Three Kingdoms: Ancestors of the Han Dynasty

Chapter 139 The Battle of Weinan
With his hands behind his waist, Cao Zhen walked slowly into the tent, analyzed the current situation for everyone, and said: "Now the enemy is weak but we are strong. If the enemy holds firm, it will be difficult for our army to defeat them. Now they are trying to occupy Beiyuan and disrupt Guanzhong. The situation has a big heart, and this is the way to self-destruction."

"That's why I really think that Ziquan's words are justified. If they can raise their troops to fight each other, the Shu army will be defeated!"

As soon as this remark came out, Xia Houba showed joy, as if he was waiting for Cao Zhen's order.

"But I really think that if Huang Quan sends troops to Beiyuan, the Shu army he will go to Beiyuan must be elite and quite numerous. Huang Quan's men are no more than [-] people. Now, his camp must be empty. When we attacked his main stronghold, it was a good opportunity, and once the enemy stronghold was broken, the enemy in Weibei would naturally disintegrate."

Cao Zhen stopped pacing, looked around at the crowd, and said extremely calmly.

"That's why the whole army obeyed the order and immediately dispatched troops to cross the inclined water, with Hao Zhao as the vanguard, to attack the Han camp!"

"No!" The subordinates replied excitedly.

In an instant, in Cao Wei's camp, in the dark night sky, bugles sounded everywhere, and the voices of Shichang and Wuchang urging the soldiers to gather were endless.

Cao Zhen was not idle, but took advantage of the short time to inspect the tents and observe with his own eyes the conditions of the soldiers before the war.Although it is important to formulate a strategy, it is still executed by the soldiers.

Now that the war is approaching, the chatter and laughter of the soldiers in the tent on weekdays when they wake up will inevitably be much less. Only the clang of armor leaves being trimmed and weapons clashing can be heard from time to time, as well as long and long stern urging sounds.

In just two quarters (half an hour), the soldiers of the Wei army had basically assembled and were ready to go.

Cao Zhen saw that the army's heart was available, so he didn't hesitate, and ordered the soldiers to blow the bugle and march westward under the cover of night.

Under the same night, the Wei army marched in a big way, and in the Han army camp near the Wei River, the Han soldiers under the order of the general rectified the military resources, based on the WISCO vehicles, set up more antlers outside it, dug ravines, and strengthened the defense. .

When Huang Quan received the news from Zhao Yun, he was immediately surprised. He wanted to take advantage of Wei Jun's unpreparedness to occupy Beiyuan by force, disturb the situation in Weibei, respond to the rebellion in Anding County, and cooperate with the prime minister's northern expedition, but he never thought that Zhao Yunlu would meet Wei Jun. I don't know why. Coincidence or Cao Zhen counted his actions.

Huang Quan was ambiguous about whether the Wei army was deliberately blocking it, but he didn't have time to think about it. Instead, he turned to judge Cao Zhen's real purpose, whether to defeat Zhao Yun or to plot his own army.

Defeating Zilong's army had little effect on the situation. My ten-thousand-strong army could still retreat to Wuzhangyuan, relying on the mountain to prevent its attack. The Guanzhong army was still restrained by myself and could not go to Longyou for rescue.

If Cao Zhen took advantage of the emptiness of his camp to defeat the main army, he could reverse the overall situation, revitalize Guanzhong, and send troops out of Longyou. At that time, not only himself and Zilong would be defeated in Weishui, but the prime minister's plan for the Northern Expedition would also be affected.

What's more, if he sticks to the camp, even if Zilong is defeated, he can still cross the Wei River.

Another point is that among the 5000 people under his command, only Zilong's [-] are elites. Ten thousand of his men have been in the army for only one year. Tell him to fight at night.

So Huang Quan, just to be on the safe side, decisively ordered everyone to prepare for the war, and ordered people to inform Zhao Yun that if he wins, he can fight, and if he loses, he will retreat. No matter what the result is, he will return to Weinan.

At Ziban Erqi (1:30), as expected by Huang Quan, Cao Zhen only left 2000 people to garrison the camp, and he personally led nearly [-] troops almost out of the nest, crossed the inclined water, and approached the Han camp .

