Chapter 80: The Flying Army

"The armor of the last general?" Guan Suo was stunned and then replied: "Your Majesty, this armor belongs to my father. This armor is relatively large, and the two brothers are not suitable for wearing it, so my father gave it to me."

"Is it my second uncle?" Adou nodded. As a general, Guan Yu has accumulated a lot of wealth over the years, and there are also many magical weapons and weapons in Guan Yu's mansion. However, because he is nine feet tall and tall, Guan Yu can't wear ordinary armor at all. This place is cheaper than Guan Ping and Guan Xing. Compared to Guan Yu, the two are shorter.

Guan Suo is quite similar to Guan Yu, and is also nine feet tall, so basically the equipment Guan Suo can wear.

"Your Majesty, I heard from my father that this was given to my father by Cao Cao when he was in Xudu. This armor was made by the fine iron tributed by the Western Regions. It was extremely tough. Even a sword like the Sky Blue Gate could not hurt this armor. At that time, Cao Cao built a total of ten sets of such armor, Xiahou Dun, Xiahou Yuan, Cao Ren, Cao Hong, and the five good generals, each with one set."

"Oh, the five good generals each have their own tricks, no wonder. Le Chi is Le Jin's son. If he has such a trick, it's no surprise." Adou nodded slightly. No wonder he still couldn't kill Le Chi. It turned out that he had armor to protect him.

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Chenliu.

Xu Shu was always concerned about Cao Zhen’s movements.

So far, everything has been as planned by Xu Shu. Cao Zhen has not raised any doubts. On Chenliu's side, the plan is going smoothly. What Xu Shu is worried about now is whether Luoyang is ready to complete it.

"Prime Minister, the food and grass have been transported to Xingyang."

"Well, where is the general? Are you still in Xingyang?" Xu Shu asked.

"The general has raised his troops and attacked Luoyang."

"Yeah, I understand." Xu Shu nodded: "You go down first..."

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Luoyang.

Cao Zhen looked coldly at the Han army's flag on the city wall, and his lips raised slightly.

Cao Zhen was so angry that he remembered that Wang Ping had placed an empty city as a monkey. For Cao Zhen, this was even more shameful than losing.

"General, look, what is that?" Chen Tai kept the city tower, and saw a big flag slowly rising.

"This, this is... this is the banner of the emperor's imperial carriage! Could it be that the Liu family is also in Luoyang?" Cao Zhen showed an incredible expression on his face.

Before, Cao Zhen had sent many spy scouts to Luoyang to investigate, but the tentatories did not find any news about A Dou, so Cao Zhen always thought that Wei Yan was the one who was in charge of Luoyang.

But now it seems that things are not like this at all. The big flag that just floated told Cao Zhen that Adou was really in Luoyang City.

Things have completely exceeded Cao Zhen's expectations.

"General, I didn't expect that Liu Chan was in Luoyang City. If so, we must break Luoyang and capture Liu Chan!"

"It's not easy..." Cao Zhen shook his head slightly: "What you think is too simple. Since Liu Chan is in the city, the Han army will definitely fight to the death, and Chang'an will not sit idly by and watch their emperor in danger. I believe a large number of reinforcements will arrive soon."

"General, if the Han army reinforcements come, they will inevitably leave Tongguan. After Hongnong comes to Luoyang, Hongnong has a vast territory and there is no danger to defend. If the Han army leaves Tongguan, we will know immediately. Because we can surround Luoyang first, not attack, and then do our best to deal with the Han army reinforcements. Their emperor is in Luoyang City, so Zhuge Liang and Pang Tong will definitely send people to rescue him. As long as we can eat the Han army reinforcements, great things will be accomplished!" Chen Tai said.

"Well, it's a good idea to surround the site and fight for help..." Cao Zhen took a light breath: "But I always feel that this matter is a bit weird. If the Liu family comes to Luoyang, there must be a conspiracy."

"General, you are too proud of Liu Chan. He is just a young man in his early twenties. What can he do?"

"Xuan Bo, don't underestimate Liu Chan. This Liu Chan is brave. Needless to say, he escaped from our army alone, and he can see his outstanding martial arts. As for military strategy, this Liu Chan is also very impressive, and he has been deeply influenced by the true teachings of Taizu..."

"Ah? General, what did you say? Taizu... the true teaching?"

"You heard it right, it is the true teaching of Taizu." Cao Zhen sighed and then said, "This is a secret news from my Cao family. In the court, not many people know about this. Have you heard of the "New Book of Meng De"?"

