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Chapter 587: Defeating Seven Strongholds in a Row, What a Big Joke(1/2)

Chencang is a county under Fufeng County.

In Fufeng County, it is located along the Weishui River as well as Chencang, and the city behind Chencang is Yi County.

Speaking of Xi County, many people in later generations may be familiar with it, because there is a place near Xi County named Wuzhangyuan.

Of course, Wuzhang Yuanshang is not famous now.

After Cao Zhen withdrew his troops from Chencang, he retreated all the way to Yi County.

After leading his army to Yi County, Cao Zhen knew that he could no longer retreat.

If the Han army can successfully capture Chencang, then the next target of the Han army must be Yi County.

Because the area between Yixian and Chencang has the Weishui River, it is not conducive to the garrison of the army.

However, if the Han army captured Yi County, then one hundred thousand Han troops would be able to break out of the narrow Wei River area and enter Wuzhangyuan Central Station to garrison.

This is very disadvantageous for Wei Jun.

Although Cao Zhen did not have an accurate judgment on whether Mi Yang could capture Chencang.

But as a qualified general, he must prepare for the worst for his own side.

What Cao Zhen told Hao Zhao before was to set up defense lines in the rear. In fact, he was talking about setting up defense lines in the narrow Weishui River area between Chencang and Xixian, taking advantage of the terrain to block the Han army layer by layer.

Continue eastward.

Since Cao Zhen had already made plans in his mind, he quickly started arranging everything after leading his army to Xi County.

During the retreat, Cao Zhen carefully explored the terrain and found that he could block the Han army at all levels by setting up camps.

Not only that, Cao Zhen even planned in his mind where to set up a camp.

According to Cao Zhen's inner plan, in order to maximize the goal of blocking the Han army at all levels, he would set up a total of seven camps.

Soon, military orders were issued from Cao Zhen's mouth.

Under Cao Zhen's order, groups of civilians, led by the Wei army, left Yi County one after another to set up camps.

After all military orders were issued, Hao Zhao's urgent report from Chencang was also delivered to Cao Zhen.

The contents of Hao Zhao's urgent report made Cao Zhen worried and at the same time somewhat relaxed.

What Cao Zhen was worried about was that the 100,000 Han troops were in a posture of fighting against Chencang. He didn't know whether Hao Zhao could defend Chencang in the end under the fierce offensive of the Han army.

What makes Cao Zhen relaxed is that the posture of fighting against Chen Cang means that he can get a precious period of time to calmly arrange the front line of defense.

After all, although Cao Zhen could not guarantee whether Chencang could be defended, it was undoubtedly a delusion for the Han army to capture Chencang in a short period of time.

After learning that the war situation in Chencang was developing as he expected, Cao Zhen soon issued another military order.

This military order was sent to the Wei generals who had left Yi County not long ago to set up camps.

The content of Cao Zhen's military order was very simple. He told the Wei generals that in the coming time, there was no need to seek urgency but stability, and they would try their best to build the camp as impregnable as possible.

It is easy to understand that Cao Zhenneng issued this military order.

After all, if time was tight, then Cao Zhen would definitely have ordered those Wei generals to set up the camp as soon as possible at all costs.

A camp that can be built quickly will always have loopholes, which is inevitable.

Time is not tight at the moment, so Cao Zhen believes that ensuring the stability of the camp must be the first priority.

But what Cao Zhen didn't know was that the excusable military order he issued would later deceive the Wei troops who went to build the camp.

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The person responsible for building the first camp was Xia Houheng, a clan member of Cao Wei.

As the eldest son of Xia Houyuan, Xia Houheng can be said to have been born with a silver spoon in his mouth.

However, Xia Houheng is also a good person and does not have the bad habit of relying on favor to become arrogant.

As the eldest son of Xia Houyuan, Xia Houheng grew up immersed in military strategies. Although due to limited talent, his achievements were not as dazzling as those of his relatives such as Cao Zhen and Xia Houshang.

However, Xiahou Hengsheng had a calm personality, so he was highly valued by Cao Zhen in the past.

If not, Cao Zhen would not have given Xia Houheng the task of building the first camp.

For Xia Houheng, the son of a general, it was not difficult to build a camp based on the terrain.

When he led thousands of Wei troops and a large number of civilians to the location designated by Cao Zhen, he arranged all matters for building the camp based on his past experience.

Not long after, Xia Houheng received the latest military order from Cao Zhen.

Xia Houheng, who has a calm personality, fully agreed with Cao Zhen's latest military order.

In order to build a stable camp, the first priority is to build the basic framework of the camp.

As for the anti-horse antlers that protect the perimeter of the camp, there is no need to rush to install them at the moment - anyway, the Han army will not appear in front of him in a short time.

