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

Chapter 184: The Morning Bull Tactics, Zhuge Qiao surprises and beheads generals (please give me monthly votes for more updates)

Enter the Long Trail.

Xiahou Ru led five thousand cavalry and hurried away.

However, the trail was rugged and it was difficult for people and horses to move quickly, which made Xia Houru quite annoyed.

"You are a thief, there is no good way to go, but you have to take this mountain road."

"It's really infuriating on this hot day."

After receiving the order to intercept and kill, Xia Houru had to run on the mountain road in the scorching sun to seize favorable terrain before the Han soldiers.

Looking at the mountain road ahead, Xia Houru sighed helplessly and called the guide to ask.

"General, three miles ahead, there is a forest area that is best for hiding people."

"There are still three miles left? That's my mother!"

"All sergeants, go to the forest area to escape the heat."

Zhuge Qiao's reaction was faster!

Where there are forest areas, there are water sources.

And on the hillside on the side of the mountain road.

Jules, the Marquis of Xia, turned his horse around, raised his whip and shouted.

With this panic, the road becomes even more crowded!

Huang Zhong took off his hard bow and aimed at Xia Houru.

"This General Wei is very alert!"

Meng Da reacted quickly and asked Xia Houru of Qingshui to lead troops to the Long Trail to set up an ambush.

All the Wei soldiers were also shocked and tried their best to gather their strength and walk towards the forest area.

In the evening, the scorching sun gradually sets.

"wrong!"

Zhuge Qiao only needs to seize the troop hiding point closest to Linwei.

"Hold on, we'll have another three miles to go before we can rest!"

Xiahou Ru made nonsense.

Zhuge Qiao was the one who set up an ambush, so he naturally knew how to detect an ambush.

"We've got it!"

What made Xia Houru irritated was that the mountain road to the forest area became narrower and narrower as he walked.

But the road here is narrow, and Xia Houru cannot retreat if he wants to.

Xia Houru suddenly became alert, reined in his horse, and scanned his surroundings vigilantly.

It doesn't matter whether there are wild plums or not, just deceive the soldiers to their destination.

As deduced by Jiang Wei, Zhuge Qiao estimated the time when Chencangcheng's deputy general Deng Jun would arrive at the Mengda military camp, set up a false flag outside Chencangcheng, and secretly transferred troops and horses.

He also calculated the place where Wei soldiers were most likely to set up an ambush and seized the favorable terrain in advance.

Only the sound of a gong was heard, and a large number of archers suddenly appeared on the hillside.

If there is no sound of insects, it means that there are a lot of strangers lurking nearby.

It is not difficult to predict the ambush points for Wei soldiers, because there are only a few places where soldiers can hide on the Long Trail.

The hot wind blows, which still makes people feel hot and uneasy.

"There are wild plums to quench thirst."

"There is a forest area ahead, how can it be so quiet?"

By the time the order was conveyed to the rear army, the arrows of the Han soldiers had already fallen.

Xia Houru once again looked at the scorching sun that had yet to set in the sky, and couldn't help but curse his mother secretly.

Seeing the forest area ahead, Xia Houru was shocked.

When they heard about the wild plums, the sergeants couldn't help but salivate, and they seemed not to be so thirsty anymore.

"withdraw!"

Zhuge Qiao had already led his troops to lurk.

Now is the hot and dry season of summer. As the saying goes, you can hear frogs croaking late at night and insects chirping in the evening. In such a forest area, there must be insects chirping in the evening.

"Get out!"

"Bosong, give the order, otherwise General Wei will run away later."

The wailing sound sounded, and all the Wei soldiers were frightened and frightened, and suddenly became panicked.

"It's a Han dog!"

"Don't panic!"

"The rear team becomes the front team, form a formation and retreat!"

Xia Houru shouted for command.

Suddenly.

Xia Houru felt his heart beating rapidly, and a dangerous intuition made Xia Houru tilt his head subconsciously.

But before Xia Houru could fully react, an arrow hit Xia Houru's left eye.

"Ah, my eyes!"

