In Xia Houyuan's eyes, Zhuge Liang's only knowledge came from the word-of-mouth message from the Jingxiang scholars that the sleeping dragon and the phoenix chick would bring peace to the world.
He did not agree with saying that it was he who had supported Uncle Liu Huang who was at the end of his life to the point where he dared to stroke the tiger's beard in front of Cao Cao today.
Zhuge Liang did make a lot of efforts to bring Liu Bei to where he is today, but this is not his personal contribution. It is mostly due to the support of the Huang family, and Liu Qi's influence in Jingxiang.
He has never staged a real battle.
In fact, Guo Jia's knowledge of Zhuge Liang is almost blank.
In an era when literati were indifferent to each other, they were accustomed to either praise or criticize, and it was difficult to make a fair judgment. Therefore, Guo Jia did not believe all those words of praise. He believed in his own eyes more.
At present, Liu Jun is condescending, but there is no movement at all during the night, not even a tentative attack, let alone an attempt to lure the enemy out of the stronghold. From this point, it can be judged that Zhuge Liang must be waiting for the opportunity.
The foggy day was a God-given opportunity. I would rather believe that he had already figured it out than to rashly bet that he was holding back on other methods.
However, even if it is certain that Zhuge Liang will take advantage of the foggy weather to make a fuss, how to fight is itself a problem.
Guo Jia knelt down, picked up a few dead branches and stones on the ground, and arranged a map model of the two villages.
Seeing this, Xia Houyuan quickly took a torch from the sergeant on the side to illuminate him.
After the models of the two camps were set up, Guo Jia placed a long dead branch between the two camps and murmured: "The military's vision has been blocked, and the two camps are not connected to each other."
Afterwards, stones were placed between the two villages to simulate Liu Jun's attack.
"It seems a bit shallow to make false claims in the east and attack in the west."
"Is it cut off in the middle? This is a bit interesting, but leaving the stronghold means risks. Unless necessary, he should know that he cannot lure the sergeants from the two strongholds."
"The rockets set the wall on fire, forcing me to send out troops, and then attack it. The probability of this move is higher, but he may not guess that I also know the secret. If I don't know the secret, this move will expose the target."
"If I were to use troops, this would not be the case. I would still use the connection between the two strongholds to make a fuss. At least on the surface, there is a high probability of an ambush in the middle. But once I leave the stronghold, there is a risk of being captured by the Chinese army.
To show one's weakness and attack one's strength, well, that's the best way to do it. "
Xia Houyuan, who was holding a torch, stood aside and watched Guo Jia talking to himself quietly without interrupting him. He was still very patient.
When Guo Jia stood up, there was a trace of excitement in his tired eyes, and his voice was hoarse: "General, please lead an army to Zhang He's army camp tomorrow. Remember to hold a big banner, and wait until nightfall. Leading the cavalry back, no flags can be seen to confuse Liu Jun."
"It's easy to handle. I'm afraid Liu Jun won't dare to make any move at dawn." It's broad daylight and the field of vision is wide. Even if the two villages are quite far apart, the rescue won't be a big problem.
Although he still didn't know what Guo Jia wanted to do, after the battle in Anfeng, Xiahou Dun told him personally that he was defeated because of not listening to Guo Jia's advice.
In addition, Cao Cao also gave many instructions before going on the expedition, and now he obeyed Guo Jia's words.
Two days passed in the blink of an eye.
When the sun sets, a thin layer of dusk begins to cover the earth.
As night falls, the humidity becomes heavier and thicker fog gradually begins to fill the air. To say that you can't see your fingers is an exaggeration, but from a distance of ten steps, even if you hold a torch, you can only see a faint fog. Just a group of light.
In addition to the original darkness, at this moment, there is darkness and thick fog under the floating mountain. There are sentries watching the night in the village. They hear the footsteps first before seeing the people.
Under such circumstances, from time to time you can hear someone shouting from the distance, "Password!"
There is no way, with such visibility, God knows who is coming, even if they are in the village, they don't dare to be careless.
What's more, each of them knows clearly that there is likely to be a shocking battle tonight.
In the Chinese army tent, Xia Houyuan was wearing a strong sword and a sword at the side, ready to take action at any time.
In front of him were two burly men, one named Xiji and the other Gao Zuo, both of whom served as Xia Houyuan's lieutenants.
In fact, both of them were powerful in battle, but at this time, they were placed in the position of deputy generals. In fact, it was also due to the lack of generals in Cao's army.
After several battles, Cao Cao's generals were severely damaged.
