Ma Zhong's face sank slightly, looking at the black-faced general.

Although he is the commander of the army, in fact, the situation of the Shu army is similar to that of the anti-Shu army, and there are also many forces, each with its own contradictions and disputes.

The empire established on the basis of the big clans could not avoid the existence of the mountain situation, such as the armies of the barbarian tribes of the Southern Barbarian Army, the family army of the Yizhou Army, the leaders of the 36 parties of General Huang, and so on.

Even if it is the Changding army, it is divided into several factions, such as the Changding faction, the Jiangwu faction, the Dingdemon faction, the barbarian faction, etc., but Chu He has implemented loyalty education and is in charge of the military alone, so that the soldiers under his command can be pointed at like an arm.

The black-faced general is nominally under the command of Ma Zhong, but the tens of thousands of soldiers under his command actually only listen to the orders of the black-faced general, and Ma Zhong must pass through the black-faced general to call these troops.

These questions about black-faced generals are actually also problems of generals of other departments.

Ma Zhong's arrangement is too strange, and it can even be said to be ridiculous, sending 30,000 elite sword troops to the Changding army in vain.

This time it was the Bazhou soldiers and horses under Ma Zhong's command that were damaged, but in case of one time, Ma Zhong also ordered his soldiers and horses to die so absurdly, did he listen or not?

If you want the generals to honestly obey Ma Zhong's orders, Ma Zhong must explain these questions clearly to the black-faced generals.

Ma Zhong naturally knows what the problem is, his position as a subordinate governor is a bit low, even if Zhuge Wenxiang strongly supports him to the position, it is still difficult to convince the generals.

After he pondered for a long time, he said slowly: "There is a reason why Ben Shuai arranged it like this. ”

"Until now, Ben Shuai might as well say bluntly, before sending out the army, Lord Wen Xiang gave Ben Shuai three tips!"

When everyone heard this, their faces suddenly became serious and respectful, and the prestige of Zhuge Wenxiang was naturally not comparable to Ma Zhong.

Ma Zhong took out two bags from his arms, one of which had been opened, and Ma Zhong took out a silk cloth from it and handed it to the black-faced general: "As the minister said, blow up the Tianzhu and Zhujie Peak, and send sword soldiers to force into the Xianren Ridge, most of our army can slow down, just ensure that the Zhujie Peak does not fall into the hands of the Changding army." ”

"Wen Xiang already knows that the Changding Army will definitely send the Scorpion-Tailed Tiger Air Cavalry to attack, and the Sword Army can set off separately. When he arrived at the Immortal Ridge, if he could not occupy the Immortal Ridge, he could defend the Antler Ridge, and Wen Xiang had his own clever plan to make the Changding Army not dare to attack the Antler Ridge on a large scale!"

After reading the silk cloth, the black-faced general's face finally softened: "Lord Wen Xiang is really clever, now everything is according to Wen Xiang's words, how should our army act next?"

Ma Zhong touched the neat thick beard slightly, nodded and said, "Now it's time to open the second bag!"

"Wen Xiang has already mentioned something, and you will definitely have doubts about this handsome's arrangement, so the second tip can be watched with the generals!"

When the words fell, Ma Zhong cut off the golden thread sealed by the talisman on the brocade bag, took out the silk cloth inside, and after looking at it carefully, his face slowly appeared suspicious!

After reading the silk cloth, the generals were also shocked, you looked at me speechlessly, and a few people with relatively less calm personalities even cried out.

On the silk cloth, there were only a few words: Within seven days, the whole army entered the gourd valley.

After a long time, the black-faced general exhaled and asked with a puzzled face: "Ma Dujun, in addition to the words of the tips, can Wen Xiang have other instructions?"

Ma Zhong shook his head, he didn't understand why Zhuge Wenxiang wanted to let the army enter the gourd valley.

Since the top of the mountain crossed the battle line of the Tongtian River from Nanhua Mountain and went straight to the camp of the Changding army, Ma Zhong and others had already studied the topography of this area of Nanhua Mountain.

Xianrenling is a dangerous terrain, easy to defend and difficult to attack, and took the lead in sending a large army to quickly occupy Xianrenling, with many bed crossbows and ordnance to resist the Changding army, becoming a bridgehead for the Shu army to attack the anti-Shu soldiers and horses, which is easy to understand.

But when the army entered the Hulu Valley, Ma Zhong really couldn't understand the reason.

Hulu Valley is not very far from Xianren Ridge, and the three places of Lujiao Ridge are just distributed in a triangle.

As long as you go north from Xianren Ridge and pass through a long canyon, you can go straight into the gourd valley.

Looking down from mid-air, Xianren Ridge was like an immortal standing diagonally, reaching forward, holding a treasure gourd, aiming at the position of Antler Ridge.

Legend has it that the immortals of Nanhua Mountain once subdued the ancient demon deer here, and the two sides were in a stalemate for a long time, and the shadows were imprinted on the earth.

In the end, the old immortal of Nanhua subdued the demon deer, and the merit was completed and flew into the sky, stepping away, leaving such three places on the earth.

