Chapter Seventy-Eight: The Battle of Weinan (9)

Pound's soldiers and horses retreated, and it was midnight. The generals of the Chinese army were too late: "The armies retreated five miles and then set up a camp." "There is no counterattack, there is no stubbornness, only retreat, the attack of the Han army seems to be indifferent, not angry, undefeated but showing defeat, why is this? Xun Yun suddenly felt that His Majesty knew about Ji Han's attack in advance, and this retreat was also planned. However, can such a withdrawal play a corresponding role?

The front army retreated with the order, and for a moment the voices were noisy, and the wounded were groaning. As the army was retreating, he suddenly felt the ground below him constantly shaking and sinking. The scattered Wei troops looked west, and together they let out a terrifying scream: "Oh my God! ”

In the west, like a ghost suddenly appearing in the night, a phalanx of thousands of cavalry is rushing towards them! It was like a giant dragon of steel, with its teeth and claws, rushing head-on, and the spear with the cold breath of death came like a forest, piercing the enemies in front of it one by one, hanging on the spearhead, and the pitch-black wings stretched out silently, eerie and terrifying. The cavalry of the Han army, did the whole army go out? It's night, and they're going to fight a decisive battle at night?

Before they could think about it, the sound of cracked horses' hooves rolled like thunder, and they swept like a whirlwind, sweeping and destroying everything. In the face of this terrible torrent of destruction, the fences, tents, houses, and men and horses of the Wei army crumbled like paper paste, and the soldiers of the Wei army who fled for their lives let out a scream of death, which was crushed into powder by this torrent of steel......

Xun Yun's army was involuntarily swept into the chaos, he was like a nightmare, he couldn't help but retreat with the men and horses, and then retreated, at that moment, he felt helpless in the army for the first time. The second attack of the Han army was completely unexpected by everyone. Even Sima Yi thought that the Han army's offensive advance was a cover for retreat, but he didn't expect Zhuge Kongming, who had always been known for his wisdom, to come so hard. Attacking the strong with the weak and attacking head-on, is this a battle fought by Zhuge Liang, who likes to use wisdom? Zhang Fei is about the same. In this way, should the Han army retreat to Chang'an? Do you still want to use schemes?

In a hurry, Cao Pi was also touched by the indomitable momentum of the Han army, and was terrified, and immediately ordered Cao Zhen and Zhang He's front army to defend to the death, and the Chinese army to retreat. Sima Yi and Chen Qun hurriedly stopped: "Your Majesty must not, if the Chinese army moves, the morale of the army will be lost, and tonight's battle will inevitably be defeated." The minister is willing to defend the Chinese army for His Majesty. ”

Cao Pi hated it very much, and was hesitating, when suddenly Guo Feng, a favorite minister of Empress Guo, ran over: "Your Majesty, the big thing is not good, the enemy army is attacking the camp." ”

Chen Qun suddenly drew his sword, stabbed Guo Feng to death with a sword, and shouted: "In the barracks, you must not run around." Cao Pi was also shocked by this imperial sword, and wanted to punish Chen Qun, but he was afraid that Chen Qun had a strong personality, so he committed suicide in anger, so he had to sigh: "Shangshu killed well!" The Chinese army is holding on, and must not take half a step back, and those who violate the order will be beheaded! Seeing that when the enemy army was the strongest, it was less than three hundred paces away from his main camp, and all bows and arrows were shot into the main camp, and Cao Pi also persevered.

Cao Pi's persistence did give the Wei army strong confidence, and the Chinese army stood still, and the voices of long live the four fields came and went, surging towards the Chinese army. The Han army rushed several times, but could not impulse the camp of the Wei army. The battle lasted until dawn, and Cao Pi ordered the whole army to attack, and for a time the Han army had to retreat. Sima Yi saw that the battle situation had been completed, so he ordered the whole army to shout: "Chang'an has been lost, Liu Da'er and Liu Adou have all been captured, Zhuge Liang surrender quickly!" Originally, this sentence was intended to be shouted suddenly when Kong Ming withdrew from the army to hit the enemy's confidence, but since the decisive battle began in advance, it was okay to shout this sentence. At these times, everyone saw Chang'an light wolf smoke, and when they heard this, sure enough, the morale of the Wei army was high, and the Han army was even more chaotic, not only did not force the Wei army to retreat, but lost its own front army camp.

