Chapter 495: Tired Soldiers

"Boom,"

Liu Bei's soldiers only entered the marching tent and lay down for a while, and the sound of war drums and gongs came from outside the camp again, and the soldiers in the battalion rushed out of the military tent in a hurry to prepare for battle.

Wen Ping heard this, and immediately rushed back to the camp gate, but he saw Chen Zhi holding Zhang Fei dead and persuaded: "The three generals must not be impulsive, if they attack rashly, I am afraid that the enemy will be ambushed." ”

Zhang Fei couldn't help but struggle, and at the same time shouted out: "Rats with hidden heads and tails!" If you have the courage to fight your Grandpa Zhang for 300 rounds! ”

Wen Ping saw that Chen was about to be unable to hold Zhang Fei, so he hurriedly stepped forward to help, and the two of them finally held Zhang Fei down. Zhang Fei scolded freely: "Despicable thief! Rats with their heads and tails hidden! Come sail..."

Finally persuaded Zhang Fei, Wen Ping said: "Three generals, why don't you go to find a military division"

Before he finished speaking, he was interrupted loudly by Zhang Fei: "Don't! I can't believe I can't catch these thieves! ”

Wen Ping and Chen Zhi were relatively speechless, Zhang Fei's voice was very loud, and Yan Yan, Liu Feng and others who hurried to the back camp also heard this, and hurriedly stepped forward to ask Wen Ping what was going on, Wen Ping said it briefly, and several people were speechless when they heard it. There is no good way for everyone to do this situation, they know that this is a tired plan sent by Zhang Xiu, but the soldiers don't know, even if the generals explain again and again, but how can the soldiers in the camp sleep so harassed.

Only a moment later, the sound of war drums and gongs came out of the camp, this time Zhang Fei was furious, Chen Zhi and Wen Ping joined forces and couldn't stop him, but Zhang Fei led five hundred soldiers to rush out of the dark camp. Seeing this, Chen Zhi didn't dare to slack off, and ordered Wen Ping to strengthen the defense, and he also hurriedly ordered five hundred soldiers to rush out to respond.

Wen Ping, Yan Yan and others in the camp waited anxiously, and about a quarter of an hour later, they saw Zhang Fei and Chen Zhi coming back together, Zhang Fei's face was obviously full of unhappiness, Wen Cheng and the others didn't dare to ask him when they saw it, and asked Chen Dao instead. I only heard Chen Zhi say: "The enemy army is cunning, and when he sees our army chasing out, he immediately flees in the direction of Jiangzhou City, and does not engage our army at all." And it was dark, and we couldn't figure out where they were going. ”

Wen Ping and the others listened to each other and were speechless, could it be that in this case, it would be impossible to send a large army to encircle and suppress the enemy's little army? And they can't prevent it, they can't ignore him, and the soldiers can't sleep well when they hear this voice. After listening to this, Wen Ping said again: "Why don't I wait to find a military advisor." ”

Everyone nodded together when they heard this, and this time Zhang Fei did not object, leaving Chen Zhi to guard at the camp gate, and everyone went to the military tent in Dezhong together, and woke up Zhuge Liang, who had just fallen asleep, and everyone came together. But Liu Bei next to him also woke up.

Wen Ping simply told Liu Bei and Zhuge Liang about the situation, but Liu Bei looked at Zhuge Liang after hearing it, and said: "Military advisor, what should we do if the enemy army uses a tired army?" ”

Zhuge Liang didn't know when he had caught the goose feather fan in his hand, and after shaking it a few times, he said: "Come and don't be rude, since the enemy army uses the strategy of tired soldiers, our army also uses the strategy of tired soldiers to deal with it!" ”

When Zhang Fei heard this, he was overjoyed and said, "Okay! When I also lead the troops to the city, beat the gongs and drums, I will yell at him Zhang Xiu a few more times, and see what he will do with Zhang Xiu! After Zhang Fei finished speaking, he turned around and was about to leave.

When Zhuge Liang saw it, he hurriedly shouted: "Yide and stop!" When Zhang Fei heard this, he scratched his head and turned around, and asked, "What else does the military advisor command?" ”

Zhuge Liang shook the goose feather fan lightly and said: "Since Pang Shiyuan sent people to carry out the plan of exhausting the army, it is expected that Liang will return the favor to the other in his way, and Pang Shiyuan will definitely set up an ambush under Jiangzhou City. ”

Liu Bei heard this, and hurriedly asked, "Military advisor, what about our army?" ”

Zhuge Liang smiled and said, "This matter is easy, Zhongye!" ”

Wen Ping heard Zhuge Liang call his name, and hurriedly responded: "The last general." ”

"Ordered you to rush to the water village immediately, and lead 300 soldiers to the water gate of Jiangzhou City to beat drums and gongs, if the enemy army releases arrows from the city, they will temporarily retreat, and wait for the city to be quiet and continue to do this strategy." Wen Ping heard it and promised loudly.

