The 60th Battle of Eastern Wu and Southern Han Dynasty drove Cao Wei to unify the Central Plains (18)
Nan Ye was overjoyed when he heard Guo Jia say that there was an ambush between the Wu and Wei armies. Others are afraid of ambushes, but Nan Ye is not afraid, his skills are specialized in restraining ambushes, unless the distance is too far beyond the scope of exploration. In the previous battle, Sima Yi first used the trick of luring the enemy to lure Wei Yan and Zhang He to chase and kill, and left Nan Ye's skill range, which made the second general scheming, and this time Nan Ye planned to personally lead the troops to take revenge.
After making up his mind, Nan Ye said: "If the Wu and Wei armies have ambushes, it is best, I will lure them and kill them." ”
Guo Jia knows Nan Ye's character very well, and knows that Nan Ye is not a person who can't listen to advice and advice. If he is not very sure, Nan Ye will never take risks. So Guo Jia said: "Since the national teacher has a plan, I am willing to act on orders." ”
When Nan Ye heard this, he ordered 30,000 cavalry soldiers in the army, each carrying Yuan Rong and crossbows, and ordered Dian Wei, Zhou Cang, Zhao Yun, Yang Xiong, Huang Zhong, Huang Xu, Wei Yan, Zhang He, Gan Ning, Tai Shici, Gao Shun, Zhang Baiqi, Ma Yunluo, and Hua Bei 14 generals to go with the army first, leaving Guo Jia, Jia Xu, Lu Xun, Zang Ba, Zhang Yan, Zhang Ren and other generals to lead the army behind.
More than 30,000 horsemen under the leadership of Nan Ye came day and night to chase the Wu and Wei armies, and after each line, Nan Ye had to stop his horse and cast his skills to check whether there were ambushes.
However, it was said that Sun Quan and Sima Yi retreated and went north, but because the heavy rain had just passed the muddy road, the troops marched for several days to reach the border of Yanzhou. Sima Yi discussed with Sun Quan: "We will wait for a few days to retreat, and Nan Ye will go and return to learn that we are retreating." In my opinion, an ambush should be set up to prevent Nan Ye from leading troops to chase. ”
Sun Quan said: "I'll wait for a few days, even if Nan Ye chases after him, what's the use?" ”
Sima Yi said: "I'm afraid that Nan Ye will order the cavalry to go first." ”
Sun Quan said in disbelief: "We have a lot of troops, how dare the cavalry of the Southern Han Dynasty come to fight?" ”
Sima Yi said: "How can Your Majesty not believe it? I expect that Nanye will come to pursue, so it is better for me and His Majesty to set up an army to hold the valley mouth in front for ten days. If there were no soldiers from the Southern Han Dynasty, I would have painted red powder on my face and wore women's clothes, and I would have come to the camp to ask for my guilt. ”
Sun Quan was very competitive when he heard that Sima Yi wanted to make a bet, but he didn't dare to make such a big bet, but said: "If there are Nanye soldiers coming, I would like to give Du Duyu a belt and a royal horse." ”
After the two agreed, Sun Quan ordered Han Dang to command 20,000 troops to the west of the valley, and Sima Yi ordered Cao Zhang to command 20,000 troops to the east of the valley. 40,000 soldiers and horses are naturally not enough to deal with Nanye's army, but it is enough to deal with the advance cavalry.
Sima Yi saw that the ambush of the two military horses had been completed, so he pulled Sun Quan to change into civilian clothes and patrol the camp in micro-clothes. Sun Quan didn't know what he meant, and asked Sima Yi, "Why is the governor like this?" ”
Sima Yi explained: "Nan Ye uses soldiers like a god, and there are few times when he is ambushed. I am afraid that the army will be sluggish, so that it will see the flaws and break my strategy. ”
Sun Quan nodded when he heard this, and mixed with Sima Yi in the ambush soldiers, looking around the camps. Suddenly, when they arrived at the first battalion, a partial general and the soldiers complained: "It rained heavily for a long time, and they refused to retreat, and now the soldiers have retreated, and they have stopped here to gamble on the game, which is really bitter for our officers and soldiers!" ”
When Sima Yi heard the words, he returned to the village and raised the tent, gathered all the generals to the tent, and found out that he would reprimand in the future: "Raising an army for a thousand days is used for a while." You dare to complain, slow down the army's heart! ”
If the deputy general does not recruit, Sima Yi summons the soldiers of the same battalion to testify, which will not be denied. Sima Yi said: "I don't want to gamble, but I want to win the soldiers and horses of the Southern Han Dynasty, so as to stop worrying about the future, you complain in vain and take your own guilt!" With that, he ordered the samurai to push out and cut it down.
