Zhuge Liang had a habit and characteristic in the process of marching and fighting: decisively concentrating troops.

In other words, Zhuge Liang was decisive in the use of troops, and he also did not like to disperse his forces.

This can be seen from the battles that Zhuge Liang has participated in throughout his life.

For example, after Cao Cao swept Hebei, he led the army south to Jingxiang, and Liu Bei migrated south with 100,000 people. ”

Liu Bei can not rest assured that the people are out of his benevolent heart, but it is impossible for Liu Bei to do the cause without paying a painful price.

Of course, Liu Bei in history did not cry for the people like in the romance, in fact, after Cao Jun chased after him, he not only gave up the people, but even abandoned his wife and children.

For another example, after the Battle of Chibi, Liu Bei led his army to capture Jingzhou, and encountered great resistance when attacking Guiyang.

At that time, Guiyang's city defense was the strongest in the south of Jingzhou, and in the north of Jingzhou, Liu Bei was forced by Zhou Yu to exert pressure around Jiangling, so he urged Zhuge Liang to quickly take Guiyang.

In this tangled situation, Zhuge Liang was often much calmer than Liu Bei, and he wrote to Liu Bei at that time, hoping that Liu Bei would not let Jiangling's affairs and Guiyang's affairs become entangled with each other, and if Jiangling was temporarily affected because of the capture of Guiyang, then Jiangling would be taken down later.

In terms of handling this matter, Zhuge Liang once again showed his characteristic of "liking to concentrate decisively on one thing".

Zhuge Liang's characteristic also appeared in the First Northern Expedition. At that time, the only offensive stronghold on the front line of the Shu army was Jieting, and Zhuge Liang asked Ma Tan to defend it, but this decision was opposed by the generals.

"Chronicles of the Three Kingdoms" contains: "In the sixth year of the construction of the Shu Han Dynasty, Zhuge Liang's army went to Qishan, and there were generals Wei Yan and Wu Yi, etc., and the commentators all said that it was appropriate to order as the vanguard, and Zhuge Liang violated the crowd and pulled out the horses, and the public was in front, and the Wei general Zhang He fought in the street pavilion, which was broken by Zhang He. ”

The severity of the defeat of the street pavilion has actually been underestimated, in fact, it is not only a defeat, but also a crisis of national destruction.

If the Wei army at that time was more bold and bold, it was not impossible to take advantage of the situation to attack Shu Han, and under the overwhelming offensive of the enemy army, the Shu army might not even have the strength to parry.

In fact, if there is no Zhuge Liang, Ma Tan's defeat will directly destroy the country.

But at this critical juncture, Zhuge Liang was still able to make a decisive decision, and the empty city plan was used to make life for Shu Han, which also reflected its decisive characteristics.

This time in Huayin, Zhuge Liang was as decisive as ever.

After the Han army camped outside Huayin City, Zhuge Liang immediately sent the young general Huo Yi to call for a provocation.

Several times, the Wei army in Huayin City did not react, and Zhuge Liang gradually realized in his heart.

"It seems that this Sima Zhongda wants to stalemate with us, and sent someone to transport grain and grass to Fengling City, passing by a thousand steps outside Huayin City, I want to see, this trick is still not out!"

Out of town?

You're going to fall for me!

Don't get out of town?

Then you are in Huayin, and it is useless.

The grain and grass of our Han army are unimpeded, and the continuous supply of grain and grass in the rear is Fengling City and Tongguan, and your Wei army occupies Huayin, what is the effect?

Instead of playing the role of blocking, he was trapped behind enemy lines, and there was a risk of being cut and surrounded.

He Zhuge Liang wants to see that the trick of defending the city can sit still!

Day.

The Han army's grain team full of grain and grass brazenly passed a thousand steps in front of Huayin City.

Seeing the trick in his eyes, he was about to bite the back molars.

"Zhuge villager, do you have the courage to deceive me?"

He said to the adjutant general beside him: "Hurry up and order the troops, this general wants to kill the sharp spirit of Zhuge Liang!" ”

The deputy general beside him, who was Sima Yi's side, saluted at this time and comforted: "The general can't, the messenger sent out has not yet received a reply from the governor, Zhuge Liang is insidious and cunning, and there are many tricks, if he moves rashly, I am afraid that he will fall for his treacherous schemes, please think twice!" ”

"Don't you know that the general is outside, and the king's order is not affected?"

Zhao snorted coldly, and then said: "Besides, this general is a veteran of the battlefield, not a recruit, he can distinguish whether it is a conspiracy or a trick, although the governor is wise and resourceful, but after all, he is far away in the military village, not in Huayin, and he can't see the fighter in front of him." ”

He came out of the pile of dead people, and in terms of qualifications, he was much deeper than Sima Yi.

This time, it was for the sake of your Sima Yi's ability that he obeyed the order.

But now that I am being humiliated, how can he swallow this breath?

Besides, what is the use of him occupying Huayin while watching the Han State transport grain to Fengling City?

Instead, he put himself surrounded by the Han army.

If these soldiers under his command are gone, his sin will be great, and his foundation will be gone.

