Mi Han

Chapter 542 Encounter Under the City and Fall of Thorny Sun

Chapter 542 Encounter Under the City and Fall of Thorny Sun

Jiyang is the main road from Xinye to Wancheng, but the main road does not mean the only passage.

If you want to lead your army northward from Xinye, there is actually another passage.

That passage takes the road through Nirvana.

However, compared to taking the Jiyang road, there are swamps and mountains and forests near Niyang, making it very difficult for a large army to march.

Therefore, when Liu Biao was alive, he occasionally launched several Northern Expeditions in his life, all of which took the road of seizing Jiyang.

After repeating this several times, it seems that Jiyang has become the only way from Xinye to Wancheng.

This became the common understanding of successive Wancheng and Jingzhou defenders.

This understanding cannot be miscalculated. After all, Nie Yang's geographical disadvantage is clearly there.

But this cognition has become Zhang Fei's breakthrough.

Perhaps for ordinary generals, taking the road from Nieyang to Wancheng is a dangerous thing.

But looking at Zhang Fei's use of troops in this life, isn't he just a famous general who is good at taking risks?

The road outside Nieyang is difficult, but not impossible. This is enough for Zhang Fei.

Nieyang is currently still under the control of Cao Wei, and Nieyang's terrain disadvantages also give Nieyang full confidence.

In this place where the birds don't shit, is it possible that there will be Han soldiers haunting it?

Anyway, this kind of thing has never happened in more than ten years.

The ten-year agreement was terrible, so terrible that Chief Nieyang did not follow Sima Yi's orders, and sent scouts to investigate around the county every day.

So when Chang Nieyang, who was enjoying the singing and dancing in the county, learned that a large number of Han troops appeared outside the county, he was so frightened that he even dropped the wine glass in his hand to the ground.

"how is this possible?"

Under the intense shock in his heart, Chief Nie Yang could only repeat these words in a daze.

But perhaps because he was still holding on to a bit of luck in his heart, Chief Niyang finally went up to the city with trembling steps, accompanied by the county lieutenant, to explore the enemy's situation.

But it's okay not to investigate. When he saw wave after wave of Han troops appearing below the county seat, the fearful look on Nie Yang's face became more and more intense.

And as the Han army dispersed below, Chief Nieyang saw a majestic general standing on horseback with a gun under the city, and the fear in his heart reached its peak in an instant.

The heroic general was eight feet long, with a leopard's head and eyes, and a swallow's jaw and a tiger's beard. When the general saw the appearance of Nie Yang from the city, he immediately raised his gun to the sky and shouted:

"Do you still remember Zhang Yide?"

This loud shout, the sound was like a huge thunder, and the momentum was like a galloping horse, it directly frightened Chief Nie Yang to stagger and fall to the ground.

Nie Yangchang is a scholar of Jingzhou, and who among the scholars of Jingzhou has not heard Zhang Fei's sentence when he broke the bridge according to the water: "I am Zhang Yide, so I can come and die together!"?

Originally, Chief Nie Yang only thought that an enemy like Zhang Fei would only exist in legends, but when the legend in his heart appeared before his eyes, how many people in the world could remain calm?

You must know that during the battle of Changbanpo, tens of thousands of Wei army cavalry were frightened by Zhang Fei's yelling and dared not move, let alone a district of Nieyang!

Although in recent years, whenever the world talks about Dahan, they always inevitably mention Mi Yang, as if Mi Yang single-handedly forged the current glory of Dahan.

But in fact, everyone in the world clearly remembers that the earliest legend of Ji Han was created by the three brothers with one knife and one gun!

Nie Yang's long fall to the ground frightened the surrounding county soldiers.

Originally, after seeing a large number of Han troops appearing below the city, the county soldiers on the city were already very panicked.

Now they saw that Commander Nie Yang was scared to the ground by the enemy general who had just appeared, which made their troops even more confused.

The county lieutenant on the side wanted to help Chief Nieyang up, so that he could cheer up and command the county soldiers to defend the city.

But after hearing the county lieutenant's request, Chief Nieyang pushed the county lieutenant away as if he heard some big joke.

The lieutenant of Nieyang County was born as an Orion, and the county soldiers in the city had never been out of Nieyang City almost all their lives. They didn't know who Zhang Yide was, let alone what kind of deeds Zhang Yide had.

But they don't know, but Nieyang Chang knows it!

A group of people on the city wall interpreted the truth that the ignorant have no fear, but after Nie Yang took a deep breath, he made a decision instantly.

"Open the city gate."

Chief Nieyang's decision made the county lieutenant widen his eyes.

He couldn't believe that Chief Nieyang, who had always been respected, would make such a decision.

Isn't this treason?

Looking at the county lieutenant's shocked eyes, Chief Nieyang said in a deep voice:

"Back then, I was also a Hanchen."

