Three Kingdoms: Heir of Wolong, my father-in-law is Guan Gong

Chapter 183: Robbery the camp and fight quickly, Zhuge Liang plays Meng Da three times (Pursuit)
Zhuge Liang summoned Zhao Yun, Wei Yan, Jiang Wei and other generals to discuss a plan to fight out of the city.

Wei Yan said bluntly: "Prime Minister, although Meng Da divided his troops, it is most likely a ploy to lure the enemy."

"If Mengda sets up an ambush outside the city, won't we have no way back?"

Zhuge Liang smiled and said: "It is reasonable for Chang Wen to be worried, but from Lueyang to the south to Ji County, there is no terrain suitable for an ambush."

"I don't expect Mengda to do such a useless thing, otherwise he wouldn't have been surrounding me in Lueyang for several days."

"Mengda divided his troops into two groups today, one going north and the other going south. Chencang must be in danger!"

"Bosson's plan to divide the troops has been completed."

Wei Yan was surprised: "The Prime Minister has never told me the specific whereabouts of General Fu Han and General Wei. Could it be that they went to surprise Chencang City?"

Zhuge Liang nodded: "Mengda's military strength is far superior to mine. If we don't distinguish between his military strength, it will be difficult for us to compete with Mengda."

"Therefore, Bosong came to see me in private, intending to go into the Long Trail with General Wei for a surprise attack, and join forces with the Hussars General from Baoxie Road at Chencang."

If you want to understand a person's military style, you must at least study that person's past performance.

This is a tactic specially developed for Meng Da!

Faintly, Wei Yan had a deeper idea about the Ziwu Valley strategy.

"No, that's not right.

"Since it is a strategy to divide the troops, the point is not to capture Chencang, but to let Mengda divide the troops."

Wei Yan carefully considered Zhuge Qiao's tactics and compared them with Ziwu Valley's strategy, and discovered the biggest drawback of Ziwu Valley's strategy.

"Use this to calculate the time when Mengda's reinforcements will arrive at the Long Trail, and then I will lead the troops to the Long Trail in advance and choose favorable terrain to set up an ambush!"

If you are from a humble background and cannot perform extraordinary feats, how can you become a marquis?
Huang Zhong wanted to be granted the title of Marquis, so he took the risk of going on an expedition in his seventies, and his success in killing generals made him famous in history.

"As long as we rely on the terrain to destroy Mengda's partial army, we can join forces with the troops from the four cities of Qingshui, Linwei, Shanggui and Ji County to relieve the danger of the four cities."

[When General Fu Han returns, I should ask him how to lead Wei soldiers by the nose like cattle. 】

Wei Yan has never forgotten the Ziwu Valley strategy, even if this strategy cannot be implemented at present.

"Since it was a surprise attack on Chencang, there must not be much food and grass!"

Meng Da attacked Lueyang, and Zhuge Qiao attacked Chencang; Meng Da rescued Chencang, and Zhuge Qiao attacked the Wei soldiers outside the four cities of Ji County.

"If Meng Da divides his troops into Chencang, and General Fu Han and others fail to capture Chencang, they will have no choice but to retreat to Hanzhong."

Although there was a possibility of a surprise attack on Chang'an, they did not consider how to respond if Chang'an city could not be taken in order to make Wei soldiers exhausted.

"With three Wei soldiers and no way out, wouldn't General Fu Han and others be in danger?"

Zhuge Qiao seemed to have mastered Meng Da's military style!

Zhuge Qiao is avoiding the truth and turning to the false.

But today's opponent is Meng Da, who lacks prestige in the military, is eager to prove his talents through meritorious service, and is always proud of himself.

【Speak in the east and attack in the west, avoid the reality and turn to the imaginary, take the enemy by surprise and attack when he is unprepared. Compared with General Fu Han, my Ziwu Valley strategy lacks adaptability. 】

"Soldiers are valuable and quick. Although the Wei soldiers are outnumbered, they are divided into different places. But as long as the timing is good, Bosong can have the advantage of attacking with more troops even if he only has a few thousand troops."

