After Lu Meng went out, Zhang Lang sent someone to call Qiao Rui in and give him some instructions, and then let him leave.

For several days in a row, Zhang Lang sent men and horses to attack Tianjing Pass. However, due to the steep terrain of Tianjing Pass, the strong mountains, and the heavy troops, where can it be so easily breached? Ling Tong led 5,000 men and horses, and after trying to attack several times, he began to turn back, but he was attacked by Sima Ambush in the middle of the way, and the soldiers were defeated, if it wasn't for Zhang Lang to get the news, he sent reinforcements as soon as possible, the situation is really hard to say.

Seeing that the strong attack could not be achieved, Zhang Lang immediately returned to the men and horses, and set up fifty miles away from Taihang Road, quietly waiting for news.

After a few days of calm, the 3,000 men and horses led by Qiao Rui were strongly ambushed by Cao Bing during the march in Zhangshui, and more than half of them were killed and wounded. The 5,000 men and horses led by Lü Meng also encountered Cao's soldiers in Qinshui, and the two sides fought, and Lü Meng retreated.

When both of them came back with the news of the defeat, Zhang Lang was extremely depressed, and everyone was helpless for a while.

Zhang Lang looked up to the sky and sighed: "Sure enough, it is worthy of Sima Yi, it is exhaustive, the Taihang Road is already difficult to overcome, and now the two waters are blocked, I am afraid that our army wants to take all the states, but I am afraid that it will be difficult." I wonder if the crowd will have a clever plan? ”

Everyone, you look at me, I look at you, and for a time the big tent was silent, and no one said a word. Even the resourceful Guo Jia couldn't do anything for a while.

After a long time, Cheng Yu said slowly: "Taihang Road is really a steep mountain, and Tianjing Pass is heavily guarded, plus Sima Yi is in charge, so it is difficult to plot for a while. For the sake of today's plan, we can only make a fuss on the waterways on both sides. From the perspective of his subordinates, it is impossible for Sima Yi to divide his forces equally and hold three lines of defense at the same time. People can be divided into three, six and nine products, things can be divided into minor and minor diseases, in addition to the Taihang Road main guard, Zhangshui, Qinxin, there must be traces to be found. After Cheng Yu said this, his eyes couldn't stop drifting towards Lu Meng and Qiao Rui.

Qiao Rui didn't take any slack, thought about it carefully, and said: "When I was ambushed along the Zhangshui, Cao soldiers blocked the front and back, surging left and right, as far as the eye could see, there were no trace of Cao soldiers, the sound of killing resounded all over the sky, the war drums shook the valley, the momentum was quite huge, although I am not sure how many people and horses the enemy army had, but there were about 20,000 troops at the beginning. They controlled the only way through the waterway, and built a high tower of the water village, and there was no trace of our army's whereabouts. Therefore, he was killed and returned with a great defeat. ”

Lu Meng also understood Cheng Yu's intentions, and said hollowly: "Qinshui, there are about 10,000 people and horses, they built a walled mountainside and controlled the high points, but the terrain and mountains are relatively flat, and the water flow is not urgent, if it is not accidentally discovered by their scouts, I believe that our army will not be exposed so early." And if it weren't for the fact that the lord was remembered, maybe our army could also fight it. ”

Zhang Lang's eyes lit up, he heard the meaning of Lu Meng's words, Lu Meng bit a few important words such as "accident" and "remember" very hard, which means that there are big problems to be done.

It's just that Guo Jia's expression is a little difficult to explore, his eyes are half-narrowed, and his fingers keep turning each other up and down.

Cheng Yu frowned, and seemed to be a little disbelieving: "According to what you mean, the garrison of Qinshui is not as strict as that of Zhangshui?" ”

Lu Meng also came out of the name, and he didn't dare to say too much, but said respectfully: "This is just a one-sided statement by his subordinates, but he doesn't dare to assert it." ”

Zhang Lang pondered for a while, and slowly said to Guo Jia: "Fengxiao, in your opinion? ”

Guo Jia seemed to be a little unsettled, and said with a fluttering gaze: "Zhangshui and Qinxin are the two side gates of Changzhi, and there is no reason to only focus on one door and light on the other line of defense." If there is either fraud in it, or there is some support in it. Therefore the lord must not rush forward. ”

Zhang Lang nodded in agreement and said, "Not bad." Exactly what I thought. I'm afraid that this is Sima Yi's plan to lure the enemy, wanting to lure me out with heavy troops, and then gather and annihilate him. Hmph, this Sima Yi thinks it's quite beautiful. ”

Cheng Yu suddenly had a flash of inspiration and said: "If you want to encircle and annihilate my army, there is no large number of people and horses to mobilize, I am afraid that everything is empty talk, and the Taihang Road must be defended, but with Qinshui as bait, it is necessary to transfer troops from another place, otherwise how can you eat my army?" And the places to be drawn, everyone must know in their hearts. ”

"Zhangshui." Almost in unison, several generals blurted out at the same time, and then looked at each other and laughed.

