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

Chapter 210 Sima Yi pretends to be defeated in six formations, and Wei Kuanggu’s troops approach Chang’an (seeking pursuit)

Camp, handsome tent.

Cao Zhang sat in the main seat, pressing his helmet on the table with his right hand.

Different from the high spirits before sending out troops, at this moment Cao Zhang lowered his proud head like a defeated rooster.

Morale was frustrated one after another, and Cao Zhang's self-confidence also collapsed.

If Liu Bei's robbery of the camp was a trick, it is understandable that he would not be convinced if he lost; but in the daytime, he used superior troops to defeat the disadvantage, and this is not a question of being convinced or not.

You have to recognize the talent!

And in front of Cao Zhang.

Zhang He, Su Ze, Li Fu, Deng Xian, Xiahou Ba, Xian Yufu, Dai Ling, Liu Ruo and other generals were divided into left and right groups.

Xiahou Ba couldn't stand the dull atmosphere and apologized: "General, this battle was all due to my disadvantage. I failed to stop Ma Chao. I am willing to accept the punishment."

When Xian Yufu, Dai Ling and other generals saw Xiahou Ba's remarks, they all clasped their fists to apologize.

Zhang He also cupped his fists to apologize.

Seeing that the generals were like this, Cao Zhang's gloomy expression relaxed a lot: "I am the chief general. The faults in this battle are all my fault and have nothing to do with the generals."

All the generals apologized to the generals, but Cao Zhang couldn't really think that it was the generals' fault.

After calming down the atmosphere, Cao Zhang asked the generals for advice: "Liu Bei's spirit is at its peak. It's hard for us to stop him. Do you have any good strategies for defeating the enemy?"

The generals were silent.

It’s hard to stop the enemy. Is there any good strategy to defeat the enemy?
Zhang He wanted Cao Zhang to adopt a temporary avoidance strategy, but he suppressed the idea after a while.

Zhang He has already mentioned this strategy once. If he mentions it again, Cao Zhang may not be able to make him feel embarrassed.

Seeing that the atmosphere was about to become dull again, a soldier came in from the outside: "General, Sima Supervisor is outside asking for an audience!"

Cao Zhang's face was a little stiff.

Thinking of Sima Yi's advice before leaving, Cao Zhang felt a blush.

Cao Zhang suppressed the shame in his heart and sent word to Sima Yi to enter the tent.

Not long after.

Sima Yi strode over and saluted Cao Zhang: "General, all the provisions for ten days have been brought to Dazhai."

Cao Zhang nodded: "Thank you for your hard work, supervisor."

After Sima Yi finished reporting, he stopped talking and stood behind Zhang He.

Cao Zhang was about to speak but stopped. He wanted to ask for advice, but he didn't want to show weakness in front of Sima Yi.

Xiahou Ba saw Cao Zhang's entangled mentality and said again: "General, Sima Jianjun always has strategies, why not ask Sima Jianjun to discuss the details together."

Cao Zhang pretended to be enlightened: "I was only thinking about Ce Ce and almost forgot about it. Xiahou Ba, please tell Sima Supervisor about the current situation."

Xiahou Ba then told Sima Yi in detail the circumstances of Sima Yi's absence these days.

Sima Yi thought about it for a moment, and already had a plan in his mind: "General, Liu Bei's army is in full swing, so we can't fight him head-on."

"There is a saying in the art of war: one can make a big move, then it will weaken again, and three times it will be exhausted. If the enemy is exhausted, I will be full, so I can overcome it."

"The plan for now is to make a plan to deplete the morale of Liu Bei's army before he can take advantage of it."

Cao Zhang asked: "Please tell the supervisor more details."

Sima Yi said calmly: "It's the end of May now, and the weather is getting hotter."

"If Liu Bei were in Wuzhangyuan, where there would be trees to shade him and the Wei River to relieve the heat, his morale would not be depressed because of the hot weather."

"If we want to disrupt Liu Bei's morale, we must lead Liu Bei's army out of Wuzhangyuan."

"The general can build a stronghold ten miles away from the main stronghold to the exit of Tangluo Road, and then set up six strongholds around the city."

