Zhang Fei heard Wei Yan say that he was sure of a sneak attack on Guyuan City, so he asked with interest, "Wen Chang is not afraid of encountering the cavalry of the Jin Kingdom?"

Wei Yan replied with a relaxed face: "Although the cavalry of the Jin Kingdom is powerful, it is not invincible.

Zhang Fei was a little moved by what Wei Yan said, so he invited Sima Yang Yi to discuss the action of sneaking up on Guyuan City.

Zhang Fei first said: "Now the Jin army is heavily gathered on the front line of Jizhou, with 120,000 troops of Zhang Liao, Li Jinwu, Xu Shu and Zhang Yan, while Zhu Gong (Zhu Jun), who is stationed in Jizhou, has only 50,000 soldiers. When Yuan Shu of Yangzhou saw that his brother Yuan Shao had withdrawn from Jizhou and moved to Qingzhou, he had already ordered 30,000 reinforcements from the north to retreat; Liu Yan and Liu Biao sent 50,000 reinforcements had no intention of helping the war, but only wanted to protect themselves. Under such a situation, I am afraid that Zhu Gong will not be able to support himself alone, and he will not be able to cope with the 120,000 strong soldiers of the Jin State who are like wolves and tigers. ”

After a pause, Zhang Fei continued: "The army being formed by the Jin State, according to the title set by Zhao Xing, now has a total of ten armies, about 250,000 people. Among them, 120,000 were invested in the Jizhou battlefield, about 80,000 people were invested in the Liangzhou battlefield, and the troops stationed in the Jin State were at most 50,000, which seemed very empty in comparison. With our current 30,000 people, it is naturally difficult to defeat the troops left behind by the Jin State, but it can bring great trouble to Zhao Xing, forcing him to transfer the troops on the Jizhou battlefield back to the Jin State. In this way, the pressure on Zhu Gong to defend Jizhou will be reduced, and the situation between the north and the south will temporarily enter the stage of confrontation with each other. ”

Yang Yi nodded and said: "Yide has a very clear view of the situation in the north and south, and now the imperial court has not mastered the method of making gunpowder for a long time, and there is not enough accumulation to deal with the strong attack of the Jin army, but if the time is delayed for a year and a half, then we can hold the banks of the Yellow River with a large amount of gunpowder, and block the tentacles of the southern invasion of the Jin State to the north of the Yellow River." ”

Zhang Fei asked Wei Yan: "If I allocate 1,000 elite soldiers to Wen Chang, I don't know how Wen Chang will go to attack Guyuan City?"

Wei Yan had already made up his mind, so he replied confidently: "I will divide these thousand people into two groups, and five hundred of them will disguise themselves as bandits to attack the passing caravans and civilians near Guyuan City, create some chaos, and attract the attention of the defenders stationed in Guyuan City." The other 500 people disguised themselves as caravans attacked by bandits, carrying gunpowder and waiting for an opportunity to infiltrate Guyuan City, transporting gunpowder to the four gates of Guyuan City at night and igniting it, blowing up Guyuan City and then escaping from the chaos!"

After listening to Wei Yan's plan, Zhang Fei felt that this plan was feasible, so he asked again, "What else does Chief Wen want?"

Wei Yan replied: "There are no other requirements, just ask the general to approve Fu Wei to go with me, and the two of us will each lead five hundred people to act, so that we can have a greater certainty." ”

"Okay, according to your words, let Fu Wei act with you!" Zhang Fei finally made a decision about the sneak attack on Guyuan City.

That night, Fu Wei led 500 soldiers out of Yang County, they disguised themselves as bandits active in the Huoda Mountains, crossed the Huoda Mountains on the second day, and appeared in the wilderness not far from Guyuan City at sunset.

In the early morning of the second day after Fu Wei left, Wei Yan also left the county town with 500 soldiers, and their group of men and horses disguised themselves as merchant travelers walking between Xiliang and the Jin Kingdom, and used horses to carry a large amount of gunpowder to Guyuan City.

According to the prior agreement, Fu Wei and his 500 "bandit army" took advantage of the night to kill people and set fire to the countryside outside Guyuan City, rob property, and in just two days, they made the places within a radius of dozens of miles restless and panicked.

