Chapter 274 Midnight Flanking

Zhang Wei no longer argued with Wei Yan, and when the army started a war, there was no room for argument. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info

Wei Yan decided to take 3,000 Wudang troops and go over the mountains and streams from the left side to the enemy's rear, and Zhang Wei from his 2,000 people, 1,000 people led by the generals, from the right to the enemy's rear.

Zhang Wei still had 1,000 men and horses left, and then he would be in the front by these 1,000 men and horses, leading the 5,000 sergeants carrying grain and grass behind him to join the battle and attack the enemy.

Wei Yan decided to attack the enemy from the front and rear at the same time at night three days later.

"How? You obviously only brought more than 2,000 people, but I didn't rob any of you, and I handed over 5,000 men and horses to you. Look at it, you command twice as many men and horses as I, the governor of Hanzhong! He patted Zhang Wei on the shoulder and grinned.

Zhang Wei shook his head and asked, "Then if you successfully break through the defense lines of these enemy troops, what are you going to do next?" ”

"No what ifs, it's a sure victory! Are you not confident in me, or are you not confident in yourself? Wei Yan patted Zhang Wei on the shoulder again, but this time, the slap was so heavy!

Zhang Wei glared, and then laughed: "Then may I ask General Zhenbei, after defeating these enemy troops in front of us, what should we do next?" Now we are going to go deep into the enemy's heavily guarded pass, and every step must be calculated as much as possible. The action must be swift to achieve the maximum effect, and if you hesitate, you may be blocked by the enemy and you will not be able to go back. ”

"Ahh Wei Yan sighed, "Yes, this is not Hanzhong back then, just fight hard and keep fighting, but just like when we went to the next debate, we had to run away quickly to disrupt the enemy and get some credit." ”

Zhang Wei also said: "Moreover, Guanzhong is a plain, and it is difficult for us to find a place to ambush." ”

"You're right!" Wei Yan nodded and said, "We can't ambush this time, but we have a lot of people, so we can make a surprise attack." ”

Zhang Wei said: "Chang'an is too far away, and it is a big city, so it's not interesting to go, and as soon as the fight starts here, people will be prepared, and if you run over, you will only be surrounded and annihilated by others." ”

Wei Yan's eyes rolled: "We should go west, don't we rely on the several roads to enter the customs here, and there are our people?" The enemy's main energy is now attracted to Longyou by Da Sima, we might as well ......"

The next day, the Shu army stopped moving forward, set up a stove in the valley to cook, and prepared three or four days' scones for the four thousand warriors who were about to sneak into the mountains and forests to circumvent them.

Immediately, the army continued to advance with dry rations, preparing to begin to sneak into the mountains and forests and circle behind the enemy ten miles closer to the enemy.

Zhang Wei led a thousand Wudang and 5,000 sergeants carrying food, and continued to rest in the same place, waiting for the arrival of the general attack.

Since he had received the news that Ma Chao's troops had left Longyou, Cao Xiu had already led the army to rush to block it, and the Wei generals stationed here had long been less vigilant.

Cao Xiu sent him here to strengthen the defense before leaving, but they thought that there was no need for this at all, Liu Bei's army was fighting fiercely in the area of Xiangyang and Fancheng, and the Hanzhong Shu army, as a partial division, had already sent troops in all directions, where could they still send troops to the Meridian Valley?

Even if an enemy were to come from this road, and the army camped next to the mouth of the valley and sealed the road to death, where would they be able to get by?

Moreover, when the enemy came from afar, he must have been exhausted for ten days and a half months in this deserted, dangerous and difficult valley, and once he fought, he was not only annihilated.

Therefore, they only cared about drinking and recreation in the camp every day, and the sentry sent out only made routine rounds, marched a few miles, rested for most of the day, and then returned to the camp.

On the appointed day, Wei Yan led the soldiers to quietly come out of the mountains and quietly touch the outside of the enemy's camp at night.

The sergeants each had a firewood in their left hand, a knife in their right hand, a quiver with several arrow boxes and hundreds of short arrows on their backs, and a repeating crossbow pinned to their waists, and followed closely behind Wei Yan.

"Phew!" Wei Yan spat on his finger and stretched it out to test the direction of the wind.

With a cool touch on his fingers, he frowned: "The wind is not in the right direction." ”

Wang Wei followed him and said softly: "This season, where will the wind blow from the north to the south." ”

Wei Yan immediately smiled: "It doesn't matter, our side is not downwind, Zhang Wei and their side are downwind, and besides, this is the mouth of the valley, not only is the wind strong, but the wind direction may change at any time." ”

Since you all know that the wind is strong, why do you pretend to spit and test the wind direction with your fingers? Wang Wei was silent.

Wei Yan was about to ask him, "Has the time come?" ”

Wang Wei lay down, looked at the starry sky, and said softly: "It should be half an hour away." ”

Wei Yan looked at the surrounding terrain and instructed Wang Wei: "You hurry up and get all the long ropes, and when the fight starts, you take your men, don't rush in and set fire to the enemy, just stay on this road, pull the rope in your hand, and when you see the horsemen fleeing, you are responsible for tripping them." ”

Wang Weile said: "Of course, most of the horsemen are officials, and it is a great achievement to take it." ”

Wei Yan reminded: "What is a big achievement, what I want is a horse!" Don't let go of the arrows, leave the horse for me as long as you can! ”

He really can't forget the horse.

Could it be that you are tired of walking on mountain roads these days?

When it was ugly, the Wei army was already asleep.

In the valley, Zhang Wei led the sergeants to quietly approach the enemy's camp.

The Wei army was set up on the sentry tower outside the camp, and the two sentries were chatting.

"There's no moon tonight, just stars."

"Well, why do you keep sending the two of us to keep vigil on this watchtower far from the barracks?"

"Don't complain, it's outside this camp, basically there are no big officials to come and see, I'm happy to be quiet and avoid being scolded."

"This sentry tower is outside the camp, if an enemy really touches us, the two of us will be the first to become ghosts!"

"Wherever there will be any enemies, you might as well worry about wild beasts in the middle of the night, or mountain monsters and ghosts."

"Don't scare me, how can I hear it in front of me, as if something is coming towards us."

The other man kept his mouth shut and listened with his ears pricked up.

"Don't scare me, it's just the wind."

"But, I had a clear sense of something coming towards us, and I heard the sound of stones colliding."

The other poked his head out again, and his ears were pricked up, and this time, he heard, not the sound of stones clashing, but the sound of bowstrings.

Several sharp arrows flew and hit them, and one was hit in the throat and fell without a sound.

The other was shot in the cheek, screamed and fell from the watchtower.

Under the sentry tower, someone is talking.

"They almost fell when they stepped on a talc, which alarmed them."

Later, Zhang Wei also noticed that he had been discovered by the enemy, and immediately jumped up and shouted: "Set fire!" (To be continued.) )