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

Chapter 175: Zhuge Qiao versus Zhang He (Pursuit)
Zhang He did not withdraw his troops from the water source, but asked Xia Houru to lead 3,000 troops to support Su Ze.

It's not that Zhang He thought that Xia Houru's three thousand soldiers could defeat the Han soldiers, but Zhang He was worried about the Han soldiers' plan to seize the opportunity to attack the east and attack the west.

Pretending to storm Su Ze's camp in the north, he secretly came to seize water.

Zhang He never expected that Ma Di had already fled before the battle, and now the person taking over the battlefield was Zhuge Qiao, who secretly controlled the overall situation.

On the battlefield, the game is about taking the enemy by surprise and attacking them unprepared.

Only by preventing the opponent from calculating his intentions can you lead the opponent by the nose.

A great strategist once said that we must concentrate superior forces to annihilate the enemy's effective strength, and we must lead the enemy's nose, rather than being led by the enemy's nose.

The command of heavenly beings who crossed Chishui four times is unique throughout the ages.

As a fan of great strategists, Zhuge Qiao also studied a lot of his military thinking.

Before Xia Houru's reinforcements arrived, Zhuge Qiao led all the sergeants to walk away from the battlefield and march quickly towards Jieting City.

If this was also the case of the Han soldiers, they deliberately created the illusion that the army was about to break out of the encirclement, leading Su to pursue them, while the Han soldiers ambushing in the mountains took the opportunity to rob the stronghold and burn the camp.

Su Ze reacted immediately and quickly sent General Pi to the mountain to inquire about the situation.

Although Zhang He completed the task of relocating the people and received no punishment after returning, the shame of being defeated and being forced to abandon his horse and climb the mountain to escape made Zhang He hate Zhang Fei for the rest of his life.

Zhang He misjudged Zhuge Qiao's tactical intentions, and Su Ze also misjudged Zhuge Qiao's tactical intentions.

The more Zhang He thought about it, the more frightened and angry he became.

Su Ze didn't dare to take this risk!
The game on the battlefield is so ever-changing. If it weren't for Zhuge Qiao's brave general Wang Tong who hijacked the camp and shot Su Ze, Su Ze wouldn't have thought much about it.

Su Ze was very anxious: "Quick, go and support Hu Hu!"

Zhang He also thought of the group of Han generals who claimed to be the "champions" of "Conquering the South", "Suppressing the West", and Wang Tong who was ambushed and shot.

Xia Houru shook his head: "Hu Hu sent people to reply. The Han soldiers near the top of the mountain have withdrawn. Hu Hu is now camping on the top of the mountain."

Su Ze informed Zhang He and organized troops in the camp.

Just for a moment, Zhang He rejected this judgment and made a new guess: "No, that's not right! The Han soldiers must have changed their commanders! Today's fighting style is completely different from the previous three days!"

"If that's the case, then wouldn't it be possible that the three days I spent surrounded by mountains and rivers were part of the other party's plan?"

"I didn't expect that this lieutenant general of the Han army would dare to seize power on the battlefield. Who has the courage to even seize the military power of the Han prime minister to join the army?"

Wang Tongzhong was shot dead in ambush, which made Su Ze dare not take it lightly.

This caused Zhang He and Su Ze to lose their best opportunity to pursue and intercept Zhuge Qiao!
Not long after, Xia Houru arrived.

After arriving at Su Ze's camp, Zhang He ordered Su Ze to leave a thousand sergeants to guard the camp, and transferred all the remaining sergeants away.

"General, all the Han soldiers in the camp at the top of the mountain are gone!" General Pi hurriedly went down the mountain to inform Su Ze of the situation at the top of the mountain.

Then the battlefield will evolve into Su Ze leading his troops back to the camp to put out the fire, and the Han soldiers taking advantage of the situation to return to cover up the killing.

The inspection revealed that the corpses of these Han soldiers were all carrying firewood, grain, rice and drinking water. Su Ze couldn't help but exclaimed: "No! Has Hu Hu returned?"

Su Ze did not understand Zhuge Qiao's tactical intentions and did not dare to pursue him. He just ordered his sergeants to stick to the camp to avoid the ambush on the mountain.