Moreover, in order to ensure his safety, Cao Zhen sent thousands of Wei troops to protect him.

Under the protection of thousands of Wei troops, Xia Houheng was very safe unless a large number of Han troops suddenly appeared.

But this idea is both impossible and ridiculous.

Feeling at peace in his heart, Xia Houheng soon became immersed in supervising the construction of the camp.

What Xia Houheng didn't know was that a few days after he led his army to the designated location, a troop of tens of thousands of fine cavalry was galloping toward his location.

The man in charge of this cavalry army was none other than Han Zuo General Zhao Yun.

Mi Yang's distant pointing that day made both Zhao Yun and Ma Chao look very surprised.

But after learning about Mi Yang's true intention, Zhao Yun felt not only worried but also excited.

Zhao Yun has a calm and good character, but he is Changshan Zhao Zilong!

Changshan Zhao Zilong, who was praised by Liu Bei as "full of courage", who dared to go in and out alone among tens of thousands of Wei troops, would he lack the courage to march forward?

Only when you move forward bravely can you become a hero!

Out of his trust in Mi Yang and his confidence in himself, Zhao Yun finally accepted this task under the envious eyes of Ma Chao.

Zhao Yun's body was constantly rising and falling on the galloping horse. At this moment, driven by him, the speed of the horse under his crotch had already reached its fastest speed.

Due to the excessive speed, gusts of wind were like swords, constantly slapping Zhao Yun on the face.

But for ordinary people, this would have been painful, but Zhao Yun closed his eyes in enjoyment.

At this moment, Zhao Yun seemed to have found the feeling of his youth.

Everyone knows that Zhao Yun is Liu Bei's favorite general, but few people know that Zhao Yun initially followed Gongsun Zan.

Decades ago, Gongsun Zan had a team of elite cavalry named "White Horse Yi Cong".

At that time, Gongsun Zan relied on this elite cavalry to conquer Wuhuan in the north and defeat Yuan Shao in the south.

When he was young, Zhao Yun was one of those thousands of white horses.

Scenes he experienced when he was young kept flashing through Zhao Yun's mind.

Following Zhao Yun were tens of thousands of Qiang and Di Jingqi. Different from the Hubao Cavalry and Xiliang Iron Cavalry, the tens of thousands of Qiang and Di Jingqi were actually light cavalry.

The White Horse Yi Cong back then was the most famous light cavalry army in the world.

Zhao Yun, who was once a member of the Baima Yi, was perhaps the best general in the world who knew how to command the light cavalry.

This may be the reason why Mi Yang sent Zhao Yun to lead tens of thousands of light cavalry troops to defeat the enemy.

Everyone says that the cavalry cannot break the formation, but is this really the case?

Thinking of this, Zhao Yun suddenly opened his eyes.

After Zhao Yun opened his eyes, standing at the front of tens of thousands of fine knights, he could already vaguely see the camp being built in front of him.

The distance of tens of miles could be reached in no time for the light cavalry army, which was best at traveling.

When Zhao Yun, with a glint in his eyes, saw that there were no antlers blocking the cavalry outside the camp in front of him, a smile appeared on his face.

Mi Yang's unexpected tactics and the high mobility of the light cavalry were a perfect match.

Since the enemy has no defense, what else do they need to wait for?

There is no need for the encouragement of drums. The sound of tens of thousands of horse hooves shaking the ground is the best music for these tens of thousands of elite cavalry to charge.

Inspired by this sweet music, the excited Zhao Yun straightened his body directly on his horse. He held a bright white spear high, becoming the most eye-catching command flag in the world at the moment.

At this moment, the sound of tens of thousands of arrow strings relaxing sounded behind Zhao Yun.

The next moment, tens of thousands of flowing arrows that could cover the sky rose into the sky under the shocked gaze of thousands of Wei troops.

The tens of thousands of Han troops' light cavalry advanced so fast that thousands of Wei troops were unable to react at all.

When Xia Houheng heard the loud neighing of horses coming from a distance, he immediately left the camp to observe.

But before he could make a judgment in his mind, as he just left the camp, he felt that the sky suddenly turned dark.

When Xia Houheng raised his head and looked upward, he realized that what darkened the world was not the surrounding objects, but the tens of thousands of tributary arrows.

Tens of thousands of tributary arrows came very fast. When tens of thousands of Han troops' elite cavalry had just charged within a few hundred steps in front of the Wei army's camp, these tens of thousands of tributary arrows were already like meteors from the sky, smashing into the bodies of many Wei troops.

Waves of frightened wailings awoke Xia Houheng from his shock.
To be continued...
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