Chapter 44: Luring the Enemy Deeper
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The advance speed of the Southern Barbarian Meng Won Army is very fast, on the third day of the second month of the fourth year of the Han Dynasty, Meng Won the army rushed to Yueshan, and Liu Yan's army joined the division, Yueshan is a large county in the south, the Han nationality and ethnic minorities live together, the population is even better than Chengdu and Qianwei, there are as many as 620,000, Liu Yan in order to make a big noise, on the basis of the original 40,000 troops, and forcibly organize the ordinary people into military households, temporarily recruited 120,000 strong men, plus the original 40,000 and 100,000 Southern Barbarian soldiers, a total of 260,000, also known as 400,000 troops, in Yueshan played the slogan of recovering Yizhou, Directly threatens Jialing and Qianwei in Yizhou.
In Liu Yan's expectation, he threw a mess to Dong Zhuojun, Dong Zhuojun no matter whether he picked up or picked up this hot coal, he would be caught in an endless refugee riot, when the Yizhou army counterattacked, the people of Yizhou, who were on the verge of death, would respond and drive Dong Zhuojun back to Yongzhou; But what Liu Yan didn't expect was that Kang Peng actually swallowed this piece of coal, and the people of Yizhou neither revolted nor were they hostile to Dong Zhuojun. Liu Yan was disappointed, and decided to take advantage of the collapse of Dong Zhuojun's logistics and unstable foothold, directly counterattack Yizhou, and drive Dong Zhuojun back to Yongzhou in one fell swoop. After repeatedly making various promises to Meng, the combined forces of Liu and Meng formed a bloody alliance on the fifth day of the second month of the fourth year of Chuping and raised troops to attack Jialing.
When the news came, Yizhou was in a panic, and the people said that the disaster of war was inevitable, and the people of Qianwei and Jialing helped the old and the young to flee to Chengdu, wanting to seek the protection of Dong Zhuojun. Six days later, the news was also sent to Dong Zhuojun, and Dong Zhuojun's generals couldn't help but panic, knowing that the current state of the army was absolutely unable to withstand a big battle, so they flocked to the big tent to ask Kang Peng's countermeasures.
In the big tent, Kang Peng and Jia Xu seemed to know in advance that everyone was coming, and specially prepared a batch of fine wine and food transported from Chang'an to feast the ministers. As soon as Lu Bu entered the tent, he shouted, "Father-in-law, I heard that the Southern Barbarians are coming, should we go to Jialing to meet the enemy?" Let the child be the pioneer, and go and cut off that Meng Shu's head and send it to you. β
After so many ups and downs, Kang Peng has matured a lot, and he is no longer the bad student who panicked when he encountered something, Kang Peng smiled unhurriedly: "You can't take the initiative to meet the enemy, there are 600,000 refugees in Qianwei and Jialing, we go to take the initiative to meet the enemy, not only is it difficult to transport logistics, but we also have to carry the burden of refugees. β
"What then?" Lu Bu said anxiously: "Father-in-law, you have always taught children to love the people, do we want to watch the Southern Barbarian soldiers poison the people in the area?" That's hundreds of thousands! "Lu Bu has said so, will other generals still lag behind? Everyone shouted that they should take the initiative to meet the enemy and defend the people of Qianwei.
Kang Peng was very satisfied with his educational achievements, and greeted the generals with a smile, "Gentlemen, everyone has worked hard recently, Chang'an Ai's family respects our good wine and good food, and I'm sorry for myself if I don't eat it." "Recently, Dong Zhuojun's generals are about to fade out of their mouths, and no one dares to say anything in the difficult conditions in normal times, but now that the situation is improving, good wine and good food are in front of him, immediately let go of his throat and chew, like a group of hungry ghosts reincarnated.