"Being plotted!"

General Pi led his troops up the mountain and was surprised to see that the camp at the top of the mountain was empty. Only part of the baggage and grain and grass that could not be taken away were still stored in the camp.

"Using this to delay time?"

When he learned that there were no Han soldiers at the top of the mountain, Zhang He was shocked: "How can this Ma Su be so decisive?"

Shocked to hear that all the Han soldiers had left, Su Ze quickly ordered people to inspect the bodies of the Han soldiers who had just died in the battle.

"The purpose is to make me mistakenly believe that I have a chance to win, so that I can become arrogant and give the Han lieutenant a chance to create a surprise attack?"

But with the precedent of Wang Tong being shot dead, Su Ze did not dare to be careless.

Even in Cao Wei, the deputy general only had the power to seize the military power of the general when the general was kidnapped.

Hearing that Su Ze was worried about an ambush on the mountain, Xia Houru, who was straightforward, asked bluntly: "Why choose daytime when there is an ambush? Isn't it easier to rob the stronghold at night?"

The last time I felt this humiliating was during the Battle of Hanzhong against Zhang Fei.

"Did Zhuge Liang give the secret order to the Han army's deputy general?"

now.

"Is this Ma Su deliberately used by Zhuge Liang to confuse me?"

Zhang He was migrating Han soldiers and people in Danqu, and happened to meet Zhang Fei who came to intercept him. The two sides faced off in Danqu for more than fifty days, with each other winning or losing.

A deputy general seizing the military power of a commander is basically a capital offense in wartime.

This feeling of being fished made Zhang He extremely humiliated!

Zhang He was ashamed and angry, leaving two soldiers to guard the camp, and personally led the remaining soldiers to pursue Zhuge Qiao.

Xia Houru also reacted and quickly led his troops to the top of the mountain where Hu Hu was.

"Without the terrain of Nanshan, let's see how you can stop me!" Zhang He personally led the troops forward, vowing to hunt down this Han army to the end.

Unexpectedly, Zhang Fei suddenly sent out unexpected troops and led Zhang He's troops to a place with steep terrain and narrow mountain roads. He defeated Zhang He in one fell swoop, forcing Zhang He to lead his men to abandon their horses and climb the mountain for more than ten days to escape.

I thought I had seen through all of Ma Su's intentions, and when I was about to give Ma Su a sharp blow, I suddenly discovered that Ma Su was just a bait!

Wei general Hu Hu was making rice in a pot at the top of the mountain. Smoke curled up from the cooking pot, accompanied by the faint aroma of rice.

Just when Hu Hu was about to let all the sergeants have a good meal, the sergeant patrolling the mountain came hurriedly: "General, Han soldiers are coming to attack the mountain!"

Hu Hu was stunned: "Where did the Han soldiers come from?"

The sergeant's tone was a little horrified: "They're from Nanshan!"

Hu Hu laughed: "Haha! They must be the Han soldiers defeated by General Zuo! Brothers, we will eat later, the opportunity to make meritorious deeds is here!"

The sergeant's words behind him were directly covered up by the shouts and shouts around him.

When Hu Hu led his troops to the top of the mountain, he found that the number of Han soldiers attacking the mountain was several times his own, and each one of them had high morale and was advancing in an orderly manner. He was immediately stunned: "Is this a rout?"

The rout Hu Hu imagined was a group of panicked Han soldiers, who thought this was still the Han soldiers' camp and wanted to seek shelter.

Then Hu Hu leads his troops and the Han soldiers become desperate.

But reality gave Hu Hu a blow!
"Fell into a trap!"

"Get out! Get out!"

Hu Hu did not dare to fight the Han soldiers, so he hurriedly led his troops to the mountain camp and fled, trying to use the camp's geographical location to resist the Han soldiers.

But the Han soldiers were gaining momentum and were coming quickly. How could Hu Hu retreat if he wanted to?
"kill!"

Four generals, Wang Ping, Ma Zhong, Jufu and Zhang Yi, were at the forefront.

Wudang Feijun was good at running in the mountains, but he bit Wei Bing in just a moment.