Which is more important, he can naturally tell which one is more important.

"Needless to say, order five hundred cavalry, bring rockets, and burn the Han army's food team first, my Xianbei cavalry, come and go like the wind, are you still afraid that the Han army's foot soldiers will not succeed?"

Seeing that the decision had been made, the adjutant general had to say: "This time out of the city to attack, the general does not have to personally lead the troops, but let the Xianbei leader Bald Shou Khotan lead his troops to attack!" ”

If he died, there would be no one in this Xianbei cavalry in Huayin City to command, and the deputy general naturally did not want to see such a thing happen.

Hearing this, he also nodded in agreement.

After all, this deputy general represents Sima Yi on the one hand, he has already taken a step forward, if he takes another step forward, he will have to make an inch.

The degree of it is necessary to grasp it well.

Otherwise, with Sima Yi's degree of favor in front of His Majesty, as long as he plays a letter, he is afraid that he will not be able to eat and walk away.

Immediately.

He said to the bald Shou Tian on his side: "Bald Shou Khotan, this time you go out of the city to attack the Han army food team, just shoot arrows from afar, and then turn back to the city, no love to fight!" ”

The bald Khotan is a noble species, and he nodded silently at this moment.

Here I want to say that the bald department is not because this tribe is bald, in fact, this bald hair is the pronunciation of the Xianbei tribe, which means quilt.

Tuoba Pigu's son Khotan was born in a quilt, so Khotan became a bald Khotan, and this tribe was named after it.

"Bald Warriors, kill the enemy with me!"

The bald Shou Khotan immediately selected five hundred elites in the army, and went out of Huayin City and rushed towards the Han army's food team.

Fifty paces away from the grain transport team, the bald Shou Khotan ordered the sergeants under his command to shoot arrows.

The rocket was ignited by the fire box and fired into the Han army's grain transport team, which immediately ignited a fire.

Seeing this, the bald Shou Tian immediately laughed, and turned back to Huayin City without fighting.

Seeing this situation, the city's lead also showed a smile on his face.

"I want to see what other moves you Zhuge Kongming has!"

And Zhuge Liang's moves, the lead move was soon seen.

Half an hour later, another convoy of grain came up.

At this moment, the grain transport team was cruising around the rangers, and the grain transport team also placed antlers, which were more than 1,200 steps away from Huayin City, obviously prepared.

"Do you think that by putting some antlers and letting a few Han cavalry cruise on the side, you can stop my Xianbei people's rockets?"

The bald man who had just returned to the city immediately sneered.

"Captain, please let my troops rush and kill again!"

This Zhuge Liang, does he think that there is too much grain and grass in his army?

What is the use of a few rangers?

Antlers are even more useless.

They don't charge into battle, they just shoot arrows from afar.

After releasing the cold arrows, run away, can you Zhuge Liang still catch them?

"Change horses, and burn hundreds of carts of grain and grass for the Han army!"

You have a lot of grain and grass in the Han Kingdom, right?

Then burn hard.

Seeing that the grain and grass of your Han Kingdom fell from the sky, I still don't believe that it can't be burned!

"No!"

The bald Shou Khotan immediately changed horses, left Huayin City, and immediately rushed towards the grain transportation team.

As before.

Fifty paces away, the rocket whizzed towards the Han army's grain convoy.

The people of the Han army's grain transportation team panicked, and immediately threw the antlers to reject the horse in place, pushing the grain cart and leaving, but where is the speed of the cart comparable to a four-legged war horse?

Soon, the Han army's grain transport team was ignited, and the people in the grain transport team had to abandon the car and flee.

"Hahaha! Zhuge Kongming, but that's it! ”

The bald Khotan led the troops to return to Huayin City calmly.

But when the bald Khotan went to Huayin City, less than half an hour later, outside Huayin City, there was another Han army grain transportation team, but this time, the Han army grain transportation team was not a thousand steps away from Huayin City, but 1,500 steps away.

"Humph!"

The bald Shou Khotan immediately snorted coldly and said, "Do you think that if you run farther, I won't be able to burn your grain and grass?" ”

On the first two occasions, the Han army burned 200 grain wagons, and this time the grain transport team was larger.

There were about 200 cartloads of grain and grass.

"Captain, please let me go and kill again!" Bald Khotan asks for war.

There was a look of hesitation on his face.

"Fifteen hundred steps, but it's too far?"

"Hahaha~"

The bald Shou Tian looked up to the sky and laughed, and said: "A thousand steps, for our Xianbei cavalry, I am only a few breaths of time, I am very afraid!" ”

Zhuge Liang's sinister and cunning, scheming image is really deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, and the deputy general is already a little afraid.

"This must be Zhuge Kongming's conspiracy, I can't fall for Zhuge Kongming's tricks!"

The bald Shou Khotan was already on the rise, and when he heard the deputy general's words to destroy his morale, his face immediately showed displeasure.

"Where's the trick? The grain carts have burned 200 carts, this time it was Zhuge Kongming who came to test us, if we don't step forward at 1,500 steps, we can only defend Huayin, and the cavalry will defend Huayin, what's the use? ”

"Captain, it's already dusk, let's last rush and kill!" The bald Khotan continued to ask for battle.