I wanted the Han army to retreat with a small victory, but I didn't know that the Han army was defeated, and with Zhuge Kongming's thoughts, the Han army couldn't retreat for a while. Watching the Han army retreat, Sima Yi faintly felt that it was not like Zhuge Liang's means to fight like this, and he couldn't help but have some doubts. But the Han army had any means, but they couldn't think of it, so they suggested that Cao Pi should chase after him, retreat and camp, and then try a good strategy.

Cao Pi said: "Since the Han army is coming, I will attack it, and after a big victory, why retreat?" Besides, Qiqing thought that Kong Ming would use a feint attack as a pretext to retreat the army, and everything he calculated today was wrong, and An Neng would hold the previous discussion again. "It is to continue to storm Hanzhai. The two sides took the position of the Han army's front camp and stirred up a huge whirlpool within a radius of 20 miles, and the front army of 100,000 Wei troops and less than 50,000 Han troops fought for three days, and the Wei army suffered many casualties. Cao Pi sent the new five battalions in a fit of rage, but he still did not defeat the Han army, or even repelled the Han army. The Han army camp was like a gluttonous glutton, and no matter how many Wei troops entered, there was no movement.

Sima Yi climbed high and looked, suddenly frightened, and hurried to Cao Pi's camp, saying: "Your Majesty, quickly order our army to retreat, and do not fight with the enemy again." ”

Cao Piqi said: "Why do you say this? ”

Sima Yi said: "Our army attacked this time, forced to retreat the Ji Han army, the battlefield is the original front camp of Ji Han, I carefully inspected, this battalion has been operated by Kong Ming for a long time, according to the eight formations, attack, defense and defense, all out of their intentions, and our army into its camp, the formation is scattered, it is difficult to echo, there are several times the strength of the enemy, but can not achieve results - to lead our army to this decisive battle, I am afraid that it is Zhuge Kongming's strategy. Therefore, please return to the army. ”

Cao Pi ordered the front-line soldiers to report, some people said: Attack the Han camp, see the road under your feet, the Han army also easily passed, as soon as our army left, it fell into the mud, and the Han army fought back, and it was difficult to resist the enemy. Some people say: In the Han camp, there is a huge stone array, and when you enter the battle, you will lose your way, and the Han army will be haunted in the middle of it, and it is impossible to prevent it, and many soldiers will die here. Some people say: Kong Ming is easy to play ghosts, between the attacks of our army, the banner of the Han army, there are ghost troops floating from the Wei River, roaring like thunder in their mouths, going into battle to tear and kill, swords and guns can not be injured, so they have to retreat.

Cao Pi said angrily: "I can't think of a plan between tearing and killing, but the plan will be settled?" ”

Sima Yi said: "Your Majesty, don't worry. The minister had already heard that Kong Ming had eight formations, which could be worth 100,000 male soldiers, and it should be this array. Now his men are arrayed along the river, and they should not fight, and they should choose the battle array, so that the enemy should be us, and not that I should be the enemy. Although the enemy formation is good, it is difficult to achieve in a hurry and cannot be moved. The army can be temporarily suspended, and His Majesty will send an envoy to the Han camp to order Kong Ming to cut the land west of the river. Although there was a small victory in the dispute between Kong Ming and our army, it was a tragic victory, and I will be moved by it and agree. ”

Cao Pi said angrily: "I poured all the country's troops here, how could I go west of the river?" ”

Sima Yi said: "Your Majesty, don't worry, this is a suspicious plan." Those who are good at fighting can show that they will fight, and they will not fight. On the one hand, our army made peace with Zhuge Liang, and on the other hand, it reorganized its troops and horses, and divided its troops into Weibei to attack Ma Chao. Measured by the ministers, within ten days, the Weishui was greatly reduced, at that time the Ji Han Navy became a cattle and sheep to be slaughtered, and our army's iron cavalry did not use pontoon boats, it could be crisscrossed on both sides of the Wei River, Guo Huai and the Xiao cavalry battalion dispatched, then the defeat of Ma Chao was only between the tilts. At that time, the north of the Wei River is all owned by me, converging Sima Wang, flooding Chang'an City, Chang'an is difficult to protect. In order to protect Chang'an, the entire army on the southern line of the Weihe River was defeated, and Zhuge Liang would inevitably retreat. When our army attacks again, its people will not be defeated, and when will it wait? ”

