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As the saying goes, the authorities are confused, and the bystanders are clear, and the same is true of the planning of the war. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

It seems that Fang Shao, Pang Tong and others, although they are all scheming people, but in this war, in front of all kinds of complex intelligence, they will inevitably be blinded.

Zhuge Liang sat in Chengdu, except for the allocation of grain and grass to the front, he did not participate in the war, and it was precisely because of this status that he was outside the situation that he could stand in the perspective of the overall situation and analyze the situation with all kinds of doubts.

At the beginning, when Zhuge Liang received information that Cao Ying was preparing to cross the Yellow River from Juan County to the north and enter Hanoi County, Zhuge Liang keenly felt that Cao Ying's purpose might not be so simple. After analyzing the overall situation thoroughly, Zhuge Liang suddenly realized that Cao Ying was very likely to be preparing to fight a dangerous battle to completely reverse the unfavorable situation, that is, to cross Wangwu Mountain and attack Hedong County.

When Zhuge Liang deduced Cao Ying's true intentions, the first time he wanted to send someone to Jinyang to send a warning letter to Emperor Liu Bei, asking him to send troops to reinforce Hedong. But then I thought about it, there are not many adjustable soldiers in Jinyang, and Chang'an is also quite a distance from Jinyang.

So, Zhuge Liang immediately made a decision, on the one hand, he sent someone to report to Liu Bei, and on the other hand, he dispatched the remaining more than 5,000 soldiers and horses in Chang'an, and ordered his henchman Yang Yi to lead and rush to Pubanjin to garrison in the starry night. In Zhuge Liang's view, as long as he can hold Pubanjin and not cut off the road between Guanzhong and Youhe, then Cao Ying's surprise attack on Hedong will be useless.

After receiving Zhuge Liang's order, Yang Yi did not dare to delay without permission, so he led 5,000 soldiers and horses to the east of Puban two days earlier than the Wei army.

Just when Yang Yi stepped into the east city with his heels, the bad news of the fall of Anyi came on the back foot, Yang Yi expected that Cao Ying would probably lead the army to take Pubanjin directly, so he did not dare to take a little rest, and urged the soldiers to strengthen the city defense day and night.

In the early morning of this day, Yang Yi finally waited for the Wei army that was coming from a long distance.

As early as the time of Jian'an, Yang Yi was the main book of the history of Jingzhou, and then transferred to Guan Yu, who guarded Jiangling, and Guan Yu later sent him to Shu to see Liu Bei, at that time Liu Bei had just obtained Yizhou. At that time, Liu Bei and Yang Yi discussed military strategies, political gains and losses, and Yang Yi's answer made Liu Bei very happy, so he named Yang Yi as the left general Cao Peng, who was also appreciated by Zhuge Liang.

After Liu Bei was called emperor, Zhuge Liang was named prime minister, and Yang Yi was moved to the prime minister's mansion Changshi, the position of Changshi is the chief of the hundred officials in the palace, which is equivalent to Zhuge Liang's role in General Zuo's mansion, which shows that Zhuge Liang attaches great importance to Yang Yi.

can be appreciated by Zhuge Liang like this, Yang Yi naturally has some ability.

When he found out that the Wei army had pounced on the eastern city of Puban, Yang Yi had an idea to hide the whole army under the female wall in view of the new victory of the Wei army, so as to create a false impression that the enemy was coming.

Apparently, Wei Jun was deceived.

10,000 Wei troops came in a surge, and when the first morning glow rose, they killed under the eastern city of Puban.

By the dawn of dawn, Cao Ying looked at the east city of Puban a few miles away, and saw that the flags at the head of the city were scattered, and there were not many soldiers patrolling the city, and the city gate that had just been opened, there seemed to be a few scattered figures dangling, which should be cleaning the road.

"Your Majesty, the thief army is unaware, God really helps me Dawei!" Xu Yi turned his horse and shouted excitedly.

Cao Ying's face showed a smug expression, he pulled out his sword vigorously, and shouted loudly: "Order the whole army to start attacking the city, and the one who enters the enemy city first will be crowned!" ”

With an order, Xu Yi turned his horse forward and led three thousand vanguard troops to burst out and kill the defenseless Pusaka City.

Although the soldiers were exhausted after a night's journey, they mustered up all their strength and shouted to kill the enemy city, inspired by the heavy reward.

Perhaps because it was early in the day, the patrol army at the head of the city did not discover the enemy's movement in time, and when they were frightened to discern that it was not the wind and dust that came to the scene, but the enemy of countless tigers and wolves, it was too late, and the Wei army had already killed the moat in a blink of an eye.

Seeing that the enemy was shocked, the drawbridge was not allowed to be lowered, and the city gate was not closed, as long as he worked harder, he could successfully rush into the city gate.

Just when there were still more than twenty steps, suddenly, the drawbridge creaked and rose rapidly, and the originally open city gate also closed in the blink of an eye.

Then, with the sound of a cannon, the empty city was instantly raised with flags, and the heads of people appeared, and countless arrows were already aimed at the enemy under the city.

The three thousand menacing Wei troops were blocked in front of the moat, and after the momentum stopped, the Wei pawns, who were originally full of murderous intent, were shocked by this sudden change, and soon began to fall into panic, and the main general Xu Yizhi was also a little overwhelmed, and he immediately lost his ground.

On the city, Yang Yi proudly looked at the gradually chaotic enemy army under the city, and shouted: "On the orders of Prime Minister Zhuge of the Han Dynasty, the Han general Yang Yi has been waiting here for a long time. ”

Xu Yi under the city only realized at this time that he had fallen for the Han army's strategy. Now these 3,000 soldiers and horses, stagnant in front of the moat, have become a living target for the enemy.

