Chapter Five Hundred and Thirty-two The first pass of the expedition of Shu, Baidi City!
Huang Quan, a familiar name.
In history, when Liu Bei took Shu, Huang Quan was the one with the most resolute attitude towards opposition.
However, when Liu Zhang surrendered, Huang Quan still chose to surrender to Liu Bei, but later when Liu Bei was defeated in Yiling, the man turned to Wei State again.
"Liu Zhang is a mediocre lord. Even if Huang Quan had noticed the lonely acquisition of Shu, Liu Zhang might not have listened to his advice. Otherwise, how could Xiaozhi and these four thousand soldiers come to Jingzhou?" Yan Liang did not
Tai takes Huang Quan seriously.
Fa Zheng said, "The lord doesn't know anything. He is leaving Chengdu for a while, but he heard that Huang Quan had asked to be transferred to the prefect of Badong. Obviously, he was trying to prevent the lord."
Huang Quan, the prefect of Badong!
Yan Liang's brows were slightly shocked. This news surprised him more or less.
The reason why he sent Yiji to Yizhou for a long time was to paralyze Liu Zhang so that he could unexpectedly attack Badong County and cross the Three Gorges.
Huang Quan, who now has doubts about himself, took the initiative to ask for the prefect of Badong. If he guarded Baidi City and was strictly guarded, how could he unexpectedly take Badong County and successfully open the road to Sichuan?
At this time, Fa Zheng smiled and said, "You don't need to worry too much. Huang Quan is a man with good talent, but he has not reached the point of being able to bear the lord alone. As long as the lord's army can successfully enter Baidi City
Nearby, you can do it when you see the opportunity."
Fazheng's confident words quickly dispelled Yan Liang's concerns.
Yes, even a wise man like Zhou Yu is not my opponent of Yan Liang. You are just Huang Quan, and you are overestimating your ability to block my progress.
Thinking of this, Yan Liang laughed and said proudly: "Xiaozhi is a good person. Huang Quan is so important. He is not suspicious of Gu. Then Gu will give him a big surprise."
Fa Zheng is also a pair of people who stroke their beards and smile, and run together with horses, with confidence.
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Fa Zheng brought 4,000 troops and 200 cars of money and food, but Yan Liang was not in a hurry to set out to attack Shu. He still had to wait for a suitable external opportunity.
Yan Liang, who was stationed in Jiangling, sent someone to pass on orders to Wen Pin, creating the illusion that he was about to enter Shangyong from the direction of Wancheng, in order to cooperate with himself to use his plans to Liu Zhang.
On the other hand, Yan Liang's fine production network distributed in the north is closely following the situation of several major princes in the north.
More than ten days later, news came from Hebei that the Yan army led by Yuan Tan besieged the city for several months and finally captured Julu City, Yuan Shang's last settlement.
The defeated Yuan Shang was unwilling to surrender to Yuan Tan and irresisted himself with fire.
At this point, Yuan Shang's power was destroyed, and the only remaining states of Zhao, Anping and Guangping under his command, they all surrendered to Yuan Tan.
According to the fact that there are Yuan Tan of Youzhou, half Bingzhou and half Jizhou, they were famous and regained their reputations.
However, just when Yuan Tan was complacent for his great victory, Liu Bei, who had been resting for a winter, suddenly led an army of 50,000 from Yecheng to launch a fierce attack on Yuan Tan.
Although Yuan Tan had just won a great victory, his Yan army has been in a state of combat since last year and has never had a day's rest. Now after the attack and destruction of Yuan Shang, the soldiers of the three armies are exhausted and their bodies and minds are completely exhausted.
Let go.
Liu Bei chose to launch an attack at this time, and the timing was not accurate.
With Zhang Xiu, the Western Liang cavalry general who was good at commanding cavalry, Liu Bei's army marched northward and broke through the tired Yuan Tan army in Handan, Quyang, Julu and other places, advancing northward with unstoppable momentum.
