Chapter 669: On Paper
Zhou Yu led his troops across the river and sent Gan Ning to lead the naval army out of the East China Sea coast to the north, waiting for an opportunity to attack Bohai County from the coast, and plan the army to advance north.
Ordered Huang Gai to be the vanguard, Zhou Tai to be the back, led the elite soldiers to kill Benping Yuan, and reported that the Wei army was camped in Ande and came to fight.
Xiahou Nan just stood still, let the Han army scold, and ordered the three battalions to defend strictly, and it was a day to delay it, and the famous general Zhou Yu was not ashamed to defend.
Zhou Yu led the army to arrive, and when he saw that the two armies did not send troops to each other, he said with a smile: "Xiahou Nan will not return to the plain, it can be seen that the generals are really not in harmony, and it is not difficult to break it." ”
When he came, Zhou Yu interrogated the captives, and learned that the two often quarreled, and now that the Wei army was defeated, he did not return to the city to make trouble, and he also divided his troops, so he guessed that the two were not in harmony.
Huang Gaiyan said: "Xiahou Nan suffered several times under the Han King, and studied the art of war hard. ”
Xiahou Nan set up three large camps, led the Chinese army to guard the main road, the north and south roads are the left and right camps, to the south is the big river, to the north is a swampy land, although the Han army has many men and horses, can not surround him.
Zhou Yu laughed and said: "Xiahou Nan is just talking on paper, why be afraid? But this man is always self-righteous, and so-and-so gives him what he wants. ”
Then he led the generals out of the camp and ordered Pan Zhang and Ma Zhong to fight again, but the Wei army was still unmoved, and Zhou Yu personally rode a horse to patrol in the distance, and there was no movement after returning to the camp.
Xiahou Nan knew that Zhou Yu was quite scheming, and did not dare to be careless, so he sent scouts to spy on him secretly in case he was attacked by him.
Xiahou Nan laughed when he heard the report: "This governor camped with a three-talent formation, and Zhou Lang had nothing to do but take a detour. ”
Yan Ming said worriedly: "There are few soldiers on the plain, I am afraid it will be difficult to resist, so we should save them quickly." ”
"Wen Qin is self-righteous, what is it to save him?" Xiahou Nan snorted coldly: "What's more, Zhou Yu is scheming, if it is a trick to lure troops, once the troops are sent, they will be in chaos, and they will be attacked by the enemy on their backs, how to resist?" ”
Yan Ming said: "If it is broken by the enemy, we have no way to advance or retreat, what should we do?" ”
Xiahou Nan smiled and said: "Reinforcements are coming, wouldn't it be better for the governor to cut off his way back?" Even if the reinforcements do not arrive, we can retreat to Liaocheng and join my father. ”
"Governor Gaojian!" The two Yan Ming brothers were actually killed in fear, and they had no intention of facing the enemy, if they could be brought under the command of Xiahou Dun, it would be much safer.
Xiahou Nan thought that Zhou Yu couldn't break his formation, and he planned to cut off his retreat by taking the plain, so he guarded the camp with peace of mind, waiting to see Wen Qin's jokes.
After several days without fighting, the Wei army also found out that the Han army was really attacking the plain, and it was rumored in the army that Xiahou Nan had the intention of retreating to Liaocheng, so he gradually relaxed his vigilance.
After dinner on this day, Zhou Yu secretly summoned the generals to raise their accounts to discuss the matter of sending troops.
Ling Tong couldn't wait to say: "The governor quickly sends an order, this battle will definitely raise the prestige of my Jiangdong son." ”
Zhou Yu nodded and said: "Xiahou Nan divided his troops and camped, seemingly echoing each other, but he scattered his troops, and this cut off his arms and ears. I only need to divide my forces to break it, so that it cannot be saved, and its array will be destroyed! ”
Lu Fanyan, who joined the army, said: "The Wei army has been defeated repeatedly, and Xiahou Nan wants to fight to the death, and this so-called mourning army will win." Now all the people under his command are willing to die to the death, and the governor must not be careless. ”
Zhou Yu said with a smile: "The Wei army is just dying and struggling, I just need to tell them to disperse this breath, and they will be defeated without a fight." ”
Pan Zhang clenched his fists and said: "The governor must not let Xiahou Nan go, the last general is willing to lead the troops to arrest this son." ”
The generals nodded one after another, and Lu Fan hugged his fists to Zhou Yu and said, "Please give orders to the governor." ”
Zhou Yu ordered: "At the fourth watch tonight, Zhou Tai led the troops to the north camp, and Zhu Huan went to the south village, but when the army was in flames, the Wei army went to save him, so he seized his camp and killed him from behind. ”
"Yes!" Zhou Tai and Zhu Huan went to prepare.
