Chapter 106: Zhou Shen, who was led by the nose

That night, when Zhang Fei and Ma Chao quietly left the barracks with 50,000 troops, they were discovered by Han soldiers on the top of Wuguan City and reported to Zhou Chong, who was responsible for guarding the city gate.

Zhou Chong hurried to the general's mansion and informed Zhou Shen of the matter.

When Zhou Shen heard this, he hurried to the map and asked Zhou Chong: "Did you see clearly where Deng Jun is going?"

Zhou Chong replied: "Return to the general, the soldiers guarding the city said they were heading south."

"Southern? I haven't heard of any war in the south of Deng State." Xu Jie murmured one or three.

"It must be going to Shangyong!" Zhou Shen said affirmatively.

"Shangyong? General means that this Deng army is heading for Hanzhong?" Xu Jie asked.

Zhou Shen nodded and said, "There is only this explanation. Deng State has more than 300,000 troops across the country, and 50,000 troops are stationed in the southern county all year round. Even if there is war in the south, it will not mobilize the troops under Yue Fei. It seems that the general's previous guess is correct. Yue Fei really plans to give up Wuguan and turn to Hanzhong."

"Then general, do we need to divide our troops to Hanzhong to reinforce?" Xu Jie was thinking, since Yue Fei had already planned to give up attacking Wuguan, then they would not have much effect in Wuguan anymore. Do they need to go to Hanzhong to reinforce?

Zhou Shen shook his head and said, "No, now he has just left some of the Deng army. Yue Fei and tens of thousands of elite Deng army are still outside Wu Pass. Yue Fei is unpredictable to use troops. If the Deng army heading to Hanzhong is just a bait, the purpose is to transfer us out of Wu Pass and then kill another one to return the horse, then Wu Pass will be over. Besides, there is no time left, and the Deng army will definitely arrive in Hanzhong one step ahead of us."

Deng's army needed to walk on the Yongshan Road to Hanzhong, while Han's army needed to cross the Qinchuan River to Hanzhong. Although there were some slanting valleys and Chencang Road, etc., no matter how easy it was to walk on, it would not be easier to walk on than Shangyongshan Road.

"What should we do?" Xu Jie was a little impatient. This was not OK, that was not OK. Could it be that he really watched Deng Jun take Hanzhong?

Zhou Shen smiled and said, "How could it be so easy for Yue Fei to take Hanzhong? Have you forgotten that this general wrote a letter to Hanzhong a long time ago? According to this general's plan, as long as he did not encounter a famous general like Yue Fei, there would be no problem."

Xu Jie then remembered that Zhou Shen wrote a secret letter to Hanzhong a few days ago. It seemed that he was nervous by Yue Fei's slutty operation these days, so he smiled awkwardly and said, "Sorry, General, I forgot about it, so what should we do next?"

Zhou Shen thought for a while and said, "Send all the scouts. I need to know which generals of Deng army are in this Deng army. At the same time, we must clearly know whether Yue Fei really wants to attack Hanzhong. If it is true, we may have to divide our troops to rescue him."

"Here!" Xu Jie responded and went out to make arrangements.

Less than half an hour after Zhang Fei and Ma Chao led their troops away, the gate of Wuguan slowly opened, and dozens of Han soldiers provoked their horses out of it.

In the Deng army camp, Huang Deng, who was responsible for night patrol, discovered it immediately. He sent someone to intercept and kill him according to Yue Fei's instructions, and then let one or two go.

"Marson, tonight, the thirty scouts captured by the Han army went towards Shangyong. The last general sent troops to intercept them according to the marshal's orders. A total of twenty-eight scouts of the Han army were intercepted and two were spared." In the central army's tent, Huang Deng reported to Yue Fei.

Yue Fei nodded slowly and said, "Okay, not bad." As a junior of the general, Huang Deng has very good military qualities. If he trains it well, he is also a talent for a deputy general of the division.

Yue Fei walked towards the map, looked at it, and then said to Li Xiucheng: "General Li, you will send a fast horse to catch up with Zhang Fei and others, and pass on the commander's military order to stop in Wudang to hoard troops."

"General, why is this? Aren't we going to make Zhou Shen think we are going to attack Hanzhong? How can we let them stop in Wudang?" Li Xiucheng asked in confusion. According to the original plan, wasn't we going to make Zhou Shen think that he was going to attack Hanzhong so as to restrain some of the Han army? Why did he stop again?

Yue Fei said: "I thought about it carefully. If we acted like an attack on Hanzhong with great fanfare, Zhou Shen might personally lead a group of Han troops to rescue him. In this way, it would be possible to meet Qin Lie and the others. Qin Lie and the others had only a few thousand cavalry. If they met the Han army's large army, they would definitely not be able to defeat him. Therefore, I decided to let Zhang Fei and others stop in Wudang."

"The purpose of doing this is to confuse Zhou Shen. Didn't he think we were going to attack Hanzhong? Then we divided our troops south as he wished, but stopped in Wudang. In this case, Zhou Shen could not guess our purpose and dared not leave Wuguan casually, which would also ensure the safety of Qin Lie and the others." Yue Fei continued.

Sure enough, a few days later, when the scout sent back the news, Zhou Shen was stunned. Deng Jun stopped in Wudang and stopped moving forward?

"General, what does Yue Fei mean? He used to be so arrogant and acted as an attack on Hanzhong, but now he stopped at Wudang and stopped moving?" Xu Jie asked.

Zhou Shen shook his head and said, "I can't guess Yue Fei's thoughts, it's really elusive."

"Then general, what should we do next?" Xu Jie asked. He had discussed before that if Deng's army really attacked Hanzhong, the Wuguan side would have to split a group of troops to rescue, but now Deng's army is parked in Wudang, and the movements are unknown.

Zhou Shen frowned and stared at the map and said, "The movements of Deng's army are unknown, but it is still impossible to rule out the possibility of Yue Fei's division of troops to attack Hanzhong. We must send troops to reinforce us, but we cannot divide our troops here. What if Yue Fei just bluffs? So I immediately sent someone to write a letter to the king and ask the king to mobilize other troops to go for reinforcements."

"Here!" Xu Jie said with his order.

In this way, the situation under Wuguan suddenly became very calm. Yue Fei did not move or recalled Zhang Fei and Ma Chao's troops. Zhou Shen couldn't figure out what Yue Fei wanted to do, so he remained motionless and watched the changes.

In May of the 11th year of Qianyuan, a team of ragged soldiers walked out at the Qinchuan Mountain Pass near Guanzhong County, a team of war horses led by war horses, with about thousands of people. This was Qin Lie and others who were ordered to cross the 800-mile Qinchuan and raided Guanzhong.

After they left Xicheng, they broke into Qinchuan and finally got out after a month of difficult marching.

"Oh, it's finally here!" Zhang Hao turned around and looked at Qin Chuan behind him, and couldn't help but shivering. This was simply his nightmare. If he did it again, he would definitely not take on this task.

Qin Lie, who was standing beside him, also looked at Qin Chuan and said sadly: "Yes, I finally came out, but some people can never come out."
Chapter completed!