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

Chapter 188: The decisive battle in Strategic Yang, Xiao Mengda fled (please vote for additional updates)
In August of the first year of Zhangwu.

With the combined efforts of Zhuge Liang and Zhuge Qiao, the four counties in Longyou, including Tianshui County, Nan'an County, Longxi County and Guangwei County, were all under the control of Han soldiers, except for Anding County in the north.

Zhang Ji's tribe, which came from Jincheng in the northwest, was also defeated by the Han soldiers and returned defeated.

Yang Qiu of Yi County was deeply afraid of Ma Chao and adopted the strategy of sticking to Yi County. Ma Dai used 500 troops to bluff, leaving Yang Qiu's 20,000 people to huddle in the city and not dare to poke their heads.

When Ma Chao led three thousand Qiang soldiers to the north of Lueyang, Zhuge Liang's layout of "suspecting the troops and praising Xiandao, dividing his troops to capture the four counties" also reached the final chapter of "joining Lueyang".

Due to the addition of Qiang soldiers and the replenishment of surrendered soldiers, Zhuge Liang's troops increased instead of decreasing; but Meng Da, who fell into the trap of dividing his troops, no longer had the advantage in military strength.

The fighter plane is fleeting.

Zhuge Liang no longer stationed troops to defend the city, but led Zhao Yun, Wei Yan, Jiang Wei, Zhang Nan and other generals out of the city to form an array to the west of the Wei army.

See Zhuge Liang leaving the city.

Zhuge Qiao then led Huang Zhong and Wu Mingwang to form a formation to the east of Wei Bing; Zhang Fei led Wu Ban, Feng Xi, Zhang Zhu and other generals to form a formation to the south of Wei Bing.

Seeing that both Meng Da and Li Gan were arrogant, Zhang He could only leave in anger.

however.

Han soldiers are also qualified to be arrogant!

"Mengda is so proud of himself that it will be difficult to win this battle."

"There is no need to discuss this matter any further! Li Gan will lead five thousand soldiers to set up a stronghold ten miles away from Jieting. When Deng Xian's troops arrive, they will join forces and attack Zhuge Liang outside the eastern perimeter of the stronghold first."

Meng Da, however, became suspicious of Zhang He's plan: "General Zuo, are you trying to seize the opportunity to seize Deng Xian's military power and lead troops into Anding County?"

Meng Da also said: "General Zuo, don't worry, I have my own sense of proportion! Now that Zhang Fei is outside the southern perimeter of the camp, no one can stop him except you."

Li Gan was dissatisfied and said: "Why does General Zuo look down on me? Don't you know that you can't kill a chicken with a bull's knife? Why should General Zuo go there in person when we divide our troops to establish a stronghold? The last general is not a general who is afraid of death!"

"What's more, if I defend my stronghold and don't engage in close combat with that Ma Chao, how can I be defeated?"

After Zhao Yun left, Zhuge Liang sent his horse to convey military orders to Zhang Fei to the south and Zhuge Qiao to the west, agreeing to attack tonight.

Zhang Fei's troops were divided into ten groups and attacked the southern perimeter of the Wei barracks at night.

Zhang He's brows tightened.

"If it were Ma Chao a few years ago, with the help of Qiang and Hu soldiers, I would be afraid of him. Today's Ma Chao is just a lost dog defeated by the late emperor, so what should I be afraid of?"

Zhang He couldn't help but think of how Xia Houyuan, the commander-in-chief, was so arrogant during the Battle of Hanzhong in the past.

Although he was helpless, Zhang He had no choice. Now that he was in dire straits, Zhang He could no longer help himself.

"General, you can stick to the stronghold. I will lead the troops into the stronghold ten miles in the direction of Jieting to prevent Han soldiers from cutting off the connection between our army and Deng Xian's tribe."

Surrounded on three sides, the Han soldiers were arrogant and arrogant.

After carefully considering the current situation, Zhang He made a plan and said: "General Meng, Zhuge Liang led Lueyang's troops out of the city. This is to take advantage of Deng Xian's troops not returning to force a decisive battle with our army."

