Zhuge Liang laughed loudly in the car, pointed at Wang Lang with a feather fan and said: "I thought that since you were an old minister of the Han Dynasty, when you came to the front of the two armies, there would be a high opinion, how could you expect such a contemptible!" I know what you do: I live on the coast of the East China Sea, I first became filial and honest, I was a member of Kuangjun and Fuguo, and An Hanxing Liu; When will he help the rebel thief and conspire to usurp the throne! …… Fortunately, the will of heaven is endless, and I am now under the will of the heir to seek thieves. Since you are a flattering minister, you can only hide and shrink your head, and beg for food and clothing; Before he marched, he vainly claimed the number of days! Hao Shou Pifu! Bearded old thief! You will return to Jiuquan on the same day, what face will you go to see the twenty-four emperors of the Han Dynasty! ”

After hearing this, Wang Lang was angry and ashamed, he was already suffering from heart disease and high blood pressure, and now he was humiliated by Zhuge Liang in front of the two armies, and he screamed at that time and died under the horse.

Guo Huai stored Wang Lang's body in a coffin and ordered someone to send it back to Chang'an.

Sun Li said: "Zhuge Liang expects that our army will be mourned, and he will come to rob the village tonight." It can be divided into four routes: two soldiers from the mountain road, take advantage of the void to rob Shu Village; The two soldiers lay ambush outside the village and hit it left and right. ”

Guo Huai thought that this plan was very good, so he arranged an ambush that night, but unfortunately Zhuge Liang saw through it. Guo Huai and Sun Li then stuck to Shangqi, Zhuge Liang couldn't attack for a long time, and heard that Ma Chao failed to attack Chencang, so he led the army to Chencang to attack Chencang with Ma Chao.

Zhuge Liang had already heard that Chen Cang was strong, but when he arrived, he saw that Chen Cang had already prepared, and he was surprised to hear Ma Chao say that the general defending the city was Hao Zhao.

Zhuge Liang sighed: "I have heard that the name of Hao Zhao is powerful in Hexi, and it is difficult to capture it today, and there is not much grain and grass in our army, the road in Shuzhong is rugged, and it is difficult to transport grain and grass, what is the good strategy for the generals?" ”

Suddenly, when he heard that Liu Ba, the general of Zhengnan, was coming with his troops, Zhuge Liang hurriedly went out of the tent to greet him, and Liu Ba saw that Zhuge Liang's complexion was not very good, so he asked: "The prime minister is worried that Chen Cang can't attack for a long time?" ”

"What is Zichu's best plan?" Zhuge Liang asked for advice.

Liu Ba pointed to a Confucian student behind him and introduced to Zhuge Liang: "I have come here to bring a person, who is a fellow villager of Hao Zhao, whose surname is Jin Ming, so that he can persuade Hao Zhao to surrender!" ”

Zhuge Liang was overjoyed, so he asked Jin Xiang to persuade Hao Zhao to surrender. Jin Xiang suddenly came straight to the city and shouted, "Hao Bodao's old man Jin Xiang is here to see." ”

The people in the city reported to Hao Zhao, and Hao Zhao asked Jin Xiang to open the door and let Jin Xiang in, and climbed the city tower to meet him.

Hao Zhao asked, "Why did the deceased come here?" ”

Jin Xiang said: "I am under the account of Zhuge Kongming, counselor of the military aircraft, and treat the guests as a gift. A special order came to see the public and had something to say. ”

Hao Zhao said angrily: "Zhuge Liang is the enemy of our country!" I do Wei, you do Shu, each has its own master! In the past, it was Kunzhong, but now it is an enemy! Thou shalt not say any more, and thou shalt go out of the city!" ”

Jin Xiang wanted to persuade again, but Hao Zhao had already walked out of the city tower. The Wei army hurriedly urged him to mount his horse and drive him out of the city.

Jin Xiang looked back and saw Hao Zhao leaning on the heartguard wooden railing. Jin Xiang pointed at him with a horsewhip and said, "Brother Bodao, why is it too affectionate? ”

Hao Zhao said: "The law of the Wei State, my brother knows it, I have received the favor of the country, but I am just dead, and my brother does not need to say anything." Come back to Zhuge Liang early, teach me to come and attack the city: I am not afraid! ”

Jin Xiang went back to tell Zhuge Liang and said: "Hao Zhao didn't wait for someone to speak, so he stopped it first. ”

When Zhuge Liang heard this, he said, "You can go see him again and say it for your benefit." ”

Jin Xiang went to the city again and asked Hao Zhao to meet. Hao Zhao went to the city tower, Jin Xiang lema shouted: "Brother Bodao, listen to my advice: you are guarding a lonely city, how can you refuse the 100,000 people of Prime Minister Zhuge ? If you don't fall early today, you won't regret it! And if you don't follow the Han and do things to treacherous Wei, why don't you know the destiny of heaven and don't distinguish the turbidity? May Bo Dao think about it. ”

Hao Zhao was furious, took his bow and arrows, pointed at Jin Xiang and shouted: "I have already said something first, you don't have to say it again!" You can go back quickly! I don't shoot you! ”

