Three Kingdoms: Ancestors of the Han Dynasty

Chapter 146
"Sun Tzu's Art of War" said: "The law of using troops is to encircle them if they are ten;

Looking at the battlefield, Zhang He gradually showed panic on the gentle slope. After testing, he found that there were no less than 20,000 people defending the Han camp, with sharp bows and crossbows.

Zhuge Liang set up an array here to treat himself, to show the enemy his weakness, could it be that there is deceit in it.

Thinking of this, Zhang He suddenly got excited, turned his horse's head, and hurriedly shouted: "Ming Jin, withdraw the troops, pull out the stronghold immediately, this is a trap of the Han army."

The herald showed doubts, but he still called the gold and waved the military flag to signal the retreat of the army attacking the village.

As the sound of the gold call came from the headquarters of the Wei army, the soldiers of the Wei army who attacked the village in front retreated like a tide, and a fierce offensive and defensive battle came to an end.

Only the corpses of Wei soldiers who were too late to take away remained on the battlefield. The air was filled with a suffocating strong smell of blood, and a large number of crows were circling in the sky.

When all the Han soldiers on the watchtower saw this, there was a lot of noise; Zhuge Liang remained silent, but couldn't help but clenched the wooden railing tightly.

Earlier, when Zhuge Liang learned that Zhang He was marching from Fanxu Road, he ordered Wu Ban to lead 5000 people to pass through Jitou Road and outflank Zhang He's rear; , As long as Zhang He's vanguard troops are destroyed, Longyou will have nothing to lose, but it is a pity that Zhang He sees through it.

Zhuge Liang couldn't help thinking about the battle in Hanzhong in the past, the late emperor took Zhang He as his confidant's trouble, and that night ten elite troops stormed Zhang He, but they couldn't take his camp.Then by accident, I learned that Huang Zhong beheaded Xia Houyuan in front of the battle, and felt very sorry for it, but it was not Zhang He who beheaded.

Looking at his use of troops today, he makes good use of the terrain and is changeable when he is in battle. Although his use of troops is not as good as the ancient Han Xin, it is comparable to Zhou Yafu.

There are so many Wei Guoliang generals!Zhang Yun is the confidant of the big man!
Yang Yi showed regret, clapped her palms and sighed, "Zhang Yun almost fell into the trap, but I didn't expect to react so quickly."

Zhuge Liang calmed down, let go of the wooden fence, and joked: "This trip is just to break the dragon. What a pity it has been achieved now. Besides, Zhang Xi is the pillar of the Wei State, a man with both civil and military skills. How could he be so simple?" It's a pity that Yuanxiong (Wu Banzi) worked so hard and turned back and forth."

After a pause, Zhuge Liang said in a deep voice: "Order Yuanxiong to withdraw and return to the division. Zhang He must retreat to Fanxukou to wait for reinforcements."

Yang Yi bowed her hand and promised.

Niu Jin, who returned to the headquarters, was puzzled when he heard the news of the withdrawal of troops, and said indignantly: "It is the general who made me wait for the army to march overnight, and now it is also the general who made me wait for the retreat overnight. I am really stupid. I don't know why the general did this?"

Zhang He rode on the horse, with his feet lightly clamping the horse's belly, and rode the horse to retreat eastward.After hearing this, Zhang Yun smiled wryly and explained: "This is not my wish, it is actually the cunning of the Shu army. When Zhuge Liang set up the camp, he set up more flags and smoke. Let us guess that his soldiers are few, what he did was just a bluff , It’s just to cover up my eyes and ears. Let me not know the strength of its troops, and speculate that its soldiers are few.”

"However, after testing today, I found that the Shu army had only one line of defense, which was very strange. Moreover, there were not many bows and crossbows in the initial attack, but when they approached, there were many more arrows; in addition, the cavalry blocked the two sides of the Shu army Fortress, but Zhuge Liang remained unmoved, such an act of showing weakness to the enemy really made me suspicious."