Chen Tai nodded: "I have heard that this "Meng De's New Book" was written by Taizu in imitating the Thirteenth chapter of Sun Tzu's Art of War. However, I remember that Taizu was not satisfied with this book, so it was not passed down, but burned it away with a fire.

"Yes, but before this, several people have learned this "New Book of Meng De", one is the late emperor, the second is the king of Rencheng Cao Zhang, the third is the king of Chenliu Cao Zhi, and the fourth is the emperor of Shu Han Liu Liu Liu Chan!"

"Why? This...what is going on?" In addition to surprise, Chen Tai's eyes were more incredible.

"This is the thing..." Cao Zhen told the story of that year. Cao Zhen was Cao Cao's adopted son. He has been with Cao Cao since he was a child and naturally knew everything about that year.

"This is something!" After hearing this, Chen Tai couldn't help but sigh. Chen Tai didn't know why Cao Cao did this, but Chen Tai guessed that this might involve the grudges of the previous generation.

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In Luoyang City, the imperial palace.

There is no horse riding in the palace, so Wei Yan and Wang Ping got off the horse in front of the palace gate, and then ran in.

Zhang Yi saw Wei Yan and Wang Ping running from afar, and hurriedly met him.

"Boqi, can Your Majesty be there?"

"Your Majesty is inside, I will take the lecture in and meet the saint immediately." Zhang Yi said, leading Wei Yan in.

In the study, Adou heard the footsteps of Wei Yan and Wang Ping from a distance.

"It's Wei Yan and Wang Ping, come in." Adou continued to look at the memorial in his hand, and did not look up, but asked casually: "How about it, what new trends does Cao Zhen have?"

"Your Majesty, Cao Zhen did not attack, and he was not even prepared for the weapons to attack the city. I think Cao Zhen did not want to attack the city. If it was as good as I expected, Cao Zhen must be the main player to attack the aid of the surrounding points." Wei Yan said immediately.

"Well, that's right. Cao Zhen saw that I was in Luoyang City, so he decided to send reinforcements in Chang'an. This surround point is indeed the best choice. By the way, is the food and grass in the city still enough?"

"Don't worry, Your Majesty, the city has sufficient food and grass." Wei Yan replied immediately.

"Well, that's good. The one below depends on Zhang Ren." Adou said, looking up at Wang Ping, and then asked, "Wang Ping, you have worked hard with Zhang Ren in the past few years to train the Wudang Flying Army. In short, this should be the first battle of the Wudang Flying Army! How about it, do you have confidence in the group of Wudang Flying Army you trained?"

"I am confident!" Wang Ping, who was usually silent, immediately started to speak more: "Your Majesty, this Wudang Flying Army was personally selected by General Zhang Ren and Chen. Not only were the Southern Barbarians under Meng Huo, but also the Wuling Man, descended from Sanmiao. He crossed mountains and ridges, he was definitely walking on flat ground. With the vine armor and poisonous weapons, it would be of great use whether he was on the water or on the road!"

The Wudang Flying Army was a unit formed by Adou after he conquered the Southern Barbarians. Its soldiers were elite soldiers selected from Menghuo, Shamoke and Shanzhongba people. They were very suitable for mountain combat. There were not many people, only 30,000, but they all grew up in the mountains, and climbing on mountain roads was commonplace. Moreover, these soldiers of the Wudang Flying Army who were born in the barbarians also liked to use poison, poison arrows, poison marks, and many weapons were soaked in poison water. If you were hit by this poisonous weapon, as long as you broke a little skin, you could lose your combat effectiveness.

After A Dou selected these people, he gave them to Zhang Ren and Wang Ping for training. When Zhang Ren was under Liu Chan's command, he recruited barbarian soldiers for training, so Zhang Ren was the most experienced in training barbarian soldiers. Wang Ping himself was from a Ba people and was proficient in mountain combat, so it is most suitable for these two people to train Wudang Flying Army.

Since the establishment of the Wudang Flying Army, it has never been useful. During the Battle of Liangzhou, the Wudang Flying Army had already formed an army, but in Liangzhou, it is more suitable for cavalry play, so the Wudang Flying Army can only stay in Shu to continue training. Now, A Dou advances into the Central Plains and will face various complex terrain, which is just a big use.

The mountains, rivers and hills in Luoyang are intertwined. To calculate, within the Luoyang county, the area of ​​mountains, rivers and hills exceeds 80%. The more famous ones include Yushan, Mangshan, Qingyaoshan, Jingzishan, Zhoushan, Songshan, etc., especially the west and south sides, which are completely surrounded by mountains and rivers. In addition, the Yellow River in the north forms a terrain that is easy to defend and difficult to attack. The rivers and mountains are arched and the situation is superior to the world. Such a terrain is most suitable for Wudang Flying Army to intersect and fight.

