Chapter 332 The five roads sent troops to show their strength, and Mangtang encountered the enemy with short troops

In the ninth year of Hongwu, Emperor Hongwu, the son of the Han Dynasty, summoned his ministers to discuss the matter of sending troops to fight. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

At present, the Shu Han Empire has more than 2 million troops, including 200,000 troops in each of the five major military regions and one million troops in the Central Military Region; The Sun clan of Eastern Wu had more than 800,000 troops, a total of more than 300,000 troops in various places, and 500,000 troops on the border; The prime minister of Qi and the king of Wei, Cao Ang, forced the palace to make Yuan Qianchan, the young emperor of Qi, give up the throne, ascended the throne and proclaimed himself the first emperor, established the country as Wei, and posthumously called Cao Cao as the emperor of Wu Liuzu.

Zhuge Liang, the prime minister of the Han Dynasty, played a class performance: "Your Majesty, now I am strong and strong, and the country is rich and the people are rich." It was the day when the Central Plains was pacified and Jiangdong was recovered, and the old minister wanted to ask for battle. ”

Emperor Hongwu of the Han Dynasty looked at the prime minister Zhuge Liang, who was over forty years old, and then looked at the generals of the unified army who stayed in Kyoto, and said: "I have long had the heart to send troops, but when I was cultivating, he also cultivated. And when Cao Cao was alive, he was allied with Sun Ce. If it is to attack Cao, then the Wu army will be exhausted. If it is to attack Wu, Cao Jun will also come out. I don't know if the prime minister has a good plan? ”

"Your Majesty, our army is far superior to its Sun Cao's alliance, why be afraid? The minister has a five-way strategy for His Majesty's reference. Zhuge Liang said.

"What is the strategy of attacking from all sides?" Emperor Hongwu asked.

"The minister first led the troops east out of Wuping to attack Liangdu, Shangqiu and other places. Cao Ang must have asked Sima Yi to lead the army in a certain battle. As soon as Sima Yi comes out, who else can fight Cao Wei? His Majesty can make the state army and the capital of Ma Chao divide his troops to take Huguan and the Great Wall. Zhuge Liang offered advice.

"Cao Wei was attacked, how could Sun Wu not save him?" The Son of Heaven asked.

"If you don't win by taking care of yourself, how can you rescue?" Zhuge Liang said with a smile, "Your Majesty, after Cao Wei's battle, Sima Yi is difficult to care about, and he will definitely ask Sun Wu for help, and it will definitely be true." However, has Your Majesty forgotten that our dynasty stationed 600,000 troops in Sanzhou on the border of Sun and Wu? ”

"Could it be that Aiqing's intention is to take Sun Wu directly with the soldiers of the three states?" The Son of Heaven asked.

"As Your Majesty said, the minister thinks that the strength of the three states is enough to make Sun Wu anxious, and he has no time to look north!" Zhuge Liang said with a smile.

What Aiqing said is very true. Yesterday, I had already asked for the order of the Supreme Master in the Qianning Palace. Listen to the order! Seeing that Zhuge Liang was so thoughtful, the Son of Heaven Hongwu wanted to issue an edict.

"Long live my emperor, long live!" All the ministers knelt above the court.

"I ordered Zhuge Liang, the prime minister of the left, to be the commander of the First Route Army, and the generals of the Marshal's Mansion Xu Mo, Han Fei, Xue Li, Tu'an, Zhang Bao, Guan Xing, Guan Suo, Zhang Shuang, etc., accompanied the army, and went to the Central Military Region with tiger talismans to extract the 240,000 troops of the six divisions of Ma Tan, Ma Liang, Huo Ge, Zong Xu, Chen Zhi, and Ma Zhong, and sent troops out of Wuping to attack the enemy's Liangdu and Shangqiu areas." The Son of Heaven promulgated the first decree.

Zhuge Liang and Xu Mo, Han Fei, Xue Li, Tu'an, Zhang Bao, Guan Xing, Guan Suo, Zhang Shuang and others received the decree and said: "The ministers will receive the order. After Zhuge Liang received the tiger talisman in the hands of the eunuch, everyone thanked him and left the court.