In the past few days, Zhang He had beaten them more and more, suppressing them almost completely. Wudang Feijun was holding his breath.

Now he finally took the opportunity to bully Wei Bing with more and less, each one like a bloodthirsty wolf.

Unless the combat effectiveness of the soldiers on both sides is very different, the victory or defeat on the battlefield will be determined by fighting more and less.

Therefore.

After long-term actual battles, great strategists combined with the theory of art of war and put forward the tactical idea of ​​concentrating superior forces to annihilate the enemy's effective forces.

When the force is weak, it is necessary to avoid its edge; create opportunities to divide the enemy's force and form the advantage of annihilating the enemy with more enemies and fewer enemies.

When I was in Nanshan.

Although Ma Su's actions were troublesome, with Zhuge Qiao secretly controlling the situation, the Han soldiers suffered little losses.

When seizing water sources, they mostly used the southern mountainous terrain to shoot at each other with bows and crossbows, rather than engaging in hand-to-hand combat.

The tactic of a whole-army assault and close combat is only suitable for situations where one's own side has a strength advantage, like now.

Zhuge Qiao did not object to Ma Su's deployment of defenses in Nanshan. He also considered that the terrain of Nanshan was steep and could greatly reduce the losses of his own soldiers.

Hu Hu's resistance did not last long.

This is a fight with great disparity in strength!

The hilltop where Wei Yan chose to set up his stronghold was indeed not as steep as the terrain of Nanshan, but it was precisely because of this that Zhuge Qiao was able to lead his soldiers to charge up the hilltop easily!
When defending a mountain, you need to choose a geographical advantage that is conducive to the defenders, but when you attack a mountain, you naturally choose a geographical advantage that is conducive to attacking the mountain.

"This General Wei is really hospitable!"

“Even food and water were prepared for us!”

After defeating Hu Hu, Jufu couldn't help laughing when he looked at the fragrant food and clear drinking water in the camp.

Since charging from Nanshan to this hilltop, the Han soldiers were already hungry and thirsty.

Although this meal was only enough to feed two thousand people, it was not bad to give it to the more than seven thousand Han soldiers to temporarily satisfy their hunger.

There was not much time left for the Han soldiers to rest, because Xia Houru was already chasing them.

Behind Xia Houru, Zhang He also led more than 10,000 soldiers to shout for death.

Zhuge Qiao looked at the Wei soldiers who were gradually approaching. There was no panic on his face and he formed the formation calmly.

Xia Houru saw that the Han soldiers at the top of the mountain were waiting in full formation, and Hu Hu was defeated and fled from the mountain. He quickly stabilized his formation to avoid being defeated by the defeated troops.

Seeing the flag flying on the top of the mountain again, Xia Houru did not dare to be careless.

Xia Houru only had three thousand Wei soldiers, so he did not dare to charge directly into the mountain.

Not long after.

Zhang He led his troops to arrive.

Seeing Zhang He's arrival, Zhuge Qiao sneered and ordered: "Set up the flag."

The flag officer received the military order and erected the flag embroidered with "Han Fu Han General Zhuge Qiao".

The flag flutters in the wind, and the eight characters are eye-catching and dazzling.

Zhang He looked up and was shocked when he saw the name on the general's flag: "General Zhuge Qiao of the auxiliary Han Dynasty? This is Zhuge Liang's eldest son and Guan Yu's son-in-law!"

Xia Houru had also heard of Zhuge Qiao's reputation and asked in surprise: "That young hero Zhuge Qiao who planned to defeat Lu Meng?"

"When the late Emperor was here, he had many praises for Zhuge Qiao. I heard that this son was only fifteen years old when he defeated Lü Meng in Jingzhou!"

A person's name, the shadow of a tree.

When the Han River was delimited, Liu Bei took Zhuge Qiao alone to meet Cao Cao in front of the battle in order to show off in front of Cao Cao.

Regarding Zhuge Qiao, a rookie, Cao Cao told all the generals after the war, and even used Zhuge Qiao to encourage the descendants of the Cao and Xiahou clans.

Simultaneously.

