Yelang County, Qiqi County, this is where the Han army is stationed.

The word Yelang is known to many people in Chinese history, all because of an allusion to "Yelang arrogant".

Of course, the reason why Deng Ai stationed the Han army here is nothing more than because Yelang County is the birthplace of the ancient Yelang Kingdom, and its economic development is relatively good.

The good economic development meant that the local mountains and forests were not dense, which greatly reduced the risk of miasma infection for the Han army.

It had been a month since Deng Ai led his army into Qiqi County, and one month was enough time to bring the news of his army's arrival to Zhu Bao's hands.

But since this month, Deng Ai found that Zhu Bao did not make any moves.

Even after he led the army to Yelang County, the county magistrate of Yelang did not resist the arrival of the Han army, and even the magistrate of Yelang County sent someone to inform Deng Ai that he was willing to take the initiative to open the city and surrender.

It's just that in the face of Yelang's initiative, Deng Ai was not completely gullible.

On the surface, he comforted the county magistrate Yelang's "deep understanding of righteousness", but he never responded to the invitation of the county magistrate Yelang and led the army to settle in Yelang County.

Meng Shu had already told him how deep Zhu Bao's prestige was in Qiqi County, and on the premise of knowing this, Deng Ai would not trust anyone in Qiqi County.

Since the beginning of this month, Deng Ai has continued to collect herbs to treat the Han army that has been hit by miasma, and on the other hand, he has also sent spies to Jilan County to investigate the movements of Zhu Bao's army.

However, to Deng Ai's disappointment, none of the spies he sent have never returned.

This made Deng Ai's heart can't help but cast a shadow.

Deng Ai knew that those spies were likely to have encountered an accident, which also verified that Zhu Bao's control over Qiqi County was very strong.

After knowing this, Deng Ai, who has always been resourceful, felt helpless for the first time.

Only by knowing oneself and knowing one's opponent can one survive a hundred battles, this sentence reveals the importance of intelligence.

Over the past thousand years, many brilliant generals have emerged in China, but no matter how wonderful those famous generals are, they cannot win a battle without clear information.

Deng Ai has begun to take shape as a famous general, but he can't avoid this shackle.

Deng Ai didn't even know now whether the reinforcements sent by Sun Quan had arrived in Qiqi County.

The disadvantage of intelligence made Deng Ai very careful this month.

Although the spies he sent to Helan County did not return, Deng Ai still arranged many spies around the Han army camp.

He couldn't understand the movements of the enemy troops thousands of miles away, but he had to be aware of the potential dangers within reach.

Deng Ai's caution averted a catastrophe for the Han army.

Just over a month after Deng Ai led the army to arrive in Jilan County, Shihui, who learned that the Han army was disturbed by the miasma, led the army to Yelang County dozens of miles away.

Due to Deng Ai's presence of scouts around Yelang County, the movements of the Shihui army were soon known to Deng Ai.

When Deng Ai knew that more than 10,000 enemy troops with the banner of Jiaozhou appeared not far from the Han army camp, a look of shock suddenly appeared on his face.

From the scout's report, it can be seen that the more than 10,000 troops must have been sent by Jiaozhou Shixie.

Deng Ai was already prepared for this, but what made him unprepared was that he didn't expect Shixie to send more than 10,000 troops into Qiqi County.

This is what Zhuge Liang didn't expect!

Otherwise, Zhuge Liang would not have just let Deng Ai lead 5,000 Liangzhou troops into Qiqi County to quell the rebellion.

Although Jiaozhou has a vast territory, it has always been in an underdeveloped situation, and the army of more than 10,000 is definitely not a small number for Jiaozhou.

As a result, in order to support the rebels in Nanzhong, Shixie actually sent so many troops from Jiaozhou, who would have thought about this?

You must know that the total number of troops Zhuge Liang used to quell the rebellion in Nanzhong is only more than 10,000 people.

Shi Xie has a hatred for a big man.

After knowing that there were more than 10,000 Jiaozhou troops rapidly approaching the Han army camp, Deng Ai hurriedly summoned some generals to discuss the military situation.

In order to prevent this bad news from leaking out in advance and causing turmoil in the army, the generals summoned by Deng Ai were all trustworthy to him.

Shi Bao, Fu Tong and other generals were summoned by Deng Ai and soon came to his big tent.

And when Deng Ai informed these generals of the news that more than 10,000 Jiaozhou troops were approaching the Han army camp, their faces also showed shock.

The generals and colonels who can be sent south are mostly rising stars in the army that Mi Yang values.

They are not gutsless, but courage does not mean arrogance.