The ability to adapt is too poor!

Jiang Wei stared at the map carefully and guessed: "Bosong has always been cautious and will not take risks easily."

"If I were Bo Song, I would definitely let General Chencang send troops to ask for reinforcements so that he could reach Lueyang within a limited time."

Wei Yan pondered for a moment and said: "But now Mengda has divided his troops to capture four cities. Linwei, Shanggui and Qingshui have heavy troops to attack the cities."

"Military law says that there must be a way out of a siege. If Bosong surprises Chencang, there will definitely be a way out."

Deng Ai wanted to be granted the title of Marquis, so he took the risk to sneak into Yinping and destroyed Shu, which made him famous throughout the ages.

Knowing yourself and knowing your enemy can help you win a hundred battles.

"General Fu Han and others should not have enough food and grass to return to Hanzhong!"

Wei Yan also came to his senses.

"The trail leading into Long is narrow, so there won't be many reinforcements sent by Mengda, so the key to victory or defeat is who can seize the favorable terrain first!"

"If Chencang is captured by luck, Mengda will definitely retreat; if Chencang cannot be captured, Mengda will also divide his troops."

Zhuge Liang praised: "Bo Yue's words are exactly what Bo Song meant."

If the opponent is the cautious Zhang He, this tactic will have little effect, because Zhang He will not divide his troops so easily.

"Mengda's troops are now divided into two groups. The soldiers on the southern route should go to the Long Trail to intercept Bosong."

"This is too risky!"

As long as the timing is right, Meng Da will be like a farm cow being led by the nose. Wherever Zhuge Qiao pulls, Meng Da has to run.

Similarly, if Wei Yan wanted to be granted the title of Marquis, he had to perform extraordinary feats that would be famous all over the world.

"This is a ploy to create the illusion that our army is taking Longyou openly and seizing Chencang secretly."

What makes Wei Yan a little strange is: Why is Zhuge Qiao so sure that Meng Da can divide his troops?

"Bosong's retreat is the Long Trail!"

As for Mengda, apart from taking advantage of mediocrity without bloodshed, he has almost no memorable achievements.

Only those who have known Meng Da for many years would have such a deep understanding of Meng Da!

Knowing yourself and your enemy is not an empty phrase.

No wonder Wei Yan was surprised. Although Zhuge Qiao was not an old acquaintance of Meng Da, there was someone in Xichuan who knew Meng Da thoroughly.

Before sending troops.

Zhuge Qiao and Fazheng chatted all night long!

Fazheng deeply hated Meng Da's betrayal. Not to mention his military style, he almost didn't tell Zhuge Qiao what color Meng Da liked to wear.

Zhuge Qiao is a cautious person. If he didn't know Meng Da, he wouldn't really take the risk to surprise Chen Cang.

Wei Yan pondered for a moment and then asked: "How is the prime minister planning to leave the city to fight against Na Mengda?"

Zhuge Liang drew on the map and said: "Now I have 20,000 troops inside the city, and Mengda has up to 30,000 troops outside the city!"

"Mengda moved all the camps at the North Gate and South Gate to the West Gate. He must have been worried that I would concentrate my superior forces out of the city to rob the camps."

"As long as you leave the city through the north gate or south gate at night, it will be difficult for Mengda to detect the whereabouts of our army."

"At five o'clock tonight, Wen Chang and Zi Long each led 5,000 troops and left the city through the north gate and south gate respectively to lurk."

"Boyo then led six thousand soldiers out of the city through the west gate to rob the camp."

"If Mengda is unprepared, Bo Yue will ask the sergeant to set three fires at the gate of the camp, and I will light three bonfires at the top of the city. When Wen Chang and Zilong see my signal, they will attack Mengda camp in two directions."

"If Mengda is prepared, Bo Yue will ask the sergeant to light a fire at the gate of the camp, and I will light a bonfire at the top of the city. Upon seeing my signal, Wen Chang storms the south gate of the camp, while Zilong turns to the west gate to support Bo Yue. Yue, after joining forces with Bo Yue, go through the south gate of the camp and fight out!"

