Mi Han

Chapter 474
Under the pitch-black night sky, a young man was standing in the thick night that was almost indissoluble.

It was midwinter, even though it was located in the south, the weather in the deep mountains was very cold.

Because of standing for a long time, many beads of frost condensed on the young man's shoulders.

But no matter how cold it was, the young man still stood still, as if he would not leave until he saw the person he wanted to see tonight.

This young man is Deng Ai, and the person he wants to meet is Zhuge Liang.

Why did Deng Ai always want to see Zhuge Liang, because he saw something strange from Zhuge Liang's recent actions.

Perhaps before the Southern Expedition, no matter how much Mi Yang respected Zhuge Liang, Deng Ai still felt that Zhuge Liang had no military strategy like ordinary people.

However, during this year's Southern Expedition career, Deng Ai discovered through his own observations that Zhuge Liang's military strategy was by no means inferior to that of the famous generals in the world, or even inferior to Mi Yang.

Will such Zhuge Liang sit back and watch the Han army fall to death in vain?
of course not.

Deng Ai deduced that Zhuge Liang was probably planning a big picture, a big picture that would be enough to change the current situation in Nanzhong.

It is precisely because of realizing this that Deng Ai insisted on guarding Zhuge Liang's account.

He knew that if Zhuge Liang was the chess player in the next situation, then if Zhuge Liang wanted to play this big game well, he must need a chess piece that is not afraid of hardships and dangers.

For the ambition in his heart, Deng Ai doesn't mind being used as a pawn, let alone taking risks.

And just when Deng Ai waited for a long time, thinking that Zhuge Liang would not see him, Yang Yi came to Deng Ai with a weak candle.

Without saying too much, Yang Yi nodded slightly to Deng Ai, and Deng Ai understood what Zhuge Liang's confidant meant.

When Yang Yi turned around, Deng Ai immediately followed Yang Yi and walked towards Zhuge Liang's big tent.

Soon after, Deng Ai came to Zhuge Liang's big tent and saw Zhuge Liang.

The moment he saw Zhuge Liang, Deng Ai saluted Zhuge Liang subconsciously, and after Deng Ai saluted, Zhuge Liang waved his hand to drive Yang Yi away, and let Deng Ai come and sit down in front of him.

Zhuge Liang's attention made Deng Ai secretly happy.

In fact, Zhuge Liang's ability to see him tonight meant that everything he had guessed in his mind before was true.

It's just that after Deng Ai sat down, Zhuge Liang didn't speak immediately.

With a pair of wise eyes, he kept looking at Deng Ai sitting in front of him, and after a long time, a soft sigh came out of his mouth:

"You are very smart."

This was originally a compliment, but under Zhuge Liang's light sigh, it added a bit of other meaning to this compliment.

How could Zhuge Liang not understand Deng Ai's thoughts?

But Zhuge Liang didn't want to expose Deng Ai's thoughts, he continued to speak to Deng Ai after sighing lightly:
"Now our army is surrounded by the enemy on three sides, do you have a plan to help me defeat the enemy?"

Hearing what Zhuge Liang said, Deng Ai's eyes lit up.

If not, why did he come here today?
Deng Ai raised his head to look at Zhuge Liang, and then said to Zhuge Liang excitedly: "Although the enemy army is numerous, they have a fatal weakness."

"In order to completely surround our army, the enemy divided into three groups and occupied three passages leading to the outside in Yelang County.

On the surface, this seems to be a good way to encircle our army, but if you think about it carefully, this move by the enemy army has divided their forces into three parts.

Breaking one is difficult, breaking all is easy.

On the whole, our army's strength is not dominant, but if our army concentrates its forces and only storms one part, and first completely defeats one of the three enemy armies, then the enemy's encirclement will be relieved! "

Seeing Deng Ai talking endlessly in front of him, Zhuge Liang smiled.

For several months, Deng Ai was the only one among the many Han generals who could see why he did not intend to retreat.

What Zhuge Liang thought at the beginning was to let the enemy army gather to surround him.

As long as the enemy has this idea, most of the rebels in Nanzhong will be recruited, allowing the Han army to find a chance to complete their achievements in one battle.

Zhuge Liang never worried that he would not be able to defeat the Nanzhong rebels.

What he was worried about was that as before, after defeating a rebel army, another rebel army would emerge, making it impossible for him to completely pacify Nanzhong and return to Liangzhou.

In addition to the strategy of "gathering and annihilating them", luring the rebels into encirclement is also a tactic to disperse the enemy's strength.

After all, there are three main roads leading to the outside world in Yelang County. If you want to completely trap the Han army, you must place heavy troops on all three main roads.

And this will definitely disperse the strength of the rebel army.

It can be said that in terms of the current battle situation in Yelang County, everything is developing according to Zhuge Liang's vision.