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Outside the city, Cao's army camp.

In front of Cao Zhen, there was a map of Luoyang, staring at the mountain name marked on the map.

Adou was in Luoyang, but Cao Zhen felt unable to sleep or eat. According to Cao Zhen’s previous experience, as long as he met Adou, there would be no good things!

Cao Zhen turned around and thought about it. It seemed that every time A Dou appeared, it would be accompanied by a lot of conspiracies. Now, A Dou was in Luoyang City opposite. Cao Zhen had a premonition that this was definitely not simple, but Cao Zhen could not figure out where the problem occurred.

Surrounding the points and attacking aid is indeed Cao Zhen’s best choice now, but this idea may not be very clever. Chen Tai could have imagined that the Han soldiers on the other side were full of talents, Wei Yan, Wang Ping and others were also quite wise, so how could they not have imagined it!

The Han army opposite must have had some amazing magical strategies, and Cao Zhen could not even think of it after thinking about it.

Cao Zhen chose the place where he set up camp carefully, which can avoid water and fire, and can easily obtain water sources. This water attack and fire attack cannot be successful. As for the plan of disagreement and counter-espionage, Cao Zhen is even less worried. Who said that Cao Zhen himself is a royal family?

"Chen Liu, Xingyang, Luoyang..." Cao Zhen gently connected the three places into a line on the map. Suddenly, Cao Zhen discovered that Luoyang was located between mountains and rivers, just like in a big pocket, and the pocket mouth was undoubtedly Xingyang, and outside the pocket mouth was Chenliu.

"If the road between Xingyang and Chenliu is blocked, wouldn't I be trapped between Luoyang and Xingyang, and I cannot advance and retreat, and become an isolated army. When Changping Zhao Kuo was defeated by the lonely army, wouldn't it be that he went deeper?" Realizing this, Cao Zhen immediately sweated heavily on his head.

"No, it's not like this!" Cao Zhen looked at the map again, then laughed.

"I'm worried about it too much! How could this Han army appear behind me? Xu Du and Hedong are in their hands. What did the Han army take to bypass Luoyang and Xingyang?"

"Report..." Zhang Hu walked in from outside and said, "General, he just received news from Xu Du and Hedong. The navy under Lord Wang Ling has been patrolling the Yellow River and has also investigated around Mengjin, but there was no Han army. In addition, General Xiahou Ba also sent a message from Xu Du that everything is normal, and Lu Fan of Nanyang has no abnormal movement."

"Hu..." Cao Zhen breathed a sigh of relief. The Yellow River had been closely monitored, and the Han army could not go around from the Yellow River to the back of Xingyang. As for Yingchuan, Xiahou Ba has always been good at leading troops. Besides, the Eastern Wu didn't seem to be planning to disturb the muddy waters, so there should be no need to worry.

Cao Zhen looked at the land again, looked at the mountains marked on the map, and a smile of relief appeared on his face.

From Shan Shangrao to the east of Xingyang, and then surround yourself, this is only theoretically possible. The mountain road is rugged, and dozens or hundreds of people are barely enough, but the army cannot walk at all. If there are too many people, let alone whether the road can be walked, food alone is a big problem. The mountains near Luoyang are 150 miles long just from east to west. This hundred and fifty miles also contains cliffs and cliffs. How can the army pass through it?

"Hmph, I have hundreds of thousands of troops. No matter what conspiracy Liu Adu has, I am not afraid! In the face of absolute strength, any conspiracy is just a cloud of clouds." A trace of harshness flashed in Cao Zhen's eyes, and at the same time, his confidence began to slowly recover.

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Songshan.

Songshan was a place where emperors, generals and ministers of all dynasties worshipped the emperors and generals, scholars traveled to banquets and lectures, famous monks and poets, poets and poets traveled, wrote books and lectures or learned Zen, and lived in seclusion. There were many famous places and historical sites on the mountain, and they were among the five mountains.

In ancient times, there were many legends about Songshan. It is said that Fuxi, Emperor, and Dayu had lived in Songshan. However, Songshan was truly developed after the rise of Buddhism in the Jin Dynasty. Before that, Songshan was still in a relatively primitive state. To put it bluntly, it was an uninhabited place. Except for some people who collect herbs and those who hope to become immortals, others rarely went deep into Songshan and only moved outside. However, compared with other nearby mountains, Songshan is already a place with a lot of people.

Now, in the deepest part of Songshan Mountain, among the vast forests, there is a unit that is groping and moving forward with difficulty.
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