The First Night: The Death of the Settled Mountain (3)

At this time, seeing Xiahou Yuan's voice and smile, the person in the dream couldn't help but feel a little sad, this famous general of the Three Kingdoms who followed Cao Yingrong all his life was born with a heroic appearance, but he did not have a trace of arrogance in dealing with others, and he treated all the people in the East China Sea with low status equally, unlike others who only valued Huang Zhi alone.

This veteran is nearly sixty years old, much older than Zhang Liao and Cao Ren, who are also generals of the Four Expeditions, and his temples are already gray. It can be said that he is the father of Cao Ying's generation, and he has been following Cao Ying since he started the army, and he is much more qualified than Cao Ren. At his age, he should have been living for a long time, but he was still guarding the Han Dynasty for Cao Wei and rejecting Liu Bei in the west, which was in response to the sentence in Cao Ying's "Stepping Out of the Summer Gate and Turtle Although Shou", "Lao Ji is in the woods, and his ambition is thousands of miles." The martyrs are in their twilight years, and their hearts are strong. ”

Xiahou Yuan is the founder of the Western Han Dynasty, after Xiahou Ying, he is a person who values love and righteousness. In the early years, when Cao Ying encountered an official lawsuit at home, Xiahou Yuan stepped forward and committed a felony for him, and was later rescued by Cao Ying to avoid the crime. Later, Yan and Henan were in turmoil, there was a famine, and Xiahou Yuan's family lacked food, so he couldn't support the whole family. He gave up his youngest son and gave the little food he had squeezed out to his dead brother's orphan daughter.

When this daughter Xiahou went out to chop wood in the fifth year of Jian'an, she was met by Zhang Fei and brought back to marry her. Just after the end of this Dingjun Mountain, it was this Zhang Fei's wife Xiahou who buried his uncle Xiahou Yuan. This is a piece of history that has not been told in "Romance of the Three Kingdoms". But there is no doubt that Xiahou Yuan is a man who stands up to the sky and the earth, which is admirable.

"If you have the heart to help me, Hanzhong will have no worries!" Xiahou Yuan hugged Huang Zhi, who was as tall as him, and walked cordially to the big tent. You must know that Huang Zhi's height is 1.8 meters, which is not unusual for modern people, but this is quite rare among the ancients. Of course, compared to Zhang Fei Guan Yu, he is not high.

Regarding Xiahou Yuan's expectations, Huang Zhi was a little speechless, so he could only reply sneeringly, "Miaocai (Xiahou Yuan's character) is too famous." ”

Xiahou Yuan patted him on the shoulder heartily and asked him to sit beside him.

Sima Fuqiang entered the tent with the two, but his heart was very depressed. It was not because Xiahou Yuan was about to die, but because the Donghai team was once again facing a battle that was bound to lose. And this time the situation is really not good, even the coach Xiahou Yuan has fallen here, Cao Jun can be said to be defeated like a mountain, and people in the dream are naturally in crisis.

He had also considered a way forward like the Battle of the Rivers. But this time and that time too. The East China Sea team was just a few insignificant pawns in the Battle of Weishui, and if they wanted to break away from the Former Qin camp, they could naturally flee at will. But Huang Zhi was in Cao Wei's camp, but he was the chief dream man of the counselor, so they couldn't escape. Not only because of the contribution and intimacy of the camp, but Xiahou Yuan, the general of Zhengxi who led the party, did not allow them to escape.

Therefore, the East China Sea team must hold on to the end, until Xiahou Yuan dies and the Wei army flees, which is really difficult.

On the way, Sima Fuqiang saw that there were antlers arranged on the gentle slopes of Dingjun Mountain, that is, rejecting horses. Liu Bei's military division method was to let people burn these things, and at the same time launched an attack from the southern and eastern foothills of Dingjun Mountain, and successfully divided Xiahou Yuan's troops, and finally lost Dingjun Mountain.

The only way to do this is to use Huang Zhi's influence to try his best to persuade Xiahou Yuan not to divide his troops, even if he is defeated, he must not be too ugly.