Meng Da stubbornly rejected Zhang He's proposal: "General Zuo, this village is also very important. If you are not in this village, how can I stop Zhang Fei?"

"When Deng Xian's troops join forces with me, we can cooperate with the general inside and outside."

Moon stars are rare.

"Now Zhuge Liang is surrounded on three sides, but Ma Chao's flag is nowhere to be seen. If Ma Chao ambushes in the north, how can Li Gan stop him?"

Meng Dal ordered Li Gan to divide his troops and set up a stronghold. Naturally, such a big movement could not be hidden from Zhuge Liang in the east.

The strong attack of the Han soldiers made Wei general Zhang He feel even more frightened and worried.

It was a pity that Su Ze was in Deng Xian's army, and Xia Houru was killed by Meng Da again.

Zhang He was stunned for a moment, then said angrily: "General Meng, I am discussing with you how to defeat the enemy, and you still doubt my intentions?"

Zhang He's response was very quick and his response was timely.

Li Gan laughed: "General Zuo, don't underestimate me! Others are afraid of Ma Chao, but I'm not afraid!"

Meng Da laughed loudly: "General Zuo misunderstood, I was just joking."

If Su Ze and Xia Houru were here, Zhang He wouldn't be worried if one of these two men were stationed in the stronghold.

"General Meng, please put the overall situation first! If this stronghold is broken, it will be difficult for our army to unite." Zhang He suppressed his impatience with Meng Da and advised him again.

Zhang He was furious: "Meng Da, you are so stubborn, you will definitely fall into Zhuge Liang's plan!"

"If Ma Chao dares to come, I will make him come back defeated!"

Zhang He frowned: "Zhuge Liang saw our army split up and established a stronghold, so he must have guessed our army's intentions. Therefore, the people who set up the stronghold can only be generals who can fight to the death. Unless I go, who can do it?"

"As soon as Deng Xian arrives, it will be the time for our army to counterattack. General Zuo, please put the overall situation first!"

Except for Guan Yu, the general of Jingzhou, most of the Han soldiers' experienced generals and the younger generation of generals appeared in Lueyang, and most of the soldiers they led were elites who fought hard in the Battle of Hanzhong.

After just a moment's thought, Zhuge Liang guessed Meng Da's intention and ordered Zhao Yun to lead 3,000 soldiers to intercept him.

"In this way, Zhuge Liang's encirclement can be broken."

"It's just that we have divided our troops to set up a stronghold. Why don't General Zuo go there in person? We can just let the brave general Li Gan lead 5,000 soldiers to set up a stronghold ten miles to the north!"

That night.

"I'd like to ask General Zuo to lead his troops to guard Lujiao in the south. I'll lead my elite troops to guard Lujiao in the east and west."

Zhang He saw Zhang Fei's attack and led Wang Shuang to fight back.

Seeing Zhang He, Zhang Fei's loud voice was full of ridicule: "Haha, Zhang He, you are defeated again. Do you still remember the battle of Danqu, where you and dozens of people abandoned their horses and climbed the mountain to escape?"

Zhang He is so angry.

Zhang Fei won't let go of any pot he won.

"Zhang Fei, don't use your words!"

"In the battle of Wudu in the past, before I took action, you fell into Cao Xiu's ambush and lost your troops and generals, including Wu Lan, Lei Tong, Ren Kui and other generals."

"You can't even defeat a junior from the Cao family, so why are you here showing off your bravery?"

In the twenty-third year of Jian'an, Liu Bei sent Zhang Fei to garrison the mountain in order to block Cao's army's return route. When the generals were suspicious, Cao Xiu guessed Liu Bei's intention.

So Cao Xiu made a plan and proposed to hide in ambush and bluff to defeat Wu Lan first.

The generals adopted Cao Xiu's strategy and killed Wu Lan, Lei Tong, Ren Kui and other generals. Zhang Fei had no choice but to retreat.

Being exposed by Zhang He, Zhang Fei was also very angry: "Thief, don't put gold on your face, and come out of the stronghold to fight with me as soon as possible!"

Zhang He sneered: "You are a dog-slaughterer and only know how to fight bravely. Only if you can remove my Nanwei antlers will you be qualified to fight with me!"

