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

Chapter 189 Capturing Meng Da alive, building a stronghold in the streets and pavilions (seeking pursuit)
Deng Xian was doubtful, but Su Ze had an insight into the arrangement of the street pavilion.

When confronting Zhuge Qiao in the street pavilion, Zhuge Qiao used false flags as suspects.

Su Ze, who learned that Deng Xian was not stationed in the army and was worried about the war in Lueyang, immediately came to see him and admonished: "General Deng, there must be suspicious soldiers in the street pavilion. If things change later, we must quickly pass through the street pavilion and join forces with General Meng." "

Deng Xian glanced at Su Ze and said in a cold tone: "General Su, do I still need you to teach me how to use troops?"

"Don't think I don't know what you're thinking."

"You wanted to take away my military power, but I took it away instead. You must be dissatisfied."

"You urge me to march, are you trying to borrow a knife to kill someone?"

Should I borrow a knife to kill someone?
Su Ze was so angry that his beard trembled: "General Deng, you know very well why I want to seize military power."

"You don't want to go to Anding County with me, and I respect your opinion; but since you decided to return, why do you stay here?"

"The situation on the battlefield is changing rapidly. If Zhuge Liang of Lueyang takes advantage of you because of your hesitation, aren't you afraid of being punished by General Meng?"

Seeing that both Deng Xian and Li Fu were disgusted, and two ferocious tiger warriors came forward, Su Ze had no choice but to leave angrily.

"You and I both know what kind of person General Meng is."

Deng Xian didn’t hide it either: “I do have this idea!”

"It's better to pretend to be blocked at the street pavilion and wait and see what happens."

Li Fu nodded: "General Zuo has been with the late Emperor for a long time, and he stabilized the morale of the army after the death of General Xiahou Yuan who conquered the west. Therefore, the late Emperor awarded General Zuo the Talisman Festival."

"Otherwise, how could General Zuo risk being suspected by His Majesty and let Su Ze come and seize our military power from you?"

Although Yu Jin is now released, Yu Jin's life is very difficult now.

"Although I don't understand the situation in Longyou, I know that General Zuo is very anxious now. He is so anxious that he wants to use his false power to kill you and me and take away the military power."

"General Zuo, we can't block anymore, retreat!" Wang Shuang rushed to Zhang He's side and urged him urgently.

"In other words, the battle situation in Longyou is now under Zhuge Liang's control!"

Zhang He scolded: "Why are you pretending to be brave in front of me? Leave quickly, because you are not qualified to cut off the queen!"

Take advantage of his illness and kill him.

"If we go rashly, I'm afraid it will be difficult for you and me to escape; but if we don't go, I'm afraid General Meng will blame us."

Not going to Anding County, it can be understood that Meng Da is Deng Xian's uncle, and Deng Xian is unwilling to betray Meng Da; but when he arrived at the street pavilion, he hesitated.

North of Lueyang City.

"He is arrogant. He often thinks that he is the only one in the world who can lead an army. He looks down on others."

Immediately.

"You lead the army and leave first, I will stop the rear!" Zhang He decisively issued the military order.

Don't give the enemy any breathing time!

Su Ze couldn't understand Deng Xian's thoughts.

Just as Su Ze was about to speak, Li Fu interrupted again: "General Su, I want to discuss military affairs with General Deng. Please stay away for the time being."

Zhang He glanced around and knew that he could not delay any longer, otherwise the Han soldiers would form an encirclement force, and Zhang He, the left general, would have to follow in the footsteps of the ban.

"Destroy Zhang He quickly!"

Wang Shuang had no choice but to lead his troops and leave first.

Deng Xian and Li Fu set up camp near Longshan to the east of Jieting, and sent scouts to quietly investigate the situation in Lueyang.

Although Zhang He had five thousand strong soldiers, the Han army also had many elite soldiers and generals.

If Meng Da was allowed to cover the baggage and fled to the street pavilion, and then Meng Da was allowed to set up a stronghold with his back on the Long Mountain, Zhuge Liang would not be able to find the opportunity tonight.

