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

Chapter 171: Hiding the truth and crossing the sea, Zhuge Qiao’s tricks (7/8 pursuit)

"Street pavilion."

“Will this place, which will bring shame and controversy to my father in future generations, become the burial place of my Zhuge Qiao, causing my father to be humiliated again, or will it become the place where I, Zhuge Qiao, rise to the top and make my father feel proud and proud. "

"It depends on this battle!"

"My father's glory will be defended by me, the eldest son!"

Zhuge Qiao took off the repeating crossbow from his waist with a stern expression and carefully wiped every part of the repeating crossbow.

This is the continuous crossbow improved by Pu Yuan and Li Zhuan. It can barely shoot ten consecutive shots, but its specific actual combat effect is unclear.

Due to time constraints, Pu Yuan and Li Zhuan only made more than twenty handles.

Zhuge Qiao took one with him, and the rest were assigned to the personal guards.

During this Northern Expedition, Zhuge Qiao needed to test the actual combat effectiveness of the Liannu and give feedback to Pu Yuan and Li Zhuan.

"Is there any news from Chencang?" Guo Huai asked in a solemn voice.

A scout hurriedly came to report: "Your Majesty, a large number of Han troops have been discovered in Lueyang, heading towards the street pavilion!"

Originally, Guo Huai hoped that Zhang He could mobilize Chen Cang's troops to attack Gui, but Zhang He said that Ma Chao had beaten Yang Qiu of Xi County into a turtle and did not dare to easily mobilize Chen Cang's troops.

Guo Huai snorted coldly: "Don't underestimate anyone. If Zhuge Liang succeeds in blocking Guanlong, Longyou and Liangzhou will be controlled by Liu Bei. Such an achievement will not be inferior to Han Xin's victory over the Three Qins."

Guo Huai took a deep breath: "I thought Liu Bei wanted Zhuge Liang, who had never commanded an army, to be his general because he didn't know people well; I didn't expect Zhuge Liang to be so capable!"

"Your Majesty, the Han generals to the west of Qiu retreated immediately when encountering a battle and did not fight me at all."

The cavalry during the Han and Wei dynasties were basically light cavalry, and they were still mainly based on riding and shooting.

Guo Huai's tone deepened: "If you can command tens of thousands of troops, you must be someone Zhuge Liang values ​​​​; this is to seize the street pavilion and block the Guanlong Avenue in the north of Longshan."

"We must not let Zhuge Liang succeed in severing Long! Otherwise, you and I will not only be unworthy of His Majesty's kindness, but also become a laughing stock for generations like Zhang Han in the Three Qin Land in the past."

What was helpless was that Chen Cang's soldiers could not come to Gui in time, and Guo Huai could not take the offensive against the Han soldiers in Longyou; what was annoying was that Ma Chao's partial army was able to beat Yang Qiu into a turtle!
Yang Qiu is said to have 20,000 people in Yi County!
Wang Yun shook his head gently: "There is no news yet."

Those who are not well-known and have high official positions will embroider the highest official title; those who are not well-known will just use their last name.

The scout shook his head: "It's not Zhao Yun. Judging from the flag of his commander-in-chief, it's Ma Su, the Prime Minister of the Han Dynasty who joined the army."

The military flags mainly include tooth flags, general flags, bugle flags and order flags.

Wang Yun frowned: "The Prime Minister of the Han Dynasty joined the army, Ma Su? Who is this?"

Discussion room.

Guo Huai softened his brows.

Longyou's sudden change made Guo Huai unable to sleep well in recent days.

The images and text on the tooth flags and general flags are usually to show momentum.

Wang Yun's tone was angry.

Guo Huai narrowed his eyes slightly: "How many people are there?"

Wang Yun was shocked and said: "If the Guanlong Avenue is cut off, it will be difficult for the reinforcements from Chang'an to reach Longyou. If the officials in Longyou cannot see the reinforcements, they will definitely rush to defect to the Han soldiers!"

If the actual combat effect is good, Zhuge Qiao will ask Liu Bei to set up a military workshop and build a large number of repeating crossbows.

For the Han soldiers who lacked cavalry, once a sharp weapon like the serial crossbow was equipped in the army on a large scale, it would gain a huge advantage on the battlefield against Wei!
Shanggui.