Unable to gain verbal advantage, Zhang Fei urged his troops to attack quickly, while Zhang He also led his troops to defend.

These two are both world-famous generals. Without a clever plan, it would be difficult to determine the winner in a short period of time.

Even in the Battle of Danqu, Zhang He and Zhang Fei faced off for more than fifty days.

He was defeated by Zhang Fei because Zhang Fei found a path and went around to the rear of Zhang He.

Meng Da's strategy of letting Zhang He fight Zhang Fei was essentially without any problem. If he had changed his general, he might not be able to stop Zhang Fei.

And in Xiwei.

Zhuge Qiao blocked Huang Zhong's idea of ​​attacking the stronghold personally, and just asked the young generals Wang Ping, Ma Zhong, Jufu, and Zhang Ni to lead troops to break Mengda's western antlers.

"Bo Song, that Zhang He resisted Zhang Fei in the south, why didn't you let me go in person, just like Zhang He was defeated outside Didao City."

"We are waiting for the strong generals to attack. How can Wei soldiers stop us? We just let a group of young generals break the stronghold. When will we be able to break the stronghold!"

Huang Zhong felt a little anxious.

Zhuge Qiao, however, was calm and composed. He got a feather fan from somewhere to dispel the heat of the summer night.

Seeing that Huang Zhong was anxious, Zhuge Qiao handed the feather fan to Huang Zhong: "Old general, it's hot this summer night, please be patient."

Huang Zhong took the feather fan and fanned it vigorously. However, in a moment, several feathers of the feather fan were broken, which made Zhuge Qiao's cheeks twitch.

"Hey, old general, be gentle, this feather fan can't withstand your strength." Zhuge Qiao couldn't help but stop him.

Huang Zhong handed the feather fan back to Zhuge Qiao: "This fan of yours is not durable at all. It is not as useful as a fan made of cattail leaves."

Zhuge Qiao was speechless. This fan used for beeping must be flashy. The important thing is that it is beautiful and elegant, but not that it is easy to use.

Straightening out the broken feathers, Zhuge Qiao chuckled and said: "Old general, this Meng Da is not Zhang Ji; the Wei soldiers in Lueyang are not Zhang Ji's group of Liangzhou rabble."

"The Art of War goes like this: one can make a big move, then it will weaken again, and three times it will be exhausted."

"First let the young generals without flying troops weaken the vigor of the Wei soldiers. When their vigor is exhausted, the old generals will go into battle."

"At that time, the morale of our army will be high because of the appearance of the old general, but the morale of Wei soldiers will plummet because of the appearance of the old general."

"Only when the enemy is exhausted and I am exhausted can we defeat the enemy!"

Huang Zhong was slightly startled: "Bosong, your use of troops is quite similar to that of Fa Xiaozhi. In the battle at Dingjun Mountain in the past, Fa Xiaozhi also advised me in the same way, so that I could find an opportunity to kill Xia Houyuan in Lu. "

Zhuge Qiao shook his feather fan lightly: "I once asked Fa Shangshu about morale before battle, and it will naturally be similar; since the old general has experience in killing Xia Houyuan, why is he in a hurry to go into battle?"

"The moonlight is shining brightly tonight, how about the old general join me in being arty and write a poem about the moon?"

Huang Zhong waved his hand: "Bosong, you are here to entertain me again. I don't know how to sing and recite poetry!"

After Zhuge Qiao said these few words, the anxiety in Huang Zhong's heart also dissipated.

Compared with Zhang Fei's swift and fierce attack in the southern siege and Zhuge Qiao's slow and steady attack in the western siege, Zhuge Liang's maneuvers in the eastern siege were much more showy.

Outside the east wall, there were hundreds of piles of firewood.

Zhuge Liang didn't know what he poured on the firewood, and bursts of thick smoke poured directly into Mengda's camp.

Some of the Wei soldiers who were suffocated by the thick smoke were dizzy and lying down, some were running around and screaming in pain, some were nauseated and retched, and their morale was plummeted.

Jiang Wei, Wei Yan and others were stunned at this scene.

