Silver Fox of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 420 One Day Soldiers Arrive at Chang'an City
At the end of November in the fifth year of Zhangwu in Ji Han Dynasty, Chencang Road in Hanzhong.

Chencang Road was a waterway in the late Qin Dynasty and early Han Dynasty, which was the upper reaches of the Jialing River, so it was also called Jialing Road.

During Liu Bang's period, Han Xinming built plank roads to cross Chencang secretly, which was to transport grain and grass by land and water.

But maybe it was God's blessing Ji Han, the Wudu earthquake caused the Han River to divert, and the river ceased to exist.

The result is that although Chencang Road can still be walked, it loses the convenience of water transportation, making it extremely difficult to transport grain.

Even though Chencang Road is still the safest and most spacious road in the four roads of Hanzhong, because of the long distance it detours, and the high mountains of the Qinling Mountains, the road conditions for grain and grass transportation are extremely poor.

Shen Chen was riding on a horse, behind him was a continuous [-] army, and behind the army, there were about [-] to [-] civilian auxiliary soldiers, pushing the wooden ox forward slowly.

There are lofty mountains on both sides, and the mountains are soaring into the clouds. Only the valley below forms a wide road, which winds endlessly towards the north.

"Great Governor, Sanguan is ahead, and after passing Sanguan is Chencang."

After nearly 20 days of trekking, the road became wider and wider as soon as possible. Ma Dai rode on horseback and reported to Shen Chen.

Shen Chen looked into the distance, and saw that the originally wide road in front of him seemed to have suddenly become narrow again, and the mountains on the left and right seemed to rise into the clouds, majestic and tall.

The reason why the rear location looks spacious is because there is a valley, a market is formed in the valley, there are built military camps, and there are some houses where the people and the army live together, forming a unique scene.

Chencang and Sanguan, including Xieyuguan, the exit of Baoxie Road, have always been in the hands of the Liu Bei Group, but it is unrealistic to garrison a large number of troops, so basically only a few hundred or one or two thousand soldiers are stationed at the outer passes.

Now Cao Wei has fully retracted the Guanzhong soldiers and horses back to Chang'an, and there are only a small number of garrisoned troops in Mei County, Wugong County, Huaili County, Hu County and other places in Youfufeng on the periphery.As a result, the Cao Wei Group could hardly pose a threat to Hanzhong, and the enemy and us naturally did not have too many troops stationed.

"Great Governor!"

The generals from Sanguan hurried over.

Shen Chen nodded and said: "There is still grain and grass in the rear that are being transported continuously, and some of them are stockpiled at Sanguan, and you will be responsible for transporting them to Chencang."

"Yes."

The general should go down.

Zhuge Liang's flow-based homework inspired Shen Chen.

Chencang Road is indeed very long, but the road conditions are much stronger than the other three roads.

Therefore, Shen Chen built camps along the route, transported grain to these camps in batches, and passed them back and forth.

Although Yangpingguan is thousands of miles away from Chencang, as long as Chencang Road and Baoxie Road transport grain and grass at the same time, more than 60 shi can be delivered in a month.

Moreover, there are only more than 1 civilians in Chencang Road, and there are more than 1000 people in Baoxie Road. More than 3 civilians can transport so much food and grass to supply an army of [-]. It can be said that the efficiency is very exaggerated. up.

This is the wisdom of Kong Ming.

soon.

The army moved on.

Before dark, I finally left Chencang Road and arrived at Chencang County, which is later Baoji City.

The army slowly entered the city, while the food and grass in the rear continued.

By the beginning of December, Shen Chen's army had already appeared near Mei County, threatening You Fufeng.

In addition to Chen Cang's 3 troops, Huang Zhong took the Bao ramp and led [-] troops.

In the past, Liangzhou and Hanzhong had only about [-] soldiers in total, but Shen Chen had recruited troops in recent years and let Yu Jin train his troops.

After one year of military training, Zhao Yunpound led them to attack Wuwei, Zhangye, Jiuquan, Dunhuang and other counties. The actual combat training was very good, so the army has now expanded to [-].

But 10 horses naturally cannot attack with the whole army, so in Liangzhou and Hanzhong, there are still about 2 people left behind, of which 5000 are in Liangzhou, and Hanzhong is stationed in Fangling, Shangyong and other places to guard against small groups of enemies. The troops attacked Hanzhong from Ziwu Road and Tangluo Road.

Right now, among the 3 horses led by Shen Chen himself, [-] are cavalry. After leaving Chencang Road, he asked his lieutenants Niu Dan, Yang Qun, Ma Yu, Jiang Yuan and others to lead the infantry to go east to Xieyuguan to wait for Huang Zhong. , and he himself raided Mei County.

On December [-]th, on the endless Guanzhong Plain.The banks of the Weishui River should have been filled with fields and villages, but now they are deserted, and the weeds are not cleared, and they all grow very tall. Herbivores such as hares, elk, and deer are overrun. On the fertile fields, there are even prairie wolves howling.

