Guan Xing received Zhuge Liang's order four days ago, before the battle in Longguan began. When Guan Xing and Zhang Ling arrived at the Maluxia ambush, it was still calm, so much so that Guan Xing and Zhang Jing privately thought that the prime minister deliberately set them aside and prevented them from participating in the battle to kill Cao Zhi.

However, they soon met a messenger sent by Zhao Guang to Huangxian and learned about the situation in Longguan. Knowing that tens of thousands of Qiang people had gathered in front of Longguan, they were surprised and admired the prime minister. You must know that it is normal for the Qiang people to go to various places to nomadize in spring and summer, and they can smell the danger in advance, whether it is foresight or caution, the prime minister's measures are perfect.

When the messengers sent by Zhao Guang became more and more dense and the news delivered became more and more urgent, Guan Xing and Zhang Ling did not dare to slack off, and according to Zhuge Liang's arrangement, they sent someone to inform Zhao Guang that he could retreat on the third day after the start of the Battle of Longguan. At this hour, Zhao Guang couldn't support it anymore, in fact, if it wasn't for his insistence, I'm afraid Longguan would have been lost long ago. At this point, the casualties of the soldiers and the damage to the city walls are real, without a little camouflage, even the shrewd generals can't find any flaws, everything is so real and natural.

Because it's meant to be true. Except that Zhuge Liang could predict in advance that the Qiang people would attack Longguan and arrange for Guan Xing and Zhang Ling to lead 5,000 people to set up an ambush in Maluxia, no one expected this scene. According to normal thinking, starting from the arrival of Xiahou Confucian soldiers in Longguan, now Zhuge Liang should have just gotten the news, and there is no time to send reinforcements.

And because of that. Xiahou Ru ordered to pursue Zhao Guang and did not give him a chance to breathe and counterattack, but unexpectedly crashed into the ambush circle set by Guan Xing and Zhang Ling.

Countless stones rolled down the hillside and flew in the air, smashing the Qiang people's heads and bleeding, and their bones broken. They no longer cared about the formation, crying and looking for a place to hide, even the most fierce warriors could not fight against these fallen stones, anyone who was hit or killed immediately. Either seriously injured and can't afford to be injured. Even a light scrape can scrape off a large piece of flesh.

Nearly 10,000 Qiang people collapsed at the touch of a button, and in less than a meal, the canyon was quiet, and the Qiang people poked their heads out of their hiding places. Look at the gorge full of messes. Shocked. Another moment passed. Crying and moaning were everywhere, like an elegy of sorrow.

Zhao Guang found Xiahou Ru with a pale face behind a boulder. Xiahou Ru's left leg was smashed, revealing white bones. The delicate helmet was scraped a cut, and blood ran down his forehead and meandered down his pale cheeks.

Xiahou Ru was ordered by Zhang He, and it took a few months to gather more than 30,000 Qiang people, and fought fiercely in Longguan for three days, and more than 10,000 Qiang people died in the battle. Those who can keep up without falling behind are the elites, and now they are all wiped out by Zhao Guang and others, and those Qiang people who are physically exhausted and still lagging behind cannot be counted on. Without him in the middle of the dispatch and command, those Qiang people would be a plate of scattered sand, and they would only be broken by Zhao Guang and others.

Longguan has failed all the way, and Xiahou Ru regrets it. He believed that since Zhao Guang's retreat was premeditated, Longguan would probably be taken back by Zhao Guang.

Xiahou Ru's guess was not wrong at all, when Zhao Guang and Guan Xing fought all the way back to Longguan, a fire suddenly broke out in Longguan, burning more than 2,000 Wei troops who were preparing to defend the pass, and abandoned the pass in embarrassment.

Zhao Guang almost bloodlessly regained Longguan, Zhang Ling stayed with him to guard the pass, and Guan Xing returned to Wangxian with more than 10,000 prisoners.

……

The red deer gorge is full of rocks and piercing the air, and the waves of the Kei Valley are crashing on the shore.

Small, narrow boats laden with grain are ready to go, and as soon as the cable is loosened, these boats will go down the water, through the rough Mitsuga, and into Guanzhong.

Hao Zhao didn't give an order for a long time, he looked at Shangqi City in the distance, his fingers pinched and released, put and pinched.

"Is the general worried that these ships will capsize?" Ma Jun rubbed his sour eyes and asked. These boats were specially built by him, and the Mitsuya Valley was so narrow and fast that there were many reefs that the big ships could not move at all. He was a Fufeng man, and he was very aware of this situation, and after he was ordered to come to Longyou, he designed this slender boat according to the special situation of Keigu, which could travel through Keigu.

Everyone thought he was in Tongguan or Wancheng, but they didn't know that he came to Ji County in the heavy snow last winter.

Now, the ship has been built, and the grain collected by Hao Zhao has also been loaded, just wait for the cable to be loosened and transported, these soldiers and grain can enter the Guanzhong, Hao Zhao doesn't know how, but he didn't give the order for a long time, but kept looking at Shangqi City in a daze.

"No, Ma Jun's ship is exquisitely built, and there won't be a problem crossing Mitani." Hao Zhao twisted the tip of his beard and groaned, "I just feel that something is wrong. ”

"What's wrong?" General Wei Ping asked puzzled. He has followed Hao Zhao for many years and admires Hao Zhao's battlefield experience very much. There are many battles, and sometimes judging the battle situation is not based on the situation, but on intuition. The cultivation of this kind of intuition requires experience, and it is a kind of talent, and someone who has fought a lifetime may not be able to have such an intuition.