Wang Shuang shook his head repeatedly: "General Zuo goes first, I will stop the rear!"

"General Su, I don't need you to teach me how to do things." Deng Xian said coldly: "I respect you as a veteran and don't want to embarrass you, but please don't interfere with my actions."

Zhuge Liang made a decisive decision and ordered his troops to cover up and kill Zhang He who was behind.

Although he didn't know the specific situation, Zhang He could guess that Yu Jin's illness must be related to visiting Cao Cao's tomb!

"This means that General Meng has committed a major military crime in Longyou, and it is very likely that he fell into Zhuge Liang's trap without knowing it!"

"I admit that when it comes to using troops, I am not as good as him."

"The late emperor's intention is that when General Zuo encounters similar dangers in the future, he will not care about personal honor and disgrace, but focus on national affairs. The Talisman Festival is General Zuo's amulet!"

After Su Ze left, Li Fu spoke again: "General Deng, don't you really want to go to Lueyang?"

Deng Xian nodded: "That's what I had in mind. Pretending to be blocked is at most due to our incompetence. As long as you and I still express our support for General Meng, we won't be punished too much."

Everywhere you go there are signs of "captured and surrendered"!
Zhang He also heard that Cao Pi asked Yu Jin to go to Yecheng to visit Cao Cao's tomb. Yu Jin fell ill after returning and he doesn't know what his condition is now.

"But I'm not stupid either!"

Meng Da led all the troops to cover the baggage and hurried to the street pavilion. Naturally, Zhuge Liang refused to let Meng Da, a big fish, run away like this.

As a close confidant of Meng Da, Li Fu was on good terms with Deng Xian, so he could naturally guess some of Deng Xian's thoughts.

Trying to stop Zhuge Liang's army with these five thousand soldiers is no better than using a mantis' arm as a chariot.

Zhang He fought and retreated, fighting his way out. He did not join forces with Meng Da, and fled directly north towards Anding County!
Zhang He finally escaped, which made Meng Da feel uncomfortable.

When he learned that Zhang He was heading north, Meng Da was so angry that he almost killed someone.

"How dare Zhang He betray me!"

Everything has a cause and a result. How Meng Da treated Zhang He, Zhang He treated Meng Da.

Hearing the shouts of killing getting closer and closer, Meng Da did not dare to hesitate any longer and ordered the troops to abandon their baggage and food and travel lightly.

When the Han soldiers saw the baggage and food, they rushed forward to plunder it.

Upon seeing this, Zhuge Liang ordered the pursuit to stop, and urgently ordered Zhao Yun and other generals to maintain order and transport the heavy supplies of food and grass back to Lueyang City.

"Prime Minister, why don't you pursue me?" Zhao Yun couldn't understand.

Zhuge Liang smiled and said: "I have deployed a hundred thousand troops at the street pavilion, so why chase! These heavy supplies of money and food are the top priority!"

Zhao Yun suddenly felt confused, where did the 100,000 troops come from in this street pavilion?
Zhuge Liang didn't explain much, and just asked Zhao Yun to restrain the sergeants and move all the supplies and food as quickly as possible.

This was enough food for the army for two months. Most of it was stolen by Zhang He from Tianshui County and Guangwei County.

Compared with the Wei soldiers who escaped, these supplies of food and grass should not be missed.

Without food, Zhuge Liang would not be able to resettle the tens of thousands of refugees!
Not long after.

Zhuge Qiao led Wudang's flying army to arrive: "Prime Minister, is there any arrangement for the street pavilion?"

Zhuge Liang nodded: "Bosong, you came at the right time. Mengda gave up his baggage and left, and when he saw that if I didn't chase him, he would definitely end up in the village in Jieting Mountains to stay temporarily."

"I had already ordered Zhang Nan to lead troops to the stronghold and neutralize a large number of straw men and flags as suspicious soldiers. Meng Da is so proud that he will definitely laugh at me for using this clumsy trick."

"You can sneak into the street pavilions and burn them all!"

