CHAPTER XXXV

Zhang Lang knew that after the first battle of Wuchao, the major impact was extremely far-reaching. The next chain reaction must be dazzling, Zhang Lu learned that Cao Ying won more with less, so that Yuan Shao was defeated, he immediately gave up the plan to attack Chang'an, and the troops were divided into two routes, all the way back to the Meridian Valley, all the way back to Hanzhong, ready to start supporting Jia Mengguan, in order to resist the soldiers in Sichuan.

And Ma Teng and Han Sui, who were originally about to move, were annoyed that they had missed the opportunity, and at the same time retreated to Xiliang's troops, began to stabilize Tianshui, and then waited for the opportunity to attack Chencang. On the other hand, the veteran Ma Teng pretended to respond to Cao Ying on the surface, and prepared to send his son Ma Chao and his subordinate Pang De to lead the troops to Hedong, intending to contain Gao Gan and open the door to invade Jizhou from the northwest.

Liu Biao urged Liu Bei to take action as soon as possible, preparing to take advantage of the time when Zhang Lu's troops were accumulating Jiameng Pass, leading troops from the waterway to Brazil, opening a breakthrough from the Nanjiang River, and carving up the land of Hanzhong with Liu Zhang.

And Zhang Lang also asked Zhang Liao to abandon the Jibei defense line, retreat to Mount Tai, and firmly grasp the strategic place.

And Cao Ying took the opportunity to go north and chased and fought fiercely.

Yuan Shao was forced to run back to Liyang in panic.

However, the weak camel is bigger than the horse, and the four states of Hebei are rich in land after all. Although Cao Ying won, it was impossible to capture it at once and defeat Yuan Shao. In Liyang, an important stronghold, Jiang Yiqu led tens of thousands of troops to guard it, and when he learned that Yuan Shao had retreated, he immediately went out of the village to greet him. In the following days, Jiang Yiqu summoned the scattered people, and everyone learned that Yuan Shaoshan was there, and they rushed to Liyang, and the army was revived. Yuan Shao then retreated to Jizhou. Yuan Shao tried to reorganize his troops and horses in Jizhou several times, but he had no choice but to oppose it, and Yuan Shao saw that he had just been defeated, and his morale was low, so he couldn't help but become depressed and sick, bedridden, and ignored political affairs.

At all times, Cao Ying still did not give up, and the army hurriedly pressed into Liyang.

At this time, Yuan Shao's three sons: the eldest son Yuan Tan led 50,000 soldiers from Qingzhou to help; The second son, Yuan Xi, came from Youzhou with 60,000 horses; His nephew Gao Gan also led 50,000 troops from Bingzhou. When Yuan Shao learned the news, his spirits were greatly lifted, and he immediately went to the village in Cangting.

Cao Ying learned that Yuan Shao's sons came to help, and he was not worried at all, and immediately raised troops to Cangting Xiazhai.

The next time, the two armies faced each other, each in formation, Yuan Shao led three sons and one nephew to fight, and Cao Ying also led the generals neatly.

Yuan Shao's youngest son, Yuan Shang, is a young child, and has always been loved by Yuan Shao. Yuan Shao wanted to be able to do so in front of his father, but without getting an order, he danced with two swords and led 3,000 troops to battle.

Cao Ying's general Shi Jian learned that he was Yuan Shao's son, and he was overjoyed, secretly thinking that the time had come to make contributions, but he did not get Cao Ying's permission to lead the headquarters to fight.

As a result, Yuan Shang shot Shi Jian to death with an arrow, and Yuan Shao saw that he had won the first battle, so he waved his army to kill.

The two sides slaughtered, and only at noon did they withdraw their troops.

Afterwards, Cao Ying discussed with the generals the plan to break Yuan, and the strategist Xun Yu offered a ten-sided ambush plan and persuaded: "Come and say that our army retreats to the river, ambushes ten teams, and lures Yuan's army to retreat, and our enemy has no way to retreat, so he will fight to the death, and then he can defeat Yuan Shao." ”

This plan is in the middle of Cao Ying's arms, and the left and right are divided into five teams, and Xu Yu of the Chinese army is the first army. The next day, after the ambush of the ten teams was completed, in the middle of the night, Cao Ying ordered the Chinese army Xu Yu to advance with him, pretending to capture the village, and the five villages of the Yuan army came out together to pursue together. Xu Yu turned around and left, and Yuan Jun kept chasing and shouting. When the day was about to dawn, Yuan Jun chased to the river, Cao Jun could retreat innumerably, Cao Ying encouraged loudly: "There is no way forward, there are chasing soldiers behind, why not fight to the death?" ”

The soldiers responded positively and turned around to fight to the death.