"Prime Minister, what are you burning?" Jiang Wei couldn't help but ask, Wei Yan, Zhang Nan and other generals also looked at Zhuge Liang.

The feather fan in Zhuge Liang's hand is similar to Zhuge Qiao's, both are mainly gorgeous:
"In the past, when I was in Chengdu, I took an examination of Bosong's art of war and asked him about his method of attacking with fire."

"Bosong replied: There are five ways to use the fire attack: poisonous fire, divine fire, magical fire, rotten fire and flying fire."

Wei Yan pondered: "Isn't fire attack just about lighting fire? How can there be so many distinctions?"

Jiang Wei asked more directly: "Prime Minister, how to use the poisonous fire, divine fire, magic fire, rotten fire and flying fire?" Zhuge Liang smiled and said: "Poisonous fire, the thieves smell its gas, make them dizzy and fall down and burn their skin. Break the formation.”

"The divine fire is used to steal camps and rob strongholds, and is used to charge and defeat the enemy."

"Dharma fire, a thing cannot be seen, a step cannot be taken, it is used to capture thieves alive."

"Rotten fire, if you are injured by it, the skin will ulcerate, which will harm Tianhe. It is used to kill the thieves."

"Fly fire, rush into formations and rob strongholds, burn grain and burn thieves, and can be used on water, land, horse and foot."

"Every fire has a different recipe."

"What you see now is poisonous fire, which is mainly composed of white arsenic and iron sand, mixed with gold juice, silver embroidery, and human feces."

"White arsenic is a material used by alchemists to make alchemy, you may not have seen it; this iron sand is a type of stone from Longyou, Bo Yue may have seen it."

"This is also the first time for me to use this poisonous fire. It just so happens that the wind direction tonight is blowing towards Mengda's camp, so I just want to test the effect."

Zhuge Liang's words were simple, but to Jiang Wei, Wei Yan and other generals' ears, it was like hearing a book from heaven.

To play a fire attack, you still need to talk about the recipe?
Is it necessary to go to such trouble?
Normal fire attacks only use common fire starters. How could Zhuge Liang look for materials that he has never seen or heard of before and add them to it?
at the same time.

The generals were even more amazed when Zhuge Qiao proposed the five uses of poisonous fire, divine fire, magic fire, rotten fire and flying fire.

But at the age of seventeen, how do you have so many fantastic ideas?

In ancient and modern military books, I have never seen such a detailed fire attack method!
Compared with Zhuge Liang's comfort, Wei Bing felt uncomfortable.

Even Meng Da was caught off guard and choked twice. He was so choked that he was blinded and almost fainted.

"Countryman Zhuge, how dare you use such an insidious trick!"

Meng Da retreated outside the thick smoke, covered his eyes with wet cloth for a long time, and cursed angrily.

After leading soldiers for so many years, Meng Da is not unfamiliar with fire attacks.

It's just that I have never seen Zhuge Liang's weird fire attack. This is not setting fire, it is clearly poisoning!

Suddenly, the morale of the Wei soldiers surrounding the east dropped by most.

Before the battle began, morale was exhausted. This made Mengda furious and worried at the same time.

When he found out that the fighting in the southern and western sieges was still within control, Meng Da breathed a sigh of relief.

If Nanwei and Xiwei also use this trick, Meng Dadu will have to decide whether to abandon the stronghold and flee.

Before Meng Da could come up with a countermeasure, the sound of thundering drums suddenly sounded outside the eastern perimeter.

But it was Zhuge Liang who ordered the firewood to be extinguished. After the smoke subsided, he ordered the troops to destroy the antlers outside the eastern perimeter.

Mengda built a stronghold on the ground and relied on the large number of antlers outside the camp to build defense fortifications.

After destroying the antlers, Mengda's village would have no fortification obstacles to resist.

In the past, Xia Houyuan went to put out fires and repair deer antlers at Dingjun Mountain, but it was discovered that Xia Houyuan relied too much on deer antlers for defense.

So Liu Bei set fire to the antlers at night and led Xia Houyuan to put out the fire and repair the antlers. This gave Huang Zhong the opportunity to kill Xia Houyuan.