The north wind howls fiercely, and there is no snow in Guanzhong this year. The cold wind is bleak, and the withered yellow grass is swept away by the wind. A lone elk wanders in the forest in the north of Mei County. It walks slowly, lowers its head and gnaws Eating the grass among the leaves, her ears kept shaking, listening for sounds.

Behind a tree not far away, an arrow sticks out. The sharp arrow glows coldly in the pale winter sun. The owner of the arrow slowly pulls the bow away. The feathered arrow cut through the void like lightning and shot at the elk.

"puff!"

The arrow pierced the deer's head, and the elk fell silently without even making a sound.

"The general is good at archery."

Mei county meritorious Cao repeatedly praised.

Next to him is Deng Xuan, the guard of Mei County. He has led 3000 people and has been stationed in Mei County for three years.

Three years and three years later, it was agreed to change the defense once a year, but because Deng Xuan had no background, others sent money to Xia Houmao, so he could only carry this hard work on his back.

In his spare time, Deng Xuan likes hunting the most.

After all, there are no people in Mei County, and there are no other entertainment facilities, not even a sow. Naturally, some game is needed to adjust the boring life.

On the other side is Sima Zhang Jing of Mei County. In history, this unlucky guy fought with Sima Yi and was beheaded by Sima Yi for violating military discipline.

He looked at the sky and said to Deng Xuan: "General, it's getting late, go back quickly."

"What's the hurry, it's just a deer."

Deng Xuan said with a smile: "Now there are deer herds everywhere in Guanzhong, even wild horses and bison. Then I will kill another deer, and I will be able to eat more meat for a few days after I go back."

Zhang Jing persuaded: "But recently the court has been saying that the south may send troops to fight, so we should proceed with caution."

Deng Xuan waved his hand and said: "Don't be afraid, you forgot that we have a sentry post at Xieyuguan. Once there is any change in the south, the fast horse will come back to report the news soon. Do you think the enemy's speed can be faster than our scout horse?"

"This"

Zhang Jing thought so too. Ever since they knew that there might be a Northern Expedition in the south, they were indeed more cautious, and set up many horse detection posts on the periphery to prevent the enemy from sneaking out of Xieyuguan.

As for the side of Chencang Road, although there is no sentry post too far away, there are some beacon towers on the banks of the Weishui River, which were used by Qin Shi to guard against Xi Rong.If there is an enemy from Chencangdao, Beacon Tower will report the news as soon as possible.

So they didn't believe that the enemy could rush over so quickly and so quickly.

No matter what, they also have time to maneuver.

"Shh!"

At this time, there was a sudden movement not far away.

Deng Xuan signaled the soldiers behind him to fight the deer first, and he walked forward tens of meters by himself, looking through the grass.

Then I saw dozens of deer jumping over from the bushes to the north for some unknown reason.

It's a herd!
Deng Xuan was overjoyed, and immediately bent his bow and set up an arrow, ready to shoot a few more.

Suddenly, a "dong dong dong" sound was heard.

At first Deng Xuan thought it was the sound of running deer, but when he listened carefully, the sound became louder and louder.

Although the deer makes a sound when running, it is more like the feeling of running with sheep's hooves. The volume is relatively small, and it can't even be heard at a distance.

But this sound was like iron beating the ground quickly, obviously it was some kind of larger creature.

"General, it looks like a war horse!"

Zhang Jing hurried over to warn Deng Xuan.

Deng Xuan said: "It's not like a war horse, it's more like a herd of wild horses!"

Suddenly he was overjoyed and said: "It must be a herd of wild horses, follow me quickly, I want to catch a BMW."

As he spoke, he waved his hand, and the soldier behind him immediately led the horse and handed it over.

Deng Xuan got on his horse, and the soldiers also got on their horses. Dozens of cavalrymen headed northward into the depths of the forest.

The forest was actually not that big, and after walking for less than a quarter of an hour, they had already reached the outer edge of the north.

The sound of the horseshoe became clearer, and Deng Xuan quickened his pace, trying to catch up.

Soon he reached the north, he thought that when he came out of the forest and saw the vast grassland, he would see countless wild horses galloping.

If it was in the past, this would probably only be seen in Bingzhou or Liangzhou in the north.

But in recent years, Guanzhong has been deserted, and the vast plains have been transformed from pastures to pastures, attracting a large number of wild horses from the north to live here, so now Guanzhong occasionally sees such a grand occasion.

However, when Deng Xuan came out of the woods happily and wanted to catch a BMW, the smile on his face froze.

Thousands of horses are galloping on the land less than one mile away from him.

A large number of light cavalry wearing red Han army uniforms and leather armor rushed past like a tide, galloping towards the city of Mei County in the distance.

Among them, a Han army team seemed to have discovered someone in the forest, and roared, and immediately several groups of cavalry rushed towards them, scaring Deng Xuan and the others to turn their horses around and try to escape.

