Chapter 27 The More Soldiers You Have, the Weaker Your Strength?

"Han River... food supply?" The generals all keenly grasped the key point.

Although it is impossible to summarize the words "war is fought with logistics", generals who have experienced many battles all understand that the best solution to war is always to cut off the food supply!

"Cao thieves can come so quickly, they must be lightly equipped, and the only way to transport a large amount of baggage is by water!"

Guan Yu pointed and gestured:

"The baggage and food start from Chang'an, go down the Baoshui River, and then go upstream to Hanzhong at the mouth of the Han River."

Huang Zhong also squinted his eyes to observe, and then pointed to a place and said:

"In this case, the battlefield must be...Yangjia River! It is surrounded by mountains and rivers and is a must-go road. Blocking Cao's army is as easy as taking something out of a bag."

【Liu Bei had no choice but to split his troops to cut off Cao Cao's food supply when facing Cao Cao's turtle tactics.

Zhao Yun led the army, and Huang Zhong accompanied them. The army marched in the mountains, marched ten kilometers to the east of Dingjun Mountain, and chose to set up camp on the north mountain on the east bank of Yangjia River. 】

"It's just as Han Sheng said." Guan Yu did not hide his admiration for Huang Zhong.

Huang Zhong's face flushed and he was a little excited, but then he was a little worried:

"Cao thieves burned Yuan Shao's Wuchao at Guandu and won. He is an expert in cutting off food, so he must take extra care of his own food route."

There was another guess in his heart: Guangmu never mentioned what happened after he killed Xiahou Yuan in the battle. Could it be...

【Zhao Yun and Huang Zhong soon waited for Cao Cao's food team at Yangjia River. Although he didn't know the strength of the other party, Huang Zhong still volunteered.

Zhao Yun agreed but agreed on a time with Huang Zhong: if Huang Zhong didn't return after the agreed time, he would send troops to rescue him.

Huang Zhong didn't expect that Boss Cao was really rich and powerful. The food protection team was large and powerful, chasing the old general all over the mountain, and soon exceeded the agreed time.

Zhao Yun was worried and led dozens of light cavalry out of the camp to investigate the situation, and ordered Zhang Yi to guard the camp. 】

"Send troops blindly without finding out the truth?" The generals discussed it, but generally disagreed.

Zhang Fei held an opposing opinion: "Brother led the troops out of Chengdu, divided the troops twice before Yangping Pass, and divided them again on Dingjun Mountain. Zilong and General Han Sheng must have few soldiers under their command!"

"In this situation, frequent harassment will attract Cao's army to search the river bank and even the mountain. When Cao's army divides its troops, it will be the only feasible way to sneak attack the grain road in one go!"

It can only be said that Zhang Fei is worthy of it. Others just think that it is not good to send troops like this, and they need to think about it in the long run. Zhang Fei has already formulated a plan with his own characteristics.

"Let's see how Zilong decides." Guan Yu narrowed his eyes, and was quite curious about the follow-up content.

[Because Huang Zhong alerted the enemy, the Cao army's grain protection team separated a cavalry as a scout to explore, so the two sides met, Zhao Yun and others were entangled by the cavalry, and soon the follow-up troops of the Cao army also pressed on.

Although the number of people was at a great disadvantage, Zhao Yun repeatedly penetrated the Cao army line with his skilled riding skills, and finally led his subordinates to break through and retreat towards the camp.

However, his general Zhang Zhuo and others were injured when they broke through and soon fell behind, and were surrounded by Cao's army again.

Zhao Yun, who had broken through, saw this and turned his horse back to penetrate Cao's army again and rescued Zhang Zhuo.

Blood-stained battle robes penetrated red armor, who would compete with him after seven ins and outs?

Although Zilong did not kill with Liu Chan this time, his attitude as a god of war was even better! 】

Is this true? ! This was the first thought of the people present, but then they thought:

Zhao Zilong? That's normal.

After all, this guy had already performed it once for everyone at Changbanpo, and Zhang Fei couldn't understand it either. He patted Zhao Yun on the shoulder and said:

"Zilong, are you exactly the opposite of Huaiyin Hou?"

"Ah?" Zhao Yun's mind didn't turn around for a while.

"Look, the Marquis of Huaiyin is recruiting soldiers, the more the better; Zilong, you went into battle alone twice."

