1440 Unkempt
The two generals were defeated under Lou Yi's steel claws, which made Zhuge Liang's face very ugly, and the battle situation at this time was not optimistic.
Of course, Fan Jinqiang's martial arts are difficult to find in the world, but Lou Yi rides on top of the elephant, his position is high, and the weapons in his hands are long, so he can't attack at all.
"The Great Han General is nothing more than that!" Lou Yi didn't forget to taunt, and while attacking Fan Jinqiang with a long knife, he threw the steel claws over.
Wang Baoyu saw that Fan Jinqiang was in critical condition, and hurriedly patted the head of the Wind Tiger, and the Wind Tiger immediately let out a roar that shook the mountains, and Lou Yi, who was sitting on the wild elephant, was so shocked that his hand moved a little slower, and the steel claw was thrown for the first time and fell into the air.
The wild elephant was obviously trained and unhurried, and under the impact of the air waves, it just flickered its huge ears and retreated.
"Sir, Lou Yi is not easy to deal with!" Wang Baoyu said in a low voice.
Zhuge Liang also saw that the shape was wrong, and hurriedly issued an order to retreat, the army quickly retreated, and Fan Jinqiang also obeyed the order to retreat.
Lou Yi let out a burst of earth-shattering laughter, led 30,000 vine armor troops, and kept chasing the Shu army for dozens of miles, and when he saw that he couldn't catch up, he stopped the team.
Zhuge Liang ordered the Shu army to retreat to a hundred miles away, re-set up camp, and lightly tapped the soldiers and horses, which lost 20,000 soldiers and horses in this battle, which can be described as the first fiasco since the southern conquest.
Zhuge Liang's face was extremely gloomy, he locked himself in the big tent, did not speak for a long time, and even the tea and dinner were refused by him outside the tent.
Everyone was relieved, and they didn't dare to persuade each other, and in the end, this kind of thing still fell on Wang Baoyu. Wang Baoyu entered the big tent, and Zhuge Liang pondered with his hands behind his back.
"Sir, victory and defeat are a common thing in soldiers, we have fought countless battles before, and there are casualties every time, there is no way to avoid it." Wang Baoyu comforted.
Zhuge Liang nodded slightly, then beckoned Wang Baoyu to sit down, and was silent for a long time, before he said: "Baoyu, I already have a general way to repel Lou Yi in my heart, unless it is absolutely necessary, I can't make this decision." At present, it is nothing more than hoping that Lou Yi can take the initiative to surrender, but his stubbornness may not be able to achieve his wish. ”
"Hey, sir, what's the plan?" Wang Baoyu hurriedly asked.
Zhuge Liang wanted to speak and stopped, shaking his head constantly, as if he couldn't make up his mind for this plan. However, at this time, the news of Tanma's return made Zhuge Liang lose his stability, and he was almost described as angry.
"Lou Yi is brutal and unreasonable, exterminating people, I swear to kill !!"
Lou Yi, the king of Ugo, actually ordered his subordinates to skin and cut the corpses of Shu soldiers, or boil or roast them as food.
It's not that the Ugo clan is barbaric and has the custom of eating human flesh, Lou Yi's move is to provoke the Shu army, and then hold a big war with him.
The anger of the soldiers can be imagined, everyone's eyes are red, and they have asked for their lives to desperately exterminate the vine armor army. Wang Baoyu also felt very angry, burying the enemy's fallen soldiers, almost became a common practice between the two armies, Lou Yi risked the world's disapproval, and would definitely invite the disaster of extermination.
"What are you going to do, sir?" Wang Baoyu asked.
"I originally wanted to subdue the Ugo clan, but Lou Yi committed such a vicious deed, the crime is unforgivable, and he must be killed all!" Zhuge Liang was extremely angry, his chest ached, his hands were tightly covered, Wang Baoyu hurriedly stepped forward to help, but Zhuge Liang waved his hand, and his anger was hard to dissipate.
"Sir, what's the best idea?"
Zhuge Liang's face was like frost, without any pity, and he said sharply: "I have seen the clues before, although the rattan armor is indestructible, there are also disadvantages, it is made of grease, it must be afraid of fire, I can't bear to attack it with fire, I really don't want to exterminate it, it seems that today, there is no mercy!" ”
This history is indeed recorded in the romance, whether Wang Baoyu has been integrated into this era for too long and forgotten, or whether he deliberately avoided this seemingly ruthless approach, in short, after listening to Zhuge Liang, his numb and cold heart was still touched.
"Sir, do you really want to use this method?"
"Otherwise, when will the battle with Ugo end!" Zhuge Liang said in a firm tone, and then called Wei Yan and ordered: "General Wei, you can lead 50,000 horses to meet the Wugo army." ”
"Prime Minister, it's not that the last general is timid, it's just that Lou Yi is strong in martial arts, and the rattan armor army is strong, and 50,000 people are afraid that it will be difficult to win, and it will only increase the casualties of the soldiers." Wei Yan hesitated.
"Only defeat, not victory." Zhuge Liang said, unfolded the map, pointed to one place and said: "This place is called the Valley of the Snake, you just need to lead the Ugo army here, it will be regarded as a great achievement, and I have my own way to destroy it." ”
"The last general will obey the order!" Wei Yanmao paused, nodded again and again, and immediately led the army towards the Ugo army. Zhuge Liang also instructed Zhao Yun and other generals to prepare more branches, thatch and other things, reunite into a ball, and transport them to the Snake Valley.
As soon as the arrangements were made, Zhuge Liang retreated the camp for fifty miles, just behind the Snake Valley, if Lou Yi did not pursue relentlessly, then most of them would enter the Snake Valley.
Lou Yi's victory over the Shu army seemed to give Meng Huo, who was marching slowly, a shot in the arm, which fully illustrated that the Shu army was not an invincible army, and he also took the opportunity to speed up the pace of the march.
Re-entrenched the camp, Wang Baoyu was drinking tea and chatting with Zhuge Liang in the tent, when he suddenly heard the guards report that Meng Huo's daughter Hua Hu came to the camp single-handedly.
"Hehe, they all say that it is useless to raise a daughter, and the elbow is turned outward, it seems that the folk saying is also reasonable!" Wang Baoyu said with a smile.
Zhuge Liang smiled slightly, and immediately ordered to let Hua Fei enter the account to see him, and after a while, Hua Hu came in, unkempt, wearing dirty clothes, his face was full of mud, and he could only see two white eyes, unable to distinguish between men and women, as if he was asking for food.
Wang Baoyu couldn't hold back, and asked with a smile: "Hua Yan, how did you become like this?" ”
"Laugh again!" Hua Fei glanced at Wang Baoyu and arched his hand: "Prime Minister, Hua Fei was trapped by Lou Yi, the king of Ugo, and escaped in disguise." ”
Oh! Zhuge Liang was stunned for a moment and asked, "Where is your father now?" ”
"He, he should be leading the troops to attack." Hua Fei said hesitantly.
It was not surprising that Meng Shu took advantage of the chaos to attack, and Wang Baoyu asked with a smile: "Hua Hu, why didn't you go to your father, but ran to the Shu army camp?" ”
"My father wants to marry me to Lou Yi, I, I'd rather die than obey." Hua Fei said with a pout.
"Hey, hey! Don't you like Guansuo? Wang Baoyu had already heard Bao Sanniang's complaint from Sun Shangxiang and asked jokingly.
Hua Man's face suddenly turned red, he lowered his head and stopped talking, Zhuge Liang coughed and asked: "Hua Man, this is relative to your father's six catches and six releases, do you know the meaning?" ”