Just call it "Jiujunma", "Ma", "Ma Su", etc. No one else knows who you are, Ma Su.

There are also those who are not well-known and have low official titles but want to show their momentum, so they will embroider some impressive titles.

"This thief is really hateful. Last night he took the opportunity to burn down half of the ferry."

This kind of opponent who is as slippery as a loach is the most disgusting.

For example, Ma Su's "The Prime Minister of the Han Dynasty joined the army Ma Su".

Although I don’t know who you are, Ma Su, but since you are the prime minister joining the army, you must be of some skill.

"Take Linwei to the south and Jieting to the north. This is to completely block Guanlong! Liu Bei, this is imitating the great ancestor and worshiping Han Xin!"

The famous ones directly embroidered the general's surname, such as "horse character wolf roar flag", Yang Qiu recognized Ma Chao at a glance.

The tooth flag is the most noble flag in the army and is owned by the commander; the general flag represents the generals participating in the war.

Command flags are mostly used to set up formations and issue orders.

Wang Yun was even more surprised: "Your Majesty, how can Zhuge Liang compare with Han Xin, Han Xin's unique talent throughout the ages?"

Flags can be carried in batches to enhance their prestige. For example, when bluffing, multiple flags will be set up to scare the enemy.

This made Guo Huai feel helpless and angry.

The scout replied: "About ten thousand people."

Although the two thousand garrison troops in Linwei were transferred away in time, leaving Zhao Yun empty-handed in Linwei, Guo Huai knew very well that the impact of these two thousand garrison troops on the entire Longyou battle was only a drop in the bucket.

Wang Yun was surprised and asked quickly: "But what about Zhao Yun?"

But if you embroider "The Prime Minister of the Han Dynasty joined the army and Ma Su", the momentum will be different!

Wang Yun, the prefect of Guangwei County, reported in detail the information about Longyou that he had recently discovered to Guo Huai, the governor of Yongzhou.

At the end of the Qin Dynasty, Zhang Han was considered a famous general in terms of military ability.

With the Lishan prisoner army, they attacked Zhou Zhang, Tian Zang, Li Gui, Deng Shuo, Wu Xu and other tribes, killed Chu Guozhu Guochi and general Zhang He, and forced Chu King Chen Sheng to escape.

He also defeated the Qi and Wei coalition forces and killed Qi King Tian Dan, Wei King Wei Jiu, Wei Prime Minister Zhou Shi, and Chu General Xiang Liang.

Then he went north to conquer Handan, the capital of Zhao, and surrounded the King of Zhao in Julu City.

Before Han Xin was born, Zhang Han was almost invincible except for being defeated by Xiang Yu.

Such a famous general should be honored by Qingshi.

As a result, in Guanzhong, Zhang Han was defeated by Han Xin, who was commanding the army for the first time. As long as later generations mentioned Han Xin, they would have to use Zhang Han as a negative example.

It's embarrassing.

And now.

If Zhuge Liang achieved a great victory when he united his troops for the first time, it would be enough for Guo Huai and others to become a stepping stone for Zhuge Liang to become famous in history.

Seeing that Guo Huai was cautious, Wang Yun asked, "Your Majesty, how should we respond?"

Guo Huai closed his eyes and thought quickly about countermeasures.

a long time.

Guo Huai opened his eyes, his eyes full of determination: "We can no longer hide our troops and go to Gui."

"Wang Yun, I will leave five hundred soldiers in Shanggui. You will guard Shanggui for me. The city will be alive but the people will be alive. If the city dies, the people will die."

"I personally led the troops to Jieting. Before the reinforcements from Chang'an arrived, I had to delay the Han soldiers from deploying defenses in Jieting."

Wang Yun was shocked: "Your Majesty, you only lead two thousand soldiers to the street pavilion. How can you stop the Han soldiers?"

"This is asking for death! It's better to stay in Shanggui and wait for the Chang'an soldiers to arrive. Then we can advance in two directions, which will be enough to defeat the Han soldiers."

"What's more, Chang'an's reinforcements may not come along Guanlong Avenue, but may also come along the Wei River."