"In this way, whether Mengda is prepared or not, he will be so scared that he won't be able to sleep peacefully tonight!"

Zhuge Liang carefully explained the specific time, march, variables, etc. to generals Zhao Yun, Wei Yan and Jiang Wei.

The three generals Zhao Yun couldn't help but secretly marvel at the careful deployment!
[Meeting the prime minister and his son, what a tragedy for Meng Da! 】

[When the gap in military strength is too big, General Fu Han will divide Mengda's forces; when the gap in military strength is not big, the prime minister will start to take the initiative to attack. 】

The generals will prepare themselves.

Zhuge Liang then summoned Zhang Nan, a brave general, and warned him carefully: "Wen Jin, at the fifth watch tonight, you will lead two thousand soldiers and horses, bring more flags, and go out of the city through the north gate to the street pavilion."

"The Wei soldiers probably didn't have time to dismantle the camps in the Jieting Mountains. You take the opportunity to place the flags in the villages on the top of the mountains, and then bundle the grass into soldiers to give me a force of 20,000 people!"

"As soon as the deployment is complete, return to the city immediately. Don't stay in the Jieting Mountains."

Zhang Nan took the order and left.

That night.

The moon was sparse and the stars were sparse, and the night was not very clear, but we could still see the road.

At the fifth watch of the day, Wei Yan and Zhang Nan left the city through the north gate and divided their troops into two groups.

He quietly ambush all the way to the north of Mengda camp, and walked to the street pavilion with the hatchet.

Zhao Yun left the city through the south gate and went around to the south of Mengda Camp to ambush.

Zhuge Liang led his troops to stand at the top of the city. After estimating the positions of Zhao Yun and Wei Yan, he ordered the west gate to be opened.

Jiang Wei led 6,000 soldiers with rolled armor and titles, and went straight to the main gate of Mengda camp.

Seeing that there were Wei soldiers guarding the gate of the camp, Jiang Wei ordered a few fierce soldiers to approach quietly, then swooped up like a cheetah, killed the Wei soldiers guarding the gate, and quickly opened the gate of the camp.

"kill!"

Jiang Wei shouted loudly, and the sound of gongs suddenly sounded in the night sky.

Roaring like tigers, six thousand Han soldiers rushed into the camp, pushed them into the brazier, and set fire to the camp.

At the gate of the village, more than a dozen Han soldiers piled firewood and guarded the gate.

Not long after Jiang Wei's army rushed into the camp, they heard the drums of civil war in the camp and the shouts of Wei soldiers to kill, and Wei soldiers came to seize the gate of the camp.

When the Han soldiers at the gate saw this, they didn't panic. They lit a bonfire and formed an array at the gate of the village.

When Zhuge Liang saw a bonfire in the city tower, he waved his feather fan, and the Han soldiers holding torches quickly lit the bonfire.

"It's a fire, Mengda is prepared!"

"Hurry to the west gate to meet us!"

When Zhao Yun saw the bonfire in the city tower, he made a prompt decision and ran straight to the west main gate of Mengda's camp.

Wei Yan directly led his troops to attack the south gate of Mengda's camp.

And in the camp.

Jiang Wei's six thousand soldiers and horses have been surrounded by Meng Da.

The brave general Li Gan laughed: "General Meng has a clever plan. He expected that Zhuge villagers would come to rob the camp tonight, so he asked us to prepare here early."

"The thief Han Dog, we finally caught you, let's see how you can escape! Surround them and kill them, don't let any Han Dog escape!"

Jiang Wei sneered and didn't panic. He just ordered the soldiers to line up.

These days, the sergeants have been rehearsing the eight formations. Jiang Wei only needs to give an order, and the sergeants begin to quickly adjust their positions.

Li Gan saw this and said disdainfully: "You are playing such a boring trick again. Now that you are in our army's camp, do you still want to retreat?"

But what Li Gan didn't know was that Jiang Wei had no intention of retreating at all, he just laid out his battle plan and waited for help.

"The Han soldiers didn't panic at all?"

Meng Da looked at the Han soldiers arrayed on the high platform, and he couldn't help but have doubts in his heart.

