In Xiapi, an unexpected battle had just ended. More than a thousand Wei soldiers knelt down on the roadside with their heads in their hands, looking depressed.
They couldn't help but feel depressed. They were picked up in the middle of the night, faced with gleaming swords, and captured before they could resist. No matter who this kind of experience happened to, everyone would feel depressed, not to mention that they were still members of the Wei army.
Elite.
Many people have not yet come to their senses and don't know how the enemy came to them. They were clearly safe and sound before going to bed yesterday, and the enemy is still two to three hundred miles away. How come they arrived at Xiapi in the middle of the night.
The Wei army was baffled, but the Han army was inexplicably excited. The hard work of the past few months finally saw the results. The seemingly stunned Henghai General Zhou Yin was not only not stunned, but also very cunning. Fighting with such a person is a bit harder,
But there are many chances to make meritorious deeds, and there are also many chances to save one's life. Overall, it's worth it.
Of course it was Zhou Yin and Ding Feng who attacked Xiapi by surprise.
Zhou Yin is the commander-in-chief. For the first time in his life, he can command tens of thousands of troops without having to be controlled by others. This is a treatment he has never enjoyed in the Wu Kingdom. For this reason, he mustered up all his energy to fight a beautiful battle.
of victory.
Ding Feng was not much different. When he was in Wu State, he only led a few hundred people and could only follow others to charge into battle. After following Wei Ba, he was Wei Ba's tooth guard for a long time and was responsible for
Wei Ba's safety meant that he didn't have many opportunities to lead troops. Every time he followed Wei Ba for a pre-war meeting, he would have a longing, hoping that one day he could lead troops into battle.
This time, his wish finally came true.
When Wei Ba left Guangling, they were almost destitute. Zhou Yin only had more than a thousand soldiers, and Ding Feng only had less than a thousand barbarians. The others were taken to the East China Sea by Wei Ba. When Wei Ba left, he ordered
They prepared a large military camp that could accommodate at least ten thousand people. They thought it was a joke at the time. However, in the next two months, the new recruits arrived one after another, which made them overjoyed. Wei Ba was absolutely right, and it was enough for a year.
Thousands of people filled the camp they had prepared.
Zhou Yin and Ding Feng both stayed in Wujun for a period of time. It can be heard from the accents of these people that half of these people are from Wujun, Kuaiji and other places. They may have originally belonged to a certain family, but now they have received
Orders from certain people rushed to Guangling for reinforcements. They were relatively united and their factions were clearly divided. The other half were more mixed, and their accents and clothing indicated that they were all barbarians from the mountains.
There are many hills in the south of the Yangtze River, making it easy to hide. As long as those who are unwilling to accept the rule of Wu are willing to abandon the wealthy life outside the mountains and hide in the mountains, it will be difficult for anyone to find them. They are collectively called Shanyue, but in fact a large number of people inside are
Among the educated people, there were many who originally had a large family fortune, but later they did not get along with the Sun family, so they fled into the mountains and forests, willing to be barbarians.
No matter how they came, with ten thousand people, Zhou Yin and Ding Feng were brave enough and decided to get off to a good start and give Wei Ba some relief. For this day, for more than a month, Zhou Yin spent most of his time
The physical fitness used to train these soldiers was so crazy that even Ding Feng, who was accustomed to seeing the Wei family's soldiers trained, was a little surprised.
However, now Ding Feng understood Zhou Yin's intention. Because they had enough physical strength, they were able to rush for more than 300 miles in two days and one night. They suddenly appeared at the foot of Xiapi City and immediately entered the battle. Xiapi City was not prepared at all, and came with a bang
Down.
Ding Feng was filled with emotion. He had never seen Wei Ba pay so much attention to anyone, and he rarely saw Wei Ba pay so much attention to making friends with someone. Only for Zhou Yin, Wei Ba put a lot of thought into it. Originally he thought it was because
Zhou Yin's father is Zhou Yu. Now it seems that the reason why Wei Ba values Zhou Yin so much is because of Zhou Yin's own ability. In fact, it is normal to think about it. Since Wei Ba debuted, he has been almost invincible. The only time he was in danger was
He was surrounded by Zhou Yin in Chenshui. In that battle, if Zhou Jun had not been brave enough, Zhou Yin would have probably captured Wei Ba alive, and Wei Ba would not have had the brilliant achievements he did later.
