After discussing for a period of time, the generals of the Cao army in the Yangping Pass Council finally decided that the army would set off from Yangping Pass, cross the Han River, and then go to Dingjun Mountain to fight a decisive battle with the Shu army, so as to get rid of the situation that was unfavorable to the Cao army. In order to ensure the victory of the war, Xiahou Yuan decided to lead the 60,000 troops in Yangping Pass, and then transfer 10,000 soldiers from Hanzhong City to Yangping Pass, and Cao Xiu stayed in Yangping Pass to prepare for the safety of Yangping Pass.www.biquge.info At the same time, Xiahou Yuan also ordered Guo Huai to lead 10,000 soldiers to set out from Hanzhong and cross the Hanshui River to the south to make a posture of attacking Zhang Fei's military camp.

Now Ma Chao and Wei Yan led more than 10,000 Shu troops to garrison in Guancheng and Baishui Pass, in order to ensure that the army was not disturbed when crossing the Han River, Cao Hong ordered Cao Xiu to lead 10,000 soldiers in Yangping Pass to station near Guancheng, and always monitor the movements of the Shu army in Guancheng.

In fact, in order to eliminate the living force of the Cao army in Dingjun Mountain, Shi Yuan had already given an order to Wei Yan in Guancheng, so that Wei Yan did not have to attack the Cao army to cross the river with all his strength, but only sent a small force to attack and harass appropriately, so that the Cao army could cross the river wholeheartedly.

At first, when Shiyuan put forward this idea, all the generals felt inappropriate, and they all thought that it was a good time to eliminate the Cao army when the Cao army crossed the river, but Shi Yuan thought that attacking the Cao army when the Cao army crossed the river could only eliminate part of the Cao army, and could not achieve the goal of eliminating the Cao army in large quantities, and if the Cao army found that the Shu army was very tightly guarded by the Han River, then the Cao army might dispel the intention of crossing the river and choose to stick to Yangping Pass and Hanzhong City. At that point, it would be necessary to storm these two places, which would inevitably result in a large number of casualties.

After Shi Yuan shared his thoughts with everyone, everyone felt that it was a bit risky to do so. Because Song Xianggong in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period did not take the opportunity to attack when the Chu army crossed the river and when it was not lined up after crossing the river, and finally ended up with a serious injury and death. However, in the end, Liu Bei adopted Shi Yuan's suggestion, because Liu Bei believed that Shi Yuan would be able to win a battle in Dingjun Mountain, and the generals no longer had any doubts after seeing Liu Bei's agreement, and all acted according to the strategy of the military advisor.

Cao Jun did not have the bridging gun invented by Shi Yuan, so he could only use the most common method at the time to build a bridge over the river, find a ferry, and then cross the river.

Because there are 10,000 Cao troops led by Cao Xiu to monitor the Shu army in the Guancheng at all times, so Wei Yan did not find any good opportunity to attack the Cao army that crossed the river, and the soldiers led by Wei Yan will be discovered by the army led by Cao Xiu soon after leaving the city, and at first several times Wei Yan also led the soldiers to fight with the Cao army, but later Wei Yan led the army from Guancheng to meet the Cao army and ordered the army to retreat, no longer fighting with the Cao army. Cao Jun led his army to retreat after seeing Wei Yan being discovered, so he was naturally very happy, so he did not continue to pursue Wei Yan.

Xiahou Yuan and the generals rode to the Hanshui River, and saw the several bridges that the soldiers had built after a busy day and night, and their eyes were full of smiles. Although he didn't know why the Shu army was able to cross the river so quickly, Xiahou Yuan was also very happy to see that his army had built several bridges in such a short time. What pleased Xiahou Yuan and other generals the most was that the Shu army did not send troops to wait on the other side of the river, which made their army start to cross the river without any difficulty, and looking at the signs, it seemed that the Shu army had no intention of waiting on the other side of the river. This made Xiahou Yuan's heart that had been worried also relaxed, no one among the generals of the Cao army thought that the Shu army could not wait on the other side of the river, and some people felt a little strange for a while, but most of the generals felt that the generals of the Shu army were just like this, and they could let go of such a once-in-a-lifetime good opportunity, it seemed that God was helping them.

"Haha. I didn't expect Liu Bei and others to be like this, if they attack our army now, our army will inevitably not be able to take care of each other, and now Liu Bei and others are not guarding on the other side of the river at all, and it is expected that their people will fight like this. Xiahou Yuan said happily.

"Yes! Now that 20,000 troops of our army have crossed the Han River, even Liu Bei and others are probably powerless to lead their troops to come now. After all our troops cross the river, see what waves he Liu Bei can make. Zhang He also said happily.

"General Xiahou, Liu Beijun has Pang Tong and Fa Zheng in Chinese, and Wu has Zhang Ren, Zhao Yun, Zhang Fei and other famous generals in the world, how can they make such a mistake, I am afraid that this may be their conspiracy, and we need to be careful for today's plan." Cao Zhen on the side expressed the doubts in his heart at this time.