After saying this, Chief Nie Yang directly passed the county lieutenant and gave the order to open the city gate.

Although the county soldiers on the city were as shocked as the county captain by the order of Chief Niyang, due to the prestige of Chief Niyang, the county soldiers quickly and faithfully carried out the order of Chief Niyang.

Standing up again, Chief Nie Yang heard the sound of the city gate slowly opening, his face was full of bitterness.

The real reason why he wanted to open the city gate to surrender was not because he said "Han Chen back then", but because he knew that under the current situation, Nieyang City could not be defended.

The defenders of Niyang City were county soldiers, and their combat effectiveness was incomparable to the regular army of the Han army.

Even the poor and weak Nieyang City doesn't even have a moat, and the city walls are even lower.

Chief Nieyang thought that he was not a great talent, so there was no way he could defend Nieyang County under Zhang Fei's onslaught under such weak conditions.

Since the result is bound to be untenable, why try?

He is the guardian of Nieyang first, and then he is a courtier of Wei!

Zhang Fei below watched the city gate slowly open, with a smile on his face.

Although facing a small city like Nieyang, he doesn't need to expend too much energy to capture it, and it is naturally best to avoid casualties as much as possible.

And with the opening of the Nirvana City Gate, a fact was unknowingly formed.

Since then, there is no barrier between Zhang Fei and Wancheng.

Sima Yi's reaction speed is not unpleasant.

His military order is not indecisive either.

After learning that Zhang Fei probably wanted to attack Wancheng by surprise, many things gradually became clear in Sima Yi's mind.

If Zhang Fei has a map, Sima Yi naturally has one too.

At this moment, Sima Yi already expected that Zhang Fei would choose where to march.

Worried about Niyang's safety, Sima Yi kept sending envoys to Niyang when he led his army to Wancheng.

But before the envoy to Nieyang returned, a news from Wancheng made Sima Yi's heart feel like falling into an ice cave.

Dai Ling, the guard of Wancheng, urgently reported that a large number of Han troops appeared a hundred miles away from Wancheng. The number of Han troops was at least [-].

This news undoubtedly directly proved that Sima Yi's previous worries were true.

Zhang Fei really found another way, bypassing Jiyang and directly leading his army to attack Wancheng!

After realizing this, Sima Yi kept urging his followers to hurry back to Wancheng for help.

Although Sima Yi left five thousand Wei troops in Wancheng before leaving Wancheng.

Wancheng is high and thick, and there are [-] Wei troops stationed there. Even if Zhang Fei leads ten times more troops, it will be difficult to capture Wancheng in a short time.

But what if?

If Wancheng is lost in his hands, and the Han army may threaten Luoyang, no matter how deep his connections in the court are, Cao Rui will definitely not spare himself.

In the urgency of his heart, Sima Yi directly ordered the entire army to abandon their baggage and return to Wancheng with light equipment to aid.

In the case of abandoning the baggage, Wei Jun's speed increased a lot.

Originally, it took five days to rush back to Wancheng, but Sima Yi only took three days to rush back outside Wancheng.

After Sima Yi led the Wei army back outside Wancheng, the scouts he sent reported something.

There is a large area of ​​Han army barracks in the west of Wancheng.

And similarly, Zhang Fei's flags were planted all over the Han army barracks.

Sima Yi knew that Zhang Fei was really there in the Han army barracks outside Wancheng.

Sure enough, before Sima Yi led his army to continue approaching Wancheng, Zhang Fei, who detected Sima Yi's advancing direction in advance, led tens of thousands of Han troops to block Sima Yi's only way back to Wancheng in advance.

If Sima Yi wanted to lead his army back to Wancheng desperately, the Wei army led by him and the Han army led by Zhang Fei would definitely encounter an encounter halfway.

But after learning that Zhang Fei personally led the Han army to block the way, Sima Yi directly ordered the whole army to camp on the spot and stop advancing rashly.

Wei Jun stopped advancing suddenly, which was beyond Zhang Fei's expectation.

It was as if he had never expected Sima Yi to lead his army back so quickly.

Calculated according to the time, Sima Yi was able to rush back to Wancheng in such a short period of time, almost on the first day outside Jiyang City, he saw through his suspicious strategy.

This made Zhang Fei feel a little jealous of Sima Yi.

It seems that the little thief Sima is indeed not to be underestimated.

If it wasn't for him being the offensive side and naturally occupying the initiative in the war, it wouldn't be so easy to deceive Sima Yi in the first place.

But no matter what, Sima Yi was finally lured out of Wancheng.

And just as Sima Yi expected, as long as Zhang Fei personally leads the army, it is impossible for him to live in peace.