Guo Huai shouted: "What do you know? Now that Tianshui County has been captured by Han soldiers, Nan'an County in the west is also very likely to fall into the hands of Han soldiers."

"The main force of the Han troops is in Tianshui County. If they come via the Weishui River, the road is narrow and rugged, and the troops cannot be deployed, Chang'an's reinforcements will be blocked by Han troops in Shanggui."

"Only by passing through the Long Avenue Crossing Pavilion, Chang'an's reinforcements can enter Longyou in the shortest time; only by Chang'an's reinforcements entering Longyou, those Longyou officials who were forced to surrender will respond."

"Our goal is not to defeat the Han soldiers, but to let the officials in Longyou know that reinforcements from Chang'an have arrived in Longyou, and they only need to hold on to the city."

"As a governor, I am not afraid of death! Are you so hesitant because you want to imitate Ma Zun, the governor of Tianshui, and abandon the city and flee?"

Wang Yun was shocked and turned pale, and hurriedly swore: "Your Majesty, I have received great favor from your majesty, how can I be greedy for life and afraid of death and imitate Ma Zun? If I lose Shanggui City, I will never survive!"

Guo Huai snorted coldly: "Since you are ready to fight to the death, don't be paranoid anymore. Get ready quickly!"

Chen Cang.

Su Ze, Fei Yao, Xia Houru and others will lead Chang'an's 20,000 cavalry to arrive.

Zhang He quickly went out of the city to greet him: "General Su, what are the military orders from Governor Meng?"

Meng Da is now the commander-in-chief of the Yongliang generals. Although Zhang He is the general of the left, he still has to obey Meng Da's military orders during war.

Su Ze's words were concise and concise: "Governor Mengdu has ordered Fei Yao to take over Chencang, and the general from the left will take the Guanlong Avenue to rush to the aid of Longyou."

"Governor Meng will personally lead an army of 50,000 to reinforce the army. Please ask General Zuo to prevent Zhuge Liang from taking all five counties of Longyou."

Zhang He was slightly stunned: "How many soldiers and horses have you brought? How much food and grass."

Su Ze replied: "Twenty thousand people on foot and horse, enough food and grass to feed them for a month!"

Zhang He put his hands on his hands and laughed: "Dudu Meng is such a talented general!"

"To be able to mobilize 20,000 cavalry and one month of food and grass in such a short period of time must have been prepared in Chang'an!"

"Without further delay, send troops out of Longyou immediately!"

Zhang He, who was originally a little dissatisfied with Meng Da, now admires him more.

As the commander-in-chief of Yongliang's generals, Meng Da was a genius for being able to deploy Yongliang's defense to this level.

If this is replaced by someone with poor scheduling capabilities.

Not to mention rushing for help, whether we can prepare food and grass in time is also a problem.

Zhang He handed over the defense of Chencang to Fei Yao, and sent people to Shanggui to inform Guo Huai. He then led Su Ze, Xia Houru and others to rush to Guanlong Avenue at night and night.

Taking Su Ze as the vanguard, he quickly marched lightly to seize the street pavilion.

Su Ze walked through Guanlong Avenue to suppress the rebellion last year, and he was most familiar with the topography. While Zhang He was leading troops to rescue Longyou, generals such as Zhuge Qiao and Ma Su also led troops to Jieting.

however.

When he saw Jieting City, Ma Su's mood instantly became heavy.

As Wei Yan expected, Jieting City was burned down, and now only ruins are left!
"Ma joins the army. It seems my guess is correct." Wei Yan glanced at Ma Di and reminded him calmly.

Ma Di was a little flustered, but he didn't want to lose his composure in front of Wei Yan, so he said coldly: "To guard the street pavilion, we don't necessarily have to rely on the street pavilion city. The road is made by people. Without the city, we can't defend the street pavilion." ?"

Wei extended his hand and said, "I would like to hear Ma join the army!"

Ma Di took a deep breath: "You guys will camp in the old city of Jieting for the time being. I will go to survey the terrain and then make a plan."

Ma Su then said nothing and went to survey the terrain with Xiang Chong himself.

Zhuge Qiao waved and asked Wang Ping and Ma Zhong to come forward: "Zijun, Dexin, you two each lead fifty soldiers and go with Ma Canjun to survey the terrain. Don't miss any details."

