Kong Ming selected a very eloquent military advisor and gave instructions on the strategy. The sergeant took the order and left, taking the letter to Wei Guoying stronghold to see Sima Yi. Sima Yi called him in, opened the letter, read it, and asked: "Who are you?" ?" replied: "My hometown is from the Central Plains. Because I am living in Shu, I am not allowed to return. It just so happens that Zheng Wen and I are from the same hometown. Now Kong Ming has the credit for killing Qin Lang because of Zheng Wen. As a vanguard, Zheng Wen specially sent me to hold it. I sent a letter to the Grand Governor and made an appointment tomorrow night to raise a fire as a signal. I hope that the Grand Governor will lead the army to rob the Shu army camp as soon as possible. Zheng Wen will act as an internal agent and wipe out the Shu army in one fell swoop."
Sima Yi asked repeatedly, and the other party answered fluently without revealing any flaws. He read the letter again and again, compared the handwriting, and made sure it was Zheng Wen's handwriting. Then he rewarded the sergeant with some food and ordered: "Then I will use today's second update as the deadline. Personally lead the army to rob the camp. If something big is accomplished, I will definitely use you!"
The military adviser said goodbye and returned to the camp to report the details to Kong Ming. Kong Ming performed a sacrifice. After that, he summoned Wang Ping and Zhang Ni to give instructions on the strategy. He also summoned Ma Zhong and Ma Dai to make another strategy. He also called Wei Yan. After giving some instructions, Kong Ming took a dozen people and sat on a high mountain to direct everyone.
Sima Yi saw Zheng Wen's letter and ensured the authenticity of the content, so he prepared to take his two sons to rob the Shu army camp. The eldest son, Sima Shi, advised him: "Why did my father enter the important place in person based on a letter? What should we do if there is fraud in it? Why not send someone else there, and it would be safer to have my father as a backup."
Sima Yi accepted this suggestion and sent Qin Lang with 10,000 soldiers and horses to rob the Shu army camp overnight. Sima Yi personally led the soldiers and horses to respond. At night, the wind was clear and the moon was bright. At the time of the second watch, dark clouds suddenly appeared. , black energy appeared, blocking the moon, and I could not see my fingers or the other side. Sima Yi was very happy and said: "This is God blessing me to succeed!"
So he ordered everyone to advance softly, and the horses were tied up to prevent them from barking. They drove straight in. Qin Lang was at the forefront, leading tens of thousands of horses. After entering the Shu army camp, he saw no one. Only then did he know that he had been tricked, and hurriedly shouted Shouting to retreat, suddenly torches were lit from all directions, and the shouts shook the ground. Wang Ping and Zhang Ni were on the left, and Ma Dai and Ma Zhong were on the right. The two groups of people fought together. Qin Lang fought to the death and could not come out. Behind him, Sima Yi saw the Shu army camp. The fire in the village was soaring into the sky, and the shouts were endless. Not knowing the situation of the Wei army, I could only urge the soldiers and horses to move forward and rush into the fire. At this moment, there was a shout, the drums and horns were loud, and the artillery shook the ground. There was Wei Yan on the left and Wei Yan on the right. Jiang Wei fought in two directions. The Wei army was defeated and suffered heavy losses. They fled in all directions. At this time, the 10,000 soldiers led by Qin Lang were surrounded by the Shu army. The surrounding archers fired arrows at random. Qin Lang finally died in the chaos. , Sima Yi led the defeated army back to the camp.
After the third watch, the weather became clear, and Kong Ming was on the top of the mountain. It caused a strong backlash to the caster. Kong Ming was originally not in good health. After the spell was completed, he felt happy, but he also felt a pain in his heart, but he could not speak. After the Shu army won a complete victory, Kong Ming used the spell to kill Black The Qi dissipated, and the Shu army only saw Kong Ming's confidence, but did not see the mouthful of blood spit out by Kong Ming hiding in the dark.
After Kongming returned to the camp, the first thing he did was to send warriors to behead Zheng Wen, and then discuss ways to attack the south of the Wei River. He sent troops and horses to challenge him every day. Sima Yi was defeated and his vitality was severely damaged. He did not dare to go out to fight. Kongming personally took a small car. , came to the Qishan Mountain, the Weishui River East and West, went to the site to check the geographical environment, and suddenly came to the mouth of a valley, and saw that it was shaped like a gourd, which could accommodate thousands of people, and was surrounded by valleys on both sides, which could accommodate four or five hundred people. Surrounded by two mountains, only one person and one cavalry could pass through. After Kongming saw it, he was very happy and asked the guide: "This place is very strange. May I know the name of the place?"
He replied: "This is Shangfang Valley, also known as Calabash Valley."
After Kong Ming heard this, he thought that the place name was very vivid, and this place could be used. After returning to the camp, Kong Ming summoned Du Rui and Hu Zhong, explained the subsequent plan, and sent them to take the army craftsmen with them. More than a thousand people entered the Gourd Valley and made wooden oxen and horses as backup. They also sent Ma Dai with 500 soldiers to guard the entrance of the valley.
Kong Ming said to Ma Dai: "Don't let those craftsmen out, and outsiders are also not allowed to enter. I will come to inspect from time to time. This time I can catch Sima Yi's plan. In this one move, we must not leak our news."
Ma Dai was ordered to leave, and Du Rui and the other two supervised the craftsmen's production in Hulu Valley as required. Kong Ming went to inspect the situation and the progress of the project every day.
After a few days like this, Chang Shi Yang Yi suddenly came in and said, "Now that all the food has arrived at Jiange, it's just people and horses, so it's inconvenient to transport it. What should we do?"
Kong Ming smiled and said: "I have already thought about this matter. We purchased a lot of wood before, as well as the wood that was transported by gathering the strength of the whole country. We are sending people to make wooden cows and horses. This thing is specially used to transport grain and grass. , very convenient, and this tool does not require water or food, and can operate overnight." After speaking, he looked up at the sky and looked very sad. It turned out that this method of making wooden cows and flowing horses was thought up by Lei Chunze, who is one of the world's top craftsmen. , his inventions spread all over the world. That day when he came out of Qishan, Lei Chunze took the initiative to find Prime Minister Kong Ming and asked whether there was enough food and grass for the front line. This eventually led to the problem of transporting food and grass, so he took out a drawing. After reading it, his wife Huang Yueying clicked her tongue. He was amazed and told Kong Ming that it was the greatest invention. Kong Ming didn't take it seriously at first, thinking that those mechanisms were all deceptive tricks. In the war, things changed rapidly. As a result, when the first wooden cow and horse were tried, the previous changes were immediately changed. This method is the key to solving the food and grass problem this time. As for the design, the inspiration came from Yu Yi. After what happened to Li Yan, Yu Yi was very angry and prepared to behead him. Later, the minister came to persuade him, saying that Li Yan was an important minister of Western Shu, and the noble families behind him had status. After the execution, he was afraid of chaos, so he exempted Li Yan from the death penalty and exiled him as an ordinary citizen. However, the matter of grain and grass transportation also came into Yu Yi's field of vision. He knew that the biggest reason for Li Yan's rebellion was the grain and grass transportation problem, which will be discussed later. He sighed: "It would be very labor-saving if we leave the matter of grain transportation to specialized machinery." Others did not take this sentence seriously, but Lei Chunze took it to heart when he heard it, so he began to study. I observed in the fields that cows are powerful and have the strongest transportation capacity, while horses are less powerful, so I wanted to design a mechanically propelled cow. After hundreds of failures, I finally developed the current wooden cow and horse. .