A moment later, the head of the lieutenant was dedicated to the tent, and the generals were terrified. Sima Yi said again: "You and other generals must do your best to prevent Nanye's soldiers, don't act sluggishly." The generals were ordered to retreat. Sun Quan and Sima Yi were relieved to leave Han Dang and Cao Zhang in ambush and lead the army first.
Nanye marched for several days, and on this day it was close to the border of Yanzhou and Jizhou, and he stopped his horse again to show his skills. I saw that there were soldiers and horses on both sides of the valley in front, and the two generals were Han Dang and Cao Zhang. The detection distance of Nan Ye's skills is not far away, and it is not close to it, it is dozens of miles, and when he found the ambush of the Wu and Wei armies, the ambush of the two armies had not even seen Nan Ye's shadow.
When Dian Wei, Zhao Yun and the others saw Nan Ye stop his horse, they knew that he was casting a spell to probe the ambush. In the past, it only took a moment to investigate, and Nan Ye would continue to move forward, but this time it took a long time, which made the generals feel a little different, but they didn't dare to bother.
After a while, Nan Ye slowly opened his eyes and said: "There are 40,000 ambush soldiers in the valley mouth ahead, led by Han Dang and Cao Zhang, and let the rear team slow down. ”
The generals were overjoyed when they heard this, and they all served Nan Ye with the art of unpredictable prophets. After the stoppage, Nan Ye looked at the terrain and found that there was a mountain road behind him, with mountains on both sides, just ambushing the soldiers. So he ordered 30,000 cavalrymen, each armed with a bow and crossbow, to lay an ambush on the mountain, ready to roll wood and stones.
After the ambush of the cavalry was completed, Nan Ye led Dian Wei, Zhou Cang, Zhao Yun, Yang Xiong, Ma Yunluo, Hua Bei, Zhang Baiqi, and Gao Shun to lead the mage to personally guard and trap the camp first, leaving Huang Zhong, Wei Yan and other generals to lead the ambush.
Cao Zhang and Han Dang, the two generals, were in ambush, and they saw dust and smoke billowing in the distance, as if soldiers and horses were coming. Cao Zhang was overjoyed when he saw this, and secretly said that Sima Yi's plan was superb, and he even calculated that Nan Ye would definitely pursue within ten days. When he saw the soldiers and horses approaching, Cao Zhang's heart was even happier, because he saw that Nan Ye personally led the troops to chase, and there were only a hundred guards and a thousand camps behind him, it seemed that there were only so many cavalry under Nan Ye's command.
Nan Ye rode the red rabbit horse at the forefront, although the white and white elephants were powerful, but to say that the long-distance gallop was still the fastest red rabbit horse. When it was still an arrow away from the ambush of Wu and Wei's armies, Nan Ye suddenly stopped, as if he had discovered something, which made Cao Zhang and Han Dang's hearts tighten.
Dian Wei, Zhao Yun and the others saw Nan Ye stop their horses, so they also stopped, although they did not see the ambush, but the mountain pass in front was not far away, according to what Nan Ye said before, the ambush was here.
The reason why Nan Ye stopped and didn't dare to move forward was because he was afraid that the armies of Wu and Wei would fire thousands of arrows. The invincible golden corpse is not afraid of bows and crossbows, but Nan Ye and his soldiers are all flesh and blood, and they can't compete with strong bows and crossbows, so Nan Ye can only stop his troops. At this time, what Nan Ye had to do was to lure Cao Zhang and Han Dang out, instead of stepping into the ambush circle, so Nan Ye ordered: "Get off the horse and rest, and be ready to retreat at any time!" ”
Cao Zhang and Han Dang breathed a sigh of relief when they saw Nan Ye and his soldiers start to rest, it seems that Nan Ye did not find the ambush, but just rested halfway. The second general hurriedly ordered his subordinates not to panic, and waited for Nan Ye to enter the encirclement and shoot him with bows and crossbows.
Nan Ye didn't expect Cao Zhang and Han Dang to really calm down, and they didn't rush up to kill when they saw that their soldiers and horses were tired and resting. Nan Ye summoned Dian Wei and Zhou Cang and ordered: "You two go to fight and see if the enemy army comes out." ”
Dian Wei and Zhou Cang are well-known loud voices in the army, and the two of them have to take a few steps forward and say: "Cao Zhang, Han Dang, do you dare to fight when you are young?" ”
Cao Zhang and Han Dangfu were shocked when they heard the words in the dark. They never thought they were exposed. If Nan Ye guessed that there were soldiers and horses in ambush through clues, Cao Zhang and Han Dang could still understand it, but what they couldn't understand was how Dian Wei and Zhou Cang knew that it was the two of them who led the troops.