Zhuge Qiao smiled and said: "That day when I saw the mountains and villages in the north of Wei Zhen, I asked my eldest brother to set up grass-roots soldiers."

"In addition to pretending to be a suspect, he also had the idea of ​​burning down the stronghold, but it was a pity that Zhang He found out."

"Since the Prime Minister wants to burn down the stronghold, he can ask Wei Zhenbei, General Xiang and my eldest brother to go with me. I cannot get this credit alone!"

Zhuge Liang agreed to Zhuge Qiao's proposal.

Letting the brave soldiers and generals who went to the street pavilion to stop Zhang He to win this final military honor is also a reward for the brave soldiers and generals.

Zhuge Liang immediately summoned Wei Yan, Jiang Wei and Xiang Chong, and went to the street pavilion with Zhuge Qiao.

Both Wei Yan and Jiang Wei were very grateful to Xiang Chong for this arrangement.

How difficult and aggrieved the street pavilion was at the beginning, let Meng Da pay it back tonight!
Immediately.

Zhuge Qiao, Wei Yan, Jiang Wei, Xiang Chong and other generals each led their troops and horses, each carrying a handful of thatch, and quietly went to the street pavilions and villages.

the other side.

Mengda walked around the streets, feeling tired and hungry.

Thinking of Zhang He's betrayal and the food and supplies that were forced to be discarded, Meng Da felt so filled with hatred!
"Zhang He, your son, has ruined my life!"

Before Meng Da's anger subsided, the outpost came in panic: "General, there is an ambush at the street pavilion."

Mengda was shocked: Could it be that God wants to kill me?
All the military academies were also panicked.

Soon, Mengda realized something was wrong again: If there was an ambush, why weren't there any shouts of killing?
Thinking of this, Meng Da shouted: "How dare you lie about the military situation? If there is an ambush, why don't you see the ambush troops coming out?"

The outpost officer was already frightened: "But on the top of the mountain ahead, there are all banners of Han generals, and there are a large number of sergeants. I saw it with my own eyes!"

Meng Da frowned and called his guards to ride forward cautiously.

Seeing the flags flying on the top of the mountain and the sergeants standing one by one, Meng Da was also horrified: Is there really an ambush?
wrong!

Meng Da took a closer look under the moonlight and saw that although the flag on the top of the mountain was flying, the sergeant was motionless.

"I see!"

"This must be Zhuge Liang's plan to mislead the enemy!"

"The people standing on the top of this mountain are just thatched figures, not real people!"

"Go and find out quickly!"

The outpost climbed up the mountain tremblingly, and then returned, exclaiming happily: "The general has a brilliant plan, he is indeed a straw man!"

Meng Da sneered: "No wonder Zhuge Liang didn't chase me. He just went to grab the food and supplies. He must have thought that these idiots could scare me."

"Let the troops seize the hilltop immediately and rest in the camp first. Zhuge Liang will catch up later, and we can still have the strength to fight."

There was no rest during the day, and the battle lasted most of the night. Both Meng Da and the other Wei soldiers were on the verge of exhaustion.

If he did not take the opportunity to rest and wait for Zhuge Liang's army to pursue him, Meng Da would not dare to judge how many of these soldiers would have the strength to fight or retreat.

"Don't worry about Zhuge Liang, victory or defeat is a matter of military strategist!"

"I still have 20,000 reinforcements coming from Chencang. They will arrive at Jieting tomorrow!"

"If the reinforcements hadn't arrived, how could Zhuge Liang have taken advantage tonight!"

"The armies gather their strength and wait until daybreak before fighting with the Han dogs again!"

Meng Da encouraged the soldiers.

Although he was defeated for a while, Mengda did not admit defeat.

As long as General Deng Xian arrives, Meng Da can still fight again. This is why Meng Da lets the soldiers rest in the street pavilions and villages.

Without Deng Xian's supporting troops, Meng Da would have to go to Longshan's dangerous route first even if half of his sergeants died from exhaustion.

however.