Ling Tong said excitedly: "The way of the soldier, real and false, Sima Yi wants to deceive my ears and eyes with the false, the copper wall outside Zhangshui, but it may be an empty shell inside, as long as you can catch the flaws in it, and break through the Zhangshui defense line in one fell swoop, the power of Taihang Dao will be reduced by half, and it will be much easier to take it when the time comes." ”

Everyone was excited, and their mental outlook swept away the decadent color just now.

Only Zhang Lang was a little worried: "What if we guess wrong?" In case this is Sima Yi deliberately playing this trap for us to drill, then the situation is quite bad. ”

At this time, Guo Jia, who squinted his eyes and seemed to be recuperating, said: "Yes, there is also the possibility of this kind of fake chaos." ”

Since Zhang Lang thought so, and Guo Jia agreed, the generals who had just been excited became depressed again.

Zhang Lang pondered for a while, and then slowly said to Guo Jia: "No matter what, this is an opportunity. Most of the Taihang Mountains are poor mountains and remote mountains, with many strange peaks, plus we are not familiar with the environment at all, and there are no local senior guides, so we must not make surprise troops indiscriminately, nor can we attack casually. For today's plan, we can only take the initiative to change, I have already thought about it, even if this is Sima Yi's fake and true, we are seventy or eighty percent sure that we will return safely. ”

When the generals heard that Zhang Lang had an idea, they couldn't help but float their eyes over and stared at Zhang Lang closely.

Zhang Lang thought for a moment before he said seriously: "As long as we guard Dazhai and prevent the enemy army from suddenly killing out on Taihang Road, and make ourselves invincible, it will be possible for both sides to advance." So I thought about it seriously, and I stayed with Fengxiao here in Dazhai. ”

The generals praised the goodness, and everyone looked at Zhang Lang eagerly, eager to point to himself to lead the troops to the battle in the next sentence.

Zhang Lang's sharp eyes swept away, and every general invariably straightened his chest again.

Zhang Lang smiled and said: "Ling Tong, you take 30,000 horses to touch Zhangshui, secretly march, you must not expose yourself too early, no matter whether you intersect with Cao Bing in the end or not, as long as you cross Zhangshui, you will immediately send someone to inform Lu Meng." I'll ask him to bring 20,000 men to help. If your 30,000 men are unable to repel the enemy forces in Zhangshui in a short time, you will retreat to Dazhai to avoid unnecessary casualties. ”

Ling Tong was overjoyed when Zhang Lang pointed out his name, and nodded again and again, indicating that he understood.

Zhang Lang said to Lü Meng again: "You prepare 20,000 infantry, and on the third day after Ling Tong set out, you will follow the route they have passed, and the distance between the two armies will be kept about the distance of a day's rapid march. Among them, you must remember that unless Ling Tong's men and horses are surrounded by bushes, when life and death are at a critical juncture, they can only come up to support, otherwise you will wait and see. ”

Lu Meng took the order, but he was puzzled: "Lord, what does this mean?" The subordinates don't quite understand. ”

Zhang Lang smiled, his face flashed with confidence, and said, "If the three soldiers of Ling Tong can't break through the front line of Zhangshui, then even if you support it, it won't be of much use." On the other hand, if Ling Tong can take it down, it means that our initial guess is not wrong, then you will go out of Zhangshui with him and clamp Taihang Dao. The reason why you are asked to protect him at a certain distance is that you don't feel that you are at the center of the Dazhai and Lingtong armies, do you have any great responsibility? ”

Lu Meng was originally very smart, and after Zhang Lang woke up so little, he immediately understood: "It turns out that the lord is worried that Dazhai will not be able to withstand the sudden attack after mobilizing so many troops, so he arranges this man and horse, one can save Dazhai, and the other can support General Ling." ”

Zhang Lang stroked his palms and smiled: "That's right." ”

Only then did Lu Meng bow and say: "The master's clever plan, his subordinates admire it. ”

Zhang Lang smiled indifferently, swept his eyes again, and finally stared at Gao Ran and said slowly: "Since ancient times, as long as there is a war, the defending side has a considerable advantage. We should have concentrated excellent troops and attacked a little, but now Sima Yi clearly wants to calculate us, from beginning to end, I don't believe that he will show his hole cards so easily, from the beginning of Ming, every time you lead people to scold the formation, do more small actions, so that they have to cheer up to deal with you, in this way, Ling Tong has a war there, and Sima Yi is not afraid to send men and horses to support the past. ”

The thin and tall Gao Yan came out of the ranks, responded lightly, and returned to the ranks.

