gap in the Shu people's defense line. This is my advantage. If I attack according to the plan, I will not get much benefit.
After Ma Chao heard the news, he was extremely excited, as if a huge treasure had been delivered to him. He quickly asked Chen Chong for help and said: "Prime Minister, I heard that the Yangping Pass is too small to accommodate tens of thousands of troops. The remaining
I am afraid that all the soldiers are scattered around Guancheng. Now that they are defenseless, we can attack their camp from their back at night. The enemy
People have no way to escape, so they must surrender to us!"
Chen Chong also agreed with him, so he temporarily changed his plan and walked along the deep mountains of Mianbei day and night, from Longting to the north of Nanzheng. The local garrison built a camp to rest in the north of the city. Chen Chong sent people to investigate.
At that time, he discovered that a rice festival was being held in the enemy's camp. There were no secret sentries or scouts outside the city. After receiving the report, Chen Chong ordered the entire army to mount their horses and walk slowly. When the enemy camp was about four miles away, they suddenly launched an attack. p>
For a moment, the horses neighed like a tide, and the Western knights kept whipping their whips, rushing into the Shu camp like thunder. The Mi Taoists were caught off guard and saw countless swords and swords flashing out from the fire. They were so frightened that they had no will to resist.
, all they could think about was to take advantage of the chaos to escape, and ended up huddled together in a chaotic manner. Finally, they arrived at the back door, only to find that the front and rear exits of the camp were blocked by the enemy troops. There was no way to escape, and they could only let the enemy troops move back and forth in the camp.
Charge and kill.
That night, Zhang Lu, the master of five buckets of rice, was captured by Ma Chao and kidnapped and sent to Chen Chong's banner. After Chen Chong gave the order, Zhang Lu did not dare to disobey. He personally asked his followers to give up their resistance and ordered Nanzheng City Gate to open and surrender.
The ground instantly fell into the hands of Chen Chong. Pan Jun, who was originally guarding Yangping Pass, was also greatly frightened after learning the news of Nanzheng's surrender. The front and rear passages had been cut off, and there was no way out, so he went to Duan in front of the pass.
Simmer surrender.
At this point, Chen Chong almost took over the Hanzhong natural barrier as if he were searching for something. The whole process was so smooth that even the generals of Xifu found it incredible. Then, a new problem was placed in front of Chen Chong and the generals: Hanzhong has been conquered, and Peking University in Bashu is
The gate has been lost, should we go to Longwangshu and take advantage of the situation to attack Jiange directly?