In November, the Yellow River begins to freeze, and it is not until mid-November that the ice surface of the Yellow River is completely frozen and you can walk on the ice, and at this time of year, it becomes easy to cross the Yellow River, and there are often sporadic merchants leading donkeys or mules full of goods across the ice.

But this year, there is no trace of merchants on the ice of the Yellow River in Gaonu County, and the clouds of war are shrouded in this land, and the Han army has increased its troops to Gaonu County by 5,000 people and strengthened the investigation, while there are also thousands of Cao troops in Xihe County on the other side of the Yellow River, and they are mainly stationed in Lishi County.

In the afternoon, a team of 5,000 cavalry slowly arrived in Gaonu County, the cavalry was commanded by the general Ma Dai, in the middle of the army, the military advisor Zhuge Liang sat on a carriage, holding a feather fan, looking at the surrounding scenery with great interest, this was his first time to come to Shangjun, the magnificent mountains and rivers feasted his eyes.

There were still a few miles away from Gaonu County, and a group of cavalry rushed to the city, and the leader was Zhang Yi, the commander of Shangjun, who led 5,000 soldiers to guard the area around Gaonu County.

"The last general will see the military division!" Zhang Yi clasped his fists and saluted.

"Thank you General Zhang for coming from afar, have I done what I explained before?"

"Returning to the military division, everything has been done."

Zhuge Liang nodded, shook the feather fan and said, "Let's go to Gaonu County first!" ”

Everyone sped up and went in the direction of Gaonu County, at this time, Gaonu County had set up a large camp outside, the cavalry had been stationed, in the big tent of the Chinese army, Ma Dai, Zhang Yi and other generals stood in front of a sand table, Zhuge Liang was carefully checking the sand table on Lishi County.

Lishi County is the county of Xihe County, and it is also an important pass through Luliang Mountain in the west of Bingzhou, the strategic position is extremely important, known as the west gate of Bingzhou, take Lishi County, the army can pass through Luliang Mountain from here, and kill directly to Taiyuan.

Zhang Yi introduced on the side: "The scouts sent by the lowly government have investigated clearly, and they can directly cross the ice of the Yellow River from Wangjiadu, which is about twenty miles northwest of Shi, where the mountains are high and dense, and tens of thousands of troops can be hidden. ”

"How is the defense of Lishi County?" Zhuge Liang asked again.

"It is three feet eight feet high from the city of Shixian County, Cao Jun rebuilt it last year, the city is tall and generous, there are 5,000 garrisons in the city, the head general is called Kong Xiu, and the deputy general Jiang Yan is the original Xiahou Yuan's generals."

"What are the personalities of these two people?" Zhuge Liang asked silently.

"Back to the military division, Kong Xiu is cunning and insidious, Jiang Yan is short-tempered, and the two have opposite personalities."

At this time, Ma Dai next to him said: "Strategist, we have a heavy trebuchet here, and we can directly use the trebuchet to smash the city gate, so why bother too much?" ”

Zhuge Liang shook the feather fan lightly and smiled: "Go to the army to fight, fight, kill, and kill, how can it be my Zhuge Liang's actions?" ”

He whispered a few words to the two, and both of them nodded, "The military advisor is really smart!" ”

The focus of Cao's defense in Bingzhou was Hedong County, and the general Zhang He led 20,000 troops to be stationed in Hedong County, confronting tens of thousands of Han troops at Pujin Pass on the other side of the Yellow River, and Xiahou Shang, the commander of Bingzhou, led 30,000 troops to sit in Taiyuan City.

Lishi County to the west of Taiyuan was not the focus of Cao's defense, but due to the strategic importance of Lishi County, Xiahou Shang sent generals Kong Xiu and Jiang Yan to lead 5,000 troops to garrison Lishi County.

On this morning, Jiang Yan was patrolling back and forth in the city as usual, he was not too interested in defending Lishi County, and it was difficult to have a chance to make meritorious contributions far from Shixian County, which made Jiang Yan quite depressed.

At this time, a soldier pointed to the distance and shouted: "General, here they are again!" ”

I saw more than a dozen Han army scouts appear outside the west city, they were standing on a hill about 200 steps away from the city, holding charcoal pens and drawing something? Jiang Yan had long been unbearable with this Han army scout team, and for half a month, he had been active near the county seat, drawing terrain, exploring mountains and rivers, and today he was even more excessive, standing outside the range of the bow and crossbow to draw the city, which was really an extremely strict provocation.

Jiang Yan was furious, and shouted left and right: "Order three hundred cavalry, kill me out, and slaughter these rabbit cubs!" ”

Jiang Yan was short-tempered, several generals couldn't persuade him, and hurriedly went to report to the main general Kong Xiuyu, leaving the gate of Shixian City to open, Jiang Yan led three hundred cavalry to chase more than a dozen Han army scouts, the Han army scouts turned around and fled, Jiang Yan led the army to chase after him.

has been chasing for more than ten miles, bypassing a big mountain, more than a dozen Han army scouts are gone, Jiang Yan saw that the surrounding mountains are steep, and the woods on both sides are dense, which is the best place for an ambush, he suddenly woke up, "I have been tricked!" ”

"Hurry back!"