At present, the Han army outside Yelang County is 5,000 people, although these 5,000 troops are all elites sent south from Liangzhou, but the number of enemy troops is 10,000.

The difference in the number of people doubled can be easily offset by the simple word elite.

The most important thing is that many people in the Han army are now recuperating from miasma, which has reduced the combat effectiveness of the 5,000 Han army to a higher level, and made the Han army's military spirit unstable.

In this case, the sudden appearance of more than 10,000 enemy troops undoubtedly put the Han army in a situation of internal and external difficulties.

This is what Deng Ai and Shi Bao and other generals are most worried about.

After digesting this unfavorable news, Shi Bao took the lead in admonishing Deng Ai: "Captain, you should immediately report this matter to the prime minister." ”

When the Han army was in a miasma before, Deng Ai had already reported this matter to Zhuge Liang, and now the situation is even more unfavorable to the Han army, so Zhuge Liang should be informed of the predicament that the Han army is facing today.

Maybe Zhuge Liang will send reinforcements in time after learning the news?

It's not just Shi Bud who has this idea, but everyone else in the tent has the same idea as Shi Bud.

Deng Ai had a close relationship with Shi Bao, and from Shi Bao's tone and demeanor, he knew why Shi Bao had this suggestion.

But under Shi Bao's gaze, Deng Ai said to Shi Bao: "It's too late." ”

These four words directly shattered the thoughts of the generals in the tent who wanted to ask for help.

yes, it's too late.

Zhuge Liang's original strategy was that he led the main force of the Han army to pacify the rebels in Yizhou County, while Deng Ai led a separate army to pacify Qiqi County.

According to time calculation, Zhuge Liang may have penetrated deep into Yizhou County at this time, Yizhou County and Qiqi County are thousands of miles apart, and the topography of both places is very complicated.

The distance of thousands of miles has made it very inconvenient for the two armies to communicate, and coupled with the complex terrain of the two counties, it may be quite difficult for the messenger to find Zhuge Liang's army smoothly.

Even if the messenger sent by Deng Ai successfully delivered the information for help to Zhuge Liang's hands, Zhuge Liang immediately decided to send reinforcements, but the time spent between this coming and going was enough to make many things drastic.

There are many advantages to dividing troops, but there are advantages and disadvantages to everything, and due to the backward means of communication and transportation in the world, there are also disadvantages in dividing troops.

Now the situation facing the Han army is not only internal and external difficulties, but also deep into the guest land, and there are no external reinforcements.

These two points are the most feared crises for soldiers.

Deng Ai's answer made the generals in the tent understand the crisis they were facing at the moment, which made the worry on their faces even deeper.

But despite this, no one came forward to suggest that Deng Ai withdraw from the army.

The people in the tent are all descendants of Mi Yang, and they used to fight thousands of miles under the leadership of Mi Yang, and won all battles.

The glorious past has made people who were born in the Liangzhou Army have a sense of honor in their hearts, which was created by Mi Yang and has been deeply embedded in the hearts of all Liangzhou soldiers from top to bottom.

Under the influence of this sense of honor, as long as it is not until the moment of last resort, no one will think of escaping.

However, everyone, including Deng Ai, did not consider the option of retreating, because retreating was not a good way out for them at the moment.

Some of the soldiers of the 5,000 Liangzhou army were infected with miasma, and if they retreated, their presence would inevitably greatly slow down the retreat of the army.

In addition, they are not familiar with the terrain of Qiqi County, which will deepen the risk of retreating.

Of course, other armies may adopt a cruel approach, that is, to leave behind those comrades who are infected with miasma, regardless of their life and death.

But this kind of choice will not be made for Liang Zhoujun.

The Seven Beheading Orders are strictly enforced, and no one dares to violate them.

After ruling out two options in a row, there is only one way for the Han army to go, and that is to hold on to the camp.

When Deng Ai led the army to camp outside Yelang County, he was cautious and built the camp as solid as a gold foundation, and the defense facilities should be complete.

This is the largest capital that the Han army held on to.

The battalion may not be able to wait for Zhuge Liang's reinforcements, but at least it can make the Han army worry-free for a while.

And as long as the part of the Han army infected with miasma can recover during this period of time, and the military spirit is stable, then the Han army will have the strength to fight at that time.

Even if the more than 10,000 enemy troops cannot be defeated, the Han army will be much safer if they retreat in an orderly manner.

After Deng Ai said his plan in his heart, because this method was the best solution for the current Han army, his plan was approved by all the generals in the tent.

After deciding on the strategy of dealing with the enemy, Deng Ai asked the generals to retreat and defend their respective camps.

After the generals left, Deng Ai summoned more than a dozen messengers.

