Chapter Twenty-Seven: Zhang Meng's Victory, Yang Ling's Strategy
Yang Taishou saw these two generals talking like this, and muttered in his heart: "Just the two of you who lead the troops out to fight, they usually return defeated, so even if you fight tomorrow, you have to know in your heart, to be honest, if you don't surrender, if you want to defeat Zhang Meng, you have to use strategy." However, there is no good plan for the time being, so let's go to the battlefield tomorrow and take a look."
Yang Taishou thought of this and said: "Since the two generals are so brave and resolute, then they will face the battle." Speaking of this, he waved his pen and approved the "decisive battle tomorrow", and then handed the battle book to the soldiers: "Send it to the city and throw it to the Shu soldiers scouts." ”
Then he turned his face and ordered: "Han Advocate will lead the troops out of the city to fight, early tomorrow morning." Meng Rushan led the troops to defend the city - the city gate was always open during the battle, just dragged the suspension bridge, after the battle, regardless of the victory or defeat of our army, seeing our army moving to this side, he put down the suspension bridge in order for our army to enter the city. ”
Han Chong and Meng Rushan listened to it and took the order to prepare.
Early the next morning, Zhang Meng arranged for Guan Xing to lead troops to guard the village, and he and Zhang Bao led troops over early to arrange troops under Nan'an City to prepare for a fight.
However, it was said that this Wei general Han Chong was the most anxious, and after receiving the order from the Taishou, he immediately transferred men and horses to prepare to go out of the city to fight tomorrow, so he didn't sleep well all night, and he was expecting to fight tomorrow over and over again.
This Wei thought about Han Chong all night, until he got up in the morning, his eyes were red, and his temperament was even more anxious. After eating a mouthful of food indiscriminately, he climbed the city wall, and saw from a distance that the Shu soldiers were already waiting in formation, so he went down to the city and led the troops out of the city.
Han Zhan led his troops to rush across the suspension bridge, and without waiting for his own soldiers and horses to line up, he waved the mace in his hand, rode back and forth between the two armies, and shouted and scolded: "Zhang Meng, do you recognize your father Han Chong?" There is a kind of going out to eat your father and shoot you, and make you go home with blood all over the holes. If you don't plant it, quickly lead the troops to retreat, and I will never chase and kill - I am your father, and I will not chase and kill you. ”
When Zhang Meng heard this, he was about to go out, Zhang Bao saw it, stretched out his hand to stop him, and said: "Clean up this guy, and use the master to go out, I'll come!" After that, he stood up and fought out of the battle with the spear of the Zhangba snake, and turned around and ordered: "The drum beats, see how I clean up this guy!" ”
Here, Han Zhan saw Zhang Bao coming out of the battle, and listened to the drums urging the battle, so he hit his horse to meet him.
So, the two of them fought together, and in less than three rounds, they heard a shout, only to see Han Zhan being stabbed into the chest by Zhang Bao's spear, and falling off the horse on his back.
But it was said that this Han advocated a horse to challenge Zhang Meng, Zhang Bao came out of the horse, only fought for three rounds, and was stabbed off the horse by Zhang Bao as a chest spear, and the Shu soldiers in the south saw it, and without waiting for Zhang Meng to give an order, they rushed up and fought over.
Seeing that their master was about to be killed, the Wei soldiers had already been frightened, and they ran away faster than the Shu soldiers chasing and killing, so they didn't care about packing up Han Zhan's body, snatched the suspension bridge with a lot of urine, and fled back to the city.
When the Shu soldiers reached the edge of the moat, there was not a single human hair left, only Han Zhan's body was placed there.
When Zhang Meng saw it, Mingjin withdrew his troops, and then he and Zhang Bao came to the city, and shouted to Yang Taishou in the city: "Yang Taishou, you have seen it, the result of the battle, needless to say." I only remind you for a moment - this Nan'an County will be recovered by me sooner or later, and it is better for you to surrender as soon as possible. Well, of course, it's up to you whether it's a war or a battle, I will definitely not attack the city in the next few days, you can think about it yourself, think about it, write to me, whether it's peace talks or battles, I'm waiting for you. ”
Zhang Meng said, turned the horse's head and ordered: "Go back to the camp and continue to train people and horses in the afternoon." ”
Zhang Bao asked: "Commander, don't take advantage of this time to attack the city, let alone when, our army has just won." ”
Zhang Meng didn't turn his head, hit the horse and walked in front, and said: "Mrs. Yang is thinking, give people some time." ”
At this time, Yang Ling Yang Taishou hid behind the city wall, watched Zhang Bao and Han Advocate's battle process carefully from beginning to end, and when he saw Han Advocate fall off the horse on his back, he was so frightened that he screamed, his mind was dizzy, and he almost fell off the city.
Meng Rushan also saw it in his eyes, and at this time, seeing Taishou in such a state, he hurriedly came over to help him. When he turned around and heard what Zhang Meng said, and saw the Shu soldiers retreating, he comforted Taishou and went back to the yamen to plan together.
Yang Ling asked Meng Rushan what to do, and Meng Rushan looked at him left and right, but did not answer directly.
When Yang Ling saw it, he thought about it for a while and came up with a plan, so he gave Meng Rushan such and such instructions.
Meng Rushan listened, frowned and looked at Yang Ling and asked, "Can this work?" ”
"Why not? That's it. Things are man-made, as long as you have firm confidence and do it in a down-to-earth manner, you will have nine points of success. ”
So, Meng Rushan prepared according to Yang Ling's instructions.
Here, Yang Ling began to write a letter, and the general content of the letter was like this, saying that it was, General Zhang, he didn't measure his own strength, and today he sent people to lead troops to fight, which was very offensive to Huwei. After returning to the city, I thought about it again and again, and felt that the only way to survive was surrender, so I decided to dedicate Nan'an County to the general.
However, the generals in the city and all the civil and military officials were unable to unify their voices for a while, and the debate was very fierce. I thought that the situation would change after a long delay, so I repaired a letter and sent my henchmen to deliver it overnight, hoping that you would quietly bring your troops to the city at dawn tomorrow.
After seeing the letter, please prepare immediately and enter the city at dawn tomorrow. Cut to the point.
After Yang Ling finished writing the letter, packed up the rope, waited for dark, and pretended to send two henchmen to sit in the basket, pine from the head of the city to the bottom of the city with ropes, and quietly sent the letter to the Shu military camp.
Watching his henchmen slowly disappear into the night, Yang Ling came over to talk to Meng Rushan and whispered: "I have arranged a stop over there, as long as you ambush Lisuo here and make no noise before dawn, the matter will definitely succeed."
Of course, if you lead your troops to ambush over there, you must be ready for battle, and you must not be careless. Through today's battlefield fighting, I can see that this Shu general Zhang Meng will not be a person who is easily fooled. However, there is no good plan to implement at the moment, so it has to be done. Well, you must keep your eyes open and act on the opportunity! ”
Besides, after Zhang Meng led the men and horses back to the camp, he ordered the men and horses to train in the afternoon, and then sat down to drink tea and rest in the big tent. The generals came over and waited for orders, and Zhang Meng said: "You go back and prepare, I don't see any news from there before dawn, and I will attack the city early tomorrow morning." ”
This is how the afternoon passed, Zhang Meng didn't sleep in the big tent, just lay down in his clothes, he had a hunch in his heart, and felt that Yang Ling would perform, but whether to fight or surrender, he didn't dare to decide for a while, so he waited like this.