As soon as his shout fell, he heard a gong, an ambush was in all directions, and thousands of cavalry surrounded them, at this time, the soldiers pushed out a wheeled car, Zhuge Liang sat on the car, holding a feather fan and said with a smile: "I am the Han army division Zhuge Liang is also, Jiang Yan is not early to descend?" ”

Jiang Yan was desperate, so he had to turn over and dismount and kneel and say: "Jiang Yan is willing to surrender to the Han army!" ”

Zhuge Liang ordered Jiang Yan to pick up left and right, and said with a slight smile: "Since General Jiang is willing to surrender to the Han State, why don't you help us take Lishi County?" ”

Jiang Yan said indignantly: "With the grace of the Mongolian army and the army, I am willing to persuade General Kong to surrender to the Han Kingdom!" ”

Zhuge Liang ordered someone to let Jiang Yan go back, and Zhang Yi said next to him: "This person surrenders too easily, he must be a repeated villain, and the military advisor must beware of their deception!" ”

Zhuge Liang shook the feather fan lightly and said: "I don't know, I'm not afraid that they will surrender, but I am afraid that they will not move." ”……

Jiang Yan returned to Lishi County and said to Kong Xiu: "I pretended to surrender to the Han army, Zhuge Liang asked me to persuade my brother to surrender, does my brother have a good plan?" ”

Kong Xiu pondered for a moment and said: "Capture the thief and capture the king first, we can plan and capture Zhuge Liang and the generals of the Han army in one fell swoop, and we can make great contributions!" ”

He whispered a few words to Jiang Yan in his ear, and Jiang Yan nodded, "Little brother, let's arrange it!" ”

Early the next morning, Jiang Yan came to the Han army by the Yellow River again, saw Zhuge Liang, he knelt down and reported: "Qiqi military division, my general is willing to surrender to the Han army and support the Han family!" ”

Zhuge Liang was overjoyed, "If General Kong is willing to surrender, I will report to His Royal Highness the King of Han and your great achievements!" ”

The two discussed the details of the surrender again, Jiang Yan just said goodbye and left, and as soon as Jiang Yan left, Zhuge Liang ordered someone to find Zhang Yi and told him a few words, and Zhang Yi took the order and left.

At noon, Kong Xiu, the chief general of Lishi County, was shirtless and led thousands of soldiers to line up in front of the city gate, and all kinds of weapons were piled up in the open space outside the city gate.

But on both sides of the urn city in the county seat, Kong Xiu laid a thousand elite crossbowmen, waiting for the Han army division and the main general to enter the city.

Kong Xiu was very nervous in his heart, after all, he was desperate, if he failed, it might be when he died, but once he succeeded, he would become the first hero of Cao Jun.

At this time, a soldier pointed into the distance and shouted: "General, they are coming!" ”

An army of more than 10,000 people slowly appeared in the distance, heading towards Lishi County, Kong Xiu turned around and shouted: "Without my order, you are not allowed to move!" ”

Soon, the Han army arrived two hundred steps away, this is the most critical moment, once the Han army is pressed forward again, the Cao army will immediately withdraw to the city, Kong Xiu shouted: "Li Shi Lord General Kong Xiu, willing to surrender to the Han army!" ”

General Jiang Yanfei rushed forward, bowed to Zhuge Liang and said: "My general surrenders sincerely, please surrender to the military division!" ”

According to the general etiquette, Cao's army surrendered to the ground, as the main general of the Han army, Zhuge Liang should go forward to help him up and appease him a few words, and this is the opportunity for Kong Xiu to launch a counterattack.

Zhuge Liang smiled coldly, "General Jiang, I seem to have heard something strange in the city?" ”

Jiang Yan was startled, listened attentively, and sure enough, he heard the shouts of killing in the city, and he was stunned for a moment, what is going on? Zhuge Liang shouted: "Take it for me!" ”

The soldiers on both sides rushed up and pressed Jiang Yan to the ground, Jiang Yan shouted innocence, Zhuge Liang reprimanded: "Ru carving insect skills, dare to lie to me, today is your death." ”

Jiang Yan's face was like ashes, trembling all over, and he couldn't say a word.

At the same time, Kong Xiu and the others also heard the shouts and killings in the city, they looked at each other, and they all looked back at the city.

A soldier rushed from inside the city and shouted, "General, the Han army has entered the city from the southern city!" ”

Kong Xiu was so frightened that his heart almost stopped beating, their ambush was in the north city, and the rest of the city gates had no defenders at all, but they were attacked by the Han army, at this moment, the Han army a hundred steps away suddenly broke out with a shocking shout of killing, a cavalry covered the killing, the Cao soldiers were in chaos, at the city gate, countless Cao soldiers were fleeing outward, and the Cao soldiers could not return to the city, so they had to flee in all directions.

Kong Xiu turned over and got on his horse, beat his horse and galloped to the east, not long after running out, a cavalry came up head-on, and the general was Ma Dai, Ma Dai shouted, "Take your life!" ”

A knife slashed at him, the knife was fierce, Kong Xiu was caught off guard, and was chopped off by a knife, the Cao army was in chaos, scattered and ran, but the roads around were blocked by the Han army, and the Cao soldiers had nowhere to escape, and they knelt down and surrendered.

The Han army occupied Lishi County, Zhuge Liang ordered Jiang Yan to be beheaded, and the army immediately took control of the main road of Luliang Mountain, and the news reached Taiyuan, Xiahou Shang was shocked and hurriedly sent people to Yedu to report.