The two sides were chasing in the woods. Deng Xuan and Zhang Jing were chased by hundreds of Qingqi. They hurried through the forest and ran towards the city of Mei County in the north.

Because this forest is in the northwest of Mei County, and the enemy is coming from the west, it is necessary to go around the forest to attack the city of Mei County.

Therefore, Deng Xuan thought that as long as he walked through the forest and took a shortcut, and returned to Mei County first, he might be able to save the situation, and immediately passed the defensive city wall to stop the enemy's cavalry outside.

But when he ran out of the forest in a hurry, he saw a scene that shocked him extremely.

The speed of the enemy was really too fast, and the surrounding area was densely packed with cavalry, and then the head of the city of Mei County was replaced with the flag of the Han army. It is not known whether the people inside surrendered, or they were too late to close the city gate.

"Buzz!"

Suddenly a feathered arrow cut through the void and shot to the ground in front of Deng Xuan.

Deng Xuan hurriedly turned his head, he was horrified to find that the enemy was able to shoot arrows on horseback, just now it was difficult to use it because he was in the forest, but now the pursuers behind him were riding horses and drawing bows.

"Surrender to avoid death!"

The Han army shouted.

At this time, Deng Xuan and the others were still galloping blindly, and Mei County was occupied, so they instinctively wanted to run to the east in the direction of Wugong.

The next moment, the melodious horn sounded for a long time.

The cavalry outside the city of Mei County, like a torrent, once again rolled up the turbulent waves and galloped towards the east.

Even the cavalry closest to Deng Xuan and the others were less than two miles away. They took a look at them from a distance, and seeing someone chasing after them, they sent out several teams to intercept them.

In desperation, Deng Xuan and the others could only roar, and headed northeast to try to stagger the pursuers behind them, and then sneaked into the woods.

But immediately after dozens of arrows were shot, Deng Xuan's personal guards fell to the ground one after another.

Soon after, Deng Xuan and Zhang Jing chose to surrender.

At this time, Shen Chen naturally didn't know that the guards of Mei County happened to be out hunting. He only knew that Mei County was captured easily.

After capturing Mei County, Shen Chen did not stop, because the southwest of Mei County was Xiegu, and Huang Zhong's troops would follow up immediately.

Food and grass will also be sent to Mei County quickly.

Therefore, Shen Chen planned to use his troops with great speed, taking advantage of the fact that the enemy did not expect that he would launch a surprise attack, and directly captured all the cities along the route.

The galloping cavalry scattered over the wilderness, the sound of horseshoes vibrated for several miles, and dust was stirred up.

At noon, Shen Chen saw a small county seat on the distant horizon beside the Weishui River.

The three counties of Mei County, Wugong, and Huaili are actually all north of the Wei River.

Chen Cang is also north of the Wei River.

Shen Chen crossed the river at Chencang, went a little further north, and the beacon towers on the Weishui River could not detect it at all, and Mei County had already been captured.

After that, he went straight to Wugong, ordered the former army to put on the clothes of Cao Jun captured from Mei County, and more than a thousand cavalry went outside Wugong City.

The martial arts defenders did not doubt that he was there, and they did not close the city gate. The soldiers rushed into the city like this, and quickly controlled the city, and martial arts were also captured.

It was a little troublesome when we arrived in Huaili, because the guards in Huaili would not open the city gate.

Shen Chen didn't bother to entangle with him, and after leaving five thousand cavalry to surround Huaili City, there was another whistling, and the melodious horn blew, and more than 1 cavalry marched across the wilderness, slowly towards the east.

Mei County is very close to Chang'an, only 120 kilometers. Shen Chen set off from Wuzhangyuan in the morning, captured Mei County and Wugong in succession, and surrounded Huaili in the afternoon.

When it was getting dark, he was less than twenty miles away from Chang'an City.

As the sun sets, the evening glow hangs gorgeous fire clouds in the western sky. Birds return to the forest in the sky, and the north wind blows bitterly. The cavalry regiment composed of tens of thousands of knights, whether they are men or horses, is already covered in sweat.

When passing by Haojing, Shen Chen sent an order to drink horse Fengshui Kunming Pool, the distant horizon was already full of smoke, and the beacon fire had already been lit before Huaili was surrounded.

"go!"

After the men and horses rested for a while, Shen Chen gave another order, and the galloping light cavalry headed northeast, shouting and howling like wild wolves.

In less than half an hour, the huge city was already seen on the distant horizon.

The city was densely packed with people waiting solemnly.

As if they were facing an enemy, they watched from a distance.

Shen Chen found a hillside, reined in his horse, looked at the closed city gate in the distance, and smiled suddenly.

Qingqi traveled three hundred miles, and soldiers approached Chang'an City in one day.

Even though they have come from afar, they are quite tired, and there are only more than 1 people.But the enemies in Chang'an City still dare not open the door to fight, shrinking back like old dogs!

(End of this chapter)