Xia Houru was puzzled again: "Isn't the commander-in-chief of the Han soldiers at the street pavilion Ma Di? How could he become Zhuge Qiao?"

Zhang He's face sank.

Zhuge Qiao raised a flag to reveal his identity, which meant that Zhang He's previous guess was correct!

"No wonder Zhuge Qiao was able to plot against Lu Meng, who was experienced in fighting in Jingzhou. This boy is really good at hiding!"

"If I hadn't seen through Ma Su's bluffing trick and completed the siege of the mountain and cut off the water in three days, leaving Ma Su with nothing to do, this guy would not have revealed his identity." "First he robbed the camp and shot Wang Tong, and now he defeated Hu Hu with lightning speed .”

"It's abominable to destroy nearly two thousand of my soldiers in one battle!"

Both sides had been fighting for water for three days without losing so many sergeants. As a result, Hu Hu's sergeants were almost wiped out today just because they sent Hu Hu to the mountain to inquire about the situation.

Until now, Zhang He has not seen Hu Hu escape.

"General, this mountain is flatter than Nanshan, why don't we attack it with the whole army!" Xia Houru suggested.

Zhang He shook his head: "Although the Han soldiers are small, their morale is high; although this mountain is flatter than Nanshan, the Han soldiers still have a condescending geographical advantage."

"There was originally a Han army on this mountain. I thought that this Han army had a conflict with Ma Di, so I stayed put for three days. Now that I think about it, I must have followed Zhuge Qiao's military order."

"We still don't know where this army is. If we attack the mountain rashly, we may fall into Zhuge Qiao's plan."

"Zhuge Qiao has a reputation that cannot be compared to Ma Di."

"Notify Su Ze to move camp!"

"First, we must plan step by step to force Zhuge Qiao to reveal his flaws!"

Zhang He moved his soldiers back a hundred meters and took up their formation on a flat place.

Seeing this, Zhuge Qiao on the top of the mountain ordered his sergeants to guard the top of the mountain and turned back to the stronghold.

And in the village.

Wei general Hu Hu was tied up tightly and escorted to Zhuge Qiao.

"Kneel down!" Wang Ping shouted coldly.

Hu Hu refused to kneel down and shouted, "General Han, don't be complacent! Although I am defeated today and will die, General Zuo will avenge me!"

Zhuge Qiao clapped his hands and praised: "You are indeed a man. It's a pity that Zhang He only has 20,000 sergeants, and I also have 20,000 sergeants. What can he do to avenge you?"

"Oh no, your two thousand sergeants were almost completely wiped out. If you look at it this way, Zhang He has two thousand fewer sergeants than me. I should have the advantage in terms of strength."

Hu Hu sneered: "Don't think I'm stupid! If you really have 20,000 soldiers, how can you not be able to defend Nanshan?"

Zhuge Qiao chuckled: "It is true that there are not 20,000 sergeants in Nanshan, but I never said that there are no sergeants outside Nanshan? Since you have occupied this hilltop, you must have seen the flag on the opposite hilltop."

"Thirty miles from here to Lueyang, I have deployed troops and horses on more than a dozen hills. Nanshan has more troops and horses, just because he is at the front."

"I just used a little trick, but Zhang He misjudged my strength, and actually wanted to encircle the mountains and cut off the water. It's really funny!"

"That's just my plan to divide our forces!"

"It's a pity that only two thousand sergeants of yours came to die. I originally thought that at least five thousand sergeants would come, but my plan was in vain."

Hu Hu was stunned.

Seeing that Zhuge Qiao didn't seem to be lying, Hu Hu suddenly panicked, gritted his teeth and shouted: "Don't be complacent, General Zuo is just a front-line army. General Meng from Chang'an has already led troops to retreat."

"General Meng has an army of 50,000 people. No, an army of 100,000 people will definitely be able to kill you without leaving any trace behind."

"You, you bastard, how dare you deceive me!"

Hu Hu immediately realized that Zhuge Qiao was deliberately provoking a cliche!
"You said it yourself, I didn't ask you!" Zhuge Qiao's eyes were bright: "With an army of fifty thousand, Meng Da pays great attention to Longyou."

