Lu Qian panicked in his heart, barely fought a few times, and retreated with his own soldiers, Chen Zhi followed, dancing with steel guns, picking up dozens of horses, like a tiger entering a flock, invincible.

Cao Jun was killed for most of the time, fled in embarrassment, and the Han army went out in three ways to chase and kill Cao Jun, only to see the ground in disarray, corpses all over the place, and rivers of blood.

Lu Qian beat his horse and galloped, seeing that Chen Zhi was in hot pursuit, he turned around and shot several arrows, but he dodged them, and when he was in a panic, the deputy general led the troops to arrive, formed a formation to save the defeated army, and shot the pursuers back with arrows.

Chen Zhi stopped the people far away and shouted; "Lu Qian, there is no way back, why don't you descend quickly?"

Lu Qian saw that the ambush had not moved, and Gan Ning was not here, so he couldn't help but sink in his heart, if this person went to attack the camp, I don't know if Xin Bi and Mao Hui could stop it.

At this time, there was no time to quarrel with Chen, divided the men and horses into three teams, and retreated alternately before they reached the shore of Weishui, Xin Bi sent someone to report that the camp was lost, and told him to retreat to the Songshan cottage as soon as possible.

Lu Qian was shocked, he couldn't care about the formation anymore, and led the troops to retreat to the mountains, Chen Zhi then covered up and killed, and Cao's army fled all over the mountains, crying for his father and mother.

Lu Qian hurriedly returned to Dazhai on the mountain, and saw that more than half of the men and horses were lost, most of them were remnants of the defeated generals, and only Mao Hui's department was still complete, so he was busy inquiring about the military situation.

Xin Bi sighed: "Zhuge Liang is a plan to divert the tiger from the mountain, when the general pursued the enemy, he had already transferred Huo Jun's troops downstream to attack Xu Xi's camp, and when I sent troops to rescue, Gan Ning turned back and killed, and the two camps were lost. ”

"What a Zhuge Liang, he is so scheming!" Lu Qian was so angry that he gritted his teeth, but he was helpless, and said: "For the sake of today's plan, I have to retreat to Xingyang." ”

Mao Hui said: "If the commander of Jingzhou drove straight forward and surrounded the city like Guan Yu, but divided his troops to plunder the rest of the country, the Central Plains would be in danger, and now there is only a death battle." ”

Lu Qian was a little flustered after repeated setbacks, and looked at Xin Bi: "What is the high opinion of the Ming Mansion?" ”

Xin Biyan said: "Returning to the city is just sitting and waiting to be killed, it is better to defend by the mountain, Xingyang still has 5,000 troops, as long as someone appeases the people, it is enough to defend itself." If Zhuge Liang divides his troops to attack the city, he can cut off his way back, which is a place of death and then life! ”

Lu Qian thought for a while, and said resolutely: "Mr. is reasonable, Xingyang is related to the safety of the Central Plains, and the Ming Mansion is not competent, so he should return to the city as soon as possible to preside over major affairs." ”

Xin Bi was still a little uneasy, and said: "There is no room for loss of soldiers and horses here, unless you are very sure, the general must not go out lightly." ”

Lu Qian stroked his beard and smiled: "Today, our army is condescending and occupies the best geographical advantages, how can Zhuge Liang tolerate me?" When his soldiers slack off and divide their troops elsewhere, a certain army will come out together, and the momentum will be like a broken bamboo, and even if Gan Ning and Chen join forces, they will not be able to do anything. ”

When he was discussing, he heard the drums outside the village, and indeed Gan Ning led the troops to kill, the mountain road was dusty, and the Jinfan army was bright in armor, shouting outside the camp gate.

"Leave him alone, rest and recuperate, and be careful to defend."

Lu Qian couldn't raise the slightest fighting spirit at this time, glanced at it from a distance, and ordered Mao Hui to patrol, and Xin Bi returned to Xingyang to guard and wait for the fighter.

Gan Ning scolded for a while, and saw that Lu Qian still refused to fight, so he had to retreat to the bottom of the mountain first, and Zhuge Liang had already led the army to arrive.

In this battle, most of the main force of the Cao army was wiped out, and its camp was seized, and countless grains and grasses were obtained.