Since they have been discovered by the other party, Cao Zhang and Han Dang do not plan to hide anymore. Instead of letting Nan Ye go, it is better to take advantage of Nan Ye's lack of military horses to chase and kill. Thinking of this, the two generals led the troops out from the left and right mountain passes. Cao Zhang shouted loudly: "Nanye Pifu, today is the time for you to die!" After saying that, the army came, and Han Dang also covered up and killed.
Nan Ye shouted loudly when he saw the ambush soldiers in all directions: "Unexpectedly, there are so many ambush soldiers, I will leave as soon as possible." ”
Dian Wei and Zhou Cang shouted: "The national teacher goes first, and I will wait for the end." After saying that, he rushed towards Cao Zhang and Han Dang.
Han Dang saw that Nan Ye was on his horse and wanted to leave, and shouted, "Where will the thief go!" "Let's say that Cema and Zhou Cang are fighting together, and Cao Zhang is fighting with Dian Wei.
The four horses fought less than Shihe, and the armies of Wu and Wei approached. As soon as Dian Wei saw that the enemy army was too numerous to be able to defeat the enemy, he shouted: "What is the ability to bully the less with more? Yuanfu walked quickly. "Let's talk about it and Zhou Cang deceived and left, and followed Nan Ye away.
Cao Zhang and Han Dang were furious and refused to let Nan Ye go, leading the army to pursue later. The army chased for more than ten miles, gradually approaching the Nanye cavalry, and suddenly Zhao Yun and Yang Xiong turned around and killed back, shouting loudly: "The national teacher should go quickly!" Cao Zhang, Han Dangxiu want to be rampant! I'm here! ”
It turned out that Cao Zhang and Han Dang were fast, and after chasing for a while, they were killed in front of the battle. Zhao Yun and Yang Xiong returned to the horse just enough to fight with the two of them. Cao Zhang and Han Dang had a large army behind, and they were not afraid of Zhao Yun and Yang Xiong, and they fought bravely. Less than Shihe, the armies of Wu and Wei caught up, and Zhao Yun and Yang Xiong also did not dare to fight, so they turned their horses and left.
Cao Zhang successively killed Dian Wei and Zhao Yun, not to mention the excitement in his heart, although he was suspected of bullying more and less, it was enough to brag about himself for a lifetime. After all, Han Dang was more steady, and reminded Cao Zhang: "Your Highness, chase slowly, be careful of Nan Ye's deception." ”
Cao Zhang heard Han Dang's mention and hurriedly reined in his horse to review, and there were no ambushes behind him. Seeing a dense forest in front of him, Cao Zhang ordered people to go around to investigate, but there were no ambushes. Then he said: "Nan Ye's foot soldiers are far away from here!" Where did the ambush come from? "Say goodbye, rest assured and chase again.
Han Dang couldn't stop it, and he also wanted to capture Nan Ye to make meritorious contributions, so he followed Cao Zhang and chased after him. Dian Wei, Zhou Cang, Zhao Yun, and Yang Xiong took turns to return to their horses to hinder the pursuers, and every time they were less than ten times, they turned their horses and left, but they also slightly hindered the speed of the pursuers, so that Cao Zhang and Han Dang could not catch up with Nan Ye, and the two generals were so angry that they were like thunder, urging the army to chase bravely.
Seeing that it was getting late, Nan Ye lured the second general to the ambush mountain road, only to hear Cao Zhang scolding loudly behind his back: "Nan Ye Pifu, don't run away if you have the courage, fight to the death with me." ”
Nan Ye smiled secretly in his heart, but said on his lips: "You have the courage to chase me!" ”
Cao Zhang and Han Dang were very angry, and suddenly the horses rushed to take Nanye directly, and suddenly there was a drum on the hillside, and the fire on the mountain was soaring, and the big stones and trees were rolling down, blocking the way.
Han Dang was shocked: "I'm waiting for the plan!" "When I was about to return to the horse, the back was already stuffed with wood and stones, and there was only a section of open space in the middle, with high slopes on both sides, and the Wu and Wei armies had no way to advance or retreat.
Huang Zhong, Huang Xu, Wei Yan, Zhang He, Gan Ning, and Tai Shici saw the enemy entering the urn and appeared from the ambush together. Huang Zhong gave an order, and ten thousand crossbows on both sides of the hillside were fired in unison, killing Cao Zhang, Han Dang and all the soldiers under his command on the mountain road. Only the sporadic enemy troops did not enter the ambush circle because they ran too slowly, and they were spared.