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Chapter 519 Hao Zhao arrives

Outside the East City Gate of Chang'an, hundreds of Wei soldiers lined up in neat formations on both sides. They held various admiration in their hands, with a solemn expression. Guo Huai and Yan Fei stood in front of the crowd, looking into the distance, looking forward to it, as if they were waiting for someone to arrive.

A fast horse suddenly appeared in everyone's sight, and soon rushed to Guo Huai, Yan Fei and the others. The knight turned over and got off the horse, knelt on one knee, and said with his fists: "Report that General Hao Zhao is already five miles away."

"Okay, I understand." Guo Huai nodded and waved his hand to signal the whistle to retreat.

Yan Fei, who was standing with him, stroked his beard and smiled, "Empress, the reinforcements have finally arrived, and the stone in the lower official's heart can finally land."

"Well, with this ten thousand-phase cavalry, not only will Chang'an be in danger of falling, but we have the ability to rescue the city, and the situation can finally turn the danger into safety."

Yan Fei said: "And General Hao Zhao brought only a part of reinforcements. The brigade led by General Xiahou is also rushing to arrive. With 30,000 elite troops, our Guanzhong army can not only repel Yang Qing's invasion, but also change the situation of being passively beaten. In Longxi, Hanzhong and other places, they compete with the Shu army to compete for the best."

"Yes, the reason why the Shu army has been rampant over the past year is that I took advantage of the main force of my royal army to guard against the Wu bandits in the east. As long as the emperor and the court pay attention to the Guanxi battlefield, the Shu army will definitely not be as arrogant as before in the future." Guo Huai nodded.

The two of them imagined the beautiful battle situation in the future, and became more and more excited as they spoke, and they completely forgot about time. Soon half an hour passed, and suddenly the dust rose in front of them, and the sound of horse hooves came. The 10,000 reinforcements led by Hao Zhao finally arrived.

"Haha, Bo Dao, you are finally here, you can tell me how to wait." In front of the main hall of the Governor's Office, Cao Zhen looked at Hao Zhao beside Guo Huai and laughed happily.

Seeing Cao Zhen coming out to greet him, Hao Zhao hurriedly bowed: "The last general met with the general. What is the best general? First he was sent to Guo Envoy and Yan Mansion to welcome him, but now he asked the general to go out to wait for him. It's really a terrible general."

Last year, the Han army captured Liangzhou, and Cao Wei's official army in Liangzhou died or surrendered. Only a few people, including Hao Zhao and the governor of Liangzhou, escaped by chance. In order to avoid the pursuit of the Han army, they detoured from the northern desert and returned eastward. After many hardships, they finally returned to Luoyang at the beginning of this year.

Losing the city and losing land was a serious crime, but Emperor Cao Rui of Wei knew in his heart that it was too difficult to preserve Liangzhou under the current situation, so he did not severely punish Hao Zhao, Xu Miao and others, and only symbolically fined and demoted one or two positions.

Later, Yang Qing sent troops to advance eastward, and Chang'an was in a hurry. Cao Rui appointed Hao Zhao, a good general who was familiar with Yongliang's geography and scenery, to serve under the tent of the new general Xiahou Ru, the commander of the 30,000 Wei army in Hongnong. This man was worried that Chang'an would be in trouble, so he ordered Hao Zhao to lead 10,000 infantry and cavalry to reinforce first, and he led the team of troops to follow him.

"Bo Dao traveled all night and rushed to Chang'an, working hard all the way, and deserved this gift. Besides, our Chang'an soldiers and civilians were trapped in the city by the Shu army these days, with their morale low and resentfulness. Taking you reinforcements into the city with such a grand solemn ability can also restore the morale and confidence of the Chang'an soldiers and civilians." Cao Zhen said.

Hao Zhao said: "I am ashamed. If I waited faster, I would not allow Yang Qing, Guan Xing and others to be arrogant and proud."

"Oh, no wonder you are here. You are here fast enough. Let's not talk about this anymore. Let's go in and discuss the subsequent advance strategy."

