August 18th year of Jian'an.

The hot summer atmosphere has spread all over the Emperor, and the lush hills and woods on both sides have not brought any coolness to such a weather.

The atmosphere of Xiaosha made the birds and beasts in the surrounding mountains and forests flee into the distance. In the spacious and flat valley, the two armies met in the scorching sun at such an ordinary noon.

Without any unnecessary nonsense, at the same time as the other party was discovered, Cao Hong and Liu Feng decisively issued an order to attack.

This was the first time since Cao's army entered Hanzhong that the true collision between the army was in the true sense. The fierce fighting sounded shattered the tranquility in the valley. The bloody surprise attack attracted the covetousness of beasts in the mountains. However, such a fierce fighting scene, even the fierce big insects did not dare to rush in to eat like this.

It is natural that Liu Feng chose to take the initiative to attack. The summer in Shu is different from the Central Plains. In the stuffy environment, it is difficult for outsiders to not be affected for the first time when they come in. The Shu army has long been accustomed to this climate and will not be at all uncomfortable. This is the time.

This place is a hilly area. The Shu army is best at mountain warfare, fighting in the wild, and even more beneficial than defending the city. Xi County is just a small city, not much better than Mianyang at the time. It is better to use the strengths of the Shu army, which is a good place.

As for people and local warfare, there is already a capital of local warfare. In this way, the right time, place and people are on their side, and the difference in strength is not large. At this time, there is no problem with Liu Feng choosing to take the initiative.

The fact is just as Liu Feng expected. After a brief stalemate, most Cao's army was not used to the climate in Shu and was exposed. The humidity was much greater than that of the outside world. It felt less obvious when marching on weekdays. At this moment, they were trapped in fierce battles. In just a short while, they had difficulty breathing. No matter how powerful the elite force was, they could only exert 60% or 70% of the strength. On the battlefield, this could be directly converted into the casualty ratio.

After tens of thousands of people fought fiercely in this valley for an hour, the disadvantages of Cao's army gradually became apparent. The soldiers on the battlefield may not feel it, but as the main generals who took charge of the overall situation, Cao Hong and Liu Feng were able to clearly detect this change.

Cao Hong is a powerful general under Cao Cao. He has experienced many battles. At this moment, he saw that the momentum is wrong, but he dared not immediately order the gold medal. The fierce battle between the two sides is in full swing. If the gold medal is rashly sounded, it is very likely that the failure would directly turn into a defeat.

Even if you can't even retreat, you can only constantly shrink the formation to stabilize your position.

Although Liu Feng had the upper hand, he was facing the elite of Cao's army after all. Cao Hong was obviously not the kind of mediocre general who immediately panicked when he saw that the situation was not good. This advantage was ultimately unable to completely turn into victory.

The sky was filled with dense rain of arrows, like locusts in the slaughter period. People were killed in battle at all times. Such fierce confrontation continued until the evening. Cao's army finally couldn't stand it and began to be defeated. The loss of troops had exceeded 30%. It was already Cao Hong's ability to manage the army until now. If it were an ordinary army, he might have begun to be defeated when he was at a disadvantage.

Liu Feng judged the situation and saw that Cao's army had already shown signs of chaos, he did not give up. Instead, he pushed his troops to chase them until it was completely dark. Liu Feng took them back to the city.

At this time, Cao's army had already dispersed and fled all over the mountains and fields, with more than half of the casualties. In the face of this situation, Cao Hong could only helplessly. After confirming that Liu Feng retreated, he led the remaining troops to retreat twenty miles before he ordered people to gather the defeated troops.

Cao Hong was a little frustrated in this battle. He did not lose to Liu Feng, but to this damn climate. The soldiers were not accommodating and had no advantage in their troops. To be honest, it was already good to be able to survive until now.

However, the opponent's generals fought well. After settled down, Cao Hong asked his side and said, "Can you know who the governor of Xi County is?"

"Following the banner, it should be Liu Feng, who was the adopted son of the Great Er thief who was in Jingzhou. After the Battle of Chibi, he followed Liu Yi to sweep the four counties in Jingnan with two thousand troops." The Cao army collected Liu Bei's intelligence in detail, including Liu Yi, the lord of Mocheng who surrendered to Liu Bei before the Battle of Chibi. In the information of Cao's army, he was also a core figure of Liu Bei's group.

"Liu Feng?" Cao Hong was a little depressed when he heard this. Although there was a reason for his defeat today, he was a great general who had been in the world for decades, but now he was defeated by a junior, which made him feel somewhat resentful.

Xi County was ready, and only relying on his own troops, he was defeated for another time, and lost more than half. Although he was angry that he was defeated by a junior, seeing that Liu Feng arranged troops and set up a formation, it was difficult to win more with less. Cao Hong could only find a place to rest for one night. The next morning, he counted the soldiers and brought five thousand soldiers when he came, but now there were only more than two thousand people left. Not to mention siege, if Liu Feng leads his troops to fight again, Cao Hong was not confident of fighting against the other side.