"If you were asked to lead an army of 100,000 like the Marquis of Huaiyin to attack Cao, wouldn't you be so good at fighting?"

There was a burst of laughter in the hall, which made the lazy servants very curious: What happy things did Liu Jingzhou encounter near the end of the year?

"But is the record on this light curtain wrong?" Jian Yong wondered:

"At Changbanpo, Adou was only a few months old, how could he kill with General Zilong?"

Zhang Fei's brain turned the fastest, and he explained earnestly:

"Mr. Xianhe, you don't understand this, what would Adou do when he was only a few months old? He could only cry loudly."

"What was Zilong doing at Changbanpo? Killing people all the time."

"Then Zilong was holding Adou, wasn't he killing people?"

Jian Yong was speechless: Can it be explained this way?

Sun Gan noticed that Liu Bei looked a little sad, and comforted him:

"My Lord, the dead cannot be resurrected."

Liu Bei shook his head: "I was married to you for only a few years, and I was displaced and even captured by Cao. Fortunately, my second brother saved me and I returned home. I lived a peaceful life for only a few years, and was chased by Cao's army again. In the end, I jumped into a well and was separated from my life..."

Mi Zhu thought of his sister who died in Changbanpo and looked miserable for a while.

Seeing this, Zhao Yun hurriedly stood up and apologized, but was supported by Liu Bei:

"What crime did Zilong commit! Now it seems that it is better to save Mi Zhen and abandon Adou!"

No one dared to talk to these civil and military officials, and they just thought that this sentence went in one ear and out the other.

【After Zhao Yun rescued his subordinates and returned to the camp, the Cao army followed and hesitated for a while when they saw the construction of the military camp.

Zhao Yun judged that his troops were too few, and even if he defended the camp to the death, he would die, so he ordered the camp gate to be opened and the camp to stop fighting.

Some people speculate that the inspiration for the empty city plan later invented for the prime minister in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms may come from this. 】

The people in the hall looked at each other in bewilderment at this operation, not knowing how to comment.

Zhang Fei sighed and said, "Zilong, you are really not afraid of death!"

Kong Ming frowned slightly: How can this novel fabricate the battle record? Are they trying to tarnish my reputation?

[Faced with such an unreasonable situation, Cao Jun hesitated again and again and chose to slowly retreat.

Zhao Yun saw Cao Jun retreating in the camp and immediately ordered: Raise the tent! Beat the drum! Pursue!

The camp, which was as quiet as a ghost town just now, was suddenly brightly lit and drums were beating. Cao Jun's formation was in chaos, and then Zhao Yun rushed to kill them. Cao Jun trampled on each other and countless people died. More soldiers fell into the Han River and died in the shove. 】

Good guy!

Guan Yu and Huang Zhong both thought: It's powerful, but it's not my style to take risks like this.

Huang Zhong was a little ashamed: If he hadn't alerted the enemy, he wouldn't have let General Zilong take such risks.

Zhang Fei was eager to try: I, Zhang Fei, have learned another trick! And this trick has not been used by Zilong yet!

Guan Yu patted Zhao Yun on the shoulder and sighed:

"Could it be that Zilong is really like what the third brother said... The more soldiers he leads, the more he will be limited in his ability to exert his strength?"

[It was also because of this battle that Cao Cao planned to completely withdraw from Hanzhong. Oh, by the way, in the novel, Yang Xiu guessed that Cao Cao was going to withdraw his troops from the military camp password at this time, but was chopped off by Cao Cao as a sacrifice.

We have talked about the contradictions between Cao Wei before. In fact, Yang Xiu participated in the struggle for the throne between Cao Zhi and Cao Pi, but Cao Cao still mentioned the use of a knife at that time, so he killed Yang Xiu as a warning to the monkeys, which was also a warning to the Ruying Group.

Whether it is the novel or the history book, Yang Xiu is the one who killed the chicken to scare the monkeys, which is also quite tragic.

The Battle of Hanzhong ended with Liu Bei's victory. Liu Bei occupied Hanzhong and truly had the qualifications to compete for the world.

Oh, I didn't expect this episode to be so long, so we can talk about the Battle of Xiangfan in the next episode. That was the closest time for Shu Han to unify, but this opportunity was wiped out by Liu Bei's relatives, which is quite ironic. 】

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