Yuan Tan lost the battle. Julu and other counties that had just obtained from Yuan Shang lost to Liu Bei one after another. Yuan Tan, who had been defeated in a row, had to shrink his main force in Zhongshan, Hejian County and Bohai County adjacent to Youzhou.
On the front line, to resist Liu Bei's attack.
Obviously, Liu Bei dared to launch an attack on Yuan Tan, and most of the time it was reconnaissance that Yan Liang might use troops to Yizhou, and Cao Cao also showed signs of attacking Hanzhong, so he dared to go to war with Yuan Tan with confidence.
At this time, about 30,000 of Liu Bei's more than 100,000 troops were deployed on the front line of Luoyang, with generals Zhang Fei and Han Meng in charge to prevent Cao Cao and Guan Yu's Xuzhou army also increased to about 20,000, and his strength was restored.
Beware of Yan Liang.
Cao Cao in Chang'an City saw that Liu Bei had already taken precautions on the front line of Luoyang. If he had launched a large army to attack, Liu Bei could soon send troops from Hebei to rescue him.
So, Cao Cao decided to let Liu Bei and Yuan Tan fight to the death, and he would reap the benefits of the fisherman again, while Cao Cao used Guo Jia's plan to decide to take Yizhou first, strengthen his own strength, and then go to the East.
At this time, Cao Cao seemed to have received news. He learned that Liu Zhang planned to join forces with Yan Liang to attack Hanzhong. Under this circumstance, Cao Cao could not wait any longer. So soon after the beginning of spring, he used the name of pacifying the Di people in Wudu.
Send troops from Chang'an to march towards Hanzhong.
Liu Bei was restrained by Yuan Tan, and Cao Cao raised troops to attack Hanzhong, which means that Yan Liang's territory in the north will not be threatened by external threats for the time being.
Only at this time can Yan Liang be assured and boldly led his army to expedition to Shu.
So, just after receiving the news that Cao Cao sent troops, a few days later, Yan Liang sent someone to send a note to Liu Zhang and began to lead a 40,000 army up the river and heading towards Badong County.
Forty thousand Yan troops took more than a hundred warships and advanced west along the Yangtze River, crossed Yidu County counties such as Yiling, Zigui, Wuxian and other counties. After a few days, they successfully crossed the Three Gorges and arrived at the east of Baidi City.
This Baidi City is the capital of Badong County. In history, it was only after Liu Bei’s Yiling defeated that this place was changed to Yong'an.
At this time, Huang Quan, who was transferred to the prefect of Badong, was leading 4,000 Shu soldiers to guard Baidi City.
As Fa Zheng said, Huang Quan was deeply suspicious of Yan Liang. When Yan Liang's army had not yet passed the Three Gorges, the meticulous work in Baidi City sent back the information, saying that Baidi City was already fully alert, and four thousand Shu
The troops are treated with tidy, as if they are facing a great enemy.
When Yan Liang set up a camp fifteen miles east of Baidi City and the camp was completed, Huang Quan did not fulfill his friendship as a landlord and did not send anyone to work hard. Moreover, in broad daylight, Baidi City had four gates closed.
It's like guarding against thieves.
The Central Army’s tent.
Yan Liang stood at the tent door, looking at Baidi City towering on the river from afar, and couldn't help but sigh: "Xiaozhi, it seems that it is really as you said. Huang Quan is really guarding against orphans, it seems that he wants to be surprised.
It’s probably not easy to take down Baidi City.”
Fa Zheng smiled and said, "The lord's army has successfully passed through the Three Gorges. What else can I worry about? Since it comes, let's rest assured. This Baidi City is not in a hurry to take it down, just slowly."
"Gu wants to slowly draw him, but Prime Minister Cao doesn't give Gu time. That guy Zhang Lu is afraid that he can't stand Prime Minister Cao for how long."
Yan Liang, who is familiar with history, remembers that it took more than a month to destroy Zhang Lu in history, and the efficiency was so fast.
