"General, look! Zhang He has retreated!" Wang Ping could no longer suppress his excitement and shouted loudly.
Li Xian frowned at this time. Zhuge Liang's reinforcements had not arrived. Why would Zhang He retreat at this time? Could it be that the mediocre Meng Da has rebelled? If Meng Da rebelled, he would not be able to pass Sima Yi's test anyway, but why would Zhang He retreat at this time? These questions kept circling in his mind. After thinking about it, he immediately understood that this was a trap. The retreat must be fake, and ambushing the pursuers was his real intention.
"Be calm and don't be impatient!" Li Xian thought about it and immediately ordered, "Zhang He wants to lure our troops out of the city, so we must not fall into his trap!"
Wang Ping looked displeased and gritted his teeth and said: "General! Zhang He is retreating now because the prime minister has already defeated Shanggui and there is no point in delaying here. I would like to ask the general to give the order to go to war and avenge his dead brothers!"
"Impossible! If Shanggui has been defeated, but I have never received the Prime Minister's military order, this is a trap! You must not pursue it!" Li Xian said again.
"General! If you refuse to fight, aren't you afraid of chilling the hearts of the soldiers of the three armies! Our army is anxious every day in this city, watching our brothers fall into a pool of blood one by one. Doesn't it mean that General really doesn't want to fight with Zhang He? Do we want to fight to the death together?" Wang Ping raised his hands and said sonorously. Obviously, Wang Ping's words really represent the thoughts of countless defenders. Even though many people know that it is absolutely wrong to go out to fight in the city, they are still so angry that they can't calm down. At Wang Ping's call, the young sergeant began to spontaneously petition for pursuit out of the city.
"General Wang! It's obvious that Zhang He is pretending to retreat. There must be ambushes on both sides of the mountain road!" Li Xian was really confused when he saw these soldiers who were almost asking for help. There are only ten thousand people in the city. Once they leave the city and encounter an ambush, the defenders will There were no city sergeants who could even be rotated, so how could Wang Ping be allowed to lead his soldiers and horses deep into such a dangerous area.
"General Wang! This general has an order! Do not leave the city to pursue us. Anyone who disobeys the order will be killed!" Li Xian issued the military order again.
Wang Ping said angrily: "General, I will send my army out of the city! If it is not under your control, you have no right to command! Let me kill the enemy and make a contribution!" Suddenly he ran to the camp gate and gathered the unworthy flying army from his headquarters. , he was about to leave the city, but he saw a scholar standing with his sword across the city gate.
"General Ziyuan." Ma Su said calmly, standing with his sword across the sword.
Wang Ping was confused for a moment as to why Ma Di was under the city gate: "General Ma, what does this mean?"
Ma Su shook his head and said: "He is just a defeated general, but he is your general after all. If you leave the city, I will kill myself under the city gate to persuade you!"
"No!" Wang Ping was stunned for a moment. He never expected that Ma Su would be so strong at this moment, and he immediately exclaimed.
"Then your soldiers move back!" Ma Di shouted sternly, and then put the long sword in his hand across his neck.
Wang Ping had no choice but to call his useless flying army to retreat.
"Retreat!" Ma Su was no longer afraid of life and death at this time and moved forward angrily. Although Wang Ping did not obey Ma Su's orders, if Ma Su died because of him and he was ambushed when he left the city, it would obviously not be possible to kill him even if he was ambushed. It was too much, and I was shocked in my heart, so I had to call on my subordinates to retreat again, all the way to their own camp.
Ma Su then put away the long sword in his hand: "Everyone in the Wudang Feijun will obey my orders now. From now on, they will all be under the control of General Li Xian. They are not allowed to leave the city to fight without orders!"
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Wei army camp.
"Uncle, after three attempts, Li Xian didn't fall for it at all, so let's attack by force." Le Lin said obviously displeased.
Zhang He was silent at this time. After all, he was a famous general on the battlefield, but this man refused to leave the city for a decisive battle. Even a pumpkin would be so angry that it would blossom at this moment. If he had known this, if he had not pitied the lives of the soldiers, he might as well have attacked directly in the first place. .