"These six villages must be built in the shade of mountains and trees to avoid the scorching sun."

"If Liu Bei comes to attack, feign defeat and retreat to the rear stronghold."

Xiahou Ba wondered: "What if Liu Bei doesn't attack?"

Sima Yi smiled and said: "If Liu Bei doesn't attack, the morale of the army will be exhausted."

"Liu Bei wanted to ensure his vigor, so he had no choice but to attack the stronghold in one go."

"Otherwise, once this morale is exhausted, it will be difficult for Liu Bei to find another fighting opportunity."

Cao Zhang thought of Zhang He's strategy.

It is also to temporarily avoid the sharp edge, and there is a village every ten miles from Wugong River to Chang'an City for more than a hundred miles.

When Liu Bei captured a stronghold, he retreated to another stronghold.

This will increase Liu Bei's supply difficulties and consume Liu Bei's morale.

Wise men generally have the same concerns.

Seeing that Sima Yi's strategy was exactly the same as Zhang He's, Cao Zhang also understood the strategic gap between Sima Yi, Zhang He and Liu Bei.

Cao Zhang, who suffered several defeats in a row, finally stopped being stubborn after realizing that he was no longer as smart as Liu Bei.

"What the supervisor said is true."

"Let Liu Bei know how powerful I am!"

Cao Zhang adopted Sima Yi's strategy and immediately ordered Sima Yi to lead Dai Ling and Liu Ruo to take charge of the military affairs of the stronghold.

Sima Yi didn't refuse either.

This strategy was proposed by Sima Yi. It was very reasonable for Sima Yi to be responsible for setting up the stronghold.

But when leaving, Sima Yi met Zhang He and Yu Jin alone.

"General Left, General Right, although I am not in the army these days, I am also aware of the affairs of Sun Zang and Zou Qi."

"General Zhenxi has been fond of being a general since he was a child, and he was appreciated by the late emperor. He also fought against Wuhuan and Xianbei without hesitation, so he developed a arrogant personality."

"General Zhenxi can use Xiahou Ba's mouth to ask for advice today. I guess he has realized his shortcomings."

"General Zuo and General Right are both veteran generals in the army, and they are both highly regarded by the late emperor. General Zhenxi has done some extreme things. I ask these two generals to put state affairs first and bear with me."

"After defeating Liu Bei, I will definitely demonstrate my merits for the two generals in front of His Majesty."

Sima Yi said it sincerely.

Although Cao Zhang had many shortcomings, for the sake of state affairs, Sima Yi had to try his best to coordinate the relationships.

Cao Pi really didn't like Cao Zhang.

But compared to letting Zhang He, Yu Jin and others supervise the army on the western front, Cao Pi trusted Cao Zhang more.

Cao Zhang's identity makes him a natural mortal enemy of Liu Bei, but the foreign general is not sure.

This is also the reason why Sima Yi proposed to Cao Pi to use Cao Zhang.

If you don't use Cao Zhang, you have to use Cao Zhen.

Cao Zhen had to coordinate all directions again, and there must be a general beside Cao Pi.

Zhang He and Yu Jin both knew the importance of the situation, so they naturally understood Sima Yi's painstaking efforts.

"Don't worry, supervisor, we will not abolish the official position for personal reasons." Zhang He and Yu Jin both swore to express their stance.

After Sima Yi gave instructions to the two generals, he led Dai Ling and Liu Ruo to the rear to set up a stronghold.

Just as Sima Yi expected.

After Liu Bei won the battle, he launched a fierce attack on Cao Zhang's camp the next day.

The so-called "beating the drum once, then weakening, and finally exhausting" does not refer to a specific day but a stage in general.

Liu Bei avoided fighting for more than ten days to recuperate his energy; the success of hijacking the camp and fighting the battle array brought this energy to the highest level.

Before this spirit is dissipated, Liu Bei must use this high morale to urge his troops to fight urgently in order to maintain this spirit.

This is all in one go.

two days.

Cao Zhang's former army main stronghold was breached.

four days.