Cao Pi asked, "How did Qing know that Weishui had been greatly reduced?" But what do you get from astronomy? ”

Sima Yi said: "Why do you need astronomy. Sima Wang's attack on Chang'an is the minister's plan, I make it flood Chang'an City, ridiculous Liu Chan only knows that Chang'an City is solid, and it is extremely difficult to store water, so he does not defend it. He didn't know that Sima Wang's main purpose in building a dam on the river was to cut off the Weishui, so that the Ji Han water army would be useless, so that the Xiaocai Iron Army could gallop through Weibei. ”

Cao Pi exclaimed: "Qing Zhen is a wise and scheming master. Now Sima Wang's lone army arrived in Chang'an, which made Ji Hanjun's ministers frightened and frightened, and made Zhuge Kongming feel like he was sitting on pins and needles, and his mind was restless. And the plan to break the Weishui and break Feng Xi Ma Chao is even more unexpected, killing three birds with one stone, with Qing here, why worry about the big thing. ”

At the moment, the army was temporarily suspended, and an envoy was sent to the Ji Han army to talk about the land cut. Kong Ming immediately nodded, discussed carefully with the envoy, and asked Lord Wei's opinion, and then personally sent him back to the camp.

Cao Pi laughed when he learned of Kong Ming's actions, thinking that Kong Ming had been tricked. Who knew that Kong Ming raised troops to attack that night, and caught Cao Pi off guard, so angry that Cao Pi almost ordered the whole army to attack again, for the sake of the overall situation, he forced himself to suppress the anger in his heart.

thought that the troops were superior, but found that the frontal attack could not suppress the Han army, which made Cao Pi very disappointed. However, since Sima Yi's clever plan, he is not too worried, if the Han army can come, why can't the Wei army go? So he also asked the strategists to organize men and horses to attack the Han camp, but unfortunately the means of transmitting information were not as fast as the Han army, and the Han army used carrier pigeons, fireworks and Kong Ming lanterns to transmit news, so often as soon as the army was dispatched, Ji Han had already made preparations and sent troops to defend and ambush in the corresponding places. So Dong Zhao came up with the idea and used several squads to dispatch repeatedly, but he didn't attack seriously, so that the Han army was frightened and tired of coping. Then they sent out their horses to raid. Sure enough, it defeated the Han army. However, this plan was used again, but suddenly it did not work again, Kong Ming once again completely abandoned the former military camp, the Wei army wanted to attack the Han army, it must enter the eight formations, and if it entered the eight formations, there was no entry and exit, and for a time the Wei army fell to the point where it could only be beaten and could not attack.

At this time, news came from the south that the general of Zhengnan, Xiahou Shangliu, surrounded Shangyong, and led an army of 30,000 to break through Wuguan, pass through Shang County, and Shangluo, and come to Weinan. The Han army garrisoned in this direction and defended it dangerously, but Xiahou Shang selected elite soldiers to climb from the cliff, broke the stockade, and attacked directly. Cao Pi learned of the great joy and ordered Xiahou Shang to come to the starry night to participate in the battle. Xiahou is still the nephew of Xiahou Yuan, Cao Pi is a close minister, the two are like brothers, and they have a good marriage (in fact, Cao's surname is Xiahou, this marriage is a little inappropriate), he has always known the soldiers, and has participated in the pacification of Jizhou, Daizhou, and has made great achievements. When the Wei army defeated Feng Xi and Ma Chao, Xiahou Shang would become the last straw that broke the camel's back in the battle of Wei and Han.

Zhuge Kongming is not an immortal, how can he be alone against the many strategists and generals of the Wei army, and these many soldiers and horses? It was extremely difficult for him to fight against the Wei army, protect the grain route, and maintain eight formations, how could he withstand Sima Yi, a chess piece hundreds of miles away?