The core of the attack tonight is the same. First, destroy Meng Da's many antlers, and then drive troops to attack.

Zhuge Qiao asked Wang Pingping to destroy the antlers of the Western Siege, which gradually depleted the vigor of the Wei soldiers and allowed Huang Zhong to prepare for the attack. Zhuge Liang used poisonous fire, a fire attack that was beyond the understanding of the Wei soldiers, to demoralize the Wei soldiers, causing Wei Yan, Jiang Wei and others to ready.

The two fathers and sons were more cunning than the other; Zhang Fei relied on his own martial arts and was the most direct, and wanted to confront Zhang He head-on.

In the middle of the night.

The antlers in the eastern, western and southern areas were destroyed one after another.

Without the antlers, Wei soldiers would have to fight head-on with Han soldiers.

however.

The morale of the Wei soldiers is not as good as that of the Han soldiers, their strength is not as good as that of the Han soldiers, and their brave generals are not as good as those of the Han soldiers. If they want to face off head-on, it is not Meng Da who has the final say.

"How could Han soldiers be so brave!" Meng Da became even more angry.

The camp was carefully built, but in a few hours the Han soldiers destroyed the east, west and south antlers.

Zhang He no longer wanted to speak at this moment.

He originally thought that with Zhang Fei to the south, the antlers would be destroyed first, but Zhang He also thought that Meng Da could divide his troops to support him.

result.

The first place whose antlers were removed was the Eastern Siege where Meng Da personally led troops to defend!
Seeing Zhang He's solemn silence, Meng Da guessed Zhang He's inner thoughts and felt ashamed and annoyed.

In front of Zhang He, he brazenly said that "the Han soldiers should not be cowed" and "our army will win in the field battle". As a result, not only were the Han soldiers beaten into a turtle, but the turtle's shell was also pried off by the Han soldiers.

It seemed that the atmosphere in the tent was unwell.

Wang Shuang asked Zhang He in a low voice: "General Zuo, what should we do now?"

Zhang He glanced at Wang Shuang, hesitated to speak, and swallowed the words that reached his throat.

Just now.

People reported that Li Gan had broken his troops and returned.

When he heard the word "defeat", Meng Da's expression changed drastically and he asked: "Why was it defeated? Where is Li Gan?"

The sergeant was startled and said with a cry: "General, while I was waiting to set up the stronghold, I was suddenly attacked by Han soldiers; General Li was shot by a man riding a white horse!"

Meng Da was furious when he heard this: "Shu Zi has ruined my big job!"

It turned out that Li Gan was ordered to set up a stronghold ten miles away from Jieting, but he was completely unaware of Zhao Yun who was following him.

Zhao Yun did not attack Li Gan at the beginning, but waited until Li Gan was halfway through establishing the stronghold before launching a surprise attack.

Although there were many Wei soldiers, they were caught off guard and could not stop Zhao Yun's three thousand men.

Li Gan wanted to fight Zhao Yun, but he was shot by Zhao Yun. No one even knew Zhao Yun's last name before he died!

The defeated Wei soldiers only knew that the one who challenged Li Gan was a man on a white horse!

Meng Da was once robbed by Zhao Yun, and his general He Jian was picked out by Zhao Yun. Zhao Yun also mocked Meng Da to his face for not being able to lead troops.

The sentence "Han Xin leads troops, the more the better. You Mengda leads troops, up to four thousand." It made Mengda crazy.

Now that he heard the story of the defeated soldiers, Meng Da immediately guessed that it must be Zhao Yun who killed Li Gan!

Zhang He was sneering at this moment: "General Meng, is this your heroic general?"

The guy who was picked up by Zhao Yun actually boasted that he was going to divide his troops and establish a stronghold!
Meng Da said angrily: "General Zuo, now is not the time for you and me to argue. Now Li Gan has been defeated and the antlers outside the camp have been destroyed."

"Although the Han soldiers have temporarily retreated, they must be preparing for a new round of offensive. We need to plan a response immediately."

Zhang He sneered: "What other plan can we make? Abandon the baggage and rush to Anding County immediately. Maybe we can seize some opportunities."