The topography of the gourd valley is also the valley as its name, the entrance is extremely narrow, and it is divided into the front valley and the back valley, and the two valleys are narrowed again, which is the place where the soldiers die in the absolute sense.

Once more than 200,000 Shu troops enter the Hulu Valley, Changding Township only needs to send elite soldiers to guard the valley mouth, so that the Shu army has no way to retreat, at most ten days, it can make the Shu army run out of food, and even without spending a single soldier, it can easily exterminate Ma Zhong's more than 200,000 elite soldiers!

The Changding army has trapped more than 10,000 sword troops on the Antler Ridge, in addition to the Qianyuan Guard led by Huang Zhong, the soldiers and horses of the Panshi Guard and the Xuan Tie Guard have also arrived at the Immortal Ridge.

Even though the Immortal Ridge is quite vast, tens of thousands of soldiers and horses gather here, and it looks dense, as if the entire Immortal Ridge is going to be covered.

Looking at the temporary camp set up on the Antler Ridge, Chu He couldn't help frowning slightly.

Although the terrain of this Antler Ridge is not as dangerous as that of Immortal Ridge, it is not easy to attack hard, and the most tricky thing is those self-exploding wooden cattle and flowing horses, even if they send elite martial arts sects to raid up, I am afraid that they will have heavy casualties.

The sword army is now focused on defense, trees, ferns, grasses, etc. have been cut down, I don't know how many potholes have been dug, and how many earthen walls and stone walls have been piled up. In such a situation, whether it is the Scorpion Tail Tiger Air Cavalry or the Bed Crossbow Catapult, it is difficult to kill the target.

Chu He and other generals looked at Lujiao Ridge on a gentle hill in Xianren Ridge, and they couldn't figure out the intentions of the Shu army.

"General Huang, you are most familiar with the situation of the Shu army, but you know why the Shu army acted like this, this is not like attacking our army's base camp at all, but more like coming to die. ”

Chu He looked back at Huang Zhong and said.

Even if the Rank Knife Army arranges the military formation like an iron bucket, but it is useless, in the Antler Ridge, which lacks water sources, the Changding Army does not need to attack at all, only need to wait patiently for a few days, and then let the Rank Knife Army die of thirst.

Huang Zhong shook his head and said with a sigh: "Zhuge Liang's strategy is unparalleled, it is really difficult for people to figure out, and the last general doesn't know what the Shu army is planning to do. ”

However, the last general believes that the Shu army must have some intentions, and will never let the sword army die in vain. ”

Chu He nodded slightly, and looked at Deng Zitao again: "What's going on over there from Ma Zhong?"

Deng Zitao shook his head: "The last general and the others didn't find anything abnormal, but the Shu army suddenly accelerated the pace of marching, if our army does not interfere, it will take about five days to reach the Xianren Ridge and join the sword army of Lujiao Ridge." ”

He looked in the direction of Antler Ridge: "If the lord is afraid of those self-exploding wooden oxen and horses, why don't you destroy them with fire?"

Chu He shook his head: "It's not easy to refine the fierce fire oil, and some of it is also divided to Ping Haiwei's side." The reserves of Nanhua Mountain are not much, and they have to stay just in case. ”

For Ping Haiwei, the use of fierce fire oil is greater, in naval battles, whether it is a dragon cannon or a bed crossbow, it is difficult to give a devastating blow to the enemy ship, and the fire oil soldier is definitely a big weapon.

Previously, Chu He used fierce fire oil to deal with the sword army, but in fact, the real goal was just to practice tactics, and it took more than 10,000 catties of fierce fire oil to destroy two or three thousand sword troops, which was not very cost-effective.

Moreover, in the face of the prepared sword army, the fire attack may not have much effect.

Huang Zhong frowned at this time and said, "Those self-exploding wooden oxen and flowing horses that the lord said, the power is really so terrifying, it is equivalent to the full force of the seven-rank god of war?"

"Why hasn't the last general heard of the wooden ox flowing horse can blow itself up before?"

Chu He nodded: "That's true." Ben Shuai never figured out how Zhuge Liang did it. ”

He looked at the power of the previous explosion of the wooden ox and flowing horse, and even raised a huge mushroom cloud, and the power was probably comparable to the small-yield nuclear weapons of the earth's later generations. In the past, he didn't believe that such a terrifying weapon could exist in this world.

Huang Zhong's eyes flashed with coldness: "Lord, although the sword army has a four-grade army, as long as our army approaches Lujiao Ridge, it can offset the suppression of the opponent's blood, it is better to lead two hundred elites to kill it by the last general, and see if the Shu army dares to detonate the wooden ox and flowing horse!"

Chu He shook his head: "We don't know how many self-detonation wooden ox flowing horses are arranged in the Rank Sword Army, if one is not careful, even General Huang may be injured in the self-explosion of the wooden ox flowing horse, not to mention that other Abyss Guard soldiers are unable to resist the power of self-explosion." ”

"Even if you kill all these sword armies, they won't be worth the lives of two hundred hidden abyss guards. ”

Huang Zhong said in a deep voice: "Don't worry, the last general will be careful, as long as you don't get close to the wooden ox and flowing horse, I believe you won't be able to hurt the last general." ”

Chu He waved his hand: "No one dares to guarantee whether Zhuge Liang will hide other means." You must know that Zhao Yun has already arrived at the Tongtian River, and if he hides among the wooden oxen and flowing horses, General Huang is afraid that there will be great danger. ”

The shadow of the famous tree, Chu He may not have felt that Zhuge Liang had anything powerful in the past, but after fighting Zhuge Wolong, he almost blew up the way of the wooden ox and the horse, and Chu He was really afraid of it in his heart.