After gnawing twelve chicken legs in a row, Kang Peng said vaguely to the generals: "Don't worry, the threat of the Southern Barbarian Army has already been arranged by the Prime Minister and the military division. β
"Father-in-law, do you already have a countermeasure?" Lu Bu was first surprised, then overjoyed, and asked with a hippie smile: "Can you tell the child, so that the child can have a bottom in his heart?" β
"You are all the henchmen of the original appearance, tell you, the original appearance is also assured." Kang Peng first won over the hearts of the people, and said without taking credit: "In fact, this is also what the prime minister, the military advisor and Zijing have discussed a long time ago, our army's logistics have collapsed and cannot withstand long-distance battles, so we decided to lure the enemy into depth, lure the combined army of Liu Yan and Nanban to the city of Chengdu, fight a battle to defend Chengdu, and when the enemy's army is tired, annihilate it in one fell swoop!" β
Dong Zhuojun's generals looked at each other, and said in their hearts that Taishi was too simple, right? Zhao Yun asked, "So, Taishi, what about the people of Qianwei and Jialing?" They have already suffered from Liu Yan's poison, can we bear to watch them be ravaged by the Southern Barbarians again? β
"Withdraw, withdraw to Chengdu." Kang Peng said without hesitation: "Organize the people of Qianwei and Jialing to withdraw to Chengdu, so that they will not have to suffer from the disaster of war, and can greatly shorten our relief grain transportation line, saving precious travel and consumption." Kang Peng added in his heart that he could also exchange it for my good reputation of loving the people like a son.
Kang Peng saw that Zhao Yun was still going to ask, waved his hand to stop him, and continued: "Of course, there must be many people who are difficult to leave their homeland and do not want to leave their hometowns, so let them stay in Qianwei and Jialing, Liu Yan wants to recover Yizhou, he must win the hearts of the people, which means that he will not indulge the southern barbarians too much to harm the people, and we don't have to feel too guilty." Speaking of this, Kang Peng said with a smile: "This time, the prime minister also wants Liu Yan to taste the dilemma, if he wants to win the hearts of the people, he must relieve the refugees of Qianwei and Jialing, so that the drag is his logistics, he doesn't care about the refugees, the consequences needless to say you know, this is why the prime minister has not taken Qianwei, which has no defense ability." β
Dong Zhuojun's generals were dumbfounded, and suddenly turned their eyes to Jia Xu, Jia Xu was a little embarrassed, and coughed twice to cover up the past - this vicious idea of lacking eight lifetimes of great virtue was naturally his brainstorm, not only put Liu Yanjun in a dilemma, but also the victims of Qianwei and Jialing had no way to point the finger at Dong Zhuojun, Dong Zhuojun had already organized the evacuation of the people, but the people themselves refused to go, and they couldn't blame others.
"Of course, luring the enemy deeper is not so simple." Kang Peng suddenly smiled very purely, which made the generals of Dong Zhuojun, who were familiar with him, suddenly have a feeling of impending disaster! Sure enough, Kang Peng said with a pure smile: "In order to lure the enemy to Chengdu, the prime minister decided to send a general and lead 10,000 troops to meet the enemy, and the task is also very simple, lose fifteen or six formations in a row, throw seven or eight camps, and retreat while fighting, and introduce the enemy into the central Sichuan Basin." Let's talk about it, and see who is willing to accomplish this glorious and difficult task. β
Before Kang Peng's words fell, Dong Zhuojun's gang of fierce generals had already rushed to flee out of the big tent, but unfortunately Kang Peng had already prepared, and with a wave of his fat hand, a team of personal soldiers immediately blocked the tent door, blocking Lu Bu, Zhao Yun, Wei Yan, Pang De and others in the tent. Kang Peng smiled and said, "What's the hurry? This is just for you to discuss, who will do this task, but I don't name who to go. Besides, this is a military order, and the end of disobedience is to consider for yourselves. β
"Marquis Wen, you are a minister of the imperial court and the son of the Taishi, this glorious and arduous task must belong to you." Zhao Yun said affectionately to Lu Bu: "Besides, Wenhou, you like beautiful women, I heard that Nanban is rich in beautiful women, this is a good opportunity." β
