Chapter 236: Catching a Turtle in an Urn
Cao Shuang easily defeated the Shu army that went out of the city to meet the battle, which greatly boosted the morale of the 120,000 Wei army, and Cao Shuang's prestige suddenly reached a new height.
Despite this, Cao Shuang still had no choice but to continue to confront Jiang Wei with the power of a big victory.
However, Cao Shuang has achieved the glorious achievement of seven battles and seven victories against the Shu army, not only showing his face fiercely in front of Wang Ling and Zang Ba, but also having a very beautiful letter of good news that can be sent back to Luoyang, so Cao Shuang is in a very good mood.
In this case, Cao Shuang seems to feel that taking Chang'an is just like taking things.
And Zang Ba and Wang Ling, after being confused, completely understood how Cao Shuang's previous big victory was obtained. It seems that the battle was won, but in fact there was no result, not only did it fail to kill many Shu troops, but in fact, it couldn't even get close to the moat of Chang'an City.
If this was not a plan of arrogance, the military books and battles that the two old generals had read over the years would have been considered blind. So the two old generals no longer paid attention to Cao Shuang's nonsense, and each began to seriously prepare siege equipment.
Chang'an City once again fell into a state of confrontation between the two armies.
In the Meridian Valley, which is not too far from Chang'an City, Wang Ping has completely cut off the retreat of Xiahou Xuan and Xiahou Nan, and completely blocked the two.
After Wang Ping led the army quietly out of Chang'an and entered the Meridian Valley, he soon seized a large number of carriages and baggage at the mouth of the Meridian Valley.
Wang Ping was naturally happy to accept all the orders.
Then Wang Ping led an army of 20,000 and directly entered the Meridian Valley. The army marched through the Meridian Valley for five days, and soon caught up with the Wei army trapped in the Meridian Valley. Seeing the Wei army, Wang Ping didn't say a word, and immediately launched an attack on the Wei army, and at the same time of attacking, he also sent a letter of persuasion to Xiahou Xuan and Xiahou Nan.
The Wei army has 30,000 troops, the team is very long, stretching for ten miles are the Wei army, when the Wei army at the end of the line was attacked, the entire Wei army was suddenly in chaos.
Because although the team dragged on for a long time, the information of the Wei army could still be transmitted quickly, everyone knew that the front of the team was blocking Wei Yan's army, that Wei Yan was extremely strong, and the Wei army that fought was defeated and retreated, if it weren't for the fact that this meridian valley was long and narrow and difficult to retreat, I am afraid that the whole army would have been defeated long ago.
Now that the tail of the team has been attacked by Wang Ping again, doesn't this show that they have fallen into a desperate situation?
Xiahou Xuan and Xiahou Nan, who received the news, were immediately panicked, they didn't expect that their excellent plan to attack the Meridian Valley was completely destroyed by the Shu army, and now they are in a dead end, as if there are only two choices in front of the two, either surrender or die!
Xiahou Nan was suddenly a little deflated: "Hey, Xiahou Xuan, what kind of bad idea did you come up with, if it wasn't for your proposal to attack Meridian Valley, we wouldn't be in prison like this, I returned to Luoyang and was dismissed, my marquis is still there, I can still be a rich man, it's better than dying in this place." ”
Xiahou Xuan became even more angry when he heard this, "Brother Zilin, why do you say such a thing, when you discussed the surprise attack on Meridian Valley, you were full of promises, and now you are complaining about me, it is really unreasonable!" ”
Xiahou Nan said angrily: "What should I do now? Not only are the military rations gone, but even the horses are about to be eaten up, and if we continue like this, we will all have to die in this deep valley. I don't know what Jiang Wei promised us in Chang'an City at the beginning, as long as we surrender to the Han Dynasty, we will retain the title, does it still count? ”
Xiahou Xuan was furious when he heard this, and scolded bitterly: "Xiahou Nan, you have forgotten your ancestors, and you actually want to surrender to Shu Han, do you still remember your surname Xiahou?" ”
Xiahou Nan sneered at each other: "I'm bah! Are you embarrassed to say that I, who acted as Jiang Wei's lobbyist in the first place to persuade me to sacrifice Chang'an? Although you Xiahou Xuan don't say it, you have already done something for Jiang Wei! ”
Xiahou Xuan was suddenly a little annoyed, and scolded bitterly: "If you hadn't sat back and watched Tianshui being surrounded, how could Guo Huai have died, and how could Tianshui have been lost?" ”
Xiahou Nan immediately retorted: "Fart! If you hadn't tossed around in Tianshui at the beginning, with Guo Huai's ability, how could Tianshui be lost? How could Guo Huai die? You're clearly to blame for it all! ”
Xiahou Xuan suddenly worked hard, and he rushed towards Xiahou Nan, wanting to slap Xiahou Xuan.
