Three Kingdoms: Ancestors of the Han Dynasty

Chapter 155 Strict Military Discipline
"Sun Tzu's Art of War" said: "Treat a soldier like a baby, so you can go to the deep stream with him; treat a soldier like a beloved son, so you can die with him. Thickness can't be forced, love can't be ordered, chaos can't be cured, for example You can't use it, proud son."

Guanchuan River is a tributary of the upper reaches of Zuli River, or it can be called a stream.The downstream river water is turbid and bitter and salty, making it impossible to drink and irrigate.

Zhang He arrived at the west side of the Guanchuan River along the Chaoling Road, and camped along the Guanchuan River, knowing that the Han army would send reinforcements.Therefore, defenses were deployed along the west side of the Guanchuan River Valley, and the defense line was strengthened in key areas of the valley.

Wei Yan retreated to the upper reaches of the Guanchuan River, guarding the road to Nan'an County in the south, and across the Guanchuan River, he held on to the camp and couldn't hold out.

Wang Ping led the army to arrive, but he did not enter the camp immediately, but arranged for Cuan Xi, Xiang Yu and others to join Wei Yan first and set up camp; he himself led Huo Yi and several cavalry to investigate the Wei army camp.

This time he was ordered to go out and shouldered a heavy responsibility. The battle in Longbei was tied to him alone, and it was the first time he had played against the famous general Zhang Yun.Wang Ping didn't have a bottom line in his heart, and he was uneasy along the way.

Wang Ping lightly kicked the horse's belly and walked towards the hills above the Guanchuan River Valley.

Taking a deep breath, Wang Ping temporarily put his distracting thoughts behind him, and looked down at the camp Zhang Yun had set up.

Wang Ping looked solemn, frowned in thought, suddenly pointed to the Hegu camp, and asked: "Based on Shaoxian's opinion, how is the defense of Zhang Hehe Valley?"

Huo Yi reined in the reins, pondered for a long time, and said slowly: "In my opinion, the Wei army camps are all strategic layouts. If you want to defeat Zhang Yun, you need to send troops to fight and seize the important places."

Huo Yi raised his horsewhip, pointed to the Wei army camp in the Guanchuan River valley, and said, "General, please see that Zhang He's camp is located on the Chadao Ridge Road, but the other two camps are located along the Guanchuan River. There are many mysteries. The No. [-] camp is close to our army, but it is a small camp, narrow and difficult to walk, and there is no one guarding it. It is only set up to confuse us."

"The real camp is the one in the back. The river in front of the No. [-] camp is the widest, and it is possible for cavalry to charge. In my opinion, Zhang He wanted to lure us to capture the No. [-] camp. When attacking the No. [-] camp later, set up an array in a wide area." In the battle, Zhang Yun took advantage of the tiger and leopard cavalry and defeated our army. Our army fled through the narrow and difficult area of ​​the original No. [-] camp, and it followed behind to hide and kill, and our army did not survive."

Wang Ping nodded with a smile, pointed to the No. [-] camp, and praised: "What Shao Xian said is right, this is Zhang Heyang's plan. If we want to defeat the enemy, we must defeat the Wei army in the river."

Wang Ping turned his head, looked at Huo Yi, and said with a smile: "From this point of view, although Zhang Yun can't see the deep ditch, it is an illusion. Liangzhou was settled not long ago, and Longbei is barren, so it is difficult to provide military supplies for the army. At this time, Zhang He It is bound to be trapped by food and grass, if you want to solve the problem of insufficient food and grass, first, wait for the food and grass in Guanzhong to come to help, and the other is to quickly go south to Nan'an County to obtain local supplies."

"If you wait for the grain and grass in Guanzhong, it will be a long way. When the grain and grass arrive, my big man has basically taken Nan'an County into his pocket, and the arrangements are made. It will be difficult for Zhang Yun to go south to attack the city."

"If Zhang He wants to defeat the enemy, go south to obtain food and grass, and regain Longyou, he must hope to fight with our army in the field. So what kind of strategy does Shao think Zhang He will use?" Wang Ping asked with a smile.

Huo Yi smiled wryly and said: "For the road ahead, if I were Zhang Xi, I would also hope to go south to recover Longyou, otherwise why would I detour to Liangzhou, and Woganban won a big victory, how could I be satisfied."

Wang Ping looked deeply at Zhang He's home village, and said lightly: "Zhang He wants to fight in the field, and Ping is willing to accompany him. Along the way, Ping was worried that Zhang He would stand by and wait for help, disrupting the situation in Longbei. But the important places of Longshan Pass and Longbei Woganban are not in the hands of my big man, and we will be attacked and harassed by the Wei army in the future."

"In this way, the land of Longyou will be the place where our great Han will fight fiercely with the State of Wei. Our Han has few soldiers, so how can we compare with Wei in the long run? If my great Han wants to restore the Han Dynasty, we must occupy Long Land, with the danger of Longshan, reject Cao Wei."

Huo Yi reined in his restless horse, and asked in confusion, "I don't know how the generals fight each other?"