Liu Bei praised on the side: "The military division is really clever, there is no naval army in the city, if our army goes, it will work." ”

Zhang Fei heard that Zhuge Liang didn't use himself, and complained: "Why didn't the military advisor let me go." ”

Zhuge Liang chuckled lightly and said, "Liang didn't say that he wouldn't let Yide go. ”

When Zhang Fei heard this, he was overjoyed, and hurriedly bowed his hand and said, "I will listen to the orders of the military advisor." ”

Zhuge Liang smiled and said, "Yide and lead three hundred soldiers to the west of the city by boat. Disturb the enemy in the west of the city. If the enemy army left the city, he only had to get on the boat and sail into the river, and the enemy would be helpless. Zhang Fei was overjoyed when he heard this, and turned to stride away.

On Zhang Xiu's side, Gan Ning and Tai Shici, who were ambushed at the east gate of Jiangzhou City, waited for a long time and did not see any enemy soldiers coming, but they were bored in their hearts.

"Knock knock,"

"Boom..."

When the two of them were bored, the sound of war drums and gongs suddenly came from the direction of the south and west of the city. But before the inquirers returned, the noise in the south and west of the city had stopped. Just when Gan Ning and Tai Shici were puzzled, the person who inquired about the situation came back and conveyed the same order to the two: "Collect the troops and return to the city." ”

Gan Ning and Tai Shici returned to the city with puzzled expressions on their faces, but they saw Zhang Xiu and Fa Zheng yawning on the side, and Pang Tong smiling helplessly on the side.

Seeing this, Tai Shi Ci hurriedly asked, "Military Master, what is going on?" ”

Pang Tong smiled bitterly and said: "Without him, Kong Ming has already seen through Tong's ambush plan in the east of the city, so he sent people from the river to the south gate and the east gate to harass him, so as to respond to the fatigue of the army. ”

Gan Ning and Tai Shici heard this, looked at each other and smiled bitterly, and ambushed for most of the night, in exchange for the news that the enemy would not come, how could they not make the two helpless.

Zhang Xiu, who was yawning, asked, "Shiyuan, how long will this tired plan take?" Although this plan makes people not sleep well, it is a delaying strategy, as long as it is delayed until winter, Liu Bei's army retreats. ”

Pang Tong smiled and said, "Lord, I'm afraid this plan can be used tonight." If the unification is not bad, at this time Liu Bei's army should retreat and go down again. ”

When Zhang Xiu heard this, his spirit immediately perked up, and he was overjoyed: "Liu Bei retreats, why don't I pursue!" Gan Ning and Tai Shici next to him also smiled when they heard it.

Fa Zheng over there shook his head and said: "Lord, Zhuge Kongming claims to have no last resort, since he is ready to retreat, how can he not be prepared, if our army rashly attacks, I am afraid that he will take advantage of the emptiness of Jiangzhou to attack it." ”

After hearing this, Zhang Xiu was shocked, cold sweat broke out behind her back, and said: "Filial piety, reason." And call Guishuang and Guan Xuan back to the city, and I'll just wait and hold the city

Pang Tong and Fa Zheng heard it, and at the same time arched their hands and said: "The lord is wise." ”

On the other side, Liu Feng and Liu Pan, who were ambushed on the mountains and dense forests outside the city, prepared to ambush Zhang Xiu out of the city to pursue, and Yan Yan's army, who was ambushed on the side, preparing to attack Jiangzhou after Zhang Xiu's army went out of the city, waited for a whole night, and when it was dawn, the three people walked out of the main road and retreated to the east.

Naturally, there were defenders in the city who told Zhang Xiu about this, and after Zhang Xiu heard it, he naturally admired the judgment of Pang Tong and Fa Zheng.

On the second day, the two armies, having been harassed all night, had a tacit understanding to make another truce. The first head-to-head confrontation between Wolong and Feng Xiao forced Liu Bei to retreat twenty miles back to the village, which was a small advantage.

But in real terms, neither side has anything to lose. And they also saw through each other's ambush, but Pang Tong occupied some geographical advantages, so he forced Liu Bei to retreat. After Liu Bei retreated, this tired soldier strategy could not be used, twenty miles is not far but not close, if Zhang Xiu has cavalry in his hand, Pang Tong will dare to continue to use the tired army strategy in just twenty miles. It's just that now there are only foot soldiers, running a distance of twenty miles to harass the enemy army, and it is difficult to guarantee that the enemy army will not set up an ambush and defeat the harassing troops, so Pang Tong did not continue to use the strategy of exhausting the troops.

However, Pang Tong doesn't need it here, it doesn't mean that Zhuge Liang doesn't need it, after a day of rest, Zhuge Liang called Wen Ping to the tent and said: "Zhongye, you will lead an army by boat, from the river to the south of Jiangzhou at the water gate to do a tired plan." ”

Wen Ping heard it, but he was overjoyed, he was harassed by Zhang Xiujun last night, and there was already a fire in his chest, and later, although Zhuge Liang used his way to govern others, but he always felt that he was lagging behind, so not only Wen Ping, Liu Bei's generals were holding a fire in their hearts, of course, Zhang Fei's anger was the greatest. Now that he heard that Zhuge Liang asked him to do the strategy of exhausting the army, he was naturally overjoyed, so he promised loudly and turned to leave.