"It's a trick, withdraw, withdraw quickly!"

Xu Yi, who knew the plan, roared, and he turned his horse to retreat first, and the three thousand Wei troops did not know what to do, and when they saw that the winner was about to retreat, they hurriedly turned around and fled.

"When you come from afar, how can I, Yang Yi, not have the friendship of the landlord, you can accept these gifts." Yang Yi sneered, waved his sword and shouted: "Release the arrow!" ”

The drums beat and arrows rained down.

In the whizzing sound of breaking through the air, countless arrows rushed down like flying locusts, mercilessly stinging at those enemies who fled with their backs, at such a close distance, the lethality of the arrows can be imagined, so under the first round of arrow rain, more than 200 people fell.

After the salvo, more than 1,000 Han crossbowmen at the head of the city were like exercises, shooting freely at will, a few minutes later, when the Wei army fled out of the effective range in a panic, the city was already full of corpses, nearly seven hundred Wei soldiers fell with arrows, and nearly five or six hundred people were killed on the spot.

Cao Ying, who was watching the battle, was also surprised at this moment, he was not shocked by the casualties and blows he received, but shocked that someone in the Han Kingdom had seen through Jia Xu's strategy, and now the method of responding to the enemy was obviously prepared.

The defeat was only a matter of an eye, when Cao Yingshang did not recover from the surprise, the more than 2,000 defeated troops had fled in embarrassment, as for the pioneer Xu Yi was even more surrounded by several arrows, fortunately he was deeply armoured, although he was hit by a few arrows, but did not hurt the vital point.

Xu Yi, who was injured, ran to the front of the palace and said in a trembling voice: "Your Majesty, Zhuge Liang, the thief of the Han Kingdom, has been prepared for a long time and sent a man named Yang Yi to guard the city, but the minister is incompetent and failed to capture the city for His Majesty, please punish Your Majesty." ”

Cao Ying hurriedly dismounted, helped the injured Xu Yi up, and comforted Yan: "This battle is not your sin, it is Zhuge Liang's stubbornness." Since the thief army is ready, let me set up camp and heal your wounds first. ”

Comforting Xu Yi, the Wei army, whose morale had been hit, had to slowly retreat eastward.

Cao Ying stared at the banner of the Han army flying at the head of Puban City, his expression was full of resentment, and he gritted his teeth and muttered: "Zhuge Liang, Zhuge Liang, I always have a saying, I will take your head to avenge today!" ”

………… Yecheng, the period of ten days has passed nine days, and tomorrow is the period agreed by Chen Qun to dedicate the city.

And Fang Shao, who was confident, was shaken in confidence at the moment, and even since then, he has been waiting for news from Jinyang with anxiety.

"Da Sima, Jinyang has come to edict."

Wang Jun hurriedly arrived, with a little worry on his face, and Fang Shao sensitively realized that most of what Wang Jun brought was not good news.

Wang Jun presented the emperor's edict, and Fang Shaozhan took a look at it, his brows gradually furrowed.

"Sure enough, as Da Sima expected, Cao Ying really attacked the east and the west, and he had already attacked Hedong County a few days ago." Wang Jun in front of the case sighed.

The first half of the edict said that the fall of Hedong and the crisis in Pusaka were not surprising to Fang Shao in this section, but what surprised Fang Shao was the second half of the edict.

In the second half of the edict, Liu Bei claimed that he had declared that Ma Chao had led the army of Youzhou back to Jinyang, and went south to recapture Hedong, ordering Pang Tong and Huang Zhong's troops to return to Youzhou, while Fang Shao gave up attacking Yecheng and retreated to Jizhou in the north.

Thinking that Ma Chao is far away at the boundary between Youzhou and Liaodong, fighting against the stubborn enemy of the lone army, and aiding Hedong from the south of Youzhou, he needs to travel thousands of miles away, and ordered Ma Chao to lead the army back to help, which is not in line with the emergency needs. Furthermore, Ma Chao and Pang Tong jointly led the expedition to the Youyou Army, which was an edict to return to the army, but why did they only order Ma Chao to lead the army to return to the south, but not to return Pang Tong?

According to Fang Shao's expectations, things have developed to such a point, Liu Bei's decision should first give up attacking Ye, and order Fang Shao, who is closest to Jinyang, to lead the whole division to quickly retreat to Jinyang, and then take Hedong in the south. At the same time, he ordered Huang Zhong's troops to defend the counties of Xinde Jizhou, and ordered Ma Chao and Pang Tong to continue to pacify Youzhou, preventing Zhuhu in the north and Gongsun in Liaodong in the west from taking advantage of the chaos.

However, Liu Bei's edict was completely unexpected by Fang Shao.

Seeing the confusion on Fang Shao's face, Wang Jun said, "Da Sima, do you have any doubts about Your Majesty's edict?" ”

Fang Shao nodded slightly: "Shizhi, you also think it's a little strange, this edict really doesn't seem to come from His Majesty's hand." ”

Wang Jun groaned slightly, and said in a low voice: "Da Sima, forgive me for your presumptuous speculation, now the officials who stay in Jinyang with Your Majesty are headed by General Wu and General Huang, and Your Majesty is seriously ill, it is not yet known what happened at this moment, as for this edict, I am only afraid of ......."

Wang Jun didn't finish his words, but this was enough, listening to his words, Fang Shao's expression suddenly changed, and an ominous premonition suddenly surged in his heart.

(To be continued)