Chapter 1423 - Prepared
On the mountain, Jingzhou troops fled one after another, but in six or seven days, the total number of Jingzhou troops who came down the mountain reached more than 1,000 people.
At first, the number of Jingzhou troops who fled down the mountain was increasing, but later, it gradually tended to decrease.
Six or seven days have passed, and there is no Jingzhou army fleeing on the mountain, so I think it should be Guan Yu who stopped the rout and stabilized the morale of the Jingzhou soldiers.
Riding on horseback, staring at the Bowang Valley in the distance, a smile appeared on the corner of Sima Yi's mouth, and he said to Yu Ban on the side: "The time to attack has arrived!" ”
"The enemy army guards the hill and has the advantage of geographical advantages." Looking at the Bowang Valley, Yu Ban said with some hesitation: "If our army goes up the mountain, the enemy only needs to roll down the boulders and wooden stakes from the mountain, and our army will suffer heavy casualties!" ”
"You can't attack yourself!" Turning his head to glance at Yu Ban, Sima Yi ordered to one of the soldiers behind him: "Go and summon the cow!" ”
"No!" The soldiers responded with their fists clenched and turned to leave.
After a while, he led a sturdy soldier in Han army armor to trot over.
Following behind the soldiers, Niu Zi, who had already changed into the clothes and armor of the Han army, learned that Sima Yi had called him, and he immediately rushed over without even the slightest delay.
When Sima Yi approached, the soldiers clasped their fists and bowed down and said, "Qi Qi Master Book, the cow is here!" ”
Nodding his head, Sima Yi's gaze fell on Niu Zi's body.
The cow who followed the pro-soldier to Sima Yi also clenched his fists and bowed, standing behind the pro-soldier, facing Sima Yi and saluting.
When the soldiers retreated, Sima Yi raised his hand towards Niu Zixu and said to him: "I think you already know what is the matter with a certain summons to come." ”
"Isn't the master book going to attack Bowang?" As soon as Sima Yi's words came out, Niu Zi was stunned and hurriedly responded.
Since going down the mountain, he has been hoping that the Han army will attack Bowang and avenge the death of Erniu.
But Sima Yi has never given the order to attack Bowang in the past few days, and the cow who joined the Han army looked at Bowang Hill all day long, and his heart was as uncomfortable as if he had been scratched by a cat.
Sima Yi suddenly asked people to summon him, and Niu Zi felt that it was likely that the Han army was about to launch an attack on Guan Yu.
He didn't dare to delay for a moment and came to Sima Yi, of course he wanted to get the order to attack the mountain.
Looking down at Niu Zi, a faint smile appeared on Sima Yi's face, and he asked him, "Are you really willing to lead the army up the mountain?" ”
"Master Book!" Maintaining the posture of clenching his fists and bowing, Niu Zi said to Sima Yi: "The villain brother is Guan Yu who kills him, and the villain and that Guan Yu have an enmity that they do not share!" Counting on the master book to order the army to attack the mountain, the villain is willing to take the lead and lead the way for the army! ”
Nodding his head and pointing towards the mountain, Sima Yi asked Niu Zi, "Where in this mountain can I avoid rolling stones and logs?" ”
"Back to the main book!" Looking in the direction of Sima Yi's finger, Niu Zi also raised his hand to Bo Wang, and said to him: "There are many trees in the mountains, if you go up the mountain from the forest, Guan Yu will definitely be difficult to detect!" ”
"When is the right time to go up the mountain?" Following the direction of Niu Zi's finger, Sima Yi saw a lush mountain forest, and then asked again.
"It's the middle of the night!" Almost without thinking about it, Niu Zi spoke: "Our army went up the mountain, if the Jingzhou army on the mountain can find it, it will be before our army enters the forest." If you enter the forest in the middle of the night, wait until dawn to reach the top of the mountain, and suddenly attack Guan Yu, then Guan Yu will definitely be caught off guard! ”
Niu Zi's words shocked Sima Yi's heart.
His analysis of the battlefield is extremely accurate, and his thoughts coincide with Sima Yi, which shows that in the past few days, Niu Zi has been thinking about how to go up the mountain so that he will not be discovered by the Jingzhou army.
Looking at Niu Zi with a stunned expression, Sima Yi tilted his head slightly, and then asked, "How many soldiers in our army are there to go up the mountain?" ”
"Two thousand is enough!" Almost without thinking about it, Niu Zi said: "As soon as our army suddenly launches an attack, the Jingzhou army must not know how many men and horses our army has!" Second, the combat strength of the Jingzhou army is not as strong as our army, and two thousand soldiers are enough to deal with eight thousand Jingzhou troops! ”
Niuzi, who used to be in the Jingzhou Army, but only joined the Han Army in the past two days, said such a thing, which made the Han soldiers next to Sima Yi very useful to hear it.
Nodding, Sima Yi turned his head to look at Yu Ban on the side, and asked him, "General Yu, in your opinion, what should our army do?" ”
After pondering for a while, Yu Ban said: "If our army only has 2,000 people going up the mountain, we are not afraid of the Jingzhou army, but Guan Yu is very brave, if it is not a brave general, it is difficult to match!" ”
When Yu Ban said this, Sima Yi smiled slightly and asked him, "In the general's opinion, who can match Guan Yu?" ”
"General Xiahou Yuan!" Almost without thinking about it, Yu Ban blurted out: "Miaocai is in the valley, and he has fought with Zhang Fei several times, and the two of them have no choice but to lose. If you go up the mountain to fight with that Guan Yu, you don't need to win, you only need to fight with Guan Yu for hundreds of rounds, and when our army breaks the Jingzhou army, then Guan Yu will definitely be captured! ”
The smile on the corner of his mouth became even stronger, and Sima Yi turned around and ordered to a personal soldier behind him: "Invite Miaocai!" ”
The soldier replied and turned to leave.
