So he sent people to Wancheng to report the situation to Lu Xun. Lu Xun summoned everyone to listen to the order and said: "There are stone pavilions in front of us. They are all mountain roads. You can ambush. Go and occupy the open area as soon as possible and arrange your formation until the Wei army arrives. ." Let Xu Sheng be the vanguard and lead the troops forward. Cao Xiu ordered Zhou Li to lead his troops forward. As he was walking, Cao Xiu asked, "Where are we?"
He replied: "There is a stone pavilion ahead, where we can garrison troops."
Cao Xiu followed this suggestion and took his army and various equipment to garrison in Shiting.
On the second day, the sentinel came to report: "I don't know how many Wu troops are ahead, but they are holding the mountain pass!"
After hearing this, Cao Xiu was very surprised and said: "Didn't Zhou Li say that Shiting had no soldiers and horses? Why did Soochow have already prepared for it?" So he sent people to look for Li, and soldiers came to report that he had more than a dozen soldiers. The cavalry had fled.
Cao Xiu suddenly realized and said: "I have fallen into the thief's scheme. Even so, there is nothing to be afraid of!"
So he sent general Zhang Pu as the vanguard, leading thousands of troops to fight the Wu army. When the two formations faced each other, Zhang Pu stepped out and cursed: "The thieves will come out and surrender!"
Xu Sheng rode out to fight, and the two fought in a one-on-one battle. After several rounds, Zhang Pu was no match, so he had to withdraw his troops and go back to see Cao Xiu, saying that Wu Jun Xu Sheng's martial arts was so powerful that he could not resist it.
After hearing this, Cao Xiu laughed and said: "I am going to use surprise troops to win the victory." So he asked Zhang Pu to ambush the south of Shiting with 20,000 troops, and asked Xue Qiao to ambush to the north of Shiting with 20,000 troops. , continued: "I will personally take a thousand soldiers and horses to challenge tomorrow. I will pretend to fail and lure them to the mountain to the north. I will fire cannons as a signal. We will attack from three sides and we will definitely win." The two of them left after being tricked. Each took 20,000 troops to ambush.
Lu Xun summoned Zhu Heng and Quan Cong in front of him and ordered: "You two each take 30,000 troops from Shiting Mountain Road to Cao Xiu's camp and set fire to it as a signal. I will personally lead the army to advance from the middle. Then Cao Xiu can Caught."
At ten o'clock in the evening, the two of them left according to the plan. At around the second watch, Zhu Heng led a pair of men and horses to the back of the Wei army camp. They encountered Zhang Pu's ambush. They did not know that they were enemy troops. When they asked about the situation, Zhu Heng was Killing the horse with a sword, the Wei army fled. Zhu Heng sent his rear troops to set fire. Quan Cong also led a group of troops to the back of the Wei army's camp. He happened to encounter Xue Qiao and killed him there for a while. Xue Qiao also failed and left. , the Wei army suffered a lot of losses and returned to the camp. Zhu Heng and Quan Cong came from behind and killed each other. Cao Xiu's camp was in chaos and they were fighting each other. Cao Xiu quickly mounted his horse and fled to the stone road. Xu Sheng led a large group of troops forward. , the Wei army suffered countless casualties, and those who fled lost their armor.
Cao Xiu was very surprised. He was running along the stone road when he suddenly saw a group of people rushing out of the alley. The general at the head was none other than Jia Kui. Cao Xiu became less frightened and regretted: "I didn't follow your advice, and it really led to this." This failure!”
Jia Kui said: "The governor can leave here quickly. If the Wu army cuts off the enemy with wood and rocks, we will all be in danger!" So Cao Xiu led his troops and horses to advance quickly. Many flags were set up along the path as suspicious soldiers. When Xu Sheng arrived, he saw the flags at the bottom of the hillside. He suspected there was an ambush and did not dare to pursue him, so he withdrew his troops and went back. So Jia Kui rescued Cao Xiu.