After Zhuge Liang and others left, the Son of Heaven issued a second decree: "I ordered Xu Shu, the right prime minister, to be the commander of the Second Route Army, and hurried to Bingzhou, transferred Ma Chao's department, and attacked Baima and Huguan." How to use the military secretary to decide for yourself! ”

Xu Shu then received the order to thank him and left the court.

After Xu Shu walked out of the imperial court, the Son of Heaven promulgated the third, fourth, and fifth decrees: "I ordered Jia Xu, the doctor of the left imperial history, to be the commander of the Third Route Army, and hurried to Yuzhou, transferred to Zhang Xiu's department, and attacked Tuzhong, Linhuai and other places in the territory of Sun Wu and Yuzhou; Chen Gong, the right imperial historian, was the commander of the Fourth Route Army, and hurried to Jingzhou, transferred the Huangxu Department, and attacked Wulin, Hanyang and other places on the periphery of Jiangxia Ferry; Zuo Guanglu Qing Tian Feng was the commander of the Fifth Route Army, and rushed to Jiaozhou, transferred Zhang Ren's headquarters, and attacked Luling and other places. So that Sun Wu was attacked on three sides, and there was no time to look north. ”

"The ministers take the order." Jia Xu, Chen Gong, and Tian Feng received the order to thank them.

The Son of Heaven then retreated.

Let's say that Zhuge Liang, the prime minister of Zuo, took eight generals to the Central Military Region to raise troops.

Ma Yan, Ma Liang, Huo Ge, Zong Xu, Chen Dao, and Ma Zhong were notified early, and the soldiers and horses lined up to greet each other. Today, the number of soldiers and horses at a division headquarters has increased from 25,000 to 40,000, and the original six regiments (four infantry, one cavalry, and one personal guard) have increased to seven regiments (four infantry, two cavalry, and one personal guard). The establishment of ten battalions of 10,000 people in the Guards Regiment is still five battalions.

Zhuge Liang looked at the soldiers and horses, majestic, high-spirited and vibrant, and he was very relieved in his heart, and there was hope that the Han family would recover the frontier. But I heard him swear loudly: "In the past, Taishang worked hard for the Han family, so he won half of the world." And the traitor Yuan Cao and the Jiangdong Sun family have dominated the Central Plains and Jiangdong for a long time, and they are not facing the Son of Heaven, and we should be the Son of Heaven, and we should be worked by the Han family! Today, Liang is not talented, and he is willing to lead Zhugong north out of Wuping and recover the Central Plains. Do you want to serve your life? ”

"Regain the Central Plains, swear to death!" "Regain the Central Plains, swear to death!" ……

More than 200,000 troops shouted in unison, and the momentum shook the sky.

Zhuge Liang and others all felt it. Zhuge Liang took Guan Suo and Zhang Bao as the vanguard, and the two regiments of cavalry of the Ma Tan Division as the vanguard troops, so he swore to send troops.

Guan Suo and Zhang Bao led the troops straight to Wuping, opening roads in the mountains and building bridges in the water along the way, and there was little gossip. A few days later, the two soldiers and horses came out of Wuping, crossed Yingshui, and came to the foot of Mangtang Mountain.

Seeing that it was getting late, Guan Suo said to Zhang Bao: "Xingguo, there is a high mountain in front, if you build a village at the foot of the mountain, I am afraid that you will be trapped by the enemy; It's better to be in the mountains! ”

"Brother Weizhi, our army is all cavalry, and if it is based on the mountains, I am afraid that it will lose the mobility of the cavalry. It is better for us to set up a camp here, so that the land is spacious and level, and if there is an enemy situation, we can completely deal with it with the mobility of our enemy army. Zhang Bao was very respectful of this sudden righteous brother and said very politely.

Looking back at the cavalry behind him, Guan Suo said: "What the virtuous brother said is very true, but it is not good for the brother to think about it. The order went down, and the camp was set up on the spot. The battalions took turns to rest and rotate once every hour to guard. ”

They began to set up camp here, and a few generals in armor gathered on Mangtang Mountain not far away to discuss with each other.

"Why didn't they rush over, what should I do? Send troops to fight with one? "If Guan Suo is here, he should be able to hear that this person is Cao Cao's seventh son, Cao Xiong.

