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Chen Cang is today's Baoji area. It is the county seat of Fufeng County, Guanzhong and it is also the barrier to the west of Guanzhong. There are a total of lines from Chen Cang to enter Guanzhong, one is the Longshan Road in the northwest.

This is a relatively flat and gentle section in the remnants of Longshan Mountain. There is a broken canyon that is dozens of miles long. You can directly pass through the canyon and go west to the Hehuang Valley. Cao's army built a pass at a dangerous place to the west of the canyon to station heavy troops. This pass is the famous Jieting, which is still in the hands of Cao's army.

The second road is the Chencang Road to the south. When Emperor Gaozu of Han, Liu Bang, entered Guanzhong from Hanzhong, used the strategy of building a plank road openly and secretly Chencang. The Chencang Road was undulating and rugged, and the mountain road was narrow and difficult to move. Especially when entering Guanzhong, there were obstacles and difficult to attack, so this was a dangerous situation.

The first is the western road, also known as the Weishui Valley Road, which means that it can enter Guanzhong directly along the Weishui Valley. The army can be feasible. The importance of Chencang is to defend against this Weishui Valley Road. Chencang City was built on the north bank of the Weishui River, which is the only way for the Weishui Valley Road to enter Guanzhong.

Chencang's city was tall and wide, easy to defend but difficult to attack. According to the previous deployment of Cao's army, Chencang had 20,000 troops stationed, and 10,000 troops stationed in Longxian in the northwest. At Sanguan, there were 5,000 troops stationed, and a total of 5,000 Cao's army defended the Han army westward in Fufeng County.

In fact, the 20,000 troops that Xu Huang withdrew from Linwei County have been added, and some of them have increased Chen Cang's troops. The real garrison is 45,000.

Chen Cang's chief general is currently Xu Huang, the deputy generals are Yu Jin and Zang Ba, Mao Jie is the military advisor, while Cao Ren is the governor in Chang'an, and Han Hao and Shi Huan guard Wu Pass. This is Cao Cao's deployment.

Cao Cao also knew that the Han army would advance east from the Weishui Valley. After considering it, he decided to appoint Xu Huang as the chief general of Chen Cang, and did not place Cao Ren in this important position, mainly because Cao Ren was defeated several times in Jingzhou by Liu Jing.

As for Xiahou Dun, although he was defeated by Longxi and had a heavy responsibility, Cao Cao believed that flooding Jicheng was not entirely Xiahou Dun's responsibility. After all, the last break was more than 40 years ago.

This time, Liu Jing was able to flood Ji City with water, and there was a certain will of heaven. Xiahou Dun was transferred back to Xuchang and continued to serve as the governor of Henan, confronting the Han army in Nanyang.

That morning, Chen Cang's Cao's army received the latest information from the Han army.

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Xu Huang stood at the head of Chen Cang City, staring at the westward road in the distance. He received information from the scouts in the morning. About 60,000 Han troops were coming towards Guanzhong under the leadership of Liu Jing. The army was currently forty miles away, and this information was really beyond Xu Huang's expectations.

Like Cao Cao, he believed that Liu Jing would not rush to attack Guanzhong, but would do his best to stabilize Longxi and destroy the Di people's future troubles, so that he could enter Guanzhong without worries. Otherwise, once the main force of the Han army was dragged in Guanzhong, the Di people's cavalry would be eyeing him, Longxi would be in danger.

At this time, Yu Jin slowly walked forward and said, "If Liu Jing came to attack Chen Cang personally, then Wu Yi from Hanzhong would also go north on Chen Cang Road and cooperate with Liu Jing's attack on Chen Cang. I suspect that the Nanyang army would also go north and restrain us from the eastern front. General, we must be on guard."

Xu Huang shook his head, "Actually, I'm not worried about the Han army in Chencang Road. Sanguan has 5,000 troops, which is enough to resist the Han army going north from Chencang Road. On the Jieting side, I'm worried about, if the Han army divides two troops and takes the Jieting on the other side, the situation will be complicated."

Although Xiaoguan Road two miles north of the north is the first important road to enter Guanzhong in Longyou, Longshan Canyon is also another channel that crosses Longshan and enters Guanzhong from Longxi, with a strategic position of important.

Jieting is located to the west of this canyon. There is a pavilion and post here. There is a pavilion chief who manages nearby farmers in Shili Township. At the same time, the pavilion and post can also provide merchants with rest, and merchants keep commuting all year round.

But since last year, Xun You built a defense line here and built a large camp at the dangerous place near the Tingyi, with thousands of troops stationed. Although Cao's army did not use this camp during the Han army's northern expedition, the importance of this camp was immediately highlighted when the Han army marched eastward to Guanzhong.

There are actually two defense points in the entire Longshan Road. In addition to Jieting, there is also Longxian. Longxian is the second largest city in Fufeng County. It is located east of Longshan, about 70 miles from Longshan Road and about one mile south from Chencang. It is also an important city to defend against Tianshui Qiang and Hu cavalry entering Guanzhong.

At present, there are 10,000 Cao troops on the front line of Longshan Road. Leaded by the general Zang Ba, Zang Ba garrisoned 5,000 troops in Longxian County. At the same time, several beacon towers were built in Longshan Road to contact Jieting and Longxian.

Since the Han army began to station troops in Linwei County, Zang Ba also realized that the Han army's eastern expedition was about to begin. As the main general guarding the throat road into Guanzhong, Zang Ba was also particularly nervous. In the morning, the beacon fire in Longshan Road suddenly burned, and the beacon smoke rushed straight into the sky. This was the information of a large group of enemy troops coming, that is, the enemy was found outside the Jieting.

Zang Ba was walking back and forth on the city with his hands behind his back. He was a little hesitant whether to send troops to support Jieting, or he personally led his army to support him, but he was worried that Long County's troops would be attacked by the enemy, which made him in a dilemma. Of course, the last solution was to ask Chang'an or Chen Cang to support Long County, so he could lead his army west with confidence, but it was too late to go in time.

Just when Zang Ba felt in a dilemma, the scout came to report that the leader of Jieting, Jiang Ping, sent an urgent news. Zang Ba hurriedly ordered: "Take him to see me."

Not long after, a letter delivery soldier quickly walked up to the city, knelt down on one knee in front of Zang Ba, and handed an arrow, "Send a letter to the general according to General Jiang's order."

"Let me tell me, what's going on in Jieting?" Zang Ba asked anxiously.

"Report to the general, the situation on Jieting is very bad. Zhao Yun led tens of troops to camp outside Jieting. General Jiang was worried that he would not be able to resist the enemy, so he asked the general for help."

Zang Ba sighed. Although the Jieting Camp is dangerous and easy to defend but difficult to attack, even the dangerous camps such as Mumen Village were captured by the Han army. Zang Ba was really unsure. He pondered for a long time and said to the newsman: "Go back and tell General Jiang that he must hold on for another two days. I will definitely come to help within two days."

This is Zang Ba's compromise. As the main general of Longshan Road, thinking before acting is necessary. He cannot go immediately, being so reckless, and he must not go. He will watch the Jieting fall and only observe for two days before leaving. This is the safe way.

Zang Ba's safe way in retreating in Shangfang Valley was highly praised by Cao Cao. Although Longxi was eventually lost, Cao Cao still appointed him as General Fuwei and rewarded him with a reward of 1,000 taels to commend his outstanding performance during retreating in Shangfang Valley.
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