Pusaka camp, General Cao Honghou marched

After getting the news that Wei Yan refused to fight the decisive battle, Cao Hong's face was calm and not discouraged, in fact, he was mentally prepared for refusal or not.

Adjutant General Xu Yi strode into the line and said loudly: "General Hou, everything is ready." "Xu Yi's father, Xu Chu, is the fierce general of the tiger body ape class, and the son follows his father, Xu Yi is also eight feet long, with a tiger's back and a bear's waist, which looks like a dark iron tower.

"Pi's suspicious soldiers are also arranged?" Cao Hong asked in a deep voice.

Xu Yi said: "General Hou rest assured, the last general arranged for 2,000 people to cross the river in the Pi clan to attract the attention of the defenders of the Shu army and cover the main army to cross the river from Puban. ”

"Good!" Cao Hong slammed the knot, "Without further ado, we will force the river to cross tomorrow." ”

"No!" Xu Yi bowed down and agreed, and said in a deep voice: "Tomorrow will force the crossing, and the last general will lead the first wave of dead soldiers to cross the river first!" ”

At the critical moment, Cao Hong was not hypocritical, but looked at Xu Yi deeply and said, "Please, Your Excellency." ”

Xu Yi hurriedly helped Cao Hong up, then turned around and walked away.

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The Wei army was collecting bamboo rafts, rafts and other means of crossing the river in Pishi and Puban, and Wei Yan on the west bank of the river soon got the news.

During the trip, Wei Yan, Wang Ping, Gao Xiang and others gathered in front of the map, and found two points on the map, Pishi and Puban, which were hundreds of miles apart from each other.

"Oh?" Wei Yan groaned, "Cao Hong, is this planning to divide the troops into two ways and cross the river at the same time?" ”

Deng Ai stared at the map for a moment, then raised his head and said to Wei Yan: "Prince, Cao Hong's department is only more than 20,000 people, if the troops are divided to cross the river, the strength is weak, and it is likely to be broken by our army." The last general thinks that if both sides cross the river at the same time, there must be a suspicious soldier! ”

"Suspicious tactics." Wei Yan touched the black and thick beard under his chin, and seemed to have an understanding, "Then tell me, which side is really going to cross the river, and which side is making a fool of yourself?" Wei Yan looked at Deng Ai.

"The last general thinks it......" Deng Ai raised his fist at Wei Yan, and then immediately pointed his right hand at Pusaka on the map, and said in a firm tone: "The main force of the Wei army will cross the river from Pusaka!" ”

It can be heard that Deng Ai is not arrogant, but confident. Everyone in front of the map was surprised, why was this young player with a hat and two goatees so confident? On what basis did he assert that the main force of the Wei army must have come from Pusaka?

"Why?" This person is interesting, Fei Yi became interested, the corners of his mouth pulled up an arc, and asked first.

Deng Ai didn't speak, but put his hand on a circle representing the city in the center of the map, and everyone immediately saw that the city was - Chang'an!

"If I were Cao Hong, I would also cross the river from Pusaka, and crossing the river would be Linjin, and I could go straight to Chang'an! And crossing the river from Pishi is Xiayang, Xiayang is far north of Linjin, and even more distant from Chang'an, and our army can calmly control the enemy. ”

After listening to Deng Ai's reasoning, everyone in the line gasped, if it really fell for Cao Hong, 10,000 elite soldiers ran to Xiayang to support or divided half of the troops to Xiayang, then Chang'an would be dangerous!

Prime Minister Zhuge Liang's tens of thousands of troops were stationed in Zheng County to support Tongguan, and the Chang'an garrison was empty.

Thinking about it, I was afraid, everyone nodded and admired Deng Ai's opinion, at this moment, even Fei Yi's eyes when he looked at Deng Ai changed, with a hint of closeness in respect.

"Good!" Wei Yan patted Deng Ai's shoulder affectionately like a junior, and exclaimed: "Sure enough, he is worthy of being a soldier, and he did not disappoint General Ben." "Haha!" After laughing twice, Wei Yan said happily again: "Tomorrow, we will send troops to Linjin and make every effort to prevent the enemy from crossing the river!" I want all the Wei troops from the east of the river to go down to the river to feed the fish. ”

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Zheng County

In the early morning of this day, Zhuge Liang wore a soap coat, tied a scarf on his head, and took more than 100 personal soldiers to climb the mountain and overlook.

The rolling mountains in the distance were hazy, and the four fields were silent, only the sound of drills in the Han army camp under the mountain covered by a while.

On the high hillside, Zhuge Liang stood in the wind, looking into the distance with a peaceful expression.

There, outside Tongguan Pass, Cao Ei's 100,000 troops had already converged with Cao Zhen's remnants, and they were eyeing Guanzhong, which the Han army had fought hard.

A war that was more intense than all the previous battles in the Northern Expedition was on the verge of breaking out.

After a long silence, Zhuge Liang spoke, "Weidu, Hedong, Tongguan, Xincheng, and the Wei army are three ways to attack Han, I am not worried about the first two roads, but I am worried about the third road-Xincheng is too guarded by Mengda." ”

"The Wei lord Cao Rong ordered Meng Da to send troops to attack Hanzhong, and this court recently happened to move north to Nanzheng, I am deeply worried." Zhuge Liang took two steps and said worriedly.

"Didn't Mengda send an envoy last time, in my humble opinion, he seems to have the intention of surrendering." Hu Ji, who was promoted to the rank of general of Zhaowu, followed behind Zhuge Liang and followed suit.

Zhuge Liang shook his head: "Meng Da's head is at both ends, and he is swaying between the two countries, and it is really difficult for people to believe in his sincerity." ”