Xu Yu rushed left and right, and slashed more than a dozen generals in a row. Yuan's army was in turmoil. Yuan Shao was cold, and was about to retreat and return, when Cao Jun arrived behind, a drum sounded, and Xia Houyuan on the left and Jiang Qi on the right led the troops to kill. Yuan Shaoju had three sons and one nephew, and rushed out desperately. Not ten miles, the left is happy, the right is forbidden to kill, and the corpses of Yuan Jun are all over the field, and the blood flows into a canal. After walking less than a few miles, Li Dian on the left and Cao Ren on the right rushed out, intercepting and killing for a while, Yuan Shao's father and son were frightened, and rushed into the old village, so that the three armies made rice, Fang wanted to eat, Zhang He on the left, and Han Hao on the right rushed to kill Dazhai. Yuan Shao panicked on the horse and ran to Cangting, the people and horses were sleepy, and they were waiting to rest, when Cao Ying's army came, Yuan Shao gave up his life and left, and between the lines, Cao Hong and Xiahoudun blocked out. Yuan Shao shouted: "If you don't fight to the death, now my father and son will be captured." ”

Yuan Shao's father and son worked together, rushed left and right, and finally broke out of the encirclement, Yuan Xi and Gao Gan were all wounded by arrows, and the military horses were killed and wounded. Yuan Shao hugged his third son and cried bitterly, but he fainted. When Yuan Shao woke up, he was furious, vomiting blood, and sighed: "I have never had such a fiasco since I started the army for decades, and I am embarrassed, and this is the day that will kill me." From now on, you will go back to your own state and vow to fight with the Cao thief. Then Yuan Shao called Xin Ping, Guo Tu and Yuan Tan to rush back to Qingzhou to rectify and prevent Cao Ying from committing crimes. He also ordered Yuan Xi to return to Youzhou, and Gao Gan to return to Merge Zhou, each packing up his men and horses for backup. Yuan Shao took Yuan Shang back to Jizhou to recuperate. Yuan Shang was ordered to match with the trial and discipline to temporarily manage the military.

However, it was said that Cao Ying's victory from the river made people go to Jizhou to find out the truth. In return, Yuan Shao was sick in bed, and Yuan Xi, Yuan Tan, and Gao Gan each returned to Benzhou. Everyone persuaded Cao Ying to attack urgently, and Cao Ying smiled and said: "This situation has been decided, Jizhou has a wide range of food, the city defense is thick, and the trial and distribution are strategic, so it is really impossible to attack urgently." It is rumored that Yuan Shao is seriously ill, and he has the intention of establishing a young son Yuan Shang, so I believe that it will not be long before Hebei will inevitably have a lot of civil strife, and then it will be a great opportunity. Besides, the crops are in the field, and the people's industry is afraid of being wasted, and after the autumn is completed, it is not clear what to take. The generals thought so, and they all returned to Xuchang with Cao Ying. Only Cao Hongtun was left on the river, bluffing.

Soon after Cao Jun retreated, Yuan Shao and his three sons Yuan Tan, Yuan Xi, Yuan Shang, and his nephew Gao Gan had different intentions, and did not wait for Yuan Shao to die, and secretly began to fight for power. Yuan Shang was young, and he had to be judged and matched, and he was able to occupy Jizhou; Another high cadre was in the state, and Yuan Xi retreated to Youzhou. It just so happened that the four sons each guarded a state, and Yuan Tan and Yuan Shangli secretly began to become heirs, and they became enemies. At this point, the Yuan clan in Hebei was divided, and there was no centripetal force, becoming a group of rabble. It was only a matter of time before they were broken one by one by the resourceful Cao Ying.

