On the second day, Zhang He and Dai Ling, together with more than a dozen lieutenants and more than 30,000 elite soldiers, advanced bravely. When they reached the camp halfway, Sima Yi left many soldiers and horses to guard the camp and only took 5,000 soldiers and horses to meet him. , and then moved forward. It turned out that Kong Ming sent people to investigate and saw the Wei army resting halfway. At night, Kong Ming gathered everyone together and discussed: "Now the Wei army has begun to pursue, and they will definitely fight to the death. You must fight one against ten, and I will use the ambush soldiers." A general who is not a wise and brave general will not be able to shoulder important responsibilities." Every time such an important matter happens, Wei Yan is always the first to stand up, and Kong Ming is also the first to look at Wei Yan, but Wei Yan lowers his head and remains silent. Wang Ping stood up at this time and said: "Let me go!"
Kong Ming asked: "What should I do if I fail?"
He replied: "I am willing to accept military orders."
Kong Ming sighed: "Wang Ping is so loyal that he is willing to risk his own life. Even so, the Wei army divided into two groups to attack. It is inferred that I am also ambushing in the middle. Even if Wang Ping is extremely brave, he can only block one group of troops. , how can we resist two groups? We must send another general, but there is really no general like Wang Ping in the army!" As soon as he finished speaking, a man stood up and said: "Then let me go! "
Kong Ming saw that the general who stood up was Zhang Yi. Kong Ming reminded: "Zhang He is a famous general in Wei State. He is brave and brave as no man can match. You are no match for him!"
Zhang Yi bowed and said: "If anything goes wrong, I am willing to sacrifice my head!"
Kong Ming nodded and said: "Since you dare to go, you and Wang Ping will each lead a team of elite soldiers to ambush in the valley. When the Wei army arrives, let him pass. You will cover him from behind with the ambush soldiers and horses. If Sima Yi rushes Come, divide your troops into two groups. Zhang Yi will lead one group as the rear group, while Wang Ping will lead his troops to intercept his front group. The two armies must fight to the death, so I will naturally have other strategies to help you." So the two of them. Go away after being tricked.
Kong Ming called Jiang Wei and Liao Hua again and said: "I will give each of you a kit, and take three thousand elite soldiers with them. They will lay down their troops and ambush on the front mountain. If you see the Wei army surrounding Wang Ping and Zhang Yi, you will be very angry." It's critical. Don't save me yet. Open the kit and take a look. I've already thought of a countermeasure inside." The two men took the kit and left, and then sent four generals, Wu Ban, Wu Yi, Ma Zhong, and Zhang Yi, quietly to He whispered in his ear: "If the Wei army comes after you tomorrow and is at full strength, and you cannot go to meet the enemy and retreat while fighting, then when Guan Xing comes to attack with his troops and horses, you can come back with his troops and horses to cover up the enemy." Naturally, I have soldiers and horses behind me to support me." After hearing this, the four people left with their soldiers and horses, and then found Guan Xing and ordered: "You take five thousand elite soldiers and ambush in the valley. When you see the red flag waving on the mountain, lead them. Lead the soldiers and horses to fight out." Guan Xing nodded, indicating that after knowing, he left with the soldiers and horses.
Zhang He and Dai Ling came with their troops and horses. In order to pursue the Shu army and perform meritorious service, they walked very fast, like a gust of wind. Ma Zhong, Zhang Yi, Wu Yi, and Wu Ban went out to fight. Zhang He was furious and led his troops. The horses advanced, but the Shu soldiers fought and retreated. The Wei army pursued them for more than twenty miles. It was June and it was very hot. The Wei army moved too fast and sweated like rain. The horses could not stand the scorching sun. They walked for fifty miles. At that time, the Wei army was out of breath due to sweating too much and had no physical strength at all. After Kong Ming saw it on the mountain, he waved the red flag and Guan Xing led his troops to fight out. Ma Zhong and other four generals came out together. Zhang He and Dai Ling knew that there was no way to turn back at this time, so they had no choice but to fight to the death. Suddenly there was a loud shout, and two more people came out. It was Wang Ping and Zhang Yi who were ambushing here. They fought bravely and cut off the enemy. Wei Jun's retreat.