Liu Bei defeated Cao Zhang's three strongholds.

six days.

Liu Bei defeated Cao Zhang's Six Strongholds.

The battle line has been pushed to Wugong Mountain between Yi County and Zhouzhi, which is nearly fifty miles away from the dangerous village of Wuzhangyuan Granary.

Except for the soldiers and horses left in Xi County, Cao Zhang led his army to retreat all the way to the vicinity of Zhouzhi City at the exit of Tangluo Road, which was less than ten miles away from Zhouzhi City.

"Your Majesty, Cao Zhang retreats again and again, he must be deliberately avoiding the edge."

"No further advancement."

Cao Zhang changed his normal fighting style, which made Fazheng uncontrollably wary.

Liu Bei looked at Cao Zhang's new camp in the distance and hummed: "How could I not know Cao Zhang's tricks?"

"This is to deplete the morale of my army and increase the difficulty of logistics and food transportation. At the same time, it also wants to make me arrogant and careless."

"Hmph! It's a pity that Cao Zhang couldn't guess my intention at all."

"I'm here with him to play a game of chasing each other. I'm not here to steal a few of his camps."

"Calculating the time, it's almost time for Wen Chang to leave Ziwu Valley."

"Just keep an eye on Cao Zhang here. If there is any movement in Cao Zhang's camp, urge the army to attack again!"

"If Chief Wen cannot make any achievements, he will return to the army and attack Yi County first, and then use Yi County as the foundation to build a granary step by step."

Fa Zheng saw that Liu Bei had not been dazzled by the victory and felt calm.

Liu Bei wanted to wait for Wei Yan to make a contribution, but Fazheng also understood the situation and didn't say anything.

Fazheng can check for Liu Bei's mistakes, fill in his gaps, and alert him to risks, but he cannot make decisions for Liu Bei.

Seeing that Liu Bei no longer attacked the stronghold, Cao Zhang no longer retreated.

The two sides faced off again at Wugong Mountain.

And in the mountains thirty miles away from Chiyang.

Zhuge Qiao hid his troops here.

The battle between Liu Bei and Cao Zhang was too loud and had long been detected by Zhuge Qiao's scouts.

Knowing that Liu Bei had won six battles in a row and faced Cao Zhang at Wugong Mountain, Zhuge Qiao had already guessed Liu Bei's purpose.

"Your Majesty's performance is over, and now it's my turn."

"Old general, let's go to Chiyang to meet Hao Zhao."

"I couldn't capture this man last time I broke through Yuzhong City, but this time I bumped into him in Chiyang."

Huang Zhong was also excited: "With Chiyang, we can directly capture Chang'an City."

Zhuge Qiao shook his head gently: "Old General misunderstood, our goal this time is only Hao Zhao, Chang'an City must look for another opportunity."

"You have to eat this meal one bite at a time. If you eat too much, you will easily choke."

Huang Zhong laughed: "Don't worry, Bosong. If you ask me to go east, I will never go west."

"Since Bo Song said the target is Hao Zhao, let's deal with this Hao Zhao first!"

Zhuge Qiao smiled, summoned Wang Ping and Ma Zhong, and gave careful instructions: "Zijun, Dexin, and you each led a flying army. They stopped all the way and avoided Chiyang City to Chang'an."

"Be careful not to walk too fast. Be sure to pretend to be cautious and sneak to Chang'an."

"Ignore Hao Zhao's scouts. If you see Hao Zhao arriving with his troops, fight and leave."

"You can determine the specific proportions by yourself, grasp the core essentials of the sixteen-character tactic, and walk Hao Zhao like a dog with a dog collar."

Wang Ping and Ma Zhongzhen accepted the meeting and left after receiving the order.

Walking the dog.

Wherever the rope goes, the dog has to go.

And Zhuge Qiao's sixteen-character strategy is even more impressive.

Hao Zhao's scouts were scouting within thirty miles, and soon noticed Wang Ping and Ma Zhong who were dying.

Hao Zhao was overjoyed when he heard the news: "After hiding for so many days, I finally lost my temper. Today I will avenge Wei Ping!"