Wang Ping took the reins, turned the horse's head to the right, raised the corners of his mouth, and said with a smile: "When we meet on a narrow road, the brave wins!"

After finishing speaking, Wang Ping lightly swung his whip downhill, and Huo Yi hurriedly followed.

As Huo Yi said, Zhang He, who has great ambitions, does not want to stop here, but hopes to defeat the enemy and go south.At the same time, Zhang Xi also understood that Ruo Han would have great ideas, and he must hope to defeat him in the field and occupy Longyou entirely.It is not difficult to guess the strategic intentions of the two sides, but how to win the battle is difficult.
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Guanchuan River, Han army barracks, school grounds.

"Boom!"

"Boom!"

"Boom!"

The wrestlers with bare arms hammered the army drums, and the sound of the drums spread throughout the school grounds.

In the school grounds, Cuan Xi, Wei Yan, and Li Qian each led their leaders. Behind them were hundreds of captains, military commanders, military marquises, Qu chiefs, and village chiefs, each holding a Han sword, straightening their backs, with a strict military appearance. Looking at the high platform.

Dozens of Han soldiers stood by, pouring wine into bowls and distributing it to the officers in line.

A fiery red banner hung in the center of the high platform, and the warriors lined up left and right, holding halberds upright, with their left hands on their waists, and serious faces.

"Wow!"

"Wow!"

"Wow!"

The desolate horn sounded, resounding through the entire camp.

Wang Ping wore a beast-faced hood and a fiery red light armor. With a Han sword in his hand, he walked slowly up to the high platform with a dignified expression. He took the wooden bowl full of wine from the guard with his right hand.

At this time, the sound of drums and horns stopped, and the whole school ground was silent and silent.

Wang Ping raised the wooden bowl over his head with both hands, and said solemnly: "The mighty heaven, bless our Han army!"

Then Wang Ping moved his hands to his chest, put his right hand into the wooden bowl, wet his fingers, and sprinkled wine with his right hand, hoping that God Haotian would bless the Han army and the war will be safe.

Wang Ping raised the bowl with both hands and continued to move down.Wang Ping bowed his head, and said solemnly: "Mingming earth spirit, help me with divine power!"

Then Wang Ping poured wine from left to right with both hands, hoping that Empress Hou Tu would bless the Han army and be invincible.

The personal guards filled Wang Ping's wooden bowl again. With a firm face, Wang Ping said solemnly: "The Son of Heaven swears to the army, law enforcement is like a mountain! Those who obey orders will be rewarded, and those who disobey orders will be beheaded!"

Wang Ping stared coldly at the crowd, saluted the generals with wine, and drank it with his head raised. The excess wine wet Wang Ping's mustache (Note ①) and flowed onto his chest armor.

Pressing the sword with his left hand, Wang Ping raised his head and chest, and said solemnly: "Listen to the orders from left and right, and bring Li Xuchi, the school captain of Zhongshan Tun."

The left and right warriors responded in a deep voice: "No!"

After a while, Li Xu screamed with panic on his face, and was dragged onto the stage by the warrior from behind Wei Yan.

Li Xu knelt down towards the generals, with his hands tied behind his back, looked at Wei Yan, and cried: "Mr. Wen, please see that you and I have been in the same robe for more than ten years. There is still a young son in Xu's family. I hope the general will persuade and save each other." In the next life."

Wei Yan turned his head to look at the ground, sighed softly, and didn't answer.

Li Xu's face was ashen, struggling desperately, turned to Wang Ping, and begged for mercy: "General Wang, it's not because I was unprepared, but because the enemy army was cunning, and they attacked at night after the heavy rain, and the army was insufficient. I beg the general to forgive me." With one life, I wish to fight for the dead."

Wang Ping didn't move, and said coldly: "Li Xu, Lieutenant of Zhongshan Tun, was negligent in his defense, which led to the success of the Wei army's attack on the camp, and he fled before the battle.

"Execution!"

In Li Xu's desperation, the military commander swung a knife and chopped off the head, which rolled off the high platform and fell to the ground.

Wang Ping's cold eyes fell on Wei Yan, and he said: "The general of the town army, Wei Yan, will be punished."

Wei Yan's face was not angry, he held his long sword in his hand, and glared at Wang Ping.

Wang Ping did not back down at all, and stared at Wei Yan with both eyes.

Wei Yan snorted coldly and strode onto the stage.

Wang Ping glanced at Wei Yan, looked around at the generals in the audience, and said lightly: "General Wei Yan of Zhenbei was not strict in his command, did not investigate the enemy's situation, and defeated Wo Qianban. From now on, he will be demoted to the general of the town army, and the [-]th army will be punished." stick."

Wei Yan continued to snort softly, unruly, looked at Wang Ping, and said: "The last general took the order, but I don't know how the general who seeks the bandits can defeat Zhang Yun?"

Wang Ping looked at Wei Yan, and said with a light smile, "How can Ping defeat the enemy? Don't let General Wei worry about it. General Wei can just obey orders."
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①The beard on the upper lip is called mustache; the beard on the chin is called beard; the beard on both sides of the mouth is called beard; the beard on both sides of the cheek is called beard.

(End of this chapter)