Xia Houru held the arrow shaft, shouted in pain, turned over and fell from his horse.

"General!"

The surrounding guards were shocked, and quickly surrounded Xia Houru with their shields, and then dragged Xia Houru to a huge stone obstacle to avoid it.

"It's actually off!"

Huang Zhong felt a little regretful.

The arrow just now was aimed at Xia Houru's eyebrows, but it only hit Xia Houru's left eye.

"Why should the old general feel sorry? Even if the shot misses, he will not survive."

Zhuge Qiao chuckled, waved his flag, and ordered the troops to go down the mountain and charge.

Huang Zhong laughed and said, "As we get older, our hands are inevitably a bit sloppy. Watch me go get the head of General Wei."

Huang Zhong hung up his bow and took the spear, and Huang Zhong rode his horse straight towards the Wei general.

"Hanwei General Huang Zhong is here!"

A person's name, the shadow of a tree.

Hearing Huang Zhong's voice and seeing the fluttering general's flag behind Huang Zhong, the already panicked Wei soldiers became even more panicked.

When Xia Houru heard Huang Zhong's voice, he felt his blood surge and his left eye hurt even more.

In a moment of excitement, Xia Houru actually pulled out the arrow, and his entire left eyeball was on the arrow cluster.

If Xia Houru could shout "Father's essence and mother's blood must not be discarded" at this moment, and then swallow the eyeball, he might be able to arouse the blood of the surrounding Wei soldiers.

however.

After all, this "pulling out arrows and chewing eyes" is just a fiction made by literati. There are people in this world who can endure the pain and fight without pulling out their eyes.

During the Second Huainan Rebellion, Master Sima was so frightened that his eyes popped out of his sockets, and he could only bear the pain with a quilt.

Xia Houru cried out in pain again.

The massive congestion made Xia Houru's right eye blurry, and the severe pain caused Xia Houru to faint.

"General!"

"General!"

Seeing Xia Houru fainting and dying, all the Wei soldiers became helpless.

With this delay, the opportunity to form a formation to stop Huang Zhong was lost.

But I saw Huang Zhong holding a long spear, swinging, picking or stabbing, as if he was in a deserted place, with no enemy!
He can fight with a sword on foot, a spear on horseback, and he can also draw a strong bow in long-distance battles.

Facing such a hexagonal god general, the Wei soldiers without Xia Houru as their main general are no different from a group of panicked sheep!
"General, this Wei general is Xia Houru, the Wei general who fought with me in the narrow street of the street pavilion."

Wang Ping recognized Xia Houru and dragged the unconscious Xia Houru to Zhuge Qiao like a dead dog.

Seeing Xia Houru's miserable condition, Zhuge Qiao snorted coldly: "Ignore it, just chop it down, and hurry to Linwei!"

Although Xiahou Ru was also named Xiahou, Zhuge Qiao didn't have much impression of Xiahou Ru in his mind.

An unknown person is not worthy of Zhuge Qiao's memory.

Although Xia Houru was killed in an ambush, the mountain road was narrow and it was not as easy to kill the two thousand Wei soldiers as Jieting killed Wei general Hu Hu.

Zhuge Qiao had to take advantage of the opportunity to cover up and kill this group of Wei soldiers and reach Linwei in the shortest possible time.

The ambush of Xia Houru was just convenient. Zhuge Qiao's real purpose was to quickly pass through Linwei, enter Longxi County first, retreat Liangzhou's troops, and make a forced landing in Longxi County!

Then let Zhang Fei free his hands to deal with Zhang He!

"Send the order and leave no surrendered soldiers! Anyone who blocks the road will be killed without mercy!" Seeing surrendered Wei soldiers blocking the road ahead, Zhuge Qiao gave the order coldly.

Compassion does not control troops, and there is no mercy on the battlefield.

Benevolence and righteousness can only be directed outside the battlefield.

Hearing the Han soldiers shouting "No surrender left behind" and "Anyone who blocks the road, kill without mercy!", the Wei soldiers who were still lucky were completely shattered.