Facing the setting sun, Zhang He looked at the snow-capped mountain road, and said with a somewhat rejoicing tone: "That's why I thought Zhuge Liang wanted to contain our army here, and encircle our army when our army is alone and the reinforcements come back. The back road. If our army is surrounded by the mountain road and attacked from front to back, the whole army will be wiped out. I hope the general knows that the defeat of our soldiers is small, but the big problem in Longyou!"

Niu Jin couldn't help but gasped, and muttered, "This villager Zhuge has a vicious mind!"

Then Niu Jin said with emotion: "From what the general said, I think Zhuge Village's army is no less than that of General Hussars (Sima Yi)."

Zhang He smiled lightly when he heard the words, and didn't express any opinion, but he didn't take Sima Yi seriously in his heart.

Regarding Zhang Yun's retreat, Zhuge Liang did not plan to pursue it, but led his army to withdraw to Lueyang, waiting for an opportunity.Because the forwards led by Zhang Yun are all cavalry pawns, the ordinary cavalry pawns of the Han army are naturally difficult to defeat, and the Han cavalry who can fight against Wei cavalry.Only Zhao Yun's cavalry and Qingjiawei are elite. Now that Zhao Yunyuan is in Guanzhong, the Qingjiawei has no more than a thousand people, so how can they be against.

After Zhang He arrived at Fanxukou and set up camp, General Cao Zhen personally led Zhang He's [-] reinforcements to join him within five days.

It is said that after the battle between Cao Zhen and Huang Quan on Weishui, and after many days of confrontation with Huang Quan, Cao Zhen received the aid of more than [-] soldiers from Hedong.

Cao Zhen thought about it before and after, and finally, because he was worried about the situation in Longyou, he decided to go to Longyou and lead the army.So he ordered Fei Yao to lead 20,000 people to guard the city of Mei, and to confront Huang Quan under the banner of Cao Zhen to prevent him from rioting in Chang'an.

In order to be on the safe side, Cao Zhen asked Hao Zhao to lead 10,000 people to Chencang to threaten Huang Quan from the west. A total of 30,000 people from the two armies confronted Huang Quan's remaining [-] soldiers.

It was night, General Cao Zhen was holding an oil lamp, illuminating the map hanging on the wall of the tent with ropes, and he frowned deeply.

First of all, the 50,000 people I currently have are the last soldiers Wei can recruit, but I have a heavy responsibility on my shoulders.

However, in a few months, Cao Wei first went through the defeat of Shiting, Meng Da rebelled, and then Zhuge Liang attacked Long.All of a sudden, chaos broke out everywhere in the world, and people's hearts were in turmoil. Longyou must be calmed down as soon as possible, so as to calm the hearts of the world.

Moreover, it is now close to March, and it is almost time for spring plowing. If Zhuge Liang's army cannot be quickly defeated and rescued in Longyou, it will definitely affect the spring plowing in Guanzhong.

That's why there must be a suitable strategy now to rescue Longxi, and this plan needs to be urgent and cannot be delayed.If the Han army is allowed to digest Longxi, and then get the food and grass in Longxi, everything will stop.

Thinking of this, Cao Zhen couldn't help feeling sorry that Zhuge Liang blocked the Jieting from Zhang Xi's swift rescue before, and missed a good opportunity.

Now that he has led an army of [-] to this point, Zhuge Liang will definitely not be able to hold on and stick to the Long Dao.

Under such circumstances, how difficult it is for me to rescue Longyou through Longshan!
If you don't go through Longshan, maybe it's feasible to go south to rescue through Liangzhou!

Cao Zhen held the oil lamp and moved to Liangzhou on the map, and his eyes followed.

Previously, Cao Rui worried that Liangzhou was remote and bordered on the Shuhan, so he appointed Xu Miao as the governor of Liangzhou and envoy in charge of the festival, leading the guard of the Qiang school lieutenant, and stationed in Liangzhou.

At present, Xu Miao and the prefect of Jincheng are leading thousands of people, and they are confronting Wei Yan in the northern part of Nan'an County.

Cao Zhen stared at Liangzhou and Nan'an County, couldn't help showing joy, and muttered to himself: "I can lead the army to fight Zhuge Liang in Longshan, and send a general to lead a partial division around Longshan, so as to go south to rescue Longxi."

(End of this chapter)