At this time, Yan Liang could not imitate Liu Bei in history and spent a lot of time to win people's hearts and took three years to win Yizhou.
Time waits for no one, Yan Liang is racing against Cao Cao.
At this time, Pang Tong stroked his beard and smiled, and said lightly: "How can a mere Baidi City be delayed for too long? Let's do this. The lord will give a book and invite Huang Quan to come and meet to see how this famous scholar in Shu will deal with it."
First rituals and then troops are Pang Tong's plan.
At present, Yan Liang and Liu Zhang are joining forces in name, Liu Zhang is the master and Yan Liang is the guest. Now Huang Quan, as the prefect of Badong County, would be fine if he did not take the initiative to welcome Yan Liang, the guest.
Now Yan Liang, the guest host, took the initiative to hold a banquet to invite him. If Huang Quan did not come, wouldn’t it seem too rude?
So Yan Liang posted a post claiming to hold a banquet in the army to thank you for your kind call from Prefect Huang and invite Prefect Huang to come and have a lecture.
In the evening of that day, a messenger left and went to Baidi City to deliver Yan Liang's post.
Before dark, the messenger returned again and brought back Huang Quan's reply.
In the letter, Huang Quan respectfully thanked Yan Liang for his kind invitation, but politely rejected Yan Liang's invitation on the grounds of being unwell.
Bang!
Yan Liang patted the silk letter on the desk and sneered: "I personally wrote a letter to invite him. Huang Quan didn't give him any face. It seems that Baidi City must be attacked."
Now that the Three Gorges have been transported, the Shu army is about to lose, and there is only one Baidi City, how could Yan Liang take it seriously?
At this time, Pang Tong said: "Tong had just secretly observed the terrain of Baidi City. This city was built against the mountain, which was extremely dangerous. If Huang Quan was really prepared, four thousand soldiers would be enough to guard for more than ten days. Then
It was Liu Zhang who suddenly realized that he would send a large army to rescue him. If a large number of Shu soldiers arrived at Baidi, the situation of attacking Shu would be detrimental to us at that time."
Pang Tong disapproves of strong attack.
Yan Liang also knew the disadvantages of a strong attack, but now Cao Cao has attacked Hanzhong and he wants to compete with Cao Cao for time. Huang Quan is not weak, and it is not a solution to waste it here like this.
At this time, Fa Zheng, who had been pondering but was silent, had a strange smile on his lips, "Lord, Zheng has a plan, and he will ask Huang Quan to come uninvited."
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Three days later.
It was already dark, but Huang Quan was still wearing armor and inspecting the top of Baidi City.
More than ten miles away were Yan Liang's 40,000 troops. These 40,000 troops made Huang Quan feel as if he was on his back all the time, making him dare not relax at all.
The mighty Yan Liang led his army into his county for three days. For three days, Yan Jun has remained silent and showed no sign of going north to Shangyong.
It seemed that Yan Liang planned to stay at his doorstep and wanted to leave.
Yan Jun's abnormal sign made Huang Quan feel more and more uneasy.
Just as I was thinking, I suddenly saw a cavalry rushing towards the east gate under the fire at the top of the city.
Huang Quan became more vigilant immediately after his spirits were tightened.
But when he saw the horse heading straight to the city, he shouted, "Is Huang Gongheng here? I am Fazheng, let me enter the city quickly."
In the middle of the night, Fa Zheng, who was an envoy, suddenly rode alone from Yanying to Baidi City. Such behavior immediately made Huang Quan confused.
"So it's Fa Xiaozhi. How come you're here late at night? Is there something important?" Huang Quan did not rush to open the city gate, but asked loudly.
Fa Zheng, who was under the city, shouted with anxiety, "The situation is urgent. If Gongheng doesn't let me enter the city, my Yizhou will be in trouble!"
After hearing this, Huang Quan's expression suddenly changed. (To be continued. Please search for Piaotianwen, the novel is better, and it is updated faster!)