Except for Dian Wei, who should have been killed in the battle in history, survived, Cao Chun, Cao Xiu, Cao Zhen, Li Dian, Le Jin, Li Tong, etc. all died in the battle.
Yu Jin and Man Chong returned to Lu Bu.
This actually gives them a certain position.
In fact, there are still some top military generals or handsome men. Brothers Cao Hong and Cao Ren are both good. It is a pity that the Central Plains needs them to be in charge, and they cannot all bring Jingzhou.
Xu Chu, Dian Wei and the newly recruited Wenpin were all considered to be the best in the world, but they were taken by Cao Cao to attack Yizhou.
The battle between Sichuan and Sichuan was actually not too difficult for Cao Cao.
First of all, after the change of ownership in Hanzhong, the internal conflicts in Sichuan and Shu became more and more serious. Most of the Dongzhou faction advocated sticking to it, because they had power in Sichuan, and it was not necessarily possible to change the master. Hanzhong is the most typical example of this. example of.
But the local heroes in Sichuan and Sichuan are more in favor of surrender, because they have been suppressed by the Dongzhou faction for many years and urgently need to change their masters.
In such a collision of contradictions, the so-called foreign aid provided by Liu Zhang failed again. First, Lu Bu's army fought a bloody battle with ten troops in Sizhou, and then Liu Bei's letter, as Liu Bei was separated from Jingbei in the middle. , simply does not have the ability to appease Kawachi.
The most critical point is that there are many traitors in Sichuan. People like Fazheng and Zhang Song do not have military power, but Meng Da and others do. They were brainwashed by Fazheng and began to defect.
In this context, Cao Cao has chosen to bring the most elite generals to the front line, hoping to capture Yizhou in the shortest possible time.
Naturally, there were not many generals left for Xiahou Yuan to guard Jingxiang. Cai Hao and Zhang Yun were mostly naval officers, and the only ones who were somewhat capable in land warfare were Lei Ji and Gao Zuo.
However, the two of them still have some abilities. During the war in the Central Plains, they led a small army to engage in life-and-death battles in close combat, and they did well.
When attacking Hanzhong, Xun You's Fire Bull Formation broke through the stronghold, but the troops led by the two of them were the first to rush into Zhang Weijun's stronghold.
"Du~"
Just after Xu Shi, an attack bugle sounded outside the village.
Immediately afterwards, sounds of fighting came from all directions.
If this happened on a normal day, not to mention the sergeants in the village who would be horrified and put on their armor and pick up weapons in a hurry, nervously preparing for battle, even Xia Houyuan, Xiezhi and Gao Zuo in the Chinese army tent would be highly nervous. stand up.
But now.
The three people in the Chinese military tent remained motionless, and no sergeant came to report in panic. It seemed that everyone was aware of all this and had expected it.
He just said with emotion, "Mr. Guo is really a genius. He said it will be foggy tonight, and it will be foggy. He said it would be the latest at midnight, and the Liu family would take action, and sure enough they did."
Xia Houyuan smiled and felt that this battle was becoming more and more interesting.
In fact, he didn't pay attention to a character like Liu Bei at all earlier, but after things developed to this point, it did prove that Zhuge Liang was a great talent.
It's a pity that Mr. Wolong seems to have been guessed by Guo Jia.
"General, I'd better return to Nanzhai first. Staying here always feels a little uneasy." After sitting for a while, the sound of horns and the sounds of fighting didn't stop, and Gao Zuo couldn't sit still.
Xia Houyuan raised his forehead and said, "It's up to you, go ahead, but they will definitely not take any action for a while, so it's better to make some arrangements first."
Gao Zuo stood up and handed over his hands, and left quickly. As soon as he left, Liji naturally followed him out. Xia Houyuan was left feeling bored, so he went to the cavalry camp behind the military camp early.
At this time, Liu Bei and Zhuge Liang stood side by side on the floating mountain, looking down the mountain, with calmness and indifference in their eyes.
In fact, from this angle, nothing can be seen. The bonfires in Cao Jun's camp that are usually visible have long been isolated by the heavy fog.
But the two of them still stood there, especially Liu Bei, who closed his eyes and looked like he could hear the movement up and down.
"This time, we encircled instead of attacking. The momentum was so great that Cao's army in the stronghold must have been frightened.
When there was still no movement from our army for an hour or two, they realized that this was a trick to deceive the enemy. Our real goal was the east stronghold, and Xia Houyuan was in the east stronghold at the moment. Even if there was no letter asking for help, Zhang He would definitely I dare not send troops to rescue.
But he was also worried that we would ambush him halfway, so even if he rushed to the rescue, he wouldn't be too fast.