"It's too quiet." Hao Zhao pointed to Shangtai City in the distance: "No matter how timid Wang Ping is, he will not dare to fight, otherwise what is the point of him guarding Shangtai City?" It doesn't make sense for him to shut up the city and let us enter the gate. Unless ......"

"Unless he wants us to get into Guanzhong." Wei Ping said uncertainly.

Hao Zhao nodded: "It's easy for us to enter the Guanzhong, but it's difficult to get out of the Guanzhong." When the time comes, Wang Ping will line up at the mouth of the valley, and we will be completely annihilated. And when we enter the pass, we can't drive straight into it with our troops, and there are soldiers in Linwei and Chencang, so we won't be able to pass the pass easily. ”

Wei Ping blinked: "Then what should I do?" King Chen is still waiting for us. ”

"I'm afraid King Chen can't wait." Hao Zhao sighed. He knew that Cao Zhi had entered Guanzhong, and he also knew that Cao Zhi was marching towards Chen Cang, but he didn't think that Cao Zhi would attack Chen Cang. Cao Zhi came in a hurry, there was no large-scale siege equipment, the siege must take too much time, for Cao Zhi, who did not have a logistical burden, the siege was very risky, it was better to find an opportunity to fight with Zhuge Liang in the field. Moreover, the communication between him and Cao Zhi is inconvenient, one back and forth, if it goes well, it will take seven or eight days, and if it encounters the scouts of the Shu Han army, it is normal to not receive news for half a month. They can't cooperate closely with each other at all, and I believe that Cao Zhi will not pin his hopes on him.

Just as he will not pin his hopes on Cao Zhi.

His original intention was to lure Wang Ping in Shangcheng to attack. He transported grain with 5,000 foot soldiers, deliberately busy in the east of Shangtai City, and then ambushed 2,000 horsemen in the west of Shangtai City, as long as Wang Ping left the city, 2,000 horsemen killed, Wang Ping had no chance to go back, and then attacked Shangtai City, and then decided whether to enter Guanzhong.

But Wang Ping never came out, he guarded the city to the death, and did not give him a chance to seize the city at all. Wang Ping did not go out of the city, even if he had 10,000 people, even if he knew that the defenders of Shangtai City would not exceed 3,000 people, he would not be able to conquer Shangqi.

Hao Zhao hesitated for a long time, and decided to follow his instincts and postpone entering Guanzhong.

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Wang Ping stood at the head of the city, looked at the Wei fleet slowly moving west, secretly breathed a sigh of relief, let go of the tightly clenched hand, and quietly wiped the sweat of his hands on his battle robe.

Captain Feng Xian saw Wang Ping's nervousness and asked quietly, "General, aren't we going to pursue?" ”

Wang Ping glanced at him, angry and funny: "Chasing Hao Zhao? Others don't know, you don't know this Hao Bodao, if I chase him out, he must have a big pit waiting for me, do you believe it or not? ”

Feng Xian touched his nose and didn't say anything. Unlike other generals under Wang Ping, he was originally a Wei general and was no stranger to Hao Zhao. As Wang Ping said, Hao Zhao will never run out of follow-up means.

"I'm worried about him getting into Guanzhong." Wang Ping regained his composure and said lightly: "According to the calculation of time, Cao Zhi should be confronting Cheng, if he enters Guanzhong with food, Cao Zhi will be able to hold out for a longer time, and the longer it is, the more unfavorable it will be to our army." ”

Feng Xian did not answer Wang Ping's words. He didn't know the situation in Guanzhong, Cao Zhi entered Guanzhong, he only heard some rumors, and guessed a few points from Xiang Lang leading troops to support Prime Minister Zhuge Cheng, but the specific situation was not clear. Obviously, Wang Ping didn't want too many people to know about this matter, so as not to cause the morale of the army to waver.

There are only 2,000 people in Shangtai City, and there are many people who still have their hearts set on Wei, once they know that the situation in Guanzhong is unstable, who knows when it will be revealed to Hao Zhao in Ji County.

Hao Zhao's return to Ji County is undoubtedly good news for them. However, what Feng Xian didn't know was that the reason why Wang Ping dared not to fight resolutely, even if Hao Zhao really entered Guanzhong, was because he had received Zhuge Liang's order. Zhuge Liang didn't say anything, but just told him to guard the fortress of Shangqi and prepare for the next counterattack.

Wang Ping didn't know where the prime minister's confidence came from, but he chose to believe in the prime minister. Of course, he knew what kind of serious consequences Hao Zhao would bring if he broke into the pass, but he knew better that if he attacked, not only would he not be able to stop Hao Zhao, but he might be buried in Shangqi. Since the prime minister wants him to guard Shangtai, he will guard Shangtai.

Sometimes it is better to be obedient and make mistakes than to be disobedient and make meritorious contributions, this is the survival experience that Wang Ping has gained from many years of tossing and turning between the Han and Wei dynasties.

"Call the scribe, I will write a military newspaper to the prime minister." Wang Ping sank his face and said sullenly. Writing a military newspaper is a rather painful thing for him, and who let him know so little that he can't write it himself. For this matter, he was not less despised, and it also seriously affected his promotion. Because of this, he was full of gratitude to Zhuge Liang, who gave him the opportunity to be promoted, transferred Xiang Lang, and gave him the opportunity to take charge of himself, and obeyed his words. The prime minister asked him not to attack, but he resolutely did not attack...... (To be continued......)

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