Zhuge Qiao paused and said to Hu Hu: "I won't kill you today, but send a letter to Zhang He for me."

Hu Hu stared at Zhuge Qiao suspiciously: "You want to deceive me again? Do you think I am easy to deceive?"

Zhuge Qiao smiled calmly: "Fooling you? What's the benefit to me? If you want to deceive me, you're also deceiving Zhang He. Why are you deceiving you? I just don't want my sergeant to be detained by Zhang He."

"Although the two armies are fighting without killing the envoy, it will be very distressing for my envoy if his ears and nose are cut off by Zhang He."

"Zijun, send him down the mountain."

Wang Ping pushed Hu Hu to the top of the mountain and stuffed Zhuge Qiao's letter to Zhang He into Hu Hu's arms. Without untying the rope that bound Hu Hu, he kicked Hu Hu down the mountain.

Hu Hu fell down, chewed mud, and rolled down the hillside.

Seeing this, Xia Houru quickly asked the sergeant to bring Hu Hu back.

"Hu Hu, what's going on?" Xia Houru didn't understand the situation.

Hu Hu said bitterly: "The Han general deceived me and asked me to deliver a message to General Zuo."

Xia Houru's expression changed and he quickly led Hu Hu to see Zhang He.

When Zhang He saw Hu Hu being released by Zhuge Qiao, he instinctively became more vigilant: "How were you released?"

Hu Hu did not dare to hide anything and told Zhang He everything about his conversation with Zhuge Qiao.

Hearing that Hu Hu had been tricked, Zhang He was so angry that he shouted: "Hu Hu, you dare to leak the secrets of military aircraft, what crime should you be punished for!"

Hu Hu did not dare to answer, but lowered his head and accepted the punishment.

Xia Houru quickly advised: "General, although Hu Hu is guilty, it is Zhuge Qiao who is treacherous after all. When employing people now, it is better to record his sins and make atonement for his crimes in the future."

This Hu Hu was originally a brave general under Xia Houru. When Zhang He saw Xia Houru's plea, he shouted coldly: "You can be exempted from death, but you cannot escape from living crime! Drag him out and punish you for thirty years. If you have no success in the future, you will be beheaded to enforce military law." .”

Seeing that he had escaped with his life, Hu Hu quickly kowtowed and thanked him.

Zhang He opened Zhuge Qiao's letter and his eyes became even more gloomy.

The main idea of ​​the letter was: There are 10,000 soldiers hiding on a dozen hills behind here, so I asked Zhang He if he dared to come and break the stronghold.

"Zhuge, how dare you be so arrogant!"

"I don't believe you really have 10,000 sergeants!"

"Xia Houru, inform Su Ze to attack the mountain at You time!"

Zhang He threw Zhuge Qiao's letter to the ground and became angry.

Xia Houru asked suspiciously: "General, didn't you say that we must prepare for every step of the way? Why do you want to attack the mountain now?"

Zhang He sneered: "Zhuge is playing tricks on me. He wants to confuse my judgment and make me think that he really has 20,000 soldiers."

"Such a clumsy little plan can deceive others, but it cannot deceive me!"

"There are more than a dozen hills and no good location. Let me see how he can defend them!"

"As long as you break a few of his hills, you'll know if there are any hidden soldiers!"

When Zhang He decided to attack the mountain, Zhuge Qiao also summoned the generals and ordered: "Zhang He will definitely come to attack the mountain later."

"Brother, you lead the soldiers from Ji County to go ahead and go to the next hilltop to replenish drinking water."

"General Xiang, please lead your troops down the mountain first and lurk by the roadside on the west side of the mountain."

"If you see that I am unable to lure the flying troops to arrive, pretend to be an ambush and rush out, but do not actually charge and kill. After waving the flag and shouting, retreat immediately."

Xiang Chong said in confusion: "General Fu Han, please forgive me for being stupid and not quite understanding the purpose of this move."

Zhuge Qiao smiled and said: "Don't be suspicious, just execute the order. After today, you will naturally know my intention."

Seeing that Zhuge Qiao didn't want to say more, Xiang Chong suppressed the questions in his mind.

