Chapter 9 The neighing of horses confuses the real with the false
Outside the city, the Wei army envoy was beaten with twenty military staffs, was thrown out of the city, and limped back to the camp
Seeing this, Deng Zhong was furious and asked, "Have you ever passed the decree to Liu Yao?" ”
The envoy replied with an aggrieved face: "I have tried my best, Xiaozhi is moved by emotion, saying that my general Deng Lixian is magnanimous and polite, and his identity is not disgraced to my general, who knows that Liu Yao Xiao'er actually ordered someone to tie him up, and the decree was also robbed by him, and he was also thrown out of the city by twenty military sticks." ”
The more the envoy spoke, the more sad he became: "What's more, he also said that you ........ general"
Deng Zhong was a little angry and asked, "What did he say about me?" ”
"I don't dare to say it!" Wei replied.
"Say!" Deng Zhong glared at the envoy fiercely.
The messenger looked distressed and said:
"What's even more excessive is that he said that the general's father and son are just Sima Gong's slaves, and Sima Gong doesn't pay attention to him, saying that the general has any qualifications to surrender."
Deng Zhong was suddenly furious, slapped the table, and said viciously: "Liu Yao'er! Toast without eating and drinking, I have not yet captured the flag since I entered Sichuan, and when Sergeant Ru is tired in the second half of the night, I will take your head sacrifice knife tonight! ”
At this time, Liu Yao, who had just laid down and fallen asleep in Fuchengguan, shivered coldly, broke out in a cold sweat, calmed down, turned over and fell asleep again.
The sky gradually darkened, Liu Yao and Zhang Zun stood side by side at the head of Fucheng Pass, and the soldiers next to them were busy erecting the straw men tied during the day on their respective posts, and the mournful neighing of war horses was heard from time to time in the city.
Zhang Zun asked with a little suspicion: "Your Highness, you said that you can really hide from Wei Jun like this?" ”
Liu Yao himself was not very sure in his heart, but he could only remain calm on the surface, and replied lightly: "As expected, the Wei army will most likely launch the final offensive in the second half of the night, this is the time for them to recuperate and recuperate, the Wei army at this time is the least vigilant, and now is also our last chance!" ”
At this time, Chen She walked in front of Liu Yao in a hurry, and said respectfully: "Your Highness, the two thousand bodies pierced during the day have all been erected at the head of the city. ”
Because Liu Chan and the clan were captured by the Wei army, the Shu Han regime has been leaderless, Liu Yao is the only survivor in the clan, and the identity of the king of Anding is undoubtedly his biggest capital now, and the soldiers are all looking to Liu Yao.
"Well, the time has come, order the soldiers to bring everything they can eat and retreat in silence!" Liu Yao immediately ordered, it was originally a hurried march to Fucheng Pass to defend it, and everyone only brought seven days' rations, which had been consumed in Fucheng for five days, and after collecting the rations of the fallen soldiers, it was only enough for the two thousand Han troops to last two more days.
The order was conveyed, and the two thousand Han soldiers slowly withdrew from the city in an orderly manner, leaving only a grass man standing at the head of the city.
Chen She followed closely with Liu Yao with three hundred guards, these three hundred people were selected by Liu Yao to form a personal guard team, Liu Yao was also afraid of death, martial arts only learned a fur, a ring knife in his hand to deal with a few ordinary soldiers is barely improvised, I am afraid that I can't go ten rounds when I meet a general like Chen She, if I meet Deng Zhong, I am afraid that I will not be able to escape if I am afraid that I will be able to plug in my wings, Liu Yao needs a strong guard to protect his safety at all times, and when necessary, he can also be a strange army.
Outside Fucheng Pass, several Wei army scouts took turns observing the city day and night, for fear that the Shu army would have any abnormal movements, and the mountains and forests were still hot and unbearable in Shu in October, and mosquito bites were inevitable, a Wei army scout leaned against the tree, slapped the mosquito that had just bitten on his arm and had a full stomach, and complained to another scout:
"The third child, why are we so unlucky to come to this ghost place in Shuzhong, the hot flashes make people irritable, when the scouts have no horses to ride, there are insects in the mountains and forests everywhere, how good it would be for us to go back to Wei after the battle as soon as possible."
The third scout ignored him, looked at Fuguan Chengtou with a puzzled expression.
"The third? What kind of corpse are you? The scout saw that the third child did not reply, and scolded with some displeasure.
"It's strange, just now the head of the Shu army was still crowded, and now there is no movement, only the Shu army standing guard, why didn't the Shu army light torches tonight?" The Wei army scout named Lao San said to himself.
Another scout also turned his head to look at Fucheng Pass, heard the mournful neighing of horses in Fucheng, and then turned back and smiled: "Third child, I think you are crazy again, isn't there still a Shu army standing at the head of the city, didn't you hear the neighing of the Shu army's war horses so loudly?" ”
The scout named Lao San looked at the city head suspiciously, and then he stopped, and then leaned against the tree and said uneasily: "Forget it, the army will attack the city in the second half of the night, and the Shu army will not be able to make any moths."
The night scene gradually fell silent, only the sound of insects chirping from the crowing mountain birds, and suddenly from the Wei army camp came a burst of gathered drums to break the silence of the mountains.
Deng Zhong was wearing armor and iron helmets, looking extremely heroic, holding the sword at his waist and walking out of the Chinese army's big account, followed by the deputy general Zhao Zhong and a group of small colonels, five thousand Wei troops heard the drum and hurriedly ran out of their respective barracks account, they were sleeping with their armor, and they could assemble immediately when they heard the drums.
Five thousand Wei troops walked towards the Fucheng Pass, and the two thousand Wei troops of the front army carried the simple cloud ladder built under the personal leadership of Deng Zhong, without any tentative attack, and directly set up the cloud ladder to climb the city, and Deng Zhong took the lead.
Soon all the Wei soldiers were puzzled, why the Shu army at the head of the city did not release arrows, and there was no reaction, there is no doubt that the Wei army effortlessly climbed to the head of the city of Fucheng, which they had besieged for several days.
Deng Zhong stood at the head of the city and drew a knife to cut off the head of a straw man, his face was pale, and he gritted his teeth and said: "Liu Yao'er, I'm angry with me!" ”
Deputy General Zhao Zhong hurriedly ran to the head of the city, hugged his fists and said: "General, the horses of the Shu army in the Guannei have all cut off their front legs, and the blood on the ground of the stables has not completely scabbed, and the Shu army has withdrawn for a maximum of two hours, and our army may be able to catch up with the rapid march!" ”
"The mountains and forests in Shu are rampant, our army is not familiar with the terrain, what to chase?" Deng Zhong said angrily.
"This.... But if Liu Yao is let go, how can the old general explain it! Zhao Zhong admonished again.
Deng Zhong was also stunned, although he was Deng Ai's son, but Deng Ai's army had clear rewards and punishments, and there had never been an exception, since entering Sichuan, Deng Zhong had not made any great achievements, Liu Yao fled under his own eyelids, and when the time came, he would inevitably be beaten with a military staff, where would his face go.
"Pass the order, abandon the big battalion, unload the armor of the whole army, and chase the Shu army at full speed! No matter what, you can't let Liu Yao go! Deng Zhong made a quick decision.
"No!" Zhao Zhong immediately sent an order.