Wang Ping and Ma Zhong accepted the order and went with Ma Su.

Seeing this, Wei Yan also ordered his eldest son Wei Chang to lead fifty soldiers to survey the terrain.

Obviously, Wei Yan was not used to entrusting others to survey the terrain.

Jiang Wei whispered to his deputy Shangguan Zixiu for a while, and asked Shangguan Zixiu to lead fifty soldiers to survey the terrain.

"Hey, if you do this, it will make Ma join the army very embarrassing." Zhuge Qiao couldn't help but chuckle when he saw that Wei Yan and Jiang Wei were sending sergeants to survey the terrain.

Jiang Wei also smiled and said: "Wei Zhenbei and I only sent fifty soldiers, but you, Bosong, sent a hundred soldiers. How dare you say this?"

Wei Yan spoke directly: "I don't believe that Ma Shenjun can survey the terrain carefully."

Zhuge Qiao flexed his muscles slightly, smiled, and asked Jufu, Zhang Ni and other generals to set up camp in the old city of Jieting.

Half a day passed.

The soldiers who went to survey the terrain returned one after another.

Wang Ping, Ma Zhong, Wei Chang and Shangguan Zixiu also reported the surveyed terrain and terrain to Zhuge Qiao, Wei Yan and Jiang Wei in a low voice.

After a while, Ma Su also returned with Xiang Chong.

Judging from his expression, he was obviously in a good mood.

Returning to the old city of Jieting, Ma Di gathered the crowd and said: "You have all seen the current situation of Jieting. The city of Jieting has been burned down, and we do not have enough time to repair the city."

"I just went to survey the terrain and found that Nanshan is dangerous. If we station troops in Nanshan, we will definitely be able to hold back the Wei soldiers from Chang'an."

Ma Su was convinced of his words, and his eyes seemed to be shining brightly.

The voice just fell.

Wei Yan objected: "Garrisoning troops in Nanshan can indeed hold back Wei soldiers, but there is no water in Nanshan. If you want to get water, you have to go down the mountain. Once we are surrounded by Wei soldiers, our army's water source will be cut off for up to three days, and the morale of the army will be chaotic!"

Ma Su's eyes turned cold: "How dare you send sergeants to survey the terrain without my general's orders?"

Wei Yan said bluntly: "It is the duty of a general to survey the terrain. Why should we immediately join the army and give orders?"

Seeing that Ma Di and Wei Yan were about to argue again, Zhuge Qiao laughed and persuaded: "Ma joins the army, why bother about such a trivial matter. The overall situation is more important!"

When Ma Di saw Zhuge Qiao speaking, he suppressed his anger and his tone returned to arrogance: "How could I not know that there is no water in Nanshan and I need to go down the mountain to get water?"

"If the Wei army wants to surround the mountain, it must divide its forces; if the troops are divided, it will not be able to station too many soldiers and horses at the water source."

"There is a saying in the art of war: a perfect combination leads to a surprise victory. If I garrison Nanshan, I can prevent the Wei army from going to Longyou. This is a regular army. If I use the water source as a bait, divide the Wei army's strength, and then defeat them one by one, this is a surprise army. "

"With the cooperation of Zhengqi, how can the Wei soldiers cut off our water source and disrupt the morale of our army?"

"There is another saying in the art of war: from a high position, you can be overwhelming! Our army is stationed on Nanshan. All movements of Wei soldiers are controlled by our army, but it is difficult for Wei soldiers to know the movements of our army. As long as Wei soldiers are not prepared, they can go down the mountain and break through. enemy!"

"There is also a saying in the art of war: put yourself to death and survive. In the past, Xiang Yu broke the pot and sank the boat, and Han Xin fought with his last ditch. They both put the soldiers in trouble, and this inspired the soldiers to fight to the death! Xiang Yu and Han Xin can do it, how did you know I can not do it?"

"The purpose of Wei soldiers coming from afar is not to quarrel with our army, but to rush to Longyou's aid; to let the officials in Longyou know that reinforcements have arrived and they only need to stand firm and wait for reinforcements."