Zhuge Liang dared to let Wen Ping go to the strategy of exhausting the army again, and naturally relied on the Yangtze River, which was controlled by the Jingzhou naval army. Let's say that Wen hired to Deshui Village, lit up 500 soldiers, drove dozens of walks, and drove in the direction of Jiangzhou City with war drums and gongs.

When the fleet was far away, he saw only sporadic fires on Jiangzhou City, and Wen Cheng sneered at the corner of his mouth. Secretly said: "I couldn't rest last night, so it's your turn tonight!" After thinking about it, he quietly commanded: "Come closer!" ”

"Wow", "Wow"

"Boom

After only a while, Wen Ping heard a metallic chirp, and then felt the hull of the ship shake slightly, Wen Ping frowned, and asked, "What's wrong?" ”

The soldiers in front immediately came to Wen Ping and said, "General Wen, there are dozens of big iron cables blocking the waterway in front, and we can't get close to Jiangzhou City. ”

Wen Ping heard this, raised his eyebrows, and said in surprise: "There is an iron cable to block the river?" And lead the way. ”

The soldiers heard this, answered, and led Wen Ping to the front of a few walks, but by the twilight of the moon, Wen Ping saw that there were three big iron cables in front of him blocking the waterway in the direction of Jiangzhou City. Wen Ping frowned and asked, "How long is this iron cable?" ”

The soldier heard this and said, "I don't know, a brother has already gone to investigate, but he hasn't seen the end yet, and he should have stopped the entire southern wall." ”

An adjutant general next to him heard it and said to Wen Ping: "General Wen, the enemy has laid down the iron cables. We can't get close, and if we beat gongs and drums here, it will only affect some places in the southern city. Why don't you send your brothers to the west and cut off the source of Techa. ”

Wen Ping heard this, and hurriedly shouted: "No! The enemy is afraid that the enemy has already set up an ambush at the place where the iron cable is arranged, and if our army arrives at them, they will be killed immediately. We will first collect the troops and return to the camp and report the matter to the military division. It is up to the military advisor to decide. ”

When General Xu heard this, he hesitated: "This."

Wen Ping raised his eyebrows and said: "The credit is not so easy to take, or is life important, compared with the enemy's military division Zhiluo'er and Zhuge military division, you dare to dialect Zhiluo is better than Zhuge military division?" ”

The adjutant shook his head and said, "Don't dare!" ”

Wen Ping said: "For the sake of safety in this matter, let's go back and report to the military division first, and collect the troops!" When the adjutant general heard this, he replied helplessly, and led the army back to the camp with Wen Cheng.

When he arrived at the camp, Wen Ping immediately rushed to Zhuge Liang's tent, but when he arrived outside the tent, he was stopped by a personal guard, and said: "General Wen, the military advisor told General Ruowen to come back, go and rest, he already knows about the enemy's arrangement of iron cables to stop the army." ”

Wen Ping was secretly shocked when he heard this: "Zhuge Junshi actually has the power of ghosts and gods? He shook his head and went back to rest in his tent.

On the other side, outside Jiangzhou City, Guan Hai was secretly happy when he saw Wen Ping leading the army coming, but he felt that Wen Ping had touched the iron rope and led the army to retreat soon after, but he sighed helplessly and sent someone to inform Wang Shuang in the west of the city of the situation, and then led more than 1,000 people who were ambushed outside the city back to the city.

Pang Tong in the city was waiting in a side hall of the Taishou Mansion, and when he saw Guan Hai and Wang Shuang returning in defeat, he naturally guessed the situation, and smiled at the two: "The two generals have worked hard. ”

Guan Hai complained: "Strategist, this enemy army is really cunning, why don't you be fooled, and we are tired of running for nothing." ”

Pang Tong said with a smile: "The two armies are facing each other, in addition to fighting on the battlefield, patience is still very important. Moreover, Kong Ming is cautious, and this plan is somewhat risky, so the people he sent should also be cautious, and it is normal that he did not come to destroy the iron cable. The strategy of the tired army has been used up, if the commander is not bad, Kong Ming should be ready to attack Jiangzhou City in a big way. ”

When Guan Hai and Wang Shuang heard this, their faces immediately showed joy. Guan Hai rubbed his palms and said excitedly: "After so long of conspiracy and trickery, I finally came to fight in a dignified manner, and the military advisor must use me." Wang Shuang next to him nodded when he heard it.

Pang Tong laughed and said, "This is natural." But despite the conspiracy in the general's mouth, I'm afraid it's not over yet. ”

When Guan Hai heard this, his eyes widened, and he said, "And those conspiracies? ”

Pang Tong heard it and said with a smile: "Hehe, this matter is a matter of unification and filial piety, and General Guan and General Wang only need to fight in front of the battle." ”

Guan Hai heard this, scratched his head, and said, "That's right, as long as you literati have more circles." Xiao Wang, let's go back to sleep first, so that we can prepare for tomorrow's battle. After speaking, he saluted Pang Tong, put his arm around Wang Shuang's shoulders and turned to leave.

After Guan Hai and the others left, Pang Tong stood up, stretched his waist and walked to the back hall, and muttered in his mouth: "Kong Ming, it depends on how you fight back." ”