These days, Hao Zhao has been waiting for Zhuge Qiao to appear.

Before arriving in Chiyang, Hao Zhao asked his scouts to go quickly along the Jinghe River to gather information. Fortunately, they were able to find out Zhuge Qiao's whereabouts heading south.

However, Zhuge Qiao was too cautious, and the few scouts who went there only managed to escape with a half-disabled one.

After that, Zhuge Qiao seemed to have disappeared. No matter how Hao Zhao searched, he could not find Zhuge Qiao's whereabouts.

Hao Zhao could only judge Zhuge Qiao's approximate hiding location based on experience.

Immediately.

Hao Zhao left a thousand soldiers to guard the city and personally led 4,000 soldiers to stop it.

Seeing Hao Zhao, Wang Ping and Ma Zhong's expressions changed drastically, and with a greeting, they led the soldiers to retreat.

Hao Zhao couldn't help but laugh when he saw the direction in which the Wudang Fei Army was retreating: "It's indeed hidden here. Now that I've found the trace, don't even think about running away again."

however.

What makes Hao Zhao depressed is that Wudang Feijun is so good at running away!

I could keep up with him at first, but soon I was pulled further away by the Wudang Feijun.

Looking at the densely wooded mountain forest, Hao Zhao did not dare to pursue in depth, so he could only return to Chiyang City angrily. "Zhuge Qiao, this bastard, is still as slippery as before!"

"How abominable!"

What made Hao Zhao angry was that as soon as he left, Wang Ping and Ma Zhong emerged from the woods and walked towards Chang'an again.

This time Wang Ping and Ma Zhong stopped pretending and directly raised their flags.

As if he was deliberately telling Hao Zhao, "Come on, come after me!"

Hao Zhao was so angry that he couldn't bear it and led his troops back to fight again.

When Wang Ping and Ma Zhong saw Hao Zhao, they turned around and ran away again, this time dropping their flags.

The meaning of humiliation is evident on the surface.

Relying on his quick legs and feet, Wudang Feijun quickly left Hao Zhao behind.

"How dare you play with me like this!"

"How annoying!"

Hao Zhao was so angry.

Whose family treats war like children's play?
If you want to sneak attack on Chang'an, then attack Chang'an. What kind of hide-and-seek game are you playing with me here?
In anger.

The scouts urgently reported that Han soldiers appeared outside Chiyang City.

Hao Zhao was surprised: "Is this a plan to lure the tiger away from the mountain? Zhuge Qiao's goal is Chiyang City?"

Hao Zhao, who was worried about the loss of Chiyang, quickly led his troops back to Chiyang City.

What makes Hao Zhao furious is:

Before arriving at Chiyang City, the scout reported that the Han soldiers had left.

Being teased by Zhuge Qiao one after another, Hao Zhao was angry and helpless.

After calming down, Hao Zhao also understood Zhuge Qiao's intention.

"This is Zhuge Qiao's plan to exhaust his troops!"

"Humph!"

"Do you think you can stump me like this?"

"I don't believe you have enough food and grass to spend with me!"

Hao Zhao no longer pursued the enemy, but chose to set up a stronghold outside the city to compete with Chiyang City. At the same time, he sent a large number of scouts, preparing to compete with Zhuge Qiao here.

"Oops, my trick has been discovered again."

Zhuge Qiao found out the news, shook the iron feather fan in his hand, and his tone was a little more playful.

"Send the order for the sergeant to go fishing in the Jing River. We haven't eaten meat for a long time."

"I heard that there is a Dragon King in the Jinghe River. I don't know if it's true or not. If I can catch a Dragon King, I won't have to worry about food and grass for this month."

Seeing Zhuge Qiao's joking words, Huang Zhong said helplessly: "Bosong, if there really is a Dragon King in the Jinghe River, aren't you afraid of the Dragon King's revenge?"

Zhuge Qiao didn't take it seriously: "Your Majesty is ordered by Heaven, and I am punishing thieves according to His Majesty's mandate. Why would the Dragon King dare to retaliate against me?"