What Meng Da didn't know was that when Deng Xian's scouts reached Deng Xian with the news of Meng Da's defeat, Deng Xian's first reaction was not to support Meng Da, but to quickly summon Li Fu to discuss withdrawing his troops.

"General Meng has been defeated, and the defeated troops are now in the dozen or so cottages in Jieting."

"Fortunately, I didn't go to support tonight, otherwise I would have been scattered by the rout."

"We can't wait any longer. We must go to Anding County overnight, otherwise General Meng will send people to summon us to wait. If I don't wait, I will be disobedient. If I go, I will die together."

Empress Deng Xian was extremely frightened.

If he hadn't been hesitant, he would have encountered Meng Da's defeated troops as soon as he arrived in Lueyang tonight.

The division's veterans are tired and will definitely lose!

Li Fu was also frightened: "Guo Governor is right, Longyou is a trap! It's a pity that General Meng doesn't believe it!"

"We can't go directly to Anding County. We have to ask General Su to take charge of the army, otherwise we will be punished after the war."

Deng Xian hesitated and said: "But once we remove General Su's military power, how can General Su agree to take charge of the army again?"

Li Fu said: "By delaying our advance, we also saved General Su's life. Please invite General Su to come later, and you and I will cry out to General Su."

"General Su has always put state affairs first, and he will definitely agree to your request." Deng Xian thought for a while and felt that what Li Fu said made sense, so he invited Su Ze to come to discuss the matter.

Su Ze originally did not want to see Deng Xian, but he was worried about the war in Lueyang, so he got up to see Deng Xian and Li Fu.

As soon as they arrived at Deng Xian's tent, Deng Xian and Li Fu warmly welcomed Su Ze to the banquet and sat down. Then they pushed the golden mountain over the jade pillar and knelt down crying.

"General Su, please save my life!"

Su Ze vaguely guessed the reason: "General Deng, has there been any change in the war in Lueyang?"

Deng Xian did not dare to conceal: "General Meng suffered a great defeat, and his defeated troops are now in the Jieting Mountains, less than ten miles away from our army. Please take charge of the overall situation, General Su, and lead us into Anding County."

Su Ze was shocked: "Have you ever found out where General Zhang He is?"

Deng Xian shook his head: "General Zhang He has not been detected, but I estimate that General Zhang He may have gone to Anding County in advance, otherwise General Meng would not have been defeated so miserably."

Su Ze looked solemn and his tone was a little weird: "One of you is Meng Da's confidant, and the other is Meng Da's nephew. Now that Meng Da is in trouble, you two are unwilling to help each other?"

Deng Xian and Li Fu lowered their heads and said nothing.

Seeing that the two were silent, Su Ze also guessed the reason. It was simply that Deng Xian and Li Fu were worried that they would be punished if they rescued Meng Da, or that they might die in the street pavilion with Meng Da.

"That's it!"

"Since you two are willing to obey my command, I will not discuss your crimes to Your Majesty."

"Immediately break up the stronghold and set off, retreat through Longshan to Anding County, and meet up with General Zhang He!"

Su Ze made a prompt decision.

We must leave this place before Meng Da's messenger arrives, otherwise we will die without mercy.

Seeing that Su Ze was willing to take charge of military affairs, Deng Xian and Li Fu breathed a sigh of relief and quickly went to inform the entire army.

Not long after leaving, Mengda's messenger came here.

Looking at the deserted camp, the messenger was completely confused.

After thinking for a moment, the messenger gritted his teeth and walked towards the Longshan Mountain Road.

Even if you are a dead Taoist friend and not a poor Taoist, whoever returns to the street pavilion will be a fool!

Deng Xian and Li Fu rebelled again, directly pushing Meng Da's tired army to a desperate situation.

Meng Da deserves this retribution.

For a capricious person, it is impossible for the close relatives and relatives around him to have too much loyalty.

Just like Hou Cheng, Song Xian and Wei Xu who were under Lu Bu's command, Hou Cheng and Song Xian were Lu Bu's confidants, and Wei Xu was close to Lu Bu both internally and externally.