In the dark night, the camp of the Han army was brightly lit, and braziers for lighting were placed every ten steps in the camp, and the wood burned in it, making a crackling sound.

The sentinel of the Han army with a spear looked vigilantly at the dark night outside the camp, guarding against the Wei army who might come to attack as General Wei said.

The soldiers on the watchtower were also staring at the pitch-black night, but if there was anything strange, they would be alerted.

At the same time, several patrol teams, led by officers of the Han army, circled the antlers outside the camp and patrolled back and forth.

In the silent woods, a Han soldier's secret whistle heard a slight sound, and when he stuck his head out of the tree, he wanted to see the situation clearly.

At this moment, a mutation arose.

In the night, one hand covered Anshao's mouth, a cold light flashed, Anshao had no time to react, the dagger had already cut his throat.

Not far away, the secret sentry on another tree realized that the situation was not good, and shouted loudly: "Enemy attack!"

In the woods, four piercing sounds resounded, the cold glow reappeared, the dark whistle let out a muffled groan, and he was hit by four arrows and fell down under the tree.

There are four feathered arrows stuck in the chest, abdomen, and back.

Dull footsteps sounded, and the woods were full of rustling sounds. After a while, torches were scattered in the forest, and the originally dark woods were already extraordinarily bright.

"Wow!"

The low-pitched horn sounded, and the Wei army in yellow war robes (Note ①) swept towards the Han army camp like a tide.

"Enemy attack!"

The sentry on the watchtower suddenly turned around and shouted at the soldiers in the camp.

"Boom!"

"Boom!"

The passionate drums resounded instantly in the Han army camp.

"Boys, go!"

Hao Zhao stood in front of the queue, holding the ring sword high, signaling his men to charge.The soldiers of the Wei army tried to take advantage of the unpreparedness of the Han army and took the lead in removing defensive facilities such as antlers.

Seeing the soldiers of the Wei army rushing forward, the sound of dull footsteps near the gate of the Han army camp continued, and for a while there were dense crimson figures on the wall of the village.

"Let go!" The Han army officer roared angrily.

"Whoosh!"

"Whoosh!"

Behind the wall of the stronghold, the archers of the Han army who had been prepared for a long time bent their bows and shot arrows, and the dense rain of arrows shot at the soldiers of the Wei army who were trying to remove the antlers.

A large number of Wei soldiers who were not covered were shot to the ground on the spot.Seeing this, Hao Zhao was so dazzling that he urged loudly, "Shield bearer, go up to protect."

The shield bearer, who came belatedly, walked slowly holding the huge shield high, covering the soldiers of the Wei army who removed the antlers.After a large amount of arrow rain from the Han army shot out, the Wei Jun shield player instantly heard the sound of the arrow feathers hitting the wooden shield, the sound of "stretching, stretching", and it seemed that the aftershock of the arrow's tail could be heard.

Seeing this, the officer of the Han army sneered, motioned for everyone to move away, and pushed out the bed crossbow.

"Stretch! Stretch! Stretch!"

There were sounds of crossbows on more than ten beds, and there was a huge sound of breaking through the air in the Han army camp. A soldier of the Wei army holding a huge shield suddenly didn't know the danger was coming, and just hid his head sullenly behind the shield.At this time, the soldiers of the Wei army first felt a huge force coming from their hands, and the giant shield was pierced, and then felt a sharp pain in the chest, and then flew up instantly, and died tragically on the ground.

For a while, the screams and wailing of the soldiers of the Wei army were endless!
Finally, under the protection of the giant shield hand, the road leading to the gate of the Han army camp was opened.Hao Zhao then ordered the herald to wave the flag, and behind him, a large number of elite soldiers of the Wei army rushed to the front of the battle, forming a forest of spears and halberds, and launched an attack on the Han army camp.
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① "Three Kingdoms. Wendi Ji" notes and quotes "Wei Shu": "The number of Xia is used to obtain the sky, so Xia Zheng is used, and the color of clothing is still yellow."

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