Peaceful time always passes quickly, and several days have passed in the blink of an eye. In the past few days, nothing has changed here in Yang Qing. There is no fighting between the Han and Wei armies, and the two sides are only in a state of confrontation.

However, a big change occurred in Shanggui. After several days of attacks, the Han army inflicted considerable damage on the Wei army in the city. Although Guo Huai recruited a large number of civilians to go to the city to help defend, but these temporarily summoned people could not

It could be the opponent of the Han army. After several attacks, the city of Shanggui was already on the verge of collapse.

Seeing that Shanggui would be lost within a day or two, Zhuge Liang prepared for his army to launch a fierce attack and prepare to break through the city of Shanggui in one fell swoop.

Unexpectedly, at this moment, a Wei reinforcements of 4,000 to 5,000 men suddenly appeared in the east of Shanggui City. With the support of this new force, Guo Huai immediately stabilized the situation, and Shanggui was able to turn the crisis around.

The sudden appearance of Cao Wei's reinforcements surprised everyone in the Han army, and the army's offensive suddenly stopped. Zhuge Liang quickly ordered Wei Min to find out the details of this Wei army. By contacting the details in the city, Zhuge Liang and others quickly figured out the situation.

The origin of this Wei army was clear.

It turned out that this Wei army was sent by Cao Zhen. They set out almost at the time of the contract with Zhang, but instead of taking the Longshan Avenue, they took the Chencang Weishui Road. Because this road was dangerous and narrow, it could only accommodate a few thousand sergeants. Therefore,

Cao Zhen sent only about 5,000 reinforcements.

As a great general of the Wei State and a famous general of his generation, Cao Zhen certainly would not stay in Guanzhong and only contend with Zhao Yun's partial troops. Although Zhang He's 50,000-strong army went to Long for reinforcements, he was worried that Shanggui would fall, so he sent another reinforcement.

The army went to rescue Shanggui from the Chencang Wei River.

After learning the whole story, Zhuge Liang lamented that he could not conquer Shanggui before Cao Wei's reinforcements arrived, but he quickly adjusted his mentality. Since Guo Huai now had an extra five thousand troops, the only way to break the city in a short time was to

Very unlikely.

So according to his and Yang Qing's previous plan, now the main force of the 40,000 Han army can no longer focus on Shanggui, but should turn to Jieting. After all, Zhang He's main army is almost here.

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Therefore, Zhuge Liang immediately sent people to inform Yang Qing of the changes in Shanggui and asked him to prepare for the next war. Whenever there was an opportunity, Zhuge Liang would personally lead his army to Jieting to fight Zhang He.

"It's a pity that Shanggui was almost defeated. Reinforcements came unexpectedly. It seems that Cao Zhen is not a mediocre person!" After receiving Zhuge Liang's report, Yang Qing couldn't help but sigh.

"It seems that we have to decide the outcome with the Wei army at the street pavilion as in the past." Yang Qing whispered to himself again.

Historically, Zhuge Liang did not completely entrust Jieting to Ma Su. After Zhang He's army arrived, he suspended the attack on Shanggui and led his army to fight in person at Jieting.

At that time, the vanguard of the army was only a few miles away from the street pavilion, but at this moment the news of Ma Di's defeat came. Ma Di was not only defeated, but he was defeated too quickly and too completely. Zhuge Liang wanted to save him.

They couldn't be rescued, so they had to withdraw their troops and return home.

Fortunately, it was Yang Qing who came to Jieting to resist defense in this life, and he also had two famous generals, Guan Xing and Wang Ping, as his right-hand men. The battle at Jieting would not result in a quick defeat. However, it was not easy for the Han army to win.

Something.

"Isn't the scout back yet?" Yang Qing turned to Zhou Xing behind him and asked.

Zhou Xing replied: "You should be back soon. I spread it out yesterday. I hope it will pay off today."

"Yes." Yang Qing nodded and said, "Counting the days, Zhang He's rear army should also arrive."

"If there is any reward from the scout, please report it to me immediately. I will go find General Zijun and Anguo."