"If we don't garrison Nanshan, we can only go down to the stronghold. But if we go to the stronghold directly, the Wei army only needs to divide its troops and go around Nanshan, and our army will be attacked from both sides."

"Without the advantage of being in a commanding position, our army will not be able to see the movement of the Wei soldiers; if the Wei soldiers lay down false flags, confront each other with a small number of troops, and then send other generals to Longyou, then our mission will be a complete failure!"

Wei Yan was silent.

Ma Su's rebuttal is not completely unreasonable.

The purpose of the Wei soldiers was not to defeat the Han soldiers at the street pavilion, but to let the officials in Longyou know that reinforcements had arrived.

Just like during the Battle of Xiangfan, Xu Huang's purpose of driving straight into Posi Tomb was not to defeat Guan Yu, but to get in touch with Cao Ren in Fancheng.

As long as the defenders know that there are reinforcements outside the city, they will not surrender in despair.

If Jieting City was still there and there was a tower high up, one could see the movements of the Wei army and respond in time to the movements of the Wei army.

Now that Jieting City has been burned down, it is not unwise to choose another place to station where one can observe the movements of Wei soldiers from a high position.

Regardless of whether they garrisoned troops in Nanshan or blocked the way to the village, they had no absolute advantage over Wei.

Seeing that Wei Yan was silent, Ma Di felt a little more contemptuous in his heart: A martial artist is a martial artist. How can he understand the truth if he has little education? Do you really think I don’t know how to go to the village?
"Everyone, do you still have any objections?" Ma Di glanced at everyone proudly.

Jiang Wei was about to speak, but saw Zhuge Qiao keeping silent with a smile on his face. After thinking about it, he swallowed his words.

"I don't agree!" Wei Yan spoke again: "I will not let my athletes get into this kind of predicament. If Ma Canjun insists on stationing troops in Nanshan, please allow me to divide his troops and go to the stronghold."

Seeing that it was Wei Yan who was objecting again, Ma Di suddenly became angry and said, "Wei Zhenbei, I just said so much, didn't you listen to a word of it? If you divide your troops and go to the stronghold, aren't you dividing my troops?"

"I stationed troops in Nanshan to use the terrain of Nanshan to divide the Wei army, but you want to divide my troops first. Are you disobeying my order?"

Wei Yan frowned: "If Ma Canjun thinks that I am disobeying orders, then so be it. In short, it is impossible for me to follow you to defend Nanshan."

Seeing Wei Yan's stubbornness, Ma Di subconsciously tightened his grip on the sword hilt.

After a while, Ma Su released the hilt of his sword again.

Although Ma Su was the commander-in-chief, he did not have the power to deal with Wei Yan.

"General Fu Han, Captain Jiang, General Xiang, do you think we should go down to the stronghold or garrison Nanshan?" Ma Di looked at Zhuge Qiao and others.

Zhuge Qiao still smiled warmly: "Ma Junjun, are you going to let me succeed you as the general?"

Ma Su was stunned: "I am discussing with you!"

Zhuge Qiao's smile remained the same: "If Ma joins the army, you are the general! If the general obeys the deputy general, why should he be the general? As long as you are still the general, I will obey your military orders."

Although Jiang Wei didn't know what Zhuge Qiao was thinking, he saw that Zhuge Qiao had no objection, so he handed over his hand and said: "Ma join the army, you don't need to ask for my opinion. Whether it is to garrison Nanshan or to go down to the stronghold, I will implement it."

Xiang Chong had a calm temperament. Seeing that neither Zhuge Qiao nor Jiang Wei objected, he also said: "Ma joins the army because he has a destiny, and he will do his best in the end."

Ma Di secretly breathed a sigh of relief: "Wei Zhenbei, if you insist on dividing your troops and going to the stronghold, I won't stop you. Once the Chang'an troops are retreated, I will discuss your merits and crimes with you, Prime Minister."

Wei Yan snorted coldly: "If Ma joins the army and loses his street pavilion, I will discuss merits and crimes with you."

Ma Su ignored Wei Yan and ordered all the troops to go to Nanshan to set up a stronghold. He also asked Xiang Chong to garrison troops near the water source to ensure the water supply.

Jiang Wei found Zhuge Qiao and asked in a low voice: "Bosong, the troops stationed in Nanshan narrowly escaped death. Why do you support Ma joining the army?"

