Silver Fox of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 429 Recovering Guanzhong and Returning to the Old Capital

"Array, bring the spears, bring me the spears!"

Above the wilderness, General Cao Jun shouted heart-piercingly, because they saw an incredible scene.

At the beginning, the Liangzhou iron cavalry was still far away, and they couldn't see clearly. They could only vaguely see the silver light of the enemy.

When the distance got closer and closer, all Cao's troops were shocked to find that the menacing enemy turned out to be thousands of elite cavalry in heavy armor.

And not only people pay attention to heavy armor, even horses have horse armor, full armor, it can be said that they are armed to the teeth.

They all have stirrups, equipped with high bridge saddles, and their bodies are as stable as Mount Tai.

After fighting with Shen Chen for half a year, Zhong Yao didn't fail to see these things, and even imitated them, so that their Cao Wei cavalry could also have double stirrups and high bridge saddles with metal buckles.

It's just that he has never captured Shen Chen's war horse, so the only imitations are the stirrups and saddle that can be seen from the outside, but the horseshoe is unknown.

However, no one thought that with these things, the heavy armored cavalry, which was originally difficult to achieve, could appear in an organized manner.

You must know that even Yuan Shao's strength in history is only three hundred sets of horse armor, and because there are no stirrups, only extremely skilled generals can drive them, making the practical value very low.

Now that there are stirrups, such rare things as heavy cavalry are naturally no longer as difficult to appear as before.

At this moment, after discovering that the enemy turned out to be thousands of heavy armored cavalry, Cao Jun was frightened out of his wits. Several senior generals were still calm, and immediately shouted to put out the formation first.

But they had just escaped from Chang'an City in shock, and now they were still in a very scattered formation, and they were not prepared at all.

Before the soldiers had formed their formation, the cavalry had already arrived a mile away, and they arrived in no time.

Fortunately, several generals urged desperately, and the first row of spearmen finally lined up, holding spears, tremblingly looking at the cavalry who had charged not far away.

They found that the earth seemed to be shaking.

As the opponent's figure got closer and closer, the dust and smoke billowed and drifted like a giant beast, brazenly crashing into Cao Jun's formation.

The first row of cavalry collided fiercely with Cao Jun's formation, and the sharp spears easily pierced their bodies, knocking them into the air with their weapons, and vomited blood and fell to their own formation.

Many people even had their fragile bodies torn apart, and their bodies were separated from the collision, and their stumps and fragments were broken all over the ground. When the ring-head knife was cut casually, human heads or limbs flew away, and the ground was stained red with blood.

And then, there is an even more terrifying reality, that is, after the first row of spear formations was pierced, the rear formations were completely disrupted. Many Cao soldiers were afraid of the iron cavalry, dropped their weapons and ran away crying, and turned upside down. the entire queue.

Then, under the charge of the cavalry, they were defeated as soon as they made contact, not to mention the other soldiers around, seeing the opponent crushed like a bulldozer, they had already run far away and did not dare to approach.

Ma Dai led thousands of cavalry, as if entering the land of no one, he rushed straight into the entire Cao army formation.

Wherever they passed along the way, people turned their backs and horses turned their backs, and Cao Jun's soldiers avoided one after another. No one was willing to use their own lives to touch the edge.

Among the rebellious army, horseshoes trampled on the Wei soldiers, and it was considered lucky to be killed with spears or ring-shoulders. Some unlucky people were hit by horses, and their internal organs were directly ruptured, and some were trampled by horseshoes, and their bodies were sunken. There was a big hole.Others were brought down directly, and their bones were trampled out.

The torrent of steel swarmed past, the ground was full of corpses and the Wei army fleeing in panic and anxiety. The formation of more than 2 Cao Wei troops was in chaos in an instant. In the chaos, even Zhong Yao's convoy was not spared. It was hit by the fleeing Cao army like a storm The flat boat in the middle is crumbling.

Ma Dai was riding on horseback, and immediately noticed the carriage not far away with sharp eyes. He immediately shouted and rushed over there with more than 100 knights.The personal guards around Zhong Yao bravely went up to intercept him, and wanted to cover Zhong Yao's convoy to evacuate northward.

However, as soon as they rushed over, they were directly smashed into pieces by the iron cavalry. Ma Dai personally beheaded two enemy generals, and then galloped on the horses, leading the soldiers to slash all the way, and rushed to the side of Zhong Yao's convoy. The coachman chopped it off with a knife.

Zhong Yao was in the center of the formation at that time, and as the main general, he must be in command of the formation.As a result, the eastern defense line was directly pierced by cavalry, and the entire formation was thrown into chaos, causing his convoy to almost scatter.

If the personal guards hadn't beheaded some of the deserters who charged, I'm afraid Zhong Yao's horses pulling the cart would have been taken away.