Huang Zhong saw that Zhuge Qiao was deliberately teasing Hao Zhao, and knew that they could not fight in a short time, so he said: "I haven't gone fishing for a long time, so I will send troops to catch some river fish."

As for the food and grass that Hao Zhao was worried about?
Zhuge Qiao marched all the way from Linjing City and brought a lot of food and grass with him.

If the soldiers and horses are not moving, the grain and grass will go first.

Zhuge Qiao attached great importance to food and grass.

For Zhuge Liang: being undefeated is far more important than a great victory.

Zhuge Qiao's confusing behavior makes it even harder for Hao Zhao to understand.

"Fishing?"

"Is it because Zhuge Qiao's army is about to run out of food?"

"Perhaps this is Zhuge Qiao deliberately luring me to intercept and kill him."

Hao Zhao carefully deduced Zhuge Qiao's intentions, but it was always difficult to guess Zhuge Qiao's true intentions.

In the end, Hao Zhao decided to remain calm and ignore Zhuge Qiao's confusing behavior.

As long as Zhuge Qiao cannot go to Chang'an City, Hao Zhao thinks he will be invincible.

What Hao Zhao didn't know was.

Zhuge Qiao's series of confusing behaviors were not because he did not want to fight Chang'an.

Zhuge Qiao wanted to take the credit for Chang'an City more than anyone else.

If not, why would Zhuge Qiao have to go around Anding County in a big circle.

just.

This purpose is sequential.

Zhuge Qiao's current purpose is just to contain Hao Zhao so that Hao Zhao has no time to care about him for the time being.

Liu Bei is waiting for Wei Yan.

Zhuge Qiao was also waiting for Wei Yan.

Wei Yan can't get out of Ziwu Valley, Zhuge Qiao has an ordinary plan: Wei Yan can get out of Ziwu Valley, Zhuge Qiao has an optimal plan.

In order to implement the optimal plan, Zhuge Qiao was willing to wait for Wei Yan to appear.

If we can capture Chang'an with minimal casualties, why not?

Zhuge Qiao didn't want the flying army to die because of the general's will.

The exit of Ziwu Valley.

A disgraced young man walked out of the valley.

Looking at the road ahead, the young man couldn't help but want to roar.

Before the young man could speak, a thick slap was slapped across his head and face, and a low roar sounded: "If you want to die, I will give you a knife."

The young man quickly stretched his neck.

Behind the young man, soldiers came out one after another, all of them looking disgraced and dirty.

These soldiers and horses are none other than Wei Yanjun who came from Ziwu Valley.

How difficult is it to walk in Ziwu Valley?
Even Wei Yan, who proposed this surprise attack plan, almost lost his footing and died.

The Ziwu Valley at this time was not the Lychee Road during the reign of Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty. The Lychee Road had a post road built by Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty, but the current Ziwu Valley did not!

Of Wei Yan's four thousand soldiers, more than two hundred died in Ziwu Valley!

Even Wei Yan's son Wei Chang privately advised Wei Yan to give up.

however.

There is no way Wei Yan will give up!
If you give up, it will be difficult to achieve great success in the future.

Wei Yan knew better that Liu Bei was still waiting in Guanzhong!

Although Liu Bei said that whether Wei Yan failed or not would not affect the war in Guanzhong, Wei Yan could tell that Liu Bei really hoped that Wei Yan would make meritorious deeds.

This means.

Liu Bei's military operations in Guanzhong will cooperate with Wei Yan's operations.

And this cooperation will not last long.

If Wei Zhan is unable to get out of Ziwu Valley, Liu Bei will also change his combat strategy.

"Send the order, rest where you are, eat dry food, and drink more water."

"In an hour, head straight to Chang'an City!"

Wei Yan is very clear about the principle that soldiers are valuable and quick.

Don't stay at the exit of Ziwu Valley for too long. If you stay too long, you will be easily noticed by Wei Jun's scouts.

If he failed, then Wei Yan would be sorry for his hard work for so long, sorry for Liu Bei's trust, and sorry for the more than 200 warriors who died in Ziwu Valley.