At this time, Liu Bei led his troops on the way back to Xinye and met Guan Yu who was scattered. The two of them were overjoyed. When Liu Bei said that Liu Biao was willing to pull out 30,000 horses to help him enter Sichuan, Guan Yu obviously saw the excitement on Liu Bei's face.

The two hurried back to Xinye to tidy up, during which Liu Bei remembered Sima Hui's words and deliberately passed by Nanyang, but it was a pity that Zhuge Liang wandered away. Liu Bei asked his waiter, and the waiter said that Zhuge Liang would come back after a few days, so Liu Bei decided to wait in Nanyang for a few days.

On this day, Liu Beizheng and Huo Jun explained the reason why they stayed in Nanyang, someone came to report that Zhuge Liang had come back last night, Liu Bei was overjoyed, and immediately asked Guan Yu and Zhang Fei to prepare a generous gift, and smiled at Huo Jun: "The person I want to wait for has come back yesterday, I don't know if General Huo can intentionally come to visit with Bei?" ”

Huo Jun said disdainfully: "People from Shanye Village, if you have any ability, you have to go to Lord Liu yourself." The last general will also inspect the military situation. ”

Liu Bei didn't care, beckoned Guan Yu and Zhang Fei on the side, and said to Huo Jun: "Then the affairs of the army will be General Lao Huo." I'll be back soon. ”

Huo Jun nodded and went out to inspect.

Liu Bei deliberately went to bathe and change clothes, tidy up and dress up, in order to show his respect for Zhuge Liang.

The three of them soon arrived in Nanyang Longzhong, at this time the sky was high and cloudy, the sky was clear, and the weather was very cool. Liu Bei was in a better mood and said: "I will definitely be able to see Mr. Zhuge Kongming here." ”

Zhang Fei was very unimpressed.

When the three of them arrived at Wollonggang, Zhuang dismounted, Liu Bei knocked on the door, and soon the boy came out, Liu Bei asked, "Can Mr. come back?" ”

The boy said, "Mr. has come back, and now he is studying in the grass hall." ”

Liu Bei was overjoyed, so he entered with the boy, and when he reached the middle gate, he saw a big book on the door: Tambo is ambitious, quiet and far-reaching. When Liu Bei was appreciating, he suddenly heard the sound of chanting, stood on the side of the door and peeked, and saw a young man holding his knees and singing in the grass hall: "The phoenix soars in a thousand miles, not a Wu does not perch; Shifu is on one side, and he is not the master. Happy to plough in Longmuxi, I love my house; Talk about being proud of the piano and books, waiting for the time. ”

After his song, Liu Bei motioned for the boy to take him to the grass hall.

After Liu Bei entered, he saluted respectfully to the young man and said, "Mr. Beijiumu, I didn't have a chance to pay a visit." Not long ago, due to the recommendation of Mr. Shuijing, I paid special tribute to Xianzhuang, and I did not return to the empty space. Today, Mr. Wen has returned, and he came here to see the Tao, which is really fortunate. ”

The young man panicked, and hurriedly saluted: "Could it be that the general is Uncle Liu Bei and Liu Huang of Yuzhou, is he coming to see his brother today?" ”

Xuande was surprised: "Mr. is not Mr. Wolong?" ”

The young man said: "A certain is Zhuge Jun, the brother of Wolong." Three foolish brothers: the eldest brother Zhuge Jin, studying abroad; Kong Ming is the second brother. ”

Liu Bei said: "Mr. Wolong Kong Ming is at home today? ”

Zhuge Jun: "Early this morning, Cui Zhouping made an appointment and went out to swim." ”

Liu Bei said with a disappointed face: "Where did you go to wander?" ”

Zhuge Jun said with a smile: "Or drive a boat to swim in the rivers and lakes, or visit the monks on the mountains, or find friends between the villages, or play the piano and chess in the caves: the back and forth are unpredictable, and I don't know where to go." ”

Liu Bei said with an unwilling face: "How is the fate shallow, I didn't meet Brother Ling twice." ”

Zhuge didn't say much, so he beckoned: "Uncle Liu Huang will sit down and drink tea first." ”

Zhang Fei, who was on the side, was not as good-tempered as Liu Bei, and he said irritablely: "Since that gentleman is not here, please ask my brother to get on the horse." Huo Jun is still waiting for his brother to go back. ”