"General, the governor ordered us to set up an ambush here in order to attack the enemy. If you send troops to fight with you, what is the point of ambushing the army here? An adjutant general next to him comforted.

"But the enemy is encamped there, and we will keep watch all night. I'm afraid the soldiers can't stand it! Cao Xiong asked.

"It's better for us to withdraw the soldiers and horses to the mountains first, and wait until tomorrow morning when the enemy army rises to the village, and it's not too late to return here to ambush!" Another adjutant general preached.

Cao Xiong thought for a moment and thought it was feasible, so he made the army camp on the mountain.

Besides, Guan Suo and Zhang Bao were both in the camp and did not sleep.

In front of them knelt an eagle and a horse.

Guan Suo asked: "Can you see clearly, the generals of the Cao army led all the troops up the mountain?" ”

(⊙o⊙) Yes! Checkmate. Tanma said truthfully.

"It seems that we will wait for tonight to pass through Mangtang Mountain first. Can you get those sentinels under control? Guan Suo asked again.

"Not yet, I don't know the general's plan, I don't dare to act without permission." Tanma then said.

When Guan Suo heard this, he looked at Zhang Bao.

Seeing this, Zhang Bao said: "This enemy army has been here for a long time, and it is not good for our army, so it should be destroyed." I wonder how many soldiers and horses they have? ”

Tanma replied: "The number of small ones should be as many as five thousand. ”

Zhang Bao heard that there were 5,000 soldiers and horses, so he said to Guan Suo: "My brother can first lead 5,000 soldiers and horses into Mangtang Mountain overnight, hide on the mountain, and avoid the place where the enemy is ambushing." Early tomorrow morning, the younger brother led the rest of the soldiers and horses, pretending not to know, and led the enemy army to attack. The elder brother can use the army to cover and kill from behind, and when the younger brother leads the troops to kill, he will definitely be able to break the enemy army! ”

Guan Suo thought that this plan was very good, so he said: "This time, it should be tempted by the elder brother to lead the troops, and the virtuous brother should lead the troops to ambush on the mountain." Don't shirk, get ready. ”

Zhang Bao wanted to argue again, but was stopped by Guan Suo, so he had to get up and go down to prepare.

Out of the camp tent, Zhang Bao found a regimental training general, a regimental staff, and a regimental deputy to explain in detail to the three of them in a low voice. The three of them quietly went down to prepare.

After a while, the three of them returned and prepared properly.

Zhang Bao then sent Ying Yang Tanma and more than ten people to Mangtang Mountain at night to control those sentry posts hidden in the mountains and forests.

Zhang Bao took the regimental training, the regimental staff, and the regimental deputy with the cavalry on foot, and under the cover of darkness at night, they approached Mangtang Mountain.

When Tanma and the others had not been there for a long time, they reported that Zhang Bao had made all the preparations properly, and those sentries had fallen asleep. Zhang Bao then made everyone under his command under the leadership of Tanma quickly sneak towards Mangtang Mountain.

Nothing was said all night.

The next day, Guan Index's army slowly marched towards Mangtang Mountain. Cao Xiong on the mountain beckoned his soldiers early, and once again ambushed the place where he began to lurk, waiting for the arrival of the opposing cavalry.

It's really so-called, the praying mantis catches the cicada and the yellow finch is behind.

Zhang Bao took the soldiers to hide from a distance, watching Cao Xiong and the others lurk on both sides of the road they had to pass through, although they whispered to the deputy general of the regiment beside them.

Tuan Shen nodded, indicating that he understood, and then led more than 1,000 people to move closer to the back of Cao Jun.

Poor Cao Xiong was waiting for the enemy army to enter his ambush circle, where did he think that he had already thrown himself into the enemy's ambush circle?!

Zhang Bao saw that the regimental deputy had begun to slaughter quietly, so he motioned to the other generals to quietly move closer to the enemy. He wanted to kill the Cao army on this side as much as possible before Guan Suo arrived......

After a short time, Guan Suo led the cavalry slowly drove into Cao Xiong's encirclement. Guan Suo felt that he was almost halfway in, and suddenly ordered to speed up. The cavalry immediately whipped their horses and accelerated decisively.

Seeing this, Cao Xiong, who was lying in ambush on both sides, hurriedly sent his soldiers to pick up their bows and shoot arrows......

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