However, after Lu Bu was in power, Hou Cheng, Song Xian, and Wei Xu kidnapped Chen Gong Gao Shun and surrendered directly to Cao Cao.

Meng Da could betray Liu Zhang and Liu Bei for their own interests, and Deng Xian and Li Fu could also rebel against Meng Da for their own interests.

And in Jietingqunzhai.

All the Wei soldiers, including the patrolmen, were sound asleep in the camp.

Meng Da was also very sleepy and fell to the ground to sleep.

No one thought that danger was approaching!

In a daze, Mengda smelled a smell of smoke.

Meng Da, who was always alert, suddenly opened his eyes.

However, the scene in front of him made Meng Da stunned.

"This fire?"

"Oops, I fell into a trap!"

With the sound of "I've fallen into the trap", Mengda rolled and crawled towards the place where the horse was tied.

Wei soldiers were constantly awakened.

The camp on the hilltop was not big to begin with, and most of Meng Da's tens of thousands of soldiers were crowded into these dozen or so cottages, and there were a large number of straw men and flags in the cottages.

In addition, there is a night wind tonight, the fire takes advantage of the wind, and the wind helps the fire.

The fire started quickly!

At the top of Jieting Nanshan, Zhang Yi's troops stationed there were also shocked to see the village on fire.

"It must be the Prime Minister's plan!"

Zhang Yi made an instant judgment and immediately ordered people to beat the gongs and drums.

"My fellow soldiers, the opportunity to make a meritorious deed has come. Follow me to capture Mengda alive!"

Zhang Yi had already detected that Wei Bing was in the stronghold opposite, but he never dared to act rashly. Who knew that this happiness would come so quickly.

The first colonel said cautiously: "General, we still have Wei soldiers to the east. If we go to capture Meng Da, will we be attacked from behind?"

Zhang Yi snorted coldly: "There are only two thousand of us bluffing here. Those Wei soldiers didn't dare to cross the street pavilion. They must be frightened in their hearts."

"Ignore them, capture Meng Da first. Once you capture Meng Da, the Wei soldiers in the east won't be a worry!"

The generals no longer have any doubts.

Meng Da was the commander-in-chief of the Western Front of Cao Wei. If he captured Meng Da, it would be a great achievement!
"Kill!"

Zhang Yi pointed his sword, and the two thousand Han soldiers were as fierce and swift as the rain after a long drought.

Zhuge Qiao, Jiang Wei, Wei Yan, Xiang Chong and others who set the fire also shouted for death.

The Wei soldiers, who were already in low morale, were first burned by the fire, and then frightened by the shouts of killing, and they fled eastward one by one.

Almost none of the Wei soldiers had the will to fight. They wished they had two more legs and escaped from this purgatory as soon as possible.

Mengda panicked and led more than ten mounted guards towards Longshan.

As soon as they arrived at Jieting City, they were intercepted by Zhang Yi's troops.

"Ha ha!"

"God wants Zhang Yi to achieve this great achievement!"

"Mengda, you still recognize me, Qianwei Zhang Yi!"

Zhang Yi raised his knife and shouted in an excited tone, looking at Meng Da as if he were looking at a piece of delicious tender meat.

Meng Da was anxious and angry, so he drew his bow and fired: "Unknown person, get out of my way!"

Zhang Yi tilted his head and dodged Meng Da's sharp arrow: "You don't even have the strength to shoot an arrow, but you still have the nerve to call me a nobody."

"It's disrespectful to come back without reciprocating! Look at me spreading my magic arrow! Shoot your left eye!"

Zhang Yi also drew his bow and shot, but what he shot was not Meng Da, but Meng Da's mount.

Meng Da was deceived by Zhang Yi's cry. As soon as he turned his head, he heard his mount whine and lift Meng Da away.

"Caught alive!"

Zhang Yi shouted and led his troops to attack.

Meng Da turned over and ran away, while the surrounding guards rushed directly towards Zhang Yi, trying to buy Meng Da time to escape.

"Don't let Mengda escape!"