Moreover, Xi County seemed to have been prepared, and this fast attack strategy was completely destroyed at this point. However, Cao Hong was not willing to attack Xi County. But since he came here, why not take a detour to Fangling and directly attack Fangling. Even if he could not break Fangling, he could still attack the enemy's food route and help Cao Ren break through the level. By then, it would be not difficult to join Cao Ren's army and break Fangling again.

This thought could not be stopped. Cao Hong's personality was a bit like Wei Yan, and he was also the kind of person who dared to take risks. After thinking for a while, he did not lead the troops back the same way, but went straight to Fangling.

Obviously, Cao Hong did not know how strict Liu Yi had on intelligence requirements. Liu Yi could be said to be full of suspicions within this battlefield. Not to mention that Fang Ling is now fighting with Cao's army, but Shangyong is on the side of Shangyong. Within a radius of thirty miles, as long as there is a trace of Cao's army, Shangyong will immediately enter a state of war readiness. Just as Liu Yi said before, he does not seek merit, but seeks no mistakes. If the enemy wants to win him, he can only go through the front battlefield, and nothing else can be thought of.

Before Cao Hong approached Fangling, Liu Yi had already received news.

"Sir, how could Cao Hong appear here?" Meng Da looked at Liu Yi in shock, not understanding why Cao Ren came here.

"It is probably because Xi County was frustrated. I temporarily thought of going to Xi County to detour our army's rear and attack Fangling." Liu Yi thought for a while and said, the result was not difficult to guess. As for the matter of cutting off the food route, Fangling was less than ten miles away from it, and Cao Hong had no cavalry. He really wanted to be attacked from both sides and seek death.

"The last general will go and meet him!" Meng Da said with a smile. In the past two days, he gradually realized the weakness of the Cao army. He was not accommodating the local conditions and was not good at fighting for a long time. When fighting in Hanzhong, the Shu army had too much advantage.

"No hurry, let's ask you to get into the trap." Liu Yi shook his head and said with a smile. After all, it took too much force to go out of the city to fight. Even if Cao Hong is destroyed, Fang Ling's troops will be insufficient.

"Please fall into the trap?" Meng Da looked at Liu Yi blankly. What did you say? I haven't heard of it before.

"As I said, I would like to transfer all the civilians I used before, and make some things while Cao Hong did not come, and lift the two broken army crossbows on the city wall first." Liu Yi shook his head and smiled. He just thought the word was appropriate. As for the source of this sentence... I know, just think it was his original work.

"Here!" Meng Da nodded and no longer asked. Although the Pojun crossbow is powerful, there are only two here, and the deterrence effect is far less than the shock of being launched at the same time at Yangping Pass. Now there is sufficient manpower in this Guancheng, and with the advantage of geographical advantages, the demand for the Pojun crossbow is not large.

After these days, Liu Yi continued to improve the scale of the entire Guancheng City. The two city walls in front and back are one mile apart, but the rear is the valley entrance, and the city wall is sixty feet long. It has not been completely dried yet. Liu Yi wouldn't want to scare people again, right?

Meng Da looked at Liu Yi and guessed in his heart how Liu Yi was asking for help.

Liu Yi didn't say much. As the top leader of Hanzhong today, some necessary sense of mystery is still needed.

Liu Yi wrote another letter to Fang Ling, asking him to cooperate with him.

A group of craftsmen worked day and night under Liu Yi's command.

Cao Hong led the remaining troops and spent three days to renovate them to boost morale. At the same time, he also plundered some food from the villages along the way to replenish them. In order to avoid leaking news, Cao Hong even killed three villages where he passed. Along the way, Liu Bei's troops did not seem to have found this army that sneaked in.

Three days later, Cao Hong brought these soldiers who had re-encouraged morale to the vicinity of Fangling and sent someone to inquire about Fangling.

"General, the four gates of Fangling are closed. Only when transporting food and grass will they open half of the city gate to deliver things to the front gate. Bei Zhi wanted to sneak in, but was almost shot and killed by the defenders. There was no official road leading to the road. No one was allowed to enter and exit the city gate before our army retreated." The soldier in charge of inquiring about the news came back and bowed to Cao Hong.

"Transport food and grass?" Cao Hong's eyes lit up and looked at the general and said, "Send someone to secretly investigate how the food and grass will be transported and when will it be transported?"

If you ask this, you naturally don’t want to cut off the other party’s grain route. There are less than ten miles between this level and the city. If you really want to cut off the grain, you can see it when you stand on the city wall. Cao Hong wanted to try to pretend to be the Shu army and take advantage of the troubled waters. He would take down this damn level first. As long as you win this level, Cao’s army will be put in. How can a mere Fangling stop it?

"Here!" the general agreed, took the order and left, secretly investigating how the Shu army transported supplies.

So after two more days, the scout found out the information and came to report: "General, Bei Yi arrested a Shu army and asked, the food and supplies were sent every three days, and the gates would be opened directly at that time."

"Okay!" Cao Hong said happily after hearing this: "You will lead people to turn into the grain transport team tomorrow. After entering the city, you can occupy the city gate. When I lead my army to attack it, I will take down this damn Guancheng!"
Chapter completed!