Lu Dynasty

Chapter 766 Going to Jingzhou

It is written in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms that Zhuge Liang came out of the mountain with three fires, one Bowang, one Xinye, and one Chibi.In fact, the fire of Bowang belonged to Liu Bei, the fire of Chibi belonged to Zhou Yu, and only the fire in Xinye belonged to Zhuge Liang, and Liu Bei had no choice but to burn Bowang. If he had no choice, why would he use himself as bait?With Zhuge Liang's calmness, he would never put his lord in such a dangerous place!Now that Liu Bei has already obtained the four counties in Jingnan, he stayed in Nanjun for nothing, how could he go back to Xinye to make bait?Since there are no bait soldiers, Huoshao Bowang is just a joke!So what Zhao Yun needs to guard against is precisely the fire of Xinye!

After Zhao Yun got my orders and instructions, he deliberately studied the terrain of Bowang and Xinye, and he found that Bowang Slope was indeed a good ambush point.Therefore, when passing by Bowang, he was careful, for fear of being ambushed.Many people were puzzled by his behavior, Zhao Yun only used "the prime minister's order" to dismiss those who had doubts.No one in my unit dares to question my orders, even if they are wrong.

As expected, Bowang Slope was lush with vegetation. Zhao Yun, who was riding on a horse and looking at the vegetation in front of him, kept sending out scouts to investigate and make sure that there were no ambushes or suspicious objects before moving forward.Zhuge Liang had already received the news that our army had taken over Jingzhou, and he also thought about setting up an ambush on Bowangpo.But when he heard that the general leading the troops this time was Zhao Yun, he gave up his plan to burn Bowang.Because from the information, Zhuge Liang saw that Zhao Yun was as calm as himself.For a calm person, tricks often have little effect, because his actions have no flaws, but tricks need flaws, even if they are tiny.

Sure enough, after listening to the scouts' report, Zhuge Liang greatly appreciated Zhao Yun's step-by-step approach.If it weren't for my arrival, Zhao Yun and Zhuge Liang would be good partners, and they cherish each other.But my arrival made Zhuge Liang and Zhao Yun enemies.However, this is Zhao Yun's luck and Zhuge Liang's misfortune.Because in history, when Zhao Yun met Zhuge Liang, he was only in command of his own soldiers, but now Zhao Yun is a general on the side of Mushou, regardless of his official position or experience in leading troops.In order to prevent Zhuge Liang's sneak attack, I also specially asked Pang Tong to assist Zhao Yun.With Pang Tong's wonder and Zhao Yun's stability, it is definitely enough for Zhuge Liang to eat a pot.

Seeing Zhao Yun's calmness, Zhuge Liang felt a little annoyed, but he wasn't very worried.After all, there is only a thousand days to be a thief, not a thousand days to prevent a thief.No matter how calm Zhao Yun is, leading troops to fight is the job of many people, and there will always be loopholes.In addition, Zhuge Liang did not set up an ambush at Bowangpo, but focused his energy on Xinye. As long as Zhao Yun entered Xinye City, Zhuge Liang was sure that he would never return.Of course, if Zhao Yun could be captured alive or made to surrender, it would be even more icing on the cake, even though Zhuge Liang knew it was unlikely.

In order to attack our army, Zhuge Liang transferred almost all of Liu Bei's generals to Xinye.He first asked Wei Yan to lead a thousand troops to ambush in the upper reaches of the Baihe River.Each brought a cloth bag, filled with sand, to block the water of the Baihe River, and only listened to the people yelling from the downstream, so they flooded it with water.He also asked Shamoke to lead a thousand troops to ambush at Boling Ferry.The water here is the slowest. If our army is submerged, we will flee from there, and Shamoko can take advantage of the momentum to attack.He also called Chen Dao to lead an army of three thousand, divided into four teams, led one team to lie outside the east gate, and the other three teams were divided into west, south and north gates.