Suddenly, Meng Da reacted.

"No! Mr. Zhuge has a backup plan!"

"He Jian, quickly lead two troops to form an array outside the gate of the village to be on guard against reinforcements from the Han troops."

"Be sure to block me!"

Meng Da wanted to kill Jiang Wei's 6,000 men, so he asked General He Jian to lead 2,000 troops to guard the gate of the village. But how could He Jian be Zhao Yun and Wei Yan's opponent?

Zhao Yun arrived quickly and directly led more than fifty knights to break the formation first.

Seeing He Jian commanding at the gate of the village, Zhao Yun, acting alone, rushed directly in front of He Jian as if he was in an uninhabited area, and picked out He Jian with one shot!

Wei Bing was shocked and inexplicable.

Dozens of cavalry rushed into the formation, and they were able to break into the back row of the formation single-handedly and pick off the heroic general He Jian who was leading the army in front of two thousand Wei soldiers!
In the hearts of these Wei soldiers, He Jian has always been known for his bravery, but now he can't even resist Zhao Yun's moves!

Who is this person in front of me?
He Jian's eyes widened and he refused to close his eyes.

He died so quickly that He Jian couldn't understand why Zhao Yun killed him right in front of him?

Are my two thousand soldiers and horses really just chickens and dogs?
I am a capable general, am I really the one who is the first to sell out?
However, the dissipated consciousness made He Jian unable to think any more. He could only faintly hear the Han soldiers shouting "Tiger Might" excitedly!
Killing the Wei soldiers scattered at the gate of the stronghold, Zhao Yun led his troops into the stronghold again.

Seeing that Jiang Wei's army was completely surrounded, Zhao Yun led his cavalry and thrust forward, like a sharp knife.

The Wei soldiers were stunned by the sudden attack of cavalry.

Where did the cavalry come from?
General, are you treating us like idiots?

Wei Bing was caught off guard and was torn open by Zhao Yun.

"Bo Yue, don't panic, Zhao Yun is coming!"

More than fifty cavalrymen weaved in and out among the Wei soldiers, entering from the west and then exiting with their bodies turned around. Their bravery was rare in the world!

When the approaching Han soldiers heard Zhao Yun's call, they became energetic and shouted "Tiger Might".

One after another "Tiger Power" sounded, and soon spread to the entire army.

In the past, Liu Bei praised "Zilong is full of courage", so his military nickname was Huwei.

As long as they hear the word "Huwei", the Han soldiers will know that Zhao Yun is coming!
Although "Tiger Power" is not a military position, Zhao Yun is the only one in the Han army who can be named "Tiger Power"!
This is a title unique to Zhao Yun among Han soldiers!
"Ha ha!"

"The old general is here!"

"Kill out!"

Jiang Wei shouted and laughed.

The morale of the Han soldiers was greatly boosted, and they quickly broke through to the west.

The Wei soldiers to the west were now in a situation where they were being attacked from both sides and could not resist at all!

Not long after.

Zhao Yun joined forces with Jiang Wei.

"Hurry to the south gate!"

Zhao Yun and Jiang Wei looked at each other and rushed towards the south gate.

The Wei soldiers at the south gate were resisting Wei Yan. Suddenly, shouts of killing came from the rear. The Wei soldiers were caught off guard and fell directly into the counter-surrounding attack by the Han soldiers.

Zhao Yun, Jiang Wei and Wei Yan joined forces and opened the road to let the Han soldiers leave quickly, while the three generals personally cut off the rear.

Meng Da's face was a little distorted at this moment.

A trap was set up in the camp, waiting for Zhuge Liang to send his generals to rob the camp. Zhuge Liang did indeed send his generals, but they were also ambushed!
But the result was that the Han soldiers rushed left and right in the camp, beheaded the generals, captured the flags, and calmly retreated to the south gate of the camp.

"A bunch of trash!"

Meng Da was furious.

It was obvious that Zhuge Liang would rob the camp, and he also made arrangements to counter-robber the camp.