Yang Ling asked: "Lu Qian is afraid of General Gan's prestige, and he can't hold out, so the last general is willing to fight and sacrifice his head to his command." ”

Yang Ling had been training troops in Changsha before, originally to prepare for sending troops to Jiangdong, because Guan Yu broke through the Central Plains defense line, and transferred a large number of troops from Jingzhou to the north to support.

I thought that I could show my strength when I arrived in the Central Plains, but I just took Mopi, and I have been defending, and I haven't really fought against the enemy.

Zhuge Liang shook his head and said: "Lu Qian is already a frightened bird, I am afraid that he will not easily go to war, Cao Jun built a city according to Song Mountain, the terrain is extremely high, easy to defend and difficult to attack, and the strong attack is just a loss of troops." ”

Gan Ning said: "Lu Qian did not retreat to Xingyang, but he defended Songshan, it must be expected that we would not dare to divide our troops to go deep into the enemy's territory, and we would go to attack Xingyang to see how he responded." ”

Zhuge Liang said with a smile: "The time has not come, General Gan must not act rashly, I have my own strategy, and taking Xingyang is like probing the bag and taking the ear!" ”

Gan Ning asked: "Cao's army occupies all the geographical advantages, and it can't be defended, and it doesn't take advantage of Xingyang, if reinforcements arrive, won't it be a missed opportunity?" ”

Zhuge Liang said: "I have already seen the Cao army camp before, although the mountain occupies an advantageous area, but I expect that there will be a shortage of water in the high places, just cut off its water source, and the Cao army will be defeated without a fight." ”

"High, really high!" Gan Ning laughed and said: "It is said that Lu Qian is both civil and military, and Xin Bi is a wise and resourceful person, and I think they are all good mallets." ”

Seeing that the fight could not be achieved, Yang Ling asked for an order again: "The last general is willing to go upstream to dig the soil and cut off the stream." ”

Now that the battle situation in the Central Plains has been opened, Zhuge Liang knew that Yang Ling and others were eager to make meritorious contributions, and instructed him to observe the movements of Cao's army first, and if he went down the mountain to get water, he would go upstream to cut off the water source.

In the next few days, Gan Ning, Chen Dao, and Huo Jun took turns to call for battle in front of the village, Lu Qian suffered a big loss, and he couldn't hold on, looking at the Jingzhou soldier lineup, and muttered: "Isn't this bullying?" ”

Mo said that he was not the opponent of Gan Ning and the others, and he was also very jealous of Zhuge Liang, and he had no chance of winning in civil and military affairs, how could he dare to send troops easily?

In the evening, the camp was cooking, but there was no movement, and soon the camp was noisy, and there was a lot of discussion everywhere.

Mao Hui hurriedly reported: "General, the big thing is not good, Zhuge Liang sent troops to cut off the flow upstream and cut off the water source." ”

"What" Lu Qian was shocked, only to understand that the Jingzhou soldiers did not come to attack the camp for a few days, but they had other plans.

Mao Hui said worriedly: "There are many soldiers on the mountain, and the spring water has long been drained, so we can only carry water from the river every day, and the army cannot be without water for a day!" ”

Lu Qian frowned, the water source of more than 20,000 people can not be solved by finding a random spring in the mountains, and the lack of food can barely hold on.

"Try to get some mountain spring water first, eat enough tonight, go down the mountain with a certain kill in normal time, and go back to Xingyang first to make plans."

Mao Hui even couldn't defend the cottage anymore, so he took the order and sent troops to various valleys to fetch water, allocated all the grain and grass in the village, prepared two meals, and recuperated to fight tomorrow.

At the fourth watch, Lu Qian was neatly draped in the tent, divided the men and horses into three roads, and killed them from the mountain, Mao Hui led the troops to attack the camp, attracting the attention of the Jingzhou army, and crossed the river all the way to respond.

Mao Hui said worriedly: "In the enemy camp, Gan Ning, Chen Zhi and others are brave, and the final general may not be competent." ”

Lu Qian sneered: "At the moment of the great enemy, we have received the prime minister's favor, and we can only fight to the death, is the general cowardly?" ”

Mao Hui saw the cold light flickering in Lu Qian's eyes, and hurriedly hugged his fists and said: "The last general is just reminding the general not to be careless, Gan Ning comes and goes freely in my camp, which is really a great shame. ”