When the elite left the stronghold, there were seven to eight thousand defenders in the stronghold and no generals were stationed in the stronghold. Coupled with several hours of tension and fear, they were already exhausted. As soon as the ugly moment passed, Yide and Zhongmiao rushed in brazenly, and the stronghold was destroyed. Must be broken!
Sir, he is truly an extraordinary person from all over the world. His intelligence and strategy are even better than those of Lin Mo. I admire him, I admire him! "
Liu Bei was in a good mood. Looking at the dark and blurry front, replicating Zhuge Liang's military arrangements, he was truly shocked in his heart by Zhuge Liang's deployment.
Whether it was predicting the appearance of heavy fog, or arranging troops and horses after the heavy fog came, and understanding the psychology of Cao's army, they were all accomplished to the extreme.
In this battle, it looked like a sneak attack on Xizhai, but on top of the sneak attack, several fogs fell in succession. Liu Bei was even sure that, let alone destroying Xia Houyuan, who was here today, even if he was called by Cao Cao, Lin Yunwen, who can defeat millions of soldiers, was defeated.
"Actually, as long as Cao Jun defends the two strongholds day and night, there will be nothing he can do. Unfortunately, the force of the two strongholds set up this time is precisely the risk of defeat."
Zhuge Liang focuses on a communication problem.
Although he did not think that even Lin Mo Shou would lose here as Liu Bei thought. In fact, he did not dare to underestimate Guo Jia in his heart, but judging from the formation of troops this time, Zhuge Liang was confident that he could defeat the enemy. .
One of the two strongholds was destroyed, the morale of the army was already cold, and the isolated stronghold had no support. By then, even if Zhang Fei went out to summon the fighting generals, it would be fine.
What's more, Zhuge Liang also prepared a big gift for Guo Jia.
Very stable.
Now, what Liu Bei is worried about is not whether he will win this battle, but that after winning this battle, he will give a big gift again, and he must keep Xia Houyuan's life here.
As long as Xia Houyuan dies, Nanjun will be much easier to fight.
Once Nanjun is obtained, he will have Jiangxia, Changsha, Guiyang, Lingling, Wuling and Nanjun on hand, occupying most of Jingxiang.
At the same time, you can enter the Central Plains by heading north, and attack Sichuan and Shu by sending troops to the west. Kongming's Longzhong is opposite, but it has been stated long ago that he will capture Jingzhou first, then go to Yizhou, conquer Zhurong in the west, Fu Yiyue in the south, and Jiexun in the outside. Family, internal repair military affairs.
As long as the world changes, we can leave Qinchuan and drive to the Central Plains.
Just looking forward to it, Liu Bei couldn't help but want to laugh out loud.
At the foot of the mountain, outside Cao Jun's west stronghold, Zhang Fei and Huo Jun each led their troops and horses on standby.
There were actually only two or three thousand people shouting around Xizhai, but when the sound of horns and the sound of fighting combined, and there was heavy fog blocking the army's view, Cao Jun did not dare to come out to investigate, saying that there was a movement of ten or twenty thousand people. Not too much.
Now, their job is to wait.
When the leader of the West Village leads his troops to rescue the East Village, he can rush in and kill everyone.
In the blink of an eye, three quarters later, Liu Jun outside the village finally saw the gate of Xizhai Village open. The distance was too far to see clearly, but the sound was a messy sound of horse hooves mixed with thunderous footsteps. From time to time, I heard someone shouting, "The front and rear troops must not be too far apart to prevent an ambush by Liu Jun!"
After they rushed out, the sounds of fighting and horns outside the village stopped, but the movements in the other three directions remained the same.
Although it was impossible to tell whether the person who rushed out was Zhang He, nor how many troops he brought with him, judging from the movement, there should be several thousand people.
After the scout came back and reported to Zhang Fei, his beard trembled with joy, "Hahaha, the military counselor really has two brushes. It's as expected. It seems that we are going to make some achievements tonight!"
When he has nothing to do, he is called a furu, and when he has made meritorious service, he is a military advisor. Zhang Fei has a true temperament.
In fact, when he captured Lingling, Zhang Fei was impressed by Zhuge Liang in his heart, but when it comes to true admiration in his heart, it must be the scene before him.
No matter whether it was the time and scale of the heavy fog, or Cao's prediction that the army would not dare to attack and would leave the stronghold when the time came, there was no mistake at all.
Wolong is well-deserved.
"Third General, this place is not too far from Xizhai Xiahou Yuan's territory, but they are worried about being ambushed and cannot move fast. The general feels that it is safer to wait until the ugly moment has passed before taking action." Huo Jun reminded him timely.