But even if Deng Ai guessed the plan in Zhuge Liang's mind, this is also a strategic level of thinking, how should it be implemented at the tactical level?
"Shi Zai thinks, which enemy line should our army attack first?"

Zhuge Liang's gentle questioning voice wafted through the quiet tent, encouraging Deng Ai to continue talking.

After hearing Zhuge Liang's inquiry, Deng Ai said without hesitation: "Of course it is the army of Yong Kai."

The reason why Deng Ai so decisively took Yong Kai's army as a priority attack target is also very simple-Yong Kai's army is the weakest.

Just like the story of Tian Ji's horse racing, if you use your strongest strength to attack the enemy's weakest aspect, the result is of course obvious.

After Deng Ai answered Zhuge Liang, a confident look appeared on his face.

But to Deng Ai's surprise, Zhuge Liang shook his head slightly after hearing his choice.

"Our army should attack Shihui's headquarters!"

Zhuge Liang's choice shocked Deng Ai.

Among the three enemy armies, Yi Shihui has the strongest military strength. According to common sense, this enemy army is the one that should not be actively provoked.

Why is the prime minister thinking of abandoning the easy and taking the difficult?
Seeing the astonishment on Deng Ai's face, Zhuge Liang patiently explained:

"Among the three enemy armies, Shihui's troops are the strongest, but because they are the strongest, his army is where the enemy's courage lies.

I lure the enemy into encirclement, not simply to win one or two victories.

According to Shi Zai's thinking, it is not difficult for our army to defeat Yong Kai's troops by surprise, but what happens after the defeat?

Seeing Yong Kai's defeat, Zhu Bao and Shi Hui may be afraid that our army will retreat to Cangcang County.

At that time, our army will recover only Yizhou County at most.

And Yong Kai had been seriously injured in the previous defeat, and it would not be difficult to recover Yizhou.

However, the terrain of Zangcang County is complicated. If these two soldiers lead the soldiers to guard against danger, our army will not be able to pacify Zangcang County for at least half a year.

And if Zangzhang County cannot be pacified, our army will not be able to return to Liangzhou. Liangzhou is short of soldiers and food and cannot hold on. "

"On the contrary, if our army can defeat Shihui's troops in one go, then Yong Kai will naturally flee back to Yizhou County in fear.

As for Zhu Bao, after learning of the defeat of Shi Hui, the morale of the other army will definitely be in chaos. At that time, our army will be able to take advantage of the victory and defeat the rebel army led by Zhu Bao in one fell swoop.

Even if Zhu Bao reacted in time and led his army to flee to the territory of Zangcang County, but tens of thousands of elite soldiers from Shihui would not be able to help, Zhu Bao would not be able to support him alone, and he would be crowned leader in a short time! "

After Zhuge Liang finished speaking loudly, Deng Ai pondered Zhuge Liang's words, and bowed to Zhuge Liang as if waking up from a dream.

He thought that his strategy was excellent, but after hearing Zhuge Liang's specific plan, he realized that he was not even a little bit behind Zhuge Liang.

Perhaps in terms of understanding of the art of war alone, Deng Ai is no less than Zhuge Liang, but when it comes to understanding and controlling the overall situation, Deng Ai is far behind Zhuge Liang.

After Deng Ai bowed to Zhuge Liang, he couldn't help saying to Zhuge Liang: "Ai is willing to be driven by the prime minister to do the work of a dog and a horse."

If he planned to attack the rebels under Yong Kai's command, then Deng Ai had a specific tactic in mind.

But now under Zhuge Liang's analysis, Deng Ai understands that attacking Shihui's troops is the best choice for the Han army right now, so the tactics in his mind can no longer be used.

And Deng Ai knew that Zhuge Liang was by no means a person who only talked on paper, and he must have tactics against Shi Hui in his heart.

Deng Ai guessed right.

Under Deng Ai's initiative to invite Ying, Zhuge Liang stood up and came to the map of Yelang County hanging high in the tent.

Seeing Zhuge Liang get up, Deng Ai didn't dare to sit alone. He also stood up and came behind Zhuge Liang, looking at the map of Yelang County.

There are three locations on the map, all of which were emphatically marked by Zhuge Liang with the ink pen in his hand.

Those three locations were exactly where the three enemy troops were occupying.

And at the place where the Shi Hui is located, the Zhubi presents the most strokes, which is enough to prove that Zhuge Liang's desire to lead the army to capture the Tu Tu Shi Hui is not a matter of time.

Zhuge Liang knew that Deng Ai was behind him, so he pointed to the place where Shi Hui was stationed and said:
"Recently, I have sent people to carefully investigate the movement of the Shihui army.

Just last month, Shi Hui led the army to move from the plains to the mountains to guard.

According to the local people, that mountain is called Ax Mountain. As the name suggests, the mountain looks like a huge ax lying on the side of the official road.