Zhang Lang didn't think so, and continued: "Qiaorui, from now on, the night patrol and sentry will be arranged by you personally. Moreover, you transferred 10,000 archers with excellent archery skills from the barracks for me and placed them on both sides of Dazhai, in case Sima Yi deceived me into going out to Zhangshui with half of my troops, and suddenly killed, I would not be caught off guard. ”

Qiao Rui said in a deep voice: "Don't worry, my lord, my subordinates will never be negligent in the slightest. ”

Zhang Lang nodded with satisfaction, thought about it, turned to Guo Jia and Cheng Yu and said, "Do you two have anything to add?" ”

Cheng Yu shook his head and said: "The lord thinks so thoroughly, his subordinates have nothing to add. ”

Guo Jia swallowed: "My subordinates always feel that something is wrong, but I can't say where it is." After Rong subordinates went back and figured it out, what did they do when they came to tell the lord? ”

Zhang Lang smiled: "Okay." ”

Zhang Lang dismissed the generals and let them busy themselves, and the originally lively camp tent suddenly became clear and quiet.

Zhang Lang sat on the chair again, looked at the strategic map seriously, thought about the places that needed to be replenished, and was busy until midnight, then undressed and went to sleep.

Chang Geng falls, Wujin rises, the east is red, the beautiful glow is dense everywhere, and the sky is refreshing.

Taihang Road, the patio is closed, and the murderous atmosphere is soaring.

This Tianjing Pass is made by the mountain, the city wall is great, since the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, the northern princes have been at war constantly, and the entire Taihang Mountain barrier plays a pivotal position. Because of this, it built a walled city, expanded its defense, and became the first barrier of Taihang Mountain.

Under the patio closed, because the terrain was not open, Gao Ran commanded 5,000 men and horses, not scattered, but set up a circular formation and began to curse the formation. Soon Cao Bing reacted, closed the door and opened it, rushed out a group of men and horses, and fought back and forth with Gao Ran.

The golden drums sounded in unison, the sound of killing shook the sky, and the people and horses on both sides showed their strengths, constantly tearing back and forth.

Sima Yi stood on the wall of Tianjing Pass, he was not confused, his spirit was blazing, and his face was not very manly, but it gave people a very shrewd feeling; There was an indifferent smile on his face from beginning to end, as if there was nothing in heaven and earth that he couldn't do; A gust of wind blew, the black beard fluttered with the wind, and the eyes turned like a wolf looking at an eagle, extremely sharp.

Sima Yi put his hands behind his back, watching Gao Ran rushing back and forth without sparing any effort, the smile on his face became thicker and thicker, and he whispered to himself: "Zhang Lang, Zhang Lang, it turns out that you are nothing more than that." Can't hold your breath so soon? Hehe. Thank you so much for sending me such good news. ”

Several lieutenants looked at Sima Yi with a confused expression, and stopped talking, with extremely strange expressions.

There was a bold adjutant general, who was very happy to see Sima Yi today, and finally couldn't help but say: "General, you are very happy today." Have you already thought of a plan to destroy the enemy? ”

Sima Yi still had a smile on his face, but a hint of coldness flashed in his eyes. The deputy was swept away by Sima Yi's eyes, knelt on the ground with a "plop", and said in fear: "The general forgives the sin, such a major military event, the general should not talk too much." ”

Sima Yi said lightly: "Get up." ”

The lieutenant stood up tremblingly.

Sima Yi narrowed his eagle eyes, stared at the battle situation under the gate, and suddenly smiled and said, "Can't you see the signs yet?" ”

The adjutant general said cautiously: "The last general is dull, and I don't know the mystery. ”

Sima Yi sighed softly and said kindly: "Think about it, Zhang Lang has been exempt from war for more than ten days, and now he suddenly goes to war, do you know why?" ”

The lieutenant general thought for a moment and said casually: "Could it be that there are reinforcements coming from Jiangdong?" ”

Sima Yi shook his head, with an unfathomable expression, and then said slowly: "Otherwise, after hanging the card for so long, I will suddenly come to fight today, and there must be two: one is as you said, Jiangdong reinforcements are coming." However, according to our information, Zhou Yu's troops did not move at all, and on the Jingzhou side, there was no sign of a large number of troops moving. Since there are no reinforcements, it can only be the second one, which shows that Zhang Lang has a plan to start acting. ”

The deputy general exclaimed: "Zhang Lang was really fooled? ”

Sima Yi didn't answer, but the smile became even stronger, no one could see his inner thoughts, and an indifferent light flashed in his eyes and said: "The fish is hooked, and it is also the time when we start to reel in the line." ”

(To be continued)