Mei County.

The war has ceased, and the engineers accompanying the army are quickly re-planning the city defense. Chen Dao did not rush to continue the attack. Then Xu Huang is not an easy person. The day before yesterday is the only one who can defeat Wudang Feijun. The walls of Mei County are not high, and Wudang Feijun have the best team of troops who are good at climbing. They made great achievements unexpectedly. However, with the same method, facing generals like Xu Huang, the second time may not be successful.

What's more, the mission of this trip is to attract as much of the main force of Cao's army as possible. Now he has captured Mei County and has a foothold. What he has to do now is not to continue attacking forward, but to prepare to defend the city, attract more Cao's army, and at the same time to buy time for Huang Zhong to capture Chen Cang.

According to the previous discussions between Chencang, Yong County, and Mazhong, Huang Zhong, attacked by Huang Zhong. Two troops left Sichuan one after another. If Cao's army was unmoved, they would immediately join forces. The 50,000 army and excellent equipment were enough to form a threat. If the Wei army ignored them, only after the complete stability here would Chen Dao continue to attack martial arts. Once the martial arts were broken, it could threaten Chang'an.

Because there is no need to worry about logistics issues, the consensus reached within the Han Dynasty when the troops were sent was to take steps forward and take Guanzhong and Xiliang into their pockets step by step.

Of course, it is impossible to be completely this kind of upright tactic, but it takes time to make a surprise plan. Before Liu Yi moved, the Cao army in Guanzhong was completely mobilized, the surprise soldiers would not be released.

"General, the engineer has repaired the city wall, set up a hundred arrow towers, and ditches have been dug outside the city." Wu Ban quickly walked to Chen Dao and bowed.

Nowadays, each of the Han army has special engineers, led by Liu Yi's early disciples. They built very quickly and could quickly provide all conditions for the main force beyond frontal combat. This was the first time that the engineers had entered the battlefield. The ability they showed was indeed amazing. The camps in Wuzhangyuan, the camps outside Mei County, and the stone throwing machines built when siege. Even without the Wudang Feijun's breakthrough, Chen Dao was confident that he would drive Xu Huang out of Mei County within half a month without Cao's army sending reinforcements.

The soldiers in Shu had not had a great battle for ten years and had been training their troops. The combat effectiveness they burst out with this move surprised Chen Dao.

Liu Yi's strategy of letting the children of meritorious soldiers study in the academy form a strong centripetal force in the Han army. Of course, it is not just that. Over the past ten years, the treatment of the soldiers who joined the army was not very good, but it was also good. Especially the emergence of rail cars has greatly facilitated the transportation of materials, and also saved a lot of resources and labor, allowing the Han to recruit more troops and improve the treatment of soldiers.

In short, there is nothing in the upper-level generals in the entire Han army now, but everyone at the lower-level soldiers want to kill the enemy and make meritorious contributions, to find a background for future generations, or at least to study. The contagion of this emotion is amazing. Now the Han army is full of hungry wolves, waiting to kill the enemy and make meritorious contributions.

"Let the soldiers rest well and be on standby at any time! Zhang Yi led 3,000 troops to Wuzhangyuan to prevent the Wei army from cutting off my food route." Chen Da nodded, and then it depends on how Cao's army moved.

"Here!" Wu Ban agreed and took the order and left.

Chen Dao thought about it and asked someone to inform Huang Zhong to send troops. Cao's army didn't know if he had been deceived, but now that Mei County has been taken away, Cao's army will definitely come soon. If Huang Zhong kept hiding, he would be under great pressure.

Even if the Cao army was not fooled, it would not be possible to leave their 50,000 troops here without caring. Mei County is only two hundred miles away from Chang'an.

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"General, why are you here in person?" Xu Huang looked at Cao Zhen, a little surprised and a little ashamed.

"General Gongming doesn't have to do this. Victory and defeat are common in military affairs. Besides, the generals have few soldiers, so you can't blame the general for this matter!" Cao Zhen supported Xu Huang who wanted to bow down. Xu Huang was older than him and was also a veteran who followed Cao Cao. Although Cao Zhen had a high position, he did not dare to neglect this veteran.

Xu Huang sighed and said, "The General doesn't know anything. Although Chen Dao's reputation is not obvious, his ability to command troops is quite powerful. The Han army's military armor... The General should also know it. There is no accident this time, and the last general may not be able to defend for too long."

Cao Zhen sighed when he heard this. The Han army's military was indeed the strongest among the Three Kingdoms. The Eastern Wu fought with the Cao army over the years with the arms given by the Han army, and he had never suffered any losses, let alone the Han army? Cao Zhen did not believe that Liu Bei gave Sun Quan the most exquisite equipment, and Liu Bei was not that timid.

"There are really soldiers who climb the city with bare hands?" After asking about the situation in the army, Cao Zhen asked in surprise.