The adjutant general insisted on stopping it.

"It is said that two hundred carts of grain and grass were burned, maybe those two hundred carts were not carrying grain and grass, but soil and stones, then Zhuge Kongming used soil and stones to harm our military strength, and the general must not guard against it!"

The bald Khotan looked at the deputy general with some disgust.

Eggless guys, this is scared?

He was a warrior, but he was never afraid!

"This time I will go forward, I will verify it, if the grain truck burned before, loaded with soil and stones, I will turn around and leave, if it is not soil and stones, but grain and grass, I will shoot again!"

When I heard this, I also felt that what the bald man said made sense.

Burn 400 carts of grain and grass for the Han army.

If it is on the table, it can be regarded as a great credit.

I was moved.

"Go this time, be careful and be careful later!"

When the bald man heard this, he immediately nodded and took the order.

Soon.

The bald Khotan, who had changed into a war horse in the city, held a scimitar in his hand and a short bow and rocket tied to his horse, and immediately ran out of the city.

Sigh law ~

"Driving~"

"Rush!"

The Xianbei cavalry is like a pack of wild wolves on the grassland, cunning and ferocious.

They first rushed to the Han army's grain transport team, which had been burned and was still stained with fire.

The bald Khotan dismounted to inspect and immediately found handfuls of corn and wheat on the unburned grain bags.

"It's not food, what is it?"

Even if the earth and rock rocket is shot, it will be difficult to burn.

The lieutenant was obviously overthinking.

Zhuge Liang is testing their bottom line.

1,000 steps is not the bottom line, 1,500 steps is not the bottom line?

This time, your bald grandfather will tell you, don't say 1,500 steps, even if it is 10,000 steps, my Xianbei cavalry can come and go like the wind!

"Rush, burn the Han army's grain and grass!"

As on the previous two occasions, the bald Khotanese led his troops to a stop fifty paces away from the grain caravan, their eyes flashing with rampant and banter.

The cavalrymen took off their longbows from their backs, and with swift movements, mounted their rockets and drew their bowstrings.

The head of the rocket was ignited, and the flames jumped in the dusk breeze like orange-red snake letters.

"Shoot!"

With an order, the rocket pierced the sky like a meteor and flew towards the Han army's grain convoy with blazing firelight.

Outside the city, the soldiers of the Han army's grain transport team were pushing the grain carts in a panic, and the rockets fell from the sky and directly hit the trucks full of grain.

Huhuhu~

The flames spread rapidly, and the grain truck was instantly surrounded by raging fire, and thick smoke billowed out.

The Xianbei cavalry watched the fire grow bigger and bigger, and a smug smile appeared on their faces.

He even turned his head towards Huayin City, as if to say to the deputy general: "Look, what is there to worry about?" Isn't this done again? ”

The Xianbei cavalry succeeded in burning grain, while the people of the Han army's grain transportation team fell into panic and despair.

Some of them threw down their tools in a panic and ran in all directions; Others tried to extinguish the source with a variety of tools, but the fire was so large that their efforts seemed insignificant.

The air was filled with the smell of burnt and burning wood, and the cries of people in terror.

Seeing this, the Xianbei cavalry did not linger long, they turned their horses' heads, and calmly withdrew in the light of fire and smoke, leaving only chaos and despair outside the city.

However, the horses and antlers discarded by the Han army's grain transport team, as well as the remains of the grain transport team that were burned by fire, invisibly slowed down their retreat.

And this time is crucial!

Because Zhuge Liang hid the cavalry behind the high hills in the east in advance.

Originally, it was impossible to hide the war horses behind this high hill, and even people couldn't hide it, but they couldn't resist the Han army secretly digging more than a foot deep behind the high hill.

This is enough to hide the horses.

Knock knock~

The drums of war sounded.

"Rush!"

"Kill!"

Huo Yi led 1,000 cavalry, and immediately rushed out from behind the high hills, and the bald Khotan was obviously not mentally prepared for the sudden appearance of the Han army.

Where did these Han troops come from?

He wanted to drive his horse to retreat, but he was hindered by the antlers of the horse rejection, and his speed could not be fast, and he was soon glued by the Han army.

Puff puff~

The Xianbei cavalry is skilled in cavalry and archery, but in close combat, how can it be the opponent of the armored Han cavalry?

Often once it is glued, it cannot escape the end of death.

Gradually, more than half of the 500 cavalry were killed by the Han army, and the remaining half were surrounded by regiments.

The Han army's foot soldiers also came up, and the Xianbei cavalry, which had lost their speed, had already become a turtle in an urn.

On Huayin City, the face of the lead was very unpleasant, but he held back the anger in his heart, and said stubbornly: "With four hundred carts of grain and grass, in exchange for five hundred Xianbei cavalry, this battle is won by my Great Wei!" ”

However.

I wouldn't have thought that after losing this battle, Zhuge Liang still has a series of back-hands, waiting for him! (End of chapter)