Jin Xiang came back to see Zhuge Liang and said that Hao Zhao was resolute not to surrender. Zhuge Liang said angrily: "It's too rude! How can you deceive me that I have no siege equipment? ”

Then he asked Jin Shen: "How many people are there in Chencang City?" ”

Jin Shen said: "Although I don't know the exact number, there are about 3,000 people. ”

Zhuge Liang said with a smile: "Measure this small city, An can stop my army of 100,000!" Hugh waited for his rescue to arrive, and attacked it quickly! ”

So Zhuge Liang set up a hundred cloud ladders in the army, and more than a dozen people could stand on one ride, and the surrounding area was covered by wooden planks. The sergeants each used a short ladder and a soft rope, heard the drums beating in the army, and climbed the city together.

Hao Zhao was on the upper floor of the city tower, and saw the Shu soldiers loading the ladder and coming from all sides, so he ordered the three thousand troops to carry rockets and distribute them on the four city walls. When the ladder is close to the wall, a salvo shoots out.

Zhuge Liang didn't expect that the rockets in the city were fired, and all the ladders were burned, and most of the sergeants on the ladders were burned to death. The arrows and stones on the city were like rain, and the Han soldiers retreated.

Zhuge Liang arranged to rush the car overnight, and the next day ordered the sergeants to march forward with a loud shout from all sides. Hao Zhao also ordered the sergeant to tie a stone mill with a rope to hit the Han army's rushing car, which was destroyed.

Zhuge Liang made a 100-foot-high tic-tac-toe wooden fence to shoot arrows into the city, and filled the moat with clods of earth, hoping to make the soldiers climb the city wall directly. Hao Zhao built a city wall in the city and built an urn city.

Zhuge Liang dug tunnels again, wanting to enter the city through the tunnels, and Hao Zhao dug horizontal tunnels in the city and led the sergeants to intercept them. Zhuge Liang hit the city gate with a rushing car again, but he was discounted again.

After holding each other for more than ten days, Zhuge Liang's army was already short of military food. The reason is that the roads in Shu are rugged, and it is difficult to travel due to heavy rain, which is muddy and difficult to travel, and it is difficult to supply military rations.

Liu Ba and Zhuge Liang discussed: "When Your Majesty was in Yizhou before, he discussed with us to raise a large number of mules to transport military rations. However, although the mule has great strength and little food, it can hardly produce children. ”

Zhuge Liang took out a drawing and showed it to Liu Ba, who was confused after reading it and asked, "Prime Minister, what is this?" ”

"The name of this thing is 'Wooden Ox Flowing Horse', and it was made by my wife. Zichu can bring this map back to Yizhou, teach the craftsmen in Shuzhong to rush to make it, and use this thing to consign military rations! Zhuge Liang explained.

Liu Ba returned to Yizhou with the drawings of the wooden ox and flowing horse, and Zhuge Liang led the army to storm Chencang, but he still couldn't take it. After another ten days, Cao Zhen sent Fei Yao to lead reinforcements to arrive, Zhuge Liang's army ran out of food, and he had to retreat.

After Zhuge Liang retreated, the news reached Wuchang, and Liu Du asked in surprise: "Hao Zhao is very good at defending the city, why doesn't the prime minister attack him with firearms?" ”

The person who came reported back: "The prime minister thinks that firearms are too cruel and detrimental to yin morality, and should not be used." And return to Shuzhong, teach craftsmen to make wooden oxen and horses to transport military rations, and then send troops to meet His Majesty in Guanzhong in the future. ”

Zhuge Liang was too cautious, even a little pedantic, Liu Du couldn't help but smile bitterly. Now that the Five Route Army has all retreated, Liu Du had no choice but to invite Han Xuan to Wuchang to discuss the next countermeasures.

After Han Xuan arrived in Wuchang, he heard about Zhuge Liang scolding Wang Lang to death, and felt helpless about Liu Du's bad taste.

Han Xuan analyzed: "The reason why Cao Wei was able to repel our Fifth Route Army was because Zhang He, Xu Huang and other veterans were still there, and the Wei army's military strength was already more than the combined military strength of our two countries. ”

"In addition to those veterans, there are also Hao Zhao, Guo Huai, and Sima Yi, who are all obstacles to our Northern Expedition!" Liu Du nodded and added.

Han Xuan pointed to the Liaodong region on the map, drew a circle and said: "This time, because Tian Yu and Kebi were able to fight, there was no time to raid the rear of Wei, so that Wei could concentrate on confronting our army head-on. Xianbei took advantage of the chaos in the Central Plains, and it had already become a climate, and Kebineng unified the Xianbei tribes. If Kebi can not be eliminated for a day, Tian Yu will not be able to send troops to the rear of Wei for a day. ”。

"The hateful Hulu only hates me, and the whip of the army is beyond the reach!" Liu Du slapped the table and gritted his teeth.

Han Xuan smiled: "I have a plan, I can break this situation temporarily!" ”