"It's not like this when I'm bare-handed!" Xu Huang shook his head and said, "I've seen that those people have steel claws attached to their hands. The walls of Mei County are piled up with rammed earth. The steel claws can pierce the earth wall and climb up with this, but those people are indeed quite brave."

When Xu Huang thought of that strange soldier, he felt uncomfortable. He was a famous general at that time, and he had never been afraid of even fighting against Guan Yu. Now he was defeated by an unknown soldier, which made him very uncomfortable.

Cao Zhen breathed a sigh of relief when he heard this, at least he knew that the other party was a human being.

"The Han army, that is, bows and arrows are better than our army. How powerful can close combat be?" Cao Zhen said with a smile.

"Don't underestimate the general. These people have amazing strengths. They hold swords and axes and are seriously injured and cannot retreat. They often have the ability to compete with three or five soldiers." Xu Huang smiled bitterly and shook his head. He is now very curious about what Liu Bei did in Shu in the years of closed checkpoints? How did he train such a team of people? Mobile::

Upon hearing this, Cao Zhen's expression gradually became solemn again. He was able to fight against three or five Wei soldiers, and he could be regarded as the elite among the elite.

"There shouldn't be many such elite soldiers." Cao Zhen asked.

"I don't know about this last time, but there are quite a lot of people. There were more than a thousand soldiers and horses that day." Xu Huang shook his head. He didn't think the other party had few people.

"More than a thousand?" Cao Zhen felt a little angry and had a toothache.

Such more than a thousand elites can not only fight three or five thousand people on the battlefield. If this is true, Cao Zhen is willing to fight three or five thousand people to fight the other side’s more than a thousand elites. The real purpose of the elite is surprise attacks, which are unpredictable surprise attacks, food and camps, and often more than a thousand people can cause damage to tens of thousands of people, but you may not be able to fight others.

For example, this time, Chen Da 30,000 troops besieged Ji County, and he easily opened the city gate after taking over the more than a thousand elite troops, causing Xu Huang to be defeated and fled to Wugong.

"General, have you heard of Chen Dao?" Xu Huang asked suddenly.

"I know." Cao Zhen nodded and said, "General forgot that when Liu Bei had not yet entered Jingzhou, he had an elite army around him. There were not many people, hundreds of people, but he was quite powerful. He encircled Liu Bei several times and was defeated by this army. This person was good at training troops and his martial arts were not under the Guan and Zhang. He had always been with Liu Bei, and his reputation was not obvious, but he was definitely not an unknown person."

"No wonder he has such elite men." Xu Huang suddenly realized that if he counted this way, Chen Dao and him were of the same generation, and he felt a lot more uncomfortable.

After all, losing to an unknown soldier and losing to a general of Guan and Zhang is two different concepts. This time, I was too careless. If I had known that the other party had such skills, I would not have been defeated so miserably.

"Now that Ji County has been taken away, there are only eight thousand military personnel. If the opponent attacks, it may be difficult to defend it. Can the general transfer another group of troops to me?" Xu Huang looked at Cao Zhen and said.

"This time I brought 7,000 soldiers and horses to General Yu!" Cao Zhen said this and sighed a little: "At present, only Chen Dao and another team of troops were released by the Han army. The main force had not yet appeared. The soldiers and horses in Guanzhong were scattered in all directions, and it was difficult to dispatch them in an urgent manner. The only thing that could be given to the general was that the general only needed to defend his martial arts. Since Liu Bei had launched an attack, the main force would appear soon!"

Xu Huang nodded. There were 15,000 troops in total, so defending the city was enough. But being hit like this was still a bit frustrated.

"General, Liu Bei is coming in full force this time, and most of the soldiers and horses in Guanzhong are defending against enemy enemies. It is difficult to draw too many. We should ask the court for help as soon as possible."

"I have sent someone to Yecheng for help, but reinforcements are coming, and it will take at least one month!" Cao Zhen nodded. This issue has been discussed before.

If Cao Zhen only keeps Guanzhong for a month, he will still have confidence.

Cao Zhen came here and asked Xu Huang about the facts of the Han army. Now that he had got the answer, he immediately stopped staying and returned to Chang'an to start dispatching troops.

In Chang'an, enemies have appeared in the roads that the Han army can take, but in Cao Zhen's opinion, these should not be the main force in Hanzhong. What the opponent can walk now is to go out of Yangping Pass and attack Tianshui and stabilize these places.

Guan Yu would definitely send troops to respond, but Cao Xiu was guarding Luoyang, so Cao Zhen was not very worried. In Xiliang, Zhang He had only 20,000 troops under his command. Cao Zhen was going to transfer 10,000 to Zhang He first and then see the movements of the Han army.

Du Xi had already gone to lobby the Qiang people, and the lobbyists who were heading to Nanzhong also set out. Just hold on for a while, the Qiang people would be more abundant when there was an echo.

Now he supported Zhang He and gave Xu Huang seven thousand troops. There were only more than ten thousand left in the Chang'an defenders. Cao Zhen really dared not act rashly now, so he could only wait and see what happened.
Chapter completed!