Chapter 20: The two phases of the battle marched in a hurry, and the white-edged bloody battle of Caotouling

"Stop!" Wei Yuan stretched out his hand to restrain the hurried horses and ordered.

The two successive victories have raised Wei Yuan's prestige in the grain army to an incomparable level, and the soldiers have regarded Wei Yuan as an idol, and they dare not disobey when they give an order. Therefore, after Wei Yuan's order, the entire army immediately stopped.

"Ziliang, we need to rush to the official road immediately to ambush the Wei army, why stop?" Han Cheng was puzzled and asked.

"I just went to the Malay newspaper, and I didn't see any trace of the Wei army on the official road, and I was puzzled." Wei Yuan said: "If you can't know Wei Jun's intentions, Feng Bi and Guangrui are in danger. ”

Han Cheng said with a smile: "Ziliang, don't worry, thinking about the Wei army, I'm afraid that I have already been frightened by our army and rolled back to wings." ”

Wei Yuan said with a smile: "I want to do it, but you and I both know that according to the captive, the person who led the leader of this trip is the Wei general Xiahou Baye, this person is the chief general of the first army, presumably not a person who has lost his name, how can he be buried by a small defeat?" ”

Han Cheng said: "Ziliang's words are bad, there is no Wei army on the official road, he must not dare to fight with our army again, and go back to wings." Didn't Ziliang Mo think that Xiahou Ba dared to pursue me in Hulu Valley again? ”

Wei Yuan was suddenly taken aback when he heard this, and said, "This is reasonable!" I think that Xiahou Ba must be coming with our army in Hulu Valley again, a good Xiahou Ba, I miscalculated. ”

Han Cheng said: "I said casually, Ziliang and don't take it seriously." That gourd valley has now become coke, can Wei Jun'an cross the valley?"

Wei Yuan said: "The gourd valley is mountainous and has few trees, although we set fire to it, it will not last." If that Xiahou Ba waits for the fire to be extinguished, and then picks up the boulder, he will definitely be able to cross the valley safely. ”

Han Cheng exclaimed: "In this case, why don't I immediately return to the mouth of the gourd valley and set up an ambush to block its march?" ”

Wei Yuan said: "It's too late. It has been two hours since our army left the Hulu Valley, and now it will take another two hours to return, and four hours is enough for Na Xiahou Ba to disappear through the Hulu Valley and disappear into Qianmo. ”

Han Cheng exclaimed: "In this case, where are we going to stop him?" ”

Wei Yuan said: "The terrain behind the gourd valley is all plains, and there is no danger to defend. And our army has now lost the trace of the enemy, for the sake of now, we can only catch up with the grain cart, carry the grain, only hope that the reinforcements will arrive quickly. ”

Han Cheng turned around and asked, "Where is the grain cart now?" ”

A signal soldier had already come out and replied: "Uncle Yudu, the grain truck is camped in Caotouling tonight." ”

Han Cheng and Wei Yuan glanced at each other, and Wei Yuan said: "In this case, we need to rush to Caotouling immediately, what does Brother Han think?" ”

Han Cheng said: "Let Ziliang send it, I have no objection." ”

"In this case, there is no need for our army to hide its tracks." Wei Yuan ordered: "The whole army should light torches, each person should hold at least two torches, and immediately rush to Caotouling." ”

The soldiers sang loudly, and suddenly the lanterns and torches were lit up one after another, and the whole army went straight to Caotouling like a fire dragon.

Han Cheng rode his horse and said, "Ziliang lit a lot of torches, but in order to deceive Xiahou Bahu?"

Wei Yuan said with a smile: "This is a small Dao'er, I really hope that Xiahou Ba misestimated our strength, which made him fearful."

Han Cheng sighed: "Ziliang is so talented, and his future is limitless."

Wei Yuan sighed: "Brother Han is too famous. If there are more than 1,000 soldiers stationed in the camp, and if we have 500 cavalry in hand, I will definitely follow Xiahouba to the camp and attack the soldiers in the camp, Xiahouba will be defeated. ”

At this time, Xiahou Ba was walking on the path with his soldiers, because the army needed to hide the tracks, so the whole army also lit a few lanterns to light the road, all the lanterns were covered with thick skin, and the fire could not reach far.