But there were people everywhere in the rebellious army, even if the guards had eight hands, it would be difficult for Zhong Yao to fight a bloody path, so he was targeted by Ma Dai, and he directly killed him like a dead man.

The guards who were originally carrying the general flag had long since disappeared, and the chaotic battlefield was full of people, scurrying around like headless chickens.

When his life was in danger, no one cared about Zhong Yao's safety.

There was a curtain on the carriage. Ma Dai rode on the horseback and opened it with a blood-stained steel knife, and saw an old and expressionless face.

He grinned and said, "Mr. Zhong, long time no see!"

Ma Dai met Zhong Yao.

Zhong Yao has been in Chang'an for many years, and he has discussed with Ma Teng and Han Sui many times in order to ease the conflict between Ma Teng and Han Sui.

After that, Ma Teng agreed to become an official in the imperial court. Before leaving, he left Ma Chao and Ma Dai to lead the Ma family army in Guanzhong. Ma Dai also went to see Zhong Yao when he saw him off.

In a trance, it seems to have been more than ten years ago.

Zhong Yao sighed and said softly, "General Ma, it's been a long time. Is Meng Qi okay?"

"It's not very good. My uncle's family went to Chendu only after he believed what he said. In the end, they were killed by Cao Cao for more than [-] mouths in Chendu. Every time my brother thinks of this incident, he wants to vomit blood. He misses it very much." What about sir?"

Ma Dai glanced around.

The surrounding enemies have been killed by the cavalry he brought.

Zhong Yao was captured alive.

Farther away, Shen Chen's light cavalry had already killed them.

Because Cao's army was dispersed by them, there was no resistance at all.

After that, it was a big victory for the cavalry to chase and kill the infantry, and the rest of the generals could command it, and he didn't need to do anything else.

Catching Zhong Yao is a great achievement.

Zhong Yao smiled wryly, and said: "Meng Qi's fault should have been the fault of what happened back then. General Ma Teng has already agreed to submit to the imperial court, so why should he launch a rebellion? It's not that you don't know Cao Gong's heart, and you know that General Ma Teng There will be danger, and Meng Qi insists on betraying the imperial court, which is not a wise choice."

"Now that Cao Pi has usurped the Han Dynasty, it means that what my brother said at the beginning is correct. If you talk about the court and shut up the court, where is your loyal Han court? Doesn't this mean that Cao Cao has the intention to usurp the Han? It's treason!"

Ma Dai sneered, put down the curtain of the car, and waved his big hand: "Go, enter the city, and send this traitor to the governor!"

Immediately, several knights got off their horses, two of them squeezed into the narrow carriage to restrain Zhong Yao, and the other drove the carriage towards Chang'an City.

By the end of the day, the sky was getting darker.

It wasn't until this time that Shen Chen stepped into the main hall of Weiyang Palace.

With the destruction of the southern city, the main force of the Han army rushed into Chang'an, joined forces with Zhao Yunpang's troops in the north, and is now strangling Xia Houmao's troops who have not yet left the city.

There were flames everywhere in the northern city, and there were endless shouts and shouts, and there were horseshoes surging outside the city.

The night wind howled, mixed with the heat of midsummer.

In the wilderness, there were countless Cao Jun stalking and running. No one was crowded and fled together. Instead, they dispersed when they could, and stayed away from the crowd as much as possible.

At this time, it is not a good thing that there are too many people, it will attract the attention of predators.

Only when the number of people is less than a single digit, will it not arouse the interest of the Liangzhou cavalry who are chasing after them and hacking wantonly. The desire for human heads has reached the point of madness, and they may escape.

"Report! General Lei has captured more than 2000 Cao troops, and they have already suppressed them to Weiyang Palace."

"Report! General Dou killed the enemy general Fei Yao!"

"Report! Cao Jun outside Bamen was defeated by our heavy armored cavalry."

"Report! General Zhao and Pang nearly broke through the Xuanping Gate and the Qingming Gate. Now there are tens of thousands of Cao's troops in the city."

"Report! General Ma captured Zhong Yao alive."

"report"

The latest battle reports kept gathering in Weiyang Palace, and there were good news everywhere, which made the army even more happy.

At the end of the day when the sky was turning dark, the entire city of Chang'an had already fallen into Shen Chen's hands, and there were still about [-] Wei troops still fighting in the city.

But they can't support it for long, because now the south gate is controlled by Shen Chen, and the east and north gates are controlled by Pang De and Zhao Yun. In the huge Chang'an city of more than 20 square kilometers, it is almost impossible to fly.

But at this juncture, Cao Jun was almost at the end of his rope. With no one to lead them to fight back, Shen Chen could predict that most of Cao Jun would only make one choice when they saw the end of the road—kneeling and surrendering!
The Han army can't talk about preferential treatment of prisoners, but at least Liu Bei's character is guaranteed.For so many years in the south, no matter whether it was fighting with Cao Jun or Jiangdong Army, he had never killed a prisoner of war.