In other words, history should be a heavy main battle tank of the US army, otherwise why can't his wheels be stopped? Even if it was a knowing ending, even if the person in the dream tried his best to remind Xiahou Yuan to pay attention to the antlers not to be burned, things still inevitably happened.

The weather in January 219 was particularly dry, and after nightfall, the Shu army easily ignited the antlers in various places on the periphery of Dingjun Mountain, and the Cao army could not stop it at all. The Donghai team followed Xiahou Yuan on the mountainside to watch the fires burning at the foot of the mountain, and reluctantly accepted the unchangeable outcome of Dingjun Mountain.

Fa Zheng deserved to be Liu Bei's mastermind, divided more than 10,000 elite soldiers into ten routes, and at the same time burned the antlers, and carried out surprise attacks on several strategic heights in Dingjun Mountain. Since there was no way to judge the strength of the opponent's forces, Xiahou Yuan had to divide his forces evenly among the various strongholds, and then leave appropriate mobile forces to deal with emergencies.

At this time, a herald stumbled over, "Report! Liu Bei's army was coming from the east wall, and General Zhang He couldn't hold it. ”

Xiahou Yuan's face became very ugly, and he ordered half of the troops to help Zhang He defend the eastern perimeter.

Huang Zhi and Sima Fuqiang couldn't care about any superiority and humility anymore, and immediately spoke out to stop them, "Generals, no!" ”

"Why not?" Xiahou Yuan asked in confusion.

"Liu Bei's plan is to 'attack the east and the west', which is called attacking the east and the south!" Sima Fuqiang had already explained these things in advance, and Huang Zhi said them without hesitation at this time.

"So what?" Xiahou Yuan's resolute eyes suddenly softened, "Do you want to abandon Junyi (Zhang Hezi)?" And if the eastern siege is lost, the army will be lost. Soldiers, virtual and real. If I don't save it, Dongwei will be lost at this moment, how is abandoning it different from admitting defeat? ”

Huang Zhi was speechless.

Sima Fuqiang saw it more deeply, and from the moment the antlers were burned, Xiahou Yuan realized that the defeat of Dingjun Mountain was decided. He is a veteran who has been fighting for decades, how can he not understand the art of war than himself and Huang Zhi, two new tenders. The details of the battle of Dingjun Mountain are not written in the history books, but at this time, it seems that it is not Xiahou Yuan's fault for dividing the troops.

History is truly immutable......

Xiahou Yuan did not divide his troops to survive, he was to leave a way back for Zhang He and most of the Wei soldiers, and the old general's thoughts were clear at a glance. The mountains on the northwest side of Dingjun Mountain are steep and cannot be pedestrianized, but there are ways out in the southeast and southeast directions. To the south, the territory of the Shu army, and to the east is Hanzhong, which is the only route for the Wei army to withdraw to Guanzhong.

From the very beginning, Xiahou Yuan arranged for Zhang He to guard the east wall, which was to prepare a way for him to retreat.

Sure enough, Xiahou Yuan suddenly said, "You and others will also go to help Jun Yi defend the eastern perimeter, there is something here that is enough." Go, and ask you to come with me. ”

The general died in a hundred battles, and the strong man returned in ten years. Everywhere in the green mountains to bury the bones of loyalty, why bother to return the body of the horse leather, Cao Ying entrusted the important task of the general of the expedition to the west, and Xiahou Yuan guarded Hanzhong, and the veteran swore to survive with the Han [***]. Of course, he didn't kill himself, but he was used to taking the lead and wanted to hold on to Dingjun Mountain until the last moment.

It is no wonder that Cao Ying repeatedly warned him, "For the sake of the future, when there is cowardice, you must not be brave." "It's really because I know Xiahou Yuan's surname too well.

Huang Zhi stared at Xiahou Yuan's old and resolute face, firmly engraved it in the retina, engraved in his mind, this was the last time they fought side by side.

Sima Fuqiang shook his head regretfully and pulled Huang Zhi, "Let's go, history can't be changed......"

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