Even though he was tired from the march, he had to run hard at this moment. He only regretted that his parents had lost two legs.

Wei soldiers ran away in fear, and the road became less crowded.

Nearly eight thousand Han soldiers chased and killed the Wei soldiers all the way, chasing them for ten miles!
Some of the Wei soldiers were hacked to death, some of them couldn't run anymore and simply crawled on the ground to wait for death. Some of them rolled directly to the roadside and hid among the grass and rocks.

The Han soldiers ignored the Wei soldiers who were crawling on the ground waiting for death, nor the Wei soldiers who were hiding on the roadside, and just walked towards Linwei.

Wei soldiers who blocked the road were killed without mercy.

After running for another fifteen miles, the Han soldiers gradually stopped.

Further forward, there were no more Wei soldiers running.

Xia Houru's five thousand Wei soldiers, except those who were killed, were all blocked in the rear by Han soldiers.

"Send the order, rest where you are!"

After running for fifteen miles, even Wudang Feijun couldn't bear it.

Zhuge Qiao was worried that the Wei army would be defeated and run back to Linwei first, so he ordered his troops to pursue the enemy.

Now almost all the Wei soldiers were left behind, leaving the soldiers to build up their strength so that they could pass through Linwei smoothly.

Zhuge Qiao, Huang Zhong and Ma Chao got together to discuss.

"This place is fifty miles away from Linwei. It can be reached by a quick march in half a day."

"Although the soldiers are tired, the Wei soldiers in Linwei must not have thought that we would appear in Linwei at this time."

"In order to avoid accidents, we will divide the troops and horses into two parts tomorrow. The old general and I will lead the flying troops first; the hussar general will lead the troops behind to support us."

Zhuge Qiao carefully described the tactics of the surprise attack on Linwei.

Huang Zhong put forward a different opinion: "Bosong, you are the commander-in-chief of the army, how can you be in front?"

"You go with the hussar general, I will lead the flying army ahead."

"If there is an accident, Bosong, you can respond in time."

As soon as he finished speaking, Ma Chao rejected Huang Zhong's opinion: "How can the old general command the flying army freely without Bo Song?"

"Tomorrow I will lead the troops to the front, and Bo Song and the old general will lead the unworthy flying troops to the rear."

"I was originally paying tribute to Xiandao, but now I suddenly appeared in Linwei. The Wei soldiers in Linwei must be frightened and afraid to move rashly." "While the Wei soldiers had no time to react, I led the troops to attack, which was enough to attract the attention of the Linwei defender. "

"At that time, we should cooperate with the outside, and Bosong will lead the Wudang flying army to support us. If we advance together in three directions, we will definitely be able to retreat the Wei soldiers from Linwei!"

Zhuge Qiao pondered for a moment and then made a decision immediately: "Just as the Hussar General said, the old general and I are the rear, and the Hussar General leads the troops to the front."

"Linwei's guard is Zhang Yi, and he also has a strategy. If he sees the hussar general appearing in Linwei City, he will be able to respond in time."

"After defeating Su Ze, don't be reluctant to fight, quickly get military supplies and enter Longxi County."

Although Huang Zhong and Ma Chao had higher military positions, Huang Zhong and Ma Chao were able to accompany the army in the Northern Expedition because of Zhuge Qiao's kindness.

Therefore, Huang Zhong and Ma Chao were willing to let Zhuge Qiao be the leader of this partial army.

Zhuge Qiao made the final decision, and Huang Zhong no longer refuted.

The Han soldiers rested for half the night and set out again in the cool morning.

Near noon, Ma Chao led more than 4,000 soldiers to appear outside Linwei City.

At this moment, Linwei City was garrisoned by Zhang Yiyin with 2,000 soldiers inside, Su Ze led more than 7,000 Wei soldiers outside to attack, and Feng Xi led 2,000 soldiers by Feng Xi to support Linwei City in the west.

Three thousand Wei soldiers from Li Fu who were supporting Xia Houru were walking towards the Rulong Trail.

Currently around Linwei City.

