"The soldiers are not many but fine, and the soldiers are not brave but strategic. Sometimes, one person can wipe out an army of millions. And on the other hand, an army of a million can't kill a single person.... ”

Zhuge Liang's words were a little suspenseful.

Wei Yan understood, and nodded thoughtfully.

"Strategist, what should we do now?" Huang Zhong asked.

"Don't do anything now, go back to sleep. After dark, I will start cooking and then arrange the details of the battle. Zhuge Liang said.

"Yes."

Wei Yan and Huang Zhong left in surprise.

.............

As Zhuge Liang said.

Xu Huang and Cao Hong's 50,000 troops did not stop for a moment after entering Lingling County. Rushed to the administrative center overnight.

It is still about a hundred miles away from the city where Zhuge Liang is located.

It's dark.

The soldiers are burying the pot and making rice.

Zhuge Liang sent people to send orders to Huang Zhong and Wei Yan to listen to the orders in the tent.

"Strategist...." The two of them arrived in the tent.

Zhuge Liang pointed to the map and said: "When the enemy army comes here, he must pass through Wulong Mountain, where the terrain is dangerous, and it is the easiest place to ambush soldiers." Wei Yan, you lead a hundred soldiers to go, prepare enough fire oil and flags, and when the enemy army arrives, attack it with fire oil first, and then wave the flag, the enemy army does not know the terrain, and will not dare to advance rashly. After that, the enemy army will divert to the Kitahara Forest... ”

"Yes." Wei Yan replied.

"Hansheng."

"The subordinates are here." Huang Zhong stepped forward.

Zhuge Liang said: "You should know the terrain of the Northern Plains Forest best. Then you will lead a hundred soldiers, and hang a bag of sand on each tree, and when the enemy army arrives, and when the southeast wind rises, it will pierce the sandbags, and the sand will take advantage of the wind, and the enemy will be in great confusion, and it will not be able to move forward. ”

"Yes."

Huang Zhong had already been ordered to send a large number of sandbags to the Northern Plains Forest.

"Strategist, based on these alone, it seems... It's not enough to hit Cao Jun hard, right? Wei Yan frowned.

Zhuge Liang shook his feather fan and said: "As early as a month ago, I sent people to Neijiang, dug a two-mile-long river, and built a dam. After the rainy season, the water of the Neijiang River is already full. Later, I went to the northwest of the Beiyuan Forest, dug a dam, and put the water of the Neijiang River into the Beiyuan Forest. ”

"The military advisor is a good plan!" Huang Zhong suddenly realized.

"The military advisor is wise!"

Wei Yan also bowed his hand respectfully.

Zhuge Liang's strategy seems to be very ordinary, it is nothing more than using water to defeat the enemy. In fact, it is very human. Thinking about it carefully, Zhuge Liang was able to calculate a long time ago that Xu Huang and Cao Hong would bring 50,000 troops to the Northern Plains Forest? Calculate that the southeast wind will rise in the North Plains Forest? What's even more respectable is that a month ago, Zhuge Liang sent someone to dig the river? At that time, Zhuge Liang had just served Liu Bei, and he began to calculate the defeat of Cao's army.

..................

Zhuge Liang finished arranging.

Huang Zhong and Wei Yan split up.

Everything is as Zhuge Liang calculated...

Cao Hong and Xu Huang's troops went to Wulong Mountain first. That was the closest passage to the Lingling Sho. Because Wei Yan had laid an ambush there in advance, he had prepared more than 1,000 flags, planted them all over the hills, prepared many war drums, and ten good horses dragged branches to run behind the mountain, causing a lot of dust. When Cao's army marched to Wulong Mountain, they were first attacked by fire oil, blocking the road, and then saw that the mountains were full of flags, drums and thunder, and dust was rising in front of them. Cao Hong and Xu Huang subconsciously thought that tens of thousands of troops were ambushed here, and they immediately withdrew in fright.

After Cao's army retreated, it was diverted to Beiyuan Forest.