Why did it still fail?
Meng Da rode his horse to the front of the battle, and saw Zhao Yun, Jiang Wei and Wei Yan all riding their horses and standing at the south gate of the camp, with only dozens of horses following behind.

But our own generals were too frightened to move forward!

"Why not attack?" Meng Da shouted angrily.

Li Gan said bravely: "The Han generals have already formed a formation outside the camp. We are afraid of being deceived and dare not approach."

Just say it clearly if you are afraid of death, no excuses!
Meng Da glared at Li Gan fiercely and ordered: "Archers, come forward!"

When Zhao Yun saw the archers of Wei soldiers arrayed in formation, he reined in his horse and laughed: "Meng Da, the Prime Minister asked me to give you a message. Han Xin can lead an army, the more the better. You, Meng Da, can lead an army of up to four thousand!"

"Hahaha!"

Jiang Wei, Wei Yan and other riders also laughed!
This was a mockery of Meng Da, who could only be a general who charged into battle. He could lead an army of four thousand, but if he had more than four thousand, he would not be that good.

On normal days, Zhuge Liang enforces the law impartially and is open-minded; but at certain times, Zhuge Liang is also very vindictive, especially when some unsighted people make trouble against Zhuge Gui.

When the Han Dynasty established a country, filial piety was the most important thing.

Those who dare to humiliate their parents and mentors will have a white knife to go in and a red knife to come out.

Meng Da's face became even more distorted.

"Mother Zhuge, I swear to kill you!"

"Set me an arrow!"

Arrows were flying, but Zhao Yun and the other riders reined in their horses early, turned around, and headed towards the formation.

With more than 10,000 people from the three armies united, even Meng Da did not dare to go out of the stronghold to confront Zhao Yun and other generals head-on, especially since the morale of the Wei soldiers was now low.

If it weren't for the favorable location of the main camp, they would have been dispersed by Zhao Yun and other generals long ago.

How dare you leave the village?

The generals returned to the city and reported to Zhuge Liang the situation of the robbed camp.

Although there were not many casualties on both sides, Meng Da was humiliated.

Especially the sentence "Han Xin leads troops, the more the better; Mengda leads troops, the maximum is four thousand.", which is far more heart-wrenching than killing Wei soldiers!

Zhuge Liang shook his fan and chuckled: "When it comes to military management and the use of soldiers, Meng Da can also be called excellent."

"It's just that Mengda is too conceited and uses tens of thousands of soldiers as thousands. How can he command them freely?"

"If the generals under his command are not capable enough, the commander-in-chief of the army must pay close attention to every detail and personally inspect the situation to ensure that nothing goes wrong."

All the generals bowed in admiration.

It is said that Zhuge Liang's shortcoming is that he has to do everything himself, but this is not the case.

The reason why Zhuge Liang had to personally take care of all military affairs was because he was afraid of misestimating the abilities of his generals.

If someone is capable, there will naturally be no need for Zhuge Liang to do everything personally.

Just like this Lueyang City, with Zhao Yun here, Zhuge Liang only needs to tell Zhao Yun what to do when encountering an accident, and does not need to teach Zhao Yun what to do specifically.

Zhao Yun can lead his cavalry into uninhabited territory, kill He Jian and save Jiang Wei.

But how could Zhuge Liang dare to take the risk if he was replaced by someone with insufficient abilities?
Compared with Zhuge Liang, Meng Da violated the taboo of commanding troops.

Meng Da's strategies and tactics generally had no problems, and his responses were timely. The only problem was that Meng Da overestimated the abilities of his generals!

Yang Qiu was overestimated. Yang Qiu was now restrained by Ma Dai's 500 soldiers and had 20,000 soldiers.

Overestimating Fei Yao, Fei Yao was deceived by Zhuge Qiao, causing Mengda to have to divide his troops.

Overestimating Li Fu, Li Fu was defeated by Jiang Wei's newly trained eight formations.

Deng Xian was overestimated, and Deng Xian failed to frighten the wounded soldiers.

He Jian was overestimated, and He Jian was picked out by Zhao Yun.