He quickly wrote several telegrams and handed them into the hands of a dozen messengers.

Although he didn't have much hope for Zhuge Liang's reinforcements, Deng Ai still wanted to give it a try.

As for why he sent more than a dozen messengers, it was because Deng Ai feared that the enemy might block his access to the outside world.

After all, there are dense mountains and forests in Qiqi County, and there are only a few official roads, as long as there are a large number of people, it is not difficult to block the passage of his external communication.

After arranging this matter, a big stone in Deng Ai's heart was temporarily put down.

Now it's up to the enemy to see what the enemy will do.

When Deng Ai was arranging affairs, the scouts sent by Shihui also found out the situation of the Han army camp dozens of miles away.

When Shihui led the army to more than ten miles away from the Han army camp, he did not lead the army to continue advancing.

He ordered the army to repair in place, and then sent someone to contact the magistrate of Yelang.

Due to the strong support of Zhu Bao, Shihui's army can be said to be unimpeded in Qiqi County.

At the same time, Shihui can also enjoy Zhu Bao's power in Qiqi County to a certain extent.

The messenger sent by Shihui soon returned, and with his messenger was the son of the magistrate of Yelang.

The son of the county magistrate of Yelang brought a gift to Shihui, which was the corpses of more than a dozen Han soldiers.

Long before the arrival of Shihui's army, he had sent someone to secretly contact the county magistrate of Yelang.

The Shihui who can be entrusted with the important task by Shi Xie is not a wine bag and rice bag, at least he will know how to learn.

Back then, Shixie was able to defeat a number of opponents and dominate Jiaozhou, not only because of his family background, but also because of his clever methods.

One of Shixie's means of dealing with his opponent was to take advantage of Jiaozhou's inconvenient transportation to block the opponent's channel for external help.

This method is also well inherited by the Shihui.

When contacting the county magistrate of Yelang before, Shihui signaled that he could secretly send some county soldiers to ambush the Han army's foreign contact.

In this way, the Han army's external communication methods could be effectively blocked.

And this is not difficult for the county magistrate of Yelang to do.

Therefore, the people sent by the magistrate of Yelang County to ambush successfully captured the messenger sent by Deng Ai.

After learning that Shihui had summoned him, the magistrate of Yelang asked his son to carry the captives to Shihui.

After seeing Shihui, the son of the county magistrate of Yelang explained to him the origin of the more than a dozen Han army corpses with a flattering face, and presented the letters collected from these corpses.

Shihui was very satisfied with the performance of the county magistrate Yelang, and then he immediately opened the letter and read it.

After reading the contents of the letter, Shi Hui laughed proudly.

"The Han army is at the end of its rope!"

Deng Ai was able to send more than a dozen messengers in a row, indicating that he was very anxious to contact Zhuge Liang, not to mention that the content of the letter was clearly Deng Ai asking Zhuge Liang for help.

This can reflect the Han army's "panic" about the arrival of the army led by him.

This panic was very useful to Shihui.

After knowing the current state of mind of the Han army, Shihui first praised the son of the county magistrate of Yelang, and then asked him to return to the city first.

Then Shi Hui asked people to find Yu Xuan.

Since the events of that day, Yu Fu and Sun Huan have been monitored by Shihui.

However, Shi Hui didn't treat Yu Fu and Sun Huan too harshly, except for restricting their freedom, he didn't do anything excessive to them.

As for Yu Tuo, he also knows his current situation, so he has always been very peaceful recently.

It's just that when he was brought to Shihui, Yu Pan was still a little surprised why Shihui suddenly looked for him.

Soon, Yu's surprise was answered.

Shi Hui handed the letter in his hand to Yu to read, and told him about the current situation between the two armies, and then he looked at Yu and asked, "Although the Han army has become a trapped beast, it has not yet been defeated.

Yu Jun's high name is in the world, I don't know what to teach me? ”

Shi Hui looked for Yu Tuo this time, in order to let Yu Flip give him advice.

After saying this, Shi Hui was afraid that Yu would not want to give him advice, so he added:

"Now Yu Jun and I are in the same army, if I succeed, Yu Jun is safe, if I am defeated, how can Yu Jun live alone?"

Shihui's words were full of menace.

Faced with Shi Hui's threat, Yu Fu was unhappy, but what Shi Hui said was the truth.

For his own safety, Yu had to compromise.

And after knowing the situation that the Han army is facing today, Yu Fu also had a plan in his heart.

Yu pondered and said to Shi Hui: "The general has heard of embattled?"

Hearing the four words embattled, Shihui suddenly cheered up.

That's a great strategy!

(End of chapter)