When the path was a vast mountain forest, there was a sudden strong wind and sand and soil, making it difficult for Cao Hong and Xu Huang's army to move an inch. Just as he was in a panic, three streams of water rushed from the top of the mountain and forest, instantly drowning the army.

With 50,000 horsemen, he lost most of them without even seeing the enemy.

All in the ocean.

A few hours later.

Cao Hong and Xu Huang escaped death, they gathered their troops, counted them, and there were less than 10,000 troops left. All the horses and baggage were lost, and even the weapons were washed away by the water.

There were less than 10,000 people left, very embarrassed, lying on the ground wailing.

The two discussed and decided to retreat to Baqiu and join Cai Mao and Zhang Yun.

After Zhuge Liang succeeded, he did not garrison Lingling, and led more than 1,000 soldiers to retreat to Linxiang. All this was done in secret, and Cao Hong and Xu Huang didn't know about it, otherwise they could easily occupy Lingling.

At this time.

Cai Mao and Zhang Yun's sailors also arrived in Baqiu.

They were in a similar situation to Cao Hong and Xu Huang, first they were attacked by fire, and then the boulders in the river blocked the channel, causing all the warships and fighting ships to be paralyzed in the river.

Zhao Yun sent hundreds of soldiers who knew how to swim in the river and smashed through the warships of the Jingzhou army.

Hundreds of boats sank to the bottom of the river.

Cai Mao and Zhang Yun's army also suffered heavy casualties.

After Cao Hong and Xu Huang arrived, they were shocked into a cold sweat.

The left and right vanguard armies, totaling more than 90,000 soldiers and horses, did not even see the shadow of the enemy, and lost most of them. They knew that this was Zhuge Liang's doing. I was a little contemptuous, but now I feel scared.

Two days later.

Cao Cao's army arrived in Baqiu.

Cao Hong, Xu Huang, Cai Mao, and Zhang Yun came to report.

"Prime Minister, the sin will wait..."

"How many soldiers and horses have been lost?" Cao Cao knew that the left and right vanguards had been defeated, and he had a trace of worry in his heart.

"Five... Five to seventy thousand.... Cao Hong mustered up the courage to reply.

"That's seventy thousand?!" Cao Cao said angrily: "How many soldiers did Liu Bei lose? ”

"We didn't see any enemy troops. First of all, they encountered a fire and a banner full of mountains in Wulong Mountain, and the last general and General Cao Hong thought that there were tens of thousands of enemy troops in Wulong Mountain, so they diverted to the Beiyuan Forest, not wanting to encounter a big flood in the Beiyuan Forest.... Xu Huang reported the process of the war truthfully.

"The last general is also ... Cai Mao and Zhang Yun also hurriedly made reports.

Cao Cao was even more annoyed: "You two pioneers, with a total of more than 90,000 soldiers and horses, should have entered Linxiang and taken Liu Bei's head." But he broke the prestige of our army halfway, causing the army to lose more than half, can you be convicted? ”

"The last will be convicted..."

Cao Hong, Xu Huang, Cai Mao, and Zhang Yun leaned on the ground, all of them had nothing to say. After all, they lost the battle and lost so badly, even if Cao Cao wanted to kill them, it was reasonable.

The prime minister was angry. The minister has long said that Zhuge Liang is a genius in the world, and the defeat of the generals is really expected. Guo Jia arched his hand and said: "The battle of Lingling and Baqiu is enough to show Zhuge Liang's talent, and the prime minister needs to regroup and fight again." ”

"You step aside." Cao Cao waved his hand.

"No."

The four of them got up.

Cao Cao looked at Guo Jia: "What do you suggest?" ”

"If you want to occupy Jingnan, you must first defeat Liu Bei. The minister suggested not caring about the gains and losses of one city and one place. Concentrate all the main forces, go straight to Linxiang, the capital of Liu Bei, and the minister is willing to lead 20,000 cavalry as the vanguard and kill Linxiang. Guo Jia asked.