The troops stationed in Guyuan City were the Second Light Infantry Division of the Crouching Tiger Army, and the division commander was Deng Mao. Hearing that there were a large number of bandits near Gu Yuan, Deng Mao couldn't sit still at that time. This kind of strange thing has not been encountered in the Jin Kingdom for a long time since the surrender of the Black Mountain Army, and Deng Mao really can't think of any kind of guy who dares to make a mistake near the city where the Crouching Tiger Army is stationed.

Deng Mao was very angry, and the consequences were serious. On the third day of Fu Wei's troubles, Deng Mao personally led 2,000 infantry armed to the teeth, with battalions as units, in a fan-faced search formation, to outflank the villages that had not yet been plundered.

That night, 500 officers and soldiers of a battalion under the Light Infantry Division finally blocked the bandit army led by Fu Wei in a village. The number of people on both sides is equal, and they are all elite soldiers of their troops, so this encounter was extremely tragic. By the time Deng Mao, who received the warning signal, arrived with people, Fu Wei had already broken out with the remnants of more than 100 of his men and fled lifelessly towards Huo Dashan. The 1st battalion of Crouching Tiger sergeants who attacked Fu Wei's troops also suffered huge losses, more than half of the 500 casualties, and only 234 people remained in combat effectiveness.

When Deng Mao rushed over, he found that he had not caught the bandit leader and had lost so many brothers, so he was naturally furious, but he could only hold his anger in his stomach. Deng Mao knew that none of the soldiers of the Crouching Tiger Army would be cowardly, and they would never be in a situation of cowardice, and being able to wound their troops so seriously could only show one problem, there was a problem with the way this group of bandits came from!

Since Fu Wei escaped, Deng Mao sent two battalions of soldiers to pursue and investigate, while the remaining soldiers returned to Guyuan overnight to rest.

What Deng Mao didn't expect was that not long after he left Gu Yuan on his front foot, a panicked caravan came to Gu Yuan City on his back foot. When this caravan was interrogated by the officers defending the city, it claimed that it was a caravan from Liangzhou to Crouching Tiger City to buy goods, but it did not expect to be surrounded by mountain bandits not far from Guyuan City, but fortunately General Deng Mao, who was out of the city, arrived in time and rescued it. The leader of the caravan also said that General Deng Mao was now leading his men in pursuit of the daring bandits, and he guided the caravan to Guyuan to rest, and then set off for Crouching Tiger City after the surrounding bandits were cleared.

Fooling the officers guarding the city was naturally Wei Yan, a bold guy, but what he said was half true and half false, which made people sound very reliable, and Wei Yan asked people to sprinkle the top of the big wooden box containing gunpowder with pepper powder from Liangzhou, so he successfully deceived the gate of Guyuan City and swaggered into the inn in the city.

In the middle of the night, after only a few soldiers were left who stood at the head of the city to inspect the situation outside the city, Wei Yan brought the 500 people into the city and began to act. They wiped out all the reserve squads responsible for patrolling the streets, and then approached the four gates of Guyuan City separately, stacked the gunpowder that had been prepared through the city gates, and then lit the fire rope at the same time.

Sometimes, even by chance, it can kill someone......

When Deng Mao, who was out of breath, had just ridden into the West Gate Cave of Guyuan City, he suddenly smelled a very familiar smell of gunsmoke, and he shouted: "It's not good, there is a fire rope burning under the city!" Before Deng Mao could make the next move, the fire rope just burned out, and the gunpowder that was full of gunpowder was detonated through the city gate!

After four earth-shattering explosions sounded in succession, the four gates of Guyuan City had completely disappeared, leaving only four huge gaps, like a woman who had lost her front teeth, and would never regain the appearance of the famous party city.

Deng Mao, who was loyal to his duties, and the hundreds of soldiers in charge of guarding the city, had been torn into countless pieces with the sound of a huge explosion, and they didn't even have the chance to be buried in the Taihang Martyrs' Garden after death.

As soon as the explosion passed, Wei Yan, who was hiding not far from the south city gate, hurriedly ran with his men and feet, and fled outside while the soldiers defending the city were in chaos.

If you want to say that Wei Yan is really cunning, if he rushes out from the west gate with people and happens to collide with the two battalions of Crouching Tiger soldiers who followed Deng Mao back, then his fate may be worse than Fu Wei.