Lu Bu's head shook like a rattle, "It's okay for Benhou to have cicadas, let's let Wen Chang go, he has not been in our army for a long time, and his achievements have not yet been shown, and it is most suitable for him to go to this glorious and arduous task." β
"Ling Ming is later than me!" Wei Yan jumped three feet high and shouted: "I followed the Taishi in the first year of Chuping, and Ling Ming only followed the Taishi in the second year of Chuping. β
Pang De was more generous than Zhao Yun, embarrassed to push the bad luck on the three people in front, turned his head to look at Gao Shun, Wu Yi and others, Gao Shun shouted first: "I want to train the new camp, I can't leave!" Wu Yi was even more desperate, and directly bowed his head and said: "I have been captured, and I have no face to rob the generals for merit, this glorious and arduous task, you can see it, I have no face to rob." Pang De was anxious, and pulled Zhao Yun and said: "Zilong, you are Miss's future husband, we are all a family, can you bear to push it to me?" β
Dong Zhuojun's generals are very enthusiastic and friendly, but you don't want to complete that glorious and arduous task. Kang Peng here has already smiled and taken out four paper balls, Kang Peng said with a smile: "Fengxian, Zilong, Wenchang, Lingming, if you want to lure the enemy, you have to go to a general with enough weight, look at the account of this phase, and the four of you are enough, don't fight, don't rob, there is a note here in this phase, one of which says 'go', whoever catches it will go, is this fair?" β
Lu Bu, Zhao Yun and the others glanced at each other and shouted together: "Okay, if you draw lots, you will draw lots!" β
Kang Peng had a fat hand, and four paper balls were thrown on the table, Lu Bu was the fastest, and grabbed one first, Zhao Yun and others chose the one they liked, turned around and watched quietly, Lu Bu only glanced at the lot he caught, and then quickly stuffed the paper ball into his mouth and swallowed it in three or two; Zhao Yun looked at the lot in his hand, and his face turned pale, but when he saw Pang De's face that was whiter than a dead man, he immediately understood Kang Peng's intentions, quietly kicked Pang De, and quickly stuffed the paper ball into his sleeve.
There was only one unrelated and more honest Wei Yan left, with a sad face, holding the note that said 'go', as if he had died of his father, Kang Peng smiled and said: "Wen Chang, this is the will of heaven, no wonder others." You have long said to Benxiang that you have trained a mountain soldier who climbs mountains and wades through rivers like walking on flat ground, and this time, you will use the results of the battle to tell Benxiang whether you are bragging, you have done a good job, and you will come back to Benxiang and promote you to an official. β
Wei Yan was helpless, and hugged his fists towards Kang Peng and said: "The last general will obey the order, and he will definitely complete the task assigned by the Taishi." β
Kang Peng commanded again: "Remember, there is a kind of elephant soldier in Nanban, just like the long-nosed bull demon, which is extremely large, but don't worry, the elephant is the most afraid of fire, and it can be broken with fire." Also, there is a rattan armor soldier under the general of Meng Huo's army, and the sword is difficult to hurt, so when he encounters them, he will quickly flee for his life, and he will not be able to fight the enemy, and lead them to Chengdu to clean them up again. For some reason, Kang Peng deliberately didn't say anything about the vine armor soldier's breaking method, which can be regarded as wronging Wei Yan again.
Wei Yan took the order and left, and the generals also said goodbye, and when he left, Kang Peng instructed Wei Yan again: "I heard that Meng Huo has a fiancΓ©e named Zhu Rong, and this time she is also in the army, if you can capture this woman alive, you don't have to lose so many battles, just return to Chengdu, Meng Huo will definitely follow him." Wei Yan was overjoyed and took the order to leave.
When only Kang Peng and Jia Xu were left in the tent, Kang Peng sighed to Jia Xu: "Alas, there is no way, the logistics can't keep up, so you can only use these indiscriminate means." β
Jia Xu agreed with Kang Peng's opinion, and added: "Whether the enemy army can be completely annihilated depends on whether Zijing successfully stabilizes Liu Biao, if our army fights on two fronts, even if the enemy army is defeated, it will be a crushing victory." β
Kang Peng nodded and sighed, got up and walked outside the tent, facing the southeast and praying silently, "Zijing, you must not let the prime minister down." β
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