More than three thousand Han soldiers sat on the ground and took out the dry food and drinking water from their arms.

Although the dry food was hard to swallow, the current conditions made it impossible to make a fire.

These dry foods are prepared in the valley one day in advance.

Wei Yan also took out dry food and water, chewed it carefully, and took out the map.

Wei Yan has been pondering the route on the map for many days.

Although he had already memorized Gungua in his mind, Wei Yan would still take it out from time to time to check.

An hour later.

Wei Yan stood up and ordered the soldiers to check their swords and shields.

"set off!"

Not a lot of motivational words.

This group of Han soldiers could not contain their excitement when they came out of the valley.

If Wei Yan had given him a few words of encouragement, this group of Han soldiers would probably have roared.

A distance of thirty miles.

Even if it is long, it is long, and if it is short, it is short.

But when this Han army appeared at the gate of Chang'an City, Xia Houmao, who was guarding the city, was stunned.

"Have the Han dogs killed them in the city?"

"How can this be!"

"Did General Zhenxi lose?"

Xia Houmao was still in the gentle village, singing and dancing with the beautiful concubine sent by the officials of Chang'an. When he suddenly heard that Han troops were approaching the city, he seemed to be dreaming.

Xia Houmao, who did not believe in evil, quickly came to the city.

Looking at the nearly four thousand Han soldiers under the city, Xia Houmao felt a chill on his neck.

"I'm going to die, I'm going to die!"

"With so many Han dogs, General Zhenxi won't really be defeated, right?"

"It's over, it's over, I shouldn't come to Chang'an to show off."

"Although Princess Qinghe is a bit arrogant, she doesn't allow me to take concubines, and I have to apply for approval if I sleep with her. It's better than dying in Chang'an City."

Xia Houmao was originally a prodigal, and he came to Chang'an City just to steal sex.

This fishy thing was stolen, but it also cost half of my life.

"How about running away?"

"Whoever wants to guard Chang'an City can guard it. If I go to Tongguan, I can survive."

Just as Xia Houmao was about to run away, a small school boy at the top of the city who wanted to please Xia Houmao shouted proudly: "Han dog, do you know who is guarding this Chang'an city?"

"Have you ever heard of Xiahou Mao, the son of the great general of the Wei Dynasty, the son-in-law of Emperor Wu of the Wei Dynasty, the Qilin'er of the Xiahou family, capable of shooting tigers, unparalleled in riding and shooting, and the most outstanding and promising general of Anxi in the Wei Dynasty!"

"If you are afraid, put down your weapons and surrender immediately!"

"Otherwise General Anxi can kill you with one arrow!"

Xiahou Mao was confused.

Why didn't I know that I was so powerful?

His mother is also!

How can I escape if you shout like that?
Xiahou Mao was so angry that his teeth itched with hatred.

I usually tolerate flattery, but if you flatter me at this time, isn't that just trying to kill me?

When Wei Yan heard Xia Houmao's long list of titles, he was a little frightened at first.

The surprise attack on Chang'an City was to take advantage of the information gap and catch them off guard.

If the guards of Chang'an City were too powerful, Wei Yan would be helpless.

When he heard the three words Xia Houmao, Wei Yan was shocked for a while, and subconsciously cursed: "So you are that good-for-nothing Xia Houmao!"

"I almost scared you."

"Does a pheasant wearing tiger skin deserve to call itself Qilin'er?"

"Xiahou Mao, surrender quickly and I will save you from death!"

"Otherwise, when His Majesty's army comes here, you will be captured alive!"

Nearly four thousand Han soldiers also shouted: "Surrender and avoid death!"

Xia Houmao kicked away the flattering principal: "You idiot, how dare you reveal my identity!"

"You must be Han Dog's spy!"

"Come here, drag this thief down and chop him down!"

Everyone in the small school was dumbfounded.

what's the situation?
Is it wrong for me to praise the general?

Xia Houmao ignored this bad little schoolmaster and said tremblingly: "Quick, ask General Zhu Ling to defend the city!"

　Asking for monthly ticket

　
(End of this chapter)