Chapter 24: Xiahou Ba designed the upper house to draw a ladder, and Jiang Boyue wanted to accept the apprentices

For the maple forest fifty miles outside the winged city, Xiahou's uncle and nephew joined forces, and after camping, the two went to the camp to talk.

Xiahou Ba recounted how he lost his wings. Xiahou Xuan sighed: "I don't want Shu to have such a person, how about Liao Yuan?" ”

Xiahou said domineeringly: "This son has the courage of ten thousand people, this fashion and youth, and his prime of life will not be in the past Shu Kingdom, Zhang Xia." And there is a strategy, and in time, it will be a great disaster for my Wei country. ”

Xiahou Xuanqi said: "I know my nephew's martial arts, and his martial arts can resist the joint efforts of my nephew and Wang Yi, and his martial arts must be extraordinary." But in my opinion, such a child is only quite lucky, and he is lucky enough to win one or two small battles. How can you become a victim of my Wei country's henchmen? ”

Xiahou Ba also told how Wei Yuan deceived Liao Hua to earn Xiahou Kuang, Hulu Valley ambush, etc. Xiahou Xuan couldn't help but exclaim when he heard this: "If this is the case, this son must not be allowed to grow up in the Shu Kingdom, and it is the best to recruit him, if not, he needs to be eliminated as soon as possible when he is not yet in his fledges." ”

Xiahou said domineeringly: "I think this son is a loyal and righteous person, and I am afraid that it is not wealth that can move his mind." It's better to get rid of it as soon as possible. ”

When Xiahou Xuan heard this, he asked, "Will the plan come out?" ”

Xiahou said domineeringly: "I see that this son is now at most a general in Shu, and I can ask my uncle to write a letter to General Cao Zhen to send a secret envoy to Shu to bribe the internal envoy, even if he can't be killed, he must not be reused." ”

Xiahou Xuan praised: "This plan is wonderful! I will hand over to the general today (Note 1)"

Xiahou Xuan said again: "Now that the wings have fallen into the hands of the Shu army, I look at its lineup, its strength is probably no less than 20,000, and now it occupies the fortress of Jiancheng, and from time to time there are Qiang tribes to go to the same place, my uncle and nephew have only more than 13,000 soldiers in one place, it is really difficult to regain the wings, I don't know if the virtuous nephew has a clever strategy?" ”

Xiahou Ba said with a smile: "This matter has already been decided, our troops want to recapture the wings, I am afraid that the strength will not be lost, but if I want to break the Shu army with my uncle and nephew's troops, it is not difficult." ”

Xiahou Xuanqi said: "Why did the virtuous nephew say this? ”

Xiahou said domineeringly: "The Shu army's trip is to receive the Qiang people into Sichuan's ears, and our uncles and nephews don't go to attack the wings, but only plunder the grain, grass and resources of the Qiang tribes who went to the same country, and then let the Qiang tribes rush to the wings." Thinking that Jiang Boyu is the heart of the Qiang people, he can only take his own military rations for the Qiang people. How long will it last? When the Shu army is short of food, our army can defeat it. This is a plan to go up the house and draw a ladder. In addition, my cavalry is outside, if Jiang Wei'er attacks my big battalion, can you not be afraid of my cavalry to fight back twice? It's a win-win-win solution. ”

Xiahou Xuan sighed: "Although this plan is wonderful, the Shu army has already opened up the grain road, and its old grain has not gone and the new grain has come, I am afraid it will be difficult to succeed." ”

Xiahou Ba smiled and said: "Uncle is relieved for the time being, I have a letter from Guo Thorn here, and my uncle will know it after reading it." ”

Xiahou Xuan took the letter, read it carefully, and said happily: "Is that really the case? In this way, Jiang Wei'er is afraid that he will be captured by my uncle and nephew. ”

Xiahou Ba smiled: "That's right. Uncle, no matter what happens in the future, now that I am waiting for my uncle and nephew to join forces, I expect that Jiang Wei will definitely send a general to call for a battle to find out the truth of our army, and I should prepare as soon as possible. ”

Xiahou Xuan said: "Even so, we still selected the elite earlier, and when they come, they will show the might of our Wei army." ”

Xiahou said domineeringly: "No, uncle, my army has just arrived, and the people are sleepy and tired, so it is best to rest for a few days." And our uncles and nephews have decided to send troops to plunder the Qiang people, and take advantage of this time to show that the weak side is the best policy. ”

Xiahou Xuan held his palm and laughed: "What the virtuous nephew said is reasonable. Then he turned and commanded, "Come!" ”

"I wonder what the general commands?" He Nong, the chief bookkeeper, stepped forward and answered.

