Chen Wuduan sat in the big tent of the Chinese army and waited for Jieyin, and it didn't take long for Zhang Fei, Zhu Huan, and Quan Cong to return to Dazhai. Captured the Wei army's chariots, cattle and horses, donkeys and mules, military supplies, and equipment, countless countless, and tens of thousands of troops were surrendered.

Chen Wu was overjoyed, and immediately joined Poyang Taishou Zhou Yi and the generals. Liu Du and Han Xuan led a group of civil and military bureaucrats out of Wuchang City to greet them, and Liu Du personally took Chen Wu to the royal car and entered the city together. All the generals will be rewarded.

Liu Du was slightly stunned when he saw Zhou Yi's short hair, and then comforted: "Qing's hair has become such a big thing, and his fame should be written in bamboo silk." ”

Liu Du then named Zhou Yi as the Marquis of Guannei, and set up a banquet to reward the army to celebrate this great victory.

Han Xuan saluted Chen Wu, and then said, "What I said earlier is right, as long as we work together, domination of the world is just around the corner!" ”

Chen Wu nodded, but said with a regretful expression: "It's a pity to let Cao Xiu go!" ”

Chen Wu held a wine glass and saluted Liu Du and said, "Your Majesty." Now Cao Xiu is defeated, and Wei has lost his courage; can rush the book into Sichuan, and teach the prime minister to attack it with us. ”

"What Aiqing said is very true, in the coming day, the five-way army will be launched at the same time, and it will definitely go straight to Huanglong, and then I will drink with you Aiqing!" Liu Du laughed, and then picked up the wine jue and everyone.

However, it is said that after Cao Xiu's army was defeated and returned to the army, he felt very frightened every day, and finally became ill with anger, and when he arrived in Luoyang, he died of gangrene. Cao Rui, the lord of Wei, ordered Cao Xiu to be buried.

And Sima Yi also brought troops back to the dynasty from Liaodong, and the generals asked Sima Yi: "I recently heard that the capital governor Cao Xiu's army was defeated, and Your Majesty is afraid that he is angry, why are you in a hurry to return to the court?" ”

Sima Yi urged the army to march in a hurry, and explained to the generals: "I expect that after Cao Xiu's army is defeated, Liu Du and Han Xuan will take advantage of the situation to march and ask Zhuge Liang to take Chang'an." Our Great Wei heavy troops are all garrisoned on the southern front, and the troops on the western front are weak. That's why I'm in a hurry to get back to my ears. ”

Cao Rui saw that Sima Yi had returned to the dynasty victoriously, and personally went out of the city to greet him. Although Cao Rui was still a little jealous of Sima Yi, he could only use him when the Wei State was in danger.

Cao Rui held Sima Yi's hand and said: "Today, the great Sima Cao Xiu is defeated, and Han Xuan and Liu Du take advantage of the situation to attack. Zhong Danai was entrusted by the first emperor to the lonely minister, and I Lai Qing led the army to retreat from the enemy and help protect my Great Wei Jiangshan! ”

"Chen Sima Yi will never give up!" Sima Yi kowtowed again and again when he heard this, and then said: "There are veterans in the south, such as Manzhong, Zhang He, and Xu Huang, to resist the enemy, and Longxi is the barrier in Guanzhong, and the ministers are willing to lead the army to retreat Zhuge Liang." ”

Cao Rui made Sima Yi the governor of Yongliang, and the general was Zhuge Liang.

At this time, on the other side, Liu Du sent a letter to Hanzhong, asking Zhuge Liang to send troops to attack Wei at the same time. At this time, Zhuge Liang used Pang De to govern the army in Hanzhong, and the things used in soldiers and horses, grain and grass were all prepared, and he was about to go out. After receiving Liu Du's letter, Zhuge Liang immediately held a banquet for the generals of the conference to discuss the division.

All the generals arrived, but Ma Chao was not seen. After a while, Ma Dai came to report: Ma Chao was seriously ill and could not lead the army to join Zhuge Liang on the Northern Expedition.

Zhuge Liang had no choice but to use Pang De as the general, Guan Xing and Guan Ping as the left and right vanguards, and led the army to the Northern Expedition again.

Hearing that Zhuge Liang had raised a large army to come, Sima Yi hurriedly summoned the generals to discuss: "If Zhuge Liang enters the Kou from Chencang, it will be very convenient to transport grain." Fortunately, with Hao Zhao guarding Chencang, Zhuge Liang would not dare to transport grain from this road. The rest of the trail is difficult to carry, and I count the Shu soldiers to travel food for a month, and the benefits are in a hurry. Our army should only hold on for a long time. Our army only needs to stick to the passes and not go to war. It doesn't take a month, and the Shu soldiers go on their own. At that time, Zhuge Liang could be captured. ”

Guo Huai bowed and said: "This is a deep understanding of Zhuge Liang's method of using soldiers. Those who can resist the Shu soldiers will be governors. ”

Sun Li thought for a while, and offered Sima Yi: "A certain person went to Qishan to pretend to be a grain transporter, but the car was full of dry firewood and thatch, and he poured it with sulfur flames, but he taught people to falsely report that the grain had arrived in Longxi. If the Shu soldiers have no food, they will inevitably come to rob it. When it comes, set fire to the car, and respond to it with an ambush, which can be won. ”

Sima Yi clapped his hands and praised: "This plan is wonderful! ”

Sima Yi immediately ordered Sun Li to lead the troops to follow the plan, and sent Hu Zun to lead the troops to patrol the small road, Guo Huai led the troops to raise the Keigu and Street Pavilions, and ordered the military horses of the roads to guard the dangerous places. Sima Yi also made Le Jin's son Le Qi the vanguard, and his son Sima Shi guarded the head camp together, and was not allowed to fight.