Zhou Yu instructed Huang Gai again: "Gong Fu led the troops to take the middle road, and the third watch set off, covered the middle camp and set fire to the village, and waited for Xiahou Nan to send troops to attack, and left in defeat, luring him to the big camp." ”
Huang Gai said with a smile: "It turns out that the governor is leading the snake out of the hole, and the old man will definitely be able to bring him." ”
The generals went to prepare, and Zhou Yu ordered Ling Tong and Ma Zhong to go to the rear camp to ambush, and sent Pan Zhang to detour along the river to the west road, guarding the key road to arrest Xiahou Nan.
After midnight, the Jiangdong soldiers in the camp moved one after another, feasted on war meals, prepared weapons, and Huang Gai first ordered 5,000 elite soldiers out of the camp and went straight to the middle camp of the Wei army to kill.
Huang Gai led the troops quietly to the Wei army camp, only to see that although the fire in the enemy camp was bright, the patrolling soldiers were a little slack, and the two armies had been facing each other for more than half a month, and it was difficult to maintain vigilance every day.
Seeing that the hour was approaching, Huang Gai ordered the soldiers to prepare firewood and grass torches, ignited the fire arrows, and in an instant, they fell like meteors from the sky and disappeared in front of the Wei military camp.
When the defenders were shouting in panic, the soldiers who had sneaked to the gate of the camp removed the antlers, and Huang Gai took the lead, waving his iron whip and rushing in, followed by the soldiers who followed closely behind, charging and killing and setting fire.
In the blink of an eye, the fireworks in front of the camp rose, and the southeast wind blew, and the thick smoke spread to the depths, and the Wei army shouted everywhere, and the camp was in chaos.
Huang Gai was old and strong, the iron whip swept and smashed, killing several Wei generals in a row, and no one in the Wei army could be its front, so they fled one after another, and the Han army went straight to the big tent of the Chinese army.
"Jiangdong Huanggai is here, Xiahou'er will die quickly!" Huang Gai shouted on his horse.
At this time, the big tent of the Chinese army has been burned, connected into a piece, and the sound of killing is endless in the thick smoke.
Xiahou Nan was sleeping soundly in the tent, and heard someone shouting in his sleep, so he turned around, and was woken up by his own soldiers rushing into the tent.
I saw that the camp was full of fires, and the people and horses were running around, so angry that they cursed, and ordered their soldiers to bring the war horses and flee.
When he was getting on the horse and leaving, he saw in the firelight that it was the veteran Huang Gai with all white hair, and he couldn't help but be bold, stepped forward to meet the enemy, and scolded: "Jiangdong rats, come to sneak attack again?" ”
Huang Gai laughed and said: "Xiahoudun has been defeated repeatedly, and so has a child, could this be the inheritance of the Xiahou family?" ”
"I'm mad at me!" Xiahou Nan was furious, urging the horse to rush over.
The soldiers hurriedly dissuaded, and Xiahou Nan opened the servants on both sides with a horsewhip and shouted: "Old horseman, I will fight with you." ”
Although Xiahou Nan is self-aware, he has practiced martial arts and studied the art of war in Xuchang a few years ago, and he feels that he also has some strength, but he can't beat Gan Ning and Tai Shici, and he can't beat this bad old man?
"Hahaha, try Huang's five consecutive whips!"
Huang Gai's beard was flying, waving an iron whip to fight with Xiahou Nan, and more than ten times did not distinguish between victory and defeat.
At this time, Yan Ming and Yan Teng rushed to help in the battle, and the three of them surrounded Huang Gai, and Xiahou Nan was even more confident, a gun danced like a silver snake, and he couldn't wait to stab Huang Gai out of hundreds of transparent holes.
"Young people don't talk about martial arts, they bully more and less with less, despicable!" Huang Gai couldn't resist it, shouted and forced Xiahou Nan back, turned the horse and left.
"The old thief is gone, today is your death!" Xiahou Nan suddenly felt arrogant, and led the troops to chase after him.