Unexpectedly, Xiahou Nan firmly caught Xiahou Xuan's hand with his left hand, and gave Xiahou Xuan a slap with his right backhand, and with a crisp snap, five bright red five-finger prints suddenly appeared on Xiahou Xuan's face.
Xiahou Nan was born as a military general, how can Xiahou Xuanyi scholar be able to defeat Xiahou Mao? Besides, these 30,000 troops are all Xiahou Nan's army, and Xiahou Xuanguang is the commander of the pole, and if he really starts with Xiahou Nan, there is no chance of winning at all.
Xiahou Nan shouted: "Take it!" ”
Soon, a group of guards came up and captured Xiahou Xuan.
Xiahou Xuan kept struggling and shouting.
"Xiahou Nan, as a clan, you actually surrendered to Shu Han, it is simply humiliating to the martyrs, and it is extremely shameless! Although I, Xiahou Xuan, am not talented, I would rather die than join the enemy, even if I Xiahou Xuan starves to death and jumps from this meridian valley, I will never do anything treason to the enemy! ”
But Xiahou Nan didn't care about him at all, but shouted to the Wei soldiers trapped in the valley:
"Ladies and gentlemen, now our army is trapped in the Meridian Valley by Shu Han, and there is no way to advance or retreat, this general can't bear to let you soldiers die in this deep valley in vain, even if I lose my reputation, I must save the lives of all my soldiers, and this general wants to lead all the soldiers to defect to the Han."
Xiahou Nan's voice echoed in the valley, and when the Wei army, who was in despair, heard this, they all cheered loudly and shouted Xiahou Mao's high righteousness.
Xiahou Nan continued: "You don't have to worry about being treated differently after joining the Han Dynasty, the wife of the famous Han general Zhang Fei is my Xiahou clan, and the queen of the Han Dynasty, Zhang Xingcai, has the blood of my Xiahou clan flowing in her body, so my Xiahou clan has a deep relationship with the Han Dynasty, and Jiang Wei has always treated the captives preferentially, so you can return to the Han clan with peace of mind." ”
As soon as he said this, all the soldiers immediately fell into cheers, they didn't want to fight for a long time, and now they can submit to the Han, which is really good, so Xiahou Nan quickly submitted a letter of surrender to Wang Ping.
Soon after, the Wei army began to surrender to Wang Ping in an organized manner, and Wang Ping surrendered Xiahou Nan's 30,000 troops almost bloodlessly.
When Xiahou Nan brought Xiahou Xuan, who was tied up with five flowers, to Wang Ping, and said to Wang Ping that he wanted to offer to Wang Ping and did not want to surrender to Xiahou Xuan, Wang Ping asked with a smile:
"Xiahou Xuan, if you really don't want to surrender to the Han, then the general will fulfill you, give you a knife, and kill yourself!" Immediately untied Xiahou Xuan's shackles at the people, and threw a knife at Xiahou Xuan.
Xiahou Xuan raised the knife, shocked, hesitant, hesitant, frightened, all kinds of expressions were gathered in one, and his face suddenly became extremely complicated.
At last he seemed to have made a painful decision, threw his knife aside, and bowed down to the king:
"I would like to submit to the Great Han!"