However, it was said that Zhuge Liang was in Qi Cottage, and every day he asked people to challenge in front of Wei Jun Village, but Wei soldiers could not hold out. After a month like this, the grain and grass in Zhuge Liang's army are almost bottoming out. Previously, Liu Du had ordered people to carry the seeds of potatoes, sweet potatoes and other crops back to Shuzhong, and taught Zhuge Liang to distribute them to the soldiers and civilians to sow seeds, but Zhuge Liang did not dare to use them as military food because he had never seen potatoes, and the grain and grass were naturally insufficient.

Zhuge Liang called Jiang Wei, Ma Jian and others to discuss: "The Wei soldiers can't hold out, because there is not much grain and grass in our army." Today, Chencang is not passable, and the rest of the roads are difficult, and I count the food and grass with the army, which is not enough for a month, so what can I do? ”

was hesitating, and suddenly probed the Malay report: "The Wei army in Longxi transported thousands of trucks of grain to the west of Qishan, and the grain transport officer was Sun Liye." ”

Zhuge Liang said with a smile: "This is Sima Yi's lack of food, so I use this plan: the loader on the car must be thatched and ignited." If Sima Yi knew that our army was going to rob the grain truck, he would come to rob my village. It can be counted. ”

Zhuge Liang then called Ma Dai and instructed: "You lead 3,000 troops to the place where the Wei soldiers are storing grain, and you are not allowed to enter the camp, but you are in the wind and set fire." If the chariot is burned, the Wei soldiers will come to surround our village. ”

Zhuge Liang also sent Jiang Wei and Zhao Tong to lead 5,000 soldiers and horses to live on the periphery, and attacked inside and outside. The three of them took the plan and went.

Zhuge Liang also instructed Guan Xing and Guan Pingdao: "The Wei Bingtou battalion is connected to the four roads. If the fire breaks out in the West Mountain tonight, the Wei soldiers will come to move our camp. But the two of you are lying in wait for their soldiers to leave the village, and you can rob them. ”

Zhuge Liang summoned Pang De and Guan Suo and instructed: "You and each of you lead an army to ambush outside the camp. If the Wei soldiers arrive, they can intercept their way back. ”

After Zhuge Liang finished distributing the various armies, he sat on the Qi Mountain. Wei soldiers found out that the Shu soldiers were coming to rob the grain, and hurriedly came to report Sun Li. Sun Li made people fly to Sima Yi.

Sima Yi sent people to the first camp and instructed Sima Shi and Le Qi: "Look at the fire in Shanxi tonight, the Shu soldiers will come to the rescue." You can go to the army, and so on. ”

The second general led the strategy, and let people go upstairs to watch the fire as a number.

Sun Li led the army to ambush in Xishan, just waiting for the Shu soldiers to come. On the second watch of the night, Ma Dai led 3,000 soldiers to come quietly and touched the West Mountain. Ma Dai saw that there were many chariots below, overlapping and stacking together to form a camp, and there were flags on the chariots.

Just in time for the southwest wind to rise, Ma Dai ordered the sergeant to go straight to the south of the camp and set fire, and all the chariots were burned, and the flames soared to the sky. Sun Li thought that the Shu soldiers had come to Wei Zhai to rob grain, and hurriedly led the troops to cover up and kill them together.

Behind the drums and horns, two lines of soldiers and horses killed: it was Jiang Wei and Zhao Tong who surrounded the Wei army in the heart. Sun Li was shocked, and heard the shouts of the Wei army again, and a Biao army horse came from the firelight, it was Ma Dai.

Under the internal and external attack, the Wei soldiers were defeated, the fire took advantage of the wind, the Wei soldiers and horses ran wildly, and countless people died. Sun Li led the defeated army and walked away with smoke and fire.

Sima Shi saw the fire in the camp, opened the gate of the village, and led the men and horses with Le Qi to kill the Shu army village, but there was no one in the village.

"Not good! Fell for Zhuge Liang's plan! When Sima Shi hurriedly collected the army and returned, Pang De and Guan Suo fought out and cut off the Wei army's return route. Sima Shi and Le Qi hurriedly led the army out of the encirclement and rushed back to their own camp, only to see that above the earthen city, arrows rained down, and it turned out that Guan Xing and Guan Ping attacked the camp.

The Wei soldiers were defeated and all came to Sima Yi Dazhai. The generals were just about to enter the village, only to see a defeated army rushing over, it was Sun Li. Everyone went into the village to see Sima Yi together, and each said what was planned.

After hearing this, Sima Yi sighed: "Zhuge Liang's talent is not under me!" Sima Yi told the generals to guard Dazhai and not to fight.

The Shu soldiers were victorious and returned to Zhuge Liang. Zhuge Liang taught all the troops to rise together, and Yang Yi, who joined the army, asked: "Now that we have won a big victory, we have frustrated the spirit of the Wei soldiers, why do you want to withdraw the army?" ”

Zhuge Liang shook his head and sighed: "My soldiers have no food, and they are in a hurry. Now Sima Yi can't hold on, and I am trapped by it. If the Wei army attacked our grain road with light cavalry, it would not be able to return at that time. Today, taking advantage of the new defeat of the Wei army, if you dare not face our army, you can take it by surprise and take the opportunity to retreat. ”