Wang Yi asked: "How does the general determine that the Shu army's grain truck is now in Caotouling?" ”

Xiahou said domineeringly: "This is not difficult, since the far slope to the lion forest is the only place where there is a stream overflowing, the army travels, the water source is heavy, such as the Shu army returns with grain, and it will be hoarded here tonight." ”

Everyone was amazed.

At this time, suddenly a detective stepped forward to report: "General, there are suddenly torches on the official road and countless torches are heading straight towards Caotouling." ”

"Oh, can you see how many people there are?"

"General, it's hard to see clearly in the middle of the night, there are about two thousand people."

"Probe, report!"

"Whoa!"

Xiahou Ba sighed: "Who is the Shu general? Can you see my plan? Then he ordered: "Command the whole army, light the torches, and rush to Caotouling at full speed!" ”

Wang Yi exclaimed: "General, won't our army be exposed in this way? ”

Xiahou said domineeringly: "At this time and at that time, we are hiding our tracks, all because we heard the words of the defeated army, there are our Wei soldiers and prisoners in the Shu army's grain army, if we take advantage of the Shu army's unpreparedness and attack its camp, our Wei army captives will inevitably defect, so we will win." Now that the Shu general has given up hiding, he must have seen through my plan, and at this time, as long as he rushes to Caotouling before it, we will have a chance to win. ”

Wang Yi said: "General, there are 2,000 people in the Shu army, our army is rushing day and night, the horses and soldiers are tired, and the last general is worried that even if our army arrives, it may not be able to win." ”

Xiahou Ba smiled: "This is a bluff. If the Shu army has more than 2,000 cavalry, then the Shu army will also have this number of soldiers who escort grain and grass, then the Shu army must not rush to Caotouling at all, but follow behind me, and when our army and the Caotouling defenders are in a melee, then we will be annihilated. And the Shu army went straight to Caotouling regardless of it, and I expected that there would not be many defenders of Caotouling. ”

So, Xiahou Ba gave an order, and the entire Wei army lit up their torches, and another fire dragon went straight to Caotouling.

Wei Yuan rode his horse in front of the army, and suddenly there was a report from the horse, and there were torches lit up on the path and went straight to Caotouling. couldn't help but sigh: "Xiahou Ba, it's very human!" Then he ordered: "The whole army is in a hurry, and it is bound to rush to Caotouling before the Wei army, and those who delay will be killed!" ”

Han Cheng asked, "Ziliang, why don't we arrange some dead soldiers to attack at night and release cold arrows to disturb their march?" ”

Wei Yuan sighed: "The path is nearly fifteen miles longer than my official road, not to mention that it is impossible to send people to the front of the Wei army to attack and disturb, even if you barely arrive, the soldiers are already physically exhausted, then Xiahou Ba will not have to pay attention to it, now the situation, those who go to Caotouling first can increase the chance of victory by two percent, I hope that Brother Han and I will supervise the troops together, and it cannot be delayed." ”

After hearing this, Han Cheng immediately hurried to urge the troops forward.

In the early spring night, it was still cold and windy, and at this time, if you stood on the top of the mountain and looked down, you could clearly see that the two fire dragons were rapidly approaching Caotouling......

"Brother Feng, wake up!" In the haze, Feng Bi heard Guangrui's loud shouting, and couldn't help but open his eyes, turn over and sit up.

"Brother Guang is in such a hurry, what happened?" Feng Bi opened his eyes and asked.

Guangrui said: "There are two roads about five miles outside the camp that go straight to my camp, and we should prepare quickly." ”

Feng Bi was overjoyed when he heard this, and said, "But the reinforcements have arrived?" ”

Guangrui shook his head and said, "No, it's from the direction of the wings." ”

Feng Bi immediately stood up after hearing this, and said, "It's not a good thing, this must be the Wei army pursuing, so I'll prepare as soon as possible." ”

Then he instructed: "Brother Guang, please immediately gather the people, put the grain carts outside the camp as a fortress, and dig more trenches for the purpose of delaying the enemy." ”

"Okay." Guangrui replied, "What about you, Brother Feng?" ”

"I expect that if the Wei army comes, the Wei army captives in the camp will mutiny, and I will take advantage of this opportunity to kill all the prisoners in the general to prevent future troubles."