"Quick, everyone shout!"

When Zhang Yi saw Meng Da's personal guards blocking the way, he quickly asked the soldiers to shout.

Wei Yan, who was closest, heard the shouts of the Han soldiers, took a closer look and saw Meng Da who was trying to cross the mountains.

Throwing away the ring-shou sword in his hand and taking off his armor, Wei Yan ran towards Meng Da wearing only a short sword and a single coat.

"Mengda, where are you running!"

Wei Yan's roaring voice sounded in Mengda's ears, which frightened Mengda to the core.

When he turned around and saw Wei Yan alone, Meng Da's fear turned into anger: "Just you?"

However, Wei Yan did not use his words to talk to Meng Da. He pounced and directly dragged Meng Da back from the hillside. Both of them rolled down the hillside.

"Capture Mengda alive!"

Seeing that Wei Yan and Meng Da both fell, Zhang Yi also rushed towards Meng Da.

Not long after.

Meng Da was held down by Wei Yan and Zhang Yi.

"How to divide the credit?"

"half each!"

This simple conversation between Zhang Yi and Wei Yan made Mengda even more angry and tried to break free.

But how could Zhang Yi and Wei Yan let Meng Da get what they wanted?

Zhang Yi and Wei Yan each punched Meng Da in the eye, knocking him blind.

Another sergeant threw a rope, and the two of them tied Meng Da tightly!
Not long after.

Zhuge Qiao, Jiang Wei and Xiang Chong also arrived one after another.

"Mengda, long time no see."

Zhuge Qiao greeted Meng Da with a smile.

Just as Meng Da was about to speak, Zhuge Qiao punched Meng Da in the stomach, causing Meng Da to burst into tears.

"This punch was for Fa Shangshu!" Zhuge Qiao said calmly.

Meng Da endured the pain and stared at Meng Da fiercely: "Zhuge, if you want to kill me, just kill me. Why humiliate me!"

however.

Meng Da responded with another punch: "This punch is for my aunt!"

Meng Da only felt abdominal cramps and dizziness, and could not even say harsh words.

The next moment, there was another punch in the abdomen: "This punch was for my grandfather."

One punch for revenge for betraying Fa Zheng, one punch for revenge for imprisoning Zhuge Qiao's aunt, and one punch for revenge for belittling Zhuge Gui under Lueyang City.

After three punches, Zhuge Qiao felt refreshed and his thoughts were clear: "Take him to Lueyang and hand him over to the prime minister."

This move made the generals a little stunned.

Jiang Wei couldn't help but ask: "Bosong, are you here specifically to punch these three punches?"

Zhuge Qiao clapped his hands: "These three punches are more or less filled with personal grudges."

"If I don't fight now, I will lose my status if I fight again when I get to the Prime Minister's side."

"Whoever captures Meng Da will get the credit. I won't compete with you."

Everyone looked at Zhuge Qiao with a little weird look, especially Wei Yan!

It was Wei Yan who told Zhuge Qiao that Meng Da scolded Zhuge Gui outside the city. It was not Wei Yan who deliberately provoked it, but Zhuge Qiao asked about the war in Lueyang, and Wei Yan told him the truth.

Thinking of Zhuge Liang angrily scolding Meng Da at the top of the city, then going out to rob the camp, and then comparing Zhuge Qiao's three punches to avenge his personal grudges, Wei Yan had a deeper understanding of Zhuge Liang and Zhuge Qiao's father and son.

So vindictive!

Meng Da was first punched in the eyes by Wei Yan and Zhang Yi, and now he was punched three times in the stomach by Zhuge Qiao. He had already lost the strength to speak.

"Mengda has been captured. Bosong has made great achievements this time."

"I didn't expect that these cottages that used to stand on the street could still have such an effect."

Jiang Wei looked at the hilltop where the fire was gradually extinguishing and couldn't help but sigh.

Zhuge Qiao smiled and said: "It's just a small burning camp, not surprising. If I have the opportunity, I will show you a burning camp for seven hundred miles."

(End of this chapter)