At the beginning of the Battle of Jingzhou and Guanzhong, many Cao soldiers were captured. Some of them were unwilling to stay in the south and fled back to their hometown.

Then the fact that Liu Bei did not kill the captives naturally spread slowly.

In a way, this is also a good thing, because it will make it easier to destroy the enemy's resistance psychology. They know that stubborn resistance is probably a dead end. If they surrender, with Liu Bei's reputation, they can still save their lives.

Therefore, the enemy troops who fought against Liu Bei's group seldom fought to the end when they were at the end of their ropes. This was the benefit of reputation.

"Report!"

At this time, there was a report from Kuai Malai: "General Pang personally beheaded Xia Houmao, and most of Cao's troops in the city have surrendered."

"Ah."

Shen Chen sat on the side below the main hall of Weiyang Palace, and nodded slightly to express his satisfaction when he heard the news.

Weiyang Palace was the residence of the emperor of the Western Han Dynasty, and the main hall was where Liu Bang went to court. Naturally, it was impossible for him to sit on the main seat.

At this moment, the disciples below him had all returned. Except for Wu Tao and Shan Yi, who were recovering from serious injuries, Wu Dang, Huo Yang, Deng Ai, Jiang Wei and others were all sitting below.

Hearing these words, Wu Dang immediately laughed and said: "Great Governor, Zhong Yao was captured alive, Xia Houmao was beheaded, we have won a big victory, Chang'an City has been won, and Guanzhong will be recovered."

"Well."

Shen Chen's face was not overly happy, but he murmured: "Although Guanzhong has been recovered, the big man will return to the old capital. But don't be too happy, there are no people living in Guanzhong for thousands of miles, and if you want to go back to Guandong from Guanzhong, The people have to be relocated back to cultivate food and grass, so that the food roads can flow smoothly.”

Deng Ai said: "Governor, I don't know what the situation is with your majesty. Now that we have captured Chang'an, we can immediately send troops south to attack Lantian Valley, and then send people to Nanyang to report to your majesty. We can attack from left to right and pass through Wuguan." .”

"Yes, Commander-in-Chief."

Jiang Wei also said: "If Wuguan can be opened, grain can be transported from Nanyang, which will save half the distance compared to transporting grain from Hanzhong."

The direct distance from Hanzhong to Chang'an is actually only more than 200 kilometers, and from Nanxiang County in Nanyang to Chang'an, it is more than 300 kilometers, but Jiang Wei said that it takes half the distance. This is a practical problem.

The only difficult place to walk in Wuguan is the Lantian Valley area, and there are too many difficult places to walk in Hanzhong. It takes a big circle to walk along Chencang Road, which is equivalent to going from Hanzhong to Baoji, and then from Baoji to Xi’an. It is more than 400 kilometers, and it is indeed too much trouble to transport food.

On the other hand, at least [-] kilometers of the road from Nanyang to Guanzhong are wide official roads, and only the generation from Shangluo County to Lantian County is slightly more difficult.So on the whole, it is closer to transporting grain from Nanyang to Guanzhong.

Shen Chen nodded slightly.

After a while, the sky completely darkened, and candles were lit all over the hall.

The battle outside was coming to an end, and the turmoil and noise were much smaller than before.

The latest battle report is up.

Sure enough, most of the Cao army in the city had surrendered. Zhao Yun, Pang De and Ma Dai led the light cavalry to chase the scattered Cao army outside the city.

All the supplies, food and grass of Cao Jun in the city belonged to them, and the millet and wheat grains of millions of shi were enough for their soldiers to enter the Kanto.

The most important thing is that now that Chang'an City is taken, then we can cooperate with Liu Bei's army in the direction of Nanyang to attack Cao Zhen in the Lantian Valley of Wuguan, and completely wipe out the Wei army entrenched in the Guanzhong area.

It was not until noon the next day that Pang De and Zhao Yun came back.

At this time, there were as many as 1 Cao Jun captured in the city alone. In addition to the dead and wounded Cao Jun these days, I am afraid that there are only more than [-] people who can escape back to Huayin.

The [-] elite soldiers in Chang'an City were almost wiped out.After Shen Chen and all the generals came back, they held a meeting in Weiyang Palace.

Everyone in the hall was beaming with joy, and everyone sat cross-legged in their respective positions with smiling faces.

Shen Chen looked around at the crowd, and the first thing he said was.

"Everyone."

"Recover Guanzhong and return to the old capital!"

"We succeeded!"

The moment this sentence was finished, the place below was already boiling.

Half a year of hard work finally yielded results!
(End of this chapter)