It’s time for You.

Zhang He led his troops to attack the mountain.

Zhuge Qiao ordered Wudang's flying army to launch a round of missiles at the Wei soldiers, and quickly withdrew from the hilltop.

Although the Wei soldiers missed the target, they did not give up pursuing the Han soldiers.

Xia Houru rushed to the front, and was about to catch up with the Han soldiers. Xiang Chong rushed out from the roadside, and nearly a thousand soldiers waved flags and shouted.

Hearing the cry of killing, Xia Houru was shocked and quickly stabilized his formation.

Unexpectedly.

After Xiang Chong saw that Xia Houru had stabilized the military formation, he immediately turned around and ran away.

"I'm so angry!"

Realizing that he had been fooled, Xia Houru once again led his troops in pursuit.

Because of this delay, Zhuge Qiao had already led his troops to establish a stable formation on the new hilltop.

Relying on their superiority, the Han soldiers fired another round of missiles at the Wei soldiers.

When the Wei soldiers gradually advanced to the top of the mountain, they found that there was only one empty stronghold left on the top of the mountain. The Han soldiers had already gone down the mountain and rushed to the third stronghold.

so repeatedly.

When they reached the fifth mountain stronghold, Zhang He quickly ordered to stop the pursuit.

Xia Houru was puzzled: "General, why did you give the order to stop the pursuit? There are only a few soldiers and horses of the Han soldiers coming back and forth. There must be no hidden troops here."

Zhang He shook his head: "It's dark tonight. If there are really hidden soldiers outside these five hills, we won't be able to see them."

"The rear army is too far away and cannot keep up with the baggage and food. Don't pursue it too hastily! Inform the rear army to move the food and grass first, and wait until daybreak before pursuing again!"

It's dawn.

After Zhang He carefully inspected these five hills, he once again ordered Xia Houru to lead troops to break the stronghold.

Today's Han soldiers also run away when they see Wei soldiers, and the routine is exactly the same.

Jiang Wei led his troops to the next mountain to prepare, Xiang Chong acted as an ambush and waved flags and shouted, while Wu Dangfei's army broke up and blocked the Wei army with bows and crossbows.

Each time he only fired for a while and then ran away, which annoyed Wei Bing.

Zhang He's mood is getting heavier and heavier. The pursuit on these hills has stretched Zhang He's front!
When we reached the tenth hill.

Su Ze rode up from behind and chased after him: "General, this is a tactic used by the Han soldiers to lure the enemy. Don't fall for it!"

"I think we should give up chasing the Han soldiers, concentrate our forces, and go directly to Lueyang on the main road; otherwise, if the Han soldiers lead us there, we won't be able to reach Lueyang in a few days."

"From here to Lueyang, we can reach it by marching in one day. I don't believe that the Han soldiers dare to hide on the top of the mountain!"

Zhang He woke up and finally understood what the problem was in the past two days.

After breaking through Nanshan, Zhang He no longer needed to contend with Zhuge Qiao. He only needed to concentrate his troops and go straight to Lueyang via Guanlong Avenue.

As long as you ignore the Han soldiers, Zhuge Qiao will be the most anxious!

Zhang He was influenced by Zhuge Qiao's letter about the 10,000 hidden soldiers, and made a misjudgment.

"Thanks to General Su for reminding me, otherwise I would have fallen into Zhuge Qiao's plan!" Zhang He immediately ordered the troops to move to the main road and wait for the rear army to escort the heavy supplies of food and grass before heading to Lueyang together.

When Zhuge Qiao on the top of the mountain saw Wei Bing move to the main road, a smile appeared on his lips: "I only cheated for two days. Although it is a pity, it was also in my plan."

now.

Ten miles away, a camp stood on the road.

The front of the camp was covered with antlers, fences and other obstacles. The originally wide avenue was blocked by rocks and rolling logs for nearly a hundred meters, making it narrow and difficult to pass.

Wei Yan stood at the gate of the village, looking at the road ahead, his eyes full of pride.

"Thanks to General Fuhan for delaying, I had enough time to cut off this path."

"From now on, the real battle begins!"

(End of this chapter)