There are more than 7,000 Wei soldiers, and more than 8,000 Han soldiers including Zhang Yi, Feng Xi, and Ma Chao. Together with Zhuge Qiao and Huang Zhong in the rear army, the Han soldiers have nearly 12,000 sergeants around Linwei City.

Li Fu originally had five thousand soldiers, but he used two thousand to stay in Qingshui to defend Zhang. In order to support Xia Houru in time, Li Fu chose to take a shortcut with the remaining three thousand, perfectly avoiding Zhuge Qiao.

Zhuge Qiao did not expect that Feng Xi would support Linwei.

Although it was a bit unexpected, it also gave the Han soldiers an opportunity to defeat Linwei Suze.

When Ma Chao came to Linwei City, Su Ze was confused even though he had received Mengda's military order in advance to request support.

Not long after Meng Da's military order arrived, Ma Chao had already appeared in Linwei?
"not good!"

"General Meng was deceived!"

"The Han soldiers just went to Chencang to make a false shot, but the real goal is still Longyou!"

Su Ze is also experienced in battles.

Comparing this time, it is not difficult to guess that the Han soldiers did not stay in Chencang for long!
Thinking of the Han soldiers in Linwei City, the Han soldiers coming to support from the west of Linwei City, and Ma Chao coming from the east, Su Ze broke out in cold sweat.

"I'm surrounded!"

With the advantage of military strength, Su did not take Feng Xi who came from Shanggui seriously.

But now that Ma Chao is coming from the east, Su Ze can no longer calm down!
That's Ma Chao!
Not a Liangzhou thief like Qu Yan Zhang Jin!
Although Su Ze easily put down Qu Yan Zhang Jin's rebellion, he was not confident enough to compete with Ma Chao.

not to mention.

Once Ma Chao arrives, Su Ze will have no advantage in terms of military strength!
"Don't stay here for long!"

Su Ze made a decisive decision and quickly ordered the troops to retreat towards Qingshui.

In terms of reaction, Su Ze was much faster than Xia Houru.

Seeing that Su Ze chose to retreat as soon as he saw the flag, Ma Chao was also quite surprised: "How can this Wei general be more cowardly than Yang Qiu?"

Ma Chao did not pursue, but directly occupied Su Ze's camp outside the city.

After traveling fifty miles to Linwei, Ma Chao's troops were actually extremely exhausted.

This is also the reason why Ma Chao was surprised that Su Ze retreated. I am a tired soldier who came from afar, and you actually gave in?

Zhang Yi, who was at the top of the city, saw Ma Chao arriving, so he went out of the city to ask.

"General Hussar, why did you come to Linwei?" Zhang Yi was surprised that General Ma Chao, who was far away in Baoxie Road, suddenly appeared in Linwei.

If Zhang Yi hadn't met Ma Chao, he would have doubted whether Wei Bing was pretending to be him!
"General Zhang, our army cannot stay here for too long. Can the city provide 8,000 men with five days of military rations?" Ma Chao said concisely.

Zhang Yi pondered and calculated: "The Prime Minister ordered me to prepare two months of military rations when we divided our troops to approach Wei."

"If we take away five days' worth of military rations for eight thousand people, I'm afraid I won't be able to hold on for half a month."

Seeing Ma Chao frowning, Zhang Yi added: "I wonder where the general is going? If you want to pass through Shanggui, I can provide half of it with Shanggui."

Ma Chao's brows relaxed: "First prepare me a day's army rations for four thousand men, and I will go up to Gui to get the rest."

"General Fuhan will arrive in Linwei later. You can just deliver the remaining rations to General Fuhan."

Zhang Yi nodded: "General, just a moment later, I'll go and get ready. General Feng Xi, the guard at Shanggui, is to the west of Linwei City. General, you can send someone to pass the news first."

Ma Chao did not waste any time. While he ordered the sergeants to rest in the camp, he also sent people to inform Feng Xi.

Feng Xi was surprised and relieved to learn that Ma Chao was now in Weicheng.

Feng Xi took a risk to support Linwei and did not dare to stay in Linwei longer.