"Brother Feng is confused, without a military order, how can we kill prisoners?" Guangrui stomped his feet.

A cold light flashed in the corner of Feng Bi's eyes, and he said: "Now the army is headed by the two of us, and the two of us act as military orders." ”

"In this case, Brother Feng can gather his soldiers and let go, and I will arrange the defense well." Seeing that he could no longer persuade and that time was pressing, Guang Rui had to go out of the tent and order the people to put the grain cart across the hillside, and then dig a trench in front of the grain cart, and prepare more arrows and boulders for the purpose of guarding the camp.

In the middle of Guangrui's arrangement, I could only hear the noise in the back camp, and then there was a wailing and shouting. It turned out that Feng Bi led people directly into the back camp, and began to kill the captives without saying anything, at first the Wei captives did not take precautions, and were killed forty or fifty people, but the Wei captives saw that the Shu army did not survive, and they couldn't help but feel desperate and resisted angrily, but after all, the Wei captives were forced to work for a whole day, and because the Shu army did not dine for the Wei captives before, they could not last long, and the Shu army gradually gained the upper hand.

When Guangrui choked and dug half of the trench, the first army outside the camp had approached the camp only half a mile away, and the torches on both sides shone on each other, and the faces of the people were already faintly visible.

Guangrui had no choice but to collect the troops, ordered all the personnel to lie behind the grain cart, and when he was waiting to look at the opposite side, he saw that the troops on the opposite side had already lined up for a while, and he rushed out of a general and shouted: "Xiahou Ba, the general of the Wei State, is here, who is guarding the camp in front, come out to answer." ”

Guangrui glanced at the back camp, and saw that the shouting and killing in the back camp had gradually faded, knowing that Feng Bi was about to finish killing the prisoners, he wondered why he didn't take this opportunity to delay the Wei army's time, so he immediately stepped forward and said: "I am Chengdu Guangrui is also, what is the matter of calling something?" ”

Xiahou Ba looked up to the sky and laughed: "A certain general is not here for anything, but to take your life!" After finishing speaking, he rode his horse and rushed up, and when he was close, he picked up Guangrui with only one shot and threw him under the horse. Then he ordered: "Assault of the whole army!" ”

It turned out that Xiahou Ba and his entourage had already arrived at Caotouling in front of Wei Yuan under the full march, and after arriving, Xiahou Ba saw that the Shu army had already set up a defensive formation, so he used words to lure Guangrui out of the ranks, taking advantage of Guangrui's failure to prevent killing.

Guangrui was dead, the Shu army was immediately shocked, and they all wanted to flee by grabbing the road, and at this time, someone suddenly ordered: "All the troops listen to the order and release the arrows!" ”

It turned out that Feng Bi arrived and saw that Guangrui was dead, so he immediately ordered.

After hearing this, the Shu army shot out from the rain of arrows, and the Wei army in front of them fell from the arrows one after another. But as soon as the arrow passed, the Wei army had already rushed to the front of the camp, picked up the fence, and smashed into the grain cart array.

Feng Bi drew his sword and shouted: "Killing the enemy for the country is today, why don't we fight to the death?" Then he led the army forward.

At this time, the entire grain truck array has shown the situation of the mixed stuffing meat grinder of the later generations, and there are shouts of killing everywhere, and the Shu army and the Wei army are entangled together, all holding blades looking for a pair of hateful eyes, once they see it, they immediately pounce on it, either you die or I die.

Feng Bi pulled the sword out of the chest of the first Wei army, and was about to continue to charge and kill, when suddenly a general flashed by, and when he looked again, he found that the headless corpse was somewhat familiar, and then he lost consciousness.

It turned out that Feng Bi frequently gave orders in the army, and he had long been targeted by Xiahou Ba, Xiahou Ba rode up, Feng Bi was unguarded, and he pulled out his sword and cut off his head with a sword.

Xiahou Ba held Feng Bi's head in his hand and shouted: "You and the other lords are dead, if you don't descend early, when will you wait?" ”

As soon as the words fell, I heard a loud shout not far away: "Liao Hua, the general of Shu State, is here, where are the rats, dare to offend my camp?!" ”