I have also personally gone to the foot of Fushan Mountain to investigate the terrain. The Fushan Mountain is surrounded by cliffs, tens of feet high, and the mountain road is dangerous and narrow. It can only accommodate one person, and it is difficult for an ordinary army to attack.

In addition, there are many springs on Fushan Mountain, and there is no shortage of water sources, and our army cannot besiege and cut off its water sources to defeat it. "

Hearing what Zhuge Liang said, Deng Ai's face showed a solemn expression.

Shi Hui led the army to station on the mountain. On the one hand, he wanted to defend with high risk and protect his own army from the sneak attack of the Han army.

On the other hand, Shi Hui also has sinister intentions.

Although the army of Shihui is stationed on the mountain, Fushan is next to the official road, and it is impossible for the Han army to pass through that official road without solving the army of Shihui.

Otherwise, once the Han army passed through the official road, Shi Hui led tens of thousands of elite soldiers to rush down from a high place, and the Han army could easily be cut into two sections.

At that time, the defeat of the Han army is inevitable.

These inferences were not difficult for Deng Ai to draw.

But since the Shihui army is so well arranged, where should the Han army break through?
Deng Ai looked at Zhuge Liang suspiciously.

Does the prime minister have any tricks to lure the enemy down the mountain for a decisive battle?
But even if the enemy army is lured down, it is difficult for the Han army to defeat the Shihui army with a favorable location in one go when the military strength of the two sides is not much different.

Under the dim candlelight, Zhuge Liang saw the puzzled look on Deng Ai's face.

Compared with Deng Ai's doubts, Zhuge Liang is still confident.

Zhuge Liang pointed his finger at a place behind Fushan Mountain on the map, and he said to Deng Aiyan: "Under my investigation some time ago, I found a hidden trail leading to the mountain behind Fushan Mountain.

I decided to send a general to take advantage of the darkness of night and lead an elite army to climb up the mountain by surprise from this mountain path.

As long as this elite army can climb to the top of Ax Mountain, and then launch a surprise attack on the enemy when the enemy is not prepared at night, then the enemy will be panicked.

At that time, I will lead the troops to storm the front of Ax Mountain. The Ax Mountain will be broken, and the bandit army will die! "

After listening to Zhuge Liang's plan, Deng Ai seemed a little surprised for a while.

This plan does not seem to be something that Zhuge Liang can plan.

It's not that Deng Ai felt that Zhuge Liang didn't have the wisdom to come up with this strategy, but after getting along for nearly a year, Deng Ai felt that Zhuge Liang's military style was quite cautious and steady.

With such a character, Deng Ai felt a little abnormal when he suddenly came up with a tactic of making a surprise attack at night.

What Deng Ai didn't know was that Zhuge Liang was indeed a cautious and steady person, but that didn't mean he couldn't use tricks.

Not to mention anything else, let's just say that the tactic of "surprise attack on Dingjun Mountain", which was called a miracle by countless people in the world, was initiated by Fazheng Hao.

But in the end, what made Liu Bei really make up his mind to use this strategy was inseparable from Zhuge Liang's letter of persuasion.

If Zhuge Liang would only be rigid in his use of troops, then he would not have strongly supported Fazheng's tactic of surprise attack on Dingjun Mountain, and he would not have worked hard to raise food and grass for this tactic.

As for why Zhuge Liang rejected the "Ziwu Valley Miracle" in history, it is because there is an essential difference between using miracles and sending death for nothing.

If it hadn't been for a detailed investigation and the possibility of success, Zhuge Liang would never have come up with a strategy to surprise Fushan at night.

But Deng Ai also thought at the same time that even he would feel that the prime minister would not use surprise soldiers, and the Shi Hui and others who were hoarding on the mountain would definitely feel the same way.

Then in this case, the probability of Zhuge Liang's trick succeeding will skyrocket.

Thinking of this, Deng Ai was refreshed.

Of course Deng Ai knew why Zhuge Liang wanted to tell him the plan in his heart tonight. The reason was that he was the general in Zhuge Liang's words.

As for the elite that Zhuge Liang was talking about, who else is there besides the Sheliang State Army?
You must know that under Mi Yang's good food supply, the night blindness of the Liangzhou Army has been greatly improved. It can be said that the Liangzhou Army naturally possesses the characteristics of surprise attacks at night.

Deng Ai immediately bowed solemnly to Zhuge Liang:
"Ai, I will live up to the prime minister's trust."

Deng Ai's words made Zhuge Liang smile.

Deng Ai is really smart and not afraid of taking risks. He is indeed the most suitable general in the current Han army to lead a night attack.

If it fits, go for it.

Zhuge Liang helped Deng Ai up, and said to him:
"Tomorrow night, you can do it."

"only!"

　There is another chapter in the morning.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)