After Cao Zhen finished speaking, Cao Hong and Du Xi couldn't stop nodding, seemingly agreeing with Cao Zhen's idea. Xiahou Yuan saw that these three people had the same idea, and he lowered his head and thought about it carefully, could it be that Liu Bei and the others were really playing some tricks? But he was able to give up such a great opportunity, so what kind of trick did Liu Bei play? Xiahou Yuan couldn't figure it out, not only Xiahou Yuan couldn't figure it out, but even Cao Zhen and the others, who had doubts, couldn't figure it out.

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After discussing the military situation in Liu Bei's military tent, Liu Bei followed Shi Yuan's advice and sent all the scouts in the general's army, although he did not station troops south of Hanshui to defend Cao's army, but the movements of Cao's army must still be explored clearly.

Soon after Cao's army began to cross the river, the scouts of the Shu army spread the news to Liu Bei's military camp tent. Shi Yuan was discussing the next move with Liu Bei at this time, and when he saw the scout coming in in a hurry, the two of them were silent, and quietly listened to the scout finish the news, and then Liu Bei waved his hand and signaled the scout to retreat, and after the scout withdrew from the military tent, he only heard Shi Yuan say:

"I didn't expect Cao Jun's movements to be so fast. It is estimated that it will take less than three days for Cao's army to completely cross the Han River, and then it will be the time of the decisive battle between our army and Cao's army. ”

"The military advisor should already have a strategy to break the enemy in his heart by now!" Liu Bei looked at Shi Yuan with a smile on his face.

"My lord, I watched Cao's army have three defeats in this battle, and our army has three victories. Cao Jun had many generals but few strategists, and he was defeated; Cao's army had many cavalry, and was not good at mountain battles, so he was defeated; The leader of the army, Xiahou Yuan, was impatient and less calm, and he lost three times; The lord and his relatives conquered Hanzhong, and the soldiers united as one, and they all fought hard when they fought, and our army was victorious; The people of Hanzhong are friendly to our army, and the lord is the desire of the people, and our army has won two victories; Our army gathers the strength of the whole country, and the whole country works together, knowing that victory and defeat are in one move, and we must be fearless when fighting, and our army has won three victories.

With this to learn, our army will win, and Cao's army will be defeated. The lord doesn't need to worry, now that I have thought of a strategy to break the enemy, I will definitely let the Cao army come and go. ”

The westernmost of the 12 peaks.

Compared with the highest peak where Liu Bei is located, the peak here is much shorter, and Zhang Ren, Liu Bi, and Deng Xian led 5,000 soldiers to be stationed in this peak. There is a long and narrow path on the west side of the mountain, and Shi Yuan asked Zhang Ren and others to lead 5,000 soldiers on this peak, firstly, because this peak is the road for Cao's army to march after all, and secondly, this mountain peak can always monitor this path, in case the enemy detours from this road to the back of Dingjun Mountain.

"General, the lord asked me to guard this mountain, it can be seen that the lord is a broad-minded person, and he doesn't mind our status as a general, and now the lord also attaches great importance to us." General Deng Xian stood on the peak of the mountain and said to Zhang Ren next to him.

"Yes! The Lord has entrusted us with such a great responsibility, and we will work hard to repay the Lord for his trust in us. ”

"General, looking at the location of the mountain peak here, presumably the Cao army will launch an attack on this mountain peak after crossing the river and setting up camp, but this mountain peak is relatively gentle, which is more disadvantageous for our defense!" Liu Bi on the side said.

Zhang Ren looked at the surrounding terrain, the north, west, and south sides were relatively gentle, if the enemy attacked from these three sides, it would be very difficult to defend, and it seemed that he had to think of some ways.

"Liu Xuan, you immediately lead two thousand soldiers to dig more trenches on the north, west, and south sides of the hillside, and fill the trenches with sharp objects, and then hide the trenches. Remember, the deeper the trench, the better, so that you can delay the enemy's attack.

Deng Xian, you immediately arrange antlers on this peak. I'm going to let Cao Jun come and go. ”

"Yes!"

After receiving the order, Liu immediately set out with 2,000 soldiers and dug trenches on the slopes of the mountains on three sides.

"Dad, I heard that the enemies this time are all elites, and there are 60,000 of them! Can we, a few thousand, hold this hill? A man under the age of twenty waved his hoe vigorously, and in a few moments a small pit appeared on the ground.

"You kid, don't talk nonsense, it's not easy to defend this mountain, you have to know that we have a powerful military division, the last time the enemy attacked Pujia Pass, wasn't it also very powerful, what was the result, it was not wiped out by our military division with a small strategy." A big man about forty years old next to the young man said.

"But many soldiers said that this time the enemy must be desperate, and they all said that the enemy wanted to avenge those who died last time."

"You kid, how can you listen to some useless things, why don't you listen to your father and me. Remember, when the war begins, you will have to stay by my side as before, and know no, don't run around alone. ”

"You always let me stay by your side, and many people around me said that I was a coward who didn't grow up." The young man pouted and looked a little unhappy.

"You kid, I'm not doing this for your own good. Originally, your mother didn't agree to join the army, if you have three long and two short in the army, what will you do with me and your mother. After this battle, you will give me home, and I have saved a lot of money for such a long time, which is enough for your son to marry a daughter-in-law. ”

"Oh!" The young man replied in a low voice.