So when Sima Yi ordered the whole army to set up camp, Zhang Fei directly led tens of thousands of Han troops, and came to the big camp created by Sima Yi in a grand manner.

Faced with Zhang Fei's insults and screams, Sima Yi always insisted on the strategy of not being able to stick to it.

Although the current camp has just been built, many defensive facilities are not yet complete.

However, with the [-] Wei army array relying on the simple fortifications, no matter how brave Zhang Fei is, it is impossible to break through in a short time.

Sima Yi was not wrong in his prediction.

Zhang Fei ordered people to insult Wei Jun's camp for a long time. After seeing that no one in Wei Jun's camp had come out to fight, he also led tens of thousands of Han troops to set up camp directly opposite Wei Jun's camp.

Zhang Fei's purpose is very simple, that is to prevent Sima Yi's Wei army from entering Wancheng.

When the Han army began to set up camp on the opposite side, all the Wei generals became impatient.

Zhang Fei's purpose is so simple that anyone can see it.

However, Wancheng is close at hand but cannot be entered, and Wancheng is so important, how can this not make you Wei generals impatient?

But facing the generals' impatience, Sima Yi patiently explained:

"Although Zhang Fei marched dangerously and led his army to attack Wancheng in a surprise attack, it was dangerous after all.

The terrain outside Jiyang City is difficult and dangerous. Zhang Fei may be able to use his personal prestige to lead his elite troops across it. Most of the civilian auxiliary soldiers who can transport food are old and weak, so how can he do this?

According to my prediction, within half a month of the bandit army's food route, there will be big trouble.

In the situation of unstable grain roads, no matter how brave and cunning Zhang Fei was, he had no choice but to retreat in the end. "

Sima Yi expressed his thoughts to the generals.

The reason why Sima Yi wanted to go down to the stronghold was not only to avoid Zhang Fei's edge, but also because he expected that Zhang Fei's strategy of going around Nieyang and attacking Wancheng by surprise would only work for a while, not for a long time.

After all, Nieyang's topographical conditions were constructed by the heavens, and it is impossible to change, otherwise he would not have been negligent in guarding against Nieyang before.

Since it can be deduced that there will be problems with Zhang Fei's grain and grass transportation, why should he be in a hurry?

What's more, when he led his army back to Wancheng, he had already sent a messenger to contact Jia Kui, the governor of Yuzhou.

I think Jia Kui will lead the state soldiers to support him soon.

At that time, the situation of the two armies will change.

Although he was short in chess, it did not mean that he would not be able to fight from now on.

As long as the two important cities of Wancheng and Jiyang are not lost, the situation in Nanyang County is still under his control.

Sima Yi is very confident about this.

After listening to Sima Yi's explanation, all the generals also felt that what Sima Yi said made sense, so they gradually calmed down their impatience.

After arranging everything, Sima Yi looked at the Han army camp under construction with a calm heart.

At the beginning of the battle, he originally had the intention of cutting off the big man's arm.

But what Sima Yi didn't expect was that the big man's arm could stretch so long!

When Emperor Wu was alive, he once commented on Zhang Fei, saying that although Zhang Fei was impatient, if he played normally, he might be one of the most difficult enemies to deal with.

Now it seems that Emperor Wu's evaluation is really correct.

But it's okay, it's not too bad.

After giving the order to set up the camp, Zhang Fei looked at the Wei army camp not far away, with a smile on his rough face.

The thief Sima is indeed not to be underestimated, he is a good opponent just like Zhang He.

But it's a pity, who said that his purpose is to attack Wancheng?

Soon after, Zhang Fei summoned a messenger.

He handed a letter he had written long ago into the hands of the courier and asked him to return to Xinye City as quickly as possible.

Sima Yi seems to have forgotten one thing, he still has [-] Han troops that have not yet been deployed.

A few days later, while Sima Yi was waiting for Zhang Fei to retreat, an astonishing piece of news reached him.

Jiyang was lost!

When he first heard the news, Sima Yi had an incredulous expression on his face.

How can it be? !

Sima Yi immediately grabbed the messenger by the sleeve, and asked him sharply, "There are thousands of elite soldiers stationed in Jiyang, how could it be possible to fall!"

Although Sima Yi withdrew all the reinforcements to rescue Wancheng, there were always thousands of elite soldiers in the city of Jiyang.

As for the Han army outside Jiyang City, as a suspected army, their strength will definitely not be too large, and they will not take the initiative to attack Jiyang.

In this case, how could Jiyang fall?

Zhang Fei is still coming to scold the battle every day outside Wancheng, who led the army to capture Jiyang?

Sima Yi felt that the whole person was not well.

　Chapter 2 Early morning or morning.

　　Many novels like to describe the bravery of the third master, but ignore the wisdom of the third master.

　　The third master is prone to nerves, but when he plays normally, he is indeed a wise general.

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