"Don't worry, it's the military commander's order to take action when you are ugly, and I will never disobey it." As long as what you say makes sense, I will listen, and Zhang Fei can be considered a follower of the good.
Time passes minute by minute.
In ancient times, there were usually only four ways to time the clock at night. The first was to time the rooster's crow. The rooster was not only called after dawn, but was also called at night. It was called at the third watch, fourth watch and fifth watch respectively. Calling, but the accuracy of this method is very low, it all depends on the mood of the rooster.
The second option is to watch the sky. In this case tonight, it obviously doesn’t work.
The third type, the most accurate one is the copper kettle dripping, the error will never exceed half a quarter of an hour, but during a war, except for being placed in the Chinese army, it is obviously impossible to move such a bulky thing to the front line.
That leaves the fourth and crudest method, artificial sensation.
Some people are born with a very keen sense of time. After writing down the time on time before going on an expedition, they calculate the time intuitively.
Just like the Liu Jun in front of him, a sergeant ran up to Zhang Fei and cupped his hands and said: "Third general, the time for ugliness has arrived."
This person is the manual timekeeper in the army. There may be errors, but it is almost the same. And even without him, it is estimated that the time for Cao Jun to leave the stronghold is almost the same. Zhang Fei raised his spear and shouted: "Brothers, Later, he followed me and rushed into Cao's stronghold, setting fire and killing all the way until he reached the Chinese army's tent. As long as the Chinese army's tent caught fire, the morale of Cao's army would collapse.
My eldest brother has prepared a celebration banquet and a merit book for you on Fukong Mountain. The achievement will be made tonight. Follow me and kill! "
"Come on!"
It can be said that there are not many people coming, eight thousand were used, plus Liu Jun's bluff on the outside, it was over ten thousand.
Due to the weather tonight, it would be meaningless to cut down the large banner that was customary in the past, but the fire in the Chinese army tent was still enough to scare Cao Jun.
Zhang Fei mobilized his black horses and brandished his eight-foot long snake spear and shot it towards Cao Jun's stronghold like an arrow from a string.
Liu Jun behind him also had hundreds of cavalry, but most of them were infantry. Everyone knew the plan, and they also knew that Cao Jun was going to rescue Dongzhai.
Cao Jun's southern village, which bore the brunt of the attack, heard the rapid sound of horse hoofbeats and immediately released arrows following the sound.
Although the visibility put a lot of pressure on Liu Jun's defensive arrows, Cao Jun's accuracy was also lowered.
So much so that Zhang Fei danced his snake spear into a disc, but not many arrows were actually shot down.
After rushing into the stronghold, they drove straight in. Zhang Fei roared with a voice like thunder: "I am from Yan, Zhang Fei, who dares to fight to the death with me!"
Although Zhang Fei in this dimension lacks a lot of strong achievements to prove himself, this self-protection of his family is naturally far inferior to the deterrence brought by Zhao Yun's words.
However, in this situation of unknown situation and poor visibility, such a deafening roar not only frightens the enemy, but also boosts the morale of our own troops to a certain extent.
Along the way, Zhang Fei and his cavalry pierced the heart of Cao Jun's camp like a sharp knife. They overturned all the bonfires along the way and set the tents on fire.
However, they did not stop and still rushed towards the direction of the Chinese military tent.
The pace of the infantry behind him is not slow either. Who doesn't know that Liu Bei is waiting on the floating mountain with his merit book, hoping to earn a few more heads so that he can return home in glory in the future.
Zhang Fei enjoyed the excitement of charging into battle and killing the enemy in blood. While shouting his name, he killed Cao Jun who was standing in front of him. It was as if he was entering a deserted land, and it was so satisfying.
In a short time, they arrived in front of the Chinese army's tent. Just when they were about to rush over and burn the tent, they suddenly heard a rain of arrows as dense as locusts pouring down from the front and the left and right sides.
In just a moment, he shot down more than half of the cavalry beside him. There were only five or six hundred cavalry in total, which did not make Zhang Fei feel distressed.
Before his eyes widened and he was about to settle the score, a tiger roar came from the direction of the central military tent: "Common Zhang Fei, I am Xia Houyuan, a subordinate of Cao Sikong. I'm afraid you may never come back this time!"
Brothers, kill me! "
Before Xia Houyuan could see Xia Houyuan rushing out with a knife pointed between his eyebrows, he heard his voice coming towards him.
The sound fell, the war drums roared, and the loud sounds of fighting came from all directions.
Fell into a trap
(End of chapter)