Overestimating once can be said to be a sign of misunderstanding. Overestimating several times in a row is Mengda's own problem.

Even the cautious Zhuge Liang overestimated Ma Su. If Zhuge Qiao hadn't been there, Jieting would have failed and the best opportunity to attack Wei would have been missed!
Not to mention Meng Da!
Compared to Zhuge Liang, who was in a cheerful mood, Meng Da's face was as gloomy as water.

"Zhuge Villager!"

Meng Da tightened his grip on the sword at his waist. If looks could kill, Meng Da would definitely cut Zhuge Liang into pieces at this moment in order to relieve the hatred in his heart!

After this defeat, Meng Da had lost the power to besiege Zhuge Liang.

The troops were originally divided, but now they have been defeated. It is Meng Da's luck that Zhuge Liang did not come out to challenge.

Based on the current situation, Meng Da should immediately go to Ji County to join forces with Zhang He.

Then he quickly captured Ji County and moved to Shanggui, Linwei and Qingshui to eat away at the effective strength of the Han soldiers as much as possible.

however.

Meng Da didn't want to lose face.

If you go to join forces with Zhang He, wouldn't that be equivalent to telling Zhang He: I was beaten stupid by Zhuge Liang, come and help me!

In Meng Da's initial deployment, Zhang He was used to resist Zhang Fei; and Zhuge Liang, wasn't that just a casual decision?
As a result, Meng Da was manipulated by Zhuge Liang. How could the arrogant Meng Da admit defeat?

I thought about it for a long time.

Meng Da immediately issued an order to the soldiers: "Go to Ji County immediately with our military orders. If Zhang He cannot capture Ji County within one day, I will only ask him!"

The messenger didn't dare to neglect him. Meng Da's fierce expression made the soldier's legs weak.

As the horse galloped to Ji County, Zhang He's face instantly turned ugly.

"Conquer Ji County in one day?"

"If I can win it, do I still need his order from Meng Da?"

Zhang He was originally irritated because he could not capture Ji County, but now that he had received Meng Da's military order, his anger suddenly evaporated.

Even in front of the messenger, Zhang He called Meng Da by his name!

"Go back and tell Meng Da that he can't take Lueyang even though he has nearly 50,000 troops. What right do you have to accuse me?"

"Don't think that because you have His Majesty's trust, you can lord it over me."

"I have been fighting with the late emperor for half my life, and I was promoted to General Zuo based on my military merits!"

"Mengda is just a subordinate general who can't get along under Liu Bei. He relies on flattery to please His Majesty in order to be able to command the generals on the Western Front."

"The reason why I am willing to obey his military orders is because I am loyal to the Wei Dynasty, put national affairs first in my actions, and do not want to abandon public service for personal reasons."

"But this doesn't mean that Meng Da can yell at me!"

The ordering soldier was so frightened that his legs trembled and he said tremblingly: "General, I dare not say this."

I am just a small messenger, how dare I get involved in the grudges of big shots!
Zhang He snorted coldly: "Do you dare to say that it's your business? What does it have to do with me? Leave quickly, otherwise don't blame me for bullying others and using my power to fork you out."

The ordering soldiers fled in fear.

The brave general Wang Shuang said worriedly: "General Zuo scolded General Meng today, I'm afraid he will be hated by General Meng."

"General Meng is a close minister of His Majesty. If he slanders you in front of Your Majesty, General Zuo will definitely suffer an unjust reputation."

Zhang He spat disdainfully: "You can't criticize your Majesty! Your Majesty is not an ignorant person, how can you listen to slander? Let the soldiers have a good meal and attack Ji County tonight."

Wang Shuang was stunned and couldn't quite understand Zhang He's intention: "The generals have already dismissed General Meng's messengers, so why are they still attacking Ji County?"

Zhang He glared at Wang Shuang: "The grudge between me and Meng Da is a personal grudge. How can I abolish public service for personal reasons?"

"Mengda asked me to take over Ji County in one day. Something big must have happened in Lueyang, otherwise Mengda wouldn't be so impatient!"

"Don't have any doubts, get ready quickly!"

(End of this chapter)