Zhuge Liang first hid things like sulfur, flames and nitrate on the houses of the people in the city.When our army enters the city, we will rest in civilian houses.Zhuge Liang calculated that there must be strong winds for several days in the near future. He asked Chen Dao to see the wind blowing, so he ordered the west, south, and north ambush troops to shoot rockets into the city; The gate let our army leave, and then pursued from outside the east gate.At dawn, two generals Wei Yan and Sha Moke will join together, and the army will return to the city.Then let Liu Pan and Liu Feng lead two thousand troops.Half of the red flag, half of the green flag, went to live in front of Quewei Slope, thirty miles outside Xinye City.As soon as our soldiers arrived, the Red Banner Army walked on the left, and the Green Banner Army walked on the right.Just hope that the fire in the city will catch up and kill the defeated soldiers, and then come to the upper reaches of the Baihe River to meet them.

Zhuge Liang arranged everything, just waiting for our army to enter.However, Liu Bei insisted that he must come to Xinye to see how our army was defeated on the grounds that he had always been defeated by our army and had never won.Zhuge Liang had no choice but to let Liu Bei come with him.However, Zhuge Liang also hopes that Liu Bei can come, one can show his ability, and two can establish his prestige, why not do it?
Jingzhou is the land of the Four Wars. It can attack Sili from the top, Jiangdong from the bottom, Bashu from the left, and the fertile land of Yuzhang from the right. There is no danger to defend, and it is a land of grain and rice, so Zhuge Liang That's why it's not the master who can't keep it.Zhao Yun and Pang Tong led [-] soldiers as the front team, and the newcomer Pang De led [-] cavalry to open the way, and rushed to Xinye in a mighty manner.

At noon that day, Pang De came to Quewei Slope, and saw a group of people and horses in front of the slope, all displaying green and red flags, Pound urged the army to move forward.Liu Feng and Liu Pan were divided into four teams, and the blue and red flags belonged to the left and right.Seeing the situation, Pang De did not dare to make decisions without authorization, so he flew a horse and reported to Zhao Yun. Pang Tong knew that this was a suspicious soldier, so he ordered Pang De to attack.But when Pang De returned to the slope, Liu Pan and Liu Feng were gone.Pang De originally wanted to pursue, but thought of Zhao Yun's strict order not to pursue without authorization, so he could only suppress the anger in his heart and continue to advance.

Zhuge Liang was stunned when he saw that Pound didn't pursue him. He calmly asked Liu Pan and Liu Feng to lure Pound, but Pound directly put up an attack formation.Seeing Pound's attack, Liu Feng and Liu Pan retreated immediately. After repeated actions, Pound felt a little unusual.He knew that this was not a suspicious soldier, but a bait soldier.Sun Tzu's Art of War said: Don't eat the bait!Pang De ignored Liu Feng and Liu Pan and rushed directly to Xinye.Zhuge Liang was shocked. If Pang De was sent to Xinye before dark, his plan would fail!You must know that Xinye City, which is full of fire starters, can't see the traps at night, but they can be seen at a glance during the day.

In order to slow down Pound, Zhuge Liang gritted his teeth and asked Liu Feng and Liu Pan to lead troops to attack Pound.Now Pound was very excited.Originally, as a pioneer, it is a matter of opening roads when encountering mountains and building bridges when encountering waters. If the enemy does not take the initiative to attack, even if you encounter the enemy, you have to wait for the arrival of large troops.Since Liu Beijun took the initiative to attack, Pang De was unambiguous, and Liu Feng and Liu Pan suffered a lot with a big knife.Looking at Pang De who was struggling to fight, and then at the soldiers who fell under our army, Liu Feng and Liu Pan who were struggling to support by the side said in their hearts: Let's fight!You will see it when it gets dark!But they didn't know that even if it was dark, Zhao Yun and Pang De would not enter the Xinye City full of traps!

(End of this chapter)