Ding Feng admired Zhou Yin very much. Although this man had a bad temper, he still had some abilities.
"General, organize the city defense immediately." Ding Feng reminded: "We came in a hurry and did not bring large ordnance. Once the Wei army counterattacks, we will not be able to stop it."
"No." Zhou Yin shook his head: "Tie up the prisoners and leave a few people to watch. Let's continue heading west."
"To the west?" Ding Feng was stunned: "Attacking Pengcheng?"
"Yes, attack Pengcheng." Zhou Yin waved his hand and the guards spread out the map. Zhou Yin looked down at the map and said lightly: "Although Xiapi is important, its location is too far east and is not enough to deter Cao Rui. Take Pengcheng.
, Qiaojun is under our threat. Cao Rui is afraid that we will dig up his ancestral tomb, so he will definitely send troops to fight. This is called attacking him to save him."
Ding Feng didn't say anything for a long time. He looked at Zhou Yin who had a calm face and thought that this guy really has the same temperament as the young master. He is always ready to raid other people's ancestral graves. Cao Wei's hometown is in Qiao County. Once he captures Pengcheng
, and then move westward to Suiyang, it is possible to attack Lu Xun of Yingchuan from both sides and put Qiaojun behind. Cao **, Cao Pi and other members of the Cao family are buried in Qiaojun. If Qiaojun is lost, the ancestral graves will be uneasy.
It indicates that Cao Wei has lost his destiny, which is tantamount to a major blow to Cao Wei's people.
This is indeed a sure-fire solution.
Ding Feng no longer hesitated and immediately reorganized his team. After a short rest, he set off immediately.
Two days later, they suddenly appeared in Pengcheng. Just like Xiapi, the Pengcheng defenders had no preparation at all, and Pengcheng fell.
This time, Zhou Yin did not advance westward again. He ordered the reinforcement of Pengcheng city defense and made preparations to hold on. Pengcheng is a strategically important place, and the city defense was originally relatively strong. If Zhou Yin had not arrived so suddenly and the Pengcheng defenders were not prepared, he would not have done anything at all.
Opportunity to capture Pengcheng. Despite this, Zhou Yin was still dissatisfied. He had most of the houses in Pengcheng demolished. The roof beams, bricks and stones were all used as strategic materials. He said to the people who were preparing to violently resist the demolition, don't worry.
, General Cheqi has a lot of money. I will demolish one of your old houses today and compensate you for two new houses later.
With this guarantee, and looking at the murderous eyes of the barbarians behind Zhou Yin, the people let go of the shovels in their hands and hammered the palladium.
Ding Feng couldn't help but worry about Wei Ba's wallet.
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Luoyang.
Cao Rui urgently summoned General Sima Yi into the palace.
After reading the battle reports of the losses of Pengcheng and Xiapi, Sima Yi was also surprised: "Impossible, Zhou Yin in Yangzhou only has two thousand old troops, and the rest are new soldiers who have just been recruited, so it is impossible to complete such a high-intensity surprise attack.
"
Cao Rui wanted to cry but had no tears. When he first received the news, he felt as incredible as Sima Yi. Ever since Wei Ba went east, the east has become the area that Cao Rui is most concerned about. He knows very well how many people there are in Zhou Yin.
He also felt that Zhou Yin would need at least several months to integrate the army, and even if he went to war, he would not implement such a tactic of rushing forward. The reason is very simple. He has no cavalry, so he can be unexpected when he advances, and achieve the effect of a surprise attack.
, but once he was attacked by the Wei cavalry, it would not be so easy for him to retreat.