Zhuge Qiao's eyes were slightly stern: "Do you think Bo Yue can stop the Wei soldiers by going down to the stronghold?"

Jiang Wei shook his head: "It's difficult! The Wei army is brave, and our troops, whether they are Bosong's useless flying army, the brave soldiers of Nanzheng in the north of Wei Zhen, or the county soldiers I brought from Ji County , most of them have never experienced a war.”

"In other words, General Xiang's sergeants are veterans of many battles. When we go to the stronghold, we may not be able to stop the Wei soldiers' cavalry from passing through."

"Based on the time when Guo Huai appeared, Wei soldiers would arrive at the street pavilion within three days at the earliest. The road outside the street pavilion is too wide, and we don't have enough time to dig deep trenches and arrange antlers."

Zhuge Qiao said solemnly: "When I was in Chengdu, Fa Shangshu once told me."

"Although Meng Da betrayed His Majesty, his ability to lead troops is extremely strong, and his attitude toward his generals is also extremely open-minded. He must not be underestimated."

"Based on this, it is very likely that Meng Da will advance into Chencang and replace Zhang He as the main general."

"Cao Wei's surname was good generals, among whom Le Jin, Zhang Liao, Xu Huang, Zhang He and Yu Jin were the most famous."

"And among these five, Zhang He is the most skilful in predicting the battle situation and terrain."

"If you want to defeat Zhang He, you can't stick to the usual trends. You need to use a trick to make Zhang He's calculations miscalculate, and then you can take advantage of it!"

Jiang Wei pondered: "Bosong's intention, could it be that he wanted to imitate the Qin State's method of changing generals in the Changping Battle in the past?"

In the old battle of Changping, Zhao Guo changed generals before the battle, replacing Lian Po, who had been defeated by Wang Lu several times, with Zhao Kuo, a rookie.

After the Qin State learned of this, they quietly replaced Wang Lu and sent Bai Qi to fight in person. He also issued clear military orders. Anyone in the army who dared to leak the secret would be killed without mercy!

Zhao Kuo used troops against Wang Lu, but he didn't know that the Qin State had already replaced the general with Bai Qi. He thought that Wang Lu was suddenly attacked by the Zhao army and retreated in panic, but he didn't know that he had fallen into Bai Qi's trick to lure the enemy.

Zhuge Qiao nodded: "Whenever you use troops, you need to know yourself and your enemy."

"In the past, Zhao Kuo formulated tactics to fight Wang Lu based on Wang Lu's military style, but he never expected to face Bai Qi instead of Wang Lu."

"When Sun Bin plotted against Pang Juan, he also hid in Tian Ji's army, making Pang Juan mistakenly think that it was Tian Ji who was using the army."

"If Zhao Kuo knew that his opponent was Bai Qi instead of Wang Lu, and Pang Juan knew that his opponent was Sun Bin instead of Tian Ji, he would be more cautious, and the victory or defeat is still unknown."

"Ma Canjun has no reputation, so I suggested that Ma Canjun embroider the seven words 'Han Prime Minister Joined the Army Ma Su' on the tooth flag. This is a bluff to scare Zhang He."

"I have no objection to Ma Canjun garrisoning troops in Nanshan, nor do I prevent Wei Yan from dividing his troops. The military orders are all decided by Ma Canjun, so that Zhang He can focus on Ma Canjun."

"Only in this way can I mess up Zhang He's calculations and prevent him from guessing my true intentions."

Jiang Wei understood: "That's why Bo Song supported Ma Shenjun as the main general, and Wei Zhenbei and I as deputy generals."

"The Prime Minister must have guessed Bo Song's intention, so he asked General Xiang to lead troops to help. I believe General Xiang must have secret orders."

"In this way, once Bosong decides to change generals on the spot, neither Wei Zhenbei, myself, nor General Xiang will listen to Ma Jun's military orders again."

"It's just the north of Wei Town that left in anger. Does Bosong want to send someone there?"

Zhuge Qiao smiled and said: "Wei Zhenbei is good at planning and ingenious. He has already known my intention, otherwise he would not have asked to divide his troops and establish a stronghold."

(End of this chapter)