Riding on horseback, looking at the direction of Bowang, the expression on Yu Ban's face was solemn.
On this side of the hill, only he and Sima Yi were guarded.
Sima Yi is brave and ordinary, if Guan Yu leads the army down the mountain, he is the only one who can fight with Guan Yu.
Although Guan Yu said that in front of Xu Chu and others, Wu Yong was not outstanding, but Yu Ban was not comparable to him.
If the two of them fight, Yu Ban has no certainty of winning at all.
Being able to invite Xiahou Yuan and capture Guan Yu is a little more confident.
Looking at the direction of Bowang, Yu Jian was thinking about when Xiahou Yuan would arrive, and as soon as he rode a fast horse, he had already rushed up from behind.
"Master Book!" When Sima Yi approached, as soon as the person on horseback spoke, Yu Ban, who was still looking in the direction of Bowang, was taken aback.
He quickly turned his head to look at the man who had galloped to the front of him.
On horseback, he rode Xiahou Yuan, who Sima Yi had just asked to invite his own soldiers.
From the other side of Bowang to the side of Sima Yi's garrison, according to the normal itinerary, it will take two days to arrive.
In just a moment, Xiahou Yuan arrived in front of the formation, which really surprised Yu Ban.
"Miaocai, ...... this?" Looking at Xiahou Yuan with a stunned face, Yu Ban's mouth was slightly open, and he only asked half of the question, and he didn't ask the second half of the question.
Xiahou Yuan came here, obviously Sima Yi had already made arrangements, otherwise he would definitely not have arrived in front of Sima Yi's formation so soon.
Smiling slightly, Sima Yi said to Xiahou Yuan: "General Yu recommended General Xiahou to a certain person, and he will definitely be able to capture Guan Yu, I don't know if the general can be sure?" ”
"When will you go up the mountain?" After fighting several battles with Zhang Fei, Xiahou Yuan was in the prime of battle at this time, and when he learned that he was going to go up the mountain to capture Guan Yu, he almost didn't think about it, so he asked when he would go up the mountain.
"Tonight!" Staring at Xiahou Yuan, Sima Yi raised his hand and pointed to the slope of Bowang Mountain, and said to him: "At night, General Xiahou led two thousand soldiers and horses, led by Niu Zi, into the mountain jungle, and climbed from the jungle to the top of the mountain. At dawn, he launched a fierce attack on Guan Yu's troops and horses! ”
Although the Jingzhou army on the mountain, although it has fled for the past few days, plus some losses a few days ago, the number of people left now is more than 8,000 people.
Only gave Xiahou Yuan 2,000 soldiers and horses, if it was in the past, Xiahou Yuan would definitely have some doubts in his heart.
led the Han army to fight with the Jingzhou army for many days, and from the combat strength of the Han army, Xiahou Yuan had already seen that leading 2,000 soldiers and horses to defeat the 8,000 Jingzhou army with no morale was not a big deal at all.
Without thinking about it, he clenched his fists and arched towards Sima Yi, and said loudly: "If a certain leader goes up the mountain, he will definitely get the head of Guan Yu!" Rest assured! ”
Hugging his fists and giving Xiahou Yuan a salute back, Sima Yi said: "Rely on the general!" ”
The appearance of Xiahou Yuan and the conversation between him and Sima Yi made Niu Zi on the side inexplicably excited.
The Han army is finally about to attack the Jingzhou army on the mountain, and he will eventually go up the mountain with the Han army and fight to the death with the former Tongze.
Er Niu's death killed Niu Zi's last trace of nostalgia for the Jingzhou Army.
He has only one idea at the moment, that is, to go up the mountain as much as possible, kill a few more Jingzhou soldiers, especially Guan Yu's personal soldiers, assist the Han army, capture Guan Yu, and avenge Erniu!
"Who is the cow?" After saluting each other with Sima Yi, Xiahou Yuan looked around and shouted, "Niuzi come out!" ”
"General!" Striding forward, Niu Zi hugged his fists and bowed to Xiahou Yuan, and said to him: "The villain is the Niu Zi who is about to lead the general up the mountain!" ”
Riding on horseback, he carefully looked at the cow from head to toe, and Xiahou Yuan grinned and said, "Not bad! What a good man! ”
"You lead the way for General Ben, have you ever been up this hill?" Looking down at Niu Zi, Xiahou Yuan praised him, and then asked him if he had ever gone up the hill.
In the face of Xiahou Yuan, Niu Zi didn't dare to talk nonsense, and hurriedly replied: "General Qiyu, the villain was a soldier under Guan Yu earlier, and he only came down the mountain a few days ago, and now the army wants to crusade against Guan Yu, and the villain is willing to lead the way for the general and rush to the front!" ”
Knowing that Niu Zi was once a soldier under Guan Yu, Xiahou Yuan was stunned for a moment and turned his gaze to Sima Yi and Yu Ban.
From his expression, Sima Yi saw a strong doubt, smiled slightly, and said to him: "General, don't be suspicious. Niu Zi went down the mountain a few days ago, and his brother was shot and killed by Guan Yu's own soldiers, so he joined our army, just to avenge his brother! ”
As soon as Sima Yi said this, the expression on Xiahou Yuan's face eased slightly.
After looking at Niu Zi from head to toe again, Xiahou Yuan beckoned to him and said to him: "You come with General Ben, and tell General Ben what the situation is on the mountain!" ”
"No!" Xiahou Yuan beckoned him to the side to talk about the situation on the mountain, and Niu Zi hurriedly responded, followed him, and went to the side.