It was because of these factors that he did not pay much attention to Zhou Yin, but turned his attention to Qingzhou. Wei Ba established a base on the island and led the navy to sea, which made him very nervous, but he
Unexpectedly, before the war broke out in Qingzhou, something happened in Xuzhou first. Like a madman, Zhou Yin rushed forward for more than 300 miles in one breath and captured Pengcheng and Xiapi.
If Zhou Yin continued to advance westward, Qiao Peike, the land of Longxing in Wei State, would be lost. For Cao Wei, this was a symbol of the absence of destiny. Cao Rui did not dare to neglect and immediately summoned Sima Yi to the palace to discuss countermeasures.
Sima Yi had rich experience in officialdom. After a brief period of nervousness, he calmed down.
"Your Majesty, Qiaojun is one of the five capitals, so naturally it cannot fall into the hands of the enemy. However, compared with Qiaojun, Luoyang is the capital of the country, so we should not be careless. Lu Xun has heavy troops stationed in Yingchuan and has been eyeing Luoyang for a long time, but Luoyang is hindered by
The city is strong, so we don't dare to act rashly. If the army goes out lightly, I'm afraid Lu Xun won't sit back and watch."
Cao Rui nodded: "Sima Gong, I understand what you said, but Qiao County is where the tombs of our ancestors are located, how can we lose it? In my opinion, Zhou Yin's light army's rash advance will not last long. As soon as the big army comes out, he will naturally retreat.
Even if Lu Xun wants to fight, he may not be Sima Gong's opponent."
Speaking of this, Sima Yi couldn't say anything else. He settled for the next best thing and suggested that Zhang He lead five thousand elite cavalry to rush to the aid of Suiyang first. He led the army to follow, ready to return to Luoyang to aid Luoyang at any time. If Zhang He could cooperate with Suiyang,
Of course it would be best if the defenders recaptured Pengcheng. If not, it would not be too late for him to quickly advance eastward.
Cao Rui agreed.
One day later, Zhang He led five thousand troops out of Luoyang.
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Yingchuan,Xuchang.
Lu Lan hurriedly walked into the Chinese army's tent. Before he could stand still, he said excitedly: "General, Sima Yi has left Luoyang."
Lu Xun put down the book in his hand, raised his eyelids and glanced at Lu Lan, and said with a smile: "Isn't this something expected? There is nothing to be excited about."
Lu Lan shook his head. He was the person closest to Lu Xun. All confidential matters of the Chinese army would pass through him. Battle reports from Qingzhou and battle reports from Pengcheng would pass through his hands and be sent to Lu Xun. Of course he knew about Sima Yi's advance.
Yanzhou is expected.
But he still found it a bit unbelievable. He knew very well how many troops Wei Ba had now. Most of his troops were in Jingzhou, and very few people were brought to the East China Sea. He also asked Xia Houxuan and Sun Shao to go to sea to find something.
Yizhou took away some troops, and Wei Ba was able to send troops by sea and land at the same time, which made the whole Qingzhou panic. It must be said that he had some tricks.
Lu Lan also understood that the Lu family and the Zhang family had contributed a lot to this. Among the more than 10,000 people Zhou Yinxin had gathered, at least half were raised by the Lu family and the Zhang family, and the rest
The other half was Shan Yue and Chu Man who were deceived by Wei Ba's pretentious followers of the Celestial Master Dao.
The recruitment of 10,000 soldiers in just a few months is enough to frighten people.
Lu Lan suddenly said: "I think of someone."
"Who?"
"Zhang Jiao."
Lu Xun thought about it and couldn't help but laugh. "In this way, Wei Ba is indeed very similar to Zhang Jiao in using ghosts and gods to confuse people. In this way, Wei Ba is indeed like Zhang Jiao in using Taoism to confuse people. However, Zhang Jiao's Taoism is only
It can confuse those ignorant Guizhou leaders, but Wei Ba's Taoism has truly changed the battlefield. The two are not the same. If you think of Wei Ba as a monster like Zhang Jiao, you are totally wrong."
"However, he is indeed quite a monster." Lu Lan insisted.