Zhang He once again ordered the entire army to turn back and camp under the city again. He also ordered Le Lin to be the vanguard and start a strong attack with 20,000 infantry.
Le Lin, who was attacking the city, was surprised to find that the rain of arrows on the city wall had never stopped. Even if there were more divine arm archers, they still needed time to change their arrows. It was not until the soldiers who had ascended first retreated that he could see clearly. , the archers were divided into three rows, one person shot arrows in front, and immediately changed to the next row after shooting. The sergeant in the last row was responsible for assembling the arrows, and the cooperation was flawless. Now his only situation is that he is using the names of these soldiers. When he went to exchange for Li Xian's arrow reserves, he became more and more horrified.
"General, General Lelin attacked the city no less than ten times today, but was shot back by the enemy every time."
Zhang He was very distressed in the Chinese army's formation. Not only did he break the city in three days, but now it was even more difficult to climb the city wall. This was the reason why he was unwilling to attack by force in the first place.
"Tell Le Lin to rush up with all her strength! If we don't break the city in three days, the whole army will be held accountable!" Zhang He suddenly burst into anger. He was furious with Longcheng. In anger, he put on armor and came to the front of the battle formation to supervise the battle. .
Arriving in front of the formation, Zhang He discovered that arrows were raining down and corpses were piled up like mountains. These early soldiers had no way to climb over the ten-meter-high fault. Even if many of them could reach the top of the city, they would not meet them. The invulnerable vine-armored soldiers were transformed into hedgehogs and pushed down the city wall.
Zhang He, who was extremely angry, shouted loudly: "Whoever breaks this city, kills Li Xian, makes ten thousand households a marquis, and gets a reward of ten thousand taels!"
For a time, the morale of the former army was greatly boosted after hearing this, and even more dead soldiers volunteered to go up first.
Unexpectedly, after a while, there was a loud shout from above the city.
"Whoever takes Zhang He's head will be rewarded with a pig!"
The morale that Le Lin's former army had just raised seemed to be removed at this moment, and many of them even started to cover their mouths and laugh.
"I am so angry!" Zhang He became furious after hearing this. He immediately waved his spear and ordered: "Attack me! Attack with your life!"
"General Zhang! There is a letter from Chang'an saying that Sima Yi, the governor of Jingzhou, led the soldiers of Wancheng. After Shangyong captured Meng Da, he gathered together about 80,000 soldiers. They came to assist the general a few days ago and brought a lot of siege equipment. !”
Zhang He then put away his furious attitude, stroked his beard and smiled: "Okay! Okay! Okay! Just wait until Sima Yi and our army join forces, and let's see how our army breaks this city!"
Longcheng.
"Report! General, the Prime Minister has trapped Guo Huai to death in Shanggui. Xiahou Mao fled to Nan'an at night and was captured by General Tian. In order to cover Xiahou Mao's escape, Guo Huai was shot and killed by Wei's general Jiang Wei. The Prime Minister said that he had If I fail you, we will arrive at the street pavilion soon. I hope the general will do his best to defend the city."
Li Xian nodded and signaled the ordering soldiers to retreat. Gong Jie held up his hands and said: "General, it will take three days for Prime Minister Ru to come from Shanggui at this moment. If the Wei army has reinforcements, it will be reached within three days. What is the general's response?"
Li Xian shook his head and said: "At this point, there is no countermeasure at all. What I am worried about now is whether Sima Yi will bring troops from Wancheng to help. If this person comes, you and I will both be buried under this city. "
"General, you are not even afraid of Cao Zhen, so why should you be afraid of this man?" Gong Jie asked confused.
Li Xian sighed. If he told this person to listen, he wouldn't understand. He could only wave his hand to indicate that he could continue to command the divine arm archers to defend the city. Didn't he know in his heart that if he followed Sima Yi's marching route, he would have arrived in two days without bringing siege equipment. If he had brought siege equipment, it would also have taken three days. If he arrived at the same time, then he would have arrived in this narrow street. The Pavilion battlefield will be a duel between two top wise men, unless one of them wants to take a step forward.