Everyone followed Cao Zhen into the house and sat down according to the size of the official position. Cao Zhen looked around and said loudly: "Everyone, General Bo Dao led 10,000 infantry and cavalry to help. Chang'an is enough to report it. However, the other side of the city of Wucheng was targeted by the Sichuan thieves. Although General Junyi had more than 10,000 elite soldiers, the Sichuan thieves had no less than 20,000 troops, which was twice the strength of our army.

Moreover, when Yang Qing led his army to attack, Zhang Junyi was likely not very prepared, so the situation in the city was not optimistic. Do you think how should we solve the danger in the city?"

"General, Chang'an is five or six hundred miles away from Weicheng. The Shu army has been away for many days. Instead of rushing to Weicheng day and night to support us, would we better lead our troops westward to attack Wugong?

Wugong, Meicheng and Chencang are three nails that the Shu army wedged into our Guanzhong. Yang Qing will not sit and watch the three cities be lost. He learned that our army would definitely lead the army back to rescue after advancing westward. Even if the Shu army did not return all of them, at least half of the troops would be returned. In this way, General Junyi's pressure will be reduced sharply, and the danger of the city will be lifted." As soon as he finished speaking, Guo Huai immediately bowed and said.

He did not wait for reinforcements to arrive in Chang'an in the past two days, but racked his brains to think about ways to break the situation. Therefore, when Cao Zhen asked about it, he had already had a good plan, and his words were very well-informed and well-organized.

Cao Zhen smiled slightly after hearing this, and said, "Does Bo Ji want to take the plan to surround Wei and save Zhao?"

"The general is wise, and this is what the subordinate officials mean."

Cao Zhen looked at the others and asked, "What do you think you plan?"

"The last general agrees with this plan." Fei Yao continued: "According to the detailed reward, the Shu army has only five or six thousand troops in the three places of Wugong, Jicheng and Chencang. With our current military strength, we can put enough pressure on these three cities, and we can even take advantage of this opportunity to recover the three cities.

General, Yang Qing wanted to pull out the nail in Weicheng to open up the road from Longshandong. Why can't we remove the three nails that were inserted into our side of the Shu thief?"

"General Gongming is right. This is called using his own way to cure his body. Attacking martial arts and other places will indeed have a greater threat to Shu thieves than to directly rush to the city of Wei to reinforce. Moreover, if the three cities of martial arts can be recovered, it will be a great achievement, and you can also give your Majesty a better explanation in the future." Zhou Zhuo agreed.

Cao Zhen nodded and asked Hao Zhao again: "Bo Dao, what do you think?"

"The last general is just coming and is not very familiar with the enemy situation. How the general arranges it, and how the general will do it, and go through fire and water, and will never hesitate!"

Cao Zhen was overjoyed when he heard this. He wanted this sentence. Hao Zhao and his 10,000-shot cavalry. Cao Zhen, as a general, was in charge of the military affairs of the two prefectures of Yongliang, could be dispatched at will. However, after all, these 10,000 troops had just arrived in Chang'an. Before he could rest, he sent people to travel nearly two hundred miles to practice martial arts. It was inevitable that they would be unkind.

Now that Hao Zhao can make such a statement, Cao Zhen can call this army with confidence.

"Okay, my words are exciting. I am worthy of being a good general of Gancheng in the Great Wei Dynasty."

"I intend to adopt Boji's plan to surround Wei and rescue Zhao, send troops to attack Wugong and other places in the west, and attract Shu troops to return to defense to solve the danger of the city. I wonder if you agree?"

Everyone stood up and replied, "I wish to listen to the orders of the general."

"Okay." Cao Zhen slapped the table and said, "Fe Yao obeyed the order."

"The last one will be there."

Cao Zhen said: "I ordered you to lead three thousand troops as the vanguard to set out immediately and recover Huaili first."

"promise."

"General Hao Zhao ordered you to lead 5,000 light cavalry to set off tomorrow, go north with great fanfare, cross the Wei River, and make the illusion of going to the city of Wei to support it to confuse the Shu army, and then seek an opportunity to cross south halfway to meet at Wugong City."

Hao Zhao held his fists and took the order: "Get orders."

"I have led five thousand infantrymen to follow me, and the others stayed in Chang'an."

"Abide by the general's orders."

After the deployment was completed, the Wei army immediately took action. In the afternoon, Fei Yao led three thousand troops to Huaili.
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