No wonder Sima Yi will be frightened away by Zhuge Liang's empty city plan, Zhuge Liang, who is so ruthless and scheming, really has to be treated with great care.

Chu He paused, and a cold light flashed in his eyes: "Since Zhuge Liang is going to fight with Ben Shuai's army, Ben Shuai will do what he wants." Ben Shuai wants to see if there are more than 10,000 sword soldiers, can he help but get Ben Shuai?"

"Ben Shuai has decided to go to this Antler Ridge in person!"

Huang Zhong, Jiang Wei and other generals all changed their faces, and said urgently: "The lord must not!"

"The lord also said that Zhao Yun may be hiding in the wooden ox and flowing horse, in case Zhuge Wolong also comes, the lord acts recklessly, wouldn't he put himself in danger!"

Huang Zhong is a calm veteran in the end, of course, he will not watch Chu He take risks: "It's hard to guarantee that Zhuge Liang is not using the 30,000-rank sword army as bait to force the lord to take risks in person, the real target is the lord!"

Huang Zhong's words are by no means groundless.

I'm afraid that no one in this world can really guess Zhu Zhuge Liang's plan.

The most important reason why the Changding army made the Shu army extremely jealous was the Chu River, once the Chu River was killed by the Shu army, how could the 200,000 Changding army be in the eyes of Zhuge Liang.

You must know that it is not the first time that Zhuge Liang has implemented the decapitation tactic, Lu Bu is coming, and he is promoted to attack and kill, which is enough to prove that Zhuge Liang attaches great importance to Chu He.

If you can create an opportunity to separate the Chu River from the army, and give Zhuge Wolong and Zhao Yun the opportunity to join forces to attack and kill the Chu River, not to mention the 30,000-rank sword army, I am afraid that the 300,000-strong army Zhuge Liang will not hesitate to discard it.

In the face of the persuasion of the generals, Chu He's face hesitated slightly, although he was a man of his word in the army, he was by no means a person who was rigid and self-serving, Huang Zhong and the others were right, and they had to prevent Zhuge Liang's real goal from being himself.

Huang Zhong saw that Chu He hesitated, and immediately continued: "Lord, please forgive the last general, as a general, he is the most jealous of the kindness of a soft-handed woman, this is true for the enemy, and the same is true for his own army! The reason why Zhuge Liang is so powerful in the world is not because of his own eight-grade cultivation alone, but because of his way of being a general!"

"The lord cultivates the generals, pays the reward, and lets the generals support their families, and the generals naturally have to work for the lord's life and loyalty, even if they die on the battlefield, they will die as they deserve!"

Huang Zhong's expression became more and more serious, and his tone became more and more serious: "Even if I always determine that the army suffers heavy casualties, as long as the lord is safe and the military flag does not fall, the army will always grow stronger again, and it will become stronger and stronger! If you are afraid of the loss of soldiers and horses under your command, you will not dare to fight hard with the enemy, this is by no means the way of a general!"

Chu He exhaled deeply, and said to Huang Zhong slightly: "As the so-called loyalty is against the ear, General Huang's words made Qianyuan suddenly open, and Qianyuan has been taught!"

Huang Zhong did not dodge or dodge and accepted the Chu River's salute.

Chu He then sighed slightly and said: "These soldiers and horses were cultivated by Ben Shuai, I only know that it is not easy to cultivate, and I am reluctant to let the soldiers have too many casualties, but I have always forgotten the meaning of being a soldier!"

Jiang Wei, Deng Zitao, Shi Zhonghe and others hurriedly said: "The lord cherishes his subordinates, which is a blessing for his subordinates!"

Chu He's face suddenly became extremely resolute: "General Huang listens to the order, this commander orders you to lead a hundred Qianyuan as the vanguard and attack the Antler Ridge!

"Jiang Wei listens to the order, and this commander orders you to lead three thousand rock guards and launch an offensive after General Huang!"

"Male transport car, your ballista battalion, cooperate with the actions of the army, give priority to the enemy's bed crossbows, fire dragon cannons, wooden oxen and flowing horses, etc., and try to destroy the enemy's ordnance as much as possible. ”

"Shi Zhonghe, you lead two hundred air cavalry to launch an offensive from the air and assist General Huang and General Jiang in attacking the enemy. ”

"Deng Zitao, you lead the Third Cavalry Squadron, and you are responsible for responding to the attacking army at any time. Ben Shuai will personally beat the drum to cheer for you on the Immortal Ridge!"

Chu He issued a series of orders, and then said in a deep voice: "If there is a change in the battlefield, you can't wait for the battle, and withdraw quickly!"