Li Xian seemed to have thought of something for a moment, and called the messenger back and asked: "Where did Jiang Wei, the surrendered general of Wei, shoot Guo Huai?"
"To the east of Tianshui City, at the foot of Iron Cage Mountain."
"When did it happen?"
"One day ago."
"Okay, you go down first." Li Xian asked, and then he thought, in history, Guo Huai was shot by Jiang Wei at the foot of Iron Cage Mountain, and died after returning to the camp. Unexpectedly, it was inevitable to escape his fate. If Jiang Wei was here If they had already set off at that time, they would be one day ahead of Wei's reinforcements. Thinking of this, his mind moved slightly, but he still commanded the defense in an orderly manner.
Two days later, Le Lin attacked no less than fifty times in total, and was either shot back by arrows, or climbed to the top of the city and was turned into a hedgehog by vine-armored spearmen and pushed down.
Zhang He, who was supervising the battle, asked anxiously: "Where is Sima Yi? Didn't he say he would arrive soon? Why hasn't he arrived yet?"
"Commander Sima should be on the way, he will arrive in one day at most." Zuo Zuo had no choice but to answer.
"Report! General, the flags of our army are flashing in the rear. It is not clear whether they are enemy troops or friendly troops!"
Zhang He said angrily: "Let me see it clearly and then come back and report!"
"yes!"
"Report! General, a large number of Shu troops were found behind our army, suspected to be Zhuge Liang's headquarters!"
"Who is the general at the front?"
"It's Tianshui Jiang Wei!"
"What?" Zhang He was surprised for a moment, then regained his composure, and immediately commanded: "The whole army listens to the order, stop attacking the city, and temporarily retreat to Chencang Pass!"
"Yes, follow the general's orders!"
Zhang He was helpless for a moment, thinking that Guo Huai could hold on for a few more days, but he never expected that Zhuge Liang would come so quickly, even a day faster than Sima Yi.
In the blink of an eye, another messenger came to report: "Report! General, our reinforcements were discovered at Chencang Road crossing, they are the front of Sima Commander-in-Chief!"
"Listen to the order and station the entire army at the Chencang crossing and join forces with Governor Sima!" Zhang He raised his spear again and commanded. Then he glanced at Longcheng and sighed with emotion: "I'm afraid it will be difficult to capture this city!"
The Wei army camp at Chencang Road crossing.
"Dad, why are you coming so fast in the starry night? Why don't you just wait until Cao Zhen loses Chang'an and then try to turn the tide?" A young general said with his hands raised, it was Sima Zhao.
Unexpectedly, Sima Yi heard this and said angrily: "What are you thinking? If Chang'an is lost, the country will be destroyed. Do you still have the slightest intention to serve the country with all your loyalty?"
"Dad, Brother Zhao is just not convinced that Cao Zhen always outdoes his father even though he has no talent, so he said angrily out of desperation." Master Sima quickly said with his hands in hand.
Sima Yi was also confused at this time: "Forget it, let's not worry about this matter. How can we break Long City like this? What's your plan?"
Master Sima cupped his hands and said: "Dad, I think that if we attack Longcheng by force, it will inevitably take a long time, and Shanggui has been lost, so there is no point in lingering here for a long time. It is better to change the route to Lieliu City, gain stability, and surround Lieliu City. Then Zhuge Liang will definitely come to the rescue, and when the time comes, he can defeat it in one fell swoop!"
When Sima Yi heard this, he pinched his beard with one hand and held the table with the other. He smiled half-heartedly and said, "As expected of you, you are my son. He is good at planning. As a father, I will listen to your words." He then looked at Sima Zhao with a straight face and said, "You Listen to me, I will keep you here in the garrison to assist General Zhang He, and you are not allowed to lead troops out of the camp to fight without my general order!"
Sima Zhao quickly knelt down and said, "Follow your father's orders!"