Seeing this, Zhang He shouted to everyone: "We have chased you here. If we don't fight to the death, how long will we have to wait!"
The Wei army fought hard and couldn't get away. Suddenly, trumpets shook the sky behind them. Sima Yi arrived with his elite troops. He commanded the crowd and surrounded Wang Ping and Zhang Yi in the center. Zhang Yi shouted: "The Prime Minister is really a god, he can actually do this. One step! Since he used us as bait, he must have a good plan, and we must fight to the death!" So the troops divided into two groups, intercepting Zhang He and Dai Ling on one side, and blocking the army led by Sima Yi on the other. Both sides were fighting to the death, shouting The sound shook the sky.
Jiang Wei and Liao Hua were watching on the mountain. They saw that the Wei army was powerful and the Shu army was getting weaker and weaker. It was slowly unable to resist. Jiang Wei said to Liao Hua: "We have reached a critical moment. Hurry up and open the ingenious plan the prime minister gave us."
The two opened it and looked at it. It read: "If Sima Yi brings troops and horses to besiege Wang Ping and Zhang Yi, and the situation is very critical, you two can divide your troops into two groups and attack Sima Yi's camp specifically. Then Sima Yi will definitely If you know how to retreat, you can take advantage of the chaos and attack. Although the camp cannot be defeated, you can win a complete victory." The two men were very happy after seeing this, and immediately divided their troops into two groups and walked towards Sima Yi's camp.
Sure enough, as Kong Ming expected, Sima Yi was also afraid that the camp would be intercepted and had no way to retreat. He fell into Kong Ming's plan and set up special personnel along the road to continuously deliver information. Sima Yi urged the Wei army to move forward and wiped out Wang Ping and Zhang Yi's troops. When he came to report that the Shu army was attacking the big camp in two groups, Sima Yi looked very surprised and said to everyone: "Fortunately, I have already predicted that Kong Ming has a plan. If you don't believe it, you insist on attacking by force, which almost delays the event!" "So he returned with his troops and horses. People were panicked. Zhang Yi's army came to attack, and the Wei army was defeated. Zhang He and Dai Ling saw Sima Yi turn around and leave. Their power was getting smaller and smaller, so they could only escape to remote roads in the mountains. As a result, the Shu army was greatly defeated. After the victory, Guan Xing led troops and horses to coordinate the various Shu armies behind him. Sima Yi failed for a while. When he returned to the camp, the Shu army had already returned.
Sima Yi was very angry and took out his anger on the generals, saying: "You all don't know the art of war. You all rely on your blood and courage to forcefully go into battle. That's why you have such a failure. In the future, you must not act rashly or fail to comply again." , handle it according to military law!" Everyone felt very ashamed and left. Many Wei soldiers died and many horses and equipment were discarded.
The Shu army was proud of this battle, and the victorious troops entered the camp, preparing to continue to expand their advantage.
In Hanzhong, Yu Yi was very depressed because the matter of Prime Minister Qin had not been resolved. He had no choice but to follow the advice of the ministers and sent people to Qingcheng Mountain to invite the worldly master Li Yi. When Liu Bei started the battle of Xiaoting, Li Yi came. He drew some pictures to show that Liu Bei would gather troops and Yu Yi would occupy half of Jingzhou. These were actually realized. Yu Yi also liked him very much, so when Qin Xiang turned into black smoke, he also wanted to invite him as an adviser. one time.
Li Yi hadn't come yet, but Zhang Bao came back first. The soldiers came back and reported that Zhang Bao rushed too hard on the front line, and he and his horse fell to the bottom of a small cliff and broke his head. Kong Ming asked him to come back to recover from his injuries.
When the noble Zhang Nu heard that something had happened to her brother, she also came out of the harem and asked Yu Yi for a visit. Yu Yi nodded and visited Zhang Nu together.