If Ma Chao does not come, Feng Xi will have to withdraw his troops and return to Shanggui. Otherwise, if Zhang He of Ji County gets the news, Shanggui will not be able to hold it.

Ma Chao had the power to requisition military rations during wartime, and Feng Xi had to comply.

Although this will cause a shortage of military rations in Shanggui, if the Wei soldiers are retreated, then this temporary shortage of military rations will not be a problem.

Ma Chao didn't stay long and rushed to Longxi after collecting military rations.

From Linwei to Didao City, which is more than 300 miles away, Ma Chao must race against time.

Before Meng Da's separated troops could regroup, they had to help Zhang Fei make an emergency landing at Didao City and repel the Wei soldiers in Liangzhou.

Soon after Ma Chao left.

Zhuge Qiao also came to Linwei City and asked about the current battle situation in Longyou.

Zhang Yize's important intelligence stated: "Wei soldiers in Qingshui and Linwei are relatively few, but they can still defend them."

"There were no Wei soldiers besieging the city in Shanggui. The Wei soldiers probably wanted to break through Qingshui and Linwei first, and then join forces to attack Shanggui."

"It's just that there are more than 10,000 Wei soldiers in Ji County, and they are led by Wei general Zhang He. If we don't rescue them, I'm afraid General Wu won't be able to hold on."

Zhuge Qiao pondered for a moment and said: "General Wu is the queen's brother. Even if he dies, he will not open the city and surrender."

"Most of the officials in Ji County were betrayed by Ma Zun and resented Cao Wei in their hearts, so they will definitely help General Wu defend the city."

“Don’t worry in Ji County!”

"If we leave, General Wei will definitely attack Linwei again, so don't be careless."

"If Wei comes again, you can try your best to delay it."

"I have here the head of Wei general Xia Houru and some of the flags of Wei generals. If it is difficult to defend the city, I can warn the people in the city."

"Tell the scholars and people of Linwei that Wei general Xia Houru and five thousand Wei soldiers were wiped out on the Long Trail. The Wei soldiers outside Linwei City were just a bluff."

"As long as we delay it for ten days, the Wei soldiers will retreat!"

Zhang Yi was horrified: "Xia Houru? Isn't he attacking Qingshui City?"

Zhuge Qiao sneered: "I made a surprise attack on Chencang a few days ago. Meng Da divided his troops to rescue Chencang. Xiahou Ru is on the way to the Long Trail."

"Mengda's reinforcements who went to Chencang via Guanlong Avenue probably haven't arrived in Chencang yet."

After briefly analyzing the current situation to Zhang Yi, Zhuge Qiao added: "What I have told you does not need to be hidden from the soldiers and people in Linwei City."

"Let them believe that Meng Da is just holding on in Longyou and will be defeated soon!"

"Whether the scholars and people of Linwei want to defend Linwei for the Han Dynasty or for the pseudo-Wei, it's time to officially express their stance!"

Zhang Yi understood Zhuge Qiao's intention and accepted the order sternly: "Don't worry, General Fu Han, I will defend Linwei to the death and will never let General Wei take Linwei away!"

Zhuge Qiao nodded, and after taking the army rations, he took advantage of the coolness of the evening and headed towards Longxi County.

Arrive at Shanggui.

Zhuge Qiao also explained the current situation to Feng Xi, and at the same time told Feng Xi: "Linwei and Shanggui are important cities in Duanlong, so we must not lose anything."

"No matter how dangerous Linwei City is, you can't leave Shanggui easily. If Linwei is lost, you will be our army's last line of defense in the south. Don't forget it!"

Although Feng Xi took the risk and performed extraordinary feats at Linwei, he also shocked Zhuge Qiao.

If Zhang He takes the opportunity to seize Linwei, Zhuge Qiao's plan to go to Longxi will be frustrated.

Feng Xi also knew the danger of this matter and promised: "General Fu Han, don't worry, before the new order is conveyed, I will definitely defend Shanggui City and will never leave the city again!"

After admonishing Feng Xi, Zhuge Qiao took advantage of the night and led the Wudang flying army to Longxi County.