After Sima Yi heard about Cao Xiu's failure, he thought that Soochow was already prepared and there was no point in attacking again, so he retreated with his troops.
Lu Xun waited for the good news at Zhongjunzhai. Soon Xu Sheng, Zhu Huan, and Quan Cong all returned. They received countless vehicles, cattle and horses, donkeys and mules, military supplies, and equipment, as well as tens of thousands of Wei troops who surrendered. Lu Xun Very happy, he immediately returned to the capital of Wu together with the prefect Zhou Li and other generals.
King Wu Sun Quan led all the civil and military officials out of Wuchang City to greet Lu Xun. They received Lu Xun with the highest etiquette. The other generals also received rewards. Sun Quan saw that Zhou Li had no hair and comforted him: "You have achieved such great deeds with broken hair." , the merits should be remembered in our country of Wu." So Zhou Li was granted the title of Marquis of Guannei, and a large banquet was held to commemorate the soldiers and celebrate.
Lu Xundao said: "Now that Cao Xiu has been defeated, Wei is frightened, and the strength of the three countries has become more balanced. We can write a letter of credence and ask Zhuge Liang to send troops to attack from Qishan."
Sun Quan asked: "Last time you led troops and horses to attack Xiangyang, there were rifts in the Wu-Shu alliance. Will writing this book annoy them?"
He replied: "What happened in Xiangyang will make Xishu angry, but it will not let it command its troops. Their main opponent is Cao Wei, and the revival of the Han Dynasty is mainly aimed at Cao Wei, so they can write a letter of credence."
So Sun Quan followed this suggestion and asked the envoy to go to Xichuan with the letter.
In the autumn and September of the sixth year of Jianxing of the Shu Han Dynasty, Cao Xiu, the governor of Wei, was defeated in Shiting by Lu Xun, the governor of Eastern Wu. His vehicles, horses, and all kinds of gentleman's equipment were gone. Cao Xiu felt very ashamed and furious. When he arrived in Luoyang and was about to plead guilty, he suddenly found out. He became seriously ill and died.
Cao Rui had people carry out a grand burial, and Sima Yi also came back with his troops and horses. Everyone asked: "Captain Cao's defeat was due to him. Why did you return with your troops and horses before you went?"
Sima Yi said: "I know that Zhuge Liang knows that we have been defeated and will definitely take advantage of the opportunity to attack Chang'an. Besides, Longxi is the most important place. Who can resist? So I came back!"
After hearing this, everyone laughed and felt that Sima Yi was cowardly and found excuses not to fight a decisive battle with Soochow, so he returned.
In Hanzhong, Kong Ming gradually got over his failure in the street pavilion. As for Yu Yi, he was living in a harem. Although he read the signs every day, he always felt uncomfortable, and calling a doctor had no effect.
After Kong Ming learned of the situation, he went to see Yu Yi himself. Yu Yi just sighed: "I have been ill recently. I ask the Prime Minister to take more care of national affairs."
Kong Ming bowed and said, "It is my blessing to be able to share your worries for Your Majesty. I just wonder how Your Majesty feels?"
Kongming was a confidant, so Yuyi called him in front of him and told the real situation. It turned out that Yuyi often had dreams. The scenes in the dreams were all in modern times, but the content was not good. They all happened to his parents. Danger and need to be rescued.
Kong Ming analyzed: "Your Majesty's appearance is not old, and he has a heavy responsibility. Is there any new revelation?"
Yu Yi shook his head and said: "The last time I saw Donghua Immortal, he didn't explain it. He just said that when the power arrives, I will feel uncomfortable. Last time Sima Yi prepared to use the power of the demon star to sneak into your dream. By murdering you, we smashed his plan, and now there may be more than just one demon star, there are others, so I judge that we need to speed up the great cause of reunification in order to control the demon stars in advance to avoid causing greater danger."
Kong Ming said: "Your Majesty, don't worry, I have made complete preparations. This Northern Expedition will definitely not fail."