"Hang out the war-free card, no matter who comes to call the battle, I ordered all the generals not to fight, and those who disobey the order will be killed!"

"No!"

Jiang Wei looked at the dense grain bags stacked in the warehouse, and said with a smile: "The grain and grass captured by Yuan Jian this time is probably enough for my army to eat for half a month. ”

Liao Hua said with a smile: "Our army came by surprise, and the Wei army didn't have time to set fire to the grain, and Xiahou Ba was not in the city, but he gave the last general a chance to make meritorious contributions." ”

Jiang Wei said with a smile: "Yuan Jian is too humble, in my opinion, if that Xiahou Ba is in the city, I am afraid that Yuan Jian will be captured long ago." ”

Liao Hua laughed and said: "The general is wonderful, and I dare not be ashamed." That Xiahou Zhongquan was indeed good at using troops, attacking the city five times in one day, and all the strategies used were seen through by him, and he finally returned in vain. I don't want him to be the main general in the army, but he secretly leaves the camp without permission, if he doesn't commit this taboo, it will be difficult to turn it into wings. ”

Jiang Wei said with a smile: "In this way, Liao Yuan's son led the troops to recapture the grain and grass, but he attracted the Xiahou overlord soldiers to become wings, which should be another achievement." ”

Liao Hua said with a smile: "What the general said is extremely true. I appreciate this son a lot, after this battle, I also ask the general to transfer him to the command of Hua, and give him a good training, and he will be the pillar of my Shu army in the future. ”

Jiang Wei said: "Yuan Jian, I'm afraid that Wei can't agree to Yu Ru this time, since the teacher went to the university, Wei was entrusted by the teacher, and was determined to support the Han family and return to the old capital." But for a long time, the talents of our Shu Kingdom have withered, and now they are the generals of Liao Yuan, and they will be transferred to their side to teach them personally after some investigation. ”

Liao Hua exclaimed: "Didn't the general move the idea of accepting apprentices? ”

Jiang Wei sighed: "Wei really plans to do this, so he can't agree to Yuan Jian." ”

Liao Hua said with a smile: "Wouldn't it be a hundred times stronger for me to be taught by the general himself?" Hua Xian congratulated the general on finding a good apprentice. ”

Jiang Wei said: "This matter is not in a hurry, it is not too late to mention it after returning to Chengdu." What is your opinion on the current situation? ”

Liao Hua said with a smile: "The general is here, how can he allow the Hua Banmen to get an axe?" ”

Jiang Wei smiled: "Yuan Jian is too inferior, but it doesn't hurt to say it." ”

Liao Hua said: "Now that our army has occupied the wings, Xiahouen's uncle and nephew are entrenched in Fenglin, Guo Huai is now trapped in the moth by General Li Hui and the king of Zhuqiang Hu, and I think that we should take this opportunity to conquer Xiahouen's uncle and nephew's department as soon as possible, gather the Qiang people, and withdraw as soon as possible It is the best policy." ”

Jiang Wei smiled: "Yuan Jian's words are exactly what I want. ”

At this moment, Jiang Xuan arrived and said, "General, the soldiers and horses have been assembled, may I ask the general when I will leave?" ”

Jiang Wei said: "How long has Liu Liang and Tan Ming set off now?" ”

Jiang Xuan said: "One hour. ”

"Okay, I'll leave immediately to pick up the two of them."

Liao Hua said: "The general is slow, I think that the general is the master of my three armies, and I can't go deep into the danger, so let me lead troops to respond, and the general can wait for the news." ”

Jiang Wei said: "It's okay. Liu and Tan sent troops to call for battle this time, and I expected that Uncle and nephew of Xia Houen would not respond to the battle. This time I went to drum up the morale of our soldiers. After I leave, Yuan Jian will close the city and wait for me to return. ”

Then, without waiting for Liao Hua to agree, he stepped forward and turned on his horse, took the iron spear from his own soldiers, and went to fight the horse.

☞ Note 1: According to the history books, it seems that Cao Zhen is indeed an official to a general, but in other books, Cao Zhen is also called the governor of the capital, and this book is based on the history books.