With a journey of more than three hundred miles and no Wei soldiers blocking the way, Zhuge Qiao must reach Didao City within three days.

After Ma Chao and Zhuge Qiao left one after another, Su Ze joined forces with the Wei soldiers in Qingshui and sent people to inquire about Linwei's movements.

When he learned that there were no traces of Han soldiers outside Linwei, Su Ze was murmuring in his heart.

"Did he return to Linwei City or go somewhere else?"

"Could it be Ji County?"

The more Su Ze thought about it, the more he felt it was possible.

"The Han soldiers rescued Linwei City but did not come to Qingshui. They must have gone to Ji County."

"We have to send someone to Ji County to inform General Zuo, beware of a sneak attack by Han soldiers!"

Su Ze did not dare to hesitate and quickly sent his eldest son Su Yi to Ji County to inform Zhang He.

Zhang He was originally attacking Ji County when he suddenly received a notice from Su Ze. His expression changed drastically: "Why did Ma Chao appear in Linwei?"

Su Yi was a little confused: "General Zuo really doesn't know? My father received a military order from General Meng, saying that Chencang was attacked, and asked my father to respond in Linwei."

"It's just that my father didn't expect that the Han soldiers who attacked Chencang would suddenly appear in Linwei. My father was worried that the Han soldiers would come to attack General Zuo, so he asked me to remind him overnight."

Zhang He's face became even uglier: "I asked Meng Da, why do you want me to capture Ji County in one day?"

"I have warned Meng Da long ago that Shanggui has been lost, so beware of Zhuge Liang sending generals to surprise Chencang."

"Meng Da refused to listen to my advice and asked me to attack Ji County. I listened to his military orders for the sake of the overall situation, but he hid military information from me."

"The Han soldiers went to Chencang to make a false shot and then fought back to Linwei. It must be to divide Mengda's army!"

Su Yi nodded: "That's true. Xia Houru has already walked into the Long Trail to Chencang, and General Meng sent his confidant Li Fu to lead troops to support."

"Just looking at the current situation, Xia Houru and Li Fu left late!"

Zhang He's eyes became solemn: "If you just go late, it won't be a big deal!"

"What I'm worried about is that if Xia Houru is ambushed on the Long Trail, the five thousand soldiers will never return."

Su Yi was surprised: "Xia Houru is also a veteran general in the army, and there are five thousand soldiers here, how can he not be careful?"

Zhang He said solemnly: "Although the intelligence said that Huang Zhong and Ma Chao were present in Chencang City, I guess that Zhuge Liang's eldest son Zhuge Qiao must also be going to Chencang City!"

"Although Huang Zhong and Ma Chao are brave, they are not good at strategy."

"A surprise attack on Chencang led Meng Da to divide his troops, and then he rushed back to Linwei to catch Su Ze off guard. This tactic extremely tested the master's control of the fighter planes and calculation of time."

"I don't think Huang Zhong and Ma Chao can do it!"

"We can't fight like this anymore. Meng Da has been led by Zhuge and his son to run away!"

"If you hadn't come, I wouldn't have even known that Mengda had divided his forces!"

"Su Yi, go back and tell Su Ze that I will meet with him tomorrow."

Amelia Su also knew the seriousness of the matter.

Chen Cang was attacked and Meng Da divided his troops. As a general of the left, Zhang He didn't know anything about such a big event!

"I'm going back to Qingshui!" Su Yi bowed her hands and rode back to Qingshui.

Zhang He summoned the general Wang Shuang: "Lead the scouts Baiqi and quickly go to Nan'an County. I want to know whether there are traces of a large number of Han soldiers in the direction from Linwei to Nan'an County!"

Wang Shuang was surprised: "How could there be traces of Han soldiers from Linwei to Nan'an County?"

Zhang He snorted coldly: "It's Meng Da who is so arrogant! If I had known about the attack on Chencang as soon as possible, how could Zhuge Qiao have succeeded!"

"Don't be suspicious, go find out quickly, I want to be rewarded before dawn!"

(End of this chapter)