Liu Bei shook his head and said, "Since I'm here, how can I leave like this?" Then he asked Zhuge Jundao: "I heard that Brother Ling Mr. Wolong is familiar with Tao Strategy, and he said that he read the military book, can he know that it is true?" ”

Zhuge Jun shook his head and said, "I don't know." ”

Zhang Fei hurriedly said: "Ask him something, the military situation is important, it is better to return early." ”

Liu Bei said in a loud voice: "You don't have to say a word." ”

Zhuge Jun said calmly: "My brother is not here, I don't dare to stay for a long time, let my brother come back and inform him." ”

Liu Bei said: "How dare Mr. Lao." He said that Liu Bei would come again. Now I borrow a pen and paper to make a book and leave it to Brother Ling to show his courtesy. ”

Zhuge nodded, and then took out the four treasures of the study.

Liu Bei brushed the cloud paper and wrote a book: Bei has admired the high name for a long time, and he has been promoted twice, but he has not returned in time, and he is melancholy. Secretly preparing for the Miao descendants of the Han Dynasty, indiscriminately chattering about the famous lords, watching the imperial court mausoleum, the collapse of discipline, the chaos of the country, the evil party bullying the king, and the heart is broken. Although there is the sincerity of Kuangji,

There is really no economic strategy. Mr. Wang's benevolence and loyalty, showing Lu Wang's great talent, Shi Zifang's grand strategy, the world is very fortunate. The community is very fortunate. First this Buda, and then allow fasting and luxury, worship and respect, and face contempt. Tong Xi Jianyuan. ”

Liu Bei finished writing, handed it to Zhuge and accepted it, and said goodbye and went out.

Zhuge came out to send each other, and Xuande repeatedly greeted and said goodbye.

After going back, Liu Bei let out a long sigh. Huo Jun comforted: "Why does Uncle Liu Huang have to be so decadent, if you want to come to this Zhuge Liang, he doesn't have any ability, Tong'er will inevitably tell Uncle Liu Huang to visit, but he went out early the next morning." Obviously, he was afraid that he would be shallow and unbearable, so he hid. I didn't dare to meet General Liu. ”

Liu Bei and Huo Jun didn't have a deep friendship, so they didn't dare to say much, so they only sighed there.

On the second day, Liu Bei reluctantly asked Huo Jun to lead the troops and began to march towards Sichuan.

Zhuge Liang can only wait to come back to visit.

After only three days of marching, Liu Bei's people who stayed in Nanyang hurriedly sent someone to report, saying that Zhuge Liang had returned, Liu Bei was happy, and said to Guan and Zhang: "You must ask Zhuge Kongming to go out of the mountain." ”

Guan Yu didn't like it in his heart, and said: "My brother went to pay homage twice, but the ceremony was too much. Thinking that Zhuge Liang has a false name but no real learning, he avoids it and does not dare to see it. Why should my brother be deceived by such men? ”

Xuande said: "No. In the past, Duke Huan of Qi wanted to see the Dongguo savages, and the five sides got one side. What's more, I'm going to see Mr. Zhuge ? Mr. Shuijing's ability, your brother has seen it with his own eyes, and the person he can recommend must have a practical heart. ”

Zhang Fei said: "Brother's words are wrong! Measure this villager, what is enough to be a great sage? Today, he is on the march, and his brother is the commander of the army, so it is inconvenient to leave. It's better to let it fly, or if it doesn't come, I'll just use a hemp rope to tie it up. ”

Liu Bei said: "Don't you hear about King Zhou Wen's admonition of Jiang Ziya? King Wen is so respectful, why are you so rude? Don't go this time, I'll go with Yun Chang. ”

Zhang Fei said depressedly: "Since the two elder brothers are gone, how can the younger brother fall behind?" ”

Liu Bei said: "If you go together, don't be rude." ”

Zhang Fei promised.

Huo Jun heard that Liu Bei was going to Longzhong again, and said with a displeased face: "The soldiers have been wound, how can you be willing to pause like this." Stop and go, the so-called soldiers are fast, and they have made things like this again and again, if the lord knows, he will definitely blame him. ”

Liu Bei said: "If Lord Liu blames him, he will be responsible for the matter." ”

Liu Bei asked people to prepare horses and prepare to visit the thatched house.

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