Zhou Xing cupped his fists and responded: "No."

Soon after Yang Qing, Wang Ping, and Guan Xing returned to Jieting after discussing the military situation, the scouts sent out finally brought back the news of Zhang He's rear army. Nearly 40,000 Wei troops were less than a hundred miles away from Jieting. The fastest would be tomorrow or the day after tomorrow.

You can reach the street pavilion.

"Wan Sheng, Wan Sheng..."

In the early morning of the third day, bursts of cheers and shouts suddenly came from the Wei army camp east of Nanshan, spreading throughout the countryside, and even Yang Qing, who was still sleeping, was awakened.

"What happened outside?" Yang Qing rubbed his temples, got off the bed, opened the door and asked the guards outside.

The guards were unaware of the situation and were about to go out to investigate when they saw Zhou Xing and Guliza walking into the courtyard.

Zhou Xing came to Yang Qing and reported: "Your Majesty, Zhang He's main force has arrived, and the Wei soldiers are cheering."

Yang Qing looked stern, nodded and said: "I see." Then he said to Guliza: "You quickly return to the army to calm down the morale of the army. We will go to the top of the city to take a look later."

"No." Guliza took the order and left.

Yang Qing put on his clothes in the circling room, washed his face in a hurry, put on his armor, and walked towards the city wall with Zhou Xing with his sword in hand.

On the top of Nanshan Mountain, Guan Xing and others were the first to know about the arrival of Zhang He's rear army. Looking at the densely packed Wei army at the bottom of the mountain, the sergeants became nervous.

The unusual expressions of the soldiers were quickly noticed by Guan Xing. He looked around and then laughed loudly: "Haha, so many people are here to die again. I'm afraid the back of your sword will be broken."

Hearing the Lord General's relaxed and humorous words, everyone's expressions immediately relaxed, and they started laughing and joking. The victory in the past few days gave them a lot of confidence, and coupled with the thought of having the dangerous passes of Nanshan Mountain to rely on, everyone's nervous and beating hearts gradually became tense.

Calm down.

Seeing that his words had an effect, Guan Xing smiled slightly, but looking at the tens of thousands of enemy troops at the bottom of the mountain, he still felt a little worried.

"Come here, beat the drum and gather the generals."

When tens of thousands of his troops finally gathered, Zhang He felt relieved. After the generals' camps were arranged and allocated, he immediately summoned the generals to discuss the war.

The Wei army was wasted here for a long time, and Zhang He didn't want to delay it any longer. He wanted to quickly defeat the enemy in front of him, break through the street pavilion, and fight to the hinterland of Longyou. Only in this way can he really go to Long to rescue.

"Dai Hujun, how many sergeants are left behind on the road?" Zhang He asked the middle-aged general in his forties at the bottom right.

"Back to General Zuo, Ling's initial estimate is that there are about two to three thousand people left behind."

It turned out that this middle-aged general's surname was Dai Minling, and he was also a veteran who had followed the Cao family for many years. In the last years of Jian'an, he was the captain of Changshui and the Marquis of Guannei. It was only after Cao Pi became emperor that he advised him not to go on several hunting expeditions, which angered the emperor.

He was dismissed and convicted, and was reinstated as a general a few years later.

Not long ago, Cao Rui promoted Dai Ling to the guard of the Shu Army, acting as Zhang He's deputy general. Together with Zhang He, he led 50,000 cavalry to rescue Longyou. After Zhang He led the cavalry one step ahead, Dai Ling was ordered to lead the infantry to follow. Enter.

Zhang He nodded slowly: "Two or three thousand people behind are not considered too many. You and your infantry were able to arrive on time, which is a great contribution."

"Ling doesn't dare to take credit, it's all the responsibility of the last general."

Zhang He said: "Well, now that our tens of thousands of troops have gathered together, we can finally defeat the Shu army on the opposite side in one fell swoop. Pass on my military order that the army will have a good rest today and launch an attack immediately tomorrow."
Chapter completed!