Meng Da frowned: "If you abandon your baggage and flee, even if you go to Anding County, how can you support an army of tens of thousands?"

Zhang He said coldly: "There is a direct connection from Anding County to Chang'an via the Jingshui River, so Chang'an City can transport grain to Anding County; even if there is a temporary shortage, the money and grain from Anding County can be forcibly requisitioned."

"As long as we have these tens of thousands of troops, we still have a chance to make a comeback; if we lose more soldiers for the sake of baggage, Anding County will definitely be taken by Zhuge Liang."

Mengda was silent.

At this moment, Meng Da was still thinking about joining Deng Xian's troops.

a long time.

Meng Da stared with red eyes: "I haven't lost yet! It's impossible to abandon the baggage! I will lead all the troops to escort the baggage and retreat to the street pavilion first. General Zuo, you lead the troops to break up the rear."

Wang Shuang couldn't help it anymore: "General Meng, General Zuo can predict the enemy's plans every time, but you veto General Zuo's judgment every time."

"If Jieting is defeated again, we will have to force our way through the Longshan mountain road. The mountain road is rugged, and we don't know how many people will starve to death from exhaustion."

"You are deliberately sending me to die!"

When Meng Da saw that Wang Shuang, a small general, dared to question himself, he became furious: "You, a small general, dare to teach me how to use soldiers? Are you trying to bully me into using my sword?"

Zhang He stopped Wang Shuang and said calmly: "General Meng, why bother with General Meng? Since General Meng has decided to retreat to Jieting, I will be ordered to cut off the rear."

Meng Da snorted coldly: "Look at General Zuo, I won't argue with you today. If you dare to offend our military power again, you will be killed without mercy!"

Wang Shuang was so angry that his lungs almost exploded.

After Meng Da left, Zhang He comforted Wang Shuang and said: "Wang Shuang, you immediately select five thousand strong soldiers in the army, prepare ten days of rations for each person, and let General Meng take away the rest of the soldiers, horses, money, food and baggage."

Wang Shuang was stunned: "Why does it take ten days?"

Zhang He looked at the direction Meng Da was leaving and said in a disdainful tone: "Meng Da is like a gambler who has lost his sights. He has completely lost his cool. How can I go to the street pavilion to accompany him to death?"

"Mengda refuses to abandon the baggage, this battle has been lost!"

"When we find an opportunity, you and I will immediately separate our troops from Mengda and fight to Anding County. Maybe there is still a glimmer of hope!"

"Remember, I only want strong soldiers! I don't want the old, weak or disabled. If you don't want to obey orders, I will kill them immediately!"

In the last sentence, Zhang He's tone was so murderous that even Wang Shuang couldn't help but shudder.

"General, I will obey the military order!" Wang Shuang hurriedly went to prepare.

Zhuge Liang did not give Meng Da much time to prepare. Half an hour after the first round of offensive, Zhuge Liang launched the second round of offensive.

Without the heavy antlers, Zhuge Liang stopped playing tricks and asked Jiang Wei, Wei Yan and other generals to lead troops to forcefully break the stronghold.

The same is true for Zhuge Qiao in the Western Siege. Huang Zhong, who has been preparing for a long time, is wearing a horse and holding a bow on his back. He is as energetic as the strong soldiers.

Only bursts of drums were heard.

Zhuge Liang of the eastern siege and Zhuge Qiao of the western siege launched a strong attack almost at the same time. Zhang Fei, who heard the drums in the southern siege, also cheered up and ordered Feng Xi and Zhang Zhu to be the vanguard and break the stronghold together!

Seeing that the Han soldiers began to attack the stronghold, Meng Da did not bother to carry the remaining baggage and ordered the soldiers to retreat immediately towards the street pavilion.

"Zhuge Liang, just wait for me. When I join forces, I will make you look good!" Meng Da was very angry.

What Meng Da didn't know was that Deng Xian had indeed arrived and had already arrived near the street pavilion.

However, Zhang Yi, who had ambushed him in advance at the street pavilion, and Zhuge Liang, who had arranged flags and flags on a dozen hills in advance, made Deng Xian suspicious and did not dare to attack in the dark.

(End of this chapter)