Three Kingdoms: I help Liu Bei grow thousands of miles

Chapter 793
The third year of Han Yankang, the third year of Wei Huangchu, the middle of November in 222 AD.

Pang Tong, Ma Chao, and Pang Rou led their troops to Qishan, while Fu Xun and Zhang Nan led their troops to Hechi.

Because the two troops were on the same road in the first half, they sent troops from Yangping Pass at the same time.

Huang Quan marched in the direction of Shangyong with great momentum under Liu Bei's commander-in-chief according to the plan of Fa Zheng.

Wei Yan, Wang Ping, and Ma Dai led troops back to Nanzheng to make equipment and tools for crossing Ziwuling.

Deng Ai returned to Mianyang to recruit the villagers to transport food. The two sides agreed to meet in Nanzheng three days later and strive to arrive at the city of Chang'an by mid-December.

Deng Ai's people in Tuntian District, Mianyang, many of them had the fate of being displaced. Most of their parents came from Sanfu. When Li Jue was in trouble for Chang'an, they fled to Hanzhong and were taken in by Zhang Lu. Later, when Cao Cao attacked Zhang Lu Later, Yang Song used rumors to intimidate them. These people fled to Yizhou with their old and young, and became villagers in Tuntian District of Deng Ai.

Within two or three years of Yizhou's stability, the villagers and Liu Bei counterattacked Hanzhong and returned to the land of Hanzhong, where they are familiar with their lives. Now they are mobilized to cross Ziwuling and return to the starting point of Sanfu refugees. Deng Ai couldn't bear to think about it. , so the method of voluntary registration is adopted. If the final number of people is not reached, they will be drawn proportionally in each village.

There were more than [-] tenants from Xindengzhuang who entered Shu one after another, and they fully supported Deng Ai's farming in Zitong. These people were basically married young people, so they gradually married wives and had children soon after entering Shu.

The villagers in Xindengzhuang are very skilled in planting, and now they are all living a happy life of "wife and children on the kang". Facing the "young village owner" Deng Ai's arms, the first batch of these "own people" stood up.

After the farmers in Xindengzhuang took the lead, the descendants of the former Sanfu people enthusiastically signed up. Nearly half of the [-] villagers are willing to follow Deng Ai to transport food. It is the wish of the older generation to return to their hometown.

The result of the registration was beyond Deng Ai's expectation. He considered that he might have to cooperate with Wei Yan's regular army to fight through Ziwu Ridge successfully, so Deng Ai tried his best to choose strong young and strong fellows.

Three days later, Wei Yan's troops crossing Ziwu Ridge also set off from Nanzheng.

During the period when the main force of Central Shu was stationed at Yangping Pass, the marching battle reports of various ministries were sent back every day, and everything seemed to be moving in the planned direction.

Liu Bei has been fighting all his life, and suddenly he has the feeling of holding the universe in his hands. He has a premonition that this time it will be smooth.

The generals of Yangpingguan who were "on hold" heard the battle reports from other channels every day, and felt like a kitten scratching their heads. Huang Zhong asked for an early expedition several times, but Liu Bei stopped him because he didn't arrive at the scheduled time.

In late November, nine days after Fu Xun and Zhang Nan dispatched troops.

Huang Zhong took Zhao Yuntong to meet Liu Bei, knocked on the door and entered the room only to find that Fazheng was also inside, and the two were sitting opposite each other, chatting, laughing and playing chess.

Huang Zhong and Zhao Yun glanced at each other at the same time, thinking that tomorrow is ten days, did the king and the military advisor forget the time?

"Your Majesty, Military Advisor" Huang Zhong clasped his fists and saluted, his tone seemed anxious, Zhao Yun echoed softly beside him.

"It's the old general and Zilong. How are the soldiers and horses trained in each battalion? It's winter at Yangping Pass, are the soldiers able to dance with spears?" Liu Bei asked without turning his head.

"The battalions are training every day, and Zhao Yun often led his troops to fight in winter when he was in the north, so he would not be affected by the weather." Zhao Yun clasped his fists and shared his experience in winter combat, responding to Liu Bei's concerns from the side.

Huang Zhong was afraid of losing his vanguard position, so he quickly added: "Once it gets colder in the south in winter, it will be worse than in the north. In the end, there will be countless battles in winter."

"You two generals don't need to argue, Bei has already promised you to be the left and right vanguards, it seems that the ten-day deadline has not yet come, why are you here today?" Liu Bei asked knowingly.

"There should be one day left. Zilong is afraid that the king will forget, so he reminded me in the future." Huang Zhong and Zhao Yun have a good relationship, so they can only use each other as a 'scapegoat' at this time.

Zhao Yun looked aggrieved: "I didn't"

"Hahaha, such a big event, how can Bei forget it? Seeing that you are all eager to try, and you are both pioneers, Xiao Zhi, how about letting the two generals go for a day?" Liu Bei turned to Fazheng to ask advice.

Fazheng frowned and stroked his beard: "Yangping Pass is six hundred miles away from Chencang. What's the use of walking for a day first? Besides, Dasan Xiongguan is blocking the way, and Chencang's guard Zhang He is cautious. Why don't we go with the army and go to Hechi to take weapons and attack head-on?" .”

"Your Majesty has already opened the golden mouth, so why should the military adviser stop it? Zilong and I can also open the way for the army, otherwise the vanguard is meaningless? Do you think so, Your Majesty?" Huang Zhong argued hard.

"Well, the old general is right, so I will ride with you and Zilong [-] paces each. You can set off first tomorrow, and when you arrive at Hechi, escort the siege equipment with Fu Xun and Zhang Nan first, and wait at the Dashan Pass. The main force of the rear army." Liu Bei nodded and ordered.

"Wei." Huang Zhong and Zhao Yun happily clasped their fists together.

Seeing the backs of the two leaving in a hurry, Liu Bei frowned and asked Fazheng, "Xiaozhi, what is your intention in doing this?"

Fazheng replied: "The main force is delayed for ten days to let Cao Zhen focus on Qishan. The more trouble the three generals make in Qishan, the less pressure we will have to attack Dashanguan and Chencang."

"I understand that you are making a lot of noise. Before Kong Ming asked Yide to build siege equipment in Hechi, this time you asked Fu and Zhang Er to supervise the construction. Isn't this a warning to the snake?

General Huang and Zilong are eager to make meritorious deeds. With them as the vanguard this time, they will definitely try to attack before the main force arrives.Based on what I know about Zhang He, that guy will definitely not be able to shrink back." Liu Bei expressed his doubts.

Fazheng explained with a smile: "It's not a complicated strategy to attack the east and attack the west. Cao Zhen has a steady personality and is quite proficient in the art of war. He should be prepared everywhere. Cao is really suspicious, as for deliberately suppressing and mobilizing the emotions of the two generals Huang and Zhao, it is just a simple method of provoking the generals."

"The Dasan Pass is also very dangerous, will filial piety be useful?" Liu Bei frowned.

"It's hard to say, but I have a hunch that it will be useful. Judging by the expressions of the two people who left just now, it is estimated that they will lead the army to set off before dawn, and they should arrive a few days earlier than the rear army. I will wait." Fazheng was very sure.

"Is that so?" Liu Bei was surprised.

"Your Majesty, please wait and see." Fazheng nodded with a smile.

At night, Huang Zhong and Zhao Yun discussed the time to send troops tomorrow, and Huang Zhong convinced Zhao Yun that it would be the next day when the time passed.

The two troops quietly left Yangping Pass in the middle of the night, only the sound of footsteps was left in the mobilization of soldiers and horses, they were as quiet as running water.

Fazheng invited Liu Bei to come to the city tower to watch. He saw that under the dark sky, the torches gathered